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Laisamis
This checklist includes all bird species found in Laisamis , 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 2023. 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: Laisamis [map]
Number of globally threatened species: 13
Number of introduced species: 1
Date last reviewed: 2021-07-05
Last modified: 2024-08-03
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| Common Ostrich | Struthio camelus | |
| Somali Ostrich | Struthio molybdophanes | Vulnerable |
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| White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | |
| Knob-billed Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos | |
| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | |
| Blue-billed Teal | Spatula hottentota | |
| Cape Teal | Anas capensis | |
| Southern Pochard | Netta erythrophthalma | |
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| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
| Vulturine Guineafowl | Acryllium vulturinum | |
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| Stone Partridge | Ptilopachus petrosus | |
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| Crested Francolin | Ortygornis sephaena | |
| Orange River Francolin | Scleroptila gutturalis | |
| Scaly Spurfowl | Pternistis squamatus | |
| Yellow-necked Spurfowl | Pternistis leucoscepus | |
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| Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | |
| Lesser Flamingo | Phoeniconaias minor | Near-threatened |
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| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
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| Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
| Rameron Pigeon | Columba arquatrix | |
| Delegorgue's Pigeon | Columba delegorguei | |
| Lemon Dove | Aplopelia larvata | |
| 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 | |
| Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | |
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| Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse | Pterocles exustus | |
| Black-faced Sandgrouse | Pterocles decoratus | |
| Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse | Pterocles lichtensteinii | |
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| Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori | Near-threatened |
| Heuglin's Bustard | Neotis heuglinii | |
| White-bellied Bustard | Eupodotis senegalensis | |
| Buff-crested Bustard | Lophotis gindiana | |
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| Hartlaub's Turaco | Tauraco hartlaubi | |
| White-bellied Go-away-bird | Crinifer leucogaster | |
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| White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus | |
| Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius | |
| Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | |
| Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | |
| Black Cuckoo | Cuculus clamosus | |
| Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius | |
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
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| Eurasian Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | |
| Star-spotted Nightjar | Caprimulgus stellatus | |
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| Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | |
| Mottled Swift | Tachymarptis aequatorialis | |
| African Swift | Apus barbatus | |
| Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
| White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | |
| African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | |
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| Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata | |
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| Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis | |
| Senegal Thick-knee | Burhinus senegalensis | |
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| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
| Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
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| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Three-banded Plover | Charadrius tricollaris | |
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
| Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus | |
| Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus | |
| Black-headed Lapwing | Vanellus tectus | |
| Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus | |
| Caspian Plover | Anarhynchus asiaticus | |
| Kittlitz's Plover | Anarhynchus pecuarius | |
| Chestnut-banded Plover | Anarhynchus pallidus | |
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| African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | |
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| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Near-threatened |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Near-threatened |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Near-threatened |
| Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | |
| Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta | Rare/Accidental |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
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| Cream-colored Courser | Cursorius cursor | Rare/Accidental |
| Somali Courser | Cursorius somalensis | |
| Temminck's Courser | Cursorius temminckii | |
| Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | |
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| Slender-billed Gull | Chroicocephalus genei | |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
| Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | |
| African Skimmer | Rynchops flavirostris | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | Rare/Accidental |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
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| African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus | |
| Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | |
| White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
| Saddle-billed Stork | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis | |
| Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer | |
| Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | |
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| African Darter | Anhinga rufa | |
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| Long-tailed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
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| Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | |
| Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens | |
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| Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | |
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| Black Heron | Egretta ardesiaca | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | |
| Western Cattle Egret | Bubulcus 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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| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
| African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | |
| Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | |
| African Spoonbill | Platalea alba | |
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| Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius | Endangered |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| Scissor-tailed Kite | Chelictinia riocourii | Vulnerable |
| African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus | |
| Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | Endangered |
| European Honey-buzzard | Pernis apivorus | |
| 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 |
| Rüppell's Griffon | Gyps rueppelli | Critically endangered |
| Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | Endangered |
| Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis | |
| Lesser Spotted Eagle | Clanga pomarina | |
| Wahlberg's Eagle | Hieraaetus wahlbergi | |
| Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | Vulnerable |
| Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | Endangered |
| Verreaux's Eagle | Aquila verreauxii | |
| African Hawk-Eagle | Aquila spilogaster | |
| Eastern Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax poliopterus | |
| Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar | |
| Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | Near-threatened |
| Shikra | Accipiter badius | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| African Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga vocifer | |
| Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
| Mountain Buzzard | Buteo oreophilus | Near-threatened |
| Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur | |
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| Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| Northern White-faced Owl | Ptilopsis leucotis | |
| Grayish Eagle-Owl | Bubo cinerascens | |
| Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum | |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | Rare/Accidental |
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| White-headed Mousebird | Colius leucocephalus | |
| Blue-naped Mousebird | Urocolius macrourus | |
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| Narina Trogon | Apaloderma narina | |
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| Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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| Violet Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus damarensis | |
| Black-billed Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus somaliensis | |
| Abyssinian Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus minor | |
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| Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill | Bucorvus abyssinicus | Vulnerable |
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| African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus | |
| Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill | Tockus flavirostris | |
| Jackson's Hornbill | Tockus jacksoni | |
| Von der Decken's Hornbill | Tockus deckeni | |
| Northern Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus erythrorhynchus | |
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| Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus | |
| Gray-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala | |
| Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
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| Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | |
| Somali Bee-eater | Merops revoilii | |
| White-throated Bee-eater | Merops albicollis | |
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| European Roller | Coracias garrulus | |
| Abyssinian Roller | Coracias abyssinicus | |
| Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus | |
| Rufous-crowned Roller | Coracias naevius | |
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| Red-and-yellow Barbet | Trachyphonus erythrocephalus | |
| D'Arnaud's Barbet | Trachyphonus darnaudii | |
| Red-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus pusillus | |
| Black-throated Barbet | Tricholaema melanocephala | |
| White-headed Barbet | Lybius leucocephalus | |
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| Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator | |
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| Eurasian Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | |
| Bearded Woodpecker | Chloropicus namaquus | |
| Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | |
| Nubian Woodpecker | Campethera nubica | |
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| Pygmy Falcon | Polihierax semitorquatus | |
| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | |
| Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| Greater Kestrel | Falco rupicoloides | |
| Fox Kestrel | Falco alopex | |
| Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Red-bellied Parrot | Poicephalus rufiventris | |
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| African Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus | |
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| Pygmy Batis | Batis perkeo | |
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| White Helmetshrike | Prionops plumatus | |
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| Brubru | Nilaus afer | |
| Three-streaked Tchagra | Tchagra jamesi | |
| Tropical Boubou | Laniarius major | |
| Slate-colored Boubou | Laniarius funebris | |
| Rosy-patched Bushshrike | Rhodophoneus cruentus | |
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| Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
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| African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | |
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| Red-tailed Shrike | Lanius phoenicuroides | |
| Isabelline Shrike | Lanius isabellinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Gray Shrike | Lanius minor | |
| Taita Fiscal | Lanius dorsalis | |
| Somali Fiscal | Lanius somalicus | |
| Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis | |
| White-rumped Shrike | Eurocephalus ruppelli | |
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| Cape Crow | Corvus capensis | |
| Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
| Somali Crow | Corvus edithae | |
| Fan-tailed Raven | Corvus rhipidurus | |
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| Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus musculus | |
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| Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix signatus | |
| Pink-breasted Lark | Calendulauda poecilosterna | |
| Flappet Lark | Mirafra rufocinnamomea | |
| Singing Bushlark | Mirafra javanica | |
| Short-tailed Lark | Spizocorys fremantlii | |
| Masked Lark | Spizocorys personata | |
| Thekla's Lark | Galerida theklae | |
| Crested Lark | Galerida cristata | |
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| Northern Crombec | Sylvietta brachyura | |
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| Yellow-vented Eremomela | Eremomela flavicrissalis | |
| Gray Wren-Warbler | Calamonastes simplex | |
| Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | |
| Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida | |
| Pale Prinia | Prinia somalica | |
| Red-fronted Prinia | Prinia rufifrons | |
| Boran Cisticola | Cisticola bodessa | |
| Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana | |
| Ashy Cisticola | Cisticola cinereolus | |
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| Eastern Olivaceous Warbler | Iduna pallida | |
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| Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola | |
| Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Ethiopian Swallow | Hirundo aethiopica | |
| Western House-Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
| Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
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| Northern Brownbul | Phyllastrephus strepitans | |
| Cabanis's Greenbul | Phyllastrephus cabanisi | |
| Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |
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| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
| Brown Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus umbrovirens | |
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| African Hill Babbler | Sylvia abyssinica | |
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| Pale White-eye | Zosterops flavilateralis | |
| Heuglin's White-eye | Zosterops poliogastrus | |
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| Rufous Chatterer | Argya rubiginosa | |
| Scaly Chatterer | Argya aylmeri | |
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| Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythrorynchus | |
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| Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea | |
| Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio | |
| Bristle-crowned Starling | Onychognathus salvadorii | |
| Magpie Starling | Speculipastor bicolor | |
| Rüppell's Starling | Lamprotornis purpuroptera | |
| Golden-breasted Starling | Lamprotornis regius | |
| Superb Starling | Lamprotornis superbus | |
| White-crowned Starling | Lamprotornis albicapillus | |
| Fischer's Starling | Lamprotornis fischeri | |
| Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus | |
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| Abyssinian Ground-Thrush | Geokichla piaggiae | |
| Abyssinian Thrush | Turdus abyssinicus | |
| African Bare-eyed Thrush | Turdus tephronotus | |
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| African Dusky Flycatcher | Muscicapa adusta | |
| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
| Gambaga Flycatcher | Muscicapa gambagae | |
| African Gray Flycatcher | Bradornis microrhynchus | |
| Northern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis edolioides | |
| Southern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis pammelaina | |
| Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas galactotes | |
| Red-backed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys | |
| Cape Robin-Chat | Cossypha caffra | |
| White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini | |
| Spotted Morning-Thrush | Cichladusa guttata | |
| White-starred Robin | Pogonocichla stellata | |
| Little Rock-Thrush | Monticola rufocinereus | |
| Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush | Monticola saxatilis | |
| Mocking Cliff-Chat | Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris | |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
| Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina | |
| Pied Wheatear | Oenanthe pleschanka | |
| Brown-tailed Chat | Oenanthe scotocerca | |
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| Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes orientalis | |
| Amethyst Sunbird | Chalcomitra amethystina | |
| Hunter's Sunbird | Chalcomitra hunteri | |
| Golden-winged Sunbird | Drepanorhynchus reichenowi | |
| Eastern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris mediocris | |
| Beautiful Sunbird | Cinnyris pulchellus | |
| Marico Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis | |
| Black-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris nectarinioides | |
| Shining Sunbird | Cinnyris habessinicus | |
| Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus | |
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| Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis niger | |
| White-headed Buffalo-Weaver | Dinemellia dinemelli | |
| White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali | |
| Donaldson Smith's Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser donaldsoni | |
| Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps | |
| Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht | |
| Lesser Masked-Weaver | Ploceus intermedius | |
| Vitelline Masked-Weaver | Ploceus vitellinus | |
| Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea | |
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| Black-and-white Mannikin | Spermestes bicolor | |
| African Silverbill | Euodice cantans | |
| Cut-throat | Amadina fasciata | |
| Purple Grenadier | Granatina ianthinogaster | |
| Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba | |
| Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | |
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| Eastern Paradise-Whydah | Vidua paradisaea | |
| Straw-tailed Whydah | Vidua fischeri | |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
| Somali Sparrow | Passer castanopterus | |
| Swainson's Sparrow | Passer swainsonii | |
| Parrot-billed Sparrow | Passer gongonensis | |
| Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow | Gymnoris pyrgita | |
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| Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
| African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | |
| Long-billed Pipit | Anthus similis | |
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| Reichenow's Seedeater | Crithagra reichenowi | |
| Reichard's Seedeater | Crithagra reichardi | |
| Yellow-crowned Canary | Serinus flavivertex | |
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| Somali Bunting | Emberiza poliopleura | |
| Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi | |
| Striolated Bunting | Emberiza striolata | |
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