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293 species found for “nocturnal” in Africa
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensis
Cory's Shearwater
Calonectris diomedea
Manx Shearwater
Puffinus puffinus
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Oceanites oceanicus
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Hydrobates leucorhous
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
Hydrobates castro
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
Barn Owl
Tyto alba
Long-eared Owl
Asio otus
Short-eared Owl
Asio flammeus
Henst's Goshawk
Accipiter henstii
Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk
Accipiter rufiventris
Cassin's Hawk-Eagle
Aquila africana
Aquila corroyi
Aquila corroyi
Lydekkeri Eagle
Aquila lydekkeri
Bat Hawk
Macheiramphus alcinus
Stock's Falcon
Miohierax stocki
Cuvier's Falcon
Palaeocircus cuvieri
Gervais's Eagle
Aquila gervaisi
Crowned Eagle
Stephanoaetus coronatus
Malagasy Crowned Eagle
Stephanoaetus mahery
Long-tailed Hawk
Urotriorchis macrourus
Cape Teal
Anas capensis
Liskun's Goose
Anser liskunae
Desert Goose
Chenoanas deserta
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna viduata
Ferruginous Duck
Fuligula nyroca
Tedford's Pintail
Pinpanetta tedfordi
Comb Duck
Sarkidiornis melanotos
Common Swift
Apus apus
Trumpeter Hornbill
Bycanistes bucinator
African Pied Hornbill
Lophoceros fasciatus
African Gray Hornbill
Lophoceros nasutus
Asio spilogaster
Asio spilogaster
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
Eurasian Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeus
Golden Nightjar
Caprimulgus eximius
Square-tailed Nightjar
Caprimulgus fossii
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
Red-necked Nightjar
Caprimulgus ruficollis
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
Senegal Thick-knee
Burhinus senegalensis
Water Thick-knee
Burhinus vermiculatus
Genucrassum bransatensis
Genucrassum bransatensis
Precursor litorum
Precursor litorum
Bronze-winged Courser
Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
Three-banded Courser
Rhinoptilus cinctus
White Tern
Gygis alba
Audouin's Gull
Ichthyaetus audouinii
Sooty Tern
Sterna fuliginosa
Greater Painted-Snipe
Rostratula benghalensis
Madagascar Snipe
Gallinago macrodactyla
Great Snipe
Gallinago media
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimus
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticola
Brown Skua
Stercorarius antarcticus
Quail-plover
Ortyxelos meiffrenii
Small Buttonquail
Turnix sylvaticus
White-naped Pigeon
Columba albinucha
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher
Halcyon badia
Rufous-headed Ground-Roller
Atelornis crossleyi
Pitta-like Ground-Roller
Atelornis pittoides
Ampoza Ground Roller
Brachypteracias langrandi
Scaly Ground Roller
Geobiastes squamiger
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater
Merops hirundineus
Black-throated Coucal
Centropus leucogaster
Whistling Long-tailed Cuckoo
Cercococcyx lemaireae
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo
Cercococcyx mechowi
Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo
Cercococcyx montanus
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo
Cercococcyx olivinus
Yellow-throated Cuckoo
Chrysococcyx flavigularis
Csarnotan Cuckoo
Cuculus csarnotanus
Cuculus indicator
Cuculus indicator
Madagascar Cuckoo
Cuculus madagascariensis
Black Cuckoo
Cuculus niger
Cuculus persa
Cuculus persa
Madagascar Cuckoo
Cuculus rochii
Cursoricoccyx geraldinae
Cursoricoccyx geraldinae
Thick-billed Cuckoo
Pachycoccyx audeberti
Cuckoo
Thomasococcyx philohippus
Amur Falcon
Falco amurensis
Axillaris Falcon
Falco axillaris
Sooty Falcon
Falco concolor
Gracile Falcon
Falco gracilis
Sooty Falcon
Falco ptilorhyncus
Greater Kestrel
Falco rupicoloides
Falco sufflator
Falco sufflator
Eurasian Kestrel
Falco tinnunculus
Black Guineafowl
Agelastes niger
Coturnix communis
Coturnix communis
Striped Crake
Aenigmatolimnas marginalis
Limnocorax flavirostris
Limnocorax flavirostris
Red Rail
Aphanapteryx bonasia
Gray-throated Rail
Canirallus oculeus
Corn Crake
Crex crex
Lesser Moorhen
Gallinula angulata
Nkulengu Rail
Himantornis haematopus
Ascension Crake
Mundia elpenor
Christy's Rail
Rallus christyi
Porzana lacustris
Porzana lacustris
Allen's Gallinule
Porphyrio alleni
Little Crake
Porzana parva
Baillon's Crake
Porzana pusilla
Rallus adolfocaesaris
Rallus adolfocaesaris
Striped Flufftail
Sarothrura affinis
White-winged Flufftail
Sarothrura ayresi
Streaky-breasted Flufftail
Sarothrura boehmi
Buff-spotted Flufftail
Sarothrura elegans
Chestnut-headed Flufftail
Sarothrura lugens
White-spotted Flufftail
Sarothrura pulchra
Slender-billed Flufftail
Sarothrura watersi
Madagascar Forest Rail
Mentocrex kioloides
White-breasted Mesite
Mesitornis variegatus
Chlamydotis pliodeserti
Chlamydotis pliodeserti
Lambrechts' Bustard
Otis lambrechti
Greater Swamp Warbler
Acrocephalus rufescens
Blanford's Lark
Calandrella blanfordi
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark
Eremopterix leucotis
Wedge-tailed Jery
Hartertula flavoviridis
Fan-tailed Raven
Corvus rhipidurus
Estrilda cinderella
Estrilda cinderella
Rufous-sided Broadbill
Smithornis rufolateralis
White-rumped Seedeater
Crithagra leucopygia
Hirundo leucopyga
Hirundo leucopyga
Fulvous Chatterer
Turdoides fulva
Brown Emutail
Bradypterus brunneus
Dja River Swamp Warbler
Bradypterus grandis
Evergreen-forest Warbler
Bradypterus lopezi
Four-colored Bushshrike
Telophorus viridis
Rosy-throated Longclaw
Macronyx ameliae
Blue-headed Wagtail
Motacilla cyanea
Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin
Erythropygia galactotes
Luscinia aedon
Luscinia aedon
Thrush Nightingale
Luscinia luscinia
Common Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchos
Gray-necked Rockfowl
Picathartes oreas
Grosbeak Weaver
Amblyospiza aethiopica
Usambara Greenbul
Phyllastrephus albigula
White-collared Starling
Grafisia torquata
Benguela Long-tailed Starling
Lamprotornis benguelensis
Western Subalpine Warbler
Curruca iberiae
Barred Warbler
Sylvia nisoria
Fieldfare
Turdus pilaris
White-backed Night-Heron
Gorsachius leuconotus
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutus
Dwarf Bittern
Ixobrychus sturmii
Nycticorax griseus
Nycticorax griseus
Réunion Night Heron
Nycticorax duboisi
Nycticorax infaustus
Nycticorax infaustus
Mauritius Night Heron
Nycticorax mauritianus
Rodrigues Night Heron
Nycticorax megacephalus
Ascension Night Heron
Nycticorax olsoni
White-crested Bittern
Tigriornis leucolopha
Shoebill
Balaeniceps rex
Abdoun Storm-Petrel
Lithoptila abdounensis
Olive Ibis
Bostrychia olivacea
Phaethon demersus
Phaethon demersus
Wahlberg's Honeyguide
Prodotiscus regulus
Jynx spec
Jynx spec
Tristan Albatross
Diomedea dabbenena
Diomedea spadicea
Diomedea spadicea
White-bellied Storm-Petrel
Fregetta grallaria
Hydrobates melitensis
Hydrobates melitensis
European Storm-Petrel
Hydrobates pelagicus
Cape Verde Storm-Petrel
Oceanodroma jabejabe
Kerguelen Petrel
Aphrodroma brevirostris
Saint Helena Bulwer's Petrel
Bulweria bifax
Bulwer's Petrel
Bulweria bulwerii
Jouanin's Petrel
Bulweria fallax
Cape Verde Shearwater
Calonectris edwardsii
Broad-billed Prion
Pachyptila vittata
Primodroma bournei
Primodroma bournei
White-chinned Petrel
Procellaria aequinoctialis
Procellaria altirostris
Procellaria altirostris
Gray Petrel
Procellaria cinerea
Mascarene Petrel
Pseudobulweria aterrima
St. Helena Petrel
Pseudobulweria rupinarum
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