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Exotic: Escapee (30)
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Undescribed Species (1)
- Elgin Buzzard (undescribed form) Buteo [undescribed form]Details:
Hybrids (7)
- Yellow-billed Duck x Mallard (hybrid) Anas undulata x platyrhynchos
- Southern x Damara Red-billed Hornbill (hybrid) Tockus rufirostris x damarensisDetails:
- Gray-hooded x Hartlaub's Gull (hybrid) Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus x hartlaubiiDetails:
- Wood Duck x Mallard (hybrid) Aix sponsa x Anas platyrhynchosDetails:
- Blacksmith x White-crowned Lapwing (hybrid) Vanellus armatus x albiceps
- Sandwich x Elegant Tern (hybrid) Thalasseus sandvicensis x elegansDetails:
- European x Oriental Honey-buzzard (hybrid) Pernis apivorus x ptilorhynchusDetails:
Additional Taxa (243)
- Larus sp. Larus sp.
- tern sp. Sterninae sp.Details:
- Common/Arctic Tern Sterna hirundo/paradisaea
- estrildid finch sp. Estrildidae sp.
- gull sp. Larinae sp.Details:
- Lamprotornis sp. Lamprotornis sp.
- quelea sp. Quelea sp.Details:
- Greater/Lesser Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus/Phoeniconaias minor
- Sterna sp. Sterna sp.Details:
- Western/Siberian House-Martin Delichon urbicum/lagopodumDetails:
- passerine sp. Passeriformes sp.
- pigeon/dove sp. Columbidae sp.
- Vidua sp. Vidua sp.
- swallow sp. Hirundinidae sp.
- small plover sp. Charadrius/Anarhynchus sp.Details:
- pratincole sp. Glareola sp.
- crested guineafowl sp. Guttera pucherani/verreauxi/edouardiDetails:
- Calidris sp. Calidris sp.
- Black-winged/Collared Pratincole Glareola nordmanni/pratincolaDetails:
- cormorant sp. Phalacrocoracidae sp.Details:
- Common/African Swift Apus apus/barbatusDetails:
- Sooty/Bridled Tern Onychoprion fuscatus/anaethetusDetails:
- parakeet sp. Psittaciformes sp. (parakeet sp.)
- indigobird sp. Vidua sp. (indigobird sp.)
- Whimbrel/Eurasian Curlew Numenius phaeopus/arquata
- storm-petrel sp. Oceanitidae/Hydrobatidae sp.
- Domestic lovebird sp. (Domestic type) Agapornis sp. (Domestic type)
- lovebird sp. Agapornis sp.
- Salvin's/MacGillivray's Prion Pachyptila salvini/macgillivrayiDetails:
- bee-eater sp. Merops sp.
- Lonchura sp. Lonchura sp.
- large albatross sp. Diomedea sp.
- cordonbleu sp. Uraeginthus sp.
- Streptopelia sp. Streptopelia sp.
- Apus/Tachymarptis sp. Apus/Tachymarptis sp.
- frigatebird sp. Fregata sp.Details:
- Tockus sp. Tockus sp.
- lorikeet sp. Psittaculidae sp. (lorikeet sp.)Details:
- long-billed lark sp. Certhilauda sp.
- Ploceus sp. Ploceus sp.
- grebe sp. Podicipedidae sp.
- nightjar sp. Caprimulgidae sp.
- small swift sp. Apodidae sp. (small swift sp.)
- moorhen/coot/gallinule sp. Gallinula/Fulica/Porphyrio sp.
- courser sp. Glareolidae sp. (courser sp.)
- shorebird sp. Charadriiformes sp.
- Little/Saunders's Tern Sternula albifrons/saundersiDetails:
- Sternula sp. Sternula sp.
- White-bellied/Black-bellied Storm-Petrel Fregetta grallaria/tropicaDetails:
- White-backed Vulture/Cape Griffon Gyps africanus/coprotheresDetails:
- Gyps sp. Gyps sp.Details:
- Green/Violet Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus/damarensisDetails:
- crow/raven sp. Corvus sp.
- whistling-duck sp. Dendrocygna sp.
- Columba sp. Columba sp.
- snipe sp. Gallinago sp.
- Tringa sp. Tringa sp.
- Procellaria sp. Procellaria sp.Details:
- diving-petrel sp. Pelecanoides sp.Details:
- booby sp. Sula sp.Details:
- White-backed Vulture/Rüppell's Griffon Gyps africanus/rueppelliDetails:
- Tawny/Steppe Eagle Aquila rapax/nipalensisDetails:
- kingfisher sp. Alcedinidae sp.
- drongo sp. Dicrurus sp.
- cisticola sp. Cisticola sp.
- Bradornis sp. Bradornis sp.
- Passer sp. Passer sp.
- dabbling duck sp. Anatidae sp. (dabbling duck sp.)
- duck sp. Anatidae (duck sp.)Details:
- waterfowl sp. Anatidae sp.
- Caprimulgus sp. Caprimulgus sp.
- crane sp. Gruidae sp.Details:
- plover sp. Charadriidae sp.
- small albatross sp. Thalassarche sp.Details:
- albatross sp. Diomedeidae sp.Details:
- Southern/Northern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteus/halli
- Pterodroma sp. Pterodroma sp.
- prion sp. Pachyptila sp.Details:
- Western/Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis/coromandus
- new world vulture sp. Cathartidae sp.Details:
- Buteo sp. Buteo sp.Details:
- tinkerbird sp. Pogoniulus sp.
- large falcon sp. Falco sp. (large falcon sp.)
- parrot sp. Psittaciformes sp. (parrot sp.)Details:
- Cape/Malawi Batis Batis capensis/dimorpha
- shrike sp. Lanius sp.
- lark sp. Alaudidae sp.
- eremomela sp. Eremomela sp.
- prinia sp. Prinia sp.
- old world warbler sp. Passeriformes sp. (Old World warbler sp.)Details:
- Zosterops sp. Zosterops sp.
- white-eye sp. Zosteropidae sp.
- Argya/Turdoides sp. Argya/Turdoides sp.
- myna/starling sp. Sturnidae sp.
- robin-chat sp. Cossypha sp.Details:
- firefinch sp. Lagonosticta sp.
- african seedeater sp. Crithagra sp.
- bird sp. Aves sp.
- Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type) Anser sp. (Domestic type)Details:
- goose sp. Anatidae (goose sp.)
- Anas sp. Anas sp.
- teal sp. Anatidae sp. (teal sp.)
- francolin/spurfowl sp. Phasianidae sp. (francolin/spurfowl sp.)
- flamingo sp. Phoenicopteridae sp.
- bustard sp. Otididae sp.
- Tauraco sp. Tauraco sp.
- turaco sp. Musophagidae sp.Details:
- Dideric/Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius/klaas
- Chrysococcyx sp. Chrysococcyx sp.Details:
- African/Common Cuckoo Cuculus gularis/canorus
- Cuculus sp. Cuculus sp.Details:
- cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.) Cuculidae sp.Details:
- Apus sp. Apus sp.
- large swift sp. Apodidae sp. (large swift sp.)
- swift sp. Apodidae sp.
- flufftail sp. Sarothrura sp.
- Eurasian Moorhen/Common Gallinule Gallinula chloropus/galeataDetails:
- rail/crake sp. Rallidae sp. (rail/crake sp.)
- Burhinus sp. Burhinus sp.
- oystercatcher sp. Haematopus sp.
- Charadrius sp. Charadrius sp.Details:
- lapwing sp. Vanellus sp.Details:
- sand-plover sp. Anarhynchus atrifrons/mongolus/leschenaultiiDetails:
- jacana sp. Jacanidae sp.
- Red-necked/Little Stint Calidris ruficollis/minutaDetails:
- peep sp. Calidris sp. (peep sp.)
- Scolopacidae sp. Scolopacidae sp.Details:
- large shorebird sp. Scolopacidae sp. (large shorebird sp.)
- 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:
- Chlidonias sp. Chlidonias sp.Details:
- large tern sp. Hydroprogne/Thalasseus sp.
- gull/tern sp. Laridae sp.
- tropicbird sp. Phaethon sp.Details:
- penguin sp. Spheniscidae sp.Details:
- Northern/Southern Royal Albatross Diomedea sanfordi/epomophoraDetails:
- Snowy/Tristan/Antipodean Albatross Diomedea exulans/dabbenena/antipodensisDetails:
- Atlantic/Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross Thalassarche chlororhynchos/carteri
- White-capped/Salvin's/Chatham Albatross Thalassarche cauta/salvini/eremitaDetails:
- Little/Subantarctic Shearwater Puffinus assimilis/elegansDetails:
- shearwater sp. Procellariidae sp. (shearwater sp.)
- procellariid sp. Procellariidae sp.Details:
- stork sp. Ciconiidae sp.
- pond-heron sp. Ardeola sp.
- Great/Yellow-billed Egret Ardea alba/brachyrhyncha
- Ardea sp. Ardea sp.Details:
- heron sp. Ardeidae sp.
- white egret sp. Egretta/Bubulcus/Ardea sp.
- ibis sp. Threskiornithidae sp. (ibis 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.
- Pallid/Montagu's Harrier Circus macrourus/pygargusDetails:
- harrier sp. Circus sp.Details:
- Accipiter sp. Accipiter sp.Details:
- Buteo/eagle sp. Buteo/eagle sp.Details:
- hawk sp. Accipitridae sp. (hawk sp.)
- eagle sp. Accipitridae sp. (eagle sp.)
- Bubo sp. Bubo sp.Details:
- Asio sp. Asio sp.Details:
- owl sp. Strigiformes sp.
- mousebird sp. Coliidae sp.
- woodhoopoe/scimitarbill sp. Phoeniculus/Rhinopomastus sp.
- hornbill sp. Bucerotidae sp.
- roller sp. Coracias sp.
- african barbet sp. Lybiidae sp.
- small honeyguide sp. Prodotiscus sp.
- large honeyguide sp. Indicator sp.Details:
- honeyguide sp. Indicatoridae sp.
- woodpecker sp. Picidae sp.
- Lesser/Eurasian Kestrel Falco naumanni/tinnunculus
- Amur Falcon/Eurasian Hobby Falco amurensis/subbuteoDetails:
- small falcon sp. Falco sp. (small falcon sp.)
- falcon sp. Falco sp.
- diurnal raptor sp. Accipitriformes/Falconiformes sp.Details:
- Alexandrine/Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula eupatria/krameriDetails:
- old world oriole sp. Oriolus sp.
- batis sp. Batis sp.
- puffback sp. Dryoscopus sp.
- tchagra sp. Tchagra sp.
- boubou sp. Laniarius sp.
- bushshrike sp. Telophorus/Malaconotus sp.
- Northern/Southern Fiscal (Common Fiscal) Lanius humeralis/collaris
- crow sp. Corvus sp. (crow sp.)
- corvid sp. Corvidae sp.
- Mirafra sp. Mirafra sp.
- crombec sp. Sylvietta sp.
- apalis sp. Apalis sp.
- Hippolais sp. Hippolais sp.Details:
- Marsh/Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus palustris/scirpaceusDetails:
- Bradypterus sp. Bradypterus sp.
- sawwing sp. Psalidoprocne sp.Details:
- Hirundo sp. Hirundo sp.Details:
- Greater/Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata/abyssinicaDetails:
- Cecropis sp. Cecropis sp.Details:
- Phyllastrephus sp. Phyllastrephus sp.
- greenbul sp. Pycnonotidae sp. (greenbul sp.)
- Pycnonotus sp. Pycnonotus sp.Details:
- Microtarsus/Rubigula/Pycnonotus sp. Microtarsus/Rubigula/Pycnonotus sp.Details:
- Phylloscopus sp. Phylloscopus sp.Details:
- Sylvia/Curruca sp. Sylvia/Curruca sp.
- Red-billed/Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythrorynchus/africanus
- Olive/Karoo Thrush Turdus olivaceus/smithi
- Turdus sp. Turdus sp.
- thrush sp. Turdidae sp.
- Muscicapa sp. Muscicapa sp.
- Muscicapa/Bradornis sp. Muscicapa/Bradornis sp.
- scrub-robin sp. Cercotrichas sp.
- European Pied/Collared/Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca/albicollis/semitorquataDetails:
- rock-thrush sp. Monticola sp.Details:
- wheatear sp. Oenanthe sp.
- muscicapid sp. Muscicapidae sp.Details:
- Cinnyris sp. Cinnyris sp.
- sunbird sp. Nectariniidae sp. (sunbird sp.)
- Red-cowled/Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes laticauda/ardens
- Euplectes sp. Euplectes sp.Details:
- waxbill sp. Estrilda sp.
- pytilia sp. Pytilia sp.Details:
- whydah sp. Vidua sp. (whydah sp.)
- wagtail sp. Motacilla sp.
- pipit sp. Anthus sp.
- longclaw sp. Macronyx sp.
- Serinus sp. Serinus sp.
- finch sp. Fringillidae sp.Details:
- Emberiza sp. Emberiza sp.Details:
- Passerina sp. Passerina sp.Details:
- swan sp. Cygnus sp.Details:
- old world quail sp. Synoicus/Coturnix sp.
- sandgrouse sp. Pterocles sp.
- coucal sp. Centropus sp.
- godwit sp. Limosa sp.Details:
- Long-tailed/Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus/parasiticusDetails:
- pelican sp. Pelecanus sp.
- African/Malagasy Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus/bernieri
- Red-footed/Amur Falcon Falco vespertinus/amurensis
- Miombo/Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes undosus/stierlingiDetails:
- Acrocephalus sp. Acrocephalus sp.
- Riparia sp. Riparia sp.Details:
- Saxicola sp. Saxicola sp.