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Species Guide
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African & Green Broadbills
African & New World Parrots
African Barbets
Albatrosses
Anhingas, Darters
Austral Storm Petrels
Barn Owls
Bee-eaters
Bulbuls
Buntings
Bushshrikes
Bustards
Buttonquail
Caracaras, Falcons
Chats, Old World Flycatchers
Cisticolas & Allies
Cormorants, Shags
Coursers, Pratincoles
Crab-plover
Cranes
Crombecs, African Warblers
Crows, Jays
Cuckoos
Cuckooshrikes
Drongos
Ducks, Geese, Swans
Fairy Flycatchers
Figbirds, Orioles, Turnagra
Finches, Euphonias
Finfoots
Flamingos
Flufftails
Frigatebirds
Gannets, Boobies
Grassbirds & Allies
Grebes
Ground Hornbills
Guineafowl
Gulls, Terns, Skimmers
Hamerkop
Herons, Bitterns
Honeyguides
Hoopoes
Hornbills
Hyliotas
Ibises, Spoonbills
Indigobirds, Whydahs
Jacanas
Kingfishers
Kites, Hawks, Eagles
Larks
Laughingthrushes & Allies
Leaf Warblers & Allies
Monarchs
Mousebirds
Nicators
Nightjars
Northern Storm Petrels
Old World Parrots
Old World Sparrows, Snowfinches
Ospreys
Ostriches
Owls
Oxpeckers
Oystercatchers
Painted-snipes
Pelicans
Penduline Tits
Penguins
Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels
Pheasants & Allies
Pigeons, Doves
Pittas
Plovers
Rails, Crakes & Coots
Reed Warblers & Allies
Rockjumpers
Rollers
Sandgrouse
Sandpipers, Snipes
Secretarybird
Sheathbills
Shrikes
Skuas
Starlings, Rhabdornis
Stilts, Avocets
Stone-curlews, Thick-knees
Storks
Sugarbirds
Sunbirds
Swallows, Martins
Swifts
Sylviid Babblers
Thrushes
Tits, Chickadees
Treecreepers
Trogons
Tropicbirds
Turacos
Vangas & Allies
Wagtails, Pipits
Wattle-eyes, Batises
Waxbills, Munias & Allies
Weavers, Widowbirds
White-eyes
Wood Hoopoes
Woodpeckers
Yellow Flycatchers
African Hobby
Falco cuvierii
Amur Falcon
Falco amurensis
Dickinson's Kestrel
Falco dickinsoni
Eleonora's Falcon
Falco eleonorae
Greater Kestrel
Falco rupicoloides
Grey Kestrel
Falco ardosiaceus
Hobby
Falco subbuteo
Lanner Falcon
Falco biarmicus
Lesser Kestrel
Falco naumanni
Peregrine
Falco peregrinus
Pygmy Falcon
Polihierax semitorquatus
Red-footed Falcon
Falco vespertinus
Red-necked Falcon
Falco chicquera
Red-necked Falcon
Falco chicquera
Red-necked Falcon
Falco chicquera
Rock Kestrel
Falco rupicolus
Sooty Falcon
Falco concolor
Taita Falcon
Falco fasciinucha
African Dusky Flycatcher
Muscicapa adusta
African Stonechat
Saxicola torquatus
Angolan Cave Chat
Xenocopsychus ansorgei
Ant-eating Chat
Myrmecocichla formicivora
Arnot's Chat
Myrmecocichla arnotti
Ashy Flycatcher
Muscicapa caerulescens
Bearded Scrub Robin
Cercotrichas quadrivirgata
Brown Scrub Robin
Cercotrichas signata
Buff-streaked Chat
Campicoloides bifasciatus
Cape Robin-Chat
Cossypha caffra
Cape Rock Thrush
Monticola rupestris
Capped Wheatear
Oenanthe pileata
Chat Flycatcher
Melaenornis infuscatus
Chorister Robin-Chat
Cossypha dichroa
Collared Flycatcher
Ficedula albicollis
Collared Palm Thrush
Cichladusa arquata
East Coast Akalat
Sheppardia gunningi
Familiar Chat
Oenanthe familiaris
Fiscal Flycatcher
Melaenornis silens
Grey Tit-Flycatcher
Myioparus plumbeus
Herero Chat
Namibornis herero
Isabelline Wheatear
Oenanthe isabellina
Kalahari Scrub Robin
Cercotrichas paena
Karoo Chat
Emarginata schlegelii
Karoo Scrub Robin
Cercotrichas coryphoeus
Marico Flycatcher
Melaenornis mariquensis
Mediterranean Flycatcher
Muscicapa tyrrhenica
Miombo Rock Thrush
Monticola angolensis
Mocking Cliff Chat
Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
Mountain Wheatear
Myrmecocichla monticola
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African & Green BroadbillsAfrican & New World ParrotsAfrican BarbetsAlbatrossesAnhingas, DartersAustral Storm PetrelsBarn OwlsBee-eatersBulbulsBuntingsBushshrikesBustardsButtonquailCaracaras, FalconsChats, Old World FlycatchersCisticolas & AlliesCormorants, ShagsCoursers, PratincolesCrab-ploverCranesCrombecs, African WarblersCrows, JaysCuckoosCuckooshrikesDrongosDucks, Geese, SwansFairy FlycatchersFigbirds, Orioles, TurnagraFinches, EuphoniasFinfootsFlamingosFlufftailsFrigatebirdsGannets, BoobiesGrassbirds & AlliesGrebesGround HornbillsGuineafowlGulls, Terns, SkimmersHamerkopHerons, BitternsHoneyguidesHoopoesHornbillsHyliotasIbises, SpoonbillsIndigobirds, WhydahsJacanasKingfishersKites, Hawks, EaglesLarksLaughingthrushes & AlliesLeaf Warblers & AlliesMonarchsMousebirdsNicatorsNightjarsNorthern Storm PetrelsOld World ParrotsOld World Sparrows, SnowfinchesOspreysOstrichesOwlsOxpeckersOystercatchersPainted-snipesPelicansPenduline TitsPenguinsPetrels, Shearwaters, Diving PetrelsPheasants & AlliesPigeons, DovesPittasPloversRails, Crakes & CootsReed Warblers & AlliesRockjumpersRollersSandgrouseSandpipers, SnipesSecretarybirdSheathbillsShrikesSkuasStarlings, RhabdornisStilts, AvocetsStone-curlews, Thick-kneesStorksSugarbirdsSunbirdsSwallows, MartinsSwiftsSylviid BabblersThrushesTits, ChickadeesTreecreepersTrogonsTropicbirdsTuracosVangas & AlliesWagtails, PipitsWattle-eyes, BatisesWaxbills, Munias & AlliesWeavers, WidowbirdsWhite-eyesWood HoopoesWoodpeckersYellow Flycatchers
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