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A guide to Africa, it's trees and animals

A guide to the great plains of Africa, and the wildlife that flocks there every year to share it's rich bounties

White-tailed Lark 1
Mirafra albicauda
Rufous-naped Lark 2
Mirafra africana
Flappet Lark 3
Mirafra rufocinnamomea
Fischer's Sparrow-Lark 4
Eremopterix leucopareia
Stout Cisticola 5
Cisticola robustus
Tawny-flanked Prinia 6
Prinia subflava
Grey-backed Camaroptera 7
Camaroptera brachyura
Yellow-breasted Apalis 8
Apalis flavida
Karamoja Apalis
Apalis karamojae
Gray-capped Warbler 9
Eminia lepida
Cape Crow 10
Corvus capensis
Black-headed Gonolek 11
Laniarius erythrogaster
Slate-colored Boubou 12
Laniarius funebris
Fork-tailed Drongo 13
Dicrurus adsimilis
Black-backed Puffback 14
Dryoscopus cubla
African Paradise-Flycatcher 15
Terpsiphone viridis
Brown-crowned Tchagra 16
Tchagra australis
Brown-throated Wattle-eye 17
Platysteira cyanea
Brubru 10
Nilaus afer
Wire-tailed Swallow 18
Hirundo smithii
Barn Swallow 19
Hirundo rustica
Banded Martin 2
Riparia cincta
Taita Fiscal 20
Lanius dorsalis
Red-backed Shrike 21
Lanius collurio
Grey-backed Fiscal
Lanius excubitoroides
African Bare-eyed Thrush 1
Turdus tephronotus
White-browed Robin-Chat 22
Cossypha heuglini
African Gray Flycatcher 5
Bradornis microrhynchus
Northern Wheatear 23
Oenanthe oenanthe
Isabelline Wheatear 6
Oenanthe isabellina
Capped Wheatear 8
Oenanthe pileata
Northern Anteater-Chat 22
Myrmecocichla aethiops
Sooty Chat 13
Myrmecocichla nigra
Whinchat 24
Saxicola rubetra
Spotted Flycatcher 25
Muscicapa striata
Spotted Morning-Thrush 26
Cichladusa guttata
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush 12
Monticola saxatilis
Southern Black-Flycatcher 27
Melaenornis pammelaina
Bronze Sunbird 12
Nectarinia kilimensis
African Penduline-Tit 27
Anthoscopus caroli
African Pied Wagtail 28
Motacilla aguimp
Plain-backed Pipit 28
Anthus leucophrys
Bush Pipit 29
Anthus caffer
Black-faced Waxbill 30
Estrilda erythronotos
Vitelline Masked-Weaver 31
Ploceus vitellinus
Little Weaver 11
Ploceus luteolus
Village Weaver 6
Ploceus cucullatus
Speke's Weaver 32
Ploceus spekei
Holub's Golden-Weaver 9
Ploceus xanthops
Black-necked Weaver 26
Ploceus nigricollis
Spectacled Weaver 12
Ploceus ocularis
Lesser Masked-Weaver 33
Ploceus intermedius
House Sparrow 34
Passer domesticus
Chestnut Sparrow 35
Passer eminibey
Kenya Rufous Sparrow 13
Passer rufocinctus
Northern Grey-headed Sparrow 36
Passer griseus
Gray-headed Social-Weaver 10
Pseudonigrita arnaudi
Speckle-fronted Weaver 37
Sporopipes frontalis
Black-winged Bishop 38
Euplectes hordeaceus
Fan-tailed Widowbird 39
Euplectes axillaris
Green-winged Pytilia 3
Pytilia melba
Red-billed Quelea 13
Quelea quelea
Pin-tailed Whydah 22
Vidua macroura
Straw-tailed Whydah 1
Vidua fischeri
Steel-blue Whydah 40
Vidua hypocherina
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu 41
Uraeginthus bengalus
Blue-capped Cordonbleu 42
Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver 26
Dinemellia dinemelli
Cut-throat 43
Amadina fasciata
Rosy-throated Longclaw 10
Macronyx ameliae
Yellow-throated Longclaw 26
Macronyx croceus
Cuckoo Finch 27
Anomalospiza imberbis
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver 44
Bubalornis niger
White-billed Buffalo-Weaver 11
Bubalornis albirostris
Red-headed Weaver 8
Anaplectes rubriceps
Common Bulbul 13
Pycnonotus barbatus
Greater Blue-eared Starling 45
Lamprotornis chalybaeus
Hildebrandt's Starling 33
Lamprotornis hildebrandti
Superb Starling 18
Lamprotornis superbus
Violet-backed Starling 8
Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
Wattled Starling 5
Creatophora cinerea
Arrow-marked Babbler 14
Turdoides jardineii
Black-lored Babbler 35
Turdoides sharpei
Buff-bellied Warbler 46
Phyllolais pulchella
Rattling Cisticola 28
Cisticola chiniana
Rüppell's Starling 47
Lamprotornis purpuroptera
Banded Parisoma 26
Sylvia boehmi
Swahili Sparrow 48
Passer suahelicus
Sedge Warbler 49
Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Yellow-billed Oxpecker 2
Buphagus africanus
Willow Warbler 50
Phylloscopus trochilus
Gray-crested Helmetshrike 20
Prionops poliolophus
Mocking Cliff-Chat 51
Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
Magpie Shrike 52
Corvinella melanoleuca
Foxy Lark 1
Calendulauda alopex
Rock Martin 53
Ptyonoprogne fuligula
Red-rumped Swallow 26
Cecropis daurica
Lesser Striped Swallow 2
Cecropis abyssinica
Rufous-chested Swallow 54
Cecropis semirufa
Mosque Swallow 55
Cecropis senegalensis

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