Birds of Congo - Brazzaville
Congo - Brazzaville hosts 427 regularly occurring species in this directory, 1 of them found nowhere else. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
Endemic to Congo - Brazzaville
Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.
All regular species
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
- Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Grey ParrotPsittacus erithacus
- Blue-spotted Wood DoveTurtur afer
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Pied CrowCorvus albus
- Blue-breasted Bee-eaterMerops variegatus
- African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
- Copper SunbirdCinnyris cupreus
- Congo Pied HornbillLophoceros fasciatus
- Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
- Winding CisticolaCisticola marginatus
- HamerkopScopus umbretta
- Fan-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes axillaris
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Splendid StarlingLamprotornis splendidus
- Yellow-gorgeted GreenbulAtimastillas flavicollis
- Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
- Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
- African DarterAnhinga rufa
- Slender-billed WeaverPloceus pelzelni
- Short-winged CisticolaCisticola brachypterus
- Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Croaking CisticolaCisticola natalensis
- Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
- Yellow-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus bilineatus
- African JacanaActophilornis africanus
- Fawn-breasted WaxbillEstrilda paludicola
- Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
- Vieillot's Black WeaverPloceus nigerrimus
- Little GreenbulEurillas virens
- African Green PigeonTreron calvus
- Long-legged PipitAnthus pallidiventris
- White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
- Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
- Olive-bellied SunbirdCinnyris chloropygius
- Orange-cheeked WaxbillEstrilda melpoda
- Piping HornbillBycanistes fistulator
- Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivacea
- Bleating CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- African ThrushTurdus pelios
- Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
- African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
- African Pygmy KingfisherIspidina picta
- Red-breasted SwallowCecropis semirufa
- Black CoucalCentropus grillii
- White-bibbed SwallowHirundo nigrita
- African Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx cupreus
- Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
- Cassin's FlycatcherMuscicapa cassini
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Yellow-throated LongclawMacronyx croceus
- Yellow-throated TinkerbirdPogoniulus subsulphureus
- Reichenbach's SunbirdAnabathmis reichenbachii
- African Harrier-HawkPolyboroides typus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Pectoral-patch CisticolaCisticola brunnescens
- Swamp NightjarCaprimulgus natalensis
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Black-casqued HornbillCeratogymna atrata
- Sooty ChatMyrmecocichla nigra
- Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
- Speckled TinkerbirdPogoniulus scolopaceus
- Great Blue TuracoCorythaeola cristata
- Rufous-tailed Palm ThrushCichladusa ruficauda
- Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
- Lowland Sooty BoubouLaniarius leucorhynchus
- Green CrombecSylvietta virens
- Yellow-mantled WidowbirdEuplectes macroura
- Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
- Grey-rumped SwallowPseudhirundo griseopyga
- Blue-breasted KingfisherHalcyon malimbica
- Western NicatorNicator chloris
- Spotted GreenbulIxonotus guttatus
- African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis
- White-crowned LapwingVanellus albiceps
- Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
- Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Swamp Palm BulbulThescelocichla leucopleura
- South African Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon spilodera
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
- Marsh TchagraBocagia minuta
- Green HyliaHylia prasina
- White-thighed HornbillBycanistes albotibialis
- Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
- Guinea TuracoTauraco persa
- Grey-headed NigritaNigrita canicapillus
- Green-headed SunbirdCyanomitra verticalis
- Black-necked WeaverPloceus nigricollis
- Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
- Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus
- Blue MalkohaCeuthmochares aereus
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
- African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
- Black Bee-eaterMerops gularis
- Shining-blue KingfisherAlcedo quadribrachys
- Weyns's WeaverPloceus weynsi
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Snowy-crowned Robin-ChatCossypha niveicapilla
- Hartlaub's DuckPteronetta hartlaubii
- Chestnut Wattle-eyeDyaphorophyia castanea
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Violet-tailed SunbirdAnthreptes aurantius
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Northern FiscalLanius humeralis
- Chattering CisticolaCisticola anonymus
- Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
- Cinnamon-breasted BuntingEmberiza tahapisi
- Red-billed Dwarf HornbillLophoceros camurus
- Afep PigeonColumba unicincta
- Red-headed QueleaQuelea erythrops
- Blue-headed Wood DoveTurtur brehmeri
- Cassin's SpinetailNeafrapus cassini
- Black-rumped ButtonquailTurnix nanus
- Red-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus atroflavus
- Fraser's Forest FlycatcherFraseria ocreata
- Sabine's SpinetailRhaphidura sabini
- Fraser's Rufous ThrushStizorhina fraseri
- Black CuckooCuculus clamosus
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Red-bellied Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone rufiventer
- White-chinned PriniaSchistolais leucopogon
- Western OrioleOriolus brachyrynchus
- Gabon CoucalCentropus anselli
- Blue WaxbillUraeginthus angolensis
- Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
- Congo Moor ChatMyrmecocichla tholloni
- Orange-breasted WaxbillAmandava subflava
- Olive-green CamaropteraCamaroptera chloronota
- Little Grey GreenbulEurillas gracilis
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Chocolate-backed KingfisherHalcyon badia
- Orange WeaverPloceus aurantius
- Black-headed Bee-eaterMerops breweri
- Bob-tailed WeaverBrachycope anomala
- Tambourine DoveTurtur tympanistria
- Black Saw-wingPsalidoprocne pristoptera
- African Wood OwlStrix woodfordii
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- African FinfootPodica senegalensis
- Velvet-mantled DrongoDicrurus modestus
- Purple-headed StarlingHylopsar purpureiceps
- Grey-throated BarbetGymnobucco bonapartei
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Grey LongbillMacrosphenus concolor
- Square-tailed Saw-wingPsalidoprocne nitens
- Yellow-whiskered GreenbulEurillas latirostris
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- White-spotted FlufftailSarothrura pulchra
- Green-throated SunbirdChalcomitra rubescens
- Western Bronze-naped PigeonColumba iriditorques
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Red-tailed GreenbulCriniger calurus
- Western Long-tailed HornbillHorizocerus albocristatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Icterine GreenbulPhyllastrephus icterinus
- Black-faced CanaryCrithagra capistrata
- Congo SunbirdCinnyris congensis
- Bates's Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone batesi
- Congo MartinRiparia congica
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Yellow-spotted BarbetBuccanodon duchaillui
- Hairy-breasted BarbetTricholaema hirsuta
- Brown IlladopsisIlladopsis fulvescens
- Marsh WidowbirdEuplectes hartlaubi
- Blue-billed MalimbeMalimbus nitens
- Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcherBias musicus
- Rosy Bee-eaterMerops malimbicus
- Slender-billed GreenbulStelgidillas gracilirostris
- Yellow-browed CamaropteraCamaroptera superciliaris
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
- Red-necked SpurfowlPternistis afer
- Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
- Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer
- QuailfinchOrtygospiza atricollis
- Western BluebillSpermophaga haematina
- Blue-throated Brown SunbirdCyanomitra cyanolaema
- Yellow-billed OxpeckerBuphagus africanus
- White-bellied BustardEupodotis senegalensis
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Black-bellied BustardLissotis melanogaster
- Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
- Simple GreenbulChlorocichla simplex
- Blue-throated RollerEurystomus gularis
- Green-backed WoodpeckerCampethera maculosa
- Cassin's MalimbeMalimbus cassini
- Brown-throated Wattle-eyePlatysteira cyanea
- Blue-headed CoucalCentropus monachus
- Goliath HeronArdea goliath
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Fire-crested AletheAlethe castanea
- Banded PriniaPrinia bairdii
- Dusky Long-tailed CuckooCercococcyx mechowi
- Yellow-eyed BristlebillBleda ugandae
- Sladen's BarbetGymnobucco sladeni
- Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Abdim's StorkCiconia abdimii
- Black-bellied SeedcrackerPyrenestes ostrinus
- Blackcap IlladopsisIlladopsis cleaveri
- Red-necked BuzzardButeo auguralis
- White-browed Forest FlycatcherFraseria cinerascens
- Red-tailed Ant ThrushNeocossyphus rufus
- Red-throated Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon rufigula
- Spot-breasted IbisBostrychia rara
- Red-eyed PuffbackDryoscopus senegalensis
- African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
- Crested MalimbeMalimbus malimbicus
- Fraser's SunbirdDeleornis fraseri
- Eastern Bearded GreenbulCriniger chloronotus
- White-bearded GreenbulCriniger ndussumensis
- Lizard BuzzardKaupifalco monogrammicus
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Great SnipeGallinago media
- Tiny SunbirdCinnyris minullus
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Amethyst SunbirdChalcomitra amethystina
- Senegal LapwingVanellus lugubris
- Buff-throated ApalisApalis rufogularis
- Ansorge's GreenbulEurillas ansorgei
- Brown-eared WoodpeckerPardipicus caroli
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Superb SunbirdCinnyris superbus
- Chestnut-breasted NigritaNigrita bicolor
- Yellow LongbillMacrosphenus flavicans
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
- Honeyguide GreenbulBaeopogon indicator
- Whistling CisticolaCisticola lateralis
- Yellow-crested WoodpeckerChloropicus xantholophus
- Carmelite SunbirdChalcomitra fuliginosa
- Rufous-sided BroadbillSmithornis rufolateralis
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Black-throated CanaryCrithagra atrogularis
- Yellow-throated Bush SparrowGymnoris superciliaris
- Red-headed MalimbeMalimbus rubricollis
- Vermiculated Fishing OwlScotopelia bouvieri
- Narina TrogonApaloderma narina
- Black-and-white-casqued HornbillBycanistes subcylindricus
- African Pygmy GooseNettapus auritus
- Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens
- Little Green SunbirdAnthreptes seimundi
- Yellow-lored BristlebillBleda notatus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Brown-hooded KingfisherHalcyon albiventris
- Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
- African Dwarf KingfisherIspidina lecontei
- Red-collared WidowbirdEuplectes ardens
- Mosque SwallowCecropis senegalensis
- Scaly SpurfowlPternistis squamatus
- Shining DrongoDicrurus atripennis
- White-fronted Bee-eaterMerops bullockoides
- African SkimmerRynchops flavirostris
- White-throated GreenbulPhyllastrephus albigularis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Red-tailed BristlebillBleda syndactylus
- Yellow-chinned SunbirdAnthreptes rectirostris
- Rufous-crowned EremomelaEremomela badiceps
- Johanna's SunbirdCinnyris johannae
- Pale-breasted IlladopsisIlladopsis rufipennis
- Lyre-tailed HoneyguideMelichneutes robustus
- Plumed GuineafowlGuttera plumifera
- Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicuti
- Levaillant's CuckooClamator levaillantii
- Buff-spotted WoodpeckerPardipicus nivosus
- Lemon-bellied CrombecSylvietta denti
- Bristle-nosed BarbetGymnobucco peli
- Yellow-throated NicatorNicator vireo
- Western Black-headed BatisBatis erlangeri
- Blue-headed Crested FlycatcherTrochocercus nitens
- Rufous-vented Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone rufocinerea
- Rufous-bellied HelmetshrikePrionops rufiventris
- NeddickyCisticola fulvicapilla
- Plain GreenbulEurillas curvirostris
- Red-headed LovebirdAgapornis pullarius
- Black-winged Red BishopEuplectes hordeaceus
- Bat HawkMacheiramphus alcinus
- Cassin's Hawk-EagleAquila africana
- White-bellied KingfisherCorythornis leucogaster
- Xavier's GreenbulPhyllastrephus xavieri
- Latham's FrancolinPeliperdix lathami
- Bates's SwiftApus batesi
- Black-collared LovebirdAgapornis swindernianus
- White-collared StarlingGrafisia torquata
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
- Rock PratincoleGlareola nuchalis
- Black-winged OrioleOriolus nigripennis
- Western Dwarf HornbillHorizocerus hartlaubi
- Gabon WoodpeckerDendropicos gabonensis
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
- Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatus
- Horus SwiftApus horus
- Lühder's BushshrikeLaniarius luehderi
- Yellow-throated CuckooChrysococcyx flavigularis
- Pale-fronted NigritaNigrita luteifrons
- Grey PratincoleGlareola cinerea
- Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Purple-banded SunbirdCinnyris bifasciatus
- Black SpinetailTelacanthura melanopygia
- Yellow-footed FlycatcherMuscicapa sethsmithi
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
- Dark Chanting GoshawkMelierax metabates
- Temminck's CourserCursorius temminckii
- West African Crested TernThalasseus albididorsalis
- Yellow-mantled WeaverPloceus tricolor
- Ayres's Hawk-EagleHieraaetus ayresii
- Egyptian PloverPluvianus aegyptius
- Pennant-winged NightjarCaprimulgus vexillarius
- Long-tailed HawkUrotriorchis macrourus
- Nkulengu RailHimantornis haematopus
- White-crested Tiger HeronTigriornis leucolopha
- African FirefinchLagonosticta rubricata
- African Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos goertae
- Swamp BoubouLaniarius bicolor
- Mottled SpinetailTelacanthura ussheri
- White-breasted NigritaNigrita fusconotus
- Pel's Fishing OwlScotopelia peli
- Black-headed WaxbillEstrilda atricapilla
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
- Angola SwallowHirundo angolensis
- Green-capped EremomelaEremomela scotops
- Red-chested SwallowHirundo lucida
- Yellow-billed TuracoTauraco macrorhynchus
- Long-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus climacurus
- Olive Long-tailed CuckooCercococcyx olivinus
- Large Rock MartinPtyonoprogne fuligula
- Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos
- African Cuckoo-HawkAviceda cuculoides
- Black-faced Rufous WarblerBathmocercus rufus
- African Shrike-flycatcherMegabyas flammulatus
- Chestnut-winged StarlingOnychognathus fulgidus
- Sabine's PuffbackDryoscopus sabini
- Spotted HoneyguideIndicator maculatus
- Preuss's WeaverPloceus preussi
- Bates's NightjarCaprimulgus batesi
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Spotted Eagle-OwlBubo africanus
- Square-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus fossii
- Allen's GallinulePorphyrio alleni
- Naked-faced BarbetGymnobucco calvus
- Little Grey FlycatcherMuscicapa epulata
- Black-backed CisticolaCisticola eximius
- Black-collared BulbulNeolestes torquatus
- Finsch's FrancolinScleroptila finschi
- Red-crowned MalimbeMalimbus coronatus
- Black GuineafowlAgelastes niger
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Spectacled WeaverPloceus ocularis
- BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
- Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
- Lesser HoneyguideIndicator minor
- Holub's Golden WeaverPloceus xanthops
- Northern PuffbackDryoscopus gambensis
- Red-fronted ParrotPoicephalus gulielmi
- Leaf-lovePhyllastrephus scandens
- Violet-backed HyliotaHyliota violacea
- Miombo Pied BarbetTricholaema frontata
- Woodhouse's AntpeckerParmoptila woodhousei
- Gosling's ApalisApalis goslingi
- Red-bellied MalimbeMalimbus erythrogaster
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Lesser Masked WeaverPloceus intermedius
- Chestnut-capped FlycatcherErythrocercus mccallii
- Orange-winged PytiliaPytilia afra
- Yellow-bellied HyliotaHyliota flavigaster
- Blue-headed Bee-eaterMerops muelleri
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Marsh OwlAsio capensis
- White-tailed Ant ThrushNeocossyphus poensis
- Brown-chested AletheChamaetylas poliocephala
- Sharpe's DrongoDicrurus sharpei
- Elliot's WoodpeckerDendropicos elliotii
- Least HoneyguideIndicator exilis
- Willcocks's HoneyguideIndicator willcocksi
- Dusky Crested FlycatcherElminia nigromitrata
- Black-chinned WeaverPloceus nigrimentus
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorus
- Yellow-bellied EremomelaEremomela icteropygialis
- Ethiopian SwallowHirundo aethiopica
- Golden GreenbulCalyptocichla serinus
- Black-capped ApalisApalis nigriceps
- Bare-cheeked TrogonApaloderma aequatoriale
- Angola BatisBatis minulla
- African River MartinPseudochelidon eurystomina
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Rattling CisticolaCisticola chiniana
- Brown-crowned TchagraTchagra australis
- Water Thick-kneeBurhinus vermiculatus
- Red-capped Robin-ChatCossypha natalensis
- Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
- African HobbyFalco cuvierii
- Preuss's Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon preussi
- Red-billed HelmetshrikePrionops caniceps
- African Grass OwlTyto capensis
- Wood PipitAnthus nyassae
- Orange-tufted SunbirdCinnyris bouvieri
- Fernando Po BatisBatis poensis
- Sjöstedt's GreenbulBaeopogon clamans
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Martial EaglePolemaetus bellicosus
- Red-tailed ShrikeLanius phoenicuroides
- Northern Yellow White-eyeZosterops senegalensis
- Common ButtonquailTurnix sylvaticus
- Black-crowned WaxbillEstrilda nonnula
- Fiery-breasted BushshrikeMalaconotus cruentus
- Striped CrakeAenigmatolimnas marginalis
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- White-browed Robin-ChatCossypha heuglini
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- Fiery-necked NightjarCaprimulgus pectoralis
- Greater HoneyguideIndicator indicator
- Plain-backed PipitAnthus leucophrys
- Long-billed PipitAnthus similis
- Gorgeous BushshrikeTelophorus viridis
- Grey KestrelFalco ardosiaceus
- African Yellow WarblerIduna natalensis
- Eastern Crested GuineafowlGuttera pucherani
- African RailRallus caerulescens
- African CuckooCuculus gularis
- African Blue FlycatcherElminia longicauda
- Buff-spotted FlufftailSarothrura elegans
- Cuckoo-finchAnomalospiza imberbis
- Tit HyliaPholidornis rushiae
- Narrow-tailed StarlingPoeoptera lugubris
- Blue-shouldered Robin-ChatCossypha cyanocampter
- Maxwell's Black WeaverPloceus albinucha
- Thick-billed CuckooPachycoccyx audeberti
- Yellow-bellied Wattle-eyePlatysteira concreta
- Forest White-eyeZosterops stenocricotus
- Forest Penduline TitAnthoscopus flavifrons
- Tessmann's FlycatcherFraseria tessmanni
- Locust FinchPaludipasser locustella
- Lowland AkalatSheppardia cyornithopsis
- Cameroon IndigobirdVidua camerunensis
- Loango WeaverPloceus subpersonatus
- Eastern Wattled CuckooshrikeLobotos oriolinus