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

present - origin uncertain

trivial namelatin name
Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea

introduced

trivial namelatin name
Rock Pigeon Columba livia
Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
Mute swan Cygnus olor
House Crow Corvus splendens
Ring-necked Parakeet Alexandrinus krameri

regionally extinct

trivial namelatin name
Egyptian vulture Neophron percnopterus

vagrant

trivial namelatin name
Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
Eleonoras Falcon Falco eleonorae
Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
European Turtle-Dove Streptopelia turtur
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
Black-tailed Godwid Limosa limosa
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
Olive bee-eater Merops superciliosus
White-throated bee-eater Merops albicollis
Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
Northern shoveler Spatula clypeata
Pectoral sandpiper Calidris melanotos
Ring-billed gull Larus delawarensis
Solitary sandpiper Tringa solitaria
Rueppell's Griffon Gyps rueppelli
Slender-billed gull Larus genei
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga
Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
Australian Gannet Morus serrator
Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
Snowy Egret Egretta thula
Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva
Red-necked Buzzard Buteo auguralis
Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka