List Of Southern African Birds
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Southern Africa. Southern Africa is defined as Africa south of a line between the Kunene and Zambezi rivers, encompassing Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, mainland South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland and southern and central Mozambique, as well as oceanic waters within 200 nautical miles (370 km) of the coast, covering approximately 3.5 million square kilometres.
Read more about List Of Southern African Birds: Traditional Boundaries, Regional Habitats, Taxonomy, Penguins, Grebes, Albatrosses, Shearwaters and Petrels, Storm Petrels, Pelecanoididae, Tropicbirds, Boobies and Gannets, Cormorants, Darters, Frigatebirds, Pelicans, Herons, Egrets and Bitterns, Storks, Flamingoes, Ibises and Spoonbills, Hamerkop, Ducks, Geese and Swans, Osprey, Hawks To Old World Vultures, Bat Hawk, Falcons, Hobbies and Kestrels, Quails To Peafowl, Ostrich, Guineafowls, Buttonquails, Rails To Gallinules, Finfoots, Jacanas, Cranes, Secretarybird, Bustards and Korhaans, Crab Plover, Oystercatchers, Stilts and Avocets, Plovers and Lapwings, Sandpipers To Phalaropes, Painted-snipe, Pratincoles and Coursers, Thick-knees, Skuas and Jaegers, Sheathbills, Gulls and Kittiwakes, Skimmers, Terns and Noddies, Sandgrouses, Pigeons and Doves, Lovebirds, Parakeets and Parrots, Turacos, Cuckoos, Barn Owls, Typical Owls, Nightjars, Swifts and Spinetails, Trogons, Pittas, Broadbills, Mousebirds, Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Rollers, Hornbills, Hoopoe, Wood-Hoopoes and Scimitar-bill, Honeyguides, Barbets and Tinkerbirds, Woodpeckers and Wrynecks, Larks, Swallows and Martins, Drongos and Flycatchers, Old World Flycatchers, Cuckoo-shrikes, Orioles, Ravens and Crows, Tits, Penduline Tits, Spotted Creeper, Old World Babbler, Bulbuls and Nicators, Thrushes, Rockjumpers, Alethes, Old World Warblers, Apalises, Cisticolas and Prinias, White-eyes, Wattle-eyes, Wagtails, Longclaws and Pipits, Shrikes, Helmet-Shrikes, Bush-Shrikes To Tchagras, Starlings and Oxpeckers, Sugarbirds, Sunbirds, Sparrows, Weavers To Widowbirds, Whydahs and Indigobirds, Estrildid Finchs, Fringilline Finches and Allies, Buntings
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