OTHER COUNTRIES IN AFRICA

• Angola
• Botswana
• Egypt
• Ethiopia
• Kenya
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Morocco
• Namibia
• Rwanda
• South Africa
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

DISTRIBUTION CODES

Code	Description	##
E	Endemic	1
LC	Local	1
NE	Near Endemic	4
RR	Restricted Range	64

STATUS CODES

Code	Description	##
NT	Near Threatened	4
V	Vulnerable	4
EN	Endangered	1
CR	Critically Endangered	0

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.

 

List of all specialty birds in the country occurring in remote locales not typically visited by birding tours. Specialties include endemics and globally threatened, vulnerable or endangered. Table indicates 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. See sidebar for meaning of location codes and symbols associated with common names.*

1	/Common Pochard/	Aythya ferina		V
2	Elgon Francolin	Scleroptera elgonensis	NE	NT
3	Shelley's Francolin	Scleroptera shelleyi	RR
4	Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon	Columba delegorguei	RR
5	Black-faced Sandgrouse	Pterocles decoratus	RR
6	Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse	Pterocles lichtensteinii	RR
7	Purple-crested Turaco	Gallirex porphyreolophus	RR
8	Hartlaub's Turaco	Tauraco hartlaubi	RR
9	Sombre Nightjar	Caprimulgus fraenatus	RR
10	Star-spotted Nightjar	Caprimulgus stellatus	RR
11	Bates's Nightjar	Caprimulgus batesi	RR
12	Nkulengu Rail	Himantornis haematopus	RR
13	/Little Crake/	Zapornia parva	RR
14	\Streaky-breasted Flufftail\	Sarothrura boehmi	RR
15	Eurasian Oystercatcher	Haematopus ostralegus		NT
16	Three-banded Courser	Rhinoptilus cinctus	RR
17	Olive Ibis	Bostrychia olivacea	RR
18	Spot-breasted Ibis	Bostrychia rara	RR
19	/Long-legged Buzzard/	Buteo rufinus	RR
20	Cape Eagle-Owl	Bubo capensis	RR
21	Abyssinian Owl	Asio abyssinicus	RR
22	Southern Ground-Hornbill	Bucorvus leadbeateri	RR	V
23	Pallid Honeyguide	Indicator meliphilus	RR
24	Lyre-tailed Honeyguide	Melichneutes robustus	RR
25	Greater Kestrel	Falco rupicoloides	RR
26	Taita Falcon	Falco fasciinucha	RR	V
27	Black-collared Lovebird	Agapornis swindernianus	RR
28	Grauer's Cuckooshrike	Coracina graueri	NE
29	Blue Cuckooshrike	Cyanograucalus azureus	RR
30	Yellow-crested Helmetshrike	Prionops alberti	NE	V
31	Red-eyed Puffback	Dryoscopus senegalensis	RR
32	Fiery-breasted Bushshrike	Malaconotus cruentus	RR
33	Emin's Shrike	Lanius gubernator	RR
34	Souza's Shrike	Lanius souzae	LC
35	Cape Crow	Corvus capensis	RR
36	Somali Tit	Melaniparus thruppi	RR
37	&Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Larkl	Eremopterix leucotis	RR
38	Fischer's Sparrow-Lark	Eremopterix leucopareia	RR
39	Fawn-colored Lark	Calendulauda africanoides	RR
40	Turner's Eremomela	Eremomela turneri	RR	NT
41	Black-collared Apalis	Oreolais pulcher	RR
42	Miombo Wren-Warbler	Calamonastes undosus	RR
43	Gray Wren-Warbler	Calamonastes simplex	RR
44	Hunter's Cisticola	Cisticola hunteri	RR
45	Rock-loving Cisticola	Cisticola aberrans	RR
46	Lyne's Cisticola	Cisticola distinctus	NE
47	Sassi's Greenbul	Phyllastrephus lorenzi	RR
48	/Common Chiffchaff/	Phylloscopus collybita	RR
49	African Hill Babbler	Sylvia abyssinica	RR
50	Brown Parisoma	Curruca lugens	RR
51	Red-collared Mountain-Babbler	Turdoides rufocinctus	RR
52	Bristle-crowned Starling	Onychognathus salvadorii	RR
53	Gray Ground-Thrush	Geokichla princei	RR
54	Gambaga Flycatcher	Muscicapa gambagae	RR
55	Forest Scrub-Robin	Tychaedon leucosticta	RR
56	Collared Palm-Thrush	Cichladusa arquata	RR
57	Moorland Chat	Pinarochroa sordida	RR
58	Arnot's Chat	Myrmecocichla arnotti	RR
59	Amethyst Sunbird	Chalcomitra amethystina	RR
60	Hunter's Sunbird	Chalcomitra hunteri	RR
61	Tacazze Sunbird	Nectarinia tacazze	RR
62	Palestine Sunbird	Cinnyris osea	RR
63	Fox's Weaver	Ploceus spekeoides	E	NT
64	Shelley's Crimsonwing	Cryptospiza shelleyi	RR	EN
65	Black-headed Waxbill	Estrilda atricapilla	RR
66	Gray-headed Silverbill	Odontospiza griseicapilla	RR
67	Straw-tailed Whydah	Vidua fischeri	RR
68	Parasitic Weaver	Anomalospiza imberbis	RR
69	Sahel Bush Sparrow	Gymnornis dentata	RR
70	Golden Pipit	Tmetothylacus tenellus	RR
71	Reichard's Seedeater	Crithagra reichardi	RR
72	Somali Bunting	Emberiza poliopleura	RR

 

 *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.