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

present - origin uncertain

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

vagrant

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