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User:Charlesjsharp/Birds of the Afrotropical Realm

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This gallery has one image of about 361 different species of birds from the Afrotropical Realm which includes Africa south of the Sahara and the southern part of the Arabian peninsula. North Africa (Morocco and Tunisia) is in the Western Palearctic..
They have been photographed in 21 countries.
There are many other images in Wikipedia articles.


Struthioniformes - ostrich


Anseriformes - swans, geese and ducks


Galliformes - guineafowl, francolin


Phoenicopteriformes - flamingos


Columbiformes - pigeons and doves

Pterocliformes - sandgrouse


Otidiformes - bustard, korhaans


Musophagiformes - turacos


Cuculiformes - cuckoos


Caprimulgiformes - nightjars, swifts


Gruiformes - crake, rails, coots moorhen and cranes


Charadriiformes - stilts, ostercatchers, plovers, lapwings, jacanas, sandpipers, coursers, gulls, terns


Phaethontiformes - tropicbird



Sphenisciformes - penguin



Suliformes - booby, darter, cormorants


Ciconiiformes - storks


Pelecaniformes - herons, egrets, bitterns, ibises, spoonbill, pelicans, hamerkop


Accipitriformes Osprey, hawks, kites, eagles and vultures


Strigiformes - owls


Colliiformes - mousebirds


Bucerotiformes - hoopoe, woodhoopoe, hornbills



Coraciiformes - kingfishers, bee-eaters, rollers


Piciformes - African barbets, woodpeckers


Falconiformes - falcons


Psittaciformes - parrots

oriole

batis

vanga

tchagra, bushshrike

drongo

monarch flycatcher

shrikes, fiscal

crow, raven

rockfowl

larks

nicator

African warbler

cisticola, prinia

swallows

bulbuls

leaf warblers

white-eyes

babblers

oxpeckers

starlings

thrushes, flycatchers

sunbirds

weavers

mannikin, waxbill

indigobirds

sparrows


wagtails, pipits

finches, euphonias

buntings