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East African Birds

Ducks, Geese, Swans:

Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus

European Shoveler Anas clypeata

Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis

White-faced Whistling Ducks Dendrocygna viduata

Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata

 

Hornbills:

Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna subcylindricus

Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus

Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri

 

Nightjars:

Madagascar Nightjar Caprimulgus madagascariensis

 

Coursers, Gulls, Skuas, Terns, Waders:

African Jacana Actophilornis africanus

Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus

Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus

Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos

Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus

Gray-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus

Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta

Senegal Plover Vanellus lugubris

Spur-winged Plover Vanellus spinosus

Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii

Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris

Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus

Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus

 

Bitterns, Egrets, Herons, Ibis, Storks:

Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala

Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis

Hamerkop Scopus umbretta

Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumeniferus

Rufous-bellied Heron Ardea rufiventris

Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus

Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis

Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus

Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis

 

Mousebirds:

Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus

White-headed Mousebird Colius leucocephalus

 

Doves, Pigeons:

African Mourning Dove Streptopelia decipiens
Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis

Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola

 

Bee-eaters, Kingfishers, Rollers:

Gray-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala

Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudata

Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus

Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis

Rufous-crowned Roller Coracias naevia

Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis

  

Eagles, Falcons, Harriers, Hawks, Vultures:

African Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer

Black-breasted Snake-Eagle Circaetus pectoralis

Black (Common) Kite Milvus migrans

Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus

Eastern Chanting-Goshawk Melierax poliopterus

Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar

Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus

Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotus

Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus

Pale Chanting-Goshawk Melierax canorus

Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis

Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus

Secretary-bird Sagittarius serpentarius

Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax

White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus

 

Francolin, Guineafowl, Quail, Pheasants:

Coqui Francolin (Spurfowl) Francolinus coqui

Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris

Red-Throated Francolin (Spurfowl) Francolinus afer

Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum

Yellow-necked Francolin Francolinus leucoscepus

 

Bustard, Crakes, Cranes, Flufftails, Mesites:

Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster

Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori

White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis

Coucals, Cuckoos:

White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus

 

Go-away Birds, Plantain-eaters, Turacos:

White-bellied Go-away-bird Corythaixoides leucogaster

 

Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Warblers, Weavers, etc:

African Grey Flycatcher bradornis microrhynchus

African Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis

African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp

Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii

Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht

Black-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus

Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea

Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey

Common Fiscal Lanius collaris

Female Kenya Rufous Sparrow Passer rufocinctus

Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis

Gray-backed Fiscal (Shrike) Lanius excubitoroides

Gray-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita arnaudi

Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus

Greater Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris afer

Hildebrandt's Starling Lamprotornis hildebrandti

Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina

Pectoral-patch Cisticola Cisticola brunnescens

Purple Grenadier Uraeginthus ianthinogaster

Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythrorhynchus

Red-cheeked Cordonbleu Uraeginthus bengalus

Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps

Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica

Rüppell's Long-tailed Starling Lamprotornis purpuropterus

Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris

Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra

Southern Anteater-Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops

Southern Gray-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus

Speke's Weaver Ploceus spekei

Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis

Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus

Variable Sunbird (Juvenile Male) Cinnyris venustus

Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea

White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini

White-browed Sparrow-weaver Plocepasser mahali

White-headed Buffalo-Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli

White-rumped Shrike Eurocephalus rueppelli

Yellow-fronted Canary Serinus mozambicus

Yellow-throated Longclaw (Macronyx croceus)

 

Cormorants, Gannets, Pelicans, Tropicbirds:

Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo

Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus

 

Flamingos:

Lesser Flamingo Phoenicopterus minor

 

Barbets, Honeyguides, Woodpeckers:

Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica

Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus

 

Grebes:

Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis

 

Lovebirds, Parakeets, Parrots:

Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus

 

Sandgrouse:

Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus

 

Owls:

Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Bubo lacteus

 

Ostrich:

Ostrich Struthio camelus

 

Trogons:

Narina's Trogon apaloderma narina

 

Hoopoe, Scimitarbills, Wood-hoopoes:

African Hoopoe Upupa epops

 

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