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148 species found for “secretive in Africa

White-backed Duck

White-backed Duck

Thalassornis leuconotus

Bates's Nightjar

Bates's Nightjar

Caprimulgus batesi

Jack Snipe

Jack Snipe

Lymnocryptes minimus

Small Buttonquail

Small Buttonquail

Turnix sylvaticus

Pemba Green-Pigeon

Pemba Green-Pigeon

Treron pembaensis

Rufous-headed Ground-Roller

Rufous-headed Ground-Roller

Atelornis crossleyi

Pitta-like Ground-Roller

Pitta-like Ground-Roller

Atelornis pittoides

Scaly Ground Roller

Scaly Ground Roller

Geobiastes squamiger

Gabon Coucal

Gabon Coucal

Centropus anselli

Black-throated Coucal

Black-throated Coucal

Centropus leucogaster

Madagascar Coucal

Madagascar Coucal

Centropus toulou

Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo

Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo

Cercococcyx mechowi

Blue Malkoha

Blue Malkoha

Ceuthmochares aereus

Giant Coua

Giant Coua

Coua gigas

Red-chested Cuckoo

Red-chested Cuckoo

Cuculus cafer

Csarnotan Cuckoo

Cuculus csarnotanus

Madagascar Cuckoo

Madagascar Cuckoo

Cuculus madagascariensis

Black Cuckoo

Black Cuckoo

Cuculus niger

Cuculus persa

Cuculus persa

Cuculus persa

Cursoricoccyx geraldinae

Cursoricoccyx geraldinae

Taita Falcon

Taita Falcon

Falco fasciinucha

Common Quail

Common Quail

Coturnix coturnix

Orange River Francolin

Orange River Francolin

Scleroptila gutturalis

African Finfoot

African Finfoot

Podica senegalensis

Striped Crake

Striped Crake

Aenigmatolimnas marginalis

Red Rail

Red Rail

Apterornis bonasia

Tsingy Wood-Rail

Tsingy Wood-Rail

Canirallus beankaensis

Gray-throated Rail

Gray-throated Rail

Canirallus oculeus

Corn Crake

Corn Crake

Crex crex

African Crake

African Crake

Crex egregia

Nkulengu Rail

Nkulengu Rail

Himantornis haematopus

Christy's Rail

Christy's Rail

Rallus christyi

Porzana lacustris

Porzana lacustris

Porzana lacustris

Allen's Gallinule

Allen's Gallinule

Porphyrio alleni

Reunion Gallinule

Reunion Gallinule

Porphyrio caerulescens

Little Crake

Little Crake

Porzana parva

Spotted Crake

Spotted Crake

Porzana porzana

Baillon's Crake

Baillon's Crake

Porzana pusilla

Quercyrallus Ludianus

Quercyrallus ludianus

Rallus arenarius

Rallus arenarius

Rallus arenarius

Water Rail

Water Rail

Rallus aquaticus

African Rail

African Rail

Rallus caerulescens

Madagascar Rail

Madagascar Rail

Rallus madagascariensis

Dwarf Rail

Dwarf Rail

Rallus nanus

Rouget's Rail

Rouget's Rail

Rougetius rougetii

Striped Flufftail

Striped Flufftail

Sarothrura affinis

White-winged Flufftail

White-winged Flufftail

Sarothrura ayresi

Streaky-breasted Flufftail

Streaky-breasted Flufftail

Sarothrura boehmi

Buff-spotted Flufftail

Buff-spotted Flufftail

Sarothrura elegans

Madagascar Flufftail

Madagascar Flufftail

Sarothrura insularis

Chestnut-headed Flufftail

Chestnut-headed Flufftail

Sarothrura lugens

White-spotted Flufftail

White-spotted Flufftail

Sarothrura pulchra

Red-chested Flufftail

Red-chested Flufftail

Sarothrura rufa

Slender-billed Flufftail

Slender-billed Flufftail

Sarothrura watersi

Tsingy Forest Rail

Tsingy Forest Rail

Mentocrex beankaensis

Brown Mesite

Brown Mesite

Mesitornis unicolor

Moustached Warbler

Moustached Warbler

Acrocephalus melanopogon

Greater Swamp Warbler

Greater Swamp Warbler

Acrocephalus rufescens

Dupont's Lark

Dupont's Lark

Chersophilus duponti

Rudd's Lark

Rudd's Lark

Heteromirafra ruddi

Blue Cuckooshrike

Blue Cuckooshrike

Coracina azurea

Cetti's Warbler

Cetti's Warbler

Cettia cetti

Carruthers's Cisticola

Carruthers's Cisticola

Cisticola carruthersi

Whistling Cisticola

Whistling Cisticola

Cisticola lateralis

Red-pate Cisticola

Red-pate Cisticola

Cisticola ruficeps

White-tailed Warbler

White-tailed Warbler

Poliolais lopezi

Red-faced Crimsonwing

Red-faced Crimsonwing

Cryptospiza reichenovii

Abyssinian Crimsonwing

Abyssinian Crimsonwing

Cryptospiza salvadorii

Shelley's Crimsonwing

Shelley's Crimsonwing

Cryptospiza shelleyi

Red-headed Bluebill

Red-headed Bluebill

Spermophaga ruficapilla

African Broadbill

African Broadbill

Smithornis capensis

Rufous-sided Broadbill

Rufous-sided Broadbill

Smithornis rufolateralis

Gray-headed Broadbill

Gray-headed Broadbill

Smithornis sharpei

Bamboo Warbler

Bamboo Warbler

Bradypterus alfredi

Little Rush-Warbler

Little Rush-Warbler

Bradypterus baboecala

Barratt's Warbler

Barratt's Warbler

Bradypterus barratti

Brown Emutail

Brown Emutail

Bradypterus brunneus

White-winged Swamp Warbler

White-winged Swamp Warbler

Bradypterus carpalis

Highland Rush Warbler

Highland Rush Warbler

Bradypterus centralis

Dja River Swamp Warbler

Dja River Swamp Warbler

Bradypterus grandis

Grauer's Swamp Warbler

Grauer's Swamp Warbler

Bradypterus graueri

Bradypterus lopesi

Bradypterus lopesi

Bradypterus lopesi

Knysna Warbler

Knysna Warbler

Bradypterus sylvaticus

Eurasian River Warbler

Eurasian River Warbler

Locustella fluviatilis

Moustached Grass-Warbler

Moustached Grass-Warbler

Melocichla mentalis

Cape Grassbird

Cape Grassbird

Sphenoeacus afer

Mount Kupe Bushshrike

Mount Kupe Bushshrike

Chlorophoneus kupeensis

Black-headed Gonolek

Black-headed Gonolek

Laniarius erythrogaster

Coastal Boubou

Coastal Boubou

Laniarius nigerrimus

Willard's Sooty Boubou

Willard's Sooty Boubou

Laniarius willardi

Uluguru Bushshrike

Uluguru Bushshrike

Malaconotus alius

Short-tailed Pipit

Short-tailed Pipit

Anthus brachyurus

Grimwood's Longclaw

Grimwood's Longclaw

Macronyx grimwoodi

Red-throated Alethe

Red-throated Alethe

Chamaetylas poliophrys

Archer's Robin-Chat

Archer's Robin-Chat

Cossypha archeri

White-headed Robin-Chat

White-headed Robin-Chat

Cossypha heinrichi

White-throated Robin-Chat

White-throated Robin-Chat

Cossypha humeralis

Mountain Robin-Chat

Mountain Robin-Chat

Cossypha isabellae

Brown-backed Scrub Robin

Brown-backed Scrub Robin

Erythropygia hartlaubi

Brown Scrub Robin

Brown Scrub Robin

Erythropygia signata

Yellow-footed Flycatcher

Yellow-footed Flycatcher

Muscicapa sethsmithi

Equatorial Akalat

Equatorial Akalat

Sheppardia aequatorialis

Bocage's Akalat

Bocage's Akalat

Sheppardia bocagei

Lowland Akalat

Lowland Akalat

Sheppardia cyornithopsis

Gabela Akalat

Gabela Akalat

Sheppardia gabela

East Coast Akalat

East Coast Akalat

Sheppardia gunningi

Sharpe's Akalat

Sharpe's Akalat

Sheppardia sharpei

Scaly-breasted Illadopsis

Scaly-breasted Illadopsis

Illadopsis albipectus

Brown Illadopsis

Brown Illadopsis

Illadopsis fulvescens

Puvel's Illadopsis

Puvel's Illadopsis

Illadopsis puveli

Mountain Illadopsis

Mountain Illadopsis

Illadopsis pyrrhoptera

Rufous-winged Illadopsis

Rufous-winged Illadopsis

Illadopsis rufescens

Pale-breasted Illadopsis

Pale-breasted Illadopsis

Illadopsis rufipennis

Uganda Woodland-Warbler

Uganda Woodland-Warbler

Phylloscopus budongoensis

Yellow-throated Woodland-Warbler

Yellow-throated Woodland-Warbler

Phylloscopus ruficapilla

African Pitta

African Pitta

Pitta angolensis

Green-breasted Pitta

Green-breasted Pitta

Pitta reichenowi

Batis mystica

Batis mystica

Batis mystica

Little Greenbul

Little Greenbul

Eurillas virens

Forest Penduline-Tit

Forest Penduline-Tit

Anthoscopus flavifrons

Subalpine Warbler

Subalpine Warbler

Curruca cantillans

Sardinian Warbler

Sardinian Warbler

Curruca melanocephala

Curved-billed Cisticola

Curved-billed Cisticola

Drymoica curvirostris

Dohrn's Thrush-Babbler

Dohrn's Thrush-Babbler

Horizorhinus dohrni

Pseudoalcippe abyssinica

Pseudoalcippe abyssinica

Pseudoalcippe abyssinica

Short-tailed Warbler

Short-tailed Warbler

Sylvia brachyura

Eastern Orphean Warbler

Eastern Orphean Warbler

Sylvia crassirostris

Lesser Whitethroat

Lesser Whitethroat

Sylvia curruca

Barred Warbler

Barred Warbler

Sylvia nisoria

Sagittate Warbler

Sagittate Warbler

Sylvia sagittata

Rufous-vented Warbler

Rufous-vented Warbler

Sylvia subcaerulea

Nightingale Island Finch

Nightingale Island Finch

Nesospiza questi

Rubeho Forest Partridge

Rubeho Forest Partridge

Xenoperdix obscuratus

Green-breasted Bushshrike

Green-breasted Bushshrike

Malaconotus gladiator

Malaconotus rubiginosus

Malaconotus rubiginosus

Malaconotus rubiginosus

Spotted Ground-Thrush

Spotted Ground-Thrush

Geokichla guttata

Red-tailed Ant-Thrush

Red-tailed Ant-Thrush

Neocossyphus rufus

Sickle-billed Vanga

Sickle-billed Vanga

Falculea palliata

White-backed Night-Heron

White-backed Night-Heron

Gorsachius leuconotus

Little Bittern

Little Bittern

Ixobrychus minutus

Dwarf Bittern

Dwarf Bittern

Ixobrychus sturmii

Scaly-throated Honeyguide

Scaly-throated Honeyguide

Indicator variegatus

Yellow-footed Honeyguide

Yellow-footed Honeyguide

Melignomon eisentrauti

Akun Eagle-Owl

Akun Eagle-Owl

Bubo leucostictus

Sjöstedt's Owlet

Sjöstedt's Owlet

Glaucidium sjostedti

Socotra Scops-Owl

Socotra Scops-Owl

Otus socotranus

Madagascar Red Owl

Madagascar Red Owl

Tyto soumagnei

Bar-tailed Trogon

Bar-tailed Trogon

Apaloderma vittatum