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Sandpipers and Allies
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African & Green Broadbills
African & New World Parrots
African Barbets
Albatrosses
Anhingas, Darters
Auks
Austral Storm Petrels
Barn Owls
Bee-eaters
Bulbuls
Buntings
Bushshrikes
Bustards
Buttonquail
Caracaras, Falcons
Cettia Bush Warblers & Allies
Chats, Old World Flycatchers
Cisticolas & Allies
Cormorants, Shags
Coursers, Pratincoles
Cranes
Crombecs, African Warblers
Crows, Jays
Cuckoos
Cuckooshrikes
Dapple-throat & Allies
Drongos
Ducks, Geese, Swans
Egyptian Plover
Fairy Flycatchers
Figbirds, Orioles, Turnagra
Finches, Euphonias
Finfoots
Flamingos
Flufftails
Frigatebirds
Gannets, Boobies
Grassbirds & Allies
Grebes
Ground Babblers
Ground Hornbills
Guineafowl
Gulls, Terns, Skimmers
Hamerkop
Herons, Bitterns
Honeyguides
Hoopoes
Hornbills
Hylias
Hyliotas
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
Penguins
Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels
Pheasants & Allies
Pigeons, Doves
Pittas
Plovers
Rails, Crakes & Coots
Reed Warblers & Allies
Rockfowl
Rollers
Sandgrouse
Sandpipers, Snipes
Secretarybird
Shoebill
Shrikes
Skuas
Starlings, Rhabdornis
Stilts, Avocets
Stone-curlews, Thick-knees
Storks
Streaked Scrub Warbler
Sunbirds
Swallows, Martins
Swifts
Sylviid Babblers
Thrushes
Tits, Chickadees
Treecreepers
Trogons
Tropicbirds
Turacos
Typical Broadbills
Vangas & Allies
Wagtails, Pipits
Wattle-eyes, Batises
Waxbills, Munias & Allies
Weavers, Widowbirds
White-eyes
Wood Hoopoes
Woodpeckers
Yellow Flycatchers
Orange-breasted Waxbill
Amandava subflava
Orange-cheeked Waxbill
Estrilda melpoda
Orange-winged Pytilia
Pytilia afra
Pale-fronted Nigrita
Nigrita luteifrons
Quailfinch
Ortygospiza atricollis
Red-backed Mannikin
Spermestes nigriceps
Red-billed Firefinch
Lagonosticta senegala
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu
Uraeginthus bengalus
Red-faced Crimsonwing
Cryptospiza reichenovii
Red-fronted Antpecker
Parmoptila rubrifrons
Red-headed Bluebill
Spermophaga ruficapilla
Red-headed Finch
Amadina erythrocephala
Red-throated Twinspot
Hypargos niveoguttatus
Red-winged Pytilia
Pytilia phoenicoptera
Rock Firefinch
Lagonosticta sanguinodorsalis
Shelley's Crimsonwing
Cryptospiza shelleyi
Shelley's Oliveback
Nesocharis shelleyi
Swee Waxbill
Coccopygia melanotis
Violet-eared Waxbill
Granatina granatina
Western Bluebill
Spermophaga haematina
White-breasted Nigrita
Nigrita fusconotus
White-collared Oliveback
Nesocharis ansorgei
Woodhouse's Antpecker
Parmoptila woodhousei
Yellow-bellied Waxbill
Coccopygia quartinia
Yellow-winged Pytilia
Pytilia hypogrammica
Baglafecht Weaver
Ploceus baglafecht
Bannerman's Weaver
Ploceus bannermani
Bar-winged Weaver
Ploceus angolensis
Bates's Weaver
Ploceus batesi
Black-billed Weaver
Ploceus melanogaster
Black Bishop
Euplectes gierowii
Black-chinned Weaver
Ploceus nigrimentus
Black-headed Weaver
Ploceus melanocephalus
Black-necked Weaver
Ploceus nigricollis
Black-winged Red Bishop
Euplectes hordeaceus
Blue-billed Malimbe
Malimbus nitens
Bob-tailed Weaver
Brachycope anomala
Bocage's Weaver
Ploceus temporalis
Brown-capped Weaver
Ploceus insignis
Cardinal Quelea
Quelea cardinalis
Cassin's Malimbe
Malimbus cassini
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Weaver
Plocepasser rufoscapulatus
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver
Plocepasser superciliosus
Chestnut Weaver
Ploceus rubiginosus
Compact Weaver
Ploceus superciliosus
Crested Malimbe
Malimbus malimbicus
Dark-backed Weaver
Ploceus bicolor
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Euplectes axillaris
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African & Green BroadbillsAfrican & New World ParrotsAfrican BarbetsAlbatrossesAnhingas, DartersAuksAustral Storm PetrelsBarn OwlsBee-eatersBulbulsBuntingsBushshrikesBustardsButtonquailCaracaras, FalconsCettia Bush Warblers & AlliesChats, Old World FlycatchersCisticolas & AlliesCormorants, ShagsCoursers, PratincolesCranesCrombecs, African WarblersCrows, JaysCuckoosCuckooshrikesDapple-throat & AlliesDrongosDucks, Geese, SwansEgyptian PloverFairy FlycatchersFigbirds, Orioles, TurnagraFinches, EuphoniasFinfootsFlamingosFlufftailsFrigatebirdsGannets, BoobiesGrassbirds & AlliesGrebesGround BabblersGround HornbillsGuineafowlGulls, Terns, SkimmersHamerkopHerons, BitternsHoneyguidesHoopoesHornbillsHyliasHyliotasIbises, SpoonbillsIndigobirds, WhydahsJacanasKingfishersKites, Hawks, EaglesLarksLaughingthrushes & AlliesLeaf Warblers & AlliesMonarchsMousebirdsNew World QuailNicatorsNightjarsNorthern Storm PetrelsOld World ParrotsOld World Sparrows, SnowfinchesOspreysOstrichesOwlsOxpeckersOystercatchersPainted-snipesPelicansPenduline TitsPenguinsPetrels, Shearwaters, Diving PetrelsPheasants & AlliesPigeons, DovesPittasPloversRails, Crakes & CootsReed Warblers & AlliesRockfowlRollersSandgrouseSandpipers, SnipesSecretarybirdShoebillShrikesSkuasStarlings, RhabdornisStilts, AvocetsStone-curlews, Thick-kneesStorksStreaked Scrub WarblerSunbirdsSwallows, MartinsSwiftsSylviid BabblersThrushesTits, ChickadeesTreecreepersTrogonsTropicbirdsTuracosTypical BroadbillsVangas & AlliesWagtails, PipitsWattle-eyes, BatisesWaxbills, Munias & AlliesWeavers, WidowbirdsWhite-eyesWood HoopoesWoodpeckersYellow Flycatchers
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