Rwanda Bird Checklist
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Rwanda is one of the best destinations for birding on the African continent with a total of 721 bird species recorded and confirmed, 22 species which are globally threatened and 2 species that are introduced. In Rwanda there are also
- Accidental species – species that are rarely or accidently occur in Rwanda
- Introduced species – species introduced to Rwanda as a consequence, direct or indirect of human actions.
- Extirpated species – species that no longer occur in Rwanda although they exist elsewhere.
Rwanda is a small sized country famously for its mountainous landscape often referred to as the Land of A thousand Hills.
The following is the list of bird species found in Rwanda.
Number of bird species in Rwanda: 721
Number of globally threatened species: 21
Number of introduced species: 2
| ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae | |||
| White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | ||
| Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | ||
| White-backed Duck | Thalassornis leuconotus | ||
| Comb Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos | ||
| Hartlaub’s Duck | Pteronetta hartlaubii | Rare/Accidental | |
| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | ||
| Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis | ||
| African Pygmy-Goose | Nettapus auritus | ||
| Garganey | Spatula querquedula | ||
| Hottentot Teal | Spatula hottentota | ||
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | Rare/Accidental | |
| African Black Duck | Anas sparsa | ||
| Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata | ||
| Red-billed Duck | Anas erythrorhyncha | ||
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | ||
| Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | Rare/Accidental | |
| Southern Pochard | Netta erythrophthalma | ||
| Maccoa Duck | Oxyura maccoa | Vulnerable | |
| GALLIFORMES: Numididae | |||
| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | ||
| Crested Guineafowl | Guttera pucherani | Rare/Accidental | |
| GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae | |||
| Blue Quail | Synoicus adansonii | ||
| Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | ||
| Harlequin Quail | Coturnix delegorguei | ||
| Handsome Francolin | Pternistis nobilis | ||
| Scaly Francolin | Pternistis squamatus | ||
| Hildebrandt’s Francolin | Pternistis hildebrandti | ||
| Red-necked Francolin | Pternistis afer | ||
| Coqui Francolin | Peliperdix coqui | ||
| Red-winged Francolin | Scleroptila levaillantii | ||
| Ring-necked Francolin | Scleroptila streptophora | Near-threatened | |
| Shelley’s Francolin | Scleroptila shelleyi | ||
| PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae | |||
| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | ||
| Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | ||
| PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Phoenicopteridae | |||
| Lesser Flamingo | Phoeniconaias minor | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened | |
| CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae | |||
| African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus | ||
| Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | Rare/Accidental | |
| Abdim’s Stork | Ciconia abdimii | ||
| Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus | ||
| White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | ||
| Saddle-billed Stork | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis | ||
| Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer | ||
| Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | ||
| SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae | |||
| Long-tailed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | ||
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | ||
| SULIFORMES: Anhingidae | |||
| African Darter | Anhinga rufa | ||
| PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae | |||
| Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | ||
| Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens | ||
| PELECANIFORMES: Balaenicipitidae | |||
| Shoebill | Balaeniceps rex | Vulnerable | |
| PELECANIFORMES: Scopidae | |||
| Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | ||
| PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae | |||
| Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | ||
| Dwarf Bittern | Ixobrychus sturmii | ||
| Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | ||
| Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | ||
| Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath | ||
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | ||
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | ||
| Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | ||
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | ||
| Western Reef-Heron | Egretta gularis | Rare/Accidental | |
| Black Heron | Egretta ardesiaca | Rare/Accidental | |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | ||
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | ||
| Madagascar Pond-Heron | Ardeola idae | Endangered | |
| Rufous-bellied Heron | Ardeola rufiventris | ||
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | ||
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | ||
| White-backed Night-Heron | Gorsachius leuconotus | Rare/Accidental | |
| PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae | |||
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | ||
| Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | ||
| Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | ||
| African Spoonbill | Platalea alba | ||
| ACCIPITRIFORMES: Sagittariidae | |||
| Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable | |
| ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae | |||
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | ||
| ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae | |||
| Black-shouldered Kite | Elanus caeruleus | ||
| Scissor-tailed Kite | Chelictinia riocourii | ||
| African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus | ||
| Palm-nut Vulture | Gypohierax angolensis | Rare/Accidental | |
| European Honey-buzzard | Pernis apivorus | ||
| African Cuckoo-Hawk | Aviceda cuculoides | ||
| White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis | Critically endangered | |
| Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos | Endangered | |
| Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus | Critically endangered | |
| White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | Critically endangered | |
| Rüppell’s Griffon | Gyps rueppelli | Critically endangered | |
| Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | Near-threatened | |
| Beaudouin’s Snake-Eagle | Circaetus beaudouini | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable | |
| Black-breasted Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis | ||
| Brown Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinereus | ||
| Banded Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinerascens | ||
| Bat Hawk | Macheiramphus alcinus | ||
| Crowned Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus | Near-threatened | |
| Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | Vulnerable | |
| Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis | ||
| Lesser Spotted Eagle | Clanga pomarina | ||
| Wahlberg’s Eagle | Hieraaetus wahlbergi | ||
| Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | ||
| Ayres’s Hawk-Eagle | Hieraaetus ayresii | ||
| Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | ||
| Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | Endangered | |
| Cassin’s Hawk-Eagle | Aquila africana | ||
| Verreaux’s Eagle | Aquila verreauxii | Rare/Accidental | |
| African Hawk-Eagle | Aquila spilogaster | ||
| Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus | ||
| Dark Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax metabates | Rare/Accidental | |
| Eastern Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax poliopterus | ||
| Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar | ||
| Grasshopper Buzzard | Butastur rufipennis | Rare/Accidental | |
| Eurasian Marsh-Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | ||
| African Marsh-Harrier | Circus ranivorus | ||
| Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | Near-threatened | |
| Montagu’s Harrier | Circus pygargus | ||
| African Goshawk | Accipiter tachiro | ||
| Shikra | Accipiter badius | ||
| Red-thighed Sparrowhawk | Accipiter erythropus | Rare/Accidental | |
| Little Sparrowhawk | Accipiter minullus | ||
| Ovambo Sparrowhawk | Accipiter ovampensis | ||
| Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk | Accipiter rufiventris | ||
| Black Goshawk | Accipiter melanoleucus | ||
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | ||
| African Fish-Eagle | Haliaeetus vocifer | ||
| Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | ||
| Mountain Buzzard | Buteo oreophilus | Near-threatened | |
| Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur | ||
| OTIDIFORMES: Otididae | |||
| Denham’s Bustard | Neotis denhami | Near-threatened | |
| Black-bellied Bustard | Lissotis melanogaster | ||
| GRUIFORMES: Rallidae | |||
| Corn Crake | Crex crex | Rare/Accidental | |
| African Rail | Rallus caerulescens | ||
| African Crake | Crecopsis egregia | ||
| Striped Crake | Amaurornis marginalis | Rare/Accidental | |
| Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana | ||
| Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra | ||
| Baillon’s Crake | Zapornia pusilla | ||
| Allen’s Gallinule | Porphyrio alleni | ||
| African Swamphen | Porphyrio madagascariensis | ||
| Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | ||
| Lesser Moorhen | Gallinula angulata | ||
| Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata | ||
| GRUIFORMES: Sarothruridae | |||
| White-spotted Flufftail | Sarothrura pulchra | ||
| Buff-spotted Flufftail | Sarothrura elegans | ||
| Red-chested Flufftail | Sarothrura rufa | ||
| Chestnut-headed Flufftail | Sarothrura lugens | ||
| Streaky-breasted Flufftail | Sarothrura boehmi | ||
| GRUIFORMES: Heliornithidae | |||
| African Finfoot | Podica senegalensis | ||
| GRUIFORMES: Gruidae | |||
| Gray Crowned-Crane | Balearica regulorum | Endangered | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae | |||
| Water Thick-knee | Burhinus vermiculatus | ||
| Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis | Rare/Accidental | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae | |||
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | ||
| Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | Rare/Accidental | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae | |||
| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Rare/Accidental | |
| Long-toed Lapwing | Vanellus crassirostris | ||
| Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus | Rare/Accidental | |
| Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus | ||
| White-headed Lapwing | Vanellus albiceps | Rare/Accidental | |
| Senegal Lapwing | Vanellus lugubris | ||
| Black-winged Lapwing | Vanellus melanopterus | Rare/Accidental | |
| Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus | ||
| Wattled Lapwing | Vanellus senegallus | ||
| Brown-chested Lapwing | Vanellus superciliosus | ||
| Lesser Sand-Plover | Charadrius mongolus | Rare/Accidental | |
| Greater Sand-Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | Rare/Accidental | |
| Caspian Plover | Charadrius asiaticus | ||
| Kittlitz’s Plover | Charadrius pecuarius | ||
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | ||
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | Rare/Accidental | |
| Three-banded Plover | Charadrius tricollaris | ||
| Forbes’s Plover | Charadrius forbesi | Rare/Accidental | |
| White-fronted Plover | Charadrius marginatus | ||
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Rostratulidae | |||
| Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | ||
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae | |||
| Lesser Jacana | Microparra capensis | ||
| African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | ||
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae | |||
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | ||
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened | |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Rare/Accidental | |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened | |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | ||
| Broad-billed Sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus | Rare/Accidental | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Near-threatened | |
| Temminck’s Stint | Calidris temminckii | ||
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | ||
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | ||
| Great Snipe | Gallinago media | Near-threatened | |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | ||
| African Snipe | Gallinago nigripennis | ||
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | Rare/Accidental | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | ||
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | ||
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | ||
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | ||
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | ||
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | ||
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | Rare/Accidental | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Turnicidae | |||
| Small Buttonquail | Turnix sylvaticus | ||
| Hottentot Buttonquail | Turnix hottentottus | ||
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae | |||
| Temminck’s Courser | Cursorius temminckii | ||
| Three-banded Courser | Rhinoptilus cinctus | Rare/Accidental | |
| Bronze-winged Courser | Rhinoptilus chalcopterus | ||
| Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | ||
| Black-winged Pratincole | Glareola nordmanni | Near-threatened | |
| Rock Pratincole | Glareola nuchalis | Rare/Accidental | |
| Gray Pratincole | Glareola cinerea | Rare/Accidental | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae | |||
| Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | ||
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | Rare/Accidental | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | ||
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | ||
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | Rare/Accidental | |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | Rare/Accidental | |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | ||
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | Rare/Accidental | |
| Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | Rare/Accidental | |
| African Skimmer | Rynchops flavirostris | Near-threatened | |
| COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae | |||
| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species | |
| Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | ||
| Afep Pigeon | Columba unicincta | ||
| Rameron Pigeon | Columba arquatrix | ||
| Bronze-naped Pigeon | Columba iriditorques | ||
| Lemon Dove | Columba larvata | ||
| Dusky Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia lugens | ||
| Mourning Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decipiens | ||
| Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | ||
| Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | ||
| Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis | ||
| Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos | ||
| Blue-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur afer | ||
| Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria | ||
| Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | ||
| African Green-Pigeon | Treron calvus | ||
| CUCULIFORMES: Musophagidae | |||
| Great Blue Turaco | Corythaeola cristata | ||
| Black-billed Turaco | Tauraco schuettii | ||
| Purple-crested Turaco | Tauraco porphyreolophus | ||
| Ruwenzori Turaco | Ruwenzorornis johnstoni | ||
| Ross’s Turaco | Musophaga rossae | ||
| Bare-faced Go-away-bird | Corythaixoides personatus | ||
| Eastern Plantain-eater | Crinifer zonurus | ||
| CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae | |||
| Senegal Coucal | Centropus senegalensis | ||
| Blue-headed Coucal | Centropus monachus | ||
| White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus | ||
| Black Coucal | Centropus grillii | ||
| Blue Malkoha | Ceuthmochares aereus | ||
| Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius | ||
| Levaillant’s Cuckoo | Clamator levaillantii | ||
| Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | ||
| Thick-billed Cuckoo | Pachycoccyx audeberti | ||
| Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | ||
| Klaas’s Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | ||
| African Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx cupreus | ||
| Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo | Cercococcyx montanus | ||
| Black Cuckoo | Cuculus clamosus | ||
| Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius | ||
| African Cuckoo | Cuculus gularis | ||
| Madagascar Cuckoo | Cuculus rochii | ||
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | ||
| STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae | |||
| African Grass-Owl | Tyto capensis | ||
| Barn Owl | Tyto alba | ||
| Congo Bay-Owl | Phodilus prigoginei | Rare/Accidental Endangered | |
| STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae | |||
| African Scops-Owl | Otus senegalensis | ||
| Southern White-faced Owl | Ptilopsis granti | ||
| Spotted Eagle-Owl | Bubo africanus | ||
| Fraser’s Eagle-Owl | Bubo poensis | ||
| Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl | Bubo lacteus | ||
| Pel’s Fishing-Owl | Scotopelia peli | ||
| Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum | ||
| Red-chested Owlet | Glaucidium tephronotum | ||
| Chestnut Owlet | Glaucidium castaneum | ||
| Albertine Owlet | Glaucidium albertinum | Vulnerable | |
| African Wood-Owl | Strix woodfordii | ||
| African Long-eared Owl | Asio abyssinicus | Rare/Accidental | |
| Marsh Owl | Asio capensis | ||
| CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae | |||
| Pennant-winged Nightjar | Caprimulgus vexillarius | ||
| Eurasian Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | ||
| Black-shouldered Nightjar | Caprimulgus nigriscapularis | Rare/Accidental | |
| Fiery-necked Nightjar | Caprimulgus pectoralis | ||
| Montane Nightjar | Caprimulgus ruwenzorii | ||
| Swamp Nightjar | Caprimulgus natalensis | ||
| Freckled Nightjar | Caprimulgus tristigma | ||
| Slender-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus clarus | Rare/Accidental | |
| Square-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus fossii | ||
| CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Apodidae | |||
| Mottled Spinetail | Telacanthura ussheri | Rare/Accidental | |
| Scarce Swift | Schoutedenapus myoptilus | ||
| Alpine Swift | Apus melba | ||
| Mottled Swift | Apus aequatorialis | ||
| Common Swift | Apus apus | ||
| African Swift | Apus barbatus | ||
| Little Swift | Apus affinis | ||
| Horus Swift | Apus horus | ||
| White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | ||
| African Palm-Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | ||
| COLIIFORMES: Coliidae | |||
| Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | ||
| Blue-naped Mousebird | Urocolius macrourus | ||
| TROGONIFORMES: Trogonidae | |||
| Narina Trogon | Apaloderma narina | ||
| Bar-tailed Trogon | Apaloderma vittatum | ||
| BUCEROTIFORMES: Upupidae | |||
| Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | ||
| BUCEROTIFORMES: Phoeniculidae | |||
| Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus | ||
| White-headed Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus bollei | ||
| Forest Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus castaneiceps | ||
| Common Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus cyanomelas | ||
| BUCEROTIFORMES: Bucorvidae | |||
| Southern Ground-Hornbill | Bucorvus leadbeateri | Vulnerable | |
| BUCEROTIFORMES: Bucerotidae | |||
| Crowned Hornbill | Lophoceros alboterminatus | ||
| African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus | ||
| Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill | Bycanistes subcylindricus | ||
| CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae | |||
| Half-collared Kingfisher | Alcedo semitorquata | Rare/Accidental | |
| Shining-blue Kingfisher | Alcedo quadribrachys | ||
| Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus | ||
| African Pygmy-Kingfisher | Ispidina picta | ||
| Gray-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala | ||
| Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis | ||
| Blue-breasted Kingfisher | Halcyon malimbica | Rare/Accidental | |
| Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Halcyon albiventris | Rare/Accidental | |
| Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti | ||
| Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima | ||
| Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | ||
| CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae | |||
| White-fronted Bee-eater | Merops bullockoides | ||
| Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | ||
| Blue-breasted Bee-eater | Merops variegatus | ||
| Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater | Merops oreobates | ||
| Swallow-tailed Bee-eater | Merops hirundineus | Rare/Accidental | |
| White-throated Bee-eater | Merops albicollis | ||
| Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus | ||
| Madagascar Bee-eater | Merops superciliosus | ||
| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | ||
| Southern Carmine Bee-eater | Merops nubicoides | ||
| CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae | |||
| European Roller | Coracias garrulus | ||
| Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus | ||
| Rufous-crowned Roller | Coracias naevius | Rare/Accidental | |
| Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus | ||
| PICIFORMES: Lybiidae | |||
| Yellow-billed Barbet | Trachyphonus purpuratus | ||
| Crested Barbet | Trachyphonus vaillantii | ||
| Gray-throated Barbet | Gymnobucco bonapartei | ||
| Western Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus coryphaea | ||
| Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus bilineatus | ||
| Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus chrysoconus | ||
| Spot-flanked Barbet | Tricholaema lacrymosa | ||
| White-headed Barbet | Lybius leucocephalus | Rare/Accidental | |
| Red-faced Barbet | Lybius rubrifacies | Near-threatened | |
| Black-collared Barbet | Lybius torquatus | ||
| Double-toothed Barbet | Lybius bidentatus | ||
| PICIFORMES: Indicatoridae | |||
| Green-backed Honeyguide | Prodotiscus zambesiae | Rare/Accidental | |
| Wahlberg’s Honeyguide | Prodotiscus regulus | ||
| Dwarf Honeyguide | Indicator pumilio | Near-threatened | |
| Willcocks’s Honeyguide | Indicator willcocksi | ||
| Least Honeyguide | Indicator exilis | ||
| Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | ||
| Scaly-throated Honeyguide | Indicator variegatus | ||
| Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator | ||
| PICIFORMES: Picidae | |||
| Rufous-necked Wryneck | Jynx ruficollis | ||
| Nubian Woodpecker | Campethera nubica | Rare/Accidental | |
| Bennett’s Woodpecker | Campethera bennettii | ||
| Golden-tailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni | ||
| Green-backed Woodpecker | Campethera cailliautii | ||
| Tullberg’s Woodpecker | Campethera tullbergi | ||
| Buff-spotted Woodpecker | Campethera nivosa | ||
| Speckle-breasted Woodpecker | Dendropicos poecilolaemus | ||
| Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | ||
| Bearded Woodpecker | Dendropicos namaquus | ||
| Elliot’s Woodpecker | Dendropicos elliotii | ||
| African Gray Woodpecker | Dendropicos goertae | ||
| Olive Woodpecker | Dendropicos griseocephalus | ||
| FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae | |||
| Pygmy Falcon | Polihierax semitorquatus | Rare/Accidental | |
| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | ||
| Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | ||
| Gray Kestrel | Falco ardosiaceus | ||
| Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera | ||
| Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus | Near-threatened | |
| Amur Falcon | Falco amurensis | ||
| Eleonora’s Falcon | Falco eleonorae | Rare/Accidental | |
| Sooty Falcon | Falco concolor | Vulnerable | |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | ||
| African Hobby | Falco cuvierii | ||
| Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | ||
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | ||
| PSITTACIFORMES: Psittaculidae | |||
| Red-headed Lovebird | Agapornis pullarius | ||
| Fischer’s Lovebird | Agapornis fischeri | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened | |
| PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae | |||
| Gray Parrot | Psittacus erithacus | ||
| Brown-necked Parrot | Poicephalus robustus | ||
| Meyer’s Parrot | Poicephalus meyeri | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Calyptomenidae | |||
| African Broadbill | Smithornis capensis | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Pittidae | |||
| African Pitta | Pitta angolensis | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Platysteiridae | |||
| Brown-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira cyanea | ||
| Black-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira peltata | ||
| Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye | Platysteira concreta | ||
| Ruwenzori Batis | Batis diops | ||
| Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor | ||
| Black-headed Batis | Batis minor | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Vangidae | |||
| White Helmetshrike | Prionops plumatus | ||
| Red-billed Helmetshrike | Prionops caniceps | Extirpated | |
| Rufous-bellied Helmetshrike | Prionops rufiventris | Rare/Accidental | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Malaconotidae | |||
| Brubru | Nilaus afer | ||
| Northern Puffback | Dryoscopus gambensis | ||
| Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla | ||
| Red-eyed Puffback | Dryoscopus senegalensis | ||
| Pink-footed Puffback | Dryoscopus angolensis | ||
| Marsh Tchagra | Tchagra minutus | ||
| Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus | ||
| Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis | ||
| Lühder’s Bushshrike | Laniarius luehderi | ||
| Tropical Boubou | Laniarius major | ||
| Black-headed Gonolek | Laniarius erythrogaster | ||
| Papyrus Gonolek | Laniarius mufumbiri | Near-threatened | |
| Slate-colored Boubou | Laniarius funebris | ||
| Willard’s Sooty Boubou | Laniarius willardi | ||
| Mountain Sooty Boubou | Laniarius poensis | ||
| Fülleborn’s Boubou | Laniarius fuelleborni | ||
| Gray-green Bushshrike | Telophorus bocagei | Rare/Accidental | |
| Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike | Telophorus sulfureopectus | ||
| Many-colored Bushshrike | Telophorus multicolor | ||
| Doherty’s Bushshrike | Telophorus dohertyi | ||
| Lagden’s Bushshrike | Malaconotus lagdeni | Near-threatened | |
| Gray-headed Bushshrike | Malaconotus blanchoti | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae | |||
| Gray Cuckooshrike | Coracina caesia | ||
| White-breasted Cuckooshrike | Coracina pectoralis | Rare/Accidental | |
| Black Cuckooshrike | Campephaga flava | ||
| Petit’s Cuckooshrike | Campephaga petiti | ||
| Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike | Campephaga phoenicea | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae | |||
| Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | ||
| Red-tailed Shrike | Lanius phoenicuroides | ||
| Isabelline Shrike | Lanius isabellinus | ||
| Lesser Gray Shrike | Lanius minor | ||
| Gray-backed Fiscal | Lanius excubitoroides | ||
| Mackinnon’s Shrike | Lanius mackinnoni | ||
| Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis | ||
| Souza’s Shrike | Lanius souzae | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae | |||
| Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | ||
| African Golden Oriole | Oriolus auratus | ||
| African Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus | ||
| Black-tailed Oriole | Oriolus percivali | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae | |||
| Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | ||
| Velvet-mantled Drongo | Dicrurus modestus | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae | |||
| African Crested-Flycatcher | Trochocercus cyanomelas | ||
| African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae | |||
| Pied Crow | Corvus albus | ||
| White-necked Raven | Corvus albicollis | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae | |||
| Dusky Lark | Pinarocorys nigricans | Rare/Accidental | |
| Rufous-naped Lark | Mirafra africana | ||
| Flappet Lark | Mirafra rufocinnamomea | ||
| Red-capped Lark | Calandrella cinerea | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae | |||
| Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola | ||
| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | ||
| Banded Martin | Riparia cincta | ||
| Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | ||
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | ||
| Angola Swallow | Hirundo angolensis | ||
| Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | ||
| Montane Blue Swallow | Hirundo atrocaerulea | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable | |
| Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | ||
| Lesser Striped-Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica | ||
| Rufous-chested Swallow | Cecropis semirufa | Rare/Accidental | |
| Mosque Swallow | Cecropis senegalensis | ||
| Common House-Martin | Delichon urbicum | ||
| White-headed Sawwing | Psalidoprocne albiceps | ||
| Black Sawwing | Psalidoprocne pristoptera | ||
| Gray-rumped Swallow | Pseudhirundo griseopyga | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Stenostiridae | |||
| White-tailed Blue Flycatcher | Elminia albicauda | ||
| White-bellied Crested-Flycatcher | Elminia albiventris | ||
| White-tailed Crested-Flycatcher | Elminia albonotata | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Paridae | |||
| White-winged Black-Tit | Melaniparus leucomelas | ||
| Dusky Tit | Melaniparus funereus | ||
| Stripe-breasted Tit | Melaniparus fasciiventer | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Remizidae | |||
| African Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus caroli | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Certhiidae | |||
| African Spotted-Creeper | Salpornis salvadori | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae | |||
| Slender-billed Greenbul | Stelgidillas gracilirostris | ||
| Black-collared Bulbul | Neolestes torquatus | Rare/Accidental | |
| Shelley’s Greenbul | Arizelocichla masukuensis | ||
| Eastern Mountain-Greenbul | Arizelocichla nigriceps | ||
| Yellow-throated Greenbul | Atimastillas flavicollis | ||
| Red-tailed Greenbul | Criniger calurus | ||
| Plain Greenbul | Eurillas curvirostris | ||
| Yellow-whiskered Greenbul | Eurillas latirostris | ||
| Little Greenbul | Eurillas virens | ||
| Leaf-love | Phyllastrephus scandens | ||
| Cabanis’s Greenbul | Phyllastrephus cabanisi | ||
| Yellow-streaked Greenbul | Phyllastrephus flavostriatus | ||
| Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Macrosphenidae | |||
| White-browed Crombec | Sylvietta leucophrys | ||
| Red-faced Crombec | Sylvietta whytii | ||
| Moustached Grass-Warbler | Melocichla mentalis | ||
| Grauer’s Warbler | Graueria vittata | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Scotocercidae | |||
| Neumann’s Warbler | Urosphena neumanni | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopidae | |||
| Red-faced Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus laetus | ||
| Brown Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus umbrovirens | ||
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | ||
| Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | Rare/Accidental | |
| Wood Warbler | Phylloscopus sibilatrix | Rare/Accidental | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Acrocephalidae | |||
| Papyrus Yellow-Warbler | Calamonastides gracilirostris | ||
| Eastern Olivaceous Warbler | Iduna pallida | ||
| African Yellow-Warbler | Iduna natalensis | ||
| Mountain Yellow-Warbler | Iduna similis | ||
| Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina | ||
| Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | ||
| Marsh Warbler | Acrocephalus palustris | ||
| Eurasian Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | ||
| African Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus baeticatus | ||
| Lesser Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus gracilirostris | ||
| Greater Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus rufescens | ||
| Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Locustellidae | |||
| Fan-tailed Grassbird | Schoenicola brevirostris | ||
| Evergreen-forest Warbler | Bradypterus lopezi | ||
| Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler | Bradypterus cinnamomeus | ||
| Grauer’s Swamp Warbler | Bradypterus graueri | Endangered | |
| Little Rush-Warbler | Bradypterus baboecala | ||
| White-winged Swamp Warbler | Bradypterus carpalis | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae | |||
| Ruwenzori Apalis | Apalis ruwenzorii | ||
| Black-throated Apalis | Apalis jacksoni | ||
| Black-faced Apalis | Apalis personata | ||
| Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida | ||
| Buff-throated Apalis | Apalis rufogularis | ||
| Kungwe Apalis | Apalis argentea | ||
| Chestnut-throated Apalis | Apalis porphyrolaema | ||
| Gray Apalis | Apalis cinerea | ||
| Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | ||
| Olive-green Camaroptera | Camaroptera chloronota | ||
| Miombo Wren-Warbler | Calamonastes undosus | ||
| White-chinned Prinia | Schistolais leucopogon | ||
| Red-faced Cisticola | Cisticola erythrops | ||
| Singing Cisticola | Cisticola cantans | ||
| Trilling Cisticola | Cisticola woosnami | ||
| Chubb’s Cisticola | Cisticola chubbi | ||
| Rock-loving Cisticola | Cisticola aberrans | ||
| Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana | ||
| Winding Cisticola | Cisticola galactotes | ||
| Carruthers’s Cisticola | Cisticola carruthersi | ||
| Stout Cisticola | Cisticola robustus | ||
| Croaking Cisticola | Cisticola natalensis | ||
| Tabora Cisticola | Cisticola angusticauda | ||
| Siffling Cisticola | Cisticola brachypterus | ||
| Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | ||
| Wing-snapping Cisticola | Cisticola ayresii | ||
| Gray-capped Warbler | Eminia lepida | ||
| Black-faced Rufous-Warbler | Bathmocercus rufus | ||
| Buff-bellied Warbler | Phyllolais pulchella | ||
| Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | ||
| Banded Prinia | Prinia bairdii | ||
| Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis | ||
| Green-backed Eremomela | Eremomela canescens | Rare/Accidental | |
| Greencap Eremomela | Eremomela scotops | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae | |||
| African Hill Babbler | Sylvia abyssinica | ||
| Eurasian Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | Rare/Accidental | |
| Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | ||
| Greater Whitethroat | Sylvia communis | Rare/Accidental | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae | |||
| African Yellow White-eye | Zosterops senegalensis | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Pellorneidae | |||
| Brown Illadopsis | Illadopsis fulvescens | ||
| Mountain Illadopsis | Illadopsis pyrrhoptera | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Leiothrichidae | |||
| Black-lored Babbler | Turdoides sharpei | ||
| Hartlaub’s Babbler | Turdoides hartlaubii | ||
| Arrow-marked Babbler | Turdoides jardineii | ||
| Red-collared Mountain-Babbler | Turdoides rufocincta | Near-threatened | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Modulatricidae | |||
| Gray-chested Babbler | Kakamega poliothorax | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Hyliotidae | |||
| Yellow-bellied Hyliota | Hyliota flavigaster | ||
| Violet-backed Hyliota | Hyliota violacea | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae | |||
| Dusky-brown Flycatcher | Muscicapa adusta | ||
| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | ||
| Swamp Flycatcher | Muscicapa aquatica | ||
| Cassin’s Flycatcher | Muscicapa cassini | ||
| Pale Flycatcher | Agricola pallidus | ||
| Gray Tit-Flycatcher | Fraseria plumbea | ||
| Ashy Flycatcher | Fraseria caerulescens | ||
| Yellow-eyed Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis ardesiacus | ||
| Southern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis pammelaina | ||
| White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher | Melaenornis fischeri | ||
| Brown-backed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas hartlaubi | ||
| Red-backed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys | ||
| White-bellied Robin-Chat | Cossyphicula roberti | ||
| Archer’s Robin-Chat | Cossypha archeri | ||
| Cape Robin-Chat | Cossypha caffra | ||
| Gray-winged Robin-Chat | Cossypha polioptera | ||
| White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini | ||
| Red-capped Robin-Chat | Cossypha natalensis | ||
| Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat | Cossypha niveicapilla | ||
| Collared Palm-Thrush | Cichladusa arquata | Rare/Accidental | |
| White-starred Robin | Pogonocichla stellata | ||
| Brown-chested Alethe | Pseudalethe poliocephala | ||
| Red-throated Alethe | Pseudalethe poliophrys | ||
| Forest Robin | Stiphrornis erythrothorax | Rare/Accidental | |
| Equatorial Akalat | Sheppardia aequatorialis | ||
| Semicollared Flycatcher | Ficedula semitorquata | Rare/Accidental | |
| Collared Flycatcher | Ficedula albicollis | ||
| Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | Rare/Accidental | |
| Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush | Monticola saxatilis | Rare/Accidental | |
| Miombo Rock-Thrush | Monticola angolensis | ||
| Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | ||
| African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus | ||
| Sooty Chat | Myrmecocichla nigra | ||
| White-headed Black-Chat | Myrmecocichla arnotti | ||
| Ruaha Chat | Myrmecocichla collaris | ||
| Mocking Cliff-Chat | Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris | ||
| Familiar Chat | Cercomela familiaris | ||
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | ||
| Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina | Rare/Accidental | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae | |||
| White-tailed Ant-Thrush | Neocossyphus poensis | ||
| Abyssinian Ground-Thrush | Geokichla piaggiae | ||
| Kivu Ground-Thrush | Geokichla tanganjicae | ||
| Abyssinian Thrush | Turdus abyssinicus | ||
| African Thrush | Turdus pelios | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae | |||
| Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea | ||
| Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | ||
| Slender-billed Starling | Onychognathus tenuirostris | ||
| Waller’s Starling | Onychognathus walleri | ||
| Sharpe’s Starling | Pholia sharpii | ||
| Stuhlmann’s Starling | Poeoptera stuhlmanni | ||
| Rüppell’s Starling | Lamprotornis purpuroptera | ||
| Splendid Starling | Lamprotornis splendidus | ||
| Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Buphagidae | |||
| Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythrorhynchus | ||
| Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus africanus | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae | |||
| Western Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes longuemarei | ||
| Kenya Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes orientalis | ||
| Seimund’s Sunbird | Anthreptes seimundi | ||
| Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris | ||
| Green-headed Sunbird | Cyanomitra verticalis | ||
| Blue-throated Brown Sunbird | Cyanomitra cyanolaema | ||
| Blue-headed Sunbird | Cyanomitra alinae | ||
| Olive Sunbird | Cyanomitra olivacea | ||
| Green-throated Sunbird | Chalcomitra rubescens | ||
| Amethyst Sunbird | Chalcomitra amethystina | Rare/Accidental | |
| Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis | ||
| Purple-breasted Sunbird | Nectarinia purpureiventris | ||
| Bronze Sunbird | Nectarinia kilimensis | ||
| Malachite Sunbird | Nectarinia famosa | ||
| Red-tufted Sunbird | Nectarinia johnstoni | ||
| Olive-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris chloropygius | ||
| Stuhlmann’s Sunbird | Cinnyris stuhlmanni | ||
| Northern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris reichenowi | ||
| Regal Sunbird | Cinnyris regius | ||
| Rockefeller’s Sunbird | Cinnyris rockefelleri | Vulnerable | |
| Beautiful Sunbird | Cinnyris pulchellus | Rare/Accidental | |
| Mariqua Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis | ||
| Red-chested Sunbird | Cinnyris erythrocercus | ||
| Purple-banded Sunbird | Cinnyris bifasciatus | ||
| Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus | ||
| Copper Sunbird | Cinnyris cupreus | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae | |||
| Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | ||
| Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis | ||
| Gray Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | ||
| Mountain Wagtail | Motacilla clara | ||
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | ||
| African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | ||
| African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | ||
| Jackson’s Pipit | Anthus latistriatus | Rare/Accidental | |
| Woodland Pipit | Anthus nyassae | ||
| Long-billed Pipit | Anthus similis | ||
| Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys | ||
| Striped Pipit | Anthus lineiventris | ||
| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | ||
| Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | ||
| Short-tailed Pipit | Anthus brachyurus | Rare/Accidental | |
| Yellow-throated Longclaw | Macronyx croceus | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae | |||
| Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi | ||
| Golden-breasted Bunting | Emberiza flaviventris | ||
| Cabanis’s Bunting | Emberiza cabanisi | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae | |||
| Oriole Finch | Linurgus olivaceus | ||
| Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambica | ||
| Western Citril | Crithagra frontalis | ||
| Papyrus Canary | Crithagra koliensis | ||
| Black-throated Canary | Crithagra atrogularis | ||
| Brimstone Canary | Crithagra sulphurata | ||
| Streaky Seedeater | Crithagra striolata | ||
| Thick-billed Seedeater | Crithagra burtoni | ||
| Yellow-crowned Canary | Serinus flavivertex | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae | |||
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species | |
| Northern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae | |||
| Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis niger | Rare/Accidental | |
| Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps | ||
| Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht | ||
| Slender-billed Weaver | Ploceus pelzelni | ||
| Black-necked Weaver | Ploceus nigricollis | ||
| Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis | ||
| Black-billed Weaver | Ploceus melanogaster | ||
| Strange Weaver | Ploceus alienus | ||
| Holub’s Golden-Weaver | Ploceus xanthops | ||
| Northern Brown-throated Weaver | Ploceus castanops | ||
| Lesser Masked-Weaver | Ploceus intermedius | ||
| Vieillot’s Weaver | Ploceus nigerrimus | ||
| Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | ||
| Black-headed Weaver | Ploceus melanocephalus | ||
| Forest Weaver | Ploceus bicolor | ||
| Brown-capped Weaver | Ploceus insignis | ||
| Compact Weaver | Pachyphantes superciliosus | ||
| Cardinal Quelea | Quelea cardinalis | ||
| Red-headed Quelea | Quelea erythrops | ||
| Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea | ||
| Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix | ||
| Black-winged Bishop | Euplectes hordeaceus | ||
| Yellow Bishop | Euplectes capensis | ||
| White-winged Widowbird | Euplectes albonotatus | ||
| Red-collared Widowbird | Euplectes ardens | ||
| Fan-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes axillaris | ||
| Grosbeak Weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae | |||
| Gray-headed Nigrita | Nigrita canicapillus | ||
| White-breasted Nigrita | Nigrita fusconotus | ||
| White-collared Oliveback | Nesocharis ansorgei | ||
| Yellow-bellied Waxbill | Coccopygia quartinia | ||
| Green-backed Twinspot | Mandingoa nitidula | ||
| Shelley’s Crimsonwing | Cryptospiza shelleyi | Endangered | |
| Dusky Crimsonwing | Cryptospiza jacksoni | ||
| Abyssinian Crimsonwing | Cryptospiza salvadorii | ||
| Red-faced Crimsonwing | Cryptospiza reichenovii | ||
| Fawn-breasted Waxbill | Estrilda paludicola | ||
| Orange-cheeked Waxbill | Estrilda melpoda | ||
| Crimson-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda rhodopyga | ||
| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | ||
| Black-crowned Waxbill | Estrilda nonnula | ||
| Kandt’s Waxbill | Estrilda kandti | ||
| Black-faced Waxbill | Estrilda erythronotos | ||
| Red-headed Bluebill | Spermophaga ruficapilla | ||
| Red-cheeked Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus bengalus | ||
| Dusky Twinspot | Euschistospiza cinereovinacea | ||
| Peters’s Twinspot | Hypargos niveoguttatus | ||
| Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba | ||
| Orange-winged Pytilia | Pytilia afra | ||
| Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | ||
| African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata | ||
| Zebra Waxbill | Sporaeginthus subflavus | ||
| Black-chinned Quailfinch | Ortygospiza gabonensis | ||
| Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata | ||
| Black-and-white Mannikin | Spermestes bicolor | ||
| Magpie Mannikin | Spermestes fringilloides | ||
| PASSERIFORMES: Viduidae | |||
| Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | ||
| Exclamatory Paradise-Whydah | Vidua interjecta | Rare/Accidental | |
| Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah | Vidua obtusa | Rare/Accidental | |
| Eastern Paradise-Whydah | Vidua paradisaea | Rare/Accidental | |
| Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata | ||
| Parasitic Weaver | Anomalospiza imberbis | ||
