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Birds of the WAP complex

The species list is based on (1) research grade records from the "Biota of the WAP complex" project, (2) BirdLife checklists from Singou-Arly-W, Pendjari, W-Niger and W-Benin, (3) the bird list from Plan d’Aménagement Participatif et de Gestion de la Réserve de Biosphère de la Pendjari, ...more ↓

Brown Babbler 1
Turdoides plebejus
Blackcap Babbler 2
Turdoides reinwardtii
Yellow-billed Oxpecker 3
Buphagus africanus
Brown-rumped Bunting 4
Emberiza affinis
Cabanis's Bunting 5
Emberiza cabanisi
Golden-breasted Bunting 6
Emberiza flaviventris
Yellow-shouldered Widowbird 7
Euplectes macroura
Gosling's Bunting 8
Emberiza goslingi
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting 9
Emberiza tahapisi
Senegal Batis 10
Batis senegalensis
Brown-throated Wattle-eye 11
Platysteira cyanea
Village Indigobird 12
Vidua chalybeata
Black Widowfinch 13
Vidua funerea
Exclamatory Paradise-Whydah 14
Vidua interjecta
Pin-tailed Whydah 15
Vidua macroura
Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah 16
Vidua obtusa
Northern Paradise-Whydah 2
Vidua orientalis
Togo Paradise-Whydah
Vidua togoensis
Pale-winged Indigobird
Vidua wilsoni
White-breasted Cuckoo-shrike 17
Coracina pectoralis
Red-shouldered Cuckoo-shrike 18
Campephaga phoenicea
Fork-tailed Drongo 19
Dicrurus adsimilis
Square-tailed Drongo 13
Dicrurus ludwigii
Common Waxbill 20
Estrilda astrild
Lavender Waxbill 21
Estrilda caerulescens
Orange-cheeked Waxbill 22
Estrilda melpoda
Black-rumped Waxbill 23
Estrilda troglodytes
Crimson Seedcracker 24
Pyrenestes sanguineus
Red-faced Pytilia 25
Pytilia hypogrammica
Green-winged Pytilia 26
Pytilia melba
Red-winged Pytilia 6
Pytilia phoenicoptera
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu 27
Uraeginthus bengalus
Black-faced Firefinch 28
Lagonosticta larvata
Black-bellied Firefinch 29
Lagonosticta rara
African Firefinch 27
Lagonosticta rubricata
Bar-breasted Firefinch 30
Lagonosticta rufopicta
Red-billed Firefinch 31
Lagonosticta senegala
Cut-throat 32
Amadina fasciata
Black-faced Quailfinch 2
Ortygospiza atricollis
Zebra Waxbill 12
Sporaeginthus subflavus
Bronze Mannikin 11
Spermestes cucullata
African Silverbill 33
Euodice cantans
Indian Silverbill 34
Euodice malabarica
Orange-breasted Bush-Shrike 35
Telophorus sulfureopectus
Yellow-crowned Gonolek 36
Laniarius barbarus
Sooty Boubou 37
Laniarius leucorhynchus
Gray-headed Bushshrike 38
Malaconotus blanchoti
Northern Puffback 27
Dryoscopus gambensis
Black-crowned Tchagra 39
Tchagra senegalus
Brubru 37
Nilaus afer
African Paradise-Flycatcher 40
Terpsiphone viridis
African Pied Wagtail 41
Motacilla aguimp
White Wagtail 42
Motacilla alba
Western Yellow Wagtail 43
Motacilla flava
Red-throated Pipit 44
Anthus cervinus
Tree Pipit 45
Anthus trivialis
Yellow-throated Longclaw 46
Macronyx croceus
African Golden Oriole 14
Oriolus auratus
Eurasian Golden Oriole 47
Oriolus oriolus
Village Weaver 48
Ploceus cucullatus
Heuglin's Masked-Weaver 5
Ploceus heuglini
Little Weaver 49
Ploceus luteolus
Black-headed Weaver 20
Ploceus melanocephalus
Black-necked Weaver 50
Ploceus nigricollis
Southern Masked Weaver 15
Ploceus velatus
Speckle-fronted Weaver 51
Sporopipes frontalis
Gray's Malimbe 52
Malimbus nitens
Red-vented Malimbe 53
Malimbus scutatus
Yellow-crowned Bishop 38
Euplectes afer
Red-collared Widowbird 37
Euplectes ardens
Fan-tailed Widowbird 27
Euplectes axillaris
Orange Bishop 20
Euplectes franciscanus
Black-winged Bishop 22
Euplectes hordeaceus
Yellow-shouldered Widowbird 7
Euplectes macroura
Red Bishop 54
Euplectes orix
Red-headed Quelea 13
Quelea erythrops
Red-billed Quelea 41
Quelea quelea
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver 37
Plocepasser superciliosus
White-billed Buffalo-Weaver 1
Bubalornis albirostris
Compact Weaver 55
Pachyphantes superciliosus
Yellow Penduline-Tit 2
Anthoscopus parvulus
White-crested Helmetshrike 39
Prionops plumatus
Singing Bushlark 56
Mirafra cantillans
Australasian Bushlark 57
Mirafra javanica
Flappet Lark 58
Mirafra rufocinnamomea
Crested Lark 59
Galerida cristata
Sun Lark 4
Galerida modesta
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark 13
Eremopterix leucotis
Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark 60
Eremopterix nigriceps
Rufous-rumped Lark 61
Pinarocorys erythropygia
Dusky Lark 39
Pinarocorys nigricans
Yellow-bellied Eremomela 39
Eremomela icteropygialis
Senegal Eremomela 2
Eremomela pusilla
Rock-loving Cisticola 12
Cisticola aberrans
Siffling Cisticola 62
Cisticola brachypterus
Singing Cisticola 37
Cisticola cantans
Red-faced Cisticola 1
Cisticola erythrops
Winding Cisticola 63
Cisticola galactotes
Zitting Cisticola 14
Cisticola juncidis
Croaking Cisticola 37
Cisticola natalensis

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