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African Country Comparisons

Information is derived from Sibley & Monroe checklists and bird distribution lists in Thayer's Birder's Diary - Version 2.05. Endemic birds can ONLY be found in the specific country listed. Speciality birds, while not endemic, are those that can only be found in three or less countries in Africa. Information on endangered birds is derived from the IUCN Red List, Birdlife International, and the supporting data bases developed by Ian Patton, of Merlin Species Watcher.  The endemic, endangered and speciality birds may be uncommon, may be extremely rare vagrants, may be extirpated in a particular country or may only be present in migration. Links for each country will take you directly to the speciality bird information for that country. Use your browser's BACK button to return to this page.

 
Country
Species
Families
Endemics
Specialities
Endangered
 
Algeria 374 53 1 8 9
Angola 971 75 8 8 16
Benin 575 69 0 5 1
Botswana 604 70 0 10 5
Burkina Faso 489 68 0 9 1
Cameroon 939 76 7 20 18
Canary, Madeira
and the Azores		 315 N/A 15 8 5
Cape Verde 143 35 12 6 4
Central African
Republic		 785 70 0 16 2
Chad 592 69 0 13 4
Comoros and Mayotte 150 42 16 19 7
Congo (Zaire) 1,176 73 14 74 25
Cote d'Ivoire 730 72 0 18 12
Djibouti 389 60 1 11 3
Egypt 437 55 0 33 12
Ethiopia/Eritrea 908 75 27 49 22
Gabon 757 72 0 22 7
Gambia 551 70 0 11 1
Ghana 725 70 0 23 9
Guinea 552 69 0 24 9
Kenya 1,137 75 8 76 25
Lesotho
See South Africa
Liberia 637 67 1 16 13
Libya 312 45 0 3 3
Madagascar 283 56 100 28 28
Malawi 694 71 0 30 9
Mali 658 66 1 10 6
Mauritania 571 70 0 10 4
Mauritius & Reunion 100 24 18 3 13
Morocco 460 42 0 18 12
Mozambique 690 N/A 0 40 13
Namibia 624 N/A 1 66 6
Niger 511 66 0 10 3
Nigeria 862 N/A 2 27 10
Sao Tome and 
Principe		 135 40 23 7 13
Senegal 659 72 0 12 8
Seychelles 206 43 11 13 9
Somalia 649 N/A 10 39 10
South Africa 852 77 23 70 16
Sudan 938 N/A 1 17 9
Swaziland See South Africa
Tanzania 1,104 75 76 21 30
Tunesia 350 50 0 9 6
Uganda 1,073 71 2 43 12
Zambia 791 70 1 27 12
Zimbabwe 685 71 0 14 9
Africa 2,296 85 N/A N/A 203

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