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This is a list of the bird species recorded in Africa.The area covered by this list is the Africa region defined by the American Birding Association's listing rules. [1] In addition to the continent itself, the area includes Madagascar, Mauritius, Rodrigues, Seychelles, Cape Verde, the Comoro Islands, Zanzibar and the Canary Islands, São Tomé and Príncipe and Annobón in the Gulf of Guinea.
This is a list of the bird species recorded in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The avifauna of the Democratic Republic of Congo include a total of 1188 species, of which twenty-one are endemic, and one has been introduced by humans. This country has the greatest avian biodiversity of any African country.
Swifts are small birds which spend the majority of their lives flying. These birds have very short legs and never settle voluntarily on the ground, perching instead only on vertical surfaces. Many swifts have long swept-back wings which resemble a crescent or boomerang. Mottled spinetail, Telacanthura ussheri; Bat-like spinetail, Neafrapus boehmi
Hoopoes are widespread in Europe, Asia, and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. [15] Most European and north Asian birds migrate to the tropics in winter. [16] In contrast, the African populations are sedentary all year. The species has been a vagrant in Alaska; [17] U. e. saturata was recorded there in 1975 in the Yukon Delta. [18]
The long-tailed widowbird (Euplectes progne) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. [2] The species are found in Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Lesotho, South Africa, Eswatini, and Zambia. [3] The long-tailed widowbird is a medium-sized bird and one of the most common in the territories it inhabits. [4]
The blue crane is the national bird of South Africa. South Africa is a large country, ranked 25th by size in the world, and is situated in the temperate latitudes and subtropics . Due to a range of climate types present, a patchwork of unique habitat types occur, which contribute to its biodiversity and level of endemism .
The gray crowned-crane is the national bird of Uganda. This is a list of the bird species recorded in Uganda. The avifauna of Uganda included a total of 1088 confirmed species as of February 2023. Of them, one is endemic, and three have been introduced by humans. Three additional species are hypothetical as defined below and are not included in ...
The grey go-away-bird (Crinifer concolor), [2] also known as grey lourie, grey loerie, or kwêvoël, is a bold and common turaco of the southern Afrotropics. They are present in arid to moist, open woodlands and thorn savanna, especially near surface water. [3] They regularly form groups and parties that forage in tree tops, or dust bathe on ...