Rwanda Bird Checklist
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Number of species: 721 | ||
Number of globally threatened species: 21 | ||
Number of introduced species: 2 | ||
Date last reviewed: 2016-07-01 | ||
Last modified: 2018-02-18 | ||
ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae | ||
White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | |
Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | |
White-backed Duck | Thalassornis leuconotus | |
Comb Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos | |
Hartlaub’s Duck | Pteronetta hartlaubii | Rare/Accidental |
Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | |
Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis | |
African Pygmy-Goose | Nettapus auritus | |
Garganey | Spatula querquedula | |
Hottentot Teal | Spatula hottentota | |
Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | Rare/Accidental |
African Black Duck | Anas sparsa | |
Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata | |
Red-billed Duck | Anas erythrorhyncha | |
Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | Rare/Accidental |
Southern Pochard | Netta erythrophthalma | |
Maccoa Duck | Oxyura maccoa | Vulnerable |
GALLIFORMES: Numididae | ||
Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
Crested Guineafowl | Guttera pucherani | Rare/Accidental |
GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae | ||
Blue Quail | Synoicus adansonii | |
Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
Harlequin Quail | Coturnix delegorguei | |
Handsome Francolin | Pternistis nobilis | |
Scaly Francolin | Pternistis squamatus | |
Hildebrandt’s Francolin | Pternistis hildebrandti | |
Red-necked Francolin | Pternistis afer | |
Coqui Francolin | Peliperdix coqui | |
Red-winged Francolin | Scleroptila levaillantii | |
Ring-necked Francolin | Scleroptila streptophora | Near-threatened |
Shelley’s Francolin | Scleroptila shelleyi | |
PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae | ||
Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Phoenicopteridae | ||
Lesser Flamingo | Phoeniconaias minor | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae | ||
African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus | |
Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | Rare/Accidental |
Abdim’s Stork | Ciconia abdimii | |
Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus | |
White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
Saddle-billed Stork | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis | |
Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer | |
Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | |
SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae | ||
Long-tailed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | |
Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
SULIFORMES: Anhingidae | ||
African Darter | Anhinga rufa | |
PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae | ||
Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | |
Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens | |
PELECANIFORMES: Balaenicipitidae | ||
Shoebill | Balaeniceps rex | Vulnerable |
PELECANIFORMES: Scopidae | ||
Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | |
PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae | ||
Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | |
Dwarf Bittern | Ixobrychus sturmii | |
Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | |
Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath | |
Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
Western Reef-Heron | Egretta gularis | Rare/Accidental |
Black Heron | Egretta ardesiaca | Rare/Accidental |
Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | |
Madagascar Pond-Heron | Ardeola idae | Endangered |
Rufous-bellied Heron | Ardeola rufiventris | |
Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
White-backed Night-Heron | Gorsachius leuconotus | Rare/Accidental |
PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae | ||
Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | |
Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | |
African Spoonbill | Platalea alba | |
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Sagittariidae | ||
Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae | ||
Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae | ||
Black-shouldered Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
Scissor-tailed Kite | Chelictinia riocourii | |
African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus | |
Palm-nut Vulture | Gypohierax angolensis | Rare/Accidental |
European Honey-buzzard | Pernis apivorus | |
African Cuckoo-Hawk | Aviceda cuculoides | |
White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis | Critically endangered |
Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos | Endangered |
Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus | Critically endangered |
White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | Critically endangered |
Rüppell’s Griffon | Gyps rueppelli | Critically endangered |
Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | Near-threatened |
Beaudouin’s Snake-Eagle | Circaetus beaudouini | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Black-breasted Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis | |
Brown Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinereus | |
Banded Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinerascens | |
Bat Hawk | Macheiramphus alcinus | |
Crowned Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus | Near-threatened |
Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | Vulnerable |
Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis | |
Lesser Spotted Eagle | Clanga pomarina | |
Wahlberg’s Eagle | Hieraaetus wahlbergi | |
Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
Ayres’s Hawk-Eagle | Hieraaetus ayresii | |
Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | |
Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | Endangered |
Cassin’s Hawk-Eagle | Aquila africana | |
Verreaux’s Eagle | Aquila verreauxii | Rare/Accidental |
African Hawk-Eagle | Aquila spilogaster | |
Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus | |
Dark Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax metabates | Rare/Accidental |
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax poliopterus | |
Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar | |
Grasshopper Buzzard | Butastur rufipennis | Rare/Accidental |
Eurasian Marsh-Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | |
African Marsh-Harrier | Circus ranivorus | |
Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | Near-threatened |
Montagu’s Harrier | Circus pygargus | |
African Goshawk | Accipiter tachiro | |
Shikra | Accipiter badius | |
Red-thighed Sparrowhawk | Accipiter erythropus | Rare/Accidental |
Little Sparrowhawk | Accipiter minullus | |
Ovambo Sparrowhawk | Accipiter ovampensis | |
Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk | Accipiter rufiventris | |
Black Goshawk | Accipiter melanoleucus | |
Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
African Fish-Eagle | Haliaeetus vocifer | |
Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
Mountain Buzzard | Buteo oreophilus | Near-threatened |
Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur | |
OTIDIFORMES: Otididae | ||
Denham’s Bustard | Neotis denhami | Near-threatened |
Black-bellied Bustard | Lissotis melanogaster | |
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae | ||
Corn Crake | Crex crex | Rare/Accidental |
African Rail | Rallus caerulescens | |
African Crake | Crecopsis egregia | |
Striped Crake | Amaurornis marginalis | Rare/Accidental |
Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana | |
Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra | |
Baillon’s Crake | Zapornia pusilla | |
Allen’s Gallinule | Porphyrio alleni | |
African Swamphen | Porphyrio madagascariensis | |
Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
Lesser Moorhen | Gallinula angulata | |
Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata | |
GRUIFORMES: Sarothruridae | ||
White-spotted Flufftail | Sarothrura pulchra | |
Buff-spotted Flufftail | Sarothrura elegans | |
Red-chested Flufftail | Sarothrura rufa | |
Chestnut-headed Flufftail | Sarothrura lugens | |
Streaky-breasted Flufftail | Sarothrura boehmi | |
GRUIFORMES: Heliornithidae | ||
African Finfoot | Podica senegalensis | |
GRUIFORMES: Gruidae | ||
Gray Crowned-Crane | Balearica regulorum | Endangered |
CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae | ||
Water Thick-knee | Burhinus vermiculatus | |
Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis | Rare/Accidental |
CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae | ||
Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | Rare/Accidental |
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae | ||
Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Rare/Accidental |
Long-toed Lapwing | Vanellus crassirostris | |
Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus | Rare/Accidental |
Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus | |
White-headed Lapwing | Vanellus albiceps | Rare/Accidental |
Senegal Lapwing | Vanellus lugubris | |
Black-winged Lapwing | Vanellus melanopterus | Rare/Accidental |
Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus | |
Wattled Lapwing | Vanellus senegallus | |
Brown-chested Lapwing | Vanellus superciliosus | |
Lesser Sand-Plover | Charadrius mongolus | Rare/Accidental |
Greater Sand-Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | Rare/Accidental |
Caspian Plover | Charadrius asiaticus | |
Kittlitz’s Plover | Charadrius pecuarius | |
Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | Rare/Accidental |
Three-banded Plover | Charadrius tricollaris | |
Forbes’s Plover | Charadrius forbesi | Rare/Accidental |
White-fronted Plover | Charadrius marginatus | |
CHARADRIIFORMES: Rostratulidae | ||
Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae | ||
Lesser Jacana | Microparra capensis | |
African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | |
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae | ||
Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Rare/Accidental |
Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
Broad-billed Sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus | Rare/Accidental |
Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Near-threatened |
Temminck’s Stint | Calidris temminckii | |
Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
Great Snipe | Gallinago media | Near-threatened |
Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
African Snipe | Gallinago nigripennis | |
Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | Rare/Accidental |
Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | |
Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | Rare/Accidental |
CHARADRIIFORMES: Turnicidae | ||
Small Buttonquail | Turnix sylvaticus | |
Hottentot Buttonquail | Turnix hottentottus | |
CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae | ||
Temminck’s Courser | Cursorius temminckii | |
Three-banded Courser | Rhinoptilus cinctus | Rare/Accidental |
Bronze-winged Courser | Rhinoptilus chalcopterus | |
Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | |
Black-winged Pratincole | Glareola nordmanni | Near-threatened |
Rock Pratincole | Glareola nuchalis | Rare/Accidental |
Gray Pratincole | Glareola cinerea | Rare/Accidental |
CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae | ||
Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | |
Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | Rare/Accidental |
Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | Rare/Accidental |
Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | Rare/Accidental |
White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | Rare/Accidental |
Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | Rare/Accidental |
African Skimmer | Rynchops flavirostris | Near-threatened |
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae | ||
Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
Afep Pigeon | Columba unicincta | |
Rameron Pigeon | Columba arquatrix | |
Bronze-naped Pigeon | Columba iriditorques | |
Lemon Dove | Columba larvata | |
Dusky Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia lugens | |
Mourning Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decipiens | |
Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | |
Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | |
Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis | |
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos | |
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur afer | |
Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria | |
Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | |
African Green-Pigeon | Treron calvus | |
CUCULIFORMES: Musophagidae | ||
Great Blue Turaco | Corythaeola cristata | |
Black-billed Turaco | Tauraco schuettii | |
Purple-crested Turaco | Tauraco porphyreolophus | |
Ruwenzori Turaco | Ruwenzorornis johnstoni | |
Ross’s Turaco | Musophaga rossae | |
Bare-faced Go-away-bird | Corythaixoides personatus | |
Eastern Plantain-eater | Crinifer zonurus | |
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae | ||
Senegal Coucal | Centropus senegalensis | |
Blue-headed Coucal | Centropus monachus | |
White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus | |
Black Coucal | Centropus grillii | |
Blue Malkoha | Ceuthmochares aereus | |
Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius | |
Levaillant’s Cuckoo | Clamator levaillantii | |
Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | |
Thick-billed Cuckoo | Pachycoccyx audeberti | |
Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | |
Klaas’s Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | |
African Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx cupreus | |
Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo | Cercococcyx montanus | |
Black Cuckoo | Cuculus clamosus | |
Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius | |
African Cuckoo | Cuculus gularis | |
Madagascar Cuckoo | Cuculus rochii | |
Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae | ||
African Grass-Owl | Tyto capensis | |
Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
Congo Bay-Owl | Phodilus prigoginei | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae | ||
African Scops-Owl | Otus senegalensis | |
Southern White-faced Owl | Ptilopsis granti | |
Spotted Eagle-Owl | Bubo africanus | |
Fraser’s Eagle-Owl | Bubo poensis | |
Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl | Bubo lacteus | |
Pel’s Fishing-Owl | Scotopelia peli | |
Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum | |
Red-chested Owlet | Glaucidium tephronotum | |
Chestnut Owlet | Glaucidium castaneum | |
Albertine Owlet | Glaucidium albertinum | Vulnerable |
African Wood-Owl | Strix woodfordii | |
African Long-eared Owl | Asio abyssinicus | Rare/Accidental |
Marsh Owl | Asio capensis | |
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae | ||
Pennant-winged Nightjar | Caprimulgus vexillarius | |
Eurasian Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | |
Black-shouldered Nightjar | Caprimulgus nigriscapularis | Rare/Accidental |
Fiery-necked Nightjar | Caprimulgus pectoralis | |
Montane Nightjar | Caprimulgus ruwenzorii | |
Swamp Nightjar | Caprimulgus natalensis | |
Freckled Nightjar | Caprimulgus tristigma | |
Slender-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus clarus | Rare/Accidental |
Square-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus fossii | |
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Apodidae | ||
Mottled Spinetail | Telacanthura ussheri | Rare/Accidental |
Scarce Swift | Schoutedenapus myoptilus | |
Alpine Swift | Apus melba | |
Mottled Swift | Apus aequatorialis | |
Common Swift | Apus apus | |
African Swift | Apus barbatus | |
Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
Horus Swift | Apus horus | |
White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | |
African Palm-Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | |
COLIIFORMES: Coliidae | ||
Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | |
Blue-naped Mousebird | Urocolius macrourus | |
TROGONIFORMES: Trogonidae | ||
Narina Trogon | Apaloderma narina | |
Bar-tailed Trogon | Apaloderma vittatum | |
BUCEROTIFORMES: Upupidae | ||
Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
BUCEROTIFORMES: Phoeniculidae | ||
Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus | |
White-headed Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus bollei | |
Forest Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus castaneiceps | |
Common Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus cyanomelas | |
BUCEROTIFORMES: Bucorvidae | ||
Southern Ground-Hornbill | Bucorvus leadbeateri | Vulnerable |
BUCEROTIFORMES: Bucerotidae | ||
Crowned Hornbill | Lophoceros alboterminatus | |
African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus | |
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill | Bycanistes subcylindricus | |
CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae | ||
Half-collared Kingfisher | Alcedo semitorquata | Rare/Accidental |
Shining-blue Kingfisher | Alcedo quadribrachys | |
Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus | |
African Pygmy-Kingfisher | Ispidina picta | |
Gray-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala | |
Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis | |
Blue-breasted Kingfisher | Halcyon malimbica | Rare/Accidental |
Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Halcyon albiventris | Rare/Accidental |
Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti | |
Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima | |
Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae | ||
White-fronted Bee-eater | Merops bullockoides | |
Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | |
Blue-breasted Bee-eater | Merops variegatus | |
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater | Merops oreobates | |
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater | Merops hirundineus | Rare/Accidental |
White-throated Bee-eater | Merops albicollis | |
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus | |
Madagascar Bee-eater | Merops superciliosus | |
European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
Southern Carmine Bee-eater | Merops nubicoides | |
CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae | ||
European Roller | Coracias garrulus | |
Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus | |
Rufous-crowned Roller | Coracias naevius | Rare/Accidental |
Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus | |
PICIFORMES: Lybiidae | ||
Yellow-billed Barbet | Trachyphonus purpuratus | |
Crested Barbet | Trachyphonus vaillantii | |
Gray-throated Barbet | Gymnobucco bonapartei | |
Western Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus coryphaea | |
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus bilineatus | |
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus chrysoconus | |
Spot-flanked Barbet | Tricholaema lacrymosa | |
White-headed Barbet | Lybius leucocephalus | Rare/Accidental |
Red-faced Barbet | Lybius rubrifacies | Near-threatened |
Black-collared Barbet | Lybius torquatus | |
Double-toothed Barbet | Lybius bidentatus | |
PICIFORMES: Indicatoridae | ||
Green-backed Honeyguide | Prodotiscus zambesiae | Rare/Accidental |
Wahlberg’s Honeyguide | Prodotiscus regulus | |
Dwarf Honeyguide | Indicator pumilio | Near-threatened |
Willcocks’s Honeyguide | Indicator willcocksi | |
Least Honeyguide | Indicator exilis | |
Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | |
Scaly-throated Honeyguide | Indicator variegatus | |
Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator | |
PICIFORMES: Picidae | ||
Rufous-necked Wryneck | Jynx ruficollis | |
Nubian Woodpecker | Campethera nubica | Rare/Accidental |
Bennett’s Woodpecker | Campethera bennettii | |
Golden-tailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni | |
Green-backed Woodpecker | Campethera cailliautii | |
Tullberg’s Woodpecker | Campethera tullbergi | |
Buff-spotted Woodpecker | Campethera nivosa | |
Speckle-breasted Woodpecker | Dendropicos poecilolaemus | |
Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | |
Bearded Woodpecker | Dendropicos namaquus | |
Elliot’s Woodpecker | Dendropicos elliotii | |
African Gray Woodpecker | Dendropicos goertae | |
Olive Woodpecker | Dendropicos griseocephalus | |
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae | ||
Pygmy Falcon | Polihierax semitorquatus | Rare/Accidental |
Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | |
Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
Gray Kestrel | Falco ardosiaceus | |
Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera | |
Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus | Near-threatened |
Amur Falcon | Falco amurensis | |
Eleonora’s Falcon | Falco eleonorae | Rare/Accidental |
Sooty Falcon | Falco concolor | Vulnerable |
Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
African Hobby | Falco cuvierii | |
Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittaculidae | ||
Red-headed Lovebird | Agapornis pullarius | |
Fischer’s Lovebird | Agapornis fischeri | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae | ||
Gray Parrot | Psittacus erithacus | |
Brown-necked Parrot | Poicephalus robustus | |
Meyer’s Parrot | Poicephalus meyeri | |
PASSERIFORMES: Calyptomenidae | ||
African Broadbill | Smithornis capensis | |
PASSERIFORMES: Pittidae | ||
African Pitta | Pitta angolensis | |
PASSERIFORMES: Platysteiridae | ||
Brown-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira cyanea | |
Black-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira peltata | |
Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye | Platysteira concreta | |
Ruwenzori Batis | Batis diops | |
Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor | |
Black-headed Batis | Batis minor | |
PASSERIFORMES: Vangidae | ||
White Helmetshrike | Prionops plumatus | |
Red-billed Helmetshrike | Prionops caniceps | Extirpated |
Rufous-bellied Helmetshrike | Prionops rufiventris | Rare/Accidental |
PASSERIFORMES: Malaconotidae | ||
Brubru | Nilaus afer | |
Northern Puffback | Dryoscopus gambensis | |
Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla | |
Red-eyed Puffback | Dryoscopus senegalensis | |
Pink-footed Puffback | Dryoscopus angolensis | |
Marsh Tchagra | Tchagra minutus | |
Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus | |
Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis | |
Lühder’s Bushshrike | Laniarius luehderi | |
Tropical Boubou | Laniarius major | |
Black-headed Gonolek | Laniarius erythrogaster | |
Papyrus Gonolek | Laniarius mufumbiri | Near-threatened |
Slate-colored Boubou | Laniarius funebris | |
Willard’s Sooty Boubou | Laniarius willardi | |
Mountain Sooty Boubou | Laniarius poensis | |
Fülleborn’s Boubou | Laniarius fuelleborni | |
Gray-green Bushshrike | Telophorus bocagei | Rare/Accidental |
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike | Telophorus sulfureopectus | |
Many-colored Bushshrike | Telophorus multicolor | |
Doherty’s Bushshrike | Telophorus dohertyi | |
Lagden’s Bushshrike | Malaconotus lagdeni | Near-threatened |
Gray-headed Bushshrike | Malaconotus blanchoti | |
PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae | ||
Gray Cuckooshrike | Coracina caesia | |
White-breasted Cuckooshrike | Coracina pectoralis | Rare/Accidental |
Black Cuckooshrike | Campephaga flava | |
Petit’s Cuckooshrike | Campephaga petiti | |
Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike | Campephaga phoenicea | |
PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae | ||
Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | |
Red-tailed Shrike | Lanius phoenicuroides | |
Isabelline Shrike | Lanius isabellinus | |
Lesser Gray Shrike | Lanius minor | |
Gray-backed Fiscal | Lanius excubitoroides | |
Mackinnon’s Shrike | Lanius mackinnoni | |
Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis | |
Souza’s Shrike | Lanius souzae | |
PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae | ||
Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | |
African Golden Oriole | Oriolus auratus | |
African Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus | |
Black-tailed Oriole | Oriolus percivali | |
PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae | ||
Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
Velvet-mantled Drongo | Dicrurus modestus | |
PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae | ||
African Crested-Flycatcher | Trochocercus cyanomelas | |
African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | |
PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae | ||
Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
White-necked Raven | Corvus albicollis | |
PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae | ||
Dusky Lark | Pinarocorys nigricans | Rare/Accidental |
Rufous-naped Lark | Mirafra africana | |
Flappet Lark | Mirafra rufocinnamomea | |
Red-capped Lark | Calandrella cinerea | |
PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae | ||
Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola | |
Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | |
Banded Martin | Riparia cincta | |
Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | |
Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
Angola Swallow | Hirundo angolensis | |
Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | |
Montane Blue Swallow | Hirundo atrocaerulea | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
Lesser Striped-Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica | |
Rufous-chested Swallow | Cecropis semirufa | Rare/Accidental |
Mosque Swallow | Cecropis senegalensis | |
Common House-Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
White-headed Sawwing | Psalidoprocne albiceps | |
Black Sawwing | Psalidoprocne pristoptera | |
Gray-rumped Swallow | Pseudhirundo griseopyga | |
PASSERIFORMES: Stenostiridae | ||
White-tailed Blue Flycatcher | Elminia albicauda | |
White-bellied Crested-Flycatcher | Elminia albiventris | |
White-tailed Crested-Flycatcher | Elminia albonotata | |
PASSERIFORMES: Paridae | ||
White-winged Black-Tit | Melaniparus leucomelas | |
Dusky Tit | Melaniparus funereus | |
Stripe-breasted Tit | Melaniparus fasciiventer | |
PASSERIFORMES: Remizidae | ||
African Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus caroli | |
PASSERIFORMES: Certhiidae | ||
African Spotted-Creeper | Salpornis salvadori | |
PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae | ||
Slender-billed Greenbul | Stelgidillas gracilirostris | |
Black-collared Bulbul | Neolestes torquatus | Rare/Accidental |
Shelley’s Greenbul | Arizelocichla masukuensis | |
Eastern Mountain-Greenbul | Arizelocichla nigriceps | |
Yellow-throated Greenbul | Atimastillas flavicollis | |
Red-tailed Greenbul | Criniger calurus | |
Plain Greenbul | Eurillas curvirostris | |
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul | Eurillas latirostris | |
Little Greenbul | Eurillas virens | |
Leaf-love | Phyllastrephus scandens | |
Cabanis’s Greenbul | Phyllastrephus cabanisi | |
Yellow-streaked Greenbul | Phyllastrephus flavostriatus | |
Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |
PASSERIFORMES: Macrosphenidae | ||
White-browed Crombec | Sylvietta leucophrys | |
Red-faced Crombec | Sylvietta whytii | |
Moustached Grass-Warbler | Melocichla mentalis | |
Grauer’s Warbler | Graueria vittata | |
PASSERIFORMES: Scotocercidae | ||
Neumann’s Warbler | Urosphena neumanni | |
PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopidae | ||
Red-faced Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus laetus | |
Brown Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus umbrovirens | |
Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | Rare/Accidental |
Wood Warbler | Phylloscopus sibilatrix | Rare/Accidental |
PASSERIFORMES: Acrocephalidae | ||
Papyrus Yellow-Warbler | Calamonastides gracilirostris | |
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler | Iduna pallida | |
African Yellow-Warbler | Iduna natalensis | |
Mountain Yellow-Warbler | Iduna similis | |
Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina | |
Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | |
Marsh Warbler | Acrocephalus palustris | |
Eurasian Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
African Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus baeticatus | |
Lesser Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus gracilirostris | |
Greater Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus rufescens | |
Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | |
PASSERIFORMES: Locustellidae | ||
Fan-tailed Grassbird | Schoenicola brevirostris | |
Evergreen-forest Warbler | Bradypterus lopezi | |
Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler | Bradypterus cinnamomeus | |
Grauer’s Swamp Warbler | Bradypterus graueri | Endangered |
Little Rush-Warbler | Bradypterus baboecala | |
White-winged Swamp Warbler | Bradypterus carpalis | |
PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae | ||
Ruwenzori Apalis | Apalis ruwenzorii | |
Black-throated Apalis | Apalis jacksoni | |
Black-faced Apalis | Apalis personata | |
Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida | |
Buff-throated Apalis | Apalis rufogularis | |
Kungwe Apalis | Apalis argentea | |
Chestnut-throated Apalis | Apalis porphyrolaema | |
Gray Apalis | Apalis cinerea | |
Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | |
Olive-green Camaroptera | Camaroptera chloronota | |
Miombo Wren-Warbler | Calamonastes undosus | |
White-chinned Prinia | Schistolais leucopogon | |
Red-faced Cisticola | Cisticola erythrops | |
Singing Cisticola | Cisticola cantans | |
Trilling Cisticola | Cisticola woosnami | |
Chubb’s Cisticola | Cisticola chubbi | |
Rock-loving Cisticola | Cisticola aberrans | |
Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana | |
Winding Cisticola | Cisticola galactotes | |
Carruthers’s Cisticola | Cisticola carruthersi | |
Stout Cisticola | Cisticola robustus | |
Croaking Cisticola | Cisticola natalensis | |
Tabora Cisticola | Cisticola angusticauda | |
Siffling Cisticola | Cisticola brachypterus | |
Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
Wing-snapping Cisticola | Cisticola ayresii | |
Gray-capped Warbler | Eminia lepida | |
Black-faced Rufous-Warbler | Bathmocercus rufus | |
Buff-bellied Warbler | Phyllolais pulchella | |
Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | |
Banded Prinia | Prinia bairdii | |
Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis | |
Green-backed Eremomela | Eremomela canescens | Rare/Accidental |
Greencap Eremomela | Eremomela scotops | |
PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae | ||
African Hill Babbler | Sylvia abyssinica | |
Eurasian Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | Rare/Accidental |
Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | |
Greater Whitethroat | Sylvia communis | Rare/Accidental |
PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae | ||
African Yellow White-eye | Zosterops senegalensis | |
PASSERIFORMES: Pellorneidae | ||
Brown Illadopsis | Illadopsis fulvescens | |
Mountain Illadopsis | Illadopsis pyrrhoptera | |
PASSERIFORMES: Leiothrichidae | ||
Black-lored Babbler | Turdoides sharpei | |
Hartlaub’s Babbler | Turdoides hartlaubii | |
Arrow-marked Babbler | Turdoides jardineii | |
Red-collared Mountain-Babbler | Turdoides rufocincta | Near-threatened |
PASSERIFORMES: Modulatricidae | ||
Gray-chested Babbler | Kakamega poliothorax | |
PASSERIFORMES: Hyliotidae | ||
Yellow-bellied Hyliota | Hyliota flavigaster | |
Violet-backed Hyliota | Hyliota violacea | |
PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae | ||
Dusky-brown Flycatcher | Muscicapa adusta | |
Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
Swamp Flycatcher | Muscicapa aquatica | |
Cassin’s Flycatcher | Muscicapa cassini | |
Pale Flycatcher | Agricola pallidus | |
Gray Tit-Flycatcher | Fraseria plumbea | |
Ashy Flycatcher | Fraseria caerulescens | |
Yellow-eyed Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis ardesiacus | |
Southern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis pammelaina | |
White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher | Melaenornis fischeri | |
Brown-backed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas hartlaubi | |
Red-backed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys | |
White-bellied Robin-Chat | Cossyphicula roberti | |
Archer’s Robin-Chat | Cossypha archeri | |
Cape Robin-Chat | Cossypha caffra | |
Gray-winged Robin-Chat | Cossypha polioptera | |
White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini | |
Red-capped Robin-Chat | Cossypha natalensis | |
Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat | Cossypha niveicapilla | |
Collared Palm-Thrush | Cichladusa arquata | Rare/Accidental |
White-starred Robin | Pogonocichla stellata | |
Brown-chested Alethe | Pseudalethe poliocephala | |
Red-throated Alethe | Pseudalethe poliophrys | |
Forest Robin | Stiphrornis erythrothorax | Rare/Accidental |
Equatorial Akalat | Sheppardia aequatorialis | |
Semicollared Flycatcher | Ficedula semitorquata | Rare/Accidental |
Collared Flycatcher | Ficedula albicollis | |
Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | Rare/Accidental |
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush | Monticola saxatilis | Rare/Accidental |
Miombo Rock-Thrush | Monticola angolensis | |
Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | |
African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus | |
Sooty Chat | Myrmecocichla nigra | |
White-headed Black-Chat | Myrmecocichla arnotti | |
Ruaha Chat | Myrmecocichla collaris | |
Mocking Cliff-Chat | Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris | |
Familiar Chat | Cercomela familiaris | |
Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina | Rare/Accidental |
PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae | ||
White-tailed Ant-Thrush | Neocossyphus poensis | |
Abyssinian Ground-Thrush | Geokichla piaggiae | |
Kivu Ground-Thrush | Geokichla tanganjicae | |
Abyssinian Thrush | Turdus abyssinicus | |
African Thrush | Turdus pelios | |
PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae | ||
Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea | |
Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | |
Slender-billed Starling | Onychognathus tenuirostris | |
Waller’s Starling | Onychognathus walleri | |
Sharpe’s Starling | Pholia sharpii | |
Stuhlmann’s Starling | Poeoptera stuhlmanni | |
Rüppell’s Starling | Lamprotornis purpuroptera | |
Splendid Starling | Lamprotornis splendidus | |
Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus | |
PASSERIFORMES: Buphagidae | ||
Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythrorhynchus | |
Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus africanus | |
PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae | ||
Western Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes longuemarei | |
Kenya Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes orientalis | |
Seimund’s Sunbird | Anthreptes seimundi | |
Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris | |
Green-headed Sunbird | Cyanomitra verticalis | |
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird | Cyanomitra cyanolaema | |
Blue-headed Sunbird | Cyanomitra alinae | |
Olive Sunbird | Cyanomitra olivacea | |
Green-throated Sunbird | Chalcomitra rubescens | |
Amethyst Sunbird | Chalcomitra amethystina | Rare/Accidental |
Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis | |
Purple-breasted Sunbird | Nectarinia purpureiventris | |
Bronze Sunbird | Nectarinia kilimensis | |
Malachite Sunbird | Nectarinia famosa | |
Red-tufted Sunbird | Nectarinia johnstoni | |
Olive-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris chloropygius | |
Stuhlmann’s Sunbird | Cinnyris stuhlmanni | |
Northern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris reichenowi | |
Regal Sunbird | Cinnyris regius | |
Rockefeller’s Sunbird | Cinnyris rockefelleri | Vulnerable |
Beautiful Sunbird | Cinnyris pulchellus | Rare/Accidental |
Mariqua Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis | |
Red-chested Sunbird | Cinnyris erythrocercus | |
Purple-banded Sunbird | Cinnyris bifasciatus | |
Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus | |
Copper Sunbird | Cinnyris cupreus | |
PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae | ||
Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis | |
Gray Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
Mountain Wagtail | Motacilla clara | |
White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | |
African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | |
Jackson’s Pipit | Anthus latistriatus | Rare/Accidental |
Woodland Pipit | Anthus nyassae | |
Long-billed Pipit | Anthus similis | |
Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys | |
Striped Pipit | Anthus lineiventris | |
Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | |
Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | |
Short-tailed Pipit | Anthus brachyurus | Rare/Accidental |
Yellow-throated Longclaw | Macronyx croceus | |
PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae | ||
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi | |
Golden-breasted Bunting | Emberiza flaviventris | |
Cabanis’s Bunting | Emberiza cabanisi | |
PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae | ||
Oriole Finch | Linurgus olivaceus | |
Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambica | |
Western Citril | Crithagra frontalis | |
Papyrus Canary | Crithagra koliensis | |
Black-throated Canary | Crithagra atrogularis | |
Brimstone Canary | Crithagra sulphurata | |
Streaky Seedeater | Crithagra striolata | |
Thick-billed Seedeater | Crithagra burtoni | |
Yellow-crowned Canary | Serinus flavivertex | |
PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae | ||
House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus | |
PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae | ||
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis niger | Rare/Accidental |
Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps | |
Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht | |
Slender-billed Weaver | Ploceus pelzelni | |
Black-necked Weaver | Ploceus nigricollis | |
Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis | |
Black-billed Weaver | Ploceus melanogaster | |
Strange Weaver | Ploceus alienus | |
Holub’s Golden-Weaver | Ploceus xanthops | |
Northern Brown-throated Weaver | Ploceus castanops | |
Lesser Masked-Weaver | Ploceus intermedius | |
Vieillot’s Weaver | Ploceus nigerrimus | |
Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | |
Black-headed Weaver | Ploceus melanocephalus | |
Forest Weaver | Ploceus bicolor | |
Brown-capped Weaver | Ploceus insignis | |
Compact Weaver | Pachyphantes superciliosus | |
Cardinal Quelea | Quelea cardinalis | |
Red-headed Quelea | Quelea erythrops | |
Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea | |
Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix | |
Black-winged Bishop | Euplectes hordeaceus | |
Yellow Bishop | Euplectes capensis | |
White-winged Widowbird | Euplectes albonotatus | |
Red-collared Widowbird | Euplectes ardens | |
Fan-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes axillaris | |
Grosbeak Weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons | |
PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae | ||
Gray-headed Nigrita | Nigrita canicapillus | |
White-breasted Nigrita | Nigrita fusconotus | |
White-collared Oliveback | Nesocharis ansorgei | |
Yellow-bellied Waxbill | Coccopygia quartinia | |
Green-backed Twinspot | Mandingoa nitidula | |
Shelley’s Crimsonwing | Cryptospiza shelleyi | Endangered |
Dusky Crimsonwing | Cryptospiza jacksoni | |
Abyssinian Crimsonwing | Cryptospiza salvadorii | |
Red-faced Crimsonwing | Cryptospiza reichenovii | |
Fawn-breasted Waxbill | Estrilda paludicola | |
Orange-cheeked Waxbill | Estrilda melpoda | |
Crimson-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda rhodopyga | |
Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | |
Black-crowned Waxbill | Estrilda nonnula | |
Kandt’s Waxbill | Estrilda kandti | |
Black-faced Waxbill | Estrilda erythronotos | |
Red-headed Bluebill | Spermophaga ruficapilla | |
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus bengalus | |
Dusky Twinspot | Euschistospiza cinereovinacea | |
Peters’s Twinspot | Hypargos niveoguttatus | |
Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba | |
Orange-winged Pytilia | Pytilia afra | |
Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | |
African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata | |
Zebra Waxbill | Sporaeginthus subflavus | |
Black-chinned Quailfinch | Ortygospiza gabonensis | |
Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata | |
Black-and-white Mannikin | Spermestes bicolor | |
Magpie Mannikin | Spermestes fringilloides | |
PASSERIFORMES: Viduidae | ||
Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | |
Exclamatory Paradise-Whydah | Vidua interjecta | Rare/Accidental |
Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah | Vidua obtusa | Rare/Accidental |
Eastern Paradise-Whydah | Vidua paradisaea | Rare/Accidental |
Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata | |
Parasitic Weaver | Anomalospiza imberbis |