Mozambique

	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
African Scops-Owl
Southern White-faced Owl
Cape Eagle-Owl
Spotted Eagle-Owl
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
Pel's Fishing-Owl
African Wood-Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
African Barred Owlet
Marsh Owl
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae
Eurasian Nightjar
Rufous-cheeked Nightjar
Fiery-necked Nightjar
Swamp Nightjar
Freckled Nightjar
Square-tailed Nightjar
Pennant-winged Nightjar
APODIFORMES: Apodidae
Scarce Swift
Mottled Spinetail
Bat-like Spinetail
African Palm-Swift
Mottled Swift
Common Swift
African Swift
Little Swift
Horus Swift
White-rumped Swift
COLIIFORMES: Coliidae
Speckled Mousebird
Red-faced Mousebird
TROGONIFORMES: Trogonidae
Narina Trogon
Bar-tailed Trogon
CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae
Half-collared Kingfisher
Malachite Kingfisher
African Pygmy-Kingfisher
Grey-headed Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Mangrove Kingfisher
Brown-hooded Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae
White-fronted Bee-eater
Little Bee-eater
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater
Boehm's Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
Madagascar Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
Southern Carmine Bee-eater
CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae
European Roller	Near-threatened
Lilac-breasted Roller
Racket-tailed Roller
Rufous-crowned Roller
Broad-billed Roller
CORACIIFORMES: Upupidae
Eurasian Hoopoe
CORACIIFORMES: Phoeniculidae
Green Woodhoopoe
Common Scimitar-bill
CORACIIFORMES: Bucerotidae
Red-billed Hornbill
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Crowned Hornbill
African Grey Hornbill
Pale-billed Hornbill
Trumpeter Hornbill
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill
Southern Ground-Hornbill
PICIFORMES: Capitonidae
Crested Barbet
White-eared Barbet
Whyte's Barbet
Green Barbet
Green Tinkerbird
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Red-fronted Tinkerbird
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
Pied Barbet
Black-collared Barbet
Brown-breasted Barbet
PICIFORMES: Indicatoridae
Green-backed Honeyguide
Wahlberg's Honeyguide
Pallid Honeyguide
Lesser Honeyguide
Scaly-throated Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
PICIFORMES: Picidae
Rufous-necked Wryneck
Bennett's Woodpecker
Reichenow's Woodpecker
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
Green-backed Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
Stierling's Woodpecker	Near-threatened
Bearded Woodpecker
Olive Woodpecker
PASSERIFORMES: Eurylaimidae
African Broadbill
PASSERIFORMES: Pittidae
African Pitta
PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae
Rufous-naped Lark
Flappet Lark
Sabota Lark
Fawn-colored Lark
Dusky Lark
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark
Red-capped Lark
PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae
Black Sawwing
Grey-rumped Swallow
Mascarene Martin
Plain Martin
Bank Swallow
Banded Martin
Barn Swallow
White-throated Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Pearl-breasted Swallow
Blue Swallow	Vulnerable
Rock Martin
House-Martin
Greater Striped-Swallow
Lesser Striped-Swallow
Rufous-chested Swallow
Mosque Swallow
PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae
African Pipit
Woodland Pipit
Long-billed Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
Buffy Pipit
Striped Pipit
Tree Pipit
Short-tailed Pipit
Bush Pipit
Orange-throated Longclaw
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Rosy-throated Longclaw
African Pied Wagtail
Yellow Wagtail
Cape Wagtail
Mountain Wagtail
PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae
White-breasted Cuckoo-shrike
Grey Cuckoo-shrike
Black Cuckoo-shrike
PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae
Common Bulbul
Little Greenbul
Sombre Greenbul
Eastern Mountain-Greenbul
Stripe-cheeked Greenbul
Yellow-bellied Greenbul
Cabanis' Greenbul
Fischer's Greenbul
Terrestrial Brownbul
Northern Brownbul
Gray-olive Greenbul
Yellow-streaked Bulbul
Tiny Greenbul
Eastern Nicator
PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae
Cape Rock-Thrush
Miombo Rock-Thrush
Orange Ground-Thrush
Spotted Ground-Thrush	Endangered
Groundscraper Thrush
Olive Thrush
Kurrichane Thrush
Cholo Alethe	Endangered
White-chested Alethe
PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae
Red-faced Cisticola
Singing Cisticola
Rock-loving Cisticola
Rattling Cisticola
Wailing Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Tinkling Cisticola
Croaking Cisticola
Piping Cisticola
Siffling Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Desert Cisticola
Cloud Cisticola
Pectoral-patch Cisticola
Pale-crowned Cisticola
Wing-snapping Cisticola
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Roberts' Prinia
Red-winged Prinia
Bar-throated Apalis
White-winged Apalis	Vulnerable
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Rudd's Apalis
Black-headed Apalis
Chirinda Apalis
Green-backed Camaroptera
Miombo Wren-Warbler
PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae
African Bush-Warbler
Cameroon Scrub-Warbler
African Scrub-Warbler
Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler
Moustached Grass-Warbler
Cape Grassbird
Grasshopper-Warbler	Rare/Accidental
Eurasian River Warbler
Eurasian Reed-Warbler
African Reed-Warbler
Marsh Warbler
Great Reed-Warbler
Basra Reed-Warbler	Endangered
Lesser Swamp-Warbler
Olive-tree Warbler
Icterine Warbler
African Yellow Warbler
African Tailorbird
Long-billed Tailorbird	Critically endangered
Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Greencap Eremomela
Burnt-neck Eremomela
Red-capped Crombec
Red-faced Crombec
Cape Crombec
Kretschmer's Longbill
Yellow-throated Wood-Warbler
Willow Warbler
Yellow-bellied Hyliota
Southern Hyliota
Fan-tailed Grassbird
Garden Warbler
PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae
Pale Flycatcher
Southern Black-Flycatcher
Fiscal Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
African Dusky Flycatcher
Ashy Flycatcher
Grey Tit-Flycatcher
White-starred Robin
Swynnerton's Robin	Vulnerable
East Coast Akalat	Vulnerable
Thrush Nightingale
Olive-flanked Robin-Chat
Cape Robin-Chat
White-throated Robin-Chat
White-browed Robin-Chat
Red-capped Robin-Chat
Collared Palm-Thrush
Bearded Scrub-Robin
Miombo Scrub-Robin
Brown Scrub-Robin
Red-backed Scrub-Robin
African Stonechat
Northern Wheatear
Capped Wheatear
Familiar Chat
White-headed Black-Chat
Mocking Cliff-Chat
Boulder Chat
PASSERIFORMES: Platysteiridae
Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher
Black-throated Wattle-eye
Short-tailed Batis
Cape Batis
Woodward's Batis
Chinspot Batis
Pale Batis
PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae
Livingstone's Flycatcher
White-tailed Blue-Flycatcher
White-tailed Crested-Flycatcher
African Crested-Flycatcher
African Paradise-Flycatcher
PASSERIFORMES: Timaliidae
Dapple-throat	Vulnerable
African Hill-Babbler
Southern Pied-Babbler
Arrow-marked Babbler
PASSERIFORMES: Paridae
Southern Black Tit
Rufous-bellied Tit
Miombo Tit
PASSERIFORMES: Certhiidae
Spotted Creeper
PASSERIFORMES: Remizidae
African Penduline-Tit
PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae
Plain-backed Sunbird	Near-threatened
Anchieta's Sunbird
Western Violet-backed Sunbird
Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird
Collared Sunbird
Eastern Olive Sunbird
Western Olive Sunbird
Mouse-colored Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Bronze Sunbird
Malachite Sunbird
Miombo Sunbird
Neergaard's Sunbird	Near-threatened
Greater Double-collared Sunbird
Eastern Double-collared Sunbird
Mariqua Sunbird
Shelley's Sunbird
Purple-banded Sunbird
White-breasted Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
Copper Sunbird
PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae
African Yellow White-eye
Cape White-eye
PASSERIFORMES: Promeropidae
Gurney's Sugarbird
PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae
Eurasian Golden-Oriole
African Golden-Oriole
Green-headed Oriole
African Black-headed Oriole
PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae
Red-backed Shrike
Rufous-tailed Shrike
Souza's Shrike
Lesser Grey Shrike
Common Fiscal
Magpie Shrike	*Corvinella melanoleuca*
White-crowned Shrike
PASSERIFORMES: Malaconotidae
Brubru
Black-backed Puffback
Marsh Tchagra
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Tropical Boubou
Southern Boubou
Bokmakierie
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
Olive Bushshrike
Black-fronted Bushshrike
Four-coloured Bushshrike
Grey-headed Bushshrike
PASSERIFORMES: Prionopidae
White Helmetshrike
Retz's Helmetshrike
Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike
PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae
Square-tailed Drongo
Fork-tailed Drongo
PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae
House Crow	Introduced species
Pied Crow
White-necked Raven
PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae
Wattled Starling
Cape Glossy-Starling
Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling
Lesser Blue-eared Glossy-Starling
Meves's Glossy-Starling
Burchell's Glossy-Starling
Black-bellied Glossy-Starling
Violet-backed Starling
Red-winged Starling
Red-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae
House Sparrow
Spanish Sparrow
Swahili Sparrow
Southern Gray-headed Sparrow
Yellow-throated Petronia
PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Red-headed Weaver
Bertram's Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
African Golden-Weaver
Holub's Golden-Weaver
Southern Brown-throated Weaver
Lesser Masked Weaver
Southern Masked-Weaver
Village Weaver
Forest Weaver
Olive-headed Weaver	Near-threatened
Red-headed Quelea
Red-billed Quelea
Red Bishop
Zanzibar Bishop
Black-winged Bishop
Yellow-crowned Bishop
Yellow Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Yellow-shouldered Widowbird
Red-collared Widowbird
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Grosbeak Weaver
PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae
Swee Waxbill
Yellow-bellied Waxbill
Green-backed Twinspot
Red-faced Crimson-wing
Black-tailed Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Lesser Seedcracker
Blue-breasted Cordonbleu
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Violet-eared Waxbill
Peters' Twinspot
Pink-throated Twinspot
Green-winged Pytilia
Orange-winged Pytilia
Red-billed Firefinch
African Firefinch
Jameson's Firefinch
Cut-throat
Zebra Waxbill
African Quailfinch
Locustfinch
Bronze Mannikin
Black-and-white Mannikin
Magpie Mannikin
PASSERIFORMES: Viduidae
Pin-tailed Whydah
Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah
Eastern Paradise-Whydah
Shaft-tailed Whydah
Village Indigobird
Variable Indigobird
Purple Indigobird
Parasitic Weaver
PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae
Cape Canary
Southern Citril
Lemon-breasted Seedeater
Yellow-fronted Canary
Brimstone Canary
Black-eared Seedeater
Streaky-headed Seedeater
Reichard's Seedeater
PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
Cape Bunting
Vincent's Bunting
Golden-breasted Bunting
Cabanis' Bunting

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