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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
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
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
Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
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
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
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
Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris
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
Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
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
Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica
Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
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
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
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
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
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
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
Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
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
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
Four-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles quadricinctus
Red-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus ruficollis
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
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
European nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
Glossy ibis Plegadis falcinellus
Whiskered tern Chlidonias hybrida
Northern Paradise-Whydah Vidua orientalis
Purple Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
Black-crowned night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
Corys shearwater Calonectris diomedea
Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
Egyptian nightjar Caprimulgus aegyptius
diederik cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
Subalpine Warbler Curruca cantillans
Wood warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
Little Crake Zapornia parva
Greater short-toed lark Calandrella brachydactyla
Blue-breasted bee-eater Merops variegatus
Blue-moustached bee-eater Merops mentalis
Blue-cheeked bee-eater Merops persicus
White-throated bee-eater Merops albicollis
Black-headed bee-eater Merops breweri
Black bee-eater Merops gularis
Swallow-tailed bee-eater Merops hirundineus
Rosy bee-eater Merops malimbicus
Long-legged buzzard Buteo rufinus
Great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Tufted duck Aythya fuligula
Egyptian vulture Neophron percnopterus
Hobby Falco subbuteo
Eurasian coot Fulica atra
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
Common pochard Aythya ferina
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
Egyptian goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
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
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
Green-backed Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas galactotes
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
Whimbrel or Hudsonian Curlew Numenius phaeopus
Cameroon Greenbul Arizelocichla montana
Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
Green Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
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
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
Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster
Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus
Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
White-crested Turaco Tauraco leucolophus
Marsh Owl Asio capensis
Lanner falcon Falco biarmicus
Vermiculated Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens
Akun Eagle-Owl Bubo leucostictus
Fraser's Eagle-Owl Bubo poensis
Sjostedt's Owlet Glaucidium sjostedti
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
Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
Ostrich Struthio camelus
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
Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
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
Turkestan Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
African Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
Village or Layard's Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
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
Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo
Grey-winged Robin-Chat Sheppardia polioptera
White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
Black Goshawk Accipiter melanoleucus
Shikra Accipiter badius
Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix nigriceps
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
Northern Double-collared Sunbird [incl. ludovicensis] Cinnyris reichenowi
Marbled Teal Marmaronetta angustirostris
African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
Sudan Golden-Sparrow Passer luteus
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
Scaly Francolin Pternistis squamatus
Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus
White-thighed Hornbill Bycanistes albotibialis
Yellow-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna elata
Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator
Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata
Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
Piping Hornbill Bycanistes sharpii
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
Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
African Spoonbill Platalea alba
Splendid Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
Ferruginous Pochard Aythya nyroca
Cape Teal Anas capensis
Pied Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
Western African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros semifasciatus
African Black Duck Anas sparsa
Dark Chanting-Goshawk Melierax metabates
African Pygmy-goose Nettapus auritus
Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
Black-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula
Black-faced Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
Adamawa Turtle-Dove Streptopelia hypopyrrha
Chestnut-breasted Negrofinch Nigrita bicolor
Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
Red-headed Lovebird Agapornis pullarius
Grosbeak Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
Long-tailed Paradise-Whydah Vidua paradisaea
White-rumped Seedeater Crithagra leucopygia
Bleating Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
Grey-headed Oliveback Delacourella capistrata
Red-winged Pytilia Pytilia phoenicoptera
Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
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
African Collared-Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
Pale-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis rufipennis
Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
Hartlaub's Duck Pteronetta hartlaubii
Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina
White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
Cabanis's Bunting Emberiza cabanisi

present - origin uncertain

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

introduced

trivial namelatin name
Rock Pigeon Columba livia

vagrant

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

possibly extinct

trivial namelatin name
Black Crowned-Crane Balearica pavonina