DAAN VILJOEN GAME PARK
NAMIBIA
LOCALE
| Area (ha): | 3,953 |
| Altitude (m): | 1000 |
| # Species: | 287 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 287 |
| # Endemics: | 1 |
| # Near Endemics: | 9 |
| Species/100 ha: | 7.3 |
| Habitat: Acacia bush, dry savanna | |
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 | (Egyptian Goose) | Alopochen aegyptiaca | |
| 4 | (South African Shelduck) | Tadorna cana | |
| 5 | Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis | |
| 6 | |Blue-billed Teal| | Spatula hottentota | |
| 7 | Cape Shoveler | Spatula smithii | |
| 8 | African Black Duck | Anas sparsa | |
| 9 | |Yellow-billed Duck| | Anas undulata | |
| 10 | Cape Teal | Anas capensis | |
| 11 | (Red-billed Duck) | Anas erythrorhyncha | |
| 12 | (Southern Pochard) | Netta erythrophthalma | |
| 13 | Maccoa Duck | Oxyura maccoa | |
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| 14 | Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
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| 15 | Orange River Francolin | Scleroptera levaillantoides | |
| 16 | Red-billed Spurfowl | Pternistis adspersus | |
| 17 | Swainson's Spurfowl | Pternistis swainsonii | |
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| 18 | Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | |
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| 19 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
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| 20 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | |
| 21 | Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
| 22 | Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | |
| 23 | Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | |
| 24 | Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos | |
| 25 | Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | |
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| 26 | Namaqua Sandgrouse | Pterocles namaqua | |
| 27 | Double-banded Sandgrouse | Pterocles bicinctus | |
| 28 | Burchell's Sandgrouse | Pterocles burchelli | |
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| 29 | Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori | |
| 30 | Rueppell's Bustard | Heterotetrax rueppelii | |
| 31 | Red-crested Bustard | Lophotis ruficrista | |
| 32 | White-quilled Bustard | Afrotis afraoides | |
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| 33 | Gray Go-away-bird | Crinifer concolor | |
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| 34 | Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius | |
| 35 | (Black Cuckoo) | Cuculus clamosus | |
| 36 | /Common Cuckoo/ | Cuculus canorus | |
| 37 | |African Cuckoo| | Cuculus gularis | |
| 38 | (Pied Cuckoo) | Clamator jacobinus | |
| 39 | (Great Spotted Cuckoo) | Clamator glandarius | |
| 40 | Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | |
| 41 | (Dideric Cuckoo) | Chrysococcyx caprius | |
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| 42 | (Fiery-necked Nightjar) | Caprimulgus pectoralis | |
| 43 | Freckled Nightjar | Caprimulgus tristigma | |
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| 44 | |Alpine Swift| | Tachymarptis melba | |
| 45 | /Common Swift/ | Apus apus | |
| 46 | Bradfield's Swift | Apus bradfieldi | |
| 47 | Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
| 48 | White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | |
| 49 | African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | |
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| 50 | (Lesser Moorhen) | Gallinula angulata | |
| 51 | Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| 52 | Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata | |
| 53 | African Swamphen | Porphyrio madagascariensis | |
| 54 | Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra | |
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| 55 | Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis | |
| 56 | Water Thick-knee | Burhinus vermiculatus | |
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| 57 | Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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| 58 | /Black-bellied Plover/ | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| 59 | /Common Ringed Plover/ | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| 60 | Three-banded Plover | Charadrius tricollaris | |
| 61 | Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus | |
| 62 | Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus | |
| 63 | Kittlitz's Plover | Anarhynchus pecuarius | |
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| 64 | African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | |
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| 65 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| 66 | /Marsh Sandpiper/ | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| 67 | /Wood Sandpiper/ | Tringa glareola | |
| 68 | /Common Greenshank/ | Tringa nebularia | |
| 69 | /Ruff/ | Calidris pugnax | |
| 70 | /Curlew Sandpiper/ | Calidris ferruginea | |
| 71 | /Little Stint/ | Calidris minuta | |
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| 72 | Small Buttonquail | Turnix sylvaticus | |
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| 73 | (Bronze-winged Courser) | Rhinoptilus chalcopterus | |
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| 74 | Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | |
| 75 | /White-winged Tern/ | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
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| 76 | Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | |
| 77 | /Abdim's Stork/ | Ciconia abdimii | |
| 78 | Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer | |
| 79 | |Yellow-billed Stork| | Mycteria ibis | |
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| 80 | African Darter | Anhinga rufa | |
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| 81 | Long-tailed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | |
| 82 | Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
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| 83 | (Great White Pelican) | Pelecanus onocrotalus | |
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| 84 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | |
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| 85 | Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | |
| 86 | Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| 87 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| 88 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| 89 | Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | |
| 90 | (Western Cattle Egret) | Bubulcus ibis | |
| 91 | Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| 92 | Yellow-billed Egret | Ardea brachyrhyncha | |
| 93 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| 94 | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
| 95 | Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | |
| 96 | Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath | |
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| 97 | (Glossy Ibis) | Plegadis falcinellus | |
| 98 | African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | |
| 99 | African Spoonbill | Platalea alba | |
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| 100 | Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius | |
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| 101 | /Osprey/ | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| 102 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| 103 | African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus | |
| 104 | Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos | |
| 105 | White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | |
| 106 | Cape Griffon | Gyps coprotheres | |
| 107 | Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis | |
| 108 | Brown Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinereus | |
| 109 | Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | |
| 110 | (Wahlberg's Eagle) | Hieraaetus wahlbergi | |
| 111 | Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| 112 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | |
| 113 | Verreaux's Eagle | Aquila verreauxii | |
| 114 | African Hawk-Eagle | Aquila spilogaster | |
| 115 | Pale Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax canorus | |
| 116 | Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar | |
| 117 | Shikra | Accipiter badius | |
| 118 | Little Sparrowhawk | Accipiter minullus | |
| 119 | Ovambo Sparrowhawk | Accipiter ovampensis | |
| 120 | Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| 121 | African Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga vocifer | |
| 122 | /Common Buzzard/ | Buteo buteo | |
| 123 | Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur | |
| 124 | Jackal Buzzard | Buteo rufofuscus | |
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| 125 | Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| 126 | African Scops-Owl | Otus senegalensis | |
| 127 | Spotted Eagle-Owl | Bubo africanus | |
| 128 | Verreaux's Eagle-Owl | Ketupa lactea | |
| 129 | Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum | |
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| 130 | White-backed Mousebird | Colius colius | |
| 131 | Red-faced Mousebird | Urocolius indicus | |
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| 132 | African Hoopoe** | Upupa africana | |
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| 133 | Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus | |
| 134 | Violet Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus damarensis | |
| 135 | Common Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus cyanomelas | |
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| 136 | African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus | |
| 137 | Monteiro's Hornbill | Tockus monteiri | |
| 138 | Southern Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus rufirostris | |
| 139 | Damara Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus damarensis | |
| 140 | Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill | Tockus leucomelas | |
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| 141 | (Gray-headed Kingfisher) | Halcyon leucocephala | |
| 142 | Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
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| 143 | Swallow-tailed Bee-eater | Merops hirundineus | |
| 144 | /Blue-cheeked Bee-eater/ | Merops persicus | |
| 145 | /European Bee-eater/ | Merops apiaster | |
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| 146 | /European Roller/ | Coracias garrulus | |
| 147 | Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus | |
| 148 | (Rufous-crowned Roller) | Coracias naevius | |
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| 149 | Pied Barbet | Tricholaema leucomelas | |
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| 150 | Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | |
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| 151 | Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | |
| 152 | Bearded Woodpecker | Chloropicus namaquus | |
| 153 | Bennett's Woodpecker | Campethera bennettii | |
| 154 | Golden-tailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni | |
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| 155 | Pygmy Falcon | Polihierax semitorquatus | |
| 156 | /Lesser Kestrel/ | Falco naumanni | |
| 157 | Rock Kestrel | Falco rupicolus | |
| 158 | Greater Kestrel | Falco rupicoloides | |
| 159 | /Red-footed Falcon/ | Falco vespertinus | |
| 160 | /Eurasian Hobby/ | Falco subbuteo | |
| 161 | Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
| 162 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| 163 | Rosy-faced Lovebird | Agapornis roseicollis | |
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| 164 | <Rueppell's Parrot> | Poicephalus rueppellii | |
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| 165 | /Eurasian Golden Oriole/ | Oriolus oriolus | |
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| 166 | White-tailed Shrike | Lanioturdus torquatus | |
| 167 | Pririt Batis | Batis pririt | |
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| 168 | Brubru | Nilaus afer | |
| 169 | Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla | |
| 170 | Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis | |
| 171 | Crimson-breasted Gonolek | Laniarius atrococcineus | |
| 172 | Bokmakierie | Telophorus zeylonus | |
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| 173 | Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
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| 174 | (African Paradise-Flycatcher) | Terpsiphone viridis | |
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| 175 | /Red-backed Shrike/ | Lanius collurio | |
| 176 | /Lesser Gray Shrike/ | Lanius minor | |
| 177 | Southern Fiscal | Lanius collaris | |
| 178 | White-crowned Shrike | Eurocephalus anguitimens | |
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| 179 | Cape Crow | Corvus capensis | |
| 180 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
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| 181 | Carp's Tit | Melaniparus carpi | |
| 182 | Ashy Tit | Melaniparus cinerascens | |
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| 183 | Southern Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus minutus | |
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| 184 | Spike-heeled Lark | Chersomanes albofasciata | |
| 185 | Karoo Long-billed Lark | Certhilauda subcoronata | |
| 186 | |Dusky Lark| | Pinarocorys nigricans | |
| 187 | Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix leucotis | |
| 188 | Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix verticalis | |
| 189 | Sabota Lark | Calendulauda sabota | |
| 190 | Fawn-colored Lark | Calendulauda africanoides | |
| 191 | Monotonous Lark | Mirafra passerina | |
| 192 | Rufous-naped Lark | Mirafra africana | |
| 193 | Eastern Clapper Lark | Mirafra fasciolata | |
| 194 | Red-capped Lark | Calandrella cinerea | |
| 195 | Stark's Lark | Spizocorys starki | |
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| 196 | Cape Crombec | Sylvietta rufescens | |
| 197 | Rockrunner | Achaetops pycnopygius | |
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| 198 | Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis | |
| 199 | Burnt-neck Eremomela | Eremomela usticollis | |
| 200 | Barred Wren-Warbler | Calamonastes fasciolatus | |
| 201 | Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | |
| 202 | Black-chested Prinia | Prinia flavicans | |
| 203 | Rufous-eared Warbler | Malcorus pectoralis | |
| 204 | Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana | |
| 205 | Tinkling Cisticola | Cisticola rufilatus | |
| 206 | Red-headed Cisticola | Cisticola subruficapilla | |
| 207 | Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
| 208 | Desert Cisticola | Cisticola aridulus | |
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| 209 | /Icterine Warbler/ | Hippolais icterina | |
| 210 | /Sedge Warbler/ | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | |
| 211 | /Common Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
| 212 | Lesser Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus gracilirostris | |
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| 213 | |Banded Martin| | Neophedina cincta | |
| 214 | Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola | |
| 215 | /Bank Swallow/ | Riparia riparia | |
| 216 | Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | |
| 217 | Pearl-breasted Swallow | Hirundo dimidiata | |
| 218 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica | |
| 219 | |White-throated Swallow| | Hirundo albigularis | |
| 220 | /Western House-Martin/ | Delichon urbicum | |
| 221 | (Greater Striped Swallow) | Cecropis cucullata | |
| 222 | |South African Swallow| | Petrochelidon spilodera | |
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| 223 | Black-fronted Bulbul | Pycnonotus nigricans | |
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| 224 | /Willow Warbler/ | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
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| 225 | Layard's Warbler | Curruca layardi | |
| 226 | Chestnut-vented Warbler | Curruca subcaerulea | |
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| 227 | Orange River White-eye | Zosterops pallidus | |
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| 228 | Southern Pied-Babbler | Turdoides bicolor | |
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| 229 | (Wattled Starling) | Creatophora cinerea | |
| 230 | (Violet-backed Starling) | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | |
| 231 | Pale-winged Starling | Onychognathus nabouroup | |
| 232 | Burchell's Starling | Lamprotornis australis | |
| 233 | Cape Starling | Lamprotornis nitens | |
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| 234 | Groundscraper Thrush | Turdus litsitsirupa | |
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| 235 | /Spotted Flycatcher/ | Muscicapa striata | |
| 236 | Marico Flycatcher | Bradornis mariquensis | |
| 237 | Chat Flycatcher | Agricola infuscatus | |
| 238 | Karoo Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas coryphoeus | |
| 239 | Kalahari Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas paena | |
| 240 | Red-backed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys | |
| 241 | Short-toed Rock-Thrush | Monticola brevipes | |
| 242 | Karoo Chat | Emarginata schlegelii | |
| 243 | Tractrac Chat | Emarginata tractrac | |
| 244 | Southern Anteater-Chat | Myrmecocichla formicivora | |
| 245 | Mountain Wheatear | Myrmecocichla monticola | |
| 246 | Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata | |
| 247 | Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris | |
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| 248 | Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis | |
| 249 | Marico Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis | |
| 250 | Dusky Sunbird | Cinnyris fuscus | |
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| 251 | <Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver> | Bubalornis niger | |
| 252 | Scaly Weaver | Sporopipes squamifrons | |
| 253 | White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali | |
| 254 | Sociable Weaver | Philetairus socius | |
| 255 | Lesser Masked-Weaver | Ploceus intermedius | |
| 256 | Southern Masked-Weaver | Ploceus velatus | |
| 257 | Chestnut Weaver | Ploceus rubiginosus | |
| 258 | (Red-billed Quelea) | Quelea quelea | |
| 259 | Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix | |
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| 260 | Black-faced Waxbill | Brunhilda erythronotos | |
| 261 | Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | |
| 262 | Quailfinch | Ortygospiza atricollis | |
| 263 | Red-headed Finch | Amadina erythrocephala | |
| 264 | Violet-eared Waxbill | Granatina granatina | |
| 265 | Southern Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus angolensis | |
| 266 | Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba | |
| 267 | Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | |
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| 268 | Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | |
| 269 | Eastern Paradise-Whydah | Vidua paradisaea | |
| 270 | Shaft-tailed Whydah | Vidua regia | |
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| 271 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
| 272 | Great Rufous Sparrow | Passer motitensis | |
| 273 | Cape Sparrow | Passer melanurus | |
| 274 | Southern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer diffusus | |
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| 275 | Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis | |
| 276 | African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | |
| 277 | African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | |
| 278 | Nicholson's Pipit | Anthus nicholsoni | |
| 279 | Buffy Pipit | Anthus vaalensis | |
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| 280 | Black-throated Canary | Crithagra atrogularis | |
| 281 | Yellow Canary | Crithagra flaviventris | |
| 282 | White-throated Canary | Crithagra albogularis | |
| 283 | Black-headed Canary | Serinus alario | |
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| 284 | Lark-like Bunting | Emberiza impetuani | |
| 285 | Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi | |
| 286 | Cape Bunting | Emberiza capensis | |
| 287 | 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 | 32 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 10 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 0 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 2 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 22 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 1 |
| [] | Accidental | 0 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 2 |
| V | Vulnerable | 3 |
| EN | Endangered | 4 |
| 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.