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998 species found for “avian” in Africa
Green-winged Teal
Anas crecca
Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Red Knot
Calidris canutus
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
Arctic Tern
Sterna paradisaea
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensis
Cory's Shearwater
Calonectris diomedea
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Oceanites oceanicus
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Hydrobates leucorhous
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
Barn Owl
Tyto alba
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinus
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
Frances's Goshawk
Accipiter francesiae

Henst's Goshawk
Accipiter henstii
Madagascar Sparrowhawk
Accipiter madagascariensis

Black Goshawk
Accipiter melanoleucus

Small Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nanus
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisus
Ovambo Sparrowhawk
Accipiter ovampensis

Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk
Accipiter rufiventris
Cassin's Hawk-Eagle
Aquila africana
Aquila braccata
Aquila braccata
African Cuckoo-Hawk
Aviceda cuculoides
Banded Snake-Eagle
Circaetus cinerascens
Brown Snake-Eagle
Circaetus cinereus
Black-breasted Snake-Eagle
Circaetus pectoralis
Pallid Harrier x Montagu's Harrier
Circus macrourus x pygargus

Reunion Harrier
Circus maillardi
White-backed Vulture
Gyps africanus
Cape Griffon
Gyps coprotheres
Eurasian Griffon
Gyps fulvus

Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatus
Lizard Buzzard
Kaupifalco monogrammicus
Bat Hawk
Macheiramphus alcinus
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Melierax metabates
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk
Melierax poliopterus
Gabar Goshawk
Micronisus gabar
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterus
Gervais's Eagle
Aquila gervaisi
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorus
Martial Eagle
Polemaetus bellicosus
African Harrier-Hawk
Polyboroides typus
Crowned Eagle
Stephanoaetus coronatus

Long-tailed Hawk
Urotriorchis macrourus
Elliot's Vulture
Tapinopus ellioti
Malagasy Shelduck
Chenalopex sirabensis
Basalt Pintail
Anas basaltica
Bernier's Teal
Anas bernieri
Cape Teal
Anas capensis
Red-billed Duck
Anas erythrorhyncha
Desert Goose
Anser arenosus
Common Pochard x Ferruginous Duck (hybrid)
Aythya ferina x nyroca
Arvernensis Scaup
Fuligula arvernensis
Malagasy Sheldgoose
Centrornis majori
Marbled Teal
Marmaronetta angustirostris
Debilitated Goose
Chenalopex debilis
Maccoa Duck
Oxyura maccoa
Tedford's Pintail
Pinpanetta tedfordi
Garganey
Querquedula circia
South African Shelduck
Tadorna cana

Seychelles Swiftlet
Aerodramus elaphrus
Mascarene Swiftlet
Aerodramus francicus
Common Swift
Apus apus
Madagascar Swift
Apus balstoni

African Swift
Apus barbatus

Bates's Swift
Apus batesi

Bradfield's Swift
Apus bradfieldi

Horus Swift
Apus horus
Plain Swift
Apus unicolor
African Palm-Swift
Cypsiurus parvus

Sabine's Spinetail
Rhaphidura sabini

Scarce Swift
Schoutedenapus myoptilus
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melba
Malagasy Spinetail
Zoonavena grandidieri
Trochilus afer
Trochilus afer

Piping Hornbill
Bycanistes fistulator
White-crested Hornbill
Horizocerus albocristatus
Hemprich's Hornbill
Lophoceros hemprichii
African Gray Hornbill
Lophoceros nasutus

Pale-billed Hornbill
Lophoceros pallidirostris
Western Red-billed Hornbill
Tockus kempi
Southern Red-billed Hornbill
Tockus rufirostris
Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill
Bucorvus abyssinicus
Southern Ground-Hornbill
Bucorvus leadbeateri
Green Woodhoopoe
Phoeniculus purpureus
Black-billed Woodhoopoe
Phoeniculus somaliensis

Black Scimitarbill
Rhinopomastus aterrimus
Abyssinian Scimitarbill
Rhinopomastus minor
Madagascar Hoopoe
Upupa marginata
Caprimulgus aegypius
Caprimulgus aegypius
Egyptian Nightjar
Caprimulgus aegyptius
Bates's Nightjar
Caprimulgus batesi
Slender-tailed Nightjar
Caprimulgus clarus
Eurasian Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeus
Golden Nightjar
Caprimulgus eximius

Standard-winged Nightjar
Caprimulgus longipennis

Fiery-necked Nightjar
Caprimulgus pectoralis
Red-necked Nightjar
Caprimulgus ruficollis
Nechisar Nightjar
Caprimulgus solala

Senegal Thick-knee
Burhinus senegalensis
Caspian Plover
Charadrius asiaticus
Eurasian Dotterel
Charadrius morinellus
Chestnut-banded Plover
Charadrius pallidus
Madagascar Plover
Charadrius thoracicus
Lapwing
Dorypaltus prophatus
European Golden-Plover
Pluvialis apricaria
White-tailed Lapwing
Vanellus leucurus
Brown-chested Lapwing
Vanellus superciliosus
Oriental Pratincole
Glareola maldivarum

Rock Pratincole
Glareola nuchalis
Madagascar Pratincole
Glareola ocularis
Precursor litorum
Precursor litorum
Precursor magnus
Precursor magnus
Precursor parvus
Precursor parvus
Haematopus spec
Haematopus spec
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanus
Nupharanassa bulotorum
Nupharanassa bulotorum
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterus
Australian Tern
Gelochelidon macrotarsa
White Tern
Gygis alba
Audouin's Gull
Ichthyaetus audouinii
Yellow-legged Gull
Larus flavipes
Pristine Gull
Larus pristinus
Roseate Tern
Sterna dougallii
Little Tern
Sterna minuta
Sterna spec
Sterna spec
Little Tern
Sternula albifrons

Saunders's Tern
Sternula saundersi
Pied Avocet
Recurvirostra avosetta
Recurvirostra spec
Recurvirostra spec
Totanus teruelensis
Totanus teruelensis
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckii
Madagascar Snipe
Gallinago macrodactyla
Great Snipe
Gallinago media
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimus
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
Terek Sandpiper
Xenus cinereus
Long-tailed Jaeger
Stercorarius longicaudus
Stercorarius shufeldti
Stercorarius shufeldti
Hottentot Buttonquail
Turnix hottentottus
Small Buttonquail
Turnix sylvaticus
Abdim's Stork
Ciconia abdimii
Ibis conditus
Ibis conditus
Palaeoephippiorhynchus dietrichi
Palaeoephippiorhynchus dietrichi
Mycter Ibis
Xenerodiops mycter
Swift Mousebird
Celericolius acriala
Cacicirostris Mousebird
Chascacocolius cacicirostris
Chascacocolius oscitans
Chascacocolius oscitans

White-headed Mousebird
Colius leucocephalus
Short-toed Mousebird
Masillacolius brevidactylus
Short-legged Mousebird
Oligocolius brevitarsus
Parrot-headed Mousebird
Oligocolius psittacocephalon
Lesser Mousebird
Primocolius minor
Red-faced Mousebird
Urocolius indicus

Blue-naped Mousebird
Urocolius macrourus

Madagascar Blue-Pigeon
Alectroenas madagascariensis
Rodrigues Blue-Pigeon
Alectroenas payandeei
Columba afra
Columba afra
White-naped Pigeon
Columba albinucha
Rameron Pigeon
Columba arquatrix
Columba domestica
Columba domestica
Columba monticola
Columba monticola
Stock Dove
Columba oenas
Columba omnisanctorum
Columba omnisanctorum
Columba pallida
Columba pallida

Maroon Pigeon
Columba thomensis
Falco pisanus
Falco pisanus
Short-tailed Quail
Coturnix alabrevis
Madagascar Turtle-Dove
Nesoenas picturatus
Namaqua Dove
Oena capensis
Crossophthalmus reichenbachi
Crossophthalmus reichenbachi
Rodrigues Solitaire
Didus apterornis
Dodo
Raphus cucullatus

Adamawa Turtle-Dove
Streptopelia hypopyrrha
White-winged Collared-Dove
Streptopelia reichenowi
Red-eyed Dove
Streptopelia semitorquata
Vinaceous Dove
Streptopelia vinacea
African Green-Pigeon
Treron calvus
Comoro Green Pigeon
Treron griveaudi
Sao Tome Green-Pigeon
Treron sanctithomae
Bruce's Green-Pigeon
Treron waalia

Blue-headed Wood-Dove
Turtur brehmeri
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Turtur chalcospilos
Blue-headed Kingfisher
Alcedo caeruleocephala
Alcedo flavicans
Alcedo flavicans
Alcedo galbula
Alcedo galbula
Madagascar Pygmy-Kingfisher
Corythornis madagascariensis
Malagasy Kingfisher
Corythornis vintsioides
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Halcyon leucocephala
Mangrove Kingfisher
Halcyon senegaloides
Giant Kingfisher
Megaceryle maxima
Pitta-like Ground-Roller
Atelornis pittoides
Short-legged Ground-Roller
Brachypteracias leptosomus
Scaly Ground Roller
Geobiastes squamiger
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