EURYLAIMIDAE
Pseudocalyptomena graueri
Grauer’s Broadbill
Eurylaime de Grauer
African Green Broadbill
Resident, forest and edges: Itombwe Mts (E DRC), W Uganda.
Smithornis sharpei
Grey-headed Broadbill
Eurylaime à tête grise
zenkeri; sharpei; eurylaemus
Resident, lowland rain forest: S Cameroon, N Gabon (zenkeri); Bioko (sharpei); mts of E DRC (eurylaemus).
Smithornis rufolateralis
Rufous-sided Broadbill
Eurylaime à flancs roux
rufolateralis; budongoensis
Resident, undergrowth in lowland forest: Liberia - W Uganda through N half of DRC.
Smithornis capensis
African Broadbill
Eurylaime du Cap
capensis; cryptoleucus; suahelicus; conjunctus; albigularis; medianus; meinertzhageni; camarunensis (BoA camerunensis);
delacouri; (ROB has only 7 in Africa)
Resident, forest and dense woodland: Sierra Leone - W Ghana; scattered S Cameroon - NW Angola; E and SE DRC east to S Kenya, NE
South Africa.
PHILEPITTIDAE
Philepitta castanea
Velvet Asity
Philépitte veloutée
Schlegel’s Asity
Philépitte de Schlegel
Resident, forest: all of E Madagascar.
Philepitta schlegeli
Resident, seasonally dry forest: N and NW Madagascar.
Neodrepanis coruscans
Common Sunbird-Asity
Philépitte souimanga
Sunbird-Asity; Wattled Sunbird-Asity
Faux-Souimanga caronculé
Yellow-bellied Sunbird-Asity
Philépitte de Salomonsen
Yellow-bellied Asity
Faux-Souimanga à ventre jaune
Resident, midlevel forest: E Madagascar.
Neodrepanis hypoxantha
CMT Neodrepanis hypoxanthus
Resident, montane forest: scattered in E Madagascar.
PITTIDAE
Pitta reichenowi
Green-breasted Pitta
Brève à poitrine verte
DFW subsumes into Pitta angolensis
Resident, forest, thickets: scattered S Cameroon, N Gabon - Uganda.
Pitta angolensis
African Pitta
Brève de l'Angola
longipennis; pulih; angolensis
Resident (West Africa) and intra-African migrant (East Africa), forest with dense undergrowth: resident Guinea - W Cameroon - NW
Angola (pulih, angolensis); breeds SE DRC, S Tanzania - E Zambia, NE South Africa, moving north to NE DRC, S CAR - S Kenya
(longipennis); vagrant rest of E South Africa, 1 record Ethiopia.
ALAUDIDAE
English name of several Mirafra spp can be … Lark and … Bush Lark. The most commonly used one is given here.
Mirafra hova
Madagascar Lark
Alouette malgache
Singing Bush Lark
Alouette chanteuse
Resident, all open habitats: Madagascar.
Mirafra cantillans
marginata; chadensis
Resident and intra-African migrant, short grassland, semi-desert: Sahel zone N Senegal, S Mauritania - W Ethiopia (chadensis); NE
Ethiopia, Eritrea and S Sudan, S Somalia - N Tanzania (both marginata).
Mirafra passerina
Monotonous Lark
Alouette monotone
Resident and nomadic, arid savanna and woodland: S Angola - C Namibia east to S Zambia, NE South Africa.
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Mirafra albicauda
White-tailed Lark
Alouette à queue blanche
Resident, dense short grassland, often near lakes, avoiding very open areas: NE DRC, NW Uganda - C Tanzania; local W Chad - E Sudan SE Ethiopia.
Mirafra cheniana
Melodious Lark
Alouette mélodieuse
Latakoo Lark
Resident, open grassland: patchy S Zimbabwe, E South Africa.
Mirafra cordofanica
Kordofan Lark
Alouette du Kordofan
Resident and nomadic, arid plains: Mauritania - S Niger; C Sudan.
Mirafra williamsi
Williams's Lark
Alouette de Williams
Resident, arid short grass areas on black lava soils: 2 areas of N Kenya.
Mirafra pulpa
Friedmann's Lark
Alouette de Friedmann
Intra-African migrant (probably), dense grassland with bushes: SE Kenya, N Tanzania; old records in S Ethiopia, N Kenya.
Mirafra africana
Rufous-naped Lark
Alouette à nuque rousse
africana; transvaalensis; grisescens (ROB griscescens); ghansiensis; pallida; occidentalis; chapini; gomesi; kabalii (BoA
kaballii); malbranti; nigrescens; isolata; nyikae; tropicalis; ruwenzoria; athi; harterti; sharpii (BoA sharpei); kurrae;
stresemanni; bamendae; batesi; henrici
SAM (+SS) raise Mirafra sharpii Somali Lark (SS Sharpe’s Lark) Alouette de Sharpe (SAM has M. somalica as Somali Longbilled Lark); (SS raises Mirafra malbranti Malbrant’s Lark)
Resident, grassy areas with and without trees: scattered isolated populations in West Africa; NW Somalia (sharpii); around L. Victoria; W
DRC, S Gabon, Angola - S Tanzania and south excluding much of Namibia, W half of South Africa and coastal Angola; (malbrandti in E
Gabon - SW DRC).
Mirafra hypermetra
Red-winged Lark
Alouette polyglotte
Red-winged Bush Lark*
hypermetra; gallarum; kidepoensis; kathangorensis
Resident, savanna, grassland with scattered trees: scattered in lowlands Ethiopia - NE Tanzania.
Mirafra somalica
Somali Lark
Alouette de Somalie
Somali Long-billed Lark
somalica; rochei
Resident, open grassland especially coastal: most of Somalia though not NW or SW.
Mirafra ashi
Ash's Lark
Alouette de Ash
Resident, short grassland: known only from 6 specimens in small area of coastal E Somalia near Mogadishu.
Mirafra angolensis
Angola Lark
Alouette de l'Angola
angolensis; antonii; marungensis
Resident, moist and montane grassland: 4 populations in small areas: N Angola; W Angola (both angolensis); extreme E Angola, S DRC,
NW Zambia (antonii); SE DRC (marungensis).
Mirafra rufocinnamomea
Flappet Lark
Alouette bourdonnante
buckleyi; serlei; tigrina; furensis; sobatensis; rufocinnamomea; omoensis; torrida; kawirondensis; fischeri; schoutedeni;
lwenarum; smithersi; mababiensis; pintoi
Resident, all savannas with grassy areas: all S of Sahara except forest area, north and east of C Ethiopia - C Kenya, south of Angola - NE
South Africa, and W coast of Angola.
Mirafra apiata
Cape Clapper Lark
Alouette bateleuse
apiata; marjoriae
(SL, SS raise Mirafra marjoriae Agulhas Clapper Lark)
Resident, dense vegetated grasslands, fynbos: W and S South Africa.
Mirafra fasciolata
Eastern Clapper Lark
Alouette fasciée
reynoldsi; jappi; nata; deserti (HM=damarensis but may be distinct; ROB incl damarensis in deserti); fasciolata (BoA=hewitti)
BoA, DFW, HM, SAM, BL subsume into Mirafra apiata (as Clapper Lark)
Resident, dense vegetated grasslands: W Zambia, SE Angola, E half Namibia, C South Africa.
Mirafra collaris
Collared Lark
Alouette à collier
Resident, semi-arid grassland, open woodland: SE Ethiopia, Somalia, NE Kenya.
Mirafra rufa
Rusty Bush Lark
Alouette rousse
rufa; lynesi; nigriticola
Resident (probably), semi-arid plains, open woodland on rocky ridges: E Mali - C Sudan.
Mirafra gilletti
Gillett's Lark
Alouette de Gillett
gilletti; arorihensis
Resident, semi-arid scrub, often rocky: E Ethiopia, W Somalia, extreme NE Kenya.
[Mirafra degodiensis
Degodi Lark
Alouette du Degodi]
Resident, arid Acacia scrub: Degodi region (S Ethiopia).
(A 2009 Bull. Br. Orn. Club paper suggests that this species is synonymous with Mirafra gilletti.)
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BoA, DFW, HM, SAM, BL (and ZTP, BD, SF for species in their areas) place Calendulauda species in Mirafra (africanoides, alopex,
poecilosterna, sabota) or Certhilauda (albescens, erythrochlamys, barlowi, buryi)
Calendulauda africanoides
Fawn-coloured Lark
Alouette fauve
africanoides; austin-robertsi (CMT, HBW, ROB incl in africanoides); harei; sarwensis; makarikari; trapnelli; vincenti; (BoA,
HM + intercedens; macdonaldi; alopex here considered a separate species)
Resident, sandy soils in semi-arid savannas: S Angola - S Mozambique south to N South Africa.
Calendulauda alopex
Foxy Lark
Alouette abyssinienne
Abyssinian Lark
intercedens; macdonaldi (CMT, HBW incl in intercedens); alopex
BoA, DFW, HM subsume into Mirafra africanoides
Resident, sandy soils in semi-arid savannas: N Somalia, E Ethiopia - N Tanzania.
Calendulauda poecilosterna
Pink-breasted Lark
Alouette à poitrine rose
Resident, arid Acacia and Commiphora scrub: SE Sudan, S Ethiopia, S Somalia - NE Tanzania.
Calendulauda sabota
Sabota Lark
Alouette sabota
sabota; waibeli; sabotoides; suffusca; ansorgei; plebeja; bradfieldi; herero; naevia
SAM raises Calendulauda (Mirafra) naevia Bradfield’s Lark
Resident, semi-arid savannas: S Angola (and up W coast) - S Mozambique south to C South Africa; (naevia (probably incl races bradfieldi,
herero) NW Namibia - NC Cape Province).
Calendulauda albescens
Karoo Lark
Alouette du Karroo
albescens; codea; guttata; karruensis (not in HM)
Resident, semi-desert and dunes: W South Africa, extreme S Namibia.
Calendulauda erythrochlamys
Dune Lark
Alouette à dos roux
Alouette des dunes
(HM + barlowi; erythrochlamys here considered separate species)
Resident, dunes usually with vegetation: small area coastal W Namibia.
Calendulauda barlowi
Barlow’s Lark
Alouette de Barlow
barlowi; patae; cavei
BoA, DFW, SAM, HM subsume into Calendulauda (Certhilauda) erythrochlamys (BoA incl cavei in C. a. albescens with no
mention of barlowi or patae (also not in HM))
Resident, dunes usually with vegetation: small area coastal NW South Africa, SW Namibia (south of C. erythrochlamys).
Calendulauda burra
Red Lark
Alouette ferrugineuse
Ferruginous Lark
Resident, sand dunes, alluvial plains: NW Cape Province (South Africa).
Heteromirafra ruddi
Rudd's Lark
Alouette de Rudd
Resident, high altitude montane grassland: several isolated populations NE and E South Africa.
Heteromirafra archeri
Archer's Lark
Alouette d'Archer
Resident, short grassland: small area NW Somalia.
Heteromirafra sidamoensis
Sidamo Lark
Alouette d'Erard
Resident, grassland patches: known only from 2 specimens in small area S Ethiopia.
Certhilauda curvirostris
Cape Long-billed Lark
Alouette à long bec
Long-billed Lark; Cape Lark
falcirostris; curvirostris; (BoA + bradshawi; brevirostris; subcoronata; gilli; kaokensis; benguelensis; semitorquata; infelix
(CMT=transvaalensis but BoA notes that this is preoccupied) here considered to be races of one of the 4 following species)
Resident, grasslands, coastal scrub: coastal extreme S Namibia, W South Africa.
Certhilauda brevirostris
Agulhas Long-billed Lark
Alouette de l’Agulhas
Agulhas Lark
BoA, DFW (+SAM presumed) subsume into Certhilauda curvirostris
Resident, cultivation (non-intensive), sandy areas: Agulhas Plain in W Cape Province (South Africa).
Certhilauda semitorquata
Eastern Long-billed Lark
Alouette de Transvaal
transvaalensis (BoA=infelix (see above)); semitorquata; algida (BoA incl in semitorquata)
BoA, DFW (+SAM presumed) subsume into Certhilauda curvirostris
Resident, grassland, usually rocky slopes: E Cape - Orange Free State, W KZ-Natal (all South Africa).
Certhilauda subcoronata
Karoo Long-billed Lark
Alouette du Namaland
damarensis (not in BoA); subcoronata; gilli; bradshawi
BoA, DFW, (+SAM presumed) subsume into Certhilauda curvirostris
Resident, scrublands: C Namibia - W South Africa.
Certhilauda benguelensis
Benguela Long-billed Lark
Benguela Lark
benguelensis; kaokoensis (BoA kaokensis)
BoA, DFW (+SAM presumed) subsume into Certhilauda curvirostris
Resident, arid slopes with scrub: small area of NW Namibia, SW Angola.
Alouette de Benguela
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Certhilauda chuana
Short-clawed Lark
Alouette à ongles courts
Resident, open woodlands: N South Africa, S Botswana.
Pinarocorys erythropygia
Rufous-rumped Lark
Alouette à queue rousse
Intra-African migrant, open woodland, savanna, moving to more arid areas outside breeding season: breeds N Ivory Coast - S Sudan, N
Uganda; non-breeding in Sahel zone Senegal - N Sudan.
Pinarocorys nigricans
Dusky Lark
Alouette brune
nigricans; occidentis
Intra-African migrant, miombo woodland, often on burnt ground, non-breeding to more open habitats: breeds S DRC, N Angola - SW
Tanzania; non-breeding to S Angola, Namibia - Mozambique, NE South Africa.
Chersomanes albofasciata
Spike-heeled Lark
Alouette éperonée
albofasciata; garrula; macdonaldi; alticola; arenaria; kalahariae; erikssoni; barlowi; boweni; obscurata; beesleyi
CMT, HBW, IOC (+ROB implies, +SS) raise Chersomanes beesleyi Beesley’s Lark Alouette de Beesley
Resident, montane grassland - karoo scrub - semi-desert: C and NE Angola - South Africa except strip along E and S coasts; near Mt Meru
(Tanzania) (beesleyi).
Alaemon alaudipes
Greater Hoopoe-Lark
Sirli du désert
**Hoopoe-Lark
alaudipes; desertorum; boavistae
Resident, desert and semi-desert: N Mauritania - Egypt south of Atlas Mts and into Sahara to S Niger, C Chad (alaudipes); Red Sea coast
of S Sudan - NW Somalia (desertorum); Cape Verde Is (boavistae).
Alaemon hamertoni
Lesser Hoopoe-Lark
Sirli de Witherby
hamertoni; altera (HM, CMT alter); tertius (BoA tertia)
Resident, tussock grass: N and E Somalia along coast.
Ramphocoris clotbey
Thick-billed Lark
Alouette de Clotbey
Clot-Bey’s Lark
BoA Ramphocoris clot-bey; DFW Ramphocorys clotbey
Resident, deserts and nearby, mostly stony ground: round N edge of the desert Western Sahara - W Libya.
Melanocorypha calandra
Calandra Lark
Alouette calandre
calandra; psammochroa
Resident, open plains and cultivation: N Morocco - NW Libya; N Egypt; (psammochroa noted as easternmost race but recorded in Sinai).
Melanocorypha bimaculata
Bimaculated Lark
Alouette monticole
bimaculata; rufescens; (CMT, HBW monotypic)
Palearctic winter visitor, open areas especially stonier parts: Nile Valley in NE Sudan, Red Sea coast of Ethiopia, Eritrea.
Ammomanes cinctura
Bar-tailed Lark
Ammomane élégante
arenicolor; cinctura
HM notes often incorrectly spelt Ammomanes cincturus (+ race)
Resident, deserts: scattered all across Sahara especially in north, south to C Niger, N Sudan (arenicolor); Cape Verde Is (cinctura).
Ammomanes deserti
Desert Lark
Ammomane isabelline
Ammomane du désert
geyri; payni; algeriensis; whitakeri; mya; isabellina; deserti; kollmanspergeri (HM kollmannspergeri); erythrochroa (BoA
erythrochrous); samharensis; assabensis; akeleyi
Resident, deserts: North Africa and Sahara and into Sahel zone south to Mauritania, S Niger, C Sudan, N Somalia.
Ammomanopsis grayi
Gray's Lark
Ammomane de Gray
grayi; hoeschi
BoA, DFW, HM, SAM, BL (+SL) Ammomanes grayi
Nomadic, gravel plains, salt flats with little vegetation: coastal plain SW Angola - S Namibia.
Calandrella brachydactyla
Greater Short-toed Lark
Alouette calandrelle
Short-toed Lark
brachydactyla; rubiginosa; longipennis; hermonensis
Partial migrant and Palearctic winter visitor, dry plains and cultivation: breeds Morocco - NW Libya; winters all across Sahel zone, with
some south to N DRC, Kenya and into Sahara Desert.
Calandrella cinerea
Red-capped Lark
Alouette cendrille
cinerea; anderssoni (CMT, HBW, ROB incl in cinerea); spleniata; millardi (ROB incl in cinerea); saturatior; williamsi; (CMT,
HBW + fulvida (HM incl in saturatior); alluvia (HM incl in anderssoni, ROB incl in saturatior); niveni (HM, ROB (as nivenae)
incl in cinerea)); (BoA + erlangeri; blanfordi; daroodensis here considered 2 separate species); (ROB has another 4 races)
Resident and intra-African migrant, open grassland: Angola (all except NW), S DRC, W and N Tanzania, SC Kenya south to all of South
Africa; isolated population N Nigeria.
Calandrella blanfordi
Blanford’s Lark
Alouette de Blanford
Blanford’s Short-toed Lark
blanfordi; daaroodensis (BoA daroodensis); (HM + erlangeri here considered a separate species)
BoA, DFW subsume into Calandrella cinerea
Resident, open bare ground and grassland: Red Sea coast Eritrea (blanfordi) - NW Somalia (daroodensis).
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Calandrella erlangeri
Erlanger’s Lark
Alouette d’Erlanger
BoA, DFW subsume into Calandrella cinerea; HM subsumes into Calandrella blanfordi
Resident, open bare ground and grassland: Ethiopian highlands.
Calandrella rufescens
Lesser Short-toed Lark
Alouette pispolette
minor; nicolli; heinei; rufescens; polatzeki
Resident and nomadic, open areas with bare ground: all North Africa (minor, nicolli); Canary Is (rufescens, polatzeki); vagrant Mauritania,
N Nigeria in northern winter; (heinei vagrant from SE Europe).
Calandrella somalica
Somali Short-toed Lark
Alouette roussâtre
Rufous Short-toed Lark
perconfusa; somalica; megaensis; athensis
SAM, IOC (+SS) raise Calandrella athensis Athi Short-toed Lark Alouette d’Athi
Resident, dry open grassland, mainly above 600m asl: N Somalia, E Ethiopia (perconfusa, somalica); S Ethiopia, N Kenya (megaensis); SC
Kenya, N Tanzania (athensis).
Spizocorys conirostris
Pink-billed Lark
Alouette à bec rose
conirostris; transiens (CMT, HBW, ROB incl in conirostris); barlowi; damarensis; crypta; makawai; harti
Resident but nomadic in drier parts, moist submontane to semi-arid grassland: E Namibia, W Zambia, Botswana and all C South Africa.
Spizocorys fringillaris
Botha's Lark
Alouette de Botha
Resident, short upland grassland: small area E South Africa.
Spizocorys sclateri
Sclater's Lark
Alouette de Sclater
Resident and nomadic, stony plains: SE Namibia - NW South Africa.
Spizocorys obbiensis
Obbia Lark
Alouette d'Obbia
Resident, vegetated coastal dunes: coastal C and S Somalia.
Spizocorys personata
Masked Lark
Alouette masquée
personata; yavelloensis; intensa; mcchesneyi
Resident, arid plains especially on black lava: E and S Ethiopia, N Kenya.
Spizocorys starki
Stark's Lark
Alouette de Stark
BoA, DFW, HM, SAM, BL (+SL) Eremalauda starki
Nomadic, arid and semi-arid grassy plains: W Angola in narrow strip to NW South Africa.
Eremalauda dunni
Dunn's Lark
Alouette de Dunn
dunni
Resident, arid flat lowlands at edge of desert: S edge Sahara Mauritania, Mali but only scattered to east of this.
Chersophilus duponti
Dupont's Lark
Sirli ricoti
Sirli du Dupont
duponti; margaritae
Resident, shrubby grassland: E Morocco - W Egypt.
Pseudalaemon fremantlii
Short-tailed Lark
Cochevis à queue courte
fremantlii; megaensis; delamerei
Resident, semi-arid grassland, open woodland: Somalia (fremantlii); S Ethiopia, N Kenya (megaensis); S Kenya, N Tanzania (delamerei).
Galerida modesta
Sun Lark
Cochevis modeste
modesta; bucolica; struempelli (BoA strumpelli); nigrita
Resident and intra-African migrant with rains, open grassland with rocky areas: Senegal to extreme NW Uganda south to highlands of N
Cameroon.
Galerida magnirostris
Large-billed Lark
Cochevis à gros bec
magnirostris; harei; montivaga (CMT, HBW, ROB incl in harei); (CMT, HM, ROB + sedentaria)
Resident, semi-arid grassland and scrub: South Africa except N and E.
Galerida cristata
Crested Lark
Cochevis huppé
kleinschmidti; riggenbachi; carthaginis; randoni (BoA randonii); macrorhyncha; arenicola; festae; brachyura; helenae;
jordansi; nigricans; maculata; halfae; altirostris; somaliensis; balsaci; senegallensis; alexanderi; isabellina
IOC raise Galerida randonii (sic) Maghreb Lark
Resident, dry plains, cultivation: all around Sahara Desert, and scattered to N Kenya, S Ethiopia; (randoni -- E Morocco - N Algeria).
Galerida theklae
Thekla Lark
Cochevis de Thékla
erlangeri; ruficolor; superflua; carolinae; praetermissa; huei; huriensis; ellioti; harrarensis; mallablensis; (HM + theresae; BoA
+ aguirrei (CMT, HM, HBW incl in ruficolor); deichleri (CMT, HM, HBW incl in carolinae))
BD Galerida thekla
BoA subsumes into otherwise extralimital Galerida malabarica
Resident, rugged areas with bare ground: all North Africa; N and SE Ethiopia in highlands, Somalia, N Kenya.
Lullula arborea
Woodlark
pallida
Resident, open and scrubby habitats: C Morocco - E Algeria north of Sahara.
Alouette lulu
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Alauda arvensis
Eurasian Skylark
Alouette des champs
Skylark
harterti; arvensis; cantarella; sierrae (BD sierra)
Resident and Palearctic winter visitor, open habitats: breeds Morocco - Tunisia (harterti); Azores (arvensis); winters all across North
Africa, Canary Is.
Alauda razae
Raso Lark
Alouette de Razo
Razo Lark; Raso Island Lark
Resident, flat plains of decaying lava: Raso Is (Cape Verde Is).
Alouette des Iles du Cap-Vert
Eremopterix australis
Moinelette à oreillons noirs
Black-eared Sparrow Lark
Alouette-moineau à oreillons noirs
Nomadic, grassland: S Namibia, extreme SW Botswana - W South Africa.
Eremopterix leucotis
Chestnut-backed Sparrow Lark
Moinelette à oreillons blancs
Alouette-moineau à oreillons blancs
melanocephalus (HM notes often incorrectly spelt melanocephala); leucotis; madaraszi; smithi (BoA smithii); hoeschi
Nomadic, short grassland, semi-arid savanna: Sahel zone Senegal - Eritrea south to C Tanzania; S Angola - extreme S Tanzania south to N
Namibia, most of Botswana, NE South Africa.
Eremopterix nigriceps
Black-crowned Sparrow Lark
Moinelette à front blanc
Alouette-moineau à front blanc
albifrons; melanauchen; forbeswatsoni (CMT, HBW incl in melanauchen); nigriceps
Some local movements, arid and semi-arid plains: Sahel zone, Mauritania, Senegal - Eritrea south in Somalia along coast (albifrons;
melanauchen); Socotra (forbeswatsoni); Cape Verde Is (nigriceps).
Eremopterix verticalis
Grey-backed Sparrow Lark
Moinelette à dos gris
Alouette-moineau à dos gris
verticalis; damarensis; khama; harti
Mainly resident, semi-arid grassland: Namibia, W 2/3rds South Africa extending up coastal Angola, Botswana, W Zimbabwe; irruptions
into Zambia.
Eremopterix signatus
Chestnut-headed Sparrow Lark
Moinelette d'Oustalet
Alouette-moineau d’Oustalet
signatus; harrisoni
HM notes often incorrectly spelt E. signata (+ race)
Resident and nomadic, semi-arid savannas: SE Sudan, E and SE Ethiopia, Somalia, N and E Kenya.
Eremopterix leucopareia
Fischer's Sparrow Lark
Moinelette de Fischer
Alouette-moineau de Fischer
Resident, semi-arid grassland: W Kenya, W Tanzania - N Malawi
Eremophila alpestris
Horned Lark
Alouette hausse-col
Shore Lark
atlas
Resident, montane barren areas: Atlas Mts in Morocco.
Eremophila bilopha
Temminck's Lark
Alouette bilophe
Temminck’s Horned Lark
Resident, open plains at desert edge: all across North Africa away from coastal strip, N Mauritania - Egypt; 1 record Gambia.
HIRUNDINIDAE
Pseudochelidon eurystomina
African River Martin
Pseudolangrayen d’Afrique
Hirondelle de rivière
Migrant between breeding areas, forested rivers, lakes and coastal savanna: coastal W Gabon, Congo; upper and middle R Congo.
Psalidoprocne nitens
Square-tailed Saw-wing
Hirondelle à queue courte
nitens; centralis (not in CMT); (CMT + cia)
Resident, forest: all forest area, Sierra Leone - E DRC.
Psalidoprocne obscura
Fanti Saw-wing
Resident, woodland to grassland usually near water: S Senegal - W Cameroon.
Hirondelle fanti
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Psalidoprocne pristoptera
Black Saw-wing
Hirondelle hérissée
[Blue Saw-wing if split as below]
pristoptera; blanfordi (BoA blandfordi); oleaginea; antinorii; mangbettorum; chalybea; petiti; reichenowi; orientalis; holomelas
(BoA holomelaena); massaica (ZTP massaicus); ruwenzori
SAM (+ROB, SL for those in their areas) raises (monotypic unless stated) Psalidoprocne holomelas (SL P. holomelaena) Black
Saw-wing Hirondelle du Ruwenzori (races massaica; holomelas; ruwenzori); Psalidoprocne chalybea Shari Saw-wing
Hirondelle à queue fourchue; Psalidoprocne petiti Petit’s Saw-wing Hirondelle de Petit; Psalidoprocne mangbettorum
Mangbettu Saw-wing Hirondelle des Mangbettu; Psalidoprocne oleaginea Ethiopian Saw-wing Hirondelle de Kafa;
Psalidoprocne antinorii Brown Saw-wing Hirondelle de Salvadori (races antinorii; blanfordi); Psalidoprocne orientalis Eastern
Saw-wing Hirondelle de Reichenow (races orientalis; reichenowi; (ROB + percivali and one other in Africa))
Resident and partial migrant, savannas, woodland, montane grassland: SE Nigeria - S Kenya south to C Angola - N Mozambique and along
coastal strip S Mozambique - W Cape (South Africa); highlands of Ethiopia; SW Ethiopia, SE Sudan; (holomelas -- southern strip to S
Zimbabwe; Kenya, Tanzania; E DRC; chalybea -- Cameroon - CAR, W Sudan; petiti -- E Nigeria - NW Angola; mangbettorum -- S Sudan
- NE DRC; oleaginea -- SW Ethiopia, SE Sudan; antinorii -- C and S Ethiopia; orientalis -- Angola - S Tanzania south to E Zimbabwe, C
Mozambique; pristoptera -- W highlands of Ethiopia).
Psalidoprocne albiceps
White-headed Saw-wing
Hirondelle à tête blanche
albiceps; suffusa
Resident, and intra-African migrant in south of breeding range, savannas, forests, miombo woodland: E DRC, Uganda, SW Kenya - N
Zambia, N Malawi (albiceps); N Angola (suffusa).
Psalidoprocne fuliginosa
Mountain Saw-wing
Hirondelle brune
Resident, forest clearings: Mt Cameroon, Bioko.
Phedina brazzae
Brazza's Martin
Hirondelle de Brazza
DFW Phedinopsis brazzae
Resident (probably), forested rivers: S Congo, S DRC, NE Angola.
Phedina borbonica
Mascarene Martin
Hirondelle des Mascareignes
madagascariensis; borbonica
Resident and intra-African migrant, open country: breeds Madagascar; non-breeding to scattered parts of eastern Africa Kenya Mozambique and to Seychelles and other nearby islands (madagascariensis); resident Mascarenes (borbonica).
Riparia paludicola
Plain Martin
Hirondelle paludicole
**African Sand Martin; Brown-throated Martin*
mauritanica; paludicola; paludibula (CMT, HM=minor); schoensis; newtoni; ducis; cowani; (ROB only has 5 races in Africa)
Resident and partial migrant, open areas especially near water: all S of Sahara except forest areas but patchy west of Ethiopia - E Namibia
and east of W Kenya - NW Mozambique; W Mauritania (mauritanica); E Madagascar (cowani).
Riparia congica
Congo Sand Martin
Hirondelle du Congo
Congo Martin*
Hirondelle de rivage du Congo
Resident, riverine vegetation but feeds over forest away from rivers: lower Ubangi and Congo rivers (DRC).
Riparia riparia
Common Sand Martin
Hirondelle de rivage
Sand Martin*; Bank Swallow; Collared Sand Martin
riparia; shelleyi; diluta; eilata; (HM, CMT, HBW + innominata may winter in Africa); (ROB only 3 races in world)
(HM, CMT, HBW raise Riparia diluta as an Asian species -- 1 record Egypt)
Breeding visitor and Palearctic winter visitor, lowland open areas especially near water: breeds lower Nile R. (Egypt); winters all S of
Sahara except forest areas and deserts.
Riparia cincta
Banded Martin
Hirondelle à collier
cincta; xerica; suahelica; parvula; erlangeri
Resident and intra-African migrant, open areas often near water: resident Ethiopian highlands (erlangeri); extreme S Sudan, Uganda,
Kenya, NW Tanzania, S Tanzania - NW Zambia south to E Botswana - W Mozambique, E and S South Africa; Gabon, S and W DRC;
breeding visitor only to range in southern Africa (but not in deserts of SW) south of Zambezi R., perhaps non-breeding only north to
Cameroon at least and west to Ivory Coast.
Pseudhirundo griseopyga
Grey-rumped Swallow
Hirondelle à croupion gris
griseopyga; melbina; andrewi (CMT, HBW incl in griseopyga; HM notes this is based on a single individual)
SAM Hirundo griseopyga
Resident but at least local movements, open areas: scattered Senegal - CAR; Ethiopian highlands; coastal Gabon; central Congo R., NE
Angola, SE DRC - S Sudan, E Uganda, W Kenya south to N Botswana - S Mozambique, NE South Africa.
(Tachycineta bicolor
Tree Swallow
Hirondelle bicolore)
Vagrant: Azores.
BoA, DFW, SAM, BL (+ZTP, BD, ROB for those in their areas) (+SF, SL, SS) have all Cecropis spp, Petrochelidon spp and Ptonoprogne
spp as Hirundo spp.
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Cecropis semirufa
Red-breasted Swallow
Hirondelle à ventre roux
Rufous-chested Swallow
semirufa; gordoni
Resident, and intra-African migrant in N and S of breeding range, open country: Senegal - W Kenya south to N Namibia - NE South
Africa.
Cecropis senegalensis
Mosque Swallow
Hirondelle des mosquées
senegalensis; saturatior; monteiri
Resident, moist savannas especially mopane woodland: Senegal - W Ethiopia, W and S Kenya south to S Angola - extreme NE South
Africa.
Cecropis abyssinica
Lesser Striped Swallow
Hirondelle à gorge striée
Hirondelle striée
abyssinica; unitatis; ampliformis; maxima; puella; bannermani
Resident, and partial intra-African migrant in N and S of breeding range, grassland to forest edge, woodland: breeds all S of Sahara except
NE and much of SW (not in Namibia, SW Botswana, W South Africa); those breeding in NW and SE move towards centre of range in nonbreeding season.
Cecropis cucullata
Greater Striped Swallow
Hirondelle à tête rousse
Hirondelle d’Afrique
Intra-African migrant, semi-arid grassland and open areas: breeds South Africa and north in belt into S Angola, another to E and C
Zimbabwe; non-breeding to N Angola, Zambia, S DRC, SW Tanzania.
Cecropis daurica
Red-rumped Swallow
Hirondelle rousseline
rufula; melanocrissus (BoA melanocrissa); domicella; emini; kumboensis
SAM, IOC raise Cecropis (Hirundo) domicella West African Swallow Hirondelle ouest-africaine
Resident and migrant, open hilly areas and towns: all across northern tropics and south in east to L. Malawi; breeding visitor to Morocco,
extreme NW Algeria; some Palearctic winter visitors into tropical breeding range.
Petrochelidon fuliginosa
Forest Swallow
Hirondelle de forêt
Dusky Cliff Swallow
Resident, clearings in lowland forest: SE Nigeria, W Cameroon - Gabon.
Petrochelidon preussi
Preuss's Cliff Swallow
Hirondelle de Preuss
Preuss's Swallow
Resident, savannas with rivers and cliffs: Sierra Leone - W CAR, patchy across N DRC.
Petrochelidon rufigula
Red-throated Cliff Swallow
Hirondelle à gorge fauve
Red-throated Swallow
Resident, open grassland with cliffs: SW Gabon - C Angola east to S DRC, NW Zambia.
Petrochelidon spilodera
South African Cliff Swallow
Hirondelle sud-africaine
South African Swallow
Intra-African migrant, open grassland, karoo: breeds inland South Africa, parts of Namibia; non-breeding Congo, W DRC.
Petrochelidon perdita
Red Sea Cliff Swallow
Hirondelle de la Mer Rouge
Red Sea Swallow
1 specimen known: Red Sea coast NE of Port Sudan.
(Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Cliff Swallow
Hirondelle à front blanc)
American Cliff Swallow*
Vagrant: Azores, Madeira.
Ptyonoprogne fuligula
Rock Martin
Hirondelle isabelline
African Rock Martin
fusciventris; bansoensis; pretoriae; fuligula; anderssoni; pusilla; buchanani; arabica; spatzi; presaharica; obsoleta
HM, IOC, BL (+SS) raise Ptyonoprogne (Hirundo) obsoleta Pale Crag Martin Hirondelle du desert (races presaharica; spatzi;
buchanani; obsoleta; arabica)
Resident, all rocky areas: widespread but rather patchy all of Africa including western Sahara Desert and Egypt but not in central forest
area; especially patchy in NE; (obsoleta group in N Mauritania, S Morocco, Algeria, S Libya, Nile Valley and Red Sea coast to NW
Somalia).
Ptyonoprogne rupestris
Eurasian Crag Martin
Hirondelle de rochers
**Crag Martin
Resident and Palearctic winter visitor, mountains, cliffs: breeds Morocco - Tunisia and NE Libya; winters Senegal and south up Nile
Valley to Ethiopia.
Hirundo atrocaerulea
Blue Swallow
Hirondelle bleue
Montane Blue Swallow
Intra-African migrant, open montane grassland: breeds SE DRC, S Tanzania - E South Africa; non-breed to NE DRC, S Uganda, W Kenya.
Hirundo nigrorufa
Black-and-rufous Swallow
Hirondelle rousse-et-noire
Resident, grassland savanna often near water: narrow belt C Angola - S DRC, N Zambia.
Hirundo smithii
Wire-tailed Swallow
Hirondelle à longs brins
smithii
Resident, open areas especially near water: all S of Sahara except forest area, the drier NE and all south of Angola - NE South Africa.
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Hirundo nigrita
White-throated Blue Swallow
Hirondelle à bavette
White-bibbed Swallow*
Resident, rivers and streams in forest including mangroves: all forest areas east to E DRC.
Hirondelle noire
Hirundo leucosoma
Hirondelle à ailes tachetées
Pied-winged Swallow
Resident and partial migrant, wooded savanna, forest clearings: patchy Senegal - E Nigeria.
Hirundo megaensis
White-tailed Swallow
Hirondelle à queue blanche
Resident, open semi-arid grassland with acacias: Sidamo Province (S Ethiopia).
Hirundo dimidiata
Pearl-breasted Swallow
Hirondelle à gorge perlée
dimidiata; marwitzi
Resident, grassland to woodland often near water: southern Africa north to C Angola - N Malawi and excluding much of east and west
coastal areas, and not east of L. Malawi.
Hirundo aethiopica
Ethiopian Swallow
Hirondelle d'Ethiopie
aethiopica; amadoni
Resident, open areas: SE Mali, W Nigeria - Eritrea and south to W Uganda - NE Tanzania; scattered Senegal - Togo.
Hirundo albigularis
White-throated Swallow
Hirondelle à gorge blanche
Intra-African migrant, grassland, open woodland: breeds Botswana, Zimbabawe - S Malawi south to Cape (South Africa); non-breed to NC
Angola, SE DRC and Namibian coast.
Hirundo angolensis
Angola Swallow
Hirondelle de l'Angola
Resident, open country: coastal W Gabon - W Angola; E DRC, Uganda, W Kenya - SE DRC, SW Tanzania, N Zambia, N Malawi, Caprivi
Strip (Namibia).
Hirundo lucida
Red-chested Swallow
Hirondelle de Guinée
Hirondelle à gorge rousse
lucida; subalaris; rothschildi
Resident, open areas, cultivation, villages, forest clearings: Senegal - S half Mali, Benin (lucida); Congo R. (subalaris); Ethiopian
highlands (rothschildi).
Hirundo rustica
Barn Swallow
Hirondelle rustique
Hirondelle de cheminée
rustica; savignii; transitiva; gutturalis; erythrogaster
Breeding visitor and Palearctic winter visitor, all open country: breeds all North Africa; winters all S of Sahara, south of ca 10 oN;
(erythrogaster vagrant Azores).
Delichon urbicum
Common House Martin
Hirondelle de fenêtre
House Martin; Northern House Martin
urbicum; meridionale; (BoA + fenestrarum)
HM notes often incorrectly spelt urbica (races urbica, meridionalis)
Breeding visitor and Palearctic winter visitor, cliffs, mountains and towns: breeds North Africa; winters all S of Sahara although few NE of
Uganda, S Kenya.
MOTACILLIDAE (SAM includes in Passeridae)
Motacilla flava
Yellow Wagtail
Bergeronnette printanière
Western Yellow Wagtail*
flava (Blue-headed); iberiae (Spanish); cinereocapilla (Ashy-headed); pygmaea (Egyptian); beema (Sykes’s); flavissima
(British); lutea (Eastern); leucocephala (White-headed); thunbergi (Grey-headed); feldegg (Black-headed); melanogrisea (CMT
incl in feldegg); (BoA + forms ‘superciliaris’; ‘dombrowskii’; ‘perconfusus’)
(IOC splits off extralimital M. tschutensis Eastern Yellow Wagtail, hence English name)
Breeding visitor and Palearctic winter visitor, damp grassland: breeds Morocco and Egypt; winters all S of Sahara except SW of C Angola
- NE South Africa.
Motacilla citreola
Citrine Wagtail
Bergeronnette citrine
citreola
Vagrant: Ethiopia and to NE, Cameroon, South Africa, Tenerife, Seychelles.
Motacilla capensis
Cape Wagtail
Bergeronnette du Cap
capensis; simplicissima; wellsi
Resident, urban areas, wetlands and rivers: E DRC - W Kenya (wellsi); Angola - S DRC - Zambia south to Cape excluding drier areas.
Motacilla flaviventris
Madagascar Wagtail
Bergeronette malgache
Grey Wagtail
Bergeronnette des ruisseaux
Resident, open areas near water: Madagascar.
Motacilla cinerea
cinerea; patriciae; schmitzi; canariensis (not in CMT); (HBW + melanope)
Resident and Palearctic winter visitor, streams and rivers: resident Morocco (cinerea); Canary Is (canariensis); Madeira (schmitzi); Azores
(patriciae); winters all North Africa, highlands of Ethiopia - Tanzania, scattered in West Africa, vagrant further south.
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Motacilla clara
Mountain Wagtail
Bergeronnette à longue queue
Long-tailed Wagtail
torrentium; clara; chapini
Resident, fast-flowing streams in mountains: all mountain areas Ethiopia, Liberia, central Africa (eg Angola, S DRC), Bioko, N and E
Zimbabwe, E South Africa.
Motacilla alba
White Wagtail
Bergeronnette grise
subpersonata; alba; yarrellii; dukhunensis
Resident and Palearctic winter visitor, all non-forest habitats: breeds Morocco (subpersonata); winters all around Sahara Desert and south
in east to equator.
Motacilla aguimp
African Pied Wagtail
Bergeronnette pie
vidua; aguimp
Resident, especially near human habitations, near water when in drier parts: Sierra Leone, S Mali - S Sudan, S Somalia (further north on
Niger R.) south to C Angola - E South Africa and west into Namibia along course of Cunene R. and Kavango R.; E Sudan, NW Ethiopia
and further down Nile Valley.
Tmetothylacus tenellus
Golden Pipit
Pipit doré
Resident and intra-African migrant, light Acacia and other scrubby areas: SE Sudan; NW Somalia, E Ethiopia - NE and C Tanzania.
Anthus cinnamomeus
African Pipit
Pipit africain
**Richard’s Pipit; Grassland Pipit; Grassveld Pipit Pipit de Richard
rufuloides; bocagii (BoA, HBW bocagei); grotei; lichenya; lacuum; spurius (BoA, ROB spurium); annae; cinnamomeus; stabilis;
lynesi; camaroonensis; itombwensis; (BoA, HM + latistriatus here considered a separate species); (BoA + richardi here
considered a separate species; HBW + winterbottomi); (ROB +1 in Africa)
BoA subsumes into Anthus novaeseelandiae; DFW, BL subsume into Anthus richardi
SAM (+SS) raise Anthus camaroonensis Cameroon Pipit Pipit du Cameroun (races camaroonensis, lynesi)
Resident, grassland, open areas: C Sudan - Cape (South Africa) to the east of the forest area but excluding much of Sudan, S Ethiopia, N
Kenya and much of Somalia; SE Nigeria, W Cameroon, W Chad, W Sudan (cameroonensis).
Anthus richardi
Richard's Pipit
Pipit de Richard
BoA subsumes into Anthus novaeseelandiae
Palearctic winter visitor, grassland, open areas: rarely in North Africa.
Anthus latistriatus
Jackson’s Pipit
Pipit à raies larges
BoA, DFW, HM (+SF) subsume into Anthus cinnamomeus (BoA as A. novaeseelandiae, DFW as A. richardi); BL subsumes into
Anthus similis
Intra-African migrant, grassland, open areas: probably breeds Itombwe, E DRC; non-breeding to around L. Victoria.
Anthus hoeschi
Mountain Pipit
Pipit alticole
Pipit du Drakensberg
Intra-African migrant, breeding short montane grassland, non-breeding damp grassland: breeds Drakensberg Mts (South Africa) and
Lesotho; non-breeding to S DRC, E Angola, N Zambia.
Anthus campestris
Tawny Pipit
Pipit rousseline
campestris; griseus
Breeding visitor and Palearctic winter visitor, open dry areas: breeds Morocco - Tunisia; winters Sahel zone Senegal - Nile south to N
Kenya.
Anthus similis
Long-billed Pipit
Pipit à long bec
nicholsoni; petricolus; leucocraspedon; palliditinctus; moco (CMT, HBW incl in dewittei); dewittei; hararensis; chyuluensis
(CMT, HBW incl in hararensis); nivescens; sokotrae; jebelmarrae; asbenaicus; bannermani; (CMT, HBW, ROB + primarius
(HM incl in nicholsoni)); (BoA + frondicolus; schoutedeni; nyassae here considered a separate species)
SAM (+SS) raise Anthus bannermani Bannerman’s Pipit Pipit de Bannerman
Resident, stony and rocky hillsides: disjunct areas of West Africa (bannermani, asbenaicus); montane areas of eastern Africa Eritrea - N
Tanzania; coastal areas S Angola, W Namibia and in most of South Africa except inland NW.
Anthus nyassae
Woodland Pipit
Pipit forestier
Wood Pipit*
frondicolus; schoutedeni; nyassae; (CMT, HBW, ROB + chersophilus)
BoA, DFW, BL (+SF) subsume into Anthus similis
Resident, wooded savanna, especially miombo: SE Gabon - N Mozambique south to N Namibia - S Zimbabwe.
Anthus leucophrys
Plain-backed Pipit
Pipit à dos uni
Pipit à dos roux
leucophrys; tephridorsus; bohndorffi; zenkeri; gouldii; ansorgei; omoensis; (BoA, HM + saphiroi; goodsoni here placed in A.
vaalensis); (ROB has 9 races in Africa)
Resident, savannas, grassland: Senegal - NW Somalia south to N Namibia - N Botswana - SW Tanzania; E and S South Africa extending
into SE Botswana (leucophrys).
Anthus vaalensis
Buffy Pipit
Pipit du Vaal
vaalensis; exasperatus; chobiensis; namibicus; neumanni; saphiroi; goodsoni; (BoA, HM place last 2 in A. leucophrys; HM +
clanceyi (CMT incl in vaalensis); CMT, HBW + marungensis); (ROB has 8 in world)
Resident and nomadic, open dry areas, bare ground: C Angola (with arm to C Namibia), S DRC, SW Tanzania south to E half South Africa
away from coast.
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Anthus pallidiventris
Long-legged Pipit
Pipit à longes pattes
pallidiventris; esobe
Resident, grassland in clearings in forest: SW Cameroon - N Angola inland to middle Congo basin.
Anthus pseudosimilis
Kimberley Pipit
Pipit de Kimberley
BL subsumes into Anthus similis; ROB notes unconfirmed validity and status
Resident, grassland, bare ground: Kimberley area (C South Africa).
Anthus melindae
Malindi Pipit
Pipit de Malindi
Pipit de Melinda
melindae; mallablensis
Resident, lowlying grassland subject to flooding: coastal strip S Somalia - S Kenya.
Anthus brachyurus
Short-tailed Pipit
Pipit à queue courte
leggei; brachyurus
Resident and intra-African migrant, short open grassland, especially seasonally inundated: E DRC, Rwanda, SW Uganda, and SE Gabon N and C Zambia (leggei); SC Mozambique, KZ-Natal (South Africa), Lesotho (brachyurus).
Anthus caffer
Bush Pipit
Pipit cafre
Bushveld Pipit*; Little Tawny Pipit
caffer; traylori; mzimbaensis; blayneyi; australoabyssinicus; (ROB + 1 race)
Resident and nomadic, savannas, bush, open woodland: disjunct populations; S Ethiopia (australoabyssinicus); S Kenya, N Tanzania
border (blayneyi); W Angola and Zambia - C Zimbabwe (mzimbaensis); SE Botswana - NE South Africa (caffer, traylori).
Anthus sokokensis
Sokoke Pipit
Pipit de Sokoke
Resident, coastal forest: Arabuko-Sokoke forest, Kenya - NE Tanzania.
Anthus trivialis
Tree Pipit
Pipit des arbres
trivialis; (HM + sibiricus (HBW incl in trivialis))
Palearctic winter visitor, open savanna, cultivation: Senegal - E Ethiopia and south in east to E Angola, N Botswana, W Mozambique.
Anthus pratensis
Meadow Pipit
Pipit farlouse
Pipit des prés
pratensis
Palearctic winter visitor, seashores and many open habitats: all across North Africa, N Mauritania - Egypt.
Anthus cervinus
Red-throated Pipit
Pipit à gorge rousse
(HM + rufogularis)
Palearctic winter visitor, damp or wet short grassland: S Mauritania, Senegal - C Ethiopia south to Uganda, N Tanzania; Nile Valley
(Egypt) and along coast west to Tunisia.
Anthus spinoletta
Water Pipit
Pipit spioncelle
spinoletta; coutellii
Palearctic winter visitor, coastal areas: Morocco - Egypt and up Nile R. to Aswan.
Anthus petrosus
Rock Pipit
Pipit maritime
**European Rock Pipit; Eurasian Rock Pipit*
littoralis
Palearctic winter visitor, coastal areas: rarely to Morocco.
Anthus rubescens
Buff-bellied Pipit
Pipit d’Amérique
American Pipit
Vagrant: Tunisia.
Anthus lineiventris
Striped Pipit
Pipit de Sundevall
Pipit strié de Sundevall
(CMT, HBW + stygium; lineiventris)
Resident and intra-African migrant, rocky hillsides, grassy slopes with rocks: W Angola; SE DRC - SE Kenya south to N Mozambique SE Botswana - E and NE South Africa (not in most of W Tanzania or east coastal areas north of S Mozambique).
Anthus crenatus
African Rock Pipit
Pipit des rochers
Yellow-tufted Pipit
Resident, montane grassland and stony hills: E Cape Province - Drakensberg Mts (South Africa).
Anthus chloris
Yellow-breasted Pipit
Pipit à gorge jaune
HBW, CMT Hemimacronyx chloris
Resident, submontane grassland: mts in E South Africa.
Anthus longicaudatus
Long-tailed Pipit
Pipit à longue queue
Intra-African migrant, short grasslands: breeding area unknown; non-breeding winter visitor to Kimberley area of South Africa;
unconfirmed sight records north to NW Zambia.
Anthus berthelotii
Berthelot’s Pipit
Pipit de Berthelot
berthelotii; madeirensis
Resident, all habitats except thick woodland: Madeira (madeirensis); Selvagem and Canary Is (berthelotii).
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Macronyx sharpei
Sharpe's Longclaw
Sentinelle de Sharpe
Pipit de Sharpe
SAM Anthus sharpei; HBW, CMT Hemimacronyx sharpei
Resident, open montane grassland: W and C Kenya highlands (Mt Elgon, Aberdares, Mt Kenya).
Macronyx flavicollis
Abyssinian Longclaw
Sentinelle d'Abyssinie
Resident, open montane grassland: mts of Ethiopia.
Macronyx fuellebornii
Fülleborn's Longclaw
Sentinelle de Fülleborn
ascensi; fuellebornii
BoA, CMT, SAM Macronyx fuelleborni (+ race)
Resident, moist highland grassland, drier areas if near water: Angola - S Tanzania south to extreme N Namibia - Zambia.
Macronyx capensis
Cape Longclaw
Sentinelle du Cap
Orange-throated Longclaw
colletti; capensis; (CMT, HBW, ROB + stabilior (HM incl in colletti))
Resident, short, usually dry grassland: S and E half South Africa; C Zimbabwe ('stabilior').
Macronyx croceus
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Sentinelle à gorge jaune
(HBW + croceus; tertius (and ZTP); vulturnus); (ROB + 1 race in Africa)
Resident, dry grassland, cultivation, clearings in woodland and forest: Senegal - N Angola east to S Sudan, SW Kenya; along coastal area
NE Tanzania - E South Africa not extending far inland.
Macronyx aurantiigula
Pangani Longclaw
Sentinelle dorée
Resident, dry grassland with trees: S Somalia - N Tanzania near coast.
Macronyx ameliae
Rosy-throated Longclaw
Sentinelle à gorge rose
**Pink-throated Longclaw; **Rosy-breasted Longclaw
(CMT, HBW + wintoni (also ZTP); altanus; ameliae)
Resident, short tussocky grassland: SW Kenya and Serengeti area (Tanzania) ('wintoni'); C Angola - SW Tanzania, Zambia ('altanus');
small area coastal S Mozambique, E South Africa ('ameliae').
Macronyx grimwoodi
Grimwood's Longclaw
Sentinelle de Grimwood
Resident, moist short grassy plains: S DRC - WC and E Angola, extreme NW Zambia.
CAMPEPHAGIDAE (SAM includes in Corvidae)
Campephaga phoenicea
Red-shouldered Cuckoo-Shrike
Echenilleur à épaulettes rouges
Resident and intra-African migrant, forest patches, wooded grassland and thickets: Senegal - Ethiopia south to W Kenya, Uganda.
Campephaga flava
Black Cuckoo-Shrike
Echenilleur à épaulettes jaunes
Echenilleur noir
Resident and intra-African migrant, woodland and forest: Angola - S Sudan, S Ethiopia south to NE South Africa and then along E and S
South Africa coast.
Campephaga petiti
Petit's Cuckoo-Shrike
Echenilleur de Petit
Resident, forest including small patches: SE Nigeria - NW Angola; NE DRC, W Uganda; W Kenya.
Campephaga quiscalina
Purple-throated Cuckoo-Shrike
Echenilleur pourpré
quiscalina, martini; muenzneri (BoA, HBW munzneri)
Resident, forest especially edges and clearings: patchy all across forest area Sierra Leone - NW Tanzania; S DRC, N Zambia; patches in N
Angola; SE Tanzania (muenzneri).
Lobotos lobatus
Western Wattled Cuckoo-Shrike
Echenilleur à barbillons
Ghana Cuckoo-Shrike
CMT, SAM, BL (+SS) Campephaga lobata
Resident, forest canopy: E Sierra Leone - SW Ghana.
Lobotos oriolinus
Eastern Wattled Cuckoo-Shrike
Echenilleur loriot
Oriole Cuckoo-Shrike
CMT, SAM, BL (+SS) Campephaga oriolina
Resident, low altitude forest: S Cameroon, SW CAR - Gabon; E DRC.
Coracina caesia
Grey Cuckoo-Shrike
Echenilleur gris
caesia; pura; (CMT + preussi (HM, HBW incl in pura))
Resident, montane forest and wooded watercourses: Mt Cameroon, Bioko; higher ground Ethiopia - SE and S South Africa.
Coracina pectoralis
White-breasted Cuckoo-Shrike
Echenilleur à ventre blanc
Echenilleur à gorge blanc
Resident, mature woodland: Guinea savannas S Senegal - S Ethiopia south into Uganda; N Angola - W Tanzania south to S Angola - NE
South Africa.
Coracina graueri
Resident, montane forest: E DRC.
Grauer's Cuckoo-Shrike
Echenilleur de Grauer
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Coracina azurea
Blue Cuckoo-Shrike
Echenilleur bleu
Resident, forest: Liberia - Gabon and more patchy across DRC.
Coracina cinerea
Madagascar Cuckoo-Shrike
Echenilleur malgache
Ashy Cuckoo-Shrike
cinerea; pallida; cucullata; (HM, HBW + moheliensis (CMT incl in cucullata))
IOC raises Coracina cucullata Comoros Cuckoo-Shrike
Resident, lowland and mid-altitude forest of all types: all around Madagascar lowlands, not in central areas; Comoro Is (cucullata).
Coracina typica
Mauritius Cuckoo-Shrike
Echenilleur de Maurice
Réunion Cuckoo-Shrike
Echenilleur cuisenier
Resident, forest canopy: S Mauritius.
Coracina newtoni
Echenilleur de la Réunion
Resident, forest canopy: NW Réunion.
PYCNONOTIDAE
Andropadus masukuensis
Shelley's Greenbul
Bulbul des Masuku
Bulbul des Monts Masuku
masukuensis; roehli; kakamegae; kungwensis (CMT places in A. nigriceps)
SAM, IOC (+SS) raise Andropadus kakamegae Kakamega Greenbul Bulbul de Kakamega
Resident, montane and mid-altitude forest: E DRC - Burundi; W Kenya; parts of E Tanzania - N Malawi; (kakamegae E DRC - W Kenya).
Andropadus montanus
Cameroon Montane Greenbul
Bulbul concolore
Cameroon Mountain Greenbul; Cameroon Greenbul*
Resident, montane forest: extreme SE Nigeria, W Cameroon.
Andropadus tephrolaemus
Western Mountain Greenbul
Bulbul à gorge grise
Grey-throated Greenbul; Western Greenbul*; Bulbul à tête grise
**[Mountain Greenbul]
tephrolaemus; bamendae; (HM + kikuyuensis here placed in A. nigriceps); (BoA + nigriceps; usambarae; neumanni; fusciceps;
chlorigula; kikuyuensis here considered a separate species)
Resident, montane forest: extreme SE Nigeria, W Cameroon, Bioko.
Andropadus nigriceps
Eastern Mountain Greenbul
Bulbul à tête sombre
Black-headed Mountain Greenbul;
Bulbul à gorge grise
[Mountain Greenbul*];
nigriceps; usambarae; neumanni; fusciceps; chlorigula; kikuyuensis (HM places in A. tephrolaemus); (CMT + kungwensis (here
placed in A. masukuensis))
BoA subsumes into Andropadus tephrolaemus
SAM, HM, IOC (+SS) raise Andropadus chlorigula Green-throated (Yellow-throated*) Greenbul Bulbul à gorge verte
IOC (+SS) raise Andropadus fusciceps Black-browed Greenbul (Southern Mountain Greenbul); Andropadus kikuyuensis Olivebreasted Greenbul (Olive-breasted Mountain Greenbul); Andropadus neumanni Uluguru Greenbul
Resident, montane forest: E DRC, Rwanda, Burundi, W Uganda, W Kenya (kikuyuensis); Mt Kilimanjaro (Tanzania), Taita Hills (Kenya)
south through mts of Tanzania to S Malawi; (chlorigula -- EC and S Tanzania; fusciceps -- SW Tanzania, NE Zambia, Malawi; kikuyuensis
-- E DRC - C Kenya; neumanni -- Uluguru Mts, Tanzania; nigriceps -- S Kenya, N Tanzania).
Andropadus milanjensis
Stripe-cheeked Greenbul
Bulbul montagnard
striifacies; olivaceiceps; milanjensis
SAM, IOC (+SS) raise Andropadus olivaceiceps Olive-headed Greenbul Bulbul à tête olive
IOC (+SS) raise Andropadus striifacies Stripe-faced Greenbul
Resident, montane, submontane and riverine forest including edges: mts of SE Kenya, E Tanzania, Malawi, WC Mozambique, E
Zimbabwe.
Andropadus virens
Little Greenbul
Bulbul verdâtre
virens; erythropterus; zombensis; zanzibaricus; (CMT + holochlorus (BoA, HM, HBW incl in virens); marwitzi (BoA, HM,
HBW incl in zombensis); HM, HBW, BD + amadoni (BD=poensis)
Resident, all forest types: all forest area Senegal - W Kenya and arm extending east across S Tanzania to Eastern Arc Mts; separate
population NC Mozambique; Zanzibar (zanzibaricus).
[Andropadus hallae
Hall’s Greenbul
Bulbul de Hall]
here considered a melanistic form of A. virens; CMT, SAM have as a separate species; and DFW as a race of A. virens
Andropadus gracilis
Little Grey Greenbul
Grey Greenbul
ugandae; gracilis; extremus
Resident, forest, secondary habitats preferring edges: all forest area Sierra Leone - W Kenya.
Bulbul gracile
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Andropadus ansorgei
Ansorge's Greenbul
Bulbul d'Ansorge
kavirondensis; ansorgei
Resident, evergreen and semi-deciduous forest: Sierra Leone - SW CAR and south all around edges of central forest area to W Kenya; N
Angola.
Andropadus curvirostris
Plain Greenbul
Bulbul curvirostre
Cameroon Sombre Greenbul
curvirostris; leoninus
Resident, forest and edges: all of forest area.
Andropadus gracilirostris
Slender-billed Greenbul
Bulbul à bec grêle
percivali; gracilirostris
Resident, forest and dense savannas: all of forest area Senegal - C Kenya.
Andropadus latirostris
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul
Bulbul à moustaches jaunes
latirostris; congener; (HM + australis (BoA, HBW incl in latirostris))
Resident and nomadic, interior and edges of forest: all of forest area Sierra Leone - C Kenya; SW Senegal; 2 patches SW Tanzania.
Andropadus importunus
Sombre Greenbul
Bulbul importun
Zanzibar Sombre Greenbul; Zanzibar Greenbul
insularis; importunus; oleaginus; hypoxanthus; (ZTP + fricki)
Resident, dense coastal scrub, thicket, forest: coastal areas S Somalia - Cape (South Africa) extending inland in a few areas eg Zambezi R..
Calyptocichla serina
Golden Greenbul
Bulbul doré
Serine Greenbul
Nomadic (very mobile), all forest especially edges: Sierra Leone - S Cameroon, Cabinda (Angola); Bioko; NE DRC.
Baeopogon indicator
Honeyguide Greenbul
Bulbul à queue blanche
Sjöstedt's Greenbul
Bulbul bruyant
indicator; leucurus
Resident, all forest types: all of forest area.
Baeopogon clamans
White-tailed Greenbul; **Sjöstedt's Honeyguide Greenbul
Resident, primary forest especially near water: SW Cameroon, W Gabon; patches in E and NE DRC.
Ixonotus guttatus
Spotted Greenbul
Bulbul tacheté
Joyful Greenbul
Bulbul joyeux
Resident, forest: all of forest area.
Chlorocichla laetissima
laetissima; schoutedeni
Resident, midlevel and montane forest, favouring clearings and edges: Imatong Mts (S Sudan), W Uganda, NE DRC, SW Kenya
(laetissima); Mt Kabobo, Manugu (E DRC) - N Zambia (schoutedeni).
Chlorocichla prigoginei
Prigogine's Greenbul
Bulbul de Prigogine
Resident, isolated forest patches in savanna: few scattered patches NE DRC.
Chlorocichla flaviventris
Yellow-bellied Greenbul
Bulbul à poitrine jaune
occidentalis; centralis; flaviventris
Resident, forest, dense scrub, bush in wooded savanna: N Angola - E Kenya, coastal S Somalia south to S Angola - NE South Africa.
Chlorocichla falkensteini
Falkenstein's Greenbul
Bulbul de Falkenstein
Yellow-necked Greenbul
(CMT + viridescentior; falkensteini)
Resident, isolated forest patches, dense thicket (not in true forest): S Cameroon, S CAR - N Gabon; mouth of Congo R.; NW Angola.
Chlorocichla simplex
Simple Greenbul
Bulbul modeste
Resident, thick bush to forest edge: all of forest area.
Chlorocichla flavicollis
Yellow-throated Leaf-love
Bulbul à gorge claire
Yellow-throated Greenbul
Bulbul à gorge jaune
flavigula; soror; flavicollis; (CMT + simplicicolor (BoA, HM, HBW incl in soror); adamauae; ZTP + pallidigula (BoA, CMT,
HM, HBW incl in flavigula))
Resident, wooded and bush habitats: guinea savanna Senegal - S CAR; W Kenya, NW Tanzania south to northern half Angola - N Zambia
- SW Tanzania.
Thescelocichla leucopleura
Swamp Palm Bulbul
Bulbul des raphias
Swamp Greenbul
Resident, swampy forest with palms: all of forest area - W Uganda.
Bulbul à queue tachetée
Pyrrhurus scandens
Bulbul à queue rousse
Leaf-love
Red-tailed Leaf-love*
orientalis; scandens
CMT, SAM, IOC Phyllastrephus scandens
Resident, forest near water especially Rapphia swamp areas: Senegal - W Kenya south to Congo R.; patches in C DRC, Rwanda, W
Tanzania.
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Phyllastrephus terrestris
Terrestrial Brownbul
Bulbul jaboteur
Terrestrial Bulbul
intermedius; terrestris; suahelicus; (ROB + rhodesiae (HM incl in intermedius))
Resident, thick vegetation in forest and thickets: coastal S Somalia - Cape (South Africa), inland Malawi, extreme S DRC, Zimbabwe, N
Botswana, Zambia, Mozambique; isolated population SW Angola.
Phyllastrephus strepitans
Northern Brownbul
Bulbul brun
Resident, forest edge, thicket: S Sudan - S Somalia south to NE Tanzania; isolated population Jebel Marra (W Sudan).
Phyllastrephus cerviniventris
Grey-olive Greenbul
Bulbul vert-olive
Grey-olive Bulbul
(HM + cerviniventris; schoutedeni)
Resident, riparian thicket and forest: NC and N Zambia, Malawi, N Mozambique; arm extending to NE Tanzania; scattered localities S
Kenya.
Phyllastrephus fulviventris
Pale-olive Greenbul
Bulbul à ventre roux
Resident, gallery forest and forest patches in savanna: W Angola.
Phyllastrephus baumanni
Baumann's Greenbul
Bulbul de Baumann
Baumann’s Olive Greenbul*
Resident, forest - savanna ecotone: patches Sierra Leone - S Nigeria.
Phyllastrephus hypochloris
Toro Olive Greenbul
Bulbul du Toro
Resident, forest: Uganda and immediate surrounds.
Phyllastrephus lorenzi
Sassi's Olive Greenbul
Bulbul de Lorenz
Sassi's Greenbul
BL now considers this is synonymous with Phyllastrephus icterinus
Resident, forest: scattered in small patches E and NE DRC.
Phyllastrephus fischeri
Fischer's Greenbul
Bulbul de Fischer
Resident, forest, coastal thicket: coastal S Somalia - N Mozambique, Eastern Arc Mts (Tanzania).
Phyllastrephus cabanisi
Cabanis's Greenbul
Bulbul de Cabanis
sucosus; cabanisi; placidus; nandensis; ngurumanensis; (HM, HBW, ZTP incl last 2 in sucosus)
SAM, IOC (+SS) raise Phyllastrephus placidus Placid Greenbul Bulbul placide
Resident, forest and dense woodland: belt across C Angola, S and E DRC, N Zambia, W Tanzania then north to S Sudan; W Kenya - S
Malawi in narrow belt.
Phyllastrephus poensis
Cameroon Olive Greenbul
Bulbul olivâtre
Resident, midlevel and montane forest: highland SE Nigeria, W Cameroon, Bioko.
Phyllastrephus icterinus
Icterine Greenbul
Bulbul ictérin
See note above under Phyllastrephus lorenzi
Resident, forest interior: forest areas but gaps in Dahomey Gap area and in Congo.
Phyllastrephus xavieri
Xavier's Greenbul
Bulbul de Xavier
[Bulbul ictérin tâcheté]
xavieri; serlei; (HBW monotypic)
Resident, forest: S Cameroon, N Gabon; SW CAR; W Congo; E DRC, SW Uganda.
Phyllastrephus leucolepis
Liberian Greenbul
Bulbul du Libéria
White-winged Greenbul
Resident, transition evergreen - deciduous forest: 2 patches in E Liberia.
[Bulbul ictérin tâcheté]
Phyllastrephus albigularis
Bulbul à gorge blanche
White-throated Greenbul
albigularis; viridiceps
Resident, forest especially at edges: forest area with gaps in much of C DRC; extreme SW Senegal; 2 patches NW Angola (viridiceps).
Phyllastrephus flavostriatus
Yellow-streaked Greenbul
Bulbul à stries jaunes
Yellow-streaked Bulbul
olivaceogriseus; graueri; kungwensis; tenuirostris; vincenti; flavostriatus; uzungwensis; alfredi
SAM, IOC (+SS) raise Phyllastrephus alfredi Sharpe’s Greenbul Bulbul d’Alfred
Resident, forest especially montane: patchy (due to habitat) Albertine Rift; Eastern Arc Mts (Tanzania) - E South Africa; (alfredi is SW
Tanzania, NE Zambia, N Malawi).
Phyllastrephus poliocephalus
Grey-headed Greenbul
Bulbul à ventre jaune
Resident, midlevel forest: extreme SE Nigeria, W Cameroon.
Phyllastrephus debilis
Tiny Greenbul
Bulbul minute
rabai; albigula; debilis
Resident, coastal forest, sometimes miombo: coastal Kenya - N Tanzania (rabai); Eastern Arc Mts (Tanzania) (albigula); SE Tanzania - S
Mozambique inland to E Zimbabwe (debilis).
Hypsipetes crassirostris
Seychelles Bulbul
Seychelles Black Bulbul; Thick-billed Bulbul
Resident, woodland and forest: Seychelles.
Bulbul merle
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Hypsipetes borbonicus
Réunion Bulbul
Bulbul de Bourbon
Réunion Black Bulbul; Olivaceous Bulbul
(HM +borbonicus; olivaceus here considered separate species)
Altitudinal migrant, forest: Réunion Is.
Hypsipetes olivaceus
Mauritius Bulbul
Bulbul de Maurice
Mauritius Black Bulbul
SAM, HM subsume into Hypsipetes borbonicus
Resident, humid forest: Mauritius.
Hypsipetes madagascariensis
Madagascar Black Bulbul
Bulbul de Madagascar
Madagascar Bulbul; Malagasy Bulbul*
madagascariensis; grotei (HBW incl in madagascariensis); rostratus
Resident, all forest types: Madagascar, Comoros (madagascariensis); Aldabra (rostratus).
Bulbul malgache
Hypsipetes parvirostris
Bulbul des Comores
Comoro Bulbul
Comoro Black Bulbul; Comoros Bulbul*
(HM, HBW + parvirostris; moheliensis)
Resident, forests: Grand Comoro, Mohéli.
Bleda syndactylus
Red-tailed Bristlebill
Bulbul moustac
Common Bristlebill; Bristlebill
woosnami; syndactylus; nandensis (HBW incl in woosnami)
HM notes often incorrectly spelt B. syndactyla (+ race)
Resident, lowland forest: all of forest area.
Bulbul moustac à queue rousse
Bleda eximius
Bulbul à queue verte
Green-tailed Bristlebill
Bulbul moustac à queue verte
monotypic; (BoA, HM + ugandae; notatus; eximius here considered as 2 species)
HM notes often incorrectly spelt B. eximia (+race)
(SS raises Bleda ugandae Yellow-eyed Bristebill)
Resident, lowland forest: Sierra Leone - SW Ghana.
Bleda notatus
Lesser Bristlebill
Bulbul jaunelore
Yellow-lored Bristlebill*
notatus; ugandae
HM notes often incorrectly spelt B. notata (+race)
BoA, DFW, HM, SAM subsume into Bleda eximius
Resident, lowland forest: central forest area Cameroon - W Kenya, DRC; (notatus SE Nigeria - lower Congo - SW CAR; ugandae SE
CAR, DRC, SW Sudan, Uganda).
Bleda canicapillus
Grey-headed Bristlebill
Bulbul fourmilier
Bulbul moustac à tête grise
canicapillus; morelorum (BoA moreli)
HM notes often incorrectly spelt B. canicapilla (+race)
Resident, lowland forest: Senegal - SE Nigeria; isolated population on Jos Plateau (Nigeria).
Criniger barbatus
Western Bearded Greenbul
Bulbul crinon
Bearded Greenbul; Bearded Bulbul
Bulbul crinon occidental
barbatus; ansorgeanus
Resident, forest: Sierra Leone - Togo (barbatus); S Nigeria (ansorgeanus).
Criniger chloronotus
Eastern Bearded Greenbul
Bulbul à dos vert
Green-backed Bulbul
Resident, forest: SE Nigeria - W CAR south to extreme N Angola; E DRC.
Bulbul crinon oriental
Criniger calurus
Red-tailed Greenbul
Bulbul à barbe blanche
Red-tailed Bulbul
Bulbul huppé à barbe blanche
emini; calurus; verreauxi
Resident, forest: all of forest area SW Senegal - W Kenya.
Criniger ndussumensis
White-bearded Greenbul
Bulbul de Reichenow
White-bearded Bulbul
DFW subsumes into Criniger olivaceus
Resident, forest: SE Nigeria - coastal Congo east to E DRC.
Criniger olivaceus
Yellow-bearded Greenbul
Bulbul à barbe jaune
Yellow-throated Olive Greenbul
Resident, forest: SW Senegal; patchy S Mali - SW Ghana.
Pycnonotus xanthopygos
Resident, well-vegetated areas: Sinai.
White-spectacled Bulbul
Bulbul d’Arabie
**White-eyed Bulbul
[Bulbul des jardins]
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Pycnonotus barbatus
Common Bulbul
Bulbul des jardins
Bulbul commun
layardi; barbatus; inornatus; arsinoe; schoanus; somaliensis; spurius; dodsoni; gabonensis; tricolor
SAM, IOC (+SS) raise Pycnonotus somaliensis Somali Bulbul Bulbul somalien; Pycnonotus dodsoni Dodson’s Bulbul Bulbul de
Dodson; Pycnonotus tricolor (races tricolor, layardi) Dark-capped Bulbul Bulbul tricolour (last also in ROB (+SL))
Resident, all woody and bush habitats: Morocco - Tunisia (barbatus); all S of Sahara except much of SW (not in Namibia, W South Africa
nor any but N of Botswana); down Nile. R to Mediterranean coast; (somaliensis Djibouti, NW Somalia, SE Ethiopia; dodsoni NC
Somalia, E Ethiopia - S Kenya; tricolor E Cameroon - S Sudan, W Kenya south to Angola, N Botswana, Zimbabwe, E South Africa).
Pycnonotus nigricans
African Red-eyed Bulbul
Bulbul brunoir
Black-fronted Bulbul; Red-eyed Bulbul
nigricans; superior
Resident and wanderer, dry woodland and bush: SW Angola - W Zimbabwe and south to all of South Africa except E and near W and S
coasts.
Pycnonotus capensis
Cape Bulbul
Bulbul du Cap
Resident, all shrubby habitats: W and S South Africa (where P. nigricans is absent).
[Pycnonotus jocosus
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Bulbul orphée]
Resident (Introduced): Seychelles
Incertae sedis near Pycnonotidae
General opinion seems to be that the following four species are in (BoA, SAM, HBW, BL (+ROB for Nicator)) or near (HM)
Pycnonotidae. DFW places Neolestes near Pycnonotidae and Nicator near Malaconotidae. CMT, IOC place Neolestes in Pycnonotidae
and Nicator spp in Nicatoridae. Note: BoA has most Pycnonotidae in Vol. 4 but adds these from Vol. 6.
Neolestes torquatus
Black-collared Bulbul
Bulbul à collier noir
Resident, wooded grassland: patchy extreme S Gabon, Congo, W Angola, S and E DRC.
Nicator chloris
Western Nicator
Bulbul nicator
Yellow-spotted Nicator
Resident, forest: all forest area Senegal - W Kenya.
Nicator vert
Nicator gularis
Bulbul à tête brune
Eastern Nicator
White-throated Nicator
Bulbul à tête noire; Nicator à gorge blanche
Resident, coastal forest, thickets, moist thorn scrub: eastern side of Africa S Somalia, E Kenya - NE South Africa; rather patchy inland to
L. Tanganyika, up Zambezi R.
Nicator vireo
Yellow-throated Nicator
Bulbul à gorge jaune
Nicator à gorge jaune
Resident, forest: S Cameroon - W Uganda south to N Angola with gap in C DRC.
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placed in or near Pycnonotidae. Here they are placed Incertae sedis after Sylviidae.
BOMBYCILLIDAE
Bombycilla garrulus
Bohemian Waxwing
Jaseur boreal
Jaseur de Bohême
garrulus
Vagrant: 1 record (of flocks) Algeria in 1841.
Hypocolius ampelinus
Hypocolius
Hypocolius gris
Grey Hypocolius
CMT, SAM, IOC, HBW place in Hypocoliidae
Vagrant: Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia near Red Sea coast.
CINCLIDAE
Cinclus cinclus
White-throated Dipper
minor
Resident, fast flowing streams and rivers: Atlas Mts (Morocco - Tunisia).
Cincle plongeur
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TROGLODYTIDAE (SAM, ROB include in Certhiidae)
Troglodytes troglodytes
Winter Wren
Troglodyte mignon
Northern Wren
kabylorum; juniperi
Resident, many wooded and bushed habitats: Morocco - Tunisia (kabylorum); NE Libya (juniperi).
PRUNELLIDAE (SAM includes in Passeridae)
Prunella collaris
Alpine Accentor
Accenteur alpin
collaris
Resident, alpine meadows and rocky cliffs: Atlas Mts (Morocco - Algeria); few records Tunisia.
Prunella modularis
Dunnock
Accenteur mouchet
Hedge Accentor
modularis; obscura
Vagrant: North Africa.
(MIMIDAE)
(Mimus polyglottos
Northern Mockingbird
Moqueur polyglotte)
Grey Catbird
Moqueur chat)
Vagrant: Gran Canaria.
(Dumetella carolinensis
Vagrant: Tenerife.
TURDIDAE
All chats and thrushes are included here in Turdidae following BoA, DFW, HBW (+ ZTP, BD). SAM, ROB place all in Muscicapidae.
CMT, HM, IOC, BL have only the ‘true thrushes’ (although with different definitions – HM, BL exclude Monticola (and
Pseudocossyphus) spp), in Turdidae, and here placed after the chats, and the rest in Muscicapidae.
Pogonocichla stellata
White-starred Robin
Rougegorge étoilé
Akalat étoilé
stellata; intensa; ruwenzorii; elgonensis; guttifer; pallidiflava; macarthuri; helleri; orientalis; transvaalensis; (HBW + hygrica;
chirindensis (ROB incl in transvaalensis); (ROB has 'up to 16' races in Africa)
Resident (partial altitudinal migrant), forest with thick understorey: S Sudan (pallidiflava in Imatong Mts) south through montane forests of
East Africa; Malawi to E and S South Africa.
Swynnertonia swynnertoni
Swynnerton's Robin
Rougegorge de Swynnerton
Akalat de Swynnerton
swynnertoni; rodgersi; (ROB implies monotypic)
Resident, montane forest: E Zimbabwe, W Mozambique (swynnertoni); some Eastern Arc Mts (Tanzania) (rodgersi).
Stiphrornis erythrothorax
Forest Robin
Rougegorge de forêt
Western Forest Robin*
erythrothorax; gabonensis; xanthogaster; (CMT, HBW, BD + sanghensis)
HM, IOC (+SS) raise Stiphrornis sanghensis Sangha Robin (Sangha Forest Robin)
IOC (+SS) raise Stiphrornis gabonensis Gabon Forest Robin; Stiphrornis xanthogaster Eastern Forest Robin; (S. erythrothorax
becomes Western Forest Robin) (HBW considers all these splits to be premature)
IOC adds Stiphrornis pyrrholaemus Olive-backed Forest Robin recently described from SW Gabon.
Resident, forests and thickets: Sierra Leone - W Uganda (sanghensis -- SW CAR; gabonensis -- W Cameroon - W Gabon, Bioko;
xanthogaster -- SE Cameroon, NE Gabon - Uganda; erythrothorax -- west of Cameroon).
Sheppardia bocagei
Bocage's Akalat
Rougegorge de Bocage
Bocage’s Robin*
Akalat à joues rousses; Cossyphe à
joues rousses
bocagei; chapini; ilyai; kaboboensis; kungwensis; schoutedeni; granti; poensis
SAM raise Sheppardia poensis Alexander’s Akalat (Alexander’s Robin*) Akalat Rougegorge d’Alexander
Resident, submontane and montane forest undergrowth: SE Nigeria, W Cameroon (granti); Bioko (poensis); W Angola (bocagei); E DRC,
W Tanzania - N Zambia (other races).
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Sheppardia cyornithopsis
Lowland Akalat
Rougegorge merle
Akalat
Merle rougegorge
houghtoni; cyornithopsis; lopezi
Resident, understorey of forest: Sierra Leone - W Ivory Coast (houghtoni); S Cameroon, SW CAR - NW Congo (cyornithopsis); N and E
DRC, W Uganda (lopezi).
Sheppardia aequatorialis
Equatorial Akalat
Rougegorge équatorial
Merle rougegorge équatorial
aequatorialis; acholiensis
Resident, middle strata and canopy of montane forest: Imatong Mts (S Sudan) (acholiensis); E DRC - W Kenya (aequatorialis).
Sheppardia sharpei
Sharpe's Akalat
Rougegorge de Sharpe
Akalat de Sharpe
sharpei; usambarae
Resident (some altitudinal migration), dense forest understorey: Usambara and Nguu Mts (Tanzania) (usambarae); S Tanzania, N Malawi,
NE Zambia (sharpei).
Sheppardia gunningi
East Coast Akalat
Rougegorge de Gunning
Akalat de Gunning
gunningi; sokokensis; bensoni; alticola; (ROB has gunningi, bensoni + only 1)
Resident, dry lowland forest with luxuriant vegetation: coastal Kenya, N Tanzania (sokokensis); Nguu Mts (Tanzania) (alticola); NC
Malawi (bensoni); C Mozambique (gunningi).
Sheppardia gabela
Gabela Akalat
Rougegorge de Gabela
Akalat de Gabela
Resident, forest with dense understorey: small area in WC Angola.
Sheppardia montana
Usambara Akalat
Rougegorge des Usambaras
Usambara Ground Robin
Resident, montane forest: W Usambara Mts (Tanzania).
Cossyphe des Usambaras
Sheppardia lowei
Rougegorge d'Iringa
Iringa Akalat
Iringa Ground Robin
Resident, dry montane forest and thickets: Udzungwa - Livingstone Mts (S Tanzania).
Cossyphe d’Iringa
Sheppardia aurantiithorax
Rougegorge de Tanzanie
Rubeho Akalat
CMT, HBW, IOC, BL add this as a new species first described in 2004
Resident, understorey of montane forest: small mountain area in C Tanzania.
Erithacus rubecula
European Robin
Rougegorge familier
Rougegorge
rubecula; witherbyi; superbus
Resident and partial migrant, forest undergrowth, hedges; in NW Africa mainly montane forest with thick undergrowth: breeding NW
Morocco, La Gomera, La Palma, El Hierro, Madeira, Azores (rubecula); NE Morocco, Algeria (witherbyi); Gran Canaria, Tenerife
(superbus); winters all North Africa, 5 records Mauritania.
Luscinia luscinia
Thrush Nightingale
Rossignol progné
Palearctic winter visitor, damp rank vegetation especially near streams: winters mainly S Tanzania south to N Botswana - NE South Africa
but common on passage east of Rift Valley south of S Ethiopia.
Luscinia megarhynchos
Common Nightingale
Rossignol philomèle
**Nightingale
megarhynchos; africana; golzii (previously hafizi); (HM + baehrmanni (HBW incl in megarhynchos))
Breeding visitor and Palearctic winter visitor, thickets, dense forest edge, secondary growth: breeds N Morocco - Tunisia in Atlas Mts;
winters S Mauritania - S Ethiopia and south in east to N Tanzania excluding driest NE Africa.
Luscinia svecica
Bluethroat
Gorgebleu à miroir
Gorgebleu
svecica; cyanecula; magna; volgae; namnetum; (CMT + luristanica (HM incl in magna)
Palearctic winter visitor, thickets, usually near water: Morocco - Tunisia and all across Sahel zone.
(Luscinia calliope
Siberian Rubythroat
Rossignol calliope)
White-throated Robin
Iranie à gorge blanche
Vagrant: ???
Irania gutturalis
White-throated Irania; Irania
Palearctic winter visitor, scrub and thickets in semi-arid areas: S Ethiopia - C Tanzania; vagrant to South Africa.
Copsychus sechellarum
Seychelles Magpie-Robin
Shama des Seychelles
Merle dyal des Seychelles
Resident, mature coastal forest: Frégate, Cousin Is; introduced to Cousine, Aride (all in Seychelles).
Copsychus albospecularis
Madagascar Magpie-Robin
Shama de Madagascar
Merle dyal malgache
albospecularis; inexpectatus; pica; (CMT + winterbottomi (HM, HBW incl in inexpectatus))
Resident, thick, dry coastal scrub (pica), heavy rainforest interior (albospecularis), humid forest, littoral forest, edge (inexpectatus): all of
Madagascar.
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Most … Robin-Chats Cossypha (and Cossyphicula) spp are also known as … Robin
Cossyphicula roberti
White-bellied Robin-Chat
Cossyphe à ventre blanc
African Flycatcher-Chat
roberti; rufescentior
SAM Cossypha roberti
Resident, forest: SE Nigeria, W Cameroon, Bioko (roberti); E DRC, Rwanda, SW Uganda (rufescentior).
Cossypha isabellae
Mountain Robin-Chat
Cossyphe d'Isabelle
Cameroon Mountain Robin*
batesi; isabellae
Resident, understorey of montane forest: E Nigeria, W Cameroon (batesi); Mt Cameroon (isabellae).
Cossypha archeri
Archer's Robin-Chat
Cossyphe d'Archer
Archer’s Ground Robin*
archeri; kimbutui
Resident, understorey of montane forest: Albertine Rift Valley forests.
Cossypha anomala
Olive-flanked Robin-Chat
Cossyphe à flancs olives
Olive-flanked Ground Robin*
grotei; anomala; macclounii; mbuluensis; (CMT (+SAM implied) + gurue (BoA, HM, HBW incl in anomala))
Resident, montane forest and immediate surrounds: Mbulu highlands (NC Tanzania) - Mt Mulanje (S Malawi) and Mt Nimuli (N
Mozambique).
Cossypha caffra
Cape Robin-Chat
Cossyphe du Cap
iolaema; kivuensis; caffra; namaquensis; (CMT + drakensbergi (HM, HBW incl in caffra); vespera (HM incl in iolaema)); (ROB
has 'up to 8' races)
Resident, edges of montane forest, in south in other dense woodland: S Sudan through E DRC - C Tanzania - S Malawi, E Zimbabwe
highlands; S Namibia and all of South Africa.
Cossypha humeralis
White-throated Robin-Chat
Cossyphe à gorge blanche
Resident, thickets in woodland: C Zimbabwe, SE Botswana east to S Mozambique, NE South Africa.
Cossypha polioptera
Grey-winged Robin-Chat
Cossyphe à sourcils blancs
Grey-winged Akalat
polioptera; nigriceps; tessmanni
HBW, ZTP Sheppardia polioptera
Resident, lowland and submontane forest and patches in savanna: patchy Liberia - C Cameroon (nigriceps); E Cameroon (tessmanni);
patchy S Sudan, Uganda, W Kenya - E Angola, NW Zambia and 1 patch in NW Angola (polioptera).
Cossypha cyanocampter
Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat
Cossyphe à ailes bleues
cyanocampter; bartteloti
Resident, forest undergrowth: Sierra Leone, SW Mali - Gabon (cyanocampter); N and SW CAR, NE DRC - W Kenya (bartteloti).
Cossypha semirufa
Rüppell's Robin-Chat
Cossyphe de Rüppell
semirufa; donaldsoni; intercedens
Resident, montane and submontane forest and dense thickets: W Eritrea - N Kenya (semirufa); E Ethiopia - NW Somalia (donaldsoni); SC
Kenya, N Tanzania (intercedens).
Cossypha heuglini
White-browed Robin-Chat
Cossyphe de Heuglin
heuglini; intermedia; subrufescens; (ROB has 7 races in Africa)
Resident, forest edge, thickets: S Gabon - W Angola east to S Sudan - S Somalia (with arm to S Chad) excluding Congo forest area south to
N Botswana, NE South Africa.
Cossypha natalensis
Red-capped Robin-Chat
Cossyphe à calotte rousse
Rufous-capped Robin-Chat
intensa; natalensis; larischi; (ZTP + hylophona (ROB incl in intensa)); (ROB has 9 races in Africa)
Intra-African migrant, lowland forest, open deciduous forests in savannas: SE Nigeria; SE CAR - S Somalia south to E South Africa and
west through southern half of DRC to W Angola with gap in N Mozambique and much of Zambia; W Gabon.
Cossypha dichroa
Chorister Robin-Chat
Cossyphe choriste
dichroa; mimica
Resident, montane forest: E and S South Africa.
Cossypha heinrichi
White-headed Robin-Chat
Cossyphe à tête blanche
Angola White-headed Robin-Chat
Cossyphe de Heinrich; Cossyphe à tête
blanche d’Angola
Resident, dense undergrowth of forest and gallery forest: 2 patches N Angola and W DRC.
Cossypha niveicapilla
Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat
Cossyphe à calotte neigeuse
Snowy-headed Robin-Chat
Petit Cossyphe à tête blanche
niveicapilla; melanonota (BoA melanota); (HBW monotypic)
Resident, thickets in savanna: Senegal - S Ethiopia south to forest area and L. Victoria basin; Gabon - extreme NW Angola.
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Cossypha albicapillus
White-crowned Robin-Chat
Cossyphe à calotte blanche
Grand Cossyphe à tête blanche
albicapillus; giffardi; omoensis
HM (updates on web) notes often incorrectly spelt C. albicapilla (+race)
Resident, thickets and gallery forest: Senegal - S Chad in guinea savanna zone; extreme SE Sudan, SW Ethiopia (omoensis).
Xenocopsychus ansorgei
Angola Cave-Chat
Cossyphe des grottes
Resident, rocky hills fringed with trees, thickets, forest patches: patches in W Angola.
Pinarornis plumosus
Boulder Chat
Rochassier des éboulis
Merle des rochers
Resident, granitic hills with tree canopy: patchy, E Zambia, W Malawi, Zimbabwe, E Botswana.
Cichladusa arquata
Collared Palm-Thrush
Cichladuse à collier
Cichladuse de Peters
Resident, palm thickets near water, also around habitations: SE DRC, S Uganda - extreme N Zimbabwe, S Mozambique with arm north up
coast to S Kenya.
Cichladusa ruficauda
Rufous-tailed Palm-Thrush
Cichladuse à queue rousse
**Red-tailed Morning Warbler; **Red-tailed Palm-Thrush
Resident, thickets, especially palms: S Gabon, lower Congo R. - extreme NW Namibia.
Cichladusa guttata
Spotted Palm-Thrush
Cichladuse tachetée
Spotted Morning Thrush
Cichladuse à poitrine tachetée
guttata; intercalans; rufipennis
Resident, thick riparian scrub, thickets, coastal scrub: extreme NE DRC, S Sudan, NW Kenya, S Somalia south to C Tanzania.
DFW, HBW, IOC, BL place all Cercotrichas spp except Cercotrichas podobe in Erythropygia
Cercotrichas leucosticta
Forest Scrub Robin
Agrobate de Ghana
Robin-agrobate de Ghana
leucosticta; colstoni; collsi; reichenowi
Resident, forest understorey: Sierra Leone - Ghana (colstoni, leucosticta); SE CAR - W Uganda (collsi); Huila escarpment, W Angola
(reichenowi).
Cercotrichas barbata
Miombo Scrub Robin
Agrobate barbu
Central Bearded Scrub Robin; **Miombo
Bearded Scrub Robin
Resident, miombo woodland: C Angola - SW Tanzania, C Malawi.
Robin-agrobate barbu du Miombo
Cercotrichas quadrivirgata
Bearded Scrub Robin
Agrobate à moustaches
Eastern Bearded Scrub Robin
Agrobate barbu oriental; Robin-agrobate
barbu oriental
quadrivirgata; greenwayi
Resident, dry and moist sand and riverine forest: coastal S Somalia - NE South Africa, inland to C Kenya, Malawi and arm to NE Namibia
along Zambezi R. (quadrivirgata); Zanzibar, Mafia (off Tanzania) (greenwayi).
Cercotrichas signata
Brown Scrub Robin
Agrobate brun
Agrobate barbu brun; Robin-agrobate barbu brun
signata; tongensis
Resident, evergreen forest of various types: E and S South Africa - S Mozambique.
Cercotrichas hartlaubi
Brown-backed Scrub Robin
Agrobate à dos brun
Robin-agrobate à dos brun
Resident, high grass savanna, old fields: S Cameroon - SW CAR; NE DRC - C Kenya; small patch in NW Angola.
Cercotrichas leucophrys
White-browed Scrub Robin
Agrobate à dos roux
Red-backed Scrub Robin
Robin-agrobate à dos roux
leucoptera; eluta; vulpina; brunneiceps; sclateri; zambesiana; munda; ovamboensis; leucophrys; (HM + simulator (HBW incl in
leucophrys))
Resident, bushy and wooded country: S Gabon - NW Somalia south to N Namibia - NE South Africa excluding much of Congo forest area;
arm extends down east coast of South Africa.
Cercotrichas galactotes
Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin
Agrobate roux
Rufous Bush Robin; Rufous Bush Chat;
Rufous Scrub Robin
galactotes; minor; hamertoni; syriacus (HM syriaca); familiaris
CMT raises Cercotrichas minor African Scrub-Robin (races minor; hamertoni)
Resident, breeding visitor and Palearctic winter visitor, bushy vegetation, open woodland: resident patches in Sahel zone Senegal - NE
Somalia (hamertoni, minor); breeding visitor all of North Africa and up Nile to S Egypt (galactotes); winters Sahel zone of West Africa
and N Sudan south to Uganda - NE Tanzania.
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Cercotrichas paena
Kalahari Scrub Robin
Agrobate du Kalahari
paena; oriens; damarensis (ROB incl in paena); benguellensis
Resident, open sandy areas with scattered bushes and trees: SW Angola - S Zimbabwe south to NC South Africa.
Cercotrichas coryphaeus
Karoo Scrub Robin
Agrobate coryphée
Agrobate du Karoo
coryphaeus; cinereus (CMT, HM, ROB cinerea); (CMT + eurina (HM incl in coryphaeus); ROB + abbotti)
HM, ROB (+SL) Cercotrichas coryphoeus (+ race)
Resident, scrub with bare ground: S Namibia and south east to W Lesotho, Orange Free State.
Cercotrichas podobe
Black Scrub Robin
Agrobate podobe
Merle podobe
podobe
Resident and partial migrant, arid semi-desert and savanna: Sahel zone Senegal - Eritrea; non-breeding to N Somalia.
Namibornis herero
Herero Chat
Namiorne héréro
Traquet du Herero
HBW places in Muscicapidae
Resident, sparsely vegetated rocky hillsides: extreme SW Angola - C Namibia.
Phoenicurus ochruros
Black Redstart
Rougequeue noir
gibraltariensis; phoenicuroides
Resident and Palearctic winter visitor, sparsely vegetated rocky areas: resident Atlas Mts (Morocco - Algeria); winters all North Africa,
Nile Valley and south to S Ethiopia, C Somalia.
Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Common Redstart
Rougequeue à front blanc
Redstart
phoenicurus; samamisicus
Breeding visitor and Palearctic winter visitor, open woodland: breeds Morocco; winters across Sahel zone south to L. Victoria.
Phoenicurus moussieri
Moussier's Redstart
Rougegorge de Moussier
Rubiette de Moussier
Resident and partial migrant, open rugged hill country, open scrub and woodland: Morocco - Tunisia south to edge of desert.
Saxicola torquatus
Common Stonechat
Tarier pâtre
African Stonechat*; Stonechat; Eurasian Stonechat Traquet pâtre
torquatus; clanceyi; stonei; oreobates; promiscuus; axillaris; albofasciatus; salax; moptanus; nebularum; jebelmarrae; rubicolus;
armenicus; variegatus; sibillus; voeltzkowi; (CMT + altivagus (HM, HBW incl in promiscuus); adamauae (HM incl in
promiscuus; HBW incl in salax); pallidigula (HBW, HM incl in salax); HM + tectes here considered a separate species; HBW +
tsaratananae; ankaratrae)
HM notes often incorrectly spelt Saxicola torquata (+races torquata, promiscua, albofasciata, moptana, armenica, variegata;
note that rubicola, sibilla and pallidigula are still correct)
CMT, IOC raise Saxicola rubicola European Stonechat (race rubicola); Saxicola maurus Siberian Stonechat Tarier de Sibérie
(races armenicus, variegatus)
Resident and Palearctic winter visitor, open usually quite barren areas; residents are mainly montane: widely scattered and more or less
isolated populations all S of Sahara except forest area, dry northeast and southwest, N Mozambique; also breeds Morocco - Tunisia;
Madagascar (sibilla), Grand Comoro (voeltzkowi); winters further in North Africa and all Nile Valley and Red Sea area.
Saxicola tectes
Réunion Stonechat
Traquet de la Réunion
Tarier de la Réunion
HM subsumes into Saxicola torquatus
Resident, scrub to woodland and forest with open understorey: Réunion Is.
Saxicola rubetra
Whinchat
Tarier des prés
Traquet tarier
Palearctic winter visitor, light bush, forest edges: all across Sahel zone and south in a band E DRC - W Kenya, W Tanzania to N
Mozambique, E Zambia; occasional further south.
Saxicola dacotiae
Canary Islands Stonechat
Tarier des Canaries
Fuerteventura Stonechat; Canary Islands Bush Chat*;
Canary Island Chat
dacotiae; murielae (extinct); (HBW monotypic (does not recogise murielae even though extinct))
Resident, rocky hillsides with shrubs: Fuerteventura Is (Canary Is).
Saxicola caprata
Pied Bushchat
??
Buff-streaked Chat
Traquet bifascié
Vagrant: Egypt.
Campicoloides bifasciatus
Buff-streaked Bush-Chat
Tarier bifascié
IOC Campicoloides bifasciata
DFW, BL, ROB (+SL,SS) Oenanthe bifasciatus (sometimes incorrectly spelt bifasciata)
BoA, SAM, CMT Saxicola bifasciatus
Resident, rocky areas within grasslands: E South Africa.
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Oenanthe leucopyga
White-crowned Black Wheatear
Traquet à tête blanche
White-tailed Wheatear; White-crowned Wheatear*
aegra (HBW incl in leucopyga); leucopyga; ernesti
Resident, desert in driest and hottest parts of Sahara: parts of Sahara from Mauritania, S Morocco - Egypt, N Sudan, occasional to Eritrea,
Djibouti.
Oenanthe leucura
Black Wheatear
Traquet rieur
syenitica
Resident, steep, rocky arid areas: Western Sahara - NW Libya.
Oenanthe monticola
Mountain Wheatear
Traquet montagnard
Mountain Chat
monticola; atmorii; albipileata; nigricauda
Resident, dry hillsides with rocky areas: W Angola, W Namibia south to Cape (South Africa) and through almost all South Africa (not
extreme N, E or S coast).
Oenanthe phillipsi
Somali Wheatear
Traquet de Somalie
Traquet Somali
Resident, open stony ground, semi-desert: SE Ethiopia, N Somalia.
Oenanthe oenanthe
Northern Wheatear
Traquet motteux
European Wheatear
oenanthe; libanotica; leucorhoa (BoA leucorrhoa); seebohmi
Breeding visitor and Palearctic winter visitor, open areas with rocks and shrubs: breeds Morocco (seebohmi); winters all across Sahel zone
and south in east to C Tanzania.
Oenanthe pleschanka
Pied Wheatear
Traquet pie
(BoA + pleschanka; cypriaca here considered separate species)
Palearctic winter visitor, bush- and tree-dotted plains, woodland edges: N Sudan south to Uganda, C Tanzania and all to the east.
Oenanthe cypriaca
Cyprus Wheatear
Traquet de Chypre
BoA, DFW subsume into Oenanthe pleschanka
Palearctic winter visitor, open areas with bushes: Sudan, Ethiopia (very little known in Africa).
Oenanthe hispanica
Black-eared Wheatear
Traquet oreillard
hispanica; melanoleuca
Palearctic breeding visitor and winter visitor, scrub and open woodland: breeds Morocco - Tunisia north of Atlas Mts; winters all across
Sahel zone.
Oenanthe monacha
Hooded Wheatear
Traquet à capuchon
Resident, dry desert wadis, stony hillsides: E Egypt.
Oenanthe lugens
Mourning Wheatear
Traquet deuil
halophila; lugens; persica; lugubris; vauriei; schalowi
HM, SAM, IOC, ZTP (+SS, RSF) raise Oenanthe lugubris Abyssinian Wheatear (Schalow's Wheatear, Abyssinian Black
Wheatear) Traquet de Schalow (races schalowi; lugubris; vauriei)
(SF has Oenanthe schalowi Schalow’s Wheatear; SS has O. lugens Mourning Wheatear, O. schalowi Schalow’s Wheatear,
O. lugubris Abyssinian Black Wheatear)
Resident, sloping desert areas: scattered patches in mountains Morocco - W Egypt south along Red Sea coast to NE Somalia; Ethiopian
highlands (lugubris); S Kenya, N Tanzania (schalowi).
Oenanthe finschii
Finsch's Wheatear
Traquet de Finsch
finschii
Palearctic winter visitor, open plains: NE Egypt.
Oenanthe moesta
Red-rumped Wheatear
Traquet à tête grise
Buff-rumped Wheatear
moesta; (HBW monotypic)
Resident, bushy desert edges: SW Morocco - Egypt.
Oenanthe xanthoprymna
Red-tailed Wheatear
Traquet à queue rousse
Chestnut-rumped Wheatear; Kurdistan Wheatear*; Traquet kurde
Kurdish Wheatear; [Red-rumped Wheatear]
xanthoprymna; chrysopygia; (HM, HBW monotypic (each a separate species))
HM, HBW, IOC, BL (+RSF) raise Oenanthe chrysopygia Red-tailed Wheatear (Rusty-tailed Wheatear), an Asian species, with
HM having O. xanthoprymna as Red-rumped Wheatear
Palearctic winter visitor, coastal plains, rocky hills usually in arid areas: E Egypt to Eritrea, N Somalia to east of Nile; chrysopygia vagrant
Ethiopia, Djibouti.
Oenanthe deserti
Desert Wheatear
Traquet du désert
homochroa; deserti; oreophila
Resident and Palearctic winter visitor, dry steppes and edge of desert: resident Morocco - Egypt south of Atlas Mts; winters C Sahara
desert all across Sahel zone and to N and E Somalia.
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Oenanthe pileata
Capped Wheatear
Traquet du Cap
pileata; livingstonii; neseri; (ROB has 4 races in Africa)
Resident and intra-African migrant, dry grassy plains especially burnt areas: Angola - SC Kenya and south except parts of E coast of
Mozambique and SE South Africa.
Oenanthe bottae
Red-breasted Wheatear
Traquet à poitrine rousse
Botta’s Wheatear; Buff-breasted Wheatear
frenata; (BoA + heuglini here considered a separate species)
Resident, open hillsides in tussock grass, montane grassland: highlands of Eritrea and Ethiopia.
Oenanthe heuglini
Heuglin’s Wheatear
Traquet de Heuglin
BoA, DFW subsume into Oenanthe bottae
Resident, dry short grass areas or rocky hillsides: Sahel zone in narrow band west of Ghana but wider east and south to NW Kenya.
Oenanthe isabellina
Isabelline Wheatear
Traquet isabelle
Palearctic winter visitor, arid savanna with few bushes: all across Sahel zone and south in east to N Tanzania.
Cercomela sinuata
Sickle-winged Chat
Traquet aile-en-faux
Sicklewing Chat
Traquet brun; Traquet de roche brun
sinuata; ensifera; hypernephela
Resident, karoo, montane grassland, shrubby semi-desert: S Namibia and all W and C South Africa.
Cercomela schlegelii
Karoo Chat
Traquet du Karroo
pollux; schlegelii; benguellensis; namaquensis; (CMT + kobosensis (ROB incl in namaquensis))
Resident, plateaux, stony hillsides and Namib plains: SW Angola, coastal Namibia, W and C South Africa but does not reach south coast.
Cercomela tractrac
Tractrac Chat
Traquet tractrac
Traquet de roche pale
tractrac; albicans; barlowi; hoeschi; nebulosa
Resident, open shrubby semi-arid karoo: SW Angola, coastal Namibia, NW and W South Africa but not to Cape.
Cercomela familiaris
Familiar Chat
Traquet familier
Traquet de roche à queue rousse
familiaris; galtoni; angolensis; hellmayri; actuosa; falkensteini; omoensis; (CMT + modesta (HM, HBW incl in falkensteini))
Resident, bush and light woodland: West African savannas E Senegal - N Cameroon; patches S Sudan, S Ethiopia, NW Uganda, N Kenya,
NW CAR; NW Tanzania - SE Tanzania south to S South Africa except SW DRC, E Angola, Kalahari Desert and forest area; arm extends
north up W Angola to S Gabon.
Cercomela scotocerca
Brown-tailed Rock Chat
Traquet à queue brune
Brown-tailed Chat
Traquet de roche à queue brune
scotocerca; furensis; spectatrix; validior; turkana
Resident, wadis with boulders, arid rocky areas: E Chad, W Sudan (furensis); Red Sea hills of NE Sudan, N Eritrea (scotocerca); S
Ethiopia, N Kenya (turkana); Awash Valley - NE Somalia (spectatrix, validior).
Cercomela dubia
Sombre Rock Chat
Traquet sombre
Sombre Chat
Resident, rock and scrub: EC Ethiopia in small area.
Traquet de roche sombre
Cercomela melanura
Traquet à queue noire
Blackstart
Traquet de roche à queue noire
lypura; aussae; airensis; ultima; melanura
Resident, rocky hilly areas, semi-desert: patches across S edge of Sahara E Mali - C Sudan; Red Sea coastal areas SE Egypt - N Somalia.
Cercomela sordida
Moorland Chat
Traquet afroalpin
Alpine Chat
sordida; ernesti; hypospodia; olimotiensis; (CMT + rudolfi (HM, HBW incl in ernesti))
HBW, IOC Pinarochroa sordida
Resident, alpine moorland: Ethiopian highlands (sordida); Mt Elgon, Mt Kenya (Kenya) (ernesti); Crater Highlands (Tanzania)
(olimotiensis); Mt Kilimanjaro (Tanzania) (hypospodia).
Myrmecocichla tholloni
Congo Moor Chat
Traquet du Congo
Traquet-fourmilier du Congo
Resident, open grassland on sandy or marshy ground, usually with some bushes: 4 isolated populations: NC CAR; SE Gabon; W DRC; N
and C Angola.
Myrmecocichla aethiops
Northern Anteater Chat
Traquet brun
Anteater Chat*
Traquet-fourmilier brun du nord
aethiops; sudanensis; cryptoleuca
Resident, short grass with termitaria: Sahel zone Senegal - C Sudan (aethiops, sudanensis); W and C Kenya, N Tanzania (cryptoleuca).
Myrmecocichla formicivora
Southern Anteater Chat
Traquet-fourmilier
Ant-eating Chat*
Traquet-fourmilier brun du sud
(ROB has 3 races (formicivora, minor, orestes) but says probably monotypic)
Resident, open grassland, semi-desert scrub with termitaria: Namibia - all of Botswana south to all South Africa except E and S coasts.
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Myrmecocichla nigra
Sooty Chat
Traquet commandeur
Traquet-fourmilier noir
Resident, short grass areas with termitaria: patches Nigeria - Kenya, C Tanzania south to Angola, Zambia.
Myrmecocichla melaena
Ruppell's Black Chat
Traquet de Ruppell
Ruppell's Chat
Resident, cliffs, wet rocks in montane areas: S Eritrea, N Ethiopia.
Traquet noir d'Abyssinie
Myrmecocichla albifrons
Traquet à front blanc
White-fronted Black Chat
Traquet noir à front blanc
frontalis; limbata; clericalis; pachyrhyncha; albifrons
HBW, IOC Pentholaea albifrons
Resident, open savanna woodland especially rocky areas: Senegal - N Uganda, SW Ethiopia; Eritrea, N Ethiopia (albifrons).
Myrmecocichla arnotti
White-headed Black Chat
Traquet d’Arnott
Arnot’s Chat*; Arnott’s Chat
Traquet noir d’Arnott
arnotti; harterti
HBW, IOC Pentholaea arnotti; DFW, ROB (+SF) Myrmecocichla arnoti (and race)
Resident, miombo and mopane woodland: Rwanda, S Tanzania - NE South Africa and west over most of Angola.
Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
Mocking Cliff Chat
Traquet à ventre roux
Cliff Chat; Mocking Chat
Traquet de roche à ventre roux
cinnamomeiventris; autochthones; subrufipennis; odica; albiscapulata; kordofanensis; coronata; cavernicola (not in CMT);
bambarae
BoA, DFW, BL, BD (+SF) Myrmecocichla cinnamomeiventris
SAM, IOC (+SS) raise Thamnolaea coronata White-crowned Cliff-Chat Traquet couronné
Resident, mix of rocks and trees in woodland and savannas: patches all across Sahel and Sudan zones of W Africa (coronata, presumably
with bambarae, cavernicola Senegal - W Sudan); belt Eritrea - SE South Africa through Rift Valley of E Africa, Malawi, E Zimbabwe, E
South Africa.
Thamnolaea semirufa
White-winged Cliff Chat
Traquet demi-roux
Traquet de roche à ailes blanches;
Traquet de roche d'Abyssinie
BoA, DFW, BL Myrmecocichla semirufa
Resident, mix of rocks and trees in mountains: Eritrea, Ethiopian highlands.
Monticola spp are considered as in Turdidae (BoA, DFW, CMT, HBW) or Muscicapidae (HM, SAM, ROB, IOC, BL)
Monticola imerina
Littoral Rock Thrush
Monticole du littoral
Merle de roche du sub-désert
HM, SAM Pseudocossyphus imerina
Resident, semi-arid sandy coastal scrub: coastal S and SW Madagascar.
Monticola sharpei
Forest Rock Thrush
Monticole de forêt
Merle de roche de forêt
(HM + bensoni; erythronotus; salomonseni; sharpei; CMT, HBW monotypic (HBW notes salomonseni is
untenable and CMT has recently removed it probably for the same reason)
HM, SAM Pseudocossyphus sharpei
Resident, mid-altitude and montane forest with open understorey: E Madagascar.
Monticola erythronotus
Amber Mountain Rock Thrush
Monticole de l’Ambre
HM subsumes into Monticola sharpei
Resident, forest on mountains: Mt Amber, N Madagascar.
Monticola bensoni
Benson’s Rock Thrush
Monticole de Benson
Merle de roche de Benson
CMT, HM, SAM Pseudocossyphus bensoni
HM, BL subsumes into Monticola (Pseudocossyphus) sharpei
Resident, semi-arid rocky areas: SW Madagascar.
Monticola rupestris
Cape Rock Thrush
Monticole rocar
Merle de roche du Cap
Resident, mesic mountain areas especially rocky slopes: extreme SW Mozambique - E and S South Africa including Lesotho, Swaziland.
Monticola explorator
Sentinel Rock Thrush
Monticole espion
Merle de roche montagnard
explorator; tenebriformis
Resident, with some altitudinal migration, upland grassland with rocky outcrops: E and S South Africa.
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Monticola brevipes
Short-toed Rock Thrush
Monticole à doigts courts
Merle de roche brachydactyle
brevipes; pretoriae; (CMT + niveiceps (HM incl in brevipes))
SAM, IOC raise Monticola pretoriae Pretoria Rock Thrush (Transvaal Rock Thrush) Monticole du Transvaal
Resident (with some altitudinal migraton), dry montane areas with rocks: SW Angola, W Namibia, NW South Africa (brevipes); C South
Africa, SE Botswana (pretoriae).
Monticola angolensis
Miombo Rock Thrush
Monticole angolais
Merle de roche d’Angola
angolensis; hylophila (HM, ROB hylophilus)
Resident, miombo woodland in hill areas: band across C Angola, S DRC, W and S Tanzania - south in one band Malawi, NW Mozambique
and another to SC Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Monticola rufocinereus
Little Rock Thrush
Monticole rougequeue
Petit Merle de roche
rufocinereus
Resident, wooded ravines, juniper forest, thickets: mts of Eritrea, N Somalia - Kenya, NE Tanzania.
Monticola saxatilis
Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush
Monticole merle-de-roche
Mountain Rock Thrush; European Rock Thrush; Merle-de-roche
Common Rock Thrush; Rock Thrush
Breeding visitor and Palearctic winter visitor, rocky hillsides (breeding), open areas especially near rocks (wintering): breeeds mts
Morocco, Algeria; winters Sahel zone and south in east to E DRC - C Tanzania.
Monticola solitarius
Blue Rock Thrush
Monticole merle-bleu
Merle-bleu
solitarius; longirostris
Resident and Palearctic winter visitor, montane areas with rocks: resident mts Morocco - Tunisia; probably breeds Senegal; winters further
east in North Africa, scattered in Sahara and C Sudan - N Somalia.
The remaining species are considered ‘true thrushes’ Turdidae by all authors although SAM has them as Turdinae within Muscicapidae,
ROB in Muscicapidae and DFW has Neocossyphus spp and Stizorhina fraseri as Incertae sedis
(Hylocichla mustelina
Wood Thrush
Grive des bois)
Grey-cheeked Thrush
Grive à joues grises)
Fire-crested Alethe
Alèthe à huppe rousse
Vagrant: Madeira, old record in Azores.
(Catharus minimus
Vagrant: Azores.
Alethe diademata
White-tailed Alethe*
woosnami; castanea; diademata; (HBW monotypic)
(SS Pseudalethe diademata)
SAM, HBW (+SS) raise Alethe (SS Pseudalethe) castanea Fire-crested Alethe Alèthe à couronne orangée (races castanea,
woosnami)
Resident, forest and forest patches in savanna: all forest area; (diademata Senegal - Togo, castanea Nigeria - C DRC, NW Angola,
woosnami N and C DRC - Uganda).
HBW, IOC place all other Alethe spp in Pseudalethe (as does ROB for A. fuelleborni). (Note SS has these in Alethe but places diademata
(and castanea) in Pseudalethe.)
Alethe poliophrys
Red-throated Alethe
Alèthe à gorge rousse
Brown-chested Alethe
Alèthe à poitrine brune
poliophrys; kaboboensis
Resident, montane forest: Albertine Rift Mts.
Alethe poliocephala
carruthersi; compsonota; poliocephala; akeleyae (BoA akeleyi); hallae; nandensis (HM, HBW, ZTP incl in carruthersi);
giloensis; kungwensis; ufipae; vandeweghei
Resident, lowland and lower montane forest, especially slopes near streams: Sierra Leone - S Ghana (poliocephala); S Nigeria, SW CAR NW Angola; S Sudan, SE CAR - Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, W Kenya; Rift Valley of Kenya (all other races); Mt Kungwe (Tanzania)
(kungwensis); Upemba Nat. Park and Ufipa Plateau (S DRC), SW Tanzania (ufipae).
Alethe fuelleborni
White-chested Alethe
Alèthe à poitrine blanche
(ROB has 3 races in Africa (xuthura, fuelleborni (assumed) + 1))
Resident, tall montane forest: Eastern Arc Mts (Tanzania) - extreme NE Zambia, N Malawi; SC Mozambique
Alethe choloensis
Cholo Alethe
Thyolo Alethe*
Alèthe du Cholo
Alèthe du Mont Cholo
choloenis; namuli
Resident, mid-altitude forest: S Malawi and adjacent Mozambique (choloensis); Mt Namuli (NC Mozambique) (namuli).
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Neocossyphus rufus
Red-tailed Ant Thrush
Neocossyphe à queue rousse
Red-tailed Rufous Thrush*
Grive fourmilière à queue rousse
gabunensis; rufus
Resident, primary forest: W Cameroon in narrow belt to W Uganda (gabunensis); coastal forests of E Kenya, E Tanzania, Zanzibar (rufus).
Neocossyphus poensis
White-tailed Ant Thrush
Neocossyphe à queue blanche
White-tailed Rufous Thrush*
Grive fourmilière à queue blanche
poensis; praepectoralis; kakamegoes; nigridorsalis; (CMT + pallidigularis; HM, HBW incl kakamagoes, nigridorsalis,
pallidigularis in praepectoralis)
Resident, primary forest especially marshy areas: Sierra Leone - W Kenya south to just south of equator; Bioko.
Stizorhina fraseri
Rufous Flycatcher-Thrush
Stizorhin de Fraser
Rufous Ant-Thrush; Fraser’s Rufous Thrush* Grive fourmilière rousse
rubicunda; fraseri; vulpina
BoA, CMT, SAM (+SS) Neocossyphus fraseri (races rubicundus, vulpina)
Resident, forest: central forest area east of SE Nigeria.
Stizorhina finschi
Finsch's Flycatcher-Thrush
Finsch’s Rufous Thrush*
BoA, CMT, SAM (+SS) Neocossyphus finschi
HBW notes often incorrectly spelt finschii but finschi is correct for this species
DFW, BL subsumes into Stizorhina (Neocossyphus) fraseri
Resident, dense forest: Liberia - S Nigeria.
Zoothera oberlaenderi
Oberlaender’s Ground Thrush
Stizorhin de Finsch
Grive fourmilière de Finsch
Grive d’Oberlaender
Forest Ground Thrush; Oberlaender’s Thrush Grive terrestre d’Oberlaender
Resident, lowland forest: NE DRC, W Uganda.
Zoothera camaronensis
Black-eared Ground Thrush
Grive du Cameroun
Black-eared Thrush
Grive terrestre du Cameroun
camaronensis; graueri; kibalensis (not in CMT)
HM notes often incorrectly spelt Z. cameronensis (+ race)
SAM, IOC raise Zoothera kibalensis Kibale Ground Thrush Grive de Kibale
Resident, lowland forest: S Cameroon, N Gabon (camaronensis); NE DRC, W Uganda (graueri); Kibale Forest (W Uganda) (kibalensis).
Zoothera princei
Grey Ground Thrush
Grive olivâtre
Grey Thrush
Grive terrestre grise
batesi; princei
Resident, lowland, riverine, moist secondary forest: E Sierra Leone - Ghana (princei); SE Nigeria - N Gabon and NE DRC, W Uganda
(batesi).
Zoothera crossleyi
Crossley’s Ground Thrush
Grive de Crossley
Crossley’s Thrush
Grive terrestre de Crossley
crossleyi; pilettei
Resident, mid-altitude montane forest: SE Nigeria, W Cameroon, S Congo (crossleyi); NE DRC (pilettei).
Zoothera gurneyi
Orange Ground Thrush
Grive de Gurney
Orange Thrush
Grive terrestre orangée
otomitra; gurneyi; disruptans; raineyi; chuka; (ZTP + chyulu (BoA, HBW incl in raineyi))
Resident (some altitudinal migration), montane forest: Mt Kenya through Eastern Arc Mts (Tanzania) south to Malawi - E Cape (South
Africa); small isolated populations SE DRC, W Angola (both otomitra but this also Tanzania, N Malawi).
Zoothera piaggiae
Abyssinian Ground Thrush
Grive de Piaggia
Abyssinian Thrush
Grive terrestre du Ruwenzori
piaggiae; kilimensis; hadii; ruwenzorii; rowei; tanganjicae
CMT, BL (+SF) raise Zoothera tanganjicae Kivu Ground Thrush Grive du Kivu
Resident, montane forest: highlands S Sudan, Ethiopia south to E DRC, Rwanda, SW Uganda, Burundi - N Tanzania; (tanganjicae E DRC,
Rwanda, Burundi, SW Uganda).
Zoothera guttata
Spotted Ground Thrush
Grive tachetée
Spotted Thrush
Grive de Fischer; Grive terrestre tachetée
guttata; fischeri; belcheri; maxis; lippensi
DFW Zoothera fischeri (syn guttata)
Resident and intra-African migrant, forest of various types: Lotti Forest (S Sudan) (maxis); SE DRC (lippensi); S Tanzania moving to
coastal Kenya in non-breeding season (fischeri); Thyolo and Soche Mts (Malawi) (belcheri); coastal E South Africa (guttata).
Psophocichla litsitsirupa
Groundscraper Thrush
Merle litsitsirupa
Grive litsitsirupa
litsitsirupa; pauciguttata (BoA pauciguttatus); stierlingi; simensis
several authors incorrectly spell the specific (+race) name as litsipsirupa
Resident, moorland, grassland, open woodland: Eritrea, Ethiopian highlands (simensis); C Angola - S Tanzania south to N half Namibia - N
South Africa but excluding much of Mozambique.
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Nesocichla eremita
Tristan Thrush
Grive de Tristan da Cunha
eremita; gordoni; procax
Resident, wet heath, tussock grassland: Tristan da Cunha (eremita); Inaccessible Is (gordoni); Nightingale Is (procax).
Turdus atrogularis
Black-throated Thrush
Grive à gorge rousse
Dark-throated Thrush
CMT, BL subsume into Turdus ruficollis Dark-throated Thrush (IOC has as Red-throated Thrush)
Vagrant: Egypt.
Turdus obscurus
Eye-browed Thrush
Merle obscur
Gulf of Guinea Thrush
Merle de São Tomé
Vagrant: Morocco.
Turdus olivaceofuscus
Olivaceous Thrush; São Tomé Thrush*
Grive de São Tomé
olivaceofuscus; xanthorhynchus
IOC (+SS) raise Turdus xanthorhynchus Príncipe Thrush (T. olivaceofuscus becomes São Tomé Thrush)
Resident, forest: São Tomé (olivaceofuscus); Príncipe (xanthorhynchus).
Turdus olivaceus
Olive Thrush
Merle olivâtre
Grive olivâtre
olivaceus; pondoensis; smithi; transvaalensis; culminans; swynnertoni; milanjensis; nyikae; bambusicola; baraka; abyssinicus;
deckeni; roehli; helleri; oldeani; ludoviciae
HBW, IOC, BL (+SS, RSF) raise Turdus ludoviciae Somali Thrush (Somali Blackbird) Merle de Somalie; and (+ZTP (+SF))
Turdus helleri Taita Thrush Merle des Teita; IOC, ROB (+SL, SS) raise Turdus smithi Karoo Thrush Merle du Karoo; IOC
(+SS) raise Turdus abyssinicus Abyssinian Thrush (Mountain Thrush); (SS raises Turdus roehli Usambara Thrush)
Resident, mainly highland forest: scattered Ethiopia, Somalia - N South Africa, and over much of South Africa; (helleri -- Taita Hills (SE
Kenya); smithi -- S Namibia, N Cape - Transvaal; ludovicae -- N Somalia).
Turdus pelios
African Thrush
Merle africain
Grive grisâtre
pelios; centralis; graueri; stormsi; bocagei; saturatus; nigrilorum; poensis; chiguancoides; (CMT + adamauae (HM, HBW incl
in pelios))
Resident, open woodland often near watercourses, forest edges, thickets: Senegal - Ethiopia south through W Kenya to NW Angola - N
Zambia excluding central Congo forest area.
Turdus libonyanus
Kurrichane Thrush
Merle kurrichane
Grive Kurrichane
libonyanus; peripheris (HBW incl in libonyanus); verreauxi; tropicalis; (ROB + chobiensis (HM incl in verreauxi))
DFW, ROB Turdus libonyana (+ race)
Resident, mainly miombo woodland: Angola - Tanzania south to NE Botswana, NE South Africa.
Turdus tephronotus
Bare-eyed Thrush
Merle cendré
African Bare-eyed Thrush*
Resident, thorn scrub, thickets: SE Ethiopia, S Somalia, C and E Kenya, NE Tanzania.
Grive à lunettes
Turdus bewsheri
Merle des Comores
Comoro Thrush
Grive des Comores
comorensis; moheliensis; bewsheri
Resident, woody areas: Grand Comoro (comorensis); Mohéli (moheliensis); Anjouan (bewsheri).
Turdus philomelos
Song Thrush
Grive musicienne
philomelos; clarkei; hebridensis
Palearctic winter visitor, all wooded and many open habitats: all across North Africa and Red Sea coast to Djibouti; Canary Is; few records
in Sahara, CAR.
Turdus iliacus
Redwing
Grive mauvis
iliacus
Palearctic winter visitor, open woodland, orchards, thickets: Morocco - Tunisia and in patches to Egypt.
Turdus viscivorus
Mistle Thrush
Grive draine
viscivorus; deichleri
Resident and Palearctic winter visitor, mosaic of wooded and open country: Morocco - Tunisia (deichleri resident, viscivorus winter
visitor); winters all of North Africa.
Turdus pilaris
Fieldfare
Grive litorne
Palearctic winter visitor, all open country: Morocco - Egypt and up Nile to near Luxor.
Turdus merula
Eurasian Blackbird
Merle noir
Common Blackbird*
merula; mauritanicus; aterrimus; syriacus; azorensis; cabrerae
Resident and Palearctic winter visitor, most vegetated habitats: Morocco - Tunisia (mauritanicus); Azores (azorensis); Madeira, Canary Is
(cabrerae); other races vagrant; winters all North Africa.
Turdus torquatus
Ring Ouzel
torquatus; alpestris
Palearctic winter visitor, montane steppes: Morocco - Tunisia.
Merle à plastron
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SYLVIIDAE (BoA, DFW, ZTP, BD include Cisticolidae within this)
IOC, CMT split up Sylviidae as: Cettidae (Hemitesia, Cettia, Graueria, Hylia (and with Erythrocercus from Monarchidae and Pholidornis
from Remizidae); Phylloscopidae (Phylloscopus, Seicercus); Megaluridae (Amphilais, Dromaeocercus, Schoenicola, Bradypterus,
Locustella); Acrocephalidae (Nesillas, Acrocephalus, Chloropeta, Hippolais); and Hyliotidae (Hyliota). Euryptila, Bathmocercus,
Sceptomycter, Artisornis, Eremomela and Poliolais move into Cisticolidae; Amaurocichla moves into Motacillidae; Melocichla,
Sphenoeacus, Macrosphenus, Sylvietta and Bradypterus (Cryptillas) victorini (and with Achaetops from near Timaliidae) are placed
Incertae sedis. This leaves only Sylvia (and Parisoma) in Sylviidae.
Hemitesia neumanni
Neumann’s Warbler
Crombec de Neumann
Neumann’s Short-tailed Warbler; Short-tailed Warbler Tésie de Neumann
Resident, montane forest undergrowth: Albertine Rift mts.
Cettia cetti
Cetti’s Warbler
Bouscarle de Cetti
cetti
Resident and Palearctic winter visitor, thick vegetation near water: C Morocco - Tunisia; vagrant Egypt.
Bradypterus baboecala
Little Rush Warbler
Bouscarle caqueteuse
African Bush Warbler
Bouscarle des marais
baboecala; tongensis; transvaalensis; msiri; benguellensis; elgonensis; centralis; abyssinicus; sudanensis; chadensis; (ZTP +
moreaui (BoA, CMT, HM incl in tongensis))
Resident, tall reed beds and swamps: L. Chad (chadensis); small isolated populations in N Nigeria, S Nigeria and S Cameroon, and then
NE DRC - SW Uganda, Burundi (centralis), S Sudan (sudanensis); parts of Ethiopia (abyssinicus); parts of W Angola (benguellensis); SW
and SE Kenya - S Tanzania mainly near coast; E and S DRC, SE Angola, N Botswana east to L. Malawi and south down E and S South
Africa (other races).
Bradypterus carpalis
White-winged Swamp Warbler
Bouscarle à ailes blanches
White-winged Scrub Warbler; White-winged Warbler
Resident, papyrus swamps, occasionally other swampy vegetation: E DRC, W Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi - SW Kenya.
Bradypterus graueri
Grauer’s Swamp Warbler
Bouscarle de Grauer
Grauer’s Rush Warbler; Grauer’s Scrub Warbler
Resident, montane forest swamps: E DRC, W Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi.
Bradypterus grandis
Dja River Scrub Warbler
Bouscarle géante
Dja River Warbler*
Note some authors spell it as Ja River …
Resident, swamps between forest and savanna: SE Cameroon, C Gabon.
Bouscarle du Dja
Bradypterus alfredi
Bouscarle des bambous
Bamboo Warbler
Bouscarle d’Alfred
kungwensis; alfredi
Resident, bamboo, long grass, mainly in montane areas: scattered W Ethiopia, S Sudan, E DRC, W Uganda, W Tanzania, NW Zambia.
Bamboo Scrub Warbler
Bradypterus lopezi
Evergreen-Forest Warbler
Bouscarle de Lopes
Cameroon Scrub Warbler
Bouscarle brune
lopezi; camerunensis; granti; mariae; usambarae; boultoni; ufipae; barakae; (BD + manengubae (BoA incl in bangwaensis) but
has bangwaensis as a separate species); (BoA + bangwaensis here considered a separate species)
HM Bradypterus lopesi (+race)
SAM raises Bradypterus mariae Evergreen Forest-Warbler Bouscarle de forêt (races mariae, barakae)
Resident, dense undergrowth in montane forest: Bioko (lopezi); Mt Cameroon (camerunensis); patch in W Angola (boultoni); scattered E
DRC - SE Kenya south to NW Zambia - C Mozambique (other races).
Bradypterus bangwaensis
Bangwa Forest Warbler
Bouscarle de Bangwa
Bangwa Scrub Warbler*
Bouscarle du Cameroun
BoA subsumes into Bradypterus lopezi; HM subsumes into Bradypterus cinnamomeus; not noted specifically in IOC; DFW has
in superspecies with cinnamomeus and barratti not lopezi
Resident, dense undergrowth in montane forest: SE Nigeria, W Cameroon but not Mt Cameroon.
Bradypterus cinnamomeus
Cinnamon Bracken Warbler
Bouscarle cannelle
cinnamomeus; cavei; mildbreadi; nyassae; (HM + bangwaensis see above)
Resident, undergrowth in open montane forest, bamboo: mts of Ethiopia south to E DRC, S Malawi, NE Zambia.
Bradypterus barratti
Barratt’s Warbler
Bouscarle des fourrés
African Scrub Warbler; Barratt’s Scrub Warbler Bouscarle de Barratt
barratti; godfreyi; cathkinensis; priesti
Resident, dense bush along streams, forests in E South Africa: SE Zimbabwe (priesti); NE and E South Africa.
Bradypterus sylvaticus
Knysna Warbler
Bouscarle de Knysna
Knysna Scrub Warbler
sylvaticus; pondoensis
Resident, dense undergrowth and indigenous coastal forests: South Africa from Cape - SE coast.
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Bradypterus victorini
Victorin’s Warbler
Bouscarle de Victorin
Victorin’s Scrub Warbler
IOC, ROB Cryptillas victorini
Resident, thickets along streams: coastal SW and S Cape Province (South Africa) to ca 75km inland.
Dromaeocercus brunneus
Brown Emu-tail
Dromaéocerque brun
Resident, dense undergrowth in humid evergreen forest: E Madagascar.
Amphilais seebohmi
Grey Emu-tail
Dromaéocerque tacheté
Madagascar Grassbird
Amphilais tachetée
CMT Dromaeocercus seebohmi
Resident, montane grassland and heathland with marshy vegetation: mts of E Madagascar.
HBW, IOC place Bathmocercus spp in Cisticolidae
Bathmocercus winifredae
Mrs Moreau’s Warbler
Bathmocerque de Winifred
Winifred’s Warbler*
HBW, SAM Scepomycter winifredae
Resident, clearings in montane forest: mts of E Tanzania.
Rousselette de Madame Moreau
Bathmocercus rufus
Bathmocerque à face noire
Black-faced Rufous Warbler
Rousselette à face noire
vulpinus; rufus
Resident, thick undergrowth on boggy ground in forest: S Cameroon, Gabon, SW CAR (rufus); NE and E DRC - SW Kenya (vulpinus).
Bathmocercus cerviniventris
Black-headed Rufous Warbler
Bathmocerque à capuchon
Black-capped Rufous Warbler
Resident, thick undergrowth of all forest types: very patchy Sierra Leone - Ghana.
Rousselette à capuchon
Nesillas typica
Nésille malgache
Madagascar Brush Warbler
Malagasy Brush Warbler*
moheliensis; obscura; typica; (CMT + lantzi here considered a separate species)
Resident, dense understorey in forest: Madagascar (typica, obscura); Mohéli (moheliensis).
Fauvette malgache
Nesillas lantzii
Nésille de Lantz
Subdesert Brush Warbler
Lantz's Brush Warbler
SAM subsumes into Nesillas typica
Resident, subdesert forest: SW Madagascar.
Nesillas longicaudata
Anjouan Brush Warbler
Nésille d’Anjouan
HBW subsumes into Nesillas typica; DFW subsumes into Nesillas typica or Nesillas brevicaudata
Resident, dense understorey in forest: Anjouan.
Nesillas brevicaudata
Grand Comoro Brush Warbler
Nésille de la Grande Comore
Comoros Brush Warbler
Resident, middle levels of evergreen forest: Grand Comoro.
Fauvette des Comores
Nesillas mariae
Moheli Brush Warbler
Nésille de Mohéli
Mrs Benson’s Warbler; Mohéli Warbler
Fauvette de Madame Benson
Aldabra Brush Warbler
Nésille d’Aldabra]
Resident, evergreen forest: Mohéli.
[Nesillas aldabrana
Aldabra Warbler
Resident, dense scrub: Aldabra (now thought to be extinct).
Fauvette d’Aldabra
Melocichla mentalis
Mélocichle à moustaches
Moustached Grass-Warbler
African Moustached Warbler
Fauvette à moustaches
mentalis; amauroura; orientalis; incana; luangwae; (ROB only has 4 races in Africa)
Races amauroura and incana often incorrectly spelt amaurourus and incanus
Resident, rank grass with scattered trees and bushes: Senegal - W Ethiopia, W and S Kenya south to C Angola - E Zimbabwe, C
Mozambique excluding most of forest area and C Tanzania.
Sphenoeacus afer
Cape Grassbird
Sphénoèque du Cap
Cape Grass-Warbler; **Grassbird
Fauvette des graminées
afer; intermedius; natalensis; excisus
Resident, rank grass and scrub along streams: E Zimbabwe and nearby Mozamique (excisus); E half South Africa and along coast to Cape.
Schoenicola brevirostris
Fan-tailed Grassbird
Graminicole à queue large
Broad-tailed Grassbird; Broad-tailed Warbler
Fauvette à large queue; Graminicole à
bec court
brevirostris; alexinae
BoA, BD subsume into Schoenicola platyura (CMT, SAM, HM have this (CMT, HM as S. platyurus) as an Indian species)
Resident, rank grass in wet areas: Congo, S Angola east to S DRC, N Zambia, Malawi with arm up western Rift Valley to S Sudan, SW
Kenya; thin strip E Zimbabwe - E South Africa; isolated populations W Ethiopia; W Cameroon; Sierra Leone and Guinea.
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Locustella naevia
Common Grasshopper Warbler
Locustelle tachetée
Grasshopper Warbler; Western Grasshopper Warbler
naevia; obscurior; straminea
Palearctic winter visitor, dense grass and scrub, often near water: patchy W Mauritania, NW Senegal, Sierra Leone, N Ghana; NW
Ethiopia; some winter Morocco - Tunisia mainly in western parts.
Locustella fluviatilis
River Warbler
Locustelle fluviatile
Eurasian River Warbler
Palearctic winter visitor, dense bush and grass: winters mainly S Zambia, Zimbabwe, N South Africa, W Mozambique; some in SE Kenya
where there is extensive passage; vagrant many other places.
Locustella luscinioides
Savi’s Warbler
Locustelle luscinioide
luscinioides; sarmatica; fusca
Breeding visitor and Palearctic winter visitor, wet places: breeds C Morocco - W Tunisia; winters in scattered areas Senegal - Ethiopia.
Locustella certhiola
Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler
Locustelle de Pallas
Moustached Warbler
Lusciniole à moustaches
Vagrant: Morocco.
Acrocephalus melanopogon
melanopogon
Resident and partial migrant, mainly reedbeds: breeds C Morocco - N Tunisia; passage or wintering birds N Egypt.
Acrocephalus paludicola
Aquatic Warbler
Phragmite aquatique
Palearctic winter visitor, reedbeds and flooded grassland, ditches: winters sparsely Senegal - N Ghana; few records Egypt need
confirmation.
Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Sedge Warbler
Phragmite des joncs
Palearctic winter visitor, waterside and emergent vegetation, on passage often in much drier areas: winters all S of Sahara except east of C
Ethiopia - S Somalia and southwest of NE Namibia - NE South Africa.
Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Eurasian Reed Warbler
Rousserolle effarvatte
Reed Warbler; European Reed Warbler
scirpaceus; fuscus; (HM + avicenniae from A. baeticatus)
Breeding visitor, in reedbeds, and Palearctic winter visitor, in tall grass thickets usually near water: breeds C Morocco - Tunisia; winters
Senegal - C Ethiopia south to forest area - C Tanzania with extension through E DRC, Zambia to N Botswana.
Acrocephalus baeticatus
African Reed Warbler
Rousserolle africaine
baeticatus; hallae; cinnamomeus; guiersi; suahelicus; avicenniae (HM places in A. scirpaceus)
DFW subsumes into Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Resident and intra-African migrant, reedbeds, tall grass, sugarcane, seasonal floodplains: coastal Sudan, Eritrea, NW Somalia (in
mangroves) (avicenniae); all south of S Angola - NW Mozambique extending north to E DRC - W Tanzania, W Kenya, Uganda - SE
Sudan; scattered patches through rest of S of Sahara; some South African birds move north when not breeding.
Acrocephalus palustris
Marsh Warbler
Rousserolle verderolle
Palearctic winter visitor, leafy thickets, herbaceous undergrowth often near water: winters Zambia - NE South Africa, W Mozambique;
common on passage through eg E Kenya.
Acrocephalus arundinaceus
Great Reed Warbler
Rousserolle turdoide
arundinaceus; zarudnyi
Breeding visitor, in reedbeds, and Palearctic winter visitor, reeds, thickets, garden hedges: breeds C Morocco - Tunisia; winters Senegal - S
Kenya south to S Angola - E South Africa, concentrating in southern West Africa and C DRC - Zimbabwe.
Acrocephalus griseldis
Basra Reed Warbler
Rousserolle d’Irak
Rousserolle de Basra
Palearctic winter visitor, dense thickets and undergrowth, usually near water: regular E Kenya, E Tanzania; other records Ethiopia Mozambique.
Acrocephalus stentoreus
Clamorous Reed Warbler
Rousserolle stentor
Rousserolle turdoide d’Egypte
stentoreus; brunnescens
Resident, papyrus, reeds and bushes near water: Nile Valley, patches (usually in mangroves) along Red Sea coast, Sudan - NW Somalia.
Acrocephalus rufescens
Greater Swamp Warbler
Rousserolle des cannes
rufescens; senegalensis; chadensis; ansorgei
Resident, emergent vegetation from water: very patchy Senegal - Nile in Sudan south to N Botswana.
Acrocephalus gracilirostris
Lesser Swamp Warbler
Rousserolle à bec fin
Rousserolle à bec mince
gracilirostris; cunenensis; winterbottomi; leptorhynchus; parvus; jacksoni; tsanae; neglectus; (ROB + zuluensis (HM incl in
gracilirostris) + 1 more)
Resident, swampy vegetation: SW Angola - C Ethiopia, S Kenya and south except desert of SW; small isolated patches N Nigeria, CAR,
Chad, also E Ethiopia, S Somalia.
Acrocephalus aedon
Vagrant: 1 record Sinai.
Thick-billed Warbler
Rosserolle à gros bec
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Acrocephalus brevipennis
Cape Verde Warbler
Rousserolle du Cap-Vert
Cape Verde Swamp Warbler; Cape Verde
Islands Cane Warbler
Rousserolle des Iles du Cap-Vert
Madagascar Swamp Warbler
Rousserolle de Newton
Resident, reeds, sugarcane: Cape Verde Is.
Acrocephalus newtoni
Rousserolle malgache
Resident, swamps and other freshwater habitats: Madagascar.
Acrocephalus sechellensis
Seychelles Warbler
Rousserolle de Seychelles
Seychelles Brush Warbler
SAM Bebrornis sechellensis
Resident, dense scrub: Aride, Cousin and Cousine (Seychelles).
Acrocephalus rodericanus
Rodrigues Warbler
Rousserolle de Rodriguez
Rousserolle de l’Ile Rodriguez
SAM Bebrornis rodericanus
Resident, dense thickets and woodland often near clearings and usually in non-native trees: Rodrigues.
Rodrigues Brush Warbler
Chloropeta natalensis
African Yellow Warbler
Chloropète jaune
Yellow Flycatcher-Warbler; Dark-capped
Fauvette jaune commune
Yellow Warbler*
massaica; batesi; major; natalensis; (ROB only has 3 races in Africa)
Resident, all rank vegetation: in narrow band around central forest area, extreme SE Nigeria - SE Sudan, SW Ethiopia, W Kenya to E
South Africa although not along coastal areas; across south of forest Congo - C Angola east to SW Tanzania, N Zambia.
Chloropeta similis
Mountain Yellow Warbler
Chloropète de montagne
Mountain Flycatcher-Warbler
Fauvette jaune à montagne
Resident, rank growth in montane forest: W Uganda, E DRC, Rwanda, Burundi; SE Sudan, W Kenya, N Tanzania, Eastern Arc Mts
(Tanzania).
Chloropeta gracilirostris
Papyrus Yellow Warbler
Chloropète aquatique
Fauvette jaune aquatique
gracilirostris; bensoni
Resident, papyrus swamps: W Uganda and surrounds - Burundi; SW Kenya (both gracilirostris); mouth of Luapula R. (Zambia) (bensoni).
The French name of Hippolais spp can be spelt Hypolais …
Hippolais pallida
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Hippolais pâle
elaeica; pallida; reiseri; laeneni; (HM + tamariceti; HBW + alulensis) (BoA, HM + opaca here considered a separate species)
HM Iduna pallida
Resident, breeding visitor and Palearctic winter visitor, breeds olive groves, thickets, oases, winters arid and semi-arid scrub: winters S
Chad - Ethiopia south to NE Tanzania (elaeica); resident in oases of Sahara and NE Africa west to Morocco (reiseri interior Algeria,
Tunisia; pallida W and N Egypt along Nile to N Sudan; laeneni C Niger - W Sudan; alulensis coastal N Somalia).
Hippolais opaca
Western Olivaceous Warbler
Hippolais obscure
Isabelline Warbler
BoA, DFW, HM, SAM (+ BD presumed) subsume into Hippolais (Iduna) pallida
Breeding visitor and Palearctic winter visitor,: breeds Morocco - NW Libya, and winters Sahel zone Senegal - N Cameroon.
Hippolais languida
Upcher’s Warbler
Hippolais d’Upcher
Palearctic winter visitor, scattered bushes: S Somalia - NE Tanzania west to E Uganda.
Hippolais olivetorum
Olive-tree Warbler
Hippolais des oliviers
Palearctic winter visitor, open dry bush and woodland, especially Acacia: winters S Zambia - N South Africa; on passage all E side of
continent.
Hippolais polyglotta
Melodious Warbler
Hippolais polyglotte
Breeding visitor and Palearctic winter visitor, bushy woodland, thick scrub: breeds C Morocco - NW Tunisia; winters Senegal - N
Cameroon.
Hippolais icterina
Icterine Warbler
Hippolais ictérine
Palearctic winter visitor, open woodland especially Acacia: mainly equator south to SW Angola, N South Africa especially south of C
Angola - NW Mozambique.
Hippolais rama
Sykes's Warbler
??
Grauer’s Warbler
Grauérie striée
Vagrant: Eritrea.
Graueria vittata
Grauer’s Forest Warbler
Resident, montane forest: extreme E DRC, SW Uganda, W Rwanda.
Fauvette de Grauer
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Eremomela icteropygialis
Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Erémomèle à croupion jaune
Eremomèle gris-jaune
alexanderi; griseoflava; abdominalis; polioxantha; helenorae; icteropygialis; puellula; perimacha; saturatior; (ROB + sharpei
(HM incl in saturatior); viriditincta; and loses one of alexanderi, griseoflava, abdominalis, puellula or perimacha)
Resident, all savanna habitats except the driest: Senegal - extreme W Chad; E Chad - E Sudan; band across Ethiopia - N Somalia; SE
Sudan - SE Kenya south through Tanzania, Zambia, S DRC, Namibia - Zimbabwe and to the south with arm along coastal Angola.
Eremomela flavicrissalis
Yellow-vented Eremomela
Erémomèle à ventre jaune
Resident, semi-arid and arid bushland and wooded areas: E Ethiopia, Somalia and NE half of Kenya to northeast of icteropygialis.
Eremomela salvadorii
Salvadori’s Eremomela
Erémomèle de Salvadori
DFW, HM, HBW, BL subsume into Eremomela icteropygialis
Resident, bushes at edge of miombo and other woodland: E Congo, SE Gabon, W DRC - C Angola, extreme NW Zambia.
Eremomela pusilla
Senegal Eremomela
Erémomèle à dos vert
[Green-backed Eremomela]
Resident, all wooded savanna, cultivation, also mangrove: all W Africa between Sahara and forest east to extreme SW Chad and extreme
NW CAR.
Eremomela canescens
Green-backed Eremomela
Erémomèle grisonnante
canescens; elegans; abyssinica; elgonensis (HM, HBW incl in canescens)
DFW, BL, ZTP (+SF) subsume into Eremomela pusilla
Resident, open wooded savannas: extreme E Cameroon, S Chad - Eritrea, W Ethiopia and a little further south to Uganda, SW Kenya.
Eremomela scotops
Green-capped Eremomela
Erémomèle è calotte verte
Greencap Eremomela
Eremomèle à tête verte
scotops; kikuyuensis; pulchra; citriniceps; congensis; (ZTP + occipitalis (BoA, CMT, HM, HBW incl in scotops); ROB +
extrema; chlorochlamys (HM incl in scotops); also has scotops but loses one of others)
Resident, canopy of miombo woodland, less so in other woodland: S Congo, S DRC - SW Kenya south to all but S Angola - Zimbabwe and
scattered into E South Africa.
Eremomela gregalis
Karoo Eremomela
Erémomèle du Karroo
Yellow-rumped Eremomela
gregalis; damarensis (ROB incl in damarensis); (ROB + albigularis (HM incl in gregalis))
Resident, semi-desert scrub, karoo especially along watercourses: SW Namibia - W South Africa.
Eremomela usticollis
Burnt-necked Eremomela
Erémomèle à cou roux
Burnt-neck Eremomela*
usticollis; rensi; (ROB + baumgarti (HM incl in usticollis))
Resident, woodland especially Acacia and riparian: S Angola, E Namibia east to S half Zambia, N South Africa and Mozambique except
for northern quarter.
Eremomela badiceps
Rufous-crowned Eremomela
Erémomèle à tête brune
badiceps; fantiensis; latukae
Resident, lowland forest canopy: all of forest area Sierra Leone - N Uganda south to N Angola.
Eremomela turneri
Turner’s Eremomela
Erémomèle de Turner
turneri; kalindei
Resident, forest edges and clearings: EC DRC, Nyondo Forest (SW Uganda) (kalindei); W Kenya (turneri).
Eremomela atricollis
Black-necked Eremomela
Erémomèle à cou noir
Black-collared Eremomela
Resident, canopy of miombo woodland: C Angola, S DRC, N Zambia.
Eremomèle à collier noir
Sylvietta brachyura
Crombec sittelle
Northern Crombec
Crombec
brachyura; carnapi; leucopsis
Resident, all woody savannas: all across south of Sahara Desert to forest edge in west and NE Tanzania in east.
Sylvietta whytii
Red-faced Crombec
Crombec à face rousse
Crombec de Whyte
whytii; jacksoni; loringi; minima; (ZTP + abayensis (BoA, CMT incl in loringi); ROB + nemorivaga (HM incl in whytii))
Resident, well developed woodland, usually in moister areas: SW Ethiopia, E Uganda, W and S Kenya, Tanzania, N Mozambique;
Zimbabwe and nearby W Mozambique.
Sylvietta philippae
Phillippa’s Crombec
Crombec de Somalie
Short-billed Crombec; Somali Short-billed Crombec
Resident, dense thickets in Acacia and Commiphora scrub: W Somalia, extreme SE Ethiopia.
Sylvietta rufescens
Long-billed Crombec
Crombec à long bec
Cape Crombec
rufescens; diverga; resurga; flecki; pallida; adelphe; ansorgei; (ROB + ochrocara (HM incl in flecki); and loses adelphe or
ansorgei)
Resident, thick bushes in drier areas: W and S Angola, Zambia, north up E DRC, extreme SW Tanzania, Malawi, all but NE Mozambique
and south to coast excluding highlands of C South Africa.
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Sylvietta isabellina
Somali Crombec
Crombec isabelle
Somali Long-billed Crombec
Resident, thorn-scrub with taller trees: SE Ethiopia, NW Somalia to S Kenya.
Sylvietta ruficapilla
Red-capped Crombec
Crombec à calotte rousse
Crombec à joues rousses
ruficapilla; gephyra; chubbi; makayii; rufigenis; schoutedeni
Resident, wooded savanna especially miombo: SE Congo, S DRC south to all but extreme S Angola - W Malawi.
Sylvietta virens
Green Crombec
Crombec vert
virens; flaviventris; baraka; tando
Resident, thick undergrowth in forest: all of forest area.
Sylvietta denti
Lemon-bellied Crombec
Crombec à gorge tachetée
denti; hardyi
Resident, mainly secondary forest: Sierra Leone - S Ghana; S Nigeria - N Gabon east to extreme SW CAR, N DRC to W Uganda; mouth of
Congo R.; N Lunda (N Angola).
Sylvietta leucophrys
White-browed Crombec
Crombec à sourcils blancs
leucophrys; chloronota; chapini
SAM (+SS) raise Sylvietta chapini Chapin’s Crombec Crombec de Chapin
Resident, thick undergrowth of montane forest: Albertine Rift mts of E DRC, W Rwanda, SW Uganda - S end L. Tanganyika (chloronota);
W Uganda, mts of W and C Kenya (leucophrys); Lendu Plateau (NE DRC) (chapini).
Phylloscopus trochilus
Willow Warbler
Pouillot fitis
trochilus; acredula; yakutensis
Palearctic winter visitor, all wooded habitats and forest edges: all S of Sahara but less common southwest of Gabon - NE South Africa;
probably only passage north of Sierra Leone - S Kenya.
Phylloscopus collybita
Common Chiffchaff
Pouillot véloce
collybita; abietinus; tristis; (BoA + canariensis; exsul here considered a separate species)
Palearctic winter visitor, most habitats with bushes: all across Sahel zone and south to S Kenya highlands in east.
Phylloscopus ibericus
Iberian Chiffchaff
Pouillot ibérique
(CMT + biscayensis; ibericus)
previously (erroneously) known as P.brehmii
BoA (+DFW, SAM presumed) subsume into Phylloscopus collybita
Breeding visitor and Palearctic winter visitor, breeds high oak forests, winters all bushy habitats: breeds Morocco - E Algeria, Tunisia;
winters Sahel zone Senegal - N Ghana.
Phylloscopus canariensis
Canary Islands Chiffchaff
Pouillot des Canaries
canariensis; exsul
BoA (+SAM presumed) subsume into Phylloscopus collybita
Resident, scrub woodland, gardens: western Canary Is (canariensis); NE Lanzarote (exsul) is probably extinct.
Phylloscopus sibilatrix
Wood Warbler
Pouillot siffleur
Palearctic winter visitor, humid lowland forest especially edges and clearings, also woodland and savannas with trees: Sierra Leone - E
DRC, S Sudan and rare to east.
Phylloscopus bonelli
Western Bonelli’s Warbler
Pouillot de Bonelli
[Bonelli’s Warbler]
Breeding visitor and Palearctic winter visitor, breeds various woodland, winters open bushy areas: breeds Morocco - Tunisia; winters Sahel
zone Senegal - L. Chad.
Phylloscopus orientalis
Eastern Bonelli’s Warbler
Pouillot oriental
BoA, SAM, BL (+DFW presumed) subsume into Phylloscopus bonelli (BoA notes potential split)
Palearctic winter visitor, open bushy habitats: Sahel zone in eastern half of continent Chad, Sudan, N Eritrea.
Phylloscopus fuscatus
Dusky Warbler
Pouillot brun
Pallas’s Leaf Warbler
Pouillot de Pallas
fuscatus
Vagrant: Morocco, Sinai, Madeira.
Phylloscopus proregulus
Lemon-rumped Warbler; Pallas’s Warbler
proregulus; (HM, HBW monotypic)
Vagrant: Morocco.
Phylloscopus inornatus
Yellow-browed Warbler
Pouillot à grands sourcils
Inornate Warbler
Vagrant: North and West Africa (Egypt - Senegal); Madeira; Canary Is.
(Phylloscopus humei
Hume’s Leaf Warbler
Hume’s Warbler
SAM subsumes into Phylloscopus inornatus
Vagrant: ???
Pouillot de Hume)
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CMT has all … Woodland Warbler as … Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus umbrovirens
Brown Woodland Warbler
Pouillot ombré
mackensianus (ZTP mackenzianus); dorcadichroa (BoA dorcadichrous); umbrovirens; omoensis; williamsi; alpinus;
wilhelmi; fugglescouchmani
Resident, montane forest, woodland, scrub: highlands Eritrea, NW Somalia - Burundi, N Tanzania.
Phylloscopus ruficapilla
Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler
Pouillot à gorge jaune
Yellow-throated Warbler
ruficapilla; voelckeri; alacris; johnstoni; quelimanensis; minullus; ochrogularis
HM notes often incorrectly spelt ruficapillus (+ race)
Resident, moist evergreen forest above 800m asl: Taita Hills of SE Kenya, W Tanzania patchy to S coast of South Africa.
Phylloscopus laurae
Laura’s Woodland Warbler
Pouillot de Laura
Laura’s Warbler
eustacei; laurae
Resident, swamp forest, dry evergreen patches in miombo: SE DRC, N and NW Zambia (eustacei); Mt Moco (W Angola) (laurae).
Phylloscopus laetus
Red-faced Woodland Warbler
Pouillot à face rousse
Black-capped Woodland Warbler
Pouillot à tête noire
laetus; schoutedeni
Resident, montane forest: Albertine Rift mts.
Phylloscopus herberti
camerunensis; herberti
Resident, wetter montane forest: mts of SE Nigeria, SW Cameroon, Bioko.
Phylloscopus budongoensis
Uganda Woodland Warbler
Pouillot de l’Ouganda
Resident, mid-level montane forest: E DRC - W Kenya; patches in S Cameroon, N Congo, NE Gabon.
Phylloscopus schwarzi
Radde’s Warbler
Pouillot de Schwarz
Barred Warbler
Fauvette épervière
Vagrant: Morocco.
Sylvia nisoria
European Barred Warbler
nisoria; merzbacheri; (BoA monotypic)
Palearctic winter visitor, arid and semi-arid bush and woodland: winters mainly SE Ethiopia - NE Tanzania; vagrant to west eg L. Chad.
Sylvia hortensis
Orphean Warbler
Fauvette orphée
Western Orphean Warbler*
hortensis; crassirostris; (CMT monotypic)
CMT, IOC (+SS) raise Sylvia crassirostris Eastern Orphean Warbler (S. hortensis becomes Western Orphean Warbler)
Breeding visitor and Palearctic winter visitor, breeds open woodland, winters wooded savannas: breeds patchily W Morocco - E Libya;
winters across Sahel zone Senegal - N Ethiopia, Eritrea.
Sylvia leucomelaena
Red Sea Warbler
Fauvette d’Arabie
Arabian Warbler*
blanfordi; somaliensis
Resident, thick Acacia woodland: Red Sea coastal areas, SE Egypt, N Sudan - NE Somalia.
Sylvia borin
Garden Warbler
Fauvette des jardins
borin; woodwardi
Palearctic winter visitor, densely foliaged habitats: Senegal - S Kenya south to S Angola - E South Africa.
Sylvia atricapilla
Blackcap
Fauvette à tête noire
Eurasian Blackcap*
atricapilla; dammholzi; pauluccii (BoA paulucii); heineken; gularis
Resident, breeding visitor and Palearctic winter visitor, breeds woodland with good shrub layer, winters acacia steppe savanna, in East
Africa mainly montane forest edges: breeds Morocco - Algeria; winters most North Africa, W Mauritania - W Cameroon; Eritrea, Ethiopia
south to Malawi; resident Madeira, W and C Canary Is (heineken); Azores, Cape Verde Is(gularis).
Sylvia communis
Common Whitethroat
Fauvette grisette
Greater Whitethroat*
communis; volgensis; icterops; rubicola
Breeding visitor and Palearctic winter visitor, breeds low scrub, winters thorny scrub, open woodland: breeds Morocco -Algeria; winters
Sahel zone and south in east to NE Namibia - N South Africa.
Sylvia curruca
Lesser Whitethroat
Fauvette babillarde
curruca; caucasica (HBW incl in curruca); (BoA + althaea here considered a separate species)
Palearctic winter visitor, dry savannas, open woodland: Nile Valley, all but S Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti west in Sahel zone to N Nigeria;
odd records to west.
(Sylvia althaea
Hume’s Whitethroat
Hume’s Lesser Whitethroat
BoA (+DFW presumed) subsume into Sylvia curruca
Vagrant: ???
Fauvette de Hume)
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(Sylvia minula
Desert Whitethroat
??)
Desert Warbler
Fauvette naine
Vagrant: 1 rec Socotra.
Sylvia nana
Asian Desert Warbler*
deserti; nana
CMT, IOC (+SS) raise Sylvia deserti African Desert Warbler (S. nana becomes Asian Desert Warbler)
Resident (deserti) and Palearctic winter visitor (nana), sandy plains with low bushes: deserti scattered in western half of Sahara Desert,
Western Sahara, Algeria, W Mali and vagrant to east; nana winters Red Sea coast Egypt - N Somalia.
Sylvia ruppeli
Rüppell’s Warbler
Fauvette de Rüppell
HM notes it is usually misspelt S. rueppelli
Palearctic winter visitor, scrub, especially Capparis: patchy Chad, northern half of Sudan.
Sylvia melanothorax
Cyprus Warbler
Fauvette de Chypre
Palearctic winter visitor, all scrubby habitats: probably Sinai and eastern desert of Egypt.
Sylvia melanocephala
Sardinian Warbler
Fauvette mélanocéphale
melanocephala; momus; (HM + leucogastra (CMT = melanocephala))
Resident and Palearctic winter visitor, woody and scrubby habitats, avoiding oak forest: resident N Western Sahara - Tunisia and rarely to
east; winters further into Sahara Desert with some records south to N Senegal, L. Chad area, N Sudan.
Sylvia mystacea
Ménétriés’s Warbler
Fauvette de Ménétries
Palearctic winter visitor, low vegetation usually near coast: Red Sea coast Egypt - N Somalia, 6 records inland in Khartoum area (Sudan).
Sylvia cantillans
Subalpine Warbler
Fauvette passerinette
cantillans; inornata; albistriata; moltonii
Breeding visitor and Palearctic winter visitor, breeds dense scrub on hillsides, winters thick scrub and thickets: breeds W Morocco Tunisia; winters Sahel zone Senegal - NW Sudan.
Sylvia conspicillata
Spectacled Warbler
Fauvette à lunettes
conspicillata; orbitalis
Resident and Palearctic winter visitor, semi-desert plains, salt flats, low scrub: W Morocco - W Libya, Cape Verde Is, Madeira, Canary Is;
winters to Libya, also Senegal, patch in S Algeria, N Niger.
Sylvia deserticola
Tristram’s Warbler
Fauvette de l’Atlas
deserticola; maroccana; ticehursti (CMT incl in deserticola, HM ? extinct, HBW incl in maroccana -- only known from 1
specimen)
Resident and partial migrant, mountainsides with dense scrub: C Morocco - NW Tunisia, wintering further south into Sahara Desert with a
few in Saharan oases (numbers vary between winters).
Sylvia undata
Dartford Warbler
Fauvette pitchou
toni; undata
Resident and partial migrant, scrub of coastal foothills: NE Morocco - N Tunisia wintering further into desert.
Sylvia sarda
Marmora’s Warbler
Fauvette sarde
sarda; balearica
CMT, HBW raise Sylvia balearica Balearic Warbler Fauvette de Baléares
Palearctic winter visitor, dense bushy areas: Algeria - NW Libya.
Parisoma layardi
Layard’s Tit-Babbler
Parisome de Layard
Layard’s Warbler*
layardi; aridicola; barnesi; subsolanum (BoA (+HBW as places in Sylvia) subsolana)
DFW, SAM, HBW, IOC, BL Sylvia layardi
Resident, arid and semi-arid mountain scrub: W Namibia - S and C South Africa.
Parisoma subcaeruleum
Chestnut-vented Warbler
Parisome grignette
Tit-babbler; Rufous-vented Warbler
Parisome à bas-ventre rouge
Chestnut-vented Tit-Babbler
subcaeruleum; cinerascens; ansorgei (not in ROB); orpheanum
DFW, HBW, IOC, BL Sylvia subcaerulea (and HBW races subcaerulea, opheana); SAM Sylvia subcaeruleum
Resident, semi-arid scrub and woodland: SW Angola - C Zimbabwe south to Cape and South Africa except east; outlier in KZ Natal.
Parisoma lugens
Brown Parisoma
Parisome brune
Brown Warbler*
lugens; griseiventris (HM griseiventre); jacksoni; clarum; prigoginei
DFW, SAM, HBW, IOC, BL Sylvia lugens (and HBW race clara)
(SS raises Parisoma griseaventris (note spelling) Bale Parisoma)
Resident, highlands, savanna woodland and woody moorlands: highlands Ethiopia - Malawi.
Parisoma boehmi
Banded Parisoma
Banded Warbler*
Parisome sanglée
Parisome barrée
somalicum; boehmi; marsabit
DFW, SAM, HBW, IOC, BL Sylvia boehmi (and HBW race somalica)
Resident, dry acacia areas: NE Ethiopia, NW Somalia (somalicum); N Kenya (marsabit); S Kenya, N and C Tanzania (boehmi).
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Amaurocichla bocagei
São Tomé Short-tail
Bocage’s Longbill
SAM, HM, HBW, IOC Amaurocichla bocagii
DFW places Incertae sedis near Timaliidae
Resident, forest by rivers and streams: São Tomé.
Nasique de Bocage
Fauvette de São Tomé; Long-bec de Bocage
HM, IOC place Macrosphenus spp Incertae sedis near Sylviidae
Macrosphenus flavicans
Yellow Longbill
Nasique jaune
hypochondriacus; flavicans
Resident, forest, mainly lowland: Cameroon - NW Angola (flavicans); eastern half DRC - W Uganda (hypochondriacus).
Macrosphenus kempi
Kemp’s Longbill
Nasique de Kemp
kempi; flammeus
Resident, undergrowth in forest: Sierra Leone - extreme W Cameroon (kempi east to SW Nigeria, flammeus SE Nigeria, Cameroon).
Macrosphenus concolor
Grey Longbill
Nasique grise
Pulitzer’s Longbill
Nasique de Pulitzer
Resident, forest: all of forest area.
Macrosphenus pulitzeri
Resident, dry evergreen forest: 5 localities on escarpment in W Angola.
Macrosphenus kretschmeri
Kretschmer’s Longbill
Nasique de Kretshcmer
kretschmeri; griseiceps
Resident, dense cover in forest up to 1800m asl: E Tanzania - N Mozambique.
HBW, CMT, IOC place Artisornis and Poliolais lopezi in Cisticolidae, HM places them Incertae sedis near Cisticolidae and Pycnonotidae;
DFW has them in Cisticolinae within Sylviidae
Artisornis moreaui
Long-billed Tailorbird
Couturière de Moreau
**Moreau’s Tailorbird; Long-billed Apalis
Long-billed Forest Warbler*
Apalis à long bec
moreaui; sousae
SAM (+SF) Orthotomus moreaui; DFW, BL, ZTP Apalis moreaui
Resident, forest edge and clearings with dense undergrowth (moreaui), montane gullies (sousae): Usambara Mts (Tanzania) (moreaui);
Njesi Plateau, Unangu (NW Mozambique) (sousae).
Artisornis metopias
African Tailorbird
Couturière d’Afrique
Red-capped Forest Warbler*
metopias; altus; (HBW + pallidus (usually incl in metopias))
DFW, SAM, BL, ZTP (+SF) Orthotomus metopias
Resident, dense low vegetation in forest: Eastern Arc Mts (Tanzania) - NW Mozambique.
Couturière des Usambaras
Poliolais lopezi
Poliolais à queue blanche
White-tailed Warbler
Camaroptère à queue blanche
manengubae; alexanderi; lopezi
BoA, HM, IOC Poliolais lopesi (+ race)
Resident, thick undergrowth in montane forest: mts of W Cameroon (manengubae); Mt Cameroon (alexanderi); Bioko (lopezi).
DFW, HM place Hyliota spp and Hylia prasina as Incertae sedis near Sylviidae (note: IOC, CMT place Hyliota spp into Hyliotidae and
Hylia prasina into Cettidae)
Hyliota flavigaster
Yellow-bellied Hyliota
Hyliote à ventre jaune
flavigaster; barbozae
Resident, woodland: guinea savannas S Senegal - NE DRC, S Sudan, S Ethiopia then in narrow band south to L. Tanganyika whence W
Angola - S Tanzania south to Angola, S Zambia, S Mozambique.
Hyliota australis
Southern Hyliota
Hyliote australe
slatini; australis; inornata; (HM, ZTP + usambara (ZTP usambarae) here considered a separate species)
Resident, canopy of woodland, especially miombo: WC Angola, S DRC, N and C Zambia, Zimbabwe, C and E Mozambique (inornata,
australis); NE DRC, W Uganda, W Kenya (slatini); 1 record W Cameroon.
Hyliota usambarae
Usambara Hyliota
Hyliote des Usambara
HM, HBW, BL Hyliota usambara
DFW, SAM, HM, ZTP (+SF) subsume into Hyliota australis (or presumed to do so)
Resident, forest canopy: E Usambara Mts (NE Tanzania).
Hyliota violacea
Violet-backed Hyliota
Hyliote à dos violet
violacea; nehrkorni
Resident, forest and woodland: patchy Liberia - SW Nigeria; SE Nigeria - W Congo; C DRC; E DRC, Burundi; N CAR.
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Hylia prasina
Green Hylia
Hylia verte
prasina; poensis
Resident, forest: all of forest area - W Kenya and south to NW Angola.
Incertae sedis near Sylviidae
There is considerable argument as to the true relationships of these species. All are Madagascan endemics and therefore not in BoA or the
regional guides. Of the references considered here they are only in DFW, CMT, HM, SAM, HBW, IOC and BL. Some have been thought
to have relationships with Timaliidae and/or Pycnonotidae. HM considers that all are linked. The sources used here consider the familial
relationships to be:
Randia, Cryptosylvicola and Thamnornis: HBW, BL place in Sylviidae with Randia and Thamnornis also by DFW and SAM
(Cryptosylvicola was first described in 1996 after these were published); HM places all three Incertae sedis near Sylviidae; IOC, CMT
place into Bernieridae.
Newtonia spp: DFW, SAM, HBW place in Sylviidae; HM, CMT, IOC, BL place in Vangidae.
Bernieria and Xanthomixis spp: HBW places in Pycnonotidae; as does SAM but as Phyllastrephus spp; DFW has all as Bernieria spp in
Timaliidae; BL all as Bernieria spp in Sylviidae; IOC, CMT all as Bernieria in Bernieridae; HM has them Incertae sedis near Sylviidae.
Oxylabes and Crossleyia: DFW, SAM place in Timaliidae; HBW, BL place in Sylviidae; HM places them Incertae sedis near Sylviidae;
IOC, CMT place in Bernieridae.
Mystacornis: DFW, SAM, HBW place in Timaliidae; CMT, HM, IOC, BL place in Vangidae.
Neomixis tenella, N. viridis and N. striatigula: DFW, SAM, BL place in Timaliidae; HBW, CMT, IOC place in Cisticolidae; and HM
places Incertae sedis near Cisticolidae.
Hartertula flavoviridis: DFW, SAM, BL place (as Neomixis flavoviridis) in Timaliidae; CMT, IOC place in Bernieridae; HM places
Incertae sedis near Sylviidae; HBW places in Cisticolidae.
For the purposes of this list they currently remain Incertae sedis near Sylviidae but in three groups as per IOC and CMT and usually one or
more of the others
The following have been placed together in Vangidae by several recent authors
Newtonia brunneicauda
Common Newtonia
Newtonie commune
brunneicauda; monticola
Resident, all forest types: all around edges of Madagascar and few isolated patches in centre.
Newtonia amphichroa
Dark Newtonia
Newtonie sombre
Archbold’s Newtonia
Newtonie d’Archbold
Red-tailed Newtonia
Newtonie de Fanovana
Resident, forest understorey: E Madagascar.
Newtonia archboldi
Resident, dry spiny forest: SW Madagascar.
Newtonia fanovanae
Newtonie à queue rouge
Resident, tall humid forest: E Madagascar.
Mystacornis crossleyi
Crossley’s Babbler
Mystacorne de Crossley
Madagascar Groundhunter
Resident, evergreen, humid forest: E Madagascar.
The following have been placed in Cisticolidae by several recent authors
Neomixis tenella
Common Jery
Petite Eréonesse
Madagascar Jery
Petite Eroesse
tenella; orientalis; decaryi; debilis
Resident, forest and woodland: all Madagascar.
Neomixis viridis
Green Jery
Eréonesse verte
Eroesse verte
viridis; delacouri
Resident, primary forest: E Madagascar.
Neomixis striatigula
Stripe-throated Jery
Grande Eréonesse
Grande Eroesse
striatigula; pallidior; sclateri
Resident, forest and woodland: lowlands of Madagascar from N around S coast to WC.
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The following have been placed in Bernieridae by several recent authors
Randia pseudozosterops
Rand’s Warbler
Randie malgache
Marvantsetra Warbler
Fauvette de Rand
Cryptic Warbler
Fauvette à pattes noires
Resident, forest canopy: E Madagascar.
Cryptosylvicola randrianasoloi
Resident, mid-level and montane forest, often on ridges: E Madagascar.
Thamnornis chloropetoides
Thamnornis
Nésille kiritika
Thamnornis Warbler; Kiritika Warbler
Resident, spiny subdesert, scrub, forest edge: SW Madagascar.
Fauvette chloropétoide
Bernieria madagascariensis
Long-billed Bernieria
Bernière tétraka
Common Tetraka; Long-billed Greenbul;
Long-billed Tetraka
Bulbul tétraka
madagascariensis; inceleber
Resident, evergreen and dry deciduous forest: W, N and E Madagascar.
Xanthomixis zosterops
Short-billed Tetraka
Spectacled Greenbul; Spectacled Tetraka*
fulvescens; zosterops; ankafanae; andapae (HBW incl last 2 in zosterops)
Resident, primary forest: E Madagascar.
Xanthomixis apperti
Appert’s Tetraka
Bernière à bec court
Bulbul à bec court
Bernière d’Appert
Appert’s Greenbul
Resident, deciduous forest: 2 small patches in SW Madagascar.
Bulbul d’Appert
Xanthomixis tenebrosa
Bernière obscur
Dusky Tetraka
Dusky Greenbul
HM notes often incorrectly spelt X. tenebrosus
Resident, primary forest: NE Madagascar.
Bulbul obscure
Xanthomixis cinereiceps
Bernière à couronne grise
Grey-crowned Tetraka
Grey-crowned Greenbul
Resident, montane forest: N and E Madagascar.
Bulbul à tête grise
Oxylabes madagascariensis
White-throated Oxylabes
Oxylabe à gorge blanche
Madagascar Yellowbrow
Oxylabe à sourcils jaunes
Resident, forest understorey: E Madagascar.
Crossleyia xanthophrys
Yellow-browed Oxylabes
Resident, moist forest: E Madagascar.
Hartertula flavoviridis
Wedge-tailed Jery
Eréonesse à queue étagée
Eroesse à queue étagée
Resident, dense rainforest understorey: E Madagascar.
REGULIDAE (BoA includes in Sylviidae)
Regulus ignicapilla
Firecrest
Roitelet triple bandeau
Common Firecrest
Roitelet à triple bandeau
balearicus; ignicapilla; madeirensis
HM notes often incorrectly spelt ignicapillus (+ race) (Note: balearicus is correct)
HBW, IOC, BL raise Regulus madeirensis (IOC madeirae) Madeira Firecrest (Madeiracrest*) Roitelet de Madère
Resident and Palearctic winter visitor, cedar, cork and oak forest, some descend to coast in winter, madeirensis in laurel and mixed forest:
breeds C Morocco - Tunisia extending a little further east and west in winter; Madeira (madeirensis).
Regulus regulus
Goldcrest
Roitelet huppé
regulus; azoricus; sanctaemariae; inermis; (HM, HBW + teneriffae; HBW + ellenthalerae)
CMT raises Regulus teneriffae Tenerife Kinglet Roitelet de Teneriffe
Resident, mainly in conifers: Azores (azoricus, sanctaemariae, inermis); Canary Is: Tenerife, La Gomera (teneriffae), La Palma, El Hierro
(ellenthallerae); few records Morocco - Tunisia (regulus).
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CISTICOLIDAE (BoA, DFW, ZTP, BD include within Sylviidae (DFW as subfamily Cisticolinae))
In much of the older literature the genus Cisticola is considered feminine and hence specific names were ...a. However recent works have
changed this to masculine and hence most specific names are now ...us although a few have remained as ...a for grammatical reasons.
Cisticola erythrops
Red-faced Cisticola
Cisticole à face rousse
erythrops; sylvia; nyasa; lepe; pyrrhomitra (BoA pyrrhomitrus); niloticus; (ROB + elusus (HM incl in nyasa); and loses lepe
(presumed)
SAM, IOC raise Cisticola lepe Lepe Cisticola Cisticole de Lepi
Resident, rank grass, reedbeds, scrub in damp areas: Senegal - Cameroon and then all around Congo forest area and to S Sudan, W Kenya,
south to C Angola - S Tanzania, NE South Africa; W and C Ethiopia (pyrrhomitra also in SE Sudan); small area in C Sudan (niloticus);
patchy C and S Kenya, NE Tanzania; (lepe W and N Angola, perhaps SE DRC).
Cisticola cantans
Singing Cisticola
Cisticole chanteuse
swanzii; concolor; adamauae; belli; cantans; pictipennis; muenzneri
Resident, thick tangled undergrowth: Senegal - Burundi, SW Kenya; arm to W Ethiopia, Eritrea (cantans); patch in S DRC; NE, E and S
Tanzania, E Zambia, Malawi, E Zimbabwe.
Cisticola lateralis
Whistling Cisticola
Cisticole siffleuse
lateralis; antinorii; modestus (BoA modesta)
Resident, grassy hillsides, forest clearings: Senegal through southern half West Africa to W Kenya and patch in E DRC, Burundi (lateralis
Senegal - Cameroon, antinorii in rest); S Gabon - W and S DRC just into NE Angola (modesta).
Cisticola woosnami
Trilling Cisticola
Cisticole de Woosnam
woosnami; lufira
Resident, bushy or open grassland: southern half Uganda, SW Kenya south to S DRC, NW Zambia - N Malawi and Tanzania except SE
quarter.
Cisticola anonymus
Chattering Cisticola
Cisticole babillarde
Resident, grassy areas in forest clearings: central forest area S Nigeria - E DRC.
Cisticola bulliens
Bubbling Cisticola
Cisticole murmure
septentrionalis; bulliens
Resident, brackish meadows, also drier grass and palm groves when inland: coastal DRC - C Angola.
Cisticola chubbi
Chubb’s Cisticola
Cisticole de Chubb
chubbi; marungensis; adametzi; discolor
SAM, BL raise Cisticola discolor Brown-backed Cisticola Cisticole à dos brun
Resident, bushes and scrub on highland forest edges: W Cameroon montane areas (adametzi; with discolor on Mt Cameroon); E DRC,
Rwanda, Burundi east to W Kenya (chubbi); Marungu Plateau (SE DRC) (marungensis).
Cisticola hunteri
Hunter’s Cisticola
Cisticole de Hunter
Resident, forest edge and clearings: highlands C Kenya - N Tanzania.
Cisticola nigriloris
Black-lored Cisticola
Cisticole masquée
Resident, bushy montane habitats: S Tanzania, N Malawi, extreme E Zambia.
Cisticola aberrans
Lazy Cisticola
Cisticole paresseuse
Rock-loving Cisticola; Rock Cisticola
Cisticole des rochers
petrophilus; admiralis; emini; lurio; nyika; aberrans; minor; bailunduensis; (ZTP + teitensis (all others incl in emini))
SAM, IOC (+SS) raise Cisticola emini Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticole pétrophile
Resident, rocky areas including in montane grassland: scattered patches across West Africa Senegal - W Sudan; patches S Sudan, Rwanda;
S Tanzania, eastern half Zambia, Malawi, W Mozambique south to E South Africa; S Kenya, N Tanzania (emini); patch W Angola
(bailunduensis).
Cisticola chiniana
Rattling Cisticola
Cisticole grinçante
Cisticole à crécerelles
simplex; fricki; humilis; ukamba; victoria; fischeri; keithi; mbeya; heterophrys; emendatus; procerus; chiniana; campestris;
smithersi; frater; fortis; bensoni
SAM (+SL) Cisticola chinianus
Resident, scrub, thickets, plantations, often near water: SE Congo - S Ethiopia, and patch in Eritrea, south to C Namibia - NE South Africa.
Cisticola bodessa
Boran Cisticola
Cisticole des Borans
bodessa; kaffensis
Resident, dense grass at forest edge: dry highlands of S Ethiopia - C Kenya.
Cisticola njombe
Churring Cisticola
Cisticole njombé
Cisticole des alpages
njombe; mariae
Resident, montane grassland: S Udzungwa Mts (S Tanzania) - Nyika Plateau (E Zambia), N Malawi.
Cisticola cinereolus
Ashy Cisticola
Cisticole cendrée
schillingsi; cinereolus
Resident, arid open desert areas: E Ethiopia, N Somalia (cinereolus); S Ethiopia - NE Tanzania (schillingsi).
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Cisticola restrictus
Tana River Cisticola
Cisticole du Tana
Resident, semi-arid bush: lower Tana River (Kenya).
Cisticola rufilatus
Tinkling Cisticola
Cisticole grise
Grey Cisticola
Cisticole des taillis
rufilatus; ansorgei; vicinior
Note that the name Tinkling Cisticola is occasionally used for Cisticola tinniens (eg CMT).
Resident, semi-arid scrub but variable: SE Gabon - N Zambia south through NE Namibia - E Zimbabwe to N South Africa.
Cisticola subruficapilla
Grey-backed Cisticola
Cisticole à dos gris
Red-headed Cisticola
subruficapilla; namaqua; jamesi; karasensis; windhoekensis; newtoni
HM notes often incorrectly spelt C. subruficapillus (+race)
Resident, usually arid open scrub: extreme SW Angola though W Namibia to W half South Africa.
Cisticola lais
Wailing Cisticola
Cisticole plaintive
semifasciatus; mashona; oreobates; monticola; lais; maculatus; namba; distinctus; (ROB + 1 race in Africa)
SAM, IOC, ZTP raise Cisticola distinctus Lynes’s Cisticola Cisticole de Lynes
Resident, dry rocky areas in mountains: E Uganda, W Kenya, N Tanzania (distinctus); E Zimbabwe highlands - NE South Africa
(mashona); E Zambia, SW Tanzania, Malawi, NW Mozambique (semifasciatus); patch W Angola (namba); Mt Gorongoza (C
Mozambique), E Zimbabwe (oreobates); E half South Africa (other races).
Cisticola galactotes
Winding Cisticola
Cisticole roussâtre
Black-backed Cisticola; Rufous-winged Cisticola*
amphilectus; zalingei; marginatus; lugubris; nyansae; suahelicus; haematocephala (BoA haematocephalus); galactotes; luapula;
schoutedeni (HBW incl in lugubris); stagnans (HBW incl in lugubris); (HM, HBW + isodactylus (BoA, CMT incl in
suahelicus))
HBW, IOC, ROB (luapula and presumed for the rest) (+SS) raise Cisticola luapula Luapula Cisticola Cisticole du Luapula (also
SL); Cisticola marginatus Winding Cisticola Cisticole du Nil (races marginatus, amphilectus, zalingei, nyansae, suahelicus);
Cisticola haematocephalus (HBW C. haematocephala) Coastal Cisticola Cisticole côhère; Cisticola lugubris Ethiopian Cisticola
Cisticole d’Ethiopie; (C. galactotes becomes Rufous-winged Cisticola Cisticole roussâtre (races galactotes, isodactylus))
Resident, all marshy vegetation except dense papyrus: rather patchy Senegal - W Ethiopia south to N Angola - all but SE Tanzania; arm
into most of rest of Zambia; S Malawi - KZ-Natal; (luapula-- E Angola, SE DRC, N and NE Namibia, N Botswana, Zambia;
haematocephala -- coastal Somalia - N Tanzania; lugubris -- Ethiopia; galactotes -- S and E Malawi south along river to coast and along
coast to NE South Africa; marginatus -- Upper Nile of S Sudan, N Uganda - SE Kenya south to S Tanzania and west to W Congo, and
patches all across West Africa).
Cisticola pipiens
Chirping Cisticola
Cisticole pépiante
Cisticole des roseaux
congo; pipiens; arundicola
Resident, taller aquatic vegetation in swamps: Burundi and then S DRC, N half Zambia, Caprivi Strip (Namibia) and nearby along Zambezi
(congo, arundicola); WC Angola (pipiens).
Cisticola carruthersi
Carruthers’s Cisticola
Cisticole de Carruthers
Resident, papyrus swamps: E DRC, NW Tanzania - W Kenya.
Cisticola tinniens
Levaillant’s Cisticola
Cisticole à sonnette
[Tinkling Cisticola]
Petite Cisticole roussâtre
tinniens; shiwae; perpullus; dyleffi; oreophilus; (HM, HBW, ROB + brookei (HBW as elegans))
Note that the CMT name Tinkling Cisticola is normally used for Cisticola rufilatus.
Resident, grassy vegetation near water: all but NW of South Africa, C and E Zimbabwe; patchy north to W Angola - SW Kenya.
Cisticola robustus
Stout Cisticola
Cisticole robuste
robustus; schraderi; omo; nuchalis; awemba; angolensis; santae
SAM raises Cisticola angolensis Angola Cisticola Cisticole angolaise (races angolensis, awemba)
Resident, moist bushy and wooded grassland often montane: Mt Cameroon area (santae); Ethiopia (robustus, schraderi, omo); E DRC - W
Kenya, NW Tanzania (nuchalis); SW Tanzania - C Angola south to N Zambia (awemba, angolensis)
Cisticola aberdare
Aberdare Cisticola
Cisticole des Aberdare
Resident, montane grassland: Aberdare Mts and nearby (C Kenya).
Cisticola natalensis
Croaking Cisticola
Cisticole striée
strangei; tonga; inexpectatus; argenteus; natalensis; holubii (BoA holubi); katanga; huambo (not in CMT); (ZTP, ROB +
matengorum (BoA, HM, HBW incl in natalensis); ZTP + kapitensis (all others incl in strangei)); ROB + vigilax (HM incl in
natlaensis))
Resident, all more open habitats: widespread but absent from some quite large areas especially forest within Senegal - C Ethiopia south to
C Angola - E South Africa.
Cisticola ruficeps
Red-pate Cisticola
Cisticole à tête rousse
ruficeps; scotopterus (HM, HBW scotoptera); mongalla; (BoA, HM, CMT + guinea here considered a separate species)
SAM raises Cisticola mongalla Mongalla Cisticola Cisticole de Mongalla
Resident, dry bushy and open wooded grasslands: NE Nigeria - NW Eritrea south to NE Uganda.
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Cisticola guinea
Dorst’s Cisticola
Cisticole de Dorst
HBW notes that there has been a mix up with this. Several authors have this as Cisticola dorsti and with guinea as a race of
Cisticola ruficeps. However the above is correct.
Resident, grass steppes with thickets: Senegal - W CAR in narrow band.
Cisticola nana
Tiny Cisticola
Cisticole naine
HM notes often incorrectly spelt C. nanus
Resident, arid and semi-arid thornbush: C Ethiopia - NE Tanzania.
Cisticola brachypterus
Short-winged Cisticola
Cisticole à ailes courtes
Siffling Cisticola
brachypterus; hypoxanthus; zedlitzi; katonae; kericho; reichenowi; ankole; isabellinus; loanda; (ROB + tenebricosus (HM incl in
isabellinus); and loses 1 other)
Resident, thin bush and scrub: Senegal - C Ethiopia south to WC Angola - SE Mozambique excluding forest area, east of C Kenya and
much of Tanzania.
Cisticola rufus
Rufous Cisticola
Cisticole rousse
Resident, semi-arid bush, swamp, dry watercourses: patchy Senegal - S Chad, NW CAR.
Cisticola troglodytes
Foxy Cisticola
Cisticole russule
Cisticole grisâtre
troglodytes; ferrugineus
Resident, wooded grasslands to semi-desert: W CAR, then S Sudan, W Ethiopia, N Uganda, NW Kenya; (ferrugineus -- E Sudan, W
Ethiopia).
Cisticola fulvicapilla
Piping Cisticola
Cisticole à couronne rousse
Neddicky*
dexter; dispar; muelleri; hallae; ruficapilla; lebombo; fulvicapilla; dumicola; silberbaueri (HBW, ROB silberbauer)
HM notes often incorrectly spelt C. fulvicapillus (+ races ruficapillus, fulvicapillus)
Resident, grass and scrub, edges of miombo and mopane woodland: NC Angola - SE Tanzania south to S South Africa excluding deserts of
Namibia, SW Botswana and NW South Africa.
Cisticola angusticauda
Tabora Cisticola
Cisticole à queue fine
Long-tailed Cisticola*
HM notes often incorrectly spelt C. angusticaudus
DFW subsumes into Cisticola fulvicapilla (as fulvicapillus)
Resident, long grass in miombo clearings: SW Kenya, NW and W Tanzania and all N half Zambia.
Cisticola melanurus
Black-tailed Cisticola
Cisticole à queue noire
Slender-tailed Cisticola
Resident, open grassy areas in well developed miombo woodland: scattered localities SW DRC, N Angola.
Cisticola juncidis
Zitting Cisticola
Cisticole des joncs
juncidis; uropygialis; terrestris; cisticola (BoA incl in juncidis); (HBW + perennius)
Resident, all grassland: C Morocco - Tunisia; Nile Valley; all S of Sahara except forest area and deserts of NE and SW; only patchy
Senegal - Nile north of forest and Ethiopia, Kenya.
Cisticola haesitatus
Socotra Cisticola
Cisticole de Socotra
Island Cisticola
Resident, stony ground with light scrub: Socotra.
Cisticola cherina
Madagascar Cisticola
Cisticole malgache
Desert Cisticola
Cisticole du désert
Resident, all open habitats: Madagascar.
Cisticola aridulus
aridulus; lavendulae; tanganyika; perplexus; traylori; eremicus; kalahari; caliginus; lobito; (ROB only has 8 races in Africa)
Resident, arid and semi-arid plains: scattered across Sahel Senegal - NW Somalia; through E half Ethiopia - NE Tanzania; coastal Angola,
all but SW of Namibia east to Zambia - NE South Africa and in much of South Africa except S, W and E coastal areas.
Cisticola textrix
Cloud Cisticola
Cisticole pinc-pinc
Tink-tink Cisticola
textrix; major; marleyi; bulubulu; anselli; (ROB loses bulubulu or anselli)
Resident, very short grass: S and E South Africa; 2 patches WC and E Angola.
Cisticole ponctuée
Cisticola eximius
Cisticole à dos noir
Black-backed Cisticola
Black-necked Cisticola; Black-backed Cloud Cisticola
eximius; occidens; winneba
Resident, open short grass flats, also areas subject to flooding and with grass to 1m: patchy S Senegal - N Ethiopia south to NW DRC Uganda, SW Kenya.
Cisticola dambo
Dambo Cisticola
Black-tailed Cisticola; Cloud-scraping Cisticola
dambo; kasai
Resident, open short, seasonally wet, grasslands: S DRC, E Angola, NW Zambia.
Cisticole dambo
Cisticole des dambos
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Cisticola brunnescens
Pectoral-patch Cisticola
Cisticole brune
Cisticole brunâtre
brunnescens; wambera; nakuruensis; hindii; lynesi; mbangensis
Resident, montane short grass on rocky ground: Mt Cameroon (lynesi, mbangensis); Gabon, Congo (uncertain race); Ethiopian highlands
(wambera on Wambera Plateau in NW Ethiopia, brunnescens in rest); S Kenya, N Tanzania (nakuruensis, hindii).
Cisticola cinnamomeus
Pale-crowned Cisticola
Cisticole châtain
cinnamomeus; midcongo; egregius (HBW egregia)
SAM, ZTP (+DFW, BL presumed) subsume into Cisticola brunnescens
Resident, rank or fine moist grassland: patches in Congo, NW Angola; E Angola - SW Tanzania south to C Zimbabwe; E South Africa
(egregius).
Cisticola ayresii
Wing-snapping Cisticola
Cisticole gratte-nuage
Ayres’s Cisticola
ayresii; itombwensis; mauensis; entebbe; gabun; imatong
Resident, short grasslands: patches S Gabon - SW Kenya south to SW Angola - Zimbabwe and then south through E South Africa.
Note: there are two new species of Cisticola in Tanzania not yet described. These are noted in SF and SS as White-tailed Cisticola and
Kilombero Cisticola
Phyllolais pulchella
Buff-bellied Warbler
Phyllolais à ventre fauve
Apalis à ventre jaune
SAM (+BoA, DFW) place in Sylviidae
Resident, open grassy woodland, especially Acacia: NE Nigeria, SW Chad; SE and E Sudan - C Ethiopia south to SW quarter of Kenya, N
Tanzania - NE DRC.
Incana incana
Socotra Warbler
Cisticole pâle
Fauvette de Socotra
CMT Incana incanus; SAM Cisticola incanus
Resident, low scrub: Socotra.
Scotocerca inquieta
Streaked Scrub Warbler
Dromoique vif-argent
Scrub-Warbler*
Dromoique du désert
saharae; inquieta; theresae
Resident, semi-desert, sandy riverbeds: S Morocco - Nile away from the coast; patches in W Morocco, NW Mauritania.
Phragmacia substriata
Namaqua Warbler
Prinia du Namaqua
Namaqua Prinia
Prinia namaqua
substriata; confinis
CMT Prinia substriata
Resident, drainage lines and nearby vegetation: western half South Africa away from the coast.
Prinia subflava
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Prinia modeste
Prinia commune
affinis; pallescens; subflava; melanorhyncha; tenella; graueri; kasokae; bechuanae; mutatrix; pondoensis
Resident, all savannas with trees and bushes except the driest: all S of Sahara except central forest area, N and E of C Ethiopia and NE
Kenya and southwest of S Angola - E South Africa.
Prinia fluviatilis
River Prinia
Prinia aquatique
Resident, swamp vegetation, old cultivation: Djoudj NP (NW Senegal); Niger inundation zone (SW Mali); L. Chad area; isolated
population Lokichokio (NW Kenya).
Prinia somalica
Pale Prinia
Prinia pâle
erlangeri; somalica
Resident, grassy acacia savannas, scrubby bush: S Ethiopia, N and E Kenya, Somalia.
Prinia flavicans
Black-chested Prinia
Prinia à plastron
nubilosa; ansorgei; bihe (not in ROB); flavicans; ortleppi (HBW, ROB incl in flavicans)
Resident, scrub especially Acacia thickets: SW Angola, W Zambia, SW Zimbabwe south to C South Africa.
Prinia maculosa
Karoo Prinia
Prinia du Karroo
maculosa; exultans; psammophila; (BoA, HM + hypoxantha here considered a separate species)
Resident, thick scrub, often on dunes: W and S South Africa (not in NC), just reaching S Namibia.
Prinia hypoxantha
Drakensberg Prinia
Prinia à poitrine cannelle
Saffron-breasted Prinia
BoA, SAM, HM subsume into Prinia maculosa
Resident, thick scrub, often on dunes: E South Africa to east of E Cape Province.
Prinia du Drakensberg
Prinia molleri
Prinia de São Tomé
São Tomé Prinia
Resident, all open, edge and disturbed habitats: São Tomé.
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Prinia bairdii
Banded Prinia
Prinia rayée
bairdii; obscura; melanops; heinrichi
SAM, IOC raise Prinia melanops Black-faced Prinia
Resident, lowland forest but also montane in east of range: rather patchy SE Nigeria - NW Angola east to W Kenya.
Prinia gracilis
Graceful Prinia
Prinia gracile
Graceful Warbler
carlo; gracilis; natronensis; deltae
Resident, scrub, cultivation, reedbeds and other waterside vegetation: Nile Valley from delta to C Sudan; Red Sea coast Sudan - NE
Somalia; patch in SC Somalia on coast.
Schistolais leucopogon
White-chinned Prinia
Prinia à gorge blanche
leucopogon; reichenowi
DFW, SAM, BL, ZTP (+SF) Prinia leucopogon
Resident, forest edges, gallery forest, riverine, thick cover: central forest area W Cameroon - W Kenya south to N Angola, N Zambia but
excluding much of C and E DRC.
Schistolais leontica
Sierra Leone Prinia
Prinia du Sierra Leone
White-eyed Prinia
DFW, SAM, BL Prinia leontica
Resident, forest edge, mountain ravines, thickets by streams: Guinea, E Sierra Leone, Mt Nimba (Liberia and adjacent countries), parts of S
Ivory Coast.
Oreophilais robertsi
Roberts’s Warbler
Prinia de Roberts
Roberts’s Prinia; Briar Warbler
DFW, CMT, BL Prinia robertsi
Resident, forest edge, clearings, tangled montane vegetation: small area in highlands of E Zimbabwe, W Mozambique.
Heliolais erythropterus
Red-winged Warbler
Prinia à ailes rousses
Red-winged Prinia
Fauvette à ailes rousses
erythropterus; jodopterus; major; rhodopterus
HM notes often incorrectly spelt H. erythroptera (+races erythroptera, rhodoptera, jodoptera)
Resident, open woodlands with good ground cover: Senegal - Nigeria and then patchy to W Ethiopia, SW Kenya; coastal E and S Tanzania
- S Mozambique inland to E Zambia; 1 record N Kruger NP (South Africa).
Urolais epichlorus
Green Longtail
Prinia verte
epichlorus; cinderella (CMT incl in epichlorus); mariae
HM notes often incorrectly spelt U. epichlora (+race)
Resident, montane forest: 3 mts in W Cameroon (epichlorus, cinderella); Bioko (mariae).
Urorhipis rufifrons
Red-fronted Warbler
Apalis à front roux
Red-faced Apalis; Red-fronted Apalis*
Fauvette à front roux
rufifrons; smithi; rufidorsalis
DFW, BL, ZTP (+SF) Spiloptila rufifrons; SAM Apalis rufifrons
Resident, thorn scrub in arid and semi-arid areas: coastal Sudan, E Ethiopia, E Eritrea, Somalia, N Kenya; patchy S Kenya, NE Tanzania;
also patches E Chad, C Sudan.
Spiloptila clamans
Cricket Warbler
Prinia à front écailleux
Cricket Longtail*; Scaly-fronted Warbler
Resident, dry thorn scrub: all across Sahel zone N Senegal, S Mauritania - Eritrea.
Drymocichla incana
Red-winged Grey Warbler
Prinia grise
Fauvette grise à ailes rousses
Resident, tree savanna with a good shrub layer and usually near water: NC Cameroon - NW Uganda in narrow band.
Apalis thoracica
Bar-throated Apalis
Apalis à collier
Apalis à gorge barré
arnoldi; fuscigularis; griseiceps; pareensis; murina; uluguru; youngi; whitei; flavigularis; lynesi; quarta; rhodesiae; spelonkensis;
flaviventris; lebomboensis; drakensbergensis; venusta; thoracica; claudei; capensis; griseopyga; (HBW + darglensis); (ROB has
21 races so loses one from the list)
HBW, IOC, BL (+SS) raise Apalis fuscigularis (SS fascigularis) Taita Apalis Apalis des Teitas; Apalis lynesi Namuli Apalis
Apalis du Namuli; Apalis flavigularis Yellow-throated Apalis Apalis noir et jaune
Resident, wet forest to dry savannas: rather patchy SE Kenya to E and S South Africa west to Cape excluding SE Tanzania and much of
Mozambique; (fuscigularis -- Taita Hills in SE Kenya; lynesi -- Mt Namuli in N Mozambique; flavigularis -- SE Malawi).
Apalis pulchra
Black-collared Apalis
Apalis à col noir
Apalis à collier noir
pulchra; murphyi
IOC Oreolais pulchra
Resident, montane forest undergrowth especially by streams: SE Nigeria, NW Cameroon; Imatong Mts (SE Sudan); NE DRC; Mt Elgon
and into SW Kenya (all pulchra); Manugu Plateau (SE DRC) (murphyi).
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Apalis ruwenzorii
Ruwenzori Apalis
Apalis du Ruwenzori
Collared Apalis
IOC Oreolais ruwenzorii
DFW subsumes into Apalis pulchra
Resident, montane forest in undergrowth: Albertine Rift Mts.
Apalis ruddi
Rudd’s Apalis
Apalis de Rudd
ruddi; caniviridis; fumosa
Resident, coastal forest and dense thickets: Save R. (Mozambique) south to KZ-Natal (South Africa); lower Shire Valley (S Malawi)
(caniviridis).
Apalis flavida
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Apalis à gorge jaune
neglecta (ZTP incl in flavocincta); caniceps; abyssinica; flavocincta; viridiceps; pugnax; golzi; flavida; florisuga
SAM raises Apalis viridiceps Brown-tailed Apalis Apalis à queue brune
Resident, all savannas and forest edge: Senegal - C Nigeria and south to coast; patchy to Somalia and south to SE South Africa, inland
across Zambia, S DRC to S Angola and up W coast to N Gabon; (viridiceps -- NW Somalia, adjacent Ethiopia).
Apalis binotata
Masked Apalis
Apalis masque
Lowland Masked Apalis*
Apalis masquée
Resident, forest patches, clearings: SW Cameroon, NE Gabon; Cuanza Norte (NW Angola); E DRC, parts of Uganda, NW Tanzania.
Apalis personata
Mountain Masked Apalis
Apalis à face noire
Black-faced Apalis; Mountain Apalis
Apalis masquée des montagnes
personata; marungensis
Resident, montane forest including edges: highlands of Albertine Rift.
Apalis jacksoni
Black-throated Apalis
Apalis à gorge noire
Apalis à moustaches blanches
jacksoni; bambuluensis; minor; (HBW + albimentalis)
Resident, canopy and midlevel of montane forest: patchy SW Cameroon - N Gabon; NW Angola; N and E DRC, S Sudan - SW Kenya.
Apalis chariessa
White-winged Apalis
Apalis à ailes blanches
macphersoni; chariessa
Resident, canopy of lowland and midlevel forest: lower Tana R. in Kenya (chariessa); mts of E Tanzania, NW Mozambique, S Malawi
(macphersoni).
Apalis nigriceps
Black-capped Apalis
Apalis à calotte noir
[Apalis à tête noire]
nigriceps; collaris
Resident, forest: Sierra Leone - S Cameroon, N Gabon, SW CAR (nigriceps); NE DRC, S Uganda (collaris).
Apalis melanocephala
Black-headed Apalis
Apalis à tête noire
Apalis mélanocéphale
lightoni; melanocephala; nigrodorsalis; moschi; muhuluensis; tenebricosa; fuliginosa; adjacens; addenda
Resident, forest canopy: mainly coastal forest S Somalia - near S Mozambique inland to mts in C Kenya - S Malawi.
Apalis chirindensis
Chirinda Apalis
Apalis de Chirinda
chirindensis; vumbae
Resident, montane and midlevel forest: E Zimbabwe and nearby Mozambique.
Apalis porphyrolaema
Chestnut-throated Apalis
Apalis à gorge marron
porphyrolaema; affinis (not in HM); kaboboensis
SAM, HBW, IOC (+SS) raise Apalis kaboboensis Kabobo Apalis Apalis du Kabobo
Resident, montane forest canopy: E DRC - SW Kenya; (kaboboensis -- Mt Kabobo (E DRC)).
Apalis chapini
Chapin’s Apalis
Apalis de Chapin
Chestnut-headed Apalis
Apalis à tête rousse
strausae; chapini
Resident, montane forest canopy: SE Tanzania, Malawi.
Apalis sharpii
Sharpe’s Apalis
Apalis de Sharpe
SAM, IOC Apalis sharpei
Resident, lowland and gallery forest: S Guinea - Dahomey Gap (Benin, Togo).
Apalis rufogularis
Buff-throated Apalis
Apalis à gorge rousse
rufogularis; sanderi; angolensis; brauni; nigrescens; kigezi; argentea (CMT argenteus)
SAM, HBW, IOC, BL (+SF, SS) raise Apalis argentea Kungwe Apalis Apalis de Moreau
Resident, mature forest: SW Nigeria - SW Kenya south to NW Angola - S DRC - W Tanzania although perhaps not in much of DRC;
Bioko; (argentea -- E DRC, Rwanda, Burundi, Mt Mahale (W Tanzania)).
Apalis karamojae
Karamoja Apalis
Apalis du Karamoja
karamojae; stronachi
Resident, acacias lining seasonal watercourses: NE Uganda (karamojae); NW Tanzania in small area just S of L. Victoria (stronachi).
Apalis bamendae
Bamenda Apalis
Resident, midlevel forest: known from a few specimens only SW and C Cameroon.
Apalis du Bamenda
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Apalis goslingi
Gosling’s Apalis
Apalis de Gosling
Resident, along rivers and streams in forest: narrow band S Cameroon, N Gabon - NE DRC; SW DRC, NE Angola perhaps isolated.
Apalis cinerea
Grey Apalis
Apalis cendrée
Apalis grise
funebris (HBW incl in cinerea); sclateri; grandis; cinerea
Resident, montane forest: W Cameroon, SE Nigeria (funebris); Mt Cameroon, Bioko (sclateri); Albertine Rift - SW Kenya (cinerea); small
area of SW Angola (grandis).
Apalis alticola
Brown-headed Apalis
Apalis à tête brune
alticola; dowsetti
DFW subsumes into Apalis cinerea
Resident, montane and gallery forest: patchy in belt Angola - SW Tanzania, N Malawi; patch in N Tanzania, SW Kenya; (dowsetti -Marungu Mts (SE DRC)).
Malcorus pectoralis
Rufous-eared Warbler
Prinia à joues rouses
Prinia à oreilles rousses
pectoralis; ocularius; etoshae
Resident, scrubby bushes in semi-arid areas: all Namibia except N, SW Botswana, all of W South Africa except S coast.
Camaroptera brachyura
Green-backed Camaroptera
Camaroptère à tête grise
Grey-backed Camaroptera; **Bleating Bush-Warbler;
**Bleating Warbler
brevicaudata; tincta; harterti; aschani; abessinica; insulata; erlangeri; griseigula; intercalata; sharpei; transitiva; beirensis;
brachyura; constans; bororensis; pileata; fugglescouchmani
SAM, IOC, ROB (+SL, SS) raise Camaroptera brevicaudata Grey-backed Camaroptera Camaroptère à dos grise (ROB has only
brachyura, constans in brachyura and 14 races in brevicaudata -- so 1 of list is missing)
SAM, HBW, IOC raise Camaroptera harterti Hartert’s Camaroptera Camaroptère de Hartert
Resident, all habitats except driest savannas: all S of Sahara except most of NE and SW; (brevicaudata -- Senegal, Sierra Leone - C Sudan,
NW Ethiopia south to N South Africa; harterti -- dense forest understorey in escarpment forest of WC Angola; brachyura (+constans) S
Mozambique to E Cape).
Camaroptera superciliaris
Yellow-browed Camaroptera
Camaroptère à sourcils jaunes
Resident, undergrowth of secondary forest: all forest area Sierra Leone - Uganda - N Angola.
Camaroptera chloronota
Olive-green Camaroptera
Camaroptère à dos vert
chloronota; kelsalli; granti; toroensis; kamitugaensis
Resident, undergrowth in forest: all forest area Sierra Leone - W Kenya; rare along Senegal R.; Bioko (granti).
Calamonastes simplex
Grey Wren-Warbler
Camaroptère modeste
DFW, BL Camaroptera simplex
Resident, dry thornbush: SE Sudan, E Uganda, N Tanzania east to NW and SW Somalia (not in C Somalia in between).
Calamonastes undosus
Miombo Wren-Warbler
Camaroptère du miombo
Miombo Barred Warbler; Pale Wren-Warbler;
undosus; cinereus; katangae; huilae; stierlingi; olivascens; irwini; pintoi
DFW Camaroptera undosa
HBW, IOC, ROB (+SS) raises Calamonastes stierlingi Stierling’s Wren-Warbler Camaroptère de Stierling (races stierlingi,
olivascens, irwini, pintoi)
SAM has Calamonastes stierlingi Stierling’s Wren-Warbler Camaroptère de Stierling and places undosus and cinereus in
Calamonastes simplex; ROB (+SL) has no mention of undosus
Resident, miombo woodland near termite mounds: E Angola - Tanzania south to Zimbabwe - S Mozambique (patchier near edges); patches
S Congo, W Angola; (stierlingi -- SE Tanzania - extreme SE Angola south to NE South Africa excluding much of N Mozambique).
Calamonastes fasciolatus
Barred Wren-Warbler
Camaroptère barrée
African Wren-Warbler; Southern Barred Warbler
fasciolatus; europhilus; pallidior
DFW Camaroptera fasciolata
Resident, thick bush in semi-arid savanna: SW Angola - C Namibia east to SW Zimbabwe - NC South Africa.
Euryptila subcinnamomea
Cinnamon-breasted Warbler
Camaroptère cannelle
Kopje Warbler
Camaroptère à ventre cannelle
subcinnamomea; petrophila; (HBW, ROB monotypic)
Resident, bushes and small trees on rocky slopes: S Namibia to W South Africa but not south coast.
Eminia lepida
Grey-capped Warbler
Eminie à calotte grise
Resident, damp, dense undergrowth at forest edge: S Sudan, E DRC - SW quarter of Kenya, NW Tanzania.
Hypergerus atriceps
Oriole Warbler
Noircap loriot
Moho à tête noire
Resident, thick undergrowth of forest edge, often near water: S Senegal - C CAR north of main forest area.
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MUSCICAPIDAE
Fraseria ocreata
Fraser’s Forest Flycatcher
Gobemouche forestier
African Forest Flycatcher; Forest Flycatcher
ocreata; prosphora; kelsalli
Resident, forest: all of forest area to W Uganda.
Fraseria cinerascens
White-browed Forest Flycatcher
Gobemouche à sourcils blancs
ruthae; cinerascens
Resident, forest near water: Senegal - Ghana (cinerascens); SW quarter Nigeria, S Cameroon, NW Angola east S CAR, C DRC (ruthae).
Melaenornis brunneus
Angola Slaty Flycatcher
Gobemouche de l’Angola
brunneus; bailunduensis
SAM, IOC (+SS) Dioptrornis brunneus
DFW subsumes into Melaenornis chocolatinus
Resident, patches of montane forest, woodland along hill streams: W Angola.
Melaenornis fischeri
White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher
Gobemouche de Fischer
fischeri; toruensis; nyikensis; semicinctus
SAM, IOC (+SS) Dioptrornis fischeri
DFW subsumes into Melaenornis chocolatinus
Resident, dense montane forest: East African highlands S Sudan - C Malawi in both Albertine and East African Rift Valleys.
Melaenornis chocolatinus
Abyssinian Slaty Flycatcher
Gobemouche chocolat
Slaty Flycatcher
chocolatinus; reichenowi
SAM, IOC, BL (+SS) Dioptrornis chocolatinus
Resident, heavy woodland, coffee plantations, not too dense forest above 1800m asl: Eritrean and Ethiopian highlands.
Melaenornis annamarulae
Nimba Flycatcher
Gobemouche du Libéria
Gobemouche noir du Nimba
Resident, tops of tall trees in forest: SE Guinea - Liberia; Tai Forest in Ivory Coast.
Melaenornis ardesiacus
Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher
Gobemouche de Berlioz
Gobemouche du Kivu
Resident, edges and clearings of montane forest: Albertine Rift of E DRC, SW Uganda - N end L. Tanganyika.
Melaenornis edolioides
Northern Black Flycatcher
Gobemouche drongo
Western Black Flycatcher
edolioides; lugubris; schistaceus (ZTP schistacea)
Resident, moist woodland, riparian and other woodland, also more arid in some parts: guinea savanna zone Senegal - Eritrea, E Ethiopia
and south in east to NW Tanzania.
Melaenornis pammelaina
Southern Black Flycatcher
Gobemouche sud-africain
Gobemouche noir australe
pammelaina; diabolicus; ater; tropicalis; poliogyna (last 3 not in HM)
Resident, open woodland especially miombo: all but NW and W Angola - SW Uganda, W Tanzania (with band across S Tanzania to NE)
south to NE Namibia - east coast of South Africa and all but NE of Mozambique; isolated populations lower Congo R. and C Kenya - N
Tanzania.
Bradornis pallidus
Pale Flycatcher
Gobemouche pâle
parvus; pallidus; modestus; bowdleri; duyerali; erlangeri; subalaris; bafirawari; murinus; aquaemontis (ROB incl in murinus);
griseus; divisus; sibilans
BoA, HM, BD Melaenornis pallidus
Resident, all woodland types: all S of Sahara outside of forest areas south of Sahel zone except drier NE and SW and south of NE Namibia
- NE South Africa.
Bradornis infuscatus
Chat Flycatcher
Gobemouche traquet
Brown Chat-Flycatcher
infuscatus; seimundi; namaquensis; placidus; benguellensis
BoA, HM Melaenornis infuscatus
Resident, Acacia savanna and open plains in semi-arid: coastal strip W Angola, Namibia, Botswana (not in E), W half South Africa.
Bradornis microrhynchus
African Grey Flycatcher
Gobemouche à petit bec
Grey Flycatcher
Gobemouche grisâtre
neumanni; pumilus; burae; taruensis; microrhynchus
BoA, HM Melaenornis microrhynchus
SAM, IOC raise Bradornis pumilus Ethiopian Grey Flycatcher (Little Grey Flycatcher) Gobemouche de Sharpe
Resident, open thornbush and scrub, clearings in woodland: extreme SE Sudan - N Somalia south to C and SW Tanzania; (pumilus -- C
Ethiopia - N Somalia).
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Bradornis mariquensis
Marico Flycatcher
Gobemouche du Marico
Mariqua Flycatcher
mariquensis; acaciae; territinctus
BoA, HM Melaenornis mariquensis
Resident, Acacia savanna: SW Angola - C Zimbabwe south to C Namibia, N South Africa.
Sigelus silens
Fiscal Flycatcher
Gobemouche fiscal
silens; lawsoni; (CMT monotypic)
BoA, HM Melaenornis silens
Resident and partial migrant, open areas with thickets and trees: South Africa (not in mts and driest NW); moves into SE Botswana and S
Mozambique in non-breeding.
Empidornis semipartitus
Silverbird
Gobemouche argenté
Resident, Acacia grassland and semi-arid bush with scattered trees: S Sudan - W Kenya and Tanzania just to south of L. Victoria.
Muscicapa striata
Spotted Flycatcher
Gobemouche gris
striata; balearica; tyrrhenica; neumanni; sarudnyi; (HBW + inexpectata (+ROB); mongola (+ ROB presumed))
Breeding visitor and Palearctic winter visitor, open woodland and forest edges: breeds C Morocco - N Tunisia; winters all S of Sahara
although less common in Sahel zone and north of S Kenya.
Muscicapa gambagae
Gambaga Flycatcher
Gobemouche de Gambaga
Resident, dry woodland: patchy all across guinea savanna zone C Mali, NE Ivory Coast - NW Somalia and south to N Uganda, S Kenya.
Muscicapa caerulescens
Ashy Flycatcher
Gobemouche à lunettes
brevicauda; caerulescens; vulturna; impavida; cinereola; nigrorum
Resident, open woodland, thickets, riparian: Guinea - S Kenya, coastal SE Somalia south to S Angola - NE South Africa and south along E
coast.
Muscicapa aquatica
Swamp Flycatcher
Gobemouche des marais
aquatica; infulata; lualabae; grimwoodi
Resident, papyrus swamps, reed swamps, vegetation around pools: Senegal, W Mali, C Ivory Coast - NW CAR; SW Sudan - SW Kenya,
NW Tanzania; upper Lualuba Lakes (SE DRC) (lualubae); L. Suye, Lukange Swamp (S Zambia) (grimwoodi).
Muscicapa cassini
Cassin’s Flycatcher
Gobemouche de Cassin
Cassin’s Grey Flycatcher
Resident, forest near watercourses: all forest area - W Uganda and south just to NW Zambia.
Muscicapa olivascens
Olivaceous Flycatcher
Gobemouche olivâtre
olivascens; nimbae
Resident, lowland primary forest: patches Guinea - S Gabon, W Congo; patch in E DRC.
Muscicapa lendu
Chapin’s Flycatcher
Gobemouche de Chapin
Gobemouche de Lendu
itombwensis; lendu
SAM, IOC raises Muscicapa itombwensis Itombwe Flycatcher (Itombwe Alseonax) Gobemouche d’Itombwe
Resident, canopy of dense montane forest: Itombwe Mts in DRC (itombwensis); Lendu Plateau in E DRC, SW Uganda, Kakamega Forest
in W Kenya (all lendu).
Muscicapa adusta
African Dusky Flycatcher
Gobemouche sombre
Dusky Flycatcher
adusta; fuscula; subadusta; mesica; fuelleborni; murina; minima; marsabit; pumila; poensis (some authors=obscura but this
preoccupied)
Resident, clearings in forest, dense woodland: patchy Eritrea - E and S South Africa through Ethiopia, E DRC - W Kenya, S DRC Malawi, E Zimbabwe; patches in W Angola; N Cameroon - S Sudan (part of pumila); SE Nigeria, SW Cameroon, Bioko (poensis).
Muscicapa epulata
Little Grey Flycatcher
Gobemouche cendré
Resident, lowland forest, mainly secondary, dense cultivation: patchy Sierra Leone - NE DRC and mouth of Congo R..
Muscicapa sethsmithi
Yellow-footed Flycatcher
Gobemouche à pattes jaunes
Gobemouche de Seth-Smith
Resident, forest especially clearings and along tracks: SE Nigeria - SW CAR south to W Congo; NE quarter DRC.
Muscicapa comitata
Dusky-blue Flycatcher
Gobemouche ardoisé
comitata; aximensis; camerunensis
Resident, forest especially in clearings: all of forest area.
Muscicapa tessmanni
Tessmann’s Flycatcher
Gobemouche de Tessmann
Resident, secondary forest, old dense cultivation: patchy S Ivory Coast, S Ghana, S Cameroon, NE DRC.
Muscicapa infuscata
Sooty Flycatcher
Gobemouche enfumé
Gobemouche fuligineux
infuscata; minuscula
Resident, clearings in forest: S Nigeria - E Uganda south to NW Angola, extreme NW Zambia.
Muscicapa ussheri
Ussher’s Flycatcher
Gobemouche d’Ussher
Resident, clearings and edges of forest: Sierra Leone - S Ghana.
Muscicapa boehmi
Böhm’s Flycatcher
Gobemouche de Böhm
Resident, miombo woodland: WC Angola - Malawi through N Zambia; patch in NWC Tanzania.
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Myioparus griseigularis
Grey-throated Tit-Flycatcher
Gobemouche à gorge grise
Grey-throated Flycatcher
griseigularis; parelii (BD parelli)
Resident, forest: forest area Liberia - C Uganda excluding most of NC DRC.
Myioparus plumbeus
Grey Tit-Flycatcher
Gobemouche mésange
Fan-tailed Flycatcher; Lead-coloured Flycatcher
plumbeus; orientalis; catoleucus (BoA, CMT, ROB catoleucum)
Resident, forest edges, secondary forest, miombo, light woodland: Senegal - SW Ethiopia south to SW Angola - NE South Africa but
excluding NC DRC, most of C Angola, all of Kenya except SE and patch in W, most of Tanzania and coastal Mozambique.
Stenostira scita
Fairy Flycatcher
Mignard enchanteur
Fairy Warbler*
Gobemouche des fées
scita; rudebecki; saturatior
DFW places Incertae sedis near Monarchidae; SAM, ROB place in Sylviidae; IOC, CMT place in Stenostiridae
Intra-African migrant, dry thornbush, scrub: breeds most of South Africa east to Lesotho; moves north to S Namibia, SE Botswana.
Ficedula hypoleuca
European Pied Flycatcher
Gobemouche noir
Pied Flycatcher
hypoleuca; sibirica (BoA = tomensis); iberiae; speculigera
CMT, IOC raises Ficedula speculigera Atlas Pied Flycatcher (Atlas Flycatcher)
Breeding visitor and Palearctic winter visitor, breeds woodland, winters forest edge, savanna woodland: breeds highlands E Morocco - NW
Tunisia (speculigera); winters mainly Guinea - W CAR south to N Gabon, rarer to all N DRC (all races).
Ficedula albicollis
Collared Flycatcher
Gobemouche à collier
Palearctic winter visitor, forest edge, moist woodland: mainly S DRC, SW Tanzania - C Zimbabwe.
Ficedula semitorquata
Semi-collared Flycatcher
Gobemouche à demi-collier
Half-collared Flycatcher
Palearctic winter visitor, forest edge, light woodland, gardens: E DRC - SW Kenya south to W Tanzania.
Ficedula parva
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Gobemouche nain
parva; (CMT monotypic)
Passage migrant, woodland, plantations: Tunisia - N Egypt; vagrant Senegal (2 records).
Humblotia flavirostris
Humblot’s Flycatcher
Gobemouche des Comores
Grand Comoro Flycatcher
Resident, forest: Grand Comoro.
MONARCHIDAE (SAM includes in Corvidae)
HM places all Erythrocercus spp and all Elminia spp Incertae sedis near Pycnonotidae; ROB places both genera in Sylviidae; IOC places
Erythrocercus spp in Cettidae and Elminia spp in Stenostiridae (the latter also by CMT)
Erythrocercus mccallii
Chestnut-capped Flycatcher
Erythrocerque à tête rousse
Gobemouche à tête rousse
mccallii; nigeriae; congicus
Resident, forest: patchy all of forest area (nigeriae -- Guinea - SW Nigeria; mccallii -- SE Nigeria - NW Angola - W DRC; congicus -- E
DRC - W Uganda).
Erythrocercus holochlorus
Little Yellow Flycatcher
Yellow Flycatcher
Resident, coastal forest: S Somalia - NE Tanzania.
Erythrocercus livingstonei
Livingstone’s Flycatcher
Erythrocerque jaune
Petit Gobemouche jaune
Erythrocerque de Livingstone
Gobemouche de Livingstone
francisi; livingstonei; thomsoni
Resident, gallery forest, miombo woodland: SE Tanzania - S Mozambique inland to S Malawi and up Zambezi R. to Victoria Falls.
Elminia longicauda
African Blue Flycatcher
Tchitrec bleu
Blue Flycatcher; Blue Crested Flycatcher
Gobemouche bleu; Elminie bleue
teresita; longicauda
Resident, wooded savanna, forest edges and clearings: patchy all of forest area Senegal - W Kenya - NW Angola.
Elminia albicauda
White-tailed Blue Flycatcher
Blue and White Crested Flycatcher
Tchitrec à queue blanche
Gobemouche à queue blanche; Elminie à
queue blanche
Resident, lowland and midlevel evergreen forest, also woodland: SW Uganda - S Malawi west to C Angola.
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Elminia nigromitrata
Dusky Crested Flycatcher
Dusky Elminia
Tchitrec à tête noire
Gobemouche huppé à tête noire; Elminie à tête noire
nigromitrata; colstoni
SAM, ZTP (+SF) Trochocercus nigromitratus; IOC Elminia nigromitratus
Resident, all forest: patchy all of forest area.
Elminia albiventris
White-bellied Crested Flycatcher
Tchitrec à ventre blanc
White-bellied Elminia
Gobemouche huppé à ventre blanc; Elminie
à ventre blanc
albiventris; toroensis
SAM (+SF) Trochocercus albiventris
Resident, montane forest: SE Nigeria, W Cameroon, Bioko (albiventris); NE DRC, W Uganda, W Rwanda (toroensis).
Elminia albonotata
White-tailed Crested Flycatcher
Tchitrec à queue frangée
White-tipped Crested Flycatcher; WhiteGobemouche huppé à queue blanche;
tailed Elminia
Elminie à queue blanche
albonotata; subcaerulea; swynnertoni
SAM, ZTP (+SF) Trochocercus albonotatus (races albonotatus, subcaeruleus); IOC Elminia albonotatus
Resident, montane and submontane forests: Albertine Rift, Mt Elgon south to E Zimbabwe via Eastern Arc Mts (Tanzania) - NW
Mozambique.
Trochocercus cyanomelas
Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher
Tchitrec du Cap
African Crested Flycatcher; Blue-mantled
Gobemouche huppé du Cap
Paradise Flycatcher
bivittatus; cyanomelas; vivax; megalolophus; segregus
Resident, dense moist thickets in forest: W Uganda - N and NW Zambia (vivax); S Somalia - SE Tanzania (bivittatus); Malawi, N
Mozambique - E Zimbabwe, NE South Africa (megalolophus); E and S coasts of South Africa (segregus, cyanomelas).
Trochocercus nitens
Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher
Tchitrec noir
Blue-headed Paradise Flycatcher
Gobemouche huppé noir
nitens; reichenowi
Resident, lowland and midlevel forest: rather patchy all of forest area.
Terpsiphone viridis
African Paradise Flycatcher
Tchitrec d’Afrique
Paradise Flycatcher
Moucherolle de paradis
speciosa; viridis; ferreti; suahelica; kivuensis; restricta; ungujaensis; plumbeiceps; granti
Resident, savanna woodland of all types, open forest: all S of Sahara except drier NE and SW.
Terpsiphone atrochalybeia
São Tomé Paradise Flycatcher
Tchitrec du São Tomé
Moucherolle de São Tomé
Resident, forest: São Tomé.
Terpsiphone corvina
Seychelles Paradise Flycatcher
Tchitrec des Seychelles
Seychelles Black Paradise Flycatcher
Resident, native woodland: La Digue (Seychelles).
Moucherolle noir
Terpsiphone mutata
Tchitrec malgache
Madagascar Paradise Flycatcher
Malagasy Paradise Flycatcher*
Moucherolle malgache
mutata; singetra; pretiosa; vulpina; voeltzkowiana; comorensis (some authors have as comoroensis)
Resident, forest, savannas, parks: Madagascar (singetra, mutata); Grand Comoro (comoroensis); Mohéli (voeltzkowiana); Anjouan
(vulpina); Mayotte (pretiosa).
Terpsiphone bourbonnensis
Mascarene Paradise Flycatcher
Tchitrec des Mascareignes
Moucherolle de l’Ile Maurice
bourbonnensis; desolata
Resident, forest, edges, gardens: Réunion (bourbonnensis); Mauritius (desolata).
Terpsiphone rufocinerea
Rufous-vented Paradise Flycatcher
Tchitrec du Congo
Moucherolle du Congo
Resident, thickets in open marshes and undergrowth in flooded forest: SW Cameroon - W Gabon - NW Angola.
Terpsiphone batesi
Bates’s Paradise Flycatcher
Tchitrec de Bates
batesi; bannermani
DFW, SAM (+BL presumed) subsume into Terpsiphone rufocinerea
Resident, forest: S Cameroon, NE Gabon, Congo, NW Angola and northern half of DRC.
Terpsiphone rufiventer
Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher
Tchitrec à ventre roux
Black-headed Paradise Flycatcher
Moucherolle à ventre roux
neumanni; tricolor; rufiventer; nigriceps; smithii; ignea; fagani; schubotzi; mayombe; emini; somereni
IOC, BD (+SS) raise Terpsiphone smithii Annobon Paradise Flycatcher Tchitrec d’Annobon
Resident, lowland and montane forest: all of forest area.
Terpsiphone bedfordi
Bedford’s Paradise Flycatcher
Tchitrec de Bedford
Moucherolle de Bedford
Resident, lowland primary forest: 2 separate populations NE and E DRC.
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PLATYSTEIRIDAE (SAM includes in Corvidae (Malaconotinae); ROB places in Malaconotidae)
Megabyas flammulatus
Shrike-Flycatcher
Bias écorcheur
African Shrike-Flycatcher; Red-eyed
Shrike-Flycatcher
Gobemouche écorcheur
flammulatus; aequatorialis
SAM, ZTP Bias flammulatus
Resident, forest and edges: all of forest area Guinea - SW Kenya; Bioko; patch in S DRC.
Bias musicus
Black-and-white Flycatcher
Bias musicien
Black-and-White Shrike-Flycatcher; Vanga
Gobemouche chanteur
Flycatcher
musicus; changamwensis; clarens; (HBW monotypic)
Resident, forest and secondary growth: all of forest area (musicus); coastal S Kenya - C Mozambique with gap in S Tanzania, N
Mozambique (changamwensis to north of gap, clarens to south).
CMT, SAM, BL subsume all Dyaphorophyia spp into Platysteira
Dyaphorophyia castanea
Chestnut Wattle-eye
Pririt châtain
Gobemouche caronculé châtain
castanea; hormophora
Resident, forest: all of forest area to W Kenya.
Dyaphorophyia tonsa
White-spotted Wattle-eye
Pririt à taches blanches
Gobemouche caronculé à taches blanches
Resident, mature lowland forest: SE Nigeria - SW CAR south to N Congo; E DRC.
Dyaphorophyia blissetti
Red-cheeked Wattle-eye
Pririt de Blissett
Blissett’s Wattle-eye
(BoA, HBW + chalybea; blissetti; jamesoni here considered 3 separate species)
Resident, dense undergrowth in degraded forest: Sierra Leone - SW Cameroon.
Gobemouche caronculé à joues rouges
Dyaphorophyia chalybea
Pririt chalybée
Black-necked Wattle-eye
Reichenow’s Wattle-eye
BoA, HBW subsume into Dyaphorophyia blissetti
Resident, dense undergrowth in degraded forest: Bioko; Cameroon - N Gabon; W Angola.
Dyaphorophyia jamesoni
Jameson’s Wattle-eye
Gobemouche caronculé à cou noir
Pririt de Jameson
Gobemouche caronculé de Jameson
BoA, HBW subsume into Dyaphorophyia blissetti
Resident, dense undergrowth in degraded forest: E DRC - W Kenya, NW Tanzania, extreme S Sudan.
Dyaphorophyia concreta
Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye
Pririt à ventre doré
Gobemouche caronculé à ventre doré
graueri; concreta; ansorgei; kungwensis
Resident, primary forest: Sierra Leone - S Ghana (concreta); SE Nigeria, SW CAR - Gabon; E DRC, SW Uganda - Burundi (both graueri);
Mt Kungwe (W Tanzania) (kungwensis); W Angola (ansorgei).
Platysteira cyanea
Brown-throated Wattle-eye
Pririt à collier
Scarlet-spectacled Wattle-eye; Common Wattle-eye
Gobemouche caronculé collier
cyanea; nyansae; aethiopica
Resident, wooded habitat outside primary forest: Senegal - N Ethiopia south to W DRC - NW Tanzania.
Platysteira albifrons
White-fronted Wattle-eye
Pririt à front blanc
Gobemouche caronculé à front blanc
Resident, dry thickets in woodland: coastal W Angola from Congo R. mouth to Benguela.
Platysteira peltata
Black-throated Wattle-eye
Pririt à gorge noir
Gobemouche caronculé à gorge noir
peltata; mentalis; cryptoleuca; (BoA, HM (+ROB presumed) + laticincta here considered a separate species)
Resident, dense evergreen vegetation especially montane: Angola - W Kenya south to NE South Africa and up coast of Tanzania to S
Somalia (excluding much of inland Tanzania and N Mozambique).
Platysteira laticincta
Banded Wattle-eye
Pririt de Bamenda
BoA, DFW, HM (+ROB presumed) subsume into Platysteira peltata
Resident, dense evergreen, montane vegetation: Bamenda Highlands (Cameroon).
The French name of all Batis spp can be Batis … as well as Pririt …
Batis diops
Ruwenzori Batis
Resident, montane evergreen forest: Albertine Rift Mts.
Pririt du Ruwenzori
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Batis margaritae
Margaret’s Batis
Pririt de Boulton
Boulton’s Batis
Batis de Margaret
kathleenae; margaritae
Resident, evergreen forest and some dry forest: Mt Moco (W Angola) (margaritae); S DRC, NW Zambia (kathleenae).
Batis mixta
Forest Batis
Pririt à queue courte
Short-tailed Batis
mixta; ultima
Resident, forest thickets, woodland: SE Kenya (ultima); NE Tanzania in narrow belt to N Malawi (mixta); (crypta -- Uluguru Mts and
south).
Batis crypta
Dark Batis
Pririt obscur
A recently described species from within Batis mixta so not in any except HBW, IOC, BL
Resident, forest thickets: Uluguru Mts (Tanzania).
Batis capensis
Cape Batis
Pririt du Cap
capensis; hollidayi; erythrophthalma; kennedyi; dimorpha; sola; reichenowi
SAM, HBW, IOC (+SS) raise Batis reichenowi Reichenow’s Batis Pririt de Reichenow; SAM (+SS) raise Batis dimorpha
Malawi Batis Pririt du Malawi
Resident, temperate forest: small patch SE Tanzania (reichenowi); N Malawi, N Mozambique (sola, dimorpha); SC Zimbabwe (kennedyi);
E Highlands of Zimbabwe (erythrophthalma); S Mozambique, NE South Africa along E and S coasts (capensis, hollidayi).
Batis fratrum
Woodwards' Batis
Pririt de Woodward
Zululand Batis
(ROB + fratrum, sheppardi and 1 more race)
Resident, forests and thickets: S Malawi, SE Zimbabwe - extreme E South Africa.
Pririt de frères Woodward
Batis molitor
Pririt molitor
Chinspot Batis
molitor; palliditergum; pintoi; puella
Resident, wooded habitats especially Acacia: N Angola - S Kenya (outlier in S Sudan) south to N Namibia, Angola - NE South Africa and
south along east coast South Africa but excluding much of coastal Tanzania, N Mozambique.
Batis soror
Pale Batis
Pririt pâle
**East Coast Batis; **Mozambique Batis
Batis du Mozambique
Resident, woodland (especially miombo), also bush and forest in places: coastal Kenya south to just S of R. Save in Mozambique inland to
SE Malawi, extreme E Zimbabwe; Zanzibar, Mafia Is (off Tanzania).
Batis pririt
Pririt Batis
Pririt de Vieillot
Batis pririt
pririt; affinis
Resident, thorny Acacia woodland: SW Angola - NW and W South Africa but not to S coast.
Batis senegalensis
Senegal Batis
Pririt du Sénégal
Resident, dry thorn scrub, woody savannas: S Mauritania, Senegal - NC Cameroon.
Batis orientalis
Grey-headed Batis
Pririt à tête grise
Batis oriental
bella (HM incl in orientalis); orientalis; chadensis; lynesi
Resident, dry savanna woodlands, often near streams: L. Chad, NE Cameroon east to NE Sudan, Eritrea, N Somalia, N Kenya; separate
patch coastal S Somalia, Kenya.
Batis minor
Black-headed Batis
Pririt à joues noires
Eastern Black-headed Batis*
erlangeri; minor; suahelicus (HM incl in minor)
HBW, IOC raise Batis erlangeri Western Black-headed Batis Pririt d’Erlanger (races erlangeri, congoensis) (B. minor becomes
Eastern Black-headed Batis)
Resident, woodland, in drier parts usually near water: S Somalia (minor) - C Tanzania inland to Mt Kilimanjaro (suahelicus); W Cameroon
- Eritrea north of forest and south in east to Burundi, SW Kenya, SW Ethiopia, NW Somalia and south of forest in S Congo, SW DRC,
patch in NW Angola (erlangeri).
Batis perkeo
Pygmy Batis
Pririt pygmée
Batis nain
Resident, trees and scrub in arid areas, wooded areas: S Ethiopia, S Somalia south to NE Tanzania.
Batis minulla
Angola Batis
Pririt de l’Angola
Resident, evergreen thickets in woodland: S Congo, W DRC, Cabinda and escarpment (W Angola); patches in N Congo, N DRC.
Batis minima
Verreaux’s Batis
Pririt de Verreaux
Gabon Batis*
Resident, forest edge, secondary growth: small patch S Cameroon - Gabon.
Batis à tête grise
Batis ituriensis
Pririt de l’Ituri
Ituri Batis
Resident, degraded forest: NE DRC, W Uganda.
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Batis poensis
Bioko Batis
Pririt de Fernando Po
Fernando Po Batis*
[Pririt de Lawson]
occulta; poensis
CMT, SAM, BL (+SS) raise Batis occulta (SAM B. occultus) West African Batis Pririt de Lawson
Resident, degraded forest, plantations: Bioko (poensis); patchy Sierra Leone - Cameroon, N Gabon, N Congo (occulta).
Lanioturdus torquatus
White-tailed Shrike
Lanielle à queue blanche
Chatshrike
DFW, HBW place in Malaconotidae; SAM places in Corvidae (as other Malaconotidae)
Resident, miombo and mopane woodland: SW Angola, NW Namibia.
PICATHARTIDAE
(DFW places Incertae sedis near Timaliidae)
Picathartes gymnocephalus
White-necked Picathartes
Picatharte de Guinée
White-necked Rockfowl*; Yellowheaded Picathartes
Resident, rocky hillsides in forest: Guinea - Ghana.
Picatharte à cou blanc
Picathartes oreas
Picatharte du Cameroun
Grey-necked Picathartes
Grey-necked Rockfowl*; Red-headed
Picathartes
Resident, rugged areas in undisturbed forest: SE Nigeria - NE Gabon, Bioko.
Picatharte à cou gris
TIMALIIDAE (SAM, ROB include in Sylviidae)
HM has English name for all ….Illadopsis as …..Thrush-Babbler
Illadopsis rufipennis
Pale-breasted Illadopsis
Akalat à poitrine blanche
Grive-Akalat à poitrine blanche
rufipennis; extrema; distans; puguensis (CMT pugensis, HBW incl in distans, not in HM); bocagei (BoA, CMT incl in
rufipennis))
Resident, all forest types: Sierra Leone - Ghana (extrema); SW Nigeria - SW CAR south to Cabinda (Angola), Congo, NE quarter DRC SW Kenya (rufipennis); Bioko (bocagei); S Kenya, Eastern Arc Mts (Tanzania), Zanzibar (distans); Pugu Hills (Tanzania) (puguensis).
Illadopsis fulvescens
Brown Illadopsis
Akalat brun
Grive-Akalat brun
fulvescens; ugandae; dilutior; gularis; moloneyana (BoA maloneyana); iboensis
Resident, thick vegetation in lowland forest: Guinea-Bissau (outliers to Senegal) - W Kenya; outliers NC Nigeria, SE Sudan, NW Angola.
Illadopsis pyrrhoptera
Mountain Illadopsis
Akalat montagnard
Grive-akalat de montagne
pyrrhoptera; nyasae
Resident, montane and midlevel forest: Albertine Rift Mts, W Kenya (pyrrhoptera); N Malawi (nyasae).
Illadopsis albipectus
Scaly-breasted Illadopsis
Akalat à poitrine écaillée
Grive-Akalat à poitrine écaillée
(HM, HBW + barakae; albipectus; HBW + trensei)
Resident, lowland forest: N half DRC - SE Sudan, W Kenya; outlier NW Angola (‘trensei’).
Illadopsis cleaveri
Blackcap Illadopsis
Akalat à tête noire
Black-capped Thrush-Babbler
Grive-Akalat à tête noire
batesi; johnsoni; cleaveri; marchanti; poensis
Resident, lowland forest: Sierra Leone - SW Ghana (johnsoni (east to W Liberia), cleaveri); SW Nigeria - extreme SW CAR south to
Gabon and just into NW Congo (batesi, marchanti); Bioko (poensis).
Illadopsis rufescens
Rufous-winged Illadopsis
Akalat à ailes rouses
Grive-akalat du Libéria
Resident, forest undergrowth: SW Guinea - S Ghana; outlier SW Senegal.
Illadopsis puveli
Puvel’s Illadopsis
Akalat de Puvel
Grive-Akalat de Puvel
puveli; strenuipes
Resident, lowland forest undergrowth: patches S Senegal - S Togo (puveli); S Nigeria - C Cameroon and patches to W Uganda
(strenuipes).
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Kakamega poliothorax
Grey-chested Illadopsis
Grive-Akalat à poitrine grise
Grey-chested Babbler*; Grey-chested
Thrush-Babbler; Grey-chested Kakamega
Akalat à poitrine grise
IOC places in Promeropidae
Resident, undergrowth of montane forest: extreme SE Nigeria, W Cameroon; Bioko; Albertine Rift Mts; W Kenya.
Pseudoalcippe abyssinica
African Hill Babbler
Akalat à tête sombre
Abyssinian Hill-Babbler
Alcippe à tête grise
abyssinica; monachus (BoA monacha); claudei; atriceps; stierlingi; stictigula (HBW incl in stierlingi)
SAM Illadopsis abyssinica
HBW, IOC, SAM raise Pseudalcippe (SAM as Illadopsis) atriceps Ruwenzori Hill-Babbler Akalat du Ruwenzori
Resident, montane forest: Bioko (claudei); SE Nigeria, W Cameroon, Albertine Rift Mts (atriceps); Mt Cameroon (monachus); Ethiopia,
SE Sudan, W and C Kenya, Eastern Arc Mts (Tanzania) - N Malawi, SW Tanzania; small area in W Angola (other races).
Ptyrticus turdinus
Spotted Thrush-Babbler
Akalat à dos roux
Thrush-Babbler
Grive-Akalat à dos roux
turdinus; harterti; upembae
Resident, swampy woodland, riparian forest: Adamawa Plateau (Cameroon) (harterti); S Sudan, N DRC border area (turdinus); S DRC and
just into NW Zambia, NE Angola (upembae).
HM notes that Turdoides species names and race names are often incorrectly spelt as T. …us. Many changes are incorporated in the below
which conforms to HM spelling throughout except where the form is only mentioned by another author in which case their spelling is used.
Turdoides plebejus
Brown Babbler
Cratérope brun
cinerea; plebejus; platycirca
HM spells it plebejus (species + race) and not plebeja but does change cinerea and platycirca cf most authors
Resident, all wooded savannas, often near rocks: S Mauritania - Guinea east to C Sudan, SW Ethiopia, SW Kenya to north of forest area.
Turdoides jardineii
Arrow-marked Babbler
Cratérope fléché
Cratérope de Jardine
jardineii; tamalakanae (HM, ROB tamalakanei); kirkii (ZTP kirki); emini; tanganjicae; hyposticta; (HBW, ROB + convergens;
ROB has one more race in Africa)
Resident, dense bush, thickets, tree savanna: S half DRC - S Kenya south to S Angola - NE South Africa, perhaps with some gaps.
Turdoides leucocephala
White-headed Babbler
Cratérope à tête blanche
Cretzschmar’s Babbler
Resident, dense scrub by wadis and arid Acacia woodland: E Sudan, N Eritrea, NW Ethiopia.
Turdoides reinwardtii
Blackcap Babbler
Cratérope à tête noire
Reinwardt’s Babbler
stictilaema; reinwardtii
DFW, BL Turdoides reinwardii
Resident, wooded ravines, gallery forest, thickets: Senegal - S Chad; patches in S CAR perhaps connected.
Turdoides tenebrosa
Dusky Babbler
Cratérope ombré
Cratérope fuligineux
Resident, dense undergrowth near water in wooded hill country: SW Ethiopia; NE DRC, S Sudan, NW Uganda; patches N CAR, SW
Sudan.
Turdoides leucopygia
White-rumped Babbler
Cratérope à croupion blanc
Northern White-rumped Babbler
smithii; leucopygia; limbata; lacuum; omoensis
Resident, open stony areas with light woodland, forest edges: Eritrea, Ethiopia extending just to E Sudan and NW Somalia.
Turdoides hartlaubii
Hartlaub’s Babbler
Cratérope de Hartlaub
(Southern) White-rumped Babbler; Angola Babbler
hartlaubii; griseosquamata
DFW subsumes into Turdoides leucopygia (as T. leucopygius)
Resident, tall dense vegetation in marshy valleys with bushes: S half Angola - N Botswana east to SW Tanzania and N half Zambia with
narrow arm north up E DRC to Rwanda.
Turdoides melanops
Black-faced Babbler
Cratérope masqué
[Black-lored Babbler]
melanops; querula; (HM + angolensis)
Resident, any woodland, thickets: SW Angola - NW Botswana.
Turdoides sharpei
Black-lored Babbler
Cratérope de Sharpe
Sharpe’s Babbler; Sharpe’s Pied Babbler
sharpei; vepres
DFW subsumes into Turdoides melanops
Resident, wooded plains, forest edge, thick bush at mid-levels: E DRC, Uganda, W Kenya to W half Tanzania.
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Turdoides bicolor
Southern Pied Babbler
Cratérope bicolore
Resident, semi-arid savanna woodland: N Namibia - S Zimbabwe south to N South Africa.
Turdoides hindei
Hinde’s Pied Babbler
Cratérope pie de Hinde
Hinde’s Babbler*
Cratérope de Hinde
Resident, cultivation edges, open areas with cover in semi-arid areas: small area of C Kenya.
Turdoides hypoleuca
Northern Pied Babbler
Cratérope bigarré
Cratérope pie
hypoleuca; rufuensis
Resident, bushland, edges of dry forest, gardens: SC Kenya, NC Tanzania (hypoleuca); Usambara Mts and nearby (Tanzania) (rufuensis).
Turdoides squamulata
Scaly Babbler
Cratérope maillé
squamulata; carolinae; jubaensis
Resident, riverine thickets, forest and woodland undergrowth, coastal bush: 5-6 separate populations SE Ethiopia, S Somalia, coastal S
Somalia - NE Tanzania.
Turdoides gymnogenys
Bare-cheeked Babbler
Cratérope à joues nues
(HM, HBW, ROB + gymnogenys; kaokensis)
Resident, bare rocky ground among thick woody vegetation in watercourses, hillsides: SW Angola - NW Namibia.
Turdoides fulva
Fulvous Babbler
Cratérope fauve
Fulvous Chatterer
acaciae; buchanani; fulva; maroccana
Resident, thorny desert thickets and scrub: Western Sahara around N edge of desert to NW Libya (maroccana, fulva); SW Mauritania and
then C Mali - Nile in Sudan; Red Sea coast S Egypt - Djibouti; patches in Sahara Desert in SE Algeria, SW Libya; Red Sea coast Sudan - C
Eritrea; (acaciae in east, buchanani in west).
Turdoides squamiceps
Arabian Babbler
Cratérope écaillé
Resident, bushes and thickets adjacent to semi-desert and desert areas: NE Sinai; vagrant Djibouti.
Turdoides rubiginosa
Rufous Chatterer
Cratérope rubigineux
Rusty Babbler
rubiginosa; schnitzeri (BoA, CMT = sharpii (ZTP sharpei)); heuglini; bowdleri (BoA, CMT = emini); (HBW notes sharpii
and emini are preoccupied)
Resident, thickets, scrub in dry woodland: SE Sudan - NE Ethiopia south to N Tanzania east of L. Victoria - coastal Somalia but gap in NE
Kenya and SW Somalia away from coast.
Turdoides aylmeri
Scaly Chatterer
Cratérope d’Aylmer
Bare-eyed Babbler
Cratérope ardoisé
aylmeri; boranensis; keniana; mentalis
Resident, thickets in arid areas: SE Ethiopia, all Somalia except NE (mostly aylmeri); S end L. Turkana; SE Kenya, NE Tanzania.
Phyllanthus atripennis
Capuchin Babbler
Phyllanthe capucin
Cratérope capucin
atripennis; rubiginosus (BoA, CMT = haynesi); bohndorffi
Resident, thick tangles at forest edges, secondary forest: patchy Senegal - W Cameroon; also NE DRC with some records in between
(bohndorffi).
Lioptilus nigricapillus
Bush Blackcap
Lioptile à calotte noire
Timalie à tête noire
Resident and altitudinal migrant, edges of montane forests and nearby thickets: all along mts in E South Africa.
Kupeornis gilberti
White-throated Mountain Babbler
Phyllanthe à gorge blanche
Timalie à gorge blanche
Resident, canopy of primary montane forest: extreme SE Nigeria, SW Cameroon.
Kupeornis rufocinctus
Red-collared Babbler
Red-collared Mountain Babbler
Resident, montane forest: extreme E DRC, SW Rwanda, W Uganda.
Kupeornis chapini
Phyllanthe à collier roux
Timalie à collier roux
Chapin’s Babbler
Phyllanthe de Chapin
Chapin’s Mountain Babbler
Timalie de Chapin
chapini; nyombensis; kalindei
Resident, midlevel forests (lower altitude than rufocinctus): small area of NE DRC.
Parophasma galinieri
Abyssinian Catbird
Phyllanthe de Galinier
Juniper Babbler
Timalie d’Abyssinie
CMT places in Sylviidae
Resident, dense thickets in montane forests: mts of Ethiopia, Eritrea.
Panurus biarmicus
Bearded Reedling
Bearded Parrotbill; Bearded Tit
biarmicus
HBW places in Paradoxornithidae; IOC, CMT place in Panuridae
Vagrant: old records in Morocco, Algeria.
Panure à moustaches
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Horizorhinus dohrni
Dohrn’s Thrush-Babbler
Gobemouche de Dohrn
Príncipe Thrush-Babbler; Príncipe Flycatcher-Babbler
Cratérope de Príncipe
SAM places in Muscicapidae
Resident, all woody habitats: Príncipe Is.
Incertae sedis near Timaliidae
The Chaetops and Achaetops species: BoA has 2 species (both in Chaetops) in Timaliidae; DFW, HM have 2 species (DFW in different
genera) Incertae sedis near Timaliidae; CMT, HBW have 3 species (CMT all in Chaetops, HBW in different genera as below) in
Chaetopidae (CMT) or Timaliidae (HBW); SAM has Achaetops in Sylviidae (as for all other Timaliidae) and Chaetops (2 species) in
Picathartidae; IOC has Achaetops Incertae sedis near Sylviidae (with Sylvietta spp and others) and 2 species of Chaetops in Chaetopidae;
BL has Achaetops in Sylviidae, and 2 Chaetops species in Turdidae; ROB has 2 Chaetops in Chaetopidae and Achaetops in Sylviidae; SL,
SS have 3 species.
Achaetops pycnopygius
Rockrunner
Damara Rockjunper
Achétopse à flancs roux
Fauvette des Damaras; Chétopse à flancs roux
pycnopygius; spadix
BoA, CMT, HM Chaetops pycnopygius
Resident, dry rocky slopes with thorn bush: SW Angola - C Namibia.
Chaetops frenatus
Cape Rockjumper
Chétopse bridé
Rufous Rockjumper; Rockjumper
Sauteur des rochers
Resident, fynbos covered mts with plenty of bare rock: SW Cape east to about Graaf-Reinet (South Africa).
Chaetops aurantius
Drakensberg Rockjumper
Chétopse doré
Orange-breasted Rockjumper
BoA, DFW, HM subsume into Chaetops frenatus
Resident, fynbos covered mts with plenty of bare rock, escarpments: E Cape - Lesotho, Orange Free State, KZ-Natal (South Africa).
BoA places both Modulatrix (Arcanator) species in Turdidae; DFW, CMT, HBW place in Timaliidae (but HBW notes they are probably
closer to Promeropidae); IOC places in Promeropidae; HM places Incertae sedis near Timaliidae; SAM places in Sylviidae (sens. lat.); BL
places them in Muscicapidae.
Modulatrix stictigula
Spot-throat
Modulatrice à lunettes
Grive à gorge tachetée; Grive-akalat à gorge tachetée
pressa; stictigula; (HBW monotypic)
Resident, montane forests and nearby: Eastern Arc Mts (Tanzania) - N Malawi.
Modulatrix orostruthus
Dappled Mountain-Robin
Modulatrice grivelée
Dapple-throat
Grive tachetée; Grive-akalat tachetée
amani (CMT armani); orostruthus; sanjei
BoA, CMT, HBW, IOC, SAM Arcanator orostruthus
Resident, wet mid-level and montane forest: 3 isolated populations: E Usambara Mts (Tanzania) (amani); E escarpment of Udzungwa Mts
(Tanzania) (sanjei); Mt Namuli (Mozambique) (orostruthus).
AEGITHALIDAE
Aegithalos caudatus
Long-tailed Tit
Mésange à longue queue
Long-tailed Bushtit*
Vagrant: Morocco, flock in Tunisia 1957.
PARIDAE
CMT splits Parus spp into Lophophanes (cristatus), Periparus (ater), Cyanistes (caeruleus) and Melaniparus for all the rest except P.
major which is retained in Parus. Other differences are noted explicitly in the below.
Parus fasciiventer
Stripe-breasted Tit
fasciiventer; tanganjicae; kaboboensis
Resident, clearings and edges of montane forest: Albertine Rift Mts.
Mésange à ventre strié
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Parus griseiventris
Miombo Tit
Mésange à ventre gris
Miombo Grey Tit
Resident, mature miombo and Uapaca woodland: band in C Angola; S DRC - SW Tanzania south to SW Zambia - E and C Zimbabwe.
Parus cinerascens
Ashy Tit
Mésange cendrée
cinerascens; orphnus (CMT, HBW incl in cinerascens); benguelae
Resident, dry savanna woodland, scrub: SW Angola, all but coastal Namibia east to E Zimbabwe - NC South Africa.
Parus afer
Grey Tit
Mésange petit-deuil
Southern Grey Tit
Mésange grise australe
afer; arens
Resident, arid karoo and fynbos in open rocky areas: extreme SW Namibia - SE South Africa.
Parus thruppi
Acacia Tit
Mésange somalienne
Northern Grey Tit; Somali Tit
thruppi; barakae
Resident, arid Acacia woodland, Commiphora scrub: Somalia (except NE and coastal strip) in band SW across Ethiopia to N and WC
Kenya (not SW) whence S and SE to NE Tanzania.
Parus major
Great Tit
Mésange charbonnière
Red-throated Tit
Mésange à gorge rousse
excelsus
Resident, woods: S Morocco - NW Tunisia.
Parus fringillinus
Resident, Acacia xanthophloea and similar woodland: SC Kenya, NC Tanzania.
Parus funereus
Dusky Tit
Mésange enfumée
Mésange ardoisée
funereus; gabela
Resident, canopy of dense primary forest and edges: patchy S Cameroon - E Uganda; few isolated patches west to Guinea.
Parus albiventris
White-bellied Tit
Mésange à ventre blanc
White-bellied Black Tit
Resident edges of montane forest, open woodland, gardens: SE Nigeria, W Cameroon; extreme SE Sudan, W and S Kenya, NE and C
Tanzania.
Parus leuconotus
White-backed Black Tit
Mésange à dos blanc
White-backed Tit*
Resident, bushy and wooded gorges in mts: Ethiopia, Eritrea.
Parus rufiventris
Rufous-bellied Tit
Mésange à ventre cannelle
rufiventris; masukuensis; pallidiventris; (HM, HBW, ROB + diligens; HM, HBW + stentopicus (HBW, ROB stenotopicus; ROB
incl in pallidiventris); (ROB has 5 races in Africa)
SAM, HBW, IOC (+SL, SS) raise Parus pallidiventris Cinnamon-breasted Tit (races pallidiventris, stentopicus)
Resident, miombo and other similar woodlands: W and S DRC, Angola, NE Namibia east to SW Tanzania, Malawi (rufiventris,
masukuensis (+diligens); S Tanzania, N Mozambique, E Zimbabwe (pallidiventris (+stentopicus)).
Parus leucomelas
White-winged Black Tit
Mésange à épaulettes
White-shouldered Black Tit; Northern
Mésange à épaulettes blanches
Black Tit; White-winged Tit
leucomelas; insignis; (BoA, HM + guineensis here considered a separate species)
Resident, mature woodland and wooded farmland: highlands of Ethiopia (leucomelas); S Congo, N half Angola east to Rwanda, SW and S
Tanzania, Malawi, all but S Zambia (insignis).
Parus guineensis
White-shouldered Black Tit
Mésange galonnée
White-shouldered Tit
BoA, DFW, HM, BL, ZTP subsume into Parus leucomelas
Resident, mature woodland and wooded farmland: Senegal - S Sudan, W Ethiopia, W Kenya.
Parus carpi
Carp’s Tit
Mésange de Carp
Carp’s Black Tit*
DFW subsumes into Parus niger; SAM subsumes into Parus leucomelas
Resident, woodland, especially mopane: SW Angola, NW Namibia.
Parus niger
Southern Black Tit
Mésange nègre
Black Tit
Mésange noire australe
niger; ravidus; xanthostomus
Resident, broad-leaved savanna woodland: SE Angola, NE Namibia east to Malawi, Mozambique (all but N), N South Africa and south
along SE coast South Africa.
Parus cristatus
Crested Tit
European Crested Tit*
weigoldi
IOC (and CMT) Lophophanes cristatus
Vagrant: Morocco.
Mésange huppée
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Parus ater
Coal Tit
Mésange noire
atlas; ledouci; ater
HBW, IOC (+CMT) Periparus ater
Resident, evergreen woods mainly montane: Atlas Mts in Morocco, NE Algeria (atlas, ledouci); (ater is vagrant).
Parus caeruleus
Blue Tit
Mésange bleue
ultramarinus; cyrenaicae; ombriosus; palmensis; teneriffae; degener
IOC, HBW (+CMT) Cyanistes caeruleus (for IOC (+CMT) this is extralimital)
CMT, IOC have as Cyanistes teneriffae African Blue Tit (all these races) and separate from (extralimital) Parus (Cyanistes)
caeruleus (this group also sometimes known as Cyanistes ultramarinus)
HBW raises Parus (Cyanistes) teneriffae Canary Islands Blue Tit (races ombriosus, palmensis, teneriffae, degener)
Resident, gardens, thickets, woodland, oak forests: N Morocco - N Tunisia (ultramarinus); patch in NE Libya (cyrenaicae); Canary Is
(degener in E islands, teneriffae in C islands, palmensis in La Palma, ombriosus in El Hierro).
REMIZIDAE (SAM, ROB include in Paridae)
Anthoscopus flavifrons
Forest Penduline Tit
Rémiz à front jaune
flavifrons; waldronae (BoA, CMT, HM waldroni); ruthae
HBW notes specifically that waldronae is the correct spelling
Resident, lowland rainforest: Liberia - SW Ghana (waldroni); SE Nigeria - NW Gabon and N and NE DRC (flavifrons); E DRC near L.
Kivu (ruthae).
Anthoscopus parvulus
Yellow Penduline Tit
Rémiz à ventre jaune
West African Penduline Tit
senegalensis; aureus; parvulus; (HM monotypic)
Resident, semi-arid, soudanian and guinea savanna woodland: Senegal - S Sudan perhaps with some gaps.
Anthoscopus punctifrons
Sennar Penduline Tit
Rémiz de Soudan
Resident, semi-desert or desert steppes: Sahel zone Senegal - N Eritrea.
Anthoscopus musculus
Mouse-coloured Penduline Tit
Rémiz souris
Resident, arid Acacia woodland and thorn scrub: lowlands of C Ethiopia; SE Sudan across N Kenya to SW Somalia and south to Mt
Kilimanjaro area of N Tanzania.
Anthoscopus caroli
Grey Penduline Tit
Rémiz de Carol
African Penduline Tit
Rémiz de Carl
caroli; hellmayri; robertsi; winterbottomi; roccatii (ZTP roccattii); ansorgei; rhodesiae; pallescens; sylviella; sharpei; rankinei;
(ROB has 9 races in Africa, ie loses 2 of these)
SAM raises Anthoscopus sylviella Buff-bellied Penduline Tit Remiz de Roungoué
Resident, savanna woodland, forest edges: S Uganda, S Kenya south to NE Tanzania - NE South Africa, patches in WC Angola, Congo, S
DRC; absent from much of W and C Tanzania; (sylviella -- SC Kenya - NC Tanzania).
Anthoscopus minutus
Cape Penduline Tit
Rémiz minute
Southern Penduline Tit
Rémiz du Cap
damarensis; minutus; gigi
Resident, arid tree and scrub savanna: extreme SW Angola - C Zimbabwe and south but absent from much of E and coastal Namibia and C
Botswana, E quarter South Africa.
Remiz pendulinus
Eurasian Penduline Tit
Rémiz penduline
Tit-hylia
Mésangette rayée
pendulinus
Vagrant: Morocco, Egypt.
Pholidornis rushiae
Astrild-mésange
ussheri; rushiae; bedfordi; denti
DFW places Incertae sedis near to Remizidae; IOC places in Cettidae
Resident, forest edges, secondary forest: patchy all forest area.
SITTIDAE
Sitta ledanti
Algerian Nuthatch
Sittelle kabyle
Resident, cool montane forest: 4 areas in Petite Kabylie Mts (NE Algeria).
Sitta europaea
Eurasian Nuthatch
Wood Nuthatch
hispaniensis (BoA, CMT separate race atlas)
Resident, mature woods in mts: Atlas Mts in Morocco.
Sittelle torchepot
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Tichodroma muraria
Wallcreeper
Tichodrome échelette
muraria
CMT, HBW, IOC place in Tichodromidae
Vagrant: a few old records in Morocco, Algeria.
CERTHIIDAE
Certhia brachydactyla
Short-toed Treecreeper
Grimpereau des jardins
mauritanica
Resident, woods: C Morocco - extreme NW Tunisia.
Salpornis spilonotus
Spotted Creeper
Grimpereau tacheté
Spotted Tree Creeper
salvadori; emini; erlangeri; xylodromus
(SL Salpornis salvadori)
BoA, BD place in Salpornithidae
Resident, open Isoberlinia woodland, juniper forest, miombo: Senegal - S Chad, N CAR, NW Uganda (emini); W Kenya; C Angola; S
DRC, Zambia, Malawi, extreme SW Tanzania (all salvadori); Ethiopian highlands (erlangeri); NC Zimbabwe (xylodromus).
NECTARINIIDAE
Anthreptes neglectus
Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird
Souimanga des Ulugurus
Souimanga violet des Ulugurus
Resident, coastal and up to mid-level forest, moist woodland: SE Kenya, coastal Tanzania, Eastern Arc Mts (Tanzania), coastal N
Mozambique.
Anthreptes longuemarei
Western Violet-backed Sunbird
Souimanga violet
Violet-backed Sunbird
angolensis; longuemarei; nyassae; (CMT, HBW + haussarum (BoA, HM incl in longuemarei))
Resident, wooded guinea savanna especially along streams, miombo woodland: Senegal - S Sudan, NW Uganda (longuemarei); S Congo, S
DRC - W Tanzania south to C Angola, all but S Zambia, NW Mozambique west of Rift Valley (angolensis); coastal Tanzania - C
Mozambique inland to E Zimbabwe (nyassae).
Anthreptes orientalis
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird
Souimanga du Kenya
Kenya Violet-backed Sunbird
Souimanga violet oriental
Resident, Acacia woodland and bush in semi-arid and arid areas and junipers in highlands, usually near water: SE Sudan - NW and SW
Somalia south to C Tanzania (not in driest NE Somalia, E Ethiopia).
Anthreptes aurantium
Violet-tailed Sunbird
Souimanga à queue violette
HBW Anthreptes aurantius
Resident, larger forest-fringed rivers and gallery forests: S Cameroon - coastal DRC east to E DRC; patch in NE Angola.
Anthreptes gabonicus
Mouse-brown Sunbird
Souimanga brun
Brown Sunbird; Mangrove Sunbird*
Resident, mangroves, swamp thickets, rivers with overhanging trees: Senegal - Cabinda (N Angola) and not far inland.
Anthreptes rectirostris
Green Sunbird
Souimanga à bec droit
Yellow-chinned Sunbird; Grey-chinned Sunbird*;
Straight-billed Green Sunbird
tephrolaemus (BoA tephrolaema); rectirostris
Resident, forest edges and clearings, secondary growth: all forest area Guinea - W Kenya - NW Angola but perhaps not in much of C DRC.
Anthreptes rubritorques
Banded Green Sunbird
Souimanga à col rouge
Banded Sunbird
Resident, edges and canopy of mid-level forest: Eastern Arc Mts (Tanzania).
Anthreptes reichenowi
Plain-backed Sunbird
Souimanga de Reichenow
reichenowi; yokanae
Resident, lowland and semi-deciduous forest often edges: coastal SE Kenya - S Tanzania and inland to Usambara Mts (Tanzania)
(yokannae); E Zimbabwe, coastal C and S Mozambique, NE South Africa (reichenowi).
Anthreptes seimundi
Little Green Sunbird
Souimanga de Seimund
minor (HM notes = traylori if species in Nectarinia); kruensis; seimundi
DFW, SAM, BL Nectarinia seimundi
Resident, forest edges, gallery forest, especially thickets: Guinea - S Uganda south to N Angola, perhaps gap in WC DRC; Bioko
(seimundi).
Anthreptes anchietae
Anchieta’s Sunbird
Souimanga d’Anchieta
Resident, well-developed miombo: patchy WC Angola; NE Angola, NW Zambia; eastern half Zambia; W Malawi; extreme SW Tanzania.
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Deleornis fraseri
Fraser’s Sunbird
Souimanga de Fraser
Scarlet-tufted Sunbird
cameroonensis; idius; fraseri; (BoA, HM + axillaris here considered a separate species)
DFW, SAM, BL Anthreptes fraseri
Resident, primary forest: SW Guinea - Togo (idius); S Nigeria, SW CAR - extreme NW Angola (cameroonensis); Bioko (fraseri).
Deleornis axillaris
Grey -headed Sunbird
Souimanga à tête grise
SAM Anthreptes axillaris
BoA, DFW, HM, BL subsume within Deleornis fraseri
Resident, primary forest, clearings, secondary forest: C DRC - S Uganda, NW Tanzania
DFW, SAM, BL (+ZTP for those included) place all remaining species in Nectarinia unless stated and with consequent gender agreement
changes as needed
Anabathmis reichenbachii
Reichenbach’s Sunbird
Souimanga de Reichenbach
Resident, near water in swamps, rivers and islands in latter, and on coast: W Cameroon - extreme NW Angola, rare west to Liberia; many
small scattered patches across Gabon, Congo, N DRC and 1 in NE Angola.
Anabathmis hartlaubii
Príncipe Sunbird
Souimanga de Hartlaub
Resident, all forest types (except montane), cultivation, plantations, gardens: Príncipe Is.
Anabathmis newtonii
Newton’s Sunbird
Souimanga de Newton
Newton’s Yellow-breasted Sunbird
Resident, forest (especially montane) on hillsides, plantations, woodland: São Tomé.
Dreptes thomensis
Giant Sunbird
Souimanga de São Tomé
São Tomé Sunbird; São Tomé Giant Sunbird
Resident, undisturbed primary forest: São Tomé.
Anthobaphes violacea
Orange-breasted Sunbird
Souimanga orangé
Resident, fynbos vegetation: SW Cape Province (South Africa).
Cyanomitra verticalis
Green-headed Sunbird
Souimanga à tête verte
verticalis; bohndorffi; cyanocephala; viridisplendens
Resident, forest-savanna mosaic, woodland, gallery forests: Senegal - SW Kenya south to NW Angola - NE Zambia but patchy east of
forest area.
Cyanomitra bannermani
Bannerman’s Sunbird
Souimanga de Bannerman
Resident, edges and mid-level of moist evergreen forest, swamp forests: SW DRC, E Angola, NW Zambia; 2 specimens from W Angola.
Cyanomitra cyanolaema
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird
Souimanga à gorge bleue
octaviae; cyanolaema; magnirostrata
Resident, all forest types: all forest area.
Cyanomitra oritis
Cameroon Sunbird
Souimanga à tête bleue
Cameroon Blue-headed Sunbird
bansoensis; oritis; poensis
Resident, undergrowth in forest interior especially along streams: Cameroon montane area (oritis on Mt Cameroon, bansoensis on other
nearby mts); Bioko (poensis).
Cyanomitra alinae
Blue-headed Sunbird
Souimanga d’Aline
Rwenzori Blue-headed Sunbird
alinae; derooi; tanganjicae; kaboboensis; marungensis (HM marunguensis)
Resident, dense montane forests: Albertine Rift Mts.
Cyanomitra olivacea
Eastern Olive Sunbird
Souimanga olivâtre
Olive Sunbird
Souimanga olivâtre de l’est
olivacea; olivacina; alfredi; changamwensis; granti (CMT, HBW have as race of C. obscura); neglecta
Resident, undergrowth in lowland evergreen forests, riverine, coastal bush: C and E Kenya, E half Tanzania, Malawi, NE Mozambique; S
Mozambique - E South Africa; (granti Zanzibar, Pemba).
Cyanomitra obscura
Western Olive Sunbird
Souimanga olivâtre de l’Ouest
Souimanga obscur
cephaelis; guineensis; obscura; sclateri; ragazzii; vincenti; lowei (CMT, HBW incl last 2 in ragazzii); (CMT, HBW + granti
(from C. olivacea))
HM (+DFW, SAM, IOC, ROB, BL (+SS) presumed) subsume into Cyanomitra (Nectarinia) olivacea
Resident, undergrowth of forest: all forest area extending to Senegal, into W Ethiopia and south to all N Zambia; patches in S Zambia and
E Zimbabwe highlands (sclateri).
Cyanomitra veroxii
Mouse-coloured Sunbird
Souimanga murin
Grey Sunbird*
veroxii; fischeri; zanzibarica
(SS Nectarinia veroxii)
Resident, coastal bush, riverine forest, thickets, thornveld: coastal (within a few km) S Somalia - S South Africa and only to 250km inland
along Zambezi R; Zanzibar (zanzibarica).
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Chalcomitra adelberti
Buff-throated Sunbird
Souimanga à gorge rousse
Green-throated Sunbird
Souimanga à gorge verte
adelberti; eboensis
Resident, lowland forest: Liberia - S Nigeria.
Chalcomitra rubescens
rubescens; crossensis; stangerii
Resident, montane areas, open forest, plantations: S Cameroon - SW Kenya south to N Angola; Bioko (stangerii).
Chalcomitra fuliginosa
Carmelite Sunbird
Souimanga carmélite
aurea; fuliginosa
Resident, coastal vegetation: Liberia - NW Angola; Bioko.
Chalcomitra amethystina
Amethyst Sunbird
Souimanga améthyste
kirkii; kalkcreuthi (CMT, HBW incl in kirkii); deminuta (ROB incl in kirkii); amethystina; adjuncta (CMT, HBW, ROB incl in
amethystina); (HM + doggetti (BoA, HBW incl in kirkii, not in CMT))
Resident, woodlands, forest edges, gardens: SE Gabon, W Angola; E Angola, E DRC - S Somalia south to N Namibia, NE Zambia and
down E half South Africa and along coast to Cape but rather patchy in Kenya and Tanzania.
Chalcomitra senegalensis
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Souimanga à poitrine rouge
senegalensis; acik; proteus (=cruentata by most authors but HM notes is invalid); lamperti; gutturalis; saturatior (CMT, HBW
incl in gutturalis)
Resident, light woodland: all S of Sahel zone except forest area, south of C Namibia - N Botswana - E South Africa and NE of E Ethiopia,
SW Kenya.
Chalcomitra hunteri
Hunter’s Sunbird
Souimanga de Hunter
(CMT + hunteri; sclateri; HBW + hunteri; siccata)
Resident, Acacia and Commiphora scrub: E and NE Kenya, E Ethiopia, W Somalia to NE of C. senegalensis.
Chalcomitra balfouri
Socotra Sunbird
Souimanga de Socotra
Resident, wadis and other wooded areas: Socotra.
[Chalcomitra ???
Toha Sunbird
??]
as yet undescribed species from Djibouti, noted by BoA (+RSF)
Drepanorhynchus reichenowi
Golden-winged Sunbird
Souimanga à ailes dorées
Souimanga à ailes d’or
reichenowi; shellyae (BoA, CMT shelleyae); lathburyi
BoA (+DFW, SAM, BL, ZTP (+SF)) Nectarinia reichenowi
Resident, edges of montane forest, gardens: SE Uganda - NC Tanzania (reichenowi); small patch E DRC (shellyae); Mts Kulal and
Uraguess (N Kenya) (lathburyi).
Nectarinia bocagii
Bocage’s Sunbird
Souimanga de Bocage
BoA, CMT (+SS) Nectarinia bocagei
Resident, miombo and montane evergreen forest edges: patches in C Angola and extreme NE Angola.
Nectarinia purpureiventris
Purple-breasted Sunbird
Souimanga à ventre pourpre
Resident, montane forest edges, clearings: N Albertine Rift Mts.
Nectarinia tacazze
Tacazze Sunbird
Souimanga tacazze
tacazze; jacksoni
Resident, montane woods, montane forest edges: Ethiopian and Eritrean highlands (tacazze); extreme SE Sudan - Crater Highlands (NC
Tanzania) (jacksoni).
Nectarinia kilimensis
Bronzy Sunbird
Souimanga bronzé
Bronze Sunbird
kilimensis; arturi; gadowi
Resident, open montane areas: E DRC, S Uganda, SW Kenya, montane parts of NW and Eastern Arc Mts (Tanzania) (all kilimensis); SW
Tanzania, Malawi, E Zimbabwe (arturi); patch in WC Angola (gadowi).
Nectarinia johnstoni
Scarlet-tufted Malachite Sunbird
Souimanga de Johnston
Red-tufted Sunbird; Scarlet-tufted Sunbird*
dartmouthi; johnstoni; itombwensis; nyikensis (CMT, HM=salvadorii)
Resident, montane moorland: highlands E DRC - Kenya south to N Malawi.
Nectarinia famosa
Malachite Sunbird
Souimanga malachite
Yellow-tufted Malachite Sunbird
famosa; cupreonitens
Resident, open montane grassland, forest edges and glades: highlands of Ethiopia, Albertine Rift Mts, Kenya, Tanzania (cupreonitens); E
Zimbabwe and most of E, S and W South Africa (not NC) (famosa).
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HM, HBW note that Hedydipna spp should be Anthodiaeta spp as the former is invalid. Hedydipna is retained here for consistency with
previous.
Hedydipna collaris
Collared Sunbird
Souimanga à collier
collaris; zambesiana; elachior; djamdjamensis; garguensis; somereni; hypodila (BD hypodilus); subcollaris; (CMT, HBW, ROB
+ zuluensis (BoA incl in zambesiana; not in HM)); (BoA, HM + patersoni (HM, ROB patersonae; HBW, ROB incl in
zuluensis))
DFW, SAM, BL, ZTP (+SF) Anthreptes collaris
Resident, secondary forest, edges and clearings: all forest area Senegal - S Ethiopia south to C Angola - NE South Africa and south along
South African coast to E Cape; patchy in much of Tanzania, N Mozambique.
Hedydipna platura
Pygmy Sunbird
Souimanga pygmée
DFW, ZTP, SAM, BL (+SF) Anthreptes platurus; (SS Hedydipna platurus)
Resident, and intra-African migrant, Acacia woodland, semi-arid scrub: S Mauritania - S Sudan south to edge of guinea savannas, N
Uganda, NW Kenya; breeding visitor only in more southern areas.
Hedydipna metallica
Nile Valley Sunbird
Souimanga du Nil
DFW, SAM, BL Anthreptes metallicus; (SS Hedydipna metallicus)
Resident and intra-African migrant, hot arid Acacia wooded areas: C and NE Sudan; coast of Red Sea Sudan - NW Somalia (only nonbreeding visitor to E Ethiopia, NW Somalia); Nile Valley north to Aswan and migrant to Cairo (Egypt).
Hedydipna pallidigaster
Amani Sunbird
Souimanga d’Amani
DFW, ZTP, SAM, BL (+SF) Anthreptes pallidigaster; BoA, BD, ROB (+SL) Hedydipna pallidigastra
Resident, miombo woodland: Sokoke Forest (SE Kenya); Usambara Mts (NE Tanzania).
In much of the older literature the genus Cinnyris was considered a feminine and hence specific names were …a. However recent works
have changed this to masculine and hence most specific names are now …us (or eg afer not afra) although a few have remained as …a.
Cinnyris chloropygius
Olive-bellied Sunbird
Souimanga à ventre olive
chloropygius; kempi; orphogaster (CMT + bineschensis (BoA, HM incl in orphogaster))
Resident, lowland forest edges, clearings, woodland, thickets: all of forest area with some records to the north.
Cinnyris minullus
Tiny Sunbird
Souimanga minule
(HM + amadoni; minullus)
Resident, forest: very patchy all of forest area, but actual range uncertain because of its similarity to C. chloropygius; (amadoni -- Bioko).
Cinnyris manoensis
Miombo Double-collared Sunbird
Souimanga du Miombo
Miombo Sunbird
manoensis; pintoi; amicorum
Resident, miombo woodland and some bushland: narrow band across C Angola then S DRC - SW Tanzania south to S Zimbabwe - NW
Mozambique.
Cinnyris chalybeus
Southern Double-collared Sunbird
Souimanga chalybée
Lesser Double-collared Sunbird
chalybeus; albilateralis (HBW, ROB incl in chalybeus); subalaris
Resident, arid karoo to forests, cultivation: W, S and E South Africa just into S Namibia.
Cinnyris neergaardi
Neergaard’s Sunbird
Souimanga de Neergaard
Resident, dense dry coastal bush and mixed woodland: small area SE Mozambique, N KZ-Natal (South Africa).
Cinnyris stuhlmanni
Ruwenzori Double-collared Sunbird
Souimanga de Stuhlmann
Stuhlmann’s Sunbird; Stuhlmann’s DoubleSouimanga du Ruwenzori
collared Sunbird
stuhlmanni; chapini; graueri; schubotzi; prigoginei
DFW, BL subsumes into Cinnyris (Nectarinia) afer
CMT, HBW, IOC raise Cinnyris prigoginei Prigogine’s Double-collared Sunbird (Prigogine’s Sunbird) Souimanga de Prigogine
Resident, montane forest edges: Albertine Rift Mts; (prigoginei -- Manugu highlands, SE DRC).
Cinnyris ludovicensis
Ludwig’s Double-collared Sunbird
Souimanga de l’Angola
Montane Double-collared Sunbird
Souimanga de Ludwig
ludovicensis; whytei
DFW, BL subsumes into Cinnyris (Nectarinia) afer
Resident, gallery and riparian forest: highlands of W Angola (ludovicensis); Nyika Plateau (N Malawi) (whytei).
Cinnyris afer
Greater Double-collared Sunbird
saliens; afer; (ROB monotypic)
(SS Cinnyris afrea)
Resident, tall scrub, gardens, fynbos, bushveld: E and S South Africa west to Cape.
Souimanga à plastron rouge
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Cinnyris reichenowi
Northern Double-collared Sunbird
Souimanga de Preuss
preussi; reichenowi
DFW, SAM, ZTP Nectarinia preussi; (SF, SS Cinnyris preussi)
Resident, montane forest: W Cameroon, Bioko (preussi); Albertine Rift Mts, mts in extreme S Sudan, E Uganda, W and C Kenya
(reichenowi).
Cinnyris regius
Regal Sunbird
Souimanga royal
regius; anderseni; (HM + kivuensis (BoA, CMT, HBW incl in regius))
Resident, montane forest: Albertine Rift Mts.
Cinnyris rockefelleri
Rockefeller’s Sunbird
Souimanga de Rockefeller
Resident, afro-alpine moorland and montane forest thickets: small area near L. Kivu in Albertine Rift Mts.
Cinnyris mediocris
Eastern Double-collared Sunbird
Souimanga de Kilimandjaro
mediocris; usambaricus; fuelleborni; bensoni
IOC (+SS) raise Cinnyris usambaricus Usambara Double-collared Sunbird; Cinnyris fuelleborni Forest Double-collared Sunbird
Resident, edges of montane forest, alpine grassland: highlands of C and S Kenya, N Tanzania (mediocris, with usambaricus in Usambaras
and S Paré Mts); SW Tanzania - N Malawi (fuelleborni); S Malawi (bensoni).
Cinnyris moreaui
Moreau’s Sunbird
Souimanga de Moreau
DFW subsumes into Cinnyris (Nectarinia) loveridgei
Resident, interior of primary montane forest: S Eastern Arc Mts (Tanzania).
Cinnyris loveridgei
Loveridge’s Sunbird
Souimanga de Loveridge
Resident, montane forest: Uluguru Mts (Tanzania).
Cinnyris pulchellus
Beautiful Sunbird
Souimanga à longue queue
pulchellus; melanogaster (CMT melanogastrus)
Resident, open woodland and bush: between Sahara Desert and forest from Senegal - C Ethiopia and south in east to W Uganda, separately
through W Kenya and band across to C and SW Tanzania.
Cinnyris shelleyi
Shelley’s Sunbird
Souimanga de Shelley
shelleyi; hofmanni
IOC raises Cinnyris hofmanni Hofmann's Sunbird
Resident, miombo (shelleyi) and other woodland and scrub (hofmanni): E half Zambia - NW Mozambique with a few patches across S
Tanzania; (hofmanni -- E Tanzania).
Cinnyris mariquensis
Mariqua Sunbird
Souimanga de Mariqua
Marico Sunbird*
Souimanga de Marico
mariquensis; lucens; ovamboensis; suahelicus; osiris (CMT, HBW, ROB incl lucens, ovamboensis in mariquensis)
Resident, well-wooded clumps in Acacia savanna grassland: rather patchy N Eritrea - NW Somalia south through Uganda, W half Kenya to
S Tanzania; C Angola - S Zimbabwe, S Mozambique south to S Namibia - N and NE South Africa.
Cinnyris congensis
Congo Sunbird
Souimanga du Congo
Congo Black-bellied Sunbird
Resident, riverbanks, forest edges, always within few 100m of river: Congo R. from about Kisangani downstream to about Luokela (DRC).
Cinnyris erythrocercus
Red-chested Sunbird
Souimanga à ceinture rouge
Resident, swamp and riverside vegetation: Nile Valley in S Sudan south through W Uganda to Burundi and all around L. Victoria; isolated
records C and E Tanzania.
Cinnyris nectarinioides
Black-bellied Sunbird
Souimanga nectarin
Smaller Black-bellied Sunbird
Souimanga à ventre noir
nectarinioides; erlangeri
Resident, riverine Acacias and other riverine trees: E Kenya just reaching S Somalia and N Tanzania.
Cinnyris bifasciatus
Purple-banded Sunbird
Souimanga bifascié
Common Purple-banded Sunbird
bifasciatus; microrhynchus; strophium (CMT, HBW incl in microrhynchus)
Resident, woodland and scrub, mainly coastal and riverine: coastal S Gabon - C Angola with patch in NW DRC (bifasciatus); coastal S
Somalia - C Tanzania and a few small patches in W Kenya (microrhynchus); S Tanzania, S DRC, N Botswana, N Zimbabwe and then
coastal S Mozambique - NE South Africa (strophium).
Cinnyris tsavoensis
Tsavo Sunbird
Souimanga bifascié de Tsavo
Tsavo Purple-banded Sunbird
DFW, SAM, BL, ZTP (+SF) subsume into Cinnyris (Nectarinia) bifasciatus
Resident, dry wooded savannas and scrub: SE Kenya, NE Tanzania.
Souimanga de Tsavo
Cinnyris chalcomelas
Souimanga à poitrine violette
Violet-breasted Sunbird
DFW (+SF) (+probably SAM) subsume into Cinnyris (Nectarinia) pembae
Resident, coastal savanna and thickets: coastal S Somalia - E Kenya.
Cinnyris pembae
Pemba Sunbird
Souimanga de Pemba
[Violet-breasted Sunbird]
Resident, all habitats: Pemba Is (off Tanzania).
Cinnyris bouvieri
Orange-tufted Sunbird
Souimanga de Bouvier
Resident, forest edges, secondary growth, woodland: very patchy W Cameroon - W Kenya south to NW Angola - SW DRC.
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Cinnyris osea
Palestine Sunbird
Souimanga de Palestine
Northern Orange-tufted Sunbird
decorsei
Resident, desert gardens, open savannas: patches L. Chad, E Cameroon, C CAR, W Sudan, and S Sudan, NE DRC.
Cinnyris habessinicus
Shining Sunbird
Souimanga brillant
Souimanga luisant
habessinicus; turkanae; alter (BoA incl altera in habessinica)
Resident, green vegetation in wadis, savanna and scrub: coastal Sudan - NE Somalia south in narrow band through C Ethiopia to NE
Uganda, N Kenya.
Cinnyris oustaleti
Oustalet’s Sunbird
Souimanga d’Oustalet
Oustalet’s White-bellied Sunbird
oustaleti; rhodesiae
Resident, miombo, especially degraded (ie dense scrub): WC Angola (oustaleti); NE Zambia (rhodesiae).
Cinnyris talatala
White-bellied Sunbird
Souimanga à ventre blanc
White-breasted Sunbird
Souimanga à ventre blanchâtre
talatala; aresta; (CMT, HBW, ROB monotypic)
Resident, denser parts of Acacia savanna: SE Angola - S Tanzania south to N and E Botswana - NE South Africa and with arm west
through N Namibia to coast and north to C Angola.
Cinnyris venustus
Variable Sunbird
Souimanga à ventre jaune
Yellow-bellied Sunbird
venustus; fazoqlensis (BoA fazoglensis); falkensteini; igneiventris; albiventris
Resident, intra-African migrant in West Africa, all savannas and woodland: Senegal - W CAR but not north of Ivory Coast to C Nigeria;
Eritrea - Somalia south to extreme E DRC - all but SE Tanzania (and gap in much of W) - E Zimbabwe, adjacent W Mozambique; band to
west south of forest area to coast of Angola.
Cinnyris fuscus
Dusky Sunbird
Souimanga fuligineux
fuscus; inclusus (ROB inclusa); (BoA monotypic)
Resident, semi-desert scrub: W half South Africa, Namibia and north up coast to C Angola.
Cinnyris johannae
Johanna’s Sunbird
Souimanga de Johanna
fasciatus; johannae
Resident, edges and clearings of forest: Sierra Leone - Benin (fasciatus); S Cameroon, NE Gabon across N half DRC, and odd patches to
south in DRC (johannae).
Cinnyris superbus
Superb Sunbird
Souimanga superbe
superbus; buvuma (not in CMT); nigeriae; ashantiensis
Resident, forest, edges and clearings, vegetation along watercourses: all of forest area and south along WC Angola escarpment; perhaps
absent from S Gabon, Congo and maybe C DRC.
Cinnyris coccinigastrus
Splendid Sunbird
Souimanga éclatant
Several authors have this as Cinnyris coccinigaster
Resident, guinean wooded savannas and woodland with oil palms: Senegal - W Cameroon and then patchy to extreme S Sudan.
Cinnyris rufipennis
Rufous-winged Sunbird
Souimanga à ailes rousses
Souimanga à ailes rouges
Resident, interior wet montane forest: Udzungwa Mts (Tanzania).
Cinnyris batesi
Bates’s Sunbird
Souimanga de Bates
Resident, primary and old mature secondary forests: S Nigeria - N Gabon; patches west to S Ivory Coast and few in SE quarter of DRC.
Cinnyris ursulae
Ursula’s Sunbird
Souimanga d’Ursula
Ursula’s Mouse-coloured Sunbird
Resident, primary forest: mts of W Cameroon, Bioko.
Cinnyris cupreus
Copper Sunbird
Souimanga cuivré
cupreus; chalceus
Resident, open savanna woodland, cultivation, forest edges: all around forest area Senegal to W Ethiopia, SW Kenya and south through W
Tanzania to Malawi, NW Mozambique whence west through SE DRC, N Zimbabwe, Zambia to S Gabon, Congo and all Angola except
strips along W and S.
Cinnyris dussumieri
Seychelles Sunbird
Souimanga de Seychelles
Long-billed Green Sunbird
Souimanga angaladian
Resident, all wooded habitats: Seychelles.
Cinnyris notatus
Malagasy Green Sunbird*; Madagascar Green Sunbird;
Madagascar Sunbird
notatus; moebii; voeltzkowi
Resident, all native vegetation except in mts: Madagascar (notatus); Grand Comoro (moebii); Mohéli (voeltzkowi).
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Cinnyris souimanga
Souimanga Sunbird
Souimanga malgache
Madagascan Sunbird
souimanga; apolis; aldabrensis; abbotti; buchenorum
Some authors spell this C. sovimanga
IOC raises Cinnyris abbotti Abbott’s Sunbird
Resident, all wooded areas: Madagascar (souimanga, with apolis in south); Aldabra (aldabrensis); Assumption Is (abbotti); Cosmoledo,
Astove (buchenorum).
Cinnyris humbloti
Humblot’s Sunbird
Souimanga de Humblot
humbloti; mohelicus (HM mohelica)
Resident, all habitats: Grand Comoro (humbloti); Mohéli (mohelicus).
Cinnyris coquerellii
Mayotte Sunbird
Souimanga de Mayotte
Resident, forest edge, open areas: Mayotte (Comoros).
Cinnyris comorensis
Anjouan Sunbird
Souimanga d’Anjouan
DFW subsumes into Cinnyris (Nectarinia) sovimanga
Resident, forest, thickets: Anjouan (Comoros).
ZOSTEROPIDAE (CMT subsumes into Timaliidae)
Zosterops senegalensis
African Yellow White-eye
Zostérops jaune
Yellow White-eye
senegalensis; demeryi; stenocricotus; stuhlmanni; gerhardi; toroensis; reichenowi; jacksoni; stierlingi; kasaicus; heinrichi;
quanzae; anderssoni; tongensis
(SS raises Zosterops stenocricotus Forest White-eye)
Resident, woodland, and forest in some places: all around forest area Senegal - C Ethiopia, W Kenya, much of Tanzania (though patchy)
west to Angola and south to NE Namibia - extreme NE South Africa.
Zosterops vaughani
Pemba White-eye
Zostérops de Pemba
SAM Zosterops aughani
DFW subsumes into Zosterops senegalensis
Resident, all woody vegetation: Pemba Is (off Tanzania).
Zosterops ficedulinus
Príncipe White-eye
Zostérops becfigue
São Tomé White-eye
ficedulinus; feae
Resident, dense primary and degraded forest: São Tomé (feae); Príncipe (ficedulinus).
Zosterops griseovirescens
Annobon White-eye
Zostérops d’Annobon
Abyssinian White-eye
Zostérops à flancs jaunes
Resident, all woody vegetation: Annobon.
Zosterops abyssinicus
White-breasted White-eye
Zostérops d’Abyssinie
flavilateralis; jubaensis; abyssinicus; socotranus; omoensis
Resident, woodland, parks, gardens, thickets: coast of Sudan, Eritrea - NW Somalia south to NC Tanzania in quite narrow band though C
Ethiopia and C Kenya; few patches coastal areas of S Somalia and Kenya.
Zosterops poliogastrus
Montane White-eye
Zostérops alticole
**Mountain White-eye; Broad-ringed White-eye;
African Montane White-eye
kikuyuensis; kaffensis; poliogastrus; kulalensis; mbuluensis; eurycricotus; winifredae; silvanus
HM notes often incorrectly spelt Zosterops poliogaster (+race)
IOC raises Zosterops kikuyuensis Kikuyu White-eye; (+SS) Zosterops silvanus Taita White-eye Zostérops du Teita
(SS raises Zosterops kulalensis Kulal White-eye Zostérops du Kulal; Zosterops winifredae South Pare White-eye Zostérops de
Madame Moreau)
Resident, conifer and eucalypt woods, montane forest, bushy gardens, forest where not too dense: highlands of Ethiopia, Eritrea, C Kenya,
NC Tanzania; (kikuyuensis -- Kenya Highlands; silvanus -- Taita Hills (SE Kenya); kulalensis -- Mt Kulal (N Kenya); winifredae -- S Paré
Mts (NE Tanzania)).
Zosterops pallidus
Cape White-eye
Zostérops du Cap
Pale White-eye; Orange River White-eye*
virens; caniviridis; atmorii; capensis; pallidus; sundevalli
ROB (+SL) raises Zosterops virens Cape White-eye (races capensis (incl atmorii); virens (incl caniviridis)); (SS raises as
Zosterops capensis (and notes race virens); (in both cases Zosterops pallidus (monotypic but incl sundevalli) becomes Orange
River White-eye)
Resident, open hilly country, wooded slopes: all of South Africa reaching extreme SE Botswana, SE Mozambique; patches in Namibia on
Angola border; (virens -- all of South Africa except NW and just to SE Botswana; pallidus patchy Namibia, NW South Africa, largely
allopatric with virens).
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Zosterops modestus
Seychelles White-eye
Zostérops des Seychelles
Seychelles Grey White-eye
Resident, mid-level secondary growth: Mahé Is, Conception, introduced to Frégate, North, Cousine (Seychelles).
Zosterops maderaspatanus
Madagascar White-eye
Zostérops malgache
Malagasy White-eye
maderaspatanus; aldabrensis; anjouanensis (HM, HBW anjuanensis); comorensis; voeltzkowi; menaiensis; kirki
IOC raises Zosterops kirki Kirk’s White-eye
Resident, all native vegetation: Madagascar (madaraspatanus); Aldabra (aldabrensis); Anjouan (anjouanensis); Mohéli (comorensis);
Europa (voeltzkowi); Cosmoledo (menaiensis); Grand Comoro (kirki).
Zosterops mayottensis
Mayotte White-eye
Zostérops de Mayotte
Chestnut-sided White-eye
(HM + mayottensis; semiflavus (extinct))
Resident, forest, woodland: Mayotte; (extinct on Marianne (Seychelles)).
Zosterops mouroniensis
Mount Karthala White-eye
Zostérops du Karthala
Comoro White-eye; Grand Comoro White-eye; Zostérops du Mont Karthala
Karthala White-eye
Resident, tree heather zone in mountains: Grand Comoro.
Zosterops olivaceus
Réunion Olive White-eye
Zostérops de la Réunion
Réunion White-eye
Resident, natural and scrub forest in mts but not cloud forest: Réunion.
Zosterops chloronothos
Mauritius Olive White-eye
Zostérops de Maurice
Mauritius White-eye
Zostérops de l’Ile Maurice
DFW, BL Zosterops chloronothus
Resident, upland native forest, dwarf forest: Mauritius.
Zosterops borbonicus
Mascarene White-eye
Zostérops des Mascareignes
Mascarene Grey White-eye; Réunion Grey White-eye* Zostérops de Bourbon
borbonicus; mauritianus; (HM + alopekion; xerophilus (CMT, HBW incl both in borbonicus))
IOC raises Zosterops mauritianus Mauritius Grey White-eye
Resident, all forest types, plantations, gardens, savannas: Mauritius (mauritianus); Réunion (borbonicus).
Speirops lugubris
Black-capped Speirops
Zostérops de São Tomé
São Tomé Speirops
Speirops à calotte noire; Speirops de
São Tomé
Resident, everywhere with trees especially in highlands: São Tomé.
Speirops melanocephalus
Mount Cameroon Speirops
Zostérops du Cameroun
Cameroon Speirops
DFW subsumes into Speirops lugubris
Resident, open parts of forest: Mt Cameroon.
Speirops du Cameroun
Speirops leucophoeus
Zostérops de Príncipe
Príncipe Speirops
Speirops de Príncipe
BoA, DFW, BD (+SS) Speirops leucophaeus
Resident, forest regrowth, cultivation with trees, plantations: Príncipe.
Speirops brunneus
Fernando Po Speirops
Bioko Speirops
Resident, montane scrub, open lichen forest: Bioko.
Zostérops de Fernando Po
Speirops de Fernando Po
PROMEROPIDAE (SAM includes within Nectariniidae)
Promerops cafer
Cape Sugarbird
Promérops du Cap
Resident, fynbos vegetation: S coast area of South Africa.
Promerops gurneyi
Gurney’s Sugarbird
Promérops de Gurney
gurneyi; ardens
Resident, alpine grassland and grassland bordering montane forest: mts of E Zimbabwe/Mozambique (ardens); NE Transvaal and
Drakensberg Mts area of KZ-Natal (gurneyi).
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LANIIDAE
Lanius collaris
Common Fiscal
Pie-grièche fiscale
**Fiscal Shrike
collaris; smithii; humeralis; capelli; pyrrhostictus; subcoronatus; aridicolus; (BoA, CMT, HM + marwitzi here considered a
separate species); (ROB has 10 races in Africa)
Resident, open areas with short grass and scattered shrubs: Guinea - C Ethiopia, N Eritrea south of Sahel, then south through W Kenya,
Uganda east of forest and all to the south except most of Tanzania and coastal band of Mozambique.
Lanius marwitzi
Uhehe Fiscal
Pie-grièche de Tanzanie
BoA, DFW, CMT, HM, SF subsume within Lanius collaris
Resident, open areas with short grass and shrubs: NE to SC Tanzania
Lanius newtoni
São Tomé Fiscal
Pie-grièche de São Tomé
Newton’s Fiscal; São Tomé Fiscal Shrike
Resident, dense forest: São Tomé.
Lanius dorsalis
Taita Fiscal
Pie-grièche des Teita
Resident, hot arid bush and light wooded grassland: extreme SE Sudan - S Somalia south to NC Tanzania.
Lanius somalicus
Somali Fiscal
Pie-grièche de Somalie
Resident, sandy desert and semi-desert: N Kenya through SE half Ethiopia to N and coastal Somalia south to near Mogadishu.
Lanius cabanisi
Long-tailed Fiscal
Pie-grièche à longue queue
Resident, thornbush and open areas with trees: SE Somalia, SE Kenya, NE Tanzania
Lanius mackinnoni
Mackinnon’s Shrike
Pie-grièche de Mackinnon
Resident, edges of montane forest, gardens, clearings in forest (in west), secondary forest, bushy open ground (east): W Cameroon, C
Gabon; E DRC, SW Uganda, SW Kenya; patches NW Angola, W DRC.
Lanius nubicus
Masked Shrike
Pie-grièche masquée
Palearctic winter visitor, low hot Acacia areas, semi-desert: winters Sahel zone Chad - , coastal Sudan, Eritrea, NW Somalia with a few
records south to Uganda, Kenya and E Mali, SE Mauritania.
Lanius excubitorius
Grey-backed Fiscal
Pie-grièche à dos gris
excubitorius; intercedens; boehmi
Most authors have this incorrectly as Lanius excubitoroides (and race)
Resident, open woodland, semi-desert scrub, gardens, cultivation: Sahel zone of C Mali; L. Chad area; S Sudan - C Ethiopia and south
through Uganda to W side of Tanzania and SW Kenya, L. Victoria area.
Lanius minor
Lesser Grey Shrike
Pie-grièche à poitrine rose
(HBW + minor)
Palearctic winter visitor, arid savannas with trees and bushes: winters S Angola - NE South Africa south to S Namibia, NC South Africa;
passage through eastern half of continent.
Lanius meridionalis
Southern Grey Shrike
Pie-grièche méridionale
elegans; algeriensis; meridionalis; leucopygos (HBW leucopygus); aucheri; buryi; uncinatus; jebelmarrae (HBW incl in
leucopygus); pallidirostris; koenigi; (buryi and pallidirostris may not occur in Africa)
DFW, SAM, BL subsume into extralimital Lanius excubitor
Resident, arid plains with bushes: North Africa, western half of Sahara Desert and all across Sahel zone N Senegal - N Ethiopia, NW
Somalia; (gap in desert E Algeria - Egypt apart from Nile Valley); Socotra (uncinatus); Canary Is (koenigi).
Lanius isabellinus
Isabelline Shrike
Pie-grièche isabelle
Rufous-tailed Shrike; Red-tailed Shrike
phoenicuroides; isabellinus
Palearctic winter visitor, open areas, thornbush, dry woodland: Sudan (all but NW) - NE Somalia south to SW Uganda - N Tanzania and
with band extending west in Sahel zone to NW Nigeria; patches in C Mali; rare visitor further west to Senegal.
Lanius collurio
Red-backed Shrike
Pie-grièche écorcheur
collurio; kobylini; pallidifrons (HM incl in collurio); (CMT monotypic)
Palearctic winter visitor, Acacia woodland, dry bush, forest edges and clearings: C Angola - SE Kenya and south except for most of coastal
Namibia and SW South Africa; scattered records in remainder.
Lanius gubernator
Emin’s Shrike
Pie-grièche à dos roux
Resident, open bushy areas with woodland, old cultivation: S Sudan, adjacent extreme NE DRC, N Uganda; very scattered C Mali, NE
Ivory Coast, N Ghana and odd records NE Nigeria, N Cameroon.
Lanius souzae
Souza’s Shrike
Pie-grièche de Souza
Sousa’s Shrike
tacitus; souzae; burigi
Resident, miombo woodland: Angola (except west coast and S) east to extreme W Tanzania - S Malawi; patches W DRC.
Lanius senator
Woodchat Shrike
Pie-grièche à tête rousse
senator; rutilans; badius; niloticus
Breeding visitor, open woodland, and Palearctic winter visitor, savannas, cultivation: breeds N Morocoo - Libya; winters all West Africa
south of desert east to N Eritrea, NE Sudan, C Ethiopia, NW Uganda with some to S Uganda, SW Kenya.
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Corvinella corvina
Yellow-billed Shrike
Corvinelle à bec jaune
togoensis; corvina; caliginosa; affinis
Resident, dry savanna woodland: Senegal, Guinea in band east to C Sudan, N Uganda and extreme W Kenya.
Urolestes melanoleucus
Magpie Shrike
Corvinelle noir et blanc
melanoleucus; expressa (HM expressus); aequatorialis; (HBW + angolensis)
CMT, HBW, SAM, ROB (+SL, SS) Corvinella melanoleuca (+ race)
Resident, short grass woodlands: S Angola - C Namibia east to S Zambia - NE South Africa; patch in NW Mozambique; scattered across
SW Kenya, Tanzania but not in NW or SE.
Eurocephalus rueppelli
Northern White-crowned Shrike
Eurocéphale de Ruppell
White-rumped Shrike
(HBW + ruppelli; erlangeri)
ZTP (+SF) place in Prionopidae
Resident, dry woodland and savannas with trees: SE Sudan - all but extreme NE Somalia south to SW Tanzania with gaps in driest parts.
Eurocephalus anguitimens
Southern White-crowned Shrike
Eurocéphale à couronne blanche
White-crowned Shrike
anguitimens; niveus
Resident, dry deciduous woodlands: SW Angola - E Zimbabwe south to C Namibia - NE South Africa.
MALACONOTIDAE (SAM includes in Corvidae)
Malaconotus cruentus
Fiery-breasted Bush-Shrike
Gladiateur ensanglanté
Resident, all forest types: rather patchy Sierra Leone - Gabon; few patches across N DRC; Albertine Rift Mts.
Malaconotus monteiri
Monteiro’s Bush-Shrike
Gladiateur de Monteiro
monteiri; perspicillatus
Resident, evergreen and gallery forest: 6 specimens Angolan escarpment (monteiri); 1 specimen Mt Cameroon (perspicillatus); 1 lost
specimen Kakamega Forest (Kenya); some other possible records.
Malaconotus blanchoti
Grey-headed Bush-Shrike
Gladiateur de Blanchot
hypopyrrhus; approximans; interpositus; catharoxanthus; blanchoti; extremus; citrinipectus; (ROB has 6 races in Africa)
Resident, thickets in open woodland: Senegal - NW Somalia south around forest area to C Angola - NE South Africa and along E coast of
South Africa; not in drier parts of NE Africa.
Malaconotus lagdeni
Lagden’s Bush-Shrike
Gladiateur de Lagden
lagdeni; centralis
Resident, evergreen rainforest (montane in east): SE Sierra Leone - S Ghana (lagdeni); Albertine Rift Mts of E DRC, Uganda (centralis).
Malaconotus gladiator
Green-breasted Bush-Shrike
Gladiateur à poitrine verte
Resident, canopy of montane forest: extreme SE Nigeria, W Cameroon.
Malaconotus alius
Uluguru Bush-Shrike
Gladiateur des Ulugurus
Resident, canopy of montane forest: Uluguru Mts (Tanzania) 1300-2100m asl.
HM, IOC have all Telophorus spp (except T. zeylonus) as Chlorophoneus spp; HBW has all as Chlorophoneus spp; and BoA, DFW, BL
(and ZTP, BD, SF where the species occurs in their areas) have all as Malaconotus spp except T. viridis, T. dohertyi and T. zeylonus for
which see in below.
Telophorus kupeensis
Mount Kupé Bush-Shrike
Gladiateur du Kupé
Gladiateur du Mont Kupé
Resident, montane forest: Mt Kupé and Mt Bakossi (SW Cameroon).
Telophorus multicolor
Many-coloured Bush-Shrike
Gladiateur multicolore
multicolor; batesi; graueri
Resident, thickets in forest: scattered patches Sierra Leone - W Cameroon (multicolor); even more scattered N Gabon, NW Angola, CAR
(batesi); montane forest of E DRC, W Uganda, Rwanda (graueri).
Telophorus nigrifrons
Black-fronted Bush-Shrike
Gladiateur à front noir
nigrifrons; manningi; sandgroundi
DFW subsumes into Malaconotus multicolor
Resident, forest canopy: S DRC, N Zambia and a scattered thin line south along mts E Zimbabwe to N South Africa and another through
Eastern Arc Mts (Tanzania) - C and W Kenya.
Telophorus olivaceus
Olive Bush-Shrike
Gladiateur olive
olivaceus; makawa; bertrandi; interfluvius; vitorum
Resident, coastal and montane evergreen forest: E and S coastal area South Africa - S Mozambique; E Zimbabwe, S Malawi, NW
Mozambique.
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Telophorus bocagei
Grey-green Bush-Shrike
Gladiateur à front blanc
Bocage’s Bush-Shrike*
bocagei; jacksoni
Resident, secondary forest, wooded country, plantations: patches in S Cameroon, Gabon; W DRC; NW Angola; C DRC; NE DRC; W
Uganda; W Kenya.
Telophorus sulfureopectus
Orange-breasted Bush-Shrike
Gladiateur soufré
Sulphur-breasted Bush-shrike
sulfureopectus; similis
Resident, woody vegetation especially by rivers and streams: all S of Sahara outside forest areas except east of C Ethiopia and south of
extreme N Namibia - E South Africa; patchy in parts of Kenya, Tanzania.
Telophorus viridis
Gorgeous Bush-Shrike
Gladiateur vert
Four-coloured Bush-shrike; Perrin’s Bush-Shrike Gladiateur quadricolore
quadricolor; quartus; nigricauda; viridis
DFW, ZTP Malaconotus viridis
SAM, IOC, BL, ZTP (+SL, SF, SS) raise Telophorus (ZTP (+SF) Malaconotus) quadricolor Four-coloured Bush-shrike
(Gorgeous Bush-Shrike) Gladiateur quadricolore (ZTP incl race nigricauda)
Resident, montane forest (Angola), coastal forest, undergrowth of woodland, thickets: W DRC, W Angola - SW DRC and E Angola, NW
Zambia (viridis); E Zimbabwe, S Mozambique, NE South Africa (quartus with quadricolor in southern part); coastal Kenya, Tanzania
(nigricauda).
Telophorus dohertyi
Doherty’s Bush-Shrike
Gladiateur de Doherty
DFW, BL, ZTP (+SF) Malaconotus dohertyi
Resident, low dense thickets in clearings and edges of montane forest: forests of Albertine Rift Mts, and C and W Kenya.
Telophorus zeylonus
Bokmakierie
Gladiateur bacbakiri
Bokmakierie Bush-shrike
zeylonus; thermophilus; phanus; restrictus
DFW, BL Malaconotus zeylonus
Resident, clumps of bushes in open areas: coastal SW Angola, W Namibia and South Africa except N.
Rhodophoneus cruentus
Rosy-patched Bush-Shrike
Tchagra à croupion rose
Rosy-patched Shrike
Gladiateur à croupion rose
cruentus; kordofanicus (not in HM); hilgerti; cathemagmenus (ZTP cathemagmena)
BoA Telophorus cruentus
Resident, wadis, dry open thornbush: coastal Sudan - NE Somalia and south in band NE - SW Ethiopia through E Kenya, S Somalia to NE
Tanzania; 1 patch C Sudan (kordofanicus).
Tchagra minutus
Marsh Tchagra
Tchagra des marais
Blackcap Bush-Shrike
minutus; anchietae; reichenowi; (HBW + remotus (BoA, CMT, HM incl in reichenowi))
BoA, BD Antichromus minutus; HM, IOC Bocagia minuta (+race)
HM notes often incorrectly spelt T. minuta (+ race)
SAM, ROB (+SL, SS) raise Tchagra (ROB, SL Antichromus) anchietae Anchieta’s Tchagra Tchagra d’Anchieta (races
anchietae, reichenowi)
Resident, rank grass near water with scattered bushes: rather patchy Sierra Leone - S Cameroon; S Gabon, W Congo, W DRC, band across
NC Angola - NW Mozambique and north up W Tanzania - NW Ethiopia and west across N DRC; small band to NE Tanzania; E
Zimbabwe highlands and adjacent Mozambique.
Tchagra australis
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Tchagra à tête brune
Brown-headed Tchagra
emini; ussheri; minor; souzae; ansorgei; bocagei; rhodesiensis; damarensis; australis; (ZTP + littoralis (BoA, HM, HBW incl in
minor))
Resident, thickets in bushy and wooded habitats with coarse grass: S half West Africa - S half Kenya south to C Namibia - NE South
Africa excluding C DRC and much of Tanzania.
Tchagra jamesi
Three-streaked Tchagra
Tchagra de James
jamesi; mandanus (BoA mandana)
Resident, low thickets in arid and semi-arid bushland and woodland: Somalia (except NE), S Ethiopia, NE and E Kenya.
Tchagra tchagra
Southern Tchagra
Tchagra du Cap
tchagra; caffrariae; natalensis
Resident, dense coastal bush, scrub: S and E South Africa just reaching Mozambique.
Tchagra senegalus
Black-crowned Tchagra
Tchagra à tête noire
armenus; cucullatus; senegalus; nothus; remigialis; habessinicus; warsangliensis (CMT wardangliensis); orientalis; kalahari
HM notes often incorrectly spelt T. senegala (and several races as …a and not …us)
Resident, open grassy areas with bushes, thickets or low trees: coastal Morocco - Tunisia, NW Libya (cucullatus); all S of Sahara except C
DRC and NE and SW.
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Dryoscopus sabini
Sabine’s Puffback
Cubla à gros bec
Large-billed Puffback
sabini; melanoleucus
Resident, primary forest: patchy Sierra Leone - N Gabon; patch in NE DRC, odd patches C and S DRC.
Dryoscopus angolensis
Pink-footed Puffback
Cubla à pieds roses
angolensis; nandensis; kungwensis; (HM, HBW + boydi (BoA incl in angolensis))
Resident, montane forest: mts of W Cameroon ('boydi'); small area of SW Congo - NW Angola (both angolensis); Albertine Rift mts of E
DRC, extreme S Sudan, Uganda - Burundi, W Kenya (nandensis); Mt Kungwe Mahale (SW Tanzania) (kungwensis).
Dryoscopus senegalensis
Red-eyed Puffback
Cubla aux yeux rouges
Black-shouldered Puffback
Resident, secondary forest, clearings, thickets: patches W, SE Nigeria, S Cameroon, N Gabon; SW Congo, extreme W DRC; NE DRC;
very small isolated patches N CAR, Burundi, extreme NE Angola.
Dryoscopus cubla
Black-backed Puffback
Cubla boule-de-neige
Southern Puffback
Pie-grièche cubla
cubla; okavangensis; hamatus; nairobiensis (ZTP incl in hamatus); affinis; (HM + chapini (BoA incl in hamatus))
Resident, dense woodland, parks, gardens: Angola (except NW), N Namibia east to SW Somalia - NE South Africa extending south along
coast to S South Africa.
Dryoscopus gambensis
Northern Puffback
Cubla de Gambie
gambensis; congicus; malzacii; erythreae; (HBW + erwini (BoA, HM, CMT incl in malzacii))
Resident, dense savanna woodland, thickets, cultivation: Senegal - C Sudan south to forest area, Burundi, WC Kenya (gambensis east to
Cameroon, Gabon, malzacii to east); in much of W and C Ethiopia (gap in E Sudan) (erythreae); SW Congo, W DRC (congicus).
Dryoscopus pringlii
Pringle’s Puffback
Cubla de Pringle
Resident, arid and semi-arid bush and woodland: S Ethiopia, SW Somalia - NE Tanzania (not in driest parts); W Kenya.
Laniarius leucorhynchus
Sooty Boubou
Gonolek fuligineux
Lowland Sooty Boubou*
Resident, impenetrable thickets in forest, swamps, coastal shrubland: forest area with gap SE Ghana - SE Nigeria.
Laniarius poensis
Mountain Sooty Boubou
Gonolek de montagne
Mountain Boubou; Mountain Black Boubou
camerunensis; poensis; holomelas
DFW subsumes into Laniarius fuelleborni
IOC raise Laniarius willardi Willard's Sooty Boubou from within holomelas
Resident, montane forest edges where there are thickets: Cameroon mts (camerunensis); Bioko (poensis); E DRC - Burundi (holomelas);
(willardi in Albertine Rift in Uganda, Burundi).
Laniarius fuelleborni
Fülleborn’s Boubou
Gonolek de Fülleborn
Fülleborn’s Black Boubou
Gonolek noir de Fülleborn
usambaricus; fuelleborni
Resident, montane forest and shrubland: Eastern Arc Mts (Tanzania), N Malawi, E Zambia on Nyika Plateau; (usambaricus south to
Uluguru Mts, fuelleborni to south).
Laniarius funebris
Slate-coloured Boubou
Gonolek ardoisé
funebris; degener
Resident, Acacia woodland, thickets and thick bushes along watercourses: NW Somalia in band across Ethiopia - SE Sudan and south to
SW Tanzania - NE Tanzaina; very patchy SE Ethiopia, W Somalia, NE Kenya.
Laniarius luehderi
Luhder’s Bush-Shrike
Gonolek de Luhder
(HM + brauni; amboimensis; luehderi here considered separate species) (HBW + luehderi; castaneiceps (not in BoA, CMT))
Resident, thick vegetation in clearings, secondary forest, rare in primary forest: extreme SE Nigeria, S Cameroon, Gabon - W DRC; NE
DRC - W Tanzania and narrow band to SW Kenya and perhaps in between.
Laniarius brauni
Braun’s Bush-Shrike
Gonolek de Braun
[Orange-breasted Bush-Shrike]
HM (+DFW presumed) subsume into Laniarius luehderi
Resident, secondary and gallery forest: Cuanza Norte (NW Angola).
Laniarius amboimensis
Gabela Bush-Shrike
Gonolek de l’Angola
Gonolek d’Amboim
HM (+DFW presumed) subsume into Laniarius luehderi
Resident, evergreen forest: near Gabela (W Angola).
Laniarius ruficeps
Red-naped Bush-Shrike
Gonolek à nuque rouge
ruficeps; rufinuchalis; kismayensis
Resident, dense thornbush: scattered patches Somalia, SE Ethiopia, SE Kenya.
[Laniarius liberatus
Bulo Burti Boubou
Gonolek de Bulo Burti]
Bulo Burti Bush-Shrike
1 specimen Bulo Burti (C Somalia); now thought to be a colour morph of Laniarius aethiopicus erlangeri (see Mol. Phyl. Evol.(2008)).
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Laniarius aethiopicus
Tropical Boubou
Gonolek d’Abyssinie
major; mossambicus; limpopoensis; aethiopicus; erlangeri; ambiguus; sublacteus; (ROB has 8 races in Africa)
CMT, HBW, IOC (+RSF) raise Laniarius erlangeri Somali Boubou Gonolek d'Erlanger; Laniarius sublacteus Zanzibar Boubou
Gonolek de Cassin
Resident, dense woody cover by water: Sierra Leone - Eritrea, NW Somalia south to NE Angola - SE Botswana, N South Africa excluding
most of forest area and C Tanzania; (erlangeri -- S Somalia (lower Shabeelle and Jubba valleys); sublacteus -- S Somalia - NE Tanzania,
Zanzibar).
Laniarius ferrugineus
Southern Boubou
Gonolek boubou
ferrugineus; pondoensis; natalensis; transvaalensis; tongensis; savensis
Resident, dense mesic woodland: along coast S Mozambique - Cape (South Africa), inland to extreme SE Botswana from S Mozambique.
Laniarius bicolor
Swamp Boubou
Gonolek à ventre blanc
Gabon Boubou
Gonolek du Gabon
sticturus; bicolor; guttatus
Resident, coastal lowlands and low secondary growth inland: coastal Cameroon - S Angola, inland in south S Angola - N Botswana, W
Zambia.
Laniarius turatii
Turati’s Boubou
Gonolek de Turati
Gonolek de Verreaux
Resident, dense creepers in bushes in savanna woodland: Guinea-Bissau - Sierra Leone.
Laniarius barbarus
Yellow-crowned Gonolek
Gonolek de Barbarie
Common Gonolek
barbarus; helenae
Resident, dense shady undergrowth in woody savannas: Senegal, S Mauritania - S Chad south to forest area of West Africa; also coastal
parts of Ivory Coast - SW Nigeria.
Laniarius mufumbiri
Papyrus Gonolek
Gonolek des papyrus
Resident, papyrus swamps: S Uganda, SW Kenya - Burundi.
Laniarius erythrogaster
Black-headed Gonolek
Gonolek à ventre rouge
DFW subsumes into Laniarius atrococcineus
Resident, wooded and bushed grasslands, thickets along watercourses: N Cameroon - N CAR - NW Eritrea south through extreme W
Ethiopia, S Sudan and in east to Burundi, NW Tanzania and all around L. Victoria; patch on upper Congo R..
Laniarius atrococcineus
Crimson-breasted Shrike
Gonolek rouge et noir
Crimson-breasted Gonolek
Resident, dense thickets in thornbush with scattered trees: S Angola - SW Zambia - W Zimbabwe south to N South Africa excluding
coastal Namibia.
Laniarius atroflavus
Yellow-breasted Boubou
Gonolek à ventre jaune
Resident, dense undergrowth in and and near montane forest: mts of E Nigeria, W Cameroon.
Nilaus afer
Brubru
Brubru africain
Brubru
brubru; solivagus; afer; camerunensis; minor; massaicus; nigritemporalis; miombensis; affinis; (HM + hilgerti (HBW incl in
minor; not in BoA, CMT (or ROB presumed))
Resident, mainly woodland but also scrub: all S of Sahara except forest area and S half South Africa; patchy in C Angola, much of
Tanzania and parts of NE Africa.
PRIONOPIDAE (SAM includes within Corvidae, HM, IOC, BL, ROB include within Malaconotidae)
Prionops plumatus
White Helmet-Shrike
Bagadais casqué
White-crested Helmet-Shrike*
plumatus; concinnatus; cristatus; vinaceigularis; poliocephalus; (ROB + talacoma (HM incl in poliocephalus; not in HBW))
Resident, savanna woodland, miombo, forest edges: all S of Sahara south of Sahel zone except forest area, and not south of N Namibia NE South Africa or northeast of NW and SW Somalia; patchy through Kenya, Tanzania.
Prionops poliolophus
Grey-crested Helmet-Shrike
Bagadais à huppe grise
Resident, open woodland: small area in Rift Valley of SW Kenya, N Tanzania.
Prionops alberti
Yellow-crested Helmet-Shrike
Bagadais d'Albert
Bagadais de Roi Albert
Resident, montane woodland incl bamboo forest: mts of W Albertine Rift.
Prionops caniceps
Red-billed Helmet-Shrike
Chestnut-bellied Helmetshrike; Northern
Red-billed Helmet-Shrike
caniceps; harterti
Resident, lowland primary and gallery forest: Guinea - extreme W Cameroon.
Bagadais à bec rouge
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Prionops rufiventris
Rufous-bellied Helmet-Shrike
Bagadais à ventre roux
Gabon Helmetshrike
rufiventris; mentalis
DFW, BL subsumes into Prionops caniceps
Resident, primary and mature secondary forest: S Cameroon, N and W Gabon, W Congo, patches in NW DRC (rufiventris); C and NE
DRC (mentalis).
Prionops retzii
Retz’s Helmet-Shrike
Bagadais de Retz
Retz’s Red-billed Helmet-Shrike
tricolor; retzii; nigricans; graculinus (ZTP graculina)
Resident, riverine forest, miombo, mopane woodland: C Angola - SE Kenya, S Somalia south to extreme N Namibia - NE South Africa
excluding much of N Tanzania and N Mozambique.
Prionops gabela
Gabela Helmet-Shrike
Bagadais de Gabela
Angola Helmetshrike
Resident, dry secondary forest, thickets: small area on escarpment of W Angola.
Prionops scopifrons
Chestnut-fronted Helmet-Shrike
Bagadais à front roux
scopifrons; kirki; keniensis
Resident, coastal evergreen, lowland and riverine forest: coastal S Somalia - E Mozambique; few places inland eg C Kenya, E Zimbabwe.
ORIOLIDAE (SAM includes in Corvidae)
Oriolus nigripennis
Black-winged Oriole
Loriot à ailes noires
(HBW + alleni; nigripennis)
Resident, forest including mangroves: Sierra Leone - W Uganda in narrow band, and south through Gabon to NW Angola; Bioko.
Oriolus brachyrhynchus
Western Black-headed Oriole
Loriot à tête noire
Western Oriole*
Loriot à tête noire occidental
brachyrhynchus; laetior
Resident, forests: all of forest area to S Uganda but only in N half of DRC and only just reaches Angola in Cabinda.
Oriolus crassirostris
São Tomé Oriole
Loriot de São Tomé
Mountain Oriole
Loriot de Percival
Resident, primary forest: São Tomé.
Oriolus percivali
Montane Oriole; Black-tailed Oriole
Resident, montane forest, well-timbered hillsides: Albertine Rift mts, Mt Elgon and C Kenya mts.
Oriolus larvatus
Eastern Black-headed Oriole
Loriot masqué
African Black-headed Oriole; Black-headed Oriole*
larvatus; angolensis; additus (BoA, HM=tibicen); reichenowi; rolleti; (ROB has 4 races in Africa)
Resident, Acacia and broad-leaved woodlands, usually near water: all Angola except NW - S Sudan, C Ethiopia, S Somalia south to
extreme N Namibia, N Botswana, N, E and S South Africa.
Oriolus monacha
Abyssinian Black-headed Oriole
Loriot moine
Dark-headed Oriole; Ethiopian Oriole*
Loriot d’Abyssinie
Ethiopian Black-headed Oriole; Abyssinian Oriole
monacha; meneliki
Resident, woodlands especially wetter ones, forest in mts: N Eritrea, C Ethiopia.
Oriolus chlorocephalus
Green-headed Oriole
Loriot à tête verte
amani; chlorocephalus; speculifer
Resident, montane and riparian forest (Malawi, Mozambique), coastal forests (Kenya, Tanzania): coastal S Kenya - S Tanzania and inland
in Tanzania mts (amani); a few mts in S Malawi, W Mozambique (chlorocephalus, speculifer).
Oriolus auratus
African Golden Oriole
Loriot doré
notatus; auratus
Intra-African migrant, tall mature woodlands, forest edge: breeds Senegal - W Ethiopia and Angola - S Tanzania south to C Angola Malawi; moves into more arid areas in non-breeding season extending to N Namibia - extreme NE South Africa.
Oriolus oriolus
Eurasian Golden Oriole
Loriot d’Europe
European Golden Oriole
oriolus; (HBW monotypic)
Breeding visitor and Palearctic winter visitor, mature trees: breeds C Morocco - NW Tunisia; winters S Cameroon, S CAR - SE Kenya
south to C Namibia, N South Africa with extensions down E and S coasts.
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VANGIDAE (SAM includes within Corvidae; CMT, HM add Newtonia spp, Xenopirostris spp and Mystacornis spp)
Pseudobias wardi
Ward’s Flycatcher
Bias de Ward
Ward’s Shrike-Flycatcher
Gobemouche de Ward
Red-tailed Vanga
Calicalic malgache
DFW, HBW place in Platysteiridae
Resident, forest: E Madagascar.
Calicalicus madagascariensis
Vanga à queue rousse
Resident, native evergreen forests: N, W and E Madagascar (not in centre).
Calicalicus rufocarpalis
Red-shouldered Vanga
Calicalic à épaules rousses
Calicalic à épaulettes
Resident, subarid thorn and euphorbia scrub: small area of SW Madagascar.
Schetba rufa
Rufous Vanga
Schetbé roux
Artamie rousse
rufa; occidentalis
Resident, forests: N and E Madagascar (rufa); W Madagascar (occidentalis).
Vanga curvirostris
Hook-billed Vanga
Vanga écorcheur
curvirostris; cetera
Resident, evergreen humid forest (curvirostra) and spiny forest (cetera): N and E (curvirostra) and SW (cetera) Madagascar below 1500m
asl.
Xenopirostris xenopirostris
Lafresnaye’s Vanga
Vanga de Lafresnaye
Resident, primary spiny forest: southern subdesert of Madagascar.
Xenopirostris damii
Van Dam’s Vanga
Vanga de Van Dam
Resident, primary deciduous forest: N and NW Madagascar.
Xenopirostris polleni
Pollen’s Vanga
Vanga de Pollen
Resident, evergreen humid forest: E Madagascar.
Falculea palliata
Sickle-billed Vanga
Falculie mantelée
Sicklebill
Resident, primary deciduous and spiny forests, mangroves: all of W and into S Madagascar.
Artamella viridis
White-headed Vanga
Artamie à tête blanche
viridis; annae
Resident, all native forests: E (viridis) and W (annae) Madagascar up to 1500m asl.
Leptopterus chabert
Chabert Vanga
Artamie Chabert
chabert; schistocercus
Resident, all native forests: Madagascar (schistocercus in SW) up to 1000m asl.
Cyanolanius madagascarinus
Blue Vanga
Artamie azurée
madagascarinus; comorensis; bensoni
Resident, forests (and woodland in Comoros): Madagascar except S and C (madagascarinus); Grand Comoro (bensoni); Mohéli
(comorensis).
Oriolia bernieri
Bernier’s Vanga
Oriolie de Bernier
Resident, lowland evergreen forest: N half of evergreen forest area in E Madagascar.
Euryceros prevostii
Helmet Vanga
Eurycère de Prévost
Helmetbird
Resident, lowland evergreen forest: small area in NE Madagascar.
Hypositta corallirostris
Nuthatch Vanga
Hypositte malgache
Coral-billed Nuthatch-Vanga
Vanga-Sittelle malgache
(BL also has Hypositta perdita Bluntschli’s Vanga (HM says this is juvenile H. corallirostris))
Resident, lowland evergreen forest: E Madagascar.
Tylas eduardi
Tylas Vanga
Tylas à tête noire
Vanga Tylas
eduardi; albigularis
DFW places as Incertae sedis near Vangidae
Resident, forests: E (eduardi) and locally in WC (albigularis) Madagascar.
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DICRURIDAE (SAM includes within Corvidae)
Dicrurus ludwigii
Square-tailed Drongo
Drongo de Ludwig
sharpei; muenzneri (not in HM); tephrogaster; ludwigii; saturnus
Resident, forest, woodland and moist thickets: Senegal - W Kenya and south in narrow band through E Gabon - NW Angola (sharpei);
coastal S Somalia - S Tanzania (muenzneri); S Malawi, much of Mozambique, E South Africa (tephrogaster with ludwigii in south); C
Angola, S DRC, NW Zambia (saturnus).
Dicrurus atripennis
Shining Drongo
Drongo de forêt
Resident, interior of mature forest: Sierra Leone - E DRC south to C Gabon and east.
Dicrurus adsimilis
Fork-tailed Drongo
Drongo brillant
Common Drongo
fugax; adsimilis; apivorus; divaricatus; (ROB has 5 races in Africa)
Resident, all savannas with tress: all S of Sahara except forest area, C Ethiopian highlands, E Somalia and parts of C and W South Africa.
Dicrurus modestus
Velvet-mantled Drongo
Drongo modeste
Príncipe Drongo
coracinus; modestus; atactus
DFW, BL subsume into Dicrurus adsimilis
(SS raises Dicrurus coracinus Velvet-mantled Drongo (D. modestus is Príncipe Drongo))
Resident, mainly forests: all of forest area, Sierra Leone - W Kenya to NW Angola, Bioko; Príncipe (modestus).
Dicrurus fuscipennis
Grand Comoro Drongo
Drongo de la Grande Comore
Comoro Drongo
Resident, edges of clearings with large trees : Grand Comoro.
Dicrurus aldabranus
Aldabra Drongo
Drongo des Aldabras
Drongo d'Aldabra
Resident, the three main wooded habitats, especially Casuarina and mangroves: Aldabra.
Dicrurus forficatus
Crested Drongo
Drongo malgache
Madagascar Crested Drongo
forficatus; potior
Resident, all areas with trees: Madagascar (forficatus); Anjouan (potior).
Dicrurus waldenii
Mayotte Drongo
Drongo de Mayotte
Resident, rainforests and wetter areas with large trees: Mayotte.
CORVIDAE
Corvus capensis
Cape Crow
Corneille du Cap
Cape Rook
Corbeau du Cap
capensis; kordofanensis
Resident, moorland, alpine meadows, cultivation, Acacia savanna: SE Sudan, N Eritrea, Ethiopia (not NW or NE), NW Somalia, coastal C
Somalia, N Kenya, N Uganda then SE Uganda, SW Kenya (kordofanicus); C Angola, extreme W Zambia - E Zimbabwe south to Cape and
SE South Africa but not in driest parts (capensis).
Corvus corone
Carrion Crow
Corneille noire
Hooded Crow
Corneille mantelée
corone
Vagrant: NW Africa in winter.
Corvus cornix
pallescens; sharpii
BoA, HM, SAM subsume into Corvus corone
Resident and winter visitor, cultivation to forest clearings: resident Nile Valley south to Aswan (pallescens); rare winter visitor to rest of N
Africa, some Atlantic islands.
Corvus corax
Common Raven
Grand Corbeau
Northern Raven*
tingitanus; canariensis (CMT incl in tingitanus)
Resident, mountain cliffs, open plains with rocky wadis, coastal cliffs: North Africa from W Morocco - Nile but not south of Atlas Mts
(tingitanus); Canary Is (canariensis).
Corvus ruficollis
Brown-necked Raven
Corbeau brun
(HM + edithae; ruficollis here considered separate species)
Resident, deserts, dry savannas: Sahara Desert from North Africa (not along coast) to Sahel zone N Senegal - N Eritrea; Cape Verde Is.
Corvus edithae
Somali Crow
Corbeau d’Edith
Dwarf Raven, Ethiopian Raven
DFW, SAM, HM, BL, ZTP subsume into Corvus ruficollis
Resident, deserts, open thornbush: S Eritrea, E half Ethiopia, Somalia, N Kenya, extreme SE Sudan.
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Corvus albus
Pied Crow
Corbeau pie
Resident, all savannas, forest clearings: all S of Sahara north to edge of Sahara Desert but excluding driest parts of NE and SW of the
continent.
Corvus rhipidurus
Fan-tailed Raven
Corbeau à queue courte
rhipidurus; (CMT monotypic)
Resident, arid rocky cliffs, ravines: E Sudan - all but SE Ethiopia to E Uganda, C Kenya and arm along coastal N Somalia; patches west to
extreme E Mali, C Chad, W Sudan.
Corvus albicollis
White-necked Raven
Corbeau à nuque blanche
White-naped Raven
Resident, mountain and hill areas but widespread in these: S Uganda, E DRC, S Kenya south through E Zambia to E and S South Africa;
largely absent from Mozambique except W.
Corvus crassirostris
Thick-billed Raven
Corbeau corbivau
Resident, montane scree and cliffs, moorlands, often with large trees in towns: Ethiopian and Eritrean highlands.
Corvus frugilegus
Rook
Corbeau freux
frugilegus
Vagrant in winter: Algeria, Egypt, Azores, Madeira.
Corvus monedula
Western Jackdaw
Choucas des tours
Eurasian Jackdaw
spermologus; cirtensis
IOC Coloeus monedula
Resident, cliffs with some woods in mts: N Morocco, N Algeria.
[Corvus splendens
House Crow
Corbeau familier]
Corbeau d’Inde
splendens; zugmayeri; protegatus
Introduced resident, human habitations around coast: scattered locations N Red Sea - NW Somalia; S Kenya - Cape (South Africa);
splendens is main race in Africa, zugmayeri probably in parts of E and NE, protegatus probably in parts of Somalia.
Ptilostomus afer
Piapiac
Piapiac africain
Piac-piac
Resident, well-grazed pasture in open woodland, farmland, floodplains: guinea savanna zone Senegal - C Sudan and south in east to S
Uganda.
Pica pica
Eurasian Magpie
Pie bavarde
Black-billed Magpie; Common Magpie
mauritanica (CMT mauretanica)
Resident, open and lightly wooded areas: S Morocco - Tunisia.
Garrulus glandarius
Eurasian Jay
Geai des chênes
whitakeri; minor; cervicalis
Resident, woods mainly on hillsides: C Morocco - Tunisia.
Nucifraga caryocatactes
Spotted Nutcracker
Cassenoix moucheté
Eurasian Nutcracker
macrorhynchos (BoA says presumably macrorhynchus but caryocatactes seems much more likely)
Vagrant: 1 record NW Africa.
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Red-billed Chough
Crave à bec rouge
barbarus; baileyi
Resident, craggy montane areas near meadows: higher parts of Atlas Mts of Morocco, Algeria, La Palma (Canary Is) (barbarus); highlands
of Ethiopia (baileyi).
Pyrrhocorax graculus
Alpine Chough
Chocard à bec jaune
Yellow-billed Chough
Chocard des Alpes
graculus
Resident, very high parts of mts: C Morocco in higher parts of Atlas Mts (between treeline and snowline).
Zavattariornis stresemanni
Stresemann’s Bush-crow
Ethiopian Bush Crow
Corbin de Stresemann
Corbeau de Stresemann
BoA places in Sturnidae
Resident, parklike Acacia and short-grass savanna: common in very small area around Yabello and Meega in S Ethiopia.
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STURNIDAE
DFW has all Rufipenne … as Etourneau …; HBW has the 3 Poeoptera spp as Choucadour ...
Poeoptera lugubris
Narrow-tailed Starling
Rufipenne à queue étroite
Resident, canopy of mature lowland forest, plantations: patchy across forest area Liberia, W Cameroon, NE DRC, NW Angola and some
others.
Poeoptera stuhlmanni
Stuhlmann’s Starling
Rufipenne de Stuhlmann
Resident, montane forest: small patches W Ethiopia, SE Sudan, SW Kenya, Albertine Rift Mts.
Poeoptera kenricki
Kenrick’s Starling
Rufipenne de Kenrick
kenricki; bensoni; (HBW monotypic)
Resident, montane forest canopy: C Kenya - Eastern Arc Mts (Tanzania) in mountains.
Onychognathus walleri
Waller’s Starling
Rufipenne de Waller
Waller’s Red-winged Starling; Waller’s
Chestnut-winged Starling
Etourneau à bec court
walleri; elgonensis; preussi
Resident, mature submontane forests: W Cameroon, Bioko (preussi); E DRC, SE Sudan, Kenya west of Rift (elgonensis); C Kenya and
Eastern Arc Mts (Tanzania) and to N Malawi (walleri).
Onychognathus fulgidus
Chestnut-winged Starling
Rufipenne de forêt
Forest Chestnut-winged Starling; São Tomé Chestnutwinged Starling
hartlaubii; fulgidus; intermedius (HBW incl in hartlaubii)
(SS raises Onychognathus hartlaubi Chestnut-winged Starling)
Resident, open forests, humid woodlands, clearings: all forest area although not in much of WC DRC (hartlaubii (and intermedius in S and
E Cameroon)); Sao Tome (fulgidus).
Onychognathus morio
Red-winged Starling
Rufipenne morio
morio; rueppellii; (ROB monotypic)
Resident, rocky outcrops, especially in hills, towns: E side of continent mainly on higher ground, SW Ethiopia - Cape (South Africa) but
missing from much of Tanzania and all but west of Mozambique.
Onychognathus blythii
Somali Starling
Rufipenne de Blyth
Somali Chestnut-winged Starling
Resident, mts with junipers, rocky hills, wadis and dry watercourses: Eritrea - NE Somalia scattered to C Ethiopia, Socotra.
Onychognathus frater
Socotra Starling
Rufipenne de Socotra
Socotra Chestnut-winged Starling
Resident, rocky hillsides, open plains, thickets, towns, gardens: Socotra.
Onychognathus neumanni
Neumann’s Starling
Rufipenne de Neumann
neumanni; modicus
DFW, SAM, BL assumed to subsume into Onychognathus morio
Resident, rocky outcrops, cliffs, houses: scattered and patchy E Senegal, NW Ivory Coast east to Chad, W Sudan border south to S
Cameroon.
Onychognathus salvadorii
Bristle-crowned Starling
Rufipenne de Salvadori
Resident, trees among crags and gorges near permanent water, semi-arid bush: N Kenya, S Somalia, 2 areas in E Ethiopia.
Onychognathus albirostris
White-billed Starling
Rufipenne à bec blanc
Resident, montane cliffs and gorges: high parts of N Ethiopia - SEritrea.
Onychognathus tenuirostris
Slender-billed Starling
Rufipenne à bec fin
Slender-billed Chestnut-winged Starling
tenuirostris; theresae; (HBW monotypic)
Resident, wet evergreen montane forest and moorland: C Ethiopian highlands (tenuirostris); mts of C Kenya - N Malawi and Albertine Rift
(theresae).
Onychognathus nabouroup
Pale-winged Starling
Rufipenne nabouroup
Resident, rocky outcrops, gorges in arid areas: SW Angola, W Namibia, W and C South Africa away from coast.
Onychognathus tristramii
Tristram’s Starling
Rufipenne de Tristram
Resident, rocky areas in mts: S Sinai (Egypt).
DFW has all Choucador … as Merle métallique … and Spréo … as Etourneau …
Some authors usually have Lamprotornis spp (to L. australis in below) as … Glossy Starling and not … Starling
Lamprotornis cupreocauda
Copper-tailed Starling
Choucador à queue bronzée
Merle métallique à dos bleu
IOC, HBW Hylopsar cupreocauda
Resident, lowland forest, swamp forest: Guinea - S Ghana.
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Lamprotornis purpureiceps
Purple-headed Starling
Choucador à tête pourprée
IOC, HBW Hylopsar purpureiceps
Resident, lowland forest, often clearings, gallery forest along rivers: S Nigeria - W Kenya south to C DRC, Cabinda (Angola).
Lamprotornis purpureus
Purple Starling
Choucador pourpré
purpureus; amethystinus; (HBW monotypic)
Resident, savanna woodlands, gardens, bush: Senegal - S Sudan, extreme W Kenya south to N edge of forest area.
Lamprotornis nitens
Cape Starling
Choucador à épaulettes rouges
Red-shouldered Glossy Starling
(HM + nitens; phoenicopterus; culminator)
Resident, savanna and riverine bush, in arid parts near watercourses: W and S Angola - S Zimbabwe, extreme S Mozambique south to
South Africa except W Cape, SW Namibia.
Lamprotornis chalcurus
Bronze-tailed Starling
Choucador à queue violette
emini; chalcurus; (HBW monotypic)
Resident, mesic scrubby bushland: narrow belt Senegal - W Kenya.
Lamprotornis corruscus
Black-bellied Starling
Choucador à ventre noir
corruscus; vaughani; (ZTP + mandanus; jombeni (BoA, HM, CMT, ROB incl both in corruscus))
IOC Notopholia corruscus; HBW Notopholia corrusca (+ race)
Resident, coastal forest and bush: S Somalia - S South Africa, rarely inland along rivers eg Tana in Kenya (corruscus); Pemba (vaughani).
Lamprotornis chalybaeus
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Choucador à oreillons bleus
cyaniventris; chalybaeus; sycobius (CMT scyobius); nordmanni
Resident, open woodland usually with dense ground cover: all Sahel zone Senegal - NW Somalia and south in east through W Ethiopia, W
Kenya, SW Uganda, Tanzania (except SE), Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, NE South Africa, W Mozambique whence west to S Angola, N
Namibia, N and E Botswana.
Lamprotornis chloropterus
Lesser Blue-eared Starling
Choucador de Swainson
chloropterus; elisabeth
SAM, IOC, BL, ROB (+SF, SL, SS) raise Lamprotornis elisabeth Southern Blue-eared Starling (Miombo Blue-eared Starling*)
Choucador élisabeth
Resident (nomadic near edge of range), savanna woodland, bush, farmland, miombo: between Sahel zone and forest Senegal - W and N
Ethiopia and to S Uganda, W Kenya (chloropterus); SE Kenya, E Tanzania and southwest to all of Zambia, Zimbabwe, extreme W
Mozambique (elisabeth).
Lamprotornis acuticaudus
Sharp-tailed Starling
Choucador à queue fine
Merle métallique à queue étroite
acuticaudus; ecki; (ROB monotypic)
Resident, miombo and other deciduous woodland: SE DRC, N half Zambia, C and E Angola and just reaches N Namibia, NW Botswana.
Lamprotornis ornatus
Príncipe Starling
Choucador de Príncipe
Splendid Starling
Choucador splendide
Resident, forest, woodland: Príncipe.
Lamprotornis splendidus
Merle métallique à oeil blanc
splendidus; chrysonotis; lessoni; bailundensis
Resident, forest of all types: SW Senegal - SW Kenya and south to NW Angola - N Zambia; outlier SW Ethiopia; Bioko (lessoni); Príncipe
(splendidus).
Lamprotornis caudatus
Long-tailed Glossy Starling
Choucador à longue queue
Northern Long-tailed Starling
Resident, savanna woodland, urban areas with trees, farmland: Senegal east to Nile in Sudan north of forest area.
Lamprotornis purpuroptera
Ruppell’s Starling
Choucador de Ruppell
Ruppell’s Long-tailed Starling
purpuroptera; aeneocephalus
BoA Lamprotornis purpuropterus (+race)
Resident, open wooded savannas and bush: E Sudan, N Eritrea south through W Ethiopia, W and S Kenya to N Tanzania and north up
coast to S Somalia.
Lamprotornis mevesii
Meves’s Starling
Choucador de Meves
Southern Long-tailed Starling; Meves’s Long-tailed Starling
mevesii; violacior (not in ROB); benguelensis (ROB has this (extralimital to its area) as a putative species)
Resident, tall woodland on flat seasonally inundated alluvial soils: SW Angola, NW Namibia (violacior with benguelensis at S end of W
Angola escarpment); NE Namibia, N and E Botswana, S Zambia, Zimbabwe and just into N South Africa (mevesii).
Lamprotornis australis
Burchell’s Starling
Choucador de Burchell
Resident, open Acacia and mopane woodland: S Angola, NE half Namibia, extreme SW Zambia, Botswana, N South Africa.
Lamprotornis iris
Emerald Starling
Choucador iris
Merle métallique vert
DFW, SAM, BL (+SS) Coccycolius iris
Resident, wooded savannas: small area Guinea, N Sierra Leone, C Ivory Coast.
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Lamprotornis unicolor
Ashy Starling
Spréo cendré
Choucador cendré
DFW, SAM, BL, ZTP (+SF, SS) Cosmopsarus unicolor; CMT Spreo unicolor
Resident, dry savanna and Acacia woodland: patches C Tanzania.
Lamprotornis regius
Golden-breasted Starling
Spréo royal
Choucador royal
(HM + regius; magnificus)
DFW, SAM, BL, ZTP (+SF, SS) Cosmopsarus regius
Resident, dry open bushland: E Ethiopia, W Somalia through E Kenya to extreme NE Tanzania.
Lamprotornis shelleyi
Shelley’s Starling
Choucador de Shelley
Intra-African migrant, arid and semi-arid bushland: breeds extreme SE Sudan in narrow band across S Ethiopia - NW Somalia; non-breed
to S Somalia, E Kenya.
Lamprotornis hildebrandti
Hildebrandt’s Starling
Choucador de Hildebrandt
Resident, open bush, wooded grassland, cultivation: block in SC Kenya, NC Tanzania.
Lamprotornis superbus
Superb Starling
Choucador superbe
Resident, most open habitats, woodland: SE Sudan - all but NE Somalia south to C Tanzania.
Lamprotornis pulcher
Chestnut-bellied Starling
Choucador à ventre roux
Resident and local migrant, thorn scrub, Acacia savanna: Sahel zone, Senegal, S Mauritania - E Sudan, N Eritrea, NW Ethiopia.
Spreo fischeri
Fischer’s Starling
Spréo de Fischer
BoA, HM, IOC, HBW Lamprotornis fischeri
Resident, wooded savanna: E Kenya, S Somalia, extreme NE Tanzania, extreme S Ethiopia.
Spreo albicapillus
White-crowned Starling
Spréo à calotte blanche
albicapillus; horrensis; (HBW monotypic)
IOC, HBW Lamprotornis albicapillus
Resident, dry stony bushland and Acacia woodland: N and WSomalia, E Ethiopia, just reaching NE Kenya.
Spreo bicolor
African Pied Starling
Spréo bicolore
Pied Starling*
IOC, HBW Lamprotornis bicolor
Resident, open karoo and grassland: South Africa excluding NW, N and E.
Speculipastor bicolor
Magpie Starling
Spréo pie
Choucador pie
Resident and nomadic, semi-arid and arid thornbush: N Kenya, E and S Ethiopia, NW Somalia moving in non-breed to S and E Kenya, S
Somalia.
Grafisia torquata
White-collared Starling
Rufipenne à cou blanc
Choucador à cou blanc
Resident and perhaps intra-African migrant, forest-savanna mosaic, edges of montane forest: small patches W and C Cameroon, N CAR, N
DRC; non-breeding records in Gabon, Congo.
Pholia sharpii
Sharpe’s Starling
Spréo de Sharpe
Choucador de Sharpe
DFW, SAM, BL, ZTP (+SF) Cinnyricinclus sharpii; IOC Poeoptera sharpii
Resident, montane forest, clumps of trees in grassland: highlands C Ethiopia south to E DRC - N Tanzania; Mt Rungwe (SW Tanzania)
Cinnyricinclus femoralis
Abbott’s Starling
Spréo d’Abbott
Choucador d'Abbott
BoA, CMT, HBW (+SS) Pholia femoralis; IOC Poeoptera femoralis
Resident, canopy of montane forest: C Kenya, Crater Highlands (N Tanzania).
Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
Violet-backed Starling
Spréo améthyste
Amethyst Starling
Merle améthyste; Etourneau améthyste
leucogaster; verreauxi; arabicus; (ROB has 2 races in Africa)
Resident and intra-African migrant, forest clearings, woodland especially near fruiting trees: all S of Sahara except forest area, east of N
Kenya, C Ethiopia and south of C Namibia - NE South Africa; moves towards equator when not breeding; (arabicus in NE Africa).
Neocichla gutturalis
Babbling Starling
Spréo à gorge noir
White-winged Babbling Starling; White-winged Etourneau pale; Choucador à gorge noir
Starling
angusta; gutturalis
Resident, miombo: SC Angola (gutturalis); patches C Tanzania, NE Zambia (angusta).
Creatophora cinerea
Wattled Starling
Etourneau caronculé
Nomadic and migrant, wooded and bushed grassland: Ethiopia, Eritrea and around S side of forest south to Cape (South Africa), although
patchy in Somalia, much of Tanzania, Mozambique, and most of Angola.
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Sturnus vulgaris
Common Starling
Etourneau sansonnet
European Starling
vulgaris; purpurascens; granti; (ROB says no geographical variation)
Resident and Palearctic winter visitor, urban areas, cultivation: winter visitor Morocco - NW Libya, resident Canary Is (vulgaris); resident
Azores (granti); winter visitor east to Nile Delta (easternmost are purpurascens); introduced to and now in all S half South Africa.
Sturnus unicolor
Spotless Starling
Etourneau unicolore
Resident, open country: patchy N Morocco - N Tunisia.
Sturnus roseus
Rosy Starling
Etourneau roselin
Rose-coloured Starling
CMT, IOC, HBW (+RSF) Pastor roseus
Vagrant: Algeria - Egypt, Tenerife, Madeira, Ethiopia, South Africa, Seychelles.
[Acridotheres tristis
Common Myna
Martin triste]
tristis; (BoA, ROB + tristoides (CMT, HM, HBW incl in tristis))
Resident (introduced), open areas in towns: E South Africa; also St Helena, Tenerife, Ascension, many Indian Ocean islands.
Saroglossa aurata
Madagascar Starling
Etourneau malgache
Madgascan Starling
IOC, HBW Hartlaubius auratus
Resident, humid forests, woodland: coastla areas of Madagascar except SW corner
Buphagus africanus
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Piqueboeuf à bec jaune
africanus; langi
BoA, IOC, CMT, HBW, BD place in Buphagidae
Resident, well-wooded savannas: Senegal - SW Sudan north of forest; many small patches S Kenya, Uganda - NE South Africa and west to
W Angola, Gabon; another patch NW Ethiopia, S Eritrea, E Sudan.
Buphagus erythrorhynchus
Red-billed Oxpecker
Piqueboeuf à bec rouge
BoA, IOC, CMT, HBW, BD place in Buphagidae
Resident, savanna woodland: broad patchy band Eritrea - NW Somalia south to NE Namibia - NE South Africa, especially patchy Tanzania
- Mozambique.
PASSERIDAE
Passer griseus
Northern Grey-headed Sparrow
Moineau gris
Common Grey-headed Sparrow
griseus; laeneni; ugandae; (HM + swainsonii; gongonensis; suahelicus here considered 3 separate species)
Resident, open areas with bushes or light woodland: S Mauritania - NW Eritrea south to Angola - S Malawi though not in Ethiopia, most of
Kenya or Tanzania.
Passer swainsonii
Swainson’s Sparrow
Moineau de Swainson
DFW, HM, ZTP subsume into Passer griseus
Resident, alpine moorland, savanna, especially cultivation and villages: NW Eritrea, NW Somalia, Ethiopia (except SE and parts of NE).
Passer gongonensis
Parrot-billed Sparrow
Moineau perroquet
DFW, HM, ZTP subsume into Passer griseus
Resident, open areas and thornscrub: S Ethiopia, SW Somalia, E Uganda, Kenya, extreme NE Tanzania.
Passer suahelicus
Swahili Sparrow
Moineau swahili
DFW, HM, ZTP subsume into Passer griseus
Resident, mainly grassland to light woodland: SW Kenya, NW Tanzania, scattered patches south through C Tanzania.
Passer diffusus
Southern Grey-headed Sparrow
Moineau sud-africain
Moineau gris austral
luangwae (not in ROB); mosambicus (not in ROB, BoA notes some have this as race of P. griseus); diffusus; stygiceps
Resident, open Acacia and other broad-leaved woodland: S Angola - S Zambia - extreme S Tanzania and to the south except driest parts of
S Namibia and W Cape Province.
Passer motitensis
Great Sparrow
Grand Moineau
Great Rufous Sparrow; Rufous Sparrow;
Southern Rufous Sparrow
motitensis; subsolanus; benguellensis; (HM + insularis; hemileucus here considered as a separate species; cordofanicus; shelleyi;
rufocinctus here considered as 3 separate species)
Resident, dry savanna and scrub: rather patchy SW Angola, most of Namibia, Botswana and into N South Africa and just SW Zimbabwe.
Passer rufocinctus
Kenya Rufous Sparrow
Kenya Sparrow*; Rufous Sparrow
DFW, HM, BL, ZTP subsume into Passer motitensis
Resident, dry Acacia savanna, cultivation: C Kenya, NC Tanzania.
Moineau roux de Kenya
Moineau roux
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Passer shelleyi
Shelley’s Rufous Sparrow
Moineau roux de Shelley
White Nile Rufous Sparrow
Moineau de Shelley
DFW, HM, BL, ZTP (+SF) subsume into Passer motitensis
SAM, ZTP subsume into Passer rufocinctus
Resident, open semi-arid grassy savannas: patches NW Somalia, S and E Ethiopia, SE Sudan, NE Uganda, W Kenya.
Passer cordofanicus
Kordofan Rufous Sparrow
Moineau roux du Kordofan
Kordofan Sparrow*
DFW, HM, BL subsume into Passer motitensis
SAM, ZTP subsume into Passer rufocinctus
Resident, arid bush usually near villages: small area of EC Chad, WC Sudan border.
Moineau de Kordofan
Passer insularis
Moineau de Socotra
Socotra Sparrow
insularis; hemileucus; (CMT monotypic)
DFW, HM, BL subsume into Passer motitensis
(IOC, RSF raise Passer hemileucus Abd al-Kuri Sparrow)
Resident, all habitats: Socotra (insularis), Abd-el-Kuri (hemileucus).
Passer iagoensis
Iago Sparrow
Moineau du Cap Vert
Cape Verde Sparrow
Resident, lava plains, gorges, cliffs, edges of cultivation: Cape Verde Is.
Moineau des Iles du Cap Vert
Passer melanurus
Moineau mélanure
Cape Sparrow
Moineau du Cap
melanurus; damarensis; vicinus (HM incl in melanurus)
Resident, semi-arid areas, especially bush along watercourses, cultivation: SW coastal Angola, Namibia (except NE), S half Botswana and
all South Africa except extreme E and NE.
Passer domesticus
House Sparrow
Moineau domestique
tingitanus; niloticus; rufidorsalis; domesticus; indicus; (last 2 are introductions)
Resident and Palearctic winter visitor, cultivated areas, villages, towns: all North Africa where more arrive in winter, south to coastal
Senegal and all up Nile R. to Ethiopian border, NW Eritrea; introduced widely south of N Namibia - S Kenya especially into all South
Africa and parts of S DRC, C Zambia; odd records elsewhere eg NE Nigeria, NW Angola.
Passer hispaniolensis
Spanish Sparrow
Moineau espagnol
hispaniolensis; transcaspicus; italiae
(italiae: HM places in Passer domesticus and considers it a hybrid domesticus x hispaniolensis, but notes it could be a species;
HBW raises as a species but not noted in Africa; BoA has, for convenience, all hybrids as this occurring Morocco - Tunisia;
CMT has as race of hispaniolensis in N Africa)
Resident and local migrant, dry often hilly areas usually near water: resident C Morocco - Libya along coast; in winter extends further
south and east to Egypt and up Nile R. into Sudan; E Atlantic islands south to Cape Verde Is.
Passer simplex
Desert Sparrow
Moineau blanc
simplex; saharae
Resident and nomadic, dry wadis and oases in sandy areas with trees and bushes: scattered all across Sahara Desert S Morocco, Mauritania
east to C Libya, N Sudan.
Passer moabiticus
Dead Sea Sparrow
Moineau de la mer Morte
Somali Sparrow
Moineau de Somalie
Vagrant: Egypt.
Passer castanopterus
fulgens; castanopterus
Resident, arid and semi-arid areas, often near humans: E Ethiopia, N Somalia extending further south along coast (castanopterus); all
around L. Turkana (N Kenya) (fulgens).
Passer montanus
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Moineau friquet
Tree Sparrow
montanus
Resident and Palearctic winter visitor, near human habitations: few resident in N Morocco, NE Tunisia; records in winter Morocco Tunisia; vagrant Egypt; 1 record Guinea perhaps ship-assisted.
Passer eminibey
Chestnut Sparrow
Moineau d’Emin
Moineau d’Emin-Pacha
Resident, dry savanna, thornbush; patch W Sudan; SE Sudan, SW Ethiopia through E Uganda, W Kenya to NC Tanzania.
Passer luteus
Sudan Golden Sparrow
Moineau doré
Resident, dry steppes, woodland: all across Sahel zone S Mauritania, Senegal - NE Sudan, N Eritrea.
Passer euchlorus
Arabian Golden Sparrow
Moineau d’Arabie
Moineau doré d’Arabie
Resident, coastal plains, arid areas with wadis and bushes: Djibouti and immediate surrounds.
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Petronia dentata
Bush Petronia
Petit Moineau
Russet-browed Bush Sparrow
Petit Moineau soulcie
(HBW, BD + dentata; buchanani)
HM, IOC, HBW Gymnoris dentata
Resident and intra-African migrant, dry woodland: all across Sahel and guinea savanna zones Senegal - Eritrea, some moving north in wet
season and south in dry but breeds in both.
Petronia pyrgita
Yellow-spotted Petronia
Moineau à point jaune
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow
Moineau soulcie à point jaune
pyrgita; pallida
HM, IOC, HBW Gymnoris pyrgita
Resident, dry woodland and scrub: patches across Sahel zone N Senegal - Eritrea; NE Uganda - NW Somalia south to NC Tanzania
including all to the east.
Petronia superciliaris
Yellow-throated Petronia
Moineau bridé
Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow
Moineau soulcie austral
rufitergum; flavigula; bororensis; superciliaris
HM, IOC, HBW Gymnoris superciliaris
Resident, broad-leaved woodland, tree and bush savannas: extreme SE Gabon, Angola (not coastal) - Tanzania (all but N) south to extreme
NE Namibia around N and E Botswana and south to E half South Africa; patch in C Congo.
Petronia petronia
Rock Sparrow
Moineau soulcie
Rock Petronia; Common Rock Sparrow
barbara; petronia
Resident, broken ground, rocky slopes, old buildings: C Morocco - extreme NW Libya (barbara); Canary Is, Madeira (petronia)
Carpospiza brachydactyla
Pale Rockfinch
Moineau pâle
Pale Rock Sparrow
Moineau soulcie pâle
DFW, BL Petronia brachydactyla
BoA places in Fringillidae
Palearctic winter visitor, gravelly barren coastal plains: Red Sea coastal areas Sudan - NW Somalia extending inland in places to Khartoum
area (Sudan) and into NE Ethiopia.
PLOCEIDAE (SAM includes within Passeridae)
Bubalornis albirostris
White-billed Buffalo-Weaver
Alecto à bec blanc
Resident, dry savanna, open farmland: across Sahel zone Senegal, S Mauritania - N Eritrea and band south in east through W Ethiopia to
NE Uganda, NW Kenya.
Bubalornis niger
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver
Alecto à bec rouge
niger; intermedius; (HM + militaris (BoA, CMT, ROB incl in niger))
Resident, dry thornscrub and woodland: S Ethiopia, NW, W and S Somalia south in band across C Tanzania to SW Tanzania (intermedius);
patchy S Angola, C Namibia east to S Zimbabwe, N South Africa, W Mozambique and some outliers in NW Angola, E Zambia (niger).
Dinemellia dinemelli
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver
Alecto à tête blanche
dinemelli; boehmi
Resident, dry bush and savanna: S Ethiopia, Somalia (all but NE) - extreme SE Sudan, NE Uganda, Kenya (not SW) to C Tanzania.
HM, IOC, BL place Plocepasser spp, Histurgops ruficauda, Pseudonigrita spp and Philetairus socius in Passeridae, BL also places
Sporopipes spp in Passeridae.
Plocepasser mahali
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Mahali à sourcils blancs
Moineau-tisserin à sourcils blancs
melanorhynchus (not in ROB); pectoralis; ansorgei; mahali; (HM + stentor (BoA, ROB incl in mahali); propinquatus (not in
BoA, ROB); HM + terricolor (BoA, CMT, ROB incl in mahali))
Resident, mopane and Acacia savanna: rather patchy C Ethiopia, SW Somalia - SW Uganda, C Tanzania; S Angola, Namibia east to C and
N Zimbabwe, N half South Africa and arms to E Zambia and S Malawi.
Plocepasser superciliosus
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver
Mahali à calotte marron
Moineau-tisserin à calotte marron
Resident, woodland and tall bush: guinea savanna zone Senegal - N Eritrea, C Ethiopia and in east south to N Uganda, NW Kenya.
Plocepasser rufoscapulatus
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Weaver
Mahali à dos roux
Moineau-tisserin à dos roux
Resident, miombo woodland: NW, C and SE Zambia with a few patches S DRC, W Angola.
Plocepasser donaldsoni
Donaldson Smith’s Sparrow-Weaver Mahali de Donaldson
Moineau-tisserin de Donaldson
Resident, dry bush, woodland: small area S Ethiopia, N Kenya.
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Histurgops ruficauda
Rufous-tailed Weaver
Histurgopse à queue rouge
Tisserin à queue rouge
BoA, DFW, BL, ZTP (+SF) Histurgops ruficaudus
Resident, thornbush: small area NE Tanzania.
Sporopipes frontalis
Speckle-fronted Weaver
Sporopipe quadrille
Moineau quadrillé
frontalis; emini; (HM + pallidior (BoA, CMT incl in frontalis))
Resident, dry bush, savanna, thickets: Sahel zone Senegal - NW Ethiopia (frontalis); extreme S Sudan - SW Kenya and south to C
Tanzania (emini).
Sporopipes squamifrons
Scaly-fronted Weaver
Sporopipe squameux
Scaly Weaver; Scaly-feathered Finch; Scaly-feathered Weaver* Moineau à front écaillé
(HM, ROB + squamifrons; fuligescens)
Resident, dry Acacia savannas, arid scrub near watercourses: Namibia, extreme S Angola - SW Zimbabwe south to N half South Africa but
not in E.
Pseudonigrita arnaudi
Grey-headed Social Weaver
Républicain d’Arnaud
Grey-capped Social Weaver*
Moineau social à tête grise
arnaudi; dorsalis; (HM + australoabyssinicus)
Resident, bush and Acacia woodland: SE Sudan - SC Kenya then south in band to S Tanzania (but not in E or SW).
Pseudonigrita cabanisi
Black-capped Social Weaver
Républicain de Cabanis
Moineau social à tête noire
Resident, dry thornbush: S Ethiopia, N Kenya; patches SW Somalia, C and SC Kenya, NC Tanzania.
Philetairus socius
Sociable Weaver
Républicain social
Social Weaver
Moineau-tisserin social
(HM + geminus; socius; xericus)
Resident, open arid areas with scattered trees: Namibia, SW Botswana, NW South Africa.
Malimbus ballmanni
Gola Malimbe
Malimbe de Ballmann
Ballmann’s Malimbe; Tai Malimbe
Malimbe de Gola
Resident, primary lowland forest: Gola Forest (Sierra Leone-Liberia border), and Liberia-W Ivory Coast border area.
Malimbus racheliae
Rachel’s Malimbe
Malimbe de Rachel
Resident, primary forest: small areas W Cameroon, N Gabon.
Malimbus scutatus
Red-vented Malimbe
Malimbe à queue rouge
scutatus; scutopartitus
Resident, mature and secondary forest, well-wooded savannas: Sierra Leone - SW Cameroon in forest zone.
Malimbus cassini
Cassin’s Malimbe
Malimbe de Cassin
Black-throated Malimbe
Resident, dense, tall, often swampy, forest: S Cameroon, Congo east to N and E (not NE) DRC; possibly S Ghana.
Malimbus ibadanensis
Ibadan Malimbe
Malimbe d’Ibadan
Resident, forest edges, secondary forest: very small area SW Nigeria near Ibadan.
Malimbus erythrogaster
Red-bellied Malimbe
Malimbe à ventre rouge
erythrogaster; fagani; (HM monotypic)
Resident, high canopy of dense forest: SE Nigeria scattered to S Gabon east to EC DRC (erythrogaster); most of NE quarter DRC (fagani).
Malimbus coronatus
Red-crowned Malimbe
Malimbe couronné
Resident, primary forest: scattered S Cameroon, N Gabon - E DRC.
Malimbus malimbicus
Crested Malimbe
Malimbe huppé
nigrifrons; malimbicus; crassirostris (not in HM)
Resident, primary and secondary lowland forest: all of forest area, patch in NW Angola.
Malimbus nitens
Blue-billed Malimbe
Malimbe à bec bleu
Gray’s Malimbe
Resident, primary and secondary forest: all of forest area to E DRC, extending north in west near coast to S Senegal.
Malimbus rubricollis
Red-headed Malimbe
Malimbe à tête rouge
bartletti; nigeriae; rubricollis; rufovelatus; praedi; centralis (not in HM)
Resident, forest and secondary woodland with large trees: all of forest area east to W Kenya.
Anaplectes rubriceps
Red-headed Weaver
Tisserin écarlate
leuconotus (HM notes this = melanotis if specific name is melanotis); jubaensis; rubriceps
IOC, ROB Anaplectes melanotis (ROB races rubriceps, melanotis (presumed) + 1)
Resident, bushland, miombo, Acacias, gardens: S Mali in band to WC Sudan with patches in Senegal; W Ethiopia and patches in NE and N
Somalia south through S Sudan, Uganda, S Kenya (not coastal), Tanzania (not coastal or SE) to extreme E Angola, extreme NE Namibia,
all NE Botswana to N South Africa, W Mozambique; patches to west in N Namibia and on W Angola scarp.
Ploceus flavipes
Yellow-legged Weaver
Tisserin à pieds jaunes
Malimbe à pieds jaunes
SAM Malimbus flavipes
Resident, canopy of lowland forest: Ituri Forest (DRC).
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Ploceus bertrandi
Bertram’s Weaver
Tisserin de Bertrand
Bertrand’s Weaver
Tisserin de Bertram
Resident, open woodland and bush along rivers, forest edge in hilly country: 3 small patches: Uluguru and Udzungwa Mts (Tanzania);
extreme SW Tanzania, NE Zambia, N Malawi; S Malawi and adjacent W Mozambique.
Ploceus baglafecht
Baglafecht Weaver
Tisserin baglafecht
baglafecht; reichenowi; stuhlmanni; sharpii; nyikae; neumanni; eremobius; emini
Resident, forest clearings and edges, gardens: band across SC Cameroon - W CAR (neumanni); parts of Ethiopia; NE and E DRC, S
Uganda, SW Sudan, SW Kenya - NC Tanzania; SW Tanzania , NE Zambia.
Ploceus nigrimentus
Black-chinned Weaver
Tisserin à menton noir
DFW, CMT, SAM, BD (+SS) Ploceus nigrimentum
Resident, open savanna: few small patches extreme SE Gabon across Congo; Bailundu highlands (Angola) (not seen since 1960).
Ploceus bannermani
Bannerman’s Weaver
Tisserin de Bannerman
Resident, forest edges, dense shrubby areas in montane forest: mts of extreme E Nigeria, W Cameroon.
Ploceus batesi
Bates’s Weaver
Tisserin de Bates
Resident, lowland forest: patches in S Cameroon.
Ploceus luteolus
Little Weaver
Tisserin minule
Little Masked Weaver
(HM, ZTP + luteolus (also in BD); kavirondensis)
Resident, savanna woodland with large Acacia trees, arid thornscrub: Sahel zone Senegal - Eritrea although probably with gap in Chad,
south in east to SW Uganda, SW Kenya.
Ploceus pelzelni
Slender-billed Weaver
Tisserin de Pelzeln
Tisserin nain
pelzelni; monacha (BD monachus)
Resident, wetlands with trees: coastal strip C Ivory Coast - NW Angola; inland along Congo R., and some patches in S DRC (monacha);
mts of Albertine Rift and all around L. Victoria (pelzelni).
Ploceus subpersonatus
Loango Weaver
Tisserin à bec grêle
Loango Slender-billed Weaver; Loanga Weaver Tisserin de Cabinda
Resident, swamp forest, mangroves, palm savanna, clearings in secondary forest: coastal strip Gabon - DRC.
Ploceus nigricollis
Black-necked Weaver
Tisserin à cou noir
brachypterus; nigricollis; melanoxanthus; (HM + po (BoA, CMT incl in brachypterus))
Resident, savanna woodlands, plantations, mangroves, gallery forest: Senegal - SW Ethiopia south to NW Angola - S DRC - C Tanzania
and up coast of Kenya - C Somalia (rather patchy in central forest area).
Ploceus ocularis
Spectacled Weaver
Tisserin à lunettes
crocatus; suahelicus; ocularis; (HM + tenuirostris (BoA, CMT, ROB incl in crocatus); brevior (BoA, CMT, ROB incl in
ocularis))
Resident, open woodland, forest edges, bushy thickets: SW Ethiopia - NE DRC south to E South Africa but patchy or absent from C
Tanzania and N Mozambique; extends west through Zambia and patchy to W Angola; patches Cameroon, CAR.
Ploceus melanogaster
Black-billed Weaver
Tisserin à tête jaune
melanogaster; stephanophorus
Resident, undergrowth and dense secondary bush in mid-level forest: extreme SE Nigeria, W Cameroon, Bioko (melanogaster); extreme S
Sudan through Albertine Rift mts, Mt Elgon, Nandi Forest (Kenya) (stephanophorus).
Ploceus alienus
Strange Weaver
Tisserin de montagne
Tisserin bizarre
Resident, montane forest: Albertine Rift Mts.
Ploceus capensis
Cape Weaver
Tisserin du Cap
(HM + olivaceus; capensis; rubricomus)
Resident, open country with some trees and permanent water: W, S and E South Africa but not N or C.
Ploceus temporalis
Bocage’s Weaver
Tisserin de Bocage
Tisserin à joues olives
Resident, bushes and trees near water: small patches C Angola, extreme NE Angola, extreme NW Zambia.
Ploceus subaureus
Yellow Weaver
Tisserin jaune
Eastern Golden Weaver; [African Golden Weaver] Petit Tisserin doré
aureoflavus; subaureus; (HM + tongensis (BoA, CMT, ROB incl in subaureus))
Resident, coastal vegetation and river valleys: SE Kenya - S Tanzania, Malawi - central E Mozambique and south down coast to S South
Africa; uncertain NE Mozambique.
Ploceus xanthops
Holub’s Golden Weaver
Tisserin safran
Large Golden Weaver; Golden Weaver;
Tisserin doré
African Golden Weaver*
Resident, bushy areas with tall grass, forest edges, watercourses: E DRC - SW Kenya south through W Tanzania, Malawi, all of Zambia,
Zimbabwe and to NE South Africa; also scattered in S DRC and parts of W Angola, N Namibia, N Botswana.
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Ploceus aurantius
Orange Weaver
Tisserin orangé
aurantius; rex
Resident, coastal thickets, mangroves, inland along rivers and L. Victoria papyrus swamps: coastal fringe Sierra Leone - NW Angola,
inland across S Cameroon to Congo R. and very scattered patches east to L. Victoria.
Ploceus bojeri
Golden Palm Weaver
Tisserin palmiste
Tisserin des palmiers
Resident, palm savanna on coast and riverine vegetation: S Somalia, E Kenya.
Ploceus castaneiceps
Taveta Golden Weaver
Tisserin de Taveta
Taveta Weaver*
Resident, woodland, dry bush: small area SC Kenya, NC Tanzania.
Tisserin doré de Taveta
Ploceus princeps
Príncipe Golden Weaver
Tisserin de Príncipe
Príncipe Weaver*
Tisserin doré de Príncipe
Southern Brown-throated Weaver
Tisserin à gorge brune
Resident, all habitats: Príncipe Is.
Ploceus xanthopterus
xanthopterus; marleyi; castaneigula
Resident, reedbeds and tall aquatic vegetation: S Tanzania - Save R. (Mozambique) (xanthopterus); SE Mozambique, E South Africa
(marleyi); W Zambia, N Botswana (castaneigula).
Ploceus castanops
Northern Brown-throated Weaver
Tisserin à gorge noire
Resident, waterside vegetation, especially papyrus: S Uganda and just into adjacent DRC, N Tanzania, Rwanda.
Ploceus burnieri
Kilombero Weaver
Tisserin de Burnier
Tisserin de Kilombéro
Resident, swamps fringed with reeds: floodplain of Kilombero R. (S Tanzania).
Ploceus taeniopterus
Northern Masked Weaver
Tisserin du Nil
Tisserin masque du Nil
(HM + taeniopterus (also in ZTP); furensis)
Resident, tall grassland with Acacias, along large rivers and swamps: along both Nile rivers in Sudan above confluence and south to
extreme NE DRC, N Uganda, N Kenya.
Ploceus intermedius
Lesser Masked Weaver
Tisserin intermédiaire
Tisserin masqué austral
beattyi; cabanisii; intermedius
Resident, savannas, preferring near water: S Ethiopia - E DRC, excluding dry parts of northern East Africa, south to NE South Africa and
scattered west across S Zambia, Botswana to N half Namibia and up coast of Angola.
Ploceus velatus
Southern Masked Weaver
Tisserin à tête rousse
African Masked Weaver; [Vitelline Masked Weaver] Tisserin masque
velatus; nigrifrons; tahatali; shelleyi; caurinus; finschi (HM incl last 4 in velatus); (BD + vitellinus; ZTP + uluensis here
placed in P. vitellinus; BD + peixotoi (BoA, CMT incl in tahatali, HM place in P. vitellinus))
Resident, open savannas: SW and SE Angola - Malawi and south.
Ploceus vitellinus
Vitelline Masked Weaver
Tisserin vitellin
uluensis; vitellinus; (HM + peixotoi (BoA incl in P. velatus tahatali) see under P. velatus)
DFW, BD (+SS, prob SF) subsume into Ploceus velatus
Resident, dry savanna woodland and scrub: Sahel zone S Mauritania, Senegal - Nile Valley and south in east to N Uganda, W Kenya, NE
Tanzania with band across last to SC; patch in NW Somalia.
Ploceus reichardi
Tanzania Masked Weaver
Tisserin de Reichard
Lake Lufira Weaver; Tanganyika Masked Weaver Tisserin de Ruwet
Resident, papyrus and reed swamps: very small area SW Tanzania, NE Zambia.
Ploceus katangae
Katanga Masked Weaver
Tisserin de Katanga
upembae; katangae; (CMT monotypic)
DFW, SAM subsume into Ploceus velatus
Resident, swamps for breeding, drier areas when not: small patches S DRC, west parts of NE Zambia.
[Ploceus victoriae
Victoria Masked Weaver
Tisserin du Victoria]
SAM has this as a species; BoA has as a hybrid, either Ploceus castanops x P. melanocephalus fischeri (also BL) or P. castanops
x P. jacksoni.]
Ploceus ruweti
Lake Lufira Weaver
Tisserin de Ruwet
(Lake) Lufira Masked Weaver*
DFW (+SS) subsume into Ploceus reichardi
Resident, swamps with bushes: L. Lufira (SE DRC).
Ploceus heuglini
Heuglin’s Masked Weaver
Tisserin masqué
Tisserin masqué de Heuglin
Resident, scrub, cultivation, woodland edge, thickets: soudanian savanna zone N Ivory Coast - SW Chad; N CAR; S Sudan - CW Kenya.
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Ploceus galbula
Ruppell’s Weaver
Tisserin de Ruppell
Tisserin doré de Ruppell
Resident, savanna, hot coastal plains, riverine vegetation: coastal NE Sudan; Blue Nile valley in Sudan and to coast in Eritrea; band across
C Ethiopia - N Somalia.
Ploceus spekei
Speke’s Weaver
Tisserin de Speke
Resident, woodland and bush, suburbia: patches in N Somalia, W Ethiopia, SW Kenya, NC Tanzania.
Ploceus spekeoides
Fox’s Weaver
Tisserin de Fox
Resident, bushed and wooded grassland in swampy areas: small area C Uganda.
Ploceus nigerrimus
Vieillot’s Black Weaver
Tisserin noir
Vieillot’s Weaver
Tisserin noir de Vieillot; Tisserin de Vieillot
castaneofuscus; nigerrimus
Resident, forest clearings, villages, grass savannas, not in forest itself: scattered across all of forest area Senegal - W Kenya, N Angola.
Ploceus cucullatus
Village Weaver
Tisserin gendarme
[Black-headed Weaver]
cucullatus; collaris; bohndorffi; abyssinicus; frobenii; graueri; nigriceps; spilonotus; (HM, ZTP + paropterus (BoA, CMT, ROB
(as paroptus by CMT, ROB) incl in nigriceps); HM + dilutescens (BoA, CMT, ROB incl in spilonotus))
Resident and intra-African migrant, all open habitats: all S of Sahara except N Kenya, E Ethiopia and most of Somalia, and southwest of W
Angola, N Botswana, E and S South Africa.
Ploceus grandis
Giant Weaver
Tisserin géant
Weyns’s Weaver
Tisserin de Weyns
Resident, forest, plantations: São Tomé.
Ploceus weynsi
Resident, tall forest trees in seasonally dry swamp forest: small patches across N DRC, SW Uganda.
Ploceus golandi
Clarke’s Weaver
Tisserin de Clarke
Resident, miombo woodland: Arabuko-Sokoke forest (SE Kenya).
Ploceus dichrocephalus
Juba Weaver
Tisserin de Salvadori
Jubaland Weaver; Salvadori’s Weaver
Resident, lush riverine bush, thornbush: patches S Ethiopia, S Somalia.
Tisserin de Somalie
Ploceus melanocephalus
Tisserin à tête noire
Black-headed Weaver
Yellow-backed Weaver
melanocephalus; capitalis; duboisi; dimidiatus; (HM, ZTP + fischeri (BoA, CMT incl in dimidiatus))
Resident, damp areas along rivers: Senegal - S Chad; Congo R. - S Sudan; N Eritrea; Nile R. in S Sudan, Uganda and south to N Zambia,
around L. Victoria, across S DRC.
Ploceus jacksoni
Golden-backed Weaver
Tisserin à dos d’or
Jackson’s Golden-backed Weaver
Tisserin de Jackson
Resident, swamp and riverine woodland: Uganda (not SW), W Kenya, N and narrow band across C to SW Tanzania.
Ploceus rubiginosus
Chestnut Weaver
Tisserin roux
Tisserin rubigineux
rubiginosus; trothae
Resident and intra-African migrant, dry thornbush: S Ethiopia - a N-S band across Tanzania, patches in N Ethiopia, S Somalia
(rubiginosus); SW Angola - WC Namibia and some in NE Namibia. NW Botswana (trothae).
Ploceus badius
Cinnamon Weaver
Tisserin cannelle
(HM + badius; axillaris)
Resident, tall grassland near rivers: Nile Valley and tributaries in Sudan north to Khartoum area.
Ploceus aureonucha
Golden-naped Weaver
Tisserin à nuque d’or
Resident, canopy of dense lowland rainforest: Ituri Forest (NE DRC).
Ploceus tricolor
Yellow-mantled Weaver
Tisserin tricolore
tricolor; interscapularis
Resident, high forest canopy, especially riverine swamps: Sierra Leone - S Cameroon and then scattered in rest of forest area.
Ploceus albinucha
Maxwell’s Black Weaver
Tisserin de Maxwell
Tisserin noir de Maxwell
albinucha; maxwelli; holomelas
Resident, forest: Sierra Leone - S Cameroon, Bioko; NE DRC, W Uganda.
Ploceus bicolor
Dark-backed Weaver
Tisserin bicolore
Forest Weaver
tephronotus; amaurocephalus; mentalis; kigomaensis; kersteni; stictifrons; bicolor; sylvanus; (HM + lebomboensis; sclateri
(BoA, ROB incl both in stictifrons; CMT incl both in bicolor))
Resident, forest including gallery and secondary: S Cameroon, Gabon; NE DRC - S Somalia south down W Rift and East African coast; S
Malawi, E Zimbabwe - S South Africa mainly coastal; W Angola, S DRC, N Zambia.
Ploceus insignis
Brown-capped Weaver
Tisserin à cape brune
Resident, tall montane forest: W Cameroon; scattered records Gabon, W Angola; Albertine Rift; S Sudan.
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Ploceus dorsomaculatus
Yellow-capped Weaver
Tisserin à cap jaune
Resident, submontane forest: S Cameroon, N Gabon, SW CAR; E DRC near Albertine Rift.
Ploceus preussi
Preuss’s Weaver
Tisserin de Preuss
Preuss’s Golden-backed Weaver
Resident, canopy of primary and secondary forest: scattered Guinea - NW DRC, N Gabon; NE and E DRC.
Ploceus olivaceiceps
Olive-headed Weaver
Tisserin à tête olive
(HM + olivaceiceps; vicarius)
Resident, mature miombo woodland with Usnea lichen: SW Tanzania, NW Mozambique, N Malawi; isolated population Panda (S
Mozambique).
Ploceus nicolli
Usambara Weaver
Tisserin des Usambara
nicolli; anderseni
Resident, canopy of montane evergreen forest: Usambara Mts (nicolli); Uluguru and Udzungwa Mts (Tanzania) (anderseni).
Ploceus angolensis
Bar-winged Weaver
Tisserin malimbe
Tisserin du miombo
Resident, tall, moist miombo woodland with Usnea lichen: patch WC Angola; most of N half Zambia.
Ploceus sanctithomae
São Tomé Weaver
Tisserin de São Tomé
Resident, primary and most secondary woodland: São Tomé.
Ploceus nelicourvi
Nelicourvi Weaver
Tisserin nélicourvi
Resident, evergreen mossy forest: N, W and S Madagascar.
Ploceus sakalava
Sakalava Weaver
Tisserin sakalave
sakalava; minor
Resident, dry forest: Madagascar (sakalava in N and E, minor in subdeserts of W and SW).
[Ploceus manyar
Streaked Weaver
Tisserin manyar]
Resident, reedbeds and shallow water: introduced to Nile Delta (Egypt).
Ploceus superciliosus
Compact Weaver
Tisserin gros-bec
BoA, CMT, SAM (+SS) Pachyphantes superciliosus
Resident, thickets, forest edges: scattered patches S Senegal - W Ethiopia south to S Uganda - N Angola.
Amblyospiza albifrons
Grosbeak Weaver
Amblyospize à front blanc
Thick-billed Weaver*
Grosbec à front blanc
capitalba; saturata; melanota; montana; unicolor; tandae; kasaica; maxima; albifrons; woltersi
Resident, evergreen forest especially clearings and edges, well-wooded grassland: S Senegal, Sierra Leone - SW Ethiopia south to NW
Angola - E South Africa although with some quite large gaps.
Quelea cardinalis
Cardinal Quelea
Travailleur cardinal
(HM + cardinalis (also in ZTP); rhodesiae)
Resident and intra-African migrant, rank grass, tall wooded grassland in drier areas: extreme S Sudan, S Ethiopia, W Kenya, N Tanzania
and patches to SC Tanzania and through E half Zambia.
Quelea erythrops
Red-headed Quelea
Travailleur à tête rouge
Resident and intra-African migrant, rank grass near water: patchy Senegal - SW Ethiopia south to C Angola - N Mozambique; S
Mozambique, E South Africa near coast.
Quelea quelea
Red-billed Quelea
Travailleur à bec rouge
quelea; aethiopica; lathami (HM, ROB lathamii)
Nomadic, many habitats especially semi-arid: across Sahel zone south through NE DRC - NW and S Somalia to Tanzania (except SE),
whence west to coastal DRC and all to south except Cape area of South Africa.
Brachycope anomala
Bob-tailed Weaver
Travailleur à queue courte
Resident, clearings in riverine forest often near humans: central areas of Congo R.
Euplectes franciscanus
Northern Red Bishop
Euplecte franciscain
Orange Bishop
(HM + pusillus; franciscanus (also in ZTP))
Resident and intra-African migrant, tall open or bushed grassland, especially tall grasses and crops: Senegal - SW Chad; W Sudan in
narrow band to Nile R., up river to C Uganda and down to N Sudan, W Ethiopia, parts of E Ethiopia, C Eritrea, S Somalia and NW Kenya.
Euplectes orix
Southern Red Bishop
Euplecte ignicolore
Red Bishop
(HM + nigrifrons (also in ZTP); orix; sundevalli; turgidus)
Resident, tall grassland and open areas near water: S Uganda, SW Kenya south to South Africa, west along Angola-Namibia border to
coast and north up coastal Angola but with large gap in most of Namibia and Botswana.
Euplectes nigroventris
Zanzibar Red Bishop
Zanzibar Bishop
Resident, coastal grasslands: SE Kenya - SE Tanzania, Zanzibar, Pemba.
Euplecte de Zanzibar
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Euplectes hordeaceus
Black-winged Bishop
Euplecte monseigneur
Black-winged Red Bishop*
(HM, ZTP + hordeaceus (also in BD); craspedopterus)
Resident, grassland, cultivation, open areas: S Mauritania - SW Ethiopia south to C Angola - N Zimbabwe, N half Mozambique.
Euplectes gierowii
Black Bishop
Euplecte de Gierow
gierowii; friederichseni; ansorgei
Resident, tall grass in swampy areas: several very small patches Cameroon - C Angola; W Ethiopia - S Uganda, N Tanzania.
Euplectes afer
Yellow-crowned Bishop
Euplecte vorabé
afer; strictus; taha; (HM, ZTP + ladoensis (BoA incl in afer))
Resident, open grassy valleys: all S of Sahara except dry NE and SW and less so in forest area.
Euplectes diadematus
Fire-fronted Bishop
Euplecte à diadème
Nomadic, open grassland: S Somalia, C and SE Kenya.
Euplectes aureus
Golden-backed Bishop
Euplecte doré
Resident, floodplains and rank grass in open savanna: small area C Angola; São Tomé. (Possibly introduced from one to the other but not
certain which way.)
Euplectes capensis
Yellow Bishop
Euplecte à croupion jaune
phoenicomerus; xanthomelas; angolensis; approximans; capensis; crassirostris; (HM + macrorhynchus (BoA, CMT, ROB incl in
capensis))
Resident, grassland, mainly montane in northern parts: Ethiopia - South Africa (not NW) extending west into Angola; isolated patches in N
Cameroon, Bioko (phoenicomerus).
All Widowbirds are also known as Whydahs or Widows
Euplectes albonotatus
White-winged Widowbird
Euplecte à épaules blanches
eques; asymmetrurus; albonotatus
Resident, tall bushed grassland: Ethiopia - NE South Africa; small patches WC Sudan, W DRC, W Angola, N CAR, W Gabon, São Tomé.
Euplectes macroura
Yellow-mantled Widowbird
Euplecte à dos d’or
Yellow-shouldered Widowbird
macrocercus; macroura; conradsi
HM notes often incorrectly spelt Euplectes macrourus (+ race macrourus; but note that macrocercus is correct)
Resident, moist grassland, marshy areas: Senegal - N and W Ethiopia south to N Angola - E Zimbabwe.
Euplectes ardens
Red-collared Widowbird
Euplecte veuve-noire
laticauda; suahelicus (BoA suahelica); ardens; (HM, BD + concolor (BoA, CMT incl in ardens); HM, ZTP + tropicus
(not in BoA, CMT))
Resident, grassland, degraded forest clearings: Sierra Leone - W half Ethiopia south to C Angola - E Zimbabwe; NE and E South Africa.
Euplectes axillaris
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Veuve à épaules orangées
Red-shouldered Whydah
Veuve à épaulettes orangées; Euplecte
à épaules orangées
bocagei; traversii; phoeniceus; zanzibaricus; axillaris; (HM + quanzae (BoA, CMT, ROB incl in bocagei))
Resident, tall moist grassland and swamp edges: S Sudan, W Ethiopia south to E DRC - W Kenya and N Botswana - NW Mozambique; SE
Mozambique, E South Africa.
Euplectes hartlaubi
Marsh Widowbird
Euplecte des marais
Hartlaub’s Marsh Widowbird
humeralis; hartlaubi
Resident, swampy grassland: S and W Cameroon - C Angola east to N Zambia - SW Tanzania; around L. Victoria.
Euplectes psammocromius
Montane Marsh Widowbird
Euplecte montagnard
Buff-shouldered Widowbird; Mountain (Marsh) Widowbird
Resident, short, thick montane grassland: small areas highlands Nyika Plateau (Zambia, N Malawi), SW Tanzania.
Euplectes progne
Long-tailed Widowbird
Euplecte à longue queue
delamerei; progne; delacouri
Resident, grassland: E half South Africa (progne); small patches W Angola, S DRC (delacouri); N Zambia, C Kenya (delamerei).
Euplectes jacksoni
Jackson’s Widowbird
Euplecte de Jackson
Resident, submontane open grassland: small area SW Kenya, NC Tanzania.
Foudia madagascariensis
Red Fody
Foudi rouge
Madagascar Red Fody
Resident, open habitats, forest edges, towns: Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion.
Foudia eminentissima
Red-headed Fody
Foudi des Comores
Red Forest Fody; Comoros Fody*
[Foudi de forêt]
aldabrana; consobrina; anjuanensis; eminentissima; algondae
IOC raises Foudia aldabrana Aldabra Fody
Resident, all habitats: Aldabra (aldabrana); Grand Comoro (consobrina); Anjouan (anjuanensis); Mohéli (eminentissima); Mayotte
(algondae).
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Foudia omissa
Forest Fody
Foudi de forêt
DFW subsumes into Foudia eminentissima
Resident, forest: E Madagascar.
Foudia rubra
Mauritius Fody
Foudi de Maurice
Rodrigues Fody
Foudi de Rodriguez
Seychelles Fody
Foudi des Seychelles
Resident, ??: Mauritius.
Foudia flavicans
Resident, ??: Rodrigues.
Foudia sechellarum
Resident, most habitats, probably originally in forest: Cousin, Cousine, Frégate (Seychelles).
ESTRILDIDAE (SAM includes in Passeridae)
All Nigrita spp are also known (English name) as … Nigrita*
Nigrita luteifrons
Pale-fronted Negrofinch
Nigrette à front jaune
Sénégali nègre à front jaune
luteifrons; alexanderi
Resident, all lowland forest types: central forest area SW Nigeria - E DRC; Bioko; a few patches west to Sierra Leone.
Nigrita canicapillus
Grey-headed Negrofinch
Nigrette à calotte grise
Grey-crowned Negrofinch
Sénégali nègre
emiliae; canicapillus; angolensis; schistaceus; diabolicus; candidus
HM notes often incorrectly spelt Nigrita canicapilla (+several races are …a)
Resident, forest, plantations: all of forest area to NW Angola and east to C Kenya, N Tanzania.
Nigrita bicolor
Chestnut-breasted Negrofinch
Nigrette à ventre roux
Sénégali brun à ventre roux
bicolor; brunnescens; saturatior (not in HM)
Resident, all lowland forest, thick bush: all forest area to W Uganda; outliers Senegal, SW Mali, Príncipe.
Nigrita fusconotus
White-breasted Negrofinch
Nigrette à ventre blanc
Sénégali brun à ventre blanc
uropygialis; fusconotus
HM notes often incorrectly spelt Nigrita fusconota (+ race)
Resident, lowland and intermediate forest especially edges and clearings: all forest area to W Kenya.
Parmoptila woodhousei
Woodhouse’s Antpecker
Parmoptile à gorge rousse
Red-headed Antpecker; Red-headed Floer-pecker
Parmoptile à tête rouge
woodhousei; ansorgei
Resident, primary and old secondary forest: belt across C Cameroon but with many small patches in W DRC, NW Angola, S Nigeria.
Parmoptila rubrifrons
Red-fronted Antpecker
Parmoptile à front rouge
Red-faced Flower-pecker
(HM + jamesoni; rubrifrons here considered separate species)
Resident, native and logged forest, usually near water: Sierra Leone - Ghana.
Parmoptila jamesoni
Jameson’s Antpecker
Parmoptile de Jameson
DFW, HM, SAM (+SS) subsume into Parmoptila rubrifrons
Resident, moist primary forest: northern third of DRC and into W Uganda.
Nesocharis shelleyi
Shelley’s Oliveback
Dos-vert à tête noire
Fernando Po Olive-back; Little Oliveback
Petit Sénégali vert
shelleyi; bansoensis
Resident, open primary forest, edges, clearings, isolated trees: mts of SE Nigeria, W Cameroon.
Nesocharis ansorgei
White-collared Oliveback
Dos-vert à collier
Sénégali vert à collier
Resident, marshy areas at forest edge: E DRC, SW Uganda, Rwanda, extreme NW Tanzania.
Nesocharis capistrata
Grey-headed Oliveback
Dos-vert à joues blanches
White-cheeked Olive-back
Sénégali vert à joues blanches
Resident, grassy and well wooded guinea savanna, relict forest, streams: patches across N edge of forest area Guinea-Bissau - NE DRC, S
Sudan, NW Uganda.
Mandingoa nitidula
Green Twinspot
Sénégali vert
Green-backed Twinspot
Sénégali vert tacheté
schlegeli; virginiae; chubbi; nitidula
Resident, dense, bushy habitats, mainly (not entirely) lowland: Liberia - SW Ethiopia south to NW Angola - E South Africa; less in central
forest area and much of Zambia and Tanzania.
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Cryptospiza shelleyi
Shelley’s Crimsonwing
Sénégali de Shelley
Bengali de Shelley
Resident, closed, moist understorey of montane forest: Albertine Rift forests.
Cryptospiza jacksoni
Dusky Crimsonwing
Sénégali de Jackson
Bengali de Jackson
Resident, montane forest: Albertine Rift forests.
Cryptospiza salvadorii
Abyssinian Crimsonwing
Sénégali de Salvadori
Ethiopian Crimsonwing
Bengali de Salvadori
salvadorii; ruwenzori; kilimensis
Resident, undergrowth in montane forest: Albertine Rift - SW Ethiopia, C Kenya, NC Tanzania (Mt Kilimanjaro).
Cryptospiza reichenovii
Red-faced Crimsonwing
Sénégali de Reichenow
Bengali de Reichenow
reichenovii; australis; ocularis (HM incl in australis)
Resident, dense undergrowth and shrubbery in montane forest: SW Cameroon, Bioko, very small patch in WC Angola (reichenovii);
Albertine Rift mts (ocularis); NE Tanzania - E Zimbabwe (australis).
Estrilda melanotis
Swee Waxbill
Astrild à joues noires
Astrild à ventre jaune
melanotis; bocagei
BoA, CMT, ROB (+SS) Coccopygia melanotis
Resident, edges of montane forest, lowland forests, thick scrub, gardens: WC Angola (bocagei); S and E South Africa, further inland in
Transvaal and just into SE Zimbabwe (melanotis).
Estrilda quartinia
Yellow-bellied Waxbill
Astrild à ventre jaune
kilimensis; quartinia; stuartirwini
BoA, CMT, ROB (+SS) Coccopygia quartinia
DFW, BL subsume into Estrilda melanotis
Resident, usually wet grass, bushes around montane forest, grassy clearings: montane areas Ethiopia south through Albertine Rift, Kenya,
N Tanzania, Malawi to E Zimbabwe.
Estrilda caerulescens
Lavender Waxbill
Astrild queue-de-vinaigre
Red-tailed Lavender Waxbill
Astrild gris-bleu
Resident, grassland with scattered bushes and trees: guinea savanna zone Senegal - S Chad.
Estrilda perreini
Grey Waxbill
Astrild à queue noir
Black-tailed Waxbill; Black-tailed Grey
Waxbill; Black-tailed Lavender Waxbill
perreini; incana
Resident, open woodland, forest edges: W DRC, W Angola east through S DRC, N Zambia to S Tanzania and scattered to E coast South
Africa.
Estrilda thomensis
Cinderella Waxbill
Astrild de São Tomé
Astrild cendrillon
Resident, riverine vegetation in Acacia and mopane woodland: SW Angola to west of escarpment, extreme NW Namibia.
Estrilda paludicola
Fawn-breasted Waxbill
Astrild à poitrine fauve
paludicola; roseicrissa; marwitzi; benguellensis; ruthae; ochrogaster
IOC, SAM (+SS, RSF) raise Estrilda ochrogaster Abyssinian Waxbill Astrild abyssinien
Resident, open, damp areas in thin woodland: W Ethiopia (ochrogaster); S Sudan, NE DRC - W Kenya (paludicola, roseocrissa); scattered
in Congo, W DRC (ruthae); C Angola - S DRC, N Zambia (benguellensis); SW Tanzania (marwitzi).
Estrilda poliopareia
Anambra Waxbill
Astrild du Niger
DFW subsumes into Estrilda paludicola
Resident, very tall grass, reeds on muddy creeks, lagoons: 3-4 localities in coastal Nigeria and in mouth of Niger R..
Estrilda melpoda
Orange-cheeked Waxbill
Astrild à joues oranges
(HM, BD + melpoda; tschadensis)
Resident, tall grass, bushy savannas near water: Senegal, S Mali - S Chad to EC DRC (not NE) south to NW Angola - E DRC (not extreme
south).
Estrilda rhodopyga
Crimson-rumped Waxbill
Astrild à croupion rose
rhodopyga; centralis
Resident and wanderer, dry, bushy grassland usually near water: rather patchy Eritrea, E Sudan, NE Ethiopia south through Albertine Rift NE Tanzania to SW Tanzania.
Estrilda troglodytes
Black-rumped Waxbill
Astrild cendré
Bec-de-corali cendré
Resident and wanderer, thickets, dense woods, riverine scrub: sudan and guinean savannas Senegal, S Mauritania - extreme W Ethiopia, W
Eritrea; a few south to Ivory Coast, Ghana.
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Estrilda astrild
Common Waxbill
Astrild ondulé
Astrld bec-de-corail
kempi; occidentalis; peasei; massaica; minor; cavendishi; angolensis; jagoensis; rubriventris; damarensis; astrild; niediecki;
macmillani; tenebridorsa; nyansae (not in HM, CMT niansae); (HM + schoutedeni; sousae; adesma; ROB + ngamiensis (HM
incl in niediecki); tenebridorsa)
Resident, all grassy areas: all S of Sahara Cameroon - C Ethiopia and south except most of forest area, to the N and E of S Kenya (but in C
Ethiopia), most of drier areas of Namibia, Botswana, and parts of Tanzania and N Mozambique.
Most of the remaining 5 Estrilda spp have been known as Black-faced or Black-cheeked Waxbill by different authors with Estrilda
erythronotus known variously as both.
Estrilda nigriloris
Black-lored Waxbill
Astrild à masque noire
DFW subsumes into Estrilda astrild
Resident, grassy plains: Lualaba R. in S DRC (not seen since 1950).
Estrilda nonnula
Black-crowned Waxbill
Astrild nonnette
Astrild à cape noire
elizae; eisentrauti; nonnula
Resident, grassy forest clearings, grassy areas on mts: W Cameroon - SW Kenya and N end L Tanganyika; small patch Benin.
Estrilda atricapilla
Black-headed Waxbill
Astrild à tête noire
atricapilla; avakubi; marungensis; kandti; (ZTP + graueri)
BoA, CMT raise Estrilda kandti Kandt’s Waxbill Astrild de Kandt
Resident, forest clearings: S Cameroon - E DRC south just to N Angola; Albertine Rift mts, C Kenya mts (kandti).
Estrilda erythronotos
Black-faced Waxbill
Astrild à moustaches
delamerei; erythronotos (ZTP erythronotus); (HM + soligena (BoA, CMT, ROB incl in erythronotos))
Resident, Acacia thornbush: S Kenya, N and C Tanzania, patch in SW Uganda (delamerei); S Angola - C Zimbabwe south to N half South
Africa (erythronotos).
Estrilda charmosyna
Black-cheeked Waxbill
Astrild des fées
Red-rumped Waxbill
charmosyna; kiwanukae
Resident, arid thorn scrub on plains and low hillsides: NW Somalia in narrow band to S Kenya.
Spermophaga poliogenys
Grant’s Bluebill
Sénégali à bec bleu
Grosbec à front rouge
Resident, lowland forest: NE DRC and more scattered west to C DRC.
Spermophaga haematina
Western Bluebill
Sénégali sanguin
Bluebill
Grosbec sanguine
haematina; togoensis; pustulata
Resident, thick undergrowth in moist forest: Senegal - C DRC, one patch in EC DRC.
Spermophaga ruficapilla
Red-headed Bluebill
Sénégali à tête rouge
Grosbec à tête rouge
ruficapilla; cana
Resident, thick undergrowth in moist forest: NE DRC - W Kenya, patches SW DRC, NW Angola (all ruficapilla); Usambara Mts (NE
Tanzania) (cana).
Pyrenestes ostrinus
Black-bellied Seedcracker
Pyréneste ponceau
Grosbec ponceau à ventre noir
(HM + ostrinus (+ZTP); sanguineus; coccineus; minor here considered as 3 separate species)
Resident, watercourses in forest and woodland: Ghana - SW Uganda south to N Angola - N Zambia.
Pyrenestes sanguineus
Crimson Seedcracker
Pyréneste gros-bec
Grosbec ponceau à ventre brun
(BD + sanguineus; coccineus)
HM subsumes into Pyrenestes ostrinus
Resident, dense, humid, swamp forest: Senegal - Ivory Coast.
Pyrenestes minor
Lesser Seedcracker
Petit pyréneste
Petit-Grosbec ponceau
HM subsumes into Pyrenestes ostrinus
Resident, dense vegetation in damp places, forest edges, thickets: SE Tanzania, Malawi, C Mozambique.
Uraeginthus angolensis
Blue Waxbill
Cordonbleu de l’Angola
Blue-breasted Cordon-bleu; Southern Blue Waxbill;
Southern Cordon-bleu
angolensis; niassensis; (HM + cyanopleurus; natalensis (BoA, ROB (+CMT for cyanopleurus) incl both in niassensis); ROB has
4 races in Africa)
Resident, edges of dry woodland, thickets: W Angola, N Namibia, N Botswana - NE South Africa north to S DRC and (all but NW)
Zambia, SE Tanzania; introduced to São Tomé, Zanzibar.
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Uraeginthus bengalus
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu
Cordonbleu à joues rouges
brunneigularis; ugogensis (BoA, CMT ugogoensis); katangae; bengalus; (HM, ZTP + littoralis (BoA, CMT incl in
brunneigularis))
Resident, thornbush, sahel and guinea woodland: all across Sahel and guinea savanna zone S Mauritania, Senegal - C Ethiopia and south in
east through S Kenya, Uganda - SC Tanzania and west across S DRC - NE Angola, NW Zambia.
Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
Blue-capped Cordon-bleu
Cordonbleu cyanocéphale
Cordonbleu à calotte bleue
SAM Uraeginthus cyanocephala
Resident, semi-arid habitats, especially Acacia thickets: S Somalia, Kenya - C Tanzania.
Uraeginthus ianthinogaster
Purple Grenadier
Cordonbleu violacé
Cordonbleu grenadin
BoA, CMT (+SS) Granatina ianthinogaster
Resident, thick Acacia bush and thickets in arid and semi-arid areas: S half Ethiopia, all Somalia except NE, S Sudan - C Tanzania.
Uraeginthus granatinus
Violet-eared Waxbill
Cordonbleu granatin
Common Grenadier
Cordonbleu à joues violettes; Cordonbleu grenadin
(HM + granatinus; retusus; siccatus)
BoA, CMT, ROB (+SL, SS) Granatina granatina (+races are …a); SAM Uraeginthus granatina
Resident, dry thorn scrub and Acacia woodlands: S Angola - Zimbabwe south to C Namibia - N South Africa.
Euschistospiza dybowskii
Dybowski’s Twinspot
Sénégali à ventre noir
Resident, open grassy patches in woodland and forest: patches around Guinea; SE Nigeria - W CAR; patch in NE DRC.
Euschistospiza cinereovinacea
Dusky Twinspot
Sénégali sombre
cinerovinacea; graueri
Resident, long grass and bushes along lower edges montane forest: WC Angola (cinerovinacea); E DRC (graueri).
Hypargos niveoguttatus
Peters’s Twinspot
Sénégali enflammé
Red-throated Twinspot*
macrospilotus; niveoguttatus
Resident, edges montane forest, thickets: extreme E Angola - SE Kenya south to N half Zimbabwe - S Mozambique.
Hypargos margaritatus
Pink-throated Twinspot
Sénégali de Verreaux
Sénégali à gorge rose
Resident, dry woodland with dense undergrowth, thickets: S Mozambique, NE South Africa.
Clytospiza monteiri
Brown Twinspot
Sénégali brun
Resident, moist bushy grassland, thickets in mature woodland: W Cameroon - S Uganda; NW Angola - Congo R. in C DRC.
Pytilia hypogrammica
Yellow-winged Pytilia
Beaumarquet à ailes jaunes
Red-faced Pytilia
Resident, mature savanna woodland: scattered patches Guinea - S Chad, N CAR.
Pytilia phoenicoptera
Red-winged Pytilia
Beaumarquet aurore
phoenicoptera; emini
Resident, mature dry savanna woodlands: Senegal - NW Uganda but very patchy (emini east to Nigeria, phoenicoptera Cameroon and
east).
Pytilia lineata
Red-billed Pytilia
Beaumarquet à bec rouge
Ethiopian Aurora Finch; Lineated Pytilia
DFW, BL subsume into Pytilia phoenicoptera
Resident, open wooded grassland: W and C Ethiopian highlands.
Pytilia melba
Green-winged Pytilia
Beaumarquet melba
Melba Finch
citerior; soudanensis; percivali; belli; melba; jessei; grotei; hygrophila; (CMT + flavicaudata (HM considers invalid as
specific name, BoA places in quotes for the same reason, RSF notes it has never been collected))
Resident, Acacia thorn savannas, woodland, thickets: Senegal - Eritrea south to C Namibia, N South Africa excluding forest area; perhaps
absent from much of Ethiopia and very scattered in Mali, Burkino Faso area.
Pytilia afra
Orange-winged Pytilia
Beaumarquet à dos jaune
Resident, open wooded and bushed country: mouth of Congo R., Angola, S DRC - C Mozambique; scattered Zimbabwe, Tanzania, N
Uganda, C Ethiopia.
Lagonosticta senegala
Red-billed Firefinch
Amarante du Sénégal
senegala; rhodopsis; brunneiceps; somaliensis; ruberrima; rendalli
Resident, short grass, bare ground in open bush around villages: all S of Sahara except forest area, most of Angola and drier NE and SW.
Lagonosticta rufopicta
Bar-breasted Firefinch
Amarante pointé
[Brown Firefinch]
rufopicta; lateritia
Resident, grassland, overgrown cultivation: soudanian and guinea savanna zones Senegal, Guinea - W Ethiopia, W Kenya.
Lagonosticta nitidula
Brown Firefinch
Amarante nitidule
DFW subsumes into Lagonosticta rufopicta
Resident, swamps and reedbeds: upper Congo R., SW Tanzania southwest to W Zambia, N Botswana and to WC Angola.
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Lagonosticta larvata
Black-faced Firefinch
Amarante masqué
Black-throated Firefinch*
vinacea; nigricollis; larvata; (HM + togoensis)
SAM, IOC raise Lagonosticta vinacea Black-faced Firefinch Amarante vineux (races vinacea, nigricollis) (L. larvata becomes
Black-throated Firefinch)
Resident, grassy areas with trees or bamboo: Senegal - S Sudan (vinacea Senegal - Guinea), NW Uganda; patch in NW Ethiopia (larvata).
Lagonosticta rara
Black-bellied Firefinch
Amarante à ventre noir
forbesi; rara
Resident, grassy guinea savannas: SE Senegal, Sierra Leone - S Sudan, N Uganda, W Kenya.
Lagonosticta rubricata
African Firefinch
Amarante foncé
Blue-billed Firefinch
Amarante flambé
polionota; congica; haematocephala; rubricata; (HM + ugandae (BoA, CMT incl in congica); ZTP + hildebrandti (BoA, CMT
incl in haematocephala); ROB has 5 races in Africa)
Resident, tall grass, bush along forest edges and thickets, streams: Senegal - W Ethiopia south in east through Uganda, W Kenya - C
Mozambique (but excluding much of Tanzania) and west along south of forest area through N Zambia, S DRC; outlier in NE and E South
Africa (rubricata).
Lagonosticta landanae
Pale-billed Firefinch
Amarante de Landana
Landana Firefinch*
BoA, DFW, BD subsume into Lagonosticta rubricata
Resident, tall grass, bush along forest edges and thickets, streams: S Gabon, W Congo, W Angola.
Lagonosticta rhodopareia
Jameson’s Firefinch
Amarante de Jameson
Pink-backed Firefinch
rhodopareia; jamesoni; ansorgei; (ZTP + taruensis (HM incl in jamesoni); bruneli (HM has = L. umbrinodorsalis))
Resident, arid and semi-arid Acacia bushland: SW Ethiopia - NE South Africa and to west Caprivi Strip - E Angola; W Angola just
reaching W DRC and NW Namibia (ansorgei).
Lagonosticta virata
Mali Firefinch
Amarante de Kulikoro
Kulikoro Firefinch
DFW subsumes into Lagonosticta rhodopareia
Resident, rocky hillsides, thickets: E Senegal and upper Niger R. in SW Mali.
Lagonosticta sanguinodorsalis
Rock Firefinch
Amarante de roche
DFW, SAM appear to subsume into Lagonosticta rhodopareia
Resident, rocky outcrops and hillsides: small area in NC Nigeria.
Lagonosticta umbrinodorsalis
Chad Firefinch
Amarante de Reichenow
Reichenow’s Firefinch
DFW, BL subsumes into Lagonosticta rhodopareia
(Note: early editions of HM had this as Lagonosticta rhodopareia bruneli)
Resident, rocky hillsides: extreme SW Chad, NE Cameroon.
Amadina fasciata
Cut-throat Finch
Amadine cou-coupé
Cut-throat
fasciata; alexanderi; meridionalis; contigua
Resident, and intra-African migrant, wooded savannas: Sahel zone Senegal - Eritrea and south in east to C Tanzania (fasciata, alexanderi);
S Zambia, N and E Botswana, Zimbabwe, N South Africa and scattered in N Namibia (meridionalis, contigua).
Amadina erythrocephala
Red-headed Finch
Amadine à tête rouge
erythrocephala; dissita; (HM monotypic)
Resident and nomad, densely wooded thornbush, more open areas when non-breeding: Namibia, Botswana, South Africa (except E and
SW) with arm up coastal Angola.
Ortygospiza atricollis
Black-faced Quailfinch
Astrild-caille à face noire
Quailfinch
atricollis; ansorgei; (CMT, HM + ugandae (BoA incl in atricollis))
Resident, short grass savannas: scattered Senegal, Liberia - NE Nigeria; 2 areas in SE Sudan.
Ortygospiza fuscocrissa
African Quailfinch
Astril-caille à lunettes
fuscocrissa; muelleri; smithersi; pallida; digressa ; (ROB + bradfieldi (HM incl in muelleri);?ugandae; ROB has 9 in Africa)
DFW, HM, SAM, BL, ROB, ZTP subsume into Ortygospiza atricollis
Resident, short grass savannas: Ethiopian, Eritrean highlands, East African highlands, E Angola, E Botswana, E two-thirds South Africa,
Zimbabwe and scattered in W Angola, NC Namibia, Cape area, SW and NE Zambia.
Ortygospiza gabonensis
Black-chinned Quailfinch
Astrild-caille à gorge noire
Red-headed Quailfinch; Red-billed Quailfinch
gabonensis; fuscata; dorsostriata
Resident, short grass plains: scattered W Gabon - SW Uganda south to C Angola - N Zambia excluding most of DRC.
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Ortygospiza locustella
Locust Finch
Astrild-caille à gorge rouge
uelensis; locustella
BoA, CMT, ROB Paludipasser locustella
Resident, flat open grassland: E Angola - SW Tanzania south to NE Zimbabwe; patches SW Kenya, NE DRC and a few in Congo away
from coast.
Amandava subflava
Zebra Waxbill
Bengali zébré
Orange-breasted Waxbill*
subflava; clarkei; (HM + niethammeri (BoA, ROB incl in clarkei))
BoA, CMT, ROB (+RSF) Sporaeginthus subflavus (+ race)
Resident, rough, montane grasslands, rank grass in open savanna woodland: Senegal - W Ethiopia, extreme W Kenya south to SW Angola
- NE South Africa, excluding forest area.
[Amandava amandava
Red Avadavat
Bengali rouge]
amandava
Resident, reedbeds in water: introduced to Nile Delta.
Lonchura griseicapilla
Grey-headed Silverbill
Capucin à tête grise
Spermète à tête grise
BoA, CMT, IOC (+SS, RSF) Odontospiza grisecapilla
Resident, arid Acacia savanna: S Ethiopia, S Sudan - C Tanzania in narrow band.
Lonchura cucullata
Bronze Mannikin
Capucin nonnette
Bronze Munia
Spermète nonnette
cucullata; scutata
BoA, CMT (+RSF) Spermestes cucullatus (+ races); ROB (+SS) Spermestes cucullata
Resident, long grass, clearings in reach of water: all S of Sahara Senegal - W Ethiopia, SW Kenya south to C Angola - Zimbabwe - NE and
E South Africa; gap in forest area except S Gabon and most of Congo.
Lonchura bicolor
Black-and-white Mannikin
Capucin bicolore
Black-and-White Munia; [Red-backed Mannikin] Spermète à bec bleu; Capucin à dos brun
bicolor; poensis; woltersi; nigriceps
BoA, CMT, SAM, ROB (+SS, RSF) Spermestes bicolor
SAM, IOC (+SL, SF, SS, RSF) raise Lonchura (Spermestes) nigriceps Brown (Red*)-backed Mannikin Capucin à dos brun
Resident and intra-African migrant, tall grass in forest clearings, gardens: Guinea - SW Ethiopia, S Kenya south to NW Angola - C
Mozambique and south down E coast South Africa.
Lonchura fringilloides
Magpie Mannikin
Capucin pie
Magpie Munia
Spermète pie
(BD + fringilloides)
BoA, CMT, ROB (+SS, RSF) Spermestes fringilloides
Resident, wet rice fields, savannas, rank grass: Senegal - SW Uganda south to NW Zambia - Mozambique; (main area N DRC - C
Mozambique).
Lonchura nana
Madagascar Mannikin
Capucin de Madagascar
Madagasar Munia
Spermète nain
SAM, IOC Lemuresthes nana
Resident, open areas, forest edge, marsh edges and crops: Madagascar.
Lonchura cantans
African Silverbill
Capucin bec d’argent
Spermète bec d’argent
cantans; orientalis
BoA, CMT (+SS, RSF) Euodice cantans
Resident, semi-arid steppes, rocky savannas: Sahel zone Senegal - NE Sudan, N Eritrea, NE Ethiopia; S Sudan, SW Ethiopia, S Somalia
south to N Tanzania.
Warbling Silverbill
[Padda oryzivora
Java Sparrow
Padda de Java]
DFW, HM, IOC Lonchura oryzivora
Resident, human habitations: introduced to Zanzibar, Pemba, Mascarenes.
VIDUIDAE (SAM includes within Passeridae)
Anomalospiza imberbis
Parasitic Weaver
Cuckoo Finch; Cuckoo Weaver*
Anomalospize parasite
Tisserin parasite; Tisserin-coucou
imberbis; butleri; (HM monotypic)
DFW, SAM, ZTP, BD place in Ploceidae
Resident and intra-African migrant, open bushy grasslands, cultivation: local and scarce Senegal - C Ethiopia south to SE Angola, extreme
N Botswana, E South Africa excluding forest area.
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DFW has all …. Whydah as …. Widow
Vidua macroura
Pin-tailed Whydah
Veuve dominicaine
Resident, cultivation and clearings: all S of Sahel zone and excluding drier NE and SW.
Vidua orientalis
Sahel Paradise Whydah
Veuve à collier d’or
Northern Paradise Whydah
aucupum; orientalis
DFW, BL subsume into Vidua paradisaea
Resident, grassy savanna woodland: all Sahel zone.
Vidua interjecta
Exclamatory Paradise Whydah
Veuve d’Uelle
Uelle Paradise Widow; [Long-tailed
Paradise Whydah]; Exclamatory Whydah
Resident, guinea savanna woodlands: guinea savanna zone Senegal - W Ethiopia.
Veuve nigérienne
Vidua togoensis
Veuve du Togo
Togo Paradise Whydah
Resident, open woodland, cultivation: Guinea - Togo north of forest; patches W Cameroon, S Mali.
Vidua obtusa
Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah
Veuve de Chapin
Veuve à collier d’or
Resident, dry miombo woodland: Angola east to S Tanzania - C Zimbabwe, N Mozambique; arm to north up Albertine Rift to SW Uganda,
E DRC.
Vidua paradisaea
Eastern Paradise Whydah
Veuve de paradis
[**Long-tailed Paradise Whydah*]
Resident, woodland with scattered trees, semi-arid scrub: C Ethiopia, W Somalia south to N South Africa and west in arm S Zambia, N
Botswana, N Namibia and north up W Angola.
Vidua hypocherina
Steel-blue Whydah
Veuve métallique
Resident, lowland thorn scrub: NW and SW Somalia - N Uganda south to C Tanzania.
Vidua fischeri
Straw-tailed Whydah
Veuve de Fischer
Veuve à queue de paille
Resident, open, short grass plains: E Ethiopia, W Somalia - extreme SE Sudan - C Tanzania with a gap in E Kenya.
Vidua regia
Shaft-tailed Whydah
Veuve royale
Queen Whydah
Resident, semi-arid areas, especially Acacia: SW Angola, C Namibia east to S Zambia, all but NE Zimbabwe, N South Africa, SW
Mozambique.
Vidua chalybeata
Village Indigobird
Combassou du Sénégal
chalybeata; ultramarina; centralis; amauropteryx; neumanni; okavangoensis
Resident, thorn scrub along rivers, roads, edges of cultivation, mopane woodlands: Senegal - Eritrea extending a little further north down
Nile R. in Sudan, around forest area through Uganda, S Kenya south to N South Africa and west in strip along Angola-Namibia border and
with patches in W Angola.
Vidua wilsoni
Wilson’s Indigobird
Combassou de Wilson
Pale-winged Indigobird
Resident, woodland savannas: narrow band Senegal - NW Uganda.
Combassou à ailes pales
Vidua nigeriae
Combassou du Nigérie
Quailfinch Indigobird
Combassou d’Astrild-caille
DFW subsumes into Vidua wilsoni; no mention in SAM
Resident, open, grassy areas with scattered bushes: small patches Mali, NE Nigeria, extreme S Sudan; old records Gambia.
Vidua maryae
Jos Plateau Indigobird
Combassou de Jos
Plateau Indigobird
Combassou du Plateau de Jos
no mention in DFW, SAM
Resident, base of rocky outcrops in semi-arid guinea savannas: Jos Plateau (N Nigeria).
Vidua raricola
Jambandu Indigobird
Combassou de Jambandu
Resident, floodplains, grassy wetlands: patches Guinea-Bissau, NE Ivory Coast, C Nigeria, NW Cameroon, W Sudan, S Sudan.
Vidua larvaticola
Barka Indigobird
Combassou de Barka
Baka Indigobird
Resident, overgrown cultivation, thickets: NC Nigeria, S Chad, W CAR; outliers W Sudan, NW Ethiopia and a few west to Senegal.
Vidua camerunensis
Cameroon Indigobird
Combassou du Cameroun
Fonio Indigobird
DFW subsumes into Vidua wilsoni; no mention in SAM
Resident, woody and shrubby edges of rivers, cultivation: scattered Guinea - NE DRC, S Sudan; patch on lower Congo R..
Vidua funerea
Variable Indigobird
[Dusky Indigobird*]
Combassou noir
Combassou variable
funerea; nigerrima
Resident, lowlying moist woodlands and forest edges: S DRC, S Tanzania - E South Africa; outliers W Angola, N Tanzania, W Kenya.
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Vidua purpurascens
Purple Indigobird
Combassou violacé
[Dusky Indigobird]
Combassou noirâtre; Combassou pourpré
Resident, drier, bushy woodlands, thornbush, riverine: S Zambia, extreme NE Botswana - NE South Africa; outliers SW Angola, NE
Tanzania, W and S Kenya.
Vidua codringtoni
Zambezi Indigobird
Combassou vert
Twinspot Indigobird; Green Indigobird;
Combassou de Codrington
Peter’s Twinspot Indigobird
Resident, riverine and flooded thickets, dense Acacia woodland: S Tanzania - C Zimbabwe.
(VIREONIDAE)
Vireo olivaceus
Red-eyed Vireo
Viréo aux yeux rouges
White-eyed Vireo
Viréo aux yeux blancs)
Philadelphia Vireo
Viréo de Philadelphie)
Chaffinch
Pinson des arbres
Vagrant: Morocco.
(Vireo griseus
Vagrant: Azores.
(Vireo philadelphicus
Vagrant: Azores.
FRINGILLIDAE
Fringilla coelebs
Common Chaffinch*
africana; spodiogenys; moreletti; maderensis; canariensis; ombriosa; palmae; coelebs; gengleri
Resident and Palearctic winter visitor, woodland, thickets, farmland: all across North Africa (spodiogenys, africana); Azores (moreletti);
Madeira (maderensis); Canary Is (canariensis, ombriosa, palmae); introduced to Cape Town, South Africa (gengleri).
Fringilla montifringilla
Brambling
Pinson du Nord
Vagrant: parts of North Africa and south to Senegal.
Fringilla teydea
Blue Chaffinch
Pinson bleu
teydea; polatzeki
Resident, only in forests of endemic pine Pinus canariensis: Tenerife (teydea); Gran Canaria (polatzeki).
Pseudochloroptila totta
Cape Siskin
Serin totta
DFW, HM, SAM Serinus totta; IOC, ROB Crithagra totta
Resident, scrubby fynbos on rocky slopes: SW Cape Province (South Africa).
Pseudochloroptila symonsi
Drakensberg Siskin
Serin de Symons
Serin du Drakensburg
DFW, HM, SAM Serinus symonsi; IOC, ROB Crithagra symonsi
Resident, alpine grasslands, montane scrub: mts of Lesotho and Drakensberg (KZ-Natal, South Africa).
IOC has Serinus citrinelloides to S. tristriatus (and S. alario) as Crithagra spp (note specific name becomes eg tristriata not tristriatus in
some cases); ROB has the same for species covered but these are noted explicitly.
Serinus citrinelloides
African Citril
Serin d’Abyssinie
Abyssinian Citril
Venturon africain
citrinelloides; kikuyensis (BoA kikuyuensis; SAM places in Serinus frontalis); (HM + martinsi; HM + hypostictus; frontalis;
brittoni here considered as 2 separate species)
Resident, scrub on mountain slopes, secondary bush, gardens, plantations: highlands of Eritrea, Ethiopia, C Kenya.
Serinus frontalis
Western Citril
Serin à diadème
Yellow-browed Citril
DFW, HM, ZTP (+SF) subsume into Serinus citrinelloides
Resident, highland grassy areas: Albertine Rift south to S end L. Tanganyika.
Serinus hypostictus
Southern Citril
Serin est-africain
Grey-faced Citril
hypostictus; brittoni
DFW, HM, ZTP (+SF) subsume into Serinus citrinelloides
Resident, forest clearings, edges of rank vegetation along streams, banana plantations: extreme S Sudan, W Kenya (brittoni); SE Kenya, N
Tanzania and band N-S across Eastern Arc Mts and all of Malawi (hypostictus).
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Serinus capistratus
Black-faced Canary
Serin à masque noir
Serin à face noir
capistratus; hildegardae
Resident, shrubland, grassland next to forest: patches S Gabon, N Angola, S DRC and into N Zambia.
Serinus koliensis
Papyrus Canary
Serin du Koli
Serin des papyrus
Resident, papyrus swamps: S and SW Uganda, Rwanda, SW Kenya.
Serinus scotops
Forest Canary
Serin forestier
transvaalensis; umbrosus; scotops
ROB Crithagra scotops (+race umbrosa)
Resident, montane evergreen forest, dense bush: E South Africa and south to Cape.
Serinus leucopygius
White-rumped Seedeater
Serin à croupion blanc
White-rumped Serin
riggenbachi; leucopygius; (HM, BD + pallens (BoA, CMT incl in riggenbachi))
Resident, light woodland, steppe in arid areas: Sahel and soudanian savanna zones Senegal - W Ethiopia, S Sudan.
Serinus atrogularis
Black-throated Canary
Serin à gorge noire
Black-throated Seedeater; [Yellow-rumped Seedeater]
somereni; lwenarum; atrogularis; impiger; semideserti; deserti; seshekeensis (not in HM); (HM + reichenowi; xanthopygius here
considered as 2 separate species)
ROB Crithagra atrogularis
Resident, open woodland savannas: S Angola - N Zambia and south excluding Kalahari Desert, Cape area, extreme E South Africa, and all
of Mozambique; arm up western Rift to S Uganda and some in S DRC.
Serinus reichenowi
Reichenow’s Seedeater
Serin de Reichenow
[Yellow-rumped Seedeater]
DFW, HM, BL subsume into Serinus atrogularis
Resident and wanderer, scrub, bush, cultivation and woodland in arid areas: C Ethiopia south to a N-S band across C Tanzania.
Serinus xanthopygius
Yellow-rumped Seedeater
Serin à croupion jaune
Yellow-rumped Serin; White-throated Seedeater
DFW, HM subsume into Serinus atrogularis
Resident, upland scrub: NW Eritrea, N Ethiopia.
Serinus citrinipectus
Lemon-breasted Canary
Serin à poitrine citron
Lemon-breasted Seedeater
ROB Crithagra citrinipecta
Resident, clearings in dry woodland, scrub, palm savanna: small areas E Zimbabwe, S Mozambique, extreme E South Africa.
Serinus mozambicus
Yellow-fronted Canary
Serin du Mozambique
caniceps; punctigula; barbatus; samaliyae; tando; vansoni; mozambicus; granti; grotei; gommaensis; (HM, BD + santhome
(BoA, CMT incl in tando noting that santhome has been used for the population introduced to Sao Tome))
ROB Crithagra mozambica (+ race)
Resident and wanderer, open woodland, tree savannas of many types: Senegal - W Ethiopia south to S Angola - E South Africa excluding
all of forest area and to the NE of most of Kenya and parts of Tanzania; introduced to São Tomé.
Serinus dorsostriatus
White-bellied Canary
Serin à ventre blanc
maculicollis; dorsostriatus; taruensis (not in HM)
Resident, dry Acacia thornbush and grassland: SE Ethiopia, NW Somalia south to NC Tanzania.
Serinus flavigula
Yellow-throated Seedeater
Serin à gorge jaune
Yellow-throated Serin
Resident, scrubby areas among rocks on hillsides: Shoa Province (NC Ethiopia).
Serinus xantholaemus
Salvadori’s Seedeater
Serin de Salvadori
Salvadori’s Serin
SAM no mention (presumed to subsume into Serinus flavigula)
Resident, mixed woodland in valleys: 10 localities on SE half Ethiopia.
Serinus donaldsoni
Northern Grosbeak Canary
Serin à gros bec
Ethiopian Grosbeak Canary; Grosbeak Canary
Resident and wanderer, park-like areas with scattered trees and scrub on arid plains: scattered SE Ethiopia, N Kenya, Somalia.
Serinus buchanani
Southern Grosbeak Canary
Kenya Grosbeak Canary
DFW subsumes into Serinus donaldsoni
Resident and wanderer, dry thorn scrub, thickets: S Kenya, N Tanzania.
Serin de Buchanan
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Serinus sulphuratus
Brimstone Canary
Serin soufré
Bully Canary
sharpii (BoA sharpei); wilsoni; sulphuratus
ROB Crithagra sulphurata (+ race)
Resident, most open bushy country, woodlands, clearings: E DRC - SW Kenya; WC Angola; S DRC - SW Tanzania south through
Zimbabwe and then E and S South Africa.
Serinus flaviventris
Yellow Canary
Serin de Sainte Hélène
Serin jaune
damarensis; flaviventris; marshalli; guillarmodi
ROB Crithagra flaviventris
Resident and wanderer, woodland, semi-arid shrub savannas: Namibia, Botswana and all but E South Africa; introduced Ascension Is, St
Helena.
Serinus albogularis
White-throated Canary
Serin à gorge blanche
crocopygius (BoA crocopygia); sordahlae; albogularis; orangensis; (HM + hewitti (BoA, CMT incl in albogularis))
ROB Crithagra albogularis (+ race crocopygia)
Resident and nomad, shrublands, coastal fynbos, arid wastelands: extreme SW Angola through W half Namibia to W and C South Africa.
Serinus striolatus
Streaky Seedeater
Serin strié
striolatus; graueri
Resident and wanderer, upland scrub, dense bush, dry woodlands, forest edges: Ethiopian highlands into NW Eritrea, and SW Kenya, N
Tanzania (both striolatus); Albertine Rift mt areas (graueri).
Serinus whytii
Yellow-browed Seedeater
Serin bride
DFW, HM (+SF) subsume into Serinus striolatus
Resident, edges of evergreen forest: small area SW Tanzania.
Serinus burtoni
Thick-billed Seedeater
Serin de Burton
burtoni; tanganjicae (CMT tanganijicae); kilimensis; albifrons; (HM + melanochrous here considered a separate species)
Resident, montane forest where broken with grassland: W Cameroon, Bioko (burtoni); small area WC Angola, highlands of E DRC, W
Uganda, Rwanda (tanganjicae); SW Kenya, NC Tanzania (kilimensis, albifrons).
Serinus melanochrous
Tanzania Seedeater
Serin des Kipengere
Kipengere Seedeater*
DFW, HM subsume into Serinus burtoni
Resident, high altitude montane forest: Mt Rungwe, Udzungwa Mts (S Tanzania).
Serinus rufobrunneus
Príncipe Seedeater
Serin roux
Serin de Príncipe
rufobrunneus; thomensis; fradei
Resident, all forest types: São Tomé (thomensis); Príncipe (rufobrunneus); Caroo Is (fradei).
Serinus leucopterus
Protea Canary
Serin bifascié
Protea Seedeater*
Serin des protéas
ROB Crithagra leucoptera
Resident, mature, tall dense, Protea shrublands, fynbos, thickets: S Cape Province (South Africa).
Serinus mennelli
Black-eared Seedeater
Serin oreillard
Serin à oreillons noirs
ROB Crithagra mennelli
Resident, undisturbed miombo woodland: S Tanzania, S DRC, all of Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, C and S Mozambique; old record
isolated in WC Angola.
Serinus gularis
Streaky-headed Seedeater
Serin gris
canicapilla (BD canicapillus); montanorum; elgonensis; benguellensis; mendosus; gularis; endemion; humilis
ROB Crithagra gularis (+ race mendosa)
ZTP raises Serinus elgonensis as Streaky-headed Seedeater
SAM, IOC (+SS) raises Serinus canicapillus (Crithagra canicapilla) West African Seedeater Serin ouest-africain
Resident, well-wooded savannas, forest clearings: Guinea - N Cameroon (canicapilla); S Sudan in narrow band to W Kenya (elgonensis);
C Angola, W Zambia; Zimbabwe, S Mozambique to E and S South Africa.
Serinus reichardi
Reichard’s Seedeater
Serin de Reichard
Stripe-breasted Seedeater
Serin à poitrine striée
striatipectus; reichardi
ZTP raises Serinus striatipectus Stripe-breasted Seedeater
Resident, miombo woodlands, shrubby escarpments: all of Zambia and just into adjacent areas (reichardi); scattered patches C Tanzania,
W Kenya, W Ethiopia, W Sudan (striatipectus).
Serinus tristriatus
Brown-rumped Seedeater
Serin à trois raies
Serin à croupion brun
(BoA + tristriatus; pallidior)
Resident, woodlands, clearings in rocky montane areas: Ethiopian and Eritrean highlands.
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Serinus canicollis
Cape Canary
Serin du Cap
Yellow-crowned Canary
griseitergum; thompsonae (HM incl in canicollis); canicollis; flavivertex; sassii (BoA sassi); huillensis
(SS Serinus flavicollis)
BoA, CMT, IOC, ROB (+RSF) raise Serinus flavivertex Yellow-crowned Canary Serin à calotte jaune (races flavivertex; sassii;
huillensis)
Resident, highland forest clearings and edges, in south more widespread: highlands of Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania (flavivertex); Albertine
Rift (sassii); WC Angola (huilensis); S half South Africa north to E Zimbabwe (other 3 races).
Serinus serinus
European Serin
Serin cini
Resident and Palearctic winter visitor, warm dry lowlands with scattered trees: resident Morocco - Tunisia, Canary Is; winters in this area
and along rest of North Africa.
Serinus canaria
Island Canary
Serin des Canaries
Atlantic Canary*
Resident, all habitats, parks, gardens, pine and laurel forests: Madeira, Azores, W Canary Is.
Serinus syriacus
Syrian Serin
Serin syriaque
Palearctic winter visitor, semi-arid Acacia scrub: Sinai (Egypt).
Serinus citrinella
Citril Finch
Venturon montagnard
Ethiopian Siskin
Serin à tête noire
HM, IOC, BL Carduelis citrinella
Vagrant: Morocco, Algeria.
Serinus nigriceps
Abyssinian Siskin; Black-headed Siskin
Resident, moorland, grassland, montane forest above tree line: highlands N Ethiopia.
Serinus pusillus
Red-fronted Serin
Serin à front d’or
Fire-fronted Serin
Vagrant: Egypt.
Serinus alario
Black-headed Canary
Serin alario du Cap
leucolaemus; alario
BoA, CMT (+SL) Alario alario; IOC Crithagra alario
BoA, CMT, SAM (+SL,SS) raise Serinus (BoA, CMT (+SL) as Alario) leucolaemus (SAM (+SS) S. leucolaema) Damara Canary
Serin alario du Nord (Serin de Namibie)
Resident, arid, often rocky hillsides: W Namibia - NW Cape Province (South Africa) (leucolaemus); rest of S South Africa but not in E
(alario).
Neospiza concolor
São Tomé Grosbeak
Néospize de São Tomé
Grosbec de São Tomé
Resident, forest: São Tomé.
Linurgus olivaceus
Oriole-Finch
Linurge loriot
Pinson-loriot
olivaceus; prigoginei; elgonensis; kilimensis
Resident, undergrowth in montane forest: W Cameroon, Bioko (olivaceus); E DRC (prigoginei); S Sudan - W Kenya (elgonensis); C
Tanzania, N Malawi (kilimensis).
Rhynchostruthus socotranus
Golden-winged Grosbeak
Grand-verdier à ailes d’or d’Arabie
Socotra Golden-winged Grosbeak*;
**Arabian Golden-winged Grosbeak
socotranus; (HM + louisae here considered a separate species)
Resident, wadis, rocky outcrops, submontane woodland: Socotra.
Grosbec à ailes d’or
Rhynchostruthus louisae
Grand-verdier à ailes d’or d’Somalie
Somali Golden-winged Grosbeak
Somali Grosbeak
HM (+SAM presumed) subsume into Rhynchostruthus socotranus
Resident, broken rocky ground with scattered bushes: small area in NW Somalia.
Carduelis chloris
European Greenfinch
Verdier d’Europe
Greenfinch
Verdier
aurantiiventris; chlorotica; vanmarli; voousi
CMT Chloris chloris
Resident and Palearctic winter visitor, woodland, gardens, fields: resident N Morocco - N Tunisia, few in Nile Delta, wintering to rest of
North Africa; introduced Azores; vagrant Mauritania.
Carduelis carduelis
European Goldfinch
Chardonneret élégant
niediecki; parva; carduelis; britannica
CMT Spinus carduelis
Resident and Palearctic winter visitor, cultivation, scrub, copses: Morocco - Egypt north of desert; a few in desert oases in Egypt south to
Aswan; N Atlantic islands (parva).
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Carduelis spinus
Eurasian Siskin
Tarin des aulnes
CMT Spinus spinus
Palearctic winter visitor, alders, cedars, other woodlands: invades sometimes all across North Africa.
Carduelis flammea
Common Redpoll
Sizeron flammé
Arctic Redpoll
Sizerin blanchâtre)
Common Linnet
Linotte mélodieuse
rostrata
CMT Acanthis flammea
Vagrant: Morocco; Azores.
(Carduelis hornemanni
CMT Acanthis hornemanni
Vagrant: Azores.
Carduelis cannabina
Linnet; Eurasian Linnet
cannabina; nana (HM=guentheri); meadewaldoi; harterti; mediterranea; bella
DFW Acanthis cannabina
Resident and partial migrant, cultivation, scrub, in winter often coastal: resident N Morocco - N Tunisia; winters rest of North Africa
occasional into desert and south to Mauritania; Madeira (nana); Tenerife (meadewaldoi); Lanzarote (harterti).
Carduelis johannis
Warsangli Linnet
Linotte de Warsangli
DFW Acanthis johannis
Resident, rocky, highland juniper forest: small area N Somalia.
Carduelis ankoberensis
Ankober Serin
Serin d’Ankober
HM, SAM, BL (+DFW) (+SS) Serinus ankoberensis; IOC Crithagra ankoberensis
DFW subsumes into Serinus menachensis Yemen Serin Serin du Yémen (an Arabian species)
Resident, high altitude cliff tops, rocky and scrubby areas: 2 small patches N Ethiopia.
Carpodacus erythrinus
Common Rosefinch
Roselin cramoisy
Scarlet Rosefinch
Vagrant: Egypt, Morocco, Seychelles.
Carpodacus synoicus
Pale Rosefinch
Roselin du Sinai
Sinai Rosefinch*
Resident, dry wadis, rocks: Sinai (Egypt).
Rhodopechys sanguineus
Crimson-winged Finch
Roselin à ailes rousses
[Eurasian Crimson-winged Finch*]
alienus
SAM Rhodopechys sanguinea
IOC raises as Rhodopechys alienus African Crimson-winged Finch
Resident, bare, stony mountain slopes, fields: Atlas Mts in Morocco; Aures Mts (Algeria).
Rhodospiza obsoleta
Desert Finch
Rosalin de Lichtenstein
SAM Rhodopechys obsolete; BL Rhodopechys obsoletus
Vagrant: Egypt (mainly Sinai).
Bucanetes githagineus
Trumpeter Finch
Roselin githagine
Bouvreuil githagine
amantum; zedlitzi; githagineus
BoA Bucanetes githaginea (+ race); SAM Rhodopechys githaginea (+race)
Resident, desert edges, semi-desert with boulders, rocks, sparse vegetation: Morocco, Algeria in and south of Atlas Mts south to C
Mauritania, E Mali, NW Niger, N Chad; scattered records Libya, Egypt; outliers NE Sudan, Djibouti; Canary Is (amantum).
Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Eurasian Bullfinch
Bouvreuil pivoine
pyrrhula; murina
IOC, BL raise Pyrrhula murina Azores Bullfinch
Resident, natural vegetation, especially in steep valleys: San Miguel (Azores) (murina); vagrant Morocco - Tunisia (pyrrhula).
Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Hawfinch
Gros-bec casse-noyaux
coccothraustes; buvryi (CMT burryi)
Resident and Palearctic winter visitor, mature open woodland, especially oak and cork oak: N Morocco, N Algeria wintering further to east.
Loxia curvirostra
Red Crossbill
Bec-croisé des sapins
Common Crossbill
poliogyna
Resident, conifer forest: mts of Morocco - E Algeria.
(PARULIDAE)
(Vermivora peregrina
Vagrant: Azores.
Tennessee Warbler
Paruline obscure)
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(Dendroica petechia
Yellow Warbler
Paruline jaune)
American Yellow Warbler*
Vagrant: Azores, Madeira.
(Dendroica coronata
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Paruline à croupion jaune)
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Paruline bleue)
Blackpoll Warbler
Paruline rayée)
American Redstart
Paruline flamboyant)
Ovenbird
Paruline couronée)
Northern Waterthrush
Paruline des ruisseaux)
Louisiana Waterthrush
Paruline hochequeue)
Common Yellowthroat
Paruline masque)
Hooded Warbler
Paruline à capuchin)
Summer Tanager
Tangara vermillion)
Scarlet Tanager
Tangara écarlate)
Vagrant: Canary Is.
(Dendroica caerulescens
Vagrant: Azores.
(Dendroica striata
Vagrant: Azores.
(Setophaga ruticilla
Vagrant: Azores, Madeira.
(Seiurus aurocapilla
Vagrant: Azores.
(Seiurus noveboracensis
Vagrant: Azores.
(Seiurus motacilla
Vagrant: Canary Is.
(Geothlypis trichas
Vagrant: Azores.
(Wilsonia citrina
Vagrant: Azores.
(THRAUPIDAE)
(Piranga rubra
Vagrant: Azores.
(Piranga olivacea
Vagrant: Azores.
EMBERIZIDAE (SAM, ROB include in Fringillidae)
Emberiza cabanisi
Cabanis’s Bunting
Bruant de Cabanis
cabanisi; orientalis; (BD, ROB + cognominata (BoA, CMT, HM incl in orientalis))
Resident, wooded grassland, guinea savanna: Guinea - S Sudan (cabanisi); W Congo, C Angola east to C Tanzania, N half Zimbabwe, N
Mozambique (orientalis).
Emberiza flaviventris
Golden-breasted Bunting
Bruant à poitrine dorée
African Golden-breasted Bunting
flavigaster; kalaharica; flaviventris; princeps (HM incl in kalaharica); (ROB + carychroa (HM incl in kalaharica))
Resident, sparse or dense Acacia, dry woodlands: S Mauritania - NW Eritrea (flavigaster); SE Sudan south through E DRC, SW Kenya to
Angola (all but W), N half Namibia, east to Tanzania - E South Africa.
Emberiza poliopleura
Somali Bunting
Bruant de Somalie
Somali Golden-breasted Bunting
Resident, dry thornbush: SE Ethiopia, W and S Somalia, NE half Kenya, extreme NE Tanzania.
Emberiza affinis
Brown-rumped Bunting
Bruant à ventre jaune
affinis; vulpecula; nigeriae; omoensis (=forbesi); (ZTP + forbesi)
Resident, dry savanna woodlands, old fields: Senegal - W Ethiopia.
Emberiza tahapisi
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
Bruant cannelle
Cinnamon-breasted Rock Bunting; African Rock Bunting
insularis; septemstriata; tahapisi; goslingi; (HM, ROB + nivenorum (BoA, CMT incl in tahapisi))
Resident and partial migrant, bare ground, rocky ridges, open ground with bushes: Senegal, S Mauritania - NW Somalia and south between
forest and W and SW Kenya; all down east side Zambia, E Botswana, but not most of Mozambique, south to South Africa; patches all west
coast S Gabon - C Namibia.
Emberiza striolata
House Bunting
Bruant striolé
Striolated Bunting*
sahari; sanghae; saturatior; striolata; jebelmarrae
IOC raises Emberiza sahara (sic) House Bunting
Resident, oases, sparse vegetation, rocky hillsides: Morocco - Tunisia; belt across central Sahara Mauritania - C Sudan, Red Sea coast of
Sudan and N Eritrea, patch in SE Sudan, N Kenya, SW Ethiopia; (sahari -- Morocco - Tunisia south to N Niger, N Chad).
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Emberiza socotrana
Socotra Bunting
Bruant de Socotra
Cape Bunting
Bruant du Cap
Resident, rocky high ground: Socotra.
Emberiza capensis
smithersii; plowesi; limpopoensis; reidi; basutoensis; vinacea; cinnamomea; capensis; bradfieldi; nebularum; (HM + vincenti
here considered a separate species)
Resident, rocky montane areas, sparse grassland: extreme SW Angola, W half Namibia, most of South Africa and then north through E
Botswana and much of Zimbabwe.
Emberiza vincenti
Vincent’s Bunting
Bruant de Vincent
HM, BL (+DFW, SAM presumed) subsume into Emberiza capensis
Resident, bare, rocky mountain tops, cliffs: Malawi and adjacent NW Mozambique.
Emberiza impetuani
Lark-like Bunting
Bruant des rochers
eremica (not in ROB); impetuani; sloggetti
Resident and irruptive nomad, arid and semi-arid savannas, rocky hills: W half South Africa north to W Namibia and W coast Angola;
isolated population L. Cameira in Moxico (Angola); moves NE to Zimbabwe, S Zambia occasionally.
Emberiza cia
Rock Bunting
Bruant fou
European Rock Bunting; Eurasian Rock Bunting; Western Rock Bunting
cia
Resident, high, open semi-arid areas with sparse vegetation, dry hillsides: mts of N Morocco - N Tunisia.
Emberiza leucocephalos
Pine Bunting
Bruant à calotte blanche
sometimes incorrectly spelt Emberiza leucocephalus
Vagrant: 1 record Morocco.
Emberiza citrinella
Yellowhammer
Bruant jaune
Cirl Bunting
Bruant zizi
citrinella
Vagrant: 1 record Morocco.
Emberiza cirlus
(CMT + cirlus)
Resident, slopes with scrub, edges of woodland: N and W Morocco - NW Tunisia.
Emberiza cineracea
Cinereous Bunting
Bruant cendré
semenowi; cineracea
Palearctic winter visitor, dry areas with little vegetation: Red Sea coastal areas of Sudan, Eritrea; vagrant Tunisia.
Emberiza hortulana
Ortolan Bunting
Bruant ortolan
Resident and Palearctic winter visitor, breeds open montane forest, winters dry open areas, savanna: resident N Algeria mts; winters
discontinuously in mts Sierra Leone, Nigeria, W Sudan, Ethiopia.
Emberiza caesia
Cretzschmar’s Bunting
Bruant cendrillard
Resident and Palearctic winter visitor, dry steppes, desert edges: band across C Sudan, Red Sea coast of Sudan, Eritrea
Emberiza rustica
Rustic Bunting
Bruant rustique
Little Bunting
Bruant nain
Common Reed Bunting
Bruant des roseaux
Vagrant: Egypt.
Emberiza pusilla
Vagrant: Morocco, Egypt.
Emberiza schoeniclus
Reed Bunting
schoeniclus; witherbyi; intermedia (CMT incl in otherwise extralimital canetti)
Resident and Palearctic winter visitor, lakeshores, marshes, reeds, winters also away from water: breeds 4 localities N Morocco, winters N
Morocco - N Tunisia occasionally to east.
Emberiza melanocephala
Black-headed Bunting
Bruant mélanocéphale
Yellow-breasted Bunting
Bruant aureole
Corn Bunting
Bruant proyer
Vagrant: Morocco - Egypt.
Emberiza aureola
Vagrant: Egypt.
Miliaria calandra
calandra
CMT, HM, IOC Emberiza calandra
Resident and Palearctic winter visitor, maquis, cultivation, coastal plains: N Morocco - N Tunisia; Canary Is; scattered wintering records
east to Egypt.
Plectrophenax nivalis
Snow Bunting
Bruant des neiges
Lapland Longspur
Bruant lappon)
nivalis
IOC places in Calcariidae
Vagrant: N Atlantic islands, North Africa.
(Calcarius lapponicus
Lapland Bunting
IOC places in Calcariidae
Vagrant: Tenerife, Azores
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(Passerculus sandwichensis
Savannah Sparrow
Bruant des prés)
White-crowned Sparrow
Bruant à couronne blanche)
Vagrant: Azores.
(Zonotrichia leucophrys
Vagrant: Azores.
IOC places the three Tristan group species in Thraupidae
Rowettia goughensis
Gough Finch
Rowettie de Gough
Gough Bunting; Gough Island Finch
Resident, ????: Gough Is.
Nesospiza acunhae
Tristan Finch
Nésospize acunha
Nightingale Finch; Tristan Bunting;
Inaccesible Island Finch*
acunhae; questi
IOC raises Nesospiza questae Nightingale Island Finch
Resident, ????: Inaccessible Is (acunhae); Nightingale Is (questi).
Nesospiza wilkinsi
Wilkins’s Finch
Nésospize de Wilkins
Grosbeak Bunting
dunnei; wilkinsi
Resident, ????: Inaccessible Is (dunnei); Nightingale Is (wilkinsi).
(CARDINALIDAE)
(Pheucticus ludovicianus
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Cardinale à poitrine rose)
Indigo Bunting
Passerin indigo)
Baltimore Oriole
Oriole du Nord)
Bobolink
Goglu des près)
Vagrant: Azores.
(Passerina cyanea
Vagrant: Azores.
(ICTERIDAE)
(Icterus galbula
Vagrant: Azores.
(Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Vagrant: Azores.