Bird Call Library · 94 species · enrolled students only
The voices of the bush.
Listen before you look.
Voice is often the single most reliable way to identify a bird. Use this library throughout the course — in tandem with the Merlin Sound ID app, with the SSBHVC method, and out in the field. Search by name, filter by family, play any call.
Raptors (9)
African Harrier-Hawk
Polyboroides typus
Bateleur
Terathopius ecaudatus
Brown Snake-Eagle
Circaetus cinereus
Dark Chanting Goshawk
Melierax metabates
Lizard Buzzard
Kaupifalco monogrammicus
Martial Eagle
Polemaetus bellicosus
Secretarybird
Sagittarius serpentarius
Shikra
Accipiter badius
White-backed Vulture
Gyps africanus
Owls (5)
African Barred Owlet
Glaucidium capense
African Scops-Owl
Otus senegalensis
Pearl-spotted Owlet
Glaucidium perlatum
Spotted Eagle-Owl
Bubo africanus
Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl
Bubo lacteus
Hornbills (5)
African Grey Hornbill
Lophoceros nasutus
Red-billed Hornbill
Tockus erythrorhynchus
Southern Ground-Hornbill
Bucorvus leadbeateri
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Tockus leucomelas
Trumpeter Hornbill
Bycanistes bucinator
Kingfishers (6)
African Pygmy-Kingfisher
Ispidina picta
Brown-hooded Kingfisher
Halcyon albiventris
Giant Kingfisher
Megaceryle maxima
Pied Kingfisher
Ceryle rudis
Striped Kingfisher
Halcyon chelicuti
Woodland Kingfisher
Halcyon senegalensis
Bee-eaters, Rollers & Hoopoes (5)
African Hoopoe
Upupa africana
Common Scimitarbill
Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
Green Wood-hoopoe
Phoeniculus purpureus
Lilac-breasted Roller
Coracias caudatus
Little Bee-eater
Merops pusillus
Woodpeckers, Barbets & Honeyguides (6)
Bearded Woodpecker
Chloropicus namaquus
Black-collared Barbet
Lybius torquatus
Cardinal Woodpecker
Dendropicos fuscescens
Crested Barbet
Trachyphonus vaillantii
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
Campethera abingoni
Greater Honeyguide
Indicator indicator
Cuckoos, Coucals & Turacos (4)
Burchell’s Coucal
Centropus burchellii
Grey Go-Away-Bird
Crinifer concolor
Purple-crested Turaco
Tauraco porphyreolophus
Red-chested Cuckoo
Cuculus solitarius
Doves & Pigeons (4)
African Green-Pigeon
Treron calvus
Cape Turtle-dove
Streptopelia capicola
Laughing Dove
Spilopelia senegalensis
Red-eyed Dove
Streptopelia semitorquata
Gamebirds & Korhaans (6)
Crested Francolin
Ortygornis sephaena
Double-banded Sandgrouse
Pterocles bicinctus
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagris
Natal Spurfowl
Pternistis natalensis
Red-crested Korhaan
Lophotis ruficrista
Swainson’s Spurfowl
Pternistis swainsonii
Waterbirds (10)
African Darter
Anhinga rufa
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanus
Black Crake
Zapornia flavirostra
Blue Crane
Anthropoides paradiseus
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiaca
Green-backed Heron
Butorides striata
Grey Heron
Ardea cinerea
Hamerkop
Scopus umbretta
Saddle-billed Stork
Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
White-faced Duck
Dendrocygna viduata
Waders, Lapwings & Plovers (5)
Blacksmith Lapwing
Vanellus armatus
Crowned Lapwing
Vanellus coronatus
Spotted Thick-knee
Burhinus capensis
Three-banded Plover
Charadrius tricollaris
Water Thick-knee
Burhinus vermiculatus
Shrikes & Bush-shrikes (10)
Black-crowned Tchagra
Tchagra senegalus
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Tchagra australis
Brubru
Nilaus afer
Gorgeous Bush-shrike
Telophorus viridis
Grey-headed Bush-shrike
Malaconotus blanchoti
Retz’s Helmet-Shrike
Prionops retzii
Southern Boubou
Laniarius ferrugineus
Southern White-crowned Shrike
Eurocephalus anguitimens
Tropical Boubou
Laniarius major
White-crested Helmet-Shrike
Prionops plumatus
Bulbuls & Drongos (3)
Dark-capped Bulbul
Pycnonotus tricolor
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
Sombre Greenbul
Andropadus importunus
Babblers & Tits (3)
Arrow-marked Babbler
Turdoides jardineii
Red-faced Mousebird
Urocolius indicus
Southern Black Tit
Melaniparus niger
Flycatchers, Batises & Robins (4)
Ashy Flycatcher
Muscicapa caerulescens
Chinspot Batis
Batis molitor
Southern Black Flycatcher
Melaenornis pammelaina
White-browed Scrub-Robin
Cercotrichas leucophrys
Sunbirds, Oxpeckers & Orioles (3)
Black-headed Oriole
Oriolus larvatus
Marico Sunbird
Cinnyris mariquensis
Red-billed Oxpecker
Buphagus erythrorynchus
Cisticolas & Warblers (3)
Long-billed Crombec
Sylvietta rufescens
Rattling Cisticola
Cisticola chiniana
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Apalis flavida
Waxbills & Finches (2)
Blue Waxbill
Uraeginthus angolensis
Green-winged Pytilia
Pytilia melba
Parrots (1)
Brown-headed Parrot
Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
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