OTHER COUNTRIES
IN AFRICA

• Angola
• Botswana
• Egypt
• Ethiopia
• Kenya
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Morocco
• Namibia
• Rwanda
• South Africa
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

BIRDING LOCALES

• Bwabwata National Park (BNP)
• Caprivi Game Reserve (CGR)
• Daan Viljoen Game Park (DVJ)
• Erongo Mountains (EM)
• Etosha National Park (ENP)
• Kalizo Lodge (KL)
• Katima-Mulilo (KM)
• Mahango Game Reserve & Popa Falls (MGR)
• Mudumu National Park/Kavanga River (MNP)
• Naukluft Mountains (NM)
• Omaruru (OM)
• Roy's Camp (RC)
• Rundu Area (RA)
• Sossusvlei & Namib Desert (ND)
• Spitzkoppe (SK)
• Spreetshoogte Pass (SP)
• Swakopmund (SWK)
• Walvis Bay (WB)
• Waterberg Plateau (WP)
• Windhoek & Avis Dam (WK)

DISTRIBUTION CODES

Code	Description	##
E	Endemic	1
LC	Local	2
NE	Near Endemic	20
RR	Restricted Range	41

STATUS CODES

Code	Description	##
NT	Near Threatened	20
V	Vulnerable	14
EN	Endangered	16
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.

List of all specialty birds in the country occurring in locales 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	Maccoa Duck	Oxyura maccoa		EN
2	Hartlaub's Spurfowl	Pternistis hartlaubi	NE
3	Red-necked Spurfowl	Pternistis afer	RR
4	(Lesser Flamingo)	Phoenicoparrus minor		V
5	Kori Bustard	Ardeotis kori		NT
6	Ludwig's Bustard	Neotis ludwigii		EN
7	Denham's Bustard	Neotis denhami	RR	NT
8	Karoo Bustard	Heterotetrax vigorsii	NE
9	Rueppell's Bustard	Heterotetrax rueppelii	NE
10	Schalow's Turaco	Tauraco schalowi	RR
11	Burchell's Coucal**	Centropus burchellii	RR
12	Thick-billed Cuckoo	Pachycoccyx audeberti	RR
13	(African Emerald Cuckoo)	Chrysococcyx cupreus	RR
14	Swamp Nightjar	Caprimulgus natalensis	RR
15	Bat-like Spinetail	Neafrapus boehmi	RR
16	Horus Swift	Apus horus	RR
17	Gray Crowned-Crane	Balearica regulorum		EN
18	Blue Crane	Anthropoides paradiseus	RR	V
19	Wattled Crane	Bugeranus carunculatus		V
20	/Eurasian Oystercatcher/	Haematopus ostralegus		NT
21	/Bar-tailed Godwit/	Limosa lapponica		NT
22	/Great Snipe/	Gallinago media		NT
23	/Red Knot/	Calidris canutus		NT
24	/Curlew Sandpiper/	Calidris ferruginea		NT
25	/Black-winged Pratincole/	Glareola nordmanni		NT
26	Hartlaub's Gull	Chroicocephalus hartlaubii	NE
27	African Penguin	Spheniscus demersus		EN
28	#Snowy Albatross#	Diomedea exulans		V
29	#Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross#	Thalassarche chlororhynchos		EN
30	#Gray-headed Albatross#	Thalassarche chrysostoma		EN
31	#White-capped Albatross#	Thalassarche cauta		NT
32	#Leach's Storm-Petrel#	Hydrobates leucorhoa		V
33	#White-chinned Petrel#	Procellaria aequinoctialis		V
34	#Sooty Shearwater#	Ardenna griseus		NT
35	(Cape Gannet)	Morus capensis		EN
36	Bank Cormorant	Phalacrocorax neglectus	NE	EN
37	Cape Cormorant	Phalacrocorax capensis		EN
38	Great Bittern	Botaurus stellaris	RR
39	|Slaty Egret|	Egretta vinaceigula		V
40	Secretarybird	Sagittarius serpentarius		EN
41	Egyptian Vulture	Neophron percnopterus	RR	EN
42	White-headed Vulture	Trigonoceps occipitalis		CR
43	Lappet-faced Vulture	Torgos tracheliotos		EN
44	Hooded Vulture	Necrosyrtes monachus		CR
45	White-backed Vulture	Gyps africanus		CR
46	Cape Griffon	Gyps coprotheres		V
47	Bateleur	Terathopius ecaudatus		EN
48	Martial Eagle	Polemaetus bellicosus		EN
49	Ayres's Hawk-Eagle	Hieraaetus ayresii	RR
50	Tawny Eagle	Aquila rapax		V
51	/Steppe Eagle/	Aquila nipalensis		EN
52	Black Harrier	Circus maurus		EN
53	/Pallid Harrier/	Circus macrourus		NT
54	Narina Trogon	Apaloderma narina	RR
55	Southern Ground-Hornbill	Bucorvus leadbeateri		V
56	Crowned Hornbill	Lophoceros alboterminatus	RR
57	Monteiro's Hornbill	Tockus monteiri	NE
58	Damara Red-billed Hornbill	Tockus damarensis	E
59	Trumpeter Hornbill	Bycanistes bucinator	RR
60	Half-collared Kingfisher	Alcedo semitorquata	RR
61	(African Pygmy Kingfisher)	Ispidina picta	RR
62	Wahlberg's Honeyguide	Prodotiscus regulus	RR
63	Red-necked Falcon	Falco chicquera		NT
64	/Red-footed Falcon/	Falco vespertinus		V
65	Brown-necked Parrot	Poicephalus fuscicollis	RR
66	<Rueppell's Parrot>	Poicephalus rueppellii	NE
67	African Broadbill	Smithornis capensis	RR
68	White-tailed Shrike	Lanioturdus torquatus	NE
69	Retz's Helmetshrike	Prionops retzii	LC
70	Gray-headed Bushshrike	Malaconotus blanchoti	RR
71	Carp's Tit	Melaniparus carpi	NE
72	Gray Tit	Melaniparus afer	NE
73	Gray's Lark	Ammomanopsis grayi	NE
74	Karoo Long-billed Lark	Certhilauda subcoronata	NE
75	Dune Lark	Calendulauda erythrochlamys	NE
76	<Sclater's Lark>	Spizocorys sclateri	NE	NT
77	Eastern Nicator	Nicator gularis	RR
78	Rockrunner	Achaetops pycnopygius	NE
79	Yellow-rumped Eremomela	Eremomela gregalis	NE
80	Kopje Warbler	Euryptila subcinnamomea	NE
81	Luapula Cisticola	Cisticola luapula	RR
82	Layard's Warbler	Curruca layardi	NE
83	Orange River White-eye	Zosterops pallidus	NE
84	Yellow-billed Oxpecker	Buphagus africanus	RR
85	Lesser Blue-eared Starling	Lamprotornis chloropterus	RR
86	Sharp-tailed Starling	Lamprotornis acuticaudus	RR
87	Herero Chat	Melaenornis herero	NE
88	Collared Palm-Thrush	Cichladusa arquata	RR
89	Shelley's Sunbird	Cinnyris shelleyi	RR
90	Copper Sunbird	Cinnyris cupreus	RR
91	Spectacled Weaver	Ploceus ocularis	RR
92	Red-headed Quelea	Quelea erythrops	RR
93	White-winged Widowbird	Euplectes albonotatus	RR
94	Grosbeak Weaver	Amblyospiza albifrons	RR
95	Bronze Mannikin	Spermestes cucullata	RR
96	Magpie Mannikin	Spermestes fringilloides	RR
97	Zebra Waxbill	Amandava subflava	RR
98	Orange-winged Pytilia	Pytilia afra	RR
99	Peters's Twinspot	Hypargos niveoguttatus	RR
100	Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah	Vidua obtusa	RR
101	Northern Gray-headed Sparrow	Passer griseus	RR
102	Black-eared Seedeater	Crithagra mennelli	LC

 

 *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.