This checklist includes all bird species found in South Darfur , 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 2024. 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: South Darfur [map]
Other names: Janūb Dārfūr,Dārfūr al Janūbīyah|Darfur méridional| Southern Darfur
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Common Ostrich | Struthio camelus | |
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White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | |
Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | |
Knob-billed Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos | |
Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | |
Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis | |
African Pygmy-Goose | Nettapus auritus | |
Garganey | Spatula querquedula | |
Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca | Near-threatened |
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Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
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Stone Partridge | Ptilopachus petrosus | |
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Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
Harlequin Quail | Coturnix delegorguei | |
Clapperton's Spurfowl | Pternistis clappertoni | |
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Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | |
Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
European Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia turtur | Vulnerable |
African Collared-Dove | Streptopelia roseogrisea | |
Mourning Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decipiens | |
Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | |
Vinaceous Dove | Streptopelia vinacea | |
Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | |
Black-billed Wood-Dove | Turtur abyssinicus | |
Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | |
Bruce's Green-Pigeon | Treron waalia | |
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Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse | Pterocles exustus | |
Four-banded Sandgrouse | Pterocles quadricinctus | |
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Arabian Bustard | Ardeotis arabs | Near-threatened |
Denham's Bustard | Neotis denhami | Near-threatened |
Nubian Bustard | Neotis nuba | Near-threatened |
White-bellied Bustard | Eupodotis senegalensis | |
Savile's Bustard | Lophotis savilei | |
Black-bellied Bustard | Lissotis melanogaster | |
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White-bellied Go-away-bird | Crinifer leucogaster | |
Eastern Plantain-eater | Crinifer zonurus | |
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Senegal Coucal | Centropus senegalensis | |
Black Coucal | Centropus grillii | |
Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius | |
Levaillant's Cuckoo | Clamator levaillantii | |
Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | |
Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | |
Black Cuckoo | Cuculus clamosus | |
African Cuckoo | Cuculus gularis | |
Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
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Standard-winged Nightjar | Caprimulgus longipennis | |
Egyptian Nightjar | Caprimulgus aegyptius | |
Golden Nightjar | Caprimulgus eximius | |
Plain Nightjar | Caprimulgus inornatus | |
Long-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus climacurus | |
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Mottled Swift | Tachymarptis aequatorialis | |
Common Swift | Apus apus | |
Pallid Swift | Apus pallidus | |
Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | |
African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | |
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African Crake | Crecopsis egregia | |
Lesser Moorhen | Paragallinula angulata | |
Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
Allen's Gallinule | Porphyrio alleni | |
Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra | |
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African Finfoot | Podica senegalensis | |
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Black Crowned-Crane | Balearica pavonina | Vulnerable |
Demoiselle Crane | Anthropoides virgo | |
Common Crane | Grus grus | |
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Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis | |
Senegal Thick-knee | Burhinus senegalensis | |
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Egyptian Plover | Pluvianus aegyptius | |
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Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
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Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
Forbes's Plover | Thinornis forbesi | |
Three-banded Plover | Thinornis tricollaris | |
Little Ringed Plover | Thinornis dubius | |
Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus | |
Black-headed Lapwing | Vanellus tectus | |
White-crowned Lapwing | Vanellus albiceps | |
Wattled Lapwing | Vanellus senegallus | |
Sociable Lapwing | Vanellus gregarius | Critically endangered |
Kittlitz's Plover | Anarhynchus pecuarius | |
Kentish Plover | Anarhynchus alexandrinus | |
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Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
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African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | |
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Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Near-threatened |
Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Near-threatened |
Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | |
Great Snipe | Gallinago media | Near-threatened |
Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | |
Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Vulnerable |
Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | |
Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
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Small Buttonquail | Turnix sylvaticus | |
Quail-plover | Ortyxelos meiffrenii | |
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Bronze-winged Courser | Rhinoptilus chalcopterus | |
Temminck's Courser | Cursorius temminckii | |
Cream-colored Courser | Cursorius cursor | |
Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | |
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Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | |
Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
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Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
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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 | |
Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer | |
Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | |
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African Darter | Anhinga rufa | |
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Reed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | |
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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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Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | |
Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens | |
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Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | |
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Eurasian Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | |
Dwarf Bittern | Botaurus sturmii | |
Little Bittern | Botaurus minutus | |
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | |
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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Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius | Endangered |
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Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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Scissor-tailed Kite | Chelictinia riocourii | Vulnerable |
Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
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 |
Eurasian Griffon | Gyps fulvus | |
Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | Endangered |
Western Banded Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinerascens | |
Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle | Circaetus beaudouini | Vulnerable |
Short-toed Snake-Eagle | Circaetus gallicus | |
Brown Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinereus | |
Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | Endangered |
Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis | |
Wahlberg's Eagle | Hieraaetus wahlbergi | |
Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | Endangered |
Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | Vulnerable |
African Hawk-Eagle | Aquila spilogaster | |
Dark Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax metabates | |
Shikra | Tachyspiza badia | |
Levant Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza brevipes | |
Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | |
Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | |
Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | Near-threatened |
Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | |
Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
African Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga vocifer | |
Grasshopper Buzzard | Butastur rufipennis | |
Red-necked Buzzard | Buteo auguralis | |
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Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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Eurasian Scops-Owl | Otus scops | |
African Scops-Owl | Otus senegalensis | |
Northern White-faced Owl | Ptilopsis leucotis | |
Grayish Eagle-Owl | Bubo cinerascens | |
Pharaoh Eagle-Owl | Bubo ascalaphus | |
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl | Ketupa lactea | |
Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum | |
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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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Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus | |
Black Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus aterrimus | |
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Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill | Bucorvus abyssinicus | Vulnerable |
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African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus | |
Northern Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus erythrorhynchus | |
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Red-throated Bee-eater | Merops bulocki | |
Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | |
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater | Merops hirundineus | |
White-throated Bee-eater | Merops albicollis | |
African Green Bee-eater | Merops viridissimus | |
Northern Carmine Bee-eater | Merops nubicus | |
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Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus | |
African Pygmy Kingfisher | Ispidina picta | |
Gray-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala | |
Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis | |
Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti | |
Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima | |
Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
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European Roller | Coracias garrulus | |
Abyssinian Roller | Coracias abyssinicus | |
Purple Roller | Coracias naevius | |
Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus | |
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Yellow-breasted Barbet | Trachyphonus margaritatus | |
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus chrysoconus | |
Vieillot's Barbet | Lybius vieilloti | |
Black-breasted Barbet | Pogonornis rolleti | |
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Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | |
Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator | |
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Eurasian Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | |
Bearded Woodpecker | Chloropicus namaquus | |
Little Gray Woodpecker | Dendropicos elachus | |
Brown-backed Woodpecker | Dendropicos obsoletus | |
African Gray Woodpecker | Dendropicos goertae | |
Fine-spotted Woodpecker | Campethera punctuligera | |
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Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | |
Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
Fox Kestrel | Falco alopex | |
Gray Kestrel | Falco ardosiaceus | |
Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera | |
Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus | Vulnerable |
Eleonora's Falcon | Falco eleonorae | |
African Hobby | Falco cuvierii | |
Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | |
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Meyer's Parrot | Poicephalus meyeri | |
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White-breasted Cuckooshrike | Ceblepyris pectoralis | |
Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike | Campephaga phoenicea | |
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Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | |
African Golden Oriole | Oriolus auratus | |
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Brown-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira cyanea | |
Gray-headed Batis | Batis orientalis | |
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White-crested Helmetshrike | Prionops plumatus | |
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Brubru | Nilaus afer | |
Northern Puffback | Dryoscopus gambensis | |
Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus | |
Black-headed Gonolek | Laniarius erythrogaster | |
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike | Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus | |
Gray-headed Bushshrike | Malaconotus blanchoti | |
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Sharpe's Drongo | Dicrurus sharpei | |
Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
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African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | |
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Yellow-billed Shrike | Corvinella corvina | |
Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | |
Great Gray Shrike | Lanius excubitor | |
Gray-backed Fiscal | Lanius excubitoroides | |
Masked Shrike | Lanius nubicus | |
Woodchat Shrike | Lanius senator | Near-threatened |
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Piapiac | Ptilostomus afer | |
Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
Brown-necked Raven | Corvus ruficollis | |
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Sennar Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus punctifrons | |
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Rufous-rumped Lark | Pinarocorys erythropygia | |
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix leucotis | |
Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix nigriceps | |
Rusty Lark | Calendulauda rufa | |
Kordofan Lark | Mirafra cordofanica | |
Singing Bushlark | Mirafra javanica | |
Flappet Lark | Amirafra rufocinnamomea | |
Highland Lark | Corypha kurrae | |
Sun Lark | Galerida modesta | |
Crested Lark | Galerida cristata | |
Greater Short-toed Lark | Calandrella brachydactyla | |
Dunn's Lark | Eremalauda dunni | |
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Northern Crombec | Sylvietta brachyura | |
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Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis | |
Green-backed Eremomela | Eremomela canescens | |
Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | |
Cricket Longtail | Spiloptila clamans | |
Buff-bellied Warbler | Phyllolais pulchella | |
Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | |
Singing Cisticola | Cisticola cantans | |
Rock-loving Cisticola | Cisticola aberrans | |
Red-pate Cisticola | Cisticola ruficeps | |
Winding Cisticola | Cisticola marginatus | |
Foxy Cisticola | Cisticola troglodytes | |
Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
Desert Cisticola | Cisticola aridulus | |
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Eastern Olivaceous Warbler | Iduna pallida | |
Olive-tree Warbler | Hippolais olivetorum | |
Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina | |
Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | |
Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | |
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River Warbler | Locustella fluviatilis | |
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Gray-rumped Swallow | Pseudhirundo griseopyga | |
Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola | |
Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | |
Eurasian Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne rupestris | |
Red-throated Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne rufigula | |
Ethiopian Swallow | Hirundo aethiopica | |
Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | |
Western House-Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
European Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis rufula | |
Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica | |
Mosque Swallow | Cecropis senegalensis | |
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Northern Brownbul | Phyllastrephus strepitans | |
Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |
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Wood Warbler | Phylloscopus sibilatrix | |
Eastern Bonelli's Warbler | Phylloscopus orientalis | |
Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | |
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Eurasian Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | |
Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | |
Lesser Whitethroat | Curruca curruca | |
Rüppell's Warbler | Curruca ruppeli | |
Greater Whitethroat | Curruca communis | |
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Northern Yellow White-eye | Zosterops senegalensis | |
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Fulvous Chatterer | Argya fulva | |
Brown Babbler | Turdoides plebejus | |
Dusky Babbler | Turdoides tenebrosa | |
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Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus africanus | |
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Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | |
Neumann's Starling | Onychognathus neumanni | |
Long-tailed Glossy Starling | Lamprotornis caudatus | |
Chestnut-bellied Starling | Lamprotornis pulcher | |
Lesser Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chloropterus | |
Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus | |
Purple Starling | Lamprotornis purpureus | |
Bronze-tailed Starling | Lamprotornis chalcurus | |
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African Thrush | Turdus pelios | |
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Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
Gambaga Flycatcher | Muscicapa gambagae | |
Pale Flycatcher | Agricola pallidus | |
Silverbird | Empidornis semipartitus | |
Northern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis edolioides | |
Black Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas podobe | |
White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini | |
Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat | Cossypha niveicapilla | |
Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica | |
European Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula hypoleuca | |
Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | |
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush | Monticola saxatilis | |
Blue Rock-Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | |
Mocking Cliff-Chat | Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris | |
Northern Anteater-Chat | Myrmecocichla aethiops | |
Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina | |
Heuglin's Wheatear | Oenanthe heuglinii | |
Cyprus Wheatear | Oenanthe cypriaca | |
Eastern Black-eared Wheatear | Oenanthe melanoleuca | |
Blackstart | Oenanthe melanura | |
Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris | |
Brown-tailed Chat | Oenanthe scotocerca | |
White-crowned Wheatear | Oenanthe leucopyga | |
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Pygmy Sunbird | Hedydipna platura | |
Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis | |
Beautiful Sunbird | Cinnyris pulchellus | |
Palestine Sunbird | Cinnyris osea | |
Splendid Sunbird | Cinnyris coccinigastrus | |
Copper Sunbird | Cinnyris cupreus | |
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White-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis albirostris | |
Speckle-fronted Weaver | Sporopipes frontalis | |
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser superciliosus | |
Gray-capped Social-Weaver | Pseudonigrita arnaudi | |
Little Weaver | Ploceus luteolus | |
Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis | |
Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | |
Black-headed Weaver | Ploceus melanocephalus | Rare/Accidental |
Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea | |
Northern Red Bishop | Euplectes franciscanus | |
Black-winged Bishop | Euplectes hordeaceus | |
Yellow-crowned Bishop | Euplectes afer | |
White-winged Widowbird | Euplectes albonotatus | |
Yellow-mantled Widowbird | Euplectes macroura | |
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African Silverbill | Euodice cantans | |
Fawn-breasted Waxbill | Estrilda paludicola | |
Black-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda troglodytes | |
Cut-throat | Amadina fasciata | |
Zebra Waxbill | Amandava subflava | |
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus bengalus | |
Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba | |
Red-winged Pytilia | Pytilia phoenicoptera | |
Red-billed Pytilia | Pytilia lineata | |
Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | |
Black-faced Firefinch | Lagonosticta larvata | |
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Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | |
Sahel Paradise-Whydah | Vidua orientalis | |
Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata | |
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House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
Kordofan Rufous Sparrow | Passer cordofanicus | |
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus | |
Sudan Golden Sparrow | Passer luteus | |
Chestnut Sparrow | Passer eminibey | |
Sahel Bush Sparrow | Gymnoris dentata | |
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Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | |
Long-billed Pipit | Anthus similis | |
Tawny Pipit | Anthus campestris | |
Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys | |
Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | |
Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | |
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White-rumped Seedeater | Crithagra leucopygia | |
Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambica | |
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Golden-breasted Bunting | Emberiza flaviventris | |
Gosling's Bunting | Emberiza goslingi |
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