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Bethulie
This checklist includes all bird species found in Bethulie , 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: Bethulie [map]
Number of globally threatened species: 11
Number of introduced species: 4
Date last reviewed: 2018-06-09
Last modified: 2024-12-25
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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 | |
| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | |
| South African Shelduck | Tadorna cana | |
| Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | Uncertain origin |
| Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis | |
| Blue-billed Teal | Spatula hottentota | |
| Cape Shoveler | Spatula smithii | |
| African Black Duck | Anas sparsa | |
| Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata | |
| Cape Teal | Anas capensis | |
| Red-billed Duck | Anas erythrorhyncha | |
| Southern Pochard | Netta erythrophthalma | |
| Maccoa Duck | Oxyura maccoa | Endangered |
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| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
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| Gray-winged Francolin | Scleroptila afra | Endemic (country/region) |
| Orange River Francolin | Scleroptila gutturalis | |
| Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
| Swainson's Spurfowl | Pternistis swainsonii | |
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| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
| Rameron Pigeon | Columba arquatrix | |
| Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | |
| Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | |
| Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | |
| Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | |
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| Namaqua Sandgrouse | Pterocles namaqua | |
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| Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori | Near-threatened |
| Ludwig's Bustard | Neotis ludwigii | Endangered |
| Blue Bustard | Eupodotis caerulescens | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
| Karoo Bustard | Heterotetrax vigorsii | |
| White-quilled Bustard | Afrotis afraoides | |
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| Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius | |
| Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | |
| Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | |
| Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius | |
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
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| Eurasian Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | |
| Rufous-cheeked Nightjar | Caprimulgus rufigena | |
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| Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | |
| Common Swift | Apus apus | |
| African Swift | Apus barbatus | |
| Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
| Horus Swift | Apus horus | |
| White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | |
| African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | |
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| White-winged Flufftail | Sarothrura ayresi | Critically endangered |
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| African Rail | Rallus caerulescens | |
| Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata | |
| Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra | |
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| Gray Crowned-Crane | Balearica regulorum | Endangered |
| Blue Crane | Anthropoides paradiseus | Vulnerable |
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| Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis | |
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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 | Thinornis tricollaris | |
| Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus | |
| Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus | |
| Kittlitz's Plover | Anarhynchus pecuarius | |
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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 |
| African Snipe | Gallinago nigripennis | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Vulnerable |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
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| Small Buttonquail | Turnix sylvaticus | |
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| Double-banded Courser | Smutsornis africanus | |
| Temminck's Courser | Cursorius temminckii | |
| Burchell's Courser | Cursorius rufus | |
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| Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
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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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| Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | |
| Abdim's Stork | Ciconia abdimii | |
| White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
| 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 | |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
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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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| Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | |
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| Little Bittern | Botaurus minutus | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| 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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| Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus | |
| Bearded Vulture | Gypaetus barbatus | Near-threatened |
| Cape Griffon | Gyps coprotheres | Vulnerable |
| Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis | |
| Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | Endangered |
| Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | Vulnerable |
| Verreaux's Eagle | Aquila verreauxii | |
| Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar | |
| Pale Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax canorus | |
| Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk | Accipiter rufiventris | |
| Black Goshawk | Astur melanoleucus | |
| African Marsh Harrier | Circus ranivorus | |
| Black Harrier | Circus maurus | Endangered |
| Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | Near-threatened |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| African Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga vocifer | |
| Jackal Buzzard | Buteo rufofuscus | |
| Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
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| Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| Southern White-faced Owl | Ptilopsis granti | Rare/Accidental |
| Spotted Eagle-Owl | Bubo africanus | |
| Cape Eagle-Owl | Bubo capensis | |
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| Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | |
| White-backed Mousebird | Colius colius | |
| Red-faced Mousebird | Urocolius indicus | |
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| Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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| Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus | |
| Common Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus cyanomelas | |
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| White-fronted Bee-eater | Merops bullockoides | |
| Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | |
| Swallow-tailed Bee-eater | Merops hirundineus | |
| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
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| Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus | |
| Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Halcyon albiventris | |
| Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima | |
| Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
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| European Roller | Coracias garrulus | |
| Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus | |
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| Crested Barbet | Trachyphonus vaillantii | |
| Pied Barbet | Tricholaema leucomelas | |
| Black-collared Barbet | Lybius torquatus | |
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| Brown-backed Honeybird | Prodotiscus regulus | |
| Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | |
| Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator | |
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| Red-throated Wryneck | Jynx ruficollis | |
| Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | |
| Ground Woodpecker | Geocolaptes olivaceus | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
| Golden-tailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni | Rare/Accidental |
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| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | |
| Rock Kestrel | Falco rupicolus | |
| Greater Kestrel | Falco rupicoloides | |
| Amur Falcon | Falco amurensis | |
| Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | |
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| Pririt Batis | Batis pririt | |
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| Brubru | Nilaus afer | |
| Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis | |
| Southern Boubou | Laniarius ferrugineus | |
| Bokmakierie | Telophorus zeylonus | |
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| Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
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| African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | |
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| Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | |
| Lesser Gray Shrike | Lanius minor | |
| Southern Fiscal | Lanius collaris | |
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| Cape Crow | Corvus capensis | |
| Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
| White-necked Raven | Corvus albicollis | |
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| Fairy Flycatcher | Stenostira scita | |
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| Ashy Tit | Melaniparus cinerascens | |
| Gray Tit | Melaniparus afer | |
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| Southern Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus minutus | |
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| Spike-heeled Lark | Chersomanes albofasciata | |
| Eastern Long-billed Lark | Certhilauda semitorquata | |
| Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix leucotis | |
| Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix verticalis | |
| Sabota Lark | Calendulauda sabota | |
| Melodious Lark | Mirafra cheniana | |
| Eastern Clapper Lark | Corypha fasciolata | |
| Rufous-naped Lark | Corypha africana | |
| Pink-billed Lark | Spizocorys conirostris | |
| Large-billed Lark | Galerida magnirostris | |
| Red-capped Lark | Calandrella cinerea | |
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| Long-billed Crombec | Sylvietta rufescens | |
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| Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis | |
| Namaqua Warbler | Phragmacia substriata | |
| Bar-throated Apalis | Apalis thoracica | |
| Black-chested Prinia | Prinia flavicans | |
| Karoo Prinia | Prinia maculosa | |
| Rufous-eared Warbler | Malcorus pectoralis | |
| Gray-backed Cisticola | Cisticola subruficapilla | |
| Wailing Cisticola | Cisticola lais | |
| Levaillant's Cisticola | Cisticola tinniens | |
| Piping Cisticola | Cisticola fulvicapilla | |
| Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
| Desert Cisticola | Cisticola aridulus | |
| Cloud Cisticola | Cisticola textrix | |
| Wing-snapping Cisticola | Cisticola ayresii | |
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| Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina | |
| Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
| Lesser Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus gracilirostris | |
| Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | |
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| Banded Martin | Neophedina cincta | |
| Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola | |
| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | |
| Southern Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | |
| Pearl-breasted Swallow | Hirundo dimidiata | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| White-throated Swallow | Hirundo albigularis | |
| Western House-Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
| Greater Striped Swallow | Cecropis cucullata | |
| Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica | Rare/Accidental |
| Rufous-chested Swallow | Cecropis semirufa | |
| South African Swallow | Petrochelidon spilodera | |
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| Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |
| Black-fronted Bulbul | Pycnonotus nigricans | |
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| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
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| Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | |
| Layard's Warbler | Curruca layardi | |
| Chestnut-vented Warbler | Curruca subcoerulea | |
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| Orange River White-eye | Zosterops pallidus | |
| Cape White-eye | Zosterops virens | |
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| European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | Introduced species |
| Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea | |
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | Introduced species |
| Pale-winged Starling | Onychognathus nabouroup | |
| Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio | |
| African Pied Starling | Lamprotornis bicolor | Endemic (country/region) |
| Cape Starling | Lamprotornis nitens | |
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| Groundscraper Thrush | Turdus litsitsirupa | |
| Karoo Thrush | Turdus smithi | |
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| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
| Chat Flycatcher | Agricola infuscatus | |
| Fiscal Flycatcher | Sigelus silens | |
| Karoo Scrub-Robin | Tychaedon coryphoeus | |
| Cape Robin-Chat | Dessonornis caffer | |
| Short-toed Rock-Thrush | Monticola brevipes | |
| Cape Rock-Thrush | Monticola rupestris | Endemic (country/region) |
| African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus | |
| Sickle-winged Chat | Emarginata sinuata | |
| Karoo Chat | Emarginata schlegelii | |
| Tractrac Chat | Emarginata tractrac | |
| Mocking Cliff-Chat | Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris | |
| Southern Anteater-Chat | Myrmecocichla formicivora | |
| Mountain Chat | Myrmecocichla monticola | |
| Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata | |
| Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris | |
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| Amethyst Sunbird | Chalcomitra amethystina | Rare/Accidental |
| Malachite Sunbird | Nectarinia famosa | |
| Dusky Sunbird | Cinnyris fuscus | |
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| White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali | |
| Sociable Weaver | Philetairus socius | |
| Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis | |
| Cape Weaver | Ploceus capensis | |
| Southern Masked-Weaver | Ploceus velatus | |
| Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea | |
| Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix | |
| Yellow-crowned Bishop | Euplectes afer | |
| Yellow Bishop | Euplectes capensis | |
| Red-collared Widowbird | Euplectes ardens | |
| Fan-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes axillaris | |
| Long-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes progne | |
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| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | |
| Quailfinch | Ortygospiza atricollis | |
| Red-headed Finch | Amadina erythrocephala | |
| Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba | |
| Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | |
| African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata | |
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| Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | |
| Shaft-tailed Whydah | Vidua regia | |
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| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
| Cape Sparrow | Passer melanurus | |
| Southern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer diffusus | |
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| Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis | |
| African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | |
| African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | |
| Mountain Pipit | Anthus hoeschi | Near-threatened |
| Nicholson's Pipit | Anthus nicholsoni | |
| Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys | |
| Buffy Pipit | Anthus vaalensis | |
| Yellow-tufted Pipit | Anthus crenatus | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
| Orange-throated Longclaw | Macronyx capensis | |
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| Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambica | |
| Black-throated Canary | Crithagra atrogularis | |
| Brimstone Canary | Crithagra sulphurata | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow Canary | Crithagra flaviventris | |
| White-throated Canary | Crithagra albogularis | |
| Streaky-headed Seedeater | Crithagra gularis | |
| Cape Canary | Serinus canicollis | |
| Black-headed Canary | Serinus alario | |
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| Golden-breasted Bunting | Emberiza flaviventris | |
| Cape Bunting | Emberiza capensis | |
| Lark-like Bunting | Emberiza impetuani | |
| Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi | |
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