LAKE NGAMI
BOTSWANA
LOCALE
| Altitude (m): | 932 |
| # Species: | 321 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 321 |
| # Endemics: | 0 |
| # Near Endemics: | 0 |
| Habitat: Shallow lake bed, sometimes flooded and sometimes dry. | |
BIRD CHECKLIST
The table below lists species recorded at this locale but does not indicate frequency of occurrence there. It does indicate whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country. The list is based on available data and may be incomplete.*
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| 1 | Common Ostrich | Struthio camelus | |
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| 2 | White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | |
| 3 | Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | |
| 4 | White-backed Duck | Thalassornis leuconotus | |
| 5 | Knob-billed Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos | |
| 6 | Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | |
| 7 | Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis | |
| 8 | African Pygmy-Goose | Nettapus auritus | |
| 9 | Garganey | Spatula querquedula | |
| 10 | Blue-billed Teal | Spatula hottentota | |
| 11 | Cape Shoveler | Spatula smithii | |
| 12 | Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata | |
| 13 | Cape Teal | Anas capensis | |
| 14 | Red-billed Duck | Anas erythrorhyncha | |
| 15 | Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
| 16 | Southern Pochard | Netta erythrophthalma | |
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| 17 | Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
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| 18 | Crested Francolin | Ortygornis sephaena | |
| 19 | /Common Quail/ | Coturnix coturnix | |
| 20 | /Harlequin Quail/ | Coturnix delegorguei | |
| 21 | Red-billed Spurfowl | Pternistis adspersus | |
| 22 | Swainson's Spurfowl | Pternistis swainsonii | |
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| 23 | Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | |
| 24 | Lesser Flamingo | Phoenicoparrus minor | |
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| 25 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
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| 26 | Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | |
| 27 | Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | |
| 28 | Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | |
| 29 | Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos | |
| 30 | Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | |
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| 31 | Namaqua Sandgrouse | Pterocles namaqua | |
| 32 | Yellow-throated Sandgrouse | Pterocles gutturalis | |
| 33 | Double-banded Sandgrouse | Pterocles bicinctus | |
| 34 | Burchell's Sandgrouse | Pterocles burchelli | |
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| 35 | Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori | |
| 36 | Red-crested Bustard | Lophotis ruficrista | |
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| 37 | Gray Go-away-bird | Crinifer concolor | |
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| 38 | /Black Cuckoo/ | Cuculus clamosus | |
| 39 | /African Cuckoo/ | Cuculus gularis | |
| 40 | Black Coucal | Centropus grillii | |
| 41 | Coppery-tailed Coucal | Centropus cupreicaudus | |
| 42 | Senegal Coucal | Centropus senegalensis | |
| 43 | (Pied Cuckoo) | Clamator jacobinus | |
| 44 | Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius | |
| 45 | Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | |
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| 46 | Rufous-cheeked Nightjar | Caprimulgus rufigena | |
| 47 | Fiery-necked Nightjar | Caprimulgus pectoralis | |
| 48 | Square-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus fossii | |
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| 49 | /Common Swift/ | Apus apus | |
| 50 | African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | |
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| 51 | Corn Crake | Crex crex | |
| 52 | (African Crake) | Crex egregia | |
| 53 | /Lesser Moorhen/ | Gallinula angulata | |
| 54 | Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| 55 | Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata | |
| 56 | /Allen's Gallinule/ | Porphyrio alleni | |
| 57 | African Swamphen | Porphyrio madagascariensis | |
| 58 | Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra | |
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| 59 | Wattled Crane | Bugeranus carunculatus | |
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| 60 | Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis | |
| 61 | Water Thick-knee | Burhinus vermiculatus | |
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| 62 | Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
| 63 | Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
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| 64 | /Black-bellied Plover/ | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| 65 | /Common Ringed Plover/ | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| 66 | Three-banded Plover | Charadrius tricollaris | |
| 67 | Long-toed Lapwing | Vanellus crassirostris | |
| 68 | Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus | |
| 69 | Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus | |
| 70 | /Caspian Plover/ | Anarhynchus asiaticus | |
| 71 | Kittlitz's Plover | Anarhynchus pecuarius | |
| 72 | White-fronted Plover | Anarhynchus marginatus | |
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| 73 | Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
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| 74 | Lesser Jacana | Microparra capensis | |
| 75 | African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | |
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| 76 | /Whimbrel/ | Numenius phaeopus | |
| 77 | /Eurasian Curlew/ | Numenius arquata | |
| 78 | Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | |
| 79 | /Black-tailed Godwit/ | Limosa limosa | |
| 80 | African Snipe | Gallinago nigripennis | |
| 81 | /Terek Sandpiper/ | Xenus cinereus | |
| 82 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| 83 | /Green Sandpiper/ | Tringa ochropus | |
| 84 | /Marsh Sandpiper/ | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| 85 | /Wood Sandpiper/ | Tringa glareola | |
| 86 | Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
| 87 | Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | |
| 88 | /Common Greenshank/ | Tringa nebularia | |
| 89 | Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| 90 | /Ruff/ | Calidris pugnax | |
| 91 | /Curlew Sandpiper/ | Calidris ferruginea | |
| 92 | /Sanderling/ | Calidris alba | |
| 93 | /Little Stint/ | Calidris minuta | |
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| 94 | Small Buttonquail | Turnix sylvaticus | |
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| 95 | Bronze-winged Courser | Rhinoptilus chalcopterus | |
| 96 | Double-banded Courser | Smutsornis africanus | |
| 97 | Burchell's Courser | Cursorius rufus | |
| 98 | #Temminck's Courser# | Cursorius temminckii | |
| 99 | /Black-winged Pratincole/ | Glareola nordmanni | |
| 100 | Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | |
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| 101 | Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
| 102 | Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | |
| 103 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
| 104 | African Skimmer | Rynchops flavirostris | |
| 105 | Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
| 106 | Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| 107 | White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
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| 108 | African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus | |
| 109 | /Abdim's Stork/ | Ciconia abdimii | |
| 110 | African Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia microscelis | |
| 111 | /White Stork/ | Ciconia ciconia | |
| 112 | Saddle-billed Stork | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis | |
| 113 | Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer | |
| 114 | Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | |
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| 115 | African Darter | Anhinga rufa | |
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| 116 | Long-tailed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | |
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| 117 | #Great White Pelican# | Pelecanus onocrotalus | |
| 118 | Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens | |
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| 119 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | |
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| 120 | Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | |
| 121 | Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| 122 | Slaty Egret | Egretta vinaceigula | |
| 123 | Black Heron | Egretta ardesiaca | |
| 124 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| 125 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| 126 | Rufous-bellied Heron | Ardeola rufiventris | |
| 127 | Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | |
| 128 | Western Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| 129 | Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| 130 | Yellow-billed Egret | Ardea brachyrhyncha | |
| 131 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| 132 | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
| 133 | Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | |
| 134 | Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath | |
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| 135 | Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
| 136 | African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | |
| 137 | Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | |
| 138 | African Spoonbill | Platalea alba | |
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| 139 | Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius | |
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| 140 | /Osprey/ | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| 141 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| 142 | White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis | |
| 143 | Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos | |
| 144 | Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus | |
| 145 | White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | |
| 146 | Cape Griffon | Gyps coprotheres | |
| 147 | Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | |
| 148 | Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis | |
| 149 | Brown Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinereus | |
| 150 | Banded Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinerascens | |
| 151 | /Wahlberg's Eagle/ | Hieraaetus wahlbergi | |
| 152 | /Booted Eagle/ | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| 153 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | |
| 154 | African Hawk-Eagle | Aquila spilogaster | |
| 155 | Pale Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax canorus | |
| 156 | Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar | |
| 157 | /Western Marsh Harrier/ | Circus aeruginosus | |
| 158 | African Marsh Harrier | Circus ranivorus | |
| 159 | /Pallid Harrier/ | Circus macrourus | |
| 160 | /Montagu's Harrier/ | Circus pygargus | |
| 161 | Shikra | Accipiter badius | |
| 162 | Little Sparrowhawk | Accipiter minullus | |
| 163 | Ovambo Sparrowhawk | Accipiter ovampensis | |
| 164 | /Black Kite/ | Milvus migrans | |
| 165 | African Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga vocifer | |
| 166 | Long-legged Buzzard | Buteo rufinus | |
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| 167 | Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| 168 | African Scops-Owl | Otus senegalensis | |
| 169 | Southern White-faced Owl | Ptilopsis granti | |
| 170 | Verreaux's Eagle-Owl | Ketupa lactea | |
| 171 | Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum | |
| 172 | Marsh Owl | Asio capensis | |
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| 173 | Red-faced Mousebird | Urocolius indicus | |
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| 174 | African Hoopoe** | Upupa africana | |
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| 175 | Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus | |
| 176 | Common Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus cyanomelas | |
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| 177 | Bradfield's Hornbill | Lophoceros bradfieldi | |
| 178 | African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus | |
| 179 | Southern Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus rufirostris | |
| 180 | Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill | Tockus leucomelas | |
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| 181 | /Woodland Kingfisher/ | Halcyon senegalensis | |
| 182 | Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
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| 183 | Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | |
| 184 | Swallow-tailed Bee-eater | Merops hirundineus | |
| 185 | /Blue-cheeked Bee-eater/ | Merops persicus | |
| 186 | /European Bee-eater/ | Merops apiaster | |
| 187 | /Southern Carmine Bee-eater/ | Merops nubicoides | |
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| 188 | /European Roller/ | Coracias garrulus | |
| 189 | Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus | |
| 190 | Rufous-crowned Roller | Coracias naevius | |
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| 191 | Crested Barbet | Trachyphonus vaillantii | |
| 192 | Pied Barbet | Tricholaema leucomelas | |
| 193 | Black-collared Barbet | Lybius torquatus | |
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| 194 | Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | |
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| 195 | Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | |
| 196 | Bennett's Woodpecker | Campethera bennettii | |
| 197 | Golden-tailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni | |
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| 198 | /Lesser Kestrel/ | Falco naumanni | |
| 199 | Greater Kestrel | Falco rupicoloides | |
| 200 | Dickinson's Kestrel | Falco dickinsoni | |
| 201 | Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera | |
| 202 | /Red-footed Falcon/ | Falco vespertinus | |
| 203 | Amur Falcon | Falco amurensis | |
| 204 | /Eurasian Hobby/ | Falco subbuteo | |
| 205 | Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
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| 206 | Meyer's Parrot | Poicephalus meyeri | |
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| 207 | African Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus | |
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| 208 | Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor | |
| 209 | Pririt Batis | Batis pririt | |
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| 210 | White Helmetshrike | Prionops plumatus | |
| 211 | Retz's Helmetshrike | Prionops retzii | |
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| 212 | Brubru | Nilaus afer | |
| 213 | Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla | |
| 214 | Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus | |
| 215 | Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis | |
| 216 | Gabon Boubou | Laniarius bicolor | |
| 217 | Crimson-breasted Gonolek | Laniarius atrococcineus | |
| 218 | Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike | Telophorus sulfureopectus | |
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| 219 | Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
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| 220 | (African Paradise-Flycatcher) | Terpsiphone viridis | |
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| 221 | /Red-backed Shrike/ | Lanius collurio | |
| 222 | /Lesser Gray Shrike/ | Lanius minor | |
| 223 | Magpie Shrike | Lanius melanoleuca | |
| 224 | Southern Fiscal | Lanius collaris | |
| 225 | White-crowned Shrike | Eurocephalus anguitimens | |
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| 226 | Cape Crow | Corvus capensis | |
| 227 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
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| 228 | Southern Black-Tit | Melaniparus niger | |
| 229 | Ashy Tit | Melaniparus cinerascens | |
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| 230 | /Dusky Lark/ | Pinarocorys nigricans | |
| 231 | Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix leucotis | |
| 232 | Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix verticalis | |
| 233 | Sabota Lark | Calendulauda sabota | |
| 234 | Fawn-colored Lark | Calendulauda africanoides | |
| 235 | Monotonous Lark | Mirafra passerina | |
| 236 | Rufous-naped Lark | Mirafra africana | |
| 237 | Red-capped Lark | Calandrella cinerea | |
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| 238 | Cape Crombec | Sylvietta rufescens | |
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| 239 | Burnt-neck Eremomela | Eremomela usticollis | |
| 240 | Barred Wren-Warbler | Calamonastes fasciolatus | |
| 241 | Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | |
| 242 | Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | |
| 243 | Black-chested Prinia | Prinia flavicans | |
| 244 | Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana | |
| 245 | Tinkling Cisticola | Cisticola rufilatus | |
| 246 | Piping Cisticola | Cisticola fulvicapilla | |
| 247 | Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
| 248 | Desert Cisticola | Cisticola aridulus | |
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| 249 | /Olive-tree Warbler/ | Hippolais olivetorum | |
| 250 | /Icterine Warbler/ | Hippolais icterina | |
| 251 | /Sedge Warbler/ | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | |
| 252 | /Marsh Warbler/ | Acrocephalus palustris | |
| 253 | /Common Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
| 254 | Lesser Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus gracilirostris | |
| 255 | /Great Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | |
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| 256 | Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola | |
| 257 | Pearl-breasted Swallow | Hirundo dimidiata | |
| 258 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica | |
| 259 | (White-throated Swallow) | Hirundo albigularis | |
| 260 | (Greater Striped Swallow) | Cecropis cucullata | |
| 261 | Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica | |
| 262 | (Rufous-chested Swallow) | Cecropis semirufa | |
| 263 | |South African Swallow| | Petrochelidon spilodera | |
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| 264 | Terrestrial Brownbul | Phyllastrephus terrestris | |
| 265 | Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |
| 266 | Black-fronted Bulbul | Pycnonotus nigricans | |
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| 267 | /Willow Warbler/ | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
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| 268 | /Garden Warbler/ | Sylvia borin | |
| 269 | Chestnut-vented Warbler | Curruca subcaerulea | |
| 270 | /Greater Whitethroat/ | Curruca communis | |
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| 271 | Arrow-marked Babbler | Turdoides jardineii | |
| 272 | Southern Pied-Babbler | Turdoides bicolor | |
| 273 | Hartlaub's Babbler | Turdoides hartlaubii | |
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| 274 | Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythrorynchus | |
| 275 | Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus africanus | |
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| 276 | (Wattled Starling) | Creatophora cinerea | |
| 277 | (Violet-backed Starling) | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | |
| 278 | Burchell's Starling | Lamprotornis australis | |
| 279 | Meves's Starling | Lamprotornis mevesii | |
| 280 | Cape Starling | Lamprotornis nitens | |
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| 281 | Groundscraper Thrush | Turdus litsitsirupa | |
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| 282 | /Spotted Flycatcher/ | Muscicapa striata | |
| 283 | Marico Flycatcher | Bradornis mariquensis | |
| 284 | Chat Flycatcher | Agricola infuscatus | |
| 285 | Gray Tit-Flycatcher | Fraseria plumbeus | |
| 286 | Kalahari Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas paena | |
| 287 | Red-backed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys | |
| 288 | Southern Anteater-Chat | Myrmecocichla formicivora | |
| 289 | (Capped Wheatear) | Oenanthe pileata | |
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| 290 | Marico Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis | |
| 291 | White-breasted Sunbird | Cinnyris talatala | |
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| 292 | Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis niger | |
| 293 | Scaly Weaver | Sporopipes squamifrons | |
| 294 | White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali | |
| 295 | Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps | |
| 296 | Holub's Golden-Weaver | Ploceus xanthops | |
| 297 | Lesser Masked-Weaver | Ploceus intermedius | |
| 298 | Southern Masked-Weaver | Ploceus velatus | |
| 299 | (Red-billed Quelea) | Quelea quelea | |
| 300 | Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix | |
| 301 | Yellow-crowned Bishop | Euplectes afer | |
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| 302 | Black-faced Waxbill | Brunhilda erythronotos | |
| 303 | Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | |
| 304 | Quailfinch | Ortygospiza atricollis | |
| 305 | Cut-throat | Amadina fasciata | |
| 306 | Red-headed Finch | Amadina erythrocephala | |
| 307 | Violet-eared Waxbill | Granatina granatina | |
| 308 | Southern Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus angolensis | |
| 309 | Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba | |
| 310 | Jameson's Firefinch | Lagonosticta rhodopareia | |
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| 311 | Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | |
| 312 | Eastern Paradise-Whydah | Vidua paradisaea | |
| 313 | Shaft-tailed Whydah | Vidua regia | |
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| 314 | Great Rufous Sparrow | Passer motitensis | |
| 315 | Southern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer diffusus | |
| 316 | Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow | Gymnornis superciliaris | |
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| 317 | /Western Yellow Wagtail/ | Motacilla flava | |
| 318 | African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | |
| 319 | \Mountain Pipit\ | Anthus hoeschi | |
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| 320 | Yellow Canary | Crithagra flaviventris | |
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| 321 | Golden-breasted Bunting | Emberiza flaviventris | |
*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.
OTHER LOCALES
PRESENCE CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| // | Boreal Visitor | 56 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 1 |
| || | Transient | 1 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 2 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 0 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 10 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 4 |
| [] | Accidental | 3 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 10 |
| V | Vulnerable | 6 |
| EN | Endangered | 3 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 3 |
Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.