This bibliography on alien bird species at large in southern and south-central Africa is part of a national research programme on the ecology of biological invasions. The programme is administered by the Nature Conservation Research Section of the National Programme for Ecosystem Research of the CSIR, and forms part of an international project undertaken by SCOPE (Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment). A description of South Africa's participation in the SCOPE project has been published as number 72 in the CSIR's National Scientific Programmes Report series.