NGORONGORO CRATER
TANZANIA
LOCALE
| Altitude (m): | 1675-2285 |
| # Species: | 605 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 605 |
| # Endemics: | 5 |
| # Near Endemics: | 16 |
| Habitat: Savanna, swamp, woodland, forest, alkaline lake | |
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 | Knob-billed Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos |
| 6 | Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca |
| 7 | Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis |
| 8 | &African Pygmy-Goosel | Nettapus auritus |
| 9 | /Garganey/ | Spatula querquedula |
| 10 | Blue-billed Teal | Spatula hottentota |
| 11 | /Northern Shoveler/ | Spatula clypeata |
| 12 | /Eurasian Wigeon/ | Mareca penelope |
| 13 | African Black Duck | Anas sparsa |
| 14 | Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata |
| 15 | Cape Teal | Anas capensis |
| 16 | Red-billed Duck | Anas erythrorhyncha |
| 17 | /Northern Pintail/ | Anas acuta |
| 18 | /Green-winged Teal/ | Anas crecca |
| 19 | \Southern Pochard\ | Netta erythrophthalma |
| 20 | Maccoa Duck | Oxyura maccoa |
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| 21 | Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris |
| 22 | Eastern Crested Guineafowl | Guttera pucherani |
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| 23 | Crested Francolin | Ortygornis sephaena |
| 24 | Coqui Francolin | Campocolinus coqui |
| 25 | Shelley's Francolin | Scleroptera shelleyi |
| 26 | (Common Quail) | Coturnix coturnix |
| 27 | Harlequin Quail | Coturnix delegorguei |
| 28 | Scaly Spurfowl | Pternistis squamatus |
| 29 | Hildebrandt's Spurfowl | Pternistis hildebrandti |
| 30 | Yellow-necked Spurfowl | Pternistis leucoscepus |
| 31 | Gray-breasted Spurfowl | Pternistis rufopictus |
| 32 | Red-necked Spurfowl | Pternistis afer |
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| 33 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| 34 | Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea |
| 35 | Rameron Pigeon | Columba arquatrix |
| 36 | Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon | Columba delegorguei |
| 37 | Lemon Dove | Aplopelia larvata |
| 38 | Dusky Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia lugens |
| 39 | Mourning Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decipiens |
| 40 | Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata |
| 41 | Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola |
| 42 | Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis |
| 43 | Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos |
| 44 | Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria |
| 45 | Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis |
| 46 | African Green-Pigeon | Treron calvus |
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| 47 | Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse | Pterocles exustus |
| 48 | Yellow-throated Sandgrouse | Pterocles gutturalis |
| 49 | Black-faced Sandgrouse | Pterocles decoratus |
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| 50 | Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori |
| 51 | White-bellied Bustard | Eupodotis senegalensis |
| 52 | Buff-crested Bustard | Lophotis gindiana |
| 53 | Black-bellied Bustard | Lissotis melanogaster |
| 54 | Hartlaub's Bustard | Lissotis hartlaubii |
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| 55 | Bare-faced Go-away-bird | Crinifer personatus |
| 56 | White-bellied Go-away-bird | Crinifer leucogaster |
| 57 | Purple-crested Turaco | Gallirex porphyreolophus |
| 58 | Schalow's Turaco | Tauraco schalowi |
| 59 | Hartlaub's Turaco | Tauraco hartlaubi |
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| 60 | Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius |
| 61 | Black Cuckoo | Cuculus clamosus |
| 62 | /Common Cuckoo/ | Cuculus canorus |
| 63 | African Cuckoo | Cuculus gularis |
| 64 | Black Coucal | Centropus grillii |
| 65 | White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus |
| 66 | Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus |
| 67 | Levaillant's Cuckoo | Clamator levaillantii |
| 68 | /Great Spotted Cuckoo/ | Clamator glandarius |
| 69 | Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas |
| 70 | African Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx cupreus |
| 71 | Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius |
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| 72 | /Eurasian Nightjar/ | Caprimulgus europaeus |
| 73 | Montane Nightjar | Caprimulgus poliocephalus |
| 74 | Freckled Nightjar | Caprimulgus tristigma |
| 75 | Slender-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus clarus |
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| 76 | Mottled Spinetail | Telacanthura ussheri |
| 77 | Scarce Swift | Schoutedenapus myoptilus |
| 78 | Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba |
| 79 | Mottled Swift | Tachymarptis aequatorialis |
| 80 | |Common Swift| | Apus apus |
| 81 | Nyanza Swift | Apus niansae |
| 82 | African Swift | Apus barbatus |
| 83 | Little Swift | Apus affinis |
| 84 | (Horus Swift) | Apus horus |
| 85 | White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer |
| 86 | African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus |
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| 87 | African Rail | Rallus caerulescens |
| 88 | (African Crake) | Crecopsis egregia |
| 89 | Lesser Moorhen | Gallinula angulata |
| 90 | Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus |
| 91 | Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata |
| 92 | Allen's Gallinule | Porphyrio alleni |
| 93 | African Swamphen | Porphyrio madagascariensis |
| 94 | Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra |
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| 95 | Gray Crowned-Crane | Balearica regulorum |
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| 96 | Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis |
| 97 | Water Thick-knee | Burhinus vermiculatus |
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| 98 | Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus |
| 99 | Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta |
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| 100 | /Black-bellied Plover/ | Pluvialis squatarola |
| 101 | /Common Ringed Plover/ | Charadrius hiaticula |
| 102 | Three-banded Plover | Thinornis tricollaris |
| 103 | /Little Ringed Plover/ | Thinornis dubius |
| 104 | Long-toed Lapwing | Vanellus crassirostris |
| 105 | Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus |
| 106 | Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus |
| 107 | Senegal Lapwing | Vanellus lugubris |
| 108 | Black-winged Lapwing | Vanellus melanopterus |
| 109 | Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus |
| 110 | Wattled Lapwing | Vanellus senegallus |
| 111 | /Caspian Plover/ | Anarhynchus asiaticus |
| 112 | /Tibetan Sand-Plover/ | Anarhynchus atrifrons |
| 113 | Kittlitz's Plover | Anarhynchus pecuarius |
| 114 | Chestnut-banded Plover | Anarhynchus pallidus |
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| 115 | &Greater Painted-Snipel | Rostratula benghalensis |
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| 116 | African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus |
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| 117 | /Whimbrel/ | Numenius phaeopus |
| 118 | /Eurasian Curlew/ | Numenius arquata |
| 119 | /Black-tailed Godwit/ | Limosa limosa |
| 120 | African Snipe | Gallinago nigripennis |
| 121 | /Common Snipe/ | Gallinago gallinago |
| 122 | /Terek Sandpiper/ | Xenus cinereus |
| 123 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos |
| 124 | /Green Sandpiper/ | Tringa ochropus |
| 125 | /Marsh Sandpiper/ | Tringa stagnatilis |
| 126 | /Wood Sandpiper/ | Tringa glareola |
| 127 | /Spotted Redshank/ | Tringa erythropus |
| 128 | /Common Greenshank/ | Tringa nebularia |
| 129 | /Ruff/ | Calidris pugnax |
| 130 | /Curlew Sandpiper/ | Calidris ferruginea |
| 131 | /Temminck's Stint/ | Calidris temminckii |
| 132 | /Sanderling/ | Calidris alba |
| 133 | /Little Stint/ | Calidris minuta |
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| 134 | Small Buttonquail | Turnix sylvaticus |
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| 135 | Double-banded Courser | Smutsornis africanus |
| 136 | Bronze-winged Courser | Rhinoptilus chalcopterus |
| 137 | Three-banded Courser | Rhinoptilus cinctus |
| 138 | Temminck's Courser | Cursorius temminckii |
| 139 | |Black-winged Pratincole| | Glareola nordmanni |
| 140 | Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola |
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| 141 | /Black-headed Gull/ | Chroicocephalus ridibundus |
| 142 | Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus |
| 143 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus |
| 144 | African Skimmer | Rynchops flavirostris |
| 145 | /Gull-billed Tern/ | Gelochelidon nilotica |
| 146 | Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida |
| 147 | /White-winged Tern/ | Chlidonias leucopterus |
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| 148 | Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus |
| 149 | &Lesser Flamingol | Phoenicoparrus minor |
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| 150 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis |
| 151 | Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus |
| 152 | Eared Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis |
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| 153 | African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus |
| 154 | /Black Stork/ | Ciconia nigra |
| 155 | /Abdim's Stork/ | Ciconia abdimii |
| 156 | African Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia microscelis |
| 157 | /White Stork/ | Ciconia ciconia |
| 158 | Saddle-billed Stork | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis |
| 159 | Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer |
| 160 | Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis |
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| 161 | African Darter | Anhinga rufa |
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| 162 | Reed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus |
| 163 | Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo |
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| 164 | Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus |
| 165 | African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus |
| 166 | Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash |
| 167 | African Spoonbill | Platalea alba |
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| 168 | Dwarf Bittern | Botaurus sturmii |
| 169 | Little Bittern | Botaurus minutus |
| 170 | Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| 171 | Black Heron | Egretta ardesiaca |
| 172 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
| 173 | White-backed Night Heron | Calherodius leuconotus |
| 174 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata |
| 175 | Rufous-bellied Heron | Ardeola rufiventris |
| 176 | Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides |
| 177 | \Malagasy Pond-Heron\ | Ardeola idae |
| 178 | Western Cattle-Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| 179 | Great Egret | Ardea alba |
| 180 | Yellow-billed Egret | Ardea brachyrhyncha |
| 181 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea |
| 182 | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea |
| 183 | Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala |
| 184 | Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath |
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| 185 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta |
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| 186 | Shoebill | Balaeniceps rex |
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| 187 | Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus |
| 188 | Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens |
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| 189 | Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius |
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| 190 | /Osprey/ | Pandion haliaetus |
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| 191 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus |
| 192 | African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus |
| 193 | Palm-nut Vulture | Gypohierax angolensis |
| 194 | Bearded Vulture | Gypaetus barbatus |
| 195 | Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus |
| 196 | African Cuckoo-Hawk | Aviceda cuculoides |
| 197 | /European Honey-buzzard/ | Pernis apivorus |
| 198 | White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis |
| 199 | Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos |
| 200 | Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus |
| 201 | White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus |
| 202 | Rueppell's Griffon | Gyps rueppelli |
| 203 | Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus |
| 204 | Western Banded Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinerascens |
| 205 | Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis |
| 206 | Brown Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinereus |
| 207 | Crowned Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus |
| 208 | Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus |
| 209 | Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis |
| 210 | /Lesser Spotted Eagle/ | Clanga pomarina |
| 211 | Wahlberg's Eagle | Hieraaetus wahlbergi |
| 212 | /Booted Eagle/ | Hieraaetus pennatus |
| 213 | Ayres's Hawk-Eagle | Hieraaetus ayresii |
| 214 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax |
| 215 | /Steppe Eagle/ | Aquila nipalensis |
| 216 | /Imperial Eagle/ | Aquila heliaca |
| 217 | Verreaux's Eagle | Aquila verreauxii |
| 218 | African Hawk-Eagle | Aquila spilogaster |
| 219 | Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar |
| 220 | Dark Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax metabates |
| 221 | Eastern Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax poliopterus |
| 222 | Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus |
| 223 | African Goshawk | Aerospiza toussenelii |
| 224 | Little Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza minullus |
| 225 | Shikra | Tachyspiza badius |
| 226 | Ovambo Sparrowhawk | Accipiter ovampensis |
| 227 | Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus |
| 228 | Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk | Accipiter rufiventris |
| 229 | Black Goshawk | Astur melanoleucus |
| 230 | /Western Marsh Harrier/ | Circus aeruginosus |
| 231 | African Marsh Harrier | Circus ranivorus |
| 232 | /Pallid Harrier/ | Circus macrourus |
| 233 | Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus |
| 234 | /Black Kite/ | Milvus migrans |
| 235 | African Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga vocifer |
| 236 | /Grasshopper Buzzard/ | Butastur rufipennis |
| 237 | |Common Buzzard| | Buteo buteo |
| 238 | Mountain Buzzard | Buteo oreophilus |
| 239 | /Long-legged Buzzard/ | Buteo rufinus |
| 240 | Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur |
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| 241 | Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba |
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| 242 | African Scops-Owl | Otus senegalensis |
| 243 | Spotted Eagle-Owl | Bubo africanus |
| 244 | Verreaux's Eagle-Owl | Ketupa lactea |
| 245 | Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum |
| 246 | African Wood-Owl | Strix woodfordii |
| 247 | Marsh Owl | Asio capensis |
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| 248 | Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus |
| 249 | White-headed Mousebird | Colius leucocephalus |
| 250 | Blue-naped Mousebird | Urocolius macrourus |
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| 251 | Narina Trogon | Apaloderma narina |
| 252 | Bar-tailed Trogon | Apaloderma vittatum |
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| 253 | /Eurasian Hoopoe/ | Upupa epops |
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| 254 | Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus |
| 255 | White-headed Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus bollei |
| 256 | Common Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus cyanomelas |
| 257 | Abyssinian Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus minor |
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| 258 | Southern Ground-Hornbill | Bucorvus leadbeateri |
| 259 | Crowned Hornbill | Lophoceros alboterminatus |
| 260 | African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus |
| 261 | Northern Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus erythrorhynchus |
| 262 | Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus ruahae |
| 263 | Von der Decken's Hornbill | Tockus deckeni |
| 264 | Silvery-cheeked Hornbill | Bycanistes brevis |
| 265 | Trumpeter Hornbill | Bycanistes bucinator |
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| 266 | White-fronted Bee-eater | Merops bullockoides |
| 267 | Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus |
| 268 | Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater | Merops oreobates |
| 269 | /White-throated Bee-eater/ | Merops albicollis |
| 270 | /Blue-cheeked Bee-eater/ | Merops persicus |
| 271 | \Olive Bee-eater\ | Merops superciliosus |
| 272 | |European Bee-eater| | Merops apiaster |
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| 273 | Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus |
| 274 | African Pygmy Kingfisher | Ispidina picta |
| 275 | Gray-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala |
| 276 | Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis |
| 277 | Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Halcyon albiventris |
| 278 | Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti |
| 279 | Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima |
| 280 | Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis |
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| 281 | /European Roller/ | Coracias garrulus |
| 282 | Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus |
| 283 | Purple Roller | Coracias naevius |
| 284 | Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus |
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| 285 | Red-and-yellow Barbet | Trachyphonus erythrocephalus |
| 286 | D'Arnaud's Barbet | Trachyphonus darnaudii |
| 287 | White-eared Barbet | Stactolaema leucotis |
| 288 | Moustached Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus leucomystax |
| 289 | Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus uropygialis |
| 290 | Red-fronted Barbet | Tricholaema diademata |
| 291 | Spot-flanked Barbet | Tricholaema lacrymosa |
| 292 | Black-throated Barbet | Tricholaema melanocephala |
| 293 | White-headed Barbet | Lybius leucocephalus |
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| 294 | Green-backed Honeybird | Prodotiscus zambesiae |
| 295 | Brown-backed Honeybird | Prodotiscus regulus |
| 296 | Pallid Honeyguide | Indicator meliphilus |
| 297 | Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor |
| 298 | Scaly-throated Honeyguide | Indicator variegatus |
| 299 | Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator |
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| 300 | Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens |
| 301 | Brown-backed Woodpecker | Dendropicos obsoletus |
| 302 | African Gray Woodpecker | Dendropicos goertae |
| 303 | Mountain Gray Woodpecker | Dendropicos spodocephalus |
| 304 | Bearded Woodpecker | Chloropicus namaquus |
| 305 | Nubian Woodpecker | Campethera nubica |
| 306 | Golden-tailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni |
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| 307 | Pygmy Falcon | Polihierax semitorquatus |
| 308 | /Lesser Kestrel/ | Falco naumanni |
| 309 | /Eurasian Kestrel/ | Falco tinnunculus |
| 310 | Greater Kestrel | Falco rupicoloides |
| 311 | Gray Kestrel | Falco ardosiaceus |
| 312 | Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera |
| 313 | |Amur Falcon| | Falco amurensis |
| 314 | |Sooty Falcon| | Falco concolor |
| 315 | /Eurasian Hobby/ | Falco subbuteo |
| 316 | African Hobby | Falco cuvierii |
| 317 | Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus |
| 318 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus |
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| 319 | Fischer's Lovebird | Agapornis fischeri |
| 320 | Yellow-collared Lovebird | Agapornis personatus |
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| 321 | Red-fronted Parrot | Poicephalus gulielmi |
| 322 | Meyer's Parrot | Poicephalus meyeri |
| 323 | Red-bellied Parrot | Poicephalus rufiventris |
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| 324 | Gray Cuckooshrike | Ceblepyris caesia |
| 325 | Black Cuckooshrike | Campephaga flava |
| 326 | Purple-throated Cuckooshrike | Campephaga quiscalina |
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| 327 | /Eurasian Golden Oriole/ | Oriolus oriolus |
| 328 | #African Golden Oriole# | Oriolus auratus |
| 329 | African Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus |
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| 330 | Black-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira peltata |
| 331 | Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor |
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| 332 | White-crested Helmetshrike | Prionops plumatus |
| 333 | Retz's Helmetshrike | Prionops retzii |
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| 334 | Brubru | Nilaus afer |
| 335 | Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla |
| 336 | Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus |
| 337 | Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis |
| 338 | Tropical Boubou | Laniarius major |
| 339 | Slate-colored Boubou | Laniarius funebris |
| 340 | Rosy-patched Bushshrike | Rhodophoneus cruentus |
| 341 | Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike | Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus |
| 342 | Black-fronted Bushshrike | Chlorophoneus nigrifrons |
| 343 | Gray-headed Bushshrike | Malaconotus blanchoti |
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| 344 | Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis |
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| 345 | African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis |
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| 346 | Magpie Shrike | Urolestes melanoleuca |
| 347 | /Red-backed Shrike/ | Lanius collurio |
| 348 | /Isabelline Shrike/ | Lanius isabellinus |
| 349 | |Lesser Gray Shrike| | Lanius minor |
| 350 | Gray-backed Fiscal | Lanius excubitoroides |
| 351 | Long-tailed Fiscal | Lanius cabanisi |
| 352 | Taita Fiscal | Lanius dorsalis |
| 353 | Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis |
| 354 | White-rumped Shrike | Eurocephalus ruppelli |
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| 355 | Cape Crow | Corvus capensis |
| 356 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus |
| 357 | White-necked Raven | Corvus albicollis |
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| 358 | White-tailed Blue Flycatcher | Elminia albicauda |
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| 359 | White-bellied Tit | Melaniparus albiventris |
| 360 | Red-throated Tit | Melaniparus fringillinus |
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| 361 | Beesley's Lark | Chersomanes beesleyi |
| 362 | &Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Larkl | Eremopterix leucotis |
| 363 | Fischer's Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix leucopareia |
| 364 | Pink-breasted Lark | Calendulauda poecilosterna |
| 365 | Fawn-colored Lark | Calendulauda africanoides |
| 366 | White-tailed Lark | Mirafra albicauda |
| 367 | Flappet Lark | Amirafra rufocinnamomea |
| 368 | Rufous-naped Lark | Corypha africana |
| 369 | Red-winged Lark | Corypha hypermetra |
| 370 | &Short-tailed Larkl | Pseudalaemon fremantlii |
| 371 | Red-capped Lark | Calandrella cinerea |
| 372 | Somali Short-toed Lark | Alaudala somalica |
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| 373 | Northern Crombec | Sylvietta brachyura |
| 374 | Red-faced Crombec | Sylvietta whytii |
| 375 | Moustached Grass-Warbler | Melocichla mentalis |
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| 376 | Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis |
| 377 | Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura |
| 378 | Buff-bellied Warbler | Phyllolais pulchella |
| 379 | Bar-throated Apalis | Apalis thoracica |
| 380 | Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida |
| 381 | Black-headed Apalis | Apalis melanocephala |
| 382 | Gray Apalis | Apalis cinerea |
| 383 | Brown-headed Apalis | Apalis alticola |
| 384 | Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava |
| 385 | Red-fronted Warbler | Prinia rufifrons |
| 386 | Gray-capped Warbler | Eminia lepida |
| 387 | Red-faced Cisticola | Cisticola erythrops |
| 388 | Singing Cisticola | Cisticola cantans |
| 389 | Trilling Cisticola | Cisticola woosnami |
| 390 | Hunter's Cisticola | Cisticola hunteri |
| 391 | Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana |
| 392 | Wailing Cisticola | Cisticola lais |
| 393 | Winding Cisticola | Cisticola marginatus |
| 394 | Stout Cisticola | Cisticola robustus |
| 395 | Croaking Cisticola | Cisticola natalensis |
| 396 | Tabora Cisticola | Cisticola angusticauda |
| 397 | Siffling Cisticola | Cisticola brachypterus |
| 398 | Tiny Cisticola | Cisticola nana |
| 399 | Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis |
| 400 | Desert Cisticola | Cisticola aridulus |
| 401 | Pectoral-patch Cisticola | Cisticola brunnescens |
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| 402 | /Eastern Olivaceous Warbler/ | Iduna pallida |
| 403 | African Yellow-Warbler | Iduna natalensis |
| 404 | Mountain Yellow-Warbler | Iduna similis |
| 405 | |Olive-tree Warbler| | Hippolais olivetorum |
| 406 | /Sedge Warbler/ | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus |
| 407 | /Marsh Warbler/ | Acrocephalus palustris |
| 408 | /Common Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus scirpaceus |
| 409 | Lesser Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus gracilirostris |
| 410 | /Great Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus arundinaceus |
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| 411 | Fan-tailed Grassbird | Catriscus brevirostris |
| 412 | Evergreen-forest Warbler | Bradypterus lopezi |
| 413 | Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler | Bradypterus cinnamomeus |
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| 414 | White-headed Sawwing | Psalidoprocne albiceps |
| 415 | Black Sawwing | Psalidoprocne pristoptera |
| 416 | Gray-rumped Swallow | Pseudhirundo griseopyga |
| 417 | Banded Martin | Neophedina cincta |
| 418 | Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola |
| 419 | /Bank Swallow/ | Riparia riparia |
| 420 | Southern Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula |
| 421 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica |
| 422 | Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii |
| 423 | /Western House-Martin/ | Delichon urbicum |
| 424 | African Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis melanocrissus |
| 425 | Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica |
| 426 | Mosque Swallow | Cecropis senegalensis |
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| 427 | Yellow-bellied Greenbul | Chlorocichla flaviventris |
| 428 | Black-headed Mountain Greenbul | Arizelocichla nigriceps |
| 429 | Northern Brownbul | Phyllastrephus strepitans |
| 430 | Cabanis's Greenbul | Phyllastrephus cabanisi |
| 431 | Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus |
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| 432 | /Willow Warbler/ | Phylloscopus trochilus |
| 433 | Brown Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus umbrovirens |
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| 434 | /Eurasian Blackcap/ | Sylvia atricapilla |
| 435 | /Garden Warbler/ | Sylvia borin |
| 436 | African Hill Babbler | Sylvia abyssinica |
| 437 | Banded Parisoma | Curruca boehmi |
| 438 | Brown Parisoma | Curruca lugens |
| 439 | /Greater Whitethroat/ | Curruca communis |
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| 440 | Pale White-eye | Zosterops flavilateralis |
| 441 | Mbulu White-eye | Zosterops mbuluensis |
| 442 | Kilimanjaro White-eye | Zosterops eurycricotus |
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| 443 | Rufous Chatterer | Argya rubiginosa |
| 444 | Scaly Chatterer | Argya aylmeri |
| 445 | Arrow-marked Babbler | Turdoides jardineii |
| 446 | Black-lored Babbler | Turdoides sharpei |
| 447 | Northern Pied-Babbler | Turdoides hypoleuca |
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| 448 | Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythroryncha |
| 449 | Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus africanus |
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| 450 | Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea |
| 451 | Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster |
| 452 | Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio |
| 453 | Waller's Starling | Onychognathus walleri |
| 454 | Sharpe's Starling | Pholia sharpii |
| 455 | Kenrick's Starling | Poeoptera kenricki |
| 456 | Hildebrandt's Starling | Lamprotornis hildebrandti |
| 457 | Rueppell's Starling | Lamprotornis purpuroptera |
| 458 | Ashy Starling | Lamprotornis unicolor |
| 459 | Superb Starling | Lamprotornis superbus |
| 460 | Fischer's Starling | Lamprotornis fischeri |
| 461 | Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus |
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| 462 | Abyssinian Ground-Thrush | Geokichla piaggiae |
| 463 | African Bare-eyed Thrush | Turdus tephronotus |
| 464 | Abyssinian Thrush | Turdus abyssinicus |
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| 465 | African Dusky Flycatcher | Muscicapa adusta |
| 466 | |Spotted Flycatcher| | Muscicapa striata |
| 467 | African Gray Flycatcher | Bradornis microrhynchus |
| 468 | Pale Flycatcher | Agricola pallidus |
| 469 | Gray Tit-Flycatcher | Fraseria plumbeus |
| 470 | Ashy Flycatcher | Fraseria caerulescens |
| 471 | Silverbird | Empidornis semipartitus |
| 472 | Southern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis pammelaina |
| 473 | White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher | Melaenornis fischeri |
| 474 | White-browed Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys |
| 475 | Cape Robin-Chat | Dessonornis caffra |
| 476 | Rueppell's Robin-Chat | Cossypha semirufa |
| 477 | White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini |
| 478 | Red-capped Robin-Chat | Cossypha natalensis |
| 479 | Collared Palm-Thrush | Cichladusa arquata |
| 480 | Spotted Morning-Thrush | Cichladusa guttata |
| 481 | White-starred Robin | Pogonocichla stellata |
| 482 | /White-throated Robin/ | Irania gutturalis |
| 483 | |Thrush Nightingale| | Luscinia luscinia |
| 484 | Little Rock-Thrush | Monticola rufocinereus |
| 485 | /Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush/ | Monticola saxatilis |
| 486 | /Whinchat/ | Saxicola rubetra |
| 487 | African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus |
| 488 | Moorland Chat | Pinarochroa sordida |
| 489 | Mocking Cliff-Chat | Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris |
| 490 | Northern Anteater-Chat | Myrmecocichla aethiops |
| 491 | /Northern Wheatear/ | Oenanthe oenanthe |
| 492 | Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata |
| 493 | /Isabelline Wheatear/ | Oenanthe isabellina |
| 494 | /Pied Wheatear/ | Oenanthe pleschanka |
| 495 | Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris |
| 496 | Abyssinian Wheatear | Oenanthe lugubris |
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| 497 | Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes orientalis |
| 498 | Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris |
| 499 | Green-headed Sunbird | Cyanomitra verticalis |
| 500 | Olive Sunbird | Cyanomitra olivacea |
| 501 | Amethyst Sunbird | Chalcomitra amethystina |
| 502 | Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis |
| 503 | Tacazze Sunbird | Nectarinia tacazze |
| 504 | Bronze Sunbird | Nectarinia kilimensis |
| 505 | Malachite Sunbird | Nectarinia famosa |
| 506 | Golden-winged Sunbird | Drepanorhynchus reichenowi |
| 507 | Eastern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris mediocris |
| 508 | Gorgeous Sunbird | Cinnyris melanogastrus |
| 509 | Marico Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis |
| 510 | Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus |
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| 511 | Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis niger |
| 512 | White-headed Buffalo-Weaver | Dinemellia dinemelli |
| 513 | Speckle-fronted Weaver | Sporopipes frontalis |
| 514 | White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali |
| 515 | Rufous-tailed Weaver | Histurgops ruficauda |
| 516 | Gray-capped Social-Weaver | Pseudonigrita arnaudi |
| 517 | Black-capped Social-Weaver | Pseudonigrita cabanisi |
| 518 | Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps |
| 519 | Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht |
| 520 | Little Weaver | Ploceus luteolus |
| 521 | Black-necked Weaver | Ploceus nigricollis |
| 522 | Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis |
| 523 | Holub's Golden-Weaver | Ploceus xanthops |
| 524 | Taveta Golden-Weaver | Ploceus castaneiceps |
| 525 | Lesser Masked-Weaver | Ploceus intermedius |
| 526 | Vitelline Masked-Weaver | Ploceus vitellinus |
| 527 | Speke's Weaver | Ploceus spekei |
| 528 | Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus |
| 529 | &Golden-backed Weaverl | Ploceus jacksoni |
| 530 | &Chestnut Weaverl | Ploceus rubiginosus |
| 531 | &Cardinal Queleal | Quelea cardinalis |
| 532 | &Red-billed Queleal | Quelea quelea |
| 533 | Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix |
| 534 | Black-winged Bishop | Euplectes hordeaceus |
| 535 | Black Bishop | Euplectes gierowii |
| 536 | &Yellow-crowned Bishopl | Euplectes afer |
| 537 | Yellow Bishop | Euplectes capensis |
| 538 | White-winged Widowbird | Euplectes albonotatus |
| 539 | Red-cowled Widowbird | Euplectes laticauda |
| 540 | Fan-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes axillaris |
| 541 | Jackson's Widowbird | Euplectes jacksoni |
| 542 | Grosbeak Weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons |
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| 543 | Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata |
| 544 | Black-and-white Mannikin | Spermestes bicolor |
| 545 | African Silverbill | Euodice cantans |
| 546 | Yellow-bellied Waxbill | Coccopygia quartinia |
| 547 | Zebra Waxbill | Amandava subflava |
| 548 | Abyssinian Crimsonwing | Cryptospiza salvadorii |
| 549 | Red-faced Crimsonwing | Cryptospiza reichenovii |
| 550 | Gray-headed Nigrita | Nigrita canicapillus |
| 551 | Black-faced Waxbill | Brunhilda erythronotos |
| 552 | Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild |
| 553 | Crimson-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda rhodopyga |
| 554 | Quailfinch | Ortygospiza atricollis |
| 555 | &Cut-throatl | Amadina fasciata |
| 556 | Purple Grenadier | Granatina ianthinogaster |
| 557 | Gray-headed Silverbill | Odontospiza griseicapilla |
| 558 | Red-cheeked Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus bengalus |
| 559 | Blue-capped Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus cyanocephalus |
| 560 | Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba |
| 561 | Red-throated Twinspot | Hypargos niveoguttatus |
| 562 | Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala |
| 563 | African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata |
| 564 | Jameson's Firefinch | Lagonosticta rhodopareia |
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| 565 | Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura |
| 566 | Eastern Paradise-Whydah | Vidua paradisaea |
| 567 | Steel-blue Whydah | Vidua hypocherina |
| 568 | Straw-tailed Whydah | Vidua fischeri |
| 569 | Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata |
| 570 | Dusky Indigobird | Vidua funerea |
| 571 | Parasitic Weaver | Anomalospiza imberbis |
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| 572 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
| 573 | Kenya Rufous Sparrow | Passer rufocinctus |
| 574 | Northern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus |
| 575 | Swahili Sparrow | Passer suahelicus |
| 576 | Chestnut Sparrow | Passer eminibey |
| 577 | Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow | Gymnornis pyrgita |
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| 578 | Mountain Wagtail | Motacilla clara |
| 579 | /Gray Wagtail/ | Motacilla cinerea |
| 580 | /Western Yellow Wagtail/ | Motacilla flava |
| 581 | African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp |
| 582 | /White Wagtail/ | Motacilla alba |
| 583 | African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus |
| 584 | Long-billed Pipit | Anthus similis |
| 585 | Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys |
| 586 | Striped Pipit | Anthus lineiventris |
| 587 | /Tree Pipit/ | Anthus trivialis |
| 588 | /Red-throated Pipit/ | Anthus cervinus |
| 589 | Bush Pipit | Anthus caffer |
| 590 | Golden Pipit | Tmetothylacus tenellus |
| 591 | Yellow-throated Longclaw | Macronyx croceus |
| 592 | Pangani Longclaw | Macronyx aurantiigula |
| 593 | Rosy-throated Longclaw | Macronyx ameliae |
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| 594 | Oriole Finch | Linurgus olivaceus |
| 595 | Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambicus |
| 596 | Southern Citril | Crithagra hypostictus |
| 597 | Reichenow's Seedeater | Crithagra reichenowi |
| 598 | White-bellied Canary | Crithagra dorsostriatus |
| 599 | Southern Grosbeak-Canary | Crithagra buchanani |
| 600 | Brimstone Canary | Crithagra sulphuratus |
| 601 | Streaky Seedeater | Crithagra striolatus |
| 602 | Thick-billed Seedeater | Crithagra burtoni |
| 603 | Yellow-crowned Canary | Serinus flavivertex |
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| 604 | Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi |
| 605 | 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 | 79 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 3 |
| || | Transient | 10 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 1 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 11 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 3 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 1 |
| [] | Accidental | 0 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 13 |
| V | Vulnerable | 6 |
| EN | Endangered | 9 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 4 |
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.