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Southern Africa
This checklist includes all bird species found in Southern Africa , 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: Southern Africa [map]
Description: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland
Number of species: 1024
Number of endemics: 80
Number of breeding endemics: 1
Number of globally threatened species: 76
Number of introduced species: 11
Last modified: 2025-10-12
Number of endemics: 80
Number of breeding endemics: 1
Number of globally threatened species: 76
Number of introduced species: 11
Last modified: 2025-10-12
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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 | |
| Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | Introduced species |
| Knob-billed Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos | |
| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | |
| South African Shelduck | Tadorna cana | Endemic |
| Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | Uncertain origin |
| Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis | |
| African Pygmy-Goose | Nettapus auritus | |
| Garganey | Spatula querquedula | Rare/Accidental |
| Blue-billed Teal | Spatula hottentota | |
| Cape Shoveler | Spatula smithii | |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | Rare/Accidental |
| African Black Duck | Anas sparsa | |
| Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata | |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Introduced species |
| Cape Teal | Anas capensis | |
| Red-billed Duck | Anas erythrorhyncha | |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | Rare/Accidental |
| Southern Pochard | Netta erythrophthalma | |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | Uncertain origin |
| Maccoa Duck | Oxyura maccoa | Endangered |
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| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
| Southern Crested Guineafowl | Guttera edouardi | |
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| Indian Peafowl | Pavo cristatus | Introduced species |
| Crested Francolin | Ortygornis sephaena | |
| Coqui Francolin | Campocolinus coqui | |
| Red-winged Francolin | Scleroptila levaillantii | |
| Gray-winged Francolin | Scleroptila afra | Endemic |
| Orange River Francolin | Scleroptila gutturalis | |
| Shelley's Francolin | Scleroptila shelleyi | |
| Blue Quail | Synoicus adansonii | |
| Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
| Harlequin Quail | Coturnix delegorguei | |
| Chukar | Alectoris chukar | Introduced species |
| Hartlaub's Spurfowl | Pternistis hartlaubi | |
| Red-billed Spurfowl | Pternistis adspersus | |
| Cape Spurfowl | Pternistis capensis | Endemic |
| Natal Spurfowl | Pternistis natalensis | |
| Swainson's Spurfowl | Pternistis swainsonii | |
| Red-necked Spurfowl | Pternistis afer | |
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| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
| Rameron Pigeon | Columba arquatrix | |
| Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon | Columba delegorguei | |
| Lemon Dove | Aplopelia larvata | |
| European Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia turtur | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Mourning Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decipiens | |
| Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | |
| Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | |
| Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | |
| Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos | |
| Blue-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur afer | |
| Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria | |
| Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | |
| African Green-Pigeon | Treron calvus | |
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| Namaqua Sandgrouse | Pterocles namaqua | Endemic |
| Yellow-throated Sandgrouse | Pterocles gutturalis | |
| Double-banded Sandgrouse | Pterocles bicinctus | |
| Burchell's Sandgrouse | Pterocles burchelli | |
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| Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori | Near-threatened |
| Ludwig's Bustard | Neotis ludwigii | Endemic Endangered |
| Denham's Bustard | Neotis denhami | Near-threatened |
| White-bellied Bustard | Eupodotis senegalensis | |
| Blue Bustard | Eupodotis caerulescens | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Karoo Bustard | Heterotetrax vigorsii | Endemic |
| Rüppell's Bustard | Heterotetrax rueppelii | |
| Red-crested Bustard | Lophotis ruficrista | |
| Black Bustard | Afrotis afra | Endemic Vulnerable |
| White-quilled Bustard | Afrotis afraoides | Endemic |
| Black-bellied Bustard | Lissotis melanogaster | |
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| Gray Go-away-bird | Crinifer concolor | |
| Purple-crested Turaco | Gallirex porphyreolophus | |
| Ross's Turaco | Tauraco rossae | Rare/Accidental |
| Schalow's Turaco | Tauraco schalowi | |
| Livingstone's Turaco | Tauraco livingstonii | |
| Knysna Turaco | Tauraco corythaix | Endemic |
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| Senegal Coucal | Centropus senegalensis | |
| Coppery-tailed Coucal | Centropus cupreicaudus | |
| White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus | |
| Burchell's Coucal | Centropus burchellii | |
| Black Coucal | Centropus grillii | |
| Green Malkoha | Ceuthmochares australis | |
| Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius | |
| Levaillant's Cuckoo | Clamator levaillantii | |
| Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | |
| Thick-billed Cuckoo | Pachycoccyx audeberti | |
| Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | |
| Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | |
| African Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx cupreus | |
| Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo | Cercococcyx montanus | |
| Black Cuckoo | Cuculus clamosus | |
| Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius | |
| Lesser Cuckoo | Cuculus poliocephalus | |
| African Cuckoo | Cuculus gularis | |
| Madagascar Cuckoo | Cuculus rochii | |
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
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| Pennant-winged Nightjar | Caprimulgus vexillarius | |
| Eurasian Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | |
| Rufous-cheeked Nightjar | Caprimulgus rufigena | |
| Fiery-necked Nightjar | Caprimulgus pectoralis | |
| Swamp Nightjar | Caprimulgus natalensis | |
| Freckled Nightjar | Caprimulgus tristigma | |
| Square-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus fossii | |
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| Mottled Spinetail | Telacanthura ussheri | |
| Sabine's Spinetail | Rhaphidura sabini | Rare/Accidental |
| Bat-like Spinetail | Neafrapus boehmi | |
| Scarce Swift | Schoutedenapus myoptilus | |
| Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | |
| Mottled Swift | Tachymarptis aequatorialis | |
| Common Swift | Apus apus | |
| Pallid Swift | Apus pallidus | Rare/Accidental |
| African Swift | Apus barbatus | |
| Bradfield's Swift | Apus bradfieldi | |
| Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
| Horus Swift | Apus horus | |
| White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | |
| African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | |
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| Buff-spotted Flufftail | Sarothrura elegans | |
| Red-chested Flufftail | Sarothrura rufa | |
| Chestnut-headed Flufftail | Sarothrura lugens | |
| Streaky-breasted Flufftail | Sarothrura boehmi | |
| Striped Flufftail | Sarothrura affinis | |
| White-winged Flufftail | Sarothrura ayresi | Critically endangered |
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| African Rail | Rallus caerulescens | |
| Corn Crake | Crex crex | |
| African Crake | Crecopsis egregia | |
| Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana | |
| Lesser Moorhen | Paragallinula angulata | |
| Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata | |
| Allen's Gallinule | Porphyrio alleni | |
| Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinica | Rare/Accidental |
| African Swamphen | Porphyrio madagascariensis | |
| White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | Rare/Accidental |
| Striped Crake | Aenigmatolimnas marginalis | |
| Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra | |
| Little Crake | Zapornia parva | Rare/Accidental |
| Baillon's Crake | Zapornia pusilla | |
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| African Finfoot | Podica senegalensis | |
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| Gray Crowned-Crane | Balearica regulorum | Endangered |
| Wattled Crane | Grus carunculatus | Vulnerable |
| Blue Crane | Grus paradiseus | Endemic Vulnerable |
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| Snowy Sheathbill | Chionis albus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis | |
| Water Thick-knee | Burhinus vermiculatus | |
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| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
| Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
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| Eurasian Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | Near-threatened |
| African Oystercatcher | Haematopus moquini | |
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| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Vulnerable |
| American Golden-Plover | Pluvialis dominica | Rare/Accidental |
| Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Three-banded Plover | Thinornis tricollaris | |
| Little Ringed Plover | Thinornis dubius | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | Near-threatened |
| Long-toed Lapwing | Vanellus crassirostris | |
| Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus | |
| Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus | Rare/Accidental |
| White-crowned Lapwing | Vanellus albiceps | |
| Senegal Lapwing | Vanellus lugubris | |
| Black-winged Lapwing | Vanellus melanopterus | |
| Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus | |
| Wattled Lapwing | Vanellus senegallus | |
| Caspian Plover | Anarhynchus asiaticus | |
| Siberian Sand-Plover | Anarhynchus mongolus | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| Tibetan Sand-Plover | Anarhynchus atrifrons | |
| Greater Sand-Plover | Anarhynchus leschenaultii | |
| Kittlitz's Plover | Anarhynchus pecuarius | |
| Chestnut-banded Plover | Anarhynchus pallidus | |
| White-fronted Plover | Anarhynchus marginatus | |
| Kentish Plover | Anarhynchus alexandrinus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
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| Lesser Jacana | Microparra capensis | |
| African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | |
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| Upland Sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Near-threatened |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Near-threatened |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Near-threatened |
| Hudsonian Godwit | Limosa haemastica | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Asian Dowitcher | Limnodromus semipalmatus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Great Snipe | Gallinago media | Near-threatened |
| African Snipe | Gallinago nigripennis | |
| Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor | Rare/Accidental |
| Red Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Near-threatened |
| Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Near-threatened |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
| Broad-billed Sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus | Vulnerable |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Vulnerable |
| Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | Rare/Accidental |
| Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Near-threatened |
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Rare/Accidental |
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| Small Buttonquail | Turnix sylvaticus | |
| Black-rumped Buttonquail | Turnix nanus | |
| Fynbos Buttonquail | Turnix hottentottus | |
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| Crab-Plover | Dromas ardeola | |
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| Double-banded Courser | Smutsornis africanus | |
| Bronze-winged Courser | Rhinoptilus chalcopterus | |
| Three-banded Courser | Rhinoptilus cinctus | |
| Temminck's Courser | Cursorius temminckii | |
| Burchell's Courser | Cursorius rufus | |
| Rock Pratincole | Glareola nuchalis | |
| Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | |
| Black-winged Pratincole | Glareola nordmanni | Near-threatened |
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| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | |
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
| Brown Skua | Stercorarius antarcticus | |
| South Polar Skua | Stercorarius maccormicki | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Sabine's Gull | Xema sabini | |
| Slender-billed Gull | Chroicocephalus genei | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | Rare/Accidental |
| Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | |
| Hartlaub's Gull | Chroicocephalus hartlaubii | Endemic |
| Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Franklin's Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | Rare/Accidental |
| Sooty Gull | Ichthyaetus hemprichii | Rare/Accidental |
| White-eyed Gull | Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus | |
| Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | |
| Caspian Gull | Larus cachinnans | Rare/Accidental |
| Kelp Gull | Larus dominicanus | |
| European Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | |
| Yellow-legged Gull | Larus michahellis | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
| African Skimmer | Rynchops flavirostris | |
| Black Skimmer | Rynchops niger | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Noddy | Anous tenuirostris | Rare/Accidental |
| Black Noddy | Anous minutus | Rare/Accidental |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
| Saunders's Tern | Sternula saundersi | Rare/Accidental |
| Damara Tern | Sternula balaenarum | |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | Rare/Accidental |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | |
| Antarctic Tern | Sterna vittata | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| White-cheeked Tern | Sterna repressa | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | Rare/Accidental |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
| Elegant Tern | Thalasseus elegans | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | |
| West African Crested Tern | Thalasseus albididorsalis | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
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| Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | |
| Lesser Flamingo | Phoeniconaias minor | Near-threatened |
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| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
| Eared Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | |
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| White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | Rare/Accidental |
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| King Penguin | Aptenodytes patagonicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Gentoo Penguin | Pygoscelis papua | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Penguin | Eudyptula minor | Uncertain origin |
| African Penguin | Spheniscus demersus | Critically endangered |
| Macaroni Penguin | Eudyptes chrysolophus | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Western Rockhopper Penguin | Eudyptes chrysocome | Rare/Accidental |
| Moseley's Rockhopper Penguin | Eudyptes moseleyi | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
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| Northern Royal Albatross | Diomedea sanfordi | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| Southern Royal Albatross | Diomedea epomophora | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Snowy Albatross | Diomedea exulans | Vulnerable |
| Tristan Albatross | Diomedea dabbenena | Critically endangered |
| Amsterdam Albatross | Diomedea amsterdamensis | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| Laysan Albatross | Phoebastria immutabilis | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Sooty Albatross | Phoebetria fusca | Endangered |
| Light-mantled Albatross | Phoebetria palpebrata | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross | Thalassarche chlororhynchos | Endangered |
| Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross | Thalassarche carteri | Endangered |
| Gray-headed Albatross | Thalassarche chrysostoma | Endangered |
| Buller's Albatross | Thalassarche bulleri | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| White-capped Albatross | Thalassarche cauta | |
| Salvin's Albatross | Thalassarche salvini | Vulnerable |
| Chatham Albatross | Thalassarche eremita | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Black-browed Albatross | Thalassarche melanophris | |
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| Wilson's Storm-Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
| Pincoya Storm-Petrel | Oceanites pincoyae | Rare/Accidental Data deficient |
| Gray-backed Storm-Petrel | Garrodia nereis | |
| White-faced Storm-Petrel | Pelagodroma marina | Rare/Accidental |
| White-bellied Storm-Petrel | Fregetta grallaria | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-bellied Storm-Petrel | Fregetta tropica | Rare/Accidental |
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| European Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates pelagicus | |
| Leach's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | Vulnerable |
| Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates monorhis | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Band-rumped Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates castro | Rare/Accidental |
| Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates matsudairae | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
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| Southern Giant-Petrel | Macronectes giganteus | |
| Northern Giant-Petrel | Macronectes halli | |
| Southern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialoides | |
| Antarctic Petrel | Thalassoica antarctica | Rare/Accidental |
| Pintado Petrel | Daption capense | |
| Snow Petrel | Pagodroma nivea | Rare/Accidental |
| Kerguelen Petrel | Aphrodroma brevirostris | Rare/Accidental |
| Great-winged Petrel | Pterodroma macroptera | |
| Gray-faced Petrel | Pterodroma gouldi | Rare/Accidental |
| Trindade Petrel | Pterodroma arminjoniana | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Soft-plumaged Petrel | Pterodroma mollis | |
| Barau's Petrel | Pterodroma baraui | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| White-headed Petrel | Pterodroma lessonii | Rare/Accidental |
| Atlantic Petrel | Pterodroma incerta | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| Blue Petrel | Halobaena caerulea | |
| Fairy Prion | Pachyptila turtur | Rare/Accidental |
| Broad-billed Prion | Pachyptila vittata | |
| Salvin's Prion | Pachyptila salvini | |
| MacGillivray's Prion | Pachyptila macgillivrayi | Critically endangered |
| Antarctic Prion | Pachyptila desolata | |
| Slender-billed Prion | Pachyptila belcheri | Rare/Accidental |
| Fulmar Prion | Pachyptila crassirostris | Rare/Accidental |
| Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | Rare/Accidental |
| Jouanin's Petrel | Bulweria fallax | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Tahiti Petrel | Pseudobulweria rostrata | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Gray Petrel | Procellaria cinerea | Near-threatened |
| White-chinned Petrel | Procellaria aequinoctialis | Vulnerable |
| Spectacled Petrel | Procellaria conspicillata | Vulnerable |
| Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris borealis | |
| Scopoli's Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea | |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Great Shearwater | Ardenna gravis | |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Near-threatened |
| Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Balearic Shearwater | Puffinus mauretanicus | Critically endangered |
| Subantarctic Shearwater | Puffinus elegans | |
| Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Diving-Petrel | Pelecanoides urinatrix | |
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| African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus | |
| Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | |
| Abdim's Stork | Ciconia abdimii | |
| African Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia microscelis | |
| White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
| Saddle-billed Stork | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis | Near-threatened |
| Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer | |
| Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | |
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| Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | Rare/Accidental |
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| Cape Gannet | Morus capensis | Endangered |
| Australasian Gannet | Morus serrator | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | Rare/Accidental |
| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | |
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| African Darter | Anhinga rufa | |
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| Reed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | |
| Crowned Cormorant | Microcarbo coronatus | Endemic |
| Bank Cormorant | Phalacrocorax neglectus | Endemic Endangered |
| Cape Cormorant | Phalacrocorax capensis | Endangered |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
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| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
| African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | |
| Southern Bald Ibis | Geronticus calvus | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | |
| African Spoonbill | Platalea alba | |
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| Eurasian Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | |
| Dwarf Bittern | Botaurus sturmii | |
| Little Bittern | Botaurus minutus | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea | Rare/Accidental |
| Slaty Egret | Egretta vinaceigula | Vulnerable |
| Black Heron | Egretta ardesiaca | |
| Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| Western Reef-Heron | Egretta gularis | Rare/Accidental |
| White-backed Night Heron | Calherodius leuconotus | |
| Little Heron | Butorides atricapilla | |
| Rufous-bellied Heron | Ardeola rufiventris | |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | |
| Malagasy Pond-Heron | Ardeola idae | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| Western Cattle-Egret | Ardea ibis | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Yellow-billed Egret | Ardea brachyrhyncha | |
| Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
| Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | |
| Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath | |
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| Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | |
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| Shoebill | Balaeniceps rex | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
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| Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | |
| Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens | |
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| Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius | Endangered |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus | |
| Palm-nut Vulture | Gypohierax angolensis | |
| Bearded Vulture | Gypaetus barbatus | Near-threatened |
| Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| African Cuckoo-Hawk | Aviceda cuculoides | |
| European Honey-buzzard | Pernis apivorus | |
| Oriental Honey-buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | Rare/Accidental |
| White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis | Critically endangered |
| Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos | Endangered |
| Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus | Critically endangered |
| White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | Critically endangered |
| Cape Griffon | Gyps coprotheres | Breeding endemic Vulnerable |
| Rüppell's Griffon | Gyps rueppelli | Rare/Accidental Critically endangered |
| Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | Endangered |
| Western Banded Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinerascens | |
| Southern Banded Snake-Eagle | Circaetus fasciolatus | Near-threatened |
| Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis | |
| Brown Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinereus | |
| Crowned Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus | Near-threatened |
| Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | Endangered |
| Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis | |
| Lesser Spotted Eagle | Clanga pomarina | |
| Wahlberg's Eagle | Hieraaetus wahlbergi | |
| Ayres's Hawk-Eagle | Hieraaetus ayresii | |
| Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | Endangered |
| Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | Vulnerable |
| Verreaux's Eagle | Aquila verreauxii | |
| African Hawk-Eagle | Aquila spilogaster | |
| Bat Hawk | Macheiramphus alcinus | |
| Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar | |
| Dark Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax metabates | |
| Pale Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax canorus | |
| Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus | |
| African Goshawk | Aerospiza tachiro | |
| Little Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza minulla | |
| Shikra | Tachyspiza badia | |
| Ovambo Sparrowhawk | Accipiter ovampensis | |
| Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk | Accipiter rufiventris | |
| Black Goshawk | Astur melanoleucus | |
| Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | |
| African Marsh Harrier | Circus ranivorus | |
| Black Harrier | Circus maurus | Endemic Endangered |
| Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | Near-threatened |
| Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | |
| Red Kite | Milvus milvus | Rare/Accidental |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| African Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga vocifer | |
| Grasshopper Buzzard | Butastur rufipennis | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-necked Buzzard | Buteo auguralis | Rare/Accidental |
| Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur | |
| Jackal Buzzard | Buteo rufofuscus | Endemic |
| Mountain Buzzard | Buteo oreophilus | Near-threatened |
| Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
| Forest Buzzard | Buteo trizonatus | Near-threatened |
| Long-legged Buzzard | Buteo rufinus | Rare/Accidental |
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| African Grass-Owl | Tyto capensis | |
| Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| Eurasian Scops-Owl | Otus scops | |
| African Scops-Owl | Otus senegalensis | |
| Southern White-faced Owl | Ptilopsis granti | |
| Spotted Eagle-Owl | Bubo africanus | |
| Cape Eagle-Owl | Bubo capensis | |
| Verreaux's Eagle-Owl | Ketupa lactea | |
| Pel's Fishing-Owl | Scotopelia peli | |
| Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum | |
| African Barred Owlet | Glaucidium capense | |
| African Wood-Owl | Strix woodfordii | |
| Marsh Owl | Asio capensis | |
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| Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | |
| White-backed Mousebird | Colius colius | Endemic |
| Red-faced Mousebird | Urocolius indicus | |
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| Narina Trogon | Apaloderma narina | |
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| Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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| Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus | |
| Violet Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus damarensis | |
| Common Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus cyanomelas | |
| Southern Ground-Hornbill | Bucorvus leadbeateri | Vulnerable |
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| Crowned Hornbill | Lophoceros alboterminatus | |
| Bradfield's Hornbill | Lophoceros bradfieldi | |
| African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus | |
| Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill | Tockus leucomelas | |
| Monteiro's Hornbill | Tockus monteiri | |
| Southern Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus rufirostris | |
| Damara Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus damarensis | |
| Northern Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus erythrorhynchus | |
| Silvery-cheeked Hornbill | Bycanistes brevis | |
| Trumpeter Hornbill | Bycanistes bucinator | |
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| White-fronted Bee-eater | Merops bullockoides | |
| Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | |
| Swallow-tailed Bee-eater | Merops hirundineus | |
| White-throated Bee-eater | Merops albicollis | Rare/Accidental |
| Böhm's Bee-eater | Merops boehmi | |
| Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus | |
| Olive Bee-eater | Merops superciliosus | |
| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
| Northern Carmine Bee-eater | Merops nubicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Southern Carmine Bee-eater | Merops nubicoides | |
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| Half-collared Kingfisher | Alcedo semitorquata | |
| Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus | |
| African Pygmy Kingfisher | Ispidina picta | |
| Gray-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala | |
| Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis | |
| Mangrove Kingfisher | Halcyon senegaloides | |
| Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Halcyon albiventris | |
| Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti | |
| Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima | |
| Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
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| European Roller | Coracias garrulus | |
| Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus | |
| Racket-tailed Roller | Coracias spatulatus | |
| Purple Roller | Coracias naevius | |
| Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus | |
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| Crested Barbet | Trachyphonus vaillantii | |
| Green Barbet | Cryptolybia olivacea | |
| White-eared Barbet | Stactolaema leucotis | |
| Whyte's Barbet | Stactolaema whytii | |
| Green Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus simplex | |
| Yellow-throated Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus subsulphureus | |
| Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus bilineatus | |
| Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus pusillus | |
| Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus chrysoconus | |
| Pied Barbet | Tricholaema leucomelas | |
| Black-collared Barbet | Lybius torquatus | |
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| Green-backed Honeybird | Prodotiscus zambesiae | |
| Brown-backed Honeybird | Prodotiscus regulus | |
| Pallid Honeyguide | Indicator meliphilus | |
| Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | |
| Scaly-throated Honeyguide | Indicator variegatus | |
| Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator | |
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| Red-throated Wryneck | Jynx ruficollis | |
| Bearded Woodpecker | Chloropicus namaquus | |
| Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | |
| Stierling's Woodpecker | Dendropicos stierlingi | Rare/Accidental |
| Olive Woodpecker | Dendropicos griseocephalus | |
| Ground Woodpecker | Geocolaptes olivaceus | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Green-backed Woodpecker | Campethera maculosa | |
| Bennett's Woodpecker | Campethera bennettii | |
| Speckle-throated Woodpecker | Campethera scriptoricauda | |
| Knysna Woodpecker | Campethera notata | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Golden-tailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni | |
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| Pygmy Falcon | Polihierax semitorquatus | |
| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | |
| Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| Rock Kestrel | Falco rupicolus | |
| Greater Kestrel | Falco rupicoloides | |
| Gray Kestrel | Falco ardosiaceus | Rare/Accidental |
| Dickinson's Kestrel | Falco dickinsoni | |
| Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera | |
| Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus | Vulnerable |
| Amur Falcon | Falco amurensis | |
| Eleonora's Falcon | Falco eleonorae | Rare/Accidental |
| Sooty Falcon | Falco concolor | Vulnerable |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
| African Hobby | Falco cuvierii | |
| Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
| Taita Falcon | Falco fasciinucha | Vulnerable |
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| Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | Introduced species |
| Rosy-faced Lovebird | Agapornis roseicollis | Endemic |
| Lilian's Lovebird | Agapornis lilianae | Near-threatened |
| Black-cheeked Lovebird | Agapornis nigrigenis | Vulnerable |
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| Brown-necked Parrot | Poicephalus fuscicollis | |
| Cape Parrot | Poicephalus robustus | Endemic Vulnerable |
| Meyer's Parrot | Poicephalus meyeri | |
| Rüppell's Parrot | Poicephalus rueppellii | |
| Brown-headed Parrot | Poicephalus cryptoxanthus | |
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| African Broadbill | Smithornis capensis | |
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| African Pitta | Pitta angolensis | |
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| Gray Cuckooshrike | Ceblepyris caesius | |
| White-breasted Cuckooshrike | Ceblepyris pectoralis | |
| Black Cuckooshrike | Campephaga flava | |
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| Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | |
| African Golden Oriole | Oriolus auratus | |
| Green-headed Oriole | Oriolus chlorocephalus | |
| African Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus | |
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| White-tailed Shrike | Lanioturdus torquatus | |
| Black-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira peltata | |
| Cape Batis | Batis capensis | |
| Woodwards' Batis | Batis fratrum | |
| Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor | |
| Pale Batis | Batis soror | |
| Pririt Batis | Batis pririt | |
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| White-crested Helmetshrike | Prionops plumatus | |
| Retz's Helmetshrike | Prionops retzii | |
| Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike | Prionops scopifrons | |
| Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher | Bias musicus | |
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| Brubru | Nilaus afer | |
| Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla | |
| Marsh Tchagra | Bocagia minuta | |
| Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus | |
| Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis | |
| Southern Tchagra | Tchagra tchagra | Endemic |
| Tropical Boubou | Laniarius major | |
| Gabon Boubou | Laniarius bicolor | |
| Southern Boubou | Laniarius ferrugineus | Endemic |
| Crimson-breasted Gonolek | Laniarius atrococcineus | |
| Bokmakierie | Telophorus zeylonus | |
| Four-colored Bushshrike | Telophorus viridis | |
| Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike | Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus | |
| Olive Bushshrike | Chlorophoneus olivaceus | |
| Black-fronted Bushshrike | Chlorophoneus nigrifrons | |
| Gray-headed Bushshrike | Malaconotus blanchoti | |
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| Square-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus ludwigii | |
| Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
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| African Crested Flycatcher | Trochocercus cyanomelas | |
| African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | |
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| Magpie Shrike | Urolestes melanoleucus | |
| Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | |
| Red-tailed Shrike | Lanius phoenicuroides | Rare/Accidental |
| Isabelline Shrike | Lanius isabellinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Gray Shrike | Lanius minor | |
| Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis | |
| Southern Fiscal | Lanius collaris | |
| Souza's Shrike | Lanius souzae | |
| Woodchat Shrike | Lanius senator | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| White-crowned Shrike | Eurocephalus anguitimens | |
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| House Crow | Corvus splendens | Introduced species |
| Cape Crow | Corvus capensis | |
| Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
| White-necked Raven | Corvus albicollis | |
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| Cape Rockjumper | Chaetops frenatus | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Drakensberg Rockjumper | Chaetops aurantius | Endemic Near-threatened |
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| Yellow-bellied Hyliota | Hyliota flavigaster | |
| Southern Hyliota | Hyliota australis | |
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| Fairy Flycatcher | Stenostira scita | Endemic |
| White-tailed Blue Flycatcher | Elminia albicauda | |
| White-tailed Crested Flycatcher | Elminia albonotata | |
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| Rufous-bellied Tit | Melaniparus rufiventris | |
| Southern Black-Tit | Melaniparus niger | |
| Carp's Tit | Melaniparus carpi | |
| Miombo Tit | Melaniparus griseiventris | |
| Ashy Tit | Melaniparus cinerascens | |
| Gray Tit | Melaniparus afer | Endemic |
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| African Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus caroli | |
| Southern Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus minutus | |
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| Spike-heeled Lark | Chersomanes albofasciata | |
| Gray's Lark | Ammomanopsis grayi | |
| Short-clawed Lark | Certhilauda chuana | Endemic |
| Karoo Long-billed Lark | Certhilauda subcoronata | |
| Eastern Long-billed Lark | Certhilauda semitorquata | |
| Cape Long-billed Lark | Certhilauda curvirostris | |
| Dusky Lark | Pinarocorys nigricans | |
| Thick-billed Lark | Ramphocoris clotbey | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-eared Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix australis | Endemic |
| Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix leucotis | |
| Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix verticalis | |
| Sabota Lark | Calendulauda sabota | |
| Fawn-colored Lark | Calendulauda africanoides | |
| Karoo Lark | Calendulauda albescens | Endemic |
| Red Lark | Calendulauda burra | Endemic Vulnerable |
| Dune Lark | Calendulauda erythrochlamys | |
| Rudd's Lark | Heteromirafra ruddi | Endemic Endangered |
| Monotonous Lark | Mirafra passerina | |
| Melodious Lark | Mirafra cheniana | Endemic |
| Flappet Lark | Amirafra rufocinnamomea | |
| Cape Clapper Lark | Corypha apiata | Endemic |
| Eastern Clapper Lark | Corypha fasciolata | |
| Rufous-naped Lark | Corypha africana | |
| Stark's Lark | Spizocorys starki | |
| Pink-billed Lark | Spizocorys conirostris | |
| Botha's Lark | Spizocorys fringillaris | Endemic Endangered |
| Sclater's Lark | Spizocorys sclateri | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Large-billed Lark | Galerida magnirostris | Endemic |
| Red-capped Lark | Calandrella cinerea | |
| Bimaculated Lark | Melanocorypha bimaculata | Uncertain origin |
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| Western Nicator | Nicator chloris | |
| Eastern Nicator | Nicator gularis | |
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| Red-capped Crombec | Sylvietta ruficapilla | |
| Red-faced Crombec | Sylvietta whytii | |
| Long-billed Crombec | Sylvietta rufescens | |
| Rockrunner | Achaetops pycnopygius | |
| Moustached Grass-Warbler | Melocichla mentalis | |
| Cape Grassbird | Sphenoeacus afer | Endemic |
| Victorin's Warbler | Cryptillas victorini | Endemic |
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| Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis | |
| Green-capped Eremomela | Eremomela scotops | |
| Karoo Eremomela | Eremomela gregalis | Endemic |
| Burnt-neck Eremomela | Eremomela usticollis | |
| Roberts's Warbler | Oreophilais robertsi | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Namaqua Warbler | Phragmacia substriata | Endemic |
| Miombo Wren-Warbler | Calamonastes undosus | |
| Stierling's Wren-Warbler | Calamonastes stierlingi | |
| Barred Wren-Warbler | Calamonastes fasciolatus | |
| Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | |
| Bar-throated Apalis | Apalis thoracica | |
| Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida | |
| Rudd's Apalis | Apalis ruddi | |
| Black-headed Apalis | Apalis melanocephala | |
| Chirinda Apalis | Apalis chirindensis | Vulnerable |
| Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | |
| Black-chested Prinia | Prinia flavicans | |
| Karoo Prinia | Prinia maculosa | Endemic |
| Drakensberg Prinia | Prinia hypoxantha | Endemic |
| Red-winged Prinia | Prinia erythroptera | |
| Cinnamon-breasted Warbler | Euryptila subcinnamomea | Endemic |
| Rufous-eared Warbler | Malcorus pectoralis | Endemic |
| Red-faced Cisticola | Cisticola erythrops | |
| Singing Cisticola | Cisticola cantans | |
| Rock-loving Cisticola | Cisticola aberrans | |
| Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana | |
| Tinkling Cisticola | Cisticola rufilatus | |
| Gray-backed Cisticola | Cisticola subruficapilla | |
| Wailing Cisticola | Cisticola lais | |
| Luapula Cisticola | Cisticola luapula | |
| Chirping Cisticola | Cisticola pipiens | |
| Rufous-winged Cisticola | Cisticola galactotes | |
| Levaillant's Cisticola | Cisticola tinniens | |
| Croaking Cisticola | Cisticola natalensis | |
| Piping Cisticola | Cisticola fulvicapilla | |
| Siffling Cisticola | Cisticola brachypterus | |
| Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
| Desert Cisticola | Cisticola aridulus | |
| Cloud Cisticola | Cisticola textrix | |
| Pectoral-patch Cisticola | Cisticola brunnescens | |
| Pale-crowned Cisticola | Cisticola cinnamomeus | |
| Wing-snapping Cisticola | Cisticola ayresii | |
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| African Yellow-Warbler | Iduna natalensis | |
| Upcher's Warbler | Hippolais languida | Rare/Accidental |
| Olive-tree Warbler | Hippolais olivetorum | |
| Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina | |
| Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | |
| Marsh Warbler | Acrocephalus palustris | |
| Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
| Basra Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus griseldis | Endangered |
| Lesser Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus gracilirostris | |
| Greater Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus rufescens | |
| Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | |
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| River Warbler | Locustella fluviatilis | |
| Fan-tailed Grassbird | Catriscus brevirostris | |
| Knysna Warbler | Bradypterus sylvaticus | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Barratt's Warbler | Bradypterus barratti | Endemic |
| Little Rush Warbler | Bradypterus baboecala | |
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| White-headed Sawwing | Psalidoprocne albiceps | Rare/Accidental |
| Black Sawwing | Psalidoprocne pristoptera | |
| Gray-rumped Swallow | Pseudhirundo griseopyga | |
| Mascarene Martin | Phedina borbonica | |
| Banded Martin | Neophedina cincta | |
| Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola | |
| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | |
| Red-throated Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne rufigula | |
| Southern Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | |
| Montane Blue Swallow | Hirundo atrocaerulea | Endangered |
| Pearl-breasted Swallow | Hirundo dimidiata | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Red-chested Swallow | Hirundo lucida | Rare/Accidental |
| Angola Swallow | Hirundo angolensis | |
| White-throated Swallow | Hirundo albigularis | |
| Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | |
| Western House-Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
| Greater Striped Swallow | Cecropis cucullata | |
| European Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis rufula | Rare/Accidental |
| African Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis melanocrissus | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica | |
| Rufous-chested Swallow | Cecropis semirufa | |
| Mosque Swallow | Cecropis senegalensis | |
| South African Swallow | Petrochelidon spilodera | |
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| Sombre Greenbul | Andropadus importunus | |
| Pale-throated Greenbul | Atimastillas flavigula | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow-bellied Greenbul | Chlorocichla flaviventris | |
| Stripe-cheeked Greenbul | Arizelocichla milanjensis | Near-threatened |
| Tiny Greenbul | Phyllastrephus debilis | |
| Yellow-streaked Greenbul | Phyllastrephus flavostriatus | |
| Terrestrial Brownbul | Phyllastrephus terrestris | |
| Gray-olive Greenbul | Phyllastrephus cerviniventris | |
| Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |
| Red-whiskered Bulbul | Pycnonotus jocosus | |
| Black-fronted Bulbul | Pycnonotus nigricans | |
| Cape Bulbul | Pycnonotus capensis | Endemic |
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| Wood Warbler | Phylloscopus sibilatrix | Rare/Accidental |
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
| Yellow-throated Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus ruficapilla | |
| Two-barred Warbler | Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Livingstone's Flycatcher | Erythrocercus livingstonei | |
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| Eurasian Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | |
| Bush Blackcap | Sylvia nigricapillus | Endemic Vulnerable |
| Barred Warbler | Curruca nisoria | |
| Layard's Warbler | Curruca layardi | Endemic |
| Chestnut-vented Warbler | Curruca subcoerulea | |
| Lesser Whitethroat | Curruca curruca | Rare/Accidental |
| Greater Whitethroat | Curruca communis | |
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| Orange River White-eye | Zosterops pallidus | Endemic |
| Cape White-eye | Zosterops virens | |
| Southern Yellow White-eye | Zosterops anderssoni | |
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| Arrow-marked Babbler | Turdoides jardineii | |
| Bare-cheeked Babbler | Turdoides gymnogenys | |
| Southern Pied-Babbler | Turdoides bicolor | Endemic |
| Hartlaub's Babbler | Turdoides hartlaubii | |
| Black-faced Babbler | Turdoides melanops | |
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| African Spotted Creeper | Salpornis salvadori | |
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| Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythroryncha | |
| Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus africanus | |
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| European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | Introduced species |
| Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea | |
| Rosy Starling | Pastor roseus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | Introduced species |
| Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | |
| Pale-winged Starling | Onychognathus nabouroup | |
| Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio | |
| Black-bellied Starling | Notopholia corusca | |
| Burchell's Starling | Lamprotornis australis | |
| Meves's Starling | Lamprotornis mevesii | |
| African Pied Starling | Lamprotornis bicolor | Endemic |
| Lesser Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chloropterus | |
| Sharp-tailed Starling | Lamprotornis acuticaudus | |
| Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus | |
| Cape Starling | Lamprotornis nitens | |
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| Boulder Chat | Pinarornis plumosus | |
| Spotted Ground-Thrush | Geokichla guttata | Vulnerable |
| Orange Ground-Thrush | Geokichla gurneyi | |
| Groundscraper Thrush | Turdus litsitsirupa | |
| Kurrichane Thrush | Turdus libonyana | |
| Olive Thrush | Turdus olivaceus | |
| Karoo Thrush | Turdus smithi | |
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| African Dusky Flycatcher | Muscicapa adusta | |
| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
| Marico Flycatcher | Bradornis mariquensis | |
| Pale Flycatcher | Agricola pallidus | |
| Chat Flycatcher | Agricola infuscatus | |
| Gray Tit-Flycatcher | Fraseria plumbea | |
| Ashy Flycatcher | Fraseria caerulescens | |
| Herero Chat | Namibornis herero | |
| Fiscal Flycatcher | Sigelus silens | Endemic |
| Southern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis pammelaina | |
| Karoo Scrub-Robin | Tychaedon coryphoeus | Endemic |
| Brown Scrub-Robin | Tychaedon signata | Endemic |
| Bearded Scrub-Robin | Tychaedon quadrivirgata | |
| Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas galactotes | Rare/Accidental |
| Kalahari Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas paena | |
| White-browed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys | |
| Cape Robin-Chat | Dessonornis caffer | |
| White-throated Robin-Chat | Dessonornis humeralis | Endemic |
| White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini | |
| Red-capped Robin-Chat | Cossypha natalensis | |
| Chorister Robin-Chat | Cossypha dichroa | Endemic |
| Angola Cave-Chat | Xenocopsychus ansorgei | Rare/Accidental |
| Collared Palm-Thrush | Cichladusa arquata | |
| Rufous-tailed Palm-Thrush | Cichladusa ruficauda | |
| White-starred Robin | Pogonocichla stellata | |
| Swynnerton's Robin | Swynnertonia swynnertoni | Near-threatened |
| White-chested Alethe | Chamaetylas fuelleborni | |
| East Coast Akalat | Sheppardia gunningi | Near-threatened |
| White-throated Robin | Irania gutturalis | |
| Thrush Nightingale | Luscinia luscinia | |
| European Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula hypoleuca | Rare/Accidental |
| Collared Flycatcher | Ficedula albicollis | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | Rare/Accidental |
| Short-toed Rock-Thrush | Monticola brevipes | |
| Sentinel Rock-Thrush | Monticola explorator | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Miombo Rock-Thrush | Monticola angolensis | |
| Cape Rock-Thrush | Monticola rupestris | Endemic |
| Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | Rare/Accidental |
| African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus | |
| Buff-streaked Chat | Campicoloides bifasciatus | Endemic |
| Sickle-winged Chat | Emarginata sinuata | Endemic |
| Karoo Chat | Emarginata schlegelii | |
| Tractrac Chat | Emarginata tractrac | |
| Mocking Cliff-Chat | Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris | |
| Southern Anteater-Chat | Myrmecocichla formicivora | Endemic |
| Mountain Chat | Myrmecocichla monticola | |
| Arnot's Chat | Myrmecocichla arnotti | |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | Rare/Accidental |
| Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata | |
| Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina | Rare/Accidental |
| Pied Wheatear | Oenanthe pleschanka | Rare/Accidental |
| Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris | |
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| Gurney's Sugarbird | Promerops gurneyi | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Cape Sugarbird | Promerops cafer | Endemic |
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| Plain-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes reichenowi | |
| Western Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes longuemarei | |
| Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris | |
| Orange-breasted Sunbird | Anthobaphes violacea | Endemic |
| Olive Sunbird | Cyanomitra olivacea | |
| Mouse-colored Sunbird | Cyanomitra veroxii | |
| Amethyst Sunbird | Chalcomitra amethystina | |
| Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis | |
| Bronze Sunbird | Nectarinia kilimensis | |
| Malachite Sunbird | Nectarinia famosa | |
| Western Miombo Sunbird | Cinnyris gertrudis | |
| Eastern Miombo Sunbird | Cinnyris manoensis | |
| Southern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris chalybeus | Endemic |
| Neergaard's Sunbird | Cinnyris neergaardi | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Greater Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris afer | |
| Marico Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis | |
| Shelley's Sunbird | Cinnyris shelleyi | |
| Purple-banded Sunbird | Cinnyris bifasciatus | |
| White-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris talatala | |
| Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus | |
| Dusky Sunbird | Cinnyris fuscus | |
| Copper Sunbird | Cinnyris cupreus | |
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| Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis niger | |
| Scaly Weaver | Sporopipes squamifrons | |
| White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali | |
| Sociable Weaver | Philetairus socius | |
| Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps | |
| Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis | |
| Cape Weaver | Ploceus capensis | Endemic |
| African Golden-Weaver | Ploceus subaureus | |
| Holub's Golden-Weaver | Ploceus xanthops | |
| Southern Brown-throated Weaver | Ploceus xanthopterus | |
| Lesser Masked-Weaver | Ploceus intermedius | |
| Southern Masked-Weaver | Ploceus velatus | |
| Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | |
| Chestnut Weaver | Ploceus rubiginosus | |
| Dark-backed Weaver | Ploceus bicolor | |
| Olive-headed Weaver | Ploceus olivaceiceps | Near-threatened |
| Bar-winged Weaver | Ploceus angolensis | |
| Cardinal Quelea | Quelea cardinalis | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-headed Quelea | Quelea erythrops | |
| Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea | |
| Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix | |
| Black-winged Bishop | Euplectes hordeaceus | |
| Yellow-crowned Bishop | Euplectes afer | |
| Yellow Bishop | Euplectes capensis | |
| White-winged Widowbird | Euplectes albonotatus | |
| Yellow-mantled Widowbird | Euplectes macroura | |
| Red-collared Widowbird | Euplectes ardens | |
| Fan-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes axillaris | |
| Long-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes progne | |
| Grosbeak Weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons | |
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| Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata | |
| Magpie Mannikin | Spermestes fringilloides | |
| Black-and-white Mannikin | Spermestes bicolor | |
| Yellow-bellied Waxbill | Coccopygia quartinia | |
| Angola Waxbill | Coccopygia bocagei | |
| Swee Waxbill | Coccopygia melanotis | |
| Green-backed Twinspot | Mandingoa nitidula | |
| Red-faced Crimsonwing | Cryptospiza reichenovii | |
| Black-faced Waxbill | Brunhilda erythronotos | |
| Black-tailed Waxbill | Glaucestrilda perreini | |
| Cinderella Waxbill | Glaucestrilda thomensis | |
| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | |
| Quailfinch | Ortygospiza atricollis | |
| Locustfinch | Paludipasser locustella | |
| Cut-throat | Amadina fasciata | |
| Red-headed Finch | Amadina erythrocephala | |
| Zebra Waxbill | Amandava subflava | |
| Violet-eared Waxbill | Granatina granatina | |
| Southern Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus angolensis | |
| Red-cheeked Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus bengalus | Uncertain origin |
| Lesser Seedcracker | Pyrenestes minor | |
| Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba | |
| Orange-winged Pytilia | Pytilia afra | |
| Red-throated Twinspot | Hypargos niveoguttatus | |
| Pink-throated Twinspot | Hypargos margaritatus | Endemic |
| Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | |
| African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata | |
| Jameson's Firefinch | Lagonosticta rhodopareia | |
| Brown Firefinch | Lagonosticta nitidula | |
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| Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | |
| Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah | Vidua obtusa | |
| Eastern Paradise-Whydah | Vidua paradisaea | |
| Steel-blue Whydah | Vidua hypocherina | |
| Shaft-tailed Whydah | Vidua regia | |
| Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata | |
| Dusky Indigobird | Vidua funerea | |
| Purple Indigobird | Vidua purpurascens | |
| Green Indigobird | Vidua codringtoni | |
| Parasitic Weaver | Anomalospiza imberbis | |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
| Great Rufous Sparrow | Passer motitensis | |
| Cape Sparrow | Passer melanurus | |
| Northern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus | |
| Southern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer diffusus | |
| Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow | Gymnoris superciliaris | |
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| Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis | |
| Mountain Wagtail | Motacilla clara | |
| Gray Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | Rare/Accidental |
| Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
| Citrine Wagtail | Motacilla citreola | Rare/Accidental |
| African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
| African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | |
| Mountain Pipit | Anthus hoeschi | Near-threatened |
| Woodland Pipit | Anthus nyassae | |
| Long-billed Pipit | Anthus similis | |
| Nicholson's Pipit | Anthus nicholsoni | |
| Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys | |
| Buffy Pipit | Anthus vaalensis | |
| Striped Pipit | Anthus lineiventris | |
| Yellow-tufted Pipit | Anthus crenatus | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | |
| Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Short-tailed Pipit | Anthus brachyurus | |
| Bush Pipit | Anthus caffer | |
| Golden Pipit | Tmetothylacus tenellus | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow-breasted Pipit | Hemimacronyx chloris | Endemic Vulnerable |
| Orange-throated Longclaw | Macronyx capensis | Endemic |
| Yellow-throated Longclaw | Macronyx croceus | |
| Fülleborn's Longclaw | Macronyx fuelleborni | |
| Rosy-throated Longclaw | Macronyx ameliae | |
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| Common Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs | Introduced species |
| Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambica | |
| African Citril | Crithagra citrinelloides | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-faced Canary | Crithagra capistrata | |
| Forest Canary | Crithagra scotops | Endemic |
| Black-throated Canary | Crithagra atrogularis | |
| Lemon-breasted Seedeater | Crithagra citrinipectus | |
| Brimstone Canary | Crithagra sulphurata | |
| Yellow Canary | Crithagra flaviventris | |
| White-throated Canary | Crithagra albogularis | |
| Protea Canary | Crithagra leucoptera | Endemic Near-threatened |
| Black-eared Seedeater | Crithagra mennelli | |
| Streaky-headed Seedeater | Crithagra gularis | |
| Cape Siskin | Crithagra totta | Endemic |
| Drakensberg Siskin | Crithagra symonsi | Endemic |
| Cape Canary | Serinus canicollis | |
| Black-headed Canary | Serinus alario | Endemic |
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| Ortolan Bunting | Emberiza hortulana | Rare/Accidental |
| Cabanis's Bunting | Emberiza cabanisi | |
| Golden-breasted Bunting | Emberiza flaviventris | |
| Cape Bunting | Emberiza capensis | |
| Lark-like Bunting | Emberiza impetuani | |
| Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi | |
References (partial list)
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