Confused pairs
Incorrect answers between two species (undirected). With a country selected, only mix-ups from games in that country are counted, and only pairs where both species are on that country's checklist are shown.
| Species A (lower id) | Species B (higher id) | Total wrong | A was target → picked B | B was target → picked A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra | Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus | Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola | Dideric Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Blue-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur afer | Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius | Pied Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Dideric Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius | Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nubian Nightjar Caprimulgus nubicus | Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus | Bates's Nightjar Caprimulgus batesi | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dideric Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius | African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus | Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra | Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis | Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris | Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps | Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus | Stripe-breasted Tit Melaniparus fasciiventer | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei | Grey-hooded Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus | Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris | Malagasy Pond Heron Ardeola idae | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus | Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus | Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Congo Snake-Eagle Circaetus spectabilis | Short-toed Eagle Circaetus gallicus | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Western Banded Snake-Eagle Circaetus cinerascens | Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus | Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi | Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Cassin's Hawk-Eagle Aquila africana | Dark Chanting-Goshawk Melierax metabates | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar | Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Red-thighed Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza erythropus | Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Black Goshawk Astur melanoleucus | Long-tailed Hawk Urotriorchis macrourus | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Greyish Eagle Owl Bubo cinerascens | Verreaux's Eagle Owl Ketupa lactea | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus | Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus | Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Blue-breasted Bee-eater Merops variegatus | Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus | Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis | Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Western Tinkerbird Pogoniulus coryphaea | Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus | Amur Falcon Falco amurensis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Red-headed Lovebird Agapornis pullarius | African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Grey Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris caesius | White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Grey Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris caesius | Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis | Marsh Tchagra Bocagia minuta | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides | Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis | Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Fawn-coloured Lark Calendulauda africanoides | Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| White-tailed Lark Mirafra albicauda | Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| White-chinned Prinia Schistolais leucopogon | Rwenzori Apalis Oreolais ruwenzorii | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura | Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava | Pale Prinia Prinia somalica | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans | Foxy Cisticola Cisticola troglodytes | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana | Ashy Cisticola Cisticola cinereolus | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Red-pate Cisticola Cisticola ruficeps | Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Carruthers's Cisticola Cisticola carruthersi | White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Montane Blue Swallow Hirundo atrocaerulea | Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica | White-throated Blue Swallow Hirundo nigrita | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii | Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica | Rufous-chested Swallow Cecropis semirufa | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Little Greenbul Eurillas virens | Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus | Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus | Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera | Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus | Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus | Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta | Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata | African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nahan's Partridge Ptilopachus nahani | Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sooty Flycatcher Artomyias fuliginosa | Dusky-blue Flycatcher Bradornis comitatus | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri | Forest Scrub Robin Tychaedon leucosticta | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Spotted Morning-Thrush Cichladusa guttata | White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata | Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus | Whinchat Saxicola rubetra | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Moorland Chat Pinarochroa sordida | Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Green Sunbird Anthreptes rectirostris | Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tiny Sunbird Cinnyris minullus | Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus | Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus | Red-chested Sunbird Cinnyris erythrocercus | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus | Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Grey-capped Social-Weaver Pseudonigrita arnaudi | Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis | Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris | Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni | Black-billed Weaver Ploceus melanogaster | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis | Holub's Golden-Weaver Ploceus xanthops | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Holub's Golden-Weaver Ploceus xanthops | Northern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus castanops | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht | Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor | Brown-capped Weaver Ploceus insignis | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis | Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix | Black-winged Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer | Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris | Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| White-rumped Shrike Eurocephalus ruppelli | Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes | Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster | Red-cheeked Cordonbleu Uraeginthus bengalus | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus | Red-headed Bluebill Spermophaga ruficapilla | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura | Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah Vidua obtusa | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Parasitic Weaver Anomalospiza imberbis | Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus | Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys | Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus | White-rumped Seedeater Crithagra leucopygia | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus | Papyrus Canary Crithagra koliensis | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata | Thick-billed Seedeater Crithagra burtoni | 1 | 1 | 0 |