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	Mozambique
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Bird Checklist photos and data Mozambique Number of species: 727
Number of globally threatened species: 20
Number of introduced species: 1
STRUTHIONIFORMES: Struthionidae
Ostrich
SPHENISCIFORMES: Spheniscidae
Jackass Penguin	Vulnerable
PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae
Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Eared Grebe
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Diomedeidae
Wandering Albatross
Black-browed Albatross
Shy Albatross
Yellow-nosed Albatross
Sooty Albatross	Rare/Accidental Endangered
Light-mantled Albatross	Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae
Antarctic Giant-Petrel	Vulnerable
Hall's Giant-Petrel	Near-threatened
Cape Petrel
Great-winged Petrel
Atlantic Petrel	Rare/Accidental Vulnerable
Soft-plumaged Petrel
Broad-billed Prion
Antarctic Prion
Jouanin's Petrel	Near-threatened
Grey Petrel	Near-threatened
White-chinned Petrel
Greater Shearwater
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Audubon's Shearwater	Rare/Accidental
Mascarene Shearwater
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Hydrobatidae
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
White-faced Storm-Petrel	Rare/Accidental
White-bellied Storm-Petrel	Rare/Accidental
European Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
PELECANIFORMES: Phaethontidae
Red-tailed Tropicbird
White-tailed Tropicbird
PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae
Great White Pelican
Pink-backed Pelican
PELECANIFORMES: Sulidae
Cape Gannet	Vulnerable
Red-footed Booby
Brown Booby	Rare/Accidental
PELECANIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae
Great Cormorant
Cape Cormorant	Near-threatened
Long-tailed Cormorant
PELECANIFORMES: Anhingidae
Darter
PELECANIFORMES: Fregatidae
Great Frigatebird
Lesser Frigatebird	Rare/Accidental
CICONIIFORMES: Ardeidae
Grey Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
Purple Heron
Great Egret
Slaty Egret	Vulnerable
Black Heron
Intermediate Egret
Little Egret
Western Reef-Egret
Squacco Heron
Madagascar Pond-Heron	Rare/Accidental Endangered
Rufous-bellied Heron
Cattle Egret
Striated Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
White-backed Night-Heron
Little Bittern
Dwarf Bittern
Great Bittern
CICONIIFORMES: Scopidae
Hamerkop
CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae
Yellow-billed Stork
African Openbill
Black Stork
Abdim's Stork
Woolly-necked Stork
White Stork
Saddle-billed Stork
Marabou Stork
CICONIIFORMES: Threskiornithidae
Scarlet Ibis
Hadada Ibis
Glossy Ibis
African Spoonbill
PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Phoenicopteridae
Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo	Near-threatened
ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
White-faced Whistling-Duck
White-backed Duck
Egyptian Goose
Spur-winged Goose
Comb Duck
African Pygmy-goose
African Black Duck
Cape Teal
Yellow-billed Duck
Red-billed Duck
Hottentot Teal
Cape Shoveler
Northern Shoveler
Southern Pochard
Maccoa Duck
FALCONIFORMES: Pandionidae
Osprey
FALCONIFORMES: Accipitridae
African Cuckoo-Hawk
European Honey-buzzard
Bat Hawk
Black-shouldered Kite
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Palm-nut Vulture
Hooded Vulture
Lammergeier	Rare/Accidental
Egyptian Vulture	Rare/Accidental
White-backed Vulture
Cape Griffon	Vulnerable
Lappet-faced Vulture
White-headed Vulture
Black-breasted Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Fasciated Snake-Eagle	Near-threatened
Banded Snake-Eagle
Bateleur
Western Marsh-Harrier
African Marsh-Harrier
Pallid Harrier	Near-threatened
Montagu's Harrier
African Harrier-Hawk
Lizard Buzzard
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
African Goshawk
Shikra
Little Sparrowhawk
Ovampo Sparrowhawk
Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk
Black Goshawk
Eurasian Buzzard
Augur Buzzard
Jackal Buzzard
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Wahlberg's Eagle
Verreaux's Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Booted Eagle
Ayres' Hawk-Eagle
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Crowned Hawk-Eagle
FALCONIFORMES: Sagittariidae
Secretary-bird
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae
Lesser Kestrel	Vulnerable
Eurasian Kestrel
Greater Kestrel
Dickinson's Kestrel
Red-footed Falcon
Amur Falcon
Eleonora's Falcon	Rare/Accidental
Sooty Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
African Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Taita Falcon	Near-threatened
Peregrine Falcon
GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae
Coqui Francolin
Crested Francolin
Shelley's Francolin
Natal Francolin
Hildebrandt's Francolin
Red-necked Francolin
Swainson's Francolin
Common Quail
Harlequin Quail
Blue Quail
GALLIFORMES: Numididae
Helmeted Guineafowl
Crested Guineafowl
GRUIFORMES: Turnicidae
Small Buttonquail
Hottentot Buttonquail
GRUIFORMES: Gruidae
Grey Crowned-Crane
Wattled Crane	Vulnerable
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae
Buff-spotted Flufftail
Red-chested Flufftail
Streaky-breasted Flufftail
Striped Flufftail
African Rail
African Crake
Corn Crake	Near-threatened
Black Crake
Little Crake
Baillon's Crake
Spotted Crake
Striped Crake
Purple Swamphen
Allen's Gallinule
Common Moorhen
Lesser Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
GRUIFORMES: Heliornithidae
African Finfoot
GRUIFORMES: Otididae
Kori Bustard
Stanley Bustard	Near-threatened
Red-crested Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard
CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae
Lesser Jacana
African Jacana
CHARADRIIFORMES: Dromadidae
Crab Plover
CHARADRIIFORMES: Haematopodidae
Eurasian Oystercatcher
CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae
Water Thick-knee
Spotted Thick-knee
CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae
Temminck's Courser
Bronze-winged Courser
Collared Pratincole
Black-winged Pratincole	Near-threatened
Madagascar Pratincole	Vulnerable
Rock Pratincole
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae
Long-toed Lapwing
Blacksmith Lapwing
White-headed Lapwing
Senegal Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Wattled Lapwing
Black-bellied Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Kittlitz's Plover
Three-banded Plover
White-fronted Plover
Chestnut-banded Plover
Lesser sandlover
Greater Sand Plover
Caspian Plover
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae
African Snipe
Great Snipe	Near-threatened
Common Snipe
Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank	Rare/Accidental
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot	Rare/Accidental
Sanderling
Red-necked Stint
Little Stint
Long-toed Stint	Rare/Accidental
Curlew Sandpiper
Dunlin
Broad-billed Sandpiper	Rare/Accidental
Ruff
Red Phalarope
CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae
Sooty Gull
Kelp Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Grey-headed Gull
Black-headed Gull	Rare/Accidental
Sabine's Gull
CHARADRIIFORMES: Sternidae
Brown Noddy	Rare/Accidental
Lesser Noddy
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern	Rare/Accidental
Little Tern
Caspian Tern
White-winged Tern
Whiskered Tern
Roseate Tern
Black-naped Tern	Rare/Accidental
Arctic Tern	Rare/Accidental
Common Tern
Royal Tern
Great Crested-Tern
Sandwich Tern
Lesser Crested-Tern
CHARADRIIFORMES: Rynchopidae
African Skimmer	Near-threatened
CHARADRIIFORMES: Stercorariidae
South Polar Skua
Brown Skua
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
PTEROCLIFORMES: Pteroclidae
Double-banded Sandgrouse
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae
Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Rameron Pigeon
Delegorgue's Pigeon
Lemon Dove
Dusky Turtle-Dove
African Mourning Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
Tambourine Dove
Namaqua Dove
African Green-Pigeon
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae
Lilian's Lovebird	Near-threatened
Brown-necked Parrot
Meyer's Parrot
Brown-headed Parrot
CUCULIFORMES: Musophagidae
Livingstone's Turaco
Purple-crested Turaco
Grey Go-away-bird
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae
Pied Cuckoo
Levaillant's Cuckoo
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Thick-billed Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
African Cuckoo
Lesser Cuckoo
Madagascar Cuckoo
Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Yellowbill
Black Coucal
Senegal Coucal
White-browed Coucal
STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae
African Grass-Owl
Barn Owl
STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae