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Bird species of South Africa

Black Coucal 1
Centropus grillii
Senegal Coucal 2
Centropus senegalensis
White-browed Coucal 3
Centropus superciliosus
Dideric Cuckoo 4
Chrysococcyx caprius
African Emerald Cuckoo 5
Chrysococcyx cupreus
Klaas's Cuckoo 6
Chrysococcyx klaas
Great Spotted Cuckoo 3
Clamator glandarius
Jacobin Cuckoo 7
Clamator jacobinus
Levaillant's Cuckoo 3
Clamator levaillantii
Common Cuckoo 8
Cuculus canorus
Black Cuckoo 9
Cuculus clamosus
African Cuckoo 10
Cuculus gularis
Red-chested Cuckoo 3
Cuculus solitarius
Thick-billed Cuckoo
Pachycoccyx audeberti
Yellowbill 5
Ceuthmochares aereus
Knysna Turaco 11
Tauraco corythaix
Livingstone's Turaco 12
Tauraco livingstonii
Purple-crested Turaco 13
Tauraco porphyreolophus
Grey Go-away Bird 14
Corythaixoides concolor
European Bee-Eater 15
Merops apiaster
White-fronted Bee-eater 16
Merops bullockoides
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater 17
Merops hirundineus
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 18
Merops persicus
Little Bee-eater 13
Merops pusillus
Lilac-breasted Roller 19
Coracias caudatus
European Roller 20
Coracias garrulus
Raquet-tailed Roller 21
Coracias spatulatus
Broad-billed Roller 18
Eurystomus glaucurus
Brown-hooded Kingfisher 11
Halcyon albiventris
Striped Kingfisher 16
Halcyon chelicuti
Gray-headed Kingfisher 22
Halcyon leucocephala
Woodland Kingfisher 16
Halcyon senegalensis
Mangrove Kingfisher 23
Halcyon senegaloides
Half-collared Kingfisher 11
Alcedo semitorquata
Pied Kingfisher 24
Ceryle rudis
Crowned Hornbill 25
Tockus alboterminatus
Red-billed Hornbill 13
Tockus erythrorhynchus
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill 26
Tockus leucomelas
African Grey Hornbill 10
Tockus nasutus
Cape Turtle Dove 16
Streptopelia capicola
African Mourning Dove 6
Streptopelia decipiens
Red-eyed Dove 13
Streptopelia semitorquata
European Turtle Dove 27
Streptopelia turtur
Rameron Pigeon
Columba arquatrix
Delegorgue's Pigeon 9
Columba delegorguei
Speckled Pigeon 7
Columba guinea
Rock Dove 28
Columba livia
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove 29
Turtur afer
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove 30
Turtur chalcospilos
Tambourine Dove 31
Turtur tympanistria
African Green Pigeon 32
Treron calvus
Namaqua Dove 33
Oena capensis
Red-faced Mousebird
Urocolius indicus
White-backed Mousebird
Colius colius
Speckled Mousebird 13
Colius striatus
Abdim's Stork 34
Ciconia abdimii
White Stork 35
Ciconia ciconia
Woolly-necked Stork 33
Ciconia episcopus
Black Stork 36
Ciconia nigra
Yellow-billed Stork
Mycteria ibis
Saddle-billed Stork
Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
African Openbilled Stork 37
Anastomus lamelligerus
Spotted Crake 7
Porzana porzana
Baillon's Crake 38
Porzana pusilla
Black Crake 3
Amaurornis flavirostra
African Rail 9
Rallus caerulescens
Lesser Moorhen 3
Gallinula angulata
Common Gallinule 39
Gallinula chloropus
Corn Crake 40
Crex crex
Red-knobbed Coot 40
Fulica cristata
Allen's Gallinule 41
Porphyrio alleni
Purple Swamphen 13
Porphyrio porphyrio
Grey Crowned Crane 42
Balearica regulorum
Striped Flufftail
Sarothrura affinis
White-winged Flufftail
Sarothrura ayresi
Buff-spotted Flufftail 43
Sarothrura elegans
Red-chested Flufftail
Sarothrura rufa
African Finfoot 44
Podica senegalensis
Little Swift 7
Apus affinis
Common Swift 17
Apus apus
Bradfield's Swift
Apus bradfieldi
White-rumped Swift 17
Apus caffer
African Palm-Swift 41
Cypsiurus parvus
Bat-like Spinetail
Neafrapus boehmi
Mottled Spinetail
Telacanthura ussheri
Helmeted Guineafowl 13
Numida meleagris
Crested Guineafowl
Guttera pucherani
Red-billed Francolin 45
Francolinus adspersus
Red-necked Francolin 46
Francolinus afer
Grey-winged Francolin 9
Francolinus africanus
Cape Francolin 19
Francolinus capensis
Coqui Francolin 47
Francolinus coqui
Red-wing Francolin 9
Francolinus levaillantii
Natal Francolin 48
Francolinus natalensis
Crested Francolin 37
Francolinus sephaena
Shelley's Francolin
Francolinus shelleyi
Swainson's Francolin
Francolinus swainsonii
Common Quail 49
Coturnix coturnix
Harlequin Quail 40
Coturnix delegorguei
Sanderling 50
Calidris alba

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