List of endemic birds of southern Africa

The following is a list of bird species endemic or near-endemic to southern Africa (South Africa, Lesotho, Eswatini, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and southern Mozambique).


 * Grey-winged francolin, Scleroptila africanus
 * Orange River francolin, Scleroptila levaillantoides
 * Red-billed spurfowl (red-billed francolin), Pternistes adspersus
 * Cape spurfowl (Cape francolin), Pternistes capensis
 * Natal spurfowl (Natal francolin), Pternistes natalensis
 * South African shelduck, Tadorna cana
 * Cape shoveler, Anas smithii
 * Fynbos buttonquail, Turnix hottentotta
 * Knysna woodpecker, Campethera notata
 * Ground woodpecker, Geocolaptes olivaceus
 * Acacia pied barbet, Tricholaema leucomelas
 * Monteiro's hornbill (Damara hornbill), Tockus monteiri
 * Southern yellow-billed hornbill, Tockus leucomelas
 * Bradfield's hornbill, Tockus bradfieldi
 * White-backed mousebird, Colius colius
 * Cape parrot, Poicephalus robustus
 * Ruppell's parrot, Poicephalus rueppellii
 * Rosy-faced lovebird, Agapornis roseicollis
 * Bradfield's swift, Apus bradfieldi
 * Knysna turaco, Tauraco corythaix
 * Ludwig's bustard, Neotis ludwigii
 * Red-crested korhaan, Eupodotis ruficrista
 * Southern black korhaan (black bustard), Afrotis afra (Eupodotis afra)
 * Northern black korhaan (white-quilled bustard), Afrotis afraoides (Eupodotis afraoides)
 * Ruppell's korhaan, Eupodotis rueppellii
 * Karoo korhaan, Eupodotis vigorsii
 * Blue korhaan, Eupodotis caerulescens
 * Blue crane, Anthropoides paradiseus
 * Namaqua sandgrouse, Pterocles namaqua
 * Double-banded sandgrouse, Pterocles bicinctus
 * Burchell's sandgrouse, Pterocles burchelli
 * Burchell's courser, Cursorius rufus
 * Hartlaub's gull, Larus hartlaubii
 * Cape vulture, Gyps coprotheres
 * Black harrier, Circus maurus
 * Southern pale chanting goshawk, Melierax canorus
 * Forest buzzard, Buteo trizonatus
 * Jackal buzzard, Buteo rufofuscus
 * Crowned cormorant, Phalacrocorax coronatus
 * Bank cormorant, Phalacrocorax neglectus
 * Southern bald ibis, Geronticus calvus
 * African penguin, Spheniscus demersus
 * Southern tchagra, Tchagra tchagra
 * Southern boubou, Laniarius ferrugineus
 * Crimson-breasted shrike, Laniarius atrococcineus
 * Bokmakierie, Telophorus zeylonus
 * Olive bushshrike, Telophorus olivaceus
 * White-tailed shrike, Lanioturdus torquatus
 * Cape batis, Batis capensis
 * Pririt batis, Batis pririt
 * Southern white-crowned shrike, Eurocephalus anguitimens
 * Cape rockjumper, Chaetops frenatus
 * Drakensberg rockjumper, Chaetops aurantius
 * Cape penduline tit, Anthoscopus minutus
 * Carp's tit, Parus carpi
 * Ashy tit, Parus cinerascens
 * Grey tit, Parus afer
 * African red-eyed bulbul, Pycnonotus nigricans
 * Cape bulbul, Pycnonotus capensis
 * Fairy flycatcher, Stenostira scita
 * Rockrunner, Achaetops pycnopygius
 * Cape grassbird, Sphenoeacus afer
 * Victorin's warbler, Bradypterus victorini
 * Karoo eremomela, Eremomela gregalis
 * Knysna warbler, Bradypterus sylvaticus
 * Barratt's warbler, Bradypterus barratti
 * Black-faced babbler, Turdoides melanops
 * Southern pied babbler, Turdoides bicolor
 * Bush blackcap, Lioptilus nigricapillus
 * Layard's tit-babbler, Parisoma layardi
 * Chestnut-vented tit-babbler, Parisoma subcaeruleum
 * Cape white-eye, Zosterops virens
 * Orange River white-eye, Zosterops pallidus
 * Grey-backed cisticola, Cisticola subruficapillus
 * Rufous-winged cisticola, Cisticola galactotes
 * Cloud cisticola, Cisticola textrix
 * Black-chested prinia, Prinia flavicans
 * Karoo prinia, Prinia maculosa
 * Drakensberg prinia, Prinia hypoxantha
 * Namaqua warbler, Phragmacia substriata
 * Robert's warbler, Oreophilais robertsi
 * Rufous-eared warbler, Malcorus pectoralis
 * Rudd's apalis, Apalis ruddi
 * Chirinda apalis, Apalis chirindensis
 * Barred wren-warbler, Calamonastes fasciolatus
 * Cinnamon-breasted warbler, Euryptila subcinnamomea
 * Monotonous lark, Mirafra passerina
 * Melodious lark, Mirafra cheniana
 * Cape clapper lark, Mirafra apiata
 * Eastern clapper lark, Mirafra fasciolata
 * Sabota lark (incl. Bradfield's), Mirafra sabota
 * Fawn-coloured lark, Calendulauda africanoides
 * Rudd's lark, Heteromirafra ruddi
 * Red lark, Certhilauda burra
 * Karoo lark, Certhilauda albescens
 * Barlow's lark, Certhilauda barlowi
 * Dune lark, Certhilauda erythrochlamys
 * Cape long-billed lark, Certhilauda curvirostris
 * Agulhas long-billed lark, Certhilauda brevirostris
 * Eastern long-billed lark, Certhilauda semitorquata
 * Karoo long-billed lark, Certhilauda subcoronata
 * Short-clawed lark, Certhilauda chuana
 * Gray's lark, Ammomanes grayi
 * Spike-heeled lark, Chersomanes albofasciata
 * Black-eared sparrow-lark, Eremopterix australis
 * Grey-backed sparrow-lark, Eremopterix verticalis
 * Stark's lark, Eremalauda starki
 * Pink-billed lark, Spizocorys conirostris
 * Botha's lark, Spizocorys fringillaris
 * Sclater's lark, Spizocorys sclateri
 * Large-billed lark, Galerida magnirostris
 * Cape rock thrush, Monticola rupestris
 * Sentinel rock thrush, Monticola explorator
 * Short-toed rock thrush, Monticola brevipes
 * Karoo thrush, Turdus smithi
 * Chat flycatcher, Bradornis infuscatus
 * Marico flycatcher, Bradornis mariquensis
 * Fiscal flycatcher, Sigelus silens
 * White-throated robin-chat, Cossypha humeralis
 * Chorister robin-chat, Cossypha dichroa
 * Brown scrub robin, Cercotrichas signata
 * Kalahari scrub robin, Cercotrichas paena
 * Karoo scrub robin, Cercotrichas coryphaeus
 * Herero chat, Namibornis herero
 * Buff-streaked chat, Oenanthe bifasciata
 * Mountain wheatear, Oenanthe monticola
 * Sickle-winged chat, Cercomela sinuata
 * Karoo chat, Cercomela schlegelii
 * Tractrac chat, Cercomela tractrac
 * Anteating chat, Myrmecocichla formicivora
 * Boulder chat, Pinarornis plumosus
 * Pale-winged starling, Onychognathus nabouroup
 * Burchell's starling, Lamprotornis australis
 * Pied starling, Spreo bicolor
 * Gurney's sugarbird, Promerops gurneyi
 * Cape sugarbird, Promerops cafer
 * Orange-breasted sunbird, Anthobaphes violacea
 * Southern double-collared sunbird, Cinnyris chalybea
 * Greater double-collared sunbird, Cinnyris afra
 * Neergaard's sunbird, Cinnyris neergaardi
 * Dusky sunbird, Cinnyris fusca
 * Great sparrow, Passer motitensis
 * Cape sparrow, Passer melanurus
 * Cape longclaw, Macronyx capensis
 * Yellow-breasted pipit, Anthus chloris
 * African rock pipit, Anthus crenatus
 * Scaly-feathered finch, Sporopipes squamifrons
 * Sociable weaver, Philetairus socius
 * Cape weaver, Ploceus capensis
 * Pink-throated twinspot, Hypargos margaritatus
 * Swee waxbill, Estrilda melanotis
 * Red-headed finch, Amadina erythrocephala
 * Shaft-tailed whydah, Vidua regia
 * Forest canary, Crithagra scotops
 * Lemon-breasted canary, Crithagra citrinipectus
 * Yellow canary, Crithagra flaviventris
 * White-throated canary, Crithagra albogularis
 * Protea canary, Crithagra leucoptera
 * Cape siskin, Crithagra totta
 * Drakensberg siskin, Crithagra symonsi
 * Cape canary, Serinus canicollis
 * Black-headed canary, Serinus alario
 * Lark-like bunting, Emberiza impetuani
 * Cape bunting, Emberiza capensis