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AFRICA ENDEMIC BIRD LIST

List of endemic and near-endemic species in parts of Africa (currently, Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe are included). Table also shows species with globally threatened or endangered status according to the IUCN.*

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1Blue-winged GooseCyanochen cyanopteraENTETH
2Meller's DuckAnas melleriEENMAD
3Bernier's TealAnas bernieriEENMAD
4Madagascar PochardAythya innotataECRMAD
5Eastern Crested GuineafowlGuttera pucheraniNE KY,TZ
6Nahan's PartridgePtilopachus nahaniNEVUG
7Udzungwa PartridgeXenoperdix udzungwensisEENTZ
8Gray-winged FrancolinScleroptera africanusE SAF
9Moorland FrancolinScleroptera psilolaemusENTETH
10Elgon FrancolinScleroptera elgonensisNENTKY,UG
11Blue QuailSynoicus adansoniiE ETH
12Madagascar PartridgeMargaroperdix madagarensisE MAD
13Hartlaub's SpurfowlPternistis hartlaubiNE AG,NB
14Gray-striped SpurfowlPternistis griseostriatusE AG
15Cape SpurfowlPternistis capensisNE NB,SAF
16Jackson's SpurfowlPternistis jacksoniNE KY
17Swierstra's SpurfowlPternistis swierstraiEENAG
18Harwood's SpurfowlPternistis harwoodiENTETH
19Gray-breasted SpurfowlPternistis rufopictusE TZ
20White-collared PigeonColumba albitorquesNE ETH
21Madagascar Green-PigeonTreron australisE MAD
22Pemba Green-PigeonTreron pembaensisEVTZ
23Madagascar Blue-PigeonAlectroenas madagascariensisE MAD
24White-breasted MesiteMesitornis variegatusEVMAD
25Brown MesiteMesitornis unicolorEVMAD
26Subdesert MesiteMonias benschiEVMAD
27Madagascar SandgrousePterocles personatusE MAD
28Blue BustardEupodotis caerulescensENTSAF
29Karoo BustardHeterotetrax vigorsiiNE NB,SAF
30Rueppell's BustardHeterotetrax rueppeliiNE AG,NB
31Black BustardAfrotis afraE SAF
32Rwenzori TuracoGallirex johnstoniNE RW,UG
33White-cheeked TuracoMenelikkornis leucotisNE ETH
34Prince Ruspoli's TuracoMenelikkornis ruspoliiENTETH
35Red-crested TuracoTauraco erythrolophusE AG
36Knysna TuracoTauraco corythaixE SAF
37Giant CouaCoua gigasE MAD
38Coquerel's CouaCoua coquereliE MAD
39Red-breasted CouaCoua serrianaE MAD
40Red-fronted CouaCoua reynaudiiE MAD
41Red-capped CouaCoua ruficepsE MAD
42Olive-capped CouaCoua olivaceicepsE MAD
43Running CouaCoua cursorE MAD
44Crested CouaCoua cristataE MAD
45Verreaux's CouaCoua verreauxiE MAD
46Blue CouaCoua caeruleaE MAD
47Collared NightjarGactornis enarratusE MAD
48Madagascar NightjarCaprimulgus madagascariensisE MAD
49Nechisar NightjarCaprimulgus solalaEVETH
50Malagasy Palm SwiftCypsiurus gracilisE MAD
51Madagascar RailRallus madagascariensisEVMAD
52Rouget's RailRougetius rougetiiNENTETH
53Sakalava RailZapornia olivieriEENMAD
54Madagascar Forest RailMentocrex kioloidesE MAD
55Tsingy Forest RailMentocrex beankaensisEVMAD
56Madagascar FlufftailSarothrura insularisE MAD
57White-winged FlufftailSarothrura ayresiNECRETH,SAF
58Slender-billed FlufftailSarothrura watersiENTMAD
59Madagascar Three-banded Plover**Charadrius bifrontatusE MAD
60Spot-breasted LapwingVanellus melanocephalusE ETH
61Madagascar PloverAnarhynchus thoracicusEVMAD
62Madagascar JacanaActophilornis albinuchaEENMAD
63Madagascar SnipeGallinago macrodactylaEVMAD
64Madagascar ButtonquailTurnix nigricollisE MAD
65Fynbos ButtonquailTurnix hottentottusE SAF
66Hartlaub's GullChroicocephalus hartlaubiiNE NB,SAF
67Madagascar GrebeTachybaptus pelzelniiEENMAD
68Bank CormorantPhalacrocorax neglectusNEENNB,SAF
69Madagascar IbisLophotibis cristataENTMAD
70Malagasy Sacred IbisThreskiornis bernieriEENMAD
71Southern Bald IbisGeronticus calvusEVSAF
72Wattled IbisBostrychia carunculataNE ETH
73Humblot's HeronArdea humblotiEENMAD
74Madagascar Harrier-HawkPolyboroides radiatusE MAD
75Madagascar Serpent-EagleEutriorchis asturEENMAD
76Madagascar Cuckoo-HawkAviceda madagascariensisE MAD
77Frances's SparrowhawkTachyspiza francesiaeE MAD
78Madagascar SparrowhawkAccipiter madagascariensisENTMAD
79Henst's GoshawkAstur henstiiEVMAD
80Malagasy HarrierCircus macroscelesEENMAD
81Madagascar Fish-EagleIcthyophaga vociferoidesECRMAD
82Forest BuzzardButeo trizonatusENTSAF
83Madagascar BuzzardButeo brachypterusE MAD
84Red OwlTyto soumagneiEVMAD
85Sokoke Scops-OwlOtus ireneaeNEENKY,TZ
86Pemba Scops-OwlOtus pembaensisEVTZ
87Madagascar Scops-OwlOtus rutilusE MAD
88Albertine OwletGlaucidium albertinumNENTRW
89White-browed OwlAthene superciliarisE MAD
90Madagascar OwlAsio madagascariensisE MAD
91Red-backed MousebirdColius castanotusE AG
92Madagascar HoopoeUpupa marginataE MAD
93Monteiro's HornbillTockus monteiriNE AG,NB
94Tanzanian Red-billed HornbillTockus ruahaeE TZ
95Damara Red-billed HornbillTockus damarensisE NB
96Ethiopian Bee-eaterMerops lafresnayiiE ETH
97Madagascar Pygmy KingfisherCorythornis madagascariensisE MAD
98Scaly Ground-RollerGeobiastes squamigerEVMAD
99Short-legged Ground-RollerBrachypteracias leptosomusEVMAD
100Long-tailed Ground-RollerUratelornis chimaeraEVMAD
101Pitta-like Ground-RollerAtelornis pittoidesE MAD
102Rufous-headed Ground-RollerAtelornis crossleyiENTMAD
103Usambiro Barbet**Trachyphonus usambiroNE KY,TZ
104Southern Red-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus pusillusNE SAF
105Banded BarbetLybius undatusNE ETH
106Chaplin's BarbetLybius chapliniEVZA
107Dwarf HoneyguideIndicator pumilioNE RW,UG
108Abyssinian WoodpeckerDendropicos abyssinicusNE ETH
109Ground WoodpeckerGeocolaptes olivaceusENTSAF
110Knysna WoodpeckerCampethera notataENTSAF
111Malagasy KestrelFalco newtoniE MAD
112Banded KestrelFalco zoniventrisE MAD
113Greater Vasa ParrotMascarinus vasaNE MAD
114Comoro Black ParrotMascarinus sibilansE MAD
115Gray-headed LovebirdAgapornis canusE MAD
116Black-winged LovebirdAgapornis tarantaNE ETH
117Yellow-collared LovebirdAgapornis personatusE TZ
118Cape ParrotPoicephalus robustusEVSAF
119Rueppell's ParrotPoicephalus rueppelliiNE AG,NB
120Yellow-fronted ParrotPoicephalus flavifronsE ETH
121Velvet AsityPhilepitta castaneaE MAD
122Schlegel's AsityPhilepitta schlegeliENTMAD
123Common Sunbird-AsityNeodrepanis coruscansE MAD
124Yellow-bellied Sunbird-AsityNeodrepanis hypoxanthaEVMAD
125Madagascar CuckooshrikeCeblepyris cinereaE MAD
126Grauer's CuckooshrikeCoracina graueriNE UG
127Ethiopian Black-headed OrioleOriolus monachaNE ETH
128White-tailed ShrikeLanioturdus torquatusNE AG,NB
129White-fronted Wattle-eyePlatysteira albifronsENTAG
130Short-tailed BatisBatis mixtaNE KY,TZ
131Dark BatisBatis cryptaE ML,TZ
132Malawi BatisBatis dimorphaNE ML,ZA
133Gray-crested HelmetshrikePrionops poliolophusNENTKY,TZ
134Yellow-crested HelmetshrikePrionops albertiNEVUG
135Angola HelmetshrikePrionops gabelaEENAG
136Archbold's NewtoniaNewtonia archboldiE MAD
137Common NewtoniaNewtonia brunneicaudaE MAD
138Dark NewtoniaNewtonia amphichroaE MAD
139Red-tailed NewtoniaNewtonia fanovanaeEVMAD
140Tylas VangaTylas eduardiE MAD
141Red-tailed VangaCalicalicus madagascariensisE MAD
142Red-shouldered VangaCalicalicus rufocarpalisEVMAD
143Nuthatch-VangaHypositta corallirostrisE MAD
144Chabert VangaLeptopterus chabertE MAD
145Crossley's BabblerMystacornis crossleyiE MAD
146Madagascar Blue VangaCyanolanius madagascarinusE MAD
147Hook-billed VangaVanga curvirostrisE MAD
148Ward's FlycatcherPseudobias wardiE MAD
149Rufous VangaSchetba rufaE MAD
150Helmet VangaEuryceros prevostiiEENMAD
151Bernier's VangaOriolia bernieriEENMAD
152Sickle-billed VangaFalculea palliataE MAD
153White-headed VangaArtamella viridisE MAD
154Pollen's VangaXenopirostris polleniENTMAD
155Lafresnaye's VangaXenopirostris xenopirostrisENTMAD
156Van Dam's VangaXenopirostris damiiEENMAD
157Southern TchagraTchagra tchagraE SAF
158Red-naped BushshrikeLaniarius ruficepsNE ETH,KY
159Braun's BushshrikeLaniarius brauniEENAG
160Gabela BushshrikeLaniarius amboimensisEENAG
161Zanzibar BoubouLaniarius sublacteusNE KY,TZ
162Monteiro's BushshrikeMalaconotus monteiriENTAG
163Uluguru BushshrikeMalaconotus aliusEENTZ
164Usambara Drongo**Dicrurus sp.E TZ
165Stresemann's Bush-CrowZavattariornis stresemanniEENETH
166Thick-billed RavenCorvus crassirostrisNE ETH
167Cape RockjumperChaetops frenatusENTSAF
168Drakensberg RockjumperChaetops aurantiusENTSAF
169Usambara HyliotaHyliota usambaraEENTZ
170Carp's TitMelaniparus carpiNE AG,NB
171White-backed Black-TitMelaniparus leuconotusNE ETH
172Red-throated TitMelaniparus fringillinusNE KY,TZ
173Gray TitMelaniparus aferNE NB,SAF
174Beesley's LarkChersomanes beesleyiE TZ
175Gray's LarkAmmomanopsis grayiNE AG,NB
176Cape LarkCerthilauda curvirostrisNE NB,SAF
177Eastern Long-billed LarkCerthilauda semitorquataE SAF
178Karoo Long-billed LarkCerthilauda subcoronataNE NB,SAF
179Benguela Lark**Certhilauda benguelensisNE AG,NB
180Short-clawed LarkCerthilauda chuanaNE BWA,SAF
181Gillett's LarkCalendulauda gillettiNE ETH,KY
182Karoo LarkCalendulauda albescensE SAF
183Red LarkCalendulauda burraEVSAF
184Dune LarkCalendulauda erythrochlamysNE NB,SAF
185Liben LarkHeteromirafra archeriECRETH
186Rudd's LarkHeteromirafra ruddiEENSAF
187Madagascar LarkMirafra hovaE MAD
188Williams's LarkMirafra williamsiE KY
189Melodious LarkMirafra chenianaNE SAF,ZW
190Collared LarkAmirafra collarisNE ETH
191Cape Clapper LarkCorypha apiataNE NB,SAF
192Plateau LarkCorypha nigrescensNE TZ,ZA
193Sentinel LarkCorypha athiNE KY,TZ
194Botha's LarkSpizocorys fringillarisEENSAF
195Masked LarkSpizocorys personataNE ETH,KY
196Sclater's LarkSpizocorys sclateriNENTNB,SAF
197Large-billed LarkGalerida magnirostrisNE NB,SAF
198Blanford's LarkCalandrella blanfordiNE ETH
199Short-billed CrombecSylvietta philippaeE ETH
200RockrunnerAchaetops pycnopygiusNE AG,NB
201Victorin's WarblerCryptillas victoriniE SAF
202Pulitzer's LongbillMacrosphenus pulitzeriEENAG
203Common JeryNeomixis tenellaE MAD
204Green JeryNeomixis viridisE MAD
205Stripe-throated JeryNeomixis striatigulaE MAD
206Subdesert Jery**Neomixis pallidiorE MAD
207Karoo EremomelaEremomela gregalisNE NB,SAF
208Roberts's WarblerOreophilais robertsiNE ZW
209Namaqua WarblerPhragmacia substriataNE NB,SAF
210African TailorbirdArtisornis metopiasNE TZ
211Long-billed TailorbirdArtisornis moreauiNECRTZ
212Hartert's CamaropteraCamaroptera hertertiNE AG
213Taita ApalisApalis fuscigularisECRKY
214Yellow-throated ApalisApalis flavigularisNEENML
215Chirinda ApalisApalis chirindensisNEVZW
216Karamoja ApalisApalis karamojaeEVUG
217Maasai ApalisApalis stronachiNEVTZ
218Karoo PriniaPrinia maculosaNE NB,SAF
219Drakensberg PriniaPrinia hypoxanthaE SAF
220Cinnamon-breasted WarblerEuryptila subcinnamomeaNE NB,SAF
221Mrs. Moreau's WarblerScepomycter winifredaeENTTZ
222Kilombero CisticolaCisticola baerorumE TZ
223Huambo CisticolaCisticola bailunduensisE AG
224Lyne's CisticolaCisticola distinctusNE KY,UG
225Tana River CisticolaCisticola restrictusE KY
226White-tailed CisticolaCisticola anderseniE TZ
227Ethiopian CisticolaCisticola lugubrisNE ETH
228Aberdare CisticolaCisticola aberdareEVKY
229Slender-tailed CisticolaCisticola melanurusE AG
230Madagascar CisticolaCisticola cherinaE MAD
231Malagasy Brush-WarblerNesillas typicaNE MAD
232Subdesert Brush-WarblerNesillas lantziiE MAD
233Madagascar Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus newtoniE MAD
234Knysna WarblerBradypterus sylvaticusEVSAF
235Gray EmutailBradypterus seebohmiE MAD
236Brown EmutailBradypterus brunneusE MAD
237White-throated OxylabesOxylabes madagascariensisE MAD
238Long-billed BernieriaBernieria madagascariensisE MAD
239Cryptic WarblerCryptosylvicola randrianasoloiE MAD
240Wedge-tailed JeryHartertula flavoviridisENTMAD
241ThamnornisThamnornis chloropetoidesE MAD
242Madagascar YellowbrowCrossleyia xanthophrysE MAD
243Dusky TetrakaCrossleyia tenebrosaE MAD
244Spectacled TetrakaXanthomixis zosteropsE MAD
245Appert's TetrakaXanthomixis appertiEVMAD
246Gray-crowned TetrakaXanthomixis cinereicepsENTMAD
247Rand's WarblerRandia pseudozosteropsE MAD
248Madagascar MartinRiparia cowaniE MAD
249White-tailed SwallowHirundo megaensisEVETH
250Uluguru Mountain GreenbulArizelocichla neumanniE TZ
251Black-headed Mountain GreenbulArizelocichla nigricepsNE KY,TZ
252Yellow-throated Mountain GreenbulArizelocichla chlorigulaE TZ
253Angola GreenbulPhyllastrephus viridicepsE AG
254Cape BulbulPycnonotus capensisE SAF
255Abyssinian CatbirdSylvia galinieriE ETH
256Bush BlackcapSylvia nigricapillusEVSAF
257Layard's WarblerCurruca layardiNE NB,SAF
258Mbulu White-eyeZosterops mbuluensisNE KY,TZ
259Kilimanjaro White-eyeZosterops eurycricotusE TZ
260Ethiopian White-eyeZosterops poliogastrusE ETH
261Kafa White-eyeZosterops kaffensisNE ETH,KY
262Kikuyu White-eyeZosterops kikuyuensisE KY
263Taita White-eyeZosterops silvarnusEENKY
264Angola White-eyeZosterops kasaicusE AG
265Orange River White-eyeZosterops pallidusNE NB,SAF
266South Pare White-eyeZosterops winifredaeENTTZ
267Cape White-eyeZosterops virensNE BWA,SAF
268Pemba White-eyeZosterops vaughaniE TZ
269Tanzanian IlladopsisIlladopsis distansNE KY,TZ
270Hinde's Pied-BabblerTurdoides hindeiEVKY
271Northern Pied-BabblerTurdoides hypoleucaNE KY,TZ
272Madagascar StarlingHartlaubius auratusE MAD
273White-billed StarlingOnychognathus albirostrisNE ETH
274Abbott's StarlingPoeoptera femoralisNEENKY,TZ
275Kenrick's StarlingPoeoptera kenrickiNE KY,TZ
276Hildebrandt's StarlingLamprotornis hildebrandtiNE KY,TZ
277Ashy StarlingLamprotornis unicolorNE KY,TZ
278Oberlaender's Ground-ThrushGeokichla oberlaenderiNENTUG
279Ethiopian ThrushTurdus simensisE ETH
280Taita ThrushTurdus helleriEENKY
281Usambara ThrushTurdus roehliENTTZ
282Chapin's FlycatcherFraseria lenduNEVKY,UG
283Herero ChatNamibornis hereroNE AG,NB
284Angola Slaty-FlycatcherMelaenornis brunneusE AG
285Abyssinian Slaty-FlycatcherMelaenornis chocolatinusNE ETH
286Brown Scrub-RobinTychaedon signataNE SAF
287Madagascar Magpie-RobinCopsychus albospecularisE MAD
288Pelzeln's Magpie-Robin**Copsychus picaE MAD
289Archer's Robin-ChatDessonornis archeriNE RW,UG
290Chorister Robin-ChatCossypha dichroaE SAF
291White-headed Robin-ChatCossypha heinrichiE AG
292Angola Cave-ChatXenocopsychus ansorgeiNE AG,NB
293Thyolo AletheChamaetylas choloensisNEVML
294Gabela AkalatSheppardia gabelaEENAG
295Usambara AkalatSheppardia montanaEENTZ
296Iringa AkalatSheppardia loweiEVTZ
297Rubeho AkalatSheppardia aurantiithoraxEENTZ
298Sentinel Rock-ThrushMonticola exploratorNENTSAF
299Amber Mountain Rock-ThrushMonticola erythronotusEENMAD
300Cape Rock-ThrushMonticola rupestrisE SAF
301White-winged Cliff-ChatMonticola semirufaNE ETH
302Buff-streaked ChatCampicoloides bifasciatusE SAF
303Rueppell's ChatMyrmecocichla melaenaNE ETH
304Sombre Rock ChatOenanthe dubiaE ETH
305Gurney's SugarbirdPromerops gurneyiNENTSAF,ZW
306Cape SugarbirdPromerops caferE SAF
307Banded SunbirdAnthreptes rubritorquesEVTZ
308Amani SunbirdHedydipna pallidigasterNEENKY,TZ
309Orange-breasted SunbirdAnthobaphes violaceaE SAF
310Blue-headed SunbirdCyanomitra alinaeNE RW,UG
311Southern Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris chalybeusNE NB,SAF
312Neergaard's SunbirdCinnyris neergaardiNENTSAF
313Eastern Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris mediocrisNE KY,TZ
314Usambara Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris usambaricusNENTKY,TZ
315Moreau's SunbirdCinnyris moreauiENTTZ
316Loveridge's SunbirdCinnyris loveridgeiEENTZ
317Gorgeous SunbirdCinnyris melanogastrusNE KY,RW,TZ
318Tsavo SunbirdCinnyris tsavoensisNE KY,TZ
319Pemba SunbirdCinnyris pembaeE TZ
320Rufous-winged SunbirdCinnyris rufipennisEVTZ
321Malagasy SunbirdCinnyris notatusNE MAD
322Rufous-tailed WeaverHisturgops ruficaudaNE TZ
323Red WeaverAnaplectes jubaensisNE KY
324Strange WeaverPloceus alienusNE RW,UG
325Cape WeaverPloceus capensisE SAF
326Ruvu WeaverPloceus holoxanthusE TZ
327Taveta Golden-WeaverPloceus castaneicepsNE KY,TZ
328Kilombero WeaverPloceus burnieriEVTZ
329Tanganyika Masked-WeaverPloceus reichardiNE TZ,ZA
330Fox's WeaverPloceus spekeoidesENTUG
331Kilifi WeaverPloceus golandiEENKY
332Juba WeaverPloceus dichrocephalusNE ETH,KY
333Usambara WeaverPloceus nicolliENTTZ
334Nelicourvi WeaverPloceus nelicourviE MAD
335Sakalava WeaverPloceus sakalavaE MAD
336Forest FodyFoudia omissaE MAD
337Jackson's WidowbirdEuplectes jacksoniNENTKY,TZ
338Madagascar MuniaLepidopygia nanaE MAD
339Angola WaxbillCoccopygia bocageiNE AG,NB
340Cinderella WaxbillGlaucestrilda thomensisNE AG,NB
341Red-billed PytiliaPytilia lineataNE ETH
342Pink-throated TwinspotHypargos margaritatusNE SAF
343Kenya Rufous SparrowPasser rufocinctusNE KY,TZ
344Swahili SparrowPasser suahelicusNE KY,TZ
345Madagascar WagtailMotacilla flaviventrisE MAD
346Malindi PipitAnthus melindaeNE KY
347Yellow-tufted PipitAnthus crenatusENTSAF
348Sokoke PipitAnthus sokokensisNEENKY,TZ
349Yellow-breasted PipitHemimacronyx chlorisEVSAF
350Sharpe's LongclawMacronyx sharpeiEENKY
351Abyssinian LongclawMacronyx flavicollisENTETH
352Forest CanaryCrithagra scotopsE SAF
353Yellow-rumped SerinCrithagra xanthopygiusNE ETH
354Yellow-throated SerinCrithagra flavigulaEENETH
355Salvadori's SerinCrithagra xantholaemusE ETH
356Southern Grosbeak-CanaryCrithagra buchananiNE KY,TZ
357Kipengere SeedeaterCrithagra melanochrousE TZ
358Protea CanaryCrithagra leucopterusENTSAF
359Ankober SerinCrithagra ankoberensisEVETH
360Cape SiskinCrithagra tottaE SAF
361Drakensberg SiskinCrithagra symonsiE SAF
362Ethiopian SiskinSerinus nigricepsE ETH
363Spot-throatModulatrix stictigulaNE ML,TZ
364Dapple-throatArcanator orostruthusNENTTZ

 

 *Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.

COUNTRIES

ENDEMIC CODES

CodeDescription##
EEndemic239
NENear Endemic126

STATUS CODES

CodeDescription##
NTNear Threatened42
VVulnerable42
ENEndangered39
CRCritically Endangered6

 # SPECIES BY COUNTRY

Country:# Species
Angola30
Botswana3
Egypt0
Ethiopia47
Kenya49
Madagascar119
Malawi5
Morocco0
Namibia31
Rwanda7
South Africa63
Tanzania65
Uganda14
Zambia4
Zimbabwe5
Total Species365