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

present - origin uncertain

trivial namelatin name
Semi-collared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
Western Orphean warbler Curruca hortensis

introduced

trivial namelatin name
Rock Pigeon Columba livia

vagrant

trivial namelatin name
Skua Catharacta skua
Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
Common Crane Grus grus
Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
White-tailed Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga
Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
Cream-coloured Courser Cursorius cursor
Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
Lesser spotted eagle Clanga pomarina
Trush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
Gadwall Mareca strepera
Greater white-fronted goose Anser albifrons
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
Corn Crake Crex crex
African Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
Slender-billed gull Larus genei
Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
Steppe eagle Aquila nipalensis
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
Little gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii
Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus

possibly extinct

trivial namelatin name
Black Crowned-Crane Balearica pavonina