WATERBERG PLATEAU
NAMIBIA
LOCALE
| Area (ha): | 40,549 |
| Altitude (m): | 1650-1700 |
| # Species: | 302 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 302 |
| # Endemics: | 1 |
| # Near Endemics: | 6 |
| Species/100 ha: | 0.7 |
| Habitat: Open grassland, savanna woodland, springs | |
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-backed Duck | Thalassornis leuconotus | |
| 3 | (Knob-billed Duck) | Sarkidiornis melanotos | |
| 4 | (Egyptian Goose) | Alopochen aegyptiaca | |
| 5 | (South African Shelduck) | Tadorna cana | |
| 6 | African Pygmy-Goose | Nettapus auritus | |
| 7 | African Black Duck | Anas sparsa | |
| 8 | Cape Teal | Anas capensis | |
| 9 | (Red-billed Duck) | Anas erythrorhyncha | |
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| 10 | Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
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| 11 | Crested Francolin | Ortygornis sephaena | |
| 12 | Coqui Francolin | Campocolinus coqui | |
| 13 | Orange River Francolin | Scleroptera levaillantoides | |
| 14 | Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
| 15 | Hartlaub's Spurfowl | Pternistis hartlaubi | |
| 16 | Red-billed Spurfowl | Pternistis adspersus | |
| 17 | Swainson's Spurfowl | Pternistis swainsonii | |
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| 18 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
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| 19 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | |
| 20 | Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
| 21 | Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | |
| 22 | Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | |
| 23 | Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos | |
| 24 | Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | |
| 25 | African Green-Pigeon | Treron calvus | |
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| 26 | Namaqua Sandgrouse | Pterocles namaqua | |
| 27 | Yellow-throated Sandgrouse | Pterocles gutturalis | |
| 28 | Double-banded Sandgrouse | Pterocles bicinctus | |
| 29 | Burchell's Sandgrouse | Pterocles burchelli | |
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| 30 | Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori | |
| 31 | Denham's Bustard | Neotis denhami | |
| 32 | Red-crested Bustard | Lophotis ruficrista | |
| 33 | White-quilled Bustard | Afrotis afraoides | |
| 34 | Black-bellied Bustard | Lissotis melanogaster | |
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| 35 | Gray Go-away-bird | Crinifer concolor | |
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| 36 | Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius | |
| 37 | (Black Cuckoo) | Cuculus clamosus | |
| 38 | |African Cuckoo| | Cuculus gularis | |
| 39 | Senegal Coucal | Centropus senegalensis | |
| 40 | (Pied Cuckoo) | Clamator jacobinus | |
| 41 | (Levaillant's Cuckoo) | Clamator levaillantii | |
| 42 | (Great Spotted Cuckoo) | Clamator glandarius | |
| 43 | Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | |
| 44 | (Dideric Cuckoo) | Chrysococcyx caprius | |
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| 45 | (Rufous-cheeked Nightjar) | Caprimulgus rufigena | |
| 46 | (Fiery-necked Nightjar) | Caprimulgus pectoralis | |
| 47 | Freckled Nightjar | Caprimulgus tristigma | |
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| 48 | |Alpine Swift| | Tachymarptis melba | |
| 49 | /Common Swift/ | Apus apus | |
| 50 | Bradfield's Swift | Apus bradfieldi | |
| 51 | Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
| 52 | White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | |
| 53 | African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | |
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| 54 | (Lesser Moorhen) | Gallinula angulata | |
| 55 | Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| 56 | Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata | |
| 57 | Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra | |
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| 58 | Red-chested Flufftail | Sarothrura rufa | |
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| 59 | African Finfoot | Podica senegalensis | |
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| 60 | Blue Crane | Anthropoides paradiseus | |
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| 61 | Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis | |
| 62 | Water Thick-knee | Burhinus vermiculatus | |
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| 63 | Three-banded Plover | Charadrius tricollaris | |
| 64 | Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus | |
| 65 | Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus | |
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| 66 | Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
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| 67 | /Wood Sandpiper/ | Tringa glareola | |
| 68 | /Common Greenshank/ | Tringa nebularia | |
| 69 | /Ruff/ | Calidris pugnax | |
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| 70 | Double-banded Courser | Smutsornis africanus | |
| 71 | Temminck's Courser | Cursorius temminckii | |
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| 72 | Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
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| 73 | /Abdim's Stork/ | Ciconia abdimii | |
| 74 | /White Stork/ | Ciconia ciconia | |
| 75 | Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer | |
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| 76 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | |
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| 77 | Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | |
| 78 | White-backed Night Heron | Calherodius leuconotus | |
| 79 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| 80 | (Western Cattle Egret) | Bubulcus ibis | |
| 81 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
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| 82 | African Spoonbill | Platalea alba | |
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| 83 | Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius | |
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| 84 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| 85 | African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus | |
| 86 | /European Honey-buzzard/ | Pernis apivorus | |
| 87 | White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis | |
| 88 | Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos | |
| 89 | White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | |
| 90 | Cape Griffon | Gyps coprotheres | |
| 91 | Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | |
| 92 | Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis | |
| 93 | Brown Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinereus | |
| 94 | Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | |
| 95 | (Wahlberg's Eagle) | Hieraaetus wahlbergi | |
| 96 | Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| 97 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | |
| 98 | /Steppe Eagle/ | Aquila nipalensis | |
| 99 | Verreaux's Eagle | Aquila verreauxii | |
| 100 | African Hawk-Eagle | Aquila spilogaster | |
| 101 | Pale Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax canorus | |
| 102 | Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar | |
| 103 | Shikra | Accipiter badius | |
| 104 | Little Sparrowhawk | Accipiter minullus | |
| 105 | Ovambo Sparrowhawk | Accipiter ovampensis | |
| 106 | Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| 107 | Yellow-billed Kite** | Milvus aegyptius | |
| 108 | African Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga vocifer | |
| 109 | /Common Buzzard/ | Buteo buteo | |
| 110 | Jackal Buzzard | Buteo rufofuscus | |
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| 111 | Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| 112 | African Scops-Owl | Otus senegalensis | |
| 113 | Southern White-faced Owl | Ptilopsis granti | |
| 114 | Spotted Eagle-Owl | Bubo africanus | |
| 115 | Verreaux's Eagle-Owl | Ketupa lactea | |
| 116 | Pel's Fishing-Owl | Scotopelia peli | |
| 117 | Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum | |
| 118 | African Barred Owlet | Glaucidium capense | |
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| 119 | White-backed Mousebird | Colius colius | |
| 120 | Red-faced Mousebird | Urocolius indicus | |
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| 121 | African Hoopoe** | Upupa africana | |
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| 122 | Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus | |
| 123 | Violet Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus damarensis | |
| 124 | Common Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus cyanomelas | |
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| 125 | Bradfield's Hornbill | Lophoceros bradfieldi | |
| 126 | African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus | |
| 127 | Monteiro's Hornbill | Tockus monteiri | |
| 128 | Southern Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus rufirostris | |
| 129 | Damara Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus damarensis | |
| 130 | Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill | Tockus leucomelas | |
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| 131 | (Gray-headed Kingfisher) | Halcyon leucocephala | |
| 132 | Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti | |
| 133 | Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima | |
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| 134 | Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | |
| 135 | Swallow-tailed Bee-eater | Merops hirundineus | |
| 136 | /Blue-cheeked Bee-eater/ | Merops persicus | |
| 137 | /European Bee-eater/ | Merops apiaster | |
| 138 | (Southern Carmine Bee-eater) | Merops nubicoides | |
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| 139 | /European Roller/ | Coracias garrulus | |
| 140 | Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus | |
| 141 | (Rufous-crowned Roller) | Coracias naevius | |
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| 142 | Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus chrysoconus | |
| 143 | Pied Barbet | Tricholaema leucomelas | |
| 144 | Black-collared Barbet | Lybius torquatus | |
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| 145 | Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | |
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| 146 | Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | |
| 147 | Bearded Woodpecker | Chloropicus namaquus | |
| 148 | Bennett's Woodpecker | Campethera bennettii | |
| 149 | Golden-tailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni | |
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| 150 | Pygmy Falcon | Polihierax semitorquatus | |
| 151 | /Lesser Kestrel/ | Falco naumanni | |
| 152 | Rock Kestrel | Falco rupicolus | |
| 153 | Greater Kestrel | Falco rupicoloides | |
| 154 | Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera | |
| 155 | /Red-footed Falcon/ | Falco vespertinus | |
| 156 | /Amur Falcon/ | Falco amurensis | |
| 157 | /Eurasian Hobby/ | Falco subbuteo | |
| 158 | Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
| 159 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| 160 | Rosy-faced Lovebird | Agapornis roseicollis | |
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| 161 | Meyer's Parrot | Poicephalus meyeri | |
| 162 | <Rueppell's Parrot> | Poicephalus rueppellii | |
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| 163 | |Black Cuckooshrike| | Campephaga flava | |
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| 164 | /Eurasian Golden Oriole/ | Oriolus oriolus | |
| 165 | #African Golden Oriole# | Oriolus auratus | |
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| 166 | White-tailed Shrike | Lanioturdus torquatus | |
| 167 | Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor | |
| 168 | Pririt Batis | Batis pririt | |
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| 169 | White Helmetshrike | Prionops plumatus | |
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| 170 | Brubru | Nilaus afer | |
| 171 | Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla | |
| 172 | Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus | |
| 173 | Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis | |
| 174 | Gabon Boubou | Laniarius bicolor | |
| 175 | Southern Boubou | Laniarius ferrugineus | |
| 176 | Crimson-breasted Gonolek | Laniarius atrococcineus | |
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| 177 | Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
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| 178 | (African Paradise-Flycatcher) | Terpsiphone viridis | |
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| 179 | /Red-backed Shrike/ | Lanius collurio | |
| 180 | /Lesser Gray Shrike/ | Lanius minor | |
| 181 | Magpie Shrike | Lanius melanoleuca | |
| 182 | Southern Fiscal | Lanius collaris | |
| 183 | White-crowned Shrike | Eurocephalus anguitimens | |
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| 184 | Cape Crow | Corvus capensis | |
| 185 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
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| 186 | Southern Black-Tit | Melaniparus niger | |
| 187 | Carp's Tit | Melaniparus carpi | |
| 188 | Rufous-bellied Tit | Melaniparus rufiventris | |
| 189 | Ashy Tit | Melaniparus cinerascens | |
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| 190 | African Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus caroli | |
| 191 | Southern Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus minutus | |
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| 192 | Spike-heeled Lark | Chersomanes albofasciata | |
| 193 | |Dusky Lark| | Pinarocorys nigricans | |
| 194 | Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix leucotis | |
| 195 | Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix verticalis | |
| 196 | Sabota Lark | Calendulauda sabota | |
| 197 | Fawn-colored Lark | Calendulauda africanoides | |
| 198 | Rufous-naped Lark | Mirafra africana | |
| 199 | Eastern Clapper Lark | Mirafra fasciolata | |
| 200 | Red-capped Lark | Calandrella cinerea | |
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| 201 | Cape Crombec | Sylvietta rufescens | |
| 202 | Rockrunner | Achaetops pycnopygius | |
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| 203 | Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis | |
| 204 | Burnt-neck Eremomela | Eremomela usticollis | |
| 205 | Barred Wren-Warbler | Calamonastes fasciolatus | |
| 206 | Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | |
| 207 | Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida | |
| 208 | Black-chested Prinia | Prinia flavicans | |
| 209 | Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana | |
| 210 | Tinkling Cisticola | Cisticola rufilatus | |
| 211 | Red-headed Cisticola | Cisticola subruficapilla | |
| 212 | Luapula Cisticola | Cisticola luapula | |
| 213 | Levaillant's Cisticola | Cisticola tinniens | |
| 214 | Piping Cisticola | Cisticola fulvicapilla | |
| 215 | Desert Cisticola | Cisticola aridulus | |
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| 216 | Olive-tree Warbler | Hippolais olivetorum | |
| 217 | /Icterine Warbler/ | Hippolais icterina | |
| 218 | /Sedge Warbler/ | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | |
| 219 | /Marsh Warbler/ | Acrocephalus palustris | |
| 220 | /Common Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
| 221 | /Great Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | |
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| 222 | /River Warbler/ | Locustella fluviatilis | |
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| 223 | |Banded Martin| | Neophedina cincta | |
| 224 | Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola | |
| 225 | Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | |
| 226 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica | |
| 227 | /Western House-Martin/ | Delichon urbicum | |
| 228 | (Greater Striped Swallow) | Cecropis cucullata | |
| 229 | (Lesser Striped Swallow) | Cecropis abyssinica | |
| 230 | (Rufous-chested Swallow) | Cecropis semirufa | |
| 231 | |South African Swallow| | Petrochelidon spilodera | |
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| 232 | Yellow-bellied Greenbul | Chlorocichla flaviventris | |
| 233 | Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |
| 234 | Black-fronted Bulbul | Pycnonotus nigricans | |
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| 235 | /Willow Warbler/ | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
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| 236 | /Garden Warbler/ | Sylvia borin | |
| 237 | Chestnut-vented Warbler | Curruca subcaerulea | |
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| 238 | Southern Yellow White-eye | Zosterops anderssoni | |
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| 239 | Southern Pied-Babbler | Turdoides bicolor | |
| 240 | Black-faced Babbler | Turdoides melanops | |
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| 241 | (Wattled Starling) | Creatophora cinerea | |
| 242 | (Violet-backed Starling) | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | |
| 243 | Pale-winged Starling | Onychognathus nabouroup | |
| 244 | Burchell's Starling | Lamprotornis australis | |
| 245 | Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus | |
| 246 | Cape Starling | Lamprotornis nitens | |
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| 247 | Groundscraper Thrush | Turdus litsitsirupa | |
| 248 | Kurrichane Thrush | Turdus libonyana | |
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| 249 | /Spotted Flycatcher/ | Muscicapa striata | |
| 250 | Marico Flycatcher | Bradornis mariquensis | |
| 251 | Chat Flycatcher | Agricola infuscatus | |
| 252 | Southern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis pammelaina | |
| 253 | Kalahari Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas paena | |
| 254 | Red-backed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys | |
| 255 | White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini | |
| 256 | Short-toed Rock-Thrush | Monticola brevipes | |
| 257 | Southern Anteater-Chat | Myrmecocichla formicivora | |
| 258 | Mountain Wheatear | Myrmecocichla monticola | |
| 259 | Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata | |
| 260 | Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris | |
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| 261 | Amethyst Sunbird | Chalcomitra amethystina | |
| 262 | Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis | |
| 263 | Marico Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis | |
| 264 | White-breasted Sunbird | Cinnyris talatala | |
| 265 | Dusky Sunbird | Cinnyris fuscus | |
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| 266 | <Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver> | Bubalornis niger | |
| 267 | Scaly Weaver | Sporopipes squamifrons | |
| 268 | White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali | |
| 269 | Sociable Weaver | Philetairus socius | |
| 270 | Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps | |
| 271 | Lesser Masked-Weaver | Ploceus intermedius | |
| 272 | Southern Masked-Weaver | Ploceus velatus | |
| 273 | Chestnut Weaver | Ploceus rubiginosus | |
| 274 | (Red-billed Quelea) | Quelea quelea | |
| 275 | Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix | |
| 276 | Yellow-crowned Bishop | Euplectes afer | |
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| 277 | Black-faced Waxbill | Brunhilda erythronotos | |
| 278 | Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | |
| 279 | Quailfinch | Ortygospiza atricollis | |
| 280 | Cut-throat | Amadina fasciata | |
| 281 | Red-headed Finch | Amadina erythrocephala | |
| 282 | Violet-eared Waxbill | Granatina granatina | |
| 283 | Southern Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus angolensis | |
| 284 | Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba | |
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| 285 | Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | |
| 286 | Eastern Paradise-Whydah | Vidua paradisaea | |
| 287 | Shaft-tailed Whydah | Vidua regia | |
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| 288 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
| 289 | Great Rufous Sparrow | Passer motitensis | |
| 290 | Cape Sparrow | Passer melanurus | |
| 291 | Southern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer diffusus | |
| 292 | Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow | Gymnornis superciliaris | |
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| 293 | Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis | |
| 294 | African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | |
| 295 | Buffy Pipit | Anthus vaalensis | |
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| 296 | Black-throated Canary | Crithagra atrogularis | |
| 297 | Yellow Canary | Crithagra flaviventris | |
| 298 | White-throated Canary | Crithagra albogularis | |
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| 299 | Lark-like Bunting | Emberiza impetuani | |
| 300 | Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi | |
| 301 | Cape Bunting | Emberiza capensis | |
| 302 | 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 | 6 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 1 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 2 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 24 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 1 |
| [] | Accidental | 0 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 3 |
| V | Vulnerable | 4 |
| EN | Endangered | 5 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 2 |
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.