LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL PARK
TANZANIA
LOCALE
| Area (SqKm): | 319 |
| Altitude (m): | 945 |
| # Species*: | 271 |
| # Excl Vagrants*: | 271 |
| # Endemics*: | 0 |
| # Near Endemics*: | 4 |
| Species/100 SqKm*: | 85.0 |
| *Based on partial or incomplete data. | |
| Habitat: Plains, Acacia parkland, scrub, marsh, ground-water forest | |
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 | White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | |
| 2 | Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | |
| 3 | Knob-billed Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos | |
| 4 | Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | |
| 5 | Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis | |
| 6 | Blue-billed Teal | Spatula hottentota | |
| 7 | Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata | |
| 8 | Red-billed Duck | Anas erythrorhyncha | |
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| 9 | Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
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| 10 | Scaly Francolin | Pternistis squamatus | |
| 11 | Yellow-necked Francolin | Pternistis leucoscepus | |
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| 12 | Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | |
| 13 | <Lesser Flamingo> | Phoenicoparrus minor | |
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| 14 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | |
| 15 | Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
| 16 | Mourning Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decipiens | |
| 17 | Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | |
| 18 | Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | |
| 19 | Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis | |
| 20 | Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos | |
| 21 | Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria | |
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| 22 | Schalow's Turaco | Tauraco schalowi | |
| 23 | Purple-crested Turaco | Tauraco porphyreolophus | |
| 24 | Bare-faced Go-away-bird | Corythaixoides personatus | |
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| 25 | Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius | |
| 26 | Black Cuckoo | Cuculus clamosus | |
| 27 | White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus | |
| 28 | Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | |
| 29 | Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | |
| 30 | African Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx cupreus | |
| 31 | Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | |
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| 32 | Freckled Nightjar | Caprimulgus tristigma | |
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| 33 | Scarce Swift | Schoutedenapus myoptilus | |
| 34 | Mottled Swift | Apus aequatorialis | |
| 35 | African Swift | Apus barbatus | |
| 36 | Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
| 37 | White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | |
| 38 | African Palm-Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | |
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| 39 | Gray Crowned-Crane | Balearica regulorum | |
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| 40 | Water Thick-knee | Burhinus vermiculatus | |
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| 41 | Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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| 42 | Long-toed Lapwing | Vanellus crassirostris | |
| 43 | Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus | |
| 44 | Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus | |
| 45 | Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus | |
| 46 | Kittlitz's Plover | Charadrius pecuarius | |
| 47 | Three-banded Plover | Charadrius tricollaris | |
| 48 | Chestnut-banded Plover | Charadrius pallidus | |
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| 49 | <Greater Painted-Snipe> | Rostratula benghalensis | |
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| 50 | African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | |
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| 51 | /Black-tailed Godwit/ | Limosa limosa | |
| 52 | /Ruff/ | Calidris pugnax | |
| 53 | /Curlew Sandpiper/ | Calidris ferruginea | |
| 54 | /Temminck's Stint/ | Calidris temminckii | |
| 55 | /Little Stint/ | Calidris minuta | |
| 56 | /Common Snipe/ | Gallinago gallinago | |
| 57 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| 58 | /Green Sandpiper/ | Tringa ochropus | |
| 59 | /Common Greenshank/ | Tringa nebularia | |
| 60 | /Marsh Sandpiper/ | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| 61 | /Wood Sandpiper/ | Tringa glareola | |
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| 62 | Double-banded Courser | Smutsornis africanus | |
| 63 | Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | |
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| 64 | Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | |
| 65 | /Gull-billed Tern/ | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
| 66 | /White-winged Tern/ | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
| 67 | Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
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| 68 | #Abdim's Stork# | Ciconia abdimii | |
| 69 | /White Stork/ | Ciconia ciconia | |
| 70 | Saddle-billed Stork | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis | |
| 71 | Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer | |
| 72 | Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | |
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| 73 | Long-tailed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | |
| 74 | Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
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| 75 | Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | |
| 76 | Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens | |
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| 77 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | |
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| 78 | Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | |
| 79 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| 80 | Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | |
| 81 | Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| 82 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| 83 | Black Heron | Egretta ardesiaca | |
| 84 | Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| 85 | Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | |
| 86 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| 87 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
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| 88 | Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
| 89 | African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | |
| 90 | Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | |
| 91 | African Spoonbill | Platalea alba | |
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| 92 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| 93 | African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus | |
| 94 | Palm-nut Vulture | Gypohierax angolensis | |
| 95 | White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | |
| 96 | Rueppell's Griffon | Gyps rueppelli | |
| 97 | Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | |
| 98 | Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis | |
| 99 | Brown Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinereus | |
| 100 | Crowned Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus | |
| 101 | Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | |
| 102 | Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis | |
| 103 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | |
| 104 | /Imperial Eagle/ | Aquila heliaca | |
| 105 | Verreaux's Eagle | Aquila verreauxii | |
| 106 | African Hawk-Eagle | Aquila spilogaster | |
| 107 | Eastern Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax poliopterus | |
| 108 | /Eurasian Marsh-Harrier/ | Circus aeruginosus | |
| 109 | African Marsh-Harrier | Circus ranivorus | |
| 110 | Ovambo Sparrowhawk | Accipiter ovampensis | |
| 111 | /Black Kite/ | Milvus migrans | |
| 112 | Yellow-billed Kite** | Milvus aegyptius | |
| 113 | African Fish-Eagle | Haliaeetus vocifer | |
| 114 | |Common Buzzard| | Buteo buteo | |
| 115 | Mountain Buzzard | Buteo oreophilus | |
| 116 | Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur | |
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| 117 | Verreaux's Eagle-Owl | Bubo lacteus | |
| 118 | Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum | |
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| 119 | Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | |
| 120 | Blue-naped Mousebird | Urocolius macrourus | |
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| 121 | Narina Trogon | Apaloderma narina | |
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| 122 | African Hoopoe** | Upupa africana | |
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| 123 | Abyssinian Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus minor | |
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| 124 | Southern Ground-Hornbill | Bucorvus leadbeateri | |
| 125 | Crowned Hornbill | Lophoceros alboterminatus | |
| 126 | African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus | |
| 127 | Von der Decken's Hornbill | Tockus deckeni | |
| 128 | Silvery-cheeked Hornbill | Bycanistes brevis | |
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| 129 | Gray-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala | |
| 130 | Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis | |
| 131 | Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Halcyon albiventris | |
| 132 | Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti | |
| 133 | Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima | |
| 134 | Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
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| 135 | Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | |
| 136 | Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater | Merops oreobates | |
| 137 | |European Bee-eater| | Merops apiaster | |
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| 138 | /European Roller/ | Coracias garrulus | |
| 139 | Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus | |
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| 140 | Red-and-yellow Barbet | Trachyphonus erythrocephalus | |
| 141 | D'Arnaud's Barbet | Trachyphonus darnaudii | |
| 142 | Red-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus pusillus | |
| 143 | Spot-flanked Barbet | Tricholaema lacrymosa | |
| 144 | White-headed Barbet | Lybius leucocephalus | |
| 145 | Brown-breasted Barbet | Lybius melanopterus | |
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| 146 | Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | |
| 147 | Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator | |
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| 148 | Cardinal Woodpecker | Chloropicus fuscescens | |
| 149 | Bearded Woodpecker | Chloropicus namaquus | |
| 150 | Mountain Gray Woodpecker | Chloropicus spodocephalus | |
| 151 | Nubian Woodpecker | Campethera nubica | |
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| 152 | Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
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| 153 | Fischer's Lovebird | Agapornis fischeri | |
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| 154 | Red-fronted Parrot | Poicephalus gulielmi | |
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| 155 | Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor | |
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| 156 | Brubru | Nilaus afer | |
| 157 | Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla | |
| 158 | Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis | |
| 159 | Tropical Boubou | Laniarius major | |
| 160 | Slate-colored Boubou | Laniarius funebris | |
| 161 | Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike | Telophorus sulfureopectus | |
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| 162 | Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
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| 163 | African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | |
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| 164 | /Red-backed Shrike/ | Lanius collurio | |
| 165 | /Isabelline Shrike/ | Lanius isabellinus | |
| 166 | Long-tailed Fiscal | Lanius cabanisi | |
| 167 | Taita Fiscal | Lanius dorsalis | |
| 168 | Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis | |
| 169 | White-rumped Shrike | Eurocephalus ruppelli | |
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| 170 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
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| 171 | White-tailed Blue Flycatcher | Elminia albicauda | |
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| 172 | Fischer's Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix leucopareia | |
| 173 | Flappet Lark | Mirafra rufocinnamomea | |
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| 174 | Red-faced Crombec | Sylvietta whytii | |
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| 175 | Gray-backed Camaroptera** | Camaroptera brevicaudata | |
| 176 | Buff-bellied Warbler | Phyllolais pulchella | |
| 177 | Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida | |
| 178 | Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | |
| 179 | Gray-capped Warbler | Eminia lepida | |
| 180 | Red-faced Cisticola | Cisticola erythrops | |
| 181 | Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana | |
| 182 | Winding Cisticola | Cisticola marginatus | |
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| 183 | /Eastern Olivaceous Warbler/ | Iduna pallida | |
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| 184 | Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | |
| 185 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica | |
| 186 | Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
| 187 | Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica | |
| 188 | Black Sawwing | Psalidoprocne pristoptera | |
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| 189 | Yellow-bellied Greenbul | Chlorocichla flaviventris | |
| 190 | Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |
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| 191 | /Willow Warbler/ | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
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| 192 | /Eurasian Blackcap/ | Sylvia atricapilla | |
| 193 | Banded Parisoma | Curruca boehmi | |
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| 194 | Rufous Chatterer | Argya rubiginosa | |
| 195 | Arrow-marked Babbler | Turdoides jardineii | |
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| 196 | Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythrorynchus | |
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| 197 | Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea | |
| 198 | Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | |
| 199 | Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio | |
| 200 | Hildebrandt's Starling | Lamprotornis hildebrandti | |
| 201 | Ashy Starling | Lamprotornis unicolor | |
| 202 | Superb Starling | Lamprotornis superbus | |
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| 203 | |Spotted Flycatcher| | Muscicapa striata | |
| 204 | African Gray Flycatcher | Bradornis microrhynchus | |
| 205 | Pale Flycatcher | Agricola pallidus | |
| 206 | White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher | Melaenornis fischeri | |
| 207 | Red-backed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys | |
| 208 | Cape Robin-Chat | Cossypha caffra | |
| 209 | Rueppell's Robin-Chat | Cossypha semirufa | |
| 210 | White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini | |
| 211 | Collared Palm-Thrush | Cichladusa arquata | |
| 212 | Spotted Morning-Thrush | Cichladusa guttata | |
| 213 | /White-throated Robin/ | Irania gutturalis | |
| 214 | /Common Nightingale/ | Luscinia megarhynchos | |
| 215 | Mocking Cliff-Chat | Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris | |
| 216 | /Northern Wheatear/ | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
| 217 | Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata | |
| 218 | /Isabelline Wheatear/ | Oenanthe isabellina | |
| 219 | /Pied Wheatear/ | Oenanthe pleschanka | |
| 220 | Abyssinian Wheatear | Oenanthe lugubris | |
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| 221 | Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes orientalis | |
| 222 | Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris | |
| 223 | Amethyst Sunbird | Chalcomitra amethystina | |
| 224 | Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis | |
| 225 | Bronze Sunbird | Nectarinia kilimensis | |
| 226 | Eastern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris mediocris | |
| 227 | Beautiful Sunbird | Cinnyris pulchellus | |
| 228 | Mariqua Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis | |
| 229 | Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus | |
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| 230 | White-headed Buffalo-Weaver | Dinemellia dinemelli | |
| 231 | Speckle-fronted Weaver | Sporopipes frontalis | |
| 232 | Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht | |
| 233 | Vitelline Masked-Weaver | Ploceus vitellinus | |
| 234 | Speke's Weaver | Ploceus spekei | |
| 235 | Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | |
| 236 | <Chestnut Weaver> | Ploceus rubiginosus | |
| 237 | <Red-billed Quelea> | Quelea quelea | |
| 238 | Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix | |
| 239 | Black Bishop | Euplectes gierowii | |
| 240 | Yellow Bishop | Euplectes capensis | |
| 241 | Grosbeak Weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons | |
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| 242 | Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata | |
| 243 | African Silverbill | Euodice cantans | |
| 244 | Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | |
| 245 | Crimson-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda rhodopyga | |
| 246 | <Cut-throat> | Amadina fasciata | |
| 247 | Purple Grenadier | Granatina ianthinogaster | |
| 248 | Red-cheeked Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus bengalus | |
| 249 | Blue-capped Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus cyanocephalus | |
| 250 | Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba | |
| 251 | Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | |
| 252 | African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata | |
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| 253 | Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | |
| 254 | Eastern Paradise-Whydah | Vidua paradisaea | |
| 255 | Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata | |
| 256 | Variable Indigobird | Vidua funerea | |
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| 257 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | |
| 258 | Northern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus | |
| 259 | Chestnut Sparrow | Passer eminibey | |
| 260 | Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow | Gymnornis pyrgita | |
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| 261 | Mountain Wagtail | Motacilla clara | |
| 262 | /Western Yellow Wagtail/ | Motacilla flava | |
| 263 | African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | |
| 264 | African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | |
| 265 | /Tree Pipit/ | Anthus trivialis | |
| 266 | Yellow-throated Longclaw | Macronyx croceus | |
| 267 | Pangani Longclaw | Macronyx aurantiigula | |
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| 268 | Southern Citril | Crithagra hypostictus | |
| 269 | Reichenow's Seedeater | Crithagra reichenowi | |
| 270 | Streaky Seedeater | Crithagra striolatus | |
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| 271 | 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
| // | Boreal Visitor |
| \\ | Austral Visitor |
| || | Transient |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular |
| () | Breeding Season Only |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant |
| [] | Accidental |