List of birds of Africa

This is a list of the bird species recorded in Africa. The area covered by this list is the Africa region defined by the American Birding Association's listing rules.^[1] In addition to the continent itself, the area includes Socotra in the Arabian Sea, Zanzibar, the Canary Islands, and São Tomé, Príncipe, and Annobon in the Gulf of Guinea. It does not include Madeira, the Azores, Cape Verde, the Sinai Peninsula, Madagascar, Seychelles or the Comoro Islands.

This list is that of the African Bird Club (ABC) supplemented by Bird Checklists of the World (Avibase) and The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World.^[2][3][4]

This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families, and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) are those of the Clements list. Taxonomic changes are on-going. As more research is gathered from studies of distribution, behavior, and DNA, the names, sequence, and number of families and species change every year. Furthermore, different approaches to ornithological nomenclature have led to concurrent systems of classification (see Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy). Differences in common and scientific names between the Clements taxonomy and that of the ABC are frequent but are seldom noted here.

By the numbers

This list contains 2339 species. Of them, 1561 (67%) are endemic to the area covered here. Fourteen entire families containing 156 species are endemic to Africa, and all of the African members of seven other families are as well. These families are usually noted with text. Individual endemic species found in a single country are tagged (E-Country); the rest of the endemics are tagged (E) or noted in text. Other species, not tagged here, are found only on the continent and Madagascar. Tanzania and the island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe each have 26 endemic species, the most of any African countries. The 17 countries which have endemics and the number in each are listed below.

Countries with endemic species:

The ABC classifies 148 species as vagrants; they are tagged (V). Some of them occur fairly frequently but are far outside their normal ranges; several have only a single record. The ABC notes that six of the species on the list were introduced to the continent.

Ostriches

Order: Struthioniformes   Family: Struthionidae

• Common ostrich, Struthio camelus
• Somali ostrich, Struthio molybdophanes (E)

Ducks, geese, and waterfowl

Hartlaub's duck occurs only in the forest regions

Order: Anseriformes   Family: Anatidae

• White-faced whistling-duck, Dendrocygna viduata
• Fulvous whistling-duck, Dendrocygna bicolor
• White-backed duck, Thalassornis leuconotus
• Snow goose, Anser caerulescens (V)
• Graylag goose, Anser anser
• Greater white-fronted goose, Anser albifrons
• Lesser white-fronted goose, Anser erythropus (V)
• Taiga bean-goose, Anser fabalis
• Brant, Branta bernicla (V)
• Barnacle goose, Branta leucopsis (V)
• Red-breasted goose, Branta ruficollis (V)
• Blue-winged goose, Cyanochen cyanoptera (E-Ethiopia)
• Mute swan, Cygnus olor
• Tundra swan, Cygnus columbianus (V)
• Whooper swan, Cygnus cygnus (V)
• Knob-billed duck, Sarkidiornis melanotos
• Hartlaub's duck, Pteronetta hartlaubii (E)
• Egyptian goose, Alopochen aegyptiaca
• Ruddy shelduck, Tadorna ferruginea
• South African shelduck, Tadorna cana (E)
• Common shelduck, Tadorna tadorna
• Spur-winged goose, Plectropterus gambensis (E)
• Cotton pygmy-goose, Nettapus coromandelianus (V)
• African pygmy-goose, Nettapus auritus
• Wood duck, Aix sponsa (V)
• Mandarin duck, Aix galericulata
• Garganey, Spatula querquedula
• Hottentot teal, Spatula hottentota
• Blue-winged teal, Spatula discors (V)
• Cape shoveler, Spatula smithii (E)
• Northern shoveler, Spatula clypeata
• Gadwall, Mareca strepera
• Eurasian wigeon, Mareca penelope
• American wigeon, Mareca americana (V)
• African black duck, Anas sparsa (E)
• Yellow-billed duck, Anas undulata (E)
• Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos
• Cape teal, Anas capensis (E)
• Red-billed duck, Anas erythrorhyncha
• Northern pintail, Anas acuta
• Green-winged teal, Anas crecca
• Marbled teal, Marmaronetta angustirostris
• Red-crested pochard, Netta rufina
• Southern pochard, Netta erythrophthalma
• Common pochard, Aythya ferina
• Ring-necked duck, Aythya collaris (V)
• Ferruginous pochard, Aythya nyroca
• Tufted duck, Aythya fuligula
• Greater scaup, Aythya marila (V)
• Lesser scaup, Aythya affinis (V)
• White-winged scoter, Melanitta fusca (V)
• Common scoter, Melanitta nigra
• Common goldeneye, Bucephala clangula (V)
• Smew, Mergellus albellus (V)
• Common merganser, Mergus merganser (V)
• Red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator (V)
• Ruddy duck, Oxyura jamaicensis (V)
• White-headed duck, Oxyura leucocephala
• Maccoa duck, Oxyura maccoa (E)

Guineafowl

Vulturine guineafowl in Tsavo East National Park, Kenya

Order: Galliformes   Family: Numididae

• Helmeted guineafowl, Numida meleagris
• White-breasted guineafowl, Agelastes meleagrides (E)
• Black guineafowl, Agelastes niger (E)
• Vulturine guineafowl, Acryllium vulturinum (E)
• Plumed guineafowl, Guttera plumifera (E)
• Crested guineafowl, Guttera pucherani (E)

New World quail

Order: Galliformes   Family: Odontophoridae

• Stone partridge, Ptilopachus petrosus (E)
• Nahan's partridge, Ptilopachus nahani (E)

Pheasant, grouse, and allies

Red-billed francolin in Namibia

Order: Galliformes   Family: Phasianidae

• Udzungwa partridge, Xenoperdix udzungwensis (E-Tanzania)
• Indian peafowl, Pavo cristatus (Introduced)
• Congo peacock, Afropavo congensis (E-Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• Sand partridge, Ammoperdix heyi
• Blue quail, Excalfactoria adansonii (E)
• Common quail, Coturnix coturnix
• Harlequin quail, Coturnix delegorguei
• Red-legged partridge, Alectoris rufa (Introduced)
• Barbary partridge, Alectoris barbara
• Hartlaub's francolin, Pternistis hartlaubi (E)
• Handsome francolin, Pternistis nobilis (E)
• Cameroon francolin, Pternistis camerunensis (E-Cameroon)
• Chestnut-naped francolin, Pternistis castaneicollis (E)
• Erckel's francolin, Pternistis erckelii
• Djibouti francolin, Pternistis ochropectus (E-Djibouti)
• Double-spurred francolin, Pternistis bicalcaratus (E)
• Heuglin's francolin, Pternistis icterorhynchus (E)
• Ahanta francolin, Pternistis ahantensis (E)
• Gray-striped francolin, Pternistis griseostriatus (E-Angola)
• Scaly francolin, Pternistis squamatus (E)
• Red-billed francolin, Pternistis adspersus (E)
• Cape francolin, Pternistis capensis (E-South Africa)
• Natal francolin, Pternistis natalensis (E)
• Hildebrandt's francolin, Pternistis hildebrandti (E)
• Jackson's francolin, Pternistis jacksoni (E-Kenya)
• Swierstra's francolin, Pternistis swierstrai (E-Angola)
• Clapperton's francolin, Pternistis clappertoni (E)
• Harwood's francolin, Pternistis harwoodi (E-Ethiopia)
• Swainson's francolin, Pternistis swainsonii (E)
• Yellow-necked francolin, Pternistis leucoscepus (E)
• Gray-breasted francolin, Pternistis rufopictus (E-Tanzania)
• Red-necked francolin, Pternistis afer (E)
• Crested francolin, Dendroperdix sephaena (E)
• Coqui francolin, Peliperdix coqui (E)
• White-throated francolin, Peliperdix albogularis (E)
• Schlegel's francolin, Peliperdix schlegelii (E)
• Latham's francolin, Peliperdix lathami (E)
• Red-winged francolin, Scleroptila levaillantii (E)
• Ring-necked francolin, Scleroptila streptophora (E)
• Finsch's francolin, Scleroptila finschi (E)
• Orange River francolin, Scleroptila gutturalis (E)
• Gray-winged francolin, Scleroptila afra (E)
• Moorland francolin, Scleroptila psilolaemus (E)
• Shelley's francolin, Scleroptila shelleyi (E)

Flamingos

Order: Phoenicopteriformes   Family: Phoenicopteridae

• Greater flamingo, Phoenicopterus roseus
• Lesser flamingo, Phoeniconaias minor

Grebes

Order: Podicipediformes   Family: Podicipedidae

• Little grebe, Tachybaptus ruficollis
• Pied-billed grebe, Podilymbus podiceps
• Horned grebe, Podiceps auritus (V)
• Red-necked grebe, Podiceps grisegena (V)
• Great crested grebe, Podiceps cristatus
• Eared grebe, Podiceps nigricollis

Pigeons and doves

Adamawa turtle-dove, localised resident of west central Africa

Order: Columbiformes   Family: Columbidae

• Rock pigeon, Columba livia
• Speckled pigeon, Columba guinea (E)
• White-collared pigeon, Columba albitorques (E)
• Stock dove, Columba oenas
• Somali pigeon, Columba oliviae (E-Somalia)
• Common wood-pigeon, Columba palumbus
• Bolle's pigeon, Columba bollii (E)
• Afep pigeon, Columba unicincta (E)
• Laurel pigeon, Columba junoniae (E)
• Rameron pigeon, Columba arquatrix
• Cameroon pigeon, Columba sjostedti (E)
• Maroon pigeon, Columba thomensis (E-São Tomé and Príncipe)
• Delegorgue's pigeon, Columba delegorguei (E)
• Bronze-naped pigeon, Columba iriditorques (E)
• Sao Tome pigeon, Columba malherbii (E)
• Lemon dove, Columba larvata (E)
• White-naped pigeon, Columba albinucha (E)
• European turtle-dove, Streptopelia turtur
• Dusky turtle-dove, Streptopelia lugens
• Adamawa turtle-dove, Streptopelia hypopyrrha (E)
• Eurasian collared-dove, Streptopelia decaocto
• African collared-dove, Streptopelia roseogrisea
• White-winged collared-dove, Streptopelia reichenowi (E)
• Mourning collared-dove, Streptopelia decipiens
• Red-eyed dove, Streptopelia semitorquata
• Ring-necked dove, Streptopelia capicola
• Vinaceous dove, Streptopelia vinacea (E)
• Laughing dove, Spilopelia senegalensis
• Emerald-spotted wood-dove, Turtur chalcospilos (E)
• Black-billed wood-dove, Turtur abyssinicus (E)
• Blue-spotted wood-dove, Turtur afer (E)
• Tambourine dove, Turtur tympanistria
• Blue-headed wood-dove, Turtur brehmeri (E)
• Namaqua dove, Oena capensis
• Bruce's green-pigeon, Treron waalia
• Pemba green-pigeon, Treron pembaensis (E-Tanzania)
• Sao Tome green-pigeon, Treron sanctithomae (E-São Tomé and Príncipe)
• African green-pigeon, Treron calvus (E)

Sandgrouse

Order: Pterocliformes   Family: Pteroclididae

• Pallas's sandgrouse, Syrrhaptes paradoxus (V)
• Pin-tailed sandgrouse, Pterocles alchata
• Namaqua sandgrouse, Pterocles namaqua (E)
• Chestnut-bellied sandgrouse, Pterocles exustus
• Spotted sandgrouse, Pterocles senegallus
• Black-bellied sandgrouse, Pterocles orientalis
• Yellow-throated sandgrouse, Pterocles gutturalis (E)
• Crowned sandgrouse, Pterocles coronatus
• Black-faced sandgrouse, Pterocles decoratus (E)
• Lichtenstein's sandgrouse, Pterocles lichtensteinii
• Double-banded sandgrouse, Pterocles bicinctus (E)
• Four-banded sandgrouse, Pterocles quadricinctus (E)
• Burchell's sandgrouse, Pterocles burchelli (E)

Bustards

Black-bellied bustard is the most widespread bustard species in Africa

Order: Otidiformes   Family: Otididae

• Great bustard, Otis tarda
• Arabian bustard, Ardeotis arabs
• Kori bustard, Ardeotis kori (E)
• Houbara bustard, Chlamydotis undulata
• Macqueen's bustard, Chlamydotis macqueenii
• Ludwig's bustard, Neotis ludwigii (E)
• Denham's bustard, Neotis denhami (E)
• Heuglin's bustard, Neotis heuglinii (E)
• Nubian bustard, Neotis nuba (E)
• White-bellied bustard, Eupodotis senegalensis (E)
• Blue bustard, Eupodotis caerulescens (E-South Africa)
• Karoo korhaan, Eupodotis vigorsii (E)
• Rüppell's bustard, Eupodotis rueppellii (E)
• Little brown bustard, Eupodotis humilis (E)
• Savile's bustard, Lophotis savilei (E)
• Buff-crested bustard, Lophotis gindiana (E)
• Red-crested bustard, Lophotis ruficrista (E)
• Black bustard, Afrotis afra (E)
• White-quilled bustard, Afrotis afraoides (E)
• Black-bellied bustard, Lissotis melanogaster (E)
• Hartlaub's bustard, Lissotis hartlaubii (E)
• Little bustard, Tetrax tetrax

Turacos

Order: Musophagiformes   Family: Musophagidae

(The entire family is endemic to Africa)

• Great blue turaco, Corythaeola cristata
• Guinea turaco, Tauraco persa
• Livingstone's turaco, Tauraco livingstonii
• Schalow's turaco, Tauraco schalowi
• Knysna turaco, Tauraco corythaix
• Black-billed turaco, Tauraco schuettii
• White-crested turaco, Tauraco leucolophus
• Fischer's turaco, Tauraco fischeri
• Yellow-billed turaco, Tauraco macrorhynchus
• Bannerman's turaco, Tauraco bannermani (E-Cameroon)
• Red-crested turaco, Tauraco erythrolophus (E-Angola)
• Hartlaub's turaco, Tauraco hartlaubi
• White-cheeked turaco, Tauraco leucotis
• Prince Ruspoli's turaco, Tauraco ruspolii (E-Ethiopia)
• Purple-crested turaco, Tauraco porphyreolophus
• Rwenzori turaco, Ruwenzorornis johnstoni
• Violet turaco, Musophaga violacea
• Ross's turaco, Musophaga rossae
• Bare-faced go-away-bird, Corythaixoides personatus
• Gray go-away-bird, Corythaixoides concolor
• White-bellied go-away-bird, Corythaixoides leucogaster
• Western plantain-eater, Crinifer piscator
• Eastern plantain-eater, Crinifer zonurus

Cuckoos

Order: Cuculiformes   Family: Cuculidae

• Gabon coucal, Centropus anselli (E)
• Black-throated coucal, Centropus leucogaster (E)
• Senegal coucal, Centropus senegalensis (E)
• Blue-headed coucal, Centropus monachus (E)
• Coppery-tailed coucal, Centropus cupreicaudus (E)
• White-browed coucal, Centropus superciliosus
• Black coucal, Centropus grillii (E)
• Blue malkoha, Ceuthmochares aereus (E)
• Green malkoha, Ceuthmochares australis (E)
• Great spotted cuckoo, Clamator glandarius
• Levaillant's cuckoo, Clamator levaillantii (E)
• Pied cuckoo, Clamator jacobinus
• Yellow-billed cuckoo, Coccyzus americanus (V)
• Thick-billed cuckoo, Pachycoccyx audeberti
• Asian koel, Eudynamys scolopaceus (V)
• Dideric cuckoo, Chrysococcyx caprius
• Klaas's cuckoo, Chrysococcyx klaas
• Yellow-throated cuckoo, Chrysococcyx flavigularis (E)
• African emerald cuckoo, Chrysococcyx cupreus (E)
• Dusky long-tailed cuckoo, Cercococcyx mechowi (E)
• Olive long-tailed cuckoo, Cercococcyx olivinus (E)
• Barred long-tailed cuckoo, Cercococcyx montanus (E)
• Black cuckoo, Cuculus clamosus (E)
• Red-chested cuckoo, Cuculus solitarius (E)
• Lesser cuckoo, Cuculus poliocephalus
• African cuckoo, Cuculus gularis
• Madagascar cuckoo, Cuculus rochii
• Common cuckoo, Cuculus canorus

Nightjars

Order: Caprimulgiformes   Family: Caprimulgidae

• Pennant-winged nightjar, Caprimulgus vexillarius (E)
• Standard-winged nightjar, Caprimulgus longipennis (E)
• Brown nightjar, Caprimulgus binotatus (E)
• Red-necked nightjar, Caprimulgus ruficollis
• Eurasian nightjar, Caprimulgus europaeus
• Sombre nightjar, Caprimulgus fraenatus (E)
• Rufous-cheeked nightjar, Caprimulgus rufigena (E)
• Egyptian nightjar, Caprimulgus aegyptius
• Nubian nightjar, Caprimulgus nubicus
• Golden nightjar, Caprimulgus eximius (E)
• Donaldson-Smith's nightjar, Caprimulgus donaldsoni (E)
• Black-shouldered nightjar, Caprimulgus nigriscapularis (E)
• Fiery-necked nightjar, Caprimulgus pectoralis (E)
• Abyssinian nightjar, Caprimulgus poliocephalus (E)
• Rwenzori nightjar, Caprimulgus ruwenzorii (E)
• Swamp nightjar, Caprimulgus natalensis (E)
• Plain nightjar, Caprimulgus inornatus
• Star-spotted nightjar, Caprimulgus stellatus (E)
• Nechisar nightjar, Caprimulgus solala (E-Ethiopia)
• Freckled nightjar, Caprimulgus tristigma (E)
• Itombwe nightjar, Caprimulgus prigoginei (E)
• Bates's nightjar, Caprimulgus batesi (E)
• Long-tailed nightjar, Caprimulgus climacurus (E)
• Slender-tailed nightjar, Caprimulgus clarus (E)
• Square-tailed nightjar, Caprimulgus fossii (E)

Swifts

Order: Caprimulgiformes   Family: Apodidae

• Sao Tome spinetail, Zoonavena thomensis (E-São Tomé and Príncipe)
• Mottled spinetail, Telacanthura ussheri (E)
• Black spinetail, Telacanthura melanopygia (E)
• Sabine's spinetail, Rhaphidura sabini (E)
• Cassin's spinetail, Neafrapus cassini (E)
• Bat-like spinetail, Neafrapus boehmi (E)
• Scarce swift, Schoutedenapus myoptilus (E)
• Schouteden's swift, Schoutedenapus schoutedeni (E-Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• Alpine swift, Tachymarptis melba
• Mottled swift, Tachymarptis aequatorialis (E)
• Common swift, Apus apus
• Plain swift, Apus unicolor
• Nyanza swift, Apus niansae (E)
• Pallid swift, Apus pallidus
• African swift, Apus barbatus (E)
• Forbes-Watson's swift, Apus berliozi (E)
• Bradfield's swift, Apus bradfieldi (E)
• Little swift, Apus affinis
• Horus swift, Apus horus (E)
• White-rumped swift, Apus caffer
• Bates's swift, Apus batesi (E)
• African palm-swift, Cypsiurus parvus

Flufftails

Order: Gruiformes   Family: Sarothruridae

(All the listed species are endemic to Africa)

• Gray-throated rail, Canirallus oculeus
• 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
• Striped flufftail, Sarothrura affinis
• White-winged flufftail, Sarothrura ayresi

Rails, crakes, gallinules, and coots

Order: Gruiformes   Family: Rallidae

• Water rail, Rallus aquaticus
• African rail, Rallus caerulescens (E)
• Corn crake, Crex crex
• African crake, Crex egregia (E)
• Rouget's rail, Rougetius rougetii (E)
• Sora, Porzana carolina (V)
• Spotted crake, Porzana porzana
• Eurasian moorhen, Gallinula chloropus
• Lesser moorhen, Gallinula angulata
• Eurasian coot, Fulica atra
• Red-knobbed coot, Fulica cristata
• Allen's gallinule, Porphyrio alleni
• Purple gallinule, Porphyrio martinica (V)
• Western swamphen, Porphyrio porphyrio
• African swamphen, Porphyrio madagascariensis
• Nkulengu rail, Himantornis haematopus (E)
• Striped crake, Amaurornis marginalis (E)
• Black crake, Zapornia flavirostra
• Little crake, Zapornia parva
• Baillon's crake, Zapornia pusilla

Finfoots

Order: Gruiformes   Family: Heliornithidae

• African finfoot, Podica senegalensis (E)

Cranes

Blue crane in Etosha National Park, Namibia

Order: Gruiformes   Family: Gruidae

• Grey crowned-crane, Balearica regulorum (E)
• Black crowned-crane, Balearica pavonina (E)
• Demoiselle crane, Anthropoides virgo
• Blue crane, Anthropoides paradiseus (E)
• Wattled crane, Bugeranus carunculatus (E)
• Common crane, Grus grus

Sheathbills

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Chionididae

• Snowy sheathbill, Chionis albus (V) (ship-assisted)

Thick-knees

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Burhinidae

• Water thick-knee, Burhinus vermiculatus (E)
• Eurasian thick-knee, Burhinus oedicnemus
• Senegal thick-knee, Burhinus senegalensis
• Spotted thick-knee, Burhinus capensis

Egyptian plover

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Pluvianidae

• Egyptian plover, Pluvianus aegyptius

Stilts and avocets

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Recurvirostridae

• Black-winged stilt, Himantopus himantopus
• Pied avocet, Recurvirostra avosetta

Oystercatchers

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Haematopodidae

• Eurasian oystercatcher, Haematopus ostralegus
• African oystercatcher, Haematopus moquini (E)

Plovers and lapwings

The vulnerable sociable lapwing winters in north east Africa

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Charadriidae

• Black-bellied plover, Pluvialis squatarola
• European golden-plover, Pluvialis apricaria
• American golden-plover, Pluvialis dominica (V)
• Pacific golden-plover, Pluvialis fulva (V)
• Northern lapwing, Vanellus vanellus
• Long-toed lapwing, Vanellus crassirostris (E)
• Blacksmith lapwing, Vanellus armatus (E)
• Spur-winged plover, Vanellus spinosus
• Black-headed lapwing, Vanellus tectus
• White-headed lapwing, Vanellus albiceps (E)
• Senegal lapwing, Vanellus lugubris
• Black-winged lapwing, Vanellus melanopterus (E)
• Crowned lapwing, Vanellus coronatus (E)
• Wattled lapwing, Vanellus senegallus (E)
• Spot-breasted lapwing, Vanellus melanocephalus (E-Ethiopia)
• Brown-chested lapwing, Vanellus superciliosus (E)
• Sociable lapwing, Vanellus gregarius
• White-tailed lapwing, Vanellus leucurus
• Lesser sand-plover, Charadrius mongolus
• Greater sand-plover, Charadrius leschenaultii
• Caspian plover, Charadrius asiaticus
• Kittlitz's plover, Charadrius pecuarius
• Kentish plover, Charadrius alexandrinus
• Common ringed plover, Charadrius hiaticula
• Little ringed plover, Charadrius dubius
• Three-banded plover, Charadrius tricollaris
• Forbes's plover, Charadrius forbesi (E)
• White-fronted plover, Charadrius marginatus
• Chestnut-banded plover, Charadrius pallidus (E)
• Eurasian dotterel, Charadrius morinellus

Painted-snipes

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Rostratulidae

• Greater painted-snipe, Rostratula benghalensis

Jacanas

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Jacanidae

• Lesser jacana, Microparra capensis (E)
• African jacana, Actophilornis africanus (E)
• Pheasant-tailed jacana, Hydrophasianus chirurgus (V)

Sandpipers and allies

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Scolopacidae

• Upland sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda (V)
• Whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus
• Slender-billed curlew, Numenius tenuirostris
• Eurasian curlew, Numenius arquata
• Bar-tailed godwit, Limosa lapponica
• Black-tailed godwit, Limosa limosa
• Hudsonian godwit, Limosa haemastica (V)
• Ruddy turnstone, Arenaria interpres
• Great knot, Calidris tenuirostris (V)
• Red knot, Calidris canutus
• Ruff, Calidris pugnax
• Broad-billed sandpiper, Calidris falcinellus
• Curlew sandpiper, Calidris ferruginea
• Temminck's stint, Calidris temminckii
• Long-toed stint, Calidris subminuta (V)
• Red-necked stint, Calidris ruficollis (V)
• Sanderling, Calidris alba
• Dunlin, Calidris alpina
• Purple sandpiper, Calidris maritima (V)
• Baird's sandpiper, Calidris bairdii
• Little stint, Calidris minuta (V)
• White-rumped sandpiper, Calidris fuscicollis (V)
• Buff-breasted sandpiper, Calidris subruficollis (V)
• Pectoral sandpiper, Calidris melanotos (V)
• Semipalmated sandpiper, Calidris pusilla (V)
• Asian dowitcher, Limnodromus semipalmatus (V)
• Long-billed dowitcher, Limnodromus scolopaceus (V)
• Jack snipe, Lymnocryptes minimus
• Eurasian woodcock, Scolopax rusticola
• Great snipe, Gallinago media
• Common snipe, Gallinago gallinago
• Pin-tailed snipe, Gallinago stenura (V)
• African snipe, Gallinago nigripennis (E)
• Terek sandpiper, Xenus cinereus
• Wilson's phalarope, Phalaropus tricolor (V)
• Red-necked phalarope, Phalaropus lobatus
• Red phalarope, Phalaropus fulicarius
• Common sandpiper, Actitis hypoleucos
• Spotted sandpiper, Actitis macularius (V)
• Green sandpiper, Tringa ochropus
• Spotted redshank, Tringa erythropus
• Greater yellowlegs, Tringa melanoleuca (V)
• Common greenshank, Tringa nebularia
• Lesser yellowlegs, Tringa flavipes (V)
• Marsh sandpiper, Tringa stagnatilis
• Wood sandpiper, Tringa glareola
• Common redshank, Tringa totanus

Buttonquail

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Turnicidae

• Small buttonquail, Turnix sylvaticus
• Hottentot buttonquail, Turnix hottentottus (E)
• Quail-plover, Ortyxelos meiffrenii (E)

Crab-plover

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Dromadidae

• Crab-plover, Dromas ardeola

Pratincoles and coursers

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Glareolidae

• Cream-colored courser, Cursorius cursor
• Somali courser, Cursorius somalensis (E)
• Burchell's courser, Cursorius rufus (E)
• Temminck's courser, Cursorius temminckii (E)
• Double-banded courser, Smutsornis africanus (E)
• Three-banded courser, Rhinoptilus cinctus (E)
• Bronze-winged courser, Rhinoptilus chalcopterus (E)
• Collared pratincole, Glareola pratincola
• Black-winged pratincole, Glareola nordmanni
• Madagascan pratincole, Glareola ocularis
• Rock pratincole, Glareola nuchalis (E)
• Gray pratincole, Glareola cinerea (E)

Skuas and jaegers

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Stercorariidae

• Great skua, Stercorarius skua
• South polar skua, Stercorarius maccormicki (V)
• Brown skua, Stercorarius antarcticus
• Pomarine jaeger, Stercorarius pomarinus
• Parasitic jaeger, Stercorarius parasiticus
• Long-tailed jaeger, Stercorarius longicaudus

Auks, murres, and puffins

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Alcidae

• Dovekie, Alle alle (V)
• Common murre, Uria aalge
• Razorbill, Alca torda
• Atlantic puffin, Fratercula arctica

Gulls, terns, and skimmers

Order: Charadriiformes   Family: Laridae

• Black-legged kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla
• Sabine's gull, Xema sabini
• Slender-billed gull, Chroicocephalus genei
• Bonaparte's gull, Chroicocephalus philadelphia (V)
• Gray-headed gull, Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
• Hartlaub's gull, Chroicocephalus hartlaubii (E)
• Black-headed gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus
• Little gull, Hydrocoloeus minutus
• Laughing gull, Leucophaeus atricilla (V)
• Franklin's gull, Leucophaeus pipixcan (V)
• Mediterranean gull, Ichthyaetus melanocephalus
• White-eyed gull, Ichthyaetus leucophthalmus
• Sooty gull, Ichthyaetus hemprichii
• Pallas's gull, Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
• Audouin's gull, Ichthyaetus audouinii
• Mew gull, Larus canus
• Ring-billed gull, Larus delawarensis (V)
• Herring gull, Larus argentatus (V)
• Yellow-legged gull, Larus michahellis
• Caspian gull, Larus cachinnans
• Armenian gull, Larus armenicus
• Lesser black-backed gull, Larus fuscus
• Glaucous-winged gull, Larus glaucescens (V)
• Glaucous gull, Larus hyperboreus (V)
• Great black-backed gull, Larus marinus (V)
• Kelp gull, Larus dominicanus
• Brown noddy, Anous stolidus
• Black noddy, Anous minutus
• Lesser noddy, Anous tenuirostris
• Sooty tern, Onychoprion fuscata
• Bridled tern, Onychoprion anaethetus
• Little tern, Sternula albifrons
• Saunders's tern, Sternula saundersi
• Damara tern, Sterna balaenarum (E)
• Gull-billed tern, Gelochelidon nilotica
• Caspian tern, Hydroprogne caspia
• Black tern, Chlidonias niger
• White-winged tern, Chlidonias leucopterus
• Whiskered tern, Chlidonias hybrida
• Roseate tern, Sterna dougallii
• Black-naped tern, Sterna sumatrana
• Common tern, Sterna hirundo
• Arctic tern, Sterna paradisaea
• Antarctic tern, Sterna vittata
• White-cheeked tern, Sterna repressa
• Royal tern, Sterna maxima
• Great crested tern, Sterna bergii
• Sandwich tern, Sterna sandvicensis
• Elegant tern, Thalasseus elegans (V)
• Lesser crested tern, Sterna bengalensis
• African skimmer, Rynchops flavirostris

Tropicbirds

Order: Phaethontiformes   Family: Phaethontidae

• White-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon lepturus
• Red-billed tropicbird, Phaethon aethereus
• Red-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon rubricauda

Loons

Order: Gaviiformes   Family: Gaviidae

• Red-throated loon, Gavia stellata (V)
• Arctic loon, Gavia arctica (V)
• Common loon, Gavia immer (V)

Penguins

Order: Sphenisciformes   Family: Spheniscidae

• King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus (V)
• Gentoo penguin, Pygoscelis papua
• African penguin, Spheniscus demersus (E)
• Macaroni penguin, Eudyptes chrysolophus (V)
• Southern rockhopper penguin, Eudyptes chrysocome (V)
• Moseley's rockhopper penguin, Eudyptes moseleyi (V)

Albatrosses

Order: Procellariiformes   Family: Diomedeidae

• Yellow-nosed albatross, Thalassarche chlororhynchos
• Gray-headed albatross, Thalassarche chrysostoma
• Buller's albatross, Thalassarche bulleri (V)
• white-capped albatross, Thalassarche cauta
• Salvin's albatross, Thalassarche salvini
• Chatham albatross, Thalassarche eremita (V)
• Black-browed albatross, Thalassarche melanophris
• Sooty albatross, Phoebetria fusca
• Light-mantled albatross, Phoebetria palpebrata
• Royal albatross, Diomedea epomophora
• Wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans
• Laysan albatross, Phoebastria immutabilis (V)

Southern storm-petrels

Order: Procellariiformes   Family: Oceanitidae

• Wilson's storm-petrel, Oceanites oceanicus
• Gray-backed storm-petrel, Garrodia nereis (V)
• White-faced storm-petrel, Pelagodroma marina

Northern storm-petrels

Order: Procellariiformes   Family: Hydrobatidae

• European storm-petrel, Hydrobates pelagicus (V)
• White-bellied storm-petrel, Fregetta grallaria (V)
• Black-bellied storm-petrel, Fregetta tropica
• Leach's storm-petrel, Oceanodroma leucorhoa
• Swinhoe's storm-petrel, Oceanodroma monorhis
• Band-rumped storm-petrel, Oceanodroma castro
• Cape Verde storm-petrel, Oceanodroma jabejabe
• Matsudaira's storm-petrel, Oceanodroma matsudairae

Shearwaters and petrels

Order: Procellariiformes   Family: Procellariidae

• Southern giant-petrel, Macronectes giganteus
• Northern giant-petrel, Macronectes halli
• Northern fulmar, Fulmarus glacialis (V)
• Southern fulmar, Fulmarus glacialoides
• Antarctic petrel, Thalassoica antarctica (V)
• Cape petrel, Daption capense
• Snow petrel, Pagodroma nivea (V)
• Kerguelen petrel, Lugensa brevirostris
• Great-winged petrel, Pterodroma macroptera
• Zino's petrel, Pterodroma madeira (V)
• Fea's petrel, Pterodroma feae
• Soft-plumaged petrel, Pterodroma mollis
• Barau's petrel, Pterodroma baraui (V)
• White-headed petrel, Pterodroma lessonii (V)
• Atlantic petrel, Pterodroma incerta (V)
• Blue petrel, Halobaena caerulea (V)
• Fairy prion, Pachyptila turtur (V)
• Broad-billed prion, Pachyptila vittata
• Salvin's prion, Pachyptila salvini
• Antarctic prion, Pachyptila desolata
• Slender-billed prion, Pachyptila belcheri (V)
• Fulmar prion, Pachyptila crassirostris (V)
• Bulwer's petrel, Bulweria bulwerii
• Jouanin's petrel, Bulweria fallax
• Gray petrel, Procellaria cinerea
• White-chinned petrel, Procellaria aequinoctialis
• Spectacled petrel, Procellaria conspicillata
• Streaked shearwater, Calonectris leucomelas (V)
• Cory's shearwater, Calonectris diomedea
• Cape Verde shearwater, Calonectris edwardsii
• Flesh-footed shearwater, Ardenna carneipes
• Great shearwater, Ardenna gravis
• Wedge-tailed shearwater, Ardenna pacifica
• Sooty shearwater, Ardenna grisea
• Manx shearwater, Puffinus puffinus
• Yelkouan shearwater, Puffinus yelkouan
• Balearic shearwater, Puffinus mauretanicus
• Little shearwater, Puffinus assimilis
• Barolo shearwater, Puffinus baroli
• Boyd's shearwater, Puffinus boydi (E)
• Tropical shearwater, Puffinus bailloni
• Persian shearwater, Puffinus persicus

Storks

Order: Ciconiiformes   Family: Ciconiidae

• African openbill, Anastomus lamelligerus
• Black stork, Ciconia nigra
• Abdim's stork, Ciconia abdimii
• Woolly-necked stork, Ciconia episcopus
• White stork, Ciconia ciconia
• Saddle-billed stork, Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis (E)
• Marabou stork, Leptoptilos crumenifer
• Yellow-billed stork, Mycteria ibis

Frigatebirds

Order: Suliformes   Family: Fregatidae

• Lesser frigatebird, Fregata ariel
• Ascension frigatebird, Fregata aquila (V)
• Magnificent frigatebird, Fregata magnificens
• Great frigatebird, Fregata minor

Boobies and gannets

Order: Suliformes   Family: Sulidae

• Masked booby, Sula dactylatra
• Brown booby, Sula leucogaster
• Red-footed booby, Sula sula (V)
• Northern gannet, Morus bassanus
• Cape gannet, Morus capensis

Darters

Order: Suliformes   Family: Anhingidae

• African darter, Anhinga melanogaster

Cormorants and shags

Order: Suliformes   Family: Phalacrocoracidae

• Long-tailed cormorant, Microcarbo africanus
• Crowned cormorant, Microcarbo coronatus (E)
• Pygmy cormorant, Microcarbo pygmeus (V)
• Great cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo
• Cape cormorant, Phalacrocorax capensis (E)
• Bank cormorant, Phalacrocorax neglectus (E)
• Socotra cormorant, Phalacrocorax nigrogularis
• European shag, Phalacrocorax aristotelis

Pelicans

Order: Pelecaniformes   Family: Pelecanidae

• Great white pelican, Pelecanus onocrotalus
• Pink-backed pelican, Pelecanus rufescens
• Dalmatian pelican, Pelecanus crispus

Shoebill

Shoebill

Order: Pelecaniformes   Family: Balaenicipitidae

• Shoebill, Balaeniceps rex (E)

Hamerkop

Hamerkop in South Luangwa National Park, Zambia

Order: Pelecaniformes   Family: Scopidae

• Hamerkop, Scopus umbretta

Heron, egrets, and bitterns

The black heron is endemic to Africa and Madagascar

Order: Pelecaniformes   Family: Ardeidae

• American bittern, Botaurus lentiginosus
• Great bittern, Botaurus stellaris
• Yellow bittern, Ixobrychus sinensis (V)
• Little bittern, Ixobrychus minutus
• Dwarf bittern, Ixobrychus sturmii (V)
• White-crested bittern, Tigriornis leucolopha (E)
• 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
• Snowy egret, Egretta thula (V)
• Little blue heron, Egretta caerulea (V)
• Slaty egret, Egretta vinaceigula (E)
• Black heron, Egretta ardesiaca
• Cattle egret, Bubulcus ibis
• Squacco heron, Ardeola ralloides
• Indian pond-heron, Ardeola grayii (V)
• Madagascar pond-heron, Ardeola idae
• Rufous-bellied heron, Ardeola rufiventris (E)
• Striated heron, Butorides striata
• Black-crowned night-heron, Nycticorax nycticorax
• White-backed night-heron, Gorsachius leuconotus (E)

Ibises and spoonbills

Order: Pelecaniformes   Family: Threskiornithidae

• Glossy ibis, Plegadis falcinellus
• Sacred ibis, Threskiornis aethiopicus
• Northern bald ibis, Geronticus eremita
• Southern bald ibis, Geronticus calvus (E)
• Olive ibis, Bostrychia olivacea (E)
• Sao Tome ibis, Bostrychia bocagei (E-São Tomé and Príncipe)
• Spot-breasted ibis, Bostrychia rara (E)
• Hadada ibis, Bostrychia hagedash (E)
• Wattled ibis, Bostrychia carunculata (E)
• Eurasian spoonbill, Platalea leucorodia
• African spoonbill, Platalea alba

Secretarybird

Secretarybird in Serengeti National Park

Order: Accipitriformes   Family: Sagittariidae

• Secretarybird, Sagittarius serpentarius (E)

Osprey

Order: Accipitriformes   Family: Pandionidae

• Osprey, Pandion haliaetus

Hawks, eagles, and kites

Wahlberg's eagle is an intra-African migrant

Order: Accipitriformes   Family: Accipitridae

• Black-winged kite, Elanus caeruleus
• Scissor-tailed kite, Chelictinia riocourii
• African harrier-hawk, Polyboroides typus (E)
• Palm-nut vulture, Gypohierax angolensis (E)
• Bearded vulture, Gypaetus barbatus
• Egyptian vulture, Neophron percnopterus
• European honey-buzzard, Pernis apivorus
• Crested honey-buzzard, Pernis ptilorhynchus
• Oriental honey-buzzard, Pernis ptilorhynchus (V)
• Swallow-tailed kite, Elanoides forficatus (V)
• African cuckoo-hawk, Aviceda cuculoides (E)
• White-headed vulture, Trigonoceps occipitalis (E)
• Cinereous vulture, Aegypius monachus
• Lappet-faced vulture, Torgos tracheliotos
• Hooded vulture, Necrosyrtes monachus
• White-backed vulture, Gyps africanus (E)
• Rüppell's griffon, Gyps rueppelli
• Eurasian griffon, Gyps fulvus
• Cape griffon, Gyps coprotheres (E)
• Bateleur, Terathopius ecaudatus
• Congo serpent-eagle, Dryotriorchis spectabilis (E)
• Short-toed snake-eagle, Circaetus gallicus
• Beaudouin's snake-eagle, Circaetus beaudouini (E)
• Black-breasted snake-eagle, Circaetus pectoralis (E)
• Brown snake-eagle, Circaetus cinereus (E)
• Fasciated snake-eagle, Circaetus fasciolatus (E)
• Banded snake-eagle, Circaetus cinerascens (E)
• Bat hawk, Macheiramphus alcinus
• Crowned eagle, Stephanoaetus coronatus (E)
• Martial eagle, Polemaetus bellicosus (E)
• Long-crested eagle, Lophaetus occipitalis
• Lesser spotted eagle, Clanga pomarina
• Greater spotted eagle, Clanga clanga
• Wahlberg's eagle, Hieraaetus wahlbergi (E)
• Booted eagle, Hieraaetus pennatus
• Ayres's hawk-eagle, Hieraaetus ayresii (E)
• Tawny eagle, Aquila rapax
• Steppe eagle, Aquila nipalensis
• Spanish eagle, Aquila adalberti (V)
• Imperial eagle, Aquila heliaca
• Golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos
• Cassin's hawk-eagle, Aquila africana (E)
• Verreaux's eagle, Aquila verreauxii
• Bonelli's eagle, Aquila fasciata
• African hawk-eagle, Aquila spilogaster (E)
• Lizard buzzard, Kaupifalco monogrammicus (E)
• Dark chanting-goshawk, Melierax metabates
• Eastern chanting-goshawk, Melierax poliopterus (E)
• Pale chanting-goshawk, Melierax canorus (E)
• Gabar goshawk, Micronisus gabar
• Grasshopper buzzard, Butastur rufipennis
• Western marsh-harrier, Circus aeruginosus
• African marsh-harrier, Circus ranivorus (E)
• Black harrier, Circus maurus (E)
• Hen harrier, Circus cyaneus
• Pallid harrier, Circus macrourus
• Montagu's harrier, Circus pygargus
• Red-chested goshawk, Accipiter toussenelii (E)
• African goshawk, Accipiter tachiro (E)
• Chestnut-flanked sparrowhawk, Accipiter castanilius (E)
• Shikra, Accipiter badius
• Levant sparrowhawk, Accipiter brevipes
• Red-thighed sparrowhawk, Accipiter erythropus (E)
• Little sparrowhawk, Accipiter minullus (E)
• Ovambo sparrowhawk, Accipiter ovampensis (E)
• Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus
• Rufous-chested sparrowhawk, Accipiter rufiventris (E)
• Black goshawk, Accipiter melanoleucus (E)
• Northern goshawk, Accipiter gentilis
• Long-tailed hawk, Urotriorchis macrourus (E)
• Red kite, Milvus milvus
• Black kite, Milvus migrans
• White-tailed eagle, Haliaeetus albicilla (V)
• African fish-eagle, Haliaeetus vocifer (E)
• Rough-legged hawk, Buteo lagopus (V)
• Common buzzard, Buteo buteo
• Mountain buzzard, Buteo oreophilus (E)
• Forest buzzard, Buteo trizonatus (E)
• Socotra buzzard, Buteo socotraensis (E)
• Long-legged buzzard, Buteo rufinus
• Red-necked buzzard, Buteo auguralis (E)
• Augur buzzard, Buteo augur (E)
• Archer's buzzard, Buteo archeri (E-Somalia)
• Jackal buzzard, Buteo rufofuscus (E)

Barn-owls

Order: Strigiformes   Family: Tytonidae

• African grass-owl, Tyto capensis (E)
• Barn owl, Tyto alba
• Congo bay-owl, Phodilus prigoginei (E-Democratic Republic of the Congo)

Typical owls

Order: Strigiformes   Family: Strigidae

• Sandy scops-owl, Otus icterorhynchus (E)
• Sokoke scops-owl, Otus ireneae (E)
• Eurasian scops-owl, Otus scops
• Pemba scops-owl, Otus pembaensis (E-Tanzania)
• Sao Tome scops-owl, Otus hartlaubi (E-São Tomé and Príncipe)
• African scops-owl, Otus senegalensis
• Pallid scops-owl, Otus brucei
• Socotra scops-owl, Otus socotranus (E)
• Northern white-faced owl, Ptilopsis leucotis (E)
• Southern white-faced owl, Ptilopsis granti (E)
• Maned owl, Jubula lettii (E)
• Eurasian eagle-owl, Bubo bubo
• Pharaoh eagle-owl, Bubo ascalaphus
• Cape eagle-owl, Bubo capensis (E)
• Spotted eagle-owl, Bubo africanus
• Grayish eagle-owl, Bubo cinerascens (E)
• Fraser's eagle-owl, Bubo poensis (E)
• Usambara eagle-owl, Bubo vosseleri (E-Tanzania)
• Shelley's eagle-owl, Bubo shelleyi (E)
• Verreaux's eagle-owl, Bubo lacteus (E)
• Akun eagle-owl, Bubo leucostictus (E)
• Pel's fishing-owl, Scotopelia peli (E)
• Rufous fishing-owl, Scotopelia ussheri (E)
• Vermiculated fishing-owl, Scotopelia bouvieri (E)
• Northern hawk owl, Surnia ulula
• Pearl-spotted owlet, Glaucidium perlatum (E)
• Red-chested owlet, Glaucidium tephronotum (E)
• Sjöstedt's owlet, Glaucidium sjostedti (E)
• African barred owlet, Glaucidium capense (E)
• Chestnut owlet, Glaucidium castaneum (E)
• Albertine owlet, Glaucidium albertinum (E)
• Little owl, Athene noctua
• Tawny owl, Strix aluco
• Desert owl, Strix hadorami
• African wood-owl, Strix woodfordii (E)
• Long-eared owl, Asio otus
• Abyssinian owl, Asio abyssinicus (E)
• Short-eared owl, Asio flammeus
• Marsh owl, Asio capensis

Mousebirds

Order: Coliiformes   Family: Coliidae

(All the listed species are endemic to Africa)

• Speckled mousebird, Colius striatus
• White-headed mousebird, Colius leucocephalus
• Red-backed mousebird, Colius castanotus
• White-backed mousebird, Colius colius
• Blue-naped mousebird, Urocolius macrourus
• Red-faced mousebird, Urocolius indicus

Trogons

Order: Trogoniformes   Family: Trogonidae

• Narina trogon, Apaloderma narina (E)
• Bare-cheeked trogon, Apaloderma aequatoriale (E)
• Bar-tailed trogon, Apaloderma vittatum (E)

Hoopoes

Order: Bucerotiformes   Family: Upupidae

• Eurasian hoopoe, Upupa epops

Woodhoopoes and scimitarbills

Order: Bucerotiformes   Family: Phoeniculidae

(The entire family is endemic to Africa)

• Green woodhoopoe, Phoeniculus purpureus
• Violet woodhoopoe, Phoeniculus damarensis
• Black-billed woodhoopoe, Phoeniculus somaliensis
• White-headed woodhoopoe, Phoeniculus bollei
• Forest woodhoopoe, Phoeniculus castaneiceps
• Black scimitarbill, Rhinopomastus aterrimus
• Common scimitarbill, Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
• Abyssinian scimitarbill, Rhinopomastus minor

Ground-hornbills

Order: Bucerotiformes   Family: Bucorvidae

(The entire family is endemic to Africa)

• Abyssinian ground-hornbill, Bucorvus abyssinicus
• Southern ground-hornbill, Bucorvus leadbeateri

Hornbills

Order: Bucerotiformes   Family: Bucerotidae

(Despite its name, the African gray hornbill is not endemic to Africa as defined here)

• Red-billed dwarf hornbill, Lophoceros camurus (E)
• Crowned hornbill, Lophoceros alboterminatus (E)
• Bradfield's hornbill, Lophoceros bradfieldi (E)
• African pied hornbill, Lophoceros fasciatus (E)
• Hemprich's hornbill, Lophoceros hemprichii (E)
• African gray hornbill, Lophoceros nasutus
• Pale-billed hornbill, Lophoceros pallidirostris (E)
• Eastern yellow-billed hornbill, Tockus flavirostris (E)
• Southern yellow-billed hornbill, Tockus leucomelas (E)
• Jackson's hornbill, Tockus jacksoni (E)
• Von der Decken's hornbill, Tockus deckeni (E)
• Monteiro's hornbill, Tockus monteiri (E)
• Southern red-billed hornbill, Tockus rufirostris (E)
• Damara red-billed hornbill, Tockus damarensis (E)
• Tanzanian red-billed hornbill, Tockus ruahae (E-Tanzania)
• Western red-billed hornbill, Tockus kempi (E)
• Northern red-billed hornbill, Tockus erythrorhynchus (E)
• White-crested hornbill, Horizocerus albocristatus (E)
• Black dwarf hornbill, Horizocerus hartlaubi (E)
• Black-casqued hornbill, Ceratogymna atrata (E)
• Yellow-casqued hornbill, Ceratogymna elata (E)
• Silvery-cheeked hornbill, Bycanistes brevis (E)
• Black-and-white-casqued hornbill, Bycanistes subcylindrica (E)
• Brown-cheeked hornbill, Bycanistes cylindrica (E)
• White-thighed hornbill, Bycanistes albotibialis (E)
• Trumpeter hornbill, Bycanistes bucinator (E)
• Piping hornbill, Bycanistes fistulator (E)

Kingfishers

Order: Coraciiformes   Family: Alcedinidae

• Common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis
• Half-collared kingfisher, Alcedo semitorquata (E)
• Shining-blue kingfisher, Alcedo quadribrachys (E)
• Malachite kingfisher, Alcedo cristata
• White-bellied kingfisher, Alcedo leucogaster (E)
• African pygmy-kingfisher, Ispidina picta (E)
• African dwarf kingfisher, Ispidina lecontei (E)
• Chocolate-backed kingfisher, Halcyon badia (E)
• White-throated kingfisher, Halcyon smyrnensis (V)
• Gray-headed kingfisher, Halcyon leucocephala
• Woodland kingfisher, Halcyon senegalensis (E)
• Mangrove kingfisher, Halcyon senegaloides (E)
• Blue-breasted kingfisher, Halcyon malimbica (E)
• Brown-hooded kingfisher, Halcyon albiventris (E)
• Striped kingfisher, Halcyon chelicuti (E)
• Collared kingfisher, Todiramphus chloris
• Giant kingfisher, Megaceryle maximus (E)
• Pied kingfisher, Ceryle rudis

Bee-eaters

Order: Coraciiformes   Family: Meropidae

• Black bee-eater, Merops gularis (E)
• Blue-moustached bee-eater, Merops mentalis (E)
• Blue-headed bee-eater, Merops muelleri (E)
• Red-throated bee-eater, Merops bulocki (E)
• White-fronted bee-eater, Merops bullockoides (E)
• Little bee-eater, Merops pusillus
• Blue-breasted bee-eater, Merops variegatus (E)
• Cinnamon-chested bee-eater, Merops oreobates (E)
• Swallow-tailed bee-eater, Merops hirundineus (E)
• Black-headed bee-eater, Merops breweri (E)
• Somali bee-eater, Merops revoilii
• White-throated bee-eater, Merops albicollis
• Green bee-eater, Merops orientalis
• Böhm's bee-eater, Merops boehmi (E)
• Blue-cheeked bee-eater, Merops persicus
• Madagascar bee-eater, Merops superciliosus
• European bee-eater, Merops apiaster
• Rosy bee-eater, Merops malimbicus (E)
• Northern carmine bee-eater, Merops nubicus (E)
• Southern carmine bee-eater, Merops nubicoides (E)

Rollers

Order: Coraciiformes   Family: Coraciidae

• European roller, Coracias garrulus
• Abyssinian roller, Coracias abyssinicus
• Lilac-breasted roller, Coracias caudatus (E)
• Racket-tailed roller, Coracias spatulatus (E)
• Rufous-crowned roller, Coracias noevius
• Indian roller, Coracias benghalensis (V)
• Blue-bellied roller, Coracias cyanogaster (E)
• Broad-billed roller, Eurystomus glaucurus
• Blue-throated roller, Eurystomus gularis (E)

African barbets

Order: Piciformes   Family: Lybiidae

(The entire family is endemic to Africa)

• Yellow-billed barbet, Trachyphonus purpuratus
• Crested barbet, Trachyphonus vaillantii
• Red-and-yellow barbet, Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
• Yellow-breasted barbet, Trachyphonus margaritatus
• D'Arnaud's barbet, Trachyphonus darnaudii
• Gray-throated barbet, Gymnobucco bonapartei
• Sladen's barbet, Gymnobucco sladeni
• Bristle-nosed barbet, Gymnobucco peli
• Naked-faced barbet, Gymnobucco calvus
• White-eared barbet, Stactolaema leucotis
• Whyte's barbet, Stactolaema whytii
• Anchieta's barbet, Stactolaema anchietae
• Green barbet, Stactolaema olivacea
• Speckled tinkerbird, Pogoniulus scolopaceus
• Green tinkerbird, Pogoniulus simplex
• Moustached tinkerbird, Pogoniulus leucomystax
• Western tinkerbird, Pogoniulus coryphaea
• Red-rumped tinkerbird, Pogoniulus atroflavus
• Yellow-throated tinkerbird, Pogoniulus subsulphureus
• Yellow-rumped tinkerbird, Pogoniulus bilineatus
• Red-fronted tinkerbird, Pogoniulus pusillus
• Yellow-fronted tinkerbird, Pogoniulus chrysoconus
• Yellow-spotted barbet, Buccanodon duchaillui
• Hairy-breasted barbet, Tricholaema hirsuta
• Red-fronted barbet, Tricholaema diademata
• Miombo barbet, Tricholaema frontata
• Pied barbet, Tricholaema leucomelas
• Spot-flanked barbet, Tricholaema lachrymosa
• Black-throated barbet, Tricholaema melanocephala
• Banded barbet, Lybius undatus
• Vieillot's barbet, Lybius vieilloti
• White-headed barbet, Lybius leucocephalus
• Chaplin's barbet, Lybius chaplini
• Red-faced barbet, Lybius rubrifacies
• Black-billed barbet, Lybius guifsobalito
• Black-collared barbet, Lybius torquatus
• Brown-breasted barbet, Lybius melanopterus
• Black-backed barbet, Lybius minor
• Double-toothed barbet, Lybius bidentatus
• Bearded barbet, Lybius dubius
• Black-breasted barbet, Lybius rolleti

Honeyguides

Order: Piciformes   Family: Indicatoridae

(The entire family is endemic to Africa)

• Cassin's honeyguide, Prodotiscus insignis
• Green-backed honeyguide, Prodotiscus zambesiae
• Wahlberg's honeyguide, Prodotiscus regulus
• Zenker's honeyguide, Melignomon zenkeri
• Yellow-footed honeyguide, Melignomon eisentrauti
• Dwarf honeyguide, Indicator pumilio
• Willcocks's honeyguide, Indicator willcocksi
• Pallid honeyguide, Indicator meliphilus
• Least honeyguide, Indicator exilis
• Thick-billed honeyguide, Indicator conirostris
• Lesser honeyguide, Indicator minor
• Spotted honeyguide, Indicator maculatus
• Scaly-throated honeyguide, Indicator variegatus
• Greater honeyguide, Indicator indicator
• Lyre-tailed honeyguide, Melichneutes robustus

Woodpeckers

Order: Piciformes   Family: Picidae

• Eurasian wryneck, Jynx torquilla
• Rufous-necked wryneck, Jynx ruficollis (E)
• African piculet, Verreauxia africana (E)
• Abyssinian woodpecker, Chloropicus abyssinicus (E)
• Melancholy woodpecker, Chloropicus lugubris (E)
• Gabon woodpecker, Chloropicus gabonensis (E)
• Elliot's woodpecker, Chloropicus elliotii (E)
• Little gray woodpecker, Chloropicus elachus (E)
• Speckle-breasted woodpecker, Chloropicus poecilolaemus (E)
• Cardinal woodpecker, Chloropicus fuscescens (E)
• Bearded woodpecker, Chloropicus namaquus (E)
• Fire-bellied woodpecker, Chloropicus pyrrhogaster (E)
• Golden-crowned woodpecker, Chloropicus xantholophus (E)
• Stierling's woodpecker, Chloropicus stierlingi (E)
• Brown-backed woodpecker, Chloropicus obsoletus (E)
• African gray woodpecker, Chloropicus goertae (E)
• Mountain gray woodpecker, Chloropicus spodocephalus (E)
• Olive woodpecker, Chloropicus griseocephalus (E)
• Great spotted woodpecker, Dendrocopos major
• Lesser spotted woodpecker, Dryobates minor
• Levaillant's woodpecker, Picus vaillantii
• Ground woodpecker, Geocolaptes olivaceus (E)
• Fine-spotted woodpecker, Campethera punctuligera (E)
• Nubian woodpecker, Campethera nubica (E)
• Bennett's woodpecker, Campethera bennettii (E)
• Reichenow's woodpecker, Campethera scriptoricauda (E)
• Golden-tailed woodpecker, Campethera abingoni (E)
• Mombasa woodpecker, Campethera mombassica (E)
• Knysna woodpecker, Campethera notata (E)
• Little green woodpecker, Campethera maculosa (E)
• Green-backed woodpecker, Campethera cailliautii (E)
• Tullberg's woodpecker, Campethera tullbergi (E)
• Buff-spotted woodpecker, Campethera nivosa (E)
• Brown-eared woodpecker, Campethera caroli (E)

Falcons

Order: Falconiformes   Family: Falconidae

• Pygmy falcon, Polihierax semitorquatus (E)
• Lesser kestrel, Falco naumanni
• Eurasian kestrel, Falco tinnunculus
• Rock kestrel, Falco rupicolus (E)
• Greater kestrel, Falco rupicoloides (E)
• Fox kestrel, Falco alopex (E)
• Gray kestrel, Falco ardosiaceus (E)
• Dickinson's kestrel, Falco dickinsoni (E)
• Red-necked falcon, Falco chicquera
• Red-footed falcon, Falco vespertinus
• Amur falcon, Falco amurensis
• Eleonora's falcon, Falco eleonorae
• Sooty falcon, Falco concolor
• Merlin, Falco columbarius
• Eurasian hobby, Falco subbuteo
• African hobby, Falco cuvierii (E)
• Lanner falcon, Falco biarmicus
• Saker falcon, Falco cherrug
• Peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus
• Taita falcon, Falco fasciinucha (E)

Old World parrots

Order: Psittaciformes   Family: Psittaculidae

• Rose-ringed parakeet, Psittacula krameri
• Black-collared lovebird, Agapornis swindernianus (E)
• Gray-headed lovebird, Agapornis canus (Introduced)
• Red-headed lovebird, Agapornis pullarius (E)
• Black-winged lovebird, Agapornis taranta (E)
• Rosy-faced lovebird, Agapornis roseicollis
• Fischer's lovebird, Agapornis fischeri
• Yellow-collared lovebird, Agapornis personatus (E-Tanzania)
• Lilian's lovebird, Agapornis lilianae (E)
• Black-cheeked lovebird, Agapornis nigrigenis (E)

African and New World parrots

Order: Psittaciformes   Family: Psittacidae

• Gray parrot, Psittacus erithacus (E)
• Brown-necked parrot, Poicephalus robustus (E)
• Red-fronted parrot, Poicephalus gulielmi (E)
• Meyer's parrot, Poicephalus meyeri (E)
• Rüppell's parrot, Poicephalus rueppellii (E)
• Brown-headed parrot, Poicephalus cryptoxanthus (E)
• Niam-Niam parrot, Poicephalus crassus (E)
• Red-bellied parrot, Poicephalus rufiventris (E)
• Senegal parrot, Poicephalus senegalus (E)
• Yellow-fronted parrot, Poicephalus flavifrons (E-Ethiopia)
• Monk parakeet, Myiopsitta monachus (Introduced)

African and green broadbills

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Calyptomenidae

• African broadbill, Smithornis capensis (E)
• Gray-headed broadbill, Smithornis sharpei (E)
• Rufous-sided broadbill, Smithornis rufolateralis (E)

Asian and Grauer's broadbills

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Eurylaimidae

• Grauer's broadbill, Pseudocalyptomena graueri (E)

Pittas

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Pittidae

• African pitta, Pitta angolensis (E)
• Green-breasted pitta, Pitta reichenowi (E)

Wattle-eyes and batises

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Platysteiridae

(The entire family is endemic to Africa)

• White-tailed shrike, Lanioturdus torquatus
• Brown-throated wattle-eye, Platysteira cyanea
• White-fronted wattle-eye, Platysteira albifrons
• Black-throated wattle-eye, Platysteira peltata
• Banded wattle-eye, Platysteira laticincta (E-Cameroon)
• Chestnut wattle-eye, Platysteira castanea
• West African wattle-eye, Platysteira hormophora
• White-spotted wattle-eye, Platysteira tonsa
• Red-cheeked wattle-eye, Platysteira blissetti
• Black-necked wattle-eye, Platysteira chalybea
• Jameson's wattle-eye, Platysteira jamesoni
• Yellow-bellied wattle-eye, Platysteira concreta
• Boulton's batis, Batis margaritae
• Short-tailed batis, Batis mixta
• Dark batis, Batis crypta
• Rwenzori batis, Batis diops
• Cape batis, Batis capensis
• Woodward's batis, Batis fratrum
• Chinspot batis, Batis molitor
• Pale batis, Batis soror
• Pririt batis, Batis pririt
• Senegal batis, Batis senegalensis
• Gray-headed batis, Batis orientalis
• Black-headed batis, Batis minor
• Pygmy batis, Batis perkeo
• Verreaux's batis, Batis minima
• Ituri batis, Batis ituriensis
• Bioko batis, Batis poensis (E-Equatorial Guinea)
• West African batis, Batis occulta
• Angola batis, Batis minulla

Helmetshrikes and allies

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Vangidae

(All the listed species are endemic to Africa)

• White helmetshrike, Prionops plumatus
• Gray-crested helmetshrike, Prionops poliolophus
• Yellow-crested helmetshrike, Prionops alberti
• Red-billed helmetshrike, Prionops caniceps
• Rufous-bellied helmetshrike, Prionops rufiventris
• Retz's helmetshrike, Prionops retzii
• Angola helmetshrike, Prionops gabela
• Chestnut-fronted helmetshrike, Prionops scopifrons
• African shrike-flycatcher, Megabyas flammulatus
• Black-and-white shrike-flycatcher, Bias musicus

Bushshrikes and allies

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Malaconotidae

(The entire family except for black-crowned tchagra is endemic to Africa)

• Brubru, Nilaus afer
• Northern puffback, Dryoscopus gambensis
• Pringle's puffback, Dryoscopus pringlii
• Black-backed puffback, Dryoscopus cubla
• Red-eyed puffback, Dryoscopus senegalensis
• Pink-footed puffback, Dryoscopus angolensis
• Sabine's puffback, Dryoscopus sabini
• Marsh tchagra, Tchagra minutus
• Black-crowned tchagra, Tchagra senegalus
• Brown-crowned tchagra, Tchagra australis
• Three-streaked tchagra, Tchagra jamesi
• Southern tchagra, Tchagra tchagra
• Red-naped bushshrike, Laniarius ruficeps
• Coastal boubou, Laniarius nigerrimus
• Lühder's bushshrike, Laniarius luehderi
• Braun's bushshrike, Laniarius brauni (E-Angola)
• Gabela bushshrike, Laniarius amboimensis (E-Angola)
• Turati's boubou, Laniarius turatii
• Ethiopian boubou, Laniarius aethiopicus (see note below)^{[note 1]}
• Tropical boubou, Laniarius major
• Zanzibar boubou, Laniarius sublacteus
• Gabon boubou, Laniarius bicolor
• Southern boubou, Laniarius ferrugineus
• Yellow-crowned gonolek, Laniarius barbarus
• Black-headed gonolek, Laniarius erythrogaster
• Crimson-breasted gonolek, Laniarius atrococcineus
• Papyrus gonolek, Laniarius mufumbiri
• Yellow-breasted boubou, Laniarius atroflavus
• Slate-colored boubou, Laniarius funebris
• Lowland sooty boubou, Laniarius leucorhynchus
• Willard's sooty boubou, Laniarius willardi
• Western boubou, Laniarius poensis
• Albertine boubou, Laniarius holomelas
• Fülleborn's boubou, Laniarius fuelleborni
• Rosy-patched bushshrike, Rhodophoneus cruentus
• Bokmakierie, Telophorus zeylonus
• Gray-green bushshrike, Telophorus bocagei
• Sulphur-breasted bushshrike, Telophorus sulfureopectus
• Olive bushshrike, Telophorus olivaceus
• Many-colored bushshrike, Telophorus multicolor
• Black-fronted bushshrike, Telophorus nigrifrons
• Mount Kupe bushshrike, Telophorus kupeensis (E-Cameroon)
• Four-colored bushshrike, Telophorus viridis
• Doherty's bushshrike, Telophorus dohertyi
• Fiery-breasted bushshrike, Malaconotus cruentus
• Lagden's bushshrike, Malaconotus lagdeni
• Green-breasted bushshrike, Malaconotus gladiator
• Gray-headed bushshrike, Malaconotus blanchoti
• Monteiro's bushshrike, Malaconotus monteiri
• Uluguru bushshrike, Malaconotus alius (E-Tanzania)

Cuckooshrikes

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Campephagidae

(All the listed species are endemic to Africa)

• Grauer's cuckooshrike, Coracina graueri
• Gray cuckooshrike, Coracina caesia
• White-breasted cuckooshrike, Coracina pectoralis
• Ghana cuckooshrike, Campephaga lobata
• Oriole cuckooshrike, Campephaga oriolina
• Black cuckooshrike, Campephaga flava
• Petit's cuckooshrike, Campephaga petiti
• Red-shouldered cuckooshrike, Campephaga phoenicea
• Purple-throated cuckooshrike, Campephaga quiscalina
• Blue cuckooshrike, Coracina azurea

Shrikes

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Laniidae

• Red-backed shrike, Lanius collurio
• Isabelline shrike, Lanius isabellinus
• Brown shrike, Lanius cristatus (V)
• Emin's shrike, Lanius gubernator (E)
• Great gray shrike, Lanius excubitor
• Lesser gray shrike, Lanius minor
• Gray-backed fiscal, Lanius excubitoroides (E)
• Long-tailed fiscal, Lanius cabanisi (E)
• Taita fiscal, Lanius dorsalis (E)
• Somali fiscal, Lanius somalicus (E)
• Mackinnon's shrike, Lanius mackinnoni (E)
• Northern fiscal, Lanius humeralis (E)
• Southern fiscal, Lanius collaris (E)
• Souza's shrike, Lanius souzae (E)
• Newton's fiscal, Lanius newtoni (E)
• Masked shrike, Lanius nubicus
• Woodchat shrike, Lanius senator
• Yellow-billed shrike, Corvinella corvina (E)
• Magpie shrike, Corvinella melanoleuca (E)
• White-rumped shrike, Eurocephalus ruppelli (E)
• White-crowned shrike, Eurocephalus anguitimens (E)

Vireos

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Vireonidae

• Red-eyed vireo, Vireo olivaceus (V)

Old World orioles

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Oriolidae

• Eurasian golden oriole, Oriolus oriolus
• African golden oriole, Oriolus auratus (E)
• Green-headed oriole, Oriolus chlorocephalus (E)
• Sao Tome oriole, Oriolus crassirostris (E-São Tomé and Príncipe)
• Western black-headed oriole, Oriolus brachyrhynchus (E)
• Ethiopian black-headed oriole, Oriolus monacha (E)
• African black-headed oriole, Oriolus larvatus (E)
• Black-tailed oriole, Oriolus percivali (E)
• Black-winged oriole, Oriolus nigripennis (E)

Drongos

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Dicruridae

(All the listed species are endemic to Africa)

• Square-tailed drongo, Dicrurus ludwigii
• Shining drongo, Dicrurus atripennis
• Fork-tailed drongo, Dicrurus adsimilis
• Velvet-mantled drongo, Dicrurus modestus

Monarch flycatchers

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Monarchidae

• Blue-headed crested-flycatcher, Trochocercus nitens (E)
• African crested-flycatcher, Trochocercus cyanomelas (E)
• Sao Tome paradise-flycatcher, Terpsiphone atrochalybeia (E-São Tomé and Príncipe)
• Black-headed paradise-flycatcher, Terpsiphone rufiventer (E)
• Bedford's paradise-flycatcher, Terpsiphone bedfordi (E-Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• Rufous-vented paradise-flycatcher, Terpsiphone rufocinerea (E)
• Bates's paradise-flycatcher, Terpsiphone batesi (E)
• African paradise-flycatcher, Terpsiphone viridis

Crows, jays, magpies, and ravens

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Corvidae

• Eurasian jay, Garrulus glandarius
• Eurasian magpie, Pica pica
• Eurasian nutcracker, Nucifraga caryocatactes (V)
• Stresemann's bush-crow, Zavattariornis stresemanni (E-Ethiopia)
• Red-billed chough, Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
• Yellow-billed chough, Pyrrhocorax graculus
• Piapiac, Ptilostomus afer (E)
• Eurasian jackdaw, Corvus monedula
• House crow, Corvus splendens
• Cape crow, Corvus capensis (E)
• Rook, Corvus frugilegus
• Carrion crow, Corvus corone (V)
• Hooded crow, Corvus cornix
• Pied crow, Corvus albus
• Brown-necked raven, Corvus ruficollis
• Somali crow, Corvus edithae (E)
• Fan-tailed raven, Corvus rhipidurus
• White-necked raven, Corvus albicollis (E)
• Thick-billed raven, Corvus crassirostris (E)
• Common raven, Corvus corax

Rockfowl

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Picathartidae

(The entire family is endemic to Africa)

• White-necked rockfowl, Picathartes gymnocephalus
• Gray-necked rockfowl, Picathartes oreas

Rockjumpers

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Chaetopidae

(The entire family is endemic to Africa)

• Cape rockjumper, Chaetops frenatus (E-South Africa)
• Drakensberg rockjumper, Chaetops aurantius

Bearded reedling

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Panuridae

• Bearded reedling, Panurus biarmicus (V)

Nicators

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Nicatoridae

(The entire family is endemic to Africa)

• Western nicator, Nicator chloris
• Eastern nicator, Nicator gularis
• Yellow-throated nicator, Nicator vireo

Larks

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Alaudidae

• Greater hoopoe lark, Alaemon alaudipes
• Lesser hoopoe lark, Alaemon hamertoni (E-Somalia)
• Spike-heeled lark, Chersomanes albofasciata (E)
• Beesley's lark, Chersomanes beesleyi (E-Tanzania)
• Gray's lark, Ammomanopsis grayi (E)
• Short-clawed lark, Certhilauda chuana (E)
• Karoo long-billed lark, Certhilauda subcoronata (E)
• Benguela lark, Certhilauda benguelensis (E)
• Eastern long-billed lark, Certhilauda semitorquata (E-South Africa)
• Cape lark, Certhilauda curvirostris (E)
• Agulhas lark, Certhilauda brevirostris (E-South Africa)
• Rufous-rumped lark, Pinarocorys erythropygia (E)
• Dusky lark, Pinarocorys nigricans (E)
• Thick-billed lark, Ramphocoris clotbey
• Bar-tailed lark, Ammomanes cinctura
• Desert lark, Ammomanes deserti
• Black-eared sparrow-lark, Eremopterix australis (E)
• Chestnut-backed sparrow-lark, Eremopterix leucotis (E)
• Black-crowned sparrow-lark, Eremopterix nigriceps
• Chestnut-headed sparrow-lark, Eremopterix signatus
• Gray-backed sparrow-lark, Eremopterix verticalis (E)
• Fischer's sparrow-lark, Eremopterix leucopareia (E)
• Sabota lark, Calendulauda sabota (E)
• Pink-breasted lark, Calendulauda poecilosterna (E)
• Fawn-colored lark, Calendulauda africanoides (E)
• Foxy lark, Calendulauda alopex (E)
• Karoo lark, Calendulauda albescens (E)
• Red lark, Calendulauda burra (E-South Africa)
• Barlow's lark, Calendulauda barlowi (E)
• Dune lark, Calendulauda erythrochlamys (E-Namibia)
• Liben lark, Heteromirafra archeri (E)
• Rudd's lark, Heteromirafra ruddi (E-South Africa)
• Cape clapper lark, Mirafra apiata (E)
• Eastern clapper lark, Mirafra fasciolata (E)
• Collared lark, Mirafra collaris (E)
• Red-winged lark, Mirafra hypermetra (E)
• Rufous-naped lark, Mirafra africana (E)
• Ash's lark, Mirafra ashi (E-Somalia)
• Somali long-billed lark, Mirafra somalica (E-Somalia)
• Angola lark, Mirafra angolensis (E)
• Flappet lark, Mirafra rufocinnamomea (E)
• Kordofan lark, Mirafra cordofanica (E)
• Williams's lark, Mirafra williamsi (E-Kenya)
• Friedmann's lark, Mirafra pulpa (E)
• Monotonous lark, Mirafra passerina (E)
• White-tailed lark, Mirafra albicauda (E)
• Latakoo lark, Mirafra cheniana (E)
• Singing bushlark, Mirafra cantillans
• Rusty lark, Mirafra rufa (E)
• Gillett's lark, Mirafra gilletti (E)
• Horned lark, Eremophila alpestris
• Temminck's lark, Eremophila bilopha
• Blanford's lark, Calandrella blanfordi
• Erlanger's lark, Calandrella erlangeri (E-Ethiopia)
• Red-capped lark, Calandrella cinerea
• Greater short-toed lark, Calandrella brachydactyla
• Bimaculated lark, Melanocorypha bimaculata
• Calandra lark, Melanocorypha calandra
• Dupont's lark, Chersophilus duponti
• Dunn's lark, Eremalauda dunni
• Somali short-toed lark, Alaudala somalica (E)
• Lesser short-toed lark, Alaudala rufescens
• Wood lark, Lullula arborea
• Stark's lark, Spizocorys starki (E)
• Sclater's lark, Spizocorys sclateri (E)
• Short-tailed lark, Spizocorys fremantlii (E)
• Pink-billed lark, Spizocorys conirostris (E)
• Botha's lark, Spizocorys fringillaris (E-South Africa)
• Obbia lark, Spizocorys obbiensis (E-Somalia)
• Masked lark, Spizocorys personata (E)
• Eurasian skylark, Alauda arvensis
• Oriental skylark, Alauda gulgula
• Sun lark, Galerida modesta (E)
• Large-billed lark, Galerida magnirostris (E)
• Thekla's lark, Galerida theklae
• Crested lark, Galerida cristata
• Maghreb lark, Galerida macrorhyncha (E)

Swallows

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Hirundinidae

• African river martin, Pseudochelidon eurystomina (E)
• Plain martin, Riparia paludicola
• Congo martin, Riparia congica (E)
• Bank swallow, Riparia riparia
• Banded martin, Riparia cincta
• Mascarene martin, Phedina borbonica
• Brazza's martin, Phedina brazzae (E)
• Eurasian crag-martin, Ptyonoprogne rupestris
• Rock martin, Ptyonoprogne fuligula
• Barn swallow, Hirundo rustica
• Red-chested swallow, Hirundo lucida (E)
• Ethiopian swallow, Hirundo aethiopica
• Angola swallow, Hirundo angolensis (E)
• White-throated blue swallow, Hirundo nigrita (E)
• White-throated swallow, Hirundo albigularis (E)
• Wire-tailed swallow, Hirundo smithii
• Pied-winged swallow, Hirundo leucosoma (E)
• White-tailed swallow, Hirundo megaensis (E-Ethiopia)
• Pearl-breasted swallow, Hirundo dimidiata (E)
• Montane blue swallow, Hirundo atrocaerulea (E)
• Black-and-rufous swallow, Hirundo nigrorufa (E)
• Greater striped swallow, Cecropis cucullata (E)
• Red-rumped swallow, Cecropis daurica
• Lesser striped swallow, Cecropis abyssinica
• Rufous-chested swallow, Cecropis semirufa (E)
• Mosque swallow, Cecropis senegalensis (E)
• Red-throated swallow, Petrochelidon rufigula (E)
• Preuss's swallow, Hirundo preussi (E)
• Red Sea swallow, Petrochelidon perdita (E-Sudan)
• South African swallow, Petrochelidon spilodera (E)
• Forest swallow, Petrochelidon fuliginosa (E)
• Common house martin, Delichon urbicum
• Square-tailed sawwing, Psalidoprocne nitens (E)
• Mountain sawwing, Psalidoprocne fuliginosa (E)
• White-headed sawwing, Psalidoprocne albiceps (E)
• Black sawwing, Psalidoprocne pristoptera (E)
• Fanti sawwing, Psalidoprocne obscura (E)
• Gray-rumped swallow, Pseudhirundo griseopyga (E)

Fairy flycatchers

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Stenostiridae

(All the listed species are endemic to Africa)

• Fairy flycatcher, Stenostira scita
• African blue flycatcher, Elminia longicauda
• White-tailed blue flycatcher, Elminia albicauda
• Dusky crested-flycatcher, Elminia nigromitrata
• White-bellied crested-flycatcher, Elminia albiventris
• White-tailed crested-flycatcher, Elminia albonotata

Tits

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Paridae

• Coal tit, Periparus ater
• Crested tit, Lophophanes cristatus (V)
• African blue tit, Cyanistes teneriffae
• Great tit, Parus major
• White-shouldered black-tit, Melaniparus guineensis (E)
• White-winged black-tit, Melaniparus leucomelas (E)
• Rufous-bellied tit, Melaniparus rufiventris (E)
• White-bellied tit, Melaniparus albiventris (E)
• Southern black-tit, Melaniparus niger (E)
• Carp's tit, Melaniparus carpi (E)
• Dusky tit, Melaniparus funereus (E)
• Miombo tit, Melaniparus griseiventris (E)
• Stripe-breasted tit, Melaniparus fasciiventer (E)
• Somali tit, Melaniparus thruppi (E)
• Red-throated tit, Melaniparus fringillinus (E)
• White-backed black-tit, Melaniparus leuconotus (E)
• Ashy tit, Melaniparus cinerascens (E)
• Gray tit, Melaniparus afer (E)

Penduline-tits

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Remizidae

• Eurasian penduline-tit, Remiz pendulinus (V)
• Sennar penduline-tit, Anthoscopus punctifrons (E)
• Mouse-colored penduline-tit, Anthoscopus musculus (E)
• Yellow penduline-tit, Anthoscopus parvulus (E)
• Forest penduline-tit, Anthoscopus flavifrons (E)
• African penduline-tit, Anthoscopus caroli (E)
• Southern penduline-tit, Anthoscopus minutus (E)

Long-tailed tits

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Aegithalidae

• Long-tailed tit, Aegithalos caudatus (V)

Nuthatches

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Sittidae

• Eurasian nuthatch, Sitta europaea
• Algerian nuthatch, Sitta ledanti (E-Algeria)

Wallcreeper

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Tichodromidae

• Wallcreeper, Tichodroma muraria (V)

Treecreepers

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Certhiidae

• Short-toed treecreeper, Certhia brachydactyla
• African spotted creeper, Salpornis salvadori (E)

Wrens

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Troglodytidae

• Eurasian wren, Troglodytes troglodytes

Dippers

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Cinclidae

• White-throated dipper, Cinclus cinclus

Bulbuls

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Pycnonotidae

• Sombre greenbul, Andropadus importunus (E)
• Slender-billed greenbul, Stelgidillas gracilirostris (E)
• Golden greenbul, Calyptocichla serinus (E)
• Black-collared bulbul, Neolestes torquatus (E)
• Red-tailed bristlebill, Bleda syndactylus (E)
• Green-tailed bristlebill, Bleda eximius (E)
• Lesser bristlebill, Bleda notatus (E)
• Gray-headed bristlebill, Bleda canicapillus (E)
• Cameroon mountain greenbul, Arizelocichla montana (E)
• Shelley's greenbul, Arizelocichla masukuensis (E)
• Western mountain greenbul, Arizelocichla tephrolaemus (E)
• Eastern mountain greenbul, Arizelocichla nigriceps (E)
• Stripe-cheeked bulbul, Arizelocichla milanjensis (E)
• Simple greenbul, Chlorocichla simplex (E)
• Yellow-necked greenbul, Chlorocichla falkensteini (E)
• Yellow-bellied greenbul, Chlorocichla flaviventris (E)
• Joyful greenbul, Chlorocichla laetissima (E)
• Prigogine's greenbul, Chlorocichla prigoginei (E-Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• Honeyguide greenbul, Baeopogon indicator (E)
• Sjöstedt's greenbul, Baeopogon clamans (E)
• Yellow-throated leaflove, Atimastillas flavicollis (E)
• Spotted greenbul, Ixonotus guttatus (E)
• Swamp greenbul, Thescelocichla leucopleura (E)
• Red-tailed greenbul, Criniger calurus (E)
• Western bearded-greenbul, Criniger barbatus (E)
• Eastern bearded-greenbul, Criniger chloronotus (E)
• Yellow-bearded greenbul, Criniger olivaceus (E)
• White-bearded greenbul, Criniger ndussumensis (E)
• Gray greenbul, Eurillas gracilis (E)
• Ansorge's greenbul, Eurillas ansorgei (E)
• Plain greenbul, Eurillas curvirostris (E)
• Yellow-whiskered greenbul, Eurillas latirostris (E)
• Little greenbul, Eurillas virens (E)
• Leaf-love, Phyllastrephus scandens (E)
• Terrestrial brownbul, Phyllastrephus terrestris (E)
• Northern brownbul, Phyllastrephus strepitans (E)
• Pale-olive greenbul, Phyllastrephus fulviventris (E)
• Gray-olive greenbul, Phyllastrephus cerviniventris (E)
• Baumann's greenbul, Phyllastrephus baumanni (E)
• Toro olive greenbul, Phyllastrephus hypochloris (E)
• Fischer's greenbul, Phyllastrephus fischeri (E)
• Cabanis's greenbul, Phyllastrephus cabanisi (E)
• Cameroon olive-greenbul, Phyllastrephus poensis (E)
• Icterine greenbul, Phyllastrephus icterinus (E)
• Sassi's greenbul, Phyllastrephus lorenzi (E)
• Xavier's greenbul, Phyllastrephus xavieri (E)
• White-throated greenbul, Phyllastrephus albigularis (E)
• Yellow-streaked bulbul, Phyllastrephus flavostriatus (E)
• Gray-headed greenbul, Phyllastrephus poliocephalus (E)
• Tiny greenbul, Phyllastrephus debilis (E)
• Usambara greenbul, Phyllastrephus albigula (E-Tanzania)
• Common bulbul, Pycnonotus barbatus
• Black-fronted bulbul, Pycnonotus nigricans (E)
• Cape bulbul, Pycnonotus capensis (E-South Africa)
• White-spectacled bulbul, Pycnonotus xanthopygos

Kinglets

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Regulidae

• Goldcrest, Regulus regulus
• Canary Islands kinglet, Regulus teneriffae (E)
• Firecrest, Regulus ignicapilla

African warblers

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Macrosphenidae

(Despite the family's name, one species is not endemic to Africa)

• Green crombec, Sylvietta virens (E)
• Lemon-bellied crombec, Sylvietta denti (E)
• White-browed crombec, Sylvietta leucophrys (E)
• Northern crombec, Sylvietta brachyura (E)
• Short-billed crombec, Sylvietta philippae (E)
• Red-capped crombec, Sylvietta ruficapilla (E)
• Red-faced crombec, Sylvietta whytii (E)
• Somali crombec, Sylvietta isabellina (E)
• Cape crombec, Sylvietta rufescens (E)
• Rockrunner, Achaetops pycnopygius (E)
• Moustached grass-warbler, Melocichla mentalis
• Cape grassbird, Sphenoeacus afer (E)
• Victorin's warbler, Cryptillas victorini (E-South Africa)
• Kemp's longbill, Macrosphenus kempi (E)
• Yellow longbill, Macrosphenus flavicans (E)
• Gray longbill, Macrosphenus concolor (E)
• Pulitzer's longbill, Macrosphenus pulitzeri (E-Angola)
• Kretschmer's longbill, Macrosphenus kretschmeri (E)
• Grauer's warbler, Graueria vittata (E)
• Green hylia, Hylia prasina (E)
• Tit-hylia, Pholidornis rushiae (E)

Bush warblers and allies

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Scotocercidae

• Chestnut-capped flycatcher, Erythrocercus mccallii (E)
• Yellow flycatcher, Erythrocercus holochlorus (E)
• Livingstone's flycatcher, Erythrocercus livingstonei (E)
• Scrub warbler, Scotocerca inquieta
• Neumann's warbler, Urosphena neumanni (E)
• Cetti's warbler, Cettia cetti

Leaf warblers

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Phylloscopidae

• Wood warbler, Phylloscopus sibilatrix
• Western Bonelli's warbler, Phylloscopus bonelli
• Eastern Bonelli's warbler, Phylloscopus orientalis
• Yellow-browed warbler, Phylloscopus inornatus (V)
• Hume's warbler, Phylloscopus humei (V)
• Pallas's leaf warbler, Phylloscopus proregulus (V)
• Radde's warbler, Phylloscopus schwarzi (V)
• Dusky warbler, Phylloscopus fuscatus (V)
• Willow warbler, Phylloscopus trochilus
• Canary Islands chiffchaff, Phylloscopus canariensis (E)
• Common chiffchaff, Phylloscopus collybita
• Iberian chiffchaff, Phylloscopus ibericus
• Brown woodland-warbler, Phylloscopus umbrovirens
• Yellow-throated woodland-warbler, Phylloscopus ruficapilla (E)
• Red-faced woodland-warbler, Phylloscopus laetus (E)
• Laura's woodland-warbler, Phylloscopus laurae (E)
• Black-capped woodland-warbler, Phylloscopus herberti (E)
• Uganda woodland-warbler, Phylloscopus budongoensis (E)

Reed warblers and allies

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Acrocephalidae

• Papyrus yellow warbler, Calamonastides gracilirostris (E)
• Booted warbler, Iduna caligata
• Sykes's warbler, Iduna rama (V)
• Eastern olivaceous warbler, Iduna pallida
• Western olivaceous warbler, Iduna opaca
• African yellow-warbler, Iduna natalensis (E)
• Mountain yellow-warbler, Iduna similis (E)
• Upcher's warbler, Hippolais languida
• Olive-tree warbler, Hippolais olivetorum
• Melodious warbler, Hippolais polyglotta
• Icterine warbler, Hippolais icterina
• Aquatic warbler, Acrocephalus paludicola
• Moustached warbler, Acrocephalus melanopogon
• Sedge warbler, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
• Marsh warbler, Acrocephalus palustris
• Eurasian reed warbler, Acrocephalus scirpaceus
• African reed warbler, Acrocephalus baeticatus
• Basra reed warbler, Acrocephalus griseldis
• Lesser swamp warbler, Acrocephalus gracilirostris (E)
• Greater swamp warbler, Acrocephalus rufescens (E)
• Great reed warbler, Acrocephalus arundinaceus
• Clamorous reed warbler, Acrocephalus stentoreus

Grassbirds and allies

The fan-tailed grassbird occurs in the moist uplands of central and eastern Africa.

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Locustellidae

• Fan-tailed grassbird, Schoenicola brevirostris (E)
• Barratt's warbler, Bradypterus barratti (E)
• Bangwa warbler, Bradypterus bangwaensis (E)
• Evergreen forest-warbler, Bradypterus lopezi (E)
• Cinnamon bracken-warbler, Bradypterus cinnamomeus (E)
• Knysna warbler, Bradypterus sylvaticus (E)
• Grauer's swamp warbler, Bradypterus graueri (E)
• Little rush-warbler, Bradypterus baboecala (E)
• Dja River swamp warbler, Bradypterus grandis (E)
• White-winged swamp warbler, Bradypterus carpalis (E)
• Bamboo warbler, Bradypterus alfredi (E)
• Pallas's grasshopper-warbler, Locustella certhiola (V)
• Eurasian river warbler, Locustella fluviatilis
• Savi's warbler, Locustella luscinioides
• Common grasshopper-warbler, Locustella naevia

Cisticolas and allies

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Cisticolidae

• Salvadori's eremomela, Eremomela salvadorii (E)
• Yellow-vented eremomela, Eremomela flavicrissalis (E)
• Yellow-bellied eremomela, Eremomela icteropygialis (E)
• Senegal eremomela, Eremomela pusilla (E)
• Green-backed eremomela, Eremomela canescens (E)
• Greencap eremomela, Eremomela scotops (E)
• Yellow-rumped eremomela, Eremomela gregalis (E)
• Rufous-crowned eremomela, Eremomela badiceps (E)
• Turner's eremomela, Eremomela turneri (E)
• Black-necked eremomela, Eremomela atricollis (E)
• Burnt-neck eremomela, Eremomela usticollis (E)
• Red-winged gray warbler, Drymocichla incana (E)
• Sierra Leone prinia, Schistolais leontica (E)
• White-chinned prinia, Schistolais leucopogon (E)
• Roberts's warbler, Oreophilais robertsi (E)
• Namaqua warbler, Phragmacia substriata (E)
• Green longtail, Urolais epichlorus (E)
• Black-collared apalis, Oreolais pulchra (E)
• Rwenzori apalis, Oreolais ruwenzorii (E)
• African tailorbird, Artisornis metopias (E)
• Long-billed tailorbird, Artisornis moreaui (E)
• White-tailed warbler, Poliolais lopezi (E)
• Miombo wren-warbler, Calamonastes undosus (E)
• Gray wren-warbler, Calamonastes simplex (E)
• Barred wren-warbler, Calamonastes fasciolatus (E)
• Green-backed camaroptera, Camaroptera brachyura (E)
• Yellow-browed camaroptera, Camaroptera superciliaris (E)
• Olive-green camaroptera, Camaroptera chloronota (E)
• Cricket longtail, Spiloptila clamans (E)
• Buff-bellied warbler, Phyllolais pulchella (E)
• Bar-throated apalis, Apalis thoracica (E)
• Black-capped apalis, Apalis nigriceps (E)
• Black-throated apalis, Apalis jacksoni (E)
• White-winged apalis, Apalis chariessa (E)
• Masked apalis, Apalis binotata (E)
• Black-faced apalis, Apalis personata (E)
• Yellow-breasted apalis, Apalis flavida (E)
• Rudd's apalis, Apalis ruddi (E)
• Sharpe's apalis, Apalis sharpii (E)
• Buff-throated apalis, Apalis rufogularis (E)
• Kungwe apalis, Apalis argentea (E)
• Bamenda apalis, Apalis bamendae (E-Cameroon)
• Gosling's apalis, Apalis goslingi (E)
• Chestnut-throated apalis, Apalis porphyrolaema (E)
• Chapin's apalis, Apalis chapini (E)
• Black-headed apalis, Apalis melanocephala (E)
• Chirinda apalis, Apalis chirindensis (E)
• Gray apalis, Apalis cinerea (E)
• Brown-headed apalis, Apalis alticola (E)
• Karamoja apalis, Apalis karamojae (E)
• Graceful prinia, Prinia gracilis
• Tawny-flanked prinia, Prinia subflava (E)
• Pale prinia, Prinia somalica (E)
• River prinia, Prinia fluviatilis (E)
• Black-chested prinia, Prinia flavicans (E)
• Karoo prinia, Prinia maculosa (E)
• Drakensberg prinia, Prinia hypoxantha (E)
• Sao Tome prinia, Prinia molleri (E-São Tomé and Príncipe)
• Banded prinia, Prinia bairdii (E)
• Red-winged prinia, Prinia erythroptera (E)
• Red-fronted prinia, Prinia rufifrons (E)
• Kopje warbler, Euryptila subcinnamomea (E)
• Mrs. Moreau's warbler, Scepomycter winifredae (E-Tanzania)
• Socotra warbler, Incana incana (E)
• Rufous-eared warbler, Malcorus pectoralis (E)
• Black-capped rufous-warbler, Bathmocercus cerviniventris (E)
• Black-faced rufous-warbler, Bathmocercus rufus (E)
• Oriole warbler, Hypergerus atriceps (E)
• Gray-capped warbler, Eminia lepida (E)
• Red-faced cisticola, Cisticola erythrops (E)
• Singing cisticola, Cisticola cantans (E)
• Whistling cisticola, Cisticola lateralis (E)
• Chattering cisticola, Cisticola anonymus (E)
• Trilling cisticola, Cisticola woosnami (E)
• Bubbling cisticola, Cisticola bulliens (E)
• Chubb's cisticola, Cisticola chubbi (E)
• Hunter's cisticola, Cisticola hunteri (E)
• Black-lored cisticola, Cisticola nigriloris (E)
• Rock-loving cisticola, Cisticola aberrans (E)
• Boran cisticola, Cisticola bodessa (E)
• Rattling cisticola, Cisticola chiniana (E)
• Ashy cisticola, Cisticola cinereolus (E)
• Red-pate cisticola, Cisticola ruficeps (E)
• Dorst's cisticola, Cisticola guinea (E)
• Tinkling cisticola, Cisticola rufilatus (E)
• Red-headed cisticola, Cisticola subruficapilla (E)
• Wailing cisticola, Cisticola lais (E)
• Tana River cisticola, Cisticola restrictus (E-Kenya)
• Churring cisticola, Cisticola njombe (E)
• Winding cisticola, Cisticola galactotes (E)
• Chirping cisticola, Cisticola pipiens (E)
• Carruthers's cisticola, Cisticola carruthersi (E)
• Levaillant's cisticola, Cisticola tinniens (E)
• Stout cisticola, Cisticola robustus (E)
• Croaking cisticola, Cisticola natalensis (E)
• Piping cisticola, Cisticola fulvicapilla (E)
• Aberdare cisticola, Cisticola aberdare (E-Kenya)
• Tabora cisticola, Cisticola angusticauda (E)
• Slender-tailed cisticola, Cisticola melanurus (E)
• Siffling cisticola, Cisticola brachypterus (E)
• Rufous cisticola, Cisticola rufus (E)
• Foxy cisticola, Cisticola troglodytes (E)
• Tiny cisticola, Cisticola nanus (E)
• Zitting cisticola, Cisticola juncidis
• Socotra cisticola, Cisticola haesitatus (E)
• Desert cisticola, Cisticola aridulus (E)
• Cloud cisticola, Cisticola textrix (E)
• Black-backed cisticola, Cisticola eximius (E)
• Cloud-scraping cisticola, Cisticola dambo (E)
• Pectoral-patch cisticola, Cisticola brunnescens (E)
• Pale-crowned cisticola, Cisticola cinnamomeus (E)
• Wing-snapping cisticola, Cisticola ayresii (E)

Old World warblers

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Sylviidae

• Abyssinian catbird, Parophasma galinieri (E-Ethiopia)
• African hill babbler, Pseudoalcippe abyssinica (E)
• Bush blackcap, Lioptilus nigricapillus (E)
• Dohrn's thrush-babbler, Sylvia dohrni (E-São Tomé and Príncipe)
• Eurasian blackcap, Sylvia atricapilla
• Garden warbler, Sylvia borin
• African desert warbler, Sylvia deserti (E)
• Asian desert warbler, Sylvia nana
• Barred warbler, Sylvia nisoria
• Layard's warbler, Sylvia layardi (E)
• Banded parisoma, Sylvia boehmi (E)
• Rufous-vented warbler, Sylvia subcoerulea (E)
• Desert whitethroat, Sylvia minula (V)
• Hume's whitethroat, Sylvia althaea (V)
• Lesser whitethroat, Sylvia curruca
• Brown parisoma, Sylvia lugens (E)
• Arabian warbler, Sylvia leucomelaena
• Western Orphean warbler, Sylvia hortensis
• Eastern Orphean warbler, Sylvia crassirostris
• Tristram's warbler, Sylvia deserticola
• Cyprus warbler, Sylvia melanothorax
• Menetries's warbler, Sylvia mystacea
• Rüppell's warbler, Sylvia ruppeli
• Subalpine warbler, Sylvia cantillans
• Moltoni's warbler, Sylvia subalpina (V)
• Sardinian warbler, Sylvia melanocephala
• Greater whitethroat, Sylvia communis
• Spectacled warbler, Sylvia conspicillata
• Marmora's warbler, Sylvia sarda
• Dartford warbler, Sylvia undata

White-eyes and allies

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Zosteropidae

• African yellow white-eye, Zosterops senegalensis (E)
• Cameroon speirops, Speirops melanocephalus (E-Cameroon)
• Bioko speirops, Speirops brunneus (E-Equatorial Guinea)
• Broad-ringed white-eye, Zosterops poliogastrus (E)
• Abyssinian white-eye, Zosterops abyssinicus
• Cape white-eye, Zosterops virens (E)
• Orange River white-eye, Zosterops pallidus (E)
• Pemba white-eye, Zosterops vaughani (E-Tanzania)
• Black-capped speirops, Speirops lugubris (E-São Tomé and Príncipe)
• Principe speirops, Speirops leucophoeus (E-São Tomé and Príncipe)
• Sao Tome white-eye, Zosterops feae (E-São Tomé and Príncipe)
• Annobon white-eye, Zosterops griseovirescens (E-Equatorial Guinea)
• Principe white-eye, Zosterops ficedulinus (E-São Tomé and Príncipe)

Ground babblers and allies

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Pellorneidae

(All the listed species are endemic to Africa)

• Brown illadopsis, Illadopsis fulvescens
• Pale-breasted illadopsis, Illadopsis rufipennis
• Mountain illadopsis, Illadopsis pyrrhoptera
• Blackcap illadopsis, Illadopsis cleaveri
• Scaly-breasted illadopsis, Illadopsis albipectus
• Rufous-winged illadopsis, Illadopsis rufescens
• Puvel's illadopsis, Illadopsis puveli
• Thrush babbler, Ptyrticus turdina

Laughingthrushes and allies

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Leiothrichidae

• Arabian babbler, Turdoides squamiceps
• Fulvous chatterer, Turdoides fulva (E)
• Scaly chatterer, Turdoides aylmeri (E)
• Rufous chatterer, Turdoides rubiginosa (E)
• Blackcap babbler, Turdoides reinwardtii (E)
• Dusky babbler, Turdoides tenebrosa (E)
• Black-lored babbler, Turdoides sharpei (E)
• Hartlaub's babbler, Turdoides hartlaubii (E)
• Black-faced babbler, Turdoides melanops (E)
• Scaly babbler, Turdoides squamulata (E)
• White-rumped babbler, Turdoides leucopygia (E)
• Southern pied-babbler, Turdoides bicolor (E)
• Northern pied-babbler, Turdoides hypoleuca (E)
• Hinde's pied-babbler, Turdoides hindei (E-Kenya)
• Cretzschmar's babbler, Turdoides leucocephala (E)
• Brown babbler, Turdoides plebejus (E)
• Arrow-marked babbler, Turdoides jardineii (E)
• Bare-cheeked babbler, Turdoides gymnogenys (E)
• White-throated mountain-babbler, Turdoides gilberti (E)
• Red-collared mountain-babbler, Turdoides rufocinctus (E)
• Chapin's mountain-babbler, Turdoides chapini (E-Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• Capuchin babbler, Turdoides atripennis (E)

Sugarbirds

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Promeropidae

(The entire family is endemic to Africa)

• Gurney's sugarbird, Promerops gurneyi
• Cape sugarbird, Promerops cafer (E-South Africa)

Dapple-throat and allies

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Modulatricidae

(The entire family is endemic to Africa)

• Spot-throat, Modulatrix stictigula
• Dapple-throat, Arcanator orostruthus
• Gray-chested babbler, Kakamega poliothorax

Hyliotas

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Hyliotidae

(The entire family is endemic to Africa)

• Yellow-bellied hyliota, Hyliota flavigaster
• Southern hyliota, Hyliota australis
• Usambara hyliota, Hyliota usambarae (E-Tanzania)
• Violet-backed hyliota, Hyliota violacea

Old World flycatchers

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Muscicapidae

• Dusky-brown flycatcher, Muscicapa adusta (E)
• Little flycatcher, Muscicapa epulata (E)
• Yellow-footed flycatcher, Muscicapa sethsmithi (E)
• Spotted flycatcher, Muscicapa striata
• Gambaga flycatcher, Muscicapa gambagae
• Swamp flycatcher, Muscicapa aquatica (E)
• Cassin's flycatcher, Muscicapa cassini (E)
• Böhm's flycatcher, Muscicapa boehmi (E)
• Ussher's flycatcher, Muscicapa ussheri (E)
• Sooty flycatcher, Muscicapa infuscata (E)
• Dusky-blue flycatcher, Muscicapa comitata (E)
• Mariqua flycatcher, Bradornis mariquensis (E)
• Grayish flycatcher, Bradornis microrhynchus (E)
• Pale flycatcher, Agricola pallidus (E)
• Chat flycatcher, Agricola infuscatus (E)
• White-browed forest-flycatcher, Fraseria cinerascens (E)
• African forest-flycatcher, Fraseria ocreata (E)
• Gray-throated tit-flycatcher, Fraseria griseigularis (E)
• Gray tit-flycatcher, Fraseria plumbeus (E)
• Olivaceous flycatcher, Fraseria olivascens (E)
• Chapin's flycatcher, Fraseria lendu (E)
• Tessmann's flycatcher, Fraseria tessmanni (E)
• Ashy flycatcher, Fraseria caerulescens (E)
• Herero chat, Melaenornis herero (E)
• Silverbird, Melaenornis semipartitus (E)
• Fiscal flycatcher, Melaenornis silens (E)
• Yellow-eyed black flycatcher, Melaenornis ardesiacus (E)
• Nimba flycatcher, Melaenornis annamarulae (E)
• Northern black-flycatcher, Melaenornis edolioides (E)
• Southern black-flycatcher, Melaenornis pammelaina (E)
• White-eyed slaty-flycatcher, Melaenornis fischeri (E)
• Angola slaty-flycatcher, Melaenornis brunneus (E-Angola)
• Abyssinian slaty-flycatcher, Melaenornis chocolatinus (E)
• Fire-crested alethe, Alethe diademata (E)
• Karoo scrub-robin, Cercotrichas coryphaeus (E)
• Forest scrub-robin, Cercotrichas leucosticta (E)
• Brown scrub-robin, Cercotrichas signata (E)
• Bearded scrub-robin, Cercotrichas quadrivirgata (E)
• Miombo scrub-robin, Cercotrichas barbata (E)
• Black scrub-robin, Cercotrichas podobe
• Rufous-tailed scrub-robin, Cercotrichas galactotes
• African scrub-robin, Cercotrichas minor (E)
• Kalahari scrub-robin, Cercotrichas paena (E)
• Brown-backed scrub-robin, Cercotrichas hartlaubi (E)
• Red-backed scrub-robin, Cercotrichas leucophrys (E)
• White-bellied robin-chat, Cossyphicula roberti (E)
• Mountain robin-chat, Cossypha isabellae (E)
• Archer's robin-chat, Cossypha archeri (E)
• Olive-flanked robin-chat, Cossypha anomala (E)
• Cape robin-chat, Cossypha caffra (E)
• White-throated robin-chat, Cossypha humeralis (E)
• Blue-shouldered robin-chat, Cossypha cyanocampter (E)
• Gray-winged robin-chat, Cossypha polioptera (E)
• Rüppell's robin-chat, Cossypha semirufa (E)
• White-browed robin-chat, Cossypha heuglini (E)
• Red-capped robin-chat, Cossypha natalensis (E)
• Chorister robin-chat, Cossypha dichroa (E)
• White-headed robin-chat, Cossypha heinrichi (E)
• Snowy-crowned robin-chat, Cossypha niveicapilla (E)
• White-crowned robin-chat, Cossypha albicapilla (E)
• Angola cave-chat, Xenocopsychus ansorgei (E-Angola)
• Collared palm-thrush, Cichladusa arquata (E)
• Rufous-tailed palm-thrush, Cichladusa ruficauda (E)
• Spotted morning-thrush, Cichladusa guttata (E)
• European robin, Erithacus rubecula
• White-starred robin, Pogonocichla stellata (E)
• Swynnerton's robin, Swynnertonia swynnertoni (E)
• Brown-chested alethe, Chamaetylas poliocephala (E)
• Red-throated alethe, Chamaetylas poliophrys (E)
• Cholo alethe, Chamaetylas choloensis (E)
• White-chested alethe, Chamaetylas fuelleborni (E)
• Forest robin, Stiphrornis erythrothorax (E)
• Bocage's akalat, Sheppardia bocagei (E)
• Lowland akalat, Sheppardia cyornithopsis (E)
• Equatorial akalat, Sheppardia aequatorialis (E)
• Sharpe's akalat, Sheppardia sharpei (E)
• East coast akalat, Sheppardia gunningi (E)
• Gabela akalat, Sheppardia gabela (E-Angola)
• Usambara akalat, Sheppardia montana (E-Tanzania)
• Iringa akalat, Sheppardia lowei (E-Tanzania)
• Rubeho akalat, Sheppardia aurantiithorax (E-Tanzania)
• White-throated robin, Irania gutturalis
• Thrush nightingale, Luscinia luscinia
• Common nightingale, Luscinia megarhynchos
• Bluethroat, Luscinia svecica
• Siberian rubythroat, Calliope calliope (V)
• Red-breasted flycatcher, Ficedula parva
• Semicollared flycatcher, Ficedula semitorquata
• European pied flycatcher, Ficedula hypoleuca
• Atlas flycatcher, Ficedula speculigera (E)
• Collared flycatcher, Ficedula albicollis
• Moussier's redstart, Phoenicurus moussieri
• Common redstart, Phoenicurus phoenicurus
• White-winged redstart, Phoenicurus erythrogastrus
• Black redstart, Phoenicurus ochruros
• Little rock-thrush, Monticola rufocinereus
• Short-toed rock-thrush, Monticola brevipes (E)
• Sentinel rock-thrush, Monticola explorator (E)
• Rufous-tailed rock-thrush, Monticola saxatilis
• Blue rock-thrush, Monticola solitarius
• Miombo rock-thrush, Monticola angolensis (E)
• Cape rock-thrush, Monticola rupestris (E)
• Whinchat, Saxicola rubetra
• Fuerteventura stonechat, Saxicola dacotiae (E)
• European stonechat, Saxicola rubicola
• Siberian stonechat, Saxicola maurus
• African stonechat, Saxicola torquatus
• Pied bushchat, Saxicola caprata (V)
• Buff-streaked bushchat, Saxicola bifasciatus (E)
• Boulder chat, Pinarornis plumosus (E)
• Congo moorchat, Myrmecocichla tholloni (E)
• Northern anteater-chat, Myrmecocichla aethiops (E)
• Southern anteater-chat, Myrmecocichla formicivora (E)
• Sooty chat, Myrmecocichla nigra (E)
• Rüppell's chat, Myrmecocichla melaena (E)
• White-fronted black-chat, Myrmecocichla albifrons (E)
• White-headed black-chat, Myrmecocichla arnotti (E)
• Ruaha chat, Myrmecocichla collaris (E)
• Mocking cliff-chat, Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris (E)
• White-winged cliff-chat, Thamnolaea semirufa (E)
• Sicklewing chat, Cercomela sinuata (E)
• Karoo chat, Cercomela schlegelii (E)
• Tractrac chat, Cercomela tractrac (E)
• Familiar chat, Cercomela familiaris (E)
• Brown-tailed chat, Cercomela scotocerca (E)
• Sombre chat, Cercomela dubia (E)
• Blackstart, Cercomela melanura
• Moorland chat, Cercomela sordida (E)
• White-crowned wheatear, Oenanthe leucopyga
• Hooded wheatear, Oenanthe monacha
• Black wheatear, Oenanthe leucura
• Mountain wheatear, Oenanthe monticola (E)
• Somali wheatear, Oenanthe phillipsi (E)
• Northern wheatear, Oenanthe oenanthe
• Mourning wheatear, Oenanthe lugens
• Abyssinian wheatear, Oenanthe lugubris (E)
• Finsch's wheatear, Oenanthe finschii
• Red-rumped wheatear, Oenanthe moesta
• Pied wheatear, Oenanthe pleschanka
• Cyprus wheatear, Oenanthe cypriaca
• Black-eared wheatear, Oenanthe hispanica
• Red-tailed wheatear, Oenanthe xanthoprymna
• Desert wheatear, Oenanthe deserti
• Capped wheatear, Oenanthe pileata (E)
• Isabelline wheatear, Oenanthe isabellina
• Red-breasted wheatear, Oenanthe bottae
• Heuglin's wheatear, Oenanthe heuglini (E)

Thrushes and allies

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Turdidae

• Rufous flycatcher-thrush, Neocossyphus fraseri (E)
• Finsch's flycatcher-thrush, Neocossyphus finschi (E)
• Red-tailed ant-thrush, Neocossyphus rufus (E)
• White-tailed ant-thrush, Neocossyphus poensis (E)
• Spotted ground-thrush, Geokichla guttata (E)
• Black-eared ground-thrush, Geokichla cameronensis (E)
• Gray ground-thrush, Geokichla princei (E)
• Crossley's ground-thrush, Geokichla crossleyi (E)
• Oberländer's ground-thrush, Geokichla oberlaenderi (E)
• Abyssinian ground-thrush, Geokichla piaggiae (E)
• Kivu ground-thrush, Geokichla tanganjicae (E)
• Orange ground-thrush, Geokichla gurneyi (E)
• Groundscraper thrush, Psophocichla litsitsirupa (E)
• Mistle thrush, Turdus viscivorus
• Song thrush, Turdus philomelos
• Abyssinian thrush, Turdus abyssinicus (E)
• Taita thrush, Turdus helleri (E-Kenya)
• Usambara thrush, Turdus roehli (E-Tanzania)
• Redwing, Turdus iliacus
• Eurasian blackbird, Turdus merula
• Somali thrush, Turdus ludoviciae (E-Somalia)
• African bare-eyed thrush, Turdus tephronotus (E)
• Kurrichane thrush, Turdus libonyana (E)
• Olive thrush, Turdus olivaceus (E)
• Karoo thrush, Turdus smithi (E)
• Principe thrush, Turdus xanthorhynchus (E-São Tomé and Príncipe)
• Sao Tome thrush, Turdus olivaceofuscus (E-São Tomé and Príncipe)
• African thrush, Turdus pelios (E)
• Eyebrowed thrush, Turdus obscurus (V)
• Fieldfare, Turdus pilaris
• Ring ouzel, Turdus torquatus
• Black-throated thrush, Turdus atrogularis (V)

Mockingbirds and thrashers

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Mimidae

• Gray catbird, Dumetella carolinensis (V)
• Northern mockingbird, Mimus polyglottos (V)

Starlings

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Sturnidae

• European starling, Sturnus vulgaris
• Spotless starling, Sturnus unicolor
• Wattled starling, Creatophora cinerea
• Rosy starling, Pastor roseus (V)
• Common myna, Acridotheres tristis (Introduced)
• Violet-backed starling, Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
• Slender-billed starling, Onychognathus tenuirostris (E)
• Pale-winged starling, Onychognathus nabouroup (E)
• Neumann's starling, Onychognathus neumanni (E)
• Red-winged starling, Onychognathus morio (E)
• Chestnut-winged starling, Onychognathus fulgidus (E)
• Waller's starling, Onychognathus walleri (E)
• Tristram's starling, Onychognathus tristramii
• White-billed starling, Onychognathus albirostris (E)
• Bristle-crowned starling, Onychognathus salvadorii (E)
• Somali starling, Onychognathus blythii (E)
• Socotra starling, Onychognathus frater (E)
• Babbling starling, Neocichla gutturalis (E)
• White-collared starling, Grafisia torquata (E)
• Magpie starling, Speculipastor bicolor (E)
• Sharpe's starling, Pholiaa sharpii (E)
• Abbott's starling, Poeoptera femoralis (E)
• Narrow-tailed starling, Poeoptera lugubris (E)
• Stuhlmann's starling, Poeoptera stuhlmanni (E)
• Kenrick's starling, Poeoptera kenricki (E)
• Black-bellied starling, Notopholia corrusca (E)
• Purple-headed starling, Hylopsar purpureiceps (E)
• Copper-tailed starling, Hylopsar cupreocauda (E)
• Hildebrandt's starling, Lamprotornis hildebrandti (E)
• Shelley's starling, Lamprotornis shelleyi (E)
• Burchell's starling, Lamprotornis australis (E)
• Rueppell's starling, Lamprotornis purpuroptera (E)
• Long-tailed starling, Lamprotornis caudatus (E)
• Meves's starling, Lamprotornis mevesii (E)
• Ashy starling, Lamprotornis unicolor (E)
• Splendid starling, Lamprotornis splendidus (E)
• Principe starling, Lamprotornis ornatus (E-São Tomé and Príncipe)
• Golden-breasted starling, Lamprotornis regius (E)
• Superb starling, Lamprotornis superbus (E)
• Chestnut-bellied starling, Lamprotornis pulcher (E)
• African pied starling, Lamprotornis bicolor (E)
• White-crowned starling, Lamprotornis albicapillus (E)
• Fischer's starling, Lamprotornis fischeri (E)
• Lesser blue-eared starling, Lamprotornis chloropterus (E)
• Sharp-tailed starling, Lamprotornis acuticaudus (E)
• Greater blue-eared starling, Lamprotornis chalybaeus (E)
• Emerald starling, Lamprotornis iris (E)
• Purple starling, Lamprotornis purpureus (E)
• Cape starling, Lamprotornis nitens (E)
• Bronze-tailed starling, Lamprotornis chalcurus (E)

Oxpeckers

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Buphagidae

(The entire family is endemic to Africa)

• Red-billed oxpecker, Buphagus erythrorhynchus
• Yellow-billed oxpecker, Buphagus africanus

Sunbirds

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Nectariniidae

• Fraser's sunbird, Deleornis fraseri (E)
• Gray-headed sunbird, Deleornis axillaris (E)
• Plain-backed sunbird, Anthreptes reichenowi (E)
• Anchieta's sunbird, Anthreptes anchietae (E)
• Mouse-brown sunbird, Anthreptes gabonicus (E)
• Western violet-backed sunbird, Anthreptes longuemarei (E)
• Eastern violet-backed sunbird, Anthreptes orientalis (E)
• Uluguru violet-backed sunbird, Anthreptes neglectus (E)
• Violet-tailed sunbird, Anthreptes aurantius (E)
• Little green sunbird, Anthreptes seimundi (E)
• Green sunbird, Anthreptes rectirostris (E)
• Banded sunbird, Anthreptes rubritorques (E-Tanzania)
• Collared sunbird, Hedydipna collaris (E)
• Pygmy sunbird, Hedydipna platura (E)
• Nile Valley sunbird, Hedydipna metallica
• Amani sunbird, Hedydipna pallidigaster (E)
• Reichenbach's sunbird, Anabathmis reichenbachii (E)
• Principe sunbird, Anabathmis hartlaubii (E-São Tomé and Príncipe)
• Newton's sunbird, Anabathmis newtonii (E-São Tomé and Príncipe)
• Sao Tome sunbird, Dreptes thomensis (E-São Tomé and Príncipe)
• Orange-breasted sunbird, Anthobaphes violacea (E-South Africa)
• Green-headed sunbird, Cyanomitra verticalis (E)
• Bannerman's sunbird, Cyanomitra bannermani (E)
• Blue-throated brown sunbird, Cyanomitra cyanolaema (E)
• Cameroon sunbird, Cyanomitra oritis (E)
• Blue-headed sunbird, Cyanomitra alinae (E)
• Olive sunbird, Cyanomitra olivacea (E)
• Mouse-colored sunbird, Cyanomitra veroxii (E)
• Buff-throated sunbird, Chalcomitra adelberti (E)
• Carmelite sunbird, Chalcomitra fuliginosa (E)
• Green-throated sunbird, Chalcomitra rubescens (E)
• Amethyst sunbird, Chalcomitra amethystina (E)
• Scarlet-chested sunbird, Chalcomitra senegalensis (E)
• Hunter's sunbird, Chalcomitra hunteri (E)
• Socotra sunbird, Chalcomitra balfouri (E)
• Bocage's sunbird, Nectarinia bocagii (E)
• Purple-breasted sunbird, Nectarinia purpureiventris (E)
• Tacazze sunbird, Nectarinia tacazze (E)
• Bronze sunbird, Nectarinia kilimensis (E)
• Malachite sunbird, Nectarinia famosa (E)
• Red-tufted sunbird, Nectarinia johnstoni (E)
• Golden-winged sunbird, Drepanorhynchus reichenowi (E)
• Olive-bellied sunbird, Cinnyris chloropygius (E)
• Tiny sunbird, Cinnyris minullus (E)
• Miombo sunbird, Cinnyris manoensis (E)
• Southern double-collared sunbird, Cinnyris chalybeus (E)
• Neergaard's sunbird, Cinnyris neergaardi (E)
• Stuhlmann's sunbird, Cinnyris stuhlmanni (E)
• Prigogine's sunbird, Cinnyris prigoginei (E)
• Montane double-collared sunbird, Cinnyris ludovicensis (E)
• Northern double-collared sunbird, Cinnyris reichenowi (E)
• Greater double-collared sunbird, Cinnyris afer (E)
• Regal sunbird, Cinnyris regius (E)
• Rockefeller's sunbird, Cinnyris rockefelleri (E-Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• Eastern double-collared sunbird, Cinnyris mediocris (E)
• Moreau's sunbird, Cinnyris moreaui (E-Tanzania)
• Loveridge's sunbird, Cinnyris loveridgei (E-Tanzania)
• Beautiful sunbird, Cinnyris pulchellus (E)
• Mariqua sunbird, Cinnyris mariquensis (E)
• Shelley's sunbird, Cinnyris shelleyi (E)
• Congo sunbird, Cinnyris congensis (E)
• Red-chested sunbird, Cinnyris erythrocercus (E)
• Black-bellied sunbird, Cinnyris nectarinioides (E)
• Purple-banded sunbird, Cinnyris bifasciatus (E)
• Tsavo sunbird, Cinnyris tsavoensis (E)
• Violet-breasted sunbird, Cinnyris chalcomelas (E)
• Pemba sunbird, Cinnyris pembae (E-Tanzania)
• Orange-tufted sunbird, Cinnyris bouvieri (E)
• Palestine sunbird, Cinnyris osea
• Shining sunbird, Cinnyris habessinicus
• Splendid sunbird, Cinnyris coccinigastrus (E)
• Johanna's sunbird, Cinnyris johannae (E)
• Superb sunbird, Cinnyris superbus (E)
• Rufous-winged sunbird, Cinnyris rufipennis (E-Tanzania)
• Oustalet's sunbird, Cinnyris oustaleti (E)
• White-breasted sunbird, Cinnyris talatala (E)
• Variable sunbird, Cinnyris venustus (E)
• Dusky sunbird, Cinnyris fuscus (E)
• Ursula's sunbird, Cinnyris ursulae (E)
• Bates's sunbird, Cinnyris batesi (E)
• Copper sunbird, Cinnyris cupreus (E)

Accentors

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Prunellidae

• Alpine accentor, Prunella collaris
• Dunnock, Prunella modularis (V)

Wagtails and pipits

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Motacillidae

• Cape wagtail, Motacilla capensis (E)
• Mountain wagtail, Motacilla clara (E)
• Sao Tome short-tail, Motacilla bocagii (E-São Tomé and Príncipe)
• Gray wagtail, Motacilla cinerea
• Western yellow wagtail, Motacilla flava
• Citrine wagtail, Motacilla citreola (V)
• African pied wagtail, Motacilla aguimp (E)
• White wagtail, Motacilla alba
• Richard's pipit, Anthus richardi
• African pipit, Anthus cinnamomeus
• Mountain pipit, Anthus hoeschi (E)
• Jackson's pipit, Anthus latistriatus (E)
• Woodland pipit, Anthus nyassae (E)
• Long-billed pipit, Anthus similis
• Tawny pipit, Anthus campestris
• Plain-backed pipit, Anthus leucophrys (E)
• Buffy pipit, Anthus vaalensis (E)
• Long-legged pipit, Anthus pallidiventris (E)
• Berthelot's pipit, Anthus berthelotii
• Malindi pipit, Anthus melindae (E)
• Striped pipit, Anthus lineiventris (E)
• Yellow-tufted pipit, Anthus crenatus (E)
• Meadow pipit, Anthus pratensis
• Tree pipit, Anthus trivialis
• Olive-backed pipit, Anthus hodgsoni
• Red-throated pipit, Anthus cervinus
• Water pipit, Anthus spinoletta
• Rock pipit, Anthus petrosus
• American pipit, Anthus rubescens (V)
• Short-tailed pipit, Anthus brachyurus (E)
• Bush pipit, Anthus caffer (E)
• Sokoke pipit, Anthus sokokensis (E)
• Golden pipit, Tmetothylacus tenellus
• Yellow-breasted pipit, Hemimacronyx chloris (E)
• Sharpe's longclaw, Hemimacronyx sharpei (E-Kenya)
• Orange-throated longclaw, Macronyx capensis (E)
• Yellow-throated longclaw, Macronyx croceus (E)
• Fülleborn's longclaw, Macronyx fuelleborni (E)
• Abyssinian longclaw, Macronyx flavicollis (E-Ethiopia)
• Pangani longclaw, Macronyx aurantiigula (E)
• Rosy-throated longclaw, Macronyx ameliae (E)
• Grimwood's longclaw, Macronyx grimwoodi (E)

Waxwings

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Bombycillidae

• Bohemian waxwing, Bombycilla garrulus (V)

Hypocolius

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Hypocoliidae

• Hypocolius, Hypocolius ampelinus (V)

Finches and allies

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Fringillidae

• Common chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs (V)
• Blue chaffinch, Fringilla teydea (E)
• Brambling, Fringilla montifringilla
• Hawfinch, Coccothraustes coccothraustes
• Common rosefinch, Carpodacus erythrinus (V)
• Sinai rosefinch, Carpodacus synoicus
• Eurasian bullfinch, Pyrrhula pyrrhula
• Crimson-winged finch, Rhodopechys sanguineus
• Trumpeter finch, Bucanetes githagineus
• Desert finch, Rhodospiza obsoletus (V)
• Golden-winged grosbeak, Rhynchostruthus socotranus
• Somali grosbeak, Rhynchostruthus louisae (E-Somalia)
• European greenfinch, Chloris chloris
• Oriole finch, Linurgus olivaceus (E)
• White-rumped seedeater, Crithagra leucopygia (E)
• Yellow-fronted canary, Crithagra mozambica
• African citril, Crithagra citrinelloides (E)
• Western citril, Crithagra frontalis (E)
• Southern citril, Crithagra hyposticta (E)
• Black-faced canary, Crithagra capistrata (E)
• Papyrus canary, Crithagra koliensis (E)
• Forest canary, Crithagra scotops (E)
• Black-throated canary, Crithagra atrogularis (E)
• Reichenow's seedeater, Crithagra reichenowi (E)
• Yellow-rumped serin, Crithagra xanthopygia (E)
• Lemon-breasted seedeater, Crithagra citrinipectus (E)
• White-bellied canary, Crithagra dorsostriata (E)
• Yellow-throated serin, Crithagra flavigula (E-Ethiopia)
• Salvadori's serin, Crithagra xantholaema (E-Ethiopia)
• Northern grosbeak-canary, Crithagra donaldsoni (E)
• Southern grosbeak-canary, Crithagra buchanani (E)
• Brimstone canary, Crithagra sulphurata (E)
• Yellow canary, Crithagra flaviventris (E)
• White-throated canary, Crithagra albogularis (E)
• Streaky seedeater, Crithagra striolata (E)
• Yellow-browed seedeater, Crithagra whytii (E)
• Thick-billed seedeater, Crithagra burtoni (E)
• Tanzania seedeater, Crithagra melanochroa (E-Tanzania)
• Principe seedeater, Crithagra rufobrunnea (E-São Tomé and Príncipe)
• Sao Tome grosbeak, Crithagra concolor (E-São Tomé and Príncipe)
• Protea canary, Crithagra leucoptera (E-South Africa)
• Black-eared seedeater, Crithagra mennelli (E)
• Streaky-headed seedeater, Crithagra gularis (E)
• Reichard's seedeater, Crithagra reichardi (E)
• Brown-rumped seedeater, Crithagra tristriata (E)
• Ankober serin, Crithagra ankoberensis (E-Ethiopia)
• Cape siskin, Crithagra totta (E-South Africa)
• Drakensberg siskin, Crithagra symonsi (E)
• Eurasian linnet, Linaria cannabina
• Warsangli linnet, Linaria johannis (E-Somalia)
• Common redpoll, Acanthis flammea (V)
• Red crossbill, Loxia curvirostra
• European goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis
• Citril finch, Carduelis citrinella (V)
• European serin, Serinus serinus
• Island canary, Serinus canaria
• Fire-fronted serin, Serinus pusillus (V)
• Yellow-fronted canary, Serinus flavivertex
• Cape canary, Serinus canicollis
• Ethiopian siskin, Serinus nigriceps (E-Ethiopia)
• Black-headed canary, Serinus alario (E)
• Damara canary, Serinus leucolaema (E)
• Eurasian siskin, Spinus spinus

Longspurs and snow buntings

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Calcariidae

• Lapland longspur, Calcarius lapponicus (V)
• Snow bunting, Plectrophenax nivalis (V)

Old World buntings

Order: Passeriformes   Family: Emberizidae

• Brown-rumped bunting, Emberiza affinis (E)
• Black-headed bunting, Emberiza melanocephala (V)
• Corn bunting, Emberiza calandra
• Rock bunting, Emberiza cia
• Cirl bunting, Emberiza cirlus
• Yellowhammer, Emberiza citrinella (V)
• Pine bunting, Emberiza leucocephalos (V)
• Cinereous bunting, Emberiza cineracea
• Ortolan bunting, Emberiza hortulana
• Cretzschmar's bunting, Emberiza caesia
• Cabanis's bunting, Emberiza cabanisi (E)
• Golden-breasted bunting, Emberiza flaviventris (E)
• Somali bunting, Emberiza poliopleura (E)
• Cape bunting, Emberiza capensis (E)
• Vincent's bunting, Emberiza vincenti (E)
• Lark-like bunting, Emberiza impetuani (E)
• Socotra bunting, Emberiza socotrana (E)
• Cinnamon-breasted bunting, Emberiza tahapisi
• Gosling's bunting, Emberiza goslingi (E)
• House bunting, Emberiza sahari
• Striolated bunting, Emberiza striolata
• Reed bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus
• Yellow-breasted bunting, Emberiza aureola (V)
• Little bunting, Emberiza pusilla (V)
• Rustic bunting, Emberiza rustica (V)