ETOSHA NATIONAL PARK
NAMIBIA
LOCALE
| Area (SqKm): | 22,270 |
| # Species: | 290 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 290 |
| # Endemics: | 1 |
| # Near Endemics: | 11 |
| Species/100 SqKm: | 1.3 |
| Habitat: Arid grassland, scrub, waterholes, salt pans | |
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 | (Knob-billed Duck) | Sarkidiornis melanotos | |
| 3 | (Egyptian Goose) | Alopochen aegyptiaca | |
| 4 | (South African Shelduck) | Tadorna cana | |
| 5 | |Blue-billed Teal| | Spatula hottentota | |
| 6 | Cape Shoveler | Spatula smithii | |
| 7 | Cape Teal | Anas capensis | |
| 8 | (Red-billed Duck) | Anas erythrorhyncha | |
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| 9 | Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
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| 10 | Crested Francolin | Ortygornis sephaena | |
| 11 | Hartlaub's Spurfowl | Pternistis hartlaubi | |
| 12 | Red-billed Spurfowl | Pternistis adspersus | |
| 13 | Swainson's Spurfowl | Pternistis swainsonii | |
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| 14 | Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | |
| 15 | (Lesser Flamingo) | Phoenicoparrus minor | |
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| 16 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| 17 | Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
| 18 | Eared Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | |
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| 19 | Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | |
| 20 | Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | |
| 21 | Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos | |
| 22 | Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | |
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| 23 | Namaqua Sandgrouse | Pterocles namaqua | |
| 24 | Yellow-throated Sandgrouse | Pterocles gutturalis | |
| 25 | Double-banded Sandgrouse | Pterocles bicinctus | |
| 26 | Burchell's Sandgrouse | Pterocles burchelli | |
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| 27 | Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori | |
| 28 | Ludwig's Bustard | Neotis ludwigii | |
| 29 | Rueppell's Bustard | Heterotetrax rueppelii | |
| 30 | Red-crested Bustard | Lophotis ruficrista | |
| 31 | White-quilled Bustard | Afrotis afraoides | |
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| 32 | (Black Cuckoo) | Cuculus clamosus | |
| 33 | |African Cuckoo| | Cuculus gularis | |
| 34 | Senegal Coucal | Centropus senegalensis | |
| 35 | (Pied Cuckoo) | Clamator jacobinus | |
| 36 | (Levaillant's Cuckoo) | Clamator levaillantii | |
| 37 | (Dideric Cuckoo) | Chrysococcyx caprius | |
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| 38 | (Rufous-cheeked Nightjar) | Caprimulgus rufigena | |
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| 39 | |Alpine Swift| | Tachymarptis melba | |
| 40 | /Common Swift/ | Apus apus | |
| 41 | Bradfield's Swift | Apus bradfieldi | |
| 42 | Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
| 43 | White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | |
| 44 | African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | |
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| 45 | |African Crake| | Crex egregia | |
| 46 | Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana | |
| 47 | Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| 48 | Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata | |
| 49 | Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra | |
| 50 | Baillon's Crake | Zapornia pusilla | |
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| 51 | Gray Crowned-Crane | Balearica regulorum | |
| 52 | Blue Crane | Anthropoides paradiseus | |
| 53 | Wattled Crane | Bugeranus carunculatus | |
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| 54 | Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis | |
| 55 | Water Thick-knee | Burhinus vermiculatus | |
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| 56 | Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
| 57 | Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
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| 58 | /Common Ringed Plover/ | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| 59 | Three-banded Plover | Charadrius tricollaris | |
| 60 | Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus | |
| 61 | Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus | |
| 62 | /Caspian Plover/ | Anarhynchus asiaticus | |
| 63 | Kittlitz's Plover | Anarhynchus pecuarius | |
| 64 | Chestnut-banded Plover | Anarhynchus pallidus | |
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| 65 | Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
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| 66 | /Marsh Sandpiper/ | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| 67 | /Wood Sandpiper/ | Tringa glareola | |
| 68 | /Common Greenshank/ | Tringa nebularia | |
| 69 | /Ruff/ | Calidris pugnax | |
| 70 | /Little Stint/ | Calidris minuta | |
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| 71 | (Bronze-winged Courser) | Rhinoptilus chalcopterus | |
| 72 | Three-banded Courser | Rhinoptilus cinctus | |
| 73 | Double-banded Courser | Smutsornis africanus | |
| 74 | Burchell's Courser | Cursorius rufus | |
| 75 | Temminck's Courser | Cursorius temminckii | |
| 76 | /Black-winged Pratincole/ | Glareola nordmanni | |
| 77 | Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | |
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| 78 | Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| 79 | /White-winged Tern/ | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
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| 80 | (African Openbill) | Anastomus lamelligerus | |
| 81 | Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | |
| 82 | /Abdim's Stork/ | Ciconia abdimii | |
| 83 | Saddle-billed Stork | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis | |
| 84 | Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer | |
| 85 | |Yellow-billed Stork| | Mycteria ibis | |
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| 86 | Long-tailed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | |
| 87 | Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
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| 88 | (Dwarf Bittern) | Ixobrychus sturmii | |
| 89 | Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | |
| 90 | (Western Cattle Egret) | Bubulcus ibis | |
| 91 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| 92 | Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | |
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| 93 | Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius | |
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| 94 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| 95 | African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus | |
| 96 | Palm-nut Vulture | Gypohierax angolensis | |
| 97 | Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | |
| 98 | White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis | |
| 99 | Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos | |
| 100 | Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus | |
| 101 | White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | |
| 102 | Cape Griffon | Gyps coprotheres | |
| 103 | Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | |
| 104 | Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis | |
| 105 | Brown Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinereus | |
| 106 | Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | |
| 107 | (Wahlberg's Eagle) | Hieraaetus wahlbergi | |
| 108 | Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| 109 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | |
| 110 | Verreaux's Eagle | Aquila verreauxii | |
| 111 | African Hawk-Eagle | Aquila spilogaster | |
| 112 | Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus | |
| 113 | Pale Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax canorus | |
| 114 | Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar | |
| 115 | /Pallid Harrier/ | Circus macrourus | |
| 116 | /Montagu's Harrier/ | Circus pygargus | |
| 117 | Shikra | Accipiter badius | |
| 118 | Little Sparrowhawk | Accipiter minullus | |
| 119 | Ovambo Sparrowhawk | Accipiter ovampensis | |
| 120 | Yellow-billed Kite** | Milvus aegyptius | |
| 121 | /Common Buzzard/ | Buteo buteo | |
| 122 | Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur | |
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| 123 | Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| 124 | African Scops-Owl | Otus senegalensis | |
| 125 | Southern White-faced Owl | Ptilopsis granti | |
| 126 | Spotted Eagle-Owl | Bubo africanus | |
| 127 | Verreaux's Eagle-Owl | Ketupa lactea | |
| 128 | Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum | |
| 129 | Marsh Owl | Asio capensis | |
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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 | Bradfield's Hornbill | Lophoceros bradfieldi | |
| 137 | African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus | |
| 138 | Monteiro's Hornbill | Tockus monteiri | |
| 139 | Southern Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus rufirostris | |
| 140 | Damara Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus damarensis | |
| 141 | Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill | Tockus leucomelas | |
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| 142 | (Gray-headed Kingfisher) | Halcyon leucocephala | |
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| 143 | Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | |
| 144 | Swallow-tailed Bee-eater | Merops hirundineus | |
| 145 | /Blue-cheeked Bee-eater/ | Merops persicus | |
| 146 | /European Bee-eater/ | Merops apiaster | |
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| 147 | /European Roller/ | Coracias garrulus | |
| 148 | Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus | |
| 149 | (Rufous-crowned Roller) | Coracias naevius | |
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| 150 | Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus chrysoconus | |
| 151 | Pied Barbet | Tricholaema leucomelas | |
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| 152 | Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | |
| 153 | Bearded Woodpecker | Chloropicus namaquus | |
| 154 | Bennett's Woodpecker | Campethera bennettii | |
| 155 | Golden-tailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni | |
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| 156 | Pygmy Falcon | Polihierax semitorquatus | |
| 157 | /Lesser Kestrel/ | Falco naumanni | |
| 158 | Rock Kestrel | Falco rupicolus | |
| 159 | Greater Kestrel | Falco rupicoloides | |
| 160 | Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera | |
| 161 | /Red-footed Falcon/ | Falco vespertinus | |
| 162 | Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
| 163 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| 164 | Rosy-faced Lovebird | Agapornis roseicollis | |
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| 165 | Meyer's Parrot | Poicephalus meyeri | |
| 166 | <Rueppell's Parrot> | Poicephalus rueppellii | |
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| 167 | #African Golden Oriole# | Oriolus auratus | |
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| 168 | White-tailed Shrike | Lanioturdus torquatus | |
| 169 | Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor | |
| 170 | Pririt Batis | Batis pririt | |
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| 171 | White Helmetshrike | Prionops plumatus | |
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| 172 | Brubru | Nilaus afer | |
| 173 | Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla | |
| 174 | Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus | |
| 175 | Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis | |
| 176 | Crimson-breasted Gonolek | Laniarius atrococcineus | |
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| 177 | Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
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| 178 | /Lesser Gray Shrike/ | Lanius minor | |
| 179 | Magpie Shrike | Lanius melanoleuca | |
| 180 | Southern Fiscal | Lanius collaris | |
| 181 | White-crowned Shrike | Eurocephalus anguitimens | |
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| 182 | Cape Crow | Corvus capensis | |
| 183 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
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| 184 | Carp's Tit | Melaniparus carpi | |
| 185 | Ashy Tit | Melaniparus cinerascens | |
| 186 | Gray Tit | Melaniparus afer | |
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| 187 | Spike-heeled Lark | Chersomanes albofasciata | |
| 188 | Karoo Long-billed Lark | Certhilauda subcoronata | |
| 189 | |Dusky Lark| | Pinarocorys nigricans | |
| 190 | Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix leucotis | |
| 191 | Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix verticalis | |
| 192 | Sabota Lark | Calendulauda sabota | |
| 193 | Fawn-colored Lark | Calendulauda africanoides | |
| 194 | Monotonous Lark | Mirafra passerina | |
| 195 | Rufous-naped Lark | Mirafra africana | |
| 196 | Eastern Clapper Lark | Mirafra fasciolata | |
| 197 | Red-capped Lark | Calandrella cinerea | |
| 198 | Stark's Lark | Spizocorys starki | |
| 199 | Pink-billed Lark | Spizocorys conirostris | |
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| 200 | Cape Crombec | Sylvietta rufescens | |
| 201 | Rockrunner | Achaetops pycnopygius | |
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| 202 | Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis | |
| 203 | Burnt-neck Eremomela | Eremomela usticollis | |
| 204 | Barred Wren-Warbler | Calamonastes fasciolatus | |
| 205 | Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | |
| 206 | Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida | |
| 207 | Black-chested Prinia | Prinia flavicans | |
| 208 | Rufous-eared Warbler | Malcorus pectoralis | |
| 209 | Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana | |
| 210 | Levaillant's Cisticola | Cisticola tinniens | |
| 211 | Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
| 212 | Desert Cisticola | Cisticola aridulus | |
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| 213 | /Icterine Warbler/ | Hippolais icterina | |
| 214 | /Sedge Warbler/ | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | |
| 215 | /Common Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
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| 216 | Little Rush Warbler | Bradypterus baboecala | |
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| 217 | |Banded Martin| | Neophedina cincta | |
| 218 | /Bank Swallow/ | Riparia riparia | |
| 219 | Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | |
| 220 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica | |
| 221 | /Western House-Martin/ | Delichon urbicum | |
| 222 | (Rufous-chested Swallow) | Cecropis semirufa | |
| 223 | Mosque Swallow | Cecropis senegalensis | |
| 224 | |South African Swallow| | Petrochelidon spilodera | |
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| 225 | Black-fronted Bulbul | Pycnonotus nigricans | |
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| 226 | /Willow Warbler/ | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
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| 227 | /Garden Warbler/ | Sylvia borin | |
| 228 | Chestnut-vented Warbler | Curruca subcaerulea | |
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| 229 | Orange River White-eye | Zosterops pallidus | |
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| 230 | Bare-cheeked Babbler | Turdoides gymnogenys | |
| 231 | Southern Pied-Babbler | Turdoides bicolor | |
| 232 | Black-faced Babbler | Turdoides melanops | |
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| 233 | (Wattled Starling) | Creatophora cinerea | |
| 234 | (Violet-backed Starling) | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | |
| 235 | Pale-winged Starling | Onychognathus nabouroup | |
| 236 | Burchell's Starling | Lamprotornis australis | |
| 237 | Meves's Starling | Lamprotornis mevesii | |
| 238 | Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus | |
| 239 | Cape Starling | Lamprotornis nitens | |
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| 240 | Groundscraper Thrush | Turdus litsitsirupa | |
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| 241 | /Spotted Flycatcher/ | Muscicapa striata | |
| 242 | Marico Flycatcher | Bradornis mariquensis | |
| 243 | Chat Flycatcher | Agricola infuscatus | |
| 244 | Herero Chat | Melaenornis herero | |
| 245 | Kalahari Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas paena | |
| 246 | Red-backed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys | |
| 247 | Short-toed Rock-Thrush | Monticola brevipes | |
| 248 | Karoo Chat | Emarginata schlegelii | |
| 249 | Southern Anteater-Chat | Myrmecocichla formicivora | |
| 250 | Mountain Wheatear | Myrmecocichla monticola | |
| 251 | Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata | |
| 252 | Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris | |
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| 253 | Marico Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis | |
| 254 | White-breasted Sunbird | Cinnyris talatala | |
| 255 | Dusky Sunbird | Cinnyris fuscus | |
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| 256 | <Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver> | Bubalornis niger | |
| 257 | Scaly Weaver | Sporopipes squamifrons | |
| 258 | White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali | |
| 259 | Sociable Weaver | Philetairus socius | |
| 260 | Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps | |
| 261 | Lesser Masked-Weaver | Ploceus intermedius | |
| 262 | Southern Masked-Weaver | Ploceus velatus | |
| 263 | Chestnut Weaver | Ploceus rubiginosus | |
| 264 | (Red-billed Quelea) | Quelea quelea | |
| 265 | Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix | |
| 266 | Yellow-crowned Bishop | Euplectes afer | |
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| 267 | Black-faced Waxbill | Brunhilda erythronotos | |
| 268 | Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | |
| 269 | Quailfinch | Ortygospiza atricollis | |
| 270 | Cut-throat | Amadina fasciata | |
| 271 | Red-headed Finch | Amadina erythrocephala | |
| 272 | Violet-eared Waxbill | Granatina granatina | |
| 273 | Southern Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus angolensis | |
| 274 | Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba | |
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| 275 | Eastern Paradise-Whydah | Vidua paradisaea | |
| 276 | Shaft-tailed Whydah | Vidua regia | |
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| 277 | Great Rufous Sparrow | Passer motitensis | |
| 278 | Cape Sparrow | Passer melanurus | |
| 279 | Southern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer diffusus | |
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| 280 | Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis | |
| 281 | /Western Yellow Wagtail/ | Motacilla flava | |
| 282 | African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | |
| 283 | Buffy Pipit | Anthus vaalensis | |
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| 284 | Black-throated Canary | Crithagra atrogularis | |
| 285 | Yellow Canary | Crithagra flaviventris | |
| 286 | White-throated Canary | Crithagra albogularis | |
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| 287 | Lark-like Bunting | Emberiza impetuani | |
| 288 | Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi | |
| 289 | Cape Bunting | Emberiza capensis | |
| 290 | 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 | 30 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 8 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 1 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 2 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 21 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 2 |
| [] | Accidental | 0 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 4 |
| V | Vulnerable | 6 |
| EN | Endangered | 7 |
| 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.