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

present - origin uncertain

trivial namelatin name
Black-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula
Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
Northern Paradise-Whydah Vidua togoensis
Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea

vagrant

trivial namelatin name
Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas galactotes
Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Black Crowned-Crane Balearica pavonina
Eurasian Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
Common Redshank Tringa totanus
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
Egyptian goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
Ngami Owlet Glaucidium capense
Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
Wood warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
Beaudouin's Snake-eagle Circaetus beaudouini
Great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
Eleonoras Falcon Falco eleonorae
Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
Garden warbler Sylvia borin
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus