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This checklist includes all bird species found in African Islands , 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 2025. 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: African Islands [map]

Description: Cape Verde, Bioko, Sao Tome and Principe,, St. Helena, Madagascar, Comoros, Mayotte, Seychelles, Mauritius, Reunion, Chagos Archipelago

Number of species: 1147
Number of endemics: 86
Number of globally threatened species: 130
Number of extinct species: 45
Number of introduced species: 33
Last modified: 2025-10-12
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ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae

White-faced Whistling-DuckDendrocygna viduata
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolor
White-backed DuckThalassornis leuconotus
Graylag GooseAnser anserIntroduced species
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsRare/Accidental
Taiga Bean-GooseAnser fabalisRare/Accidental
Tundra Bean-GooseAnser serrirostrisUncertain origin
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusRare/Accidental
BrantBranta berniclaRare/Accidental
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisRare/Accidental
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiUncertain origin
Mute SwanCygnus olorIntroduced species
Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaRare/Accidental
Mauritius ShelduckAlopochen mauritianaEndemic Extinct
Reunion ShelduckAlopochen kervazoiEndemic Extinct
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
Australian ShelduckTadorna tadornoides
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaRare/Accidental
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataIntroduced species
Cotton Pygmy-GooseNettapus coromandelianusRare/Accidental
African Pygmy-GooseNettapus auritus
Wood DuckAix sponsaRare/Accidental
GarganeySpatula querquedula
Blue-billed TealSpatula hottentota
Blue-winged TealSpatula discorsRare/Accidental
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanopteraUncertain origin
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataRare/Accidental
GadwallMareca strepera
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
American WigeonMareca americanaRare/Accidental
Meller's DuckAnas melleriEndangered
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
American Black DuckAnas rubripesRare/Accidental
Red-billed DuckAnas erythrorhyncha
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Green-winged TealAnas crecca
Mauritius DuckAnas theodoriEndemic Extinct
Bernier's TealAnas bernieriEndangered
Marbled DuckMarmaronetta angustirostrisNear-threatened
RedheadAythya americanaRare/Accidental
Common PochardAythya ferinaVulnerable
Ring-necked DuckAythya collarisRare/Accidental
Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNear-threatened
Madagascar PochardAythya innotataCritically endangered
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Greater ScaupAythya marilaRare/Accidental
Lesser ScaupAythya affinisRare/Accidental
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataRare/Accidental
Common ScoterMelanitta nigraRare/Accidental
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisRare/Accidental Vulnerable
BuffleheadBucephala albeolaRare/Accidental
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaRare/Accidental
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusRare/Accidental
Common MerganserMergus merganserRare/Accidental
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorRare/Accidental

 
GALLIFORMES: Numididae

Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris

 
GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae

Gray PartridgePerdix perdixRare/Accidental
Ring-necked PheasantPhasianus colchicusIntroduced species
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusIntroduced species
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusIntroduced species
Gray FrancolinOrtygornis pondicerianus
Chinese FrancolinFrancolinus pintadeanusIntroduced species
Blue-breasted QuailSynoicus chinensisIntroduced species
Blue QuailSynoicus adansoniiIntroduced species
Madagascar PartridgeMargaroperdix madagarensis
Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
Harlequin QuailCoturnix delegorguei
ChukarAlectoris chukarIntroduced species
Jungle Bush-QuailPerdicula asiatica
Cape SpurfowlPternistis capensisIntroduced species
Double-spurred SpurfowlPternistis bicalcaratus
Scaly SpurfowlPternistis squamatus
Red-necked SpurfowlPternistis afer

 
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae

Rock PigeonColumba livia
Stock DoveColumba oenasRare/Accidental
Common Wood-PigeonColumba palumbusRare/Accidental
Trocaz PigeonColumba trocazEndemic
Bolle's PigeonColumba bolliiEndemic
Laurel PigeonColumba junoniaeEndemic Near-threatened
Rameron PigeonColumba arquatrix
Cameroon PigeonColumba sjostedti
Maroon PigeonColumba thomensisEndemic Endangered
Sao Tome PigeonColumba malherbiiNear-threatened
Mauritius Wood-PigeonColumba thiriouxiExtinct
Comoro PigeonColumba polleniiNear-threatened
Lemon DoveAplopelia larvata
Malagasy Turtle-DoveNesoenas picturatus
Pink PigeonNesoenas mayeriEndemic
Mauritius Turtle-DoveNesoenas cicurExtinct
Rodrigues Turtle-DoveNesoenas rodericanusEndemic Extinct
European Turtle-DoveStreptopelia turturVulnerable
Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaoctoRare/Accidental
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Blue-spotted Wood-DoveTurtur afer
Tambourine DoveTurtur tympanistria
Namaqua DoveOena capensis
Diamond DoveGeopelia cuneataIntroduced species
Zebra DoveGeopelia striataIntroduced species
DodoRaphus cucullatusEndemic Extinct
Rodrigues SolitairePezophaps solitariaExtinct
Bruce's Green-PigeonTreron waalia
Comoro Green-PigeonTreron griveaudiEndemic Endangered
Madagascar Green-PigeonTreron australisEndemic
Sao Tome Green-PigeonTreron sanctithomaeEndangered
African Green-PigeonTreron calvus
Seychelles Blue-PigeonAlectroenas pulcherrimusEndemic
Rodrigues Blue-PigeonAlectroenas payandeeiExtinct
Comoro Blue-PigeonAlectroenas sganziniEndemic Near-threatened
Madagascar Blue-PigeonAlectroenas madagascariensisEndemic Near-threatened
Mauritius Blue-PigeonAlectroenas nitidissimusEndemic Extinct

 
MESITORNITHIFORMES: Mesitornithidae

White-breasted MesiteMesitornis variegatusVulnerable
Brown MesiteMesitornis unicolorVulnerable
Subdesert MesiteMonias benschiVulnerable

 
PTEROCLIFORMES: Pteroclidae

Black-bellied SandgrousePterocles orientalis
Madagascar SandgrousePterocles personatus
Lichtenstein's SandgrousePterocles lichtensteinii
Four-banded SandgrousePterocles quadricinctusUncertain origin

 
OTIDIFORMES: Otididae

African HoubaraChlamydotis undulataVulnerable
Little BustardTetrax tetraxRare/Accidental Near-threatened

 
MUSOPHAGIFORMES: Musophagidae

Great Blue TuracoCorythaeola cristata
Yellow-billed TuracoTauraco macrorhynchus
Guinea TuracoTauraco persa

 
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae

Crested CouaCoua cristataEndemic
Verreaux's CouaCoua verreauxiEndemic
Blue CouaCoua caeruleaEndemic
Red-capped CouaCoua ruficepsEndemic
Olive-capped CouaCoua olivaceicepsEndemic
Red-fronted CouaCoua reynaudiiEndemic
Coquerel's CouaCoua coquereliEndemic
Running CouaCoua cursorEndemic
Giant CouaCoua gigasEndemic Vulnerable
Snail-eating CouaCoua delalandeiEndemic Extinct
Red-breasted CouaCoua serrianaEndemic
White-browed CoucalCentropus superciliosus
Malagasy CoucalCentropus toulou
Blue MalkohaCeuthmochares aereus
Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
Pied CuckooClamator jacobinus
Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanusRare/Accidental
St. Helena CuckooNannococcyx psixEndemic Extinct
Thick-billed CuckooPachycoccyx audeberti
Dideric CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
African Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx cupreus
Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
Lesser CuckooCuculus poliocephalus
Madagascar CuckooCuculus rochii
Common CuckooCuculus canorus

 
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae

Collared NightjarGactornis enarratusNear-threatened
Common NighthawkChordeiles minorRare/Accidental
Pennant-winged NightjarCaprimulgus vexillarius
Red-necked NightjarCaprimulgus ruficollisNear-threatened
Eurasian NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
Egyptian NightjarCaprimulgus aegyptiusRare/Accidental
Nubian NightjarCaprimulgus nubicus
Fiery-necked NightjarCaprimulgus pectoralis
Madagascar NightjarCaprimulgus madagascariensis

 
APODIFORMES: Apodidae

Madagascar SpinetailZoonavena grandidieri
Sao Tome SpinetailZoonavena thomensis
Mottled SpinetailTelacanthura ussheri
Sabine's SpinetailRhaphidura sabini
Cassin's SpinetailNeafrapus cassini
Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagicaRare/Accidental Vulnerable
White-throated NeedletailHirundapus caudacutus
Seychelles SwiftletAerodramus elaphrusEndemic Vulnerable
Mascarene SwiftletAerodramus francicusNear-threatened
Scarce SwiftSchoutedenapus myoptilus
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
Cape Verde SwiftApus alexandriEndemic
Common SwiftApus apus
Plain SwiftApus unicolorRare/Accidental
Pallid SwiftApus pallidusRare/Accidental
African SwiftApus barbatus
Forbes-Watson's SwiftApus berliozi
Malagasy SwiftApus balstoni
Pacific SwiftApus pacificus
Little SwiftApus affinis
White-rumped SwiftApus cafferRare/Accidental
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
Malagasy Palm SwiftCypsiurus gracilis

 
GRUIFORMES: Sarothruridae

Madagascar Forest RailMentocrex kioloides
Tsingy Forest RailMentocrex beankaensisVulnerable
Buff-spotted FlufftailSarothrura elegans
Madagascar FlufftailSarothrura insularis
Slender-billed FlufftailSarothrura watersiEndemic Near-threatened

 
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae

Water RailRallus aquaticus
African RailRallus caerulescens
Madagascar RailRallus madagascariensisVulnerable
White-throated RailDryolimnas cuvieri
Reunion RailDryolimnas augustiEndemic Extinct
Red RailAphanapteryx bonasiaEndemic Extinct
Rodrigues RailErythromachus leguatiEndemic Extinct
Corn CrakeCrex crex
African CrakeCrecopsis egregia
St. Helena RailAphanocrex podarcesEndemic Extinct
Ascension CrakeMundia elpenorEndemic Extinct
Buff-banded RailGallirallus philippensis
SoraPorzana carolinaRare/Accidental
Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
Lesser MoorhenParagallinula angulata
Eurasian MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Eurasian CootFulica atraRare/Accidental
Mascarene CootFulica newtoniiEndemic Extinct
Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata
American CootFulica americanaRare/Accidental
Allen's GallinulePorphyrio alleni
Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinicaRare/Accidental
Reunion GallinulePorphyrio caerulescensExtinct
African SwamphenPorphyrio madagascariensis
WatercockGallicrex cinereaRare/Accidental
White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
Striped CrakeAenigmatolimnas marginalis
Little CrakeZapornia parva
Baillon's CrakeZapornia pusilla
St. Helena CrakeZapornia astrictocarpusEndemic Extinct
Sakalava RailZapornia olivieriEndemic Endangered

 
GRUIFORMES: Heliornithidae

African FinfootPodica senegalensis

 
GRUIFORMES: Gruidae

Common CraneGrus grusRare/Accidental

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Chionidae

Snowy SheathbillChionis albusRare/Accidental

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae

Eurasian Thick-kneeBurhinus oedicnemusRare/Accidental

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Pluvianidae

Egyptian PloverPluvianus aegyptiusUncertain origin

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae

Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Haematopodidae

Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNear-threatened
Canarian OystercatcherHaematopus meadewaldoiRare/Accidental Extinct

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae

Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarolaVulnerable
European Golden-PloverPluvialis apricaria
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominica
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulva
Eurasian DotterelEudromias morinellusRare/Accidental
KilldeerCharadrius vociferusRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusRare/Accidental
Three-banded PloverThinornis tricollaris
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubius
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNear-threatened
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosusRare/Accidental
White-crowned LapwingVanellus albiceps
Senegal LapwingVanellus lugubrisRare/Accidental
Sociable LapwingVanellus gregariusRare/Accidental Critically endangered
White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurusRare/Accidental
Caspian PloverAnarhynchus asiaticus
Oriental PloverAnarhynchus veredusRare/Accidental
Siberian Sand-PloverAnarhynchus mongolusRare/Accidental Endangered
Tibetan Sand-PloverAnarhynchus atrifrons
Greater Sand-PloverAnarhynchus leschenaultii
Madagascar PloverAnarhynchus thoracicusEndemic Vulnerable
Kittlitz's PloverAnarhynchus pecuarius
St. Helena PloverAnarhynchus sanctaehelenaeEndemic Vulnerable
White-fronted PloverAnarhynchus marginatus
Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Rostratulidae

Greater Painted-SnipeRostratula benghalensis

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae

African JacanaActophilornis africanus
Madagascar JacanaActophilornis albinuchaEndangered

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae

Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaRare/Accidental
Hudsonian WhimbrelNumenius hudsonicusRare/Accidental
Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Little CurlewNumenius minutus
Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensisRare/Accidental Endangered
Slender-billed CurlewNumenius tenuirostrisExtinct
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNear-threatened
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaNear-threatened
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNear-threatened
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusRare/Accidental
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Great SnipeGallinago mediaNear-threatened
Pin-tailed SnipeGallinago stenura
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicataRare/Accidental
Madagascar SnipeGallinago macrodactylaVulnerable
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorRare/Accidental
Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaRare/Accidental
Gray-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesRare/Accidental Vulnerable
WilletTringa semipalmataRare/Accidental
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNear-threatened
Great KnotCalidris tenuirostrisRare/Accidental Endangered
Red KnotCalidris canutusNear-threatened
RuffCalidris pugnax
Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusVulnerable
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVulnerable
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta
Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisNear-threatened
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisRare/Accidental Vulnerable
SanderlingCalidris alba
DunlinCalidris alpinaNear-threatened
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritima
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiRare/Accidental
Little StintCalidris minuta
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriRare/Accidental
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaRare/Accidental Near-threatened

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Turnicidae

Black-rumped ButtonquailTurnix nanus
Madagascar ButtonquailTurnix nigricollis

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Dromadidae

Crab-PloverDromas ardeola

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae

Cream-colored CourserCursorius cursor
Rock PratincoleGlareola nuchalis
Gray PratincoleGlareola cinerea
Madagascar PratincoleGlareola ocularisNear-threatened
Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanniNear-threatened
Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarum

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Stercorariidae

Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus
Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
Great SkuaStercorarius skua
Brown SkuaStercorarius antarcticus
South Polar SkuaStercorarius maccormickiRare/Accidental

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Alcidae

Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaRare/Accidental Vulnerable
RazorbillAlca tordaRare/Accidental
DovekieAlle alleRare/Accidental
Common MurreUria aalge

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae

Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusRare/Accidental
Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactylaVulnerable
Sabine's GullXema sabini
Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus geneiRare/Accidental
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaRare/Accidental
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Gray-hooded GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricillaRare/Accidental
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanRare/Accidental
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouiniiRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalusRare/Accidental
Sooty GullIchthyaetus hemprichii
White-eyed GullIchthyaetus leucophthalmus
Common GullLarus canusRare/Accidental
Short-billed GullLarus brachyrhynchusRare/Accidental
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisRare/Accidental
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
Kelp GullLarus dominicanus
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusRare/Accidental
European Herring GullLarus argentatusRare/Accidental
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusRare/Accidental
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescensRare/Accidental
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesRare/Accidental
African SkimmerRynchops flavirostris
Atlantic White-TernGygis alba
Blue-billed White-TernGygis candida
Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
Lesser NoddyAnous tenuirostris
Black NoddyAnous minutus
Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
Little TernSternula albifrons
Saunders's TernSternula saundersi
Damara TernSternula balaenarum
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
Black TernChlidonias niger
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Antarctic TernSterna vittata
Common TernSterna hirundo
White-cheeked TernSterna repressa
Black-naped TernSterna sumatrana
Roseate TernSterna dougallii
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Elegant TernThalasseus elegansRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
West African Crested TernThalasseus albididorsalisRare/Accidental
Great Crested TernThalasseus bergii

 
PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Phoenicopteridae

Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minorNear-threatened

 
PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae

Alaotra GrebeTachybaptus rufolavatusExtinct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Madagascar GrebeTachybaptus pelzelniiEndangered
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsRare/Accidental
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusRare/Accidental
Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollisRare/Accidental

 
PHAETHONTIFORMES: Phaethontidae

White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
Red-billed TropicbirdPhaethon aethereus
Red-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon rubricauda

 
GAVIIFORMES: Gaviidae

Red-throated LoonGavia stellataRare/Accidental
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaRare/Accidental
Common LoonGavia immerRare/Accidental

 
SPHENISCIFORMES: Spheniscidae

African PenguinSpheniscus demersusCritically endangered
Western Rockhopper PenguinEudyptes chrysocome
Moseley's Rockhopper PenguinEudyptes moseleyiEndangered

 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Diomedeidae

Snowy AlbatrossDiomedea exulansVulnerable
Sooty AlbatrossPhoebetria fuscaEndangered
Light-mantled AlbatrossPhoebetria palpebrataNear-threatened
Atlantic Yellow-nosed AlbatrossThalassarche chlororhynchosEndangered
Indian Yellow-nosed AlbatrossThalassarche carteriEndangered
White-capped AlbatrossThalassarche cauta
Salvin's AlbatrossThalassarche salviniVulnerable
Black-browed AlbatrossThalassarche melanophris

 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Oceanitidae

Wilson's Storm-PetrelOceanites oceanicus
White-faced Storm-PetrelPelagodroma marina
White-bellied Storm-PetrelFregetta grallaria
Black-bellied Storm-PetrelFregetta tropica

 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Hydrobatidae

European Storm-PetrelHydrobates pelagicus
Leach's Storm-PetrelHydrobates leucorhousVulnerable
Swinhoe's Storm-PetrelHydrobates monorhisRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Band-rumped Storm-PetrelHydrobates castro
Cape Verde Storm-PetrelHydrobates jabejabeEndemic
Matsudaira's Storm-PetrelHydrobates matsudairaeRare/Accidental Vulnerable

 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae

Southern Giant-PetrelMacronectes giganteus
Northern Giant-PetrelMacronectes halli
Northern FulmarFulmarus glacialisRare/Accidental
Southern FulmarFulmarus glacialoides
Pintado PetrelDaption capense
Large St. Helena PetrelPterodroma rupinarumEndemic Extinct
Great-winged PetrelPterodroma macroptera
Kermadec PetrelPterodroma neglectaRare/Accidental
Trindade PetrelPterodroma arminjonianaVulnerable
Herald PetrelPterodroma heraldica
Murphy's PetrelPterodroma ultimaRare/Accidental
Cape Verde PetrelPterodroma feaeNear-threatened
Soft-plumaged PetrelPterodroma mollis
Barau's PetrelPterodroma barauiEndangered
Black-capped PetrelPterodroma hasitataRare/Accidental Endangered
Atlantic PetrelPterodroma incertaEndangered
Fairy PrionPachyptila turtur
Broad-billed PrionPachyptila vittata
Salvin's PrionPachyptila salvini
Antarctic PrionPachyptila desolata
Slender-billed PrionPachyptila belcheri
Bulwer's PetrelBulweria bulwerii
Jouanin's PetrelBulweria fallaxNear-threatened
Small St. Helena PetrelBulweria bifaxEndemic Extinct
Mascarene PetrelPseudobulweria aterrimaCritically endangered
Tahiti PetrelPseudobulweria rostrataNear-threatened
Gray PetrelProcellaria cinereaNear-threatened
White-chinned PetrelProcellaria aequinoctialisVulnerable
Spectacled PetrelProcellaria conspicillataRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Streaked ShearwaterCalonectris leucomelasRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Cory's ShearwaterCalonectris borealis
Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea
Cape Verde ShearwaterCalonectris edwardsiiNear-threatened
Flesh-footed ShearwaterArdenna carneipesRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravis
Wedge-tailed ShearwaterArdenna pacifica
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaNear-threatened
Short-tailed ShearwaterArdenna tenuirostrisRare/Accidental
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicusCritically endangered
Subantarctic ShearwaterPuffinus elegansRare/Accidental
Barolo ShearwaterPuffinus baroli
Boyd's ShearwaterPuffinus boydi
Tropical ShearwaterPuffinus bailloni
Persian ShearwaterPuffinus persicus

 
CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae

African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
Black StorkCiconia nigraRare/Accidental
White StorkCiconia ciconia
Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis

 
SULIFORMES: Fregatidae

Ascension FrigatebirdFregata aquilaVulnerable
Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
Lesser FrigatebirdFregata ariel
Great FrigatebirdFregata minor

 
SULIFORMES: Sulidae

Abbott's BoobyPapasula abbottiEndangered
Northern GannetMorus bassanus
Cape GannetMorus capensisEndangered
Australasian GannetMorus serratorRare/Accidental
Red-footed BoobySula sula
Brown BoobySula leucogaster
Masked BoobySula dactylatra

 
SULIFORMES: Anhingidae

African DarterAnhinga rufa

 
SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae

Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Socotra CormorantPhalacrocorax nigrogularisVulnerable
European ShagGulosus aristotelisRare/Accidental
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritumRare/Accidental

 
PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae

Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
Madagascar IbisLophotibis cristataVulnerable
African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
Malagasy Sacred IbisThreskiornis bernieriEndangered
Reunion IbisThreskiornis solitariusEndemic Extinct
Northern Bald IbisGeronticus eremitaEndangered
Olive IbisBostrychia olivacea
Sao Tome IbisBostrychia bocageiEndemic Critically endangered
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
African SpoonbillPlatalea alba

 
PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae

Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisRare/Accidental
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusRare/Accidental
Cinnamon BitternBotaurus cinnamomeusRare/Accidental
Dwarf BitternBotaurus sturmiiRare/Accidental
Little BitternBotaurus minutus
Yellow BitternBotaurus sinensis
Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violaceaRare/Accidental
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Reunion Night HeronNycticorax duboisiEndemic Extinct
Mauritius Night HeronNycticorax mauritianusEndemic Extinct
Rodrigues Night HeronNycticorax megacephalusEndemic Extinct
Ascension Night HeronNycticorax olsoniEndemic
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolorRare/Accidental
Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca
Snowy EgretEgretta thulaRare/Accidental
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Western Reef-HeronEgretta gularis
White-backed Night HeronCalherodius leuconotus
Little HeronButorides atricapilla
Green HeronButorides virescensRare/Accidental
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
Malagasy Pond-HeronArdeola idaeEndangered
Indian Pond-HeronArdeola grayiiRare/Accidental
Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
Eastern Cattle-EgretArdea coromandaRare/Accidental
Great EgretArdea alba
Yellow-billed EgretArdea brachyrhyncha
Medium EgretArdea intermediaRare/Accidental
Gray HeronArdea cinerea
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasRare/Accidental
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Humblot's HeronArdea humblotiEndangered
Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
Goliath HeronArdea goliath

 
PELECANIFORMES: Scopidae

HamerkopScopus umbretta

 
PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae

Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalusRare/Accidental
Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae

OspreyPandion haliaetus

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae

Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
African Harrier-HawkPolyboroides typus
Madagascar Harrier-HawkPolyboroides radiatusEndemic
Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusEndangered
Madagascar Serpent-EagleEutriorchis asturEndangered
Madagascar Cuckoo-HawkAviceda madagascariensis
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusRare/Accidental
Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatusRare/Accidental
White-backed VultureGyps africanusCritically endangered
Short-toed Snake-EagleCircaetus gallicusRare/Accidental
Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalisRare/Accidental
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
Steppe EagleAquila nipalensisRare/Accidental Endangered
Tawny EagleAquila rapaxRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataRare/Accidental
Bat HawkMacheiramphus alcinus
Dark Chanting-GoshawkMelierax metabatesUncertain origin
African GoshawkAerospiza tachiro
Chestnut-flanked SparrowhawkAerospiza castanilius
Frances's SparrowhawkTachyspiza francesiae
Madagascar SparrowhawkAccipiter madagascariensisNear-threatened
Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusRare/Accidental
Eurasian GoshawkAstur gentilis
Henst's GoshawkAstur henstiiVulnerable
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Reunion HarrierCircus maillardiEndangered
Malagasy HarrierCircus macroscelesEndangered
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusRare/Accidental
Pallid HarrierCircus macrourusRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Pied HarrierCircus melanoleucosRare/Accidental
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Black KiteMilvus migrans
African Fish-EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Madagascar Fish-EagleIcthyophaga vociferoidesCritically endangered
White-bellied Sea-EagleIcthyophaga leucogasterRare/Accidental
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusRare/Accidental
Common BuzzardButeo buteo
Madagascar BuzzardButeo brachypterus
Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus

 
STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae

Western Barn OwlTyto alba
Red OwlTyto soumagneiVulnerable

 
STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae

Eurasian Scops-OwlOtus scopsRare/Accidental
Principe Scops-OwlOtus bikegilaEndemic Critically endangered
Sao Tome Scops-OwlOtus hartlaubiVulnerable
African Scops-OwlOtus senegalensis
Moheli Scops-OwlOtus moheliensisEndangered
Comoro Scops-OwlOtus paulianiEndangered
Seychelles Scops-OwlOtus insularisCritically endangered
Anjouan Scops-OwlOtus capnodesEndangered
Mayotte Scops-OwlOtus mayottensisEndemic
Reunion Scops-OwlOtus gruchetiEndemic Extinct
Rodrigues Scops-OwlOtus murivorusEndemic Extinct
Mauritius Scops-OwlOtus sauzieriEndemic Extinct
Madagascar Scops-OwlOtus rutilus
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusUncertain origin Vulnerable
Eurasian Eagle-OwlBubo buboUncertain origin
Fraser's Eagle-OwlKetupa poensis
Brown Fish-OwlKetupa zeylonensisRare/Accidental
White-browed OwlAthene superciliaris
African Wood-OwlStrix woodfordii
Long-eared OwlAsio otusRare/Accidental
Madagascar OwlAsio madagascariensis
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Marsh OwlAsio capensis

 
COLIIFORMES: Coliidae

Speckled MousebirdColius striatus

 
LEPTOSOMIFORMES: Leptosomidae

Cuckoo-rollerLeptosomus discolor

 
TROGONIFORMES: Trogonidae

Bar-tailed TrogonApaloderma vittatum

 
BUCEROTIFORMES: Upupidae

Common HoopoeUpupa epops
Madagascar HoopoeUpupa marginata
St. Helena HoopoeUpupa antaiosEndemic Extinct

 
BUCEROTIFORMES: Bucerotidae

Black-casqued HornbillCeratogymna atrataNear-threatened

 
CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae

Blue-moustached Bee-eaterMerops mentalisNear-threatened
Blue-headed Bee-eaterMerops muelleri
Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
Olive Bee-eaterMerops superciliosus
European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster

 
CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae

Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisRare/Accidental
Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
Malagasy KingfisherCorythornis vintsioides
White-bellied KingfisherCorythornis leucogaster
Madagascar Pygmy KingfisherCorythornis madagascariensis
Chocolate-backed KingfisherHalcyon badia
Gray-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
Blue-breasted KingfisherHalcyon malimbica
Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyonRare/Accidental
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis

 
CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae

European RollerCoracias garrulus
Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicus
Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
Blue-throated RollerEurystomus gularis

 
CORACIIFORMES: Brachypteraciidae

Scaly Ground-RollerGeobiastes squamigerVulnerable
Short-legged Ground-RollerBrachypteracias leptosomusVulnerable
Long-tailed Ground-RollerUratelornis chimaeraVulnerable
Pitta-like Ground-RollerAtelornis pittoides
Rufous-headed Ground-RollerAtelornis crossleyiNear-threatened

 
PICIFORMES: Lybiidae

Speckled TinkerbirdPogoniulus scolopaceus
Yellow-throated TinkerbirdPogoniulus subsulphureus
Yellow-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus bilineatus

 
PICIFORMES: Indicatoridae

Cassin's HoneybirdProdotiscus insignis
Least HoneyguideIndicator exilis

 
PICIFORMES: Picidae

Eurasian WryneckJynx torquillaRare/Accidental
Elliot's WoodpeckerDendropicos elliotii
African Gray WoodpeckerDendropicos goertae
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Buff-spotted WoodpeckerPardipicus nivosus
Tullberg's WoodpeckerCampethera tullbergi

 
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae

Lesser KestrelFalco naumanniRare/Accidental
Eurasian KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Malagasy KestrelFalco newtoni
Mauritius KestrelFalco punctatusEndemic Endangered
Seychelles KestrelFalco araeusEndemic Vulnerable
Reunion KestrelFalco duboisiEndemic Extinct
Banded KestrelFalco zoniventrisEndemic
Red-necked FalconFalco chicqueraRare/Accidental
Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusVulnerable
Amur FalconFalco amurensis
Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae
Sooty FalconFalco concolorVulnerable
MerlinFalco columbariusRare/Accidental
Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicusRare/Accidental
Saker FalconFalco cherrugRare/Accidental Endangered
GyrfalconFalco rusticolusRare/Accidental
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus

 
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittaculidae

Greater Vasa ParrotCoracopsis vasa
Lesser Vasa ParrotCoracopsis nigraVulnerable
Comoro Black ParrotCoracopsis sibilansNear-threatened
Seychelles ParrotCoracopsis barklyiEndemic Vulnerable
Mascarene ParrotMascarinus mascarinusExtinct
Seychelles ParakeetPsittacula wardiEndemic Extinct
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Echo ParakeetPsittacula equesVulnerable
Newton's ParakeetPsittacula exsulExtinct
Mauritius Gray ParrotPsittacula bensoniEndemic Extinct
Broad-billed ParrotLophopsittacus mauritianusEndemic Extinct
Rodrigues ParrotNecropsittacus rodricanusEndemic Extinct
Gray-headed LovebirdAgapornis canus
Red-headed LovebirdAgapornis pullarius

 
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae

Gray ParrotPsittacus erithacusEndangered
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusIntroduced species
Nanday ParakeetAratinga nendayIntroduced species

 
PASSERIFORMES: Calyptomenidae

Gray-headed BroadbillSmithornis sharpei

 
PASSERIFORMES: Philepittidae

Velvet AsityPhilepitta castanea
Schlegel's AsityPhilepitta schlegeliVulnerable
Common Sunbird-AsityNeodrepanis coruscans
Yellow-bellied Sunbird-AsityNeodrepanis hypoxanthaVulnerable

 
PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae

Comoro CuckooshrikeCeblepyris cucullatusEndangered
Madagascar CuckooshrikeCeblepyris cinereus
Gray CuckooshrikeCeblepyris caesius
Reunion CuckooshrikeLalage newtoniCritically endangered
Mauritius CuckooshrikeLalage typicaEndangered
Blue CuckooshrikeCyanograucalus azureus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Vireonidae

Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifronsRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae

Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
Sao Tome OrioleOriolus crassirostrisVulnerable
Black-winged OrioleOriolus nigripennis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Platysteiridae

Chestnut Wattle-eyeDyaphorophyia castanea
Black-necked Wattle-eyePlatysteira chalybea
Bioko BatisBatis poensis
West African BatisBatis occulta

 
PASSERIFORMES: Vangidae

African Shrike-flycatcherMegabyas flammulatus
Archbold's NewtoniaNewtonia archboldi
Common NewtoniaNewtonia brunneicauda
Dark NewtoniaNewtonia amphichroa
Red-tailed NewtoniaNewtonia fanovanaeVulnerable
Tylas VangaTylas eduardiNear-threatened
Red-tailed VangaCalicalicus madagascariensis
Red-shouldered VangaCalicalicus rufocarpalisVulnerable
Nuthatch-VangaHypositta corallirostrisNear-threatened
Chabert VangaLeptopterus chabert
Crossley's VangaMystacornis crossleyiNear-threatened
Comoro Blue VangaCyanolanius comorensisNear-threatened
Madagascar Blue VangaCyanolanius madagascarinusNear-threatened
Hook-billed VangaVanga curvirostris
Ward's VangaPseudobias wardiNear-threatened
Rufous VangaSchetba rufaNear-threatened
Helmet VangaEuryceros prevostiiEndangered
Bernier's VangaOriolia bernieriEndangered
Sickle-billed VangaFalculea palliata
White-headed VangaArtamella viridis
Pollen's VangaXenopirostris polleniVulnerable
Lafresnaye's VangaXenopirostris xenopirostrisNear-threatened
Van Dam's VangaXenopirostris damiiVulnerable

 
PASSERIFORMES: Malaconotidae

Lühder's BushshrikeLaniarius luehderiIntroduced species
Western BoubouLaniarius poensis
Fülleborn's BoubouLaniarius fuelleborni

 
PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae

Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Velvet-mantled DrongoDicrurus modestus
Aldabra DrongoDicrurus aldabranusNear-threatened
Grande Comore DrongoDicrurus fuscipennisEndangered
Crested DrongoDicrurus forficatus
Mayotte DrongoDicrurus waldeniiVulnerable

 
PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae

Mascarene Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone bourbonnensis
Sao Tome Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone atrochalybeia
Seychelles Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone corvinaVulnerable
Malagasy Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone mutata
Black-headed Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone rufiventer

 
PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae

Yellow-billed ShrikeCorvinella corvinaRare/Accidental
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinusRare/Accidental
Iberian Gray ShrikeLanius meridionalisVulnerable
Great Gray ShrikeLanius excubitor
Lesser Gray ShrikeLanius minor
Newton's FiscalLanius newtoniCritically endangered
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorNear-threatened

 
PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae

Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Eurasian JackdawColoeus monedulaRare/Accidental
House CrowCorvus splendens
RookCorvus frugilegusRare/Accidental
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneRare/Accidental
Hooded CrowCorvus cornixRare/Accidental
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Brown-necked RavenCorvus ruficollis
Common RavenCorvus coraxRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Picathartidae

Gray-necked RockfowlPicathartes oreasNear-threatened

 
PASSERIFORMES: Stenostiridae

White-bellied Crested FlycatcherElminia albiventris

 
PASSERIFORMES: Paridae

African Blue TitCyanistes teneriffae
Great TitParus majorRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Remizidae

Eurasian Penduline-TitRemiz pendulinusRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae

Greater Hoopoe-LarkAlaemon alaudipes
Thick-billed LarkRamphocoris clotbeyRare/Accidental
Bar-tailed LarkAmmomanes cinctura
Madagascar LarkEremopterix hova
Black-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix nigriceps
Wood LarkLullula arboreaRare/Accidental
Raso SkylarkAlauda razaeCritically endangered
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensis
Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
Bimaculated LarkMelanocorypha bimaculataRare/Accidental
Calandra LarkMelanocorypha calandraRare/Accidental
Mediterranean Short-toed LarkAlaudala rufescens

 
PASSERIFORMES: Macrosphenidae

Yellow LongbillMacrosphenus flavicans
Gray LongbillMacrosphenus concolor

 
PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae

Common JeryNeomixis tenella
Green JeryNeomixis viridisNear-threatened
Stripe-throated JeryNeomixis striatigula
Rufous-crowned EremomelaEremomela badiceps
White-chinned PriniaSchistolais leucopogon
Green LongtailUrolais epichlorus
White-tailed WarblerPoliolais lopezi
Yellow-browed CamaropteraCamaroptera superciliaris
Olive-green CamaropteraCamaroptera chloronota
Black-capped ApalisApalis nigriceps
Masked ApalisApalis binotata
Buff-throated ApalisApalis rufogularis
Gray ApalisApalis cinerea
Sao Tome PriniaPrinia molleri
Socotra WarblerIncana incana
Socotra CisticolaCisticola haesitatus
Madagascar CisticolaCisticola cherina

 
PASSERIFORMES: Acrocephalidae

Aldabra Brush-WarblerNesillas aldabranaExtinct
Malagasy Brush-WarblerNesillas typica
Subdesert Brush-WarblerNesillas lantzii
Grande Comore Brush-WarblerNesillas brevicaudata
Moheli Brush-WarblerNesillas mariaeEndangered
Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
Western Olivaceous WarblerIduna opacaRare/Accidental
Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglottaRare/Accidental
Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisRare/Accidental
Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusRare/Accidental
Greater Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus rufescens
Cape Verde Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus brevipennisVulnerable
Madagascar Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus newtoni
Rodrigues WarblerAcrocephalus rodericanus
Seychelles WarblerAcrocephalus sechellensisNear-threatened
Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Locustellidae

River WarblerLocustella fluviatilisRare/Accidental
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesRare/Accidental
Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
Evergreen-forest WarblerBradypterus lopezi
Gray EmutailBradypterus seebohmi
Brown EmutailBradypterus brunneus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Bernieridae

White-throated OxylabesOxylabes madagascariensisNear-threatened
Long-billed BernieriaBernieria madagascariensisNear-threatened
Cryptic WarblerCryptosylvicola randrianasoloi
Wedge-tailed JeryHartertula flavoviridisNear-threatened
ThamnornisThamnornis chloropetoides
Madagascar YellowbrowCrossleyia xanthophrys
Dusky TetrakaCrossleyia tenebrosaData deficient
Spectacled TetrakaXanthomixis zosteropsNear-threatened
Appert's TetrakaXanthomixis appertiVulnerable
Gray-crowned TetrakaXanthomixis cinereicepsNear-threatened
Rand's WarblerRandia pseudozosteropsNear-threatened

 
PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae

Mountain SawwingPsalidoprocne fuliginosa
Gray-rumped SwallowPseudhirundo griseopygaRare/Accidental
Mascarene MartinPhedina borbonica
Banded MartinNeophedina cincta
Plain MartinRiparia paludicolaRare/Accidental
Madagascar MartinRiparia cowaniEndemic
Gray-throated MartinRiparia chinensisRare/Accidental
Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
Eurasian Crag-MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisRare/Accidental
Pale Crag-MartinPtyonoprogne obsoletaRare/Accidental
Red-throated Crag-MartinPtyonoprogne rufigula
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Ethiopian SwallowHirundo aethiopica
Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithiiRare/Accidental
Western House-MartinDelichon urbicum
European Red-rumped SwallowCecropis rufula
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
Preuss's SwallowPetrochelidon preussi
Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonotaRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae

Slender-billed GreenbulStelgidillas gracilirostris
Golden GreenbulCalyptocichla serinus
Yellow-lored BristlebillBleda notatus
Cameroon Mountain GreenbulArizelocichla montana
Western Mountain GreenbulArizelocichla tephrolaema
Eastern Bearded-GreenbulCriniger chloronotus
Red-tailed GreenbulCriniger calurus
Little GreenbulEurillas virens
Yellow-whiskered GreenbulEurillas latirostris
Plain GreenbulEurillas curvirostris
Icterine GreenbulPhyllastrephus icterinus
Cameroon Olive-GreenbulPhyllastrephus poensis
Leaf-lovePhyllastrephus scandens
Reunion BulbulHypsipetes borbonicusNear-threatened
Malagasy BulbulHypsipetes madagascariensis
Mauritius BulbulHypsipetes olivaceusVulnerable
Grande Comore BulbulHypsipetes parvirostrisNear-threatened
Moheli BulbulHypsipetes moheliensisEndemic Near-threatened
Seychelles BulbulHypsipetes crassirostris
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatusUncertain origin
Red-whiskered BulbulPycnonotus jocosus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopidae

Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelliRare/Accidental
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusRare/Accidental
Hume's WarblerPhylloscopus humeiRare/Accidental
Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatusRare/Accidental
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Canary Islands ChiffchaffPhylloscopus canariensisEndemic
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Iberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus ibericusRare/Accidental
Black-capped Woodland-WarblerPhylloscopus herberti
Two-barred WarblerPhylloscopus plumbeitarsusRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Hyliidae

Green HyliaHylia prasina
Tit-hyliaPholidornis rushiae

 
PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae

Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Dohrn's Thrush-BabblerSylvia dohrni
African Hill BabblerSylvia abyssinica
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaRare/Accidental
Western Orphean WarblerCurruca hortensisRare/Accidental
African Desert WarblerCurruca deserti
Tristram's WarblerCurruca deserticolaRare/Accidental
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephalaRare/Accidental
Western Subalpine WarblerCurruca iberiaeRare/Accidental
Eastern Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillansRare/Accidental
Greater WhitethroatCurruca communis
Spectacled WarblerCurruca conspicillata

 
PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae

Marianne White-eyeZosterops semiflavusEndemic Extinct
Comoro White-eyeZosterops mouroniensisNear-threatened
Reunion White-eyeZosterops olivaceus
Mauritius White-eyeZosterops chloronothosCritically endangered
Reunion Gray White-eyeZosterops borbonicus
Mauritius Gray White-eyeZosterops mauritianus
Abyssinian White-eyeZosterops abyssinicus
Forest White-eyeZosterops stenocricotus
Bioko SpeiropsZosterops brunneusNear-threatened
Principe White-eyeZosterops ficedulinusEndemic Endangered
Annobon White-eyeZosterops griseovirescens
Sao Tome White-eyeZosterops feaeEndemic Near-threatened
Black-capped SpeiropsZosterops lugubris
Principe SpeiropsZosterops leucophaeus
Seychelles White-eyeZosterops modestusVulnerable
Anjouan White-eyeZosterops anjuanensisEndemic
Moheli White-eyeZosterops comorensisEndemic
Malagasy White-eyeZosterops maderaspatanus
Kirk's White-eyeZosterops kirki
Mayotte White-eyeZosterops mayottensisEndemic
Aldabra White-eyeZosterops aldabrensisEndemic

 
PASSERIFORMES: Pellorneidae

Pale-breasted IlladopsisIlladopsis rufipennis
Blackcap IlladopsisIlladopsis cleaveri

 
PASSERIFORMES: Leiothrichidae

Red-billed LeiothrixLeiothrix luteaIntroduced species

 
PASSERIFORMES: Regulidae

GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Madeira FirecrestRegulus madeirensisEndemic

 
PASSERIFORMES: Troglodytidae

Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae

European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Spotless StarlingSturnus unicolorRare/Accidental
Wattled StarlingCreatophora cinereaRare/Accidental
Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
Rodrigues StarlingNecropsar rodericanusExtinct
Reunion StarlingFregilupus variusExtinct
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Madagascar StarlingHartlaubius auratus
Chestnut-winged StarlingOnychognathus fulgidus
Waller's StarlingOnychognathus walleri
Somali StarlingOnychognathus blythii
Socotra StarlingOnychognathus frater
Narrow-tailed StarlingPoeoptera lugubris
Splendid StarlingLamprotornis splendidus
Principe StarlingLamprotornis ornatus
Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeusRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Mimidae

Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosUncertain origin

 
PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae

Rufous Flycatcher-ThrushStizorhina fraseri
White-tailed Ant-ThrushNeocossyphus poensis
Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelinaRare/Accidental
Black-eared Ground-ThrushGeokichla camaronensis
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusRare/Accidental
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Comoro ThrushTurdus bewsheriNear-threatened
Olive ThrushTurdus olivaceus
Abyssinian ThrushTurdus abyssinicus
Principe ThrushTurdus xanthorhynchusEndemic Critically endangered
Sao Tome ThrushTurdus olivaceofuscusEndemic
African ThrushTurdus pelios
RedwingTurdus iliacusRare/Accidental
Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
FieldfareTurdus pilarisRare/Accidental
Ring OuzelTurdus torquatus
Black-throated ThrushTurdus atrogularisRare/Accidental
Red-throated ThrushTurdus ruficollisRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae

African Dusky FlycatcherMuscicapa adusta
Yellow-footed FlycatcherMuscicapa sethsmithi
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
African Forest-FlycatcherFraseria ocreata
Grande Comore FlycatcherHumblotia flavirostrisVulnerable
Fire-crested AletheAlethe castanea
Rufous-tailed Scrub-RobinCercotrichas galactotesRare/Accidental
Madagascar Magpie-RobinCopsychus albospecularis
Seychelles Magpie-RobinCopsychus sechellarumEndangered
White-bellied Robin-ChatCossyphicula roberti
European RobinErithacus rubecula
Brown-chested AletheChamaetylas poliocephala
Orange-breasted Forest RobinStiphrornis erythrothorax
Short-tailed AkalatSheppardia poensis
Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaRare/Accidental
Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parvaRare/Accidental
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollisRare/Accidental
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosRare/Accidental
Littoral Rock-ThrushMonticola imerinaEndemic
Amber Mountain Rock-ThrushMonticola erythronotusEndemic Near-threatened
Forest Rock-ThrushMonticola sharpei
Rufous-tailed Rock-ThrushMonticola saxatilis
Blue Rock-ThrushMonticola solitariusRare/Accidental
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
Fuerteventura StonechatSaxicola dacotiaeEndemic Near-threatened
European StonechatSaxicola rubicolaRare/Accidental
Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurusRare/Accidental
African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
Reunion StonechatSaxicola tectes
Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Atlas WheatearOenanthe seebohmiRare/Accidental
Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanicaRare/Accidental
Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschankaRare/Accidental
White-crowned WheatearOenanthe leucopygaRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Modulatricidae

Gray-chested BabblerKakamega poliothorax

 
PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae

Fraser's SunbirdDeleornis fraseri
Little Green SunbirdAnthreptes seimundi
Gray-chinned SunbirdAnthreptes tephrolaemus
Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
Principe SunbirdAnabathmis hartlaubii
Newton's SunbirdAnabathmis newtonii
Sao Tome SunbirdDreptes thomensisVulnerable
Blue-throated Brown SunbirdCyanomitra cyanolaema
Cameroon SunbirdCyanomitra oritis
Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivacea
Carmelite SunbirdChalcomitra fuliginosa
Green-throated SunbirdChalcomitra rubescens
Socotra SunbirdChalcomitra balfouri
Olive-bellied SunbirdCinnyris chloropygius
Tiny SunbirdCinnyris minullus
Northern Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris reichenowi
Ursula's SunbirdCinnyris ursulae
Bates's SunbirdCinnyris batesi
Souimanga SunbirdCinnyris sovimanga
Malagasy SunbirdCinnyris notatus
Seychelles SunbirdCinnyris dussumieri
Humblot's SunbirdCinnyris humbloti
Anjouan SunbirdCinnyris comorensis
Mayotte SunbirdCinnyris coquerellii

 
PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae

Scaly WeaverSporopipes squamifronsIntroduced species
Red-crowned MalimbeMalimbus coronatus
Red-headed MalimbeMalimbus rubricollis
Olive-naped WeaverPloceus brachypterus
Black-billed WeaverPloceus melanogaster
Principe Golden-WeaverPloceus princeps
Southern Masked-WeaverPloceus velatus
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
Giant WeaverPloceus grandisNear-threatened
Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus
Maxwell's Black WeaverPloceus albinucha
Dark-backed WeaverPloceus bicolor
Brown-capped WeaverPloceus insignis
Sao Tome WeaverPloceus sanctithomae
Nelicourvi WeaverPloceus nelicourvi
Sakalava WeaverPloceus sakalava
Red-headed QueleaQuelea erythrops
Red-billed QueleaQuelea queleaIntroduced species
Red FodyFoudia madagascariensis
Aldabra FodyFoudia aldabranaEndemic Endangered
Red-headed FodyFoudia eminentissima
Forest FodyFoudia omissa
Reunion FodyFoudia delloniExtirpated Extinct
Mauritius FodyFoudia rubraEndangered
Seychelles FodyFoudia sechellarumNear-threatened
Rodrigues FodyFoudia flavicans
Southern Red BishopEuplectes orixIntroduced species
Black-winged BishopEuplectes hordeaceus
Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes aferUncertain origin
Golden-backed BishopEuplectes aureus
Yellow BishopEuplectes capensis
White-winged WidowbirdEuplectes albonotatus
Long-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes progneIntroduced species

 
PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae

Bronze MannikinSpermestes cucullata
Black-and-white MannikinSpermestes bicolor
Madagascar MuniaLepidopygia nana
Java SparrowPadda oryzivoraIntroduced species Endangered
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulata
Shelley's OlivebackNesocharis shelleyi
Green-backed TwinspotMandingoa nitidula
Red-faced CrimsonwingCryptospiza reichenovii
White-breasted NigritaNigrita fusconotus
Chestnut-breasted NigritaNigrita bicolor
Gray-headed NigritaNigrita canicapillus
Pale-fronted NigritaNigrita luteifrons
Black-faced WaxbillBrunhilda erythronotosIntroduced species
Black-crowned WaxbillEstrilda nonnula
Orange-cheeked WaxbillEstrilda melpodaIntroduced species
Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
Red AvadavatAmandava amandavaIntroduced species
Violet-eared WaxbillGranatina granatinaIntroduced species
Southern CordonbleuUraeginthus angolensis
Green-winged PytiliaPytilia melbaIntroduced species
Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala

 
PASSERIFORMES: Viduidae

Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
Eastern Paradise-WhydahVidua paradisaeaIntroduced species
Shaft-tailed WhydahVidua regiaIntroduced species

 
PASSERIFORMES: Prunellidae

DunnockPrunella modularisRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae

House SparrowPasser domesticusIntroduced species
Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis
Cape Verde SparrowPasser iagoensis
Socotra SparrowPasser insularis
Northern Gray-headed SparrowPasser griseus
Desert SparrowPasser simplexUncertain origin
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusIntroduced species
Sudan Golden SparrowPasser luteusRare/Accidental
Rock SparrowPetronia petronia

 
PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae

Mountain WagtailMotacilla clara
Sao Tome Short-tailMotacilla bocagiiVulnerable
Madagascar WagtailMotacilla flaviventris
Gray WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensisRare/Accidental
Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreolaRare/Accidental
African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Richard's PipitAnthus richardiRare/Accidental
Long-billed PipitAnthus similis
Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
Plain-backed PipitAnthus leucophrysRare/Accidental
Long-legged PipitAnthus pallidiventris
Berthelot's PipitAnthus berthelotii
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisRare/Accidental
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoniRare/Accidental
Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaRare/Accidental
Rock PipitAnthus petrosusRare/Accidental
Yellow-throated LongclawMacronyx croceus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae

Common ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
Azores ChaffinchFringilla morelettiEndemic (country/region)
Madeira ChaffinchFringilla maderensisEndemic
Canary Islands ChaffinchFringilla canariensis
African ChaffinchFringilla spodiogenysRare/Accidental
Tenerife Blue ChaffinchFringilla teydeaEndemic Near-threatened
Gran Canaria Blue ChaffinchFringilla polatzekiEndemic Endangered
BramblingFringilla montifringillaRare/Accidental
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesRare/Accidental
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusRare/Accidental
Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus
Somali GrosbeakRhynchostruthus louisaeNear-threatened
European GreenfinchChloris chloris
Oriole FinchLinurgus olivaceus
Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
Brimstone CanaryCrithagra sulphurataIntroduced species
Yellow CanaryCrithagra flaviventris
Thick-billed SeedeaterCrithagra burtoni
Principe SeedeaterCrithagra rufobrunnea
Sao Tome GrosbeakCrithagra concolorCritically endangered
Eurasian LinnetLinaria cannabina
RedpollAcanthis flammeaRare/Accidental
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacusRare/Accidental
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraRare/Accidental
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
European SerinSerinus serinusIntroduced species
Island CanarySerinus canariaIntroduced species
Cape CanarySerinus canicollis
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Calcariidae

Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusRare/Accidental
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae

Black-headed BuntingEmberiza melanocephalaRare/Accidental
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraRare/Accidental
Rock BuntingEmberiza ciaRare/Accidental
Cirl BuntingEmberiza cirlusRare/Accidental
Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
Socotra BuntingEmberiza socotranaNear-threatened
Striolated BuntingEmberiza striolataRare/Accidental
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusRare/Accidental
Little BuntingEmberiza pusillaRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Icteridae

BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusRare/Accidental Near-threatened

 
PASSERIFORMES: Parulidae

Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisRare/Accidental
Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta variaRare/Accidental
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaRare/Accidental
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaRare/Accidental
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataRare/Accidental

 

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