Birds from South Africa (888 bird species)
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- Abdim’s StorkCiconia abdimii
- Acacia Pied BarbetTricholaema leucomelas
- African Barred OwletGlaucidium capense
- African Black DuckAnas sparsa
- African Blue QuailSynoicus adansonii
- African BroadbillSmithornis capensis
- African Comb DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
- African CrakeCrex egregia
- African CuckooCuculus gularis
- African Cuckoo-hawkAviceda cuculoides
- African DarterAnhinga rufa
- African Dusky FlycatcherMuscicapa adusta
- African Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx cupreus
- African FinfootPodica senegalensis
- African FirefinchLagonosticta rubricata
- African Fish-eagleHaliaeetus vocifer
- African Golden OrioleOriolus auratus
- African Golden WeaverPloceus subaureus
- African GoshawkAccipiter tachiro
- African Grass-owlTyto capensis
- African Green-pigeonTreron calvus
- African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
- African Harrier-hawkPolyboroides typus
- African Hawk-eagleAquila spilogaster
- African HobbyFalco cuvierii
- African JacanaActophilornis africanus
- African Marsh-harrierCircus ranivorus
- African Olive-pigeonColumba arquatrix
- African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
- African OystercatcherHaematopus moquini
- African Palm-swiftCypsiurus parvus
- African Paradise-flycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
- African PenguinSpheniscus demersus
- African Pied StarlingLamprotornis bicolor
- African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
- African PipitAnthus cinnamomeus
- African PittaPitta angolensis
- African Plain MartinRiparia paludicola
- African Pygmy-falconPolihierax semitorquatus
- African Pygmy-gooseNettapus auritus
- African Pygmy-kingfisherIspidina picta
- African QuailfinchOrtygospiza atricollis
- African RailRallus caerulescens
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
- African Scops-owlOtus senegalensis
- African SkimmerRynchops flavirostris
- African SnipeGallinago nigripennis
- African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
- African Spotted CreeperSalpornis salvadori
- African SwiftApus barbatus
- African Three-banded PloverCharadrius tricollaris
- African Wood-owlStrix woodfordii
- African WoollyneckCiconia microscelis
- African Yellow WarblerIduna natalensis
- African Yellow White-eyeZosterops senegalensis
- Allen’s GallinulePorphyrio alleni
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
- Amethyst SunbirdChalcomitra amethystina
- Amsterdam AlbatrossDiomedea amsterdamensis
- Amur FalconFalco amurensis
- Antarctic PetrelThalassoica antarctica
- Antarctic PrionPachyptila desolata
- Antarctic TernSterna vittata
- Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Arnot’s ChatMyrmecocichla arnotti
- Arrow-marked BabblerTurdoides jardineii
- Ashy FlycatcherFraseria caerulescens
- Ashy TitMelaniparus cinerascens
- Asian DowitcherLimnodromus semipalmatus
- Atlantic PetrelPterodroma incerta
- Atlantic Yellow-nosed AlbatrossThalassarche chlororhynchos
- Augur BuzzardButeo augur
- Australasian GannetMorus serrator
- Ayres’s Hawk-eagleHieraaetus ayresii
- Baillon’s CrakeZapornia pusilla
- Baird’s SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- Balearic ShearwaterPuffinus mauretanicus
- Banded MartinNeophedina cincta
- Bank CormorantPhalacrocorax neglectus
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Bar-throated ApalisApalis thoracica
- Barau’s PetrelPterodroma baraui
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Barratt’s WarblerBradypterus barratti
- Barred WarblerSylvia nisoria
- Barred Wren-warblerCalamonastes fasciolatus
- Basra Reed-warblerAcrocephalus griseldis
- Bat HawkMacheiramphus alcinus
- BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
- Bearded Scrub-robinTychaedon quadrivirgata
- Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatus
- Bearded WoodpeckerDendropicos namaquus
- Bennett’s WoodpeckerCampethera bennettii
- Black CoucalCentropus grillii
- Black CrakeAmaurornis flavirostra
- Black CuckooCuculus clamosus
- Black Cuckoo-shrikeCampephaga flava
- Black HarrierCircus maurus
- Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Black Saw-wingPsalidoprocne pristoptera
- Black SkimmerRynchops niger
- Black SparrowhawkAccipiter melanoleucus
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Black-and-white MannikinLonchura bicolor
- Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcherBias musicus
- Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla
- Black-bellied BustardLissotis melanogaster
- Black-bellied StarlingNotopholia corrusca
- Black-bellied Storm-petrelFregetta tropica
- Black-browed AlbatrossThalassarche melanophris
- Black-chested PriniaPrinia flavicans
- Black-chested Snake-eagleCircaetus pectoralis
- Black-collared BarbetLybius torquatus
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
- Black-eared SeedeaterCrithagra mennelli
- Black-eared Sparrow-larkEremopterix australis
- Black-faced WaxbillEstrilda erythronotos
- Black-fronted BulbulPycnonotus nigricans
- Black-fronted Bush-shrikeChlorophoneus nigrifrons
- Black-headed CanarySerinus alario
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
- Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- Black-naped TernSterna sumatrana
- Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Black-rumped ButtonquailTurnix nanus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Black-tailed WaxbillEstrilda perreini
- Black-throated CanaryCrithagra atrogularis
- Black-throated Wattle-eyePlatysteira peltata
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Black-winged LapwingVanellus melanopterus
- Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanni
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
- Bleating CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
- Blue BustardEupodotis caerulescens
- Blue CraneGrus paradisea
- Blue PetrelHalobaena caerulea
- Blue SwallowHirundo atrocaerulea
- Blue WaxbillUraeginthus angolensis
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Blue-spotted Wood-doveTurtur afer
- BokmakierieTelophorus zeylonus
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Botha’s LarkSpizocorys fringillaris
- Boulder ChatPinarornis plumosus
- Bradfield’s SwiftApus bradfieldi
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- Brimstone CanaryCrithagra sulphurata
- Broad-billed PrionPachyptila vittata
- Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
- Broad-billed SandpiperLimicola falcinellus
- Broad-tailed Paradise-whydahVidua obtusa
- Bronze MannikinLonchura cucullata
- Bronze-winged CourserRhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
- Brown ParrotPoicephalus meyeri
- Brown Scrub-robinCercotrichas signata
- Brown SkuaStercorarius antarcticus
- Brown Snake-eagleCircaetus cinereus
- Brown-backed HoneybirdProdotiscus regulus
- Brown-crowned TchagraTchagra australis
- Brown-headed ParrotPoicephalus cryptoxanthus
- Brown-hooded KingfisherHalcyon albiventris
- Brown-necked ParrotPoicephalus fuscicollis
- Brown-necked ParrotPoicephalus fuscicollis
- BrubruNilaus afer
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
- Buff-spotted FlufftailSarothrura elegans
- Buff-streaked ChatCampicoloides bifasciatus
- Buffy PipitAnthus vaalensis
- Buller’s AlbatrossThalassarche bulleri
- Burchell’s CourserCursorius rufus
- Burchell’s SandgrousePterocles burchelli
- Burchell’s StarlingLamprotornis australis
- Burnt-necked EremomelaEremomela usticollis
- Bush BlackcapLioptilus nigricapillus
- Bush PipitAnthus caffer
- Böhm’s SpinetailNeafrapus boehmi
- Cape BatisBatis capensis
- Cape BulbulPycnonotus capensis
- Cape BuntingEmberiza capensis
- Cape CanarySerinus canicollis
- Cape Clapper LarkMirafra apiata
- Cape CormorantPhalacrocorax capensis
- Cape CrowCorvus capensis
- Cape Eagle-owlBubo capensis
- Cape FrancolinPternistis capensis
- Cape GannetMorus capensis
- Cape GrassbirdSphenoeacus afer
- Cape Long-billed LarkCerthilauda curvirostris
- Cape LongclawMacronyx capensis
- Cape Penduline-titAnthoscopus minutus
- Cape PetrelDaption capense
- Cape Robin-chatDessonornis caffer
- Cape Rock-thrushMonticola rupestris
- Cape RockjumperChaetops frenatus
- Cape ShovelerSpatula smithii
- Cape SiskinCrithagra totta
- Cape SparrowPasser melanurus
- Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitens
- Cape SugarbirdPromerops cafer
- Cape TealAnas capensis
- Cape VultureGyps coprotheres
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis
- Cape WeaverPloceus capensis
- Cape White-eyeZosterops virens
- Capped WheatearOenanthe pileata
- Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens
- Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
- Caspian PloverCharadrius asiaticus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Chat-flycatcherAgricola infuscatus
- Chatham AlbatrossThalassarche eremita
- Chestnut WeaverPloceus rubiginosus
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-larkEremopterix leucotis
- Chestnut-banded PloverCharadrius pallidus
- Chestnut-fronted Helmet-shrikePrionops scopifrons
- Chestnut-headed FlufftailSarothrura lugens
- Chestnut-vented WarblerSylvia subcaerulea
- Chinspot BatisBatis molitor
- Chorister Robin-chatCossypha dichroa
- ChukarAlectoris chukar
- Cinnamon-breasted BuntingEmberiza tahapisi
- Cinnamon-breasted WarblerEuryptila subcinnamomea
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Cloud CisticolaCisticola textrix
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Collared Palm-thrushCichladusa arquata
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Collared Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
- Common Barn-owlTyto alba
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
- Common ButtonquailTurnix sylvaticus
- Common ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Common Diving-petrelPelecanoides urinatrix
- Common FiscalLanius collaris
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Common Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Common Little BitternIxobrychus minutus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Common OstrichStruthio camelus
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Common ScimitarbillRhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Common StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
- Common White TernGygis alba
- Common WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Coqui FrancolinPeliperdix coqui
- CorncrakeCrex crex
- Cory’s ShearwaterCalonectris borealis
- Crab-ploverDromas ardeola
- Crested BarbetTrachyphonus vaillantii
- Crested FrancolinDendroperdix sephaena
- Crimson-breasted GonolekLaniarius atrococcineus
- Croaking CisticolaCisticola natalensis
- Crowned CormorantMicrocarbo coronatus
- Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatus
- Crowned HornbillLophoceros alboterminatus
- Crowned LapwingVanellus coronatus
- Cuckoo-finchAnomalospiza imberbis
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Cut-throat FinchAmadina fasciata
- Damara TernSternula balaenarum
- Dark Chanting-goshawkMelierax metabates
- Dark-backed WeaverPloceus bicolor
- Denham’s BustardNeotis denhami
- Desert CisticolaCisticola aridulus
- Dickinson’s KestrelFalco dickinsoni
- Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
- Double-banded CourserRhinoptilus africanus
- Double-banded SandgrousePterocles bicinctus
- Drakensberg PriniaPrinia hypoxantha
- Drakensberg RockjumperChaetops aurantius
- Drakensberg SiskinCrithagra symonsi
- Dune LarkCalendulauda erythrochlamys
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Dusky IndigobirdVidua funerea
- Dusky LarkPinarocorys nigricans
- Dusky SunbirdCinnyris fuscus
- Dwarf BitternIxobrychus sturmii
- East Coast BatisBatis soror
- Eastern Black-headed OrioleOriolus larvatus
- Eastern Bronze-naped PigeonColumba delegorguei
- Eastern Clapper LarkMirafra fasciolata
- Eastern Crested-flycatcherTrochocercus bivittatus
- Eastern Long-billed LarkCerthilauda semitorquata
- Eastern NicatorNicator gularis
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- Elegant TernThalasseus elegans
- Eleonora’s FalconFalco eleonorae
- Emerald-spotted Wood-doveTurtur chalcospilos
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Eurasian BuzzardButeo buteo
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicus
- European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turtur
- Fairy FlycatcherStenostira scita
- Fairy PrionPachyptila turtur
- Familiar ChatOenanthe familiaris
- Fan-tailed GrassbirdSchoenicola brevirostris
- Fan-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes axillaris
- Fawn-coloured LarkCalendulauda africanoides
- Fiery-necked NightjarCaprimulgus pectoralis
- Fiscal FlycatcherMelaenornis silens
- Flappet LarkMirafra rufocinnamomea
- Flesh-footed ShearwaterArdenna carneipes
- Forest BuzzardButeo trizonatus
- Forest CanaryCrithagra scotops
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
- Franklin’s GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
- Freckled NightjarCaprimulgus tristigma
- Fulvous Whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolor
- Fülleborn’s LongclawMacronyx fuelleborni
- Gabar GoshawkMicronisus gabar
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- GarganeyAnas querquedula
- Gentoo PenguinPygoscelis papua
- Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Golden PipitTmetothylacus tenellus
- Golden-breasted BuntingEmberiza flaviventris
- Golden-tailed WoodpeckerCampethera abingoni
- Goliath HeronArdea goliath
- Gorgeous Bush-shrikeTelophorus viridis
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Great FrigatebirdFregata minor
- Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris
- Great Reed-warblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Great ShearwaterPuffinus gravis
- Great SnipeGallinago media
- Great SparrowPasser motitensis
- Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Great-winged PetrelPterodroma macroptera
- Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
- Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
- Greater Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris afer
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- Greater HoneyguideIndicator indicator
- Greater KestrelFalco rupicoloides
- Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
- Greater SandploverCharadrius leschenaultii
- Greater Striped SwallowCecropis cucullata
- Green BarbetStactolaema olivacea
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Green TwinspotMandingoa nitidula
- Green WoodhoopoePhoeniculus purpureus
- Green-backed HeronButorides striata
- Green-capped EremomelaEremomela scotops
- Green-winged PytiliaPytilia melba
- Grey Crowned-craneBalearica regulorum
- Grey Cuckoo-shrikeCoracina caesia
- Grey Go-away-birdCorythaixoides concolor
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Grey Penduline-titAnthoscopus caroli
- Grey PetrelProcellaria cinerea
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Grey TitMelaniparus afer
- Grey Tit-flycatcherMyioparus plumbeus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Grey-backed CisticolaCisticola subruficapilla
- Grey-backed Sparrow-larkEremopterix verticalis
- Grey-backed Storm-petrelGarrodia nereis
- Grey-breasted Green-pigeonTreron delalandii
- Grey-headed AlbatrossThalassarche chrysostoma
- Grey-headed Bush-shrikeMalaconotus blanchoti
- Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
- Grey-rumped SwallowPseudhirundo griseopyga
- Grey-winged FrancolinScleroptila afra
- Ground WoodpeckerGeocolaptes olivaceus
- Groundscraper ThrushPsophocichla litsitsirupa
- Gurney’s SugarbirdPromerops gurneyi
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
- Half-collared KingfisherAlcedo semitorquata
- HamerkopScopus umbretta
- Harlequin QuailCoturnix delegorguei
- Hartlaub’s GullChroicocephalus hartlaubii
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Holub’s Golden WeaverPloceus xanthops
- Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus
- Horus SwiftApus horus
- Hottentot ButtonquailTurnix hottentottus
- Hottentot TealAnas hottentota
- House CrowCorvus splendens
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemastica
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Indian Yellow-nosed AlbatrossThalassarche carteri
- Jackal BuzzardButeo rufofuscus
- Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
- Jameson’s FirefinchLagonosticta rhodopareia
- Jouanin’s PetrelBulweria fallax
- Kalahari Scrub-robinCercotrichas paena
- Karoo BustardHeterotetrax vigorsii
- Karoo ChatEmarginata schlegelii
- Karoo EremomelaEremomela gregalis
- Karoo LarkCalendulauda albescens
- Karoo Long-billed LarkCerthilauda subcoronata
- Karoo PriniaPrinia maculosa
- Karoo Scrub-robinTychaedon coryphoeus
- Karoo ThrushTurdus smithi
- Kelp GullLarus dominicanus
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Kerguelen PetrelAphrodroma brevirostris
- King PenguinAptenodytes patagonicus
- Kittlitz’s PloverCharadrius pecuarius
- Klaas’s CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
- Knysna TuracoTauraco corythaix
- Knysna WarblerBradypterus sylvaticus
- Knysna WoodpeckerCampethera notata
- Kori BustardArdeotis kori
- Kurrichane ThrushTurdus libonyana
- Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
- Lappet-faced VultureTorgos tracheliotos
- Large Rock MartinPtyonoprogne fuligula
- Large-billed LarkGalerida magnirostris
- Lark-like BuntingEmberiza impetuani
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Layard’s WarblerSylvia layardi
- Laysan AlbatrossPhoebastria immutabilis
- Lazy CisticolaCisticola aberrans
- Leach’s Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhous
- Lemon DoveColumba larvata
- Lemon-breasted CanaryCrithagra citrinipectus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Lesser Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chloropterus
- Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
- Lesser CuckooCuculus poliocephalus
- Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minor
- Lesser FrigatebirdFregata ariel
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Lesser HoneyguideIndicator minor
- Lesser JacanaMicroparra capensis
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- Lesser Masked WeaverPloceus intermedius
- Lesser MoorhenGallinula angulata
- Lesser NoddyAnous tenuirostris
- Lesser SandploverCharadrius mongolus
- Lesser Spotted EagleClanga pomarina
- Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
- Lesser Swamp-warblerAcrocephalus gracilirostris
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- Levaillant’s CisticolaCisticola tinniens
- Levaillant’s CuckooClamator levaillantii
- Light-mantled AlbatrossPhoebetria palpebrata
- Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
- Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Little CrakePorzana parva
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
- Little Rush-warblerBradypterus baboecala
- Little SparrowhawkAccipiter minullus
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Livingstone’s TuracoTauraco livingstonii
- Lizard BuzzardKaupifalco monogrammicus
- Long-billed CrombecSylvietta rufescens
- Long-billed PipitAnthus similis
- Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Long-tailed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
- Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus
- Long-tailed Paradise-whydahVidua paradisaea
- Long-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes progne
- Long-toed LapwingVanellus crassirostris
- Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta
- Ludwig’s BustardNeotis ludwigii
- Macaroni PenguinEudyptes chrysolophus
- Maccoa DuckOxyura maccoa
- MacGillivray’s PrionPachyptila macgillivrayi
- Madagascar CuckooCuculus rochii
- Madagascar Pond-heronArdeola idae
- Magpie MannikinSpermestes fringilloides
- Magpie ShrikeUrolestes melanoleucus
- Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
- Malachite SunbirdNectarinia famosa
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Mangrove KingfisherHalcyon senegaloides
- Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
- MarabouLeptoptilos crumenifer
- Mariqua FlycatcherBradornis mariquensis
- Mariqua SunbirdCinnyris mariquensis
- Marsh OwlAsio capensis
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
- Martial EaglePolemaetus bellicosus
- Mascarene MartinPhedina borbonica
- Masked BoobySula dactylatra
- Matsudaira’s Storm-petrelHydrobates matsudairae
- Melodious LarkMirafra cheniana
- Meves’s Long-tailed StarlingLamprotornis mevesii
- Miombo Wren-warblerCalamonastes undosus
- Mocking Cliff-chatThamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Monotonous LarkMirafra passerina
- Montagu’s HarrierCircus pygargus
- Mosque SwallowCecropis senegalensis
- Mottled SpinetailTelacanthura ussheri
- Mountain PipitAnthus hoeschi
- Mountain WagtailMotacilla clara
- Mountain WheatearMyrmecocichla monticola
- Mourning Collared-doveStreptopelia decipiens
- Mouse-coloured SunbirdCyanomitra verreauxii
- Mozambique NightjarCaprimulgus fossii
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis
- Namaqua SandgrousePterocles namaqua
- Namaqua WarblerPhragmacia substriata
- Narina TrogonApaloderma narina
- Natal FrancolinPternistis natalensis
- NeddickyCisticola fulvicapilla
- Neergaard’s SunbirdCinnyris neergaardi
- Northern Black BustardAfrotis afraoides
- Northern Giant PetrelMacronectes halli
- Northern House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Northern Red-headed WeaverAnaplectes leuconotos
- Northern Rockhopper PenguinEudyptes moseleyi
- Northern Royal AlbatrossDiomedea sanfordi
- Northern ShovelerAnas clypeata
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Olive Bee-eaterMerops superciliosus
- Olive Bush-shrikeChlorophoneus olivaceus
- Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivacea
- Olive ThrushTurdus olivaceus
- Olive WoodpeckerDendropicos griseocephalus
- Olive-tree WarblerHippolais olivetorum
- Orange Ground-thrushGeokichla gurneyi
- Orange River FrancolinScleroptila gutturalis
- Orange River White-eyeZosterops pallidus
- Orange-breasted Bush-shrikeChlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Orange-breasted SunbirdAnthobaphes violacea
- Orange-winged PytiliaPytilia afra
- Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Ovambo SparrowhawkAccipiter ovampensis
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Pale Chanting-goshawkMelierax canorus
- Pale FlycatcherMelaenornis pallidus
- Pale-crowned CisticolaCisticola cinnamomeus
- Pale-winged StarlingOnychognathus nabouroup
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
- Pearl-breasted SwallowHirundo dimidiata
- Pearl-spotted OwletGlaucidium perlatum
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Pel’s Fishing-owlScotopelia peli
- Pennant-winged NightjarCaprimulgus vexillarius
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Pied CrowCorvus albus
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
- Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
- Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
- Pink-billed LarkSpizocorys conirostris
- Pink-throated TwinspotHypargos margaritatus
- Plain-backed PipitAnthus leucophrys
- Plain-backed SunbirdAnthreptes reichenowi
- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
- Pririt BatisBatis pririt
- Protea CanaryCrithagra leucoptera
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinicus
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Purple IndigobirdVidua purpurascens
- Purple RollerCoracias naevius
- Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Purple-banded SunbirdCinnyris bifasciatus
- Purple-crested TuracoTauraco porphyreolophus
- Racquet-tailed RollerCoracias spatulatus
- Rattling CisticolaCisticola chiniana
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Red LarkCalendulauda burra
- Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Red-billed Buffalo-weaverBubalornis niger
- Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
- Red-billed FrancolinPternistis adspersus
- Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus
- Red-billed OxpeckerBuphagus erythrorhynchus
- Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
- Red-billed TealAnas erythrorhyncha
- Red-billed TropicbirdPhaethon aethereus
- Red-capped LarkCalandrella cinerea
- Red-capped Robin-chatCossypha natalensis
- Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
- Red-chested FlufftailSarothrura rufa
- Red-collared WidowbirdEuplectes ardens
- Red-crested BustardLophotis ruficrista
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
- Red-faced CisticolaCisticola erythrops
- Red-faced MousebirdUrocolius indicus
- Red-footed BoobySula sula
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- Red-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus pusillus
- Red-headed FinchAmadina erythrocephala
- Red-headed QueleaQuelea erythrops
- Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata
- Red-necked BuzzardButeo auguralis
- Red-necked FalconFalco ruficollis
- Red-necked FrancolinPternistis afer
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollis
- Red-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon rubricauda
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Red-throated TwinspotHypargos niveoguttatus
- Red-winged FrancolinScleroptila levaillantii
- Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio
- Retz’s Helmet-shrikePrionops retzii
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
- River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Rock PratincoleGlareola nuchalis
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Roseate TernSterna dougallii
- Rosy StarlingPastor roseus
- Rosy-faced LovebirdAgapornis roseicollis
- Rosy-throated LongclawMacronyx ameliae
- Rudd’s ApalisApalis ruddi
- Rudd’s LarkHeteromirafra ruddi
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Rufous-bellied HeronArdeola rufiventris
- Rufous-breasted SparrowhawkAccipiter rufiventris
- Rufous-cheeked NightjarCaprimulgus rufigena
- Rufous-chested SwallowCecropis semirufa
- Rufous-eared WarblerMalcorus pectoralis
- Rufous-naped LarkMirafra africana
- Rufous-necked WryneckJynx ruficollis
- Rufous-tailed Scrub-robinCercotrichas galactotes
- Rufous-winged CisticolaCisticola galactotes
- Rüppell’s BustardHeterotetrax rueppelii
- Rüppell’s VultureGyps rueppelli
- Sabine’s GullXema sabini
- Sabota LarkCalendulauda sabota
- SaddlebillEphippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Salvin’s AlbatrossThalassarche salvini
- Salvin’s PrionPachyptila salvini
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Scaly-fronted WeaverSporopipes squamifrons
- Scaly-throated HoneyguideIndicator variegatus
- Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
- Sclater’s LarkSpizocorys sclateri
- Scopoli’s ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea
- SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentarius
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
- Senegal LapwingVanellus lugubris
- Sentinel Rock-thrushMonticola explorator
- Shaft-tailed WhydahVidua regia
- Shelley’s FrancolinScleroptila shelleyi
- ShikraAccipiter badius
- Short-clawed LarkCerthilauda chuana
- Short-tailed PipitAnthus brachyurus
- Short-toed Rock-thrushMonticola brevipes
- Sickle-winged ChatEmarginata sinuata
- Silvery-cheeked HornbillBycanistes brevis
- Slaty EgretEgretta vinaceigula
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
- Slender-billed PrionPachyptila belcheri
- Snow PetrelPagodroma nivea
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Snowy SheathbillChionis albus
- Sociable WeaverPhiletairus socius
- Soft-plumaged PetrelPterodroma mollis
- Sombre GreenbulAndropadus importunus
- Sooty AlbatrossPhoebetria fusca
- Sooty FalconFalco concolor
- Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea
- Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
- South African ShelduckTadorna cana
- South African SwallowPetrochelidon spilodera
- South Polar SkuaStercorarius maccormicki
- Southern Anteater-chatMyrmecocichla formicivora
- Southern Bald IbisGeronticus calvus
- Southern Banded Snake-eagleCircaetus fasciolatus
- Southern Black BustardAfrotis afra
- Southern Black TitMelaniparus niger
- Southern Black-flycatcherMelaenornis pammelaina
- Southern BoubouLaniarius ferrugineus
- Southern Brown-throated WeaverPloceus xanthopterus
- Southern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicoides
- Southern Crested GuineafowlGuttera edouardi
- Southern Crested-flycatcherTrochocercus cyanomelas
- Southern Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris chalybeus
- Southern FulmarFulmarus glacialoides
- Southern Giant PetrelMacronectes giganteus
- Southern Grey-headed SparrowPasser diffusus
- Southern Ground-hornbillBucorvus leadbeateri
- Southern HyliotaHyliota australis
- Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus
- Southern Pied BabblerTurdoides bicolor
- Southern PochardNetta erythrophthalma
- Southern Red BishopEuplectes orix
- Southern Red-headed WeaverAnaplectes rubriceps
- Southern Rockhopper PenguinEudyptes chrysocome
- Southern Royal AlbatrossDiomedea epomophora
- Southern TchagraTchagra tchagra
- Southern White-crowned ShrikeEurocephalus anguitimens
- Southern White-faced OwlPtilopsis granti
- Southern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus leucomelas
- Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
- Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
- Spectacled PetrelProcellaria conspicillata
- Spectacled WeaverPloceus ocularis
- Spike-heeled LarkChersomanes albofasciata
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Spotted Eagle-owlBubo africanus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Spotted Ground-thrushGeokichla guttata
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Spotted Thick-kneeBurhinus capensis
- Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Square-tailed DrongoDicrurus ludwigii
- Stark’s LarkSpizocorys starki
- Steel-blue WhydahVidua hypocherina
- Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
- Stierling’s Wren-warblerCalamonastes stierlingi
- Streaked ShearwaterCalonectris leucomelas
- Streaky-breasted FlufftailSarothrura boehmi
- Streaky-headed SeedeaterCrithagra gularis
- Striped CrakeAenigmatolimnas marginalis
- Striped FlufftailSarothrura affinis
- Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicuti
- Striped PipitAnthus lineiventris
- Subantarctic ShearwaterPuffinus elegans
- Swainson’s FrancolinPternistis swainsonii
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eaterMerops hirundineus
- Swamp NightjarCaprimulgus natalensis
- Swee WaxbillCoccopygia melanotis
- Swinhoe’s Storm-petrelHydrobates monorhis
- Taita FalconFalco fasciinucha
- Tambourine DoveTurtur tympanistria
- Tawny EagleAquila rapax
- Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
- Temminck’s CourserCursorius temminckii
- Temminck’s StintCalidris temminckii
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Terrestrial BrownbulPhyllastrephus terrestris
- Thick-billed CuckooPachycoccyx audeberti
- Thick-billed WeaverAmblyospiza albifrons
- Three-banded CourserRhinoptilus cinctus
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- Tinkling CisticolaCisticola rufilatus
- Tractrac ChatEmarginata tractrac
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Trindade PetrelPterodroma arminjoniana
- Tristan AlbatrossDiomedea dabbenena
- Tropical BoubouLaniarius aethiopicus
- Tropical ShearwaterPuffinus bailloni
- Trumpeter HornbillBycanistes bucinator
- Upcher’s WarblerHippolais languida
- Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
- Verreaux’s EagleAquila verreauxii
- Verreaux’s Eagle-owlBubo lacteus
- Victorin’s WarblerCryptillas victorini
- Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
- Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Violet-eared WaxbillUraeginthus granatinus
- Wahlberg’s EagleHieraaetus wahlbergi
- Wailing CisticolaCisticola lais
- Wandering AlbatrossDiomedea exulans
- Water Thick-kneeBurhinus vermiculatus
- Wattled CraneGrus carunculata
- Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
- Wattled StarlingCreatophora cinerea
- Wedge-tailed ShearwaterPuffinus pacificus
- Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosus
- Western Reef-egretEgretta gularis
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Whistling YellowbillCeuthmochares australis
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- White-backed DuckThalassornis leuconotus
- White-backed MousebirdColius colius
- White-backed Night-heronCalherodius leuconotus
- White-backed VultureGyps africanus
- White-bellied BustardEupodotis senegalensis
- White-bellied Storm-petrelFregetta grallaria
- White-breasted Cuckoo-shrikeCeblepyris pectoralis
- White-breasted SunbirdCinnyris talatala
- White-browed CoucalCentropus superciliosus
- White-browed Robin-chatCossypha heuglini
- White-browed Scrub-robinCercotrichas leucophrys
- White-browed Sparrow-weaverPlocepasser mahali
- White-capped AlbatrossThalassarche steadi
- White-cheeked TernSterna repressa
- White-chinned PetrelProcellaria aequinoctialis
- White-crested Helmet-shrikePrionops plumatus
- White-eared BarbetStactolaema leucotis
- White-faced Storm-petrelPelagodroma marina
- White-faced Whistling-duckDendrocygna viduata
- White-fronted Bee-eaterMerops bullockoides
- White-fronted PloverCharadrius marginatus
- White-headed LapwingVanellus albiceps
- White-headed PetrelPterodroma lessonii
- White-headed VultureTrigonoceps occipitalis
- White-necked RavenCorvus albicollis
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
- White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
- White-starred RobinPogonocichla stellata
- White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
- White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
- White-throated CanaryCrithagra albogularis
- White-throated RobinIrania gutturalis
- White-throated Robin-chatCossypha humeralis
- White-throated SwallowHirundo albigularis
- White-winged FlufftailSarothrura ayresi
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- White-winged WidowbirdEuplectes albonotatus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Wilson’s IndigobirdVidua wilsoni
- Wilson’s PhalaropeSteganopus tricolor
- Wilson’s Storm-petrelOceanites oceanicus
- Wing-snapping CisticolaCisticola ayresii
- Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
- Woodwards’ BatisBatis fratrum
- Yellow BishopEuplectes capensis
- Yellow CanaryCrithagra flaviventris
- Yellow-bellied EremomelaEremomela icteropygialis
- Yellow-bellied GreenbulChlorocichla flaviventris
- Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata
- Yellow-billed EgretArdea brachyrhyncha
- Yellow-billed OxpeckerBuphagus africanus
- Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
- Yellow-breasted ApalisApalis flavida
- Yellow-breasted PipitAnthus chloris
- Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
- Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
- Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus chrysoconus
- Yellow-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus bilineatus
- Yellow-streaked GreenbulPhyllastrephus flavostriatus
- Yellow-throated Bush-sparrowGymnoris superciliaris
- Yellow-throated LongclawMacronyx croceus
- Yellow-throated SandgrousePterocles gutturalis
- Yellow-throated Woodland-warblerPhylloscopus ruficapilla
- Yellow-tufted PipitAnthus crenatus
- Zebra WaxbillAmandava subflava
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis