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Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
Blue-headed Wood-Dove Turtur brehmeri
Pied Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
Garden warbler Sylvia borin
Little or House Swift Apus affinis
Red-chested Owlet Glaucidium tephronotum
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
Black bee-eater Merops gularis
Common or African Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Vermiculated Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens
Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
African Silverbill Euodice cantans
Rueppell's Griffon Gyps rueppelli
Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops
Western Grey Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
Red-throated bee-eater Merops bulocki
Four-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles quadricinctus
Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
Swallow-tailed bee-eater Merops hirundineus
Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
Blue-breasted kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
European Turtle-Dove Streptopelia turtur
Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
Common Swift Apus apus
White-crested Hornbill Horizocerus albocristatus
Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
Crested Lark Galerida cristata
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
Black-crowned night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Woodland kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus
Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
Western African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus
White Stork Ciconia ciconia
Black-winged Stilt, Common Stilt Himantopus himantopus
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Egyptian vulture Neophron percnopterus
Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
Sand Martin Riparia riparia
Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
Kittlitz Charadrius pecuarius
Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
Akun Eagle-Owl Bubo leucostictus
African Pygmy-goose Nettapus auritus
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
Blue-moustached bee-eater Merops mentalis
White-tailed Ant-Thrush Neocossyphus poensis
Bronze Munia Spermestes cucullata
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
Cut-throat Amadina fasciata
Black-and-white Munia Spermestes bicolor
Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca
Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata
Red-headed Lovebird Agapornis pullarius
Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
Estrilda melpoda Estrilda melpoda
Short-toed snake eagle Circaetus gallicus
Dimorphic Reef-Egret Egretta gularis
Forest robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax
Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
Black-headed Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
Ruff Calidris pugnax
Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
Verreaux Bubo lacteus
Green-backed Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
Pied kingfisher Ceryle rudis
Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
Rosy bee-eater Merops malimbicus
African grey hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
Green Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
Village or Layard's Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
Brown-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes cylindricus
Northern Paradise-Whydah Vidua togoensis
African Wood-Owl Strix woodfordii
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
Montagu`s Harrier Circus pygargus
Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
Fraser's Eagle-Owl Bubo poensis
Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius
Standard-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longipennis
Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
Common Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
Sandwich tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
Carmelite Sunbird Chalcomitra fuliginosa
Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
Northern shoveler Spatula clypeata
Black-faced Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
Grosbeak Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
Pied Crow Corvus albus
Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
Pale-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis rufipennis
Northern Pintail Anas acuta
African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
Eurasian Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
Shelley's Eagle-Owl Bubo shelleyi
African pygmy kingfisher Ispidina picta
Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
Magpie Munia Spermestes fringilloides
Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
Red-necked Buzzard Buteo auguralis
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
Lesser black-backed gull Larus fuscus
Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
Western Great Egret Ardea alba
Blue-cheeked bee-eater Merops persicus
Northern House-Martin Delichon urbicum
Sanderling Calidris alba
Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
Scarlet-chested or Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
African Green-Pigeon Treron calvus
Splendid Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
Garganey Spatula querquedula
Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
Long-tailed, Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
Lavender Waxbill Glaucestrilda coerulescens
Red Knot Calidris canutus
Yellow-fronted canary Crithagra mozambica
Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
Black Tern Chlidonias niger
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
Zebra Waxbill Amandava subflava
Little Stint Calidris minuta
Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina
Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Mourning Collared-Dove Streptopelia decipiens
Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
Yellow-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna elata
Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius
Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
Black Kite Milvus migrans
Red-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus ruficollis
African fish eagle Haliaeetus vocifer
Long-tailed Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
Whiskered tern Chlidonias hybrida
Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
White Wagtail Motacilla alba
African firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
Snowy-crowned Robin-chat Cossypha niveicapilla
Green Heron Butorides striata
Olive or Tufted Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius
White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
Hartlaub's Duck Pteronetta hartlaubii
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
Ring-necked Parakeet Alexandrinus krameri
Red-fronted Parrot Poicephalus gulielmi
Common Redshank Tringa totanus
Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
White-rumped Seedeater Crithagra leucopygia
Blue-headed Wagtail Motacilla flava
Guinea Turaco Tauraco persa
Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
Whimbrel or Hudsonian Curlew Numenius phaeopus
Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
Red-fronted Parrot Poicephalus gulielmi
Bleating Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
Shikra Accipiter badius
Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
European Roller Coracias garrulus
Little Tern Sternula albifrons
Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
Yellow-winged pytilia Pytilia hypogrammica
Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata
Rufous-crowned Roller Coracias naevius
Lanner falcon Falco biarmicus
Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
Lesser Striated Swallow Cecropis daurica
Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
Corys shearwater Calonectris diomedea
Great Snipe Gallinago media
Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
Grey-headed Oliveback Delacourella capistrata
Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
Beaudouin's Snake-eagle Circaetus beaudouini
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
Common Teal Anas crecca
Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata
Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus
Purple Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
Red-winged Pytilia Pytilia phoenicoptera
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Chestnut-breasted Negrofinch Nigrita bicolor
White-throated bee-eater Merops albicollis
Black Goshawk Accipiter melanoleucus
Wood warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
Tropical boubou Laniarius aethiopicus
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
Orange-breasted bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
Brubru Nilaus afer
Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
Lesser kestrel Falco naumanni
Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps
Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster
Black-tailed Godwid Limosa limosa
Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus
Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
Double-spurred Francolin Pternistis bicalcaratus
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
Common Barn-owl Tyto alba
Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
White-crowned robin-chat Cossypha albicapillus
Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
Glossy ibis Plegadis falcinellus
African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola
Collared flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
African harrier-hawk Polyboroides typus
Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Eurillas latirostris
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus
Violet or Ross's Turaco Musophaga violacea
diederik cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
African golden oriole Oriolus auratus
Dark Chanting-Goshawk Melierax metabates
Grey-headed kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Bruces Green Pigeon Treron waalia
Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
Common sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia

present - origin uncertain

trivial namelatin name
Semi-collared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea

introduced

trivial namelatin name
Rock Pigeon Columba livia

vagrant

trivial namelatin name
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
Lesser Crested-Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
Grey-headed gull Larus cirrocephalus
Ferruginous Pochard Aythya nyroca
Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor
African Spoonbill Platalea alba
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Common Grasshopper-Warbler Locustella naevia
Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris
European nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
Pectoral sandpiper Calidris melanotos
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel Hydrobates castro
African Collared-Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
Long-legged buzzard Buteo rufinus
Cape Teal Anas capensis
Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
Hobby Falco subbuteo
European Storm-Petrel Hydrobates pelagicus
Corn Crake Crex crex
European Golden-Plover Pluvialis apricaria
Ngami Owlet Glaucidium capense
Egyptian goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
Common shelduck Tadorna tadorna
Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
Black Stork Ciconia nigra
Common pochard Aythya ferina
Little gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
Skua Catharacta skua
Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor

possibly extinct

trivial namelatin name
Black-headed bee-eater Merops breweri