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Struthioniformes
Anseriformes
Galliformes
Phoenicopteriformes
Podicipediformes
Columbiformes
Pterocliformes
Otidiformes
Musophagiformes
Cuculiformes
Caprimulgiformes
Gruiformes
Charadriiformes
Phaethontiformes
Procellariiformes
Ciconiiformes
Suliformes
Pelecaniformes
Accipitriformes
Strigiformes
Coliiformes
Trogoniformes
Bucerotiformes
Coraciiformes
Piciformes
Falconiformes
Psittaciformes
Passeriformes
Charadriiformes
Rostratulidae | Painted-snipes
Greater painted-snipe (Rostratula benghalensis) |
Jacanidae | Jacanas
Lesser jacana (Microparra capensis) |  African jacana |
Scolopacidae | Sandpipers and allies
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata) Bar-tailed godwit (Limosa lapponica) Black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa) Ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres) Red knot (Calidris canutus) Ruff (Calidris pugnax) Broad-billed sandpiper (Calidris falcinellus) Curlew sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) Temminck's stint (Calidris temminckii) Sanderling (Calidris alba) Dunlin (Calidris alpina) Little stint (Calidris minuta) Jack snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus) Great snipe (Gallinago media) Common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) African snipe (Gallinago nigripennis) Terek sandpiper (Xenus cinereus) Red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) Common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) Green sandpiper (Tringa ochropus) Spotted redshank (Tringa erythropus) Common greenshank (Tringa nebularia) Marsh sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis) Wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola) Common redshank (Tringa totanus) |
Turnicidae | Buttonquails
Small buttonquail (Turnix sylvaticus) Black-rumped buttonquail (Turnix nanus) Quail-plover (Ortyxelos meiffrenii) |
Dromadidae | Crab-plover
Crab-plover (Dromas ardeola) |
Glareolidae | Pratincoles and coursers
Temminck's courser (Cursorius temminckii) Double-banded courser (Smutsornis africanus) Three-banded courser (Rhinoptilus cinctus) Bronze-winged courser (Rhinoptilus chalcopterus) Black-winged pratincole (Glareola nordmanni) Madagascar pratincole (Glareola ocularis) Rock pratincole (Glareola nuchalis) |  Collared pratincole |
Stercorariidae | Skuas and jaegers
Pomarine jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus) Long-tailed jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus) |
Laridae | Gulls, terns, and skimmers
Slender-billed gull (Chroicocephalus genei) Gray-hooded gull (Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus) Black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) Sooty gull (Ichthyaetus hemprichii) Lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus) Brown noddy (Anous stolidus) Sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) Bridled tern (Onychoprion anaethetus) Little tern (Sternula albifrons) Saunders's tern (Sternula saundersi) Gull-billed tern (Gelochelidon nilotica) Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia) Black tern (Chlidonias niger) White-winged tern (Chlidonias leucopterus) Whiskered tern (Chlidonias hybrida) Roseate tern (Sterna dougallii) Black-naped tern (Sterna sumatrana) Common tern (Sterna hirundo) White-cheeked tern (Sterna repressa) Great crested tern (Thalasseus bergii) Sandwich tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis) Lesser crested tern (Thalasseus bengalensis) African skimmer (Rynchops flavirostris) |
Phaethontiformes
Phaethontidae | Tropicbirds
White-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus) |
Procellariiformes
Diomedeidae | Albatrosses
White-capped albatross (Thalassarche cauta) |
Procellariidae | Shearwaters and petrels
Southern giant-petrel (Macronectes giganteus) Tropical shearwater (Puffinus bailloni) Persian shearwater (Puffinus persicus) |
Ciconiiformes
Ciconiidae | Storks
African openbill (Anastomus lamelligerus) Black stork (Ciconia nigra) Abdim's stork (Ciconia abdimii) Woolly-necked stork (Ciconia episcopus) White stork (Ciconia ciconia) |  Saddle-billed stork  Marabou stork  Yellow-billed stork |
Suliformes
Fregatidae | Frigatebirds
Lesser frigatebird (Fregata ariel) Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) |
Sulidae | Boobies and gannets
Masked booby (Sula dactylatra) Brown booby (Sula leucogaster) Red-footed booby (Sula sula) Cape gannet (Morus capensis) |
Anhingidae | Anhingas
African darter (Anhinga melanogaster) |
Phalacrocoracidae | Cormorants and shags
Long-tailed cormorant (Microcarbo africanus) |  Great cormorant |