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Congo, The Democratic Republic of the

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trivial namelatin name
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
Black-crowned night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Shelley's Greenbul Arizelocichla masukuensis
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
White-browed coucal Centropus superciliosus
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
Grey-headed gull Larus cirrocephalus
Red-chested Owlet Glaucidium tephronotum
Black bee-eater Merops gularis
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
Black-winged Stilt, Common Stilt Himantopus himantopus
Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
Abyssinian Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus
Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
Vermiculated Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens
Common Swift Apus apus
Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
Sand Martin Riparia riparia
Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
Congo Peafowl Afropavo congensis
Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
Western Grey Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
Red-throated bee-eater Merops bulocki
Black-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus
White Stork Ciconia ciconia
Piping Hornbill Bycanistes sharpii
Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
Blue-breasted kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
Cinnamon-chested bee-eater Merops oreobates
Swallow-tailed bee-eater Merops hirundineus
Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
Lesser spotted eagle Clanga pomarina
Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
Blue-breasted bee-eater Merops variegatus
Woodland kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Kittlitz Charadrius pecuarius
Ruff Calidris pugnax
Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
White-crested Turaco Tauraco leucolophus
African Pygmy-goose Nettapus auritus
Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
Short-toed snake eagle Circaetus gallicus
White-fronted bee-eater Merops bullockoides
Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
Akun Eagle-Owl Bubo leucostictus
Fawn-breasted, Anambra or Abyssinian Waxbill Estrilda paludicola
Trush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
Blue-headed bee-eater Merops muelleri
Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
Bronze Munia Spermestes cucullata
White-tailed Ant-Thrush Neocossyphus poensis
Yellow-necked Greenbul Chlorocichla falkensteini
White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
Sandwich tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur chalcospilos
Black-and-white Munia Spermestes bicolor
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
Red-headed Lovebird Agapornis pullarius
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata
Montagu`s Harrier Circus pygargus
Estrilda melpoda Estrilda melpoda
Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
Northern shoveler Spatula clypeata
Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
Black-headed Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
Pied kingfisher Ceryle rudis
African Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
African Spoonbill Platalea alba
Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
Northern Pintail Anas acuta
Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
Scaly Francolin Pternistis squamatus
Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
Verreaux Bubo lacteus
Southern carmine bee-eater Merops nubicoides
Wattled crane Bugeranus carunculatus
African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus
Sanderling Calidris alba
Green-backed Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
Village or Layard's Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
African grey hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
Western Great Egret Ardea alba
Green Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
Yellow-rumped Seedeater Crithagra atrogularis
Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
Eurasian Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Rosy bee-eater Merops malimbicus
African Wood-Owl Strix woodfordii
Lesser black-backed gull Larus fuscus
Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
Semi-collared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
Fraser's Eagle-Owl Bubo poensis
Standard-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longipennis
African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
Northern House-Martin Delichon urbicum
Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
European nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
Pied Crow Corvus albus
Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
Carmelite Sunbird Chalcomitra fuliginosa
Black-faced Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
Grosbeak Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
Abyssinian Owl Asio abyssinicus
White-thighed Hornbill Bycanistes albotibialis
Garganey Spatula querquedula
Grey Crowned-Crane Balearica regulorum
Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
Pale-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis rufipennis
African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
African pygmy kingfisher Ispidina picta
Blue-cheeked bee-eater Merops persicus
Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
Magpie Munia Spermestes fringilloides
Shelley's Eagle-Owl Bubo shelleyi
Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
Crowned lapwing Vanellus coronatus
Red-necked Buzzard Buteo auguralis
Marsh Owl Asio capensis
Golden-winged Sunbird Drepanorhynchus reichenowi
Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
Little Stint Calidris minuta
Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
African Black Duck Anas sparsa
Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
Scarlet-chested or Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
African Green-Pigeon Treron calvus
Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
Splendid Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
Long-tailed, Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster
Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
Yellow-fronted canary Crithagra mozambica
Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
Black Kite Milvus migrans
Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
Zebra Waxbill Amandava subflava
Whimbrel or Hudsonian Curlew Numenius phaeopus
Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
Green Heron Butorides striata
Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina
White Wagtail Motacilla alba
Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
Mourning Collared-Dove Streptopelia decipiens
Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
Common Redshank Tringa totanus
Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
Cape Teal Anas capensis
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
Blue-headed Wagtail Motacilla flava
Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
Little Spotted Woodpecker Campethera cailliautii
Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
Palestine Sunbird Cinnyris osea
Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
African Swift Apus barbatus
African fish eagle Haliaeetus vocifer
Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
Snowy-crowned Robin-chat Cossypha niveicapilla
Olive or Tufted Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
Hobby Falco subbuteo
African firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius
White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
Hartlaub's Duck Pteronetta hartlaubii
Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
Little Tern Sternula albifrons
European Roller Coracias garrulus
Gabon Coucal Centropus anselli
Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
Red-fronted Parrot Poicephalus gulielmi
Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
Corn Crake Crex crex
Guinea Turaco Tauraco persa
Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
White-rumped Seedeater Crithagra leucopygia
Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
Madagascar Pond-Heron Ardeola idae
Albertine Owlet Glaucidium albertinum
Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
Bleating Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
Lanner falcon Falco biarmicus
Shikra Accipiter badius
Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
Red-fronted Parrot Poicephalus gulielmi
Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
Lesser Striated Swallow Cecropis daurica
Egyptian goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
Great Snipe Gallinago media
Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
Yellow-winged pytilia Pytilia hypogrammica
Rufous-crowned Roller Coracias naevius
Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata
Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
Corys shearwater Calonectris diomedea
Olive bee-eater Merops superciliosus
Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
Ngami Owlet Glaucidium capense
European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
Shoebill Balaeniceps rex
Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata
Grey-headed Oliveback Delacourella capistrata
White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
Northern Double-collared Sunbird [incl. ludovicensis] Cinnyris reichenowi
Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
Wood warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
Beaudouin's Snake-eagle Circaetus beaudouini
Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah Vidua obtusa
Black-tailed Godwid Limosa limosa
Chestnut Owlet Glaucidium castaneum
Long-tailed Paradise-Whydah Vidua paradisaea
Lesser kestrel Falco naumanni
Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus
Common Barn-owl Tyto alba
Black Cuckoo-shrike Campephaga flava
Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus
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
Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata
Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
Steppe eagle Aquila nipalensis
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
Orange-breasted bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
Brubru Nilaus afer
Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
Grey-winged Robin-Chat Sheppardia polioptera
Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
Grey-olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus cerviniventris
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps
Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster
Glossy ibis Plegadis falcinellus
Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
Great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
African olive pigeon Columba arquatrix
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus
Common sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Southern Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
Collared flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Boehm's bee-eater Merops boehmi
African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
African harrier-hawk Polyboroides typus
Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
Black-headed bee-eater Merops breweri
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Eurillas latirostris
Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
diederik cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus
Dark Chanting-Goshawk Melierax metabates
Garden warbler Sylvia borin
Grey-headed kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
African golden oriole Oriolus auratus
Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
Common or African Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
Bruces Green Pigeon Treron waalia
Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
Pied Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
Little or House Swift Apus affinis
Sjostedt's Owlet Glaucidium sjostedti
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops
Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
Blue-headed Wood-Dove Turtur brehmeri
Grey Go-away-bird Corythaixoides concolor
Meyers Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus

present - origin uncertain

trivial namelatin name
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix verticalis
Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea

introduced

trivial namelatin name
Rock Pigeon Columba livia

vagrant

trivial namelatin name
European Turtle-Dove Streptopelia turtur
Rueppell's Griffon Gyps rueppelli
Tufted duck Aythya fuligula
Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas galactotes
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
Black Crowned-Crane Balearica pavonina
Gadwall Mareca strepera
Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris
Black Tern Chlidonias niger
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
Whiskered tern Chlidonias hybrida
Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
Common Teal Anas crecca
Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
Black Stork Ciconia nigra
Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva
Verreauxs Eagle Aquila verreauxii
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
Greater flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
Cape Griffon Gyps coprotheres
Lark-liked Bunting Emberiza impetuani
Nyanza Swift Apus niansae
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
Levant Sparrowhawk Accipiter brevipes