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trivial namelatin name
Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
White-headed Petrel Pterodroma lessonii
Great Crested-Tern Thalasseus bergii
Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
Grey Go-away-bird Corythaixoides concolor
Bearded vulture Gypaetus barbatus
Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
Little Tern Sternula albifrons
Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
African harrier-hawk Polyboroides typus
Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
Livingstone's Turaco Tauraco livingstonii
Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
Meyers Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
African golden oriole Oriolus auratus
Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
Steppe eagle Aquila nipalensis
Slender-billed Prion Pachyptila belcheri
Dark Chanting-Goshawk Melierax metabates
diederik cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
Grey-headed kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
White-browed coucal Centropus superciliosus
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
Salvin's Prion Pachyptila salvini
Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
Lesser kestrel Falco naumanni
Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
Bald Ibis Geronticus calvus
Pale, Green or Cape White-eye Zosterops pallidus
African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii
Black Stork Ciconia nigra
Collared flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus
River warbler Locustella fluviatilis
Whimbrel or Hudsonian Curlew Numenius phaeopus
Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
Pied Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus
Black-cheeked Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes halli
Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
Swallow-tailed bee-eater Merops hirundineus
Double-banded Courser Smutsornis africanus
White-fronted bee-eater Merops bullockoides
Red-billed Francolin Pternistis adspersus
Grey-headed gull Larus cirrocephalus
Black-fronted Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans
Cape Canary Serinus canicollis
Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
Lesser Crested-Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
Greater flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
Woodland kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur chalcospilos
Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
Ostrich Struthio camelus
Little or House Swift Apus affinis
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
Southern carmine bee-eater Merops nubicoides
Southern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialoides
Wattled crane Bugeranus carunculatus
Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
Atlantic Petrel Pterodroma incerta
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas
Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota
Yellow-rumped Seedeater Crithagra atrogularis
Cut-throat Amadina fasciata
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis
African Pygmy-goose Nettapus auritus
Kittlitz Charadrius pecuarius
Great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Bokmakierie Bushshrike Telophorus zeylonus
Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
Garden warbler Sylvia borin
Bronze Munia Spermestes cucullata
Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Sickle-winged Chat Emarginata sinuata
Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
African Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
Black-headed Canary Serinus alario
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
Blue Petrel Halobaena caerulea
Green-backed Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
Common Barn-owl Tyto alba
Grey Crowned-Crane Balearica regulorum
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
Glossy ibis Plegadis falcinellus
Southern Double-collared or Miombo Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris chalybeus
Verreaux Bubo lacteus
Magpie Shrike Lanius melanoleucus
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
African Spoonbill Platalea alba
Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
Green Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
African Wood-Owl Strix woodfordii
Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
Lesser spotted eagle Clanga pomarina
African grey hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
Crimson-breasted Gonolek Laniarius atrococcineus
Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
Crowned lapwing Vanellus coronatus
Trush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
Common or African Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
Village or Layard's Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
Grosbeak Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
Antarctic Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteus
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus
Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
Jackal Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus
Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
Common sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
Black-faced Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
Magpie Munia Spermestes fringilloides
Pale Chanting-Goshawk Melierax canorus
Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius
African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
African Black Duck Anas sparsa
African pygmy kingfisher Ispidina picta
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops
Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
Pied Crow Corvus albus
Marsh Owl Asio capensis
Common Swift Apus apus
Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
White Stork Ciconia ciconia
Pied kingfisher Ceryle rudis
Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
Scarlet-chested or Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
Red-headed finch Amadina erythrocephala
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
Cape Petrel Daption capense
Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
Orange River Francolin Scleroptila gutturalis
Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
Cape Teal Anas capensis
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
African Swift Apus barbatus
Rock Martin or Pale Crag-Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
Zebra Waxbill Amandava subflava
Yellow-fronted canary Crithagra mozambica
Mourning Collared-Dove Streptopelia decipiens
Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
Blue Crane Anthropoides paradiseus
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
Montagu`s Harrier Circus pygargus
Antarctic Prion Pachyptila desolata
Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
African firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
Olive or Tufted Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
Blue-cheeked bee-eater Merops persicus
Eurasian Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
South African shelduck Tadorna cana
African fish eagle Haliaeetus vocifer
White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
Sand Martin Riparia riparia
Black-winged Stilt, Common Stilt Himantopus himantopus
Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
Black-crowned night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
European nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
Imperial Shag Leucocarbo atriceps
Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris
Sandwich tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
White-backed mousebird Colius colius
Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix verticalis
Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas
Ngami Owlet Glaucidium capense
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
Bleating Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
Northern House-Martin Delichon urbicum
Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
Lesser black-backed gull Larus fuscus
Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
Ruff Calidris pugnax
Cape Cormorant Phalacrocorax capensis
Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
Rufous-crowned Roller Coracias naevius
Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
Black Bustard Afrotis afra
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
White-chinned Petrel Procellaria aequinoctialis
Red-crested Bustard Lophotis ruficrista
Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
Black Cuckoo-shrike Campephaga flava
Egyptian goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
Garganey Spatula querquedula
Phalacrocorax neglectus
Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
Long-tailed Paradise-Whydah Vidua paradisaea
Cape Eagle-Owl Bubo capensis
Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
Shikra Accipiter badius
Corys shearwater Calonectris diomedea
Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
Northern Pintail Anas acuta
Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
Fairy or Fulmar Prion Pachyptila turtur
Black Tern Chlidonias niger
Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
Little Stint Calidris minuta
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
Cape Thrush Turdus olivaceus
Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
Karoo Chat Emarginata schlegelii
Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
Red Knot Calidris canutus
Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus
Lanner falcon Falco biarmicus
Tropical boubou Laniarius aethiopicus
Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
Double-banded sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver Bubalornis niger
Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
Black Goshawk Accipiter melanoleucus
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
Kerguelen Petrel Aphrodroma brevirostris
Fawn-colored or Abyssinian Lark Calendulauda africanoides
Cape Batis Batis capensis
Orange-breasted bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
Blue-headed Wagtail Motacilla flava
Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
Brubru Nilaus afer
Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
Corn Crake Crex crex
African olive pigeon Columba arquatrix
Southern Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
Pink-billed Lark Spizocorys conirostris
Black Kite Milvus migrans
Whiskered tern Chlidonias hybrida
Cape Griffon Gyps coprotheres
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
Lark-liked Bunting Emberiza impetuani
Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
European Roller Coracias garrulus
Western Great Egret Ardea alba
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus anguitimens
Green Heron Butorides striata
White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata
Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
Great-winged Petrel Pterodroma macroptera
Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
Common Redshank Tringa totanus
Hobby Falco subbuteo
Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
Sanderling Calidris alba
Verreauxs Eagle Aquila verreauxii
Great Snipe Gallinago media
Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis
Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea

present - origin uncertain

trivial namelatin name
Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea

introduced

trivial namelatin name
Rock Pigeon Columba livia
Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
House Crow Corvus splendens
Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
Mute swan Cygnus olor
Ring-necked Parakeet Alexandrinus krameri

regionally extinct

trivial namelatin name
Egyptian vulture Neophron percnopterus

vagrant

trivial namelatin name
Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
Eleonoras Falcon Falco eleonorae
Snowy Egret Egretta thula
Rueppell's Griffon Gyps rueppelli
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva
Black-tailed Godwid Limosa limosa
Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
Solitary sandpiper Tringa solitaria
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
European Turtle-Dove Streptopelia turtur
Australian Gannet Morus serrator
Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
Red-necked Buzzard Buteo auguralis
Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
Ring-billed gull Larus delawarensis
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
Olive bee-eater Merops superciliosus
Pectoral sandpiper Calidris melanotos
Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
Northern shoveler Spatula clypeata
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
White-throated bee-eater Merops albicollis
Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
Slender-billed gull Larus genei