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Exotic: Escapee (29)
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Undescribed Species (1)
- Elgin Buzzard (undescribed form) Buteo [undescribed form]Details:
Hybrids (8)
- Wood Duck x Mallard (hybrid) Aix sponsa x Anas platyrhynchosDetails:
- African Black Duck x Mallard (hybrid) Anas sparsa x platyrhynchosDetails:
- Yellow-billed Duck x Mallard (hybrid) Anas undulata x platyrhynchos
- Blacksmith x White-crowned Lapwing (hybrid) Vanellus armatus x albiceps
- Gray-hooded x Hartlaub's Gull (hybrid) Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus x hartlaubiiDetails:
- Sandwich x Elegant Tern (hybrid) Thalasseus sandvicensis x elegansDetails:
- Red-backed x Red-tailed Shrike (hybrid) Lanius collurio x phoenicuroidesDetails:
- Karoo x Dune Lark (hybrid) Calendulauda albescens x erythrochlamysDetails:
Additional Taxa (241)
- whistling-duck sp. Dendrocygna sp.
- Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type) Anser sp. (Domestic type)Details:
- swan sp. Cygnus sp.Details:
- goose sp. Anatidae (goose sp.)
- Anas sp. Anas sp.
- teal sp. Anatidae sp. (teal sp.)
- dabbling duck sp. Anatidae sp. (dabbling duck sp.)Details:
- duck sp. Anatidae (duck sp.)
- waterfowl sp. Anatidae sp.
- crested guineafowl sp. Guttera pucherani/verreauxi/edouardiDetails:
- old world quail sp. Synoicus/Coturnix sp.
- francolin/spurfowl sp. Phasianidae sp. (francolin/spurfowl sp.)
- Columba sp. Columba sp.
- Streptopelia sp. Streptopelia sp.
- Turtur sp. Turtur sp.
- pigeon/dove sp. Columbidae sp.Details:
- sandgrouse sp. Pterocles sp.
- bustard sp. Otididae sp.
- Tauraco sp. Tauraco sp.
- turaco sp. Musophagidae sp.Details:
- coucal sp. Centropus sp.
- Dideric/Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius/klaas
- Chrysococcyx/Chalcites sp. Chrysococcyx/Chalcites sp.Details:
- African/Common Cuckoo Cuculus gularis/canorus
- Cuculus sp. Cuculus sp.Details:
- cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.) Cuculidae sp.Details:
- Caprimulgus sp. Caprimulgus sp.
- nightjar sp. Caprimulgidae sp.
- Common/African Swift Apus apus/barbatusDetails:
- Apus sp. Apus sp.
- Apus/Tachymarptis sp. Apus/Tachymarptis sp.
- large swift sp. Apodidae sp. (large swift sp.)
- small swift sp. Apodidae sp. (small swift sp.)
- swift sp. Apodidae sp.
- flufftail sp. Sarothrura sp.
- Eurasian Moorhen/Common Gallinule Gallinula chloropus/galeataDetails:
- swamphen sp. Porphyrio sp. (swamphen sp.)
- moorhen/coot/gallinule sp. Gallinula/Fulica/Porphyrio sp.
- rail/crake sp. Rallidae sp. (rail/crake sp.)Details:
- crane sp. Gruidae sp.Details:
- Burhinus sp. Burhinus sp.
- oystercatcher sp. Haematopus sp.
- Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp. Pluvialis sp.
- Charadrius/Thinornis sp. Charadrius/Thinornis sp.
- lapwing sp. Vanellus sp.
- sand-plover sp. Anarhynchus mongolus/atrifrons/leschenaultiiDetails:
- small plover sp. Charadrius/Thinornis/Anarhynchus sp.Details:
- plover sp. Charadriidae sp.
- jacana sp. Jacanidae sp.
- Whimbrel/Eurasian Curlew Numenius phaeopus/arquata
- godwit sp. Limosa sp.Details:
- snipe sp. Gallinago sp.
- Tringa sp. Tringa sp.
- Red-necked/Little Stint Calidris ruficollis/minutaDetails:
- peep sp. Calidris sp. (peep sp.)
- Calidris sp. Calidris sp.
- Scolopacidae sp. Scolopacidae sp.Details:
- large shorebird sp. Charadriiformes sp. (large shorebird sp.)
- courser sp. Glareolidae sp. (courser sp.)Details:
- pratincole sp. Glareola sp.Details:
- shorebird sp. Charadriiformes sp. (shorebird sp.)
- Long-tailed/Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus/parasiticusDetails:
- Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus/pomarinus
- jaeger sp. Stercorarius sp. (jaeger sp.)Details:
- skua sp. Stercorarius sp. (skua sp.)Details:
- jaeger/skua sp. Stercorarius sp.Details:
- Larus sp. Larus sp.
- gull sp. Larinae sp.
- Sooty/Bridled Tern Onychoprion fuscatus/anaethetusDetails:
- Sternula sp. Sternula sp.
- Chlidonias sp. Chlidonias sp.
- Common/Arctic Tern Sterna hirundo/paradisaea
- Sterna sp. Sterna sp.Details:
- Thalasseus sp. Thalasseus sp.
- large tern sp. Hydroprogne/Thalasseus sp.
- tern sp. Sterninae sp.
- gull/tern sp. Laridae sp.
- flamingo sp. Phoenicopteridae sp.
- Podiceps sp. Podiceps sp.
- grebe sp. Podicipedidae sp.
- penguin sp. Spheniscidae sp.
- Northern/Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi/epomophoraDetails:
- Snowy/Tristan/Antipodean Albatross Diomedea exulans/dabbenena/antipodensisDetails:
- large albatross sp. Diomedea sp.
- Atlantic/Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos/carteriDetails:
- White-capped/Salvin's/Chatham Albatross Thalassarche cauta/salvini/eremita
- small albatross sp. Thalassarche sp.Details:
- albatross sp. Diomedeidae sp.
- White-bellied/Black-bellied Storm-Petrel Fregetta grallaria/tropicaDetails:
- storm-petrel sp. Oceanitidae/Hydrobatidae sp.
- Southern/Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteus/halli
- Pterodroma sp. Pterodroma sp.
- Salvin's/MacGillivray's Prion Pachyptila salvini/macgillivrayiDetails:
- prion sp. Pachyptila sp.Details:
- Procellaria sp. Procellaria sp.Details:
- Cory's/Scopoli's Shearwater Calonectris borealis/diomedea
- Little/Subantarctic Shearwater Puffinus assimilis/elegansDetails:
- shearwater sp. Procellariidae sp. (shearwater sp.)Details:
- diving-petrel sp. Pelecanoides sp.Details:
- procellariid sp. Procellariidae sp.
- stork sp. Ciconiidae sp.Details:
- cormorant sp. Phalacrocoracidae sp.Details:
- African/Malagasy Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus/bernieri
- ibis sp. Threskiornithidae sp. (ibis sp.)
- Striated/Green Heron Butorides striata/virescens
- pond-heron sp. Ardeola sp.
- Western/Eastern Cattle-Egret Ardea ibis/coromanda
- Great/Yellow-billed Egret Ardea alba/brachyrhyncha
- Ardea sp. Ardea sp.
- heron sp. Ardeidae sp.
- white egret sp. Egretta/Ardea sp.
- pelican sp. Pelecanus sp.
- new world vulture sp. Cathartidae sp.Details:
- White-backed Vulture/Cape Griffon Gyps africanus/coprotheres
- White-backed Vulture/Rüppell's Griffon Gyps africanus/rueppelliDetails:
- Gyps sp. Gyps sp.
- old world vulture sp. Accipitridae sp. (old world vulture sp.)
- snake-eagle sp. Circaetus sp.
- Aquila sp. Aquila sp.
- Clanga/Aquila sp. Clanga/Aquila sp.
- Accipitrine hawk sp. (former Accipiter sp.) Aerospiza/Tachyspiza/Accipiter/Astur sp.Details:
- Pallid/Montagu's Harrier Circus macrourus/pygargusDetails:
- harrier sp. Circus sp.
- Buteo sp. Buteo sp.
- Buteo/eagle sp. Buteo/eagle sp.
- hawk sp. Accipitridae sp. (hawk sp.)Details:
- eagle sp. Accipitridae sp. (eagle sp.)Details:
- Bubo sp. Bubo sp.
- Asio sp. Asio sp.Details:
- owl sp. Strigiformes sp.
- mousebird sp. Coliidae sp.
- Green/Violet Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus/damarensis
- woodhoopoe/scimitarbill sp. Phoeniculus/Rhinopomastus sp.
- Tockus sp. Tockus sp.
- hornbill sp. Bucerotidae sp.
- bee-eater sp. Merops sp.
- kingfisher sp. Alcedinidae sp.
- roller sp. Coracias sp.
- tinkerbird sp. Pogoniulus sp.
- african barbet sp. Lybiidae sp.
- large honeyguide sp. Indicator sp.Details:
- honeyguide sp. Indicatoridae sp.
- woodpecker sp. Picidae sp.Details:
- Lesser/Eurasian Kestrel Falco naumanni/tinnunculus
- Red-footed/Amur Falcon Falco vespertinus/amurensisDetails:
- Amur Falcon/Eurasian Hobby Falco amurensis/subbuteoDetails:
- large falcon sp. Falco sp. (large falcon sp.)
- small falcon sp. Falco sp. (small falcon sp.)Details:
- falcon sp. Falco sp.
- diurnal raptor sp. Accipitriformes/Falconiformes sp.Details:
- Alexandrine/Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula eupatria/krameriDetails:
- lorikeet sp. Psittaculidae sp. (lorikeet sp.)Details:
- Domestic lovebird sp. (Domestic type) Agapornis sp. (Domestic type)
- lovebird sp. Agapornis sp.Details:
- Poicephalus sp. Poicephalus sp.Details:
- parakeet sp. Psittaciformes sp. (parakeet sp.)
- parrot sp. Psittaciformes sp. (parrot sp.)
- old world oriole sp. Oriolus sp.
- Cape/Malawi Batis Batis capensis/dimorpha
- batis sp. Batis sp.
- tchagra sp. Tchagra sp.
- boubou sp. Laniarius sp.
- bushshrike sp. Telophorus/Malaconotus sp.
- drongo sp. Dicrurus sp.
- shrike sp. Laniidae sp.Details:
- crow sp. Corvus sp. (crow sp.)
- raven sp. Corvus sp. (raven sp.)
- crow/raven sp. Corvus sp.
- corvid sp. Corvidae sp.
- long-billed lark sp. Certhilauda sp.
- Mirafra sp. Mirafra sp.
- lark sp. Alaudidae sp.Details:
- crombec sp. Sylvietta sp.Details:
- eremomela sp. Eremomela sp.
- Miombo/Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes undosus/stierlingi
- camaroptera sp. Camaroptera sp.
- apalis sp. Apalis sp.
- prinia sp. Prinia sp.Details:
- cisticola sp. Cisticola sp.
- Hippolais sp. Hippolais sp.Details:
- Marsh/Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus palustris/scirpaceus
- Acrocephalus sp. Acrocephalus sp.
- Bradypterus sp. Bradypterus sp.
- Riparia sp. Riparia sp.
- Hirundo sp. Hirundo sp.
- European/African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis rufula/melanocrissusDetails:
- Greater/Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata/abyssinicaDetails:
- Cecropis sp. Cecropis sp.
- swallow sp. Hirundinidae sp.
- Phyllastrephus sp. Phyllastrephus sp.
- greenbul sp. Pycnonotidae sp. (greenbul sp.)
- Pycnonotus sp. Pycnonotus sp.
- Microtarsus/Rubigula/Pycnonotus sp. Microtarsus/Rubigula/Pycnonotus sp.Details:
- Phylloscopus sp. Phylloscopus sp.Details:
- Sylvia/Curruca sp. Sylvia/Curruca sp.Details:
- old world warbler sp. Passeriformes sp. (Old World warbler sp.)
- Zosterops sp. Zosterops sp.
- white-eye sp. Zosteropidae sp.Details:
- Argya/Turdoides sp. Argya/Turdoides sp.
- Red-billed/Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha/africanus
- Lamprotornis sp. Lamprotornis sp.
- myna/starling sp. Sturnidae sp.
- Karoo/Olive Thrush Turdus smithi/olivaceus
- Turdus sp. Turdus sp.
- thrush sp. Turdidae sp.
- Muscicapa sp. Muscicapa sp.
- Bradornis sp. Bradornis sp.
- Muscicapa/Bradornis sp. Muscicapa/Bradornis sp.
- scrub-robin sp. Cercotrichas sp.
- robin-chat sp. Cossypha sp.
- rock-thrush sp. Monticola sp.Details:
- Saxicola sp. Saxicola sp.
- wheatear sp. Oenanthe sp.
- muscicapid sp. Muscicapidae sp.Details:
- Cinnyris sp. Cinnyris sp.Details:
- sunbird sp. Nectariniidae sp. (sunbird sp.)Details:
- Ploceus sp. Ploceus sp.
- quelea sp. Quelea sp.Details:
- Red-cowled/Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes laticauda/ardens
- Euplectes sp. Euplectes sp.
- waxbill sp. Estrilda sp.
- cordonbleu sp. Uraeginthus sp.
- pytilia sp. Pytilia sp.Details:
- firefinch sp. Lagonosticta sp.
- estrildid finch sp. Estrildidae sp.
- paradise-whydah sp. Vidua sp. (paradise-whydah sp.)
- whydah sp. Vidua sp. (whydah sp.)
- indigobird sp. Vidua sp. (indigobird sp.)
- Vidua sp. Vidua sp.
- Passer sp. Passer sp.Details:
- wagtail sp. Motacilla sp.
- pipit sp. Anthus sp.
- longclaw sp. Macronyx sp.
- african seedeater sp. Crithagra sp.
- Serinus sp. Serinus sp.
- finch sp. Fringillidae sp.Details:
- Emberiza sp. Emberiza sp.Details:
- Passerina sp. Passerina sp.Details:
- passerine sp. Passeriformes sp.
- bird sp. Aves sp.