Out to Africa!
Project progress - Bird Families of the World 98/250
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Thanks to my friend Martin Meir, we experienced my first overseas birding adventure – Kenya! And here I am, on the foothills of the Kilimanjaro writing my field notes. Armed with basic field guide and some rumors, we wandered on some East African nature reserves, doubling my life list and gain a fruitful milestone on bird families quest:
72. Family #1: Ostriches (Struthionidae) | Common Ostrich (photographed in Tanzania)
73. Family #11: Guineafowl (Numididae) | Helmeted Guineafowl (photographed in South Africa)
74. Family #20: Turacos (Musophagidae) | Great Blue Turaco (photographed in Uganda)
75. Family #48: Jacanas (Jacanidae) | African Jacana (photographed in South Africa)
76. Family #50: Buttonquail (Turnicidae) | Madagascan Buttonquail (photographed in Madagascar, Small Buttonquail ticked in Kenya)
77. Family #51: Crab Plover (Dromadidae) | Crab Plover (photographed in Madagascar)
78. Family #68: Anhingas (Anhingidae) | Oriental Darter (photographed in India, African Darter ticked in Kenya)
79. Family #72: Hamerkop (Scopidae) | Hamerkop (photographed in Uganda)
80. Family #76: Secretarybird (Sagittariidae) | Secretarybird (photographed in South Africa)
81. Family #81: Mousebirds (Coliidae) | White-backed Mousebird (photographed in South Africa, Speckled Mousebird ticked in Kenya)
82. Family #85: Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills (Phoeniculidae) | Green Woodhoopoe (photographed in South Africa)
83. Family #87: Hornbills (Bucerotidae) | African Gray Hornbill (photographed in South Africa)
84. Family #96: African Barbets (Lybiidae) | Double-toothed Barbet (photographed in Uganda, a few others ticked in Kenya)
85. Family #101: Honeyguides (Indicatoridae) | Greater Honeyguide (photographed in Tanzania, Greater Honeyguide ticked in Kenya)
86. Family #108: New World and African Parrots (Psittacidae) | African Gray Parrot (photographed in Uganda, Yellow-collared Lovebird ticked in Kenya)
87. Family #153: Wattle-eyes and Batises (Platysteiridae) | Brown-throated Wattle-eye(photographed in Ghana, Chin-spotted Batis ticked in Kenya)
88. Family #154: Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies (Vangidae) | White-crested Helmet-Shrike (photographed in South Africa)
89. Family #157: Bushshrikes and Allies (Malaconotidae) | Papyrus Gonolek (photographed in Uganda, Brubru ticked in Kenya)
90. Family #139: Cuckooshrikes (Campephagidae) | Black Cuckooshrike (female, photographed in South Africa)
91. Family #159: Drongos (Dicruridae) | Fork-tailed Drongo (photographed in South Africa)
92. Family #162: Monarch Flycatchers (Monarchidae) | African Paradise-Flycatcher (photographed in South Africa)
93. Family #183: African Warblers (Macrosphenidae) | Long-billed Crombec (photographed in South Africa, Northern Crombec ticked in Kenya)
94. Family #198: White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies (Zosteropidae) | Cape White-eye (photographed in South Africa, African Yellow White-eye ticked in Kenya)
95. Family #210: Oxpeckers (Buphagidae) | Red-billed Oxpecker (photographed in South Africa)
96. Family #228: Weavers and Allies (Ploceidae) | Village Weaver (photographed in Uganda)
97. Family #229: Waxbills and Allies (Estrildidae) | Red-billed Firefinch (photographed in Tanzania)
| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | .. |
| Hill Pigeon | Columba rupestris | |
| Snow Pigeon | Columba leuconota | |
| Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | .. |
| White-collared Pigeon | Columba albitorques | .. |
| Stock Dove | Columba oenas | . |
| Yellow-eyed Pigeon | Columba eversmanni | . |
| Somali Pigeon | Columba oliviae | |
| Common Wood-Pigeon | Columba palumbus | .. |
| Trocaz Pigeon | Columba trocaz | |
| Bolle’s Pigeon | Columba bollii | |
| Afep Pigeon | Columba unicincta | |
| Laurel Pigeon | Columba junoniae | |
| Rameron Pigeon | Columba arquatrix | .. |
| Cameroon Pigeon | Columba sjostedti | |
| Maroon Pigeon | Columba thomensis | |
| Delegorgue’s Pigeon | Columba delegorguei | |
| Bronze-naped Pigeon | Columba iriditorques | |
| Sao Tome Pigeon | Columba malherbii | |
| Mauritius Wood-Pigeon | Columba thiriouxi | (Extinct) |
| Lemon Dove | Columba larvata | .. |
| Comoro Pigeon | Columba pollenii | |
| Speckled Wood-Pigeon | Columba hodgsonii | .. |
| White-naped Pigeon | Columba albinucha | |
| Ashy Wood-Pigeon | Columba pulchricollis | . |
| Nilgiri Wood-Pigeon | Columba elphinstonii | |
| Sri Lanka Wood-Pigeon | Columba torringtoniae | |
| Pale-capped Pigeon | Columba punicea | |
| Silvery Wood-Pigeon | Columba argentina | |
| Andaman Wood-Pigeon | Columba palumboides | |
| Japanese Wood-Pigeon | Columba janthina | |
| Ryukyu Pigeon | Columba jouyi | (Extinct) |
| Bonin Pigeon | Columba versicolor | (Extinct) |
| Metallic Pigeon | Columba vitiensis | .. |
| White-headed Pigeon | Columba leucomela | .. |
| Yellow-legged Pigeon | Columba pallidiceps | |
| Pale-vented Pigeon | Patagioenas cayennensis | .. |
| Scaled Pigeon | Patagioenas speciosa | |
| Scaly-naped Pigeon | Patagioenas squamosa | .. |
| Picazuro Pigeon | Patagioenas picazuro | .. |
| Bare-eyed Pigeon | Patagioenas corensis | |
| Spot-winged Pigeon | Patagioenas maculosa | . |
| White-crowned Pigeon | Patagioenas leucocephala | .. |
| Red-billed Pigeon | Patagioenas flavirostris | . |
| Plain Pigeon | Patagioenas inornata | .. |
| Band-tailed Pigeon | Patagioenas fasciata | .. |
| Chilean Pigeon | Patagioenas araucana | |
| Ring-tailed Pigeon | Patagioenas caribaea | |
| Peruvian Pigeon | Patagioenas oenops | .. |
| Plumbeous Pigeon | Patagioenas plumbea | .. |
| Ruddy Pigeon | Patagioenas subvinacea | .. |
| Short-billed Pigeon | Patagioenas nigrirostris | .. |
| Dusky Pigeon | Patagioenas goodsoni | . |
| Passenger Pigeon | Ectopistes migratorius | (Extinct) |
| Pink Pigeon | Nesoenas mayeri | |
| Reunion Pigeon | Nesoenas duboisi | (Extinct) |
| Mauritius Turtle-Dove | Nesoenas cicur | (Extinct) |
| Rodrigues Turtle-Dove | Nesoenas rodericanus | (Extinct) |
| European Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia turtur | .. |
| Dusky Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia lugens | .. |
| Adamawa Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia hypopyrrha | |
| Oriental Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia orientalis | .. |
| Island Collared-Dove | Streptopelia bitorquata | |
| Philippine Collared-Dove | Streptopelia dusumieri | |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | .. |
| African Collared-Dove | Streptopelia roseogrisea | .. |
| White-winged Collared-Dove | Streptopelia reichenowi | |
| Mourning Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decipiens | .. |
| Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | .. |
| Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | .. |
| Vinaceous Dove | Streptopelia vinacea | .. |
| Red Collared-Dove | Streptopelia tranquebarica | .. |
| Madagascar Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia picturata | .. |
| Spotted Dove | Streptopelia chinensis | .. |
| Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis | .. |
| Barred Cuckoo-Dove | Macropygia unchall | . |
| Brown Cuckoo-Dove | Macropygia phasianella | .. |
| Flores Sea Cuckoo-Dove | Macropygia macassariensis | |
| Timor Cuckoo-Dove | Macropygia magna | |
| Tanimbar Cuckoo-Dove | Macropygia timorlaoensis | |
| Amboyna Cuckoo-Dove | Macropygia amboinensis | |
| Sultan’s Cuckoo-Dove | Macropygia doreya | |
| Andaman Cuckoo-Dove | Macropygia rufipennis | |
| Philippine Cuckoo-Dove | Macropygia tenuirostris | |
| Ruddy Cuckoo-Dove | Macropygia emiliana | |
| Enggano Cuckoo-Dove | Macropygia cinnamomea | |
| Barusan Cuckoo-Dove | Macropygia modiglianii | |
| Black-billed Cuckoo-Dove | Macropygia nigrirostris | |
| Mackinlay’s Cuckoo-Dove | Macropygia mackinlayi | |
| Little Cuckoo-Dove | Macropygia ruficeps | |
| Great Cuckoo-Dove | Reinwardtoena reinwardti | |
| Pied Cuckoo-Dove | Reinwardtoena browni | |
| Crested Cuckoo-Dove | Reinwardtoena crassirostris | |
| White-faced Cuckoo-Dove | Turacoena manadensis | |
| Sula Cuckoo-Dove | Turacoena sulaensis | |
| Slaty Cuckoo-Dove | Turacoena modesta | |
| Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos | .. |
| Black-billed Wood-Dove | Turtur abyssinicus | .. |
| Blue-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur afer | . |
| Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria | .. |
| Blue-headed Wood-Dove | Turtur brehmeri | . |
| Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | .. |
| Asian Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica | . |
| Pacific Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps longirostris | .. |
| Stephan’s Dove | Chalcophaps stephani | |
| New Guinea Bronzewing | Henicophaps albifrons | |
| New Britain Bronzewing | Henicophaps foersteri | |
| Wetar Ground Dove | Alopecoenas hoedtii | |
| Shy Ground Dove | Alopecoenas stairi | |
| Santa Cruz Ground Dove | Alopecoenas sanctaecrucis | |
| Thick-billed Ground Dove | Alopecoenas salamonis | (Extinct) |
| Tanna Ground Dove | Alopecoenas ferrugineus | (Extinct) |
| Bronze Ground Dove | Alopecoenas beccarii | |
| Palau Ground Dove | Alopecoenas canifrons | |
| White-bibbed Ground Dove | Alopecoenas jobiensis | |
| Marquesas Ground Dove | Alopecoenas rubescens | |
| Caroline Islands Ground Dove | Alopecoenas kubaryi | |
| Polynesian Ground Dove | Alopecoenas erythropterus | |
| White-throated Ground Dove | Alopecoenas xanthonurus | |
| Norfolk Ground Dove | Alopecoenas norfolkensis | (Extinct) |
| Common Bronzewing | Phaps chalcoptera | .. |
| Brush Bronzewing | Phaps elegans | |
| Flock Bronzewing | Phaps histrionica | |
| Crested Pigeon | Ocyphaps lophotes | .. |
| Spinifex Pigeon | Geophaps plumifera | |
| Squatter Pigeon | Geophaps scripta | . |
| Partridge Pigeon | Geophaps smithii | |
| Chestnut-quilled Rock-Pigeon | Petrophassa rufipennis | . |
| White-quilled Rock-Pigeon | Petrophassa albipennis | |
| Wonga Pigeon | Leucosarcia melanoleuca | .. |
| Diamond Dove | Geopelia cuneata | .. |
| Zebra Dove | Geopelia striata | .. |
| Peaceful Dove | Geopelia placida | .. |
| Barred Dove | Geopelia maugeus | |
| Bar-shouldered Dove | Geopelia humeralis | .. |
| Inca Dove | Columbina inca | .. |
| Common Ground Dove | Columbina passerina | .. |
| Plain-breasted Ground Dove | Columbina minuta | |
| Ruddy Ground Dove | Columbina talpacoti | .. |
| Ecuadorian Ground Dove | Columbina buckleyi | .. |
| Scaled Dove | Columbina squammata | .. |
| Picui Ground Dove | Columbina picui | .. |
| Croaking Ground Dove | Columbina cruziana | .. |
| Blue-eyed Ground Dove | Columbina cyanopis | |
| Blue Ground Dove | Claravis pretiosa | . |
| Maroon-chested Ground Dove | Paraclaravis mondetoura | |
| Purple-winged Ground Dove | Paraclaravis geoffroyi | |
| Bare-faced Ground Dove | Metriopelia ceciliae | .. |
| Bare-eyed Ground Dove | Metriopelia morenoi | |
| Black-winged Ground Dove | Metriopelia melanoptera | |
| Golden-spotted Ground Dove | Metriopelia aymara | |
| Long-tailed Ground Dove | Uropelia campestris | .. |
| Blue-headed Quail-Dove | Starnoenas cyanocephala | |
| Purple Quail-Dove | Geotrygon purpurata | |
| Sapphire Quail-Dove | Geotrygon saphirina | |
| Crested Quail-Dove | Geotrygon versicolor | |
| Ruddy Quail-Dove | Geotrygon montana | . |
| Violaceous Quail-Dove | Geotrygon violacea | |
| Gray-fronted Quail-Dove | Geotrygon caniceps | |
| White-fronted Quail-Dove | Geotrygon leucometopia | .. |
| Key West Quail-Dove | Geotrygon chrysia | |
| Bridled Quail-Dove | Geotrygon mystacea | |
| Olive-backed Quail-Dove | Leptotrygon veraguensis | |
| White-tipped Dove | Leptotila verreauxi | .. |
| Caribbean Dove | Leptotila jamaicensis | |
| Gray-chested Dove | Leptotila cassinii | |
| Tolima Dove | Leptotila conoveri | |
| Ochre-bellied Dove | Leptotila ochraceiventris | |
| Gray-headed Dove | Leptotila plumbeiceps | |
| Gray-fronted Dove | Leptotila rufaxilla | .. |
| Grenada Dove | Leptotila wellsi | |
| Pallid Dove | Leptotila pallida | . |
| Large-tailed Dove | Leptotila megalura | |
| Tuxtla Quail-Dove | Zentrygon carrikeri | |
| Buff-fronted Quail-Dove | Zentrygon costaricensis | |
| Purplish-backed Quail-Dove | Zentrygon lawrencii | |
| White-faced Quail-Dove | Zentrygon albifacies | |
| White-throated Quail-Dove | Zentrygon frenata | .. |
| Lined Quail-Dove | Zentrygon linearis | |
| Chiriqui Quail-Dove | Zentrygon chiriquensis | |
| Russet-crowned Quail-Dove | Zentrygon goldmani | |
| West Peruvian Dove | Zenaida meloda | . |
| White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica | .. |
| Zenaida Dove | Zenaida aurita | .. |
| Galapagos Dove | Zenaida galapagoensis | |
| Eared Dove | Zenaida auriculata | .. |
| Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura | .. |
| Socorro Dove | Zenaida graysoni | |
| Nicobar Pigeon | Caloenas nicobarica | |
| Spotted Green Pigeon | Caloenas maculata | (Extinct) |
| Dodo | Raphus cucullatus | (Extinct) |
| Rodrigues Solitaire | Pezophaps solitaria | (Extinct) |
| Sulawesi Ground Dove | Gallicolumba tristigmata | |
| Cinnamon Ground Dove | Gallicolumba rufigula | |
| Mindoro Bleeding-heart | Gallicolumba platenae | |
| Negros Bleeding-heart | Gallicolumba keayi | |
| Sulu Bleeding-heart | Gallicolumba menagei | |
| Luzon Bleeding-heart | Gallicolumba luzonica | |
| Mindanao Bleeding-heart | Gallicolumba crinigera | |
| Choiseul Pigeon | Microgoura meeki | (Extinct) |
| Thick-billed Ground-Pigeon | Trugon terrestris | |
| Pheasant Pigeon | Otidiphaps nobilis | |
| Western Crowned-Pigeon | Goura cristata | |
| Sclater’s Crowned-Pigeon | Goura sclaterii | |
| Scheepmaker’s Crowned-Pigeon | Goura scheepmakeri | |
| Victoria Crowned-Pigeon | Goura victoria | |
| Tooth-billed Pigeon | Didunculus strigirostris | |
| White-eared Brown-Dove | Phapitreron leucotis | |
| Amethyst Brown-Dove | Phapitreron amethystinus | |
| Mindanao Brown-Dove | Phapitreron brunneiceps | |
| Tawitawi Brown-Dove | Phapitreron cinereiceps | |
| Little Green-Pigeon | Treron olax | |
| Pink-necked Green-Pigeon | Treron vernans | |
| Cinnamon-headed Green-Pigeon | Treron fulvicollis | |
| Orange-breasted Green-Pigeon | Treron bicinctus | |
| Sri Lanka Green-Pigeon | Treron pompadora | |
| Gray-fronted Green-Pigeon | Treron affinis | |
| Andaman Green-Pigeon | Treron chloropterus | |
| Ashy-headed Green-Pigeon | Treron phayrei | |
| Philippine Green-Pigeon | Treron axillaris | |
| Buru Green-Pigeon | Treron aromaticus | |
| Thick-billed Green-Pigeon | Treron curvirostra | . |
| Gray-cheeked Green-Pigeon | Treron griseicauda | |
| Sumba Green-Pigeon | Treron teysmannii | |
| Flores Green-Pigeon | Treron floris | |
| Timor Green-Pigeon | Treron psittaceus | |
| Large Green-Pigeon | Treron capellei | |
| Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon | Treron phoenicopterus | .. |
| Bruce’s Green-Pigeon | Treron waalia | .. |
| Comoros Green-Pigeon | Treron griveaudi | |
| Madagascar Green-Pigeon | Treron australis | .. |
| Pemba Green-Pigeon | Treron pembaensis | |
| Sao Tome Green-Pigeon | Treron sanctithomae | |
| Yellow-vented Green-Pigeon | Treron seimundi | |
| Pin-tailed Green-Pigeon | Treron apicauda | .. |
| African Green-Pigeon | Treron calvus | .. |
| Green-spectacled Green-Pigeon | Treron oxyurus | |
| Wedge-tailed Green-Pigeon | Treron sphenurus | .. |
| White-bellied Green-Pigeon | Treron sieboldii | |
| Whistling Green-Pigeon | Treron formosae | |
| Black-backed Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus cinctus | |
| Black-banded Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus alligator | |
| Red-naped Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus dohertyi | |
| Pink-headed Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus porphyreus | |
| Yellow-breasted Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus occipitalis | |
| Flame-breasted Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus marchei | |
| Cream-breasted Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus merrilli | |
| Red-eared Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus fischeri | |
| Jambu Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus jambu | |
| Maroon-chinned Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus epius | |
| Banggai Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus subgularis | |
| Sula Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus mangoliensis | |
| Black-chinned Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus leclancheri | |
| Scarlet-breasted Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus bernsteinii | |
| Wompoo Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus magnificus | |
| Pink-spotted Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus perlatus | |
| Ornate Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus ornatus | |
| Tanna Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus tannensis | |
| Orange-fronted Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus aurantiifrons | |
| Wallace’s Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus wallacii | |
| Superb Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus superbus | |
| Many-colored Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus perousii | |
| Purple-capped Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus ponapensis | |
| Kosrae Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus hernsheimi | |
| Crimson-crowned Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus porphyraceus | |
| Palau Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus pelewensis | |
| Cook Islands Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus rarotongensis | |
| Mariana Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus roseicapilla | |
| Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus regina | .. |
| Silver-capped Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus richardsii | |
| Gray-green Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus purpuratus | |
| Makatea Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus chalcurus | |
| Atoll Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus coralensis | |
| Red-bellied Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus greyi | .. |
| Rapa Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus huttoni | |
| White-capped Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus dupetithouarsii | |
| Red-moustached Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus mercierii | (Extinct) |
| Henderson Island Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus insularis | |
| Coroneted Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus coronulatus | |
| Beautiful Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus pulchellus | |
| Blue-capped Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus monacha | |
| White-breasted Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus rivoli | |
| Yellow-bibbed Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus solomonensis | |
| Claret-breasted Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus viridis | |
| White-headed Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus eugeniae | |
| Orange-bellied Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus iozonus | |
| Knob-billed Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus insolitus | |
| Gray-headed Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus hyogastrus | |
| Carunculated Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus granulifrons | |
| Black-naped Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus melanospilus | |
| Dwarf Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus nainus | |
| Negros Fruit-Dove | Ptilinopus arcanus | |
| Orange Dove | Ptilinopus victor | |
| Golden Dove | Ptilinopus luteovirens | |
| Velvet Dove | Ptilinopus layardi | |
| Cloven-feathered Dove | Drepanoptila holosericea | .. |
| Mauritius Blue-Pigeon | Alectroenas nitidissimus | (Extinct) |
| Rodrigues Blue-Pigeon | Alectroenas payandeei | (Extinct) |
| Madagascar Blue-Pigeon | Alectroenas madagascariensis | .. |
| Comoro Blue-Pigeon | Alectroenas sganzini | |
| Seychelles Blue-Pigeon | Alectroenas pulcherrimus | |
| Pink-bellied Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula poliocephala | |
| White-bellied Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula forsteni | |
| Mindoro Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula mindorensis | |
| Gray-headed Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula radiata | |
| Spotted Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula carola | |
| Green Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula aenea | .. |
| Nicobar Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula nicobarica | |
| Spectacled Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula perspicillata | |
| Seram Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula neglecta | |
| Elegant Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula concinna | |
| Pacific Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula pacifica | |
| Red-knobbed Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula rubricera | |
| Micronesian Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula oceanica | |
| Polynesian Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula aurorae | |
| Marquesas Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula galeata | |
| Spice Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula myristicivora | |
| Purple-tailed Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula rufigaster | |
| Cinnamon-bellied Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula basilica | |
| Finsch’s Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula finschii | |
| Rufescent Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula chalconota | |
| Island Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula pistrinaria | |
| Pink-headed Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula rosacea | |
| Christmas Island Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula whartoni | |
| Gray Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula pickeringii | |
| Peale’s Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula latrans | |
| Chestnut-bellied Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula brenchleyi | |
| Baker’s Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula bakeri | |
| New Caledonian Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula goliath | .. |
| Pinon’s Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula pinon | |
| Bismarck Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula melanochroa | |
| Collared Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula mullerii | |
| Zoe’s Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula zoeae | |
| Mountain Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula badia | .. |
| Dark-backed Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula lacernulata | |
| Timor Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula cineracea | |
| Pied Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula bicolor | |
| Yellowish Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula subflavescens | |
| Torresian Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula spilorrhoa | . |
| Silver-tipped Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula luctuosa | |
| Topknot Pigeon | Lopholaimus antarcticus | . |
| New Zealand Pigeon | Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae | .. |
| Chatham Island Pigeon | Hemiphaga chathamensis | |
| Sombre Pigeon | Cryptophaps poecilorrhoa | |
| Papuan Mountain-Pigeon | Gymnophaps albertisii | |
| Buru Mountain-Pigeon | Gymnophaps mada | |
| Seram Mountain-Pigeon | Gymnophaps stalkeri | |
| Pale Mountain-Pigeon | Gymnophaps solomonensis |
98. Family #230: Indigobirds (Viduidae) | Pin-tailed Whydah (photographed in Ethiopia)
| Ostrich | Struthio camelus |
| White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata |
| White-backed Duck | Thalassornis leuconotus |
| Knob-billed Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos |
| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca |
| Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis |
| Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata |
| Northern Shoveler | Anas clypeata |
| Red-billed Duck | Anas erythrorhyncha |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta |
| Hottentot Teal | Anas hottentota |
| Cape Teal | Anas capensis |
| Southern Pochard | Netta erythrophthalma |
| Maccoa Duck | Oxyura maccoa |
| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris |
| Vulturine Guineafowl | Acryllium vulturinum |
| Crested Francolin | Francolinus sephaena |
| Shelley’s Francolin | Francolinus shelleyi |
| Scaly Francolin | Francolinus squamatus |
| Yellow-necked Francolin | Francolinus leucoscepus |
| Harlequin Quail | Coturnix delegorguei |
| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis |
| Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus |
| Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus |
| Lesser Flamingo | Phoenicopterus minor |
| African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus |
| Black Stork | Ciconia nigra |
| Abdim’s Stork | Ciconia abdimii |
| Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus |
| White Stork | Ciconia ciconia |
| Saddle-billed Stork | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis |
| Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer |
| Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis |
| White-breasted Cormorant | Phalacrocorax lucidus |
| Long-tailed Cormorant | Phalacrocorax africanus |
| African Darter | Anhinga rufa |
| Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus |
| Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens |
| Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta |
| Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea |
| Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala |
| Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea |
| Intermediate Egret | Mesophoyx intermedia |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
| Western Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus |
| Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus |
| Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash |
| African Spoonbill | Platalea alba |
| Secretary-bird | Sagittarius serpentarius |
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus |
| Black-shouldered Kite | Elanus caeruleus |
| African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus |
| White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis |
| Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotus |
| White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus |
| Rueppell’s Griffon | Gyps rueppellii |
| Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus |
| Short-toed Eagle | Circaetus gallicus |
| Black-breasted Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis |
| Brown Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinereus |
| Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus |
| Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis |
| Greater Spotted Eagle | Clanga clanga |
| Wahlberg’s Eagle | Hieraaetus wahlbergi |
| Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus |
| Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax |
| Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis |
| Imperial Eagle | Aquila heliaca |
| Verreaux’s Eagle | Aquila verreauxii |
| African Hawk-Eagle | Aquila spilogaster |
| Dark Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax metabates |
| Eastern Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax poliopterus |
| Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar |
| Grasshopper Buzzard | Butastur rufipennis |
| Eurasian Marsh-Harrier | Circus aeruginosus |
| African Marsh-Harrier | Circus ranivorus |
| Montagu’s Harrier | Circus pygargus |
| Shikra | Accipiter badius |
| Yellow-billed Kite | Milvus aegyptius |
| African Fish-Eagle | Haliaeetus vocifer |
| Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo |
| Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur |
| Jackal Buzzard | Buteo rufofuscus |
| Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori |
| White-bellied Bustard | Eupodotis senegalensis |
| Buff-crested Bustard | Eupodotis gindiana |
| Black-bellied Bustard | Lissotis melanogaster |
| Black Crake | Amaurornis flavirostra |
| Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata |
| Gray Crowned-Crane | Balearica regulorum |
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus |
| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola |
| Long-toed Lapwing | Vanellus crassirostris |
| Blacksmith Plover | Vanellus armatus |
| Spur-winged Plover | Vanellus spinosus |
| Black-headed Lapwing | Vanellus tectus |
| Black-winged Lapwing | Vanellus melanopterus |
| Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus |
| Lesser Sand-Plover | Charadrius mongolus |
| Greater Sand-Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii |
| Kittlitz’s Plover | Charadrius pecuarius |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula |
| Three-banded Plover | Charadrius tricollaris |
| African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus |
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago |
| Small Buttonquail | Turnix sylvaticus |
| Crab Plover | Dromas ardeola |
| Double-banded Courser | Smutsornis africanus |
| Slender-billed Gull | Chroicocephalus genei |
| Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus |
| Sooty Gull | Ichthyaetus hemprichii |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus |
| Saunders’s Tern | Sternula saundersi |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii |
| White-cheeked Tern | Sterna repressa |
| Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii |
| Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis |
| Black-faced Sandgrouse | Pterocles decoratus |
| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea |
| Rameron Pigeon | Columba arquatrix |
| Mourning Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decipiens |
| Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata |
| Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola |
| Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis |
| Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos |
| Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis |
| Hartlaub’s Turaco | Tauraco hartlaubi |
| White-bellied Go-away-bird | Corythaixoides leucogaster |
| Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus |
| Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius |
| Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius |
| Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius |
| White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus |
| Spotted Eagle-Owl | Bubo africanus |
| Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl | Bubo lacteus |
| Sombre Nightjar | Caprimulgus fraenatus |
| Nubian Nightjar | Caprimulgus nubicus |
| Donaldson-Smith’s Nightjar | Caprimulgus donaldsoni |
| Abyssinian Nightjar | Caprimulgus poliocephalus |
| Slender-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus clarus |
| Alpine Swift | Apus melba |
| Common Swift | Apus apus |
| Nyanza Swift | Apus niansae |
| Little Swift | Apus affinis |
| African Palm-Swift | Cypsiurus parvus |
| Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus |
| Blue-naped Mousebird | Urocolius macrourus |
| Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus |
| African Pygmy-Kingfisher | Ispidina picta |
| Gray-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala |
| Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis |
| Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Halcyon albiventris |
| Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti |
| Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis |
| White-fronted Bee-eater | Merops bullockoides |
| Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus |
| White-throated Bee-eater | Merops albicollis |
| Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus |
| Madagascar Bee-eater | Merops superciliosus |
| Northern Carmine Bee-eater | Merops nubicus |
| European Roller | Coracias garrulus |
| Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus |
| Rufous-crowned Roller | Coracias naevius |
| African Hoopoe | Upupa africana |
| Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus |
| Common Scimitar-bill | Rhinopomastus cyanomelas |
| Abyssinian Scimitar-bill | Rhinopomastus minor |
| Northern Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus erythrorhynchus |
| Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill | Tockus flavirostris |
| Jackson’s Hornbill | Tockus jacksoni |
| Von der Decken’s Hornbill | Tockus deckeni |
| Crowned Hornbill | Tockus alboterminatus |
| Hemprich’s Hornbill | Tockus hemprichii |
| African Gray Hornbill | Tockus nasutus |
| Red-and-yellow Barbet | Trachyphonus erythrocephalus |
| D’Arnaud’s Barbet | Trachyphonus darnaudii |
| Red-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus pusillus |
| Spot-flanked Barbet | Tricholaema lacrymosa |
| Black-throated Barbet | Tricholaema melanocephala |
| Black-collared Barbet | Lybius torquatus |
| Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator |
| Rufous-necked Wryneck | Jynx ruficollis |
| Nubian Woodpecker | Campethera nubica |
| Golden-tailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni |
| Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens |
| Bearded Woodpecker | Dendropicos namaquus |
| African Gray Woodpecker | Dendropicos goertae |
| Pygmy Falcon | Polihierax semitorquatus |
| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni |
| Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus |
| Greater Kestrel | Falco rupicoloides |
| Dickinson’s Kestrel | Falco dickinsoni |
| Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus |
| Yellow-collared Lovebird | Agapornis personatus |
| Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor |
| Pygmy Batis | Batis perkeo |
| Brubru | Nilaus afer |
| Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla |
| Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus |
| Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis |
| Three-streaked Tchagra | Tchagra jamesi |
| Tropical Boubou | Laniarius aethiopicus |
| Slate-colored Boubou | Laniarius funebris |
| Rosy-patched Bushshrike | Rhodophoneus cruentus |
| Black-fronted Bushshrike | Telophorus nigrifrons |
| Gray-headed Bushshrike | Malaconotus blanchoti |
| Black Cuckooshrike | Campephaga flava |
| Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio |
| Gray-backed Fiscal | Lanius excubitorius |
| Long-tailed Fiscal | Lanius cabanisi |
| Taita Fiscal | Lanius dorsalis |
| Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis |
| White-rumped Shrike | Eurocephalus rueppelli |
| African Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus |
| Square-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus ludwigii |
| Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis |
| African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis |
| House Crow | Corvus splendens |
| Pied Crow | Corvus albus |
| Fan-tailed Raven | Corvus rhipidurus |
| Red-winged Lark | Mirafra hypermetra |
| Rufous-naped Lark | Mirafra africana |
| Flappet Lark | Mirafra rufocinnamomea |
| Pink-breasted Lark | Calendulauda poecilosterna |
| Foxy Lark | Calendulauda alopex |
| Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix leucotis |
| Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix signatus |
| Fischer’s Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix leucopareia |
| Red-capped Lark | Calandrella cinerea |
| Brown-throated Martin | Riparia paludicola |
| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia |
| Banded Martin | Riparia cincta |
| Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica |
| Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii |
| Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica |
| Lesser Striped-Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica |
| Common House-Martin | Delichon urbicum |
| White-bellied Tit | Melaniparus albiventris |
| Red-throated Tit | Melaniparus fringillinus |
| Somali Tit | Melaniparus thruppi |
| Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus musculus |
| Sombre Greenbul | Andropadus importunus |
| Yellow-bellied Greenbul | Chlorocichla flaviventris |
| Northern Brownbul | Phyllastrephus strepitans |
| Fischer’s Greenbul | Phyllastrephus fischeri |
| Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus |
| White-browed Crombec | Sylvietta leucophrys |
| Northern Crombec | Sylvietta brachyura |
| Red-faced Crombec | Sylvietta whytii |
| Somali Crombec | Sylvietta isabellina |
| Eastern Olivaceous Warbler | Iduna pallida |
| Lesser Swamp-Warbler | Acrocephalus gracilirostris |
| Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida |
| Black-headed Apalis | Apalis melanocephala |
| Gray Apalis | Apalis cinerea |
| Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura |
| Red-fronted Warbler | Urorhipis rufifrons |
| Gray Wren-Warbler | Calamonastes simplex |
| Hunter’s Cisticola | Cisticola hunteri |
| Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana |
| Winding Cisticola | Cisticola galactotes |
| Stout Cisticola | Cisticola robustus |
| Tiny Cisticola | Cisticola nana |
| Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis |
| Pectoral-patch Cisticola | Cisticola brunnescens |
| Gray-capped Warbler | Eminia lepida |
| Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava |
| Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis |
| African Yellow White-eye | Zosterops senegalensis |
| Rufous Chatterer | Turdoides rubiginosa |
| Black-lored Babbler | Turdoides sharpei |
| Northern Pied-Babbler | Turdoides hypoleuca |
| Silverbird | Empidornis semipartitus |
| Pale Flycatcher | Bradornis pallidus |
| White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher | Melaenornis fischeri |
| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata |
| Ashy Flycatcher | Muscicapa caerulescens |
| Red-backed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys |
| Cape Robin-Chat | Cossypha caffra |
| White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini |
| Spotted Morning-Thrush | Cichladusa guttata |
| Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush | Monticola saxatilis |
| Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra |
| Northern Anteater-Chat | Myrmecocichla aethiops |
| Mocking Cliff-Chat | Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe |
| Schalow’s Wheatear | Oenanthe lugubris |
| Pied Wheatear | Oenanthe pleschanka |
| Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata |
| Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina |
| Abyssinian Thrush | Turdus abyssinicus |
| African Thrush | Turdus pelios |
| African Bare-eyed Thrush | Turdus tephronotus |
| Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea |
| Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus |
| Rueppell’s Glossy-Starling | Lamprotornis purpuroptera |
| Golden-breasted Starling | Lamprotornis regius |
| Black-bellied Glossy-Starling | Lamprotornis corruscus |
| Superb Starling | Lamprotornis superbus |
| Hildebrandt’s Starling | Lamprotornis hildebrandti |
| Fischer’s Starling | Spreo fischeri |
| Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio |
| Bristle-crowned Starling | Onychognathus salvadorii |
| Magpie Starling | Speculipastor bicolor |
| Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythrorhynchus |
| Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus africanus |
| Kenya Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes orientalis |
| Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris |
| Green-headed Sunbird | Cyanomitra verticalis |
| Amethyst Sunbird | Chalcomitra amethystina |
| Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis |
| Hunter’s Sunbird | Chalcomitra hunteri |
| Tacazze Sunbird | Nectarinia tacazze |
| Bronze Sunbird | Nectarinia kilimensis |
| Beautiful Sunbird | Cinnyris pulchellus |
| Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus |
| Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava |
| African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp |
| African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus |
| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis |
| Golden Pipit | Tmetothylacus tenellus |
| Yellow-throated Longclaw | Macronyx croceus |
| Golden-breasted Bunting | Emberiza flaviventris |
| Somali Bunting | Emberiza poliopleura |
| Yellow-fronted Canary | Serinus mozambicus |
| Black-throated Canary | Serinus atrogularis |
| White-bellied Canary | Serinus dorsostriatus |
| Streaky Seedeater | Serinus striolatus |
| Kenya Rufous Sparrow | Passer rufocinctus |
| Northern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus |
| Chestnut Sparrow | Passer eminibey |
| Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis niger |
| White-headed Buffalo-Weaver | Dinemellia dinemelli |
| Speckle-fronted Weaver | Sporopipes frontalis |
| White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali |
| Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps |
| Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht |
| Little Weaver | Ploceus luteolus |
| Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis |
| Golden Palm Weaver | Ploceus bojeri |
| Taveta Golden-Weaver | Ploceus castaneiceps |
| Northern Masked-Weaver | Ploceus taeniopterus |
| Lesser Masked-Weaver | Ploceus intermedius |
| Speke’s Weaver | Ploceus spekei |
| Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus |
| Golden-backed Weaver | Ploceus jacksoni |
| Chestnut Weaver | Ploceus rubiginosus |
| Compact Weaver | Pachyphantes superciliosus |
| Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea |
| Northern Red Bishops | Euplectes franciscanus |
| Yellow-crowned Bishop | Euplectes afer |
| Yellow Bishop | Euplectes capensis |
| White-winged Widowbird | Euplectes albonotatus |
| Red-collared Widowbird | Euplectes ardens |
| Grosbeak Weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons |
| Gray-headed Nigrita | Nigrita canicapillus |
| Crimson-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda rhodopyga |
| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild |
| Black-cheeked Waxbill | Estrilda erythronotos |
| Blue-breasted Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus angolensis |
| Purple Grenadier | Granatina ianthinogaster |
| Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba |
| Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala |
| African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata |
| Cut-throat | Amadina fasciata |
| Gray-headed Silverbill | Odontospiza griseicapilla |
| Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullatus |
| African Silverbill | Euodice cantans |
| Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura |
| Eastern Paradise-Whydah | Vidua paradisaea |
