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Christiana
This checklist includes all bird species found in Christiana , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .
The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Clements, version 2022. If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).
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Country or region: Christiana [map]
Number of globally threatened species: 11
Number of introduced species: 3
Date last reviewed: 2018-06-09
Last modified: 2022-07-23
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| Common Ostrich | Struthio camelus | |
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| White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | |
| Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | |
| White-backed Duck | Thalassornis leuconotus | |
| Knob-billed Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos | |
| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | |
| South African Shelduck | Tadorna cana | |
| Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis | |
| Blue-billed Teal | Spatula hottentota | |
| Cape Shoveler | Spatula smithii | |
| African Black Duck | Anas sparsa | |
| Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata | |
| Cape Teal | Anas capensis | |
| Red-billed Duck | Anas erythrorhyncha | |
| Southern Pochard | Netta erythrophthalma | |
| Maccoa Duck | Oxyura maccoa | |
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| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
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| Coqui Francolin | Campocolinus coqui | |
| Orange River Francolin | Scleroptila gutturalis | |
| Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
| Harlequin Quail | Coturnix delegorguei | |
| Natal Spurfowl | Pternistis natalensis | |
| Swainson's Spurfowl | Pternistis swainsonii | |
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| Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | |
| Lesser Flamingo | Phoeniconaias minor | |
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| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
| Eared Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | |
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| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
| Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | |
| Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | |
| Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | |
| Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | |
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| Namaqua Sandgrouse | Pterocles namaqua | |
| Burchell's Sandgrouse | Pterocles burchelli | |
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| Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori | |
| Red-crested Bustard | Eupodotis ruficrista | |
| White-quilled Bustard | Eupodotis afraoides | |
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| Gray Go-away-bird | Corythaixoides concolor | |
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| Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius | |
| Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | |
| Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | |
| Black Cuckoo | Cuculus clamosus | |
| Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius | |
| African Cuckoo | Cuculus gularis | |
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| Rufous-cheeked Nightjar | Caprimulgus rufigena | |
| Fiery-necked Nightjar | Caprimulgus pectoralis | |
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| Alpine Swift | Apus melba | |
| Common Swift | Apus apus | |
| African Swift | Apus barbatus | |
| Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
| Horus Swift | Apus horus | |
| White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | |
| African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | |
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| White-winged Flufftail | Sarothrura ayresi | |
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| African Rail | Rallus caerulescens | |
| Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata | |
| African Swamphen | Porphyrio madagascariensis | |
| Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra | |
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| Blue Crane | Anthropoides paradiseus | |
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| Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis | |
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| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
| Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
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| Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus | |
| Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus | |
| Caspian Plover | Charadrius asiaticus | |
| Kittlitz's Plover | Charadrius pecuarius | |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Three-banded Plover | Charadrius tricollaris | |
| White-fronted Plover | Charadrius marginatus | |
| Chestnut-banded Plover | Charadrius pallidus | |
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| Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
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| African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | |
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| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
| African Snipe | Gallinago nigripennis | |
| Red Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
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| Small Buttonquail | Turnix sylvaticus | |
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| Burchell's Courser | Cursorius rufus | |
| Temminck's Courser | Cursorius temminckii | |
| Double-banded Courser | Smutsornis africanus | |
| Black-winged Pratincole | Glareola nordmanni | |
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| Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
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| Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | |
| Abdim's Stork | Ciconia abdimii | |
| White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
| Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer | |
| Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | |
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| African Darter | Anhinga rufa | |
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| Long-tailed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
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| Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens | |
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| Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | |
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| Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | |
| Dwarf Bittern | Ixobrychus sturmii | |
| Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | |
| Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath | |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| Black Heron | Egretta ardesiaca | |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
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| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
| African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | |
| Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | |
| African Spoonbill | Platalea alba | |
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| Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius | |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus | |
| Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos | |
| White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | |
| Cape Griffon | Gyps coprotheres | |
| Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis | |
| Brown Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinereus | |
| Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | |
| Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | |
| Pale Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax canorus | |
| Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar | |
| African Marsh-Harrier | Circus ranivorus | |
| Black Harrier | Circus maurus | |
| Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | |
| Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | |
| Shikra | Accipiter badius | |
| Black Goshawk | Accipiter melanoleucus | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| African Fish-Eagle | Haliaeetus vocifer | |
| Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
| Jackal Buzzard | Buteo rufofuscus | |
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| African Grass-Owl | Tyto capensis | |
| Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| Southern White-faced Owl | Ptilopsis granti | |
| Spotted Eagle-Owl | Bubo africanus | |
| Cape Eagle-Owl | Bubo capensis | |
| Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum | |
| Marsh Owl | Asio capensis | |
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| Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | |
| White-backed Mousebird | Colius colius | |
| Red-faced Mousebird | Urocolius indicus | |
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| Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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| Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus | |
| Common Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus cyanomelas | |
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| Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill | Tockus leucomelas | |
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| Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus | |
| Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Halcyon albiventris | |
| Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima | |
| Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
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| White-fronted Bee-eater | Merops bullockoides | |
| Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | |
| Swallow-tailed Bee-eater | Merops hirundineus | |
| Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus | |
| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
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| European Roller | Coracias garrulus | |
| Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus | |
| Rufous-crowned Roller | Coracias naevius | |
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| Crested Barbet | Trachyphonus vaillantii | |
| Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus chrysoconus | |
| Pied Barbet | Tricholaema leucomelas | |
| Black-collared Barbet | Lybius torquatus | |
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| Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | |
| Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator | |
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| Cardinal Woodpecker | Chloropicus fuscescens | |
| Bearded Woodpecker | Chloropicus namaquus | |
| Bennett's Woodpecker | Campethera bennettii | |
| Golden-tailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni | |
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| Pygmy Falcon | Polihierax semitorquatus | |
| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | |
| Rock Kestrel | Falco rupicolus | |
| Greater Kestrel | Falco rupicoloides | |
| Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera | |
| Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus | |
| Amur Falcon | Falco amurensis | |
| Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | |
| African Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus | |
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| Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor | |
| Pririt Batis | Batis pririt | |
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| White Helmetshrike | Prionops plumatus | |
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| Brubru | Nilaus afer | |
| Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis | |
| Southern Boubou | Laniarius ferrugineus | |
| Crimson-breasted Gonolek | Laniarius atrococcineus | |
| Bokmakierie | Telophorus zeylonus | |
| Gray-headed Bushshrike | Malaconotus blanchoti | |
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| Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
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| African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | |
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| Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | |
| Lesser Gray Shrike | Lanius minor | |
| Magpie Shrike | Lanius melanoleucus | |
| Southern Fiscal | Lanius collaris | |
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| Cape Crow | Corvus capensis | |
| Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
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| Fairy Flycatcher | Stenostira scita | |
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| Ashy Tit | Melaniparus cinerascens | |
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| Southern Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus minutus | |
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| Spike-heeled Lark | Chersomanes albofasciata | |
| Short-clawed Lark | Certhilauda chuana | |
| Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix leucotis | |
| Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix verticalis | |
| Sabota Lark | Calendulauda sabota | |
| Fawn-colored Lark | Calendulauda africanoides | |
| Eastern Clapper Lark | Mirafra fasciolata | |
| Rufous-naped Lark | Mirafra africana | |
| Monotonous Lark | Mirafra passerina | |
| Latakoo Lark | Mirafra cheniana | |
| Red-capped Lark | Calandrella cinerea | |
| Stark's Lark | Spizocorys starki | |
| Pink-billed Lark | Spizocorys conirostris | |
| Large-billed Lark | Galerida magnirostris | |
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| Cape Crombec | Sylvietta rufescens | |
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| Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis | |
| Barred Wren-Warbler | Calamonastes fasciolatus | |
| Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | |
| Bar-throated Apalis | Apalis thoracica | |
| Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | |
| Black-chested Prinia | Prinia flavicans | |
| Rufous-eared Warbler | Malcorus pectoralis | |
| Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana | |
| Tinkling Cisticola | Cisticola rufilatus | |
| Levaillant's Cisticola | Cisticola tinniens | |
| Piping Cisticola | Cisticola fulvicapilla | |
| Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
| Desert Cisticola | Cisticola aridulus | |
| Cloud Cisticola | Cisticola textrix | |
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| Olive-tree Warbler | Hippolais olivetorum | |
| Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina | |
| Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | |
| Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
| Lesser Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus gracilirostris | |
| Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | |
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| Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola | |
| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | |
| Banded Martin | Neophedina cincta | |
| Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| White-throated Swallow | Hirundo albigularis | |
| Pearl-breasted Swallow | Hirundo dimidiata | |
| Greater Striped Swallow | Cecropis cucullata | |
| Rufous-chested Swallow | Cecropis semirufa | |
| South African Swallow | Petrochelidon spilodera | |
| Common House-Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
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| Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |
| Black-fronted Bulbul | Pycnonotus nigricans | |
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| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
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| Chestnut-vented Warbler | Curruca subcoerulea | |
| Greater Whitethroat | Curruca communis | |
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| Orange River White-eye | Zosterops pallidus | |
| Cape White-eye | Zosterops virens | |
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| Southern Pied-Babbler | Turdoides bicolor | |
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| Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythrorynchus | |
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| Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea | |
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | Introduced species |
| Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio | |
| African Pied Starling | Lamprotornis bicolor | Endemic (country/region) |
| Cape Starling | Lamprotornis nitens | |
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| Groundscraper Thrush | Turdus litsitsirupa | |
| Karoo Thrush | Turdus smithi | |
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| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
| Mariqua Flycatcher | Bradornis mariquensis | |
| Chat Flycatcher | Agricola infuscatus | |
| Fiscal Flycatcher | Melaenornis silens | |
| Kalahari Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas paena | |
| Cape Robin-Chat | Cossypha caffra | |
| Short-toed Rock-Thrush | Monticola brevipes | |
| African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus | |
| Karoo Chat | Emarginata schlegelii | |
| Southern Anteater-Chat | Myrmecocichla formicivora | |
| Mountain Wheatear | Myrmecocichla monticola | |
| Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata | |
| Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris | |
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| Malachite Sunbird | Nectarinia famosa | |
| Mariqua Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis | |
| White-breasted Sunbird | Cinnyris talatala | |
| Dusky Sunbird | Cinnyris fuscus | |
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| Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis niger | |
| Scaly Weaver | Sporopipes squamifrons | |
| White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali | |
| Sociable Weaver | Philetairus socius | |
| Cape Weaver | Ploceus capensis | Endemic (country/region) |
| Southern Masked-Weaver | Ploceus velatus | |
| Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | |
| Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea | |
| Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix | |
| Yellow-crowned Bishop | Euplectes afer | |
| White-winged Widowbird | Euplectes albonotatus | |
| Red-collared Widowbird | Euplectes ardens | |
| Long-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes progne | |
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| Black-faced Waxbill | Brunhilda erythronotos | |
| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | |
| Quailfinch | Ortygospiza atricollis | |
| Red-headed Finch | Amadina erythrocephala | |
| Zebra Waxbill | Amandava subflava | |
| Violet-eared Waxbill | Granatina granatina | |
| Southern Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus angolensis | |
| Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba | |
| Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | |
| Jameson's Firefinch | Lagonosticta rhodopareia | |
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| Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | |
| Eastern Paradise-Whydah | Vidua paradisaea | |
| Shaft-tailed Whydah | Vidua regia | |
| Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata | |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
| Great Rufous Sparrow | Passer motitensis | |
| Cape Sparrow | Passer melanurus | |
| Southern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer diffusus | |
| Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow | Gymnoris superciliaris | |
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| Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis | |
| African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | |
| African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | |
| Mountain Pipit | Anthus hoeschi | |
| Nicholson's Pipit | Anthus nicholsoni | |
| Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys | |
| Buffy Pipit | Anthus vaalensis | |
| Orange-throated Longclaw | Macronyx capensis | |
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| Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambica | |
| Black-throated Canary | Crithagra atrogularis | |
| Yellow Canary | Crithagra flaviventris | |
| White-throated Canary | Crithagra albogularis | |
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| Golden-breasted Bunting | Emberiza flaviventris | |
| Cape Bunting | Emberiza capensis | |
| Lark-like Bunting | Emberiza impetuani | |
| Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi | |
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