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