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2,187 species found for “local” in Africa
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna bicolor
Brown Noddy
Anous stolidus
Sooty Tern
Onychoprion fuscatus
Bridled Tern
Onychoprion anaethetus
Royal Tern
Thalasseus maximus
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensis
Cory's Shearwater
Calonectris diomedea
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinus
Great Shearwater
Ardenna gravis
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Oceanites oceanicus
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Hydrobates leucorhous
Brown Booby
Sula leucogaster
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carbo
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
Barn Owl
Tyto alba
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
Shikra
Accipiter badius
Levant Sparrowhawk
Accipiter brevipes
Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk
Accipiter castanilius
Red-thighed Sparrowhawk
Accipiter erythropus
Frances's Goshawk
Accipiter francesiae

Henst's Goshawk
Accipiter henstii

Black Goshawk
Accipiter melanoleucus
Little Sparrowhawk
Accipiter minullus

Small Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nanus
Ovambo Sparrowhawk
Accipiter ovampensis
African Goshawk
Accipiter tachiro
Red-chested Goshawk
Accipiter toussenelii

Apatosagittarius terrenus
Apatosagittarius terrenus
Cassin's Hawk-Eagle
Aquila africana
Aquila braccata
Aquila braccata
Tawny Eagle
Aquila rapax
African Hawk-Eagle
Aquila spilogaster
Verreaux's Eagle
Aquila verreauxii
Aquila corroyi
Aquila corroyi
African Cuckoo-Hawk
Aviceda cuculoides
Madagascar Cuckoo-Hawk
Aviceda madagascariensis
Archer's Buzzard
Buteo archeri
Augur Buzzard
Buteo augur
Cape Verde Buzzard
Buteo bannermani

Madagascar Buzzard
Buteo brachypterus
Mountain Buzzard
Buteo oreophilus

Jackal Buzzard
Buteo rufofuscus
Forest Buzzard
Buteo trizonatus

African Swallow-tailed Kite
Chelictinia riocourii

Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle
Circaetus beaudouini
Banded Snake-Eagle
Circaetus cinerascens

Circaetus fasciolatus
Circaetus fasciolatus
Black-breasted Snake-Eagle
Circaetus pectoralis
Wood Harrier
Circus dossenus
Madagascar Marsh-Harrier
Circus macrosceles

Reunion Harrier
Circus maillardi

Black Harrier
Circus maurus
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargus
African Marsh-Harrier
Circus ranivorus
Pallid Harrier
Falco macrourus
Congo Serpent-Eagle
Dryotriorchis spectabilis
Black-shouldered Kite
Elanus caeruleus
Elanus caesius
Elanus caesius
Madagascar Serpent-Eagle
Eutriorchis astur
Bearded Vulture
Gypaetus barbatus
Gypaetus grandis
Gypaetus grandis

Palm-nut Vulture
Gypohierax angolensis
White-backed Vulture
Gyps africanus
Eurasian Griffon
Gyps fulvus
Gyps melitensis
Gyps melitensis
Rüppell's Griffon
Gyps rueppellii
Madagascar Fish-Eagle
Haliaeetus vociferoides
Ayres's Hawk-Eagle
Hieraaetus ayresii

Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatus
Lizard Buzzard
Kaupifalco monogrammicus
Long-crested Eagle
Lophaetus occipitalis
Bat Hawk
Macheiramphus alcinus
Pale Chanting Goshawk
Melierax canorus
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Melierax metabates
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk
Melierax poliopterus
Gabar Goshawk
Micronisus gabar
Yellow-billed Kite
Milvus aegyptius
Red Kite x Black Kite
Milvus milvus x migrans
Stock's Falcon
Miohierax stocki
Hooded Vulture
Necrosyrtes monachus
Cuvier's Falcon
Palaeocircus cuvieri
Gervais's Eagle
Aquila gervaisi
Palaetus rapax
Palaetus rapax
Madagascar Harrier-Hawk
Polyboroides radiatus
African Harrier-Hawk
Polyboroides typus
Proictinia gilmorei
Proictinia gilmorei
Spizaetus tanneri
Spizaetus tanneri
Bateleur
Terathopius ecaudatus
Lappet-Faced Vulture
Torgos tracheliotus
White-headed Vulture
Trigonoceps occipitalis

Long-tailed Hawk
Urotriorchis macrourus
Secretarybird
Amphiserpentarius schlosseri
Secretarybird
Serpentarius robustus
Secretarybird
Sagittarius serpentarius
Afrocygnus chauvireae
Afrocygnus chauvireae
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiaca
Réunion Shelduck
Alopochen kervazoi
Malagasy Shelduck
Chenalopex sirabensis
Basalt Pintail
Anas basaltica
Bernier's Teal
Anas bernieri
Cape Teal
Anas capensis
Red-billed Duck
Anas erythrorhyncha
Luederitz Duck
Anas luederitzensis
Anas macroptera
Anas macroptera
Meller's Duck
Anas melleri
Anas meyeri
Anas meyeri
Blue-billed Teal
Anas oxyura
Hottentot Teal
Anas punctata
Madagascar Teal
Anas pyrrhogastra
St. Helena Pintail
Anas sanctaehelenae
Cape Shoveler
Anas schneideri

African Black Duck
Anas sparsa
Yellow-billed Duck
Anas undulata
Desert Goose
Anser arenosus
Common Pochard x Tufted Duck (hybrid)
Aythya ferina x fuligula
Madagascar Pochard
Aythya innotata
Desert Goose
Chenoanas deserta
Blue-winged Goose
Cyanochen cyanoptera
Cygnopterus alphonsi
Cygnopterus alphonsi
Robust Duck
Dendrochen robusta
Dendrocygna eversa
Dendrocygna eversa
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna viduata
Ferruginous Duck
Fuligula nyroca
Debilitated Goose
Chenalopex debilis
Chenalopex pugil
Chenalopex pugil
Southern Pochard
Netta erythrophthalma
Anser anatoides
Anser anatoides
African Pygmy-Goose
Nettapus auritus
Maccoa Duck
Oxyura maccoa
Spur-winged Goose
Plectropterus gambensis
Hartlaub's Duck
Pteronetta hartlaubii
Garganey
Querquedula circia
Comb Duck
Sarkidiornis melanotos
Comb Duck
Sarkidiornis sylvicola
Hottentot Teal
Spatula hottentota
Garganey
Spatula querquedula
Cape Shoveler
Spatula smithii
South African Shelduck
Tadorna cana
Teleornis impressus
Teleornis impressus
White-backed Duck
Thalassornis leuconotus

Seychelles Swiftlet
Aerodramus elaphrus
Mascarene Swiftlet
Aerodramus francicus
Alexander's Swift
Apus alexandri
Madagascar Swift
Apus balstoni

Bates's Swift
Apus batesi

Forbes-Watson's Swift
Apus berliozi

Bradfield's Swift
Apus bradfieldi
Nyanza Swift
Apus niansae
Fernando Po Swift
Apus sladeniae
Plain Swift
Apus unicolor
Malagasy Palm Swift
Cypsiurus gracilis
African Palm-Swift
Cypsiurus parvus

Bat-like Spinetail
Neafrapus boehmi
Cassin's Spinetail
Neafrapus cassini

Sabine's Spinetail
Rhaphidura sabini

Mottled Swift
Tachymarptis aequatorialis
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melba

Black Spinetail
Telacanthura melanopygia

Mottled Spinetail
Telacanthura ussheri
Malagasy Spinetail
Zoonavena grandidieri
Trochilus afer
Trochilus afer
White-thighed Hornbill
Bycanistes albotibialis
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill
Bycanistes brevis
Trumpeter Hornbill
Bycanistes bucinator
Brown-cheeked Hornbill
Bycanistes cylindricus

Piping Hornbill
Bycanistes fistulator
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill
Bycanistes subcylindricus
Black-casqued Hornbill
Ceratogymna atrata
Yellow-casqued Hornbill
Ceratogymna elata
White-crested Hornbill
Horizocerus albocristatus

Black Dwarf Hornbill
Horizocerus hartlaubi
Crowned Hornbill
Lophoceros alboterminatus

Bradfield's Hornbill
Lophoceros bradfieldi
Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill
Lophoceros camurus
African Pied Hornbill
Lophoceros fasciatus
Hemprich's Hornbill
Lophoceros hemprichii
African Gray Hornbill
Lophoceros nasutus

Pale-billed Hornbill
Lophoceros pallidirostris
Damara Red-billed Hornbill
Tockus damarensis
Northern Red-billed Hornbill
Tockus erythrorhynchus
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Tockus flavirostris
Jackson's Hornbill
Tockus jacksoni
Western Red-billed Hornbill
Tockus kempi
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Tockus leucomelas
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

Violet Woodhoopoe
Phoeniculus damarensis

Grant's Wood Hoopoe
Phoeniculus granti
Green Woodhoopoe
Phoeniculus purpureus
Black-billed Woodhoopoe
Phoeniculus somaliensis

Black Scimitarbill
Rhinopomastus aterrimus

Common Scimitarbill
Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
Abyssinian Scimitarbill
Rhinopomastus minor
African Hoopoe
Upupa africana
Upupa erythrorhynchos
Upupa erythrorhynchos
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