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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
Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
Common Redshank Tringa totanus
Common Swift Apus apus
European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
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
Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
Northern Pintail Anas acuta
Common Teal Anas crecca
Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
Common Barn-owl Tyto alba
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus
Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
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
Eurasian Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
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
Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
Sanderling Calidris alba
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
Little Stint Calidris minuta
Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus
Montagu`s Harrier Circus pygargus
European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Black-and-white Munia Spermestes bicolor
Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
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
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
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
Kittlitz Charadrius pecuarius
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
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
Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
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
Red-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus ruficollis
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 togoensis
Purple Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
Black-crowned night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Corys shearwater Calonectris diomedea
diederik cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
Wood warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
Blue-moustached bee-eater Merops mentalis
Blue-cheeked bee-eater Merops persicus
White-throated bee-eater Merops albicollis
Black bee-eater Merops gularis
Swallow-tailed bee-eater Merops hirundineus
Rosy bee-eater Merops malimbicus
Egyptian vulture Neophron percnopterus
Garden warbler Sylvia borin
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
Northern shoveler Spatula clypeata
Pied kingfisher Ceryle rudis
African fish eagle Haliaeetus vocifer
Collared flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
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
Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
Short-toed snake eagle Circaetus gallicus
African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
Rueppell's Griffon Gyps rueppelli
Garganey Spatula querquedula
Zebra Waxbill Amandava subflava
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Green-backed Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
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
Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
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
Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
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
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus
Lanner falcon Falco biarmicus
Vermiculated Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens
Akun Eagle-Owl Bubo leucostictus
Fraser's Eagle-Owl Bubo poensis
Shelley's Eagle-Owl Bubo shelleyi
Red-chested Owlet Glaucidium tephronotum
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
Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
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
Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
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
Blue-headed Wood-Dove Turtur brehmeri
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
Brown-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes cylindricus
Yellow-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna elata
White-crested Hornbill Horizocerus albocristatus
Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator
Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata
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
Red-fronted Parrot Poicephalus gulielmi
Red-fronted Parrot Poicephalus gulielmi
Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
Splendid Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
Pied Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
Western African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus
Dark Chanting-Goshawk Melierax metabates
African Pygmy-goose Nettapus auritus
Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
Black-faced Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
Chestnut-breasted Negrofinch Nigrita bicolor
Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola
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
Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
Beaudouin's Snake-eagle Circaetus beaudouini
Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
Pale-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis rufipennis
Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
Hartlaub's Duck Pteronetta hartlaubii
Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina
Cabanis's Bunting Emberiza cabanisi

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

possibly extinct

trivial namelatin name
Black-headed bee-eater Merops breweri