Birds from Benin (646 bird species)

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  Abdim’s Stork

  Ciconia abdimii

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  Abyssinian Roller

  Coracias abyssinicus

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  African Barred Owlet

  Glaucidium capense

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  African Blue Quail

  Synoicus adansonii

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  African Blue-flycatcher

  Elminia longicauda

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  African Collared-dove

  Streptopelia roseogrisea

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  African Comb Duck

  Sarkidiornis melanotos

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  African Crake

  Crex egregia

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  African Cuckoo

  Cuculus gularis

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  African Cuckoo-hawk

  Aviceda cuculoides

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  African Darter

  Anhinga rufa

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  African Emerald Cuckoo

  Chrysococcyx cupreus

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  African Finfoot

  Podica senegalensis

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  African Firefinch

  Lagonosticta rubricata

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  African Fish-eagle

  Haliaeetus vocifer

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  African Forest-flycatcher

  Fraseria ocreata

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  African Golden Oriole

  Oriolus auratus

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  African Green Bee-eater

  Merops viridissimus

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  African Green-pigeon

  Treron calvus

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  African Grey Hornbill

  Lophoceros nasutus

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  African Harrier-hawk

  Polyboroides typus

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  African Hawk-eagle

  Aquila spilogaster

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  African Hobby

  Falco cuvierii

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  African Jacana

  Actophilornis africanus

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  African Openbill

  Anastomus lamelligerus

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  African Palm-swift

  Cypsiurus parvus

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  African Paradise-flycatcher

  Terpsiphone viridis

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  African Pied Wagtail

  Motacilla aguimp

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  African Plain Martin

  Riparia paludicola

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  African Pygmy-goose

  Nettapus auritus

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  African Pygmy-kingfisher

  Ispidina picta

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  African Quailfinch

  Ortygospiza atricollis

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  African Sacred Ibis

  Threskiornis aethiopicus

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  African Scops-owl

  Otus senegalensis

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  African Shrike-flycatcher

  Megabyas flammulatus

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  African Silverbill

  Euodice cantans

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  African Skimmer

  Rynchops flavirostris

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  African Spoonbill

  Platalea alba

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  African Spotted Creeper

  Salpornis salvadori

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  African Swift

  Apus barbatus

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  African Thrush

  Turdus pelios

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  African Wood-owl

  Strix woodfordii

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  African Woollyneck

  Ciconia microscelis

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  African Yellow White-eye

  Zosterops senegalensis

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  Ahanta Francolin

  Pternistis ahantensis

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  Akun Eagle-owl

  Bubo leucostictus

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  Allen’s Gallinule

  Porphyrio alleni

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  Alpine Swift

  Tachymarptis melba

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  American Golden Plover

  Pluvialis dominica

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  Anambra Waxbill

  Estrilda poliopareia

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  Arctic Jaeger

  Stercorarius parasiticus

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  Arctic Tern

  Sterna paradisaea

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  Ashy Flycatcher

  Fraseria caerulescens

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  Ayres’s Hawk-eagle

  Hieraaetus ayresii

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  Baillon’s Crake

  Zapornia pusilla

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  Banded Martin

  Neophedina cincta

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  Bar-breasted Firefinch

  Lagonosticta rufopicta

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  Bar-tailed Godwit

  Limosa lapponica

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  Barka Indigobird

  Vidua larvaticola

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  Barn Swallow

  Hirundo rustica

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  Bat Hawk

  Macheiramphus alcinus

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  Bateleur

  Terathopius ecaudatus

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  Baumann’s Greenbul

  Phyllastrephus baumanni

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  Bearded Barbet

  Pogonornis dubius

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  Beaudouin’s Snake-eagle

  Circaetus beaudouini

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  Beautiful Sunbird

  Cinnyris pulchellus

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  Black Coucal

  Centropus grillii

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  Black Crake

  Amaurornis flavirostra

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  Black Crowned-crane

  Balearica pavonina

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  Black Cuckoo

  Cuculus clamosus

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  Black Heron

  Egretta ardesiaca

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  Black Kite

  Milvus migrans

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  Black Scimitarbill

  Rhinopomastus aterrimus

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  Black Sparrowhawk

  Accipiter melanoleucus

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  Black Stork

  Ciconia nigra

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  Black Tern

  Chlidonias niger

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  Black-and-white Mannikin

  Lonchura bicolor

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  Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher

  Bias musicus

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  Black-backed Cisticola

  Cisticola eximius

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  Black-bellied Bustard

  Lissotis melanogaster

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  Black-bellied Firefinch

  Lagonosticta rara

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  Black-bellied Seedcracker

  Pyrenestes ostrinus

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  Black-billed Wood-dove

  Turtur abyssinicus

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  Black-capped Apalis

  Apalis nigriceps

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  Black-capped Illadopsis

  Illadopsis cleaveri

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  Black-crowned Capuchin Babbler

  Phyllanthus rubiginosus

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  Black-crowned Night-heron

  Nycticorax nycticorax

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  Black-crowned Tchagra

  Tchagra senegalus

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  Black-headed Gull

  Chroicocephalus ridibundus

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  Black-headed Heron

  Ardea melanocephala

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  Black-headed Lapwing

  Vanellus tectus

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  Black-headed Weaver

  Ploceus melanocephalus

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  Black-rumped Waxbill

  Estrilda troglodytes

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  Black-tailed Godwit

  Limosa limosa

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  Black-throated Coucal

  Centropus leucogaster

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  Black-winged Bishop

  Euplectes hordeaceus

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  Black-winged Kite

  Elanus caeruleus

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  Black-winged Oriole

  Oriolus nigripennis

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  Black-winged Stilt

  Himantopus himantopus

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  Blackcap Babbler

  Turdoides reinwardtii

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  Bleating Camaroptera

  Camaroptera brachyura

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  Blue-bellied Roller

  Coracias cyanogaster

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  Blue-billed Malimbe

  Malimbus nitens

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  Blue-breasted Kingfisher

  Halcyon malimbica

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  Blue-cheeked Bee-eater

  Merops persicus

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  Blue-headed Coucal

  Centropus monachus

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  Blue-naped Mousebird

  Urocolius macrourus

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  Blue-spotted Wood-dove

  Turtur afer

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  Blue-throated Roller

  Eurystomus gularis

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  Bluethroat

  Luscinia svecica

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  Booted Eagle

  Hieraaetus pennatus

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  Bristle-nosed Barbet

  Gymnobucco peli

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  Broad-billed Roller

  Eurystomus glaucurus

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  Bronze Mannikin

  Lonchura cucullata

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  Bronze-tailed Starling

  Lamprotornis chalcurus

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  Bronze-winged Courser

  Rhinoptilus chalcopterus

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  Brown Babbler

  Turdoides plebejus

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  Brown Booby

  Sula leucogaster

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  Brown Illadopsis

  Illadopsis fulvescens

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  Brown Noddy

  Anous stolidus

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  Brown Snake-eagle

  Circaetus cinereus

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  Brown-backed Woodpecker

  Dendropicos obsoletus

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  Brown-cheeked Hornbill

  Bycanistes cylindricus

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  Brown-chested Lapwing

  Vanellus superciliosus

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  Brown-crowned Tchagra

  Tchagra australis

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  Brown-eared Woodpecker

  Campethera caroli

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  Brown-rumped Bunting

  Emberiza affinis

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  Brown-throated Wattle-eye

  Platysteira cyanea

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  Brubru

  Nilaus afer

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  Bruce’s Green-pigeon

  Treron waalia

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  Buff-breasted Sandpiper

  Calidris subruficollis

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  Buff-spotted Woodpecker

  Campethera nivosa

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  Buff-throated Sunbird

  Chalcomitra adelberti

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  Cabanis’s Bunting

  Emberiza cabanisi

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  Cameroon Indigobird

  Vidua camerunensis

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  Cape Gannet

  Morus capensis

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  Cardinal Woodpecker

  Dendropicos fuscescens

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  Carmelite Sunbird

  Chalcomitra fuliginosa

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  Caspian Tern

  Hydroprogne caspia

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  Cassin’s Hawk-eagle

  Aquila africana

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  Cassin’s Honeybird

  Prodotiscus insignis

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  Cattle Egret

  Bubulcus ibis

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  Chattering Yellowbill

  Ceuthmochares aereus

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  Chestnut Wattle-eye

  Dyaphorophyia castanea

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  Chestnut-and-black Weaver

  Ploceus castaneofuscus

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  Chestnut-backed Sparrow-lark

  Eremopterix leucotis

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  Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse

  Pterocles exustus

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  Chestnut-bellied Starling

  Lamprotornis pulcher

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  Chestnut-breasted Nigrita

  Nigrita bicolor

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  Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-weaver

  Plocepasser superciliosus

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  Chestnut-winged Starling

  Onychognathus fulgidus

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  Collared Pratincole

  Glareola pratincola

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  Collared Sand Martin

  Riparia riparia

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  Collared Sunbird

  Hedydipna collaris

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  Common Barn-owl

  Tyto alba

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  Common Bulbul

  Pycnonotus barbatus

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  Common Buttonquail

  Turnix sylvaticus

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  Common Chiffchaff

  Phylloscopus collybita

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  Common Cuckoo

  Cuculus canorus

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  Common Fiscal

  Lanius collaris

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  Common Greenshank

  Tringa nebularia

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  Common Gull-billed Tern

  Gelochelidon nilotica

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  Common Hoopoe

  Upupa epops

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  Common Kestrel

  Falco tinnunculus

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  Common Little Bittern

  Ixobrychus minutus

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  Common Moorhen

  Gallinula chloropus

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  Common Nightingale

  Luscinia megarhynchos

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  Common Redshank

  Tringa totanus

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  Common Redstart

  Phoenicurus phoenicurus

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  Common Reed-warbler

  Acrocephalus scirpaceus

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  Common Ringed Plover

  Charadrius hiaticula

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  Common Sandpiper

  Actitis hypoleucos

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  Common Snipe

  Gallinago gallinago

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  Common Swift

  Apus apus

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  Common Teal

  Anas crecca

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  Common Tern

  Sterna hirundo

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  Common Waxbill

  Estrilda astrild

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  Common Whitethroat

  Sylvia communis

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  Compact Weaver

  Ploceus superciliosus

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  Copper Sunbird

  Cinnyris cupreus

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  Crested Lark

  Galerida cristata

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  Crested Malimbe

  Malimbus malimbicus

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  Croaking Cisticola

  Cisticola natalensis

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  Crowned Eagle

  Stephanoaetus coronatus

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  Cuckoo-finch

  Anomalospiza imberbis

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  Curlew Sandpiper

  Calidris ferruginea

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  Cut-throat Finch

  Amadina fasciata

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  Damara Tern

  Sternula balaenarum

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  Dark Chanting-goshawk

  Melierax metabates

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  Denham’s Bustard

  Neotis denhami

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  Diederik Cuckoo

  Chrysococcyx caprius

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  Dorst’s Cisticola

  Cisticola guinea

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  Double-spurred Francolin

  Pternistis bicalcaratus

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  Double-toothed Barbet

  Lybius bidentatus

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  Dunlin

  Calidris alpina

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  Dusky-blue Flycatcher

  Bradornis comitatus

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  Dwarf Bittern

  Ixobrychus sturmii

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  Dwarf Hornbill

  Lophoceros camurus

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  Dybowski’s Twinspot

  Euschistospiza dybowskii

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  Egyptian Goose

  Alopochen aegyptiaca

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  Egyptian Plover

  Pluvianus aegyptius

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  Eleonora’s Falcon

  Falco eleonorae

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  Emin’s Shrike

  Lanius gubernator

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  Ethiopian Swallow

  Hirundo aethiopica

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  Eurasian Bittern

  Botaurus stellaris

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  Eurasian Blackcap

  Sylvia atricapilla

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  Eurasian Curlew

  Numenius arquata

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  Eurasian Golden Oriole

  Oriolus oriolus

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  Eurasian Hobby

  Falco subbuteo

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  Eurasian Oystercatcher

  Haematopus ostralegus

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  Eurasian Wigeon

  Anas penelope

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  Eurasian Wryneck

  Jynx torquilla

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  European Bee-eater

  Merops apiaster

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  European Honey-buzzard

  Pernis apivorus

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  European Pied Flycatcher

  Ficedula hypoleuca

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  European Roller

  Coracias garrulus

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  European Turtle-dove

  Streptopelia turtur

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  Exclamatory Paradise-whydah

  Vidua interjecta

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  Familiar Chat

  Oenanthe familiaris

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  Fan-tailed Widowbird

  Euplectes axillaris

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  Fanti Saw-wing

  Psalidoprocne obscura

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  Ferruginous Duck

  Aythya nyroca

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  Fiery-breasted Bush-shrike

  Malaconotus cruentus

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  Fiery-necked Nightjar

  Caprimulgus pectoralis

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  Fine-spotted Woodpecker

  Campethera punctuligera

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  Finsch’s Flycatcher-thrush

  Stizorhina finschi

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  Fire-bellied Woodpecker

  Dendropicos pyrrhogaster

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  Flappet Lark

  Mirafra rufocinnamomea

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  Forbes’s Plover

  Charadrius forbesi

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  Fork-tailed Drongo

  Dicrurus adsimilis

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  Four-banded Sandgrouse

  Pterocles quadricinctus

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  Fox Kestrel

  Falco alopex

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  Fraser’s Sunbird

  Deleornis fraseri

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  Freckled Nightjar

  Caprimulgus tristigma

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  Fulvous Whistling-duck

  Dendrocygna bicolor

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  Gabar Goshawk

  Micronisus gabar

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  Gadwall

  Anas strepera

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  Gambaga Flycatcher

  Muscicapa gambagae

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  Garden Warbler

  Sylvia borin

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  Garganey

  Anas querquedula

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  Giant Kingfisher

  Megaceryle maxima

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  Glossy Ibis

  Plegadis falcinellus

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  Golden-breasted Bunting

  Emberiza flaviventris

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  Golden-tailed Woodpecker

  Campethera abingoni

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  Goliath Heron

  Ardea goliath

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  Grasshopper Buzzard

  Butastur rufipennis

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  Great Blue Turaco

  Corythaeola cristata

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  Great Cormorant

  Phalacrocorax carbo

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  Great Grey Shrike

  Lanius excubitor

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  Great Reed-warbler

  Acrocephalus arundinaceus

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  Great Snipe

  Gallinago media

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  Great Spotted Cuckoo

  Clamator glandarius

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  Great White Egret

  Ardea alba

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  Great White Pelican

  Pelecanus onocrotalus

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  Greater Blue-eared Starling

  Lamprotornis chalybaeus

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  Greater Honeyguide

  Indicator indicator

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  Greater Painted-snipe

  Rostratula benghalensis

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  Greater Swamp-warbler

  Acrocephalus rufescens

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  Green Crombec

  Sylvietta virens

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  Green Hylia

  Hylia prasina

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  Green Sandpiper

  Tringa ochropus

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  Green Turaco

  Tauraco persa

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  Green Twinspot

  Mandingoa nitidula

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  Green Woodhoopoe

  Phoeniculus purpureus

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  Green-backed Heron

  Butorides striata

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  Green-headed Sunbird

  Cyanomitra verticalis

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  Green-winged Pytilia

  Pytilia melba

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  Grey Firefinch

  Lagonosticta nigricollis

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  Grey Heron

  Ardea cinerea

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  Grey Kestrel

  Falco ardosiaceus

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  Grey Longbill

  Macrosphenus concolor

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  Grey Parrot

  Psittacus erithacus

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  Grey Plover

  Pluvialis squatarola

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  Grey Pratincole

  Glareola cinerea

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  Grey Tit-flycatcher

  Myioparus plumbeus

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  Grey Woodpecker

  Dendropicos goertae

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  Grey-cheeked Hornbill

  Bycanistes subcylindricus

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  Grey-chinned Sunbird

  Anthreptes tephrolaemus

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  Grey-headed Bristlebill

  Bleda canicapillus

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  Grey-headed Bush-shrike

  Malaconotus blanchoti

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  Grey-headed Gull

  Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus

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  Grey-headed Kingfisher

  Halcyon leucocephala

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  Grey-headed Nigrita

  Nigrita canicapillus

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  Grey-headed Oliveback

  Nesocharis capistrata

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  Grey-rumped Swallow

  Pseudhirundo griseopyga

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  Grey-throated Bunting

  Emberiza goslingi

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  Greyish Eagle-owl

  Bubo cinerascens

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  Hadada Ibis

  Bostrychia hagedash

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  Hairy-breasted Barbet

  Tricholaema hirsuta

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  Hamerkop

  Scopus umbretta

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  Hartlaub’s Duck

  Pteronetta hartlaubii

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  Helmeted Guineafowl

  Numida meleagris

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  Heuglin’s Masked Weaver

  Ploceus heuglini

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  Heuglin’s Wheatear

  Oenanthe heuglinii

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  Honeyguide Greenbul

  Baeopogon indicator

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  Hooded Vulture

  Necrosyrtes monachus

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  Horsfield’s Bushlark

  Mirafra javanica

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  Horus Swift

  Apus horus

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  House Crow

  Corvus splendens

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  Isabelline Warbler

  Iduna opaca

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  Jack Snipe

  Lymnocryptes minimus

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  Jacobin Cuckoo

  Clamator jacobinus

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  Jambandu Indigobird

  Vidua raricola

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  Kemp’s Longbill

  Macrosphenus kempi

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  Kentish Plover

  Charadrius alexandrinus

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  Kittlitz’s Plover

  Charadrius pecuarius

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  Klaas’s Cuckoo

  Chrysococcyx klaas

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  Lanner Falcon

  Falco biarmicus

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  Lappet-faced Vulture

  Torgos tracheliotos

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  Laughing Dove

  Spilopelia senegalensis

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  Lavender Waxbill

  Estrilda caerulescens

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  Lazy Cisticola

  Cisticola aberrans

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  Leaf-love

  Pyrrhurus scandens

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  Least Honeyguide

  Indicator exilis

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  Lesser Black-backed Gull

  Larus fuscus

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  Lesser Blue-eared Starling

  Lamprotornis chloropterus

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  Lesser Crested Tern

  Thalasseus bengalensis

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  Lesser Flamingo

  Phoeniconaias minor

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  Lesser Honeyguide

  Indicator minor

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  Lesser Jacana

  Microparra capensis

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  Lesser Kestrel

  Falco naumanni

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  Lesser Moorhen

  Gallinula angulata

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  Lesser Striped Swallow

  Cecropis abyssinica

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  Levaillant’s Cuckoo

  Clamator levaillantii

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  Little Bee-eater

  Merops pusillus

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  Little Egret

  Egretta garzetta

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  Little Grebe

  Tachybaptus ruficollis

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  Little Green Sunbird

  Anthreptes seimundi

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  Little Green Woodpecker

  Campethera maculosa

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  Little Greenbul

  Eurillas virens

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  Little Ringed Plover

  Charadrius dubius

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  Little Rush-warbler

  Bradypterus baboecala

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  Little Spotted Woodpecker

  Campethera cailliautii

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  Little Stint

  Calidris minuta

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  Little Swift

  Apus affinis

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  Little Tern

  Sternula albifrons

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  Little Weaver

  Ploceus luteolus

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  Lizard Buzzard

  Kaupifalco monogrammicus

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  Long-crested Eagle

  Lophaetus occipitalis

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  Long-legged Pipit

  Anthus pallidiventris

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  Long-tailed Cormorant

  Microcarbo africanus

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  Long-tailed Glossy Starling

  Lamprotornis caudatus

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  Long-tailed Hawk

  Urotriorchis macrourus

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  Long-tailed Nightjar

  Caprimulgus climacurus

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  Lowland Sooty Boubou

  Laniarius leucorhynchus

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  Magpie Mannikin

  Spermestes fringilloides

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  Malachite Kingfisher

  Corythornis cristatus

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  Many-coloured Bush-shrike

  Chlorophoneus multicolor

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  Marabou

  Leptoptilos crumenifer

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  Marsh Owl

  Asio capensis

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  Marsh Sandpiper

  Tringa stagnatilis

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  Marsh Tchagra

  Bocagia minuta

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  Martial Eagle

  Polemaetus bellicosus

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  Maxwell’s Black Weaver

  Ploceus albinucha

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  Melodious Warbler

  Hippolais polyglotta

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  Mocking Cliff-chat

  Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris

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  Moltoni’s Warbler

  Sylvia subalpina

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  Montagu’s Harrier

  Circus pygargus

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  Mosque Swallow

  Cecropis senegalensis

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  Mottled Spinetail

  Telacanthura ussheri

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  Mottled Swift

  Tachymarptis aequatorialis

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  Mourning Collared-dove

  Streptopelia decipiens

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  Mouse-brown Sunbird

  Anthreptes gabonicus

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  Moustached Grass-warbler

  Melocichla mentalis

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  Naked-faced Barbet

  Gymnobucco calvus

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  Namaqua Dove

  Oena capensis

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  Narina Trogon

  Apaloderma narina

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  Narrow-tailed Starling

  Poeoptera lugubris

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  Neumann’s Starling

  Onychognathus neumanni

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  Northern Black-flycatcher

  Melaenornis edolioides

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  Northern Carmine Bee-eater

  Merops nubicus

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  Northern Crombec

  Sylvietta brachyura

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  Northern Grey-headed Sparrow

  Passer griseus

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  Northern Ground-hornbill

  Bucorvus abyssinicus

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  Northern House Martin

  Delichon urbicum

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  Northern Pintail

  Anas acuta

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  Northern Puffback

  Dryoscopus gambensis

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  Northern Red Bishop

  Euplectes franciscanus

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  Northern Red-headed Weaver

  Anaplectes leuconotos

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  Northern Shoveler

  Anas clypeata

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  Northern Wheatear

  Oenanthe oenanthe

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  Northern White-faced Owl

  Ptilopsis leucotis

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  Olivaceous Warbler

  Iduna pallida

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  Olive Sunbird

  Cyanomitra olivacea

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  Olive-bellied Sunbird

  Cinnyris chloropygius

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  Olive-green Camaroptera

  Camaroptera chloronota

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  Olive-naped Weaver

  Ploceus brachypterus

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  Orange Weaver

  Ploceus aurantius

• 
  Orange-breasted Bush-shrike

  Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus

• 
  Orange-breasted Forest-robin

  Stiphrornis erythrothorax

• 
  Orange-cheeked Waxbill

  Estrilda melpoda

• 
  Oriole Warbler

  Hypergerus atriceps

• 
  Ortolan Bunting

  Emberiza hortulana

• 
  Osprey

  Pandion haliaetus

• 
  Ovambo Sparrowhawk

  Accipiter ovampensis

• 
  Pale Flycatcher

  Melaenornis pallidus

• 
  Pale-breasted Illadopsis

  Illadopsis rufipennis

• 
  Pale-eyed Black Tit

  Melaniparus guineensis

• 
  Pale-fronted Nigrita

  Nigrita luteifrons

• 
  Pallid Harrier

  Circus macrourus

• 
  Pallid Swift

  Apus pallidus

• 
  Palm-nut Vulture

  Gypohierax angolensis

• 
  Pearl-spotted Owlet

  Glaucidium perlatum

• 
  Pel’s Fishing-owl

  Scotopelia peli

• 
  Peregrine Falcon

  Falco peregrinus

• 
  Piapiac

  Ptilostomus afer

• 
  Pied Avocet

  Recurvirostra avosetta

• 
  Pied Crow

  Corvus albus

• 
  Pied Kingfisher

  Ceryle rudis

• 
  Pied-winged Swallow

  Hirundo leucosoma

• 
  Pin-tailed Whydah

  Vidua macroura

• 
  Pink-backed Pelican

  Pelecanus rufescens

• 
  Plain Greenbul

  Eurillas curvirostris

• 
  Plain Nightjar

  Caprimulgus inornatus

• 
  Plain-backed Pipit

  Anthus leucophrys

• 
  Pomarine Jaeger

  Stercorarius pomarinus

• 
  Preuss’s Swallow

  Petrochelidon preussi

• 
  Preuss’s Weaver

  Ploceus preussi

• 
  Purple Heron

  Ardea purpurea

• 
  Purple Roller

  Coracias naevius

• 
  Purple Starling

  Lamprotornis purpureus

• 
  Purple Swamphen

  Porphyrio porphyrio

• 
  Purple-headed Starling

  Hylopsar purpureiceps

• 
  Purple-throated Cuckoo-shrike

  Campephaga quiscalina

• 
  Puvel’s Illadopsis

  Illadopsis puveli

• 
  Pygmy Sunbird

  Hedydipna platura

• 
  Quail-plover

  Ortyxelos meiffrenii

• 
  Red Knot

  Calidris canutus

• 
  Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher

  Terpsiphone rufiventer

• 
  Red-billed Firefinch

  Lagonosticta senegala

• 
  Red-billed Helmet-shrike

  Prionops caniceps

• 
  Red-billed Hornbill

  Tockus erythrorhynchus

• 
  Red-billed Quelea

  Quelea quelea

• 
  Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu

  Uraeginthus bengalus

• 
  Red-cheeked Wattle-eye

  Platysteira blissetti

• 
  Red-chested Cuckoo

  Cuculus solitarius

• 
  Red-chested Goshawk

  Accipiter toussenelii

• 
  Red-chested Swallow

  Hirundo lucida

• 
  Red-collared Widowbird

  Euplectes ardens

• 
  Red-eyed Dove

  Streptopelia semitorquata

• 
  Red-faced Cisticola

  Cisticola erythrops

• 
  Red-footed Falcon

  Falco vespertinus

• 
  Red-headed Lovebird

  Agapornis pullarius

• 
  Red-headed Malimbe

  Malimbus rubricollis

• 
  Red-headed Quelea

  Quelea erythrops

• 
  Red-legged Sparrowhawk

  Accipiter erythropus

• 
  Red-necked Buzzard

  Buteo auguralis

• 
  Red-necked Falcon

  Falco ruficollis

• 
  Red-rumped Swallow

  Cecropis daurica

• 
  Red-rumped Tinkerbird

  Pogoniulus atroflavus

• 
  Red-shouldered Cuckoo-shrike

  Campephaga phoenicea

• 
  Red-tailed Bristlebill

  Bleda syndactylus

• 
  Red-tailed Greenbul

  Criniger calurus

• 
  Red-throated Bee-eater

  Merops bulocki

• 
  Red-throated Pipit

  Anthus cervinus

• 
  Red-throated Rock Martin

  Ptyonoprogne rufigula

• 
  Red-vented Malimbe

  Malimbus scutatus

• 
  Red-winged Prinia

  Prinia erythroptera

• 
  Red-winged Pytilia

  Pytilia phoenicoptera

• 
  Reichenbach’s Sunbird

  Anabathmis reichenbachii

• 
  Rock Dove

  Columba livia

• 
  Rock Pratincole

  Glareola nuchalis

• 
  Rose-ringed Parakeet

  Psittacula krameri

• 
  Roseate Tern

  Sterna dougallii

• 
  Rosy Bee-eater

  Merops malimbicus

• 
  Royal Tern

  Thalasseus maximus

• 
  Ruddy Turnstone

  Arenaria interpres

• 
  Ruff

  Calidris pugnax

• 
  Rufous Cisticola

  Cisticola rufus

• 
  Rufous-chested Swallow

  Cecropis semirufa

• 
  Rufous-crowned Eremomela

  Eremomela badiceps

• 
  Rufous-rumped Lark

  Pinarocorys erythropygia

• 
  Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush

  Monticola saxatilis

• 
  Rufous-tailed Scrub-robin

  Cercotrichas galactotes

• 
  Rufous-winged Illadopsis

  Illadopsis rufescens

• 
  Rüppell’s Vulture

  Gyps rueppelli

• 
  Sabine’s Puffback

  Dryoscopus sabini

• 
  Saddlebill

  Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis

• 
  Sahel Bush-sparrow

  Gymnoris dentata

• 
  Sahel Paradise-whydah

  Vidua orientalis

• 
  Sanderling

  Calidris alba

• 
  Sandwich Tern

  Thalasseus sandvicensis

• 
  Savile’s Bustard

  Lophotis savilei

• 
  Scarlet-chested Sunbird

  Chalcomitra senegalensis

• 
  Scissor-tailed Kite

  Chelictinia riocourii

• 
  Secretarybird

  Sagittarius serpentarius

• 
  Sedge Warbler

  Acrocephalus schoenobaenus

• 
  Senegal Batis

  Batis senegalensis

• 
  Senegal Coucal

  Centropus senegalensis

• 
  Senegal Eremomela

  Eremomela pusilla

• 
  Senegal Lapwing

  Vanellus lugubris

• 
  Senegal Parrot

  Poicephalus senegalus

• 
  Senegal Thick-knee

  Burhinus senegalensis

• 
  Sharpe’s Apalis

  Apalis sharpii

• 
  Shikra

  Accipiter badius

• 
  Shining Drongo

  Dicrurus atripennis

• 
  Shining-blue Kingfisher

  Alcedo quadribrachys

• 
  Short-toed Snake-eagle

  Circaetus gallicus

• 
  Short-winged Cisticola

  Cisticola brachypterus

• 
  Simple Greenbul

  Chlorocichla simplex

• 
  Singing Cisticola

  Cisticola cantans

• 
  Slender-billed Greenbul

  Stelgidillas gracilirostris

• 
  Slender-billed Gull

  Chroicocephalus genei

• 
  Slender-billed Weaver

  Ploceus pelzelni

• 
  Snowy-crowned Robin-chat

  Cossypha niveicapilla

• 
  Sooty Shearwater

  Ardenna grisea

• 
  Sooty Tern

  Onychoprion fuscatus

• 
  Speckle-fronted Weaver

  Sporopipes frontalis

• 
  Speckled Pigeon

  Columba guinea

• 
  Speckled Tinkerbird

  Pogoniulus scolopaceus

• 
  Splendid Starling

  Lamprotornis splendidus

• 
  Splendid Sunbird

  Cinnyris coccinigastrus

• 
  Spotted Flycatcher

  Muscicapa striata

• 
  Spotted Honeyguide

  Indicator maculatus

• 
  Spotted Redshank

  Tringa erythropus

• 
  Spotted Thick-knee

  Burhinus capensis

• 
  Spur-winged Goose

  Plectropterus gambensis

• 
  Spur-winged Lapwing

  Vanellus spinosus

• 
  Squacco Heron

  Ardeola ralloides

• 
  Square-tailed Drongo

  Dicrurus ludwigii

• 
  Standard-winged Nightjar

  Caprimulgus longipennis

• 
  Stone Partridge

  Ptilopachus petrosus

• 
  Streaky-breasted Flufftail

  Sarothrura boehmi

• 
  Striped Kingfisher

  Halcyon chelicuti

• 
  Sun Lark

  Galerida modesta

• 
  Superb Sunbird

  Cinnyris superbus

• 
  Swallow-tailed Bee-eater

  Merops hirundineus

• 
  Swamp Flycatcher

  Muscicapa aquatica

• 
  Swamp Nightjar

  Caprimulgus natalensis

• 
  Swamp Palm Bulbul

  Thescelocichla leucopleura

• 
  Tambourine Dove

  Turtur tympanistria

• 
  Tawny Eagle

  Aquila rapax

• 
  Tawny Pipit

  Anthus campestris

• 
  Tawny-flanked Prinia

  Prinia subflava

• 
  Temminck’s Courser

  Cursorius temminckii

• 
  Temminck’s Stint

  Calidris temminckii

• 
  Tessmann’s Flycatcher

  Muscicapa tessmanni

• 
  Thick-billed Cuckoo

  Pachycoccyx audeberti

• 
  Thick-billed Weaver

  Amblyospiza albifrons

• 
  Tiny Sunbird

  Cinnyris minullus

• 
  Tit-hylia

  Pholidornis rushiae

• 
  Togo Paradise-whydah

  Vidua togoensis

• 
  Togo Yellow-billed Barbet

  Trachylaemus togoensis

• 
  Tree Pipit

  Anthus trivialis

• 
  Tropical Boubou

  Laniarius aethiopicus

• 
  Variable Sunbird

  Cinnyris venustus

• 
  Velvet-mantled Drongo

  Dicrurus modestus

• 
  Vermiculated Fishing-owl

  Scotopelia bouvieri

• 
  Verreaux’s Eagle-owl

  Bubo lacteus

• 
  Vieillot’s Barbet

  Lybius vieilloti

• 
  Village Indigobird

  Vidua chalybeata

• 
  Village Weaver

  Ploceus cucullatus

• 
  Vinaceous Dove

  Streptopelia vinacea

• 
  Violet Turaco

  Musophaga violacea

• 
  Violet-backed Hyliota

  Hyliota violacea

• 
  Violet-backed Starling

  Cinnyricinclus leucogaster

• 
  Vitelline Masked Weaver

  Ploceus vitellinus

• 
  Wahlberg’s Eagle

  Hieraaetus wahlbergi

• 
  Water Thick-knee

  Burhinus vermiculatus

• 
  Wattled Lapwing

  Vanellus senegallus

• 
  West African Batis

  Batis occulta

• 
  West African Pied Hornbill

  Lophoceros semifasciatus

• 
  West African Seedeater

  Crithagra canicapilla

• 
  Western Banded Snake-eagle

  Circaetus cinerascens

• 
  Western Bearded Greenbul

  Criniger barbatus

• 
  Western Black-headed Oriole

  Oriolus brachyrynchus

• 
  Western Bluebill

  Spermophaga haematina

• 
  Western Bonelli’s Warbler

  Phylloscopus bonelli

• 
  Western Bronze-naped Pigeon

  Columba iriditorques

• 
  Western Crested Guineafowl

  Guttera verreauxi

• 
  Western Crested-flycatcher

  Trochocercus nitens

• 
  Western Long-tailed Hornbill

  Horizocerus albocristatus

• 
  Western Marsh-harrier

  Circus aeruginosus

• 
  Western Nicator

  Nicator chloris

• 
  Western Piping Hornbill

  Bycanistes fistulator

• 
  Western Plantain-eater

  Crinifer piscator

• 
  Western Reef-egret

  Egretta gularis

• 
  Western Violet-backed Sunbird

  Anthreptes longuemarei

• 
  Western Yellow Wagtail

  Motacilla flava

• 
  Whimbrel

  Numenius phaeopus

• 
  Whinchat

  Saxicola rubetra

• 
  Whiskered Tern

  Chlidonias hybrida

• 
  Whistling Cisticola

  Cisticola lateralis

• 
  White Stork

  Ciconia ciconia

• 
  White Wagtail

  Motacilla alba

• 
  White-backed Duck

  Thalassornis leuconotus

• 
  White-backed Night-heron

  Calherodius leuconotus

• 
  White-backed Vulture

  Gyps africanus

• 
  White-bellied Bustard

  Eupodotis senegalensis

• 
  White-bellied Kingfisher

  Corythornis leucogaster

• 
  White-bibbed Swallow

  Hirundo nigrita

• 
  White-billed Buffalo-weaver

  Bubalornis albirostris

• 
  White-breasted Cuckoo-shrike

  Ceblepyris pectoralis

• 
  White-breasted Nigrita

  Nigrita fusconotus

• 
  White-browed Forest-flycatcher

  Fraseria cinerascens

• 
  White-crested Helmet-shrike

  Prionops plumatus

• 
  White-crested Tiger-heron

  Tigriornis leucolopha

• 
  White-crowned Robin-chat

  Cossypha albicapillus

• 
  White-faced Whistling-duck

  Dendrocygna viduata

• 
  White-fronted Black-chat

  Oenanthe albifrons

• 
  White-fronted Plover

  Charadrius marginatus

• 
  White-headed Lapwing

  Vanellus albiceps

• 
  White-headed Vulture

  Trigonoceps occipitalis

• 
  White-headed Woodhoopoe

  Phoeniculus bollei

• 
  White-rumped Seedeater

  Crithagra leucopygia

• 
  White-rumped Swift

  Apus caffer

• 
  White-spotted Flufftail

  Sarothrura pulchra

• 
  White-tailed Ant-thrush

  Neocossyphus poensis

• 
  White-thighed Hornbill

  Bycanistes albotibialis

• 
  White-throated Bee-eater

  Merops albicollis

• 
  White-throated Francolin

  Peliperdix albogularis

• 
  White-throated Greenbul

  Phyllastrephus albigularis

• 
  White-winged Tern

  Chlidonias leucopterus

• 
  Willcocks’s Honeyguide

  Indicator willcocksi

• 
  Willow Warbler

  Phylloscopus trochilus

• 
  Wilson’s Indigobird

  Vidua wilsoni

• 
  Wilson’s Storm-petrel

  Oceanites oceanicus

• 
  Winding Cisticola

  Cisticola marginatus

• 
  Wire-tailed Swallow

  Hirundo smithii

• 
  Wood Sandpiper

  Tringa glareola

• 
  Wood Warbler

  Phylloscopus sibilatrix

• 
  Woodchat Shrike

  Lanius senator

• 
  Woodland Kingfisher

  Halcyon senegalensis

• 
  Yellow Penduline-tit

  Anthoscopus parvulus

• 
  Yellow-bellied Hyliota

  Hyliota flavigaster

• 
  Yellow-billed Egret

  Ardea brachyrhyncha

• 
  Yellow-billed Oxpecker

  Buphagus africanus

• 
  Yellow-billed Shrike

  Corvinella corvina

• 
  Yellow-billed Stork

  Mycteria ibis

• 
  Yellow-breasted Apalis

  Apalis flavida

• 
  Yellow-browed Camaroptera

  Camaroptera superciliaris

• 
  Yellow-casqued Hornbill

  Ceratogymna elata

• 
  Yellow-crowned Bishop

  Euplectes afer

• 
  Yellow-crowned Gonolek

  Laniarius barbarus

• 
  Yellow-fronted Canary

  Crithagra mozambica

• 
  Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird

  Pogoniulus chrysoconus

• 
  Yellow-mantled Weaver

  Ploceus tricolor

• 
  Yellow-mantled Widowbird

  Euplectes macroura

• 
  Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird

  Pogoniulus bilineatus

• 
  Yellow-throated Greenbul

  Atimastillas flavicollis

• 
  Yellow-throated Longclaw

  Macronyx croceus

• 
  Yellow-throated Tinkerbird

  Pogoniulus subsulphureus

• 
  Yellow-whiskered Greenbul

  Eurillas latirostris

• 
  Yellow-winged Pytilia

  Pytilia hypogrammica

• 
  Zebra Waxbill

  Amandava subflava

• 
  Zitting Cisticola

  Cisticola juncidis