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Abdim's stork
The Abdim's stork (Ciconia abdimii), also known as white-bellied stork, is a black stork with grey legs, red knees and feet, grey bill and white underparts.
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Abyssinian ground hornbill
The Abyssinian ground hornbill or northern ground hornbill (Bucorvus abyssinicus) is an African bird, found north of the equator, and is one of two species of ground hornbill.
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Abyssinian roller
The Abyssinian roller (Coracias abyssinicus), or Senegal roller, is a member of the roller family of birds which breeds across tropical Africa in a belt south of the Sahara, known as the Sahel.
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Accipitridae
The Accipitridae, one of the four families within the order Accipitriformes (the others being Cathartidae, Pandionidae and Sagittariidae), are a family of small to large birds with strongly hooked bills and variable morphology based on diet.
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Accipitriformes
The Accipitriformes are an order that includes most of the diurnal birds of prey: hawks, eagles, vultures, and many others, about 225 species in all.
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Acrocephalidae
The Acrocephalidae (the reed warblers, marsh- and tree-warblers, or acrocephalid warblers) are a family of oscine passerine birds, in the superfamily Sylvioidea.
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Adamawa turtle dove
The Adamawa turtle dove (Streptopelia hypopyrrha) is a species of bird in the pigeon and dove family Columbidae.
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African barbet
The African barbets are birds in the family Lybiidae.
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African blue flycatcher
The African blue flycatcher or blue-crested flycatcher (Elminia longicauda) is a species of bird in the family Stenostiridae from western and central Sub-Saharan Africa.
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African collared dove
The African collared dove (Streptopelia roseogrisea) is a small dove found in the Sahel, northern parts of the Horn of Africa and southwestern Arabia.
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African crake
The African crake (Crex egregia) is away from the arid south and southwest.
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African cuckoo
The African cuckoo (Cuculus gularis) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae.
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African cuckoo-hawk
The African cuckoo-hawk, or African baza, (Aviceda cuculoides) is a medium-sized raptor in the family Accipitridae so named because it resembles the common cuckoo, which is found in sub-Saharan Africa and along the eastern parts of Southern Africa.
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African darter
The African darter (Anhinga rufa), sometimes called the snakebird, is a water bird of sub-Saharan Africa and Iraq.
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African emerald cuckoo
The African emerald cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus) is a species of cuckoo that is native to Africa.
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African finfoot
The African finfoot (Podica senegalensis) is an aquatic bird from the family Heliornithidae (the finfoots and sungrebe).
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African fish eagle
The African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer), or to distinguish it from the true fish eagles (Ichthyophaga), the African sea eagle, is a large species of eagle found throughout sub-Saharan Africa wherever large bodies of open water with an abundant food supply occur.
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African golden oriole
The African golden oriole (Oriolus auratus), or African oriole, is a member of the oriole family of passerine birds which is a resident breeder in Africa south of the Sahara desert.
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African goshawk
The African goshawk (Accipiter tachiro) is a species of African bird of prey in the genus Accipiter which is the type genus of the family Accipitridae.
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African green pigeon
The African green pigeon (Treron calvus) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae, and one of 5 green pigeon species in the Afrotropics.
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African grey hornbill
The African grey hornbill (Lophoceros nasutus) is a member of the hornbill family of tropical near-passerine birds found in the Old World.
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African grey woodpecker
The African grey woodpecker (Dendropicos goertae) is a species of bird in the family Picidae.
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African harrier-hawk
The African harrier-hawk, harrier hawk, or gymnogene (Polyboroides typus) is a bird of prey.
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African hawk-eagle
The African hawk-eagle (Aquila spilogaster) is a large bird of prey.
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African hobby
The African hobby (Falco cuvierii) is a small species of bird of prey in the family Falconidae.
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African jacana
The African jacana (Actophilornis africanus) is a wader in the family Jacanidae, identifiable by long toes and long claws that enable them to walk on floating vegetation in shallow lakes, their preferred habitat.
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African palm swift
The African palm swift (Cypsiurus parvus) is a small swift.
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African paradise flycatcher
The African paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone viridis) is a medium-sized passerine bird with a very long tail.
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African pied hornbill
The African pied hornbill (Lophoceros fasciatus) is a bird of the hornbill family, a family of tropical near-passerine birds found in the Old World.
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African pied wagtail
The African pied wagtail, or African wagtail, (Motacilla aguimp) is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae.
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African pygmy goose
The African pygmy goose (Nettapus auritus) is a perching duck from sub-Saharan Africa.
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African pygmy kingfisher
The African pygmy kingfisher (Ispidina picta) is a small insectivorous kingfisher found in the Afrotropics, mostly in woodland habitats.
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African quailfinch
The African quailfinch, spectacled quailfinch, or white-chinned quailfinch (Ortygospiza fuscocrissa), is a common species of estrildid finch found in eastern and southern Africa.
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African rail
The African rail (Rallus caerulescens) is a small wetland bird of the rail family.
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African reed warbler
The African reed warbler or African marsh warbler (Acrocephalus baeticatus) is an Old World warbler in the genus Acrocephalus.
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African sacred ibis
The African sacred ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) is a species of ibis, a wading bird of the Threskiornithidae family.
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African scops owl
The African scops owl (Otus senegalensis) is a small owl which is widespread in sub-Saharan Africa.
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African shrike-flycatcher
The African shrike-flycatcher (Megabyas flammulatus) is a species of bird in the Platysteiridae family.
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African silverbill
The African silverbill (Euodice cantans) is a small passerine bird formerly considered conspecific with the Asian species Indian silverbill, (Euodice malabarica).
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African skimmer
The African skimmer (Rynchops flavirostris) is a near-threatened species of bird belonging to the skimmer genus Rynchops in the family Laridae.
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African spoonbill
The African spoonbill (Platalea alba) is a long-legged wading bird.
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African spotted creeper
The African spotted creeper (Salpornis salvadori) is a small passerine bird, which is a member of the subfamily Salpornithinae of the treecreeper family Certhiidae.
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African swamphen
The African swamphen (Porphyrio madagascariensis) is a species of swamphen occurring in Egypt, Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar.
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African thrush
The African thrush or West African thrush (Turdus pelios) is a passerine bird in the thrush family Turdidae.
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African wattled lapwing
The African wattled lapwing (Vanellus senegallus), also known as the Senegal wattled plover or simply wattled lapwing, is a large lapwing, a group of largish waders in the family Charadriidae.
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African wood owl
The African wood owl or Woodford's owl (Strix woodfordii) is a typical owl from the genus Strix in the family Strigidae which is widespread in sub-Saharan Africa.
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African yellow white-eye
The African yellow white-eye (Zosterops senegalensis) is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae.
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Ahanta francolin
The Ahanta francolin (Pternistis ahantensis) is a species of bird in the pheasant family, Phasianidae.
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Allen's gallinule
The Allen's gallinule (Porphyrio alleni), formerly known as the lesser gallinule is a small waterbird of the family Rallidae.
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Alpine swift
The Alpine swift (Tachymarptis melba) formerly Apus melba, is a species of swift.
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American golden plover
The American golden plover (Pluvialis dominica) is a medium-sized plover.
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Anatidae
The Anatidae are the biological family of birds that includes ducks, geese, and swans.
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Anseriformes
Anseriformes is an order of birds that comprise about 180 living species in three families: Anhimidae (the screamers), Anseranatidae (the magpie goose), and Anatidae, the largest family, which includes over 170 species of waterfowl, among them the ducks, geese, and swans.
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Anteater chat
The anteater chat or northern anteater-chat (Myrmecocichla aethiops) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.It is found in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Gambia, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, and Tanzania.
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Apodiformes
Traditionally, the bird order Apodiformes contained three living families: the swifts (Apodidae), the treeswifts (Hemiprocnidae), and the hummingbirds (Trochilidae).
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Arabian bustard
The Arabian bustard (Ardeotis arabs) is a species of bustard which is found across the Sahel region of Africa and south western Arabia.
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Arctic tern
The Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) is a tern in the family Laridae.
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Audouin's gull
The Audouin's gull (Ichthyaetus audouinii) is a large gull restricted to the Mediterranean and the western coast of Saharan Africa and the Iberian peninsula.
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Audubon's shearwater
The Audubon's shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri) is a common tropical seabird in the petrel family.
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Baillon's crake
The Baillon's crake (Porzana pusilla) is a very small waterbird of the family Rallidae.
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Baird's sandpiper
The Baird's sandpiper (Calidris bairdii) is a small shorebird.
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Banded martin
The banded martin or banded sand martin (Riparia cincta) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family.
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Bar-breasted firefinch
The bar-breasted firefinch (Lagonosticta rufopicta) is a common species of estrildid finch found in western and central Africa.
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Bar-tailed godwit
The bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) is a large wader in the family Scolopacidae.
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Barbary falcon
The Barbary falcon (Falco pelegrinoides) is a medium-sized falcon about the size of a crow.
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Barka indigobird
The barka indigobird (Vidua larvaticola) is a species of bird in the family Viduidae.
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Barn owl
The barn owl (Tyto alba) is the most widely distributed species of owl and one of the most widespread of all birds.
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Barn swallow
The barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) is the most widespread species of swallow in the world.
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Barn-owl
Barn owls (family Tytonidae) are one of the two families of owls, the other being the true owls or typical owls, Strigidae.
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Barolo shearwater
The Barolo shearwater (Puffinus baroli), also known as the North Atlantic little shearwater or Macaronesian shearwater, is a small shearwater which breeds in the Azores and Canaries of Macaronesia in the North Atlantic Ocean.
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Bat
Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera; with their forelimbs adapted as wings, they are the only mammals naturally capable of true and sustained flight.
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Bat hawk
The bat hawk (Macheiramphus alcinus) is a raptor found in sub-Saharan Africa and south Asia to New Guinea.
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Bateleur
The bateleur (Terathopius ecaudatus) is a medium-sized eagle in the family Accipitridae.
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Bearded barbet
The bearded barbet (Lybius dubius) is an African barbet.
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Beaudouin's snake eagle
Beaudouin's snake eagle (Circaetus beaudouini) is a species of snake eagle in the Accipitridae family found in the Sahel region of west Africa.
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Beautiful sunbird
The beautiful sunbird (Cinnyris pulchella; formerly placed in the genus Nectarinia) is a sunbird.
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Bee-eater
The bee-eaters are a group of near-passerine birds in the family Meropidae containing three genera and 27 species.
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Black coucal
The black coucal (Centropus grillii) is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family.
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Black crake
The black crake (Amaurornis flavirostra) is a waterbird in the rail and crake family, Rallidae.
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Black crowned crane
The black crowned crane (Balearica pavonina) is a bird in the crane family Gruidae.
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Black cuckoo
The black cuckoo (Cuculus clamosus) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae.
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Black heron
The black heron (Egretta ardesiaca) also known as the black egret, is an African heron.
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Black kite
The black kite (Milvus migrans) is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors.
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Black noddy
The black noddy or white-capped noddy (Anous minutus) is a seabird from the family Laridae.
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Black scimitarbill
The black scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus aterrimus), also known as the black wood hoopoe, is a species of bird in the family Phoeniculidae.
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Black sparrowhawk
The black sparrowhawk (Accipiter melanoleucus), sometimes known as the black goshawk or great sparrowhawk, is the largest African member of the genus Accipiter.
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Black stork
The black stork (Ciconia nigra) is a large bird in the stork family Ciconiidae.
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Black tern
The black tern (Chlidonias niger) is a small tern generally found in or near inland water in Europe and North America.
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Black-and-white shrike-flycatcher
The black-and-white shrike-flycatcher (Bias musicus), also known as the black-and-white flycatcher or vanga flycatcher, is a species of passerine bird found in Africa.
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Black-backed cisticola
The black-backed cisticola or black-necked cisticola (Cisticola eximius) is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family.
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Black-bellied bustard
The black-bellied bustard (Lissotis melanogaster), also known as the black-bellied korhaan, is an African ground-dwelling bird in the bustard family.
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Black-billed wood dove
The black-billed wood dove (Turtur abyssinicus) is a pigeon which is a widespread resident breeding bird in a belt across Africa just south of the Sahara Desert.
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Black-crowned night heron
The black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), or black-capped night heron, commonly shortened to just night heron in Eurasia, is a medium-sized heron found throughout a large part of the world, except in the coldest regions and Australasia (where it is replaced by the closely related rufous night heron, with which it has hybridized in the area of contact).
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Black-crowned tchagra
The black-crowned tchagra (Tchagra senegalus) is a bushshrike.
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Black-eared wheatear
The black-eared wheatear (Oenanthe hispanica) is a wheatear, a small migratory passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher (family Muscicapidae).
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Black-faced firefinch
The black-faced firefinch (Lagonosticta larvata) is a common species of estrildid finch found in Africa.
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Black-headed gull
The black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) is a small gull that breeds in much of Europe and Asia, and also in coastal eastern Canada.
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Black-headed heron
The black-headed heron (Ardea melanocephala) is a wading bird of the heron family Ardeidae, common throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar.
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Black-headed lapwing
The black-headed lapwing or black-headed plover (Vanellus tectus) is a large lapwing, a group of largish waders in the family Charadriidae.
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Black-headed weaver
The black-headed weaver (Ploceus melanocephalus), also known as yellow-backed weaver, is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family.
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Black-legged kittiwake
The black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) is a seabird species in the gull family Laridae.
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Black-necked weaver
The black-necked weaver (Ploceus nigricollis) is a resident breeding bird species in much of tropical Africa from Senegal and northern Angola, South Sudan and Tanzania.
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Black-rumped waxbill
The black-rumped waxbill (Estrilda troglodytes) is a common species of estrildid finch found in Southern Africa.
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Black-tailed godwit
The black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa) is a large, long-legged, long-billed shorebird first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758.
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Black-winged kite
The black-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus), also known as the black-shouldered kite (not to be confused with the closely related Australian species with the same name), is a small diurnal bird of prey in the family Accipitridae best known for its habit of hovering over open grasslands in the manner of the much smaller kestrels.
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Black-winged red bishop
The black-winged red bishop (Euplectes hordeaceus), formerly known in southern Africa as the fire-crowned bishop, is a resident breeding bird species in tropical Africa from Senegal to Sudan and south to Angola, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
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Black-winged stilt
The black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) is a widely distributed very long-legged wader in the avocet and stilt family (Recurvirostridae).
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Blackcap babbler
The blackcap babbler, (Turdoides reinwardtii), is a member of the family Leiothrichidae.
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Blackstart
The blackstart (Oenanthe melanura) is a chat found in desert regions in North Africa, the Middle East and the Arabian Peninsula.
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Blue malkoha
The blue malkoha or chattering yellowbill (Ceuthmochares aereus) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae.
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Blue rock thrush
The blue rock thrush (Monticola solitarius) is a species of chat.
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Blue-bellied roller
The blue-bellied roller (Coracias cyanogaster) is a member of the roller family of birds which breeds across Africa in a narrow belt from Senegal to northeast Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Blue-billed malimbe
The blue-billed malimbe or Gray's malimbe (Malimbus nitens) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family.
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Blue-breasted kingfisher
The blue-breasted kingfisher (Halcyon malimbica) is a tree kingfisher widely distributed across Equatorial Africa.
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Blue-cheeked bee-eater
The blue-cheeked bee-eater (Merops persicus) is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family, Meropidae.
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Blue-naped mousebird
The blue-naped mousebird (Urocolius macrourus), also formerly called the blue-naped coly (Colius macrourus) is found in the wild in the drier regions of East Africa and is also a common pet bird.
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Blue-spotted wood dove
The blue-spotted wood dove (Turtur afer) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae.
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Bluethroat
The bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae.
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Booted eagle
The booted eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus, also classified as Aquila pennata) is a medium-sized mostly migratory bird of prey with a wide distribution in the Palearctic and southern Asia, wintering in the tropics of Africa and Asia, with a small, disjunct breeding population in south-western Africa.
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Bridled tern
The bridled tern (Onychoprion anaethetus)Bridge, E. S.; Jones, A. W. & Baker, A. J. (2005).
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Broad-billed roller
The broad-billed roller (Eurystomus glaucurus) is a member of the roller family of birds which breeds across tropical Africa and Madagascar in all but the driest regions.
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Bronze mannikin
The bronze mannikin or bronze munia (Lonchura cucullata) is a small passerine (i.e. perching) bird of the Afrotropics.
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Bronze-tailed starling
The bronze-tailed starling or bronze-tailed glossy-starling (Lamprotornis chalcurus) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.
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Bronze-winged courser
The bronze-winged courser or violet-tipped courser (Rhinoptilus chalcopterus) is a species of bird in the family Glareolidae.
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Brown babbler
The brown babbler (Turdoides plebejus) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.
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Brown booby
The brown booby (Sula leucogaster) is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae.
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Brown noddy
The brown noddy or common noddy (Anous stolidus) is a seabird in the family Laridae.
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Brown snake eagle
The brown snake eagle (Circaetus cinereus) is a species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.
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Brown-backed woodpecker
The brown-backed woodpecker (Dendropicos obsoletus) is a species of bird in the family Picidae.
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Brown-necked parrot
The brown-necked parrot (Poicephalus fuscicollis), sometimes known in aviculture as the uncape parrot, is a large ''Poicephalus'' parrot species endemic to Africa consisting of the savanna-dwelling brown-necked parrot (P. fuscicollis fuscicollis) and grey-headed parrot (P. f. suahelicus) subspecies.
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Brown-necked raven
The brown-necked raven (Corvus ruficollis) is a larger bird (52–56 cm in length) than the carrion crow though not as large as the common raven.
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Brown-rumped bunting
The brown-rumped bunting (Emberiza affinis) is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.
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Brown-throated martin
The brown-throated martin or brown-throated sand martin (Riparia paludicola) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family.
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Brown-throated wattle-eye
The brown-throated wattle-eye (Platysteira cyanea), also known as the common wattle-eye or scarlet-spectacled wattle-eye, is a small, insectivorous passerine bird.
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Brubru
The brubru (Nilaus afer) is a species of bushshrike (family Malconotidae) found in most of Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Bruce's green pigeon
The Bruce's green pigeon (Treron waalia), also known as the yellow-bellied fruit pigeon, is a species of bird in the family Columbidae.
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Buff-spotted woodpecker
The buff-spotted woodpecker (Campethera nivosa) is a species of bird in the family Picidae.
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Bulbul
The bulbuls are a family, Pycnonotidae, of medium-sized passerine songbirds.
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Bush petronia
The bush petronia (Gymnoris dentata, formerly Petronia dentata) is a species of bird in the family Passeridae.
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Bushshrike
The bushshrikes are smallish passerine birds.
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Bustard
Bustards, including floricans and korhaans, are large, terrestrial birds living mainly in dry grassland areas and on the steppes of the Old World.
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Buttonquail
Buttonquail or hemipodes are members of a small family of birds, Turnicidae, which resemble, but are unrelated to, the quails of Phasianidae.
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Cameroon indigobird
The Cameroon indigobird (Vidua camerunensis) is a species of bird in the family Viduidae.
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Caprimulgiformes
The Caprimulgiformes is an order of birds that includes a number of birds with global distribution (except Antarctica).
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Capuchin babbler
The capuchin babbler (Phyllanthus atripennis) is a species of bird in the Leiothrichidae family.
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Cardinal woodpecker
The cardinal woodpecker (Dendropicos fuscescens) is a widespread and common resident breeder in much of Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Caspian tern
The Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia) is a species of tern, with a subcosmopolitan but scattered distribution.
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Cattle egret
The cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) is a cosmopolitan species of heron (family Ardeidae) found in the tropics, subtropics and warm temperate zones.
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Cettiidae
Cettiidae is a newly validated family of small insectivorous songbirds ("warblers"), formerly placed in the Old World warbler "wastebin" assemblage.
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Charadriidae
The bird family Charadriidae includes the plovers, dotterels, and lapwings, about 64 to 66 species in all.
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Charadriiformes
Charadriiformes is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds.
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Chestnut-backed sparrow-lark
The chestnut-backed sparrow-lark (Eremopterix leucotis) is a passerine bird which is a resident breeder in Africa south of the Sahara Desert.
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Chestnut-bellied sandgrouse
The chestnut-bellied sandgrouse (Pterocles exustus) is a species of sandgrouse.
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Chestnut-bellied starling
The Chestnut-Bellied Starling (Lamprotornis pulcher) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.
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Chestnut-breasted nigrita
The chestnut-breasted nigrita (Nigrita bicolor) is a common species of estrildid finch found in Africa.
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Chestnut-crowned sparrow-weaver
The chestnut-crowned sparrow-weaver (Plocepasser superciliosus) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family.
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Cisticolidae
The Cisticolidae family of small passerine birds is a group of about 160 warblers found mainly in warmer southern regions of the Old World.
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Collared pratincole
The collared pratincole (Glareola pratincola), also known as the common pratincole or red-winged pratincole, is a wader in the pratincole family, Glareolidae.
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Collared sunbird
The collared sunbird, (Hedydipna collaris), is a sunbird.
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Columbidae
Pigeons and doves constitute the animal family Columbidae and the order Columbiformes, which includes about 42 genera and 310 species.
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Common bulbul
The common bulbul (Pycnonotus barbatus) is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds.
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Common buttonquail
The common buttonquail, Kurrichane buttonquail, small buttonquail, or Andalusian hemipode (Turnix sylvaticus) is a buttonquail, one of a small family of birds which resemble, but are unrelated to, the true quails.
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Common buzzard
The common buzzard (Buteo buteo) is a medium-to-large bird of prey whose range covers most of Europe and extends into Asia.
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Common chiffchaff
The common chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita), or simply the chiffchaff, is a common and widespread leaf warbler which breeds in open woodlands throughout northern and temperate Europe and Asia.
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Common cuckoo
The common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, Cuculiformes, which includes the roadrunners, the anis and the coucals.
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Common grasshopper warbler
The common grasshopper warbler (Locustella naevia) is a species of Old World warbler in the grass warbler genus Locustella.
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Common greenshank
The common greenshank (Tringa nebularia) is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae, the typical waders.
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Common gull
The common gull (Larus canus) is a medium-sized gull that breeds in northern Asia, northern Europe, and northwestern North America.
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Common house martin
The common house martin (Delichon urbicum), sometimes called the northern house martin or, particularly in Europe, just house martin, is a migratory passerine bird of the swallow family which breeds in Europe, north Africa and temperate Asia; and winters in sub-Saharan Africa and tropical Asia.
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Common kestrel
The common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) is a bird of prey species belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae.
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Common moorhen
The common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) (also known as the waterhen and as the swamp chicken) is a bird species in the family Rallidae.
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Common nightingale
The common nightingale or simply nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos), also known as rufous nightingale, is a small passerine bird best known for its powerful and beautiful song.
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Common pochard
The common pochard (Aythya ferina) is a medium-sized diving duck.
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Common quail
The common quail (Coturnix coturnix) or European quail is a small ground-nesting game bird in the pheasant family Phasianidae.
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Common redshank
The common redshank or simply redshank (Tringa totanus) is a Eurasian wader in the large family Scolopacidae.
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Common redstart
The common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus), or often simply redstart, is a small passerine bird in the redstart genus Phoenicurus.
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Common ringed plover
The common ringed plover or ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula) is a small plover that breeds in Arctic Eurasia.
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Common rock thrush
The common rock thrush (Monticola saxatilis), formerly rufous-tailed rock thrush or rock thrush, is a chat belonging to the family Muscicapidae.
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Common sandpiper
The common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) is a small Palearctic wader.
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Common snipe
The common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) is a small, stocky wader native to the Old World.
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Common swift
The common swift (Apus apus) is a medium-sized bird, superficially similar to the barn swallow or house martin but somewhat larger, though not stemming from those passerine species, being in the order Apodiformes.
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Common tern
The common tern (Sterna hirundo) is a seabird in the family Laridae.
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Common whitethroat
The common whitethroat (Sylvia communis) is a common and widespread typical warbler which breeds throughout Europe and across much of temperate western Asia.
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Copper sunbird
The copper sunbird (Cinnyris cupreus) is a species of passerine bird in the Nectariniidae family.
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Coraciiformes
The Coraciiformes are a group of usually colorful birds including the kingfishers, the bee-eaters, the rollers, the motmots, and the todies.
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Cormorant
Phalacrocoracidae is a family of approximately 40 species of aquatic birds commonly known as cormorants and shags.
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Corvidae
Corvidae is a cosmopolitan family of oscine passerine birds that contains the crows, ravens, rooks, jackdaws, jays, magpies, treepies, choughs, and nutcrackers.
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Crane (bird)
Cranes are a family, Gruidae, of large, long-legged and long-necked birds in the group Gruiformes.
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Cream-colored courser
The cream-colored courser (Cursorius cursor) is a wader in the pratincole and courser family, Glareolidae.
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Crested lark
The crested lark (Galerida cristata) is a species of lark distinguished from the other 81 species of lark by the crest of feathers that rise up in territorial or courtship displays and when singing.
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Crimson seedcracker
The crimson seedcracker (Pyrenestes sanguineus) is a common species of estrildid finch found in Africa.
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Croaking cisticola
The croaking cisticola (Cisticola natalensis) is an Old World warbler in the genus Cisticola.
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Cuckoo
The cuckoos are a family of birds, Cuculidae, the sole taxon in the order Cuculiformes.
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Cuckoo-finch
The cuckoo-finch (Anomalospiza imberbis), also known as the parasitic weaver or cuckoo weaver, is a small passerine bird now placed in the family Viduidae with the indigobirds and whydahs.
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Cuckooshrike
The cuckooshrikes and allies in the family Campephagidae are small to medium-sized passerine bird species found in the subtropical and tropical Africa, Asia and Australasia.
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Curlew sandpiper
The curlew sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) is a small wader that breeds on the tundra of Arctic Siberia.
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Cut-throat finch
The cut-throat finch (Amadina fasciata) is a common species of estrildid finch found throughout Africa; it is also known as the bearded finch, the ribbon finch, the cut throat, and the weaver finch.
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Dark chanting goshawk
The dark chanting goshawk (Melierax metabates) is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which is found across much of sub-Saharan Africa and southern Arabia, with an isolated and declining population in southern Morocco.
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Darter
The darters or snakebirds are mainly tropical waterbirds in the family Anhingidae having a single genus Anhinga.
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Denham's bustard
Denham's bustard, Stanley bustard or Stanley's bustard (Neotis denhami) is a large bird in the bustard family.
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Desert cisticola
The desert cisticola (Cisticola aridulus) is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family.
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Diederik cuckoo
The Diederik cuckoo (Chrysococcyx caprius), formerly dideric cuckoo or didric cuckoo, and sometimes called Diederik's cuckoo, is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes, which also includes the roadrunners and the anis.
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Dorst's cisticola
Dorst's cisticola (Cisticola guinea), also known as the plaintive cisticola, is a bird in the family Cisticolidae.
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Double-spurred francolin
The double-spurred francolin (Pternistis bicalcaratus) is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds.
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Drongo
The drongos are a family, Dicruridae, of passerine birds of the Old World tropics.
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Dunlin
The dunlin (Calidris alpina) is a small wader, sometimes separated with the other "stints" in Erolia.
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Dwarf bittern
The dwarf bittern (Ixobrychus sturmii) is a small species of heron in the family Ardeidae, native to tropical and sub-tropical Africa.
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Eastern olivaceous warbler
The eastern olivaceous warbler (Iduna pallida) is a small passerine bird with drab plumage tones, that is native to the Old World.
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Egyptian goose
The Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca) is a member of the duck, goose, and swan family Anatidae.
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Egyptian plover
The Egyptian plover (Pluvianus aegyptius), also known as the crocodile bird, is a wader, the only member of the genus Pluvianus.
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Egyptian vulture
The Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus), also called the white scavenger vulture or pharaoh's chicken, is a small Old World vulture and the only member of the genus Neophron.
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Emberizidae
Emberizidae is a family of seed-eating passerine birds with distinctively finch-like bills.
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Endemism
Endemism is the ecological state of a species being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation, country or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere.
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Estrildid finch
The estrildid finches are small passerine birds of the Old World tropics and Australasia.
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Eurasian bittern
The Eurasian bittern or great bittern (Botaurus stellaris) is a wading bird in the bittern subfamily (Botaurinae) of the heron family Ardeidae.
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Eurasian blackcap
The Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) usually known simply as the blackcap, is a common and widespread typical warbler.
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Eurasian coot
The Eurasian coot (Fulica atra), also known as the common coot, is a member of the rail and crake bird family, the Rallidae.
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Eurasian crag martin
The Eurasian crag martin or just crag martin (Ptyonoprogne rupestris) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family.
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Eurasian curlew
The Eurasian curlew or common curlew (Numenius arquata) is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae.
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Eurasian dotterel
The Eurasian dotterel (Charadrius morinellus), also known in Europe as just dotterel, is a small wader in the plover family of birds.
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Eurasian golden oriole
The Eurasian golden oriole (Oriolus oriolus) or simply golden oriole, is the only member of the oriole family of passerine birds breeding in Northern Hemisphere temperate regions.
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Eurasian hobby
The Eurasian hobby (Falco subbuteo), or just simply hobby, is a small slim falcon.
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Eurasian hoopoe
The Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops) is the most widespread species of the genus Upupa, native to Europe, Asia and the northern half of Africa.
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Eurasian oystercatcher
The Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) also known as the common pied oystercatcher, or palaearctic oystercatcher, or (in Europe) just oystercatcher, is a wader in the oystercatcher bird family Haematopodidae.
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Eurasian reed warbler
The Eurasian reed warbler, or just reed warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus) is an Old World warbler in the genus Acrocephalus.
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Eurasian scops owl
The Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops), also known as the European scops owl or just scops owl, is a small owl.
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Eurasian sparrowhawk
The Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus), also known as the northern sparrowhawk or simply the sparrowhawk, is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.
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Eurasian spoonbill
The Eurasian spoonbill or common spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) is a wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family Threskiornithidae.
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Eurasian teal
The Eurasian teal or common teal (Anas crecca) is a common and widespread duck which breeds in temperate Eurasia and migrates south in winter.
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Eurasian wryneck
The Eurasian wryneck (Jynx torquilla) is a species of wryneck in the woodpecker family.
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European bee-eater
The European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae.
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European golden plover
The European golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria), also known as the Eurasian golden plover or just the golden plover within Europe, is a largish plover.
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European honey buzzard
The European honey buzzard (Pernis apivorus), also known as the pern or common pern, is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.
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European nightjar
The European nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus), Eurasian nightjar or just nightjar, is a crepuscular and nocturnal bird in the nightjar family that breeds across most of Europe and temperate Asia.
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European pied flycatcher
The European pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family.
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European roller
The European roller (Coracias garrulus) is the only member of the roller family of birds to breed in Europe.
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European storm petrel
The European storm petrel, British storm petrel or just storm petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus) is a seabird in the northern storm petrel family, Hydrobatidae.
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European turtle dove
The European turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur) is a member of the bird family Columbidae, the doves and pigeons.
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Exclamatory paradise whydah
The exclamatory paradise whydah or Uelle paradise whydah (Vidua interjecta) is a species of bird in the family Viduidae.
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Falconidae
The falcons and caracaras are around 60 species of diurnal birds of prey that make up the family Falconidae.
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Fanti saw-wing
The Fanti saw-wing (Psalidoprocne obscura), also known as the Fanti rough-winged swallow, is a small passerine bird in the swallow family.
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Ferruginous duck
The ferruginous duck, also ferruginous pochard, common white-eye or white-eyed pochard (Aythya nyroca) is a medium-sized diving duck from Eurasia.
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Finch
The true finches are small to medium-sized passerine birds in the family Fringillidae.
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Fine-spotted woodpecker
The fine-spotted woodpecker (Campethera punctuligera) is a bird.
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Flappet lark
The flappet lark (Mirafra rufocinnamomea) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae which is widespread in Africa.
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Forbes's plover
The Forbes’s plover or Forbes’s banded plover (Charadrius forbesi) is a small wader.
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Fork-tailed drongo
The fork-tailed drongo, also called the common drongo, African drongo, or savanna drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis), is a species of drongo in the family Dicruridae, which are medium-sized passerine birds of the Old World.
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Four-banded sandgrouse
The four-banded sandgrouse (Pterocles quadricinctus) is a medium-sized bird in the sandgrouse family.
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Fox kestrel
The fox kestrel (Falco alopex) is a bird of prey belonging to the falcon family Falconidae.
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Franklin's gull
The Franklin's gull (Leucophaeus pipixcan) is a small (length 12.6–14.2 in, 32–36 cm) gull.
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Frigatebird
Frigatebirds (also listed as "frigate bird", "frigate-bird", "frigate", frigate-petrel") are a family of seabirds called Fregatidae which are found across all tropical and subtropical oceans.
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Fulvous whistling duck
The fulvous whistling duck or fulvous tree duck (Dendrocygna bicolor) is a species of whistling duck that breeds across the world's tropical regions in much of Mexico and South America, the West Indies, the Southern United States, sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian subcontinent.
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Gabar goshawk
The gabar goshawk (Micronisus gabar) is a small species of African and Arabian bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.
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Galliformes
Galliformes is an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding birds that includes turkey, grouse, chicken, New World quail and Old World quail, ptarmigan, partridge, pheasant, junglefowl and the Cracidae.
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Garden warbler
The garden warbler (Sylvia borin) is a common and widespread small bird that breeds in most of Europe and in western Asia.
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Garganey
The garganey (Spatula querquedula) is a small dabbling duck.
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Giant kingfisher
The giant kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima) is the largest kingfisher in Africa, where it is a resident breeding bird over most of the continent south of the Sahara Desert other than the arid southwest.
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Glareolidae
Glareolidae is a family of birds in the wader suborder Charadri.
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Glossy ibis
The glossy ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) is a wading bird in the ibis family Threskiornithidae.
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Golden-tailed woodpecker
The golden-tailed woodpecker (Campethera abingoni) is a species of bird in the family Picidae.
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Goliath heron
The Goliath heron (Ardea goliath), also known as the giant heron, is a very large wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae.
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Gosling's bunting
Gosling's bunting (Emberiza goslingi) is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.
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Grasshopper buzzard
The grasshopper buzzard (Butastur rufipennis) is a species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae which is found in a narrow zone of sub-Saharan Africa north of the equator.
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Great cormorant
The great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), known as the great black cormorant across the Northern Hemisphere, the black cormorant in Australia, the large cormorant in India and the black shag further south in New Zealand, is a widespread member of the cormorant family of seabirds.
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Great egret
The great egret (Ardea alba), also known as the common egret, large egret or (in the Old World) great white egret or great white heron is a large, widely distributed egret, with four subspecies found in Asia, Africa, the Americas, and southern Europe.
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Great reed warbler
The great reed warbler (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) is a Eurasian passerine in the genus Acrocephalus.
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Great snipe
The great snipe (Gallinago media) is a small stocky wader in the genus Gallinago.
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Great spotted cuckoo
The great spotted cuckoo (Clamator glandarius) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes, which also includes the roadrunners, the anis and the coucals.
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Great white pelican
The great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) also known as the eastern white pelican, rosy pelican or white pelican is a bird in the pelican family.
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Greater blue-eared starling
The greater blue-eared starling or greater blue-eared glossy-starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus) is a bird that breeds from Senegal east to Ethiopia and south through eastern Africa to northeastern South Africa and Angola.
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Greater flamingo
The greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) is the most widespread and largest species of the flamingo family.
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Greater honeyguide
The greater honeyguide (Indicator indicator) is a bird in the family Indicatoridae, paleotropical near passerine birds related to the woodpeckers.
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Greater painted-snipe
The greater painted-snipe (Rostratula benghalensis) is a species of wader in the family Rostratulidae.
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Greater short-toed lark
The greater short-toed lark (Calandrella brachydactyla) is a small passerine bird.
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Greater swamp warbler
The greater swamp warbler (Acrocephalus rufescens) is a species of Old World warbler in the family Acrocephalidae.
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Grebe
A grebe is a member of the order Podicipediformes and the only type of bird associated with this order.
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Green bee-eater
The green bee-eater (Merops orientalis) (sometimes little green bee-eater) is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family.
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Green crombec
The green crombec (Sylvietta virens) is a species of African warbler, formerly placed in the family Sylviidae.
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Green hylia
The green hylia (Hylia prasina) is a monotypic genus widespread in tropical Africa, where it mostly inhabits the understory and mid-stratum of moist forests.
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Green sandpiper
The green sandpiper (Tringa ochropus) is a small wader (shorebird) of the Old World.
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Green wood hoopoe
The green wood hoopoe (Phoeniculus purpureus) is a large, up to long, near-passerine tropical bird native to Africa.
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Green-backed eremomela
The green-backed eremomela (Eremomela canescens) is a member of the Cisticolidae.
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Green-headed sunbird
The green-headed sunbird (Cyanomitra verticalis) is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.
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Green-winged pytilia
The green-winged pytilia (Pytilia melba) is a common species of estrildid finch found in Africa.
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Grey heron
The grey heron (Ardea cinerea) is a long-legged predatory wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia and also parts of Africa.
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Grey kestrel
The grey kestrel (Falco ardosiaceus) is an African bird of prey belonging to the falcon family Falconidae.
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Grey plover
The grey plover (Pluvialis squatarola), known as the black-bellied plover in North America, is a medium-sized plover breeding in Arctic regions.
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Grey tit-flycatcher
The grey tit-flycatcher (Myioparus plumbeus) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.
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Grey-backed camaroptera
The grey-backed camaroptera (Camaroptera brevicaudata) is a small bird in the Cisticolidae family.
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Grey-headed bristlebill
The grey-headed bristlebill (Bleda canicapillus) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.
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Grey-headed bushshrike
The grey-headed bushshrike (Malaconotus blanchoti) is a species of bird in the Malaconotidae family.
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Grey-headed gull
The grey-headed gull (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus), also known as the grey-hooded gull, is a small gull which breeds patchily in South America and Africa south of the Sahara.
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Grey-headed kingfisher
The grey-headed kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala) has a wide distribution from the Cape Verde Islands off the north-west coast of Africa to Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia, east to Ethiopia, Somalia and southern Arabia and south to South Africa.
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Grey-headed oliveback
The grey-headed oliveback (Nesocharis capistrata), also known as the white-cheeked oliveback, is a common species of estrildid finch found in Africa.
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Grey-rumped swallow
The grey-rumped swallow (Pseudhirundo griseopyga) is a species of bird in the monotypic genus, Pseudhirundo, in the family Hirundinidae.
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Greyish eagle-owl
The greyish eagle-owl or vermiculated eagle-owl (Bubo cinerascens) is a rather large owl of the northern part of sub-Saharan Africa.
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Griffon vulture
The griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) is a large Old World vulture in the bird of prey family Accipitridae.
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Gruiformes
The Gruiformes are an order containing a considerable number of living and extinct bird families, with a widespread geographical diversity.
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Guinea turaco
The Guinea turaco (Tauraco persa), also known as the green turaco, is a species of turaco, a group of near-passerines birds.
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Guineafowl
Guineafowl (sometimes called "pet speckled hen", or "original fowl" or guineahen) are birds of the family Numididae in the order Galliformes.
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Gull-billed tern
The gull-billed tern (Gelochelidon nilotica), formerly Sterna nilotica, is a tern in the family Laridae.
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Hadada ibis
The hadada or hadeda ibis (Bostrychia hagedash), is an ibis found in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Hamerkop
The hamerkop (Scopus umbretta), is a medium-sized wading bird.
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Heliornithidae
The Heliornithidae are a small family of tropical birds with webbed lobes on their feet like those of grebes and coots.
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Helmeted guineafowl
The helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris) is the best known of the guineafowl bird family, Numididae, and the only member of the genus Numida.
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Helmetshrike
The Prionopidae are a family uniting some smallish to mid-sized songbird species.
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Heron
The herons are the long-legged freshwater and coastal birds in the family Ardeidae, with 64 recognised species, some of which are referred to as egrets or bitterns rather than herons.
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Heuglin's masked weaver
The Heuglin's masked weaver (Ploceus heuglini) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family.
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Honeyguide
Honeyguides (family Indicatoridae) are a near passerine bird species of the order Piciformes.
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Hooded vulture
The hooded vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus) is an Old World vulture in the order Accipitriformes, which also includes eagles, kites, buzzards and hawks.
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Hoopoe
Hoopoes are colourful birds found across Afro-Eurasia, notable for their distinctive "crown" of feathers.
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Hornbill
The hornbills (Bucerotidae) are a family of bird found in tropical and subtropical Africa, Asia and Melanesia.
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House bunting
The house bunting (Emberiza sahari) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae.
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House sparrow
The house sparrow (Passer domesticus) is a bird of the sparrow family Passeridae, found in most parts of the world.
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Hyliota
The hyliotas are a genus, Hyliota, of passerine bird from Africa.
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Icterine warbler
The icterine warbler (Hippolais icterina) is an Old World warbler in the tree warbler genus Hippolais.
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Intermediate egret
The intermediate egret, median egret, smaller egret, or yellow-billed egret (Ardea intermedia) is a medium-sized heron.
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Introduced species
An introduced species (alien species, exotic species, non-indigenous species, or non-native species) is a species living outside its native distributional range, which has arrived there by human activity, either deliberate or accidental.
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Invertebrate
Invertebrates are animals that neither possess nor develop a vertebral column (commonly known as a backbone or spine), derived from the notochord.
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Isabelline shrike
The isabelline shrike or Daurian shrike (Lanius isabellinus) is a member of the shrike family (Laniidae).
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Isabelline wheatear
The isabelline wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina) is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher in the family Muscicapidae.
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Jacanidae
The bird family Jacanidae belongs to the order Charadriiformes, and consists of 6 genera.
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Jack snipe
The jack snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus) is a small stocky wader.
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Jacobin cuckoo
The Jacobin cuckoo, pied cuckoo, or pied crested cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds that is found in Africa and Asia.
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Kelp gull
The kelp gull (Larus dominicanus), also known as the Dominican gull, is a gull which breeds on coasts and islands through much of the southern hemisphere.
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Kentish plover
The Kentish plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) is a small cosmopolitan shorebird (40-44 g) of the family Charadriidae that breeds on the shores of saline lakes, lagoons, and coasts, populating sand dunes, marshes, semi-arid desert, and tundra.
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Kingfisher
Kingfishers or Alcedinidae are a family of small to medium-sized, brightly colored birds in the order Coraciiformes.
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Kittlitz's plover
Kittlitz’s plover (Charadrius pecuarius) is a small shorebird (35-40 g) in the family Charadriidae that breeds near coastal and inland saltmarshes, sandy or muddy riverbanks or alkaline grasslands with short vegetation.
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Klaas's cuckoo
The Klaas's cuckoo (Chrysococcyx klaas) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae which is native to the wooded regions of sub-Saharan Africa.
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Kleptoparasitism
Kleptoparasitism (literally, parasitism by theft) is a form of feeding in which one animal takes prey or other food from another that has caught, collected, or otherwise prepared the food, including stored food (as in the case of cuckoo bees, which lay their eggs on the pollen masses made by other bees; food resources could also be in the form of hosts of parasitic or parasitoid wasps).
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Knob-billed duck
The knob-billed duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos), or African comb duck, is a duck found in tropical wetlands in Sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar and south Asia from Pakistan to Laos and extreme southern China.
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Lanner falcon
The lanner falcon (Falco biarmicus) is a medium-sized bird of prey that breeds in Africa, southeast Europe and just into Asia.
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Lappet-faced vulture
The lappet-faced vulture or Nubian vulture (Torgos tracheliotos) is an Old World vulture belonging to the bird order Accipitriformes, which also includes eagles, kites, buzzards and hawks.
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Laridae
Laridae is a family of seabirds in the order Charadriiformes that includes the gulls, terns and skimmers.
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Lark
Larks are passerine birds of the family Alaudidae.
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Laughing dove
The laughing dove (Spilopelia senegalensis) is a small pigeon that is a resident breeder in Africa, the Middle East and the Indian Subcontinent.
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Laughing gull
The laughing gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) is a medium-sized gull of North and South America.
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Lavender waxbill
The lavender waxbill (Estrilda caerulescens) is a common species of estrildid finch native to Central Africa and successfully introduced on Hawai'i.
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Leach's storm petrel
The Leach's storm petrel or Leach's petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) is a small seabird of the tubenose family.
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Leaf warbler
Leaf warblers are small insectivorous birds belonging mainly to the genus Phylloscopus.
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Leiothrichidae
The laughingthrushes are a family of Old World passerine birds.
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Lemon-bellied crombec
The lemon-bellied crombec (Sylvietta denti) is a species of African warbler, formerly placed in the family Sylviidae.
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Lesser black-backed gull
The lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus) is a large gull that breeds on the Atlantic coasts of Europe.
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Lesser blue-eared starling
The lesser blue-eared starling or lesser blue-eared glossy-starling (Lamprotornis chloropterus) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.
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Lesser crested tern
The lesser crested tern (Thalasseus bengalensis)Bridge, E. S.; Jones, A. W. & Baker, A. J. (2005).
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Lesser flamingo
The lesser flamingo (Phoenicoparrus minor) is a species of flamingo occurring in sub-Saharan Africa, with another population in India.
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Lesser honeyguide
The lesser honeyguide (Indicator minor) is a species of bird in the family Indicatoridae.
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Lesser kestrel
The lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni) is a small falcon.
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Lesser moorhen
The lesser moorhen (Paragallinula angulata) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae.
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Lesser striped swallow
The lesser striped swallow (Cecropis abyssinica) is a large swallow.
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Lesser whitethroat
The lesser whitethroat (Sylvia curruca) is a common and widespread typical warbler which breeds in temperate Europe, except the southwest, and in western and central Asia.
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Lesser yellowlegs
The lesser yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) is a medium-sized shorebird.
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Levaillant's cuckoo
Levaillant's cuckoo, Clamator levaillantii is a cuckoo which is a resident breeding species in Africa south of the Sahara.
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Lists of birds by region
The following are the regional bird lists by continent.
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Little bee-eater
The little bee-eater (Merops pusillus) is a near passerine bird species in the bee-eater family Meropidae.
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Little bittern
The little bittern or common little bittern (Ixobrychus minutus) is a wading bird in the heron family, Ardeidae.
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Little crake
The little crake (Porzana parva) is a very small waterbird of the family Rallidae.
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Little egret
The little egret (Egretta garzetta) is a species of small heron in the family Ardeidae.
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Little grebe
The little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis), also known as dabchick, is a member of the grebe family of water birds.
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Little greenbul
The little greenbul (Eurillas virens) is a species of the bulbul family of passerine birds.
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Little grey woodpecker
The little grey woodpecker (Dendropicos elachus), also known as the Sahelian woodpecker, is a species of bird in the family Picidae.
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Little gull
The little gull (Hydrocoloeus minutus or Larus minutus), is a small gull that breeds in northern Europe and Asia.
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Little ringed plover
The little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius) is a small plover.
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Little stint
The little stint (Calidris minuta) (or Erolia minuta), is a very small wader.
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Little swift
The little swift (Apus affinis), is a small species of swift found in Asia and Africa.
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Little tern
The little tern (Sternula albifrons) is a seabird of the family Sternidae.
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Little weaver
The little weaver (Ploceus luteolus) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae.
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Lizard buzzard
The lizard buzzard (Kaupifalco monogrammicus) or lizard hawk is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.
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Locustellidae
Locustellidae is a newly recognized family of small insectivorous songbirds ("warblers"), formerly placed in the Old World warbler "wastebin" family.
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Long-crested eagle
The long-crested eagle (Lophaetus occipitalis) is an African bird of prey.
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Long-legged buzzard
The long-legged buzzard (Buteo rufinus) is a bird of prey in the genus Buteo.
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Long-tailed glossy starling
The long-tailed glossy starling (Lamprotornis caudatus) is a member of the starling family of birds.
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Long-tailed nightjar
The long-tailed nightjar (Caprimulgus climacurus) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae.
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Macrosphenidae
The African warblers are a newly erected family Macrosphenidae, of songbirds.
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Magnificent frigatebird
The magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) is a seabird of the frigatebird family Fregatidae.
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Magpie mannikin
The magpie mannikin or magpie munia (Lonchura fringilloides) is a species of estrildid finch found in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Malachite kingfisher
The malachite kingfisher (Corythornis cristatus) is a river kingfisher which is widely distributed in Africa south of the Sahara.
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Mangrove sunbird
The mangrove sunbird or mouse-brown sunbird (Anthreptes gabonicus) is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.
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Manx shearwater
The Manx shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) is a medium-sized shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae.
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Marabou stork
The marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae.
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Marsh harrier
The marsh harriers are birds of prey of the harrier subfamily.
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Marsh owl
The Marsh owl (Asio capensis) is a medium / large species of raptor in the family Strigidae (Typical owls).
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Marsh sandpiper
The marsh sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis) is a small wader.
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Martial eagle
The martial eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus) is a large eagle native to sub-Saharan Africa.
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Mediterranean gull
The Mediterranean gull (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus) is a small gull.
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Melodious warbler
The melodious warbler (Hippolais polyglotta) is an Old World warbler in the tree warbler genus Hippolais.
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Monarch flycatcher
The monarchs (family Monarchidae) comprise a family of over 100 passerine birds which includes shrikebills, paradise flycatchers, and magpie-larks.
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Montagu's harrier
The Montagu's harrier (Circus pygargus) is a migratory bird of prey of the harrier family.
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Mosque swallow
The mosque swallow (Cecropis senegalensis), is a large swallow.
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Motacillidae
The wagtails, longclaws and pipits are a family, Motacillidae, of small passerine birds with medium to long tails.
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Mottled spinetail
The mottled spinetail (Telacanthura ussheri) is a species of swift in the family Apodidae.
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Mourning collared dove
The mourning collared dove, or African mourning dove (Streptopelia decipiens) is a dove which is a widespread resident breeding bird in Africa south of the Sahara.
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Mousebird
The mousebirds (family Coliidae, order Coliiformes) are a family of birds.
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Moustached grass warbler
The moustached grass warbler (Melocichla mentalis) is a species of African warbler, formerly placed in the Sylviidae family.
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Namaqua dove
The Namaqua dove (Oena capensis) is a small pigeon.
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New World quail
The New World quails or Odontophoridae are small birds only distantly related to the Old World quail, but named for their similar appearance and habits.
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Nightjar
Nightjars are medium-sized nocturnal or crepuscular birds in the family Caprimulgidae, characterized by long wings, short legs and very short bills.
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Northern black flycatcher
The northern black flycatcher (Melaenornis edolioides) is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family, Muscicapidae.
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Northern carmine bee-eater
The northern carmine bee-eater (Merops nubicus) is an African near passerine bird in the bee-eater family, Meropidae.
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Northern crombec
The northern crombec (Sylvietta brachyura) is a species of African warbler, formerly placed in the family Sylviidae.
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Northern gannet
The northern gannet (Morus bassanus) is a seabird, the largest species of the gannet family, Sulidae.
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Northern grey-headed sparrow
The northern grey-headed sparrow (Passer griseus), also known as the grey-headed or common grey-headed sparrow, is a species of bird in the sparrow family Passeridae, which is resident in much of tropical Africa.
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Northern lapwing
The northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus), also known as the peewit or pewit, tuit or tew-it, green plover, or (in Britain and Ireland) just lapwing, is a bird in the lapwing family. It is common through temperate Eurasia. It is highly migratory over most of its extensive range, wintering further south as far as north Africa, northern India, Pakistan, and parts of China. It migrates mainly by day, often in large flocks. Lowland breeders in westernmost areas of Europe are resident. It occasionally is a vagrant to North America, especially after storms, as in the Canadian sightings after storms in December 1927 and in January 1966. It is a wader that breeds on cultivated land and other short vegetation habitats. 3–4 eggs are laid in a ground scrape. The nest and young are defended noisily and aggressively against all intruders, up to and including horses and cattle. In winter, it forms huge flocks on open land, particularly arable land and mud-flats.
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Northern pintail
The pintail or northern pintail (Anas acuta) is a duck with wide geographic distribution that breeds in the northern areas of Europe, Asia and North America.
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Northern puffback
The northern puffback (Dryoscopus gambensis) is a species of bird in the Malaconotidae family.
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Northern red bishop
The northern red bishop or orange bishop (Euplectes franciscanus) is a weaver belonging to the family Ploceidae.
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Northern shoveler
The northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata), known simply in Britain as the shoveler, is a common and widespread duck.
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Northern storm petrel
Northern storm petrels are seabirds in the family Hydrobatidae, part of the order Procellariiformes.
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Northern wheatear
The northern wheatear or wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae.
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Northern white-faced owl
The northern white-faced owl (Ptilopsis leucotis) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae.
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Old World flycatcher
The Old World flycatchers are a large family, the Muscicapidae, of small passerine birds mostly restricted to the Old World (Europe, Africa and Asia).
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Old World oriole
The Old World orioles (Oriolidae) are an Old World family of passerine birds.
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Olive-bellied sunbird
The olive-bellied sunbird (Cinnyris chloropygius) is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.
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Olive-green camaroptera
The olive-green camaroptera (Camaroptera chloronota) is a bird species in the family Cisticolidae.
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Orange-breasted bushshrike
The orange-breasted bushshrike or sulphur-breasted bushshrike (Telophorus sulfureopectus or Chlorophoneus s. or Malaconotus s.) is a species of bird in the family Malaconotidae.
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Orange-breasted waxbill
The orange-breasted waxbill or zebra waxbill (Amandava subflava) is a small (approximately 9 cm long) sparrow-like bird with a reddish iris, orange breast, red bill and dark olive-green plumage.
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Orange-cheeked waxbill
The orange-cheeked waxbill (Estrilda melpoda) is a common species of estrildid finch native to western and central Africa, with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 3,600,000 km2.
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Oriole warbler
The oriole warbler (Hypergerus atriceps) is a small warbler in the family Cisticolidae, and the only member of the genus Hypergerus.
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Ortolan bunting
The ortolan (Emberiza hortulana) or ortolan bunting, is a bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a passerine family now separated by most modern scholars from the finches, Fringillidae.
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Osprey
The osprey or more specifically the western osprey (Pandion haliaetus) — also called sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk — is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey with a cosmopolitan range.
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Otidae
Otidae is a clade that includes the superorders Otidimorphae (bustards, turacos, and cuckoos) and Cypselomorphae (nightbirds, swifts, and hummingbirds).
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Owl
Owls are birds from the order Strigiformes, which includes about 200 species of mostly solitary and nocturnal birds of prey typified by an upright stance, a large, broad head, binocular vision, binaural hearing, sharp talons, and feathers adapted for silent flight.
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Oystercatcher
The oystercatchers are a group of waders forming the family Haematopodidae, which has a single genus, Haematopus.
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Painted-snipe
The Rostratulidae (commonly known as painted-snipes), form a taxonomic family of wader species, composed of two genera: Rostratula and Nycticryphes.
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Pale flycatcher
The pale flycatcher (Melaenornis pallidus) is a passerine bird of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae, found in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Pallid harrier
The pale or pallid harrier (Circus macrourus) is a migratory bird of prey of the harrier family.
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Pallid swift
The pallid swift (Apus pallidus) is a small bird, superficially similar to a barn swallow or house martin.
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Palm-nut vulture
The palm-nut vulture (Gypohierax angolensis) or vulturine fish eagle, is a large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae (which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, buzzards and harriers, vultures, and eagles).
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Pandion (bird)
Pandion is a genus of bird of prey in the family Pandionidae.
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Parasitic jaeger
The parasitic jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus), also known as the Arctic skua or parasitic skua, is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae.
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Parrot
Parrots, also known as psittacines, are birds of the roughly 393 species in 92 genera that make up the order Psittaciformes, found in most tropical and subtropical regions.
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Passerine
A passerine is any bird of the order Passeriformes, which includes more than half of all bird species.
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Pearl-spotted owlet
The pearl-spotted owlet (Glaucidium perlatum) is an owl that breeds in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Pel's fishing owl
The Pel's fishing owl (Scotopelia peli) is a large species of owl in the family Strigidae.
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Pelagic zone
The pelagic zone consists of the water column of the open ocean, and can be further divided into regions by depth.
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Pelecaniformes
The Pelecaniformes are an order of medium-sized and large waterbirds found worldwide.
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Pelican
Pelicans are a genus of large water birds that make up the family Pelecanidae.
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Pellorneidae
The ground babblers are a family, Pellorneidae, of mostly Old World passerine birds.
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Penduline tit
The penduline tits constitute a family of small passerine birds, related to the true tits.
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Pennant-winged nightjar
The pennant-winged nightjar (Caprimulgus vexillarius) is a species of nightjar that occurs from Nigeria to northern South Africa.
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Peregrine falcon
The peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), also known as the peregrine, and historically as the duck hawk in North America, is a widespread bird of prey (raptor) in the family Falconidae.
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Petrel
Petrels are tube-nosed seabirds in the bird order Procellariiformes.
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Phaethontiformes
The Phaethontiformes are an order of birds.
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Phasianidae
The Phasianidae are a family of heavy, groundliving birds which includes pheasants, partridges, junglefowl, chickens, Old World quail, and peafowl.
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Phoenicopteridae
Phoenicopteridae is a wading bird family including flamingos and their close extinct relatives.
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Phoenicopteriformes
Phoenicopteriformes is a group of water birds which comprises flamingos and their extinct relatives.
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Piapiac
The piapiac (Ptilostomus afer) is an African member of the crow family, and is the only member of the genus Ptilostomus.
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Piciformes
Nine families of largely arboreal birds make up the order Piciformes, the best-known of them being the Picidae, which includes the woodpeckers and close relatives.
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Pied avocet
The pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) is a large black and white wader in the avocet and stilt family, Recurvirostridae.
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Pied crow
The pied crow (Corvus albus) is a widely distributed African bird species in the crow genus.
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Pied kingfisher
The pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) is a water kingfisher and is found widely distributed across Africa and Asia.
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Pied-winged swallow
The pied-winged swallow (Hirundo leucosoma) is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae.
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Pin-tailed whydah
The pin-tailed whydah (Vidua macroura) is a small songbird with a conspicuous pennant-like tail in breeding males.
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Pink-backed pelican
The pink-backed pelican (Pelecanus rufescens) is a bird of the pelican family.
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Plain nightjar
The plain nightjar (Caprimulgus inornatus) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae.
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Plain-backed pipit
The plain-backed pipit or plain pipit (Anthus leucophrys) is a medium-sized passerine bird which is a resident breeder in Africa south of the Sahara Desert.
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Plankton
Plankton (singular plankter) are the diverse collection of organisms that live in large bodies of water and are unable to swim against a current.
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Ploceidae
The Ploceidae are a family of small passerine birds, many of which are called weavers or weaverbirds.
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Pomarine jaeger
The pomarine jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus), pomarine skua, or pomatorhine skua, is a seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae.
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Procellariidae
The family Procellariidae is a group of seabirds that comprises the fulmarine petrels, the gadfly petrels, the prions, and the shearwaters.
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Procellariiformes
Procellariiformes is an order of seabirds that comprises four families: the albatrosses, petrels and shearwaters, and 2 families of storm petrels.
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Psittacidae
The family Psittacidae is one of three families of true parrots.
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Psittaculidae
The parrot family Psittaculidae consists of five subfamilies, Agapornithinae, Loriinae, Platycercinae, Psittacellinae and Psittaculinae.
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Purple heron
The purple heron (Ardea purpurea) is a wide-ranging species of wading bird in the heron family, Ardeidae.
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Purple roller
The purple roller (Coracias naevius), or rufous-crowned roller, is widespread in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Purple sandpiper
The purple sandpiper (Calidris maritima) is a small shorebird.
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Purple starling
The purple starling (Lamprotornis purpureus), also known as the purple glossy starling, is a member of the starling family of birds.
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Puvel's illadopsis
The Puvel's illadopsis (Illadopsis puveli) is a species of bird in the Pellorneidae family.
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Pygmy sunbird
The pygmy sunbird (Hedydipna platura) is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.
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Quail-plover
The lark buttonquail, lark-plover or quail-plover (Ortyxelos meiffrenii) is a species of buttonquail in the family Turnicidae.
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Quailfinch indigobird
The quailfinch indigobird (Vidua nigeriae) is a small songbird.
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Rail (bird)
The rails, or Rallidae, are a large cosmopolitan family of small- to medium-sized ground-living birds.
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Rüppell's vulture
Rüppell's vulture or Rüppell's griffon vulture (Gyps rueppelli) is a large vulture that can be found throughout the Sahel region of central Africa.
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Rüppell's warbler
The Rüppell's warbler (Sylvia ruppeli) is a typical warbler of the genus Sylvia.
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Recurvirostridae
The Recurvirostridae are a family of birds in the wader suborder Charadrii.
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Red kite
The red kite (Milvus milvus) is a medium-large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as eagles, buzzards, and harriers.
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Red knot
The red knot (Calidris canutus) (just knot in English-speaking Europe) is a medium-sized shorebird which breeds in tundra and the Arctic Cordillera in the far north of Canada, Europe, and Russia.
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Red phalarope
The red phalarope (called grey phalarope in Europe), Phalaropus fulicarius, is a small wader.
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Red-bellied paradise flycatcher
The red-bellied paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone rufiventer), also known as the black-headed paradise flycatcher, is a medium-sized passerine bird of the family of monarch flycatchers.
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Red-billed firefinch
The red-billed firefinch or Senegal firefinch (Lagonosticta senegala) is a small passerine bird.
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Red-billed quelea
The red-billed quelea (Quelea quelea), also known as the red-billed weaver or red-billed dioch, is a small—approximately long and weighing —migratory, sparrow-like bird of the weaver family, Ploceidae, native to Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Red-billed tropicbird
The red-billed tropicbird (Phaethon aethereus) is a tropicbird, one of three closely related species of seabird of tropical oceans.
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Red-breasted swallow
The red-breasted swallow (Cecropis semirufa), also known as the rufous-chested swallow, is a member of the Hirundinidae family, found in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Red-cheeked cordon-bleu
The red-cheeked cordon-bleu or red-cheeked cordonbleu (Uraeginthus bengalus) is a small passerine bird in the family Estrildidae.
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Red-chested cuckoo
The red-chested cuckoo (Cuculus solitarius) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae.
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Red-chested goshawk
The red-chested goshawk (Accipiter toussenelii) is a medium size hawk of West Africa.
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Red-chested swallow
The red-chested swallow (Hirundo lucida) is a small non-migratory passerine bird found in West Africa, the Congo Basin and Ethiopia.
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Red-collared widowbird
The red-collared widowbird (Euplectes ardens) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae.
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Red-eyed dove
The red-eyed dove (Streptopelia semitorquata) is a pigeon which is a widespread resident breeding bird in Africa south of the Sahara.
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Red-faced cisticola
The red-faced cisticola (Cisticola erythrops) is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family.
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Red-footed falcon
The red-footed falcon (Falco vespertinus), formerly western red-footed falcon, is a bird of prey.
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Red-headed quelea
The red-headed quelea (Quelea erythrops) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family.
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Red-headed weaver
The red-headed weaver (Anaplectes rubricepsPloceus melanotis, described by Lafresnaye (1839) from two Senegalese specimens is invalid as the name was preoccupied. Sundevall utilized a specimen obtained by Wahlberg in November 1843 at Mohapoani (i.e. Witfonteinrant near Thabazimbi). cf. Oschadleus (2009)) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family.
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Red-necked buzzard
The red-necked buzzard (Buteo auguralis), also known as the African red-tailed buzzard, is a species of buzzard in the family Accipitridae which is found in western and northern central Africa.
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Red-necked falcon
The red-necked falcon (Falco chicquera) is a bird of prey in the falcon family with two disjunct populations, one in India and the other in Africa.
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Red-necked nightjar
The red-necked nightjar (Caprimulgus ruficollis) is the largest of the nightjars occurring in Europe.
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Red-necked phalarope
The red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) is a small wader.
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Red-rumped swallow
The red-rumped swallow (Cecropis daurica) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family.
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Red-shouldered cuckooshrike
The red-shouldered cuckooshrike (Campephaga phoenicea) is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family.
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Red-tailed leaflove
The red-tailed leaflove (Phyllastrephus scandens) is a species of leaflove in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.
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Red-thighed sparrowhawk
The red-thighed sparrowhawk (Accipiter erythropus), alternatively known as the red-legged sparrowhawk or the western little sparrowhawk is a species of sparrowhawk in the Accipitridae family from western and northern central Africa.
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Red-throated bee-eater
The red-throated bee-eater (Merops bulocki) is a species of bird in the family Meropidae.
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Red-throated pipit
The red-throated pipit (Anthus cervinus) is a small passerine bird which breeds in the far north of Europe and Asia, with a foothold in northern Alaska.
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Red-winged pytilia
The red-winged pytilia (Pytilia phoenicoptera) is a common species of estrildid finch found in Africa.
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Red-winged warbler
The red-winged warbler or the red-winged prinia (Heliolais erythropterus) is a bird species in the family Cisticolidae.
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Reed cormorant
The reed cormorant (Microcarbo africanus), also known as the long-tailed cormorant, is a bird in the cormorant family Phalacrocoracidae.
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River prinia
The river prinia (Prinia fluviatilis) is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family.
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Rock dove
The rock dove, IOC World Bird List, rock pigeon, or common pigeon (also; Columba livia) is a member of the bird family Columbidae (doves and pigeons).
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Roller
The rollers are an Old World family, Coraciidae, of near passerine birds.
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Rose-ringed parakeet
The rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri), also known as the ring-necked parakeet, is a medium-sized parrot in the genus Psittacula of the family Psittacidae and has a very wide range.
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Roseate tern
The roseate tern (Sterna dougallii) is a tern in the family Laridae.
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Royal tern
The royal tern (Thalasseus maximus) is a tern in the family Laridae.
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Ruddy turnstone
The ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres) is a small wading bird, one of two species of turnstone in the genus Arenaria.
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Ruff
The ruff (Calidris pugnax) is a medium-sized wading bird that breeds in marshes and wet meadows across northern Eurasia.
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Rufous cisticola
The rufous cisticola (Cisticola rufus) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.
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Rufous-rumped lark
The rufous-rumped lark (Pinarocorys erythropygia) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae.
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Rufous-tailed scrub robin
The rufous-tailed scrub robin (Cercotrichas galactotes) is a medium-sized member of the family Muscicapidae.
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Saddle-billed stork
The saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) is a large wading bird in the stork family, Ciconiidae.
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Sahel paradise whydah
The Sahel paradise whydah, yellow-naped whydah or northern paradise whydah (Vidua orientalis) is a small songbird.
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Sand martin
The sand martin (Riparia riparia) or European sand martin, bank swallow in the Americas, and collared sand martin in the Indian Subcontinent, is a migratory passerine bird in the swallow family.
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Sanderling
The sanderling (Calidris alba) is a small wading bird.
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Sandgrouse
Sandgrouse is the common name for Pteroclidae, a family of sixteen species of bird, members of the order Pterocliformes.
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Sandpiper
Sandpipers are a large family, Scolopacidae, of waders or shorebirds.
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Sandwich tern
The Sandwich tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis) is a tern in the family Laridae.
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Sarothruridae
Sarothruridae is a family of small- to medium-sized ground-living birds found in Madagascar and sub-Saharan Africa.
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Savile's bustard
The Savile's bustard (Lophotis savilei) is a species of bird in the family Otididae.
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Scarlet-chested sunbird
The scarlet-chested sunbird (Chalcomitra senegalensis) is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.
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Scissor-tailed kite
The scissor-tailed kite, also known as African swallow-tailed kite or fork-tailed kite (Chelictinia riocourii) is a bird of prey in the monotypic genus Chelictinia in the family Accipitridae.
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Secretarybird
The secretarybird or secretary bird (Sagittarius serpentarius) is a very large, mostly terrestrial bird of prey.
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Sedge warbler
The sedge warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) is an Old World warbler in the genus Acrocephalus.
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Senegal
Senegal (Sénégal), officially the Republic of Senegal, is a country in West Africa.
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Senegal batis
The Senegal batis (Batis senegalensis) is a species of small passerine bird in the wattle-eyes family, Platysteiridae.
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Senegal coucal
The Senegal coucal (Centropus senegalensis) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes, which also includes the roadrunners, the anis, and the hoatzin.
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Senegal eremomela
The Senegal eremomela (Eremomela pusilla) is a member of the African warbler family, the Cisticolidae.
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Senegal lapwing
The Senegal lapwing or lesser black-winged lapwing (Vanellus lugubris) is a species of bird in the family Charadriidae.
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Senegal parrot
The Senegal parrot (Poicephalus senegalus) is a Poicephalus parrot which is a resident breeder across a wide range of west Africa.
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Senegal thick-knee
The Senegal thick-knee (Burhinus senegalensis) is a stone-curlew, a group of waders in the family Burhinidae.
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Sexual dimorphism
Sexual dimorphism is the condition where the two sexes of the same species exhibit different characteristics beyond the differences in their sexual organs.
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Shikra
The shikra (Accipiter badius) is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae found widely distributed in Asia and Africa where it is also called the little banded goshawk.
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Shining-blue kingfisher
The shining-blue kingfisher (Alcedo quadribrachys) is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae.
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Short-toed snake eagle
The short-toed snake eagle (Circaetus gallicus), also known as short-toed eagle, is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, buzzards and harriers.
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Short-winged cisticola
The short-winged cisticola (Cisticola brachypterus), also known as the siffling cisticola, is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.
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Shrike
Shrikes are carnivorous passerine birds of the family Laniidae.
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Singing bush lark
The singing bush lark (Mirafra cantillans) is a species of lark found in Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia.
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Singing cisticola
The singing cisticola (Cisticola cantans) is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family.
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Skua
The skuas are a group of seabirds with about seven species forming the family Stercorariidae and the genus Stercorarius.
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Slender-billed gull
The slender-billed gull (Chroicocephalus genei) is a mid-sized gull which breeds very locally around the Mediterranean and the north of the western Indian Ocean (e.g. Pakistan) on islands and coastal lagoons.
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Snowy-crowned robin-chat
The snowy-crowned robin-chat (Cossypha niveicapilla) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.
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Solitary sandpiper
The solitary sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) is a small shorebird.
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Southern grey shrike
The southern grey shrike (Lanius meridionalis) is a member of the shrike family.
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Sparrow
Sparrows are a family of small passerine birds.
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Speckle-fronted weaver
The speckle-fronted weaver (Sporopipes frontalis) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae.
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Speckled pigeon
The speckled pigeon (Columba guinea), or (African) rock pigeon, is a pigeon that is a resident breeding bird in much of Africa south of the Sahara.
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Spectacled warbler
The spectacled warbler (Sylvia conspicillata) is a species in the typical warbler genus Sylvia.
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Splendid starling
The splendid starling (Lamprotornis splendidus), also known as the splendid glossy-starling, is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.
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Splendid sunbird
The splendid sunbird (Cinnyris coccinigastrus) is a sunbird.
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Spotted crake
The spotted crake (Porzana porzana) is a small waterbird of the family Rallidae.
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Spotted flycatcher
The spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family.
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Spotted honeyguide
The spotted honeyguide (Indicator maculatus) is a species of bird in the family Indicatoridae.
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Spotted redshank
The spotted redshank (Tringa erythropus) is a wader (shorebird) in the large bird family Scolopacidae.
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Spotted thick-knee
The spotted thick-knee (Burhinus capensis) also known as the spotted dikkop or Cape thick-knee, is a wader in the family Burhinidae.
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Spur-winged goose
The spur-winged goose (Plectropterus gambensis) is a large bird in the family Anatidae, related to the geese and the shelducks, but distinct from both of these in a number of anatomical features, and therefore treated in its own subfamily, the Plectropterinae.
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Spur-winged lapwing
The spur-winged lapwing or spur-winged plover (Vanellus spinosus) is a lapwing species, one of a group of largish waders in the family Charadriidae.
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Squacco heron
The squacco heron (Ardeola ralloides) is a small heron, long, of which the body is, with wingspan.
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Square-tailed drongo
The square-tailed drongo (Dicrurus ludwigii) is a drongo named after Baron von Ludwig.
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Standard-winged nightjar
The standard-winged nightjar (Caprimulgus longipennis) is a bird in the nightjar family.
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Starling
Starlings are small to medium-sized passerine birds in the family Sturnidae.
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Stenostiridae
Stenostiridae, or the fairy flycatchers, are a family of small passerine birds proposed as a result of recent discoveries in molecular systematics.
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Stone partridge
The stone partridge (Ptilopachus petrosus) is a bird of the new world quail family.
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Stone-curlew
The stone-curlews, also known as dikkops or thick-knees, consist of nine species within the family Burhinidae, and are found throughout the tropical and temperate parts of the world, with two species found in Australia.
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Stork
Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long, stout bills.
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Storm petrel
Storm petrel may refer to one of two bird families, both in the order Procellariiformes, once treated as the same family.
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Striated heron
The striated heron (Butorides striata) also known as mangrove heron, little heron or green-backed heron, is a small heron, about 44 cm tall.
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Striped kingfisher
The striped kingfisher (Halcyon chelicuti) is a species of bird in the tree kingfisher subfamily.
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Subalpine warbler
The subalpine warbler (Sylvia cantillans) is a small typical warbler which breeds in the southernmost areas of Europe and northwest Africa.
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Subspecies
In biological classification, the term subspecies refers to a unity of populations of a species living in a subdivision of the species’s global range and varies from other populations of the same species by morphological characteristics.
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Sudan golden sparrow
The Sudan golden sparrow (Passer luteus) is a small bird in the sparrow family, found to the south of the Sahara Desert in Africa.
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Sulidae
The bird family Sulidae comprises the gannets and boobies.
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Suliformes
The order Suliformes (dubbed "Phalacrocoraciformes" by Christidis & Boles 2008) is an order recognised by the International Ornithologist's Union.
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Sun lark
The sun lark (Galerida modesta) or Nigerian sun lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae.
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Sunbird
The sunbirds and spiderhunters make up a family, Nectariniidae, of passerine birds.
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Swallow
The swallows and martins, or Hirundinidae, are a family of passerine birds found around the world on all continents except Antarctica.
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Swallow-tailed bee-eater
The swallow-tailed bee-eater (Merops hirundineus) is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae.
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Swamp flycatcher
The swamp flycatcher or swamp alseonax (Muscicapa aquatica) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.
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Swamp nightjar
The swamp nightjar (Caprimulgus natalensis) is a species of nightjar in the family Caprimulgidae.
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Swamp palm bulbul
The swamp palm bulbul (Thescelocichla leucopleura), is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.
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Swift
The swifts are a family, Apodidae, of highly aerial birds.
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Sylviidae
Sylviidae is a family of passerine birds that includes the typical warblers, parrotbills, the wrentit, and a number of babblers formerly placed within the Old World babbler family.
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Tawny eagle
The tawny eagle (Aquila rapax) is a large bird of prey.
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Tawny pipit
The tawny pipit (Anthus campestris) is a medium-large passerine bird which breeds in much of temperate Europe and Asia, and northwest Africa.
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Tawny-flanked prinia
The tawny-flanked prinia (Prinia subflava) is a small passerine bird belonging to the genus Prinia in the family Cisticolidae, a family of Old World warblers.
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Temminck's courser
Temminck's courser (Cursorius temminckii) is a bird in the pratincole and courser family, Glareolidae.
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Temminck's lark
Temminck’s lark or Temminck’s horned lark (Eremophila bilopha), breeds across much of north Africa, through northern Saudi Arabia to western Iraq.
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Temminck's stint
Temminck's stint (Calidris temminckii) is a small wader.
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Terek sandpiper
The Terek sandpiper (Xenus cinereus) is a small migratory Palearctic wader species, the only member of the genus Xenus.
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The Gambia
No description.
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Threskiornithidae
The family Threskiornithidae includes 34 species of large wading birds.
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Thrush (bird)
The thrushes are a family, Turdidae, of passerine birds with a worldwide distribution.
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Tit (bird)
The tits, chickadees, and titmice constitute the Paridae, a large family of small passerine birds which occur mainly in the Northern Hemisphere and Africa.
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Tree pipit
The tree pipit (Anthus trivialis) is a small passerine bird which breeds across most of Europe and temperate western and central Asia.
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Treecreeper
The treecreepers are a family, Certhiidae, of small passerine birds, widespread in wooded regions of the Northern Hemisphere and sub-Saharan Africa.
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Tropicbird
Tropicbirds are a family, Phaethontidae, of tropical pelagic seabirds.
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True owl
The true owls or typical owls (family Strigidae) are one of the two generally accepted families of owls, the other being the barn owls (Tytonidae).
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Tufted duck
The tufted duck (Aythya fuligula) is a small diving duck with a population of close to one million birds.
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Turaco
The turacos make up the bird family Musophagidae (literally "banana-eaters"), which includes plantain-eaters and go-away-birds.
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Vagrancy (biology)
Vagrancy is a phenomenon in biology whereby individual animals appear well outside their normal range; individual animals which exhibit vagrancy are known as vagrants.
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Variable sunbird
The variable sunbird (or yellow-bellied sunbird), Cinnyris venustus (formerly Nectarinia venusta), is a sunbird.
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Verreaux's eagle-owl
Verreaux's eagle-owl, also commonly known as the milky eagle owl or giant eagle owl, (Bubo lacteus) is a member of the family Strigidae.
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Vertebrate
Vertebrates comprise all species of animals within the subphylum Vertebrata (chordates with backbones).
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Viduidae
The indigobirds and whydahs, together with the Cuckoo-finch make up the family Viduidae; they are small passerine birds native to Africa.
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Vieillot's barbet
The Vieillot's barbet (Lybius vieilloti) is a small African barbet.
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Vieillot's black weaver
The Vieillot's black weaver (Ploceus nigerrimus) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family.
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Village indigobird
The village indigobird or steelblue widowfinch (Vidua chalybeata) is a small songbird belonging to the family Viduidae.
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Village weaver
The village weaver (Ploceus cucullatus), also known as the spotted-backed weaver or black-headed weaver (the latter leading to easy confusion with P. melanocephalus), is a species of bird found in much of sub-Saharan Africa.
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Vinaceous dove
The vinaceous dove (Streptopelia vinacea) is a pigeon which is a widespread resident breeding bird in a belt across Africa just south of the Sahara Desert.
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Violet turaco
The violet turaco, also known as the violaceous plantain eater (Musophaga violacea), is a large turaco, a group of African near-passerines.
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Violet-backed starling
The violet-backed starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster), also known as the plum-colored starling or amethyst starling, is a relatively small species of starling in the family Sturnidae.
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Vitelline masked weaver
The vitelline masked weaver (Ploceus vitellinus) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family.
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Wahlberg's eagle
Wahlberg's eagle (Hieraaetus wahlbergi) is a bird of prey that is native to sub-Saharan Africa, where it is a seasonal migrant in the woodlands and savannas.
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Wattle-eye
Platysteiridae is a family of small, stout passerine birds of the African tropics.
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Wattled starling
The wattled starling (Creatophora cinerea) is a nomadic resident in eastern and southern Africa.
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Western banded snake eagle
The western banded snake eagle (Circaetus cinerascens) is a grey-brown African raptor with a short tail and a large head.
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Western bluebill
The western bluebill (Spermophaga haematina) is a common species of estrildid finch found in Africa.
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Western Bonelli's warbler
Western Bonelli's warbler is a "warbler" in the leaf warbler genus Phylloscopus.
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Western nicator
The western nicator (Nicator chloris) is a species of songbird in the family Nicatoridae, which is native to the western and central Afrotropics.
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Western Orphean warbler
The western Orphean warbler (Sylvia hortensis) is a typical warbler of the genus Sylvia.
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Western plantain-eater
The western plantain-eater (Crinifer piscator), also known as the grey plantain-eater or western grey plantain-eater, is a large member of the turaco family, a group of large arboreal near-passerine birds restricted to Africa.
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Western red-billed hornbill
The western red-billed hornbill (Tockus kempi) is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae.
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Western reef heron
The western reef heron (Egretta gularis) also called the western reef egret, is a medium-sized heron found in southern Europe, Africa and parts of Asia.
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Western violet-backed sunbird
The western violet-backed sunbird or Longuemare's sunbird (Anthreptes longuemarei) is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family.
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Western yellow wagtail
The western yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava) is a small passerine in the wagtail family Motacillidae, which also includes the pipits and longclaws.
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Whimbrel
The whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae.
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Whinchat
The whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) is a small migratory passerine bird breeding in Europe and western Asia and wintering in central Africa.
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Whiskered tern
The whiskered tern (Chlidonias hybrida) is a tern in the family Laridae.
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Whistling cisticola
The whistling cisticola (Cisticola lateralis) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.
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White stork
The white stork (Ciconia ciconia) is a large bird in the stork family Ciconiidae.
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White wagtail
The white wagtail (Motacilla alba) is a small passerine bird in the family Motacillidae, which also includes pipits and longclaws.
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White-backed night heron
The white-backed night heron (Gorsachius leuconotus) is a species of medium-sized heron in the family Ardeidae, found in sub-Saharan Africa.
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White-backed vulture
The white-backed vulture (Gyps africanus) is an Old World vulture in the family Accipitridae, which also includes eagles, kites, buzzards and hawks.
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White-bellied bustard
The white-bellied bustard or white-bellied korhaan (Eupodotis senegalensis) is an African species of bustard.
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White-billed buffalo weaver
The white-billed buffalo weaver (Bubalornis albirostris) is a resident breeding bird species in most of Africa south of the Sahara Desert.
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White-breasted cuckooshrike
The white-breasted cuckooshrike (Coracina pectoralis) is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family.
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White-crested helmetshrike
The white-crested helmetshrike (Prionops plumatus), also known as the white helmetshrike, is a species of passerine bird in the helmetshrike family Prionopidae, formerly usually included in the Malaconotidae.
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White-crested tiger heron
The white-crested tiger heron (Tigriornis leucolopha), also known as the white-crested bittern, is a species of heron in the family Ardeidae.
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White-crowned lapwing
The white-crowned lapwing, white-headed lapwing, white-headed plover or white-crowned plover (Vanellus albiceps) is a medium-sized wader.
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White-crowned robin-chat
The white-crowned robin-chat (Cossypha albicapilla) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.
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White-eye
The white-eyes are small passerine birds native to tropical, subtropical and temperate Sub-Saharan Africa, southern and eastern Asia, and Australasia.
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White-faced whistling duck
The white-faced whistling duck (Dendrocygna viduata) is a whistling duck that breeds in sub-Saharan Africa and much of South America.
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White-fronted black chat
The white-fronted black chat (Oenanthe albifrons) is a species of passerine bird in the family Muscicapidae.
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White-fronted plover
The white-fronted plover or white-fronted sandplover (Charadrius marginatus) is a small (45-50 g) shorebird of the family Charadriidae that inhabits sandy beaches, dunes, mudflats and the shores of rivers and lakes in sub-saharan Africa and Madagascar.
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White-headed vulture
The white-headed vulture (Trigonoceps occipitalis) is an Old World vulture endemic to Africa.
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White-rumped seedeater
The white-rumped seedeater (Crithagra leucopygia) is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.
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White-rumped swift
The white-rumped swift (Apus caffer) is a small swift.
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White-spotted flufftail
The white-spotted flufftail (Sarothrura pulchra) is a species of bird in the family Sarothruridae.
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White-throated bee-eater
The white-throated bee-eater (Merops albicollis) is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae.
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White-throated francolin
The white-throated francolin (Peliperdix albogularis) is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae.
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White-winged black tit
The white-winged black tit (Melaniparus leucomelas), also known as the white-winged tit, is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae.
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White-winged tern
The white-winged tern, or white-winged black tern (Chlidonias leucopterus or Chlidonias leucoptera), is a species of tern in the family Laridae.
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Willow warbler
The willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) is a very common and widespread leaf warbler which breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe and Asia, from Ireland east to the Anadyr River basin in eastern Siberia.
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Wilson's storm petrel
Wilson's storm petrel (Oceanites oceanicus), also known as Wilson's petrel, is a small seabird of the austral storm petrel family Oceanitidae.
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Winding cisticola
The winding cisticola (Cisticola marginatus) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.
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Wire-tailed swallow
The wire-tailed swallow (Hirundo smithii) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family.
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Wood hoopoe
The wood hoopoes and scimitarbills are a small African family, Phoeniculidae, of near passerine birds.
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Wood sandpiper
The wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola) is a small wader.
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Wood warbler
The wood warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix) is a common and widespread leaf warbler which breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe, and just into the extreme west of Asia in the southern Ural Mountains.
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Woodchat shrike
The woodchat shrike (Lanius senator) is a member of the shrike family Laniidae.
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Woodland kingfisher
The woodland kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis) is a tree kingfisher that is widely distributed in Africa south of the Sahara.
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Woodpecker
Woodpeckers are part of the family Picidae, a group of near-passerine birds that also consist of piculets, wrynecks, and sapsuckers.
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Woolly-necked stork
The woolly-necked stork or whitenecked stork (Ciconia episcopus) is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae.
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Yellow penduline tit
The yellow penduline tit (Anthoscopus parvulus) is a species of bird in the family Remizidae.
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Yellow-bellied hyliota
The yellow-bellied hyliota (Hyliota flavigaster) is a species of Hyliota.
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Yellow-billed kite
The yellow-billed kite (Milvus aegyptius) is the Afrotropic counterpart of the black kite (Milvus migrans), of which it is most often considered a subspecies.
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Yellow-billed oxpecker
The yellow-billed oxpecker (Buphagus africanus) is a passerine bird in the family Buphagidae.
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Yellow-billed shrike
The yellow-billed shrike (Corvinella corvina) is a large passerine bird in the shrike family.
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Yellow-billed stork
The Yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis), sometimes also called the wood stork or wood ibis, is a large African wading stork species in the family Ciconiidae.
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Yellow-breasted apalis
The yellow-breasted apalis (Apalis flavida) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.
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Yellow-browed warbler
The yellow-browed warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus) is a leaf warbler (family Phylloscopidae) which breeds in temperate Asia.
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Yellow-crowned bishop
The yellow-crowned bishop (Euplectes afer) is a species of passerine bird in the family Ploceidae native to Africa south of the Sahara.
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Yellow-crowned gonolek
The yellow-crowned gonolek (Laniarius barbarus), also known as the common gonolek, is a medium-sized passerine bird in the bushshrike family.
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Yellow-fronted canary
The yellow-fronted canary (Crithagra mozambica), also called Yellow-eyed Canary, is a small passerine bird in the finch family.
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Yellow-fronted tinkerbird
The yellow-fronted tinkerbird (Pogoniulus chrysoconus) is a small African barbet formerly known as yellow-fronted tinker barbet.
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Yellow-legged gull
The yellow-legged gull (Larus michahellis), sometimes referred to as western yellow-legged gull (to distinguish it from eastern populations of yellow-legged large white-headed gulls), is a large gull of Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, which has only recently achieved wide recognition as a distinct species.
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Yellow-mantled widowbird
The yellow-mantled widowbird (Euplectes macroura), also known as the yellow-backed widow, is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae.
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Yellow-rumped tinkerbird
The yellow-rumped tinkerbird (Pogoniulus bilineatus) is a bird species in the family Lybiidae (African barbets).
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Yellow-throated leaflove
The yellow-throated leaflove (Atimastillas flavicollis) is a species of leaflove in the bulbul family of passerine birds.
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Yellow-throated longclaw
The yellow-throated longclaw (Macronyx croceus) is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae.
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Zitting cisticola
The zitting cisticola or streaked fantail warbler (Cisticola juncidis), is a widely distributed Old World warbler whose breeding range includes southern Europe, Africa (outside the deserts and rainforest), and southern Asia down to northern Australia.
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Redirects here:
List of birds of Gambia, List of birds of The Gambia.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_birds_of_the_Gambia
