AFRICA ENDEMIC BIRD LIST
List of endemic and near-endemic species in parts of Africa (currently, Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe are included). Table also shows species with globally threatened or endangered status according to the IUCN.*
1 | Blue-winged Goose | Cyanochen cyanoptera | E | NT | ETH |
2 | Meller's Duck | Anas melleri | E | EN | MAD |
3 | Bernier's Teal | Anas bernieri | E | EN | MAD |
4 | Madagascar Pochard | Aythya innotata | E | CR | MAD |
5 | Eastern Crested Guineafowl | Guttera pucherani | NE | KY,TZ | |
6 | Nahan's Partridge | Ptilopachus nahani | NE | V | UG |
7 | Udzungwa Partridge | Xenoperdix udzungwensis | E | EN | TZ |
8 | Gray-winged Francolin | Scleroptera africanus | E | SAF | |
9 | Moorland Francolin | Scleroptera psilolaemus | E | NT | ETH |
10 | Elgon Francolin | Scleroptera elgonensis | NE | NT | KY,UG |
11 | Blue Quail | Synoicus adansonii | E | ETH | |
12 | Madagascar Partridge | Margaroperdix madagarensis | E | MAD | |
13 | Hartlaub's Spurfowl | Pternistis hartlaubi | NE | AG,NB | |
14 | Gray-striped Spurfowl | Pternistis griseostriatus | E | AG | |
15 | Cape Spurfowl | Pternistis capensis | NE | NB,SAF | |
16 | Jackson's Spurfowl | Pternistis jacksoni | NE | KY | |
17 | Swierstra's Spurfowl | Pternistis swierstrai | E | EN | AG |
18 | Harwood's Spurfowl | Pternistis harwoodi | E | NT | ETH |
19 | Gray-breasted Spurfowl | Pternistis rufopictus | E | TZ | |
20 | Madagascar Grebe | Tachybaptus pelzelnii | E | EN | MAD |
21 | White-collared Pigeon | Columba albitorques | NE | ETH | |
22 | Madagascar Green-Pigeon | Treron australis | E | MAD | |
23 | Pemba Green-Pigeon | Treron pembaensis | E | V | TZ |
24 | Madagascar Blue-Pigeon | Alectroenas madagascariensis | E | MAD | |
25 | White-breasted Mesite | Mesitornis variegatus | E | V | MAD |
26 | Brown Mesite | Mesitornis unicolor | E | V | MAD |
27 | Subdesert Mesite | Monias benschi | E | V | MAD |
28 | Madagascar Sandgrouse | Pterocles personatus | E | MAD | |
29 | Blue Bustard | Eupodotis caerulescens | E | NT | SAF |
30 | Karoo Bustard | Heterotetrax vigorsii | NE | NB,SAF | |
31 | Rueppell's Bustard | Heterotetrax rueppelii | NE | AG,NB | |
32 | Black Bustard | Afrotis afra | E | SAF | |
33 | Knysna Turaco | Tauraco corythaix | E | SAF | |
34 | Red-crested Turaco | Tauraco erythrolophus | E | AG | |
35 | White-cheeked Turaco | Menelikkornis leucotis | NE | ETH | |
36 | Prince Ruspoli's Turaco | Menelikkornis ruspolii | E | NT | ETH |
37 | Rwenzori Turaco | Gallirex johnstoni | NE | RW,UG | |
38 | Giant Coua | Coua gigas | E | MAD | |
39 | Coquerel's Coua | Coua coquereli | E | MAD | |
40 | Red-breasted Coua | Coua serriana | E | MAD | |
41 | Red-fronted Coua | Coua reynaudii | E | MAD | |
42 | Red-capped Coua | Coua ruficeps | E | MAD | |
43 | Green-capped Coua** | Coua olivaceiceps | E | MAD | |
44 | Running Coua | Coua cursor | E | MAD | |
45 | Crested Coua | Coua cristata | E | MAD | |
46 | Verreaux's Coua | Coua verreauxi | E | MAD | |
47 | Blue Coua | Coua caerulea | E | MAD | |
48 | Collared Nightjar | Gactornis enarratus | E | MAD | |
49 | Madagascar Nightjar | Caprimulgus madagascariensis | E | MAD | |
50 | Nechisar Nightjar | Caprimulgus solala | E | V | ETH |
51 | Malagasy Palm Swift | Cypsiurus gracilis | E | MAD | |
52 | Madagascar Rail | Rallus madagascariensis | E | V | MAD |
53 | Rouget's Rail | Rougetius rougetii | NE | NT | ETH |
54 | Sakalava Rail | Zapornia olivieri | E | EN | MAD |
55 | Madagascar Forest Rail | Mentocrex kioloides | E | MAD | |
56 | Tsingy Forest Rail | Mentocrex beankaensis | E | V | MAD |
57 | Madagascar Flufftail | Sarothrura insularis | E | MAD | |
58 | White-winged Flufftail | Sarothrura ayresi | NE | CR | ETH,SAF |
59 | Slender-billed Flufftail | Sarothrura watersi | E | NT | MAD |
60 | Madagascar Three-banded Plover** | Charadrius bifrontatus | E | MAD | |
61 | Spot-breasted Lapwing | Vanellus melanocephalus | E | ETH | |
62 | Madagascar Plover | Anarhynchus thoracicus | E | V | MAD |
63 | Madagascar Jacana | Actophilornis albinucha | E | EN | MAD |
64 | Madagascar Snipe | Gallinago macrodactyla | E | V | MAD |
65 | Madagascar Buttonquail | Turnix nigricollis | E | MAD | |
66 | Fynbos Buttonquail | Turnix hottentottus | E | SAF | |
67 | Hartlaub's Gull | Chroicocephalus hartlaubii | NE | NB,SAF | |
68 | Bank Cormorant | Phalacrocorax neglectus | NE | EN | NB,SAF |
69 | Humblot's Heron | Ardea humbloti | E | EN | MAD |
70 | Madagascar Ibis | Lophotibis cristata | E | NT | MAD |
71 | Malagasy Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis bernieri | E | EN | MAD |
72 | Southern Bald Ibis | Geronticus calvus | E | V | SAF |
73 | Wattled Ibis | Bostrychia carunculata | NE | ETH | |
74 | Madagascar Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides radiatus | E | MAD | |
75 | Madagascar Serpent-Eagle | Eutriorchis astur | E | EN | MAD |
76 | Madagascar Cuckoo-Hawk | Aviceda madagascariensis | E | MAD | |
77 | Malagasy Harrier | Circus macrosceles | E | EN | MAD |
78 | Frances's Sparrowhawk | Accipiter francesiae | E | MAD | |
79 | Madagascar Sparrowhawk | Accipiter madagascariensis | E | NT | MAD |
80 | Henst's Goshawk | Accipiter henstii | E | V | MAD |
81 | Madagascar Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga vociferoides | E | CR | MAD |
82 | Forest Buzzard | Buteo trizonatus | E | NT | SAF |
83 | Madagascar Buzzard | Buteo brachypterus | E | MAD | |
84 | Red Owl | Tyto soumagnei | E | V | MAD |
85 | Sokoke Scops-Owl | Otus ireneae | NE | EN | KY,TZ |
86 | Pemba Scops-Owl | Otus pembaensis | E | V | TZ |
87 | Madagascar Scops-Owl | Otus rutilus | E | MAD | |
88 | Albertine Owlet | Glaucidium albertinum | NE | NT | RW |
89 | White-browed Owl | Athene superciliaris | E | MAD | |
90 | Madagascar Owl | Asio madagascariensis | E | MAD | |
91 | Red-backed Mousebird | Colius castanotus | E | AG | |
92 | Madagascar Hoopoe | Upupa marginata | E | MAD | |
93 | Monteiro's Hornbill | Tockus monteiri | NE | AG,NB | |
94 | Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus ruahae | E | TZ | |
95 | Damara Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus damarensis | E | NB | |
96 | Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher | Corythornis madagascariensis | E | MAD | |
97 | Ethiopian Bee-eater | Merops lafresnayii | E | ETH | |
98 | Scaly Ground-Roller | Geobiastes squamiger | E | V | MAD |
99 | Short-legged Ground-Roller | Brachypteracias leptosomus | E | V | MAD |
100 | Long-tailed Ground-Roller | Uratelornis chimaera | E | V | MAD |
101 | Pitta-like Ground-Roller | Atelornis pittoides | E | MAD | |
102 | Rufous-headed Ground-Roller | Atelornis crossleyi | E | NT | MAD |
103 | Usambiro Barbet** | Trachyphonus usambiro | NE | KY,TZ | |
104 | Banded Barbet | Lybius undatus | NE | ETH | |
105 | Chaplin's Barbet | Lybius chaplini | E | V | ZA |
106 | Dwarf Honeyguide | Indicator pumilio | NE | RW,UG | |
107 | Abyssinian Woodpecker | Dendropicos abyssinicus | NE | ETH | |
108 | Ground Woodpecker | Geocolaptes olivaceus | E | NT | SAF |
109 | Knysna Woodpecker | Campethera notata | E | NT | SAF |
110 | Malagasy Kestrel | Falco newtoni | E | MAD | |
111 | Banded Kestrel | Falco zoniventris | E | MAD | |
112 | Greater Vasa Parrot | Mascarinus vasa | NE | MAD | |
113 | Comoro Black Parrot | Mascarinus sibilans | E | MAD | |
114 | Gray-headed Lovebird | Agapornis canus | E | MAD | |
115 | Black-winged Lovebird | Agapornis taranta | NE | ETH | |
116 | Yellow-collared Lovebird | Agapornis personatus | E | TZ | |
117 | Cape Parrot | Poicephalus robustus | E | V | SAF |
118 | Rueppell's Parrot | Poicephalus rueppellii | NE | AG,NB | |
119 | Yellow-fronted Parrot | Poicephalus flavifrons | E | ETH | |
120 | Velvet Asity | Philepitta castanea | E | MAD | |
121 | Schlegel's Asity | Philepitta schlegeli | E | NT | MAD |
122 | Common Sunbird-Asity | Neodrepanis coruscans | E | MAD | |
123 | Yellow-bellied Sunbird-Asity | Neodrepanis hypoxantha | E | V | MAD |
124 | Madagascar Cuckooshrike | Coracina cinerea | E | MAD | |
125 | Grauer's Cuckooshrike | Coracina graueri | NE | UG | |
126 | Ethiopian Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus monacha | NE | ETH | |
127 | White-tailed Shrike | Lanioturdus torquatus | NE | AG,NB | |
128 | White-fronted Wattle-eye | Platysteira albifrons | E | NT | AG |
129 | Short-tailed Batis | Batis mixta | NE | KY,TZ | |
130 | Dark Batis | Batis crypta | E | ML,TZ | |
131 | Malawi Batis | Batis dimorpha | NE | ML,ZA | |
132 | Gray-crested Helmetshrike | Prionops poliolophus | NE | NT | KY,TZ |
133 | Yellow-crested Helmetshrike | Prionops alberti | NE | V | UG |
134 | Angola Helmetshrike | Prionops gabela | E | EN | AG |
135 | Archbold's Newtonia | Newtonia archboldi | E | MAD | |
136 | Common Newtonia | Newtonia brunneicauda | E | MAD | |
137 | Dark Newtonia | Newtonia amphichroa | E | MAD | |
138 | Red-tailed Newtonia | Newtonia fanovanae | E | V | MAD |
139 | Tylas Vanga | Tylas eduardi | E | MAD | |
140 | Red-tailed Vanga | Calicalicus madagascariensis | E | MAD | |
141 | Red-shouldered Vanga | Calicalicus rufocarpalis | E | V | MAD |
142 | Nuthatch-Vanga | Hypositta corallirostris | E | MAD | |
143 | Chabert Vanga | Leptopterus chabert | E | MAD | |
144 | Crossley's Babbler | Mystacornis crossleyi | E | MAD | |
145 | Madagascar Blue Vanga | Cyanolanius madagascarinus | E | MAD | |
146 | Hook-billed Vanga | Vanga curvirostris | E | MAD | |
147 | Ward's Flycatcher | Pseudobias wardi | E | MAD | |
148 | Rufous Vanga | Schetba rufa | E | MAD | |
149 | Helmet Vanga | Euryceros prevostii | E | EN | MAD |
150 | Bernier's Vanga | Oriolia bernieri | E | EN | MAD |
151 | Sickle-billed Vanga | Falculea palliata | E | MAD | |
152 | White-headed Vanga | Artamella viridis | E | MAD | |
153 | Pollen's Vanga | Xenopirostris polleni | E | NT | MAD |
154 | Lafresnaye's Vanga | Xenopirostris xenopirostris | E | NT | MAD |
155 | Van Dam's Vanga | Xenopirostris damii | E | EN | MAD |
156 | Southern Tchagra | Tchagra tchagra | E | SAF | |
157 | Red-naped Bushshrike | Laniarius ruficeps | NE | ETH,KY | |
158 | Braun's Bushshrike | Laniarius brauni | E | EN | AG |
159 | Gabela Bushshrike | Laniarius amboimensis | E | EN | AG |
160 | Zanzibar Boubou | Laniarius sublacteus | NE | KY,TZ | |
161 | Monteiro's Bushshrike | Malaconotus monteiri | E | NT | AG |
162 | Uluguru Bushshrike | Malaconotus alius | E | EN | TZ |
163 | Usambara Drongo** | Dicrurus sp. | E | TZ | |
164 | Stresemann's Bush-Crow | Zavattariornis stresemanni | E | EN | ETH |
165 | Thick-billed Raven | Corvus crassirostris | NE | ETH | |
166 | Cape Rockjumper | Chaetops frenatus | E | NT | SAF |
167 | Drakensberg Rockjumper | Chaetops aurantius | E | NT | SAF |
168 | Usambara Hyliota | Hyliota usambara | E | EN | TZ |
169 | Carp's Tit | Melaniparus carpi | NE | AG,NB | |
170 | White-backed Black-Tit | Melaniparus leuconotus | NE | ETH | |
171 | Red-throated Tit | Melaniparus fringillinus | NE | KY,TZ | |
172 | Gray Tit | Melaniparus afer | NE | NB,SAF | |
173 | Beesley's Lark** | Chersomanes beesleyi | E | TZ | |
174 | Gray's Lark | Ammomanopsis grayi | NE | AG,NB | |
175 | Cape Lark | Certhilauda curvirostris | NE | NB,SAF | |
176 | Eastern Long-billed Lark | Certhilauda semitorquata | E | SAF | |
177 | Karoo Long-billed Lark | Certhilauda subcoronata | NE | NB,SAF | |
178 | Benguela Lark** | Certhilauda benguelensis | NE | AG,NB | |
179 | Short-clawed Lark | Certhilauda chuana | NE | BWA,SAF | |
180 | Red Lark | Calendulauda burra | E | V | SAF |
181 | Karoo Lark | Calendulauda albescens | E | SAF | |
182 | Dune Lark | Calendulauda erythrochlamys | NE | NB,SAF | |
183 | Liben Lark | Heteromirafra archeri | E | CR | ETH |
184 | Rudd's Lark | Heteromirafra ruddi | E | EN | SAF |
185 | Madagascar Lark | Mirafra hova | E | MAD | |
186 | Williams's Lark | Mirafra williamsi | E | KY | |
187 | Melodious Lark | Mirafra cheniana | NE | SAF,ZW | |
188 | Cape Clapper Lark | Mirafra apiata | NE | NB,SAF | |
189 | Collared Lark | Mirafra collaris | NE | ETH | |
190 | Gillett's Lark | Mirafra gilletti | NE | ETH,KY | |
191 | Blanford's Lark | Calandrella blanfordi | NE | ETH | |
192 | Botha's Lark | Spizocorys fringillaris | E | EN | SAF |
193 | Masked Lark | Spizocorys personata | NE | ETH,KY | |
194 | Sclater's Lark | Spizocorys sclateri | NE | NT | NB,SAF |
195 | Large-billed Lark | Galerida magnirostris | NE | NB,SAF | |
196 | Short-billed Crombec | Sylvietta philippae | E | ETH | |
197 | Rockrunner | Achaetops pycnopygius | NE | AG,NB | |
198 | Victorin's Warbler | Cryptillas victorini | E | SAF | |
199 | Pulitzer's Longbill | Macrosphenus pulitzeri | E | EN | AG |
200 | Common Jery | Neomixis tenella | E | MAD | |
201 | Green Jery | Neomixis viridis | E | MAD | |
202 | Stripe-throated Jery | Neomixis striatigula | E | MAD | |
203 | Subdesert Jery** | Neomixis pallidior | E | MAD | |
204 | Yellow-rumped Eremomela | Eremomela gregalis | NE | NB,SAF | |
205 | Roberts's Warbler | Oreophilais robertsi | NE | ZW | |
206 | Namaqua Warbler | Phragmacia substriata | NE | NB,SAF | |
207 | African Tailorbird | Artisornis metopias | NE | TZ | |
208 | Long-billed Tailorbird | Artisornis moreaui | NE | CR | TZ |
209 | Hartert's Camaroptera | Camaroptera herterti | NE | AG | |
210 | Taita Apalis | Apalis fuscigularis | E | CR | KY |
211 | Yellow-throated Apalis | Apalis flavigularis | NE | EN | ML |
212 | Chirinda Apalis | Apalis chirindensis | NE | V | ZW |
213 | Karoo Prinia | Prinia maculosa | NE | NB,SAF | |
214 | Drakensberg Prinia | Prinia hypoxantha | E | SAF | |
215 | Kopje Warbler | Euryptila subcinnamomea | NE | NB,SAF | |
216 | Mrs. Moreau's Warbler | Scepomycter winifredae | E | NT | TZ |
217 | Kilombero Cisticola | Cisticola baerorum | E | TZ | |
218 | Tana River Cisticola | Cisticola restrictus | E | KY | |
219 | White-tailed Cisticola | Cisticola anderseni | E | TZ | |
220 | Ethiopian Cisticola | Cisticola lugubris | NE | ETH | |
221 | Aberdare Cisticola | Cisticola aberdare | E | V | KY |
222 | Slender-tailed Cisticola | Cisticola melanurus | E | AG | |
223 | Madagascar Cisticola | Cisticola cherina | E | MAD | |
224 | Malagasy Brush-Warbler | Nesillas typica | NE | MAD | |
225 | Subdesert Brush-Warbler | Nesillas lantzii | E | MAD | |
226 | Madagascar Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus newtoni | E | MAD | |
227 | Knysna Warbler | Bradypterus sylvaticus | E | V | SAF |
228 | Gray Emutail | Bradypterus seebohmi | E | MAD | |
229 | Brown Emutail | Bradypterus brunneus | E | MAD | |
230 | White-throated Oxylabes | Oxylabes madagascariensis | E | MAD | |
231 | Long-billed Bernieria | Bernieria madagascariensis | E | MAD | |
232 | Cryptic Warbler | Cryptosylvicola randrianasoloi | E | MAD | |
233 | Wedge-tailed Jery | Hartertula flavoviridis | E | NT | MAD |
234 | Thamnornis | Thamnornis chloropetoides | E | MAD | |
235 | Yellow-browed Oxylabes | Crossleyia xanthophrys | E | MAD | |
236 | Spectacled Tetraka | Xanthomixis zosterops | E | MAD | |
237 | Appert's Tetraka | Xanthomixis apperti | E | V | MAD |
238 | Dusky Tetraka | Xanthomixis tenebrosa | E | MAD | |
239 | Gray-crowned Tetraka | Xanthomixis cinereiceps | E | NT | MAD |
240 | Rand's Warbler | Randia pseudozosterops | E | MAD | |
241 | Madagascar Martin | Riparia cowani | E | MAD | |
242 | White-tailed Swallow | Hirundo megaensis | E | V | ETH |
243 | Uluguru Mountain Greenbul | Arizelocichla neumanni | E | TZ | |
244 | Yellow-throated Mountain Greenbul | Arizelocichla chlorigula | E | TZ | |
245 | Cape Bulbul | Pycnonotus capensis | E | SAF | |
246 | Abyssinian Catbird | Sylvia galinieri | E | ETH | |
247 | Bush Blackcap | Sylvia nigricapillus | E | V | SAF |
248 | Layard's Warbler | Curruca layardi | NE | NB,SAF | |
249 | Mbulu White-eye | Zosterops mbuluensis | NE | KY,TZ | |
250 | Kilimanjaro White-eye | Zosterops eurycricotus | E | TZ | |
251 | Heuglin's White-eye | Zosterops poliogastrus | NE | ETH,KY | |
252 | Kikuyu White-eye | Zosterops kikuyuensis | E | KY | |
253 | Taita White-eye | Zosterops silvarnus | E | EN | KY |
254 | Orange River White-eye | Zosterops pallidus | NE | NB,SAF | |
255 | South Pare White-eye | Zosterops winifredae | E | NT | TZ |
256 | Cape White-eye | Zosterops virens | NE | BWA,SAF | |
257 | Pemba White-eye | Zosterops vaughani | E | TZ | |
258 | Tanzanian Illadopsis | Illadopsis distans | NE | KY,TZ | |
259 | Hinde's Pied-Babbler | Turdoides hindei | E | V | KY |
260 | Northern Pied-Babbler | Turdoides hypoleuca | NE | KY,TZ | |
261 | Madagascar Starling | Hartlaubius auratus | E | MAD | |
262 | White-billed Starling | Onychognathus albirostris | NE | ETH | |
263 | Abbott's Starling | Poeoptera femoralis | NE | EN | KY,TZ |
264 | Kenrick's Starling | Poeoptera kenricki | NE | KY,TZ | |
265 | Hildebrandt's Starling | Lamprotornis hildebrandti | NE | KY,TZ | |
266 | Ashy Starling | Lamprotornis unicolor | NE | KY,TZ | |
267 | Oberlaender's Ground-Thrush | Geokichla oberlaenderi | NE | NT | UG |
268 | Ethiopian Thrush | Turdus simensis | E | ETH | |
269 | Taita Thrush | Turdus helleri | E | EN | KY |
270 | Usambara Thrush | Turdus roehli | E | NT | TZ |
271 | Chapin's Flycatcher | Fraseria lendu | NE | V | KY,UG |
272 | Herero Chat | Melaenornis herero | NE | AG,NB | |
273 | Angola Slaty-Flycatcher | Melaenornis brunneus | E | AG | |
274 | Abyssinian Slaty-Flycatcher | Melaenornis chocolatinus | NE | ETH | |
275 | Brown Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas signata | NE | SAF | |
276 | Madagascar Magpie-Robin | Copsychus albospecularis | E | MAD | |
277 | Pelzeln's Magpie-Robin** | Copsychus pica | E | MAD | |
278 | Archer's Robin-Chat | Cossypha archeri | NE | RW,UG | |
279 | Chorister Robin-Chat | Cossypha dichroa | E | SAF | |
280 | White-headed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heinrichi | E | AG | |
281 | Angola Cave-Chat | Xenocopsychus ansorgei | NE | AG,NB | |
282 | Cholo Alethe | Chamaetylas choloensis | NE | V | ML |
283 | Gabela Akalat | Sheppardia gabela | E | EN | AG |
284 | Usambara Akalat | Sheppardia montana | E | EN | TZ |
285 | Iringa Akalat | Sheppardia lowei | E | V | TZ |
286 | Rubeho Akalat | Sheppardia aurantiithorax | E | EN | TZ |
287 | Sentinel Rock-Thrush | Monticola explorator | NE | NT | SAF |
288 | Amber Mountain Rock-Thrush | Monticola erythronotus | E | EN | MAD |
289 | Cape Rock-Thrush | Monticola rupestris | E | SAF | |
290 | White-winged Cliff-Chat | Monticola semirufa | NE | ETH | |
291 | Buff-streaked Chat | Campicoloides bifasciatus | E | SAF | |
292 | Rueppell's Chat | Myrmecocichla melaena | NE | ETH | |
293 | Sombre Rock Chat | Oenanthe dubia | E | ETH | |
294 | Gurney's Sugarbird | Promerops gurneyi | NE | NT | SAF,ZW |
295 | Cape Sugarbird | Promerops cafer | E | SAF | |
296 | Banded Sunbird | Anthreptes rubritorques | E | V | TZ |
297 | Amani Sunbird | Hedydipna pallidigaster | NE | EN | KY,TZ |
298 | Orange-breasted Sunbird | Anthobaphes violacea | E | SAF | |
299 | Blue-headed Sunbird | Cyanomitra alinae | NE | RW,UG | |
300 | Southern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris chalybeus | NE | NB,SAF | |
301 | Neergaard's Sunbird | Cinnyris neergaardi | NE | NT | SAF |
302 | Eastern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris mediocris | NE | KY,TZ | |
303 | Usambara Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris usambaricus | NE | NT | KY,TZ |
304 | Moreau's Sunbird | Cinnyris moreaui | E | NT | TZ |
305 | Loveridge's Sunbird | Cinnyris loveridgei | E | EN | TZ |
306 | Tsavo Sunbird | Cinnyris tsavoensis | NE | KY,TZ | |
307 | Pemba Sunbird | Cinnyris pembae | E | TZ | |
308 | Rufous-winged Sunbird | Cinnyris rufipennis | E | V | TZ |
309 | Malagasy Sunbird | Cinnyris notatus | NE | MAD | |
310 | Rufous-tailed Weaver | Histurgops ruficauda | NE | TZ | |
311 | Red Weaver | Anaplectes jubaensis | NE | KY | |
312 | Strange Weaver | Ploceus alienus | NE | RW,UG | |
313 | Cape Weaver | Ploceus capensis | E | SAF | |
314 | Ruvu Weaver | Ploceus holoxanthus | E | TZ | |
315 | Taveta Golden-Weaver | Ploceus castaneiceps | NE | KY,TZ | |
316 | Kilombero Weaver | Ploceus burnieri | E | V | TZ |
317 | Tanganyika Masked-Weaver | Ploceus reichardi | NE | TZ,ZA | |
318 | Fox's Weaver | Ploceus spekeoides | E | NT | UG |
319 | Clarke's Weaver | Ploceus golandi | E | EN | KY |
320 | Salvadori's Weaver | Ploceus dichrocephalus | NE | ETH,KY | |
321 | Usambara Weaver | Ploceus nicolli | E | NT | TZ |
322 | Nelicourvi Weaver | Ploceus nelicourvi | E | MAD | |
323 | Sakalava Weaver | Ploceus sakalava | E | MAD | |
324 | Forest Fody | Foudia omissa | E | MAD | |
325 | Jackson's Widowbird | Euplectes jacksoni | NE | NT | KY,TZ |
326 | Madagascar Munia | Lepidopygia nana | E | MAD | |
327 | Angola Waxbill | Coccopygia bocagei | NE | AG,NB | |
328 | Cinderella Waxbill | Glaucestrilda thomensis | NE | AG,NB | |
329 | Red-billed Pytilia | Pytilia lineata | NE | ETH | |
330 | Pink-throated Twinspot | Hypargos margaritatus | NE | SAF | |
331 | Kenya Rufous Sparrow | Passer rufocinctus | NE | KY,TZ | |
332 | Swahili Sparrow | Passer suahelicus | NE | KY,TZ | |
333 | Madagascar Wagtail | Motacilla flaviventris | E | MAD | |
334 | Malindi Pipit | Anthus melindae | NE | KY | |
335 | Yellow-tufted Pipit | Anthus crenatus | E | NT | SAF |
336 | Sokoke Pipit | Anthus sokokensis | NE | EN | KY,TZ |
337 | Yellow-breasted Pipit | Hemimacronyx chloris | E | V | SAF |
338 | Sharpe's Longclaw | Macronyx sharpei | E | EN | KY |
339 | Abyssinian Longclaw | Macronyx flavicollis | E | NT | ETH |
340 | Forest Canary | Crithagra scotops | E | SAF | |
341 | Yellow-rumped Serin | Crithagra xanthopygius | NE | ETH | |
342 | Yellow-throated Serin | Crithagra flavigula | E | EN | ETH |
343 | Salvadori's Serin | Crithagra xantholaemus | E | ETH | |
344 | Southern Grosbeak-Canary | Crithagra buchanani | NE | KY,TZ | |
345 | Tanzania Seedeater | Crithagra melanochrous | E | TZ | |
346 | Protea Canary | Crithagra leucopterus | E | NT | SAF |
347 | Ankober Serin | Crithagra ankoberensis | E | V | ETH |
348 | Cape Siskin | Crithagra totta | E | SAF | |
349 | Drakensberg Siskin | Crithagra symonsi | E | SAF | |
350 | Ethiopian Siskin | Serinus nigriceps | E | ETH | |
351 | Spot-throat | Modulatrix stictigula | NE | ML,TZ | |
352 | Dapple-throat | Arcanator orostruthus | NE | NT | TZ |
*Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.
COUNTRIES
ENDEMIC CODES
Code | Description | ## |
E | Endemic | 234 |
NE | Near Endemic | 119 |
STATUS CODES
Code | Description | ## |
NT | Near Threatened | 42 |
V | Vulnerable | 40 |
EN | Endangered | 39 |
CR | Critically Endangered | 6 |
# SPECIES BY COUNTRY
Country: | # Species |
Angola | 27 |
Botswana | 3 |
Egypt | 0 |
Ethiopia | 46 |
Kenya | 44 |
Madagascar | 118 |
Malawi | 5 |
Morocco | 0 |
Namibia | 31 |
Rwanda | 7 |
South Africa | 62 |
Tanzania | 59 |
Uganda | 12 |
Zambia | 3 |
Zimbabwe | 5 |
Total Species | 353 |