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DISTRIBUTION CODES

Code	Description	##
E	Endemic	3
LC	Local	6
NE	Near Endemic	2
RR	Restricted Range	41

STATUS CODES

Code	Description	##
NT	Near Threatened	4
V	Vulnerable	2
EN	Endangered	1
CR	Critically Endangered	1

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.

 

List of all specialty birds in the country occurring in remote locales not typically visited by birding tours. Specialties include endemics and globally threatened, vulnerable or endangered. Table indicates 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. See sidebar for meaning of location codes and symbols associated with common names.*

1	<Blue Quail>	Synoicus adansonii	E
2	#Denham's Bustard#	Neotis denhami	RR	NT
3	Little Brown Bustard	Heterotetrax humilis		NT
4	Fischer's Turaco	Tauraco fischeri	LC	NT
5	(Black Coucal)	Centropus grillii	RR
6	\Swamp Nightjar\	Caprimulgus natalensis	RR
7	Nechisar Nightjar	Caprimulgus solala	E	V
8	White-winged Flufftail	Sarothrura ayresi	NE	CR
9	/Cream-colored Courser/	Cursorius cursor	RR
10	/White-backed Night Heron/	Calherodius leuconotus	LC
11	/Northern Bald Ibis/	Geronticus eremita	RR	EN
12	Pharaoh Eagle-Owl	Bubo ascalaphus	RR
13	White-headed Mousebird	Colius leucocephalus	RR
14	Violet Woodhoopoe	Phoeniculus damarensis	RR
15	Swallow-tailed Bee-eater	Merops hirundineus	RR
16	Taita Falcon	Falco fasciinucha		V
17	Rose-ringed Parakeet	Psittacula krameri	RR
18	Meyer's Parrot	Poicephalus meyeri	RR
19	Piapiac	Ptilostomus afer	RR
20	Brown-necked Raven	Corvus ruficollis	RR
21	Greater Hoopoe-Lark	Alaemon alaudipes	RR
22	White-tailed Lark	Mirafra albicauda	RR
23	<Friedmann's Lark>	Mirafra pulpa	RR
24	Collared Lark	Mirafra collaris	NE
25	Crested Lark	Galerida cristata	RR
26	Short-billed Crombec	Sylvietta philippae	E
27	Graceful Prinia	Prinia gracilis	RR
28	Red-winged Prinia	Prinia erythroptera	RR
29	Red-pate Cisticola	Cisticola ruficeps	RR
30	Black-backed Cisticola	Cisticola eximius	RR
31	Bamboo Warbler	Locustella alfredi	RR
32	Yellow-throated Greenbul	Atimastillas flavicollis	RR
33	/Eastern Orphean Warbler/	Curruca crassirostris	RR
34	Scaly Babbler	Turdoides squamulata	RR
35	Dusky Babbler	Turdoides tenebrosa	RR
36	Yellow-billed Oxpecker	Buphagus africanus	RR
37	Stuhlmann's Starling	Poeoptera stuhlmanni	RR
38	Chestnut-bellied Starling	Lamprotornis pulcher	RR
39	Fischer's Starling	Lamprotornis fischeri	RR
40	/Song Thrush/	Turdus philomelos	RR
41	Heuglin's Wheatear	Oenanthe heuglinii	RR
42	/Western Black-eared Wheatear/	Oenanthe hispanica	RR
43	White-crowned Wheatear	Oenanthe leucopyga	RR
44	/Kurdish Wheatear/	Oenanthe xanthoprymna	RR
45	Pygmy Sunbird	Hedydipna platura	LC
46	Olive-bellied Sunbird	Cinnyris chloropygius	RR
47	Donaldson Smith's Sparrow-Weaver	Plocepasser donaldsoni	RR
48	Black-necked Weaver	Ploceus nigricollis	RR
49	Magpie Mannikin	Spermestes fringilloides	LC
50	Wilson's Indigobird	Vidua wilsoni	LC
51	Jambandu Indigobird	Vidua raricola	LC
52	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	RR
53	Sudan Golden Sparrow	Passer luteus	RR
54	/Cinereous Bunting/	Emberiza cineracea	RR	NT

 

 *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.