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1
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Apalis (3)

A

Bar throated
Rudds
Yellow breasted

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2
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Avocet (1)

A

Pied

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Babbler (1)

A

Arrow marked

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Barbet (4)

A 
Acacia pied
Black collared
Crested
Green
White eared
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5
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Bateleur (1)

A

None

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6
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Batis (3)

A

Cape
Chinspot
Woodwards

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7
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Bee eater (6)

A 
Blue cheeked
European
Little
Southern carmine
White fronted
White throated
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8
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Bishop (3)

A

Red
Yellow
Yellow crowned

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9
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Bittern (3)

A

Dwarf
Little
Eurasian

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10
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Blackcap (1)

A

Bush

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11
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Bokmakarie (1)

A

None

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12
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Boubou (1)

A

Southern

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13
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Broadbill (1)

A

African

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14
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Brownbull (1)

A

Terrestrial

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15
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Brubru (1)

A

None

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16
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Bulbul (2)

A

African red eyed

Dark capped

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17
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Bunting (3)

A

Cape
Cinnamon breasted
Golden breasted

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18
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Bushshrike (4)

A

Gorgeous
Grey headed
Olive
Orange breasted

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19
Q

Bustard (2)

A

Black bellied

Denhams

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20
Q

Buttonquail (2)

A

Black rumped

Kurrichane

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21
Q

Buzzard (6)

A 
Common
European honey
Forest
Jackal
Lizard
Long legged
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22
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Camaroptera (1)

A

Green backed

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23
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Canary (9)

A 
Blacked headed
Black throated
White throated
Yellow
Yellow fronted
Lemon-breasted
Brimstone
Cape
Forest
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24
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Chat (5)

A 
Ant eating
Buff streaked
Familiar
Mocking cliff
Sickle winged
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25
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Cistocola (12)

A 
Cloud
Desert
Croaking
Rattling
Wailing
Zitting
Rufous winged
Wing snapping
Lazy
Levailants
Pale crowned
Red faced
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26
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Coot (1)

A

Red knobbed

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27
Q

Courcal (2)

A

Black

Burchells

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28
Q

Courser (3)

A

Bronze winged
Burchells
Temmincks

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29
Q

Crake (6)

A 
African 
Black
Spotted
Striped
Bailons
Corn
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30
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Crane (3)

A

Blue
Grey crowned
Wattled

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31
Q

Crombec (1)

A

Long billed

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32
Q

Crow (3)

A

Cape
House
Pied

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33
Q

Cuckoo (13)

A 
African
African emerald
Black
Common
Diedrick
Great spotted
Jacobin
Klaas's
Lesser
Levaillants
Madagascar
Red chested
Thick billed
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34
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Cuckooshrike (3)

A

Black
Grey
White breasted

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35
Q

Curlew (1)

A

Eurasian

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36
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Darter (1)

A

African

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37
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Dove (8)

A 
Cape Turtle
Laughing
Red eyed
Rock
Tambourine
Emerald spotted wood
Lemon
Namaqua
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38
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Drongo (3)

A

Fork tailed

Square tailed

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39
Q

Duck (7)

A 
African black
White backed
Yellow billed
Fulvous whistling
White faced whistling
Knob billed
Maccoa
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40
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Dunlin (1)

A

None

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41
Q

Eagle (15)

A 
African fish
Tawny
Martial
Brown snake
Black chested snake
Southern banded snake
African hawk
Ayres hawk
Long crested
Crowned
Booted
Lesser spotted
Steppe
Verreauxs
Wahlbergs
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42
Q

Egret (4)

A 
Great
Little
Slaty
Western cattle
Yellow billed
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43
Q

Eremomela (3)

A

Burnt necked
Green capped
Yellow bellied

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44
Q

Falcon (6)

A 
Amur
Eleanoras
Lanner
Perigrine
Red footed
Sooty
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45
Q

Finch (2)

A

Cuckoo

Red headed

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46
Q

Finfoot (1)

A

African

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47
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Firefinch (3)

A

African
Jamesons
Red billed

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48
Q

Fiscal (1)

A

Common

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49
Q

Flamingo (2)

A

Greater

Lesser

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50
Q

Flufftail (4)

A

Buff spotted
Red chested
Streaky breasted
Striped

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51
Q

Flycatcher (11)

A 
African dusky
African paradise
Grey tit
Southern black
Blue mantled
Ashy
Collared
Fairy
Fiscal
Pale
Spotted
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52
Q

Francolin (5)

A 
Cocqui
Crested
Grey winged
Red winged
Shelleys
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53
Q

Gallinule (2)

A

Allens

American purple

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54
Q

Go away bird (1)

A

Grey

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55
Q

Godwit (2)

A

Bar tailed

Black tailed

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56
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Goose (3)

A

African pygmy
Egyptian
Spur winged

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57
Q

Goshawk (3)

A

African
Dark chanting
Gabar

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58
Q

Grassbird (1)

A

Cape

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59
Q

Grebe (3)

A

Black necked
Great crested
Little

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60
Q

Greenbul (3)

A

Sombre
Yellow bellied
Yellow streaked

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61
Q

Greenshank (1)

A

Common

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62
Q

Guineafowl (2)

A

Helmeted

Crested

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63
Q

Hamerkop (1)

A

None

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64
Q

Harrier (5)

A 
African marsh
Western marsh
Black
Montagus
Pallid
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65
Q

Hawk (3)

A

African harrier
African cuckoo
Bat

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66
Q

Herron (11)

A 
Black
Grey
Purple
Black crowned night
White backed night
Black headed
Goliath
Green backed
Malagasy pond
Rufous bellied
Squacco
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67
Q

Hobby (2)

A

African

Eurasian

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68
Q

Honeybird (1)

A

Brown backed

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69
Q

Honeyguide (4)

A

Greater
Lesser
Brown backed
Scaly throated

70
Q

Hoopoe (1)

A

African

71
Q

Hornbill (6)

A 
African grey
Crowned
Southern ground
Southern red billed
Southern yellow billed
Trumpeter
72
Q

Ibis (4)

A

Sacred
Glossy
Hadeda
Southern bald

73
Q

Indigobird (3)

A

Dusky
Purple
Village

74
Q

Jacana (2)

A

African

Lesser

75
Q

Kestrel (3)

A

Greater
Lesser
Rock

76
Q

Kingfisher (10)

A 
African pygmy
Brown hooded
Grey headed
Giant
Half collared
Malachite
Mangrove
Woodland
Striped
Pied
77
Q

Kite (3)

A

Black
Black shouldered
Yellow billed

78
Q

Knot (1)

A

Red

79
Q

Korhaan (2)

A

Blue

Red crested

80
Q

Lapwing (6)

A 
African wattled
Black winged
Blacksmith
Crowned
Long toed
Sengal
81
Q

Lark (14)

A 
Bothas
Chestnut backed sparrow
Dusky
Eastern clapper
Eastern long billed
Flappet
Large billed
Melodious
Pink billed
Red capped
Rudds
Rufous naped
Sabota
Spike heeled
82
Q

Longclaw (3)

A

Cape
Rosy throated
Yellow throated

83
Q

Makoha (1)

A

Green

84
Q

Mannikin (3)

A

Bronze
Magpie
Red backed

85
Q

Martin (5)

A 
Banded
Brown throated
Common house
Rock
Sand
86
Q

Moorhen (2)

A

Common

Lesser

87
Q

Mousebird (2)

A

Red faced

Speckled

88
Q

Neddicky (1)

A

None

89
Q

Nicator (1)

A

Eastern

90
Q

Nightingale (1)

A

Thrush

91
Q

Nightjar (6)

A 
Thrush
European
Fiery necked
Pennant winged
Square tailed
Swamp
92
Q

Noddy (2)

A

Brown

Lesser

93
Q

Openbill (1)

A

African

94
Q

Oriole (2)

A

Blacked headed

Eurasian golden

95
Q

Osprey (1)

A

Western

96
Q

Owl (10)

A 
African grass
African scops
African wood
Cape Eagle
Marsh
Pels fishing
Southern white faced
Spotted eagle
Verreauxs eagle
Western barn
97
Q

Owlet (2)

A

African barred

Pearl spotted

98
Q

Oxpecker (2)

A

Red billed

Yellow billed

99
Q

Oystercatcher (2)

A

African black

Eurasian

100
Q

Pelican (2)

A

Great white

Pink backed

101
Q

Petronia (1)

A

Yellow throated

102
Q

Pigeon (4)

A

African green
African olive
Eastern bronze naped
Speckled

103
Q

Pipit (13)

A 
African
African rock
Buffy
Bushveld
Kimberly
Long billed
Mountain
Plain backed
Red throated
Short tailed
Striped
Tree
Yellow breasted
104
Q

Pitta (1)

A

African

105
Q

Plover (11)

A 
American golden
Caspian
Common ringed
Crab
Greater sand
Grey
Kittlitzs
Lesser sand
Pacific golden
Three banded
White fronted
106
Q

Pochard (1)

A

Southern

107
Q

Pratincole (2)

A

Black winged

Collared

108
Q

Prinia (4)

A

Black chested
Drakensberg
Karoo
Tawny flanked

109
Q

Puffback (1)

A

Black backed

110
Q

Quail (3)

A

Blue
Common
Harlequin

111
Q

Quelea (2)

A

Red billed

Red headed

112
Q

Rail (1)

A

Africa

113
Q

Raven (1)

A

White necked

114
Q

Redshank (2)

A

Common

Spotted

115
Q

Redstart (1)

A

Common

116
Q

Robin (4)

A

Bearded scrub
Brown scrub
White browed scrub
White starred

117
Q

Robin chat (5)

A 
Cape
Chorister
Red capped
White browed
White throated
118
Q

Rockjumper (1)

A

Drakensberg

119
Q

Roller (4)

A

Broad billed
European
Lilac breasted
Purple

120
Q

Ruff (1)

A

None

121
Q

Saw wing (1)

A

Black

122
Q

Scimatarbill (1)

A

Common

123
Q

Secretary bird (1)

A

None

124
Q

Seedeater (1)

A

Streaky headed

125
Q

Shelduck (1)

A

South African

126
Q

Shikra (1)

A

None

127
Q

Shoveler (2)

A

Cape

Northern

128
Q

Shrike (6)

A 
Chestnut fronted
Lesser grey
Magpie
Red backed
Retzs helmet
White crested helmet
129
Q

Siskin (1)

A

Common

130
Q

Snipe (3)

A

African
Great
Greater painted

131
Q

Sparrow (3)

A

Cape
Common
Southern grey headed

132
Q

Sparrowhawk (3)

A

Black
Little
Rufous breasted

133
Q

Spoonbill (1)

A

African

134
Q

Spurfowl (3)

A

Natal
Red necked
Swainsons

135
Q

Starling (8)

A 
Black bellied
Burchells
Cape glossy
Common
Pied
Red winged
Violet backed
Wattled
136
Q

Stilt (1)

A

Black winged

137
Q

Stint (3)

A

Little
Red necked
Temmincks

138
Q

Stonechat (1)

A

African

139
Q

Stork (7)

A 
Black
White
Marabou
Wooly necked
Saddle billed
Yellow billed
Abdims
140
Q

Sugarbird (1)

A

Guerneys

141
Q

Sunbird (13)

A 
Amethyst
Collared
Greater double collared
Southern double collared
Grey
Malachite
Marico
Neergaards
Olive
Plain backed
Purple banded
Scarlet chested
White bellied
142
Q

Swallow (9)

A 
Barn
Blue 
Greater striped
Lesser striped
Red breasted
South African cliff
White throated
Wire tailed
143
Q

Swamphen (1)

A

African

144
Q

Swift (7)

A 
African black
African palm
Alpine
Common
Horus
Little
White rumped
145
Q

Tchagra (3)

A

Black crowned
Brown crowned
Southern

146
Q

Teal (3)

A

Cape
Hottentot
Red billed

147
Q

Thick knee (2)

A

Spotted

Water

148
Q

Thrush (7)

A 
Cape rock
Kurrichane
Olive
Orange ground
Sentinel Rock
Spotted ground
Groundscraper
149
Q

Tinkerbird (2)

A

Red fronted

Yellow rumped

150
Q

Tit (3)

A

Grey
Grey Penduline
South black

151
Q

Tit babbler (2)

A

Chestnut vented

Layards

152
Q

Trogan (1)

A

Narina

153
Q

Turaco (3)

A

Knysna
Livingstones
Purple crested

154
Q

Twinspot (2)

A

Green

Pink throated

155
Q

Vulture (8)

A 
Cape
White backed
Lappet faced
Hooded
Bearded
Egyptian
Palm nut
White headed
156
Q

Wagtail (5)

A 
African Pied
Cape
Grey
Mountain
Western yellow
157
Q

Warbler (19)

A 
African reed
Barrets
Basra reed
Broad tailed
Dark capped yellow
Eurasian reed
Garden
Great reed
Icterine
Knysna
Lesser swamp
Little rush
Marsh
Olive tree
River
Sedge
Stierlings wren
Willon
Yellow throated
158
Q

Wattle eye (1)

A

Blacked throated

159
Q

Waxbill (5)

A 
Common
Blue
Grey
Orange breasted
Swee
160
Q

Weaver (13)

A 
African golden
Cape
Dark backed
Lesser masked
Southern masked
Red billed buffalo
Red headed
Southern brown throated
Spectacled
Thick billed
Village
White browed sparrow
Yellow
161
Q

Wheater (3)

A

Capped
Mountain
Pied

162
Q

Whimbrel (1)

A

None

163
Q

Whinchat (1)

A

None

164
Q

White eye (2)

A

African yellow

Cape

165
Q

Whydah (2)

A

Long tailed paradise

Pin tailed

166
Q

Widowbird (4)

A

Fantailed
Long tailed
Red collared
White winged

167
Q

Wood hoopoe (1)

A

Green

168
Q

Woodpecker (7)

A 
Bearded
Bennets
Cardinal
Golden tailed
Ground
Knysna
Olive
169
Q

Wryneck (1)

A

Red throated

170
Q

Yellow legs (1)

A

Lesser

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