Family ANATIDAE (ducks, geese, swans)

Dendrocygna viduata | White-faced Whistling-duck

Dendrocygna bicolor | Fulvous Whistling-duck

Thalassornis leuconotus | White-backed Duck

Oxyura maccoa | Maccoa Duck

Oxyura leucocephala | White-headed Duck

Cygnus olor | Mute Swan

Cygnus cygnus | Whooper Swan

Cygnus columbianus | Tundra Swan

Branta bernicla | Brent Goose

Branta leucopsis | Barnacle Goose

Branta ruficollis | Red-breasted Goose

Anser anser | Greylag Goose

Anser fabalis | Bean Goose

Anser brachyrhynchus | Pink-footed Goose

Anser albifrons | Greater White-fronted Goose

Anser erythropus | Lesser White-fronted Goose

Clangula hyemalis | Long-tailed Duck

Somateria spectabilis | King Eider

Somateria mollissima | Common Eider

Polysticta stelleri | Steller’s Eider

Melanitta fusca | Velvet Scoter

Melanitta nigra | Common Scoter

Bucephala clangula | Common Goldeneye

Mergellus albellus | Smew

Mergus merganser | Goosander

Mergus serrator | Red-breasted Merganser

Alopochen aegyptiaca | Egyptian Goose

Tadorna tadorna | Common Shelduck

Tadorna ferruginea | Ruddy Shelduck

Tadorna cana | South African Shelduck

Plectropterus gambensis | Spur-winged Goose

Sarkidiornis melanotos | African Comb Duck

Nettapus auritus | African Pygmy-goose

Marmaronetta angustirostris | Marbled Teal

Netta rufina | Red-crested Pochard

Netta erythrophthalma | Southern Pochard

Aythya ferina | Common Pochard

Aythya nyroca | Ferruginous Pochard

Aythya fuligula | Tufted Duck

Aythya marila | Greater Scaup

Spatula querquedula | Garganey

Spatula hottentota | Spotted Teal

Spatula clypeata | Northern Shoveler

Mareca strepera | Gadwall

Mareca penelope | Eurasian Wigeon

Anas undulata | Yellow-billed Duck

Anas platyrhynchos | Mallard

Anas capensis | Cape Teal

Anas erythrorhyncha | Red-billed Teal

Anas acuta | Northern Pintail

Anas crecca | Common Teal

Family PODICIPEDIDAE (grebes)

Tachybaptus ruficollis | Little Grebe

Podiceps grisegena | Red-necked Grebe

Podiceps cristatus | Great Crested Grebe

Podiceps auritus | Horned Grebe

Podiceps nigricollis | Black-necked Grebe

Family PHOENICOPTERIDAE (flamingos)

Phoenicopterus roseus | Greater Flamingo

Phoeniconaias minor | Lesser Flamingo

Family PHAETHONTIDAE (tropicbirds)

Phaethon aethereus | Red-billed Tropicbird

Phaethon rubricauda | Red-tailed Tropicbird

Phaethon lepturus | White-tailed Tropicbird

Family RALLIDAE (rails, gallinules, coots)

Sarothrura elegans | Buff-spotted Flufftail

Sarothrura boehmi | Streaky-breasted Flufftail

Sarothrura ayresi | White-winged Flufftail

Rallus aquaticus | Western Water Rail

Rallus caerulescens | African Rail

Crex egregia | African Crake

Crex crex | Corncrake

Porzana porzana | Spotted Crake

Zapornia flavirostra | Black Crake

Zapornia parva | Little Crake

Zapornia pusilla | Baillon’s Crake

Amaurornis marginalis | Striped Crake

Porphyrio alleni | Allen’s Gallinule

Gallinula chloropus | Common Moorhen

Paragallinula angulata | Lesser Moorhen

Fulica cristata | Red-knobbed Coot

Fulica atra | Common Coot

Family GRUIDAE (cranes)

Balearica regulorum | Grey Crowned Crane

Balearica pavonina | Black Crowned Crane

Leucogeranus leucogeranus | Siberian Crane

Bugeranus carunculatus | Wattled Crane

Anthropoides paradiseus | Blue Crane

Anthropoides virgo | Demoiselle Crane

Grus grus | Common Crane

Family GAVIIDAE (loons / divers)

Gavia stellata | Red-throated Loon

Gavia arctica | Black-throated Loon

Gavia immer | Common Loon

Gavia adamsii | Yellow-billed Loon

Family SPHENISCIDAE (penguins)

Spheniscus demersus | African Penguin

Family CICONIIDAE (storks)

Leptoptilos crumenifer | Marabou

Mycteria ibis | Yellow-billed Stork

Anastomus lamelligerus | African Openbill

Ciconia nigra | Black Stork

Ciconia abdimii | Abdim’s Stork

Ciconia microscelis | African Woollyneck

Ciconia ciconia | White Stork

Family THRESKIORNITHIDAE (ibises, spoonbills)

Platalea alba | African Spoonbill

Platalea leucorodia | Eurasian Spoonbill

Threskiornis aethiopicus | African Sacred Ibis

Geronticus eremita | Northern Bald Ibis

Plegadis falcinellus | Glossy Ibis

Family ARDEIDAE (herons)

Botaurus stellaris | Eurasian Bittern

Ixobrychus minutus | Common Little Bittern

Ixobrychus sturmii | Dwarf Bittern

Nycticorax nycticorax | Black-crowned Night-heron

Ardeola ralloides | Squacco Heron

Ardeola idae | Madagascar Pond-heron

Ardeola rufiventris | Rufous-bellied Heron

Bubulcus ibis | Cattle Egret

Ardea cinerea | Grey Heron

Ardea melanocephala | Black-headed Heron

Ardea purpurea | Purple Heron

Ardea alba | Great White Egret

Ardea brachyrhyncha | Yellow-billed Egret

Egretta ardesiaca | Black Heron

Egretta vinaceigula | Slaty Egret

Egretta garzetta | Little Egret

Egretta gularis | Western Reef-egret

Family BALAENICIPITIDAE (shoebill)

Balaeniceps rex | Shoebill

Family PELECANIDAE (pelicans)

Pelecanus crispus | Dalmatian Pelican

Pelecanus rufescens | Pink-backed Pelican

Pelecanus onocrotalus | Great White Pelican

Family FREGATIDAE (frigatebirds)

Fregata ariel | Lesser Frigatebird

Fregata minor | Great Frigatebird

Family SULIDAE (gannets, boobies)

Morus bassanus | Northern Gannet

Morus capensis | Cape Gannet

Sula dactylatra | Masked Booby

Family PHALACROCORACIDAE (cormorants)

Microcarbo coronatus | Crowned Cormorant

Microcarbo pygmaeus | Pygmy Cormorant

Gulosus aristotelis | European Shag

Phalacrocorax carbo | Great Cormorant

Phalacrocorax capensis | Cape Cormorant

Phalacrocorax nigrogularis | Socotra Cormorant

Phalacrocorax neglectus | Bank Cormorant

Family BURHINIDAE (thick-knees)

Burhinus senegalensis | Senegal Thick-knee

Family PLUVIANIDAE (Egyptian plover)

Pluvianus aegyptius | Egyptian Plover

Family HAEMATOPODIDAE (oystercatchers)

Haematopus moquini | African Oystercatcher

Haematopus ostralegus | Eurasian Oystercatcher

Family RECURVIROSTRIDAE (avocets, stilts)

Recurvirostra avosetta | Pied Avocet

Himantopus himantopus | Black-winged Stilt

Family CHARADRIIDAE (plovers)

Pluvialis squatarola | Grey Plover

Pluvialis apricaria | Eurasian Golden Plover

Pluvialis fulva | Pacific Golden Plover

Eudromias morinellus | Eurasian Dotterel

Charadrius hiaticula | Common Ringed Plover

Charadrius dubius | Little Ringed Plover

Charadrius pecuarius | Kittlitz’s Plover

Charadrius tricollaris | African Three-banded Plover

Charadrius forbesi | Forbes’s Plover

Charadrius marginatus | White-fronted Plover

Charadrius alexandrinus | Kentish Plover

Charadrius pallidus | Chestnut-banded Plover

Charadrius mongolus | Lesser Sandplover

Charadrius leschenaultii | Greater Sandplover

Charadrius asiaticus | Caspian Plover

Vanellus vanellus | Northern Lapwing

Vanellus spinosus | Spur-winged Lapwing

Vanellus albiceps | White-headed Lapwing

Vanellus lugubris | Senegal Lapwing

Vanellus melanopterus | Black-winged Lapwing

Vanellus coronatus | Crowned Lapwing

Vanellus senegallus | Wattled Lapwing

Vanellus superciliosus | Brown-chested Lapwing

Vanellus gregarius | Sociable Lapwing

Vanellus leucurus | White-tailed Lapwing

Family SCOLOPACIDAE (sandpipers, snipes, phalaropes)

Numenius phaeopus | Whimbrel

Numenius tenuirostris | Slender-billed Curlew

Numenius arquata | Eurasian Curlew

Limosa lapponica | Bar-tailed Godwit

Limosa limosa | Black-tailed Godwit

Arenaria interpres | Ruddy Turnstone

Calidris tenuirostris | Great Knot

Calidris canutus | Red Knot

Calidris pugnax | Ruff

Calidris falcinellus | Broad-billed Sandpiper

Calidris ferruginea | Curlew Sandpiper

Calidris temminckii | Temminck’s Stint

Calidris alba | Sanderling

Calidris alpina | Dunlin

Calidris maritima | Purple Sandpiper

Calidris minuta | Little Stint

Scolopax rusticola | Eurasian Woodcock

Gallinago stenura | Pintail Snipe

Gallinago media | Great Snipe

Gallinago gallinago | Common Snipe

Lymnocryptes minimus | Jack Snipe

Phalaropus lobatus | Red-necked Phalarope

Phalaropus fulicarius | Red Phalarope

Xenus cinereus | Terek Sandpiper

Actitis hypoleucos | Common Sandpiper

Tringa ochropus | Green Sandpiper

Tringa erythropus | Spotted Redshank

Tringa nebularia | Common Greenshank

Tringa totanus | Common Redshank

Tringa glareola | Wood Sandpiper