WoRMS source details
Anas capensis Gmelin, 1789 (basis of record)
Anas crecca Linnaeus, 1758 (basis of record)
Anas erythrorhyncha Gmelin, 1789 (basis of record)
Anas penelope Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Mareca penelope (Linnaeus, 1758) (additional source)
Anas querquedula Linnaeus, 1758 accepted as Spatula querquedula (Linnaeus, 1758) (additional source)
Anas undulata Dubois, 1839 (basis of record)
Anastomus Bonnaterre, 1790 (basis of record)
Anastomus lamelligerus Temminck, 1823 (basis of record)
Anhinga Brisson, 1760 (basis of record)
Anhinga melanogaster Pennant, 1769 (basis of record)
Aptenodytes J. R. Forster, 1777 (basis of record)
Aptenodytes patagonicus Miller, 1778 (basis of record)
Ardea Linnaeus, 1758 (basis of record)
Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758 (basis of record)
Ardea goliath Cretzschmar, 1827 (basis of record)
Ardea melanocephala Vigors & Children, 1826 (basis of record)
Ardea purpurea Linnaeus, 1766 (basis of record)
Ardeola Boie, 1822 (basis of record)
Ardeola idae (Hartlaub, 1860) (basis of record)
Ardeola ralloides (Scopoli, 1769) (basis of record)
Aviceda Swainson, 1836 (basis of record)
Aviceda cuculoides Swainson, 1837 (basis of record)
Bostrychia Gray, 1847 (basis of record)
Bostrychia hagedash (Latham, 1790) (basis of record)
Bubulcus Bonaparte, 1855 (basis of record)
Bubulcus ibis (Linnaeus, 1758) (additional source)
Bulweria Bonaparte, 1843 (additional source)
Bulweria bulwerii (Jardine & Selby, 1828) (additional source)
Bulweria fallax Jouanin, 1955 (basis of record)
Butorides Blyth, 1852 (basis of record)
Butorides striata (Linnaeus, 1758) (basis of record)
Calonectris Mathews & Iredale, 1915 (additional source)
Calonectris diomedea (Scopoli, 1769) (additional source)
Casmerodius albus (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Egretta alba (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Ardea alba Linnaeus, 1758 (source of synonymy)
Ciconia Brisson, 1760 (basis of record)
Ciconia episcopus (Boddaert, 1783) (basis of record)
Daption Stephens, 1826 (basis of record)
Daption capense (Linnaeus, 1758) (basis of record)
Dendrocygna Swainson, 1837 (basis of record)
Dendrocygna bicolor (Vieillot, 1816) (basis of record)
Diomedea Linnaeus, 1758 (basis of record)
Diomedea cauta Gould, 1841 accepted as Thalassarche cauta (Gould, 1841) (basis of record)
Diomedea chlororhynchos Gmelin, 1789 accepted as Thalassarche chlororhynchos (Gmelin, 1789) (basis of record)
Diomedea chrysostoma Forster, 1785 accepted as Thalassarche chrysostoma (Forster, 1785) (basis of record)
Diomedea exulans Linnaeus, 1758 (basis of record)
Diomedea melanophris Temminck, 1828 accepted as Thalassarche melanophris (Temminck, 1828) (basis of record)
Egretta Brisson, 1760 (basis of record)
Egretta alba (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Ardea alba Linnaeus, 1758 (basis of record)
Egretta ardesiaca (Wagler, 1827) (basis of record)
Egretta garzetta (Linnaeus, 1766) (additional source)
Egretta gularis (Bosc, 1792) (basis of record)
Egretta intermedia (Wagler, 1829) (basis of record)
Eudyptes Vieillot, 1816 (basis of record)
Eudyptes chrysocome (Forster, 1781) (basis of record)
Eudyptes chrysolophus (Brandt, 1837) (basis of record)
Falco Linnaeus, 1758 (basis of record)
Falco concolor Temminck, 1825 (basis of record)
Falco eleonorae Géné, 1839 (basis of record)
Fregata de Lacepède, 1799 (basis of record)
Fregata ariel (Gray, 1845) (basis of record)
Fregata minor (Gmelin, 1789) (basis of record)
Fregetta Bonaparte, 1855 (basis of record)
Fregetta grallaria (Vieillot, 1817) (basis of record)
Fregetta tropica (Gould, 1844) (basis of record)
Fulmarus Stephens, 1826 (additional source)
Fulmarus glacialoides (Smith, 1840) (basis of record)
Gypohierax Rueppell, 1835 (basis of record)
Gypohierax angolensis (Gmelin, 1788) (basis of record)
Haliaeetus Savigny, 1809 (basis of record)
Haliaeetus vocifer (Daudin, 1800) (basis of record)
Halobaena Bonaparte, 1856 (basis of record)
Halobaena caerulea (Gmelin, 1789) (basis of record)
Hydrobates Boie F., 1822 (additional source)
Hydrobates pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758) (additional source)
Ixobrychus Billberg, 1828 (basis of record)
Ixobrychus minutus (Linnaeus, 1766) (basis of record)
Macheiramphus Westerman, 1848 (basis of record)
Macheiramphus alcinus Westerman, 1851 (basis of record)
Macronectes Richmond, 1905 (basis of record)
Macronectes giganteus (Gmelin, 1789) (basis of record)
Macronectes halli Mathews, 1912 (basis of record)
Milvus Lacepede, 1799 (basis of record)
Milvus migrans (Boddaert, 1783) (basis of record)
Morus capensis (Lichtenstein, 1823) (source of synonymy)
Mycteria Linnaeus, 1758 (basis of record)
Mycteria ibis (Linnaeus, 1766) (basis of record)
Nettapus Brandt, 1836 (basis of record)
Nettapus auritus (Boddaert, 1783) (basis of record)
Nycticorax Moehring, 1758 (basis of record)
Nycticorax nycticorax (Linnaeus, 1758) (additional source)
Oceanites Keyserling & Blasius, 1840 (additional source)
Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl, 1820) (additional source)
Oceanodroma Reichenbach, 1853 (additional source)
Oceanodroma leucorhoa (Vieillot, 1818) (additional source)
Oceanodroma matsudairae Kuroda, 1922 (basis of record)
Oceanodroma monorhis (Swinhoe, 1867) (basis of record)
Oxyura Bonaparte, 1831 (basis of record)
Oxyura maccoa (Eyton, 1838) (basis of record)
Pachyptila Illiger, 1811 (basis of record)
Aldabra for Fregata minor (Gmelin, 1789)
Aldabra for Phaethon lepturus Daudin, 1802
Aldabra for Phaethon rubricauda Boddaert, 1783
Comores for Fregata ariel (Gray, 1845)
Comores for Fregata minor (Gmelin, 1789)
Comores for Milvus migrans (Boddaert, 1783)
Comores for Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl, 1820)
Comores for Phaethon lepturus Daudin, 1802
Comores for Phaethon rubricauda Boddaert, 1783
Comores for Puffinus carneipes Gould, 1844
Comores for Puffinus lherminieri Lesson, 1839
Comores for Puffinus pacificus (Gmelin, 1789)
Djibouti for Anas capensis Gmelin, 1789
Djibouti for Anas crecca Linnaeus, 1758
Djibouti for Anas erythrorhyncha Gmelin, 1789
Djibouti for Anas penelope Linnaeus, 1758
Djibouti for Anas querquedula Linnaeus, 1758
Djibouti for Anas undulata Dubois, 1839
Djibouti for Anhinga melanogaster Pennant, 1769
Djibouti for Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758
Djibouti for Ardea goliath Cretzschmar, 1827
Djibouti for Ardea melanocephala Vigors & Children, 1826
Djibouti for Ardeola ralloides (Scopoli, 1769)
Djibouti for Bubulcus ibis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Djibouti for Bulweria fallax Jouanin, 1955
Djibouti for Butorides striata brevipes (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833)
Djibouti for Ciconia episcopus (Boddaert, 1783)
Djibouti for Dendrocygna bicolor (Vieillot, 1816)
Djibouti for Dromas ardeola Paykull, 1805
Djibouti for Egretta alba (Linnaeus, 1758)
Djibouti for Egretta garzetta (Linnaeus, 1766)
Djibouti for Egretta gularis (Bosc, 1792)
Djibouti for Falco concolor Temminck, 1825
Djibouti for Falco eleonorae Géné, 1839
Djibouti for Fregata ariel (Gray, 1845)
Djibouti for Glareola pratincola (Linnaeus, 1766)
Djibouti for Haematopus ostralegus Linnaeus, 1758
Djibouti for Himantopus himantopus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Djibouti for Milvus migrans (Boddaert, 1783)
Djibouti for Mycteria ibis (Linnaeus, 1766)
Djibouti for Nettapus auritus (Boddaert, 1783)
Djibouti for Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl, 1820)
Djibouti for Oceanodroma monorhis (Swinhoe, 1867)
Djibouti for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Djibouti for Pelecanus rufescens Gmelin, 1789
Djibouti for Phaethon aethereus Linnaeus, 1758
Djibouti for Phalacrocorax africanus (Gmelin, 1789)
Djibouti for Phalacrocorax nigrogularis Ogilvie-Grant & Forbes, 1899
Djibouti for Phoenicopterus ruber Linnaeus, 1758
Djibouti for Platalea alba Scopoli, 1786
Djibouti for Plegadis falcinellus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Djibouti for Puffinus lherminieri Lesson, 1839
Djibouti for Recurvirostra avosetta Linnaeus, 1758
Djibouti for Sula dactylatra Lesson, 1831
Djibouti for Sula leucogaster (Boddaert, 1783)
Djibouti for Sula sula (Linnaeus, 1766)
Djibouti for Tachybaptus ruficollis (Pallas, 1764)
Djibouti for Threskiornis aethiopicus (Latham, 1790)
East Africa for Oceanodroma matsudairae Kuroda, 1922
Eritrea for Anas capensis Gmelin, 1789
Eritrea for Anas crecca Linnaeus, 1758
Eritrea for Anas erythrorhyncha Gmelin, 1789
Eritrea for Anas penelope Linnaeus, 1758
Eritrea for Anas querquedula Linnaeus, 1758
Eritrea for Anas undulata Dubois, 1839
Eritrea for Anhinga melanogaster Pennant, 1769
Eritrea for Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758
Eritrea for Ardea goliath Cretzschmar, 1827
Eritrea for Ardea melanocephala Vigors & Children, 1826
Eritrea for Ardeola ralloides (Scopoli, 1769)
Eritrea for Ciconia episcopus (Boddaert, 1783)
Eritrea for Dendrocygna bicolor (Vieillot, 1816)
Eritrea for Diomedea Linnaeus, 1758
Eritrea for Dromas ardeola Paykull, 1805
Eritrea for Egretta alba (Linnaeus, 1758)
Eritrea for Egretta garzetta (Linnaeus, 1766)
Eritrea for Egretta gularis (Bosc, 1792)
Eritrea for Egretta intermedia (Wagler, 1829)
Eritrea for Falco concolor Temminck, 1825
Eritrea for Falco eleonorae Géné, 1839
Eritrea for Fregata ariel (Gray, 1845)
Eritrea for Haematopus ostralegus Linnaeus, 1758
Eritrea for Haliaeetus vocifer (Daudin, 1800)
Eritrea for Himantopus himantopus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Eritrea for Milvus migrans (Boddaert, 1783)
Eritrea for Mycteria ibis (Linnaeus, 1766)
Eritrea for Nettapus auritus (Boddaert, 1783)
Eritrea for Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Eritrea for Pelecanus rufescens Gmelin, 1789
Eritrea for Phaethon aethereus Linnaeus, 1758
Eritrea for Phalacrocorax africanus (Gmelin, 1789)
Eritrea for Phalacrocorax nigrogularis Ogilvie-Grant & Forbes, 1899
Eritrea for Phoenicopterus ruber Linnaeus, 1758
Eritrea for Platalea alba Scopoli, 1786
Eritrea for Plegadis falcinellus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Eritrea for Recurvirostra avosetta Linnaeus, 1758
Eritrea for Sula dactylatra Lesson, 1831
Eritrea for Sula leucogaster (Boddaert, 1783)
Eritrea for Sula sula (Linnaeus, 1766)
Size: small, slender bodied. Plumage: bright metallic wing speculum in both male and female; wings long and pointed; ... [details]
Length: 44-48 cm. Plumage: brownish grey with wide pale edges to body feathers giving a scalloped appearance, head ... [details]
Length: 34-38 cm. Plumage: above and below vermiculated grey; head chestnut with irridescent green band from lores ... [details]
Length: 43-48 cm. Plumage: above and below dark brown with wide buffy feather edges giving a scalloped appearance; ... [details]
Length: 45-51 cm. Plumage: body vermiculated grey; head chestnut with buffy-cream forehead and crown and pinkish ... [details]
Length: 37-41 cm. Plumage: Breeding male vermiculated grey flanks, dark back, mottled brown breast; Head, neck and ... [details]
Length: 51-63 cm. Plumage: dark brownish grey with broad paler edging to feathers giving scaley appearance; head ... [details]
Size: medium. Other details: bill with curving lower mandible separated from upper by a gap with only tips meeting. [details]
Length: 81-94 cm. Plumage: brownish black with a green gloss on chest, neck and mantle. Immature as adult. Bare ... [details]
Size: large. Resemble cormorants but slimmer. Head small; bill long, slender, pointed bill without hook; neck long ... [details]
Length: 71-79 cm. Plumage: male largely black with greenish gloss; foreneck chestnut with a white lateral stripe; ... [details]
Size: very large, 1.0-1.3 m tall. Plumage: yellow on upper breast. Bare parts: bill long, slender, pointed, ... [details]
Length: 94 cm. Plumage: Head, wings and tail black; belly white; back blue-grey; black line from back of head ... [details]
Size: medium to large. Plumage: with lanceolate crest and scapular plumes. [details]
Length: 90-100cm. Plumage: Generally grey with head, lower neck and underparts white; black stripe over eye ending ... [details]
Length: 120-152 cm. Plumage: grey back; chestnut head, neck and belly; foreneck and breast white streaked black. ... [details]
Length: 84-97 cm. Plumage: general colour grey; top of head, occipital plumes and neck black; foreneck white; ... [details]
Length: 79-89 cm. Plumage: brownish grey above, rufous and black below; crown black; neck rufous with black stripes ... [details]
Size: small, stocky. Plumage: cryptic on ground, white on wings shows on takeoff. Othe details: legs short; claws long. [details]
Length: 45-48 cm. Plumage: dark brown above heavily streaked with black; dull brown heavily streaked black on ... [details]
Length: 43-46 cm. Plumage: breeding buffy brown above white below; crest, head, breast and upper back pale with ... [details]
Size: small to medium. Plumage: crest on head; adult plumage barred below, immature streaked; wings long and pointed. ... [details]
Length: 40 cm. Plumage: brownish grey above, greyer on throat and breast; belly and underwing white barred rufuos; ... [details]
Size: medium. Plumage: mostly prown with bronze and greenish inidescence, especially on wing coverts. Other ... [details]
Length: 76-89 cm. Plumage: dark brownish grey with green iridescence on wing coverts and bronze gloss on back; ... [details]
Size: small, stocky. Plumage: white with buff in breeding plumage. Other details: bills short and stout; follow ... [details]
Length: 50-56 cm. Plumage: white in non- and white with buff plumes on crown, back and breast in breeding season. ... [details]
Very similar to Pterodroma, but with more wedge-shaped tails. [details]
Size: small and stocky. Other details: short legs; short heavy necks; large bill; strongly curved claws. [details]
Length: 40-41 cm. Plumage: general colour blackish green; grey below; throat white; buff to chestnut line down ... [details]
Medium-sized shearwaters. Bill long, strong, pale in colour with nasal tubes not bevelled, opening forward. Tarsus ... [details]
Size: medium to large. Plumage: mainly black and white. Other details: fly with neck fully extended. Highly gregarious. [details]
Length: 86 cm. Plumage: glossy black with a wooly white neck and head. Immature blackish brown above, pale sooty ... [details]
Medium-sized, stocky, fulmarine petrel. Plumage pied. Bill broad with nasal tube relatively short, aperture appears ... [details]
Large, white-bodied birds with black or black and white wings. Twelve tail feathers. <388> [details]
Length: 89-99 cm; wingspan: 198-244 cm. Colour: Adult: Head and body white, with a grey nape, mantle, cheeks and ... [details]
Length: 74–86 cm; wingspan: 178–206 cm. Colour: Adult: head, nape and mantle white with a grey wash; dark brown ... [details]
Length: 71-82 cm; wingspan: 214 cm. Colour: Adult: Head and throat pale bluish-grey; underparts whiite; mantle and ... [details]
Length: 120-130 cm; wingspan: 272-328 cm. Colour: Adult: This plumage attained in a minimum of five years. Mostly ... [details]
Length: 81-95 cm; Wingspan: 214-244 cm. Colour: Adult: Body white; upper wing black, under wing white with black ... [details]
Size: small to medium. Plumage: white or with white phase; long lanceolate plumes variously on crown, nape, back ... [details]
Length: 85-95. Plumage: White; long white back plumes in breeding adult. Immature like non-breeding adult. Bare ... [details]
Length: 48-66 cm. Plumage: slaty-black; heavy, shaggy crest. Immature like adult but duller without head-plumes. ... [details]
Length: 55-65 cm Plumage: white. Dark morph varies from bluish grey to black. Long plumes on head neck and back ... [details]
Length: 55-66 cm. Plumage: white or blackish with white chin; two long narrow plumes on occiput, scapular aigrettes ... [details]
Length: 61-69 cm. Plumage: white; long plumes on back and breast when breeding. Immature like non-breeding adult. ... [details]
Size: medium. Plumage: yellow or red plumes on sides of head. Bare parts: bill and feet red. [details]
Length: 66-76 cm. Plumage: adult with head, throat, back, wings, tail and undertail coverts black, breast and belly ... [details]
Size: small to medium. Plumage; head often with moustacial streaks; wings long and pointed; tails medium to long. ... [details]
Length: 33-36 cm. Plumage: uniform slate grey with black wingtips and malar stripe; wings long and narrow. Immature ... [details]
Length: 36-40 cm. Plumage: dark slate grey above, rich rufous streaked with black below (rare dark morph appears ... [details]
Size: large. Other details: very long pointed wings sharply bent at carpal joint; long deeply forked tail; short ... [details]
Length: 71-81 cm. Plumage: Generally black; male with white patches on upper flanks extending into wing linings; ... [details]
Length: 86-100 cm. Plumage: Male entirely black. Female black with grey throat, white breast. Immature brown; head ... [details]
Small petrels. Wings long. Tails very slightly forked. Legs shorter, feet not projecting beyond tail-tip. Plumage ... [details]
Size: medium. Plumage: short, very broad, rounded wings; short rounded tail about half of wing length. Other ... [details]
Length: 60 cm. Plumage: white with black back, secondaries and tail; tail tipped white, primaries tipped black. ... [details]
Size: large to very large. Plumage: wings long and broad, tail short. Other details: bill large and strong; tarsus ... [details]
Length: 63-73 cm. Plumage: Head and tail white; back and wings black; wing coverts, belly and crissum dark chestnut. ... [details]
Small-sized. Tail square-cut. Resemble prions, but wings more narrow and pointed than prions with outer 2 primaries ... [details]
Size: small. Plumage: feathers of neck very long; colour patterns variable but immatures and some females heavily ... [details]
Length: 27-38 cm. Plumage: male greenish black on crown and back; wings buff; neck and wing patches ashy buff or ... [details]
Size: medium, slender, lightly built. Plumage: thick velvety feathers on lores; wing long, narrow and pointed; some ... [details]
Length: 45 cm. Plumage: Blackish brown with very faint barring on tail and crest on head; throat with varying amounts ... [details]
Largest of the Procellariidae—as large as the smaller albatrosses. Bills robust, longer than the head with large ... [details]
Size: large kite. Plumage: variable, brown or rufous; tail forked, wings rather long with rounded tips. Other ... [details]
Length: 51-60 cm. Plumage: brown with slightly forked tail. Immature paler below with distinct streaks. Bare parts: ... [details]
Size: medium. Plumage: mainly white with red or pink and black in wings. Other details: naked head or face; bill ... [details]
Length: 95-105 cm. Plumage: pinkish white with black wings and tail. Immature greyish brown. Bare parts: iris ... [details]
Size: very small. Plumage: mostly white and glossy green. Other details: short conical shaped bills; whistling ... [details]
Length: 31-36 cm. Plumage: dark green above with a white face and neck; green patches on sides of neck in breeding ... [details]
Size: medium. Plumage: crest short with long plumes arising from rear; adult black, grey and white; immatures brown ... [details]
Length: 56-61 cm. Plumage: back and crown black; wings, rump and tail grey; face, foreneck and underparts white; ... [details]
Very small petrels. Wings long. Tail square-shaped with white coverts. Plumage mostly black but sometimes white on ... [details]
Palearctic migrant. Distribution: open Western Indian Ocean <388> [details]
Males hold tails stiffly erect. Bills of breeding males blue. Swim with head and neck low in water. Good divers; ... [details]
Small petrels. Blue -grey above, white below, with dark M-marks on upper wings (from behind) formed by blackish ... [details]
Size: large. Plumage: mainly white and brown; wings long. Other details: eyes large and directed foreword with no ... [details]
Length: 55-58 cm. Plumage: dark brown above, white below; facial mast brown; dusky streaks form an irregular band ... [details]
Large storm-petrels. Wings long. Tail slightly forked. Legs long, project beyond tail-tip. Plumage grey and white. ... [details]
Size: very large to enormous. Plumage: silky; white or grey with some black. Other details: wings long, tail very ... [details]
Size: 140-178 cm. Plumage: white; breeding birds have pinkish tinge; back of head with small crest; primaries, ... [details]
Length: 135-152 cm. Plumage: greyish white with a pink tinge; fairly prominent crest; breast feather long and ... [details]
Large, somewhat stout wih short pointed wings. Bill slightly decurved and pointed with serrate edges. Legs very ... [details]
Length: (excluding streamers) 50-55 cm. Colour: adult: white with uneven black barring on back, rump and inner wing ... [details]
Length: (excluding tail streamers) 38-43 cm. Colour: adult white with wing-tip, diagonal bar on the wing coverts, ... [details]
Length: (excluding streamers) 46-50 cm. Colour: adult white with a pink wash; a black crescent through the eye and ... [details]
Size: Medium to large. Plumage: mostly black; feathers not fully water-proof resulting in birds standing for ... [details]
Length: 51-60 cm Plumage: generally black with a faint greenish gloss; feathers from back to upper tail coverts ... [details]
Length: 61-64 cm. Plumage: Black. Bare parts: iris turquoise; face and gular skin yellow to yellow-orange; bill legs ... [details]
Length: 80-100 cm. Plumage: generally black with a greenish gloss; cheeks, throat to upper breast white; thigh ... [details]
Size: medium to large. Plumage: black with purple gloss; white filoplumes on head and neck when breeding. Immature ... [details]
Wholly sooty brown, smaller and more elegant than Diomedea spp. <388> [details]
Length: 81-87 cm; wingspan: 204 cm. Colour: Adult: uniformly dark sooty brown with a slightly darker head; bill black ... [details]
Size: small, less than 1 m tall. Plumage: deep pink, crimson and black. Other details: deep-keeled bill with upper ... [details]
Length: 81-90 cm <391>; 121-126 cm <393>. Plumage: generally deep rich pink; wings black and red in flight. Immature ... [details]
