KUNENE RIVER LODGE
NAMIBIA
LOCALE
| # Species: | 260 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 260 |
| # Endemics: | 1 |
| # Near Endemics: | 5 |
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 | Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis |
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| 4 | Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris |
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| 5 | Hartlaub's Spurfowl | Pternistis hartlaubi |
| 6 | Red-billed Spurfowl | Pternistis adspersus |
| 7 | Swainson's Spurfowl | Pternistis swainsonii |
| 8 | Red-necked Spurfowl | Pternistis afer |
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| 9 | Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea |
| 10 | Mourning Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decipiens |
| 11 | Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata |
| 12 | Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola |
| 13 | Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis |
| 14 | Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos |
| 15 | Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria |
| 16 | Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis |
| 17 | African Green-Pigeon | Treron calvus |
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| 18 | Namaqua Sandgrouse | Pterocles namaqua |
| 19 | Double-banded Sandgrouse | Pterocles bicinctus |
| 20 | Burchell's Sandgrouse | Pterocles burchelli |
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| 21 | Ludwig's Bustard | Neotis ludwigii |
| 22 | Red-crested Bustard | Lophotis ruficrista |
| 23 | White-quilled Bustard | Afrotis afraoides |
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| 24 | Gray Go-away-bird | Crinifer concolor |
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| 25 | (Black Cuckoo) | Cuculus clamosus |
| 26 | |African Cuckoo| | Cuculus gularis |
| 27 | White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus |
| 28 | (Pied Cuckoo) | Clamator jacobinus |
| 29 | (Great Spotted Cuckoo) | Clamator glandarius |
| 30 | Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas |
| 31 | (Dideric Cuckoo) | Chrysococcyx caprius |
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| 32 | /Eurasian Nightjar/ | Caprimulgus europaeus |
| 33 | (Rufous-cheeked Nightjar) | Caprimulgus rufigena |
| 34 | (Fiery-necked Nightjar) | Caprimulgus pectoralis |
| 35 | Freckled Nightjar | Caprimulgus tristigma |
| 36 | Square-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus fossii |
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| 37 | |Alpine Swift| | Tachymarptis melba |
| 38 | /Common Swift/ | Apus apus |
| 39 | Bradfield's Swift | Apus bradfieldi |
| 40 | Little Swift | Apus affinis |
| 41 | White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer |
| 42 | African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus |
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| 43 | |African Crake| | Crecopsis egregia |
| 44 | Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata |
| 45 | (Allen's Gallinule) | Porphyrio alleni |
| 46 | Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra |
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| 47 | Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis |
| 48 | Water Thick-knee | Burhinus vermiculatus |
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| 49 | Three-banded Plover | Thinornis tricollaris |
| 50 | Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus |
| 51 | Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus |
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| 52 | Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis |
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| 53 | African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus |
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| 54 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos |
| 55 | /Wood Sandpiper/ | Tringa glareola |
| 56 | /Common Greenshank/ | Tringa nebularia |
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| 57 | Burchell's Courser | Cursorius rufus |
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| 58 | (African Skimmer) | Rynchops flavirostris |
| 59 | /White-winged Tern/ | Chlidonias leucopterus |
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| 60 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis |
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| 61 | (African Openbill) | Anastomus lamelligerus |
| 62 | Black Stork | Ciconia nigra |
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| 63 | African Darter | Anhinga rufa |
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| 64 | Reed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus |
| 65 | Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo |
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| 66 | (Glossy Ibis) | Plegadis falcinellus |
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| 67 | Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| 68 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
| 69 | White-backed Night Heron | Calherodius leuconotus |
| 70 | Little Heron | Butorides atricapilla |
| 71 | Rufous-bellied Heron | Ardeola rufiventris |
| 72 | Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides |
| 73 | (Western Cattle-Egret) | Bubulcus ibis |
| 74 | Great Egret | Ardea alba |
| 75 | Yellow-billed Egret | Ardea brachyrhyncha |
| 76 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea |
| 77 | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea |
| 78 | Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala |
| 79 | Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath |
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| 80 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta |
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| 81 | Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius |
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| 82 | /Osprey/ | Pandion haliaetus |
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| 83 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus |
| 84 | African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus |
| 85 | White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus |
| 86 | Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis |
| 87 | Brown Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinereus |
| 88 | Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus |
| 89 | (Wahlberg's Eagle) | Hieraaetus wahlbergi |
| 90 | Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus |
| 91 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax |
| 92 | African Hawk-Eagle | Aquila spilogaster |
| 93 | Bat Hawk | Macheiramphus alcinus |
| 94 | Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar |
| 95 | Pale Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax canorus |
| 96 | Little Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza minullus |
| 97 | Shikra | Tachyspiza badius |
| 98 | Ovambo Sparrowhawk | Accipiter ovampensis |
| 99 | Black Kite | Milvus migrans |
| 100 | African Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga vocifer |
| 101 | /Common Buzzard/ | Buteo buteo |
| 102 | Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur |
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| 103 | Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba |
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| 104 | African Scops-Owl | Otus senegalensis |
| 105 | Spotted Eagle-Owl | Bubo africanus |
| 106 | Verreaux's Eagle-Owl | Ketupa lactea |
| 107 | Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum |
| 108 | African Barred Owlet | Glaucidium capense |
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| 109 | White-backed Mousebird | Colius colius |
| 110 | Red-faced Mousebird | Urocolius indicus |
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| 111 | Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops |
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| 112 | Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus |
| 113 | Violet Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus damarensis |
| 114 | Common Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus cyanomelas |
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| 115 | African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus |
| 116 | Monteiro's Hornbill | Tockus monteiri |
| 117 | Southern Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus rufirostris |
| 118 | Damara Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus damarensis |
| 119 | Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill | Tockus leucomelas |
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| 120 | Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus |
| 121 | Swallow-tailed Bee-eater | Merops hirundineus |
| 122 | /Blue-cheeked Bee-eater/ | Merops persicus |
| 123 | (Olive Bee-eater) | Merops superciliosus |
| 124 | /European Bee-eater/ | Merops apiaster |
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| 125 | Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus |
| 126 | (Gray-headed Kingfisher) | Halcyon leucocephala |
| 127 | (Woodland Kingfisher) | Halcyon senegalensis |
| 128 | Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima |
| 129 | Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis |
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| 130 | /European Roller/ | Coracias garrulus |
| 131 | Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus |
| 132 | (Purple Roller) | Coracias naevius |
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| 133 | Pied Barbet | Tricholaema leucomelas |
| 134 | Black-collared Barbet | Lybius torquatus |
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| 135 | Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor |
| 136 | Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator |
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| 137 | Bearded Woodpecker | Chloropicus namaquus |
| 138 | Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens |
| 139 | Bennett's Woodpecker | Campethera bennettii |
| 140 | Golden-tailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni |
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| 141 | Rock Kestrel | Falco rupicolus |
| 142 | Gray Kestrel | Falco ardosiaceus |
| 143 | Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera |
| 144 | Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus |
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| 145 | Rosy-faced Lovebird | Agapornis roseicollis |
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| 146 | |Black Cuckooshrike| | Campephaga flava |
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| 147 | /Eurasian Golden Oriole/ | Oriolus oriolus |
| 148 | #African Golden Oriole# | Oriolus auratus |
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| 149 | White-tailed Shrike | Lanioturdus torquatus |
| 150 | Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor |
| 151 | Pririt Batis | Batis pririt |
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| 152 | White-crested Helmetshrike | Prionops plumatus |
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| 153 | Brubru | Nilaus afer |
| 154 | Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla |
| 155 | Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis |
| 156 | Gabon Boubou | Laniarius bicolor |
| 157 | Crimson-breasted Gonolek | Laniarius atrococcineus |
| 158 | Gray-headed Bushshrike | Malaconotus blanchoti |
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| 159 | Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis |
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| 160 | (African Paradise-Flycatcher) | Terpsiphone viridis |
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| 161 | /Red-backed Shrike/ | Lanius collurio |
| 162 | /Lesser Gray Shrike/ | Lanius minor |
| 163 | Southern Fiscal | Lanius collaris |
| 164 | White-crowned Shrike | Eurocephalus anguitimens |
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| 165 | Cape Crow | Corvus capensis |
| 166 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus |
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| 167 | Carp's Tit | Melaniparus carpi |
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| 168 | Southern Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus minutus |
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| 169 | |Dusky Lark| | Pinarocorys nigricans |
| 170 | Sabota Lark | Calendulauda sabota |
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| 171 | Long-billed Crombec | Sylvietta rufescens |
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| 172 | Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis |
| 173 | Barred Wren-Warbler | Calamonastes fasciolatus |
| 174 | Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura |
| 175 | Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida |
| 176 | Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava |
| 177 | Black-chested Prinia | Prinia flavicans |
| 178 | Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana |
| 179 | Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis |
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| 180 | /Icterine Warbler/ | Hippolais icterina |
| 181 | /Common Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus scirpaceus |
| 182 | Lesser Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus gracilirostris |
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| 183 | Gray-rumped Swallow | Pseudhirundo griseopyga |
| 184 | |Banded Martin| | Neophedina cincta |
| 185 | Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola |
| 186 | /Bank Swallow/ | Riparia riparia |
| 187 | Southern Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula |
| 188 | Pearl-breasted Swallow | Hirundo dimidiata |
| 189 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica |
| 190 | |White-throated Swallow| | Hirundo albigularis |
| 191 | Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii |
| 192 | /Western House-Martin/ | Delichon urbicum |
| 193 | (Greater Striped Swallow) | Cecropis cucullata |
| 194 | (Lesser Striped Swallow) | Cecropis abyssinica |
| 195 | Mosque Swallow | Cecropis senegalensis |
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| 196 | Yellow-bellied Greenbul | Chlorocichla flaviventris |
| 197 | Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus |
| 198 | Black-fronted Bulbul | Pycnonotus nigricans |
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| 199 | /Willow Warbler/ | Phylloscopus trochilus |
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| 200 | Chestnut-vented Warbler | Curruca subcaerulea |
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| 201 | Bare-cheeked Babbler | Turdoides gymnogenys |
| 202 | Southern Pied-Babbler | Turdoides bicolor |
| 203 | Hartlaub's Babbler | Turdoides hartlaubii |
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| 204 | Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus africanus |
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| 205 | (Violet-backed Starling) | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster |
| 206 | Pale-winged Starling | Onychognathus nabouroup |
| 207 | Burchell's Starling | Lamprotornis australis |
| 208 | Meves's Starling | Lamprotornis mevesii |
| 209 | Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus |
| 210 | Cape Starling | Lamprotornis nitens |
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| 211 | Groundscraper Thrush | Turdus litsitsirupa |
| 212 | Kurrichane Thrush | Turdus libonyana |
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| 213 | /Spotted Flycatcher/ | Muscicapa striata |
| 214 | Marico Flycatcher | Bradornis mariquensis |
| 215 | Chat Flycatcher | Agricola infuscatus |
| 216 | Ashy Flycatcher | Fraseria caerulescens |
| 217 | Kalahari Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas paena |
| 218 | White-browed Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys |
| 219 | Rufous-tailed Palm-Thrush | Cichladusa ruficauda |
| 220 | Short-toed Rock-Thrush | Monticola brevipes |
| 221 | Southern Anteater-Chat | Myrmecocichla formicivora |
| 222 | Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris |
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| 223 | Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis |
| 224 | White-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris talatala |
| 225 | Dusky Sunbird | Cinnyris fuscus |
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| 226 | <Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver> | Bubalornis niger |
| 227 | Scaly Weaver | Sporopipes squamifrons |
| 228 | White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali |
| 229 | Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps |
| 230 | Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis |
| 231 | Holub's Golden-Weaver | Ploceus xanthops |
| 232 | Lesser Masked-Weaver | Ploceus intermedius |
| 233 | Southern Masked-Weaver | Ploceus velatus |
| 234 | Chestnut Weaver | Ploceus rubiginosus |
| 235 | (Red-billed Quelea) | Quelea quelea |
| 236 | Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix |
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| 237 | Cinderella Waxbill | Glaucestrilda thomensis |
| 238 | Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild |
| 239 | Cut-throat | Amadina fasciata |
| 240 | Red-headed Finch | Amadina erythrocephala |
| 241 | Violet-eared Waxbill | Granatina granatina |
| 242 | Southern Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus angolensis |
| 243 | Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba |
| 244 | Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala |
| 245 | Jameson's Firefinch | Lagonosticta rhodopareia |
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| 246 | Eastern Paradise-Whydah | Vidua paradisaea |
| 247 | Shaft-tailed Whydah | Vidua regia |
| 248 | Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata |
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| 249 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
| 250 | Great Rufous Sparrow | Passer motitensis |
| 251 | Southern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer diffusus |
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| 252 | Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis |
| 253 | African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp |
| 254 | African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus |
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| 255 | Black-throated Canary | Crithagra atrogularis |
| 256 | White-throated Canary | Crithagra albogularis |
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| 257 | Lark-like Bunting | Emberiza impetuani |
| 258 | Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi |
| 259 | Cape Bunting | Emberiza capensis |
| 260 | 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 | 21 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 7 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 1 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 1 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 22 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 1 |
| [] | Accidental | 0 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 1 |
| V | Vulnerable | 1 |
| EN | Endangered | 3 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 1 |
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.
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