African Species List

Mainland and adjacent islands

Part 8 - Pittas to Paradise-Flycatchers

African Pitta (Pitta angolensis) -- Alternative English Name(s): Angola Pitta

P. a. longipennis -- Alternative English Name(s): East African Pitta
P. a. pulih -- Alternative English Name(s): West African Pitta
P. a. angolensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Angola Pitta

Green-breasted Pitta (Pitta reichenowi)

African Broadbill (Smithornis capensis)

S. c. capensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Natal Broadbill -- Alternative scientific name(s): S. c. shimba, S. c. chyulu
S. c. cryptoleucus
S. c. suahelicus -- Alternative English Name(s): Swahili Broadbill
S. c. conjunctus
S. c. albigularis -- Alternative English Name(s): Angola Broadbill
S. c. medianus -- Alternative English Name(s): Uganda Broadbill
S. c. meinertzhageni -- Alternative English Name(s): Kavirondo Broadbill
S. c. camerunensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Cameroon Broadbill
S. c. delacouri -- Alternative English Name(s): Ivory Coast Broadbill

Grey-headed Broadbill (Smithornis sharpei)

S. s. zenkeri -- Alternative English Name(s): Cameroon Grey-headed Broadbill
S. s. eurylaemus -- Alternative English Name(s): Ituri Grey-headed Broadbill
S. s. sharpei -- Alternative English Name(s): Fernando Po Grey-headed Broadbill

Rufous-sided Broadbill (Smithornis rufolateralis) -- Alternative English Name(s): Red-sided Broadbill

S. r. rufolateralis -- Alternative English Name(s): Gold Coast Rufous-sided Broadbill
S. r. budongoensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Uganda Rufous-sided Broadbill

African Green Broadbill (Pseudocalyptomena graueri) -- Alternative English Name(s): Grauer's Broadbill, Grauer's Green-bird

Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)

L. c. collurio
L. c. pallidifrons
L. c. kobylini
L. c. juxtus

Red-tailed Shrike (Lanius isabellinus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Rufous-tailed Shrike, Isabelline Shrike -- Alternative scientific name(s): L.. cristatus

L. i. phoenicuroides -- Alternative English Name(s): Red-tailed Shrike, Rufous Red-tailed Shrike -- Alternative scientific name(s): L. i. speculigerus
L. i. speculigerus
L. i. isabellinus -- Alternative English Name(s): Isabelline Shrike, Pale Red-tailed Shrike

Emin's Shrike (Lanius gubernator) -- Alternative English Name(s): Emin's Red-backed Shrike, Adamawa Red-backed Shrike -- Alternative scientific name(s): L.. g. gubernator, L. g. strumpelli

Souza's Shrike (Lanius souzae) -- Alternative English Name(s): Sousa's Shrike

L. s. tacticus
L. s. souzae
L. s. burigi

Lesser Grey Shrike (Lanius minor) -- Alternative scientific name(s): L. lubberti, L. yemenensis

L. m. minor
L. m. turanicus

Southern Grey Shrike (Lanius meridionalis) -- Alternative scientific name(s): L. elegans

L. m. elegans -- Alternative English Name(s): Biskra Grey Shrike
L. m. algeriensis -- Alternative scientific name(s): L. m. dodsoni
L. m. meridionalis
L. m. leucopygos -- Alternative English Name(s): White-rumped Grey Shrike
L. m. aucheri -- Alternative English Name(s): Aucher's Grey Shrike -- Alternative scientific name(s): L. m. lahtora, L. m. dubarensis
L. m. buryi -- Alternative English Name(s): Aden Grey Shrike -- Alternative scientific name(s): L. m. arabicus
L. m. pallidirostris -- Alternative English Name(s): Pale-billed Grey Shrike
L. m. jebelmarrae -- Alternative English Name(s): Jebel Marra Grey Shrike
L. m. koenigi
L. m. uncinatus -- Alternative English Name(s): Socotra Grey Shrike

Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor) -- Alternative English Name(s): Northern Shrike

Grey-backed Fiscal (Lanius excubitoroides) -- Alternative scientific name(s): L. princeps

L. e. excubitorius -- Alternative scientific name(s): L. e. tschadensis
L. e. intercedens -- Alternative English Name(s): Abyssinian Grey-backed Fiscal
L. e. boehmi -- Alternative English Name(s): Tanganyika Grey-backed Fiscal

Long-tailed Fiscal (Lanius cabanisi) -- Alternative scientific name(s): L. caudatus

Taita Fiscal (Lanius dorsalis)

Somali Fiscal (Lanius somalicus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Somali Fiscal, Karoli Fiscal -- Alternative scientific name(s): L.. s. antinorii, L. s. somalicus, L. s. maurtii

Mackinnon's Shrike (Lanius mackininoni) -- Alternative scientific name(s): L. m. mackinoni, L. m. zenkerianus

Fiscal Shrike (Lanius collaris) -- Alternative English Name(s): Common Fiscal, Fiscal

L. c. collaris -- Alternative scientific name(s): L. c. predator
L. c. predator
L. c. smithii -- Alternative English Name(s): West African Fiscal Shrike
L. c. humeralis -- Alternative English Name(s): East African Fiscal Shrike
L. c. capelli -- Alternative scientific name(s): L. c. dominator
L. c. pyrrhosticus -- Alternative scientific name(s): L. c. vigilans
L. c. subcoronatus -- Alternative English Name(s): Coronetted Fiscal Shrike
L. c. aridicolus -- Alternative English Name(s): Angola Fiscal Shrike -- Alternative scientific name(s): L. c. congicus
L. c. marwitzi -- Alternative English Name(s): Uhehe Fiscal -- Alternative scientific name(s): Lanius marwitzi

Sao Tome Fiscal (Lanius newtoni) -- Alternative English Name(s): Newton's Fiscal

Woodchat Shrike (Lanius senator) -- Alternative English Name(s): Woodchat

L. s. senator
L. s. rutilans
L. s. badius -- Alternative English Name(s): Corsican Woodchat Shrike
L. s. niloticus -- Alternative English Name(s): Eastern Woodchat Shrike

Masked Shrike (Lanius nubicus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Nubian Shrike

Yellow-billed Shrike (Corvinella corvlna)

C. c. togoensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Togo Yellow-billed Shrike
C. c. corvina
C. c. caligitiosa
C. c. affinis -- Alternative English Name(s): Sudan Yellow-billed Shrike -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. c. chapini

Magpie Shrike (Urolestes melanoleucus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Long-tailed Shrike

U. m. melanoleucus -- Alternative English Name(s): South African Long-tailed Shrike -- Alternative scientific name(s): U. m. damarensis, U. m. angolensis
U. m. expressa
U. m. aequatorialis -- Alternative English Name(s): East African Long-tailed Shrike

Northern White-crowned Shrike (Eurocephalus ruppelli ) -- Alternative English Name(s): White-rumped Shrike, Sudan White-crowned Shrike, Sudan White-rumped Shrike, Abyssinian White-rumped Shrike, South Somali White-rumped Shrike, Nyasa White-rumped Shrike -- Alternative scientific name(s): E.. anguitimens ruppelli, E. r. ruppelli, E. r. fischeri, E. r. erlangeri, E. r. deckeni, E. r. bohmi

Southern White-crowned Shrike (Eurocephalus anguitimens) -- Alternative English Name(s): White-crowned Shrike

E. a. angutimens
E. a. niveus

Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)

Ethiopian Bush Crow (Zavattariornis stresemanni) -- Alternative English Name(s): Stresemann's Bush Crow

Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) -- Alternative English Name(s): Red-billed Chough, Cornish Chough

P. p. barbarus
P. p. baileyi

Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Yellow-billed Chough

P. g. graculus

Spotted Nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes)

N. c. macrorhynchos

Piapiac (Ptilostomus afer)

Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius)

G. g. witackeri
G. g. cervicalis
G. g. minor

Common Magpie (Pica pica) -- Alternative English Name(s): Black-billed Magpie

P. p. mauritanica

House Crow (Corvus splendens) -- Alternative English Name(s): Indian House-Crow

C. c. splendens
C. c. zugmayeri
C. c. protegatus

Black Crow (Corvus capensis) -- Alternative English Name(s): Cape Crow, Cape Rook

C. c. kordofanensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Lesser Cape Crow
C. c. capensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Cape Crow

Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)

C. c. pallescens
C. c. sharpii -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. c. sardonius
C. c. corone

Hooded Crow (Corvus cornix)

Common Raven (Corvus corax)

C. c. tingitanus

Pied Crow (Corvus albus) -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. scapulatus, C. corax edithae

Somali Crow (Corvus edithae) -- Alternative English Name(s): Dwarf Raven -- Alternative scientific name(s): C.. albus edithae

Brown-necked Raven (Corvus ruficollis) -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. umbrinus, C. corax ruficollis

Fan-tailed Raven (Corvus rhipidurus)

C. r. rhipidurus

White-necked Raven (Corvus albicollis)

Thick-billed Raven (Corvus crassirostris)

Jackdaw (Corvus monedula) -- Alternative English Name(s): Eurasian Jackdaw, Western Jackdaw

C. m. spermologus
C. m. cirtensis

Rook (Corvus frugilegus)

C. f. frugilegus

Eurasian Golden Oriole (Oriolus oriolus)

O. o. oriolus

African Golden Oriole (Oriolus auratus)

O. a. notatus -- Alternative English Name(s): South African Golden Oriole
O. a. auratus -- Alternative English Name(s): Senegal Golden Oriole

Green-headed Oriole (Oriolus chlorocephalus)

O. c. amani
O. c. chlorocephalus
O. c. speculifer

Sao Tome Oriole (Oriolus crassirostris)

Western Black-headed Oriole (Oriolus brachyrhynchus)

O. b. brachyrhynchus -- Alternative English Name(s): West African Black-headed Oriole
O. b. laetior -- Alternative English Name(s): Cameroon Black-headed Oriole

Abyssinian Black-headed Oriole (Oriolus monacha) -- Alternative English Name(s): Abyssinian Oriole, Dark-headed Oriole

O. m. monacha -- Alternative English Name(s): Abyssinian Black-headed Oriole
O. m. meneliki -- Alternative English Name(s): Omo Black-headed Oriole -- Alternative scientific name(s): O. m. permistus

Eastern Black-headed Oriole (Oriolus larvatus) -- Alternative English Name(s): African Black-headed Oriole

O. l. larvatus -- Alternative English Name(s): South African Black-headed Oriole
O. l. angolensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Kenya Black-headed Oriole -- Alternative scientific name(s): O. l. kikuyuensis
O. l. tibicen
O. l. reichenowi -- Alternative English Name(s): Somali Black-headed Oriole
O. l. rolleti -- Alternative English Name(s): Sudan Black-headed Oriole
O. l. additus

Montane Oriole (Oriolus percivali) -- Alternative English Name(s): Black-tailed Oriole, Mountain Oriole -- Alternative scientific name(s): O.. nigripennis percivali

Black-winged Oriole (Oriolus nigripennis)

O. n. alleni
O. n. nigripennis

White-breasted Cuckoo-Shrike (Coracina pectoralis)

Grey Cuckoo-Shrike (Coracina caesia)

C. c. caesia
C. c. pura -- Alternative English Name(s): Elgon Grey Cuckoo-Shrike, Cameroon Grey Cuckoo-Shrike -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. c. preussi
C. c. preussi

Blue Cuckoo-Shrike (Coracina azurea)

Grauer's Cuckoo-Shrike (Coracina graueri)

Petit's Cuckoo-Shrike (Campephaga petiti) -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. purpurascens

Black Cuckoo-Shrike (Campephaga flava) -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. poensis, C. hartlaubii, C. sulphurata

Red-shouldered Cuckoo-Shrike (Campephaga phoenicea) -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. xanthornoides, C. rotschildi, C. ignea

Purple-throated Cuckoo-Shrike (Campephaga quiscalina)

C. q. quiscalina
C. q. martini -- Alternative English Name(s): Uganda Purple-throated Cuckoo-Shrike
C. q. munzneri -- Alternative English Name(s): Mahenge Purple-throated Cuckoo-Shrike

Western Wattled Cuckoo-Shrike (Campephaga lobata) -- Alternative English Name(s): Ghana Cuckoo-Shrike, Wattled Cuckoo-Shrike

Eastern Wattled Cuckoo-Shrike (Campephaga oriolina) -- Alternative English Name(s): Oriole Cuckoo-Shrike, Cameroon Wattled Cuckoo-Shrike -- Alternative scientific name(s): C.. lobatus oriolinus

Square-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus ludwigii) -- Alternative scientific name(s): D. sharpei

D. l. sharpei -- Alternative English Name(s): Sharpe's Square-tailed Drongo
D. l. munzneri -- Alternative English Name(s): Elgon Square-tailed Drongo -- Alternative scientific name(s): D. l. elgonensis
D. l. tephrogaster
D. l. ludwigii. -- Alternative English Name(s): Ludwig's Square-tailed Drongo
D. l. saturnus

Shining Drongo (Dicrurus atripennis)

Fork-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis) -- Alternative English Name(s): Glossy-backed Drongo, Common Drongo

D. a. fugax
D. a. adsimilis -- Alternative English Name(s): South African Fork-tailed Drongo
D. a. apivorus
D. a. divaricatus -- Alternative English Name(s): Senegal Fork-tailed Drongo -- Alternative scientific name(s): D. a. jubaensis

Velvet-mantled Drongo (Dicrurus modestus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Principe Drongo -- Alternative scientific name(s): D.. adsimilis atactus

D. m. coracinus -- Alternative English Name(s): Uganda Velvet-mantled Drongo -- Alternative scientific name(s): D. m. ugandaensis
D. m. atactus -- Alternative English Name(s): Gold Coast Fork-tailed Drongo
D. m. modestus -- Alternative English Name(s): Principe Velvet-mantled Drongo

Fairy Flycatcher (Stenostira scita) -- Alternative English Name(s): Fairy Warbler

S. s. rudebecki
S. s. saturatior
S. s. scita

Chestnut-capped Flycatcher (Erythrocercus mccallii)

E. m. mccallii
E. m. nigeriae -- Alternative English Name(s): Nigerian Chestnut-capped Flycatcher
E. m. congicus -- Alternative English Name(s): Ituri Chestnut-capped Flycatcher

Little Yellow Flycatcher (Erythrocercus holochlorus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Yellow Flycatcher, Swaheli Little Yellow Flycatcher -- Alternative scientific name(s): E.. h. holochlorus, E. h. suahelica

Livingstone's Flycatcher (Erythrocercus livingstonei) -- Alternative English Name(s): Thomson's Red-tailed Flycatcher

E. l. francisi
E. l. livingstoneii
E. l. thomsoni -- Alternative English Name(s): Thomson's Red-tailed Flycatcher -- Alternative scientific name(s): E. l. nyasae, E. l. monapo

Blue Flycatcher (Elminia longicauda) -- Alternative English Name(s): African Blue Flycatcher

E. l. teresita -- Alternative English Name(s): Bahr el Ghanzi Blue-Flycatcher, Kivu White-tailed Blue-Flycatcher -- Alternative scientific name(s): E. l. kivuensis
E. l. longicauda -- Alternative scientific name(s): E. l. schwebischi, E. l. loandae

White-tailed Blue Flycatcher (Elminia albicauda) -- Alternative scientific name(s): E. a. albicauda

Dusky Crested Flycatcher (Elminia nigromitrata) -- Alternative English Name(s): Dusky Flycatcher

E. n. nigromitrata -- Alternative English Name(s): Semliki Dusky Crested Flycatcher -- Alternative scientific name(s): E. n. intensus, E. n. kibalensis
E. n. colstoni

White-bellied Crested Flycatcher (Elminia albiventris)

E. a. albiventris
E. a. toroensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Toro White-bellied Crested Flycatcher

White-tailed Crested Flycatcher (Elminia albonotata)

E. a. albonotata
E. a. subcaerulea
E. a. swynnertoni -- Alternative English Name(s): Gazaland White-tailed Crested Flycatcher

Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher (Trochocercus nitens)

T. n. nitens
T. n. reichenowi -- Alternative English Name(s): Upper Guinea Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher

Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher (Trochoercus cyacnomelas) -- Alternative English Name(s): African Crested Flycatcher

T. c. bivittatus -- Alternative English Name(s): East African Crested Flycatcher -- Alternative scientific name(s): T. c. somalicus, T. c. megalolophus, T. c. kikuyuensis
T c. cyanomelas -- Alternative English Name(s): Cape Crested Flycatcher
T. c. vivax -- Alternative English Name(s): Katanga Crested Flycatcher
T. c. megalolophus
T. c. segregus

Red-bellied Paradise-Flycatcher (Terpsiphone rufiventer) -- Alternative English Name(s): Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher

T. r. neumanni -- Alternative English Name(s): Cameroon Ashy-tailed Paradise-Flycatcher -- Alternative scientific name(s): T. r. flaviventris
T. r. rufiventer
T. r. nigriceps -- Alternative English Name(s): Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher -- Alternative scientific name(s): Terpsiphone nigriceps
T. r. ignea -- Alternative English Name(s): Fiery Paradise-Flycatcher
T. r. fagani -- Alternative English Name(s): Fagan's Paradise-Flycatcher
T. r. schubotzi
T. r. mayombe
T. r. emini -- Alternative English Name(s): Uganda Black-headed Paradsie-Flycatcher -- Alternative scientific name(s): T. r. polioherax, T. r. camburni
T. r. somereni
T. r. tricolor -- Alternative English Name(s): Ashy-tailed Paradise-Flycatcher -- Alternative scientific name(s): Terpsiphone tricolor
T. r. smithii -- Alternative English Name(s): Annobon Paradise-Flycatcher -- Alternative scientific name(s): Terpsiphone smithii, T. newtoni

Bedford's Paradise-Flycatcher (Terpsiphone bedfordi) -- Alternative English Name(s): Duke of Bedford Flycatcher

Rufous-vented Paradise-Flycatcher (Terpsiphone rufocinerea) -- Alternative English Name(s): Angola Rufous-vented Paradise-Flycatcher

Bates's Paradise-Flycatcher (Terpsiphone batesi) -- Alternative English Name(s): Cameroon Rufous-vented Paradise-Flycactcher -- Alternative scientific name(s): T.. rufocinerea batesi

T. b. batesi
T. b. bannermani -- Alternative scientific name(s): T. b. plumbeiceps

Paradise-Flycatcher (Terpsiphone viridis) -- Alternative English Name(s): African Paradise-Flycatcher -- Alternative scientific name(s): T.. perspicillata, T. granti, T. suahelica, T. poliothorax

T. v. speciosa -- Alternative English Name(s): Black-tailed Paradise-Flycatcher
T. v. viridis
T. v. ferreti -- Alternative English Name(s): Abyssinian Paradise-Flycatcher -- Alternative scientific name(s): T. v. poliothorax
T. v. suahelica -- Alternative English Name(s): Swaheli Paradise-Flycatcher -- Alternative scientific name(s): T. v. ruwenzoriae
T. v. kivuensis
T. v. restricta
T. v. ungujaensis
T. v. plumbeiceps -- Alternative English Name(s): Zambesi Red Paradise-Flyatcher, Grey-headed Paradise-Flycatcher, Cape Paradise-Flycatcher -- Alternative scientific name(s): T. v. subrufa, T. v. perspicillata, T. v. violacea
T. v. granti -- Alternative English Name(s): Red-winged Paradise-Flycatcher

Sao Tome Paradise-Flycatcher (Terpsiphone atrochalybeia) -- Alternative English Name(s): Sao Tome Black Paradise-Flycatcher