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442 species found for “semi-arid” in Africa

Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila fasciata
African Hawk-Eagle
Aquila spilogaster
Fucosa Eagle
Aquila fucosa
Archer's Buzzard
Buteo archeri
Red-necked Buzzard
Buteo auguralis
Cape Verde Buzzard
Buteo bannermani

African Swallow-tailed Kite
Chelictinia riocourii

Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle
Circaetus beaudouini
Gypaetus grandis
Gypaetus grandis
White-backed Vulture
Gyps africanus
Eurasian Griffon
Gyps fulvus
Rüppell's Griffon
Gyps rueppellii
Pale Chanting Goshawk
Melierax canorus
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Melierax metabates
Hooded Vulture
Necrosyrtes monachus
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterus
Cuvier's Falcon
Palaeocircus cuvieri
Gervais's Eagle
Aquila gervaisi
Martial Eagle
Polemaetus bellicosus
Bateleur
Terathopius ecaudatus
Lappet-faced Vulture
Torgos tracheliotos
Lappet-Faced Vulture
Torgos tracheliotus
Desert Goose
Anser arenosus
Desert Goose
Chenoanas deserta

Forbes-Watson's Swift
Apus berliozi

Bradfield's Swift
Apus bradfieldi
Pallid Swift
Apus pallidus

Bradfield's Hornbill
Lophoceros bradfieldi
Hemprich's Hornbill
Lophoceros hemprichii
Damara Red-billed Hornbill
Tockus damarensis
Northern Red-billed Hornbill
Tockus erythrorhynchus
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Tockus flavirostris
Western Red-billed Hornbill
Tockus kempi
Monteiro's Hornbill
Tockus monteiri

Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill
Tockus ruahae
Southern Red-billed Hornbill
Tockus rufirostris

Violet Woodhoopoe
Phoeniculus damarensis
Black-billed Woodhoopoe
Phoeniculus somaliensis
Abyssinian Scimitarbill
Rhinopomastus minor
Upupa erythrorhynchos
Upupa erythrorhynchos
Caprimulgus aegypius
Caprimulgus aegypius
Egyptian Nightjar
Caprimulgus aegyptius
Donaldson-Smith's Nightjar
Caprimulgus donaldsoni
Golden Nightjar
Caprimulgus eximius
Square-tailed Nightjar
Caprimulgus fossii

Sombre Nightjar
Caprimulgus fraenatus

Standard-winged Nightjar
Caprimulgus longipennis
Red-necked Nightjar
Caprimulgus ruficollis
Rufous-cheeked Nightjar
Caprimulgus rufigena
Star-spotted Nightjar
Caprimulgus stellatus
Spotted Thick-knee
Burhinus capensis
Burhinus lucorum
Burhinus lucorum
Genucrassum bransatensis
Genucrassum bransatensis
Caspian Plover
Charadrius asiaticus
Kentish Plover
Charadrius gallicus
Greater Sand-Plover
Charadrius leschenaultii
Eurasian Dotterel
Charadrius morinellus

Sociable Lapwing
Vanellus gregarius
Black-headed Lapwing
Vanellus tectus
Cream-colored Courser
Cursorius cursor

Burchell's Courser
Cursorius rufus
Somali Courser
Cursorius somalensis
Temminck's Courser
Cursorius temminckii
Precursor parvus
Precursor parvus
Double-banded Courser
Rhinoptilus africanus

Three-banded Courser
Rhinoptilus cinctus
Small Buttonquail
Turnix sylvaticus
Linxiavis
Linxiavis inaquosus
Red-backed Mousebird
Colius castanotus

White-headed Mousebird
Colius leucocephalus
Lesser Mousebird
Primocolius minor
Red-faced Mousebird
Urocolius indicus
Speckled Pigeon
Columba guinea

Somali Pigeon
Columba oliviae
Namaqua Dove
Oena capensis
Laughing Dove
Spilopelia senegalensis
Ring-necked Dove
Streptopelia capicola
White-winged Collared-Dove
Streptopelia reichenowi

Black-billed Wood-Dove
Turtur abyssinicus

Striped Kingfisher
Halcyon chelicuti
European Roller
Coracias garrulus
Rufous-crowned Roller
Coracias naevius
White-throated Bee-eater
Merops albicollis
Arabian Green Bee-eater
Merops cyanophrys
Northern Carmine Bee-eater
Merops nubicus
Green Bee-eater
Merops orientalis
Somali Bee-eater
Merops revoilii
Bertha's coua
Coua berthae
Fox Kestrel
Falco alopex
Axillaris Falcon
Falco axillaris

Barbary Falcon
Falco barbarus
Falco clarus
Falco clarus
Sooty Falcon
Falco concolor
Falco falconella
Falco falconella
Falco gabar
Falco gabar
Dark Falcon
Falco melanaetus
Lesser Kestrel
Falco naumanni
Falco pterocles
Falco pterocles
Falco sufflator
Falco sufflator
Falco torquatus
Falco torquatus

Pygmy Falcon
Polihierax semitorquatus
Vulturine Guineafowl
Acryllium vulturinum
Barbary Partridge
Alectoris barbara
Arabian Partridge
Alectoris melanocephala
Sand Partridge
Ammoperdix heyi
Schlegel's Francolin
Campocolinus schlegelii

Red-billed Francolin
Pternistis adspersus
Orange River Francolin
Scleroptila gutturalis

Blue Crane
Anthropoides paradiseus
Demoiselle Crane
Anthropoides virgo
Black Crowned-Crane
Balearica pavonina

African Crake
Crex egregia
Gypsum Curlew
Numenius gypsorum
Gray Go-away-bird
Corythaixoides concolor

White-bellied Go-away-bird
Corythaixoides leucogaster
Bare-faced Go-away-bird
Corythaixoides personatus
Southern Black Bustard
Afrotis afra
Northern Black Bustard
Afrotis afraoides
Arabian Bustard
Ardeotis arabs
Kori Bustard
Ardeotis kori
Chlamydotis mesetaria
Chlamydotis mesetaria
Houbara Bustard
Chlamydotis undulata
Little Brown Bustard
Eupodotis humilis

Rüppell's Bustard
Eupodotis rueppellii
Karoo Bustard
Eupodotis vigorsii

Rüppell's Korhaan
Heterotetrax rueppelii
Hartlaub's Bustard
Lissotis hartlaubii
Red-crested Korhaan
Lophotis ruficrista
Savile's Bustard
Lophotis savilei
Heuglin's Bustard
Neotis heuglinii
Ludwig's Bustard
Neotis ludwigii

Nubian Bustard
Neotis nuba
Otis affinis
Otis affinis
Black Bustard
Otis cafra
Lambrechts' Bustard
Otis lambrechti
Paratetrax Bustard
Otis paratetrax

Little Bustard
Tetrax tetrax
Upcher's Warbler
Hippolais languida
Olive-tree Warbler
Hippolais olivetorum
Western Olivaceous Warbler
Iduna opaca
Subdesert Brush-Warbler
Nesillas lantzii
Lesser Hoopoe-Lark
Alaemon hamertoni
Short-clawed Lark
Alauda breviunguis
Cape Lark
Alauda capensis
Alauda gypsorum
Alauda gypsorum
Broad-billed Lark
Alauda rostrocrasso
Desert Lark
Ammomanes deserti
Athi Short-toed Lark
Calandrella athensis
Blanford's Lark
Calandrella blanfordi
Greater Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactyla
Erlanger's Lark
Calandrella erlangeri
Lesser Short-toed Lark
Calandrella rufescens
Somali Short-toed Lark
Calandrella somalica
Fawn-colored Lark
Calendulauda africanoides
Foxy Lark
Calendulauda alopex
Barlow's Lark
Calendulauda barlowi

Red Lark
Calendulauda burra

Pink-breasted Lark
Calendulauda poecilosterna
Sabota Lark
Calendulauda sabota
Benguela Lark
Certhilauda benguelensis
Short-clawed Lark
Certhilauda chuana
Cape Lark
Certhilauda curvirostris
Eastern Long-billed Lark
Certhilauda semitorquata
Karoo Long-billed Lark
Certhilauda subcoronata
Spike-heeled Lark
Chersomanes albofasciata
Beesley's Lark
Chersomanes beesleyi
Dupont's Lark
Chersophilus duponti
Dunn's Lark
Eremalauda dunni
Temminck's Lark
Eremophila bilopha

Black-eared Sparrow-Lark
Eremopterix australis

Fischer's Sparrow-Lark
Eremopterix leucopareia
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark
Eremopterix leucotis
Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark
Eremopterix signatus

Gray-backed Sparrow-Lark
Eremopterix verticalis
Maghreb Lark
Galerida macrorhyncha

Large-billed Lark
Galerida magnirostris
Thekla's Lark
Galerida theklae
Bimaculated Lark
Melanocorypha bimaculata

White-tailed Lark
Mirafra albicauda
Ash's Lark
Mirafra ashi
Latakoo Lark
Mirafra cheniana
Kordofan Lark
Mirafra cordofanica
Eastern Clapper Lark
Mirafra fasciolata

Gillett's Lark
Mirafra gilletti
Friedmann's Lark
Mirafra pulpa
Rusty Lark
Mirafra rufa
Flappet Lark
Mirafra rufocinnamomea
Williams's Lark
Mirafra williamsi
Rufous-rumped Lark
Pinarocorys erythropygia
Dusky Lark
Pinarocorys nigricans

Short-tailed Lark
Pseudalaemon fremantlii

Pink-billed Lark
Spizocorys conirostris
Obbia Lark
Spizocorys obbiensis
Masked Lark
Spizocorys personata
Sclater's Lark
Spizocorys sclateri
Stark's Lark
Spizocorys starki
African Treecreeper
Certhia senegalensis
White-tailed Cisticola
Cisticola anderseni

Desert Cisticola
Cisticola aridulus
Boran Cisticola
Cisticola bodessa
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