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.

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

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.

   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