African Species List
Mainland and adjacent islands
Part 5 - Rock Dove to Grey Pratincole
Little Bustard (Tetrax tetrax)
T. t. tetrax
T. t. orientalis
Stanley Bustard (Neotis denhami) -- Alternative scientific name(s): N. cafra
N. d. denhami -- Alternative English Name(s): Denham's Bustard, Burchell's Bustard -- Alternative scientific name(s): N. d. burchelli
N. d. jacksoni -- Alternative English Name(s): Jackson's Bustard
N. d. stanleyi -- Alternative English Name(s): Stanley's Bustard, Veld Paauw -- Alternative scientific name(s): N. d. cafra
Ludwig's Bustard (Neotis ludwigii)
Nubian Bustard (Neotis nuba)
N. n. nuba
N. n. agaze
Heuglin's Bustard (Neotis heuglinii)
Arabian Bustard (Ardeotis arabs)
A. a. stieberi
A. a. arabs
A. a. butleri
Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori) -- Alternative English Name(s): Kori, Gom Pauuw
A. k. struthiunculus -- Alternative English Name(s): Somali Kori -- Alternative scientific name(s): A. k. adolfi-friderici
A. k. kori
Great Bustard (Otis tarda)
O. t. tarda
Houbara Bustard (Chlamydotis undulata) -- Alternative English Name(s): Houbara
C. u. undulata
C. u. macqueenii -- Alternative English Name(s): MacQueen's Bustard Alternative scientific name(s): Chlamydotis macqueenii
Red-crested Bustard (Eupodotis ruficrista) -- Alternative English Name(s): Red-crested Korhaan, Crested Bustard, Crested Korhaan
Savile's Bustard (Eupodotis savilei) -- Alternative scientific name(s): E. ruficrista savilei
Buff-crested Bustard (Eupodotis gindiana) -- Alternative English Name(s): Somali Buff-crested Bustard -- Alternative scientific name(s): E.. ruficrista gindiana, E. g. gindiana, E. g. hilgerti
Black Korhaan (Eupodotis afra) -- Alternative English Name(s): Southern Black Korhaan, Southern Black Bustard, Black Bustard
E. a. afra
E. a. etoschae -- Alternative scientific name(s): E. a. bohmeri
E. a. damarensis -- Alternative scientific name(s): E. a. kalaharica, E. a. mabaiensis
Northern Black Bustard (Eupodotis afroides) -- Alternative English Name(s): Northern Black Korhaan, White-quilled Korhaan -- Alternative scientific name(s): E.. a. centralis, E. a. chiversi
Rüppell's Bustard (Eupodotis rueppellii) -- Alternative English Name(s): Rüppell's Korhaan
E. r. rueppellii
E. r. fitzsimonsi
Karoo Bustard (Eupodotis vigorsii) -- Alternative English Name(s): Karoo Korhaan, Black-throated Bustard
E. v. vigorsii -- Alternative English Name(s): Vaal Bustard -- Alternative scientific name(s): E. v. karooensis
E. v. namaqua -- Alternative scientific name(s): E. v. orangensis, E. v. barlowi
Little Brown Bustard (Eupodotis humilis)
White-bellied Bustard (Eupodotis senegalensis) -- Alternative English Name(s): Northern White-bellied Bustard, Senegal Bustard
E. s. senegalensis
E. s. canicollis -- Alternative scientific name(s): E. s. somaliensis
E. s. erlangeri
E. s. barrowii -- Alternative scientific name(s): E. cafra
E. s. mackenziei
Blue Korhaan (Eupodotis caerulescens) -- Alternative English Name(s): Blue Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard (Eupodotis melanogaster) -- Alternative English Name(s): Black-bellied Korhaan
E. m. melanogaster
E. m. notophila
Hartlaub's Bustard (Eupodotis hartlaubii)
Northern Crowned Crane (Balearica pavonina) -- Alternative English Name(s): Black Crowned Crane
B. p. pavonina -- Alternative English Name(s): West African Crowned Crane
B. p. ceciliae -- Alternative English Name(s): Sudan Crowned Crane
Southern Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum) -- Alternative English Name(s): Grey Crowned Crane
B. r. regulorum -- Alternative English Name(s): South African Crowned Crane
B. r. gibbericeps -- Alternative English Name(s): East African Crowned Crane
Blue Crane (Grus paradisea) -- Alternative English Name(s): Stanley Crane
Wattled Crane (Grus carunculatus)
Common Crane (Grus grus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Crane, European Crane
G. g. grus
African Finfoot (Podica senegalensis) -- Alternative English Name(s): Peter's Finfoot
P. s. senegalensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Smaller Finfoot
P. s. camerunensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Cameroon Finfoot -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. s. jacobi, P. s. albipectus
P. s. petersii -- Alternative English Name(s): Peter's Finfoot
P. s. somereni
Nkulengu Rail (Himantornis haematopus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Whiteside's Rail -- Alternative scientific name(s): H.. h. haematopus, H. h. petiti, H. h. whitesidei
Grey-throated Rail (Canirallus oculeus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Bates' Grey-throated Rail -- Alternative scientific name(s): C.. o. oculeus, C. o. batesi
White-spotted Flufftail (Sarothrura pulchra) -- Alternative English Name(s): White-spotted Crake, White-spotted Pygmy-Crake
S. p. centralis -- Alternative English Name(s): Uganda White-spotted Flufftail
S. p. pulchra -- Alternative English Name(s): Tibati White-spotted Flufftail Alternative scientific name(s): S. p. tibatiensis
S. p. zenkeri -- Alternative English Name(s): Cameroon White-spotted Flufftail
S. p. batesi -- Alternative English Name(s): Bates' White-spotted Flufftail
Buff-spotted Flufftail (Sarothrura elegans) -- Alternative English Name(s): Buff-spotted Crake, Buff-spotted Pygmy-Crake
S. e. elegans
S. e. reichenowi -- Alternative English Name(s): Cameroon Buff-spotted Flufftail, Kenya Buff-spotted Flufftail, Somali Buff-spotted Flufftail -- Alternative scientific name(s): S. e. loringi, S. e. buryi
Red-chested Flufftail (Sarothrura rufa) -- Alternative English Name(s): Red-chested Crake, Red-chested Pygmy-Crake
S. r. rufa -- Alternative English Name(s): Angola Red-chested Flufftail -- Alternative scientific name(s): S. r. ansorgei
S. r. elizabethae -- Alternative English Name(s): Uganda Red-chested Flufftail
S. r. bonapartei -- Alternative English Name(s): Cameroon Red-chested Flufftail
Chestnut-headed Flufftail (Sarothrura lugens) -- Alternative English Name(s): Chestnut-headed Crake, Chestnut-headed Pygmy Crake, Long-toed Flufftail, Ugalla Red-chested Flufftail
S. l. lugens -- Alternative scientific name(s): S. l. modesta, S. l. lineata
S. l. lynesi -- Alternative English Name(s): Lynes' Flufftail
Streaky-breasted Flufftail (Sarothrura boehmi) -- Alternative English Name(s): Streaky-breasted Crake, Streaky-breasted Pygmy-Crake, Bohm's Flufftail, Kenya Streaky-breasted Flufftail, Guinea Streaky-breasted Flufftail -- Alternative scientific name(s): S.. b. boehmi, S. b. somereni, S. b. danei
Red-tailed Flufftail (Sarothrura affinis) -- Alternative English Name(s): Striped Pygmy-Crake, Striped Flufftail, Chestnut-tailed Flufftail -- Alternative scientific name(s): S.. lineata
S. a. affinis -- Alternative English Name(s): Jardine's Flufftail -- Alternative scientific name(s): S. a. lineata
S. a. antonii -- Alternative English Name(s): Anthony's Flufftail
White-winged Flufftail (Sarothrura ayresii) -- Alternative English Name(s): White-winged Crake, White-winged Pygmy-Crake, Abyssinian White-winged Flufftail -- Alternative scientific name(s): S.. a. ayresi, S. a. macmillani
African Water Rail (Rallus caerulescens) -- Alternative English Name(s): Kaffir Rail, Cape Rail, African Rail
European Rail (Rallus aquaticus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Water Rail
R. a. aquaticus
African Crake (Crecopsis egregia)
Corncrake (Crex crex) -- Alternative English Name(s): Corn Crake, Land Rail
Rouget's Rail (Rougetius rougetii)
Black Crake (Amaurornis flavirostris) -- Alternative scientific name(s): A. niger
Little Crake (Porzana parva)
Baillon's Crake (Porzana pusilla) -- Alternative English Name(s): African Spotted Crake
P. p. intermedia -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. p. obscura, P. p. intensa
P. p. pusilla
Spotted Crake (Porzana porzana)
Striped Crake (Aenigmatolimnas marginalis)
Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio porphyrio) -- Alternative English Name(s): Purple Swamphen -- Alternative scientific name(s): P.. alba
P. p. madagascariensis
P. p. porphyrio
Allen's Gallinule (Porphyrio alleni) -- Alternative English Name(s): Lesser Gallinule
American Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica) -- Alternative English Name(s): Purple Gallinule
Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Common Moorhen
G. c. meridionalis -- Alternative English Name(s): African Moorhen -- Alternative scientific name(s): G. c. brachyptera
G. c. chloropus
G. c. pyrrhorrhoa
G. c. orientalis
Lesser Moorhen (Gallinula angulata)
Red-knobbed Coot (Fulica cristata) -- Alternative English Name(s): Crested Coot
Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra) -- Alternative English Name(s): Coot, Common Coot
F. a. atra
Pallas's Sandgrouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus)
Pin-tailed Sandgrouse (Pterocles alchata)
P. a. caudacutus
Namaqua Sandgrouse (Pterocles namaqua)
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles exustus) -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. senegalensis
P. e. exustus -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. e. senegalensis
P. e. floweri
P. e. olivascens -- Alternative English Name(s): Kilimanjaro Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse, Uganda Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse, Somali Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. e. emini, P. e. somalicus
P. e. ellioti
Black-bellied Sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis)
P. o. orientalis
Spotted Sandgrouse (Pterocles senegallus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Senegal Sandgrouse
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse (Pterocles gutturalis)
P. g. gutturalis -- Alternative English Name(s): Tanzanian Yellow-throated Sandgrouse -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. g. tanganjicae
P. g. saturatior -- Alternative English Name(s): East African Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
Crowned Sandgrouse (Pterocles coronatus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Coronetted Sandgrouse
P. c. coronatus
Black-faced Sandgrouse (Pterocles decoratus)
P. d. decoratus
P. d. ellenbecki -- Alternative English Name(s): Pale Black-faced Sandgrouse
P. d. loveridgei
Double-banded Sandgrouse (Pterocles bicinctus)
P. b. bicinctus
P. b. ansorgei
P. b. multicolor -- Alternative English Name(s): Transvaal Double-banded Sandgrouse
Four-banded Sandgrouse (Pterocles quadricinctus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Eastern Four-banded Sandgrouse -- Alternative scientific name(s): P.. q. quadricinctus, P. q. lowei
Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse (Pterocles lichtensteinii)
P. l. targius -- Alternative English Name(s): Tuareg Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse, Abyssinian Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse, Somaliland Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. l. abessinicus, P. l. hyperythrus
P. l. lichtensteinii
P. l. sukensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Kenya Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse
Burchell's Sandgrouse (Pterocles burchelli) -- Alternative English Name(s): Spotted Sandgrouse
Pintail Snipe (Gallinago stenura)
Great Snipe (Gallinago media) -- Alternative English Name(s): Double Snipe
Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago) -- Alternative English Name(s): Snipe
G. g. gallinago
Ethiopian Snipe (Gallinago nigripennis) -- Alternative English Name(s): African Snipe
G. n. aequatorialis
G. n. nigripennis
G. n. angolensis
Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus) -- Alternative scientific name(s): L. gallinula
Eurasian Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola) -- Alternative English Name(s): Woodcock
Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
L. l. limosa
Hudsonian Godwit (Limosa haemastica)
Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
L. l. lapponica
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Common Whimbrel
N. p. phaeopus -- Alternative English Name(s): East African Whimbrel -- Alternative scientific name(s): N. p. alboaxillaris
N. p. alboaxillaris
N. p. variegatus
N. p. hudsonicus
Slender-billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) -- Alternative English Name(s): Long-billed Curlew
Curlew (Numenius arquata) -- Alternative English Name(s): Eurasian Curlew
N. a. orientalis -- Alternative scientific name(s): N. a. lineatus, N. a. sushkini
N. a. arquata
Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Dusky Redshank Alternative scientific name(s): T. fuscus
Redshank (Tringa totanus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Common Redshank
T. t. totanus
T. t. ussuriensis -- Alternative scientific name(s): T. t. eurhinus, T. t. terrignotae
T. t. robusta
Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)
Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) -- Alternative English Name(s): Common Greenshank
T. n. nebularia
Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)
Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)
Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Turnstone (Arenaria interpres) -- Alternative English Name(s): Ruddy Turnstone
A. i. interpres
Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
Asiatic Dowitcher (Limnodromus semipalmatus)
Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)
L. g. griseus
L. g. hendersoni
Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris)
Red Knot (Calidris canutus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Knot
C. c. canutus
Sanderling (Calidris alba) -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. arenaria
Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
Rufous-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis) -- Alternative English Name(s): Red-necked Stint
Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii)
Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta)
White-rumped Sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis)
Baird's Sandpiper (Calidris bairdii)
Pectoral Sandpiper (Calidris melanotos)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
C. a. alpina
C. a. schintzii
C. a. arctica
Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
Semi-palmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata)
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. testacea, C. subarquata
Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Trygnites subruficollis)
Broad-billed Sandpiper (Limicola falcinellus) -- Alternative scientific name(s): L. platyrhyncha, L. f. falcinellus
L. f. falcinellus
Ruff (Philomachus pugnax) -- Alternative English Name(s): Reeve
Wilson's Phalarope (Steganopus tricolor)
Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Northern Phalarope
Grey Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius) -- Alternative English Name(s): Red Phalarope
Painted-Snipe (Rostratula benghalensis) -- Alternative English Name(s): Greater Painted-Snipe
R. b. benghalensis
African Jacana (Actophilornis africana) -- Alternative English Name(s): Jacana, Lily-trotter
Lesser Jacana (Microparra capensis) -- Alternative English Name(s): Lesser Lily-trotter
Yellow-billed Sheathbill (Chionis alba) -- Alternative English Name(s): Snowy Sheathbill, American Sheathbill
Stone Curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Eurasian Thick-knee
B. o. oedicnemus
B. o. saharae
B. o. indicus
Senegal Thick-knee (Burhinus senegalensis) -- Alternative scientific name(s): B. s. inornatus, B. s. senegalensis
Water Dikkop (Burhinus vermiculatus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Water Thick-knee
B. v. vermiculatus
B. v. buttikoferi
Spotted Dikkop (Burhinus capensis) -- Alternative English Name(s): Spotted Thick-knee
B. c. capensis
B. c. damarensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Damaraland Thick-knee
B. c. maculosus -- Alternative English Name(s): Senegal Thick-knee, Sudan Thick-knee -- Alternative scientific name(s): B. c. affinis
B. c. dodsoni -- Alternative English Name(s): Arabian Thick-knee, Dahlak Island Thick-knee -- Alternative scientific name(s): B. c. ehrenbergi
European Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Oystercatcher, Eurasian Oystercatcher
H. o. ostralegus
H. o. longipes
Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus moquini) -- Alternative English Name(s): Black Oystercatcher, African Black Oystercatcher
Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Common Stilt
H. h. himantopus
Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) -- Alternative English Name(s): Pied Avocet, Urasian Avocet
Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria) -- Alternative English Name(s): Greater Golden Plover, European Goldem Plover, Eurasian Golden Plover
P. a. apricaria
P. a. altifrons
Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva) -- Alternative English Name(s): Lesser Golden Plover, Eastern Golden Plover
American Golden Plover (Pluvialis dominica) -- Alternative English Name(s): Lesser Golden Plover
Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) -- Alternative English Name(s): Black-bellied Plover -- Alternative scientific name(s): P.. s. squaratola
Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) -- Alternative English Name(s): Common Ringed Plover
C. h. hiaticula
C. h. tundrae
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)
C. d. curonicus -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. d. spatzi
Kittlitz's Plover (Charadrius pecuarius) -- Alternative English Name(s): Kittlitz's Sand-Plover
C. p. pecuarius
Three-banded Plover (Charadrius tricollaris) -- Alternative English Name(s): Treble-banded Plover
C. t. tricollaris
C. t. bifrontatus
Forbes' Plover (Charadrius forbesi) -- Alternative English Name(s): Forbes' Three-banded Plover -- Alternative scientific name(s): C.. tricollaris forbesi
Chestnut-banded Plover (Charadrius pallidus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Chestnut-banded Sand-Plover -- Alternative scientific name(s): C.. venustus
C. p. pallidus -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. p. rufocinctus
C. p. venustus
Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Snowy Plover
C. a. alexandrinus -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. a. seebohmi
White-fronted Plover (Charadrius marginatus) -- Alternative English Name(s): White-fronted Sand-Plover
C. m. marginatus
C. m. arenaceus
C. m. mechowi -- Alternative English Name(s): Madagascar White-fronted Sand-Plover, West African White-fronted Sand-Plover -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. m. pallidus, C. m. hesperius, C. m. pons
C. m. tenellus
Mongolian Plover (Charadrius mongolus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Lesser Sand-Plover
C. m. pamirensis -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. m. atrifrons
Sand-Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii) -- Alternative English Name(s): Greater Sand-Plover, Geoffrey's Plover, Great Sand-Plover
C. l. columbinus
C. l. crassirostris
Caspian Plover (Charadrius asiaticus)
Dotterel (Charadrius morinellus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Eurasian Dotterel
Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Northern Lapwing
Long-toed Plover (Vanellus crassirostris) -- Alternative English Name(s): Long-toed Lapwing, White-winged Plover
V. c. crassirostris -- Alternative English Name(s): White Nile Long-toed Plover, Intermediate Long-toed Plover -- Alternative scientific name(s): V. c. hybrida
V. c. leucoptera -- Alternative English Name(s): Nyasa Long-toed Plover
Blacksmith Plover (Vanellus armatus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Blacksmith Lapwing
Spur-winged Plover (Vanellus spinosus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Spur-winged Lapwing
Black-headed Plover (Vanellus tectus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Black-headed Lapwing, Blackhead Plover
V. t. tectus
V. t. latifrons -- Alternative English Name(s): Smaller Black-headed Plover
Spot-breasted Plover (Vanellus melanocephalus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Spot-breasted Lapwing
White-headed Plover (Vanellus albiceps) -- Alternative English Name(s): White-crowned Plover, White-headed Lapwing
Wattled Plover (Vanellus senegallus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Wattled Lapwing, South African Wattled Plover, Senegal Wattled Plover
V. s. lateralis -- Alternative English Name(s): South African Wattled Plover -- Alternative scientific name(s): V. s. solitarius
V. s. senegallus -- Alternative English Name(s): Senegal Wattled Plover
V. s. major
Lesser Black-winged Plover (Vanellus lugubris) -- Alternative English Name(s): Lesser Blackwinged Lapwing, Senegal Plover -- Alternative scientific name(s): V.. l. inornatus
Black-winged Plover (Vanellus melanopterus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Black-winged Lapwing
V. m. minor -- Alternative English Name(s): Smaller Black-winged Plover
V. m. melanopterus -- Alternative English Name(s): Abyssinian Black-winged Plover
Crowned Plover (Vanellus coronatus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Crowned Lapwing
V. c. coronatus
V. c. demissus
V. c. xerophilus
Brown-chested Plover (Vanellus superciliosus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Brown-chested Lapwing, Brown-chested Wattled Plover
Sociable Plover (Vanellus gregarius) -- Alternative English Name(s): Sociable Lapwing
White-tailed Plover (Vanellus leucurus) -- Alternative English Name(s): White-tailed Lapwing
Egyptian Plover (Pluvianus aegyptius) -- Alternative English Name(s): Crocodile Bird -- Alternative scientific name(s): P.. a. angolae
Double-banded Courser (Rhinoptilus africanus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Two-banded Courser
C. a. africanus -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. a. raffertyi
C. a. granti -- Alternative English Name(s): Deelfontein Double-banded Courser
C. a. sharpei
C. a. bisignatus -- Alternative English Name(s): Angola Double-banded Courser
C. a. traylori
C. a. gracilis -- Alternative English Name(s): Masai Double-banded Courser
C. a. hartingi -- Alternative English Name(s): Somali Double-banded Courser
C. a. raffertyi
Bronze-winged Courser (Rhinoptilus chalcopterus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Southern Bronze-winged Courser, Violet-tipped Courser -- Alternative scientific name(s): C.. c. chalcopterus, C. c. obscurus
Three-banded Courser (Rhinoptilus cinctus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Heuglin's Courser
C. c. seebohmi -- Alternative English Name(s): Seebohm's Courser
C. c. cinctus -- Alternative English Name(s): Heuglin's Courser
C. c. emini -- Alternative English Name(s): Emin's Courser
Cream-coloured Courser (Cursorius cursor) -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. gallicus
C. c. cursor
C. c. somalensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Somaliland Courser
C. c. littoralis -- Alternative English Name(s): Jubaland Courser, Dahlak Island Courser -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. c. dahlakensis
Burchell's Courser (Cursorius rufus) -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. cursor theresae
Temminck's Courser (Cursorius temminckii) -- Alternative English Name(s): Damaraland Courser -- Alternative scientific name(s): C.. t. temminckii, C. t. jebelensis, C. t. damarensis
Common Pratincole (Glareola pratincola) -- Alternative English Name(s): Collared Pratincole, Red-winged Pratincole, Sudan Pratincole, Somali Pratincole, East African Pratincole -- Alternative scientific name(s): G.. p. pratincola, G. p. limbata, G. p. boweni, G. p. erlangeri, G. p. fulleborni
Black-winged Pratincole (Glareola nordmanni)
Madagascar Pratincole (Glareola ocularis)
Rock Pratincole (Glareola nuchalis) -- Alternative English Name(s): White-collared Pratincole
G. n. nuchalis -- Alternative English Name(s): Emin's White-collared Pratincole, Chestnut-collared Pratincole, Ituri White-collared Pratincole -- Alternative scientific name(s): G. n. emini, G. n. marchei, G. n. antaenia
G. n. liberiae -- Alternative English Name(s): Gabon White-collared Pratincole
Grey Pratincole (Glareola cinerea) -- Alternative English Name(s): Cream-coloured Pratincole -- Alternative scientific name(s): G.. c. cinerea, G. c. colorata