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
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