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Complete Birdpedia Species List [Taxonomy: Clements (v2018-8)] 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 Eupodotis 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 Eupodotis 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 Saxicola bifasciatus 16 - 17 43  LC    Chat, Familiar Cercomela familiaris 15 44  LC    Chat, Sicklewing Cercomela 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  LC    Coucal, White-browed Centropus superciliosus 36 - 42 57  LC    Courser, Burchell's Cursorius rufus 21 - 23 58  LC    Courser, Double-banded Smutsornis africanus 24 59  LC    Courser, Temminck's Cursorius temminckii 21 60  LC    Crake, African Crex egregia 23 61  LC    Crake, Baillon's Zapornia pusilla 15 - 16 62  LC    Crake, Corn Crex crex 27 - 30 63  LC    Crake, Spotted Porzana porzana 22 - 24 64  VU    Crane, Blue Anthropoides paradiseus 100 - 120 65  VU    Crane, Wattled Bugeranus carunculatus 175 66  LC    Crombec, Cape Sylvietta rufescens 9 67  LC    Crow, Cape Corvus capensis 43 68  LC    Crow, Pied Corvus albus 46 - 50 69  EN    Crowned-Crane, Grey Balearica regulorum 100 70  LC    Cuckoo, Common Cuculus canorus 32 - 36 71  LC    Cuckoo, Dideric Chrysococcyx caprius 18 72  LC    Cuckoo, Great Spotted Clamator glandarius 39 73  LC    Cuckoo, Pied Clamator jacobinus 31.50 - 33 74  LC    Cuckoo, Red-chested Cuculus solitarius 30 75  NT    Curlew, Eurasian Numenius arquata 50 - 60 76  LC    Darter, African Anhinga rufa 85 - 97 77  LC    Dove, Laughing Streptopelia senegalensis 23 - 27 78  LC    Dove, Namaqua Oena capensis 28 79  LC    Dove, Red-eyed Streptopelia semitorquata 33 80  LC    Dove, Ring-necked Streptopelia capicola 25 81  LC    Drongo, Fork-tailed Dicrurus adsimilis 25 82  LC    Duck, African Black Anas sparsa 48 - 57 83  LC    Duck, Comb Sarkidiornis melanotos 56 - 76 84  VU    Duck, Maccoa Oxyura maccoa 46 - 51 85  LC    Duck, Red-billed Anas erythrorhyncha 48 86  LC    Duck, White-backed Thalassornis leuconotus 41 87  LC    Duck, Yellow-billed Anas undulata 51 - 58 88  LC    Eagle, Booted Hieraaetus pennatus 50 - 57 89  VU    Eagle, Tawny Aquila rapax 64 - 72 90  LC    Eagle, Verreaux's Aquila verreauxii 79 - 97 91  LC    Eagle-Owl, Cape Bubo capensis 61 92  LC    Eagle-Owl, Spotted Bubo africanus 45 93  LC    Eagle-Owl, Verreaux's Bubo lacteus 66 94  LC    Egret, Cattle Bubulcus ibis 48 - 53 95  LC    Egret, Great Ardea alba 76 - 100 96  LC    Egret, Intermediate Ardea intermedia 56 - 70 97  LC    Egret, Little Egretta garzetta 56 - 65 98  LC    Eremomela, Yellow-bellied Eremomela icteropygialis 10 99  LC    Falcon, Amur Falco amurensis 26 - 31 100  LC    Falcon, Lanner Falco biarmicus 43 - 51 101  LC    Falcon, Peregrine Falco peregrinus 38 - 50 102  NT    Falcon, Red-footed Falco vespertinus 28 - 34 103  LC    Finch, Red-headed Amadina erythrocephala 13 104  LC    Firefinch, Red-billed Lagonosticta senegala 10 105  LC    Fiscal, Common Lanius collaris 23 106  LC    Fish-Eagle, African Haliaeetus vocifer 73 107  LC    Flamingo, Caribbean Phoenicopterus ruber 120 - 145 108  NT    Flamingo, Lesser Phoeniconaias minor 99 109  LC    Flufftail, Striped Sarothrura affinis 17 110  LC    Flycatcher, Fiscal Melaenornis silens 18 - 20 111  LC    Flycatcher, Spotted Muscicapa striata 14 - 15 112  LC    Francolin, Grey-winged Scleroptila afra 33 - 35 113  LC    Francolin, Orange River Scleroptila gutturalis 33 114  LC    Francolin, Red-winged Scleroptila levaillantii 38 115  LC    Gallinule, Allen's Porphyrio alleni 24 116  LC    Glossy-Starling, Red-shouldered Lamprotornis nitens 25 117  LC    Golden-Oriole, Eurasian Oriolus oriolus 24 118  LC    Goose, Egyptian Alopochen aegyptiaca 63 - 73 119  LC    Goose, Spur-winged Plectropterus gambensis 70 - 100 120  LC    Goshawk, African Accipiter tachiro 38 - 46 121  LC    Goshawk, Black Accipiter melanoleucus 46 - 58 122  LC    Goshawk, Gabar Micronisus gabar 30 123  LC    Grass-Owl, African Tyto capensis 34 - 37 124  LC    Grass-Warbler, Cape Sphenoeacus afer 17 - 19 125  LC    Grebe, Black-necked Podiceps nigricollis 28 - 34 126  LC    Grebe, Great Crested Podiceps cristatus 46 - 61 127  LC    Grebe, Little Tachybaptus ruficollis 25 - 29 128  LC    Greenshank, Common Tringa nebularia 30 - 34 129  EN    Griffon, Cape Gyps coprotheres 100 - 115 130  LC    Guineafowl, Helmeted Numida meleagris 55 - 65 131  LC    Gull, Grey-headed Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus 36 - 38 132  LC    Hamerkop Scopus umbretta 60 133  EN    Harrier, Black Circus maurus 48 - 53 134  LC    Harrier, Montagu's Circus pygargus 43 - 50 135  NT    Harrier, Pallid Circus macrourus 40 - 50 136  LC    Harrier-Hawk, African Polyboroides typus 60 - 66 137  LC    Hawk-Eagle, African Aquila spilogaster 66 138  LC    Heron, Black-headed Ardea melanocephala 85 139  LC    Heron, Goliath Ardea goliath 120 - 150 140  LC    Heron, Grey Ardea cinerea 90 - 98 141  LC    Heron, Purple Ardea purpurea 78 - 90 142  LC    Heron, Rufous-bellied Ardeola rufiventris 46 143  LC    Heron, Squacco Ardeola ralloides 40 - 49 144  LC    Hobby, Eurasian Falco subbuteo 30 - 36 145  LC    Honey-buzzard, European Pernis apivorus 52 - 60 146  LC    Honeyguide, Greater Indicator indicator 19 147  LC    Honeyguide, Lesser Indicator minor 14 148  LC    Honeyguide, Wahlberg's Prodotiscus regulus 12 149  LC    House-Martin, Northern Delichon urbicum 12.50 - 14 150  VU    Ibis, Bald Geronticus calvus 70 - 80 151  LC    Ibis, Glossy Plegadis falcinellus 48 - 66 152  LC    Ibis, Hadada Bostrychia hagedash 82 153  LC    Ibis, Sacred Threskiornis aethiopicus 65 - 89 154  LC    Indigobird, Village Vidua chalybeata 10 155  LC    Jacana, African Actophilornis africanus 31 156  LC    Kestrel, Common Falco tinnunculus 32 - 37 157  LC    Kestrel, Greater Falco rupicoloides 29 - 37 158  LC    Kestrel, Lesser Falco naumanni 26 - 32 159  LC    Kingfisher, Giant Megaceryle maxima 43 160  LC    Kingfisher, Malachite Corythornis cristatus 12 - 13 161  LC    Kingfisher, Pied Ceryle rudis 25 - 31 162  LC    Kite, Black Milvus migrans 48 - 65 163  LC    Kite, Black-winged Elanus caeruleus 33 - 37 164  NT    Lammergeier Gypaetus barbatus 102 - 125 165  LC    Lapwing, Black-winged Vanellus melanopterus 27 166  LC    Lapwing, Blacksmith Vanellus armatus 31 167  LC    Lapwing, Crowned Vanellus coronatus 31 168  LC    Lapwing, Wattled Vanellus senegallus 34 169  LC    Lark, Clapper Mirafra apiata 15 170  LC    Lark, Large-billed Galerida magnirostris 18 171  LC    Lark, Long-billed Certhilauda curvirostris 20 - 24 172  LC    Lark, Pink-billed Spizocorys conirostris 12 - 13 173  LC    Lark, Red-capped Calandrella cinerea 14 - 15 174  EN    Lark, Rudd's Heteromirafra ruddi 14 175  LC    Lark, Rufous-naped Mirafra africana 18 176  LC    Lark, Spike-heeled Chersomanes albofasciata 12 177  LC    Longclaw, Cape Macronyx capensis 20 178  LC    Marsh-Harrier, African Circus ranivorus 45 - 50 179  LC    Martin, Banded Riparia cincta 16.50 180  LC    Martin, Plain Riparia paludicola 11 - 12 181  NR    Martin, Rock Ptyonoprogne fuligula 13 182  LC    Martin, Sand Riparia riparia 12 183  LC    Masked-Weaver, Southern Ploceus velatus 13 184  LC    Moorhen, Common Gallinula chloropus 32 - 35 185  LC    Moorhen, Lesser Gallinula angulata 28 186  LC    Mossie Passer melanurus 15 187  LC    Mousebird, Red-faced Urocolius indicus 34 188  LC    Mousebird, Speckled Colius striatus 35 189  LC    Mousebird, White-backed Colius colius 34 190  LC    Night-Heron, Black-crowned Nycticorax nycticorax 56 - 71 191  LC    Nightjar, Eurasian Caprimulgus europaeus 26 - 28 192  LC    Nightjar, Freckled Caprimulgus tristigma 25 193  LC    Nightjar, Square-tailed Caprimulgus fossii 23 194  LC    Olive-Pigeon, African Columba arquatrix 40 195  LC    Oriole, African Black-headed Oriolus larvatus 20 196  LC    Osprey Pandion haliaetus 50 - 63 197  LC    Owl, Barn Tyto alba 33 - 35 198  LC    Owl, Marsh Asio capensis 30 199  LC    Painted-snipe, Greater Rostratula benghalensis 22 - 30 200  LC    Paradise-Flycatcher, African Terpsiphone viridis 20 - 36 201  LC    Pigeon, Rock Columba livia 29 - 36 202  LC    Pigeon, Speckled Columba guinea 32 - 35 203  LC    Pipit, African Anthus cinnamomeus 15 - 17 204  LC    Pipit, Buffy Anthus vaalensis 17 205  LC    Pipit, Long-billed Anthus similis 18 - 20.50 206  NT    Pipit, Mountain Anthus hoeschi 18 207  LC    Pipit, Plain-backed Anthus leucophrys 17 208  VU    Pipit, Yellow-breasted Hemimacronyx chloris 16 - 18 209  NT    Pipit, Yellow-tufted Anthus crenatus 17 210  LC    Plover, Common Ringed Charadrius hiaticula 18 - 20 211  LC    Plover, Grey Pluvialis squatarola 28 - 31 212  LC    Plover, Kittlitz's Charadrius pecuarius 13 213  LC    Plover, Three-banded Charadrius tricollaris 18 214  LC    Pochard, Southern Netta erythrophthalma 48 - 51 215  NT    Pratincole, Black-winged Glareola nordmanni 23 - 26 216  LC    Pratincole, Collared Glareola pratincola 24 - 28 217  LC    Prinia, Black-chested Prinia flavicans 14 - 15 218  LC    Prinia, Karoo Prinia maculosa 12 - 14 219  LC    Prinia, Saffron-breasted Prinia hypoxantha 12 - 14 220  LC    Prinia, Tawny-flanked Prinia subflava 15 221  LC    Puffback, Black-backed Dryoscopus cubla 17 222  LC    Pygmy-goose, African Nettapus auritus 30 - 33 223  LC    Quail, Common Coturnix coturnix 16 - 18 224  LC    Quail, Harlequin Coturnix delegorguei 16 225  LC    Quailfinch, African Ortygospiza atricollis 9 226  LC    Quelea, Red-billed Quelea quelea 13 227  LC    Rail, Kaffir Rallus caerulescens 30 228  LC    Raven, White-necked Corvus albicollis 50 - 54 229  NR    Reed-Warbler, African Acrocephalus baeticatus 13 230  LC    Reed-Warbler, Blyth's Acrocephalus dumetorum 13.50 - 15.50 231  LC    Reed-Warbler, Eurasian Acrocephalus scirpaceus 13 232  LC    Reed-Warbler, Great Acrocephalus arundinaceus 19 233  LC    Robin-Chat, Cape Cossypha caffra 17 234  NT    Rock-jumper, Orange-breasted Chaetops aurantius 23 - 25 235  NT    Rock-jumper, Rufous Chaetops frenatus 23 - 25 236  LC    Rock-Thrush, Cape Monticola rupestris 19 - 21 237  NT    Rock-Thrush, Sentinel Monticola explorator 16 - 18 238  LC    Roller, European Coracias garrulus 29 - 32 239  LC    Roller, Lilac-breasted Coracias caudatus 40 240  LC    Ruff Calidris pugnax 29 - 32 241  LC    Rufous-Sparrow, Southern Passer motitensis 15 242  LC    Sandgrouse, Namaqua Pterocles namaqua 25 243  LC    Sandpiper, Common Actitis hypoleucos 19 - 22 244  NT    Sandpiper, Curlew Calidris ferruginea 18 - 22 245  LC    Sandpiper, Marsh Tringa stagnatilis 22 - 25 246  LC    Sandpiper, Wood Tringa glareola 19 - 23 247  LC    Scops-Owl, African Otus senegalensis 19 248  LC    Scrub-Robin, Karoo Cercotrichas coryphoeus 15 - 17 249  LC    Scrub-Warbler, African Bradypterus barratti 13 250  VU    Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius 130 - 140 251  LC    Seedeater, Southern Yellow-rumped Crithagra atrogularis 11 - 12 252  LC    Seedeater, Streaky-headed Crithagra gularis 13 - 16 253  LC    Shelduck, South African Tadorna cana 60 - 65 254  LC    Shikra Accipiter badius 30 - 36 255  LC    Shoveler, Cape Spatula smithii 51 - 53 256  LC    Shrike, Lesser Grey Lanius minor 19 - 21 257  LC    Shrike, Red-backed Lanius collurio 17 258  LC    Siskin, Drakensberg Crithagra symonsi 13 259  LC    Snake-Eagle, Black-chested Circaetus pectoralis 68 260  LC    Snipe, African Gallinago nigripennis 27 - 28 261  LC    Sparrow, Cape Passer diffusus 15 262  LC    Sparrow, House Passer domesticus 14 - 16 263  LC    Sparrow-Lark, Chestnut-backed Eremopterix leucotis 13 264  LC    Sparrow-Lark, Grey-backed Eremopterix verticalis 12 - 13 265  LC    Sparrow-Weaver, White-browed Plocepasser mahali 17 266  LC    Sparrowhawk, Little Accipiter minullus 28 267  LC    Sparrowhawk, Rufous-chested Accipiter rufiventris 33 - 40 268  LC    Spoonbill, African Platalea alba 90 269  LC    Spurfowl, Swainson's Pternistis swainsonii 38 270  LC    Starling, African Pied Lamprotornis bicolor 27 - 28 271  LC    Starling, Red-winged Onychognathus morio 27 - 31 272  LC    Starling, Violet-backed Cinnyricinclus leucogaster 19 273  LC    Starling, Wattled Creatophora cinerea 19 - 20 274  LC    Stilt, Black-winged Himantopus himantopus 36 - 39 275  LC    Stint, Little Calidris minuta 12 - 14 276  LC    Stork, Abdim's Ciconia abdimii 73 277  LC    Stork, Black Ciconia nigra 95 - 100 278  LC    Stork, White Ciconia ciconia 100 - 115 279  LC    Stork, Yellow-billed Mycteria ibis 100 280  LC    Striped-Swallow, Greater Cecropis cucullata 18 281  LC    Striped-Swallow, Lesser Cecropis abyssinica 19 282  NT    Sugarbird, Gurney's Promerops gurneyi 23 - 29 283  LC    Sunbird, Greater Double-collared Cinnyris afer 14 - 15 284  LC    Sunbird, Malachite Nectarinia famosa 24 285  LC    Swallow, Barn Hirundo rustica 17 - 19 286  VU    Swallow, Blue Hirundo atrocaerulea 18 - 25 287  LC    Swallow, Pearl-breasted Hirundo dimidiata 14 288  LC    Swallow, South African Petrochelidon spilodera 14 - 15 289  LC    Swallow, White-throated Hirundo albigularis 17 290  LC    Swamp-Warbler, Lesser Acrocephalus gracilirostris 15 291  LC    Swamphen, Purple Porphyrio porphyrio 44 - 48 292  LC    Swift, African Apus barbatus 18 293  LC    Swift, Alpine Apus melba 21 - 22 294  LC    Swift, Common Apus apus 16 - 19 295  LC    Swift, Horus Apus horus 13 - 15 296  LC    Swift, Little Apus affinis 12 - 15 297  LC    Swift, White-rumped Apus caffer 14 298  LC    Teal, Cape Anas capensis 44 - 46 299  LC    Teal, Hottentot Spatula hottentota 30 - 35 300  LC    Tern, Whiskered Chlidonias hybrida 23 - 29 301  LC    Tern, White-winged Chlidonias leucopterus 22 - 27 302  LC    Thick-knee, Spotted Burhinus capensis 43 303  LC    Thrush, Kurrichane Turdus libonyana 21 - 23 304  LC    Thrush, Olive Turdus olivaceus 22 305  LC    Tinkerbird, Red-fronted Pogoniulus pusillus 10 306  LC    Tit, Ashy Melaniparus cinerascens 13 307  LC    Tit, Grey Melaniparus afer 14 - 15 308  LC    Trogon, Narina Apaloderma narina 30 - 32 309  LC    Turnstone, Ruddy Arenaria interpres 21 - 25 310  EN    Vulture, Egyptian Neophron percnopterus 55 - 70 311  LC    Vulture, Palm-nut Gypohierax angolensis 60 312  LC    Wagtail, African Pied Motacilla aguimp 20 313  LC    Wagtail, Cape Motacilla capensis 20 314  LC    Warbler, Fairy Stenostira scita 11 315  LC    Warbler, Layard's Sylvia layardi 14 - 15 316  LC    Warbler, Namaqua Phragmacia substriata 13 - 14 317  LC    Warbler, Rufous-vented Sylvia subcaerulea 14 - 15 318  LC    Warbler, Sedge Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 13 - 14 319  LC    Warbler, Willow Phylloscopus trochilus 11 320  LC    Waxbill, Common Estrilda astrild 10 - 13 321  LC    Waxbill, Swee Coccopygia melanotis 10 322  LC    Waxbill, Zebra Sporaeginthus subflavus 9 323  LC    Weaver, Cape Ploceus capensis 17 324  LC    Weaver, Parasitic Anomalospiza imberbis 11 325  LC    Weaver, Spectacled Ploceus ocularis 14 326  LC    Weaver, Village Ploceus cucullatus 15 327  LC    Wheatear, Capped Oenanthe pileata 17 328  LC    Wheatear, Mountain Oenanthe monticola 18 - 20 329  LC    Whistling-Duck, Fulvous Dendrocygna bicolor 43 - 53 330  LC    Whistling-Duck, White-faced Dendrocygna viduata 38 - 48 331  LC    White-eye, Pale Zosterops pallidus 10 - 11 332  LC    Whitethroat, Common Sylvia communis 14 333  LC    Whydah, Pin-tailed Vidua macroura 31 334  LC    Widowbird, Fan-tailed Euplectes axillaris 15 335  LC    Widowbird, Long-tailed Euplectes progne 71 336  LC    Widowbird, Red-collared Euplectes ardens 28 337  LC    Widowbird, White-winged Euplectes albonotatus 15 - 17 338  LC    Woodpecker, Cardinal Chloropicus fuscescens 14 - 15 339  NT    Woodpecker, Ground Geocolaptes olivaceus 24 - 28 340  LC    Wryneck, Rufous-necked Jynx ruficollis 19 An XML version of this list is also available (as a ZIP file) ... 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