461 species · 52 rare visitors · ordered by how often reported
Northern Red-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus uropygialis
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Blue-spotted Wood DoveTurtur afer
Grey ParrotPsittacus erithacus
African Green PigeonTreron calvus
Timor NightjarCaprimulgus ritae- Sierra Madre CrowCorvus sierramadrensis
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Great Blue TuracoCorythaeola cristata
Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
Maasai ApalisApalis stronachi
Olive-bellied SunbirdCinnyris chloropygius
Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivacea
Yellow-breasted Forest RobinStiphrornis mabirae
Bleating CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
White-thighed HornbillBycanistes albotibialis
African Harrier-HawkPolyboroides typus
Congo Pied HornbillLophoceros fasciatus
African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
Siberian PipitAnthus japonicus
Blue-headed Wood DoveTurtur brehmeri
African ThrushTurdus pelios
Western OrioleOriolus brachyrynchus
Bronze MannikinSpermestes cucullata
Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
African Pygmy KingfisherIspidina picta
Green CrombecSylvietta virens
Green HyliaHylia prasina
Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
Little GreenbulEurillas virens
Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
Yellow-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus bilineatus
White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
HamerkopScopus umbretta
Square-tailed Saw-wingPsalidoprocne nitens
Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
Yellow-whiskered GreenbulEurillas latirostris
Grey-headed NigritaNigrita canicapillus
African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
Sooty ChatMyrmecocichla nigra
Swamp Palm BulbulThescelocichla leucopleura
Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
Vieillot's Black WeaverPloceus nigerrimus
Black-casqued HornbillCeratogymna atrata
Speckled TinkerbirdPogoniulus scolopaceus
Yellow-browed CamaropteraCamaroptera superciliaris
Guinea TuracoTauraco persa
Hartlaub's DuckPteronetta hartlaubii
Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
Chestnut Wattle-eyeDyaphorophyia castanea
Heuglin's SpurfowlPternistis icterorhynchus
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea
Red-bellied Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone rufiventer
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
Brown IlladopsisIlladopsis fulvescens
Chestnut-breasted NigritaNigrita bicolor
Grey LongbillMacrosphenus concolor
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
Fire-crested AletheAlethe castanea
Gosling's ApalisApalis goslingi
Lowland Sooty BoubouLaniarius leucorhynchus
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Common SwiftApus apus
Grasshopper BuzzardButastur rufipennis
Little Grey GreenbulEurillas gracilis
Yellow-eyed BristlebillBleda ugandae
Blue-breasted KingfisherHalcyon malimbica
Sahel Bush SparrowGymnoris dentata
Spotted GreenbulIxonotus guttatus
Sabine's SpinetailRhaphidura sabini
Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
Western NicatorNicator chloris
Piping HornbillBycanistes fistulator
Little SwiftApus affinis
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
African Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx cupreus
Red-tailed BristlebillBleda syndactylus
Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
Buff-throated ApalisApalis rufogularis
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
Blue MalkohaCeuthmochares aereus
Superb SunbirdCinnyris superbus
African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Cassin's SpinetailNeafrapus cassini
Splendid StarlingLamprotornis splendidus
Afep PigeonColumba unicincta
Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
Black CuckooCuculus clamosus
Denham's BustardNeotis denhami
Chocolate-backed KingfisherHalcyon badia
Sabine's PuffbackDryoscopus sabini
Grey Tit-FlycatcherFraseria plumbea
Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicus
Fraser's Rufous ThrushStizorhina fraseri
Yellow-mantled WidowbirdEuplectes macroura
Purple-headed StarlingHylopsar purpureiceps
Tiny SunbirdCinnyris minullus
White-fronted Black ChatOenanthe albifrons
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Sun LarkGalerida modesta
Red-eyed PuffbackDryoscopus senegalensis
Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
Tropical BoubouLaniarius major
Northern Black FlycatcherMelaenornis edolioides
Black-and-white-casqued HornbillBycanistes subcylindricus
Brown BabblerTurdoides plebejus
Western BluebillSpermophaga haematina
Black-bellied FirefinchLagonosticta rara
Exclamatory Paradise WhydahVidua interjecta- Yellow-throated NicatorNicator vireo
African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis
Pale FlycatcherAgricola pallidus
Grey-rumped SwallowPseudhirundo griseopyga
White-spotted FlufftailSarothrura pulchra
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Splendid SunbirdCinnyris coccinigastrus
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Brown-throated Wattle-eyePlatysteira cyanea
Yellow-throated TinkerbirdPogoniulus subsulphureus
Banded PriniaPrinia bairdii
White-throated GreenbulPhyllastrephus albigularis
White-crested TuracoTauraco leucolophus
Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
African Blue FlycatcherElminia longicauda
Blue-throated Brown SunbirdCyanomitra cyanolaema
Western Black-headed BatisBatis erlangeri
Green-backed EremomelaEremomela canescens
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Angola White-eyeZosterops kasaicus
Common HoopoeUpupa epops
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
Red-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus atroflavus
Red-necked BuzzardButeo auguralis
Cassin's FlycatcherMuscicapa cassini- Blackcap IlladopsisIlladopsis cleaveri
Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
White-shouldered Black TitMelaniparus guineensis
Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
Tambourine DoveTurtur tympanistria
African Wood OwlStrix woodfordii
Northern Yellow White-eyeZosterops senegalensis
Red-throated Bee-eaterMerops bulocki
Blue-billed MalimbeMalimbus nitens
Black-faced FirefinchLagonosticta larvata
Copper SunbirdCinnyris cupreus
Olive-green CamaropteraCamaroptera chloronota
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Black Saw-wingPsalidoprocne pristoptera
African Golden OrioleOriolus auratus
Red-tailed GreenbulCriniger calurus
Green-backed WoodpeckerCampethera maculosa
Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
Abdim's StorkCiconia abdimii
Stone PartridgePtilopachus petrosus
Fawn-breasted WaxbillEstrilda paludicola
Preuss's Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon preussi
White-crested HelmetshrikePrionops plumatus
White-breasted NigritaNigrita fusconotus
Honeyguide GreenbulBaeopogon indicator
Red-billed Dwarf HornbillLophoceros camurus
Shining-blue KingfisherAlcedo quadribrachys- Xavier's GreenbulPhyllastrephus xavieri
Brown TwinspotClytospiza monteiri
Yellow-throated CuckooChrysococcyx flavigularis- Spot-breasted IbisBostrychia rara
Dybowski's TwinspotEuschistospiza dybowskii
Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
Yellow-throated LongclawMacronyx croceus
Moustached Grass WarblerMelocichla mentalis
Abyssinian Ground HornbillBucorvus abyssinicus
Red-headed LovebirdAgapornis pullarius
Fraser's Forest FlycatcherFraseria ocreata
Brown-backed WoodpeckerDendropicos obsoletus
Standard-winged NightjarCaprimulgus longipennis
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Pygmy SunbirdHedydipna platura
Black Bee-eaterMerops gularis
Greyish Eagle-OwlBubo cinerascens
Cabanis's BuntingEmberiza cabanisi
Western Violet-backed SunbirdAnthreptes longuemarei
White-bibbed SwallowHirundo nigrita
African PiculetVerreauxia africana- Eastern Bearded GreenbulCriniger chloronotus
Familiar ChatOenanthe familiaris
Fiery-necked NightjarCaprimulgus pectoralis
Lizard BuzzardKaupifalco monogrammicus
African Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos goertae
Red-fronted ParrotPoicephalus gulielmi
Icterine GreenbulPhyllastrephus icterinus
Leaf-lovePhyllastrephus scandens
Red-tailed Ant ThrushNeocossyphus rufus- Red-crowned MalimbeMalimbus coronatus
Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
Northern PuffbackDryoscopus gambensis
Brown-eared WoodpeckerPardipicus caroli
Chattering CisticolaCisticola anonymus
Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicuti
Red-breasted SwallowCecropis semirufa
Greater HoneyguideIndicator indicator
Swallow-tailed Bee-eaterMerops hirundineus
Black-and-white MannikinSpermestes bicolor
Blue-headed Crested FlycatcherTrochocercus nitens
Rufous-tailed Palm ThrushCichladusa ruficauda
White-browed Forest FlycatcherFraseria cinerascens
White-bearded GreenbulCriniger ndussumensis
Cassin's MalimbeMalimbus cassini
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
Black-crowned WaxbillEstrilda nonnula
Yellow-spotted BarbetBuccanodon duchaillui
Blue-breasted Bee-eaterMerops variegatus
Western Long-tailed HornbillHorizocerus albocristatus
African Spotted CreeperSalpornis salvadori
Bristle-nosed BarbetGymnobucco peli
Eastern Long-tailed HornbillHorizocerus cassini
Hairy-breasted BarbetTricholaema hirsuta
White-tailed Ant ThrushNeocossyphus poensis
Rufous-sided BroadbillSmithornis rufolateralis
Johanna's SunbirdCinnyris johannae
African Dwarf KingfisherIspidina lecontei
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
Mosque SwallowCecropis senegalensis
Northern CrombecSylvietta brachyura
White-chinned PriniaSchistolais leucopogon
Blue CuckooshrikeCyanograucalus azureus
Western Dwarf HornbillHorizocerus hartlaubi
Little HeronButorides atricapilla
Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
Dark Chanting GoshawkMelierax metabates
White-crowned LapwingVanellus albiceps
Ross's TuracoTauraco rossae
Yellow LongbillMacrosphenus flavicans
Grey-headed BatisBatis orientalis- Yellow-winged PytiliaPytilia hypogrammica
Black-collared LovebirdAgapornis swindernianus
Green-headed SunbirdCyanomitra verticalis
Grey-throated BarbetGymnobucco bonapartei
Bat HawkMacheiramphus alcinus
Pennant-winged NightjarCaprimulgus vexillarius
Black-bellied SeedcrackerPyrenestes ostrinus
Grey-headed OlivebackDelacourella capistrata
OspreyPandion haliaetus
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
Palestine SunbirdCinnyris osea
Narina TrogonApaloderma narina
Eastern Crested GuineafowlGuttera pucherani
Snowy-crowned Robin-ChatCossypha niveicapilla
Red-shouldered CuckooshrikeCampephaga phoenicea
Dusky Long-tailed CuckooCercococcyx mechowi
Western Crested GuineafowlGuttera verreauxi
Brown-rumped BuntingEmberiza affinis
Latham's FrancolinPeliperdix lathami
Brown-chested LapwingVanellus superciliosus
Plumed GuineafowlGuttera plumifera
Striated HeronButorides striata
European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
Orange-breasted BushshrikeChlorophoneus sulfureopectus
Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatus
Black-winged Red BishopEuplectes hordeaceus
Eastern Yellow-billed BarbetTrachylaemus purpuratus
Crested MalimbeMalimbus malimbicus
Yellow-crested WoodpeckerChloropicus xantholophus
Egyptian PloverPluvianus aegyptius
Rufous-crowned EremomelaEremomela badiceps
Fraser's SunbirdDeleornis fraseri
Gabon CoucalCentropus anselli
Spotted Thrush-BabblerIlladopsis turdina
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
Lesser Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chloropterus
Simple GreenbulChlorocichla simplex
Scaly SpurfowlPternistis squamatus
Blue-throated RollerEurystomus gularis
Fernando Po BatisBatis poensis
West African BatisBatis occulta- Bare-cheeked TrogonApaloderma aequatoriale
Black-headed Bee-eaterMerops breweri
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
Spectacled WeaverPloceus ocularis
Wahlberg's EagleHieraaetus wahlbergi
Baglafecht WeaverPloceus baglafecht
African Scops OwlOtus senegalensis
Red-headed WeaverAnaplectes rubriceps
White-breasted CuckooshrikeCeblepyris pectoralis
Yellow-bellied HyliotaHyliota flavigaster
Thick-billed CuckooPachycoccyx audeberti
Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
Yellow-billed OxpeckerBuphagus africanus
Mottled SpinetailTelacanthura ussheri
Rock PratincoleGlareola nuchalis
Red-winged PriniaPrinia erythroptera
Marsh TchagraBocagia minuta
Red-winged PytiliaPytilia phoenicoptera
Spotted HoneyguideIndicator maculatus
Sjöstedt's GreenbulBaeopogon clamans
Great EgretArdea alba
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus- Congo Serpent EagleCircaetus spectabilis
Levaillant's CuckooClamator levaillantii
Black-bellied BustardLissotis melanogaster
Singing CisticolaCisticola cantans
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensis
Black-necked WeaverPloceus nigricollis
Red-chested SwallowHirundo lucida
Red-headed QueleaQuelea erythrops
African HobbyFalco cuvierii
Buff-spotted WoodpeckerPardipicus nivosus
Brown-chested AletheChamaetylas poliocephala
Pale-fronted NigritaNigrita luteifrons- West African SeedeaterCrithagra canicapilla
African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens
BrubruNilaus afer
African Dusky FlycatcherMuscicapa adusta
Red-collared WidowbirdEuplectes ardens
SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentarius
Red-faced CisticolaCisticola erythrops
Martial EaglePolemaetus bellicosus
Western Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscator
Short-winged CisticolaCisticola brachypterus
Velvet-mantled DrongoDicrurus modestus
African CrakeCrecopsis egregia
Plain GreenbulEurillas curvirostris
Green-throated SunbirdChalcomitra rubescens
Chestnut-capped FlycatcherErythrocercus mccallii
Compact WeaverPachyphantes superciliosus
Gambaga FlycatcherMuscicapa gambagae
White-bellied KingfisherCorythornis leucogaster
Green-breasted PittaPitta reichenowi
Yellow-footed FlycatcherMuscicapa sethsmithi
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
Tawny EagleAquila rapax
Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
Yellow-billed EgretArdea brachyrhyncha
Plain-backed PipitAnthus leucophrys
Slender-billed GreenbulStelgidillas gracilirostris
Long-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus climacurus
Black ScimitarbillRhinopomastus aterrimus
African Shrike-flycatcherMegabyas flammulatus- Pale-breasted IlladopsisIlladopsis rufipennis
Black-headed WaxbillEstrilda atricapilla
Gabon WoodpeckerDendropicos gabonensis
Grey PratincoleGlareola cinerea
Vermiculated Fishing OwlScotopelia bouvieri
Violet-tailed SunbirdAnthreptes aurantius
Rufous-rumped LarkPinarocorys erythropygia
Bates's NightjarCaprimulgus batesi
Little StintCalidris minuta
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
Orange-cheeked WaxbillEstrilda melpoda
Red-necked FalconFalco chicquera
African FinfootPodica senegalensis
Whistling CisticolaCisticola lateralis
Bar-breasted FirefinchLagonosticta rufopicta
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser superciliosus
Ansorge's GreenbulEurillas ansorgei
Western Bronze-naped PigeonColumba iriditorques- Lyre-tailed HoneyguideMelichneutes robustus
Eastern Dwarf HornbillHorizocerus granti
Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
Brown-crowned TchagraTchagra australis
Lesser HoneyguideIndicator minor
Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
Golden GreenbulCalyptocichla serinus
Long-tailed HawkUrotriorchis macrourus
Nkulengu RailHimantornis haematopus
Preuss's WeaverPloceus preussi
Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
Spotted Thick-kneeBurhinus capensis
Black CrakeZapornia flavirostra
Goliath HeronArdea goliath
African FirefinchLagonosticta rubricata
Grey KestrelFalco ardosiaceus
Black-winged OrioleOriolus nigripennis
Magpie MannikinSpermestes fringilloides
Shining DrongoDicrurus atripennis
Orange WeaverPloceus aurantius
Lemon-bellied CrombecSylvietta denti
Heuglin's Masked WeaverPloceus heuglini
White-collared StarlingGrafisia torquata
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Grey EmutailBradypterus seebohmi
Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus chrysoconus
Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer
Croaking CisticolaCisticola natalensis
Double-toothed BarbetPogonornis bidentatus
Red-headed MalimbeMalimbus rubricollis
Buff-spotted FlufftailSarothrura elegans
Little Green SunbirdAnthreptes seimundi
Grey-throated Tit-FlycatcherFraseria griseigularis
Blue-shouldered Robin-ChatCossypha cyanocampter
Reichenbach's SunbirdAnabathmis reichenbachii
Sahel Paradise WhydahVidua orientalis
Dusky Crested FlycatcherElminia nigromitrata
Black SpinetailTelacanthura melanopygia
Rufous-bellied HelmetshrikePrionops rufiventris
Dja River Scrub WarblerBradypterus grandis
Black GuineafowlAgelastes niger
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
Saddle-billed StorkEphippiorhynchus senegalensis
Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus
Yellow-billed ShrikeCorvinella corvina
African CuckooCuculus gularis
Purple StarlingLamprotornis purpureus
Yellow-gorgeted GreenbulAtimastillas flavicollis
Ovambo SparrowhawkAccipiter ovampensis
Pale-throated GreenbulAtimastillas flavigula
Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcherBias musicus
Yellow-chinned SunbirdAnthreptes rectirostris
Grey-chinned SunbirdAnthreptes tephrolaemus
Bronze-tailed StarlingLamprotornis chalcurus
Chestnut-winged StarlingOnychognathus fulgidus
Plain NightjarCaprimulgus inornatus
Yellow-bellied Wattle-eyePlatysteira concreta
Forest Wood HoopoeRhinopomastus castaneiceps
Speckle-breasted WoodpeckerDendropicos poecilolaemus
Brown NightjarVeles binotatus- Lowland AkalatSheppardia cyornithopsis
- Grey Ground ThrushGeokichla princei
- Niam-niam ParrotPoicephalus crassus
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
Rock DoveColumba livia
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
Western Barn OwlTyto alba
Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
Grey-headed BushshrikeMalaconotus blanchoti
Brown Snake EagleCircaetus cinereus
African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
Banded MartinNeophedina cincta
Purple RollerCoracias naevius
Winding CisticolaCisticola marginatus
Black-billed Wood DoveTurtur abyssinicus
Freckled NightjarCaprimulgus tristigma
Northern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicus
Green TwinspotMandingoa nitidula
Olive Long-tailed CuckooCercococcyx olivinus
Beaudouin's Snake EagleCircaetus beaudouini
Cassin's Hawk-EagleAquila africana
Elliot's WoodpeckerDendropicos elliotii
Blue-headed Bee-eaterMerops muelleri- Forest Penduline TitAnthoscopus flavifrons
- Cameroon IndigobirdVidua camerunensis
Grey-necked RockfowlPicathartes oreas
Common BuzzardButeo buteo
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Common WhitethroatCurruca communis
Namaqua DoveOena capensis
White-backed VultureGyps africanus
Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
Red-throated WryneckJynx ruficollis
Great SnipeGallinago media
Beautiful SunbirdCinnyris pulchellus
African Pygmy GooseNettapus auritus
African Cuckoo-HawkAviceda cuculoides
Harlequin QuailCoturnix delegorguei
Bronze-winged CourserRhinoptilus chalcopterus
Brown-backed Scrub RobinCercotrichas hartlaubi
Tit HyliaPholidornis rushiae
Narrow-tailed StarlingPoeoptera lugubris
Least HoneyguideIndicator exilis
Violet-backed HyliotaHyliota violacea
Little Grey FlycatcherMuscicapa epulata
Rufous-vented Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone rufocinerea
Heuglin's WheatearOenanthe heuglinii
Bates's Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone batesi
Woodhouse's AntpeckerParmoptila woodhousei
Emin's ShrikeLanius gubernator
Mongolian GullLarus mongolicus