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Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
Black-winged Stilt, Common Stilt Himantopus himantopus
White-browed coucal Centropus superciliosus
Grey-headed gull Larus cirrocephalus
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
Common Swift Apus apus
Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
Sand Martin Riparia riparia
Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus
White Stork Ciconia ciconia
Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
Swallow-tailed bee-eater Merops hirundineus
Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
Lesser spotted eagle Clanga pomarina
African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Woodland kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
Ruff Calidris pugnax
Black-cheeked Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
Kittlitz Charadrius pecuarius
Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
African Pygmy-goose Nettapus auritus
White-fronted bee-eater Merops bullockoides
Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
Trush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
Ostrich Struthio camelus
Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
Double-banded Courser Smutsornis africanus
Bronze Munia Spermestes cucullata
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur chalcospilos
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
Montagu`s Harrier Circus pygargus
Cut-throat Amadina fasciata
Red-billed Francolin Pternistis adspersus
Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
Black-fronted Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
Pied kingfisher Ceryle rudis
African Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
African Spoonbill Platalea alba
Sanderling Calidris alba
Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
Verreaux Bubo lacteus
Southern carmine bee-eater Merops nubicoides
Wattled crane Bugeranus carunculatus
Western Great Egret Ardea alba
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
Village or Layard's Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
African grey hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
Green Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
Yellow-rumped Seedeater Crithagra atrogularis
Eurasian Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
Lesser black-backed gull Larus fuscus
African Wood-Owl Strix woodfordii
Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius
Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
Bokmakierie Bushshrike Telophorus zeylonus
African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
Northern House-Martin Delichon urbicum
Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
European nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris
Sickle-winged Chat Emarginata sinuata
Pied Crow Corvus albus
Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
Black-faced Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
Grosbeak Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
Grey Crowned-Crane Balearica regulorum
African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
African pygmy kingfisher Ispidina picta
Blue-cheeked bee-eater Merops persicus
Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
Magpie Munia Spermestes fringilloides
Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
Crowned lapwing Vanellus coronatus
Magpie Shrike Lanius melanoleucus
Marsh Owl Asio capensis
Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
Little Stint Calidris minuta
Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
African Black Duck Anas sparsa
Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
Crimson-breasted Gonolek Laniarius atrococcineus
Scarlet-chested or Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
African Green-Pigeon Treron calvus
Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
Yellow-fronted canary Crithagra mozambica
Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus
Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
Whimbrel or Hudsonian Curlew Numenius phaeopus
Black Kite Milvus migrans
Green Heron Butorides striata
Pale Chanting-Goshawk Melierax canorus
Zebra Waxbill Amandava subflava
Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
Whiskered tern Chlidonias hybrida
Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
Common Redshank Tringa totanus
Mourning Collared-Dove Streptopelia decipiens
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
Cape Teal Anas capensis
Blue-headed Wagtail Motacilla flava
Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
Red-headed finch Amadina erythrocephala
African Swift Apus barbatus
Orange River Francolin Scleroptila gutturalis
African fish eagle Haliaeetus vocifer
Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
Hobby Falco subbuteo
Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
European Roller Coracias garrulus
White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
Rock Martin or Pale Crag-Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
Bleating Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Lanner falcon Falco biarmicus
Shikra Accipiter badius
Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
Great Snipe Gallinago media
Egyptian goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
South African shelduck Tadorna cana
Rufous-crowned Roller Coracias naevius
Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
Olive bee-eater Merops superciliosus
Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
Ngami Owlet Glaucidium capense
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata
Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix verticalis
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
Black Stork Ciconia nigra
Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
Black-tailed Godwid Limosa limosa
Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah Vidua obtusa
Common Barn-owl Tyto alba
Long-tailed Paradise-Whydah Vidua paradisaea
Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus
Lesser kestrel Falco naumanni
Black Cuckoo-shrike Campephaga flava
Tropical boubou Laniarius aethiopicus
Black Goshawk Accipiter melanoleucus
Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
Red-crested Bustard Lophotis ruficrista
Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
Steppe eagle Aquila nipalensis
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
Orange-breasted bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
Brubru Nilaus afer
Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
Glossy ibis Plegadis falcinellus
Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
Great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver Bubalornis niger
Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
Fawn-colored or Abyssinian Lark Calendulauda africanoides
Common sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
Verreauxs Eagle Aquila verreauxii
Double-banded sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
Bradfield's Hornbill Lophoceros bradfieldi
Southern Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
Greater flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
Cape Batis Batis capensis
Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
Cape Griffon Gyps coprotheres
Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
Pink-billed Lark Spizocorys conirostris
Lark-liked Bunting Emberiza impetuani
Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
African harrier-hawk Polyboroides typus
Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
diederik cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
Garden warbler Sylvia borin
White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
Dark Chanting-Goshawk Melierax metabates
Grey-headed kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
African golden oriole Oriolus auratus
Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
Common or African Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
Pied Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
Little or House Swift Apus affinis
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops
Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
Black-crowned night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Grey Go-away-bird Corythaixoides concolor
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
Meyers Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis

present - origin uncertain

trivial namelatin name
Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis

introduced

trivial namelatin name
Rock Pigeon Columba livia

vagrant

trivial namelatin name
Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
European Turtle-Dove Streptopelia turtur
Rueppell's Griffon Gyps rueppelli
Egyptian vulture Neophron percnopterus
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
Northern shoveler Spatula clypeata
Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
Northern Pintail Anas acuta
Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
Red Knot Calidris canutus
Pectoral sandpiper Calidris melanotos
Garganey Spatula querquedula
Black-headed Canary Serinus alario
Red-necked Buzzard Buteo auguralis
Long-legged buzzard Buteo rufinus
White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
Rueppell's Parrot Poicephalus rueppellii
Corn Crake Crex crex
Blue Crane Anthropoides paradiseus
Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
River warbler Locustella fluviatilis
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica