318 species · 38 rare visitors · ordered by how often reported
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
Western Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscator
Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus
Yellow-crowned GonolekLaniarius barbarus
Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea
Beautiful SunbirdCinnyris pulchellus
Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
Yellow-billed ShrikeCorvinella corvina
Black KiteMilvus migrans
HamerkopScopus umbretta
Bleating CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
African ThrushTurdus pelios
Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
Long-tailed Glossy StarlingLamprotornis caudatus
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
Black-billed Wood DoveTurtur abyssinicus
African Green Bee-eaterMerops viridissimus
Northern Red-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus uropygialis
Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus chrysoconus
Double-spurred SpurfowlPternistis bicalcaratus
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
Senegal ParrotPoicephalus senegalus
African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Northern Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus
Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus
African Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos goertae
Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicus
Little HeronButorides atricapilla
Striated HeronButorides striata
African SilverbillEuodice cantans
Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
Senegal EremomelaEremomela pusilla- Sierra Madre CrowCorvus sierramadrensis
Pied CrowCorvus albus
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
Chestnut-bellied StarlingLamprotornis pulcher
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Little SwiftApus affinis
Black CrakeZapornia flavirostra
Northern PuffbackDryoscopus gambensis
Bronze MannikinSpermestes cucullata
Purple StarlingLamprotornis purpureus
Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
Pygmy SunbirdHedydipna platura
Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
Brown BabblerTurdoides plebejus
Bearded BarbetPogonornis dubius
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Lavender WaxbillGlaucestrilda caerulescens
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Little WeaverPloceus luteolus
Snowy-crowned Robin-ChatCossypha niveicapilla
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
White-crested HelmetshrikePrionops plumatus
Vitelline Masked WeaverPloceus vitellinus
Namaqua DoveOena capensis
Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
White-billed Buffalo WeaverBubalornis albirostris
Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
Singing CisticolaCisticola cantans
Speckle-fronted WeaverSporopipes frontalis
Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
Northern Black FlycatcherMelaenornis edolioides
Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
Angola White-eyeZosterops kasaicus
Northern Yellow White-eyeZosterops senegalensis
Northern Red BishopEuplectes franciscanus
Purple RollerCoracias naevius
Grey KestrelFalco ardosiaceus
Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
Northern CrombecSylvietta brachyura
Black-headed LapwingVanellus tectus
Western Olivaceous WarblerIduna opaca
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Yellow-billed EgretArdea brachyrhyncha
Grasshopper BuzzardButastur rufipennis
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
Levaillant's CuckooClamator levaillantii
Black-rumped WaxbillEstrilda troglodytes
Grey-headed BushshrikeMalaconotus blanchoti
Gabar GoshawkMicronisus gabar
White-rumped SeedeaterCrithagra leucopygia
African Golden OrioleOriolus auratus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Vieillot's BarbetLybius vieilloti
Sahel Bush SparrowGymnoris dentata
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-LarkEremopterix leucotis
Lizard BuzzardKaupifalco monogrammicus
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Red-necked FalconFalco chicquera
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Dark Chanting GoshawkMelierax metabates
Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
Stone PartridgePtilopachus petrosus
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Red-chested SwallowHirundo lucida
Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
PiapiacPtilostomus afer
Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
Red-throated Bee-eaterMerops bulocki
Blackcap BabblerTurdoides reinwardtii
Rufous-tailed Scrub RobinCercotrichas galactotes
Green Wood HoopoePhoeniculus purpureus
Timor NightjarCaprimulgus ritae
African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
Red-necked BuzzardButeo auguralis
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
Four-banded SandgrousePterocles quadricinctus
Gosling's BuntingEmberiza goslingi
Exclamatory Paradise WhydahVidua interjecta
Common HoopoeUpupa epops
African CuckooCuculus gularis
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Violet TuracoTauraco violaceus
Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
Allen's GallinulePorphyrio alleni
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
Yellow-billed OxpeckerBuphagus africanus
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
Pearl-spotted OwletGlaucidium perlatum
Black Scrub RobinCercotrichas podobe
Sahel Paradise WhydahVidua orientalis
Cut-throat FinchAmadina fasciata
Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus- Congo Serpent EagleCircaetus spectabilis
Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser superciliosus
Green-winged PytiliaPytilia melba
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Golden-breasted BuntingEmberiza flaviventris
Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
Lesser Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chloropterus
Great EgretArdea alba
Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Bruce's Green PigeonTreron waalia
Long-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus climacurus
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensis
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Pale FlycatcherAgricola pallidus
BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
Blue-breasted KingfisherHalcyon malimbica
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Common SwiftApus apus
Lesser HoneyguideIndicator minor
Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
Greater HoneyguideIndicator indicator
Senegal BatisBatis senegalensis
Black-winged Red BishopEuplectes hordeaceus
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicuti
White-crowned Robin-ChatCossypha albicapillus
Black ScimitarbillRhinopomastus aterrimus
Common WhitethroatCurruca communis
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
RuffCalidris pugnax
Blue-bellied RollerCoracias cyanogaster
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
Greyish Eagle-OwlBubo cinerascens
White-backed VultureGyps africanus
Egyptian PloverPluvianus aegyptius
African Pygmy KingfisherIspidina picta
Spotted Thick-kneeBurhinus capensis
African Harrier-HawkPolyboroides typus
Olive-naped WeaverPloceus brachypterus
European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
Little StintCalidris minuta
Abyssinian Ground HornbillBucorvus abyssinicus
Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Sun LarkGalerida modesta
Heuglin's Masked WeaverPloceus heuglini
African Green PigeonTreron calvus
Brown-throated Wattle-eyePlatysteira cyanea
Siberian PipitAnthus japonicus
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
Mosque SwallowCecropis senegalensis
Northern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicus
Mottled SpinetailTelacanthura ussheri
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Wahlberg's EagleHieraaetus wahlbergi
Plain NightjarCaprimulgus inornatus
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
Brown Snake EagleCircaetus cinereus
African Blue FlycatcherElminia longicauda
Fine-spotted WoodpeckerCampethera punctuligera
Neumann's StarlingOnychognathus neumanni
Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
Orange-cheeked WaxbillEstrilda melpoda
African Scops OwlOtus senegalensis
Northern White-faced OwlPtilopsis leucotis
White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
Orange-breasted BushshrikeChlorophoneus sulfureopectus
Chestnut-bellied SandgrousePterocles exustus
Swamp FlycatcherMuscicapa aquatica
Savile's BustardLophotis savilei
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
Western Barn OwlTyto alba
BrubruNilaus afer
Blue-spotted Wood DoveTurtur afer
Red-winged PriniaPrinia erythroptera
Bronze-tailed StarlingLamprotornis chalcurus
Beaudouin's Snake EagleCircaetus beaudouini
Pied-winged SwallowHirundo leucosoma
Red-breasted SwallowCecropis semirufa
Yellow-bellied EremomelaEremomela icteropygialis
African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis
African HobbyFalco cuvierii
Red-shouldered CuckooshrikeCampephaga phoenicea
Fox KestrelFalco alopex
Brown-backed WoodpeckerDendropicos obsoletus
European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
Mocking Cliff ChatThamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
White-shouldered Black TitMelaniparus guineensis
Scissor-tailed KiteChelictinia riocourii
Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
Tawny EagleAquila rapax
Red-headed QueleaQuelea erythrops
Oriole WarblerHypergerus atriceps
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
Brown-rumped BuntingEmberiza affinis
Red-winged PytiliaPytilia phoenicoptera
Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens
Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer
Martial EaglePolemaetus bellicosus
White-headed VultureTrigonoceps occipitalis
Copper SunbirdCinnyris cupreus
Temminck's CourserCursorius temminckii
Western Banded Snake EagleCircaetus cinerascens
Black-bellied FirefinchLagonosticta rara- West African SeedeaterCrithagra canicapilla
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
Goliath HeronArdea goliath
Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
Red-headed WeaverAnaplectes rubriceps
Moustached Grass WarblerMelocichla mentalis
Lesser JacanaMicroparra capensis
Yellow-bellied HyliotaHyliota flavigaster
Standard-winged NightjarCaprimulgus longipennis
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
Swallow-tailed Bee-eaterMerops hirundineus
Abdim's StorkCiconia abdimii
Rüppell's VultureGyps rueppelli
Green-headed SunbirdCyanomitra verticalis
African Pygmy GooseNettapus auritus
Short-winged CisticolaCisticola brachypterus
Lesser MoorhenParagallinula angulata
Sudan Golden SparrowPasser luteus
Black CoucalCentropus grillii
White-backed Night HeronCalherodius leuconotus
Sharpe's DrongoDicrurus sharpei
Rufous CisticolaCisticola rufus
Black-faced FirefinchLagonosticta larvata
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
Saddle-billed StorkEphippiorhynchus senegalensis
Lappet-faced VultureTorgos tracheliotos
Congo Pied HornbillLophoceros fasciatus
Denham's BustardNeotis denhami
Red-bellied Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone rufiventer
West African Pied HornbillLophoceros semifasciatus
Black-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix nigriceps
Yellow-gorgeted GreenbulAtimastillas flavicollis
Splendid SunbirdCinnyris coccinigastrus
Yellow-spotted Bush SparrowGymnoris pyrgita
Bronze-winged CourserRhinoptilus chalcopterus
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
BluethroatLuscinia svecica
Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
GarganeySpatula querquedula
Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
Brown-throated MartinRiparia paludicola
Black StorkCiconia nigra
African DarterAnhinga rufa
Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
Brown-necked RavenCorvus ruficollis
Singing Bush LarkMirafra javanica
African Hawk-EagleAquila spilogaster
African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
Winding CisticolaCisticola marginatus
White-bellied BustardEupodotis senegalensis
Common ButtonquailTurnix sylvaticus
Anteater ChatMyrmecocichla aethiops
Bar-breasted FirefinchLagonosticta rufopicta
Crested LarkGalerida cristata
Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
Maasai ApalisApalis stronachi
African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
Yellow-breasted ApalisApalis flavida
Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivacea
Croaking CisticolaCisticola natalensis
Verreaux's Eagle-OwlKetupa lactea
Grey-rumped SwallowPseudhirundo griseopyga
Ethiopian SwallowHirundo aethiopica
Yellow-mantled WidowbirdEuplectes macroura
African CrakeCrecopsis egregia
White-breasted CuckooshrikeCeblepyris pectoralis
Shining-blue KingfisherAlcedo quadribrachys
White-fronted Black ChatOenanthe albifrons
Red-throated Rock MartinPtyonoprogne rufigula