OLDUVAI GORGE
TANZANIA
LOCALE
| Altitude (m): | 1450 |
| # Species: | 319 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 319 |
| # Endemics: | 3 |
| # Near Endemics: | 10 |
| Habitat: Arid scrub, gorge | |
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 | Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca |
| 3 | Cape Teal | Anas capensis |
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| 4 | Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris |
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| 5 | Crested Francolin | Ortygornis sephaena |
| 6 | Coqui Francolin | Campocolinus coqui |
| 7 | (Common Quail) | Coturnix coturnix |
| 8 | Hildebrandt's Spurfowl | Pternistis hildebrandti |
| 9 | Yellow-necked Spurfowl | Pternistis leucoscepus |
| 10 | Gray-breasted Spurfowl | Pternistis rufopictus |
| 11 | Red-necked Spurfowl | Pternistis afer |
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| 12 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| 13 | Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea |
| 14 | Rameron Pigeon | Columba arquatrix |
| 15 | Dusky Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia lugens |
| 16 | Mourning Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decipiens |
| 17 | Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata |
| 18 | Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola |
| 19 | Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis |
| 20 | Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos |
| 21 | Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis |
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| 22 | Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse | Pterocles exustus |
| 23 | Yellow-throated Sandgrouse | Pterocles gutturalis |
| 24 | Black-faced Sandgrouse | Pterocles decoratus |
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| 25 | Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori |
| 26 | White-bellied Bustard | Eupodotis senegalensis |
| 27 | Black-bellied Bustard | Lissotis melanogaster |
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| 28 | Bare-faced Go-away-bird | Crinifer personatus |
| 29 | White-bellied Go-away-bird | Crinifer leucogaster |
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| 30 | Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius |
| 31 | Black Cuckoo | Cuculus clamosus |
| 32 | African Cuckoo | Cuculus gularis |
| 33 | White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus |
| 34 | Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus |
| 35 | /Great Spotted Cuckoo/ | Clamator glandarius |
| 36 | Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas |
| 37 | Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius |
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| 38 | Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba |
| 39 | Mottled Swift | Tachymarptis aequatorialis |
| 40 | |Common Swift| | Apus apus |
| 41 | Nyanza Swift | Apus niansae |
| 42 | African Swift | Apus barbatus |
| 43 | Little Swift | Apus affinis |
| 44 | (Horus Swift) | Apus horus |
| 45 | White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer |
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| 46 | Lesser Moorhen | Gallinula angulata |
| 47 | Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra |
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| 48 | Gray Crowned-Crane | Balearica regulorum |
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| 49 | Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis |
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| 50 | Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus |
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| 51 | /Common Ringed Plover/ | Charadrius hiaticula |
| 52 | Three-banded Plover | Thinornis tricollaris |
| 53 | Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus |
| 54 | Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus |
| 55 | Senegal Lapwing | Vanellus lugubris |
| 56 | Black-winged Lapwing | Vanellus melanopterus |
| 57 | Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus |
| 58 | /Caspian Plover/ | Anarhynchus asiaticus |
| 59 | Chestnut-banded Plover | Anarhynchus pallidus |
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| 60 | /Marsh Sandpiper/ | Tringa stagnatilis |
| 61 | /Ruff/ | Calidris pugnax |
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| 62 | Double-banded Courser | Smutsornis africanus |
| 63 | Three-banded Courser | Rhinoptilus cinctus |
| 64 | Temminck's Courser | Cursorius temminckii |
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| 65 | /Gull-billed Tern/ | Gelochelidon nilotica |
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| 66 | Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus |
| 67 | &Lesser Flamingol | Phoenicoparrus minor |
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| 68 | /Abdim's Stork/ | Ciconia abdimii |
| 69 | African Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia microscelis |
| 70 | /White Stork/ | Ciconia ciconia |
| 71 | Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer |
| 72 | Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis |
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| 73 | African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus |
| 74 | Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash |
| 75 | African Spoonbill | Platalea alba |
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| 76 | Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| 77 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata |
| 78 | Western Cattle-Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| 79 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea |
| 80 | Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala |
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| 81 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta |
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| 82 | Shoebill | Balaeniceps rex |
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| 83 | Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens |
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| 84 | Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius |
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| 85 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus |
| 86 | African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus |
| 87 | Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus |
| 88 | White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis |
| 89 | Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos |
| 90 | Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus |
| 91 | White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus |
| 92 | Rueppell's Griffon | Gyps rueppelli |
| 93 | Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus |
| 94 | Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis |
| 95 | Brown Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinereus |
| 96 | Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus |
| 97 | Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis |
| 98 | /Lesser Spotted Eagle/ | Clanga pomarina |
| 99 | Wahlberg's Eagle | Hieraaetus wahlbergi |
| 100 | /Booted Eagle/ | Hieraaetus pennatus |
| 101 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax |
| 102 | /Steppe Eagle/ | Aquila nipalensis |
| 103 | /Imperial Eagle/ | Aquila heliaca |
| 104 | Verreaux's Eagle | Aquila verreauxii |
| 105 | Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar |
| 106 | Dark Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax metabates |
| 107 | Eastern Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax poliopterus |
| 108 | African Goshawk | Aerospiza toussenelii |
| 109 | /Western Marsh Harrier/ | Circus aeruginosus |
| 110 | African Marsh Harrier | Circus ranivorus |
| 111 | /Pallid Harrier/ | Circus macrourus |
| 112 | Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus |
| 113 | /Black Kite/ | Milvus migrans |
| 114 | African Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga vocifer |
| 115 | |Common Buzzard| | Buteo buteo |
| 116 | /Long-legged Buzzard/ | Buteo rufinus |
| 117 | Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur |
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| 118 | Spotted Eagle-Owl | Bubo africanus |
| 119 | Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum |
| 120 | Marsh Owl | Asio capensis |
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| 121 | Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus |
| 122 | White-headed Mousebird | Colius leucocephalus |
| 123 | Blue-naped Mousebird | Urocolius macrourus |
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| 124 | /Eurasian Hoopoe/ | Upupa epops |
| 125 | African Hoopoe** | Upupa africana |
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| 126 | Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus |
| 127 | Abyssinian Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus minor |
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| 128 | Southern Ground-Hornbill | Bucorvus leadbeateri |
| 129 | African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus |
| 130 | Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus ruahae |
| 131 | Von der Decken's Hornbill | Tockus deckeni |
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| 132 | Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus |
| 133 | /White-throated Bee-eater/ | Merops albicollis |
| 134 | |European Bee-eater| | Merops apiaster |
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| 135 | Gray-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala |
| 136 | Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis |
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| 137 | /European Roller/ | Coracias garrulus |
| 138 | Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus |
| 139 | Purple Roller | Coracias naevius |
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| 140 | Red-and-yellow Barbet | Trachyphonus erythrocephalus |
| 141 | D'Arnaud's Barbet | Trachyphonus darnaudii |
| 142 | Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus uropygialis |
| 143 | Red-fronted Barbet | Tricholaema diademata |
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| 144 | Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens |
| 145 | Mountain Gray Woodpecker | Dendropicos spodocephalus |
| 146 | Nubian Woodpecker | Campethera nubica |
| 147 | Golden-tailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni |
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| 148 | Pygmy Falcon | Polihierax semitorquatus |
| 149 | /Lesser Kestrel/ | Falco naumanni |
| 150 | /Eurasian Kestrel/ | Falco tinnunculus |
| 151 | Rock Kestrel | Falco rupicolus |
| 152 | Greater Kestrel | Falco rupicoloides |
| 153 | Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus |
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| 154 | Fischer's Lovebird | Agapornis fischeri |
| 155 | Yellow-collared Lovebird | Agapornis personatus |
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| 156 | Meyer's Parrot | Poicephalus meyeri |
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| 157 | Black Cuckooshrike | Campephaga flava |
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| 158 | Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor |
| 159 | Pygmy Batis | Batis perkeo |
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| 160 | Brubru | Nilaus afer |
| 161 | Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla |
| 162 | Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus |
| 163 | Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis |
| 164 | Tropical Boubou | Laniarius major |
| 165 | Slate-colored Boubou | Laniarius funebris |
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| 166 | Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis |
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| 167 | Magpie Shrike | Urolestes melanoleuca |
| 168 | /Red-backed Shrike/ | Lanius collurio |
| 169 | /Isabelline Shrike/ | Lanius isabellinus |
| 170 | |Lesser Gray Shrike| | Lanius minor |
| 171 | Gray-backed Fiscal | Lanius excubitoroides |
| 172 | Long-tailed Fiscal | Lanius cabanisi |
| 173 | Taita Fiscal | Lanius dorsalis |
| 174 | Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis |
| 175 | White-rumped Shrike | Eurocephalus ruppelli |
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| 176 | Cape Crow | Corvus capensis |
| 177 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus |
| 178 | White-necked Raven | Corvus albicollis |
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| 179 | Red-throated Tit | Melaniparus fringillinus |
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| 180 | African Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus caroli |
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| 181 | Fischer's Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix leucopareia |
| 182 | Fawn-colored Lark | Calendulauda africanoides |
| 183 | Rufous-naped Lark | Corypha africana |
| 184 | &Short-tailed Larkl | Pseudalaemon fremantlii |
| 185 | Red-capped Lark | Calandrella cinerea |
| 186 | Somali Short-toed Lark | Alaudala somalica |
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| 187 | Red-faced Crombec | Sylvietta whytii |
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| 188 | Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis |
| 189 | Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura |
| 190 | Buff-bellied Warbler | Phyllolais pulchella |
| 191 | Bar-throated Apalis | Apalis thoracica |
| 192 | Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida |
| 193 | Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava |
| 194 | Red-fronted Warbler | Prinia rufifrons |
| 195 | Singing Cisticola | Cisticola cantans |
| 196 | Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana |
| 197 | Wailing Cisticola | Cisticola lais |
| 198 | Winding Cisticola | Cisticola marginatus |
| 199 | Stout Cisticola | Cisticola robustus |
| 200 | Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis |
| 201 | Desert Cisticola | Cisticola aridulus |
| 202 | Pectoral-patch Cisticola | Cisticola brunnescens |
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| 203 | Black Sawwing | Psalidoprocne pristoptera |
| 204 | Banded Martin | Neophedina cincta |
| 205 | Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola |
| 206 | Southern Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula |
| 207 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica |
| 208 | Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii |
| 209 | /Western House-Martin/ | Delichon urbicum |
| 210 | African Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis melanocrissus |
| 211 | Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica |
| 212 | Mosque Swallow | Cecropis senegalensis |
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| 213 | Gray-olive Greenbul | Phyllastrephus cerviniventris |
| 214 | Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus |
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| 215 | /Willow Warbler/ | Phylloscopus trochilus |
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| 216 | /Barred Warbler/ | Curruca nisoria |
| 217 | Banded Parisoma | Curruca boehmi |
| 218 | /Greater Whitethroat/ | Curruca communis |
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| 219 | Pale White-eye | Zosterops flavilateralis |
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| 220 | Rufous Chatterer | Argya rubiginosa |
| 221 | Arrow-marked Babbler | Turdoides jardineii |
| 222 | Black-lored Babbler | Turdoides sharpei |
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| 223 | Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythroryncha |
| 224 | Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus africanus |
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| 225 | Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea |
| 226 | Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio |
| 227 | Hildebrandt's Starling | Lamprotornis hildebrandti |
| 228 | Rueppell's Starling | Lamprotornis purpuroptera |
| 229 | Ashy Starling | Lamprotornis unicolor |
| 230 | Superb Starling | Lamprotornis superbus |
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| 231 | Abyssinian Thrush | Turdus abyssinicus |
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| 232 | African Dusky Flycatcher | Muscicapa adusta |
| 233 | |Spotted Flycatcher| | Muscicapa striata |
| 234 | African Gray Flycatcher | Bradornis microrhynchus |
| 235 | Pale Flycatcher | Agricola pallidus |
| 236 | Silverbird | Empidornis semipartitus |
| 237 | Southern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis pammelaina |
| 238 | White-browed Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys |
| 239 | Cape Robin-Chat | Dessonornis caffra |
| 240 | White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini |
| 241 | Spotted Morning-Thrush | Cichladusa guttata |
| 242 | /White-throated Robin/ | Irania gutturalis |
| 243 | /Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush/ | Monticola saxatilis |
| 244 | /Whinchat/ | Saxicola rubetra |
| 245 | African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus |
| 246 | Northern Anteater-Chat | Myrmecocichla aethiops |
| 247 | /Northern Wheatear/ | Oenanthe oenanthe |
| 248 | Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata |
| 249 | /Pied Wheatear/ | Oenanthe pleschanka |
| 250 | Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris |
| 251 | Abyssinian Wheatear | Oenanthe lugubris |
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| 252 | Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes orientalis |
| 253 | Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris |
| 254 | Olive Sunbird | Cyanomitra olivacea |
| 255 | Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis |
| 256 | Malachite Sunbird | Nectarinia famosa |
| 257 | Eastern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris mediocris |
| 258 | Gorgeous Sunbird | Cinnyris melanogastrus |
| 259 | Marico Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis |
| 260 | Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus |
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| 261 | Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis niger |
| 262 | White-headed Buffalo-Weaver | Dinemellia dinemelli |
| 263 | Speckle-fronted Weaver | Sporopipes frontalis |
| 264 | White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali |
| 265 | Rufous-tailed Weaver | Histurgops ruficauda |
| 266 | Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps |
| 267 | Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht |
| 268 | Little Weaver | Ploceus luteolus |
| 269 | Holub's Golden-Weaver | Ploceus xanthops |
| 270 | Lesser Masked-Weaver | Ploceus intermedius |
| 271 | Vitelline Masked-Weaver | Ploceus vitellinus |
| 272 | Speke's Weaver | Ploceus spekei |
| 273 | Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus |
| 274 | &Red-billed Queleal | Quelea quelea |
| 275 | Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix |
| 276 | Black-winged Bishop | Euplectes hordeaceus |
| 277 | Black Bishop | Euplectes gierowii |
| 278 | &Yellow-crowned Bishopl | Euplectes afer |
| 279 | Yellow Bishop | Euplectes capensis |
| 280 | Red-cowled Widowbird | Euplectes laticauda |
| 281 | Fan-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes axillaris |
| 282 | Jackson's Widowbird | Euplectes jacksoni |
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| 283 | African Silverbill | Euodice cantans |
| 284 | Black-faced Waxbill | Brunhilda erythronotos |
| 285 | Crimson-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda rhodopyga |
| 286 | &Cut-throatl | Amadina fasciata |
| 287 | Purple Grenadier | Granatina ianthinogaster |
| 288 | Gray-headed Silverbill | Odontospiza griseicapilla |
| 289 | Red-cheeked Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus bengalus |
| 290 | Blue-capped Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus cyanocephalus |
| 291 | Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala |
| 292 | African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata |
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| 293 | Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura |
| 294 | Eastern Paradise-Whydah | Vidua paradisaea |
| 295 | Steel-blue Whydah | Vidua hypocherina |
| 296 | Straw-tailed Whydah | Vidua fischeri |
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| 297 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
| 298 | Kenya Rufous Sparrow | Passer rufocinctus |
| 299 | Northern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus |
| 300 | Swahili Sparrow | Passer suahelicus |
| 301 | Chestnut Sparrow | Passer eminibey |
| 302 | Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow | Gymnornis pyrgita |
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| 303 | /Western Yellow Wagtail/ | Motacilla flava |
| 304 | African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp |
| 305 | African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus |
| 306 | Long-billed Pipit | Anthus similis |
| 307 | Yellow-throated Longclaw | Macronyx croceus |
| 308 | Pangani Longclaw | Macronyx aurantiigula |
| 309 | Rosy-throated Longclaw | Macronyx ameliae |
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| 310 | Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambicus |
| 311 | Southern Citril | Crithagra hypostictus |
| 312 | Reichenow's Seedeater | Crithagra reichenowi |
| 313 | White-bellied Canary | Crithagra dorsostriatus |
| 314 | Southern Grosbeak-Canary | Crithagra buchanani |
| 315 | Brimstone Canary | Crithagra sulphuratus |
| 316 | Streaky Seedeater | Crithagra striolatus |
| 317 | Yellow-crowned Canary | Serinus flavivertex |
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| 318 | Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi |
| 319 | 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 | 34 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 5 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 0 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 5 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 2 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 0 |
| [] | Accidental | 0 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 5 |
| V | Vulnerable | 5 |
| EN | Endangered | 7 |
| 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.