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Beautiful Birds

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​Common Name:   Crested Barbet
Binomial Name:   Trachyphonus vaillantii
Status:   Common resident
Red List Status:   Least Concern
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Common Name:   Bateleur
Binomial Name:   Terathopius ecaudatus
Status:   Locally common resident
Red List Status:   Near Threatened
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Common Name:   Little Bee-eater
Binomial Name:   Merops pusillus
Status:   Common resident
Red List Status:  Least Concern
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Common Name:   Southern Carmine Bee-eater
Binomial Name:   Merops nubicoides
Status:   Common summer visitor
Red List Status:   Least Concern
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Common Name:   White-Fronted Bee-eater
Binomial Name:   Merops bullockoides
Status:   Common resident
Red List Status:   Least Concern
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Common Name:   Southern Red Bishop
Binomial Name:   Euplectes orix
Status:   Common resident
Red List Status:   Least Concern
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Common Name:   Gorgeous Bushshrike
Binomial Name:   Telophorus viridis
Status:   Common resident
Red List Status:   Least Concern
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Common Name:   Grey Crowned Crane
Binomial Name:   Balearica regulorum
Status:   Locally common resident
Red List Status:  Endangered
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Common Name:   Diederik Cuckoo
Binomial Name:   Chrysococcyx caprius
Status:   Common summer visitor
Red List Status:   Least Concern
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Common Name:   African Fish Eagle
Binomial Name:   Haliaeetus vocifer
Status:   Locally common resident
Red List Status:   Least Concern
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​Common Name:   Greater Flamingo
Binomial Name:   Phoenicopterus roseus
Status:   Common resident
Red List Status:   Least Concern
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Common Name:   African Paradise Flycatcher
Binomial Name:   Terpsiphone viridis
Status:   Common summer visitor
Red List Status:   Least Concern
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Common Name:   African Pygmy Goose
Binomial Name:   Nettapus auritus
Status:   Locally common resident
Red List Status:   Least Concern
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Common Name:   Goliath Heron
Binomial Name:   Ardea goliath
Status:   Locally common resident
Red List Status:   Least Concern
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Common Name:   African Hoopoe
Binomial Name:   Upupa africana
Status:   Common resident
Red List Status:   Least Concern
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Common Name:   Half-collared Kingfisher
Binomial Name:   Alcedo semitorquata
Status:   Uncommon resident
Red List Status:   Least Concern
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Common Name:   Malachite Kingfisher
Binomial Name:   Corythornis cristatus
Status:   Common resident
Red List Status:   Least Concern
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Common Name:   Black-headed Oriole
Binomial Name:   Oriolus larvatus
Status:   Common resident
Red List Status:   Least Concern
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Common Name:   Lilac-breasted Roller
Binomial Name:   Coracias caudatus
Status:   Common resident
Red List Status:   Least Concern
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Common Name:   Crimson-breasted Shrike
Binomial Name:   Laniarius atrococcineus
Status:   Common resident
Red List Status:   Least Concern
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Common Name:   Violet-backed Starling
Binomial Name:   Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
Status:   Common summer visitor
Red List Status:   Least Concern
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Common Name:   Saddle-billed Stork
Binomial Name:   Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
Status:   Uncommon resident
Red List Status:   Least Concern
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Common Name:   Marico Sunbird
Binomial Name:   Cinnyris mariquensis
Status:   Common resident
Red List Status:   Least Concern
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​Common Name:   White-bellied Sunbird
Binomial Name:   Cinnyris talatala
Status:   Common resident
Red List Status:   Least Concern
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Common Name:   Narina Trogon
Binomial Name:   Apaloderma narina
Status:   Locally common resident
Red List Status:   Least Concern
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Common Name:   Purple-crested Turaco
Binomial Name:   Tauraco porphyreolophus
Status:   Common resident
Red List Status:   Least Concern
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Common Name:   Bearded Vulture (Lammergeier)
Binomial Name:   Gypaetus barbatus
Status:   Scarce resident
Red List Status:   Near Threatened
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Common Name:   Violet-eared Waxbill
Binomial Name:   Uraeginthus granatinus
Status:   Common resident
Red List Status:   Least Concern
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Common Name:   Long-tailed Widowbird
Binomial Name:   Euplectes progne
Status:   Common resident
Red List Status:   Least Concern
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Common Name:   Bearded Woodpecker
Binomial Name:   Chloropicus namaquus
Status:   Common resident
Red List Status:   Least Concern
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