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Scarlet chested sunbird, Mlawula

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Abdim's Stork
   Ciconia abdimii    

Acacia Pied Barbet
   Tricholaema leucomelas affinis   

African Barred Owlet
   Glaucidium capense ngamiense   

African Black Duck
   Anas sparsa    lidada lemfula

African Black Swift
   Apus barbatus    

African Broadbill
   Smithornis capensis cryptoleucus   

African Crake
   Crex egregia    

African Crowned Eagle
   Stephanoaetus coronatus    lusoti

African Cuckoo
   Cuculus gularis    

African Cuckoo Hawk
   Aviceda cuculoides verreauxii   

African Darter
   Anhinga rufa   

African Dusky Flycatcher
   Muscicapa adusta    

African Emerald Cuckoo
   Chrysococcyx cupreus    

African Finfoot
   Podica senegalensis    

African Firefinch
   Lagonosticta rubricata rubricata   

African Fish-Eagle
   Haliaeetus vocifer    inkwazi

African Golden Weaver
   Ploceus xanthops jamesoni   

African Goshawk
   Accipiter tachiro sparsimfasciatus   

African Grass-Owl
   Tyto capensis    

African Green-Pigeon
   Treron calvus delalandii   litubantfontfo

African Grey Hornbill
   Tockus nasutus    

African Harrier-Hawk
   Polyboroides typus    

African Hawk-Eagle
   Aquila fasciatus   

African Hoopoe
   Upupa africana   bhuphuphu

African Jacana
   Actophilornis africanus    

African Marsh-Harrier
   Circus ranivorus    

African Olive-Pigeon
   Columba arquatrix    

African Openbill
   Anastomus lamelligerus    

African Palm-Swift
   Cypsiurus parvus myochorus   

African Paradise-Flycatcher
   Terpsiphone viridis    tjwatjwati

African Pied Wagtail
   Motacilla aguimp aguimp   umvemve

African Pipit
   Anthus cinnamomeus   

African Purple Gallinule
   Porphyrio madagascariensis   

African Pygmy-goose
   Nettapus auritus    

African Pygmy-Kingfisher
   Ispidina picta    

African Quailfinch
   Ortygospiza atricollis    

African Rail
   Rallus caerulescens    

African Reed-Warbler
   Acrocephalus baeticatus baeticatus   

African Sacred Ibis
   Threskiornis aethiopicus    

African Scops-Owl
   Otus senegalensis    sikhovana

African Snipe
   Gallinago nigripennis nigripennis   

African Spoonbill
   Platalea alba    

African Stonechat
   Saxicola torquatus torquatus   indayi

African Wattled Lapwing
   Vanellus senegallus    ligwegwezi

African Wood-Owl
   Strix woodfordii    sawukulu

Allen's Gallinule
   Porphyrula alleni    

Alpine Swift
   Tachymarptis melba africanus   

Amethyst Sunbird
   Chalcomitra amethystina amethystina   

Amur Falcon
   Falco amurensis    

Anteating Chat
   Myrmecocichla formicivora    

Arrow-marked Babbler
   Turdoides jardineii jardineii   

Ashy Flycatcher
   Muscicapa caerulescens caerulescens   

Ayres's Hawk-Eagle
   Aquila ayresii   

Baillon's Crake
   Porzana pusilla    

Banded Martin
   Riparia cincta    inkonjane

Barn Owl
   Tyto alba    ingovazana

Barn Swallow
   Hirundo rustica    inkonjane

Barratt's warbler
   Bradypterus barratti barratti   

Bar-throated Apalis
   Apalis thoracica    

Bat hawk
   Macheiramphus alcinus    

Bateleur
   Terathopius ecaudatus    ingculungculu

Bearded Scrub-Robin
   Erythropygia quadrivirgata    

Bearded Woodpecker
   Dendropicos namaquus   

Bennett's Woodpecker
   Campethera bennettii bennettii   

Black Coucal
   Centropus grillii   

Black Crake
   Amaurornis flavirostra   inkhukhumazana

Black Cuckoo
   Cuculus clamosus    

Black Cuckooshrike
   Campephaga flava    

Black Harrier
   Circus maurus    

Black Heron
   Egretta ardesiaca    

Black Kite
   Milvus migrans migrans    umkhowa, lohheya

Black Saw-wing
   Psalidoprocne holomelas    inkonjane

Black Sparrowhawk
   Accipiter melanoleucus    

Black Stork
   Ciconia nigra    

Black-backed Puffback
   Dryoscopus cubla    

Black-bellied Bustard
   Lissotis melanogaster   umfumbane

Black-bellied Starling
   Lamprotornis coruscus    

Black-chested Snake-Eagle
   Circaetus pectoralis   

Black-collared Barbet
   Lybius torquatus torquatus   sibagobe, yimvu

Black-crowned Night-Heron
   Nycticorax nycticorax   

Black-crowned Tchagra
   Tchagra senegalus   umngcuphane

Black-headed Heron
   Ardea melanocephala    gilonki, dvoye

Black-headed Oriole
   Oriolus larvatus larvatus   likiploshi

Black-necked Grebe
   Podiceps nigricollis    

Black-rumped Buttonquail
   Turnix hottentotta    

Black-shouldered Kite
   Elanus caeruleus    lohheyane

Blacksmith Lapwing
   Vanellus armatus    

Black-throated Wattle-eye
   Platysteira peltata    

Black-winged Lapwing
   Vanellus melanopterus    

Black-winged Stilt
   Himantopus himantopus    

Blue Crane
   Anthropoides paradiseus   indvwe

Blue quail
   Coturnix adansonii   

Blue Swallow
   Hirundo atrocaerulea    inkonjane

Blue Waxbill
   Uraeginthus angolensis    intswintswi, lintjiyane, dzwidwidwi

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
   Merops persicus    

Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher
   Trochocercus cyanomelas segregus   

Bokmakierie
   Telophorus zeylonus zeylonus   

Booted Eagle
   Aquila pennatus   

Brimstone Canary
   Crithagra sulphuratus wilsoni   

Broad-billed Roller
   Eurystomus glaucurus suahelicus   

Broad-tailed Warbler
   Schoenicola brevirostris    

Bronze Mannikin
   Spermestes cucullatus    

Bronze-winged Courser
   Rhinoptilus chalcopterus    

Brown Firefinch
   Lagonosticta nitidula   

Brown Scrub-Robin
   Erythropygia signata signata   

Brown Snake-Eagle
   Circaetus cinereus    

Brown-backed Honeybird
   Prodotiscus regulus    

Brown-crowned Tchagra
   Tchagra australis tongensis   

Brown-headed Parrot
   Poicephalus cryptoxanthus    hhokwe

Brown-hooded Kingfisher
   Halcyon albiventris vociferans   sipholoti

Brown-throated Martin
   Riparia paludicola    

Brubru
   Nilaus afer solivagus   

Buff-spotted Flufftail
   Sarothrura elegans    

Buff-streaked Chat
   Oenanthe bifasciata    

Buffy Pipit
   Anthus vaalensis    

Burchell's Coucal
   Centropus burchellii burchellii   umfuku

Burchell's Starling
   Lamprotornis australis    

Burnt-necked Eremomela
   Eremomela usticollis    

Bush Blackcap
   Lioptilus nigricapillus    

Bushveld Pipit
   Anthus caffer    

Cape Batis
   Batis capensis hollidayi   

Cape Bunting
   Emberiza capensis reidi   

Cape Canary
   Serinus canicollis    

Cape Crow
   Corvus capensis    lihhwabayi

Cape Eagle-owl
   Bubo capensis capensis   

Cape Glossy Starling
   Lamprotornis nitens phoenicopterus   likhweti

Cape Grassbird
   Sphenoeacus afer natalensis   

Cape Longclaw
   Macronyx capensis colletti   ligwinsi

Cape Robin-Chat
   Cossypha caffra caffra   

Cape Rock-Thrush
   Monticola rupestris    

Cape Shoveler
   Anas smithii    

Cape Sparrow
   Passer melanurus    

Cape Teal
   Anas capensis    

Cape Turtle-Dove
   Streptopelia capicola tropica   lituba

Cape Vulture
   Gyps coprotheres    

Cape Wagtail
   Motacilla capensis capensis   umvemve

Cape Weaver
   Ploceus capensis rubricomus   lihlokohloko

Cape White-eye
   Zosterops capensis virens   mehlwane

Capped Wheatear
   Oenanthe pileata pileata   

Cardinal Woodpecker
   Dendropicos fuscescens intermedius   inconcodzi

Caspian Plover
   Charadrius asiaticus    

Caspian Tern
   Hydroprogne caspia    

Cattle Egret
   Bubulcus ibis    lilanda

Chestnut-backed Sparrowlark
   Eremopterix leucotis    

Chestnut-vented Tit-Babbler
   Parisoma subcaeruleum orpheana   

Chinspot Batis
   Batis molitor molitor   incwincwi

Chorister Robin-Chat
   Cossypha dichroa    

Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
   Emberiza tahapisi    

Cloud Cisticola
   Cisticola textrix major   

Collared Pratincole
   Glareola pratincola    

Collared Sunbird
   Anthodiaeta collaris zuluensis   incwincwi

Comb Duck
   Sarkidiornis melanotos    

Common cuckoo
   Cuculus canorus   

Common Fiscal
   Lanius collaris predator   lilunga

Common Greenshank
   Tringa nebularia    

Common House-Martin
   Delichon urbicum   inkonjane

Common Moorhen
   Gallinula chloropus    

Common Myna
   Acridotheres tristis   

Common Ostrich
   Struthio camelus    inshi

Common Quail
   Coturnix coturnix africana   sigwaca

Common Ringed Plover
   Charadrius hiaticula    

Common Sandpiper
   Actitis hypoleucos   

Common Scimitarbill
   Rhinopomastus cyanomelas schalowi   inkanku

Common Swift
   Apus apus apus   

Common Waxbill
   Estrilda astrild    

Common Whitethroat
   Sylvia communis    

Coqui Francolin
   Peliperdix coqui   ingwenyane

Corn Crake
   Crex crex    

Crested Barbet
   Trachyphonus vaillantii vaillantii   ludvonca

Crested Francolin
   Dendroperdix sephaena   sikhwehla

Crested Guineafowl
   Guttera edouardi   sikhankhanka

Croaking Cisticola
   Cisticola natalensis    

Crowned Hornbill
   Tockus alboterminatus    

Crowned Lapwing
   Vanellus coronatus    gwegwezi

Cuckoo Finch
   Anomalospiza imberbis    

Curlew Sandpiper
   Calidris ferruginea    

Dark Chanting Goshawk
   Melierax metabates    

Dark-backed Weaver
   Ploceus bicolor sclateri   

Dark-capped Bulbul
   Pycnonotus tricolor layardi   ligibholo

Dark-capped Yellow Warbler
   Chloropeta natalensis natalensis   

Denham's Bustard
   Neotis denhami stanleyi   inseme

Desert Cisticola
   Cisticola aridulus caliginus   

Diderick Cuckoo
   Chrysococcyx caprius    

Drakensberg Prinia
   Prinia hypoxantha   

Dusky Indigobird
   Vidua funerea funerea   

Dusky Lark
   Pinarocorys nigricans nigricans   

Dwarf Bittern
   Ixobrychus sturmii    

Eastern Nicator
   Nicator gularis    

Egyptian Goose
   Alopochen aegyptiaca   

Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
   Turtur chalcospilos chalcospilos   sigulugwane

Eurasian Golden Oriole
   Oriolus oriolus    

Eurasian Hobby
   Falco subbuteo    

Eurasian Reed Warbler
   Acrocephalus scirpaceus   

European Bee-eater
   Merops apiaster    umhlolamvula

European Honey-Buzzard
   Pernis apivorus    

European Nightjar
   Caprimulgus europaeus    

European Roller
   Coracias garrulus    ifefe

Fairy Flycatcher
   Stenostira scita    

Familiar Chat
   Cercomela familiaris hellmayri   

Fan-tailed Widowbird
   Euplectes axillaris axillaris   

Feral Pigeon
   Columba livia    

Fiery-necked Nightjar
   Caprimulgus pectoralis crepusculans   

Fiscal Flycatcher
   Sigelus silens    

Flappet Lark
   Mirafra rufocinnamomea pintoi   

Forest Buzzard
   Buteo oreophilus    

Forest Canary
   Crithagra scotops transvaalensis   

Fork-tailed Drongo
   Dicrurus adsimilis adsimilis   intsengu

Freckled Nightjar
   Caprimulgus tristigma    bhabhodi, malwelwe

Fulvous Duck
   Dendrocygna bicolor    

Gabar Goshawk
   Micronisus gabar    

Garden Warbler
   Sylvia borin    

Giant Kingfisher
   Megaceryle maxima   

Glossy Ibis
   Plegadis falcinellus    

Golden-breasted Bunting
   Emberiza flaviventris flaviventris   

Golden-tailed Woodpecker
   Campethera abingoni constricta   incocodzi

Goliath Heron
   Ardea goliath    

Gorgeous Bush-Shrike
   Telophorus viridis quartus   

Great Crested Grebe
   Podiceps cristatus    

Great Egret
   Ardea alba   

Great Reed-Warbler
   Acrocephalus arundinaceus    

Great Spotted Cuckoo
   Clamator glandarius    

Great White Pelican
   Pelecanus onocrotalus    

Greater blue eared glossy starling
   Lamprotornis chalybaeus    

Greater Double-collared Sunbird
   Cinnyris afra   incwincwi

Greater Flamingo
   Phoenicopterus ruber    

Greater Honeyguide
   Indicator indicator    inhlava

Greater Painted-snipe
   Rostratula benghalensis    

Greater Striped Swallow
   Cecropis cucullata   inkonjane

Green Sandpiper
   Tringa ochropus    

Green Twinspot
   Mandingoa nitidula    

Green Wood-Hoopoe
   Phoeniculus purpureus marwitzi   inhlekabafati

Green-backed Camaroptera
   Camaroptera brachyura brachyura   

Green-backed Heron
   Butorides striata   

Green-capped Eremomela
   Eremomela scotops chlorochlamys   

Green-winged Pytilia
   Pytilia melba    

Grey Crowned Crane
   Balearica regulorum    

Grey Cuckooshrike
   Coracina caesia    

Grey Heron
   Ardea cinerea    gilonki, dvoye

Grey Penduline-Tit
   Anthoscopus caroli hellmayri   

Grey Plover
   Pluvialis squatarola    

Grey Sunbird
   Cyanomitra veroxii   

Grey Tit-Flycatcher
   Myioparus plumbeus    

Grey Turaco
   Corythaixoides concolor    umhlukuwe

Grey Waxbill
   Estrilda perreini    

Grey-backed Camaroptera
   Camaroptera brevicaudata   

Grey-headed Bush-Shrike
   Malaconotus blanchoti hypopyrrhus   

Grey-headed Gull
   Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus   

Grey-headed Kingfisher
   Halcyon leucocephala    

Grey-rumped Swallow
   Pseudhirundo griseopyga    

Ground Woodpecker
   Geocolaptes olivaceus prometheus   

Groundscraper Thrush
   Psophocichla litsitsirupa   ingcuphabulongo

Gurney's Sugarbird
   Promerops gurneyi    

Hadeda Ibis
   Bostrychia hagedash    lingangane

Half-collared Kingfisher
   Alcedo semitorquata semitorquata   sipholoti

Hamerkop
   Scopus umbretta    tsekwane

Harlequin Quail
   Coturnix delegorguei   

Helmeted Guineafowl
   Numida meleagris coronatus   imphangela

Hooded Vulture
   Necrosyrtes monachus    

Horus Swift
   Apus horus    

Hottentot Teal
   Anas hottentota    

House Sparrow
   Passer domesticus    jolwane

Icterine Warbler
   Hippolais icterina    

Jackal Buzzard
   Buteo rufofuscus    inhlandlokati

Jacobin Cuckoo
   Clamator jacobinus    inkanku

Jameson's Firefinch
   Lagonosticta rhodopareia jamesoni   injiyane lelbovu

Kittlitz's Plover
   Charadrius pecuarius    

Klaas's Cuckoo
   Chrysococcyx klaas    

Knysna Lourie
   Tauraco corythaix    

Kori Bustard
   Ardeotis kori    

Kurrichane Buttonquail
   Turnix sylvaticus   

Kurrichane Thrush
   Turdus libonyanus peripherus   ingcuphabulongo. gawozi

Lanner Falcon
   Falco biarmicus    

Lappet-faced Vulture
   Torgos tracheliotus    

Lark-like Bunting
   Emberiza impetuani    

Laughing Dove
   Streptopelia senegalensis    

Lazy Cisticola
   Cisticola aberrans aberrans   jekwa

Lemon Dove
   Aplopelia larvata    

Lesser Flamingo
   Phoenicopterus minor    

Lesser Grey Shrike
   Lanius minor    

Lesser Honeyguide
   Indicator minor minor   

Lesser Jacana
   Microparra capensis    

Lesser Kestrel
   Falco naumanni    

Lesser Masked-Weaver
   Ploceus intermedius    

Lesser Moorhen
   Gallinula angulata    

Lesser Spotted Eagle
   Aquila pomarina    

Lesser Striped Swallow
   Cecropis abyssinica   inkonjane

Lesser Swamp-Warbler
   Acrocephalus gracilirostris    

Levaillant's Cisticola
   Cisticola tinniens tinniens   

Levaillant's Cuckoo
   Clamator levaillantii    

Lilac-breasted Roller
   Coracias caudatus   lifefe

Little Bee-eater
   Merops pusillus meridionalis   

Little Bittern
   Ixobrychus minutus    

Little Egret
   Egretta garzetta    

Little Grebe
   Tachybaptus ruficollis    

Little Rush-Warbler
   Bradypterus baboecala    

Little Sparrowhawk
   Accipiter minullus    

Little Stint
   Calidris minuta    

Little Swift
   Apus affinis    

Livingstone's Turaco
   Tauraco livingstonii cabanisi   

Lizard Buzzard
   Kaupifalco monogrammicus    lusotane

Long-billed Crombec
   Sylvietta rufescens    

Longbilled Lark
   Certhilauda curvirostris   

Long-billed Pipit
   Anthus similis petricolus   

Long-crested Eagle
   Lophaetus occipitalis    lusoti

Long-tailed Paradise-Whydah
   Vidua paradisaea    

Long-tailed Widowbird
   Euplectes progne    intsaku

Maccoa Duck
   Oxyura maccoa    

Magpie Shrike
   Corvinella melanoleuca    

Malachite Kingfisher
   Alcedo cristata   sipholoti

Malachite Sunbird
   Nectarinia famosa    incwincwi

Marabou Stork
   Leptoptilos crumeniferus    umcalandlovu, umcalamvula

Marico Sunbird
   Cinnyris mariquensis   

Marsh Owl
   Asio capensis    ingovazana

Marsh Sandpiper
   Tringa stagnatilis    

Marsh Warbler
   Acrocephalus palustris    

Martial Eagle
   Polemaetus bellicosus    lusoti

Mocking Cliff-Chat
   Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris cinnamomeiventris   

Montagu's Harrier
   Circus pygargus    

Mountain Wagtail
   Motacilla clara    umvemve

Mountain Wheatear
   Oenanthe monticola monticola   

Namaqua Dove
   Oena capensis    

Narina Trogon
   Apaloderma narina narina   

Natal Spurfowl
   Pternistis natalensis   lingagolu. sikhwehle

Neddicky
   Cisticola fulvicapilla lebombo   

Olive Bush-Shrike
   Chlorophoneus olivaceus taylori   

Olive Sunbird
   Cyanomitra olivacea olivacina   

Olive Thrush
   Turdus olivaceus    

Olive Woodpecker
   Dendropicos griseocephalus griseocephalus   

Orange Ground-Thrush
   Turdus gurneyi   

Orange-breasted Bush-Shrike
   Telophorus sulfureopectus    

Orange-breasted Waxbill
   Amandava subflava   

Osprey
   Pandion haliaetus    

Ovambo Sparrowhawk
   Accipiter ovampensis    

Pale Flycatcher
   Bradornis pallidus   

Pearl-spotted Owlet
   Glaucidium perlatum    

Pel's Fishing Owl
   Scotopelia peli    

Pennant-winged Nightjar
   Macrodipteryx vexillaria    

Peregrine Falcon
   Falco peregrinus calidus and minor   

Pied Avocet
   Recurvirostra avosetta    

Pied Crow
   Corvus albus    lihubhulu

Pied Kingfisher
   Ceryle rudis    linombe

Pied Starling
   Spreo bicolor    ligwaigwai

Pink-backed Pelican
   Pelecanus rufescens    

Pink-throated Twinspot
   Hypargos margaritatus    

Pin-tailed Whydah
   Vidua macroura    jojo

Plain-backed Pipit
   Anthus leucophrys leucophrys   

Purple Heron
   Ardea purpurea    

Purple indigobird
   Vidua purpurascens   

Purple Roller
   Coracias naevius   

Purple-banded Sunbird
   Cinnyris bifasciata   

Purple-crested Turaco
   Tauraco porphyreolophus porphyreolophus   ligwalagwala

Rattling Cisticola
   Cisticola chiniana campestris   

Red-backed Mannikin
   Spermestes bicolor    

Red-backed Shrike
   Lanius collurio    

Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver
   Bubalornis niger    

Red-billed Firefinch
   Lagonosticta senegala    

Red-billed Hornbill
   Tockus erythrorhynchus    

Red-billed Oxpecker
   Buphagus erythrorhynchus    

Red-billed Quelea
   Quelea quelea    intsaki

Red-billed Teal
   Anas erythrorhyncha    

Red-breasted Swallow
   Cecropis semirufa   

Red-capped Lark
   Calandrella cinerea cinerea   

Red-capped Robin-Chat
   Cossypha natalensis    

Red-chested Cuckoo
   Cuculus solitarius    phezukwemkhono

Red-chested Flufftail
   Sarothrura rufa    

Red-collared Widowbird
   Euplectes ardens    

Red-crested Korhaan
   Lophotis ruficrista   

Red-eyed Dove
   Streptopelia semitorquata    

Red-faced Cisticola
   Cisticola erythrops    

Red-faced Mousebird
   Urocolius indicus transvaalensis   umntjivovo lishilolo

Red-footed Falcon
   Falco vespertinus    

Red-fronted Tinkerbird
   Pogoniulus pusillus    

Red-headed Weaver
   Anaplectes rubriceps   

Red-knobbed Coot
   Fulica cristata    

Red-necked Spurfowl
   Pternistis afer   

Red-throated Wryneck
   Jynx ruficollis    

Red-winged Francolin
   Scleroptila levaillantii   litsendzele

Red-winged Starling
   Onychognathus morio    lisomi

Reed Cormorant
   Phalacrocorax africanus    

Retz's Helmet-Shrike
   Prionops retzii tricolor   

Rock Kestrel
   Falco rupicolus   

Rock Martin
   Ptyonoprogne fuligula pretoriae   inkonjane

Rudd's Apalis
   Apalis ruddi    

Ruddy Turnstone
   Arenaria interpres    

Ruff
   Philomachus pugnax    

Rufous-bellied Heron
   Ardeola rufiventris   

Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk
   Accipiter rufiventris    

Rufous-naped Lark
   Mirafra africana    sangole

Sabota Lark
   Calendulauda sabota suffusca   

Saddle-billed Stork
   Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis    

Sand Martin
   Riparia riparia    inkonjane

Sanderling
   Calidris alba    

Scaly-throated Honeyguide
   Indicator variegatus    

Scarlet-chested Sunbird
   Chalcomitra senegalensis gutturalis   incwincwi

Secretarybird
   Sagittarius serpentarius    dvoye

Sedge Warbler
   Acrocephalus schoenobaenus    

Senegal Lapwing
   Vanellus lugubris    

Sentinel Rock-Thrush
   Monticola explorator    

Shelley's Francolin
   Scleroptila shelleyi   

Shikra
   Accipiter badius    

Short-tailed Pipit
   Anthus brachyurus   

Sombre Greenbul
   Andropadus importunus importunus   umgwalane

Sooty tern
   Sterna fuscata    

Southern Bald Ibis
   Geronticus calvus    inkondla

Southern Black Flycatcher
   Melaenornis pammelaina    intsengwane

Southern Black Tit
   Parus niger niger   

Southern Boubou
   Laniarius ferrugineus transvalensis   

Southern Brown-throated Weaver
   Ploceus xanthopterus marleyi   

Southern Carmine Bee-eater
   Merops nubicoides    

Southern Double-collared Sunbird
   Cinnyris chalybea capricornensis   incwincwi

Southern Grey-headed Sparrow
   Passer diffusus   

Southern Ground-Hornbill
   Bucorvus leadbeateri    insingizi

Southern Masked-Weaver
   Ploceus velatus    linhlokohloko

Southern Pochard
   Netta erythrophthalma    

Southern Red Bishop
   Euplectes orix    mabhengu

Southern Tchagra
   Tchagra tchagra    

Southern White-faced Owl
   Ptilopsis granti   

Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill
   Tockus leucomelas parvior   umkhotfo

Speckled Mousebird
   Colius striatus minor   indlati

Speckled Pigeon
   Columba guinea    livukutfu

Spectacled Weaver
   Ploceus ocularis ocularis   lihlokohloko

Spotted Eagle-Owl
   Bubo africanus    sikhova

Spotted Flycatcher
   Muscicapa striata    

Spotted Thick-knee
   Burhinus capensis capensis   umnkonikoni

Spur-winged Goose
   Plectopterus gambensis brevirostris   

Squacco Heron
   Ardeola ralloides    

Square-tailed Drongo
   Dicrurus ludwigii    

Square-tailed Nightjar
   Caprimulgus fossii mossambicus   

Steppe Buzzard
   Buteo vulpinus   

Steppe Eagle
   Aquila nipalensis    

Stierling's Wren-Warbler
   Camaroptera stierlingi    

Streaky-headed Seedeater
   Crithagra gularis endemion   

Striped Flufftail
   Sarothrura affinis affinis   

Striped Kingfisher
   Halcyon chelicuti    

Striped Pipit
   Anthus lineiventris    

Swainson's Spurfowl
   Pternistis swainsonii swainsonii   

Swallow-tailed Bee-eater
   Merops hirundineus   

Swee Waxbill
   Coccopygia melanotis   

Tambourine Dove
   Turtur tympanistria   

Tawny Eagle
   Aquila rapax    

Tawny-flanked Prinia
   Prinia subflava affinis   

Temminck's Courser
   Cursorius temminckii    

Terek Sandpiper
   Xenus cinereus    

Terrestrial Brownbul
   Phyllastrephus terrestris terrestris   

Thick-billed Cuckoo
   Pachycoccyx audeberti    

Thick-billed Weaver
   Amblyospiza albifrons woltersi   lihlokohloko

Three-banded Plover
   Charadrius tricollaris    

Trumpeter Hornbill
   Bycanistes bucinator    umkhontfowemahlatsi

Verreaux's Eagle
   Aquila verreauxii    lusoti

Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
   Bubo lacteus    

Village Indigobird
   Vidua chalybeata amauropteryx   

Village Weaver
   Ploceus cucullatus spilonotus   

Violet-backed Starling
   Cinnyricinclus leucogaster    incupabulongo

Wahlberg's Eagle
   Aquila wahlbergi    

Wailing Cisticola
   Cisticola lais lais   

Water Thick-knee
   Burhinus vermiculatus    kelkelwane

Wattled Crane
   Grys carunculata    

Wattled Starling
   Creatophora cinerea   

Western Yellow Wagtail
   Motacilla flava    

Whiskered Tern
   Chlidonias hybrida   

White Stork
   Ciconia ciconia    inkondlo

White-backed Duck
   Thalassornis leuconotus    

White-backed Night-Heron
   Gorsachius leuconotus    

White-backed Vulture
   Gyps africanus    lingce

White-bellied Korhaan
   Eupodotis senegalensis barrowii   

White-bellied Sunbird
   Cinnyris talatala   incwincwi

White-breasted Cormorant
   Phalacrocorax lucidus   

White-breasted Cuckooshrike
   Coracina pectoralis    

White-browed Robin-Chat
   Cossypha heuglini    

White-browed Scrub-Robin
   Erythropygia leucophrys simulator   umtjelele

White-crested Helmet-Shrike
   Prionops plumatus poliocephalus   umtsimbakajane, umngcuphane

White-eared Barbet
   Stactolaema leucotis    

White-faced Duck
   Dendrocygna viduata    

White-fronted Bee-eater
   Merops bullockoides    

White-fronted Plover
   Charadrius marginatus mechowi   

White-headed Vulture
   Trigonoceps occipitalis    

White-necked Raven
   Corvus albicollis    lihwabayi

White-rumped Swift
   Apus caffer    

White-starred Robin
   Pogonocichla stellata transvaalensis   

White-throated Robin-Chat
   Cossypha humeralis   umtjelele

White-throated Swallow
   Hirundo albigularis    inkonjane

White-winged Tern
   Chlidonias leucopterus    

White-winged Widowbird
   Euplectes albonotatus    

Willow Warbler
   Phylloscopus trochilus    

Wing-snapping Cisticola
   Cisticola ayresii    

Wire-tailed Swallow
   Hirundo smithii    inkonjane

Wood Sandpiper
   Tringa glareola    

Woodland Kingfisher
   Halcyon senegalensis    imbobolukhahlu

Woolly-necked Stork
   Ciconia episcopus    

Yellow Bishop
   Euplectes capensis approximans   

Yellow Weaver
   Ploceus subaureus tongensis   

Yellow white-eye
   Zosterops anderssoni   

Yellow-bellied Eremomela
   Eremomela icteropygialis polioxantha   

Yellow-bellied Greenbul
   Chlorocichla flaviventris flaviventris   

Yellow-billed Duck
   Anas undulata    

Yellow-billed Egret
   Egretta intermedia    

Yellow-billed Kite
   Milvus parasitus parasitus   

Yellowbilled oxpecker
   Buphagus africanus   

Yellow-billed Stork
   Mycteria ibis    incecelegu

Yellow-breasted Apalis
   Apalis flavida neglecta   

Yellow-breasted Pipit
   Anthus chloris   

Yellow-crowned Bishop
   Euplectes afer   

Yellow-fronted Canary
   Crithagra mozambicus   mbalane

Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
   Pogoniulus chrysoconus    

Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
   Pogoniulus bilineatus    

Yellow-streaked Greenbul
   Phyllastrephus flavostriatus flavostriatus   

Yellow-throated Longclaw
   Macronyx croceus    licofi

Yellow-throated Petronia
   Petronia superciliaris    

Yellow-throated Woodland-Warbler
   Phylloscopus ruficapilla ochraceiceps   

Zitting Cisticola
   Cisticola juncidis    ncedze

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