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Species Guide
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African & New World Parrots
African Barbets
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
Egyptian Plover
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
Hypocolius
Ibises, Spoonbills
Indigobirds, Whydahs
Jacanas
Kingfishers
Kites, Hawks, Eagles
Larks
Laughingthrushes & Allies
Leaf Warblers & Allies
Monarchs
Mousebirds
New World Quail
Nicators
Nightjars
Northern Storm Petrels
Old World Parrots
Old World Sparrows, Snowfinches
Ospreys
Ostriches
Owls
Oxpeckers
Oystercatchers
Painted-snipes
Pelicans
Penduline Tits
Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels
Pheasants & Allies
Pigeons, Doves
Pittas
Plovers
Rails, Crakes & Coots
Reed Warblers & Allies
Rollers
Sandgrouse
Sandpipers, Snipes
Secretarybird
Shoebill
Shrikes
Skuas
Starlings, Rhabdornis
Stilts, Avocets
Stone-curlews, Thick-knees
Storks
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
Black-winged Pratincole
Glareola nordmanni
Bronze-winged Courser
Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
Collared Pratincole
Glareola pratincola
Cream-coloured Courser
Cursorius cursor
Double-banded Courser
Rhinoptilus africanus
Madagascar Pratincole
Glareola ocularis
Rock Pratincole
Glareola nuchalis
Somali Courser
Cursorius somalensis
Temminck's Courser
Cursorius temminckii
Three-banded Courser
Rhinoptilus cinctus
Crab-plover
Dromas ardeola
Black Crowned Crane
Balearica pavonina
Crane
Grus grus
Demoiselle Crane
Grus virgo
Wattled Crane
Grus carunculata
Moustached Grass Warbler
Melocichla mentalis
Northern Crombec
Sylvietta brachyura
Philippa's Crombec
Sylvietta philippae
Red-faced Crombec
Sylvietta whytii
Somali Crombec
Sylvietta isabellina
Brown-necked Raven
Corvus ruficollis
Cape Crow
Corvus capensis
Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Fan-tailed Raven
Corvus rhipidurus
House Crow
Corvus splendens
Piapiac
Ptilostomus afer
Pied Crow
Corvus albus
Somali Crow
Corvus edithae
Stresemann's Bushcrow
Zavattariornis stresemanni
Thick-billed Raven
Corvus crassirostris
African Cuckoo
Cuculus gularis
African Emerald Cuckoo
Chrysococcyx cupreus
Black Coucal
Centropus grillii
Black Cuckoo
Cuculus clamosus
Blue-headed Coucal
Centropus monachus
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorus
Diederik Cuckoo
Chrysococcyx caprius
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Clamator glandarius
Green Malkoha
Ceuthmochares australis
Jacobin Cuckoo
Clamator jacobinus
Klaas's Cuckoo
Chrysococcyx klaas
Lesser Cuckoo
Cuculus poliocephalus
Levaillant's Cuckoo
Clamator levaillantii
Red-chested Cuckoo
Cuculus solitarius
Senegal Coucal
Centropus senegalensis
White-browed Coucal
Centropus superciliosus
Black Cuckooshrike
Campephaga flava
Grey Cuckooshrike
Ceblepyris caesius
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Species Categories
African & New World ParrotsAfrican BarbetsAnhingas, DartersAustral Storm PetrelsBarn OwlsBee-eatersBulbulsBuntingsBushshrikesBustardsButtonquailCaracaras, FalconsChats, Old World FlycatchersCisticolas & AlliesCormorants, ShagsCoursers, PratincolesCrab-ploverCranesCrombecs, African WarblersCrows, JaysCuckoosCuckooshrikesDrongosDucks, Geese, SwansEgyptian PloverFigbirds, Orioles, TurnagraFinches, EuphoniasFinfootsFlamingosFlufftailsFrigatebirdsGannets, BoobiesGrassbirds & AlliesGrebesGround HornbillsGuineafowlGulls, Terns, SkimmersHamerkopHerons, BitternsHoneyguidesHoopoesHornbillsHyliotasHypocoliusIbises, SpoonbillsIndigobirds, WhydahsJacanasKingfishersKites, Hawks, EaglesLarksLaughingthrushes & AlliesLeaf Warblers & AlliesMonarchsMousebirdsNew World QuailNicatorsNightjarsNorthern Storm PetrelsOld World ParrotsOld World Sparrows, SnowfinchesOspreysOstrichesOwlsOxpeckersOystercatchersPainted-snipesPelicansPenduline TitsPetrels, Shearwaters, Diving PetrelsPheasants & AlliesPigeons, DovesPittasPloversRails, Crakes & CootsReed Warblers & AlliesRollersSandgrouseSandpipers, SnipesSecretarybirdShoebillShrikesSkuasStarlings, RhabdornisStilts, AvocetsStone-curlews, Thick-kneesStorksSunbirdsSwallows, MartinsSwiftsSylviid BabblersThrushesTits, ChickadeesTreecreepersTrogonsTropicbirdsTuracosVangas & AlliesWagtails, PipitsWattle-eyes, BatisesWaxbills, Munias & AlliesWeavers, WidowbirdsWhite-eyesWood HoopoesWoodpeckersYellow Flycatchers
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