AVOCETS and STILTS

Order : Charadriiformes. Family : Recurvirostridae

• Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
• Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)

BABBLERS

Order : Passeriformes. Family : Timaliidae

• Rufous-winged Illadopsis (Illadopsis rufescens)
• Puvel's Illadopsis (Illadopsis puveli)
• Brown Illadopsis (Illadopsis fulvescens)
• Fulvous Chatterer (Turdoides fulvus)
• Blackcap Babbler (Turdoides reinwardtii)
• Brown Babbler (Turdoides plebejus)
• Capuchin Babbler (Phyllanthus atripennis)

BARBETS

Order : Piciformes. Family : Capitonidae

• Red-rumped Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus atroflavus)
• Yellow-throated Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus subsulphureus)
• Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus bilineatus)
• Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus chrysoconus)
• Hairy-breasted Barbet (Tricholaema hirsuta)
• Vieillot's Barbet (Lybius vieilloti)
• Bearded Barbet (Lybius dubius)

BARN OWLS

Order : Strigiformes. Family : Tytonidae

• Barn Owl T(yto alba)

BEE-EATERS

Order : Coraciiformes. Family : Meropidae

• Red-throated Bee-eater (Merops bulocki)
• Little Bee-eater (Merops pusillus)
• Swallow-tailed Bee-eater (Merops hirundineus)
• White-throated Bee-eater(Merops albicollis)
• Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis)
• Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (Merops persicus)
• European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)
• Northern Carmine Bee-eater (Merops nubicus)

BITTERNS, HERONS and EGRETS

Order : Ciconiiformes. Family : Ardeidae

• Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)
• Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala)
• Goliath Heron (Ardea goliath)
• Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)
• Great Egret (Ardea alba)
• Black Heron (Egretta ardesiaca)
• Intermediate Egret (Egretta intermedia)
• Western Reef-Heron (Egretta gularis)
• Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
• Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides)
• Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
• Striated Heron (Butorides striata)
• Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
• White-backed Night-Heron (Gorsachius leuconotus)
• White-crested Bittern (Tigriornis leucolophus)
• Little Bittern (Ixobrychus minutus)
• Dwarf Bittern (Ixobrychus sturmii)
• Great Bittern (Botaurus stellaris)

BOOBIES and GANNETS

Order : Pelecaniformes. Family : Sulidae

• Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus)
• Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster)

BULBULS

Order : Passeriformes. Family : Pycnonotidae

• Common Bulbul (Pycnonotus barbatus)
• Little Greenbul (Andropadus virens)
• Slender-billed Greenbul (Andropadus gracilirostris)
• Yellow-whiskered Bulbul (Andropadus latirostris)
• Yellow-throated Greenbul (Chlorocichla flavicollis)
• Swamp Greenbul (Thescelocichla leucopleura)
• Leaf-love (Phyllastrephus scandens)
• White-throated Greenbul (Phyllastrephus albigularis)
• Gray-headed Bristlebill (Bleda canicapilla)
• Yellow-spotted Nicator (Nicator chloris)
• Red-tailed Greenbul (Criniger calurus)
• Yellow-bearded Greenbul (Criniger olivaceus)

BUNTINGS, SPARROWS, SEEDEATERS and ALLIES

Order : Passeriformes. Family : Emberizidae

• Ortolan Bunting (Emberiza hortulana)
• House Bunting (Emberiza striolata)
• Cinnamon-breasted Bunting (Emberiza tahapisi)
• Golden-breasted Bunting (Emberiza flaviventris)
• Brown-rumped Bunting (Emberiza affinis)
• Corn Bunting (Emberiza calandra)

BUSHSHRIKES and ALLIES

Order : Passeriformes. Family : Malaconotidae

• Brubru (Nilaus afer)
• Northern Puffback (Dryoscopus gambensis)
• Red-eyed Puffback (Dryoscopus senegalensis)
• Black-crowned Tchagra (Tchagra senegala)
• Turati's Boubou (Laniarius turatii)
• Tropical Boubou (Laniarius aethiopicus)
• Common Gonolek (Laniarius barbarus)
• Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike (Telophorus sulfureopectus)
• Gray-headed Bushshrike (Malaconotus blanchoti)

BUSTARDS

Order : Gruiformes. Family : Otididae

• Arabian Bustard (Ardeotis arabs)
• Stanley Bustard (Neotis denhami)
• White-bellied Bustard (Eupodotis senegalensis)
• Savile's Bustard (Eupodotis savilei)
• Black-bellied Bustard (Lissotis melanogaster)

BUTTONQUAILS

Order : Gruiformes. Family : Turnicidae

• Small Buttonquail (Turnix sylvatica)
• Hottentot Buttonquail (Turnix hottentotta)
• Quail-plover (Ortyxelos meiffrenii)

CARACARAS and FALCONS

Order : Falconiformes. Family : Falconidae

• Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni)
• Eurasian Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
• Fox Kestrel (Falco alopex)
• Gray Kestrel (Falco ardosiaceus)
• Red-necked (Falcon Falco chicquera)
• Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus)
• Merlin (Falco columbarius)
• Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo)
• African Hobby (Falco cuvierii)
• Lanner Falcon (Falco biarmicus)
• Barbary Falcon (Falco pelegrinoides)
• Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)

CHICKADEES and TITMICE

Order : Passeriformes. Family : Paridae

• White-shouldered Black-Tit (Melaniparus guineensis)

CISTICOLAS and ALLIES

Order : Passeriformes. Family : Cisticolidae

• Red-faced Cisticola (Cisticola erythrops)
• Singing Cisticola (Cisticola cantans)
• Whistling Cisticola (Cisticola lateralis)
• Red-pate Cisticola (Cisticola ruficeps)
• Winding Cisticola (Cisticola galactotes)
• Croaking Cisticola (Cisticola natalensis)
• Siffling Cisticola (Cisticola brachypterus)
• Rufous Cisticola (Cisticola rufus)
• Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)
• Desert Cisticola (Cisticola aridulus)
• Black-necked Cisticola (Cisticola eximius)
• Tawny-flanked Prinia (Prinia subflava)
• River Prinia (Prinia fluviatilis)
• Red-winged Prinia (Prinia erythroptera)
• Cricket Longtail (Spiloptila clamans)
• Oriole Warbler (Hypergerus atriceps)
• Green-backed Camaroptera (Camaroptera brachyura)
• Olive-green Camaroptera (Camaroptera chloronota)

CORMORANTS

Order : Pelecaniformes. Family : Phalacrocoracidae

• Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
• Long-tailed Cormorant (Phalacrocorax africanus)

CRANES

Order : Gruiformes. Family : Gruidae

• Black Crowned-Crane (Balearica pavonina)
• Common Crane (Grus grus)

CROWS, JAYS, RAVENS and MAGPIES

Order : Passeriformes. Family : Corvidae

• Piapiac (Ptilostomus afer)
• Pied Crow (Corvus albus)
• Brown-necked Raven (Corvus ruficollis)

CUCKOOS and ANIS

Order : Cuculiformes. Family : Cuculidae

• Pied Cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus)
• Levaillant's Cuckoo (Clamator levaillantii)
• Great Spotted Cuckoo (Clamator glandarius)
• Red-chested Cuckoo (Cuculus solitarius)
• Black Cuckoo (Cuculus clamosus)
• Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
• African Cuckoo (Cuculus gularis)
• Klaas's Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx klaas)
• African Emerald Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus)
• Dideric Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx caprius)
• Yellowbill (Ceuthmochares aereus)
• Black Coucal (Centropus grillii)
• Black-throated Coucal (Centropus leucogaster)
• Blue-headed Coucal (Centropus monachus)
• Senegal Coucal (Centropus senegalensis)

CUCKOO-SHRIKES

Order : Passeriformes. Family : Campephagidae

• White-breasted Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina pectoralis)
• Red-shouldered Cuckoo-shrike (Campephaga phoenicea)

DARTERS

Order : Pelecaniformes. Family : Anhingidae

• African Darter (Anhinga rufa)

DRONGOS

Order : Passeriformes. Family : Dicruridae

• Square-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus ludwigii)
• Fork-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis)

DUCKS, GEESE and SWANS

Order : Anseriformes. Family : Anatidae

• Fulvous Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna bicolor)
• White-faced Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna viduata)
• White-backed Duck (Thalassornis leuconotus)
• Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus)
• Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
• Spur-winged Goose (Plectropterus gambensis)
• Comb Duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos)
• African Pygmy-goose (Nettapus auritus)
• Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope)
• American Wigeon (Anas americana)
• Gadwall (Anas strepera)
• Eurasian Teal (Anas crecca)
• Mallard(Anas platyrhynchos)
• Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
• Garganey (Anas querquedula)
• Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors)
• Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
• Marbled Teal (Marmaronetta angustirostris)
• Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)
• Ferruginous Pochard (Aythya nyroca)
• Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)

• Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)
• Lesser Flamingo (Phoenicopterus minor)

• Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens )

• Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
• Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)

• Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris)

• Mew Gull (Larus canus)
• Audouin's Gull (Larus audouinii)
• Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis)
• Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus)
• Lesser Black-backed Gull(Larus fuscus)
• Caspian Gull (Larus cachinnans)
• Gray-headed Gull (Larus cirrocephalus)
• Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus)
• Slender-billed Gull (Larus genei)
• Bonaparte's Gull (Larus philadelphia)
• Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)
• Laughing Gull (Larus atricilla)
• Franklin's Gull (Larus pipixcan)
• Little Gull (Larus minutus)
• Sabine's Gull (Xema sabini)
• Black-legged (Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla)

HAMMERKOP

Order : Ciconiiformes. Family : Scopidae

• Hamerkop(Scopus umbretta )

HAWKS, KITES and EAGLES

Order : Falconiformes. Family : Accipitridae

• African Cuckoo-Hawk (Aviceda cuculoides)
• European Honey-buzzard (Pernis apivorus)
• Bat Hawk (Macheiramphus alcinus)
• Black-shouldered Kite(Elanus caeruleus)
• Scissor-tailed Kite (Chelictinia riocourii)
• Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
• African Fish-Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer)
• Palm-nut Vulture (Gypohierax angolensis)
• Hooded Vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus)
• Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus)
• White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus)
• Rueppell's Griffon (Gyps rueppellii)
• Eurasian Griffon (Gyps fulvus)
• Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotus)
• White-headed Vulture (Trigonoceps occipitalis)
• Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle (Circaetus beaudouini)
• Brown Snake-Eagle (Circaetus cinereus)
• Banded Snake-Eagle (Circaetus cinerascens)
• Bateleur (Terathopius ecaudatus)
• Western Marsh-Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)
• Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
• Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus)
• Montagu's Harrier (Circus pygargus)
• African Harrier-Hawk (Polyboroides typus)
• Lizard Buzzard (Kaupifalco monogrammicus)
• Dark Chanting-Goshawk (Melierax metabates)
• Gabar Goshawk (Micronisus gabar)
• Red-chested Goshawk (Accipiter toussenelii)
• Shikra (Accipiter badius)
• Red-thighed Sparrowhawk (Accipiter erythropus)
• Ovampo Sparrowhawk (Accipiter ovampensis)
• Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
• Black Goshawk (Accipiter melanoleucus)
• Grasshopper Buzzard (Butastur rufipennis)
• Eurasian Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
• Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus)
• Red-necked Buzzard (Buteo auguralis)
• Tawny Eagle (Aquila rapax)
• Wahlberg's Eagle (Aquila wahlbergi)
• Bonelli's Eagle (Aquila fasciatus)
• African Hawk-Eagle (Aquila spilogaster)
• Booted Eagle (Aquila pennatus)
• Ayres's Hawk-Eagle (Aquila ayresii)
• Martial Eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus)
• Long-crested Eagle (Lophaetus occipitalis)
• Crowned Hawk-Eagle (Stephanoaetus coronatus)

• White Helmetshrike (Prionops plumatus)

HONEYGUIDES

Order : Piciformes. Family : Indicatoridae

• Spotted Honeyguide (Indicator maculatus)
• Greater Honeyguide (Indicator indicator)
• Lesser Honeyguide (Indicator minor)
• Least Honeyguide (Indicator exilis)
• Cassin's Honeyguide (Prodotiscus insignis)

• Hoopoe (Upupa epops)

HORNBILLS

Order : Coraciiformes. Family : Bucerotidae

• Red-billed Hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus)
• African Pied Hornbill (Tockus fasciatus)
• African Gray Hornbill (Tockus nasutus)
• Piping Hornbill (Ceratogymna fistulator)
• Yellow-casqued Hornbill (Ceratogymna elata)
• Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill (Bucorvus abyssinicus)

Order : Ciconiiformes. Family : Threskiornithidae

• Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
• Waldrapp (Geronticus eremita)
• Hadada Ibis (Bostrychia hagedash)
• Glossy Ibis(Plegadis falcinellus)
• Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
• African Spoonbill (Platalea alba)

Order : Passeriformes. Family : Viduidae

• Village Indigobird (Vidua chalybeata)
• Quailfinch Indigobird (Vidua nigeriae)
• Pale-winged Indigobird (Vidua wilsoni)
• Cameroon Indigobird (Vidua camerunensis)
• Pin-tailed Whydah (Vidua macroura)

Order : Charadriiformes. Family : Jacanidae

• African Jacana (Actophilornis africanus)

Order : Coraciiformes. Family : Alcedinidae

• Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
• Shining-blue Kingfisher (Alcedo quadribrachys)
• Malachite Kingfisher (Alcedo cristata)
• African Pygmy-Kingfisher (Ispidina picta)
• Gray-headed Kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala)
• Woodland Kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis)
• Blue-breasted Kingfisher (Halcyon malimbica)
• Striped Kingfisher (Halcyon chelicuti)
• Giant Kingfisher (Megaceryle maximus)
• Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)

LARKS

Order : Passeriformes. Family : Alaudidae

• Singing Bushlark (Mirafra cantillans)
• Kordofan Lark (Mirafra cordofanica)
• Flappet Lark (Mirafra rufocinnamomea)
• Rufous-rumped Lark(Pinarocorys erythropygia)
• Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark (Eremopterix leucotis)
• Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark (Eremopterix nigriceps)
• Greater Hoopoe-Lark (Alaemon alaudipes)
• Thick-billed Lark (Ramphocoris clotbey)
• Greater Short-toed Lark (Calandrella brachydactyla)
• Crested Lark (Galerida cristata)
• Sun Lark (Galerida modesta)

Order : Passeriformes. Family : Monarchidae

• African Blue-Flycatcher (Elminia longicauda)
• Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher (Terpsiphone rufiventer)
• African Paradise-Flycatcher (Terpsiphone viridis)

Order : Coliiformes. Family : Coliidae

• Blue-naped Mousebird (Urocolius macrourus)

Order : Caprimulgiformes. Family : Caprimulgidae

• Red-necked Nightjar (Caprimulgus ruficollis)
• Eurasian Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)
• Egyptian Nightjar (Caprimulgus aegyptius)
• Golden Nightjar (Caprimulgus eximius)
• Black-shouldered Nightjar (Caprimulgus nigriscapularis)
• Fiery-necked Nightjar (Caprimulgus pectoralis)
• Plain Nightjar (Caprimulgus inornatus)
• Freckled Nightjar (Caprimulgus tristigma)
• Long-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus climacurus)
• Pennant-winged Nightjar (Macrodipteryx vexillarius)
• Standard-winged Nightjar (Macrodipteryx longipennis)

Order : Passeriformes. Family : Muscicapidae

• Pale Flycatcher (Bradornis pallidus)
• Northern Black-Flycatcher (Melaenornis edolioides)
• White-browed Forest-Flycatcher (Fraseria cinerascens)
• Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
• Ussher's Flycatcher(Muscicapa ussheri)
• Swamp Flycatcher (Muscicapa aquatica)
• Gray Tit-Flycatcher (Myioparus plumbeus)
• European Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)
• Collared Flycatcher (Ficedula albicollis)
• Red-breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva)
• Common Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)
• Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)
• Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat (Cossypha niveicapilla)
• White-crowned Robin-Chat (Cossypha albicapilla)
• Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin(Cercotrichas galactotes)
• African Scrub-Robin (Cercotrichas minor)
• Black Scrub-Robin (Cercotrichas podobe)
• Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)
• Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus)
• Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
• African Stonechat (Saxicola torquata)
• White-tailed Wheatear (Oenanthe leucopyga)
• Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
• Black-eared Wheatear (Oenanthe hispanica)
• Desert Wheatear (Oenanthe deserti)
• Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)
• Familiar Chat (Cercomela familiaris)
• Northern Anteater-Chat (Myrmecocichla aethiops)
• Sooty Chat (Myrmecocichla nigra)
• White-fronted Black-Chat (Myrmecocichla albifrons)
• Mocking Cliff-Chat (Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris)

Order : Passeriformes. Family : Oriolidae

• Eurasian Golden Oriole (Oriolus oriolus)
• African Golden Oriole (Oriolus auratus)

Order : Passeriformes. Family : Sylviidae

• Black-capped Rufous-Warbler (Bathmocercus cerviniventris)
• Moustached Grass-Warbler (Melocichla mentalis)
• Grasshopper Warbler (Locustella naevia)
• Savi's Warbler (Locustella luscinioides)
• Aquatic Warbler (Acrocephalus paludicola)
• Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus)
• Eurasian Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
• African Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus baeticatus)
• Great Reed-Warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus)
• Greater Swamp-Warbler (Acrocephalus rufescens)
• Eastern Olivaceous Warbler (Hippolais pallida)
• Western Olivaceous Warbler (Hippolais opaca)
• Melodious Warbler (Hippolais polyglotta)
• Icterine Warbler (Hippolais icterina)
• Yellow-bellied Eremomela (Eremomela icteropygialis)
• Senegal Eremomela (Eremomela pusilla)
• Green Crombec (Sylvietta virens)
• Northern Crombec (Sylvietta brachyura)
• Green Hylia (Hylia prasina)
• Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
• Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
• Western Bonelli's Warbler (Phylloscopus bonelli)
• Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix)
• Yellow-bellied Hyliota (Hyliota flavigaster)
• Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
• Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)
• Greater Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)
• Lesser Whitethroat (Sylvia curruca)
• Barred Warbler (Sylvia nisoria)
• Western Orphean Warbler (Sylvia hortensis)
• Subalpine Warbler (Sylvia cantillans)
• Sardinian Warbler (Sylvia melanocephala)
• Spectacled Warbler (Sylvia conspicillata)

Order : Falconiformes. Family : Pandionidae

• Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)

Order : Struthioniformes. Family : Struthionidae

• Ostrich (Struthio camelus)

Order : Charadriiformes. Family : Haematopodidae

• African Oystercatcher (Haematopus moquini)
• Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)

Order : Charadriiformes. Family : Rostratulidae

• Greater Painted-snipe (Rostratula benghalensis)

Order : Psittaciformes. Family : Psittacidae

• Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)
• Brown-necked Parrot (Poicephalus robustus)
• Senegal Parrot (Poicephalus senegalus)

• Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
• Pink-backed Pelican (Pelecanus rufescens)

Order : Passeriformes. Family : Remizidae

• Sennar Penduline-Tit (Anthoscopus punctifrons)
• Yellow Penduline-Tit (Anthoscopus parvulus)

Order : Galliformes. Family : Phasianidae

• White-throated Francolin (Francolinus albogularis)
• Ahanta Francolin (Francolinus ahantensis)
• Double-spurred (Francolin Francolinus bicalcaratus)
• Harlequin Quail (Coturnix delegorguei)
• Stone Partridge (Ptilopachus petrosus)

Order : Columbiformes. Family : Columbidae

• Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
• Speckled Pigeon (Columba guinea)
• Eurasian Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur)
• African Collared Dove (Streptopelia roseogrisea)
• African Mourning Dove (Streptopelia decipiens)
• Red-eyed Dove (Streptopelia semitorquata)
• Vinaceous Dove (Streptopelia vinacea)
• Laughing Dove (Streptopelia senegalensis)
• Black-billed Wood Dove (Turtur abyssinicus)
• Blue-spotted Wood Dove (Turtur afer)
• Tambourine Dove (Turtur tympanistria)
• Namaqua Dove (Oena capensis)
• Bruce's Green Pigeon (Treron waalia)
• African Green Pigeon (Treron calva)

Order : Charadriiformes. Family : Charadriidae

• Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
• Spur-winged Plover (Vanellus spinosus)
• Black-headed Lapwing (Vanellus tectus)
• White-headed Lapwing (Vanellus albiceps)
• Senegal Lapwing (Vanellus lugubris)
• Wattled Lapwing (Vanellus senegallus)
• Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva)
• American Golden-Plover (Pluvialis dominica)
• European Golden-Plover (Pluvialis apricaria)
• Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
• Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
• Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)
• Kittlitz's Plover (Charadrius pecuarius)
• Forbes's Plover (Charadrius forbesi)
• White-fronted Plover (Charadrius marginatus)
• Snowy Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)
• Greater Sandplover (Charadrius leschenaultii)

Order : Charadriiformes. Family : Glareolidae

• Egyptian Plover (Pluvianus aegyptius)
• Cream-colored Courser (Cursorius cursor)
• Temminck's Courser (Cursorius temminckii)
• Bronze-winged Courser (Rhinoptilus chalcopterus)
• Collared Pratincole (Glareola pratincola)

Order : Gruiformes. Family : Rallidae

• White-spotted Flufftail (Sarothrura pulchra)
• African Crake (Crecopsis egregia)
• Black Crake (Amaurornis flavirostris)
• Little Crake (Porzana parva)
• Baillon's Crake (Porzana pusilla)
• Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana)
• Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio)
• Allen's Gallinule (Porphyrio alleni)
• Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
• Lesser Moorhen (Gallinula angulata)
• Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)

Order : Pterocliformes. Family : Pteroclidae

• Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles exustus)
• Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse (Pterocles lichtensteinii)
• Four-banded Sandgrouse (Pterocles quadricinctus)

Order : Charadriiformes. Family : Scolopacidae

• Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus)
• Great Snipe (Gallinago media)
• Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
• Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
• Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
• Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
• Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)
• Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)
• Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)
• Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)
• Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
• Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
• Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
• Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)
• Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
• Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
• Red Knot (Calidris canutus)
• Sanderling (Calidris alba)
• Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
• Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii)
• Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii)
• Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
• Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
• Broad-billed Sandpiper (Limicola falcinellus)
• Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Tryngites subruficollis)
• Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)
• Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
• Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)

Order : Falconiformes. Family : Sagittariidae

• Secretary-bird (Sagittarius serpentarius)

SHEARWATERS and PETRELS

Order : Procellariiformes. Family : Procellariidae

• Fea's Petrel (Pterodroma feae)
• Madeira Petrel (Pterodroma madeira)
• Bulwer's Petrel (Bulweria bulwerii)
• Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea)
• Greater Shearwater (Puffinus gravis)
• Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus)
• Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus)
• Balearic Shearwater (Puffinus mauretanicus)
• Little Shearwater (Puffinus assimilis)

SHRIKES

Order : Passeriformes. Family : Laniidae

• Rufous-tailed Shrike (Lanius isabellinus)
• Southern Gray Shrike (Lanius meridionalis)
• Woodchat Shrike (Lanius senator)
• Yellow-billed Shrike (Corvinella corvina)

Order : Passeriformes. Family : Fringillidae

• Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
• Eurasian Linnet (Carduelis cannabina)
• White-rumped Seedeater (Serinus leucopygius)
• Yellow-fronted Canary (Serinus mozambicus)

Order : Charadriiformes. Family : Rynchopidae

• African Skimmer (Rynchops flavirostris)

SKUAS and JAEGERS

Order : Charadriiformes. Family : Stercorariidae

• Great Skua (Stercorarius skua)
• Pomarine Jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus)
• Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)
• Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus)

Order : Passeriformes. Family : Passeridae

• House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
• Gray-headed Sparrow (Passer griseus)
• Sudan Golden-Sparrow (Passer luteus)
• Yellow-spotted Petronia (Petronia pyrgita)
• Bush Petronia (Petronia dentata)

STARLINGS

Order : Passeriformes. Family : Sturnidae

• Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus)
• Lesser Blue-eared Glossy-Starling (Lamprotornis chloropterus)
• Bronze-tailed Glossy-Starling (Lamprotornis chalcurus)
• Splendid Glossy-Starling (Lamprotornis splendidus)
• Purple Glossy-Starling (Lamprotornis purpureus)
• Long-tailed Glossy-Starling (Lamprotornis caudatus)
• Chestnut-bellied Starling (Lamprotornis pulcher)
• Violet-backed Starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster)
• Neumann's Starling (Onychognathus neumanni)
• Yellow-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus africanus)

Order : Ciconiiformes. Family : Ciconiidae

• Yellow-billed Stork (Mycteria ibis)
• African Openbill (Anastomus lamelligerus)
• Black Stork (Ciconia nigra)
• Abdim's Stork (Ciconia abdimii)
• Woolly-necked Stork (Ciconia episcopus)
• White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)
• Saddle-billed Stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)
• Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus)

• Wilson's Storm-Petrel (Oceanites oceanicus)
• White-faced Storm-Petrel (Pelagodroma marina)
• European Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus)
• Band-rumped Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma castro)
• Leach's Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa)

Order : Passeriformes. Family : Nectariniidae

• Mouse-brown Sunbird (Anthreptes gabonicus)
• Western Violet-backed Sunbird (Anthreptes longuemarei)
• Collared Sunbird (Hedydipna collaris)
• Pygmy Sunbird (Hedydipna platura)
• Green-headed Sunbird (Cyanomitra verticalis)
• Eastern Olive-Sunbird (Cyanomitra olivacea)
• Western Olive-Sunbird (Cyanomitra obscura)
• Buff-throated Sunbird (Chalcomitra adelberti)
• Scarlet-chested Sunbird (Chalcomitra senegalensis)
• Hunter's Sunbird (Chalcomitra hunteri)
• Olive-bellied Sunbird (Cinnyris chloropygius)
• Beautiful Sunbird (Cinnyris pulchellus)
• Splendid Sunbird (Cinnyris coccinigaster)
• Johanna's Sunbird (Cinnyris johannae)
• Variable Sunbird (Cinnyris venustus)
• Copper Sunbird (Cinnyris cupreus)

SUNGREBE and FINFOOTS

Order : Gruiformes. Family : Heliornithidae

• African Finfoot (Podica senegalensis)

SWALLOWS and MARTINS

Order : Passeriformes. Family : Hirundinidae

• Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)
• Plain Martin (Riparia paludicola)
• Gray-rumped Swallow (Pseudhirundo griseopyga)
• Eurasian Crag-Martin (Ptyonoprogne rupestris)
• Rock Martin (Ptyonoprogne fuligula)
• Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
• Red-chested Swallow (Hirundo lucida)
• Ethiopian Swallow (Hirundo aethiopica)
• Wire-tailed Swallow (Hirundo smithii)
• Pied-winged Swallow (Hirundo leucosoma)
• Lesser Striped-Swallow (Cecropis abyssinica)
• Rufous-chested Swallow (Cecropis semirufa)
• Mosque Swallow (Cecropis senegalensis)
• Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica)
• Common House-Martin (Delichon urbica)
• Fanti Sawwing (Psalidoprocne obscura)

SWIFTS

Order : Apodiformes. Family : Apodidae

• Mottled Spinetail (Telacanthura ussheri)
• African Palm-Swift (Cypsiurus parvus)
• Alpine Swift (Tachymarptis melba)
• Mottled Swift (Tachymarptis aequatorialis)
• Common Swift (Apus apus)
• Pallid Swift (Apus pallidus)
• Little Swift (Apus affinis)
• White-rumped Swift (Apus caffer)

TERNS

Order : Charadriiformes. Family : Sternidae

• Gull-billed Tern (Sterna nilotica)
• Caspian Tern (Sterna caspia)
• Lesser Crested Tern (Sterna bengalensis)
• Sandwich Tern (Sterna sandvicensis)
• Royal Tern (Sterna maxima)
• Roseate Tern (Sterna dougallii)
• Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
• Arctic Tern (Sterna paradisaea)
• Little Tern (Sterna albifrons)
• Bridled Tern (Sterna anaethetus)
• Sooty Tern (Sterna fuscata)
• Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybridus)
• White-winged Tern (Chlidonias leucopterus)
• Black Tern (Chlidonias niger)
• Black Noddy (Anous minutus)
• Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus)

Order : Charadriiformes. Family : Burhinidae

• Water Thick-knee (Burhinus vermiculatus)
• Eurasian Thick-knee (Burhinus oedicnemus)
• Senegal Thick-knee (Burhinus senegalensis)
• Spotted Thick-knee (Burhinus capensis)

Order : Passeriformes. Family : Turdidae

• Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush (Monticola saxatilis)
• Blue Rock-Thrush (Monticola solitarius)
• Olive Thrush (Turdus olivaceus)
• African Thrush (Turdus pelios)
• Song Thrush (Turdus philomelos)
• Fire-crested Alethe (Alethe diademata)

Order : Passeriformes. Family : Certhiidae

• Spotted Creeper (Salpornis spilonotus)

Order : Pelecaniformes. Family : Phaethontidae

• Red-billed Tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus)

Order : Cuculiformes. Family : Musophagidae

• Guinea Turaco (Tauraco persa)
• Violet Turaco (Musophaga violacea)
• Western Plantain-eater (Crinifer piscator)

TYPICAL OWLS

Order : Strigiformes. Family : Strigidae

• African Scops-Owl (Otus senegalensis)
• European Scops-Owl (Otus scops)
• Northern White-faced Owl (Ptilopsis leucotis)
• Eurasian Eagle-Owl (Bubo bubo)
• Pharaoh Eagle-Owl (Bubo ascalaphus)
• Grayish Eagle-Owl (Bubo cinerascens)
• Verreaux's Eagle-Owl (Bubo lacteus)
• Pel's Fishing-Owl (Scotopelia peli)
• African Wood-Owl (Strix woodfordii)
• Pearl-spotted Owlet (Glaucidium perlatum)
• Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
• Marsh Owl (Asio capensis)

Order : Coraciiformes. Family : Coraciidae

• European Roller (Coracias garrulus)
• Abyssinian Roller (Coracias abyssinica)
• Rufous-crowned Roller (Coracias naevia)
• Blue-bellied Roller (Coracias cyanogaster)
• Broad-billed Roller (Eurystomus glaucurus)
• Blue-throated Roller (Eurystomus gularis)

WAGTAILS and PIPITS

Order : Passeriformes. Family : Motacillidae

• White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
• African Pied Wagtail (Motacilla aguimp)
• Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
• Gray Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
• Yellow-throated Longclaw (Macronyx croceus)
• Plain-backed Pipit (Anthus leucophrys)
• Tawny Pipit (Anthus campestris)
• Long-billed Pipit (Anthus similis)
• Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
• Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus)

WATTLE EYES

Order : Passeriformes. Family : Platysteiridae

• Brown-throated Wattle-eye (Platysteira cyanea)
• Senegal Batis (Batis senegalensis)

Order : Passeriformes. Family : Estrildidae

• Chestnut-breasted (Negrofinch Nigrita bicolor)
• Gray-headed Oliveback (Nesocharis capistrata)
• Red-winged Pytilia (Pytilia phoenicoptera)
• Green-winged Pytilia (Pytilia melba)
• Crimson Seedcracker (Pyrenestes sanguineus)
• Western Bluebill (Spermophaga haematina)
• Dybowski's Twinspot (Euschistospiza dybowskii)
• Bar-breasted Firefinch (Lagonosticta rufopicta)
• Red-billed Firefinch (Lagonosticta senegala)
• Black-bellied Firefinch (Lagonosticta rara)
• African Firefinch (Lagonosticta rubricata)
• Pale-billed Firefinch (Lagonosticta landanae)
• Mali Firefinch (Lagonosticta virata)
• Black-faced Firefinch (Lagonosticta larvata)
• Red-cheeked Cordonbleu (Uraeginthus bengalus)
• Lavender Waxbill (Estrilda caerulescens)
• Orange-cheeked Waxbill (Estrilda melpoda)
• Black-rumped Waxbill (Estrilda troglodytes)
• Zebra Waxbill (Sporaeginthus subflavus)
• Black-faced Quailfinch (Ortygospiza atricollis)
• African Silverbill (Euodice cantans)
• Bronze Mannikin (Spermestes cucullatus)
• Black-and-white Mannikin (Spermestes bicolor)
• Magpie Mannikin (Spermestes fringilloides)
• Cut-throat (Amadina fasciata)
• Northern Paradise-Whydah (Vidua orientalis)

Order : Passeriformes. Family : Ploceidae

• White-billed Buffalo-Weaver (Bubalornis albirostris)
• Speckle-fronted Weaver (Sporopipes frontalis)
• Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver (Plocepasser superciliosus)
• Slender-billed Weaver (Ploceus pelzelni)
• Little Weaver (Ploceus luteolus)
• Black-necked Weaver (Ploceus nigricollis)
• Orange Weaver (Ploceus aurantius)
• Heuglin's Masked-Weaver (Ploceus heuglini)
• Vitelline Masked-Weaver (Ploceus vitellinus)
• Village Weaver (Ploceus cucullatus)
• Black-headed Weaver (Ploceus melanocephalus)
• Compact Weaver (Pachyphantes superciliosus)
• Gray's Malimbe (Malimbus nitens)
• Red-headed Weaver (Anaplectes rubriceps)
• Red-headed Quelea (Quelea erythrops)
• Red-billed Quelea (Quelea quelea)
• Yellow-crowned Bishop (Euplectes afer)
• Black-winged Bishop (Euplectes hordeaceus)

WHITE-EYES

Order : Passeriformes. Family : Zosteropidae

• African Yellow White-eye (Zosterops senegalensis)
• Orange Bishop (Euplectes franciscanus)
• Yellow-shouldered Widowbird (Euplectes macrourus)
• Red-collared Widowbird (Euplectes ardens)
• Grosbeak Weaver (Amblyospiza albifrons)

WOODHOOPOES

Order : Coraciiformes. Family : Phoeniculidae

• Green Woodhoopoe (Phoeniculus purpureus)
• White-headed Woodhoopoe (Phoeniculus bollei)
• Black Scimitar-bill (Rhinopomastus aterrimus)

WOODPECKERS and ALLIES

Order : Piciformes. Family : Picidae

• Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)
• Fine-spotted Woodpecker (Campethera punctuligera)
• Golden-tailed Woodpecker (Campethera abingoni)
• Little Green Woodpecker (Campethera maculosa)
• Buff-spotted Woodpecker (Campethera nivosa)
• Little Gray Woodpecker (Dendropicos elachus)
• Cardinal Woodpecker (Dendropicos fuscescens)
• Gray Woodpecker (Dendropicos goertae)
• Brown-backed Woodpecker (Dendropicos obsoletus)