FAMILY
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†Roberts
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SPECIES
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Grebes
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6
8
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Greater crested grebe
Dabchick
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Pelicans
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49
50
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White pelican
Pinkbacked pelican
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Cormorants
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55
58
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Whitebreasted cormorant
Reed cormorant
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Darters
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60
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Darter
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Herons, Egrets & Bitterns
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62
63
65
66
67
68
71
72
74
76
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Grey heron
Blackheaded heron
Purple heron
Great white egret
Little egret
Yellowbilled egret
Cattle egret
Squacco heron
Greenbacked heron
Blackcrowned night heron
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Hamerkops
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81
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Hamerkop
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Storks
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83
84
85
89
90
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White stork
Black stork
Abdim’s stork
Marabou stork
Yellow-billed stork
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Ibises & Spoonbills
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91
94
95
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Sacred ibis
Hadeda ibis
African spoonbill
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Swans, Ducks & Geese
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99
102
104
105
108
113
115
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White-faced [whistling] duck
Egyptian goose
Yellowbilled duck
African black duck
Redbilled teal
Southern pochard
Knobbilled duck
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Secretary birds
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118
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Secretarybird
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Raptors
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122
126b
127
128
129
130
131
135
137
138
140
142
143
146
148
149
152
156
157
158
159
161*
165
169
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Cape vulture
Yellowbilled kite
Blackshouldered kite
Cuckoo hawk
Bat hawk
Honey buzzard
Black eagle
Wahlberg’s eagle
African hawk eagle
Ayre’s eagle
Martial eagle
Brown snake eagle
Blackbreasted snake eagle
Bateleur
African fish eagle
Steppe buzzard
Jackal buzzard
Ovambo sparrowhawk
Little sparrowhawk
Black sparroehawk
Little banded goshawk
Gabar goshawk*
African marsh harrier
Montague’s harrier
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* NOTE: Carruther’s list names ‘Gabar Goshawk’ but gives the number of the African Goshawk; Gabar is the more likely
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Falcons & Kestrels
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171
172
181
182
183
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Peregrine falcon
Lanner falcon
Rock kestrel
Greater kestrel
Lesser kestrel
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Francolins & Quails
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188
189
192
196
199
200
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Coqui francolin
Crested francolin
Redwing francolin
Natal francolin
Swainson’s francolin
Common quail
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Guineafowl
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203
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Helmeted guineafowl
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Buttonquails
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205
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Kurrichane buttonquail
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Cranes
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208
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Blue crane
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Rails, Crakes, Flufftails, Gallinules, Moorhens & Coots
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213
223
226
228
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Black crake
Purple Gallinule
Moorhen
Redknobbed coot
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Bustards & Korhaans
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237
239
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Redcrested korhaan
Black korhaan
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Plovers
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249
255
258
260
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Threebanded plover
Crowned plover
Blacksmith plover
Wattled plover
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Sandpipers, Snipes & Phalaropes
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264
266
269
270
272
274
284
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Common sandpiper
Wood sandpiper
Marsh sandpiper
Greenshank
Curlew sandpiper
Little stint
Ruff
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Avocets & Stilts
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294
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Avocet
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Dikkops
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297
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Spotted dikkop
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Skuas, Gulls, Terns & Noddies
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315
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Greyheaded gull
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Pigeons & Doves
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349
350
353
354
355
356
358
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Rock pigeon
Rameron pigeon
Mourning dove
Cape turtle dove
Laughing dove
Namaqua dove
Green[Emerald]spotted wood-dove
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Louries
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373
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Grey lourie
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Cuckoos & Coucals
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375
377
378
381
382
385
386
391
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African cuckoo
Redchested cuckoo
Black cuckoo
Striped cuckoo
Jacobin cuckoo
Klaas’s cuckoo
Diederick cuckoo
Burchall’s coucal
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Barn owls & Grass owl
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392
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Barn owl
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Owls
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394
396
397
398
401
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Wood owl
Scops owl
Whitefaced owl
Pearlspotted owl
Spotted eagle owl
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Nightjars
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404
405
406
408
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European nightjar
Fierynecked nightjar
Rufouscheeked nightjar
Freckled nightjar
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Swifts
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412
415
416
417
418
421
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Black swift
Whiterumped swift
Horus swift
Little swift
Alpine swift
Palm swift
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Mousebirds
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424
425
426
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Speckled mousebird
Whitebacked Mousebird
Redfaced mousebird
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Kingfishers
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428
429
430
431
432
433
435
437
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Pied kingfisher
Giant kingfisher
Halfcollared kingfisher
Malachite kingfisher
Pygmy kingfisher
Woodland kingfisher
Brownhooded kingfisher
Striped kingfisher
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Bee-eaters
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438
443
444
445
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European bee-eater
Whitefronted bee-eater
Little bee-eater
Swallowtailed bee-eater
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Rollers
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447
449
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Lilacbreasted roller
Purple roller
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Hoopoe
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451
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[African] Hoopoe
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Woodhoopoes
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452
454
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Redbilled woodhoopoe
Scimitarbilled woodhoopoe
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Hornbills
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457
459
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Grey hornbill
Yellowbilled hornbill
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Barbets
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464
465
470
473
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Blackcollared barbet
Pied barbet
Yellowfronted tinker barbet
Crested barbet
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Honeyguides
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474
476
478
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Greater honeyguide
Lesser honeyguide
Sharpbilled honeyguide
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Woodpeckers
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480
481
483
486
487
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Ground woodpecker
Bennett’s woodpecker
Goldentailed woodpecker
Cardinal woodpecker
Bearded woodpecker
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Wrynecks
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489
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Redthroated wryneck
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Larks
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494
495
496
498
500
507
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Rufousnaped lark
Clapper lark
Flappet lark
Sabota lark
Longbilled lark
Redcapped lark
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Swallows & Martins
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518
520
523
524
526
527
528
529
530
533
534
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European swallow
Whitethroated swallow
Pearlbreasted swallow
Redbreasted swallow
Greater striped swallow
Lesser striped swallow
South African cliff sw’llow
Rock martin
House martin
Brownthroated martin
Banded martin
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Cuckooshrikes
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538
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Black cuckooshrike
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Drongos
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541
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Forktailed drongo
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Orioles
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543
545
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European golden oriole
Blackheaded oriole
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Crows
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547
548
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Black crow
Pied crow
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Tits
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552
554
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Ashy [Acacia] grey tit
Southern black tit
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Babblers
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560
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Arrowmarked babbler
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Bulbuls
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568
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Blackeyed bulbul
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Thrushes, Chats & Robins
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576
577
580
581
583
586
589
593
595
596
601
602
613
615
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Kurrichane thrush
Olive thrush
Groundscraper thrush
Cape rock thrush
Short-toed rock thrush
Mountain chat
Familiar chat
Mocking chat
Anteating chat
Stonechat
Cape robin
Whitethroated robin
Whitebrowed [scrub] robin
Kalahari robin
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Warblers, Tit-babblers, Eremomelas, Crombecs, Prinias & Cisticolas
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619
620
621
625
631
635
638
643
645
651
653
655
656
658
661
664
665
666
667
670
672
677
679
681
683
685
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Garden warbler
Whitethroat
Titbabbler
Icterine warbler
African marsh warbler
Cape reed warbler
African sedge warbler
Willow warbler
Barthroated apalis
Longbilled crombec
Yellowbellied eremomela
Greencapped eremomela
Burntnecked eremomela
Barred warbler
Grassbird
Fantailed cisticola
Desert cisticola
Cloud cisticola
Ayre’s cisticola
Wailing cisticola
Rattling cisticola
Levaillant’s cisticola
Lazy cisticola
Neddicky
Tawnyflanked prinia
Blackchested prinia
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Flycatchers
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689
694
695
696
698
701
706
710
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Spotted flycatcher
Black flycatcher
Marico flycatcher
Pallid [Mousecolured] flyc.
Fiscal flycatcher
Chinspot batis
Fairy flycatcher
Paradise flycatcher
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Wagtails, Pipits & Longclaws
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713
716
717
718
720
722
723
727
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Cape wagtail
Richard’s pipit
Longbilled pipit
Plainbacked pipit
Striped pipit
Tree pipit
Bushveld pipit
Orangethroated longclaw
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Shrikes, Tchagras, Bushshrikes & Helmetshrikes
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732
733
736
739
740
741
743
744
746
748
751
753
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Fiscal shrike
Redbacked shrike
Southern boubou
Crimsonbreasted shrike
Puffback
Brubru
Threestreaked tchagra
Blackcrowned tchagra
Bokmakierie
Orangebreasted bushshrike
Greyheaded bushshrike
White helmetshrike
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Starlings
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761
762
764
769
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Plumcoloured starling
Burchell’s glossy starling
Cape glossy starling
Redwinged starling
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Sunbirds
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775
779
785
787
792
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Malachite sunbird
Marico sunbird
Greater doublecollared sunbird
Whitebellied sunbird
Black sunbird
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White-eyes
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796
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Cape white-eye
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Weavers, Sparrows, Bishops & Widows
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798
799
801
803
804
805
806
811
813
814
819
820
821
824
826
829
831
832
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Redbilled buffalo weaver
Whitebrowed sparrow wvr
House sparrow
Cape sparrow
Greyheaded sparrow
Yellowthroated sparrow
Scalyfeathered finch
Spottedbacked weaver
Cape weaver
Masked weaver
Redheaded weaver
Cuckoo finch
Redbilled quelea
Red bishop
Golden bishop
Whitewinged widow
Redcollared widow
Longtailed widow
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Waxbills, Mannekins, Twinspots & Firefinches
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834
840
841
842
844
845
846
847
850
852
854
855
856
857
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Melba finch
Bluebilled firefinch
Jameson’s firefinch
Redbilled firefinch
Blue waxbill
Violeteared waxbill
Common waxbill
Blackcheeked waxbill
Swee waxbill
Quail finch
Orangebreasted waxbill
Cutthroat finch
Redheaded finch
Bronze mannikin
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Whydahs & Widowfinches
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860
862
864
867
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Pintailed whydah
Paradise whydah
Black widowfinch
Steelblue widowfinch
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Canaries & Buntings
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869
870
878
879
881
884
885
886
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Yelloweyed canary
Blackthroated canary
Yellow canary
Whitethroated canary
Streakyheaded canary
Goldenbreasted bunting
Cape bunting
Rock bunting
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