Passerines

A collection of species I have photographed

birds

Bushshrikes & Allies

Batises

Chinspot Batis

(Batis molitor)

Boubous & Gonoleks

Southern Boubou

(Laniarius ferrugineus)

Bushshrikes

Gorgeous Bushshrike

(Telophorus viridis)

Grey-headed Bushshrike

(Malaconotus blanchoti)

Helmetshrikes

White-crested Helmetshrike

(Prionops plumatus)

Puffbacks

Black-backed Puffback

(Dryoscopus cubla)

Corvids

Crows & Ravens

Eurasian Jackdaw

(Coloeus monedula)

Hooded Crow

(Corvus cornix)

Pied Crow

(Corvus albus)

White-necked Raven

(Corvus albicollis)

Jays

Eurasian Jay

(Garrulus glandarius)

Magpies

Eurasian Magpie

(Pica pica)

Drongos & Fantails

Drongos

Black Drongo

(Dicrurus macrocercus)

Fork-tailed Drongo

(Dicrurus adsimilis)

Square-tailed Drongo

(Dicrurus ludwigii)

Fantails

Kinglets

Goldcrest

(Regulus regulus)

Monarchs

African Paradise-Flycatcher

(Terpsiphone viridis)

Old World Flycatchers & Allies

Chats & Robins

African Stonechat

(Saxicola torquatus)

Bearded Scrub-Robin

(Cercotrichas quadrivirgata)

Common Redstart

(Phoenicurus phoenicurus)

European Robin

(Erithacus rubecula)

Indian Robin

(Copsychus fulicatus)

Mocking Cliff-Chat

(Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris)

Red-backed Scrub-Robin

(Cercotrichas leucophrys)

Red-capped Robin-chat

(Cossypha natalensis)

White-throated Robin-Chat

(Dessonornis humeralis)

Old World Flycatchers

Ashy Flycatcher

(Fraseria caerulescens)

Pale Flycatcher

(Agricola pallidus)

Southern Black Flycatcher

(Melaenornis pammelaina)

Spotted Flycatcher

(Muscicapa striata)

Oxpeckers

Red-billed Oxpecker

(Buphagus erythrorynchus)

Starlings

Brahminy Starling

(Sturnia pagodarum)

Cape Starling

(Lamprotornis nitens)

Common Myna

(Acridotheres tristis)

Common Starling

(Sturnus vulgaris)

Indian Pied Starling

(Gracupica contra)

Red-winged Starling

(Onychognathus morio)

Violet-backed Starling

(Cinnyricinclus leucogaster)

Thrushes

Eurasian Blackbird

(Turdus merula)

Fieldfare

(Turdus pilaris)

Kurrichane Thrush

(Turdus libonyana)

Redwing

(Turdus iliacus)

Song Thrush

(Turdus philomelos)

Western Bluebird

(Sialia mexicana)

Old World Warblers & Allies

Bulbuls

Common Bulbul

(Pycnonotus barbatus)

Red-vented Bulbul

(Pycnonotus cafer)

Sombre Greenbul

(Andropadus importunus)

Yellow-bellied Greenbul

(Chlorocichla flaviventris)

Bushtits

Long-tailed Tit

(Aegithalos caudatus)

Cisticolas & Allies

Green-backed Camaroptera

(Camaroptera brachyura)

Grassbirds & Allies

Common Grasshopper Warbler

(Locustella naevia)

Larks

Sabota Lark

(Calendulauda sabota)

Laughingthrushes

Large Grey Babbler

(Argya malcolmi)

Leaf Warblers

Common Chiffchaff

(Phylloscopus collybita)

Willow Warbler

(Phylloscopus trochilus)

Reedlings

Bearded Reedling

(Panurus biarmicus)

Typical Warblers

Eurasian Blackcap

(Sylvia atricapilla)

Lesser Whitethroat

(Curruca curruca)

White-eyes

Cape White-eye

(Zosterops virens)

Sparrows, Finches & Allies

Accentors

Dunnock

(Prunella modularis)

Buntings

Golden-breasted Bunting

(Emberiza flaviventris)

Reed Bunting

(Emberiza schoeniclus)

Yellowhammer

(Emberiza citrinella)

Estrildid Finches

African Firefinch

(Lagonosticta rubricata)

Black-tailed Waxbill

(Estrilda perreini)

Blue Waxbill

(Uraeginthus angolensis)

Bronze Mannikin

(Spermestes cucullata)

Common Waxbill

(Estrilda astrild)

Jameson’s Firefinch

(Lagonosticta rhodopareia)

Pink-throated Twinspot

(Hypargos margaritatus)

New World Blackbirds

Great-tailed Grackle

(Quiscalus mexicanus)

Old World Sparrows

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

(Passer montanus)

House Sparrow

(Passer domesticus)

Yellow-throated Sparrow

(Gymnoris xanthocollis)

True Finches

Brambling

(Fringilla montifringilla)

Common Chaffinch

(Fringilla coelebs)

Common Redpoll

(Acanthis flammea)

Eurasian Siskin

(Spinus spinus)

European Goldfinch

(Carduelis carduelis)

European Greenfinch

(Chloris chloris)

House Finch

(Haemorhous mexicanus)

Red Crossbill

(Loxia curvirostra)

Yellow-fronted Canary

(Crithagra mozambica)

Weavers

African Golden Weaver

(Ploceus subaureus)

Dark-backed Weaver

(Ploceus bicolor)

Southern Red Bishop

(Euplectes orix)

Thick-billed Weaver

(Amblyospiza albifrons)

Village Weaver

(Ploceus cucullatus)

Whydahs & Indigobirds

Long-tailed Paradise Whydah

(Vidua paradisaea)

Sunbirds & Flowerpeckers

Flowerpeckers

Thick-billed Flowerpecker

(Dicaeum agile)

Sunbirds

Purple Sunbird

(Cinnyris asiaticus)

Purple-banded Sunbird

(Cinnyris bifasciatus)

Swallows & Martins

Barn Swallow

(Hirundo rustica)

Lesser Striped Swallow

(Cecropis abyssinica)

Wire-tailed Swallow

(Hirundo smithii)

Tits

Coal Tit

(Periparus ater)

Crested Tit

(Lophophanes cristatus)

Euraisan Blue Tit

(Cyanistes caeruleus)

Great Tit

(Parus major)

Willow Tit

(Poecile montanus)

Wagtails & Pipits

Longclaws

Yellow-throated Longclaw

(Macronyx croceus)

Pipits

Meadow Pipit

(Anthus pratensis)

Tree Pipit

(Anthus trivialis)

Wagtails

African Pied Wagtail

(Motacilla aguimp)

Grey Wagtail

(Motacilla cinerea)

White Wagtail

(Motacilla alba)

Waxwings & Allies

Waxwings

Bohemian Waxwing

(Bombycilla garrulus)

Wrens & Allies

Nuthatches

Eurasian Nuthatch

(Sitta europaea)

Treecreepers

Eurasian Treecreeper

(Certhia familiaris)

Wrens

Cactus Wren

(Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus)

Eurasian Wren

(Troglodytes troglodytes)