ARUSHA NATIONAL PARK
TANZANIA
LOCALE
| Area (SqKm): | 542 |
| Altitude (m): | 1500-4566 |
| # Species*: | 265 |
| # Excl Vagrants*: | 265 |
| # Endemics*: | 1 |
| # Near Endemics*: | 6 |
| Species/100 SqKm*: | 48.9 |
| *Based on partial or incomplete data. | |
| Habitat: Savanna, swamps, lakes, rainforest | |
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 | White-backed Duck | Thalassornis leuconotus | |
| 4 | Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | |
| 5 | Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis | |
| 6 | Blue-billed Teal | Spatula hottentota | |
| 7 | Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata | |
| 8 | Cape Teal | Anas capensis | |
| 9 | Red-billed Duck | Anas erythrorhyncha | |
| 10 | /Northern Pintail/ | Anas acuta | |
| 11 | \Southern Pochard\ | Netta erythrophthalma | |
| 12 | Maccoa Duck | Oxyura maccoa | |
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| 13 | Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
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| 14 | Scaly Francolin | Pternistis squamatus | |
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| 15 | Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | |
| 16 | <Lesser Flamingo> | Phoenicoparrus minor | |
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| 17 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| 18 | Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
| 19 | Eared Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | |
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| 20 | Rameron Pigeon | Columba arquatrix | |
| 21 | Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | |
| 22 | Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | |
| 23 | Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis | |
| 24 | Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos | |
| 25 | Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria | |
| 26 | African Green-Pigeon | Treron calvus | |
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| 27 | Hartlaub's Turaco | Tauraco hartlaubi | |
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| 28 | Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius | |
| 29 | White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus | |
| 30 | Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | |
| 31 | African Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx cupreus | |
| 32 | Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | |
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| 33 | Abyssinian Nightjar | Caprimulgus poliocephalus | |
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| 34 | Scarce Swift | Schoutedenapus myoptilus | |
| 35 | Alpine Swift | Apus melba | |
| 36 | Mottled Swift | Apus aequatorialis | |
| 37 | |Common Swift| | Apus apus | |
| 38 | Nyanza Swift | Apus niansae | |
| 39 | African Swift | Apus barbatus | |
| 40 | Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
| 41 | (Horus Swift) | Apus horus | |
| 42 | White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | |
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| 43 | |Corn Crake| | Crex crex | |
| 44 | Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata | |
| 45 | Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra | |
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| 46 | Gray Crowned-Crane | Balearica regulorum | |
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| 47 | Water Thick-knee | Burhinus vermiculatus | |
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| 48 | Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
| 49 | Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
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| 50 | Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus | |
| 51 | Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus | |
| 52 | Kittlitz's Plover | Charadrius pecuarius | |
| 53 | /Common Ringed Plover/ | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| 54 | Three-banded Plover | Charadrius tricollaris | |
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| 55 | <Greater Painted-Snipe> | Rostratula benghalensis | |
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| 56 | African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | |
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| 57 | /Little Stint/ | Calidris minuta | |
| 58 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| 59 | /Green Sandpiper/ | Tringa ochropus | |
| 60 | /Common Greenshank/ | Tringa nebularia | |
| 61 | /Marsh Sandpiper/ | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| 62 | /Wood Sandpiper/ | Tringa glareola | |
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| 63 | /White-winged Tern/ | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
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| 64 | /Black Stork/ | Ciconia nigra | |
| 65 | /White Stork/ | Ciconia ciconia | |
| 66 | Saddle-billed Stork | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis | |
| 67 | Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer | |
| 68 | Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | |
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| 69 | Long-tailed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | |
| 70 | Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
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| 71 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | |
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| 72 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| 73 | Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | |
| 74 | Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| 75 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| 76 | Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| 77 | Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | |
| 78 | \Malagasy Pond-Heron\ | Ardeola idae | |
| 79 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| 80 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
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| 81 | African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | |
| 82 | Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | |
| 83 | African Spoonbill | Platalea alba | |
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| 84 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| 85 | Bearded Vulture | Gypaetus barbatus | |
| 86 | White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | |
| 87 | Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | |
| 88 | Crowned Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus | |
| 89 | Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | |
| 90 | Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis | |
| 91 | Ayres's Hawk-Eagle | Hieraaetus ayresii | |
| 92 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | |
| 93 | Verreaux's Eagle | Aquila verreauxii | |
| 94 | Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus | |
| 95 | Dark Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax metabates | |
| 96 | Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar | |
| 97 | /Eurasian Marsh-Harrier/ | Circus aeruginosus | |
| 98 | African Marsh-Harrier | Circus ranivorus | |
| 99 | Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | |
| 100 | /Black Kite/ | Milvus migrans | |
| 101 | Yellow-billed Kite** | Milvus aegyptius | |
| 102 | African Fish-Eagle | Haliaeetus vocifer | |
| 103 | |Common Buzzard| | Buteo buteo | |
| 104 | Mountain Buzzard | Buteo oreophilus | |
| 105 | Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur | |
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| 106 | Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| 107 | Spotted Eagle-Owl | Bubo africanus | |
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| 108 | Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | |
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| 109 | Narina Trogon | Apaloderma narina | |
| 110 | Bar-tailed Trogon | Apaloderma vittatum | |
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| 111 | African Hoopoe** | Upupa africana | |
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| 112 | Crowned Hornbill | Lophoceros alboterminatus | |
| 113 | African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus | |
| 114 | Von der Decken's Hornbill | Tockus deckeni | |
| 115 | Silvery-cheeked Hornbill | Bycanistes brevis | |
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| 116 | African Pygmy Kingfisher | Ispidina picta | |
| 117 | Gray-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala | |
| 118 | Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Halcyon albiventris | |
| 119 | Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima | |
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| 120 | White-fronted Bee-eater | Merops bullockoides | |
| 121 | Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | |
| 122 | Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater | Merops oreobates | |
| 123 | |European Bee-eater| | Merops apiaster | |
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| 124 | /European Roller/ | Coracias garrulus | |
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| 125 | White-eared Barbet | Stactolaema leucotis | |
| 126 | Moustached Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus leucomystax | |
| 127 | Spot-flanked Barbet | Tricholaema lacrymosa | |
| 128 | White-headed Barbet | Lybius leucocephalus | |
| 129 | Brown-breasted Barbet | Lybius melanopterus | |
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| 130 | Green-backed Honeyguide | Prodotiscus zambesiae | |
| 131 | Pallid Honeyguide | Indicator meliphilus | |
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| 132 | Cardinal Woodpecker | Chloropicus fuscescens | |
| 133 | Mountain Gray Woodpecker | Chloropicus spodocephalus | |
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| 134 | Pygmy Falcon | Polihierax semitorquatus | |
| 135 | /Lesser Kestrel/ | Falco naumanni | |
| 136 | /Eurasian Kestrel/ | Falco tinnunculus | |
| 137 | |Amur Falcon| | Falco amurensis | |
| 138 | |Sooty Falcon| | Falco concolor | |
| 139 | /Eurasian Hobby/ | Falco subbuteo | |
| 140 | African Hobby | Falco cuvierii | |
| 141 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| 142 | Red-fronted Parrot | Poicephalus gulielmi | |
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| 143 | Black Cuckooshrike | Campephaga flava | |
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| 144 | /African Golden Oriole/ | Oriolus auratus | |
| 145 | African Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus | |
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| 146 | Black-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira peltata | |
| 147 | Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor | |
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| 148 | Retz's Helmetshrike | Prionops retzii | |
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| 149 | Brubru | Nilaus afer | |
| 150 | Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla | |
| 151 | Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus | |
| 152 | Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis | |
| 153 | Tropical Boubou | Laniarius major | |
| 154 | Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike | Telophorus sulfureopectus | |
| 155 | Black-fronted Bushshrike | Telophorus nigrifrons | |
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| 156 | Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
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| 157 | African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | |
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| 158 | /Isabelline Shrike/ | Lanius isabellinus | |
| 159 | Long-tailed Fiscal | Lanius cabanisi | |
| 160 | Taita Fiscal | Lanius dorsalis | |
| 161 | Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis | |
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| 162 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
| 163 | White-necked Raven | Corvus albicollis | |
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| 164 | Foxy Lark | Calendulauda alopex | |
| 165 | Rufous-naped Lark | Mirafra africana | |
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| 166 | Red-faced Crombec | Sylvietta whytii | |
| 167 | Moustached Grass-Warbler | Melocichla mentalis | |
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| 168 | Gray-backed Camaroptera** | Camaroptera brevicaudata | |
| 169 | Buff-bellied Warbler | Phyllolais pulchella | |
| 170 | Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida | |
| 171 | Black-headed Apalis | Apalis melanocephala | |
| 172 | Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | |
| 173 | Red-fronted Warbler | Prinia rufifrons | |
| 174 | Singing Cisticola | Cisticola cantans | |
| 175 | Trilling Cisticola | Cisticola woosnami | |
| 176 | Hunter's Cisticola | Cisticola hunteri | |
| 177 | Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana | |
| 178 | Winding Cisticola | Cisticola marginatus | |
| 179 | Siffling Cisticola | Cisticola brachypterus | |
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| 180 | African Yellow-Warbler | Iduna natalensis | |
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| 181 | Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola | |
| 182 | /Bank Swallow/ | Riparia riparia | |
| 183 | Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | |
| 184 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica | |
| 185 | Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | |
| 186 | Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
| 187 | Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica | |
| 188 | /Common House-Martin/ | Delichon urbicum | |
| 189 | Black Sawwing | Psalidoprocne pristoptera | |
| 190 | Gray-rumped Swallow | Pseudhirundo griseopyga | |
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| 191 | Eastern Mountain Greenbul | Arizelocichla nigriceps | |
| 192 | Stripe-cheeked Greenbul | Arizelocichla milanjensis | |
| 193 | Yellow-bellied Greenbul | Chlorocichla flaviventris | |
| 194 | Little Greenbul | Eurillas virens | |
| 195 | Northern Brownbul | Phyllastrephus strepitans | |
| 196 | Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |
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| 197 | /Willow Warbler/ | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
| 198 | Brown Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus umbrovirens | |
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| 199 | /Eurasian Blackcap/ | Sylvia atricapilla | |
| 200 | Banded Parisoma | Curruca boehmi | |
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| 201 | Pale White-eye | Zosterops abyssinicus | |
| 202 | Kilimanjaro White-eye | Zosterops eurycricotus | |
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| 203 | Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythrorynchus | |
| 204 | Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus africanus | |
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| 205 | Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | |
| 206 | Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio | |
| 207 | Waller's Starling | Onychognathus walleri | |
| 208 | Sharpe's Starling | Pholia sharpii | |
| 209 | Kenrick's Starling | Poeoptera kenricki | |
| 210 | Superb Starling | Lamprotornis superbus | |
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| 211 | Abyssinian Thrush | Turdus abyssinicus | |
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| 212 | African Dusky Flycatcher | Muscicapa adusta | |
| 213 | |Spotted Flycatcher| | Muscicapa striata | |
| 214 | African Gray Flycatcher | Bradornis microrhynchus | |
| 215 | White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher | Melaenornis fischeri | |
| 216 | Cape Robin-Chat | Cossypha caffra | |
| 217 | White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini | |
| 218 | Spotted Morning-Thrush | Cichladusa guttata | |
| 219 | White-starred Robin | Pogonocichla stellata | |
| 220 | /Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush/ | Monticola saxatilis | |
| 221 | African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus | |
| 222 | Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata | |
| 223 | /Isabelline Wheatear/ | Oenanthe isabellina | |
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| 224 | Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris | |
| 225 | Olive Sunbird | Cyanomitra olivacea | |
| 226 | Amethyst Sunbird | Chalcomitra amethystina | |
| 227 | Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis | |
| 228 | Tacazze Sunbird | Nectarinia tacazze | |
| 229 | Bronze Sunbird | Nectarinia kilimensis | |
| 230 | Malachite Sunbird | Nectarinia famosa | |
| 231 | Golden-winged Sunbird | Drepanorhynchus reichenowi | |
| 232 | Eastern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris mediocris | |
| 233 | Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus | |
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| 234 | Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps | |
| 235 | Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht | |
| 236 | Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis | |
| 237 | Taveta Golden-Weaver | Ploceus castaneiceps | |
| 238 | Speke's Weaver | Ploceus spekei | |
| 239 | Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | |
| 240 | Black-headed Weaver | Ploceus melanocephalus | |
| 241 | <Golden-backed Weaver> | Ploceus jacksoni | |
| 242 | <Red-billed Quelea> | Quelea quelea | |
| 243 | Yellow Bishop | Euplectes capensis | |
| 244 | Fan-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes axillaris | |
| 245 | Grosbeak Weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons | |
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| 246 | Abyssinian Crimsonwing | Cryptospiza salvadorii | |
| 247 | Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | |
| 248 | Crimson-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda rhodopyga | |
| 249 | Quailfinch | Ortygospiza atricollis | |
| 250 | Peters's Twinspot | Hypargos niveoguttatus | |
| 251 | Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | |
| 252 | African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata | |
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| 253 | Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | |
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| 254 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
| 255 | Northern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus | |
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| 256 | /Western Yellow Wagtail/ | Motacilla flava | |
| 257 | African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | |
| 258 | African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | |
| 259 | Long-billed Pipit | Anthus similis | |
| 260 | Yellow-throated Longclaw | Macronyx croceus | |
| 261 | Pangani Longclaw | Macronyx aurantiigula | |
| 262 | Rosy-throated Longclaw | Macronyx ameliae | |
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| 263 | Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambicus | |
| 264 | Southern Citril | Crithagra hypostictus | |
| 265 | Streaky Seedeater | Crithagra striolatus | |
* 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 |