eBird Field Checklist
Est, RW
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513 species (+62 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
White-backed Duck
Knob-billed Duck
Egyptian Goose
Spur-winged Goose
African Pygmy-Goose
Garganey
Blue-billed Teal
Yellow-billed Duck
Red-billed Duck
Green-winged Teal
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Crested Francolin
Coqui Francolin
Ring-necked Francolin
Red-winged Francolin
Shelley's Francolin
Blue Quail
Harlequin Quail
Hildebrandt's Spurfowl
Scaly Spurfowl
Red-necked Spurfowl
francolin/spurfowl sp.
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Columba sp.
Dusky Turtle-Dove
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Streptopelia sp.
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
Tambourine Dove
Turtur sp.
Namaqua Dove
African Green-Pigeon
Bustards
Denham's Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard
Turacos
Bare-faced Go-away-bird
Eastern Plantain-eater
Purple-crested Turaco
Ross's Turaco
White-crested Turaco
Tauraco sp.
Cuckoos
Blue-headed Coucal
White-browed Coucal
Black Coucal
coucal sp.
Blue Malkoha
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Levaillant's Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Thick-billed Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
Dideric/Klaas's Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
African Cuckoo
Madagascar Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
Nightjars
Pennant-winged Nightjar
Eurasian Nightjar
Fiery-necked Nightjar
Swamp Nightjar
Freckled Nightjar
Square-tailed Nightjar
nightjar sp.
Swifts
Alpine Swift
Mottled Swift
Common Swift
African Swift
Little Swift
Horus Swift
White-rumped Swift
Apus/Tachymarptis sp.
African Palm Swift
large swift sp.
small swift sp.
swift sp.
Flufftails
Red-chested Flufftail
Streaky-breasted Flufftail
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
African Rail
Corn Crake
African Crake
Lesser Moorhen
Eurasian Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
Allen's Gallinule
African Swamphen
Striped Crake
Black Crake
Baillon's Crake
Finfoots
African Finfoot
Cranes
Gray Crowned-Crane
Shorebirds
Water Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Black-bellied Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Forbes's Plover
Three-banded Plover
Long-toed Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Senegal Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Wattled Lapwing
Brown-chested Lapwing
Kittlitz's Plover
plover sp.
Greater Painted-Snipe
Lesser Jacana
African Jacana
Bar-tailed Godwit
African Snipe
Common Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Ruddy Turnstone
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck's Stint
Little Stint
Small Buttonquail
Black-rumped Buttonquail
Bronze-winged Courser
Temminck's Courser
Collared Pratincole
Black-winged Pratincole
pratincole sp.
shorebird sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Gray-hooded Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
gull sp.
African Skimmer
Gull-billed Tern
White-winged Tern
Grebes
Little Grebe
Storks
African Openbill
Black Stork
Abdim's Stork
African Woolly-necked Stork
White Stork
Saddle-billed Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
Cormorants and Anhingas
African Darter
Reed Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
Dwarf Bittern
Little Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Black Heron
Little Egret
White-backed Night Heron
Striated Heron
Rufous-bellied Heron
Squacco Heron
Malagasy Pond-Heron
Western Cattle-Egret
Great Egret
Yellow-billed Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
heron sp.
white egret sp.
Shoebill and Hammerkop
Hamerkop
Shoebill
Pelicans
Great White Pelican
Pink-backed Pelican
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Secretarybird
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Palm-nut Vulture
African Cuckoo-Hawk
European Honey-buzzard
White-headed Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Rüppell's Griffon
White-backed Vulture/Rüppell's Griffon
Gyps sp.
old world vulture sp.
Bateleur
Western Banded Snake-Eagle
Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Crowned Eagle
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Wahlberg's Eagle
Ayres's Hawk-Eagle
Booted Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Tawny Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Bat Hawk
Gabar Goshawk
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Lizard Buzzard
African Goshawk
Little Sparrowhawk
Shikra
Ovambo Sparrowhawk
Black Goshawk
Western Marsh Harrier
African Marsh Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
harrier sp.
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Augur Buzzard
Common Buzzard
Buteo/eagle sp.
hawk sp.
Owls
Western Barn Owl
African Scops-Owl
Southern White-faced Owl
Spotted Eagle-Owl
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
African Barred Owlet
African Wood-Owl
Marsh Owl
owl sp.
Mousebirds
Speckled Mousebird
Blue-naped Mousebird
Trogons and Quetzals
Narina Trogon
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills
Green Woodhoopoe
woodhoopoe sp.
Common Scimitarbill
Hornbills
Crowned Hornbill
African Gray Hornbill
Bee-eaters
Little Bee-eater
Blue-breasted Bee-eater
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
White-throated Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
Olive Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
Southern Carmine Bee-eater
bee-eater sp.
Kingfishers
Half-collared Kingfisher
Shining-blue Kingfisher
Malachite Kingfisher
African Pygmy Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
kingfisher sp.
Rollers and Allies
European Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
Purple Roller
roller sp.
Broad-billed Roller
Barbets and Toucans
Crested Barbet
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
tinkerbird sp.
Spot-flanked Barbet
White-headed Barbet
Red-faced Barbet
Black-collared Barbet
Double-toothed Barbet
african barbet sp.
Honeyguides
Brown-backed Honeybird
Lesser Honeyguide
Scaly-throated Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
Woodpeckers
Red-throated Wryneck
Bearded Woodpecker
Speckle-breasted Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
African Gray Woodpecker
Green-backed Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker
Bennett's Woodpecker
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Lesser/Eurasian Kestrel
Gray Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Amur Falcon
Sooty Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
African Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Red-headed Lovebird
Meyer's Parrot
African and Green Broadbills
African Broadbill
Old World Pittas
African Pitta
Cuckooshrikes
Black Cuckooshrike
cuckooshrike sp.
Old World Orioles
Eurasian Golden Oriole
African Golden Oriole
African Black-headed Oriole
Wattle-eyes and Batises
Brown-throated Wattle-eye
Chinspot Batis
batis sp.
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
White-crested Helmetshrike
Bushshrikes and Allies
Brubru
Northern Puffback
Black-backed Puffback
Marsh Tchagra
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
tchagra sp.
Lühder's Bushshrike
Tropical Boubou
Black-headed Gonolek
Papyrus Gonolek
Slate-colored Boubou
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
Gray-headed Bushshrike
bushshrike sp.
Drongos
Fork-tailed Drongo
Velvet-mantled Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
African Crested Flycatcher
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Red-backed Shrike
Isabelline Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Gray-backed Fiscal
Mackinnon's Shrike
Northern Fiscal
Souza's Shrike
shrike sp.
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Piapiac
Pied Crow
White-necked Raven
Fairy Flycatchers
White-tailed Blue Flycatcher
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
White-winged Black-Tit
Penduline-Tits and Verdin
African Penduline-Tit
Larks
Dusky Lark
Flappet Lark
Rufous-naped Lark
Red-capped Lark
lark sp.
Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies
Red-faced Crombec
Moustached Grass-Warbler
Cisticolas and Allies
Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Green-backed Eremomela
Green-capped Eremomela
White-chinned Prinia
Miombo Wren-Warbler
Green-backed Camaroptera
Buff-bellied Warbler
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Gray Apalis
apalis sp.
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Gray-capped Warbler
Red-faced Cisticola
Singing Cisticola
Trilling Cisticola
Chubb's Cisticola
Rock-loving Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Carruthers's Cisticola
Stout Cisticola
Croaking Cisticola
Tabora Cisticola
Siffling Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Wing-snapping Cisticola
cisticola sp.
Reed Warblers and Allies
Papyrus Yellow-Warbler
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
African Yellow-Warbler
Icterine Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Marsh Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Lesser Swamp Warbler
Greater Swamp Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus sp.
Grassbirds and Allies
Fan-tailed Grassbird
White-winged Swamp Warbler
Highland Rush Warbler
Martins and Swallows
White-headed Sawwing
sawwing sp.
Gray-rumped Swallow
Banded Martin
Plain Martin
Bank Swallow
Red-throated Crag-Martin
Barn Swallow
Angola Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Western House-Martin
African Red-rumped Swallow
European/African Red-rumped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Rufous-chested Swallow
Mosque Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
Pale-throated Greenbul
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul
Cabanis's Greenbul
greenbul sp.
Common Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Wood Warbler
Willow Warbler
Sylviid Warblers
Eurasian Blackcap
Garden Warbler
Greater Whitethroat
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Green White-eye
Ground Babblers and Allies
Mountain Illadopsis
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Arrow-marked Babbler
Black-lored Babbler
Oxpeckers
Red-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Red-billed/Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Starlings and Mynas
Wattled Starling
Violet-backed Starling
Rüppell's Starling
Splendid Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Lamprotornis sp.
Thrushes
Abyssinian Thrush
African Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
African Dusky Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
Swamp Flycatcher
Muscicapa sp.
Pale Flycatcher
Gray Tit-Flycatcher
Ashy Flycatcher
Southern Black-Flycatcher
White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher
Brown-backed Scrub-Robin
White-browed Scrub-Robin
Cape Robin-Chat
White-browed Robin-Chat
Red-capped Robin-Chat
Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat
robin-chat sp.
Gray-winged Robin-Chat
Semicollared Flycatcher
Collared Flycatcher
Common Redstart
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
Miombo Rock-Thrush
Whinchat
African Stonechat
Mocking Cliff-Chat
Sooty Chat
Arnot's Chat
Northern Wheatear
Capped Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Familiar Chat
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Collared Sunbird
Green-headed Sunbird
Olive Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Bronze Sunbird
Olive-bellied Sunbird
Marico Sunbird
Red-chested Sunbird
Purple-banded Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
Copper Sunbird
sunbird sp.
Weavers and Allies
Red-headed Weaver
Baglafecht Weaver
Little Weaver
Slender-billed Weaver
Black-necked Weaver
Olive-naped/Black-necked Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
Black-billed Weaver
Holub's Golden-Weaver
Northern Brown-throated Weaver
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Vieillot's Black Weaver
Village Weaver
Black-headed Weaver
Dark-backed Weaver
Ploceus sp.
Compact Weaver
Cardinal Quelea
Red-headed Quelea
Red-billed Quelea
Southern Red Bishop
Black-winged Bishop
Yellow Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Red-collared Widowbird
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Euplectes sp.
Grosbeak Weaver
Estrildids
Bronze Mannikin
Black-and-white Mannikin
White-collared Oliveback
Yellow-bellied Waxbill
Green-backed Twinspot
Gray-headed Nigrita
Black-faced Waxbill
Black-crowned Waxbill
Fawn-breasted Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Crimson-rumped Waxbill
waxbill sp.
Quailfinch
Zebra Waxbill
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Red-headed Bluebill
Green-winged Pytilia
Orange-winged Pytilia
Red-throated Twinspot
Red-billed Firefinch
African Firefinch
firefinch sp.
Indigobirds and Whydahs
Pin-tailed Whydah
Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah
Eastern Paradise-Whydah
Village Indigobird
Parasitic Weaver
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
Passer sp.
Wagtails and Pipits
Cape Wagtail
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
wagtail sp.
African Pipit
Long-billed Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
Striped Pipit
Tree Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
Short-tailed Pipit
pipit sp.
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Yellow-fronted Canary
Western Citril
Papyrus Canary
Black-throated Canary
Brimstone Canary
Streaky Seedeater
Thick-billed Seedeater
Serinus sp.
Old World Buntings
Cabanis's Bunting
Golden-breasted Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
Others
passerine sp.