African Species List
Mainland and adjacent islands
Part 12 - Stuhlmann's Starling to Firecrest
Stuhlmann's Starling (Poeoptera stuhlmanni) -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. greyi
Kenrick's Starling (Poeoptera kenricki)
P. k. kenricki
P. k. bensoni
Narrow-tailed Starling (Poeoptera lugubris) -- Alternative English Name(s): Narrow-tail, West African Narrow-tailed Starling, Ituri Narrow-tailed Starling -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. l. lugubris, P. l. major, P. l. webbi
White-collared Starling (Grafisia torquata) -- Alternative scientific name(s): G. leucothorax
Waller's Red-winged Starling (Onychognathus walleri) -- Alternative English Name(s): Waller's Chestnut-winged Starling, Waller's Chestnut-wing, Waller's Starling
O. w. walleri -- Alternative scientific name(s): O. w. keniensis, O. w. nyasae, O. w. elgonensis
O. w. elgonensis
O. w. preussi
Pale-winged Starling (Onychognathus nabouroup) -- Alternative English Name(s): Angola Pale-winged Starling -- Alternative scientific name(s): O. caffra, O. n. nabouroup, O. n. intensetincta, O. n. benguellensis
Red-winged Starling (Onychognathus morio) -- Alternative English Name(s): Red-wing, South African Red-winged Starling, East African Red-winged Starling, Abyssinian Red-winged Starling, Elgon Red-winged Starling -- Alternative scientific name(s): O. gracilirostris
O. m. morio -- Alternative English Name(s): South African Red-winged Starling, East African Red-winged Starling -- Alternative scientific name(s): O. m. shelleyi
O. m. ruppellii -- Alternative English Name(s): Abyssinian Red-winged Starling, Elgon Red-winged Starling -- Alternative scientific name(s): O. m. montanus
Neumann's Starling (Onychognathus neumanni) -- Alternative scientific name(s): O. morio neumanni
O. m. neumanni -- Alternative English Name(s): Sudan Red-winged Starling
O. m. modicus
Somali Chestnut-winged Starling (Onychognathus blythii) -- Alternative English Name(s): Somali Starling, Somali Chestnut-wing -- Alternative scientific name(s): O. creaghi, O. b. blythi, O. b. frater
Socotra Chestnut-winged Starling (Onychognathus frater) -- Alternative English Name(s): Socotra Starling
Forest Chestnut-winged Starling (Onychognathus fulgidus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Chestnut-winged Starling, Chestnut-wing Starling
O. f. hartlaubii -- Alternative English Name(s): Hartlaub's Chestnut-winged Starling -- Alternative scientific name(s): O. f. harterti, O. f. leoninus
O. f. intermedius
O. f. fulgidus -- Alternative English Name(s): Sao Tome Chestnut-winged Starling
Slender-billed Chestnut-winged Starling (Onychognathus tenuirostris) -- Alternative English Name(s): Slender-billed Starling
O. t. tenuirostris
O. t. theresae -- Alternative scientific name(s): O. l. raymondi
White-billed Starling (Onychognathus albirostris) -- Alternative English Name(s): White-billed Chestnut-winged Starling, White-billed Chestnut-wing
Bristle-crowned Starling (Onychognathus salvadorii)
Tristram's Grackle (Onychognathus tristramii)
Emerald Starling (Lamprotornis iris) -- Alternative English Name(s): Iris Glossy Starling
Coppery-tailed Glossy Starling (Lamprotornis cupreocauda) -- Alternative English Name(s): Copper-tailed Glossy Starling
Purple-headed Glossy Starling (Lamprotornis purpureiceps)
Black-bellied Glossy Starling (Lamprotornis corruscus)
L. c. corruscus -- Alternative English Name(s): Lamu Black-breasted Glossy Starling -- Alternative scientific name(s): L. c. mandanus, L. c. jombeni
L. c. vayghani -- Alternative English Name(s): Pemba Black-breasted Glossy Starling
Purple Glossy Starling (Lamprotornis purpureus)
L. p. purpureus
L. p. amethystinus -- Alternative English Name(s): White Nile Purple Glossy Starling
Cape Glossy Starling (Lamprotornis nitens) -- Alternative English Name(s): Red-shouldered Glossy Starling, Damarland Glossy Starling, Cape Glossy Starling -- Alternative scientific name(s): L. n. nitens, L. n. bispecularis, L. n. phoenicopterus, L. n. culminator
L. n. nitens
L. n. phoenicopterus
L. n. culminator
Bronze-tailed Glossy Starling (Lamprotornis chalcurus)
L. c. emini -- Alternative English Name(s): White Nile Bronze-tailed Glossy Starling, Cameroon Bronze-tailed Glossy Starling -- Alternative scientific name(s): L. c. elberti
L. c. chalcurus
Greater Blue-eared Starling (Lamprotornis chalybeus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Greater Blue-eared Glossy Starling, Blue-eared Glossy Starling
L. c. cynaiventris
L. c. chalybeus -- Alternative English Name(s): Senegal Greater Blue-eared Glossy Starling -- Alternative scientific name(s): L. c. massaicus, L. c. hartlaubi
L. c. sycobius -- Alternative English Name(s): East African Greater Blue-eared Glossy Starling -- Alternative scientific name(s): L. c. pestia
L. c. nordmanni -- Alternative English Name(s): Angola Greater Blue-eared Glossy Starling
Lesser Blue-eared Starling (Lamprotornis chloropterus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Lesser Blue-eared Glossy Starling -- Alternative scientific name(s): L. c. chloropterus, L c. cyanogenys
L. c. chloropterus -- Alternative English Name(s): Gold Coast Lesser Blue-eared Glossy Starling, Abyssinian Lesser Blue-eared Glossy Starling -- Alternative scientific name(s): Lamprotornis chloropterus
L. c. elisabeth -- Alternative English Name(s): Southern Blue-eared Glossy Starling, East African Lesser Blue-eared Glossy Starling -- Alternative scientific name(s): Lamprotornis elisabeth
Sharp-tailed Starling (Lamprotornis acuticaudus) -- Alternative English Name(s):Sharp-tailed Glossy Starling, Wedge-tailed Glossy Starling
Splendid Glossy Starling (Lamprotornis splendidus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Senegal Splendid Glossy Starling, Southern Splendid Glossy Starling
L. s. splendidus -- Alternative scientific name(s): L. s. glaucovirens, L. s. chubbi
L. s. chrysonotis -- Alternative English Name(s): Senegal Splendid Glossy Starling
L. s. bailundensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Southern Splendid Glossy Starling
L. s. lessoni
Principe Glossy Starling (Lamprotornis ornatus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Choucador, Prince's Island Glossy Starling
Burchell's Starling (Lamprotornis australis) -- Alternative English Name(s): Burchell's Glossy Starling -- Alternative scientific name(s): L. a. australis, L. a. degener
Southern Long-tailed Glossy Starling (Lamprotornis mevesii) -- Alternative English Name(s): Meve's Glossy Starling, Meve's Long-tailed Starling, Meve's Long-tailed Glossy Starling
L. m. mevesii -- Alternative English Name(s): Meve's Long-tailed Glossy Starling
L. m. violacior
L. m. benguellensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Benguella Long-tailed Glossy Starling -- Alternative scientific name(s): L. m. purpureus
Northern Long-tailed Starling (Lamprotornis caudatus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Northern Long-tailed Glossy Starling, Long-tailed Glossy Starling -- Alternative scientific name(s): L. eytoni
Ruppell's Long-tailed Starling (Lamprotornis purpuropterus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Ruppell's Long-tailed Glossy Starling, Ruppell's Glossy Starling
L. p. purpuropterus
L. p. aeneocephalus -- Alternative English Name(s): Heuglin's Long-tailed Glossy Starling
Superb Starling (Lamprotornis superbus)
Hildebrandt's Starling (Lamprotornis hildebrandti) -- Alternative scientific name(s): L. h. kellogorum
Chestnut-bellied Starling (Lamprotornis pulcher) -- Alternative English Name(s): Red-bellied Starling -- Alternative scientific name(s): L. p. rufiventris
Sharpe's Starling (Pholia sharpii)
Shelley's Starling (Lamprotornis shelleyi) -- Alternative scientific name(s): L. hildebrandti shelleyi
Abbott's Starling (Pholia femoralis)
Violet-backed Starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster) -- Alternative English Name(s): Plum-coloured Starling, Amethyst Starling
C. l. leucogaster -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. l. friedmanni
C. l. verreauxi -- Alternative English Name(s): Southern Plum-coloured Starling -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. l. lauragrayae
C. l. arabicus
Magpie Starling (Speculipastor bicolor)
White-winged Starling (Neocichla gutturalis) -- Alternative English Name(s): White-winged Babbling Starling, Babbling Starling, White-winged Babbler
N. g. angustus -- Alternative scientific name(s): N. g. kelleni
N. g. gutturalis
Fischer's Starling (Spreo fischeri)
Pied Starling (Spreo bicolor) -- Alternative English Name(s): African Pied Starling
White-crowned Starling (Spreo albicapillus)
S. a. albicapillus
S. a. horrensis
Golden-breasted Starling (Lamprotornis regius) -- Alternative English Name(s): Taveta Golden-breasted Starling -- Alternative scientific name(s): L. r. regius, L. r. donaldsoni, L. r. magnificus
Ashy Starling (Lamprotornis unicolor)
Wattled Starling (Creatophora cinerea) -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. carunculata
Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) -- Alternative English Name(s): Starling
S. v. vulgaris
S. v. purpurascens
S. v. granti
Spotless Starling (Sturnus unicolor)
Rose-coloured Starling (Sturnus roseus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Rosy Starling
Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis) -- Alternative English Name(s): Indian Myna
A. t. tristoides
A. t. tristis
Yellow-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus africanus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Congo Yellow-billed Oxpecker
B. a. africanus -- Alternative scientific name(s): B. a. megarhynchus
B. a. langi -- Alternative English Name(s): Congo Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Red-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus erythorhynchus) -- Alternative scientific name(s): B. e. erythtothynchus, B. e. caffer, B. e. scotinus, B. e. bestiarum, B. e. invictus, B. e. angolensis
Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
B. g. garrulus
Algerian Nuthatch (Sitta ledanti) -- Alternative English Name(s): Kabylie Nuthatch
Eurasian Nuthatch (Sitta europaea) -- Alternative English Name(s): Wood Nuthatch
S. e. atlas
Wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria)
T. m. muraria
Spotted Creeper (Salpornis spilonota) -- Alternative English Name(s): African Spotted Creeper
S. s. salvadori -- Alternative English Name(s): Southern Spotted Creeper -- Alternative scientific name(s): S. a. rovumae
S. s. emini -- Alternative English Name(s): White Nile Spotted Creeper, Nigerian Spotted Creeper -- Alternative scientific name(s): S. s. riggenbachi, S. s. macloudi, S. s. occidentalis
S. s. erlangeri -- Alternative English Name(s): Abyssinian Spotted Creeper Alternative scientific name(s): S. s. abyssinia
S. s. xylodromus
Short-toed Treecreeper (Certhia brachydactyla)
C. b. mauritanica
Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) -- Alternative English Name(s): Winter Wren
T. t. kabylorum
T. t. juniperi
Sudan Penduline Tit (Anthoscopus punctifrons) -- Alternative English Name(s): Sennar Penduline Tit, Sennar Cappoc-vogel
West African Penduline Tit (Anthoscopus parvulus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Yellow Penduline Tit, Yellow Cappoc-vogel
A. p. senegalensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Senegal Yellow Penduline Tit, Cameroon Yellow Penduline Tit -- Alternative scientific name(s): A. p. calotropiphilus, A. p. citrinus
A. p. citrinus
A. p. aureus
A. p. parvulus
Mouse-coloured Penduline Tit (Anthoscopus musculus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Mouse-coloured Cappoc-vogel
Yellow-fronted Penduline Tit (Anthoscopus flavifrons) -- Alternative English Name(s): Forest Penduline Tit, Yellow-fronted Cappoc-vogel -- Alternative scientific name(s): A. cameroonensis
A. f. flavifrons
A. f. waldroni
A. f. ruthae
Grey Penduline Tit (Anthoscopus caroli) -- Alternative English Name(s): African Penduline Tit, Buff-bellied Penduline Tit, Grey Cappoc-vogel -- Alternative scientific name(s): A. ansorgei
A. c. caroli
A. c. hellmayri -- Alternative English Name(s): Transvaal Grey Penduline Tit
A. c. robertsi -- Alternative English Name(s): Nyasa Grey Penduline Tit, Tary Grey Penduline Tit -- Alternative scientific name(s): A. c. taruensis
A. c. winterbottomi -- Alternative scientific name(s): A. c. pygmaea
A. c. roccatii -- Alternative English Name(s): Uganda Grey Penduline Tit
A. c. ansorgei -- Alternative English Name(s): Angola Yellow-fronted Penduline Tit
A. c. rhodesiae
A. c. pallescens -- Alternative English Name(s): Kenya Grey Penduline Tit -- Alternative scientific name(s): A. c. rothschildi
A. c. sylviella -- Alternative English Name(s): Buff-bellied Penduline Tit, Usafua Grey Penduline Tit -- Alternative scientific name(s): Anthroscopus sylviella, A. c. colomanni
A. c. sharpei
A. c. rankinei
Cape Penduline Tit (Anthoscopus minutus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Southern Penduline Tit, Cappoc-vogel
A. m. damarensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Damara Penduline Tit
A. m. minutus -- Alternative scientific name(s): A. m. levaillanti
A. m. gigi -- Alternative English Name(s): Transvaal Penduline Tit -- Alternative scientific name(s): A. m. smithi
Eurasian Penduline Tit (Remiz pendulinus)
R. p. pendulinus
R. p. menzbieri
Tit-hylia (Pholidornis rushie) -- Alternative English Name(s): Tit-weaver
P. r. ussheri -- Alternative English Name(s): Gold Coast Tit-hylia
P. r. rushiae
P. r. denti -- Alternative English Name(s): Congo Tit-hylia
P. r. bedfordi -- Alternative English Name(s): Fernando Po Tit-hylia
White-winged Tit (Parus leucomelas) -- Alternative English Name(s): White-winged Black Tit
P. l. guineensis -- Alternative English Name(s): White-shouldered Tit, White-shouldered Black Tit, Upper Guinea Black Tit, Omo Black Tit, Uganda Black Tit -- Alternative scientific name(s): Parus guineensis, P. l. leucopterus, P. l. acuum, P. l. purpurascens, P. l. camerunensis
P. l. insignis -- Alternative English Name(s): Angola Black Tit -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. l. fuelleborni
Southern Black Tit (Parus niger) -- Alternative English Name(s): Black Tit
P. n. niger
P. n. ravidus
P. n. xanthostomus
Carp's Tit (Parus carpi) -- Alternative English Name(s): Carp's Black Tit -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. niger carpi
White-bellied Tit (Parus albiventris) -- Alternative English Name(s): White-breasted Tit, Taveta White-breasted Tit -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. a. albiventris, P. a. curtus
White-backed Black Tit (Parus leuconotus) -- Alternative English Name(s): White-backed Tit
Dusky Tit (Parus funereus) -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. nigricinereus
P. f. funereus
P. f. gabela
Rufous-bellied Tit (Parus rufiventris) -- Alternative English Name(s): Cinnamon-breasted Tit
P. r. rufiventris
P. r. masukuensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Nyika Cinnamon-breasted Tit, Rovuma Cinnamon-breasted Tit -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. r. rovumae
P. r. pallidiventris -- Alternative English Name(s): Cinnamon-breasted Tit, Nyasa Cinnamon-breasted Tit -- Alternative scientific name(s): Parus pallidiventris
P. r. diligens
P. r. stentopictus
Red-throated Tit (Parus fringillinus)
Stripe-breasted Tit (Parus fasciiventer)
P. f. fasciiventer
P. f. tanganjikae
P. f. kaboboensis
Northern Grey Tit (Parus thruppi) -- Alternative English Name(s): Somali Tit, Acacia Tit
P. t. thruppi -- Alternative English Name(s): Somali Grey Tit
P. t. barakae -- Alternative English Name(s): Kenya Grey Tit -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. t. fricki
Miombo Grey Tit (Parus griseiventris) -- Alternative English Name(s): Miombo Tit, Tabora Grey Tit, Mashonaland Grey Tit -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. afer lundarum, P. g. griseiventris, P. g. parvirostris
Ashy Tit (Parus cinerascens) -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. afer
P. c. cinerascens -- Alternative English Name(s): Orange River Grey Tit -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. c. damarensis, P. c. intermedius
P. c. orphnus
P. c. benguelae
Southern Grey Tit (Parus afer) -- Alternative English Name(s): Grey Tit
P. a. afer
P. a. arens
Coal Tit (Parus ater)
P. a. atlas
P. a. ledouci
P. a. ater
Great Tit (Parus major)
P. m. excelsus
P. m. terraesanctae
Blue Tit (Parus caeruleus) -- Alternative English Name(s): European Blue Tit
P. c. ultramarinus -- Alternative English Name(s): African Blue Tit
P. c. cyrenaicae
P. c. ombriosus
P. c. palmensis
P. c. teneriffae
P. c. degener
Crested Tit (Parus cristatus)
P. c. weigoldi
Bearded Reedling (Panurus biarmicus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Bearded Parrotbill, Bearded Tit
P. b. biarmicus
Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
A. c. irbii
A. c. italiae
A. c. siculus