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To locate a bird, click on a name below and it will bring you to a family list. In that list click on the species being sought. * indicates new additions.

Akalat
Alethe
Apalis
Avocet

Babbler *
Barbet
Batis *
Bee-eater *
Bishop
Bittern
Bokmakierie
Boubou *
Brownbul
Brubru
Buffalo-Weaver
Bulbul *
Bunting *
Bush Blackcap
Bush Shrike *
Bustard *
Buttonquail
Buzzard *

Camaroptera
Canary
Chaffinch
Chat
Cisticola *
Citril
Coot
Cordonbleu
Cormorant *V
Coucal *
Courser
Crab-Plover
Crake *
Crane
Crimsonwing
Crombec
Crow

Cuckoo
Cuckoo-Finch
Cuckoo-Hawk
Cuckoo-Shrike
Curlew

Darter
Dikkop
Dotterel
Dove *
Dowitcher
Drongo
Duck *
Dunlin

Eagle *
Egret
Eremomela *

Falcon *
Finch *
Finfoot
Firefinch *
Flamingo
Flufftail
Flycatcher *
Francolin *

Gallinule
Gannet
Garganey
Gonolek
Godwit
Goose *
Goshawk *
Grassbird
Grebe
GreenbulV
Greenshank *
Guineafowl

Gull
Gymnogene

Hamerkop
Harrier
Harrier-Hawk
Hawk
Hawk-Eagle
Helmet-Shrike
Heron *
Hobby
Honey Buzzard
Honeybird
Honeyguide
Hoopoe
Hornbill *
Hyliota

Ibis
Indigobird

Jacana *

Kestrel *
Kingfisher *
Kite
Kittiwake
Knot
Korhaan *

Lammergeier
Lapwing
Lark *
Locust Finch
Longclaw
Lourie
Lovebird

Malkoha
Mannikin
Martin *

Moorhen
Mousebird
Myna

Noddy
Nicator
Nightingale
Night Heron
Nightjar

Oriole
Osprey
Ostrich *
Oxpecker
Owl *
Owlet *
Oystercatcher

Painted Snipe
Palm Thrush *
Parakeet
Parrot *
Partridge
Peacock
Pelican *
Penduline Tit
Penguin
Petronia
Phalarope *
Pigeon *
Pintail
Pipit *
Pitta
Plover *
Pochard
Pratincole
Prinia
Puffback
Pytilia *

Quail
Quailfinch
Quelea

Rail
Raven
Redshank *
Robin
Robin-Chat
Rock Thrush *
Rockjumper
Rockrunner *
Roller
Ruff

Sanderling
Sandgrouse *
Sandpiper *
Saw-wing
Scimitarbill *
Secretarybird
Seedcracker
Seedeater
Shelduck
Shikra
Shoveler
Shrike
Siskin
Skimmer *
Snake Eagle *
Snipe
Sparrow *
Sparrowhawk
Sparrowlark
Spinetail
Spoonbill
Spurfowl *
Starling *
Stilt
Stint *
Stork

Sugarbird
Sunbird *
Swallow *
Swamphen
Swift *

Tchagra
Teal *
Tern *
Thick-knee
Thrush
Tinkerbird
Tit *
Titbabbler
Trogon
Turaco
Turnstone *
Twinspot

Vulture

Wagtail
Warbler *
Warbler (Cisticolidae) *
Wattle-eye
Waxbill
Weaver *
Wheatear *
Whitethroat
Whimbrel *
Whinchat
White-eye *
Whydah
Widowbird
Wood Hoopoe
Woodpecker
Wren-Warbler
Wryneck

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Alternatively, a bird can be located by clicking on its family name below. In this list the bird families are arranged in the taxonomic order used by Howard & Moore and the African Bird Club; this is the sequence in which the species come up if you click "next" after each species page. * indicates new additions.

* STRUTHIONIDAE Ostrich
   SPHENISCIDAE Penguin
   PODICIPEDIDAE Grebe
   SULIDAE Gannet
* PHALACROCORADIDAE Cormorant
   ANHINGIDAE Darter
* PELECANIDAE Pelican
* ARDEIDAE Heron, Egret, Night-Heron, Bittern
   SCOPIDAE Hamerkop
   CICONIIDAE Stork
   BALAENDIPITIDAE Shoebill
   THRESKIORNITHIDAE Ibis, Spoonbill
   PHOENICOPTERIDAE Flamingo
* ANATIDAE Duck, Goose, Teal, Pintail, Shoveler, Pochard
* ACCIPITRIDAE Vulture, Kite, Cuckoo-Hawk, Buzzard, Hawk,        Eagle, Snake Eagle, Harrier, Osprey
   SAGITTARIIDAE Secretarybird
* FALCONIDAE Falcon, Kestrel
   NUMIDIDAE Guineafowl
* PHASIANIDAE Peacock, Partridge, Francolin, Quail
   TURNICIDAE Buttonquail
* RALLIDAE Rail, Crake, Flufftail, Swamphen, Gallinule,         Moorhen, Coot
   GRUIDAE Crane
   HELIORNITHIDAE Finfoot
* OTIDIDAE Bustard, Korhaand
* JACANIDAE Jacana
   POSTRATULIDAE Painted-Snipe
   DROMIDIDAE Crab Plover
   HAEMATOPIDIDAE Oystercatcher

   RECURVIROSTRIDAE Avocet, Stilt
   BURHINIDAE Thick-Knee
   GLAREOLIDAE Courser, Pratincole
* CHARADRIIDAE Plover, Lapwing
* SCOLOPACIDAE Turnstone, Sandpiper, Redshank,          Greenshank, Knot, Dunlin, Stint, Snipe, Godwit, Curlew,          Whimbrel, Phalarope
   STERCORARIIDAE Skua
* LARIDAE Gull, Kittiwake, Tern, Noddy
* RYNCHOPIDAE Skimmer
* PTEROCLIDIDAE Sandgrouse
* COLUMBIDAE Pigeon, Dove
* PSITTACIDAE Parrot, Parakeet, Lovebird
   MUSOPHAGIDAE Turaco, Lourie
* CUCULIDAE Cuckoo, Malkoha, Coucal
* TYTONIDAE & STRIGIDAE Owl, Owlet
   CAPRIMULGIDAE Nightjar
* APODIDAE Swift, Spinetail
   COLIIDAE Mousebird

   TROGONIDAE Trogon
* ALCEDINIDAE Kingfisher
* MEROPIDAE Bee-eater
   CORACIIDAE Roller
   UPUPIDAE Hoopoe
* PHOENICULIDAE Woodhoopoe, Scimitarbill
* BUCEROTIDAE Hornbill
   CAPTIONIDAE Barbet, Tinkerbird
   INDICATORIDAE Honeyguide, Honeybird
   PICIDAE Woodpecker
   EURYLAIMIDAE Broadbill
   PITTIDAE Pitta
* ALAUDIDAE Lark, Sparrowlark
* HIRUNDINIDAE Swallow, Martin, Saw-wing
* MOTACILLIADAE Wagtail, Pipit, Longclaw
   CAMPEPHAGIDAE Cuckoo-Shrike
* PYCNONOTIDAE Bulbul, Brownbul, Greenbul, Nicator,
* TURDIDAE Thrush, Wheatear, Chat, Robin-Chat, Robin,        Stonechat, Whinchat, Palm Thrush, Alethe, Akalat,        Nightingale
* SYLVIDAE Warbler, Whitethroat, Titbabbler, Hyliota,          Crombec, Eremomela
* CISTICOLIDAE Cisticola, Prinia, Warbler, Apalis,          Cameroptera, Wren-Warbler
* PLATYSTEIRIDAE Batis
* MUSCICAPIDAE, MONARCHIDAE Flycatcher
* TIMALIIDAE Creeper, Babbler, Blackcap, Rockrunner,         Rockjumper
* PARIDAE Tit
   REMIZIDAE Penduline Tit
   CERTHIIDAE Treecreeper
* NECTARINIIDAE Sunbird
* ZOSTEROPIDAE White-eye
   PROMEROPIDAE Sugarbird
   LANIIDAE Shrike
* MALACONOTIDAE Boubou, Gonolek, Puffback, Brubru,         Tchagra, Bokmakierie, Bush Shrike
   PRIONOPIDAE Helmet Shrike
   ORIOLIDAE Oriole
   DICRURIDAE Drongo
   CORVIDAE Crow, Raven
* STURNIDAE Starling, Myna, Oxpecker
* PASSERIDAE Sparrow, Petronia
* PLOCEIDAE Weaver, Finch, Quelea, Bishop, Widowbird
* ESTRILDIDAE Pytilia, Twinspot, Crimsonwing, Firefinch,          Cordonbleu, Waxbill, Quailfinch, Finch, Mannikin
   VIDUIDAE Whydah, Indigobird, Cuckoo-Finch
   FRINGILLIDAE Chaffinch, Canary, Seedeater, Siskin
* EMBERIZIDAE Bunting

 
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