To locate a bird, click on a name below and it will bring you to a family list. In that list click on the species being sought. indicates new additions. Alternatively, you can use the list where bird families are arranged in the taxonomic order used by Howard & Moore and the African Bird Club (scroll down for this); this is the sequence in which the species come up if you click "next" after each species page.

Coot
Cordonbleu
Cormorant
Coucal
Courser
Crab-Plover
Crake
Crane
Creeper
Crimsonwing
Crombec
Cuckoo *
Crow
Cuckoo-Finch
Cuckoo-Hawk
Cuckoo-Shrike
Curlew

Darter
Dikkop
Dotterel
Dove
Dowitcher
Drongo
Duck *
Dunlin

Eagle *
Egret *
Eremomela

Falcon
Finch
Finfoot
Firefinch
Fiscal
Flamingo
Flufftail
Flycatcher
Francolin *

Gallinule
Gannet
Garganey
Go-away-bird *
Gonolek
Godwit
Goose
Goshawk
Grassbird
Grebe *
Greenbul
Greenshank
Guineafowl
Gull
Gymnogene

Hamerkop *
Harrier
Harrier-Hawk
Hawk *
Hawk-Eagle
Helmetshrike

Heron *
Hobby
Honey Buzzard
Honeybird
Honeyguide *
Hoopoe *
Hornbill
Hyliota

Ibis
Indigobird

Jacana

Kestrel
Kingfisher *
Kite *
Kittiwake
Knot
Korhaan

Lammergeier
Lapwing
Lark *
Locust Finch
Longclaw
Lourie *
Lovebird

Malkoha

Mannikin
Martin
Moorhen *
Mousebird
Myna

Noddy
Nicator
Nightingale
Night Heron *
Nightjar

Oriole
Osprey
Ostrich
Oxpecker
Owl *
Owlet
Oystercatcher

Painted Snipe
Palm Thrush
Parakeet
Parrot
Partridge
Peacock
Pelican
Penduline Tit
Penguin
Petronia

Phalarope
Pigeon
Pintail
Pipit
Pitta
Plover
Pochard
Pratincole
Prinia
Puffback
Pytilia

Quail
Quailfinch
Quelea

Rail
Raven
Redshank
Robin
Robin-Chat *
Rock Thrush
Rockjumper
Rockrunner
Roller
Ruff

Sanderling
Sandgrouse
Sandpiper *

Saw-wing
Scimitarbill
Secretarybird
Seedcracker
Seedeater
Shelduck
Shikra *
Shoveler
Shrike
Siskin
Skimmer
Snake Eagle
Snipe *
Sparrow
Sparrowhawk
Sparrowlark
Spinetail
Spoonbill
Spurfowl
Starling
Stilt
Stint
Stork *
Sugarbird
Sunbird
Swallow *
Swamphen
Swift

Tchagra
Teal

Tern
Thick-knee
Thrush
Tinkerbird
Tit *
Titbabbler
Trogon
Turaco *
Turnstone
Twinspot

Vulture

Wagtail
Warbler *
Warbler (Cisticolidae)
Wattle-eye
Waxbill
Weaver
Wheatear
Whitethroat
Whimbrel
Whinchat
White-eye
Whydah
Widowbird
Wood Hoopoe *
Woodpecker *
Wren-Warbler
Wryneck

   TROGONIDAE Trogon
* ALCEDINIDAE Kingfisher
   MEROPIDAE Bee-eater
   CORACIIDAE Roller
* UPUPIDAE Hoopoe
* PHOENICULIDAE Woodhoopoe, Scimitarbill
   BUCEROTIDAE Hornbill
   CAPTIONIDAE Barbet, Tinkerbird
* INDICATORIDAE Honeyguide, Honeybird
* PICIDAE Woodpecker
   EURYLAIMIDAE Broadbill
   PITTIDAE Pitta
   ALAUDIDAE Lark, Sparrowlark
* HIRUNDINIDAE Swallow, Martin, Saw-wing
   MOTACILLIADAE Wagtail, Pipit, Longclaw
   CAMPEPHAGIDAE Cuckoo-Shrike
   PYCNONOTIDAE Bulbul, Brownbul, Greenbul, Nicator,
* TURDIDAE Thrush, Wheatear, Chat, Robin-Chat, Robin,        Stonechat, Whinchat, Palm Thrush, Alethe, Akalat,        Nightingale
* SYLVIDAE Warbler, Whitethroat, Titbabbler, Hyliota,          Crombec, Eremomela
* CISTICOLIDAE Cisticola, Prinia, Warbler, Apalis,          Cameroptera, Wren-Warbler
   PLATYSTEIRIDAE Batis
   MUSCICAPIDAE, MONARCHIDAE Flycatcher
   TIMALIIDAE Babbler, Blackcap, Rockrunner, Rockjumper
* PARIDAE Tit
   REMIZIDAE Penduline Tit
   CERTHIIDAE Treecreeper
   NECTARINIIDAE Sunbird
   ZOSTEROPIDAE White-eye
   PROMEROPIDAE Sugarbird
   LANIIDAE Shrike
   MALACONOTIDAE Boubou, Gonolek, Puffback, Brubru,         Tchagra, Bokmakierie, Bush Shrike
   PRIONOPIDAE Helmetshrike
   ORIOLIDAE Oriole
   DICRURIDAE Drongo
   CORVIDAE Crow, Raven
   STURNIDAE Starling, Myna, Oxpecker
   PASSERIDAE Sparrow, Petronia
   PLOCEIDAE Weaver, Finch, Quelea, Bishop, Widowbird
   ESTRILDIDAE Pytilia, Twinspot, Crimsonwing, Firefinch,          Cordonbleu, Waxbill, Quailfinch, Finch, Mannikin
   VIDUIDAE Whydah, Indigobird, Cuckoo-Finch
   FRINGILLIDAE Chaffinch, Canary, Seedeater, Siskin
   EMBERIZIDAE Bunting