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Afrotropical birds

Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius.
Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus serratus.
White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus.
Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus.
African Swift Apus barbatus.
Bradfield's Swift Apus bradfieldi.
Little Swift Apus affinis.
White-rumped Swift Apus caffer.
African Palm-swift Cypsiurus parvus hyphaenes.
Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus.
Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma.
Double-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles bicinctus bicinctus.
Burchell’s Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli.
Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua.
Bruce’s Green-pigeon Treron waalia.
Namaqua Dove Oena capensis.
White-winged Collared-dove Streptopelia reichenowi.
Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea.
African Collared-dove Streptopelia roseogrisea.
Mourning Collared-dove Streptopelia decipiens.
Dusky Turtle-dove Streptopelia lugens.
White-collared Pigeon Columba albitorques.
Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea.
African Olive-pigeon Columba arquatrix.
Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis.
Hartlaub’s Francolin Pternistis hartlaubi.
Yellow-necked Francolin Pternistis leucoscepus.
Chestnut-naped Francolin Pternistis castaneicollis castaneicollis.
Erckel’s Francolin Pternistis erckelii.
Red-billed Francolin Pternistis adspersus adspersus.
Clapperton’s Francolin Pternistis clappertoni sharpii.
Crested Francolin Dendroperdix sephaena zambesiae.
Swainson’s Francolin Pternistis swainsonii.
Orange River Francolin Scleroptila gutturalis levalliantoides.
Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris papillosus.
Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum.
Southern Crested Guineafowl Guttera edouardi.
White-backed Night-heron Nycticorax leuconotus.
Goliath Heron Ardea goliath.
Slaty Egret Egretta vinaceigula.
Red-billed Duck Anas erythrorhyncha.
African Pygmy-goose Nettapus auritus.
Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis.
South African Shelduck Tadorna cana
Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus
Blue-winged Goose Cyanochen cyanopterus
White-faced Whistling-duck Dendrocygna viduata 
Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
Great White Pelican  Pelecanus onocrotalus
Cape Cormorant Phalacrocorax capensis.
White-breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo lucidus.
Crowned Cormorant Phalacrocorax coronatus.
Red-faced Crombec, Dolo Mena.  Take a look at this and other 12 Warbler species of Ethiopia.
Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis nominate spp.  Jemmu Valley. November.  See here up to 14 species of Weavers of Ethiopia.
White-backed Black Tit Parus leuconotus
White-cheeked Turaco Tauraco leucotis leucotis. See more photos of Ethiopian Turacos here.
Struthio camelus austrialis . Sesriem, Namib NP, Namibia, 11/11.  See more photos of Common & "Somali Ostrich"
Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus
Greyish Eagle-owl Bubo cinerascens
Cape Eagle-Owl Bubo capensis dillonii
Rufous-necked Wryneck Jynx ruficollis aequatorialis
Foxy Lark, Ethiopia. More photos of this species.
Arabian bustard, Ardeotis arabs. Awash NP Ethiopia.
Fan-tailed Raven, Corvus rhipidurus perched.
Lineated Pytilia Pytilia lineata.