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Togdheer
This checklist includes all bird species found in Togdheer , 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: Togdheer [map]
Other names: Gobolka Togdheer
Number of species: 372
Number of globally threatened species: 17
Number of introduced species: 1
Last modified: 2024-12-25
Number of globally threatened species: 17
Number of introduced species: 1
Last modified: 2024-12-25
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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 | |
| African Pygmy-Goose | Nettapus auritus | |
| Garganey | Spatula querquedula | |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
| Red-billed Duck | Anas erythrorhyncha | |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
| Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | Rare/Accidental |
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| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
| Vulturine Guineafowl | Acryllium vulturinum | |
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| Crested Francolin | Ortygornis sephaena | |
| Orange River Francolin | Scleroptila gutturalis | |
| Harlequin Quail | Coturnix delegorguei | |
| Chestnut-naped Spurfowl | Pternistis castaneicollis | |
| Yellow-necked Spurfowl | Pternistis leucoscepus | |
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| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
| Somali Pigeon | Columba oliviae | Endemic (country/region) |
| Rameron Pigeon | Columba arquatrix | |
| Dusky Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia lugens | |
| African Collared-Dove | Streptopelia roseogrisea | |
| 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 | |
| Bruce's Green-Pigeon | Treron waalia | |
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| Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse | Pterocles exustus | |
| Spotted Sandgrouse | Pterocles senegallus | |
| Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse | Pterocles lichtensteinii | |
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| Arabian Bustard | Ardeotis arabs | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori | Near-threatened |
| Heuglin's Bustard | Neotis heuglinii | |
| White-bellied Bustard | Eupodotis senegalensis | |
| Little Brown Bustard | Heterotetrax humilis | Near-threatened |
| Buff-crested Bustard | Lophotis gindiana | |
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| 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 | |
| Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | |
| Black Cuckoo | Cuculus clamosus | Rare/Accidental |
| African Cuckoo | Cuculus gularis | |
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| Eurasian Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | |
| Nubian Nightjar | Caprimulgus nubicus | |
| Donaldson Smith's Nightjar | Caprimulgus donaldsoni | |
| Plain Nightjar | Caprimulgus inornatus | |
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| Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | |
| Nyanza Swift | Apus niansae | |
| Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
| White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | |
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| Corn Crake | Crex crex | Rare/Accidental |
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| Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis | |
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| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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| Eurasian Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | Near-threatened |
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| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Vulnerable |
| Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Three-banded Plover | Thinornis tricollaris | |
| Little Ringed Plover | Thinornis dubius | |
| Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus | |
| Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus | |
| Caspian Plover | Anarhynchus asiaticus | |
| Tibetan Sand-Plover | Anarhynchus atrifrons | |
| Greater Sand-Plover | Anarhynchus leschenaultii | |
| Kentish Plover | Anarhynchus alexandrinus | |
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| Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
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| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Near-threatened |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Near-threatened |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Near-threatened |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Vulnerable |
| Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
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| Crab-Plover | Dromas ardeola | |
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| Double-banded Courser | Smutsornis africanus | |
| Three-banded Courser | Rhinoptilus cinctus | |
| Somali Courser | Cursorius somalensis | |
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| Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
| White-cheeked Tern | Sterna repressa | |
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| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
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| 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 | |
| Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | |
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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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| Little Bittern | Botaurus minutus | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| Western Reef-Heron | Egretta gularis | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | |
| Western Cattle-Egret | Ardea ibis | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | Rare/Accidental |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| Brown Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinereus | |
| Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | Endangered |
| Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | Vulnerable |
| Verreaux's Eagle | Aquila verreauxii | |
| African Hawk-Eagle | Aquila spilogaster | |
| Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar | |
| Eastern Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax poliopterus | |
| Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus | |
| Little Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza minulla | |
| Shikra | Tachyspiza badia | |
| Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | Near-threatened |
| Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur | |
| Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | Rare/Accidental |
| Long-legged Buzzard | Buteo rufinus | |
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| Eurasian Scops-Owl | Otus scops | Rare/Accidental |
| African Scops-Owl | Otus senegalensis | |
| Northern White-faced Owl | Ptilopsis leucotis | |
| Grayish Eagle-Owl | Bubo cinerascens | |
| Verreaux's Eagle-Owl | Ketupa lactea | |
| Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum | |
| Little Owl | Athene noctua | |
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| Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | |
| 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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| Black-billed Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus somaliensis | |
| Abyssinian Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus minor | |
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| Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill | Bucorvus abyssinicus | Vulnerable |
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| Hemprich's Hornbill | Lophoceros hemprichii | |
| Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill | Tockus flavirostris | |
| Von der Decken's Hornbill | Tockus deckeni | |
| Northern Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus erythrorhynchus | |
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| Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | |
| Somali Bee-eater | Merops revoilii | |
| White-throated Bee-eater | Merops albicollis | |
| Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus | |
| Olive Bee-eater | Merops superciliosus | |
| Northern Carmine Bee-eater | Merops nubicus | |
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| Gray-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala | |
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| European Roller | Coracias garrulus | |
| Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus | |
| Purple Roller | Coracias naevius | |
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| Red-and-yellow Barbet | Trachyphonus erythrocephalus | |
| Yellow-breasted Barbet | Trachyphonus margaritatus | |
| Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus uropygialis | |
| Black-throated Barbet | Tricholaema melanocephala | |
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| Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | |
| Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator | |
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| Eurasian Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Bearded Woodpecker | Chloropicus namaquus | |
| Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | |
| Green-backed Woodpecker | Campethera maculosa | |
| Nubian Woodpecker | Campethera nubica | |
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| Pygmy Falcon | Polihierax semitorquatus | |
| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | |
| Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| Greater Kestrel | Falco rupicoloides | |
| Amur Falcon | Falco amurensis | |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
| Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Red-bellied Parrot | Poicephalus rufiventris | |
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| Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | |
| African Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus | |
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| Gray-headed Batis | Batis orientalis | |
| Pygmy Batis | Batis perkeo | |
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| White-crested Helmetshrike | Prionops plumatus | |
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| Brubru | Nilaus afer | |
| Three-streaked Tchagra | Tchagra jamesi | |
| Red-naped Bushshrike | Laniarius ruficeps | |
| Ethiopian Boubou | Laniarius aethiopicus | |
| Slate-colored Boubou | Laniarius funebris | |
| Rosy-patched Bushshrike | Rhodophoneus cruentus | |
| Gray-headed Bushshrike | Malaconotus blanchoti | |
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| Square-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus ludwigii | |
| Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
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| African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | |
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| Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | |
| Red-tailed Shrike | Lanius phoenicuroides | |
| Isabelline Shrike | Lanius isabellinus | |
| Great Gray Shrike | Lanius excubitor | |
| Lesser Gray Shrike | Lanius minor | |
| Somali Fiscal | Lanius somalicus | |
| Masked Shrike | Lanius nubicus | Rare/Accidental |
| 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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| Somali Tit | Melaniparus thruppi | |
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| Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus musculus | |
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| Greater Hoopoe-Lark | Alaemon alaudipes | |
| Lesser Hoopoe-Lark | Alaemon hamertoni | Endemic (country/region) |
| Desert Lark | Ammomanes deserti | |
| Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix nigriceps | |
| Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix signatus | |
| Gillett's Lark | Calendulauda gilletti | |
| Fawn-colored Lark | Calendulauda africanoides | |
| Singing Bushlark | Mirafra javanica | |
| Collared Lark | Amirafra collaris | |
| Somali Lark | Corypha somalica | |
| Russet Lark | Corypha sharpii | Endemic (country/region) Endangered |
| Short-tailed Lark | Spizocorys fremantlii | |
| Thekla's Lark | Galerida theklae | |
| Rufous-capped Lark | Calandrella eremica | |
| Somali Short-toed Lark | Alaudala somalica | |
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| Northern Crombec | Sylvietta brachyura | |
| Short-billed Crombec | Sylvietta philippae | Data deficient |
| Somali Crombec | Sylvietta isabellina | |
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| Yellow-vented Eremomela | Eremomela flavicrissalis | |
| Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis | |
| Gray Wren-Warbler | Calamonastes simplex | |
| Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | |
| Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida | |
| Graceful Prinia | Prinia gracilis | |
| Pale Prinia | Prinia somalica | |
| Red-fronted Prinia | Prinia rufifrons | |
| Ashy Cisticola | Cisticola cinereolus | |
| Desert Cisticola | Cisticola aridulus | |
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| Eastern Olivaceous Warbler | Iduna pallida | |
| Upcher's Warbler | Hippolais languida | |
| Olive-tree Warbler | Hippolais olivetorum | Rare/Accidental |
| Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | |
| Marsh Warbler | Acrocephalus palustris | |
| Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
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| River Warbler | Locustella fluviatilis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Pale Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne obsoleta | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Ethiopian Swallow | Hirundo aethiopica | |
| Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | |
| European Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis rufula | |
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| Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |
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| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
| Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | |
| Brown Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus umbrovirens | |
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| Eurasian Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | |
| Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | Rare/Accidental |
| Banded Parisoma | Curruca boehmi | |
| Arabian Warbler | Curruca leucomelaena | |
| Asian Desert Warbler | Curruca nana | |
| Menetries's Warbler | Curruca mystacea | |
| Greater Whitethroat | Curruca communis | |
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| Abyssinian White-eye | Zosterops abyssinicus | |
| Socotra White-eye | Zosterops socotranus | |
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| Scaly Chatterer | Argya aylmeri | |
| White-rumped Babbler | Turdoides leucopygia | |
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| Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythroryncha | |
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| Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea | |
| Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | |
| Somali Starling | Onychognathus blythii | |
| Magpie Starling | Speculipastor bicolor | |
| Black-bellied Starling | Notopholia corusca | |
| Shelley's Starling | Lamprotornis shelleyi | |
| Golden-breasted Starling | Lamprotornis regius | |
| Superb Starling | Lamprotornis superbus | |
| White-crowned Starling | Lamprotornis albicapillus | |
| Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus | |
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| Somali Thrush | Turdus ludoviciae | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
| Gambaga Flycatcher | Muscicapa gambagae | |
| African Gray Flycatcher | Bradornis microrhynchus | |
| Pale Flycatcher | Agricola pallidus | |
| Black Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas podobe | |
| Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas galactotes | |
| White-browed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys | |
| White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini | |
| White-throated Robin | Irania gutturalis | |
| Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | |
| Little Rock-Thrush | Monticola rufocinereus | |
| Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush | Monticola saxatilis | |
| Blue Rock-Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
| Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina | |
| Desert Wheatear | Oenanthe deserti | |
| Pied Wheatear | Oenanthe pleschanka | |
| Somali Wheatear | Oenanthe phillipsi | |
| Blackstart | Oenanthe melanura | |
| Sombre Rock Chat | Oenanthe dubia | Data deficient |
| Brown-tailed Chat | Oenanthe scotocerca | |
| Abyssinian Wheatear | Oenanthe lugubris | |
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| Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes orientalis | |
| Nile Valley Sunbird | Hedydipna metallica | |
| Olive Sunbird | Cyanomitra olivacea | |
| Mouse-colored Sunbird | Cyanomitra veroxii | |
| Hunter's Sunbird | Chalcomitra hunteri | |
| Marico Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis | |
| Abyssinian Sunbird | Cinnyris habessinicus | |
| Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus | |
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| Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis niger | |
| White-headed Buffalo-Weaver | Dinemellia dinemelli | |
| Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps | |
| Lesser Masked-Weaver | Ploceus intermedius | |
| Vitelline Masked-Weaver | Ploceus vitellinus | |
| Rüppell's Weaver | Ploceus galbula | |
| Speke's Weaver | Ploceus spekei | |
| Chestnut Weaver | Ploceus rubiginosus | |
| Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea | |
| Northern Red Bishop | Euplectes franciscanus | |
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| African Silverbill | Euodice cantans | |
| Black-cheeked Waxbill | Brunhilda charmosyna | |
| Cut-throat | Amadina fasciata | |
| Purple Grenadier | Granatina ianthinogaster | |
| Blue-capped Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus cyanocephalus | |
| Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba | |
| Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | |
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| Eastern Paradise-Whydah | Vidua paradisaea | |
| Steel-blue Whydah | Vidua hypocherina | |
| Straw-tailed Whydah | Vidua fischeri | |
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| Somali Sparrow | Passer castanopterus | |
| Shelley's Rufous Sparrow | Passer shelleyi | |
| Swainson's Sparrow | Passer swainsonii | |
| Arabian Golden Sparrow | Passer euchlorus | |
| Chestnut Sparrow | Passer eminibey | |
| Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow | Gymnoris pyrgita | |
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| Gray Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
| Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
| African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | |
| Long-billed Pipit | Anthus similis | |
| Tawny Pipit | Anthus campestris | |
| Golden Pipit | Tmetothylacus tenellus | |
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| Somali Grosbeak | Rhynchostruthus louisae | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
| White-bellied Canary | Crithagra dorsostriata | |
| Northern Grosbeak-Canary | Crithagra donaldsoni | |
| Brown-rumped Seedeater | Crithagra tristriata | |
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| Ortolan Bunting | Emberiza hortulana | |
| Somali Bunting | Emberiza poliopleura | |
| Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi | |
| Striolated Bunting | Emberiza striolata | |
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