UDZUNGWA MOUNTAINS
TANZANIALOCALE
| # Species: | 331 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 331 |
| # Endemics: | 12 |
| # Near Endemics: | 10 |
BIRD CHECKLIST
The table below lists species recorded at this locale but does not indicate frequency of occurrence there. It does indicate whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country. The list is based on available data and may be incomplete.*
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| 1 | African Black Duck | Anas sparsa |
| 2 | Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata |
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| 3 | Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris |
| 4 | Eastern Crested Guineafowl | Guttera pucherani |
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| 5 | Udzungwa Partridge | Xenoperdix udzungwensis |
| 6 | Harlequin Quail | Coturnix delegorguei |
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| 7 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| 8 | Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea |
| 9 | Rameron Pigeon | Columba arquatrix |
| 10 | Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon | Columba delegorguei |
| 11 | Dusky Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia lugens |
| 12 | Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata |
| 13 | Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola |
| 14 | Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos |
| 15 | Blue-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur afer |
| 16 | Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria |
| 17 | Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis |
| 18 | African Green-Pigeon | Treron calvus |
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| 19 | Purple-crested Turaco | Gallirex porphyreolophus |
| 20 | Livingstone's Turaco | Tauraco livingstonii |
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| 21 | Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius |
| 22 | White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus |
| 23 | Blue Malkoha | Ceuthmochares aereus |
| 24 | Green Malkoha | Ceuthmochares australis |
| 25 | Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus |
| 26 | Levaillant's Cuckoo | Clamator levaillantii |
| 27 | Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas |
| 28 | African Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx cupreus |
| 29 | Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius |
| 30 | \Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo\ | Cercococcyx montanus |
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| 31 | Fiery-necked Nightjar | Caprimulgus pectoralis |
| 32 | Montane Nightjar | Caprimulgus poliocephalus |
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| 33 | Scarce Swift | Schoutedenapus myoptilus |
| 34 | Mottled Swift | Tachymarptis aequatorialis |
| 35 | African Swift | Apus barbatus |
| 36 | Little Swift | Apus affinis |
| 37 | White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer |
| 38 | African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus |
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| 39 | Water Thick-knee | Burhinus vermiculatus |
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| 40 | African Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia microscelis |
| 41 | Saddle-billed Stork | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis |
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| 42 | Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash |
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| 43 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata |
| 44 | Rufous-bellied Heron | Ardeola rufiventris |
| 45 | Western Cattle-Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| 46 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea |
| 47 | Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala |
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| 48 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta |
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| 49 | Shoebill | Balaeniceps rex |
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| 50 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus |
| 51 | African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus |
| 52 | Palm-nut Vulture | Gypohierax angolensis |
| 53 | African Cuckoo-Hawk | Aviceda cuculoides |
| 54 | White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus |
| 55 | Crowned Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus |
| 56 | Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus |
| 57 | Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis |
| 58 | Wahlberg's Eagle | Hieraaetus wahlbergi |
| 59 | Ayres's Hawk-Eagle | Hieraaetus ayresii |
| 60 | Verreaux's Eagle | Aquila verreauxii |
| 61 | African Hawk-Eagle | Aquila spilogaster |
| 62 | Bat Hawk | Macheiramphus alcinus |
| 63 | Dark Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax metabates |
| 64 | Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus |
| 65 | African Goshawk | Aerospiza toussenelii |
| 66 | Little Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza minullus |
| 67 | Shikra | Tachyspiza badius |
| 68 | Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk | Accipiter rufiventris |
| 69 | Black Goshawk | Astur melanoleucus |
| 70 | /Western Marsh Harrier/ | Circus aeruginosus |
| 71 | /Black Kite/ | Milvus migrans |
| 72 | African Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga vocifer |
| 73 | |Common Buzzard| | Buteo buteo |
| 74 | Mountain Buzzard | Buteo oreophilus |
| 75 | Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur |
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| 76 | Pel's Fishing-Owl | Scotopelia peli |
| 77 | African Wood-Owl | Strix woodfordii |
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| 78 | Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus |
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| 79 | Narina Trogon | Apaloderma narina |
| 80 | Bar-tailed Trogon | Apaloderma vittatum |
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| 81 | Common Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus cyanomelas |
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| 82 | Crowned Hornbill | Lophoceros alboterminatus |
| 83 | Silvery-cheeked Hornbill | Bycanistes brevis |
| 84 | Trumpeter Hornbill | Bycanistes bucinator |
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| 85 | White-fronted Bee-eater | Merops bullockoides |
| 86 | Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus |
| 87 | Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater | Merops oreobates |
| 88 | /White-throated Bee-eater/ | Merops albicollis |
| 89 | /Blue-cheeked Bee-eater/ | Merops persicus |
| 90 | |European Bee-eater| | Merops apiaster |
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| 91 | Gray-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala |
| 92 | Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis |
| 93 | Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Halcyon albiventris |
| 94 | Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti |
| 95 | Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima |
| 96 | Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis |
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| 97 | /European Roller/ | Coracias garrulus |
| 98 | Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus |
| 99 | Purple Roller | Coracias naevius |
| 100 | Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus |
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| 101 | Green Barbet | Cryptolybia olivacea |
| 102 | White-eared Barbet | Stactolaema leucotis |
| 103 | Moustached Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus leucomystax |
| 104 | Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus bilineatus |
| 105 | Black-collared Barbet | Lybius torquatus |
| 106 | Brown-breasted Barbet | Pogonornis melanopterus |
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| 107 | Brown-backed Honeybird | Prodotiscus regulus |
| 108 | Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor |
| 109 | Scaly-throated Honeyguide | Indicator variegatus |
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| 110 | Red-throated Wryneck | Jynx ruficollis |
| 111 | Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens |
| 112 | Olive Woodpecker | Dendropicos griseocephalus |
| 113 | Green-backed Woodpecker | Campethera cailliautii |
| 114 | Nubian Woodpecker | Campethera nubica |
| 115 | Golden-tailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni |
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| 116 | /Eurasian Kestrel/ | Falco tinnunculus |
| 117 | Gray Kestrel | Falco ardosiaceus |
| 118 | Dickinson's Kestrel | Falco dickinsoni |
| 119 | African Hobby | Falco cuvierii |
| 120 | Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus |
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| 121 | Meyer's Parrot | Poicephalus meyeri |
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| 122 | African Broadbill | Smithornis capensis |
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| 123 | Gray Cuckooshrike | Ceblepyris caesia |
| 124 | Black Cuckooshrike | Campephaga flava |
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| 125 | #African Golden Oriole# | Oriolus auratus |
| 126 | Green-headed Oriole | Oriolus chlorocephalus |
| 127 | African Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus |
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| 128 | Black-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira peltata |
| 129 | Short-tailed Batis | Batis mixta |
| 130 | Dark Batis | Batis crypta |
| 131 | Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor |
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| 132 | Retz's Helmetshrike | Prionops retzii |
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| 133 | Brubru | Nilaus afer |
| 134 | Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla |
| 135 | Marsh Tchagra | Tchagra minutus |
| 136 | Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus |
| 137 | Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis |
| 138 | Tropical Boubou | Laniarius major |
| 139 | Zanzibar Boubou | Laniarius sublacteus |
| 140 | Slate-colored Boubou | Laniarius funebris |
| 141 | Fuelleborn's Boubou | Laniarius fuelleborni |
| 142 | Black-fronted Bushshrike | Chlorophoneus nigrifrons |
| 143 | Gray-headed Bushshrike | Malaconotus blanchoti |
| 144 | Uluguru Bushshrike | Malaconotus alius |
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| 145 | Square-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus ludwigii |
| 146 | Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis |
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| 147 | African Crested Flycatcher | Trochocercus cyanomelas |
| 148 | African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis |
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| 149 | Southern Fiscal | Lanius collaris |
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| 150 | House Crow | Corvus splendens |
| 151 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus |
| 152 | White-necked Raven | Corvus albicollis |
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| 153 | White-tailed Blue Flycatcher | Elminia albicauda |
| 154 | White-tailed Crested Flycatcher | Elminia albonotata |
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| 155 | White-bellied Tit | Melaniparus albiventris |
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| 156 | African Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus caroli |
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| 157 | Flappet Lark | Amirafra rufocinnamomea |
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| 158 | Eastern Nicator | Nicator gularis |
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| 159 | Moustached Grass-Warbler | Melocichla mentalis |
| 160 | Kretschmer's Longbill | Macrosphenus kretschmeri |
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| 161 | African Tailorbird | Artisornis metopias |
| 162 | Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura |
| 163 | Bar-throated Apalis | Apalis thoracica |
| 164 | White-winged Apalis | Apalis chariessa |
| 165 | Masked Apalis | Apalis binotata |
| 166 | Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida |
| 167 | Buff-throated Apalis | Apalis rufogularis |
| 168 | Chapin's Apalis | Apalis chapini |
| 169 | Black-headed Apalis | Apalis melanocephala |
| 170 | Brown-headed Apalis | Apalis alticola |
| 171 | Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava |
| 172 | Red-winged Prinia | Prinia erythroptera |
| 173 | Mrs. Moreau's Warbler | Scepomycter winifredae |
| 174 | Red-faced Cisticola | Cisticola erythrops |
| 175 | Singing Cisticola | Cisticola cantans |
| 176 | Trilling Cisticola | Cisticola woosnami |
| 177 | Black-lored Cisticola | Cisticola nigriloris |
| 178 | Rock-loving Cisticola | Cisticola aberrans |
| 179 | Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana |
| 180 | Churring Cisticola | Cisticola njombe |
| 181 | Winding Cisticola | Cisticola marginatus |
| 182 | Siffling Cisticola | Cisticola brachypterus |
| 183 | Wing-snapping Cisticola | Cisticola ayresii |
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| 184 | /Eastern Olivaceous Warbler/ | Iduna pallida |
| 185 | African Yellow-Warbler | Iduna natalensis |
| 186 | /Common Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus scirpaceus |
| 187 | Lesser Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus gracilirostris |
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| 188 | Evergreen-forest Warbler | Bradypterus lopezi |
| 189 | Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler | Bradypterus cinnamomeus |
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| 190 | Black Sawwing | Psalidoprocne pristoptera |
| 191 | Southern Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula |
| 192 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica |
| 193 | Angola Swallow | Hirundo angolensis |
| 194 | Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii |
| 195 | /Western House-Martin/ | Delichon urbicum |
| 196 | African Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis melanocrissus |
| 197 | Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica |
| 198 | Mosque Swallow | Cecropis senegalensis |
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| 199 | Sombre Greenbul | Andropadus importunus |
| 200 | Pale-throated Greenbul | Atimastillas flavigula |
| 201 | Yellow-bellied Greenbul | Chlorocichla flaviventris |
| 202 | Shelley's Greenbul | Arizelocichla masukuensis |
| 203 | Uluguru Mountain Greenbul | Arizelocichla neumanni |
| 204 | Olive-headed Greenbul | Arizelocichla striifacies |
| 205 | Yellow-throated Mountain Greenbul | Arizelocichla chlorigula |
| 206 | Little Greenbul | Eurillas virens |
| 207 | Usambara Greenbul | Phyllastrephus albigula |
| 208 | Yellow-streaked Greenbul | Phyllastrephus flavostriatus |
| 209 | Northern Brownbul | Phyllastrephus strepitans |
| 210 | Gray-olive Greenbul | Phyllastrephus cerviniventris |
| 211 | Cabanis's Greenbul | Phyllastrephus cabanisi |
| 212 | Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus |
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| 213 | /Willow Warbler/ | Phylloscopus trochilus |
| 214 | Brown Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus umbrovirens |
| 215 | Yellow-throated Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus ruficapilla |
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| 216 | African Hill Babbler | Sylvia abyssinica |
| 217 | Brown Parisoma | Curruca lugens |
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| 218 | Southern Yellow White-eye | Zosterops anderssoni |
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| 219 | Tanzanian Illadopsis | Illadopsis distans |
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| 220 | Arrow-marked Babbler | Turdoides jardineii |
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| 221 | Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus africanus |
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| 222 | Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster |
| 223 | Slender-billed Starling | Onychognathus tenuirostris |
| 224 | Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio |
| 225 | Waller's Starling | Onychognathus walleri |
| 226 | Kenrick's Starling | Poeoptera kenricki |
| 227 | Ashy Starling | Lamprotornis unicolor |
| 228 | Lesser Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chloropterus |
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| 229 | Orange Ground-Thrush | Geokichla gurneyi |
| 230 | Kurrichane Thrush | Turdus libonyana |
| 231 | Abyssinian Thrush | Turdus abyssinicus |
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| 232 | African Dusky Flycatcher | Muscicapa adusta |
| 233 | African Gray Flycatcher | Bradornis microrhynchus |
| 234 | Pale Flycatcher | Agricola pallidus |
| 235 | Gray Tit-Flycatcher | Fraseria plumbeus |
| 236 | Ashy Flycatcher | Fraseria caerulescens |
| 237 | Southern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis pammelaina |
| 238 | White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher | Melaenornis fischeri |
| 239 | Bearded Scrub-Robin | Tychaedon quadrivirgata |
| 240 | Olive-flanked Robin-Chat | Dessonornis anomala |
| 241 | Cape Robin-Chat | Dessonornis caffra |
| 242 | White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini |
| 243 | Red-capped Robin-Chat | Cossypha natalensis |
| 244 | Collared Palm-Thrush | Cichladusa arquata |
| 245 | Spotted Morning-Thrush | Cichladusa guttata |
| 246 | White-starred Robin | Pogonocichla stellata |
| 247 | Swynnerton's Robin | Swynnertonia swynnertoni |
| 248 | White-chested Alethe | Chamaetylas fuelleborni |
| 249 | Sharpe's Akalat | Sheppardia sharpei |
| 250 | Iringa Akalat | Sheppardia lowei |
| 251 | /Whinchat/ | Saxicola rubetra |
| 252 | African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus |
| 253 | Mocking Cliff-Chat | Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris |
| 254 | Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata |
| 255 | Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris |
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| 256 | Western Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes longuemarei |
| 257 | Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes neglectus |
| 258 | Banded Sunbird | Anthreptes rubritorques |
| 259 | Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris |
| 260 | Green-headed Sunbird | Cyanomitra verticalis |
| 261 | Olive Sunbird | Cyanomitra olivacea |
| 262 | Amethyst Sunbird | Chalcomitra amethystina |
| 263 | Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis |
| 264 | Bronze Sunbird | Nectarinia kilimensis |
| 265 | Malachite Sunbird | Nectarinia famosa |
| 266 | Moreau's Sunbird | Cinnyris moreaui |
| 267 | Loveridge's Sunbird | Cinnyris loveridgei |
| 268 | Shelley's Sunbird | Cinnyris shelleyi |
| 269 | Red-chested Sunbird | Cinnyris erythrocercus |
| 270 | Rufous-winged Sunbird | Cinnyris rufipennis |
| 271 | Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus |
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| 272 | Bertram's Weaver | Ploceus bertrandi |
| 273 | Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht |
| 274 | Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis |
| 275 | African Golden-Weaver | Ploceus subaureus |
| 276 | Lesser Masked-Weaver | Ploceus intermedius |
| 277 | Vitelline Masked-Weaver | Ploceus vitellinus |
| 278 | Speke's Weaver | Ploceus spekei |
| 279 | Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus |
| 280 | Black-headed Weaver | Ploceus melanocephalus |
| 281 | &Golden-backed Weaverl | Ploceus jacksoni |
| 282 | Dark-backed Weaver | Ploceus bicolor |
| 283 | Usambara Weaver | Ploceus nicolli |
| 284 | Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix |
| 285 | Zanzibar Red Bishop | Euplectes nigroventris |
| 286 | Black-winged Bishop | Euplectes hordeaceus |
| 287 | Yellow Bishop | Euplectes capensis |
| 288 | White-winged Widowbird | Euplectes albonotatus |
| 289 | Red-cowled Widowbird | Euplectes laticauda |
| 290 | Red-collared Widowbird | Euplectes ardens |
| 291 | Fan-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes axillaris |
| 292 | Marsh Widowbird | Euplectes hartlaubi |
| 293 | Grosbeak Weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons |
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| 294 | Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata |
| 295 | Black-and-white Mannikin | Spermestes bicolor |
| 296 | Magpie Mannikin | Spermestes fringilloides |
| 297 | Yellow-bellied Waxbill | Coccopygia quartinia |
| 298 | Zebra Waxbill | Amandava subflava |
| 299 | Red-faced Crimsonwing | Cryptospiza reichenovii |
| 300 | Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild |
| 301 | Southern Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus angolensis |
| 302 | Lesser Seedcracker | Pyrenestes minor |
| 303 | Orange-winged Pytilia | Pytilia afra |
| 304 | Red-throated Twinspot | Hypargos niveoguttatus |
| 305 | African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata |
| 306 | Jameson's Firefinch | Lagonosticta rhodopareia |
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| 307 | Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura |
| 308 | Eastern Paradise-Whydah | Vidua paradisaea |
| 309 | Steel-blue Whydah | Vidua hypocherina |
| 310 | Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata |
| 311 | Purple Indigobird | Vidua purpurascens |
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| 312 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
| 313 | Northern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus |
| 314 | Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow | Gymnornis pyrgita |
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| 315 | Mountain Wagtail | Motacilla clara |
| 316 | African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp |
| 317 | African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus |
| 318 | Striped Pipit | Anthus lineiventris |
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| 319 | Oriole Finch | Linurgus olivaceus |
| 320 | Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambicus |
| 321 | Western Citril | Crithagra frontalis |
| 322 | Southern Citril | Crithagra hypostictus |
| 323 | Brimstone Canary | Crithagra sulphuratus |
| 324 | Yellow-browed Seedeater | Crithagra whytii |
| 325 | Kipengere Seedeater | Crithagra melanochrous |
| 326 | Reichard's Seedeater | Crithagra reichardi |
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| 327 | Spot-throat | Modulatrix stictigula |
| 328 | Dapple-throat | Arcanator orostruthus |
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| 329 | Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi |
| 330 | Golden-breasted Bunting | Emberiza flaviventris |
| 331 | Cabanis's Bunting | Emberiza cabanisi |
*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.
OTHER LOCALES
PRESENCE CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| // | Boreal Visitor | 12 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 1 |
| || | Transient | 2 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 1 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 1 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 0 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 0 |
| [] | Accidental | 0 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 11 |
| V | Vulnerable | 5 |
| EN | Endangered | 4 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 1 |
Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.