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Namibia, Botswana & Zambia Namibia, Botswana & Zambia - Bird List Cuculus gularis African Cuckoo Anhinga rufa African Darter Podica senegalensis African Finfoot Haliaeetus vocifer African Fish-Eagle Emberiza flaviventris African Golden-breasted Bunting Tockus nasutus African Grey Hornbill Upupa africana African Hoopoe Actophilornis africanus African Jacana Circus ranivorus African Marsh-Harrier Streptopelia decipiens African Mourning Dove Anastomus lamelligerus African Openbill Haematopus moquini African Oystercatcher Cypsiurus parvus African Palm-Swift Terpsiphone viridis African Paradise-Flycatcher Motacilla aguimp African Pied Wagtail Anthus cinnamomeus African Pipit Porphyrio madagascariensis African Purple Swamphen Nettapus auritus African Pygmy-goose Otus senegalensis African Scops-Owl Rynchops flavirostris African Skimmer Platalea alba African Spoonbill Saxicola torquata African Stonechat Vanellus senegallus African Wattled Lapwing Strix woodfordii African Wood-Owl Zosterops senegalensis African Yellow White-eye Tachymarptis melba Alpine Swift Turdoides hartlaubii Angola Babbler Xenocopsychus ansorgei Angola Cave-Chat Turdoides jardineii Arrow-marked Babbler Muscicapa caerulescens Ashy Flycatcher Parus cinerascens Ashy Tit Buteo augur Augur Buzzard Riparia cincta Banded Martin Circaetus cinerascens Banded Snake-Eagle Turdoides gymnogenys Bare-cheeked Babbler Hirundo rustica Barn Swallow Limosa lapponica Bar-tailed Godwit Terathopius ecaudatus Bateleur Certhilauda benguelensis Benguela Long-billed lark Amaurornis flavirostra Black Crake Egretta ardesiaca Black Heron Milvus migrans Black Kite Parus niger Black Tit Dryoscopus cubla Black-backed Puffback Eupodotis melanogaster Black-bellied Bustard Prinia flavicans Black-chested Prinia Circaetus pectoralis Black-chested Snake-Eagle Lybius torquatus Black-collared Barbet Nycticorax nycticorax Black-crowned Night-Heron Estrilda erythronotos Black-faced Waxbill Pycnonotus nigricans Black-fronted Bulbul Podiceps nigricollis Black-necked Grebe Elanus axillaris Black-shouldered Kite Vanellus armatus Blacksmith Lapwing Serinus atrogularis Black-throated Canary Glareola nordmanni Black-winged Pratincole Himantopus himantopus Black-winged Stilt Uraeginthus angolensis Blue Waxbill Telophorus zeylonus Bokmakierie Bushshrike Apus bradfieldi Bradfield's Swift Eurystomus glaucurus Broad-billed Roller Lagonosticta nitidula Brown Firefinch Circaetus cinereus Brown Snake-Eagle Tchagra australis Brown-crowned Tchagra Halcyon albiventris Brown-hooded Kingfisher Nilaus afer Brubru Anthus vaalensis Buffy Pipit Lamprotornis australis Burchell's Glossy-Starling Emberiza capensis Cape Bunting Phalacrocorax capensis Cape Cormorant Corvus capensis Cape Crow Morus capensis Cape Gannet Lamprotornis nitens Cape Glossy-Starling Passer melanurus Cape Sparrow Anas capensis Cape Teal Motacilla capensis Cape Wagtail Oenanthe pileata Capped Wheatear Dendropicos fuscescens Cardinal Woodpecker Parus carpi Carp's Tit Sterna caspia Caspian Tern Bubulcus ibis Cattle Egret Bradornis infuscatus Chat Flycatcher Ploceus rubiginosus Chestnut Weaver Eremopterix leucotis Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Charadrius pallidus Chestnut-banded Plover Parisoma subcaeruleum Chestnut-vented Tit-babbler Batis molitor Chinspot Batis Estrilda thomensis Cinderella Waxbill Emberiza tahapisi Cinnamon-Breasted Bunting Hedydipna collaris Collared Sunbird Sarkidiornis melanotos Comb Duck Lanius collaris Common Fiscal Tringa nebularia Common Greenshank Gallinula chloropus Common Moorhen Tringa totanus Common Redshank Charadrius hiaticula Common Ringed Plover Tringa hypoleucos Common Sandpiper Rhinopomastus cyanomelas Common Scimitar-bill Sterna hirundo Common Tern Estrilda astrild Common Waxbill Centropus cupreicaudus Coppery-tailed Coucal Trachyphonus vaillantii Crested Barbet Francolinus sephaena Crested Francolin Laniarius atrococcineus Crimson-breasted Gonolek Phalacrocorax coronatus Crowned Cormorant Vanellus coronatus Crowned Lapwing Calidris ferruginea Curlew Sandpiper Tockus damarensis Damara Hornbill Achaetops pycnopygius Damara Rock-jumper Sterna balaenarum Damara Tern Melierax metabates Dark Chanting-Goshawk Pycnonotus tricolor Dark-capped Bulbul Cisticola aridulus Desert Cisticola Falco dickinsoni Dickinson's Kestrel Rhinoptilus africanus Double-banded Courser Pterocles bicinctus Double-banded Sandgrouse Certhilauda erythrochlamys Dune Lark Nectarinia fusca Dusky Sunbird Mirafra fasciolata Eastern Clapper Lark Alopochen aegyptiacus Egyptian Goose Turtur chalcospilos Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove Merops apiaster European Bee-eater Cercomela familiaris Familiar Chat Mirafra africanoides Fawn-colored Lark Caprimulgus pectoralis Fiery-necked Nightjar Mirafra rufocinnamomea Flappet Lark Dicrurus adsimilis Fork-tailed Drongo Dendrocygna bicolor Fulvous Whistling-Duck Micronisus gabar Gabar Goshawk megaceryle maximus Giant Kingfisher Campethera abingoni Golden-tailed Woodpecker Ardea goliath Goliath Heron Ammomanes grayi Gray's Lark Sterna bergii Great Crested-Tern Casmerodius albus Great Egret Passer motitensis Great Sparrow Pelecanus onocrotalus Great White Pelican Lamprotornis chalybaeus Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling Phoenicopterus ruber Greater Flamingo Falco rupicoloides Greater Kestrel Hirundo cucullata Greater Striped-Swallow Phoeniculus purpureus Green Woodhoopoe meve Green-winged Pytilia Corythaixoides concolor Grey Go-away-bird Ardea cinerea Grey Heron Pluvialis squatarola Grey Plover Camaroptera brevicaudata Grey-backed Camaroptera Eremopterix verticalis Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark Larus cirrocephalus Grey-headed Gull Psophocichla litsipsirupa Groundscraper Thrush Bostrychia hagedash Hadeda Ibis Scopus umbretta Hamerkop Francolinus hartlaubi Hartlaub's Francolin Larus hartlaubii Hartlaub's Gull Numida meleagris Helmeted Guineafowl Namibornis herero Herero Chat Ploceus xanthops Holub's Golden-Weaver Anas hottentota Hottentot Teal Passer domesticus House Sparrow Hippolais icterina Icterine Warbler Pavo cristatus Indian Peafowl Mesophoyx intermedia Intermediate Egret Lagonosticta rhodopareia Jameson's Firefinch Cercotrichas paena Kalahari Scrub-Robin Cercomela schlegelii Karoo Chat Certhilauda subcoronata Karoo Long-billed Lark Larus dominicanus Kelp Gull Charadrius pecuarius Kittlitz's Plover Chrysococcyx klaas Klaas's Cuckoo Ardeotis kori Kori Bustard Turdus libonyanus Kurrichane Thrush Falco biarmicus Lanner Falcon Torgos tracheliotus Lappet-faced Vulture Emberiza impetuani Lark-like Bunting Streptopelia senegalensis Laughing Dove Phoenicopterus minor Lesser Flamingo Microparra capensis Lesser Jacana Aquila pomarina Lesser Spotted Eagle Coracias caudata Lilac-breasted Roller Merops pusillus Little Bee-eater Egretta garzetta Little Egret Tachybaptus ruficollis Little Grebe Calidris minuta Little Stint Apus affinis Little Swift Sylvietta rufescens Long-billed Crombec Phalacrocorax africanus Long-tailed Cormorant Vidua paradisaea Long-tailed Paradise-Whydah Vanellus crassirostris Long-toed Lapwing Cisticola luapula Luapula Cisticola Neotis ludwigii Ludwig's Bustard Merops superciliosus Madagascar Bee-eater Corvinella melanoleuca Magpie Shrike Leptoptilos crumeniferus Marabou Stork Cinnyris Mariquensis Marico Sunbird Bradornis mariquensis Mariqua Flycatcher Tringa stagnatilis Marsh Sandpiper Polemaetus bellicosus Martial Eagle Lamprotornis mevesli Meve's Starling Poicephalus meyeri Meyer's Parrot Tockus monteiri Monteiro's Hornbill Oenanthe monticola Mountain Wheatear Oena capensis Namaqua Dove Pterocles namaqua Namaqua Sandgrouse Afrotis afaroides Northern Black Korhaan Hippolais olivetorum Olive-tree Warbler Scieroptila levailantoides Orange River Francolin Telophorus sulfureopectus Orange-breasted Bushshrike Struthio camelus Ostrich Melierax canorus Pale Chanting-Goshawk Zosterops pallidus Orange-river White-eye Onychognathus nabouroup Pale-winged Starling Hirundo dimidiata Pearl-breasted Swallow Recurvirostra avosetta Pied Avocet Tricholaema leucomelas Pied Barbet Corvus albus Pied Crow Ceryle rudis Pied Kingfisher Spizocorys conirostris Pink-billed Lark Vidua macroura Pin-tailed Whydah Riparia paludicola Plain Martin Batis pririt Pririt Batis Ardea purpurea Purple Heron Coracias Naevius Purple Roller Cinnyris bifasciata Purple-banded Sunbird Polihierax semitorquatus Pygmy Falcon Cisticola chinianus Rattling Cisticola Calidris canutus Red Knot Cercotrichas leucophrys Red-backed Scrub-Robin Bubalornis niger Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver Anas erythrorhyncha Red-billed Duck Lagonosticta senegala Red-billed Firefinch Francolinus adspersus Red-billed Francolin Buphagus erythrorhynchus Red-billed Oxpecker Quelea quelea Red-billed Quelea Hirundo semirufa Red-breasted Swallow Calandrella cinerea Red-capped Lark Eupodotis ruficrista Red-crested Bustard Streptopelia semitorquata Red-eyed Dove Urocolius indicus Red-faced Mousebird Cisticola subruficapillus Red-headed Cisticola Amadina erythrocephala Red-headed Finch Fulica cristata Red-knobbed Coot Falco chicquera Red-necked Falcon Phalaropus lobatus Red-necked Phalarope Pternistes afer Red-necked Spurfowl Streptopelia capicola Ring-necked Dove Falco rup;icolis Rock kestrel Hirundo fuligula Rock Martin Columba livia Rock Pigeon Glareola nuchalis Rock Pratincole Agapornis roseicollis Rosy-faced Lovebird Arenaria interpres Ruddy Turnstone Eupodotis rueppellii Rueppell's Bustard Poicephalus rueppellii Rueppell's Parrot Philomachus pugnax Ruff Ardeola rufiventris Rufous-bellied Heron Malcorus pectoralis Rufous-eared Warbler Cichladusa ruficauda Rufous-tailed Palm-Thrush Mirafra sabota Sabota Lark Threskiornis aethiopicus
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