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Complete Birdpedia Species List [Taxonomy: IOC (v9.2)] No. IUCN   Name Scientific Name Size 1  LC    Alseonax, Dusky Muscicapa adusta 10 2  LC    Anteater-Chat, Southern Myrmecocichla formicivora 17 - 18 3  LC    Apalis, Bar-throated Apalis thoracica 14 - 16 4  LC    Avocet, Pied Recurvirostra avosetta 42 - 45 5  LC    Barbet, Black-collared Lybius torquatus 19 6  LC    Barbet, Pied Tricholaema leucomelas 16 - 18 7  NT    Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus 55 - 70 8  LC    Batis, Cape Batis capensis 10 9  LC    Batis, Chinspot Batis molitor 10 10  LC    Bee-eater, European Merops apiaster 27 - 29 11  LC    Bishop, Red Euplectes orix 11 - 13 12  LC    Bishop, Yellow Euplectes capensis 15 13  LC    Bishop, Yellow-crowned Euplectes afer 10 14  LC    Bittern, Great Botaurus stellaris 70 - 80 15  LC    Bittern, Little Ixobrychus minutus 25 - 36 16  LC    Boubou, Southern Laniarius ferrugineus 21 17  LC    Bulbul, Black-fronted Pycnonotus nigricans 19 - 21 18  LC    Bunting, African Golden-breasted Emberiza flaviventris 15 19  LC    Bunting, Cape Emberiza capensis 15 20  LC    Bunting, Cinnamon-breasted Emberiza tahapisi 16 - 17 21  LC    Bunting, Lark-like Emberiza impetuani 14 22  LC    Bush-shrike, Bokmakierie Telophorus zeylonus 22 - 23 23  LC    Bush-Warbler, African Bradypterus baboecala 15 24  VU    Bustard, Black Afrotis afra 52 25  NT    Bustard, Blue Eupodotis caerulescens 56 26  LC    Bustard, Karoo Eupodotis vigorsii 56 - 60 27  NT    Bustard, Kori Ardeotis kori 128 28  EN    Bustard, Ludwig's Neotis ludwigii 85 - 100 29  NT    Bustard, Stanley Neotis denhami 80 - 100 30  LC    Bustard, White-bellied Eupodotis senegalensis 48 - 61 31  LC    Bustard, White-quilled Afrotis afraoides 52 32  LC    Buttonquail, Small Turnix sylvaticus 13 - 14 33  LC    Buzzard, Common Buteo buteo 51 - 58 34  LC    Buzzard, Jackal Buteo rufofuscus 48 - 55 35  LC    Canary, Black-headed Serinus alario 12 36  LC    Canary, Brimstone Crithagra sulphurata 15 - 16 37  LC    Canary, Cape Serinus canicollis 11 38  LC    Canary, White-throated Crithagra albogularis 13 - 15 39  LC    Canary, Yellow Crithagra flaviventris 13 - 14 40  LC    Canary, Yellow-fronted Crithagra mozambica 11 - 13 41  LC    Chanting-Goshawk, Pale Melierax canorus 48 - 54 42  LC    Chat, Buff-streaked Campicoloides bifasciatus 16 - 17 43  LC    Chat, Familiar Oenanthe familiaris 15 44  LC    Chat, Sicklewing Emarginata sinuata 14 - 15 45  LC    Cisticola, Desert Cisticola aridulus 10 46  LC    Cisticola, Piping Cisticola fulvicapilla 10 47  LC    Cisticola, Tink-tink Cisticola textrix 9 - 10 48  LC    Cisticola, Tinkling Cisticola tinniens 13 49  LC    Cisticola, Wailing Cisticola lais 14 50  LC    Cisticola, Wing-snapping Cisticola ayresii 9 51  LC    Cisticola, Zitting Cisticola juncidis 9.50 - 11 52  LC    Cliff-Chat, Mocking Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris 19 - 21 53  LC    Coot, Red-knobbed Fulica cristata 41 54  LC    Cormorant, Great Phalacrocorax carbo 72 - 92 55  LC    Cormorant, Long-tailed Microcarbo africanus 58 56  NR    Coucal, Burchell's Centropus burchellii 42 57  LC    Coucal, White-browed Centropus superciliosus 36 - 42 58  LC    Courser, Burchell's Cursorius rufus 21 - 23 59  LC    Courser, Double-banded Rhinoptilus africanus 24 60  LC    Courser, Temminck's Cursorius temminckii 21 61  LC    Crake, African Crex egregia 23 62  LC    Crake, Baillon's Porzana pusilla 15 - 16 63  LC    Crake, Corn Crex crex 27 - 30 64  LC    Crake, Spotted Porzana porzana 22 - 24 65  VU    Crane, Blue Grus paradisea 100 - 120 66  VU    Crane, Wattled Grus carunculata 175 67  LC    Crombec, Cape Sylvietta rufescens 9 68  LC    Crow, Cape Corvus capensis 43 69  LC    Crow, Pied Corvus albus 46 - 50 70  EN    Crowned-Crane, Grey Balearica regulorum 100 71  LC    Cuckoo, Common Cuculus canorus 32 - 36 72  LC    Cuckoo, Dideric Chrysococcyx caprius 18 73  LC    Cuckoo, Great Spotted Clamator glandarius 39 74  LC    Cuckoo, Pied Clamator jacobinus 31.50 - 33 75  LC    Cuckoo, Red-chested Cuculus solitarius 30 76  NT    Curlew, Eurasian Numenius arquata 50 - 60 77  LC    Darter, African Anhinga rufa 85 - 97 78  LC    Dove, Laughing Spilopelia senegalensis 23 - 27 79  LC    Dove, Namaqua Oena capensis 28 80  LC    Dove, Red-eyed Streptopelia semitorquata 33 81  LC    Dove, Ring-necked Streptopelia capicola 25 82  LC    Drongo, Fork-tailed Dicrurus adsimilis 25 83  LC    Duck, African Black Anas sparsa 48 - 57 84  LC    Duck, Comb Sarkidiornis melanotos 56 - 76 85  VU    Duck, Maccoa Oxyura maccoa 46 - 51 86  LC    Duck, Red-billed Anas erythrorhyncha 48 87  LC    Duck, White-backed Thalassornis leuconotus 41 88  LC    Duck, Yellow-billed Anas undulata 51 - 58 89  LC    Eagle, Booted Hieraaetus pennatus 50 - 57 90  VU    Eagle, Tawny Aquila rapax 64 - 72 91  LC    Eagle, Verreaux's Aquila verreauxii 79 - 97 92  LC    Eagle-Owl, Cape Bubo capensis 61 93  LC    Eagle-Owl, Spotted Bubo africanus 45 94  LC    Eagle-Owl, Verreaux's Bubo lacteus 66 95  LC    Egret, Cattle Bubulcus ibis 48 - 53 96  LC    Egret, Great Ardea alba 76 - 100 97  LC    Egret, Intermediate Ardea intermedia 56 - 70 98  LC    Egret, Little Egretta garzetta 56 - 65 99  LC    Eremomela, Yellow-bellied Eremomela icteropygialis 10 100  LC    Falcon, Amur Falco amurensis 26 - 31 101  LC    Falcon, Lanner Falco biarmicus 43 - 51 102  LC    Falcon, Peregrine Falco peregrinus 38 - 50 103  NT    Falcon, Red-footed Falco vespertinus 28 - 34 104  LC    Finch, Red-headed Amadina erythrocephala 13 105  LC    Firefinch, Red-billed Lagonosticta senegala 10 106  LC    Fiscal, Common Lanius collaris 23 107  LC    Fish-Eagle, African Haliaeetus vocifer 73 108  LC    Flamingo, Caribbean Phoenicopterus ruber 120 - 145 109  NT    Flamingo, Lesser Phoeniconaias minor 99 110  LC    Flufftail, Striped Sarothrura affinis 17 111  LC    Flycatcher, Fiscal Melaenornis silens 18 - 20 112  LC    Flycatcher, Spotted Muscicapa striata 14 - 15 113  LC    Francolin, Grey-winged Scleroptila afra 33 - 35 114  LC    Francolin, Orange River Scleroptila gutturalis 33 115  LC    Francolin, Red-winged Scleroptila levaillantii 38 116  LC    Gallinule, Allen's Porphyrio alleni 24 117  LC    Glossy-Starling, Red-shouldered Lamprotornis nitens 25 118  LC    Golden-Oriole, Eurasian Oriolus oriolus 24 119  LC    Goose, Egyptian Alopochen aegyptiaca 63 - 73 120  LC    Goose, Spur-winged Plectropterus gambensis 70 - 100 121  LC    Goshawk, African Accipiter tachiro 38 - 46 122  LC    Goshawk, Black Accipiter melanoleucus 46 - 58 123  LC    Goshawk, Gabar Micronisus gabar 30 124  LC    Grass-Owl, African Tyto capensis 34 - 37 125  LC    Grass-Warbler, Cape Sphenoeacus afer 17 - 19 126  LC    Grebe, Black-necked Podiceps nigricollis 28 - 34 127  LC    Grebe, Great Crested Podiceps cristatus 46 - 61 128  LC    Grebe, Little Tachybaptus ruficollis 25 - 29 129  LC    Greenshank, Common Tringa nebularia 30 - 34 130  EN    Griffon, Cape Gyps coprotheres 100 - 115 131  LC    Guineafowl, Helmeted Numida meleagris 55 - 65 132  LC    Gull, Grey-headed Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus 36 - 38 133  LC    Hamerkop Scopus umbretta 60 134  EN    Harrier, Black Circus maurus 48 - 53 135  LC    Harrier, Montagu's Circus pygargus 43 - 50 136  NT    Harrier, Pallid Circus macrourus 40 - 50 137  LC    Harrier-Hawk, African Polyboroides typus 60 - 66 138  LC    Hawk-Eagle, African Aquila spilogaster 66 139  LC    Heron, Black-headed Ardea melanocephala 85 140  LC    Heron, Goliath Ardea goliath 120 - 150 141  LC    Heron, Grey Ardea cinerea 90 - 98 142  LC    Heron, Purple Ardea purpurea 78 - 90 143  LC    Heron, Rufous-bellied Ardeola rufiventris 46 144  LC    Heron, Squacco Ardeola ralloides 40 - 49 145  LC    Hobby, Eurasian Falco subbuteo 30 - 36 146  LC    Honey-buzzard, European Pernis apivorus 52 - 60 147  LC    Honeyguide, Greater Indicator indicator 19 148  LC    Honeyguide, Lesser Indicator minor 14 149  LC    Honeyguide, Wahlberg's Prodotiscus regulus 12 150  NR    Hoopoe, African Upupa africana 28 151  LC    House-Martin, Northern Delichon urbicum 12.50 - 14 152  VU    Ibis, Bald Geronticus calvus 70 - 80 153  LC    Ibis, Glossy Plegadis falcinellus 48 - 66 154  LC    Ibis, Hadada Bostrychia hagedash 82 155  LC    Ibis, Sacred Threskiornis aethiopicus 65 - 89 156  LC    Indigobird, Village Vidua chalybeata 10 157  LC    Jacana, African Actophilornis africanus 31 158  LC    Kestrel, Common Falco tinnunculus 32 - 37 159  LC    Kestrel, Greater Falco rupicoloides 29 - 37 160  LC    Kestrel, Lesser Falco naumanni 26 - 32 161  LC    Kingfisher, Giant Megaceryle maxima 43 162  LC    Kingfisher, Malachite Corythornis cristatus 12 - 13 163  LC    Kingfisher, Pied Ceryle rudis 25 - 31 164  LC    Kite, Black Milvus migrans 48 - 65 165  LC    Kite, Black-winged Elanus caeruleus 33 - 37 166  NR    Kite, Yellow-billed Milvus aegyptius 48 - 66 167  NT    Lammergeier Gypaetus barbatus 102 - 125 168  LC    Lapwing, Black-winged Vanellus melanopterus 27 169  LC    Lapwing, Blacksmith Vanellus armatus 31 170  LC    Lapwing, Crowned Vanellus coronatus 31 171  LC    Lapwing, Wattled Vanellus senegallus 34 172  LC    Lark, Clapper Mirafra apiata 15 173  LC    Lark, Large-billed Galerida magnirostris 18 174  LC    Lark, Long-billed Certhilauda curvirostris 20 - 24 175  LC    Lark, Pink-billed Spizocorys conirostris 12 - 13 176  LC    Lark, Red-capped Calandrella cinerea 14 - 15 177  EN    Lark, Rudd's Heteromirafra ruddi 14 178  LC    Lark, Rufous-naped Mirafra africana 18 179  LC    Lark, Spike-heeled Chersomanes albofasciata 12 180  LC    Longclaw, Cape Macronyx capensis 20 181  LC    Marsh-Harrier, African Circus ranivorus 45 - 50 182  LC    Martin, Banded Riparia cincta 16.50 183  LC    Martin, Plain Riparia paludicola 11 - 12 184  NR    Martin, Rock Ptyonoprogne fuligula 13 185  LC    Martin, Sand Riparia riparia 12 186  LC    Masked-Weaver, Southern Ploceus velatus 13 187  LC    Moorhen, Common Gallinula chloropus 32 - 35 188  LC    Moorhen, Lesser Paragallinula angulata 28 189  LC    Mossie Passer melanurus 15 190  LC    Mousebird, Red-faced Urocolius indicus 34 191  LC    Mousebird, Speckled Colius striatus 35 192  LC    Mousebird, White-backed Colius colius 34 193  LC    Night-Heron, Black-crowned Nycticorax nycticorax 56 - 71 194  LC    Nightjar, Eurasian Caprimulgus europaeus 26 - 28 195  LC    Nightjar, Freckled Caprimulgus tristigma 25 196  LC    Nightjar, Square-tailed Caprimulgus fossii 23 197  LC    Olive-Pigeon, African Columba arquatrix 40 198  LC    Oriole, African Black-headed Oriolus larvatus 20 199  LC    Osprey Pandion haliaetus 50 - 63 200  LC    Owl, Barn Tyto alba 33 - 35 201  LC    Owl, Marsh Asio capensis 30 202  LC    Painted-snipe, Greater Rostratula benghalensis 22 - 30 203  LC    Paradise-Flycatcher, African Terpsiphone viridis 20 - 36 204  LC    Pigeon, Rock Columba livia 29 - 36 205  LC    Pigeon, Speckled Columba guinea 32 - 35 206  LC    Pipit, African Anthus cinnamomeus 15 - 17 207  LC    Pipit, Buffy Anthus vaalensis 17 208  LC    Pipit, Long-billed Anthus similis 18 - 20.50 209  NT    Pipit, Mountain Anthus hoeschi 18 210  LC    Pipit, Plain-backed Anthus leucophrys 17 211  VU    Pipit, Yellow-breasted Anthus chloris 16 - 18 212  NT    Pipit, Yellow-tufted Anthus crenatus 17 213  LC    Plover, Common Ringed Charadrius hiaticula 18 - 20 214  LC    Plover, Grey Pluvialis squatarola 28 - 31 215  LC    Plover, Kittlitz's Charadrius pecuarius 13 216  LC    Plover, Three-banded Charadrius tricollaris 18 217  LC    Pochard, Southern Netta erythrophthalma 48 - 51 218  NT    Pratincole, Black-winged Glareola nordmanni 23 - 26 219  LC    Pratincole, Collared Glareola pratincola 24 - 28 220  LC    Prinia, Black-chested Prinia flavicans 14 - 15 221  LC    Prinia, Karoo Prinia maculosa 12 - 14 222  LC    Prinia, Saffron-breasted Prinia hypoxantha 12 - 14 223  LC    Prinia, Tawny-flanked Prinia subflava 15 224  LC    Puffback, Black-backed Dryoscopus cubla 17 225  LC    Pygmy-goose, African Nettapus auritus 30 - 33 226  LC    Quail, Common Coturnix coturnix 16 - 18 227  LC    Quail, Harlequin Coturnix delegorguei 16 228  LC    Quailfinch, African Ortygospiza atricollis 9 229  LC    Quelea, Red-billed Quelea quelea 13 230  LC    Rail, Kaffir Rallus caerulescens 30 231  LC    Raven, White-necked Corvus albicollis 50 - 54 232  NR    Reed-Warbler, African Acrocephalus baeticatus 13 233  LC    Reed-Warbler, Blyth's Acrocephalus dumetorum 13.50 - 15.50 234  LC    Reed-Warbler, Eurasian Acrocephalus scirpaceus 13 235  LC    Reed-Warbler, Great Acrocephalus arundinaceus 19 236  LC    Robin-Chat, Cape Cossypha caffra 17 237  NT    Rock-jumper, Orange-breasted Chaetops aurantius 23 - 25 238  NT    Rock-jumper, Rufous Chaetops frenatus 23 - 25 239  LC    Rock-Thrush, Cape Monticola rupestris 19 - 21 240  NT    Rock-Thrush, Sentinel Monticola explorator 16 - 18 241  LC    Roller, European Coracias garrulus 29 - 32 242  LC    Roller, Lilac-breasted Coracias caudatus 40 243  LC    Ruff Calidris pugnax 29 - 32 244  LC    Rufous-Sparrow, Southern Passer motitensis 15 245  LC    Sandgrouse, Namaqua Pterocles namaqua 25 246  LC    Sandpiper, Common Actitis hypoleucos 19 - 22 247  NT    Sandpiper, Curlew Calidris ferruginea 18 - 22 248  LC    Sandpiper, Marsh Tringa stagnatilis 22 - 25 249  LC    Sandpiper, Wood Tringa glareola 19 - 23 250  LC    Scops-Owl, African Otus senegalensis 19 251  LC    Scrub-Robin, Karoo Cercotrichas coryphoeus 15 - 17 252  LC    Scrub-Warbler, African Bradypterus barratti 13 253  VU    Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius 130 - 140 254  LC    Seedeater, Southern Yellow-rumped Crithagra atrogularis 11 - 12 255  LC    Seedeater, Streaky-headed Crithagra gularis 13 - 16 256  LC    Shelduck, South African Tadorna cana 60 - 65 257  LC    Shikra Accipiter badius 30 - 36 258  LC    Shoveler, Cape Spatula smithii 51 - 53 259  LC    Shrike, Lesser Grey Lanius minor 19 - 21 260  LC    Shrike, Red-backed Lanius collurio 17 261  LC    Siskin, Drakensberg Crithagra symonsi 13 262  LC    Snake-Eagle, Black-chested Circaetus pectoralis 68 263  LC    Snipe, African Gallinago nigripennis 27 - 28 264  LC    Sparrow, Cape Passer diffusus 15 265  LC    Sparrow, House Passer domesticus 14 - 16 266  LC    Sparrow-Lark, Chestnut-backed Eremopterix leucotis 13 267  LC    Sparrow-Lark, Grey-backed Eremopterix verticalis 12 - 13 268  LC    Sparrow-Weaver, White-browed Plocepasser mahali 17 269  LC    Sparrowhawk, Little Accipiter minullus 28 270  LC    Sparrowhawk, Rufous-chested Accipiter rufiventris 33 - 40 271  LC    Spoonbill, African Platalea alba 90 272  LC    Spurfowl, Swainson's Pternistis swainsonii 38 273  LC    Starling, African Pied Lamprotornis bicolor 27 - 28 274  LC    Starling, Red-winged Onychognathus morio 27 - 31 275  LC    Starling, Violet-backed Cinnyricinclus leucogaster 19 276  LC    Starling, Wattled Creatophora cinerea 19 - 20 277  LC    Stilt, Black-winged Himantopus himantopus 36 - 39 278  LC    Stint, Little Calidris minuta 12 - 14 279  LC    Stork, Abdim's Ciconia abdimii 73 280  LC    Stork, Black Ciconia nigra 95 - 100 281  LC    Stork, White Ciconia ciconia 100 - 115 282  LC    Stork, Yellow-billed Mycteria ibis 100 283  LC    Striped-Swallow, Greater Cecropis cucullata 18 284  LC    Striped-Swallow, Lesser Cecropis abyssinica 19 285  NT    Sugarbird, Gurney's Promerops gurneyi 23 - 29 286  LC    Sunbird, Greater Double-collared Cinnyris afer 14 - 15 287  LC    Sunbird, Malachite Nectarinia famosa 24 288  LC    Swallow, Barn Hirundo rustica 17 - 19 289  VU    Swallow, Blue Hirundo atrocaerulea 18 - 25 290  LC    Swallow, Pearl-breasted Hirundo dimidiata 14 291  LC    Swallow, South African Petrochelidon spilodera 14 - 15 292  LC    Swallow, White-throated Hirundo albigularis 17 293  LC    Swamp-Warbler, Lesser Acrocephalus gracilirostris 15 294  LC    Swamphen, Purple Porphyrio porphyrio 44 - 48 295  LC    Swift, African Apus barbatus 18 296  LC    Swift, Alpine Tachymarptis melba 21 - 22 297  LC    Swift, Common Apus apus 16 - 19 298  LC    Swift, Horus Apus horus 13 - 15 299  LC    Swift, Little Apus affinis 12 - 15 300  LC    Swift, White-rumped Apus caffer 14 301  LC    Teal, Cape Anas capensis 44 - 46 302  LC    Teal, Hottentot Spatula hottentota 30 - 35 303  LC    Tern, Whiskered Chlidonias hybrida 23 - 29 304  LC    Tern, White-winged Chlidonias leucopterus 22 - 27 305  LC    Thick-knee, Spotted Burhinus capensis 43 306  LC    Thrush, Kurrichane Turdus libonyana 21 - 23 307  LC    Thrush, Olive Turdus olivaceus 22 308  LC    Tinkerbird, Red-fronted Pogoniulus pusillus 10 309  LC    Tit, Ashy Melaniparus cinerascens 13 310  LC    Tit, Grey Melaniparus afer 14 - 15 311  LC    Trogon, Narina Apaloderma narina 30 - 32 312  LC    Turnstone, Ruddy Arenaria interpres 21 - 25 313  EN    Vulture, Egyptian Neophron percnopterus 55 - 70 314  LC    Vulture, Palm-nut Gypohierax angolensis 60 315  LC    Wagtail, African Pied Motacilla aguimp 20 316  LC    Wagtail, Cape Motacilla capensis 20 317  LC    Warbler, Fairy Stenostira scita 11 318  LC    Warbler, Layard's Sylvia layardi 14 - 15 319  LC    Warbler, Namaqua Phragmacia substriata 13 - 14 320  LC    Warbler, Rufous-vented Sylvia subcoerulea 14 - 15 321  LC    Warbler, Sedge Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 13 - 14 322  LC    Warbler, Willow Phylloscopus trochilus 11 323  LC    Waxbill, Common Estrilda astrild 10 - 13 324  LC    Waxbill, Swee Coccopygia melanotis 10 325  LC    Waxbill, Zebra Amandava subflava 9 326  LC    Weaver, Cape Ploceus capensis 17 327  LC    Weaver, Parasitic Anomalospiza imberbis 11 328  LC    Weaver, Spectacled Ploceus ocularis 14 329  LC    Weaver, Village Ploceus cucullatus 15 330  LC    Wheatear, Capped Oenanthe pileata 17 331  LC    Wheatear, Mountain Myrmecocichla monticola 18 - 20 332  LC    Whistling-Duck, Fulvous Dendrocygna bicolor 43 - 53 333  LC    Whistling-Duck, White-faced Dendrocygna viduata 38 - 48 334  LC    White-eye, Pale Zosterops pallidus 10 - 11 335  LC    Whitethroat, Common Sylvia communis 14 336  LC    Whydah, Pin-tailed Vidua macroura 31 337  LC    Widowbird, Fan-tailed Euplectes axillaris 15 338  LC    Widowbird, Long-tailed Euplectes progne 71 339  LC    Widowbird, Red-collared Euplectes ardens 28 340  LC    Widowbird, White-winged Euplectes albonotatus 15 - 17 341  LC    Woodpecker, Cardinal Dendropicos fuscescens 14 - 15 342  NT    Woodpecker, Ground Geocolaptes olivaceus 24 - 28 343  LC    Wryneck, Rufous-necked Jynx ruficollis 19 An XML version of this list is also available (as a ZIP file) ... 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