Checklist for Est, RW

eBird Field Checklist

Est, RW

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512 species (+56 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.

Grebes

Little Grebe

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

White-crested Turaco

Tauraco sp.

Purple-crested Turaco

Ross's Turaco

Bare-faced Go-away-bird

Eastern Plantain-eater

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

Black-winged Pratincole

Collared 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

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

Long-tailed Cormorant

Great Cormorant

Pelicans

Great White Pelican

Pink-backed Pelican

Shoebill and Hammerkop

Shoebill

Hamerkop

Herons, Ibis, and Allies

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.

Glossy Ibis

African Sacred Ibis

Hadada Ibis

African Spoonbill

Vultures, Hawks, and Allies

Secretarybird

Osprey

Black-winged Kite

African Harrier-Hawk

Palm-nut Vulture

European Honey-buzzard

African Cuckoo-Hawk

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

Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle

Black-chested Snake-Eagle

Brown Snake-Eagle

Banded Snake-Eagle

Bat Hawk

Crowned Eagle

Martial Eagle

Long-crested Eagle

Lesser Spotted Eagle

Wahlberg's Eagle

Booted Eagle

Ayres's Hawk-Eagle

Tawny Eagle

Steppe Eagle

African Hawk-Eagle

Lizard Buzzard

Dark Chanting-Goshawk

Gabar Goshawk

Western Marsh Harrier

African Marsh Harrier

Pallid Harrier

Montagu's Harrier

harrier sp.

African Goshawk

Shikra

Little Sparrowhawk

Ovambo Sparrowhawk

Black Goshawk

Black Kite

African Fish-Eagle

Common Buzzard

Augur Buzzard

Buteo/eagle sp.

hawk sp.

Owls

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

Kingfishers

Half-collared Kingfisher

Shining-blue Kingfisher

Malachite Kingfisher

African Pygmy Kingfisher

Gray-headed Kingfisher

Woodland Kingfisher

Striped Kingfisher

Giant Kingfisher

Pied Kingfisher

Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies

Little Bee-eater

Blue-breasted Bee-eater

Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater

White-throated Bee-eater

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater

Madagascar Bee-eater

European Bee-eater

Southern Carmine Bee-eater

bee-eater sp.

European Roller

Lilac-breasted Roller

Rufous-crowned 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

Honeyguides

Wahlberg's Honeyguide

Lesser Honeyguide

Scaly-throated Honeyguide

Greater Honeyguide

Woodpeckers

Rufous-necked 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 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

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

Rufous-naped Lark

Flappet 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

Greencap 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

Rock Martin

Barn Swallow

Angola Swallow

Wire-tailed Swallow

Western House-Martin

Red-rumped Swallow

Lesser Striped Swallow

Rufous-chested Swallow

Mosque Swallow

swallow sp.

Bulbuls

Yellow-throated Greenbul

Yellow-whiskered Greenbul

Cabanis's Greenbul

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

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

Red-backed Scrub-Robin

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

Forest 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

Peters's 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.