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1,921 species found for “active” in Africa
Northern Shoveler
Anas clypeata
Gadwall
Mareca strepera
Northern Pintail
Anas acuta
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutus
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscus
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
Bridled Tern
Onychoprion anaethetus
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
Cory's Shearwater
Calonectris diomedea
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinus
Great Shearwater
Ardenna gravis
Great Egret
Ardea alba
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellus
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetos
Long-eared Owl
Asio otus
Bank Swallow
Riparia riparia
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanus
Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk
Accipiter castanilius
Frances's Goshawk
Accipiter francesiae
Henst's Goshawk
Accipiter henstii
Black Goshawk
Accipiter melanoleucus
Small Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nanus
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisus
Ovambo Sparrowhawk
Accipiter ovampensis
Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk
Accipiter rufiventris
African Goshawk
Accipiter tachiro
Apatosagittarius terrenus
Apatosagittarius terrenus
Cassin's Hawk-Eagle
Aquila africana
Aquila braccata
Aquila braccata
Greater Spotted Eagle
Aquila clanga
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila fasciata
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Aquila pomarina
African Hawk-Eagle
Aquila spilogaster
Aquila corroyi
Aquila corroyi
Fucosa Eagle
Aquila fucosa
African Cuckoo-Hawk
Aviceda cuculoides
Grasshopper Buzzard
Butastur rufipennis
Archer's Buzzard
Buteo archeri
Augur Buzzard
Buteo augur
Cape Verde Buzzard
Buteo bannermani
Madagascar Buzzard
Buteo brachypterus
Buteo conterminus
Buteo conterminus
Mountain Buzzard
Buteo oreophilus
Long-legged Buzzard
Buteo rufinus
Jackal Buzzard
Buteo rufofuscus
Socotra Buzzard
Buteo socotraensis
Forest Buzzard
Buteo trizonatus
African Swallow-tailed Kite
Chelictinia riocourii
Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle
Circaetus beaudouini
Brown Snake-Eagle
Circaetus cinereus
Circaetus fasciolatus
Circaetus fasciolatus
Short-toed Snake-Eagle
Circaetus gallicus
Black-breasted Snake-Eagle
Circaetus pectoralis
Wood Harrier
Circus dossenus
Madagascar Marsh-Harrier
Circus macrosceles
Pallid Harrier
Circus macrourus
Pallid Harrier x Montagu's Harrier
Circus macrourus x pygargus
Black Harrier
Circus maurus
African Marsh-Harrier
Circus ranivorus
Pallid Harrier
Falco macrourus
Lesser x Greater Spotted Eagle (hybrid)
Clanga pomarina x clanga
Congo Serpent-Eagle
Dryotriorchis spectabilis
Black-shouldered Kite
Elanus caeruleus
Madagascar Serpent-Eagle
Eutriorchis astur
Eurasian Griffon
Gyps fulvus
African Fish-Eagle
Haliaeetus vocifer
Madagascar Fish-Eagle
Haliaeetus vociferoides
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatus
Wahlberg's Eagle
Hieraaetus wahlbergi
Long-crested Eagle
Lophaetus occipitalis
Bat Hawk
Macheiramphus alcinus
Pale Chanting Goshawk
Melierax canorus
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Melierax metabates
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk
Melierax poliopterus
Yellow-billed Kite
Milvus aegyptius
Milvus cenchris
Milvus cenchris
Black Kite
Milvus migrans
Red Kite x Black Kite
Milvus milvus x migrans
Cuvier's Falcon
Palaeocircus cuvieri
Palaetus rapax
Palaetus rapax
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorus
African Harrier-Hawk
Polyboroides typus
Proictinia gilmorei
Proictinia gilmorei
Crowned Eagle
Stephanoaetus coronatus
Bateleur
Terathopius ecaudatus
Lappet-faced Vulture
Torgos tracheliotos
Secretarybird
Amphiserpentarius schlosseri
Secretarybird
Serpentarius robustus
Secretarybird
Sagittarius serpentarius
Réunion Shelduck
Alopochen kervazoi
Mauritius Shelduck
Alopochen mauritiana
Basalt Pintail
Anas basaltica
Luederitz Duck
Anas luederitzensis
Blue-billed Teal
Anas oxyura
Hottentot Teal
Anas punctata
Common Pochard
Aythya ferina
Common Pochard x Tufted Duck (hybrid)
Aythya ferina x fuligula
Common Pochard x Ferruginous Duck (hybrid)
Aythya ferina x nyroca
Ferruginous Duck
Aythya nyroca
Blue-winged Goose
Cyanochen cyanoptera
Robust Duck
Dendrochen robusta
Dendrocygna eversa
Dendrocygna eversa
Debilitated Goose
Chenalopex debilis
Southern Pochard
Netta erythrophthalma
White-headed Duck
Oxyura leucocephala
Maccoa Duck
Oxyura maccoa
Spur-winged Goose
Plectropterus gambensis
Hartlaub's Duck
Pteronetta hartlaubii
Comb Duck
Sarkidiornis sylvicola
Hottentot Teal
Spatula hottentota
Cape Shoveler
Spatula smithii
Intermediate Swift
Cypselavus intermedius
Seychelles Swiftlet
Aerodramus elaphrus
Little Swift
Apus affinis
Alexander's Swift
Apus alexandri
Common Swift
Apus apus
African Swift
Apus barbatus
Bates's Swift
Apus batesi
Bradfield's Swift
Apus bradfieldi
White-rumped Swift
Apus caffer
Apus ignotus
Apus ignotus
Nyanza Swift
Apus niansae
Fernando Po Swift
Apus sladeniae
Plain Swift
Apus unicolor
African Palm-Swift
Cypsiurus parvus
Bat-like Spinetail
Neafrapus boehmi
Cassin's Spinetail
Neafrapus cassini
Sabine's Spinetail
Rhaphidura sabini
Scarce Swift
Schoutedenapus myoptilus
Black Spinetail
Telacanthura melanopygia
Mottled Spinetail
Telacanthura ussheri
Malagasy Spinetail
Zoonavena grandidieri
Sao Tome Spinetail
Zoonavena thomensis
White-thighed Hornbill
Bycanistes albotibialis
Trumpeter Hornbill
Bycanistes bucinator
Black-casqued Hornbill
Ceratogymna atrata
Yellow-casqued Hornbill
Ceratogymna elata
White-crested Hornbill
Horizocerus albocristatus
Black Dwarf Hornbill
Horizocerus hartlaubi
Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill
Lophoceros camurus
African Pied Hornbill
Lophoceros fasciatus
Hemprich's Hornbill
Lophoceros hemprichii
Von der Decken's Hornbill
Tockus deckeni
Western Red-billed Hornbill
Tockus kempi
Monteiro's Hornbill
Tockus monteiri
Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill
Tockus ruahae
Southern Red-billed Hornbill
Tockus rufirostris
Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill
Bucorvus abyssinicus
Southern Ground-Hornbill
Bucorvus leadbeateri
White-headed Woodhoopoe
Phoeniculus bollei
Forest Woodhoopoe
Phoeniculus castaneiceps
Violet Woodhoopoe
Phoeniculus damarensis
Green Woodhoopoe
Phoeniculus purpureus
Black-billed Woodhoopoe
Phoeniculus somaliensis
Common Scimitarbill
Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
African Hoopoe
Upupa africana
Upupa erythrorhynchos
Upupa erythrorhynchos
Madagascar Hoopoe
Upupa marginata
Upupa spec
Upupa spec
Caprimulgus aegypius
Caprimulgus aegypius
Egyptian Nightjar
Caprimulgus aegyptius
Bates's Nightjar
Caprimulgus batesi
Slender-tailed Nightjar
Caprimulgus clarus
Long-tailed Nightjar
Caprimulgus climacurus
Donaldson-Smith's Nightjar
Caprimulgus donaldsoni
Golden Nightjar
Caprimulgus eximius
Sombre Nightjar
Caprimulgus fraenatus
Plain Nightjar
Caprimulgus inornatus
Standard-winged Nightjar
Caprimulgus longipennis
Madagascar Nightjar
Caprimulgus madagascariensis
Swamp Nightjar
Caprimulgus natalensis
Black-shouldered Nightjar
Caprimulgus nigriscapularis
Nubian Nightjar
Caprimulgus nubicus
Fiery-necked Nightjar
Caprimulgus pectoralis
Abyssinian Nightjar
Caprimulgus poliocephalus
Itombwe Nightjar
Caprimulgus prigoginei
Rufous-cheeked Nightjar
Caprimulgus rufigena
Nechisar Nightjar
Caprimulgus solala
Star-spotted Nightjar
Caprimulgus stellatus
Freckled Nightjar
Caprimulgus tristigma
Pennant-winged Nightjar
Caprimulgus vexillarius
Caprimulgus vittatus
Caprimulgus vittatus
Collared Nightjar
Gactornis enarratus
Spotted Thick-knee
Burhinus capensis
Burhinus lucorum
Burhinus lucorum
Eurasian Thick-knee
Burhinus oedicnemus
Genucrassum bransatensis
Genucrassum bransatensis
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
Caspian Plover
Charadrius asiaticus
Little Ringed Plover
Charadrius dubius
Forbes's Plover
Charadrius forbesi
Kentish Plover
Charadrius gallicus
Common Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticula
White-fronted Plover
Charadrius marginatus
Lesser Sand-Plover
Charadrius mongolus
Eurasian Dotterel
Charadrius morinellus
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