Names of endemic and near endemic species are printed in bold.
The RD column indicates species that are on the Red Data list.
R: Resident or recorded throughout the year
S: Recorded mainly during summer
W: Recorded mainly during winter
P: Pelagic
V: Vagrant
Acacia Pied Barbet
African Barred Owlet
Formerly: Barred Owl
African Black Duck
African Black Swift
African Broadbill
African Crowned Eagle
African Cuckoo Hawk
African Darter
African Dusky Flycatcher
African Emerald Cuckoo
African Firefinch
Formerly: Blue-billed Firefinch
African Fish-Eagle
African Goshawk
African Green-Pigeon
African Harrier-Hawk
Formerly: Gymnogene
African Hoopoe
African Jacana
African Marsh-Harrier
African Olive-Pigeon
Formerly: Rameron Pigeon
African Palm-Swift
African Paradise-Flycatcher
African Pied Wagtail
African Pipit
Formerly: Grassveld Pipit
African Purple Swamphen
Formerly: Purple Gallinule
African Pygmy-Kingfisher
African Quailfinch
African Rail
African Reed-Warbler
Formerly: African Marsh-Warbler
African Sacred Ibis
African Snipe
Formerly: Ethiopian Snipe
African Spoonbill
African Stonechat
African Wattled Lapwing
Formerly: Wattled Plover
African Wood-Owl
Allen's Gallinule
Formerly: Lesser Gallinule
Alpine Swift
Amethyst Sunbird
Formerly: Black Sunbird
Amur Falcon
Formerly: Eastern Red-footed Falcon
Ayres's Hawk-Eagle
Banded Martin
Bar-throated Apalis
Barn Owl
Barn Swallow
Formerly: European Swallow
Barratt's Warbler
Bateleur
Bearded Scrub-Robin
Formerly: Bearded Robin
Bearded Woodpecker
Black Crake
Black Cuckoo
Black Cuckooshrike
Black Kite
Black Saw-wing
Formerly: Black Sawwing Swallow
Black Sparrowhawk
Black-backed Puffback
Formerly: Puffback Shrike
Black-bellied Starling
Black-collared Barbet
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Black-crowned Tchagra
Black-headed Heron
Black-headed Oriole
Black-shouldered Kite
Black-throated Wattle-eye
Formerly: Wattle-eyed Flycatcher
Blacksmith Lapwing
Formerly: Blacksmith Plover
Blue Waxbill
Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher
Formerly: Blue-mantled Flycatcher
Bokmakierie
Brimstone Canary
Formerly: Bully Canary
Broad-billed Roller
Bronze Mannikin
Bronze-winged Courser
Brown Scrub-Robin
Formerly: Brown Robin
Brown Snake-Eagle
Brown-backed Honeybird
Formerly: Sharp-billed Honeyguide
Brown-hooded Kingfisher
Brown-throated Martin
Buff-spotted Flufftail
Burchell's Coucal
Burchell's Starling
Bushveld Pipit
Cape Glossy Starling
Cape Longclaw
Formerly: Orange-throated Longclaw
Cape Robin-Chat
Formerly: Cape Robin
Cape Rock-Thrush
Cape Shoveler
Cape Turtle-Dove
Cape Wagtail
Cape White-eye
Cardinal Woodpecker
Cattle Egret
Chinspot Batis
Chorister Robin-Chat
Formerly: Chorister Robin
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
Formerly: Rock Bunting
Collared Sunbird
Comb Duck
Formerly: Knob-billed Duck
Common Buzzard
Formerly: Steppe Buzzard
Common Cuckoo
Formerly: Eurasian Cuckoo
Common Fiscal
Formerly: Fiscal Shrike
Common Greenshank
Common House-Martin
Common Moorhen
Common Myna
Formerly: Indian Myna
Common Quail
Common Ringed Plover
Common Sandpiper
Common Scimitarbill
Formerly: Scimitar-billed Woodhoopoe
Common Swift
Formerly: European Swift
Common Waxbill
Coqui Francolin
Crested Barbet
Crested Guineafowl
Croaking Cisticola
Crowned Hornbill
Crowned Lapwing
Formerly: Crowned Plover
Dark-backed Weaver
Formerly: Forest Weaver
Dark-capped Bulbul
Formerly: Black-eyed Bulbul
Dark-capped Yellow Warbler
Formerly: Yellow Warbler
Diderick Cuckoo
Dusky Indigobird
Formerly: Black Widow-finch
Dusky Lark
Dwarf Bittern
Eastern Olive Sunbird
Egyptian Goose
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Formerly: Green-spotted Dove
Eurasian Golden Oriole
European Bee-eater
European Nightjar
European Roller
Familiar Chat
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Formerly: Red-shouldered Widow
Fiery-necked Nightjar
Fiscal Flycatcher
Flappet Lark
Forest Buzzard
Fork-tailed Drongo
Freckled Nightjar
Fulvous Duck
Garden Warbler
Giant Kingfisher
Glossy Ibis
Golden Weaver
Golden-breasted Bunting
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
Goliath Heron
Gorgeous Bush-Shrike
Great Egret
Formerly: Great White Egret
Great Reed-Warbler
Great White Pelican
Greater Flamingo
Greater Honeyguide
Greater Sand Plover
Greater Striped Swallow
Green Malkoha
Formerly: Green Coucal
Green Twinspot
Green Wood-Hoopoe
Formerly: Red-billed Woodhoopoe
Green-backed Camaroptera
Formerly: Green-backed Bleating Warbler
Green-backed Heron
Grey Cuckooshrike
Grey Heron
Grey Sunbird
Grey Waxbill
Grey-headed Bush-Shrike
Grey-rumped Swallow
Groundscraper Thrush
Hadeda Ibis
Hamerkop
Harlequin Quail
Helmeted Guineafowl
Horus Swift
Hottentot Teal
House Sparrow
Jacobin Cuckoo
Kittlitz's Plover
Klaas's Cuckoo
Kurrichane Thrush
Lanner Falcon
Lappet-faced Vulture
Laughing Dove
Lemon Dove
Formerly: Cinnamon Dove
Lesser Flamingo
Lesser Honeyguide
Lesser Kestrel
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Lesser Moorhen
Lesser Striped Swallow
Lesser Swamp-Warbler
Formerly: Cape Reed Warbler
Lilac-breasted Roller
Little Bee-eater
Little Bittern
Little Egret
Little Grebe
Formerly: Dabchick
Little Rush-Warbler
Formerly: African Sedge Warbler
Little Sparrowhawk
Little Swift
Long-billed Crombec
Long-crested Eagle
Malachite Kingfisher
Marabou Stork
Marsh Owl
Marsh Warbler
Formerly: European Marsh Warbler
Martial Eagle
Mocking Cliff-Chat
Formerly: Mocking Chat
Namaqua Dove
Narina Trogon
Natal Francolin
Neddicky
Olive Bush-Shrike
Olive Thrush
Olive Woodpecker
Orange-breasted Bush-Shrike
Orange-breasted Waxbill
Palm-nut Vulture
Pearl-spotted Owlet
Peregrine Falcon
Pied Crow
Pied Kingfisher
Pin-tailed Whydah
Pink-backed Pelican
Purple-crested Turaco
Formerly: Purple-crested Lourie
Rattling Cisticola
Red-backed Mannikin
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver
Red-billed Firefinch
Red-billed Hornbill
Red-billed Oxpecker
Red-billed Quelea
Red-billed Teal
Red-breasted Swallow
Red-capped Robin-Chat
Formerly: Natal Robin
Red-chested Cuckoo
Red-chested Flufftail
Red-collared Widowbird
Formerly: Red-collared Widow
Red-crested Korhaan
Red-eyed Dove
Red-faced Cisticola
Red-faced Mousebird
Red-fronted Tinkerbird
Formerly: Red-fronted Tinker Barbet
Red-knobbed Coot
Red-winged Starling
Reed Cormorant
Rock Dove
Formerly: Feral Pigeon
Rock Martin
Rufous-naped Lark
Rufous-winged Cisticola
Formerly: Black-backed Cisticola
Sabota Lark
Saddle-billed Stork
Sand Martin
Scaly-throated Honeyguide
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Sedge Warbler
Formerly: European Sedge Warbler
Shelley's Francolin
Shikra
Formerly: Little Banded Goshawk
Small Buttonquail
Formerly: Kurrichane Buttonquail
Sombre Greenbul
Formerly: Sombre Bulbul
Southern Black Flycatcher
Southern Black Tit
Southern Boubou
Southern Grey-headed Sparrow
Southern Masked-Weaver
Southern Pochard
Southern Red Bishop
Formerly: Red Bishop
Southern Tchagra
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Speckled Mousebird
Spectacled Weaver
Spotted Eagle-Owl
Spotted Flycatcher
Spur-winged Goose
Square-tailed Drongo
Square-tailed Nightjar
Formerly: Mozambique Nightjar
Streaky-headed Seedeater
Formerly: Streaky-headed Canary
Striped Kingfisher
Swee Waxbill
Tambourine Dove
Tawny Eagle
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Temminck's Courser
Terrestrial Brownbul
Formerly: Terrestrial Bulbul
Thick-billed Weaver
Three-banded Plover
Trumpeter Hornbill
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
Formerly: Giant, Milky Eagle-Owl
Village Weaver
Formerly: Spotted-backed Weaver
Violet-backed Starling
Formerly: Plum-coloured Starling
Wahlberg's Eagle
Water Thick-knee
Formerly: Water Dikkop
Wattled Starling
White-backed Duck
White-backed Vulture
White-bellied Sunbird
White-browed Robin-Chat
Formerly: Heuglin's Robin
White-browed Scrub-Robin
Formerly: White-browed Robin
White-eared Barbet
White-faced Duck
White-fronted Bee-eater
White-fronted Plover
White-rumped Swift
White-starred Robin
Formerly: Starred Robin
White-throated Robin-Chat
Formerly: White-throated Robin
White-throated Swallow
Willow Warbler
Wing-snapping Cisticola
Formerly: Ayre's Cloud Cisticola
Wire-tailed Swallow
Woodland Kingfisher
Woolly-necked Stork
Yellow Wagtail
Yellow Weaver
Formerly: African Golden Weaver
Yellow-bellied Greenbul
Formerly: Yellow-bellied Bulbul
Yellow-billed Duck
Yellow-billed Kite
Yellow-billed Stork
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Yellow-fronted Canary
Formerly: Yellow-eyed Canary
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Formerly: Golden-rumped Tinker Barbet
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Yellow-throated Petronia
Formerly: Yellow-throated Sparrow
Zitting Cisticola
Formerly: Fan-tailed Cisticola