WALVIS BAY
NAMIBIA
LOCALE
| # Species*: | 294 |
| # Excl Vagrants*: | 294 |
| # Endemics*: | 1 |
| # Near Endemics*: | 10 |
| *Based on partial or incomplete data. | |
| Habitat: Marine, arid scrub, desert | |
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 | (Egyptian Goose) | Alopochen aegyptiaca | |
| 6 | (South African Shelduck) | Tadorna cana | |
| 7 | |Blue-billed Teal| | Spatula hottentota | |
| 8 | Cape Shoveler | Spatula smithii | |
| 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 | (Harlequin Quail) | Coturnix delegorguei | |
| 16 | Red-billed Francolin | Pternistis adspersus | |
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| 17 | Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | |
| 18 | (Lesser Flamingo) | Phoenicoparrus minor | |
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| 19 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| 20 | Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
| 21 | Eared Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | |
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| 22 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | |
| 23 | Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
| 24 | Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | |
| 25 | Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis | |
| 26 | Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | |
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| 27 | Namaqua Sandgrouse | Pterocles namaqua | |
| 28 | Double-banded Sandgrouse | Pterocles bicinctus | |
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| 29 | Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori | |
| 30 | Ludwig's Bustard | Neotis ludwigii | |
| 31 | Rueppell's Bustard | Eupodotis rueppelii | |
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| 32 | Gray Go-away-bird | Corythaixoides concolor | |
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| 33 | (Dideric Cuckoo) | Chrysococcyx caprius | |
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| 34 | |Alpine Swift| | Apus melba | |
| 35 | /Common Swift/ | Apus apus | |
| 36 | African Swift | Apus barbatus | |
| 37 | Bradfield's Swift | Apus bradfieldi | |
| 38 | Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
| 39 | White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | |
| 40 | African Palm-Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | |
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| 41 | |African Crake| | Crex egregia | |
| 42 | Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana | |
| 43 | (Lesser Moorhen) | Gallinula angulata | |
| 44 | Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| 45 | Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata | |
| 46 | African Swamphen | Porphyrio madagascariensis | |
| 47 | Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra | |
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| 48 | Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis | |
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| 49 | Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
| 50 | Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
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| 51 | /Eurasian Oystercatcher/ | Haematopus ostralegus | |
| 52 | African Oystercatcher | Haematopus moquini | |
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| 53 | /Black-bellied Plover/ | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| 54 | Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
| 55 | Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus | |
| 56 | White-headed Lapwing | Vanellus albiceps | |
| 57 | Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus | |
| 58 | Wattled Lapwing | Vanellus senegallus | |
| 59 | /Lesser Sand-Plover/ | Charadrius mongolus | |
| 60 | /Greater Sand-Plover/ | Charadrius leschenaultii | |
| 61 | /Caspian Plover/ | Charadrius asiaticus | |
| 62 | Kittlitz's Plover | Charadrius pecuarius | |
| 63 | /Common Ringed Plover/ | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| 64 | Three-banded Plover | Charadrius tricollaris | |
| 65 | White-fronted Plover | Charadrius marginatus | |
| 66 | Chestnut-banded Plover | Charadrius pallidus | |
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| 67 | Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
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| 68 | African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | |
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| 69 | /Whimbrel/ | Numenius phaeopus | |
| 70 | Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | |
| 71 | /Bar-tailed Godwit/ | Limosa lapponica | |
| 72 | Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | |
| 73 | /Ruddy Turnstone/ | Arenaria interpres | |
| 74 | /Red Knot/ | Calidris canutus | |
| 75 | /Ruff/ | Calidris pugnax | |
| 76 | /Broad-billed Sandpiper/ | Calidris falcinellus | |
| 77 | /Curlew Sandpiper/ | Calidris ferruginea | |
| 78 | /Sanderling/ | Calidris alba | |
| 79 | /Little Stint/ | Calidris minuta | |
| 80 | Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | |
| 81 | /Terek Sandpiper/ | Xenus cinereus | |
| 82 | African Snipe | Gallinago nigripennis | |
| 83 | Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor | |
| 84 | /Red-necked Phalarope/ | Phalaropus lobatus | |
| 85 | /Red Phalarope/ | Phalaropus fulicarius | |
| 86 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| 87 | Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
| 88 | /Common Greenshank/ | Tringa nebularia | |
| 89 | /Marsh Sandpiper/ | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| 90 | /Wood Sandpiper/ | Tringa glareola | |
| 91 | Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
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| 92 | Small Buttonquail | Turnix sylvaticus | |
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| 93 | Burchell's Courser | Cursorius rufus | |
| 94 | Double-banded Courser | Smutsornis africanus | |
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| 95 | Brown Skua | Stercorarius antarcticus | |
| 96 | /Pomarine Jaeger/ | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
| 97 | /Parasitic Jaeger/ | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
| 98 | Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | |
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| 99 | |Sabine's Gull| | Xema sabini | |
| 100 | Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | |
| 101 | Hartlaub's Gull | Chroicocephalus hartlaubii | |
| 102 | Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
| 103 | Franklin's Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | |
| 104 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
| 105 | Kelp Gull | Larus dominicanus | |
| 106 | Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
| 107 | (Damara Tern) | Sternula balaenarum | |
| 108 | Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
| 109 | /Black Tern/ | Chlidonias niger | |
| 110 | /White-winged Tern/ | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
| 111 | Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| 112 | /Common Tern/ | Sterna hirundo | |
| 113 | |Arctic Tern| | Sterna paradisaea | |
| 114 | Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
| 115 | /Sandwich Tern/ | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
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| 116 | African Penguin | Spheniscus demersus | |
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| 117 | #Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross# | Thalassarche chlororhynchos | |
| 118 | #Gray-headed Albatross# | Thalassarche chrysostoma | |
| 119 | #Black-browed Albatross# | Thalassarche melanophris | |
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| 120 | #Wilson's Storm-Petrel# | Oceanites oceanicus | |
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| 121 | /European Storm-Petrel/ | Hydrobates pelagicus | |
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| 122 | #Southern Giant-Petrel# | Macronectes giganteus | |
| 123 | Antarctic Petrel | Thalassoica antarctica | |
| 124 | #Cape Petrel# | Daption capense | |
| 125 | #White-chinned Petrel# | Procellaria aequinoctialis | |
| 126 | #Cory's Shearwater# | Calonectris borealis | |
| 127 | #Sooty Shearwater# | Ardenna griseus | |
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| 128 | Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | |
| 129 | /White Stork/ | Ciconia ciconia | |
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| 130 | (Cape Gannet) | Morus capensis | |
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| 131 | African Darter | Anhinga rufa | |
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| 132 | Long-tailed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | |
| 133 | Crowned Cormorant | Microcarbo coronatus | |
| 134 | Bank Cormorant | Phalacrocorax neglectus | |
| 135 | Cape Cormorant | Phalacrocorax capensis | |
| 136 | Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
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| 137 | (Great White Pelican) | Pelecanus onocrotalus | |
| 138 | #Pink-backed Pelican# | Pelecanus rufescens | |
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| 139 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | |
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| 140 | Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | |
| 141 | (Dwarf Bittern) | Ixobrychus sturmii | |
| 142 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| 143 | Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | |
| 144 | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
| 145 | Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| 146 | Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
| 147 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| 148 | |Black Heron| | Egretta ardesiaca | |
| 149 | (Cattle Egret) | Bubulcus ibis | |
| 150 | Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | |
| 151 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
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| 152 | (Glossy Ibis) | Plegadis falcinellus | |
| 153 | Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | |
| 154 | African Spoonbill | Platalea alba | |
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| 155 | Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius | |
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| 156 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| 157 | Palm-nut Vulture | Gypohierax angolensis | |
| 158 | Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos | |
| 159 | White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | |
| 160 | Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis | |
| 161 | Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | |
| 162 | Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| 163 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | |
| 164 | /Steppe Eagle/ | Aquila nipalensis | |
| 165 | Verreaux's Eagle | Aquila verreauxii | |
| 166 | Pale Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax canorus | |
| 167 | Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar | |
| 168 | African Marsh-Harrier | Circus ranivorus | |
| 169 | Black Harrier | Circus maurus | |
| 170 | Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| 171 | African Fish-Eagle | Haliaeetus vocifer | |
| 172 | Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur | |
| 173 | Jackal Buzzard | Buteo rufofuscus | |
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| 174 | Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| 175 | Southern White-faced Owl | Ptilopsis granti | |
| 176 | Cape Eagle-Owl | Bubo capensis | |
| 177 | Spotted Eagle-Owl | Bubo africanus | |
| 178 | Verreaux's Eagle-Owl | Bubo lacteus | |
| 179 | Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum | |
| 180 | Marsh Owl | Asio capensis | |
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| 181 | White-backed Mousebird | Colius colius | |
| 182 | Red-faced Mousebird | Urocolius indicus | |
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| 183 | African Hoopoe** | Upupa africana | |
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| 184 | Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus | |
| 185 | Common Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus cyanomelas | |
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| 186 | African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus | |
| 187 | Monteiro's Hornbill | Tockus monteiri | |
| 188 | Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill | Tockus leucomelas | |
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| 189 | Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus | |
| 190 | Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
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| 191 | Swallow-tailed Bee-eater | Merops hirundineus | |
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| 192 | Pied Barbet | Tricholaema leucomelas | |
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| 193 | Cardinal Woodpecker | Chloropicus fuscescens | |
| 194 | Bearded Woodpecker | Chloropicus namaquus | |
| 195 | Golden-tailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni | |
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| 196 | Pygmy Falcon | Polihierax semitorquatus | |
| 197 | /Lesser Kestrel/ | Falco naumanni | |
| 198 | Greater Kestrel | Falco rupicoloides | |
| 199 | Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera | |
| 200 | /Eurasian Hobby/ | Falco subbuteo | |
| 201 | Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
| 202 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| 203 | Rosy-faced Lovebird | Agapornis roseicollis | |
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| 204 | <Rueppell's Parrot> | Poicephalus rueppellii | |
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| 205 | |Black Cuckooshrike| | Campephaga flava | |
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| 206 | /Eurasian Golden Oriole/ | Oriolus oriolus | |
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| 207 | Pririt Batis | Batis pririt | |
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| 208 | Brubru | Nilaus afer | |
| 209 | Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis | |
| 210 | Crimson-breasted Gonolek | Laniarius atrococcineus | |
| 211 | Bokmakierie | Telophorus zeylonus | |
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| 212 | Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
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| 213 | /Red-backed Shrike/ | Lanius collurio | |
| 214 | Southern Fiscal | Lanius collaris | |
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| 215 | Cape Crow | Corvus capensis | |
| 216 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
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| 217 | Ashy Tit | Melaniparus cinerascens | |
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| 218 | Gray's Lark | Ammomanopsis grayi | |
| 219 | Karoo Long-billed Lark | Certhilauda subcoronata | |
| 220 | Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix verticalis | |
| 221 | Sabota Lark | Calendulauda sabota | |
| 222 | Dune Lark | Calendulauda erythrochlamys | |
| 223 | Red-capped Lark | Calandrella cinerea | |
| 224 | Stark's Lark | Spizocorys starki | |
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| 225 | Cape Crombec | Sylvietta rufescens | |
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| 226 | Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis | |
| 227 | Yellow-rumped Eremomela | Eremomela gregalis | |
| 228 | Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | |
| 229 | Black-chested Prinia | Prinia flavicans | |
| 230 | Rufous-eared Warbler | Malcorus pectoralis | |
| 231 | Red-headed Cisticola | Cisticola subruficapilla | |
| 232 | Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
| 233 | Desert Cisticola | Cisticola aridulus | |
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| 234 | /Icterine Warbler/ | Hippolais icterina | |
| 235 | /Sedge Warbler/ | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | |
| 236 | (African Reed Warbler) | Acrocephalus baeticatus | |
| 237 | Lesser Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus gracilirostris | |
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| 238 | Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola | |
| 239 | /Bank Swallow/ | Riparia riparia | |
| 240 | |Banded Martin| | Neophedina cincta | |
| 241 | Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | |
| 242 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica | |
| 243 | |White-throated Swallow| | Hirundo albigularis | |
| 244 | Pearl-breasted Swallow | Hirundo dimidiata | |
| 245 | (Greater Striped Swallow) | Cecropis cucullata | |
| 246 | |South African Swallow| | Petrochelidon spilodera | |
| 247 | /Common House-Martin/ | Delichon urbicum | |
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| 248 | Black-fronted Bulbul | Pycnonotus nigricans | |
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| 249 | /Willow Warbler/ | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
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| 250 | /Garden Warbler/ | Sylvia borin | |
| 251 | Chestnut-vented Warbler | Curruca subcaerulea | |
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| 252 | Orange River White-eye | Zosterops pallidus | |
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| 253 | (Wattled Starling) | Creatophora cinerea | |
| 254 | (Violet-backed Starling) | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | |
| 255 | Pale-winged Starling | Onychognathus nabouroup | |
| 256 | Cape Starling | Lamprotornis nitens | |
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| 257 | /Spotted Flycatcher/ | Muscicapa striata | |
| 258 | Mariqua Flycatcher | Bradornis mariquensis | |
| 259 | Chat Flycatcher | Agricola infuscatus | |
| 260 | Herero Chat | Melaenornis herero | |
| 261 | Kalahari Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas paena | |
| 262 | Karoo Chat | Emarginata schlegelii | |
| 263 | Tractrac Chat | Emarginata tractrac | |
| 264 | Southern Anteater-Chat | Myrmecocichla formicivora | |
| 265 | Mountain Wheatear | Myrmecocichla monticola | |
| 266 | Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata | |
| 267 | Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris | |
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| 268 | Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis | |
| 269 | White-breasted Sunbird | Cinnyris talatala | |
| 270 | Dusky Sunbird | Cinnyris fuscus | |
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| 271 | <Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver> | Bubalornis niger | |
| 272 | Scaly Weaver | Sporopipes squamifrons | |
| 273 | White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali | |
| 274 | Sociable Weaver | Philetairus socius | |
| 275 | Southern Masked-Weaver | Ploceus velatus | |
| 276 | (Red-billed Quelea) | Quelea quelea | |
| 277 | Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix | |
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| 278 | Black-faced Waxbill | Brunhilda erythronotos | |
| 279 | Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | |
| 280 | Red-headed Finch | Amadina erythrocephala | |
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| 281 | Shaft-tailed Whydah | Vidua regia | |
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| 282 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
| 283 | Great Rufous Sparrow | Passer motitensis | |
| 284 | Cape Sparrow | Passer melanurus | |
| 285 | Southern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer diffusus | |
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| 286 | Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis | |
| 287 | /Western Yellow Wagtail/ | Motacilla flava | |
| 288 | Nicholson's Pipit | Anthus nicholsoni | |
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| 289 | Black-throated Canary | Crithagra atrogularis | |
| 290 | Yellow Canary | Crithagra flaviventris | |
| 291 | White-throated Canary | Crithagra albogularis | |
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| 292 | Lark-like Bunting | Emberiza impetuani | |
| 293 | Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi | |
| 294 | Cape Bunting | Emberiza capensis | |
* 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
| // | Boreal Visitor |
| \\ | Austral Visitor |
| || | Transient |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular |
| () | Breeding Season Only |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant |
| [] | Accidental |