Birds of Cameroon
Cameroon hosts 746 regularly occurring species in this directory, 4 of them found nowhere else. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
Endemic to Cameroon
Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.
All regular species
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
- Pied CrowCorvus albus
- Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- African ThrushTurdus pelios
- African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
- Black-crowned WaxbillEstrilda nonnula
- Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
- Bleating CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
- Brown-throated Wattle-eyePlatysteira cyanea
- Vieillot's Black WeaverPloceus nigerrimus
- African Harrier-HawkPolyboroides typus
- African Green PigeonTreron calvus
- Congo Pied HornbillLophoceros fasciatus
- Yellow-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus bilineatus
- African Blue FlycatcherElminia longicauda
- Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
- Little GreenbulEurillas virens
- Blue-spotted Wood DoveTurtur afer
- Grey-headed NigritaNigrita canicapillus
- Olive-bellied SunbirdCinnyris chloropygius
- Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivacea
- Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
- Orange-cheeked WaxbillEstrilda melpoda
- Black Saw-wingPsalidoprocne pristoptera
- Grey ParrotPsittacus erithacus
- Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
- Yellow-billed TuracoTauraco macrorhynchus
- African Pygmy KingfisherIspidina picta
- Chattering CisticolaCisticola anonymus
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
- Green HyliaHylia prasina
- African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
- Blue-headed CoucalCentropus monachus
- Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
- Forest White-eyeZosterops stenocricotus
- Northern Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris reichenowi
- Western Mountain GreenbulArizelocichla tephrolaema
- Yellow-spotted BarbetBuccanodon duchaillui
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
- Green-headed SunbirdCyanomitra verticalis
- Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
- Yellow-throated TinkerbirdPogoniulus subsulphureus
- African Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx cupreus
- Cameroon SunbirdCyanomitra oritis
- Piping HornbillBycanistes fistulator
- Ethiopian SwallowHirundo aethiopica
- Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
- African JacanaActophilornis africanus
- Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Great Blue TuracoCorythaeola cristata
- Chubb's CisticolaCisticola chubbi
- Splendid StarlingLamprotornis splendidus
- Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
- Naked-faced BarbetGymnobucco calvus
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Yellow-whiskered GreenbulEurillas latirostris
- Red-bellied Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone rufiventer
- Green CrombecSylvietta virens
- Banded PriniaPrinia bairdii
- Preuss's Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon preussi
- Western NicatorNicator chloris
- White-chinned PriniaSchistolais leucopogon
- Spotted GreenbulIxonotus guttatus
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
- Red-necked BuzzardButeo auguralis
- Blue MalkohaCeuthmochares aereus
- Grey ApalisApalis cinerea
- Splendid SunbirdCinnyris coccinigastrus
- Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
- Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
- African Dusky FlycatcherMuscicapa adusta
- HamerkopScopus umbretta
- Mackinnon's ShrikeLanius mackinnoni
- Green LongtailUrolais epichlorus
- Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Speckled TinkerbirdPogoniulus scolopaceus
- Large Rock MartinPtyonoprogne fuligula
- Yellow-breasted BoubouLaniarius atroflavus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Tambourine DoveTurtur tympanistria
- Black-winged OrioleOriolus nigripennis
- Black-casqued HornbillCeratogymna atrata
- Scaly SpurfowlPternistis squamatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
- Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicus
- Northern Black FlycatcherMelaenornis edolioides
- Vieillot's BarbetLybius vieilloti
- Swamp Palm BulbulThescelocichla leucopleura
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Fire-crested AletheAlethe castanea
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Double-spurred SpurfowlPternistis bicalcaratus
- Lizard BuzzardKaupifalco monogrammicus
- Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea
- Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
- Yellow LongbillMacrosphenus flavicans
- Tropical BoubouLaniarius major
- Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
- Guinea TuracoTauraco persa
- Snowy-crowned Robin-ChatCossypha niveicapilla
- Oriole FinchLinurgus olivaceus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Square-tailed Saw-wingPsalidoprocne nitens
- African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
- Black-necked WeaverPloceus nigricollis
- Mountain Sooty BoubouLaniarius poensis
- Superb SunbirdCinnyris superbus
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Olive-green CamaropteraCamaroptera chloronota
- Chestnut Wattle-eyeDyaphorophyia castanea
- Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
- Spectacled WeaverPloceus ocularis
- Red-eyed PuffbackDryoscopus senegalensis
- White-bellied Crested FlycatcherElminia albiventris
- Red-faced CisticolaCisticola erythrops
- Yellow-gorgeted GreenbulAtimastillas flavicollis
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
- Red-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus atroflavus
- Mountain Robin-ChatCossyphicula isabellae
- Western Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscator
- Green-throated SunbirdChalcomitra rubescens
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- White-spotted FlufftailSarothrura pulchra
- Western OrioleOriolus brachyrynchus
- Blue-breasted KingfisherHalcyon malimbica
- Icterine GreenbulPhyllastrephus icterinus
- White-thighed HornbillBycanistes albotibialis
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Yellow BishopEuplectes capensis
- Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
- Reichenbach's SunbirdAnabathmis reichenbachii
- African Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos goertae
- Grey LongbillMacrosphenus concolor
- Cameroon Mountain GreenbulArizelocichla montana
- Yellow-mantled WidowbirdEuplectes macroura
- Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
- Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
- Copper SunbirdCinnyris cupreus
- Senegal EremomelaEremomela pusilla
- Pygmy SunbirdHedydipna platura
- Blue-headed Crested FlycatcherTrochocercus nitens
- Waller's StarlingOnychognathus walleri
- Yellow-browed CamaropteraCamaroptera superciliaris
- Black-billed WeaverPloceus melanogaster
- Blue-headed Wood DoveTurtur brehmeri
- White-breasted NigritaNigrita fusconotus
- Yellow-lored BristlebillBleda notatus
- Grey-throated BarbetGymnobucco bonapartei
- Western BluebillSpermophaga haematina
- Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
- Eastern Bearded GreenbulCriniger chloronotus
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Northern FiscalLanius humeralis
- Thick-billed SeedeaterCrithagra burtoni
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Western TinkerbirdPogoniulus coryphaea
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Red-billed Dwarf HornbillLophoceros camurus
- Sahel Bush SparrowGymnoris dentata
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus chrysoconus
- Dark-backed WeaverPloceus bicolor
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Fraser's SunbirdDeleornis fraseri
- Brown BabblerTurdoides plebejus
- Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcherBias musicus
- Black-faced Rufous WarblerBathmocercus rufus
- Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
- Shining DrongoDicrurus atripennis
- Yellow-billed OxpeckerBuphagus africanus
- Black-throated ApalisApalis jacksoni
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Northern PuffbackDryoscopus gambensis
- Red-throated Bee-eaterMerops bulocki
- Red-breasted SwallowCecropis semirufa
- White-crowned LapwingVanellus albiceps
- Red-tailed GreenbulCriniger calurus
- Shelley's OlivebackNesocharis shelleyi
- Cassin's FlycatcherMuscicapa cassini
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
- Blue-throated Brown SunbirdCyanomitra cyanolaema
- Lühder's BushshrikeLaniarius luehderi
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Black-winged Red BishopEuplectes hordeaceus
- Slender-billed GreenbulStelgidillas gracilirostris
- Oriole WarblerHypergerus atriceps
- Elliot's WoodpeckerDendropicos elliotii
- Cameroon Olive GreenbulPhyllastrephus poensis
- Black Bee-eaterMerops gularis
- Baglafecht WeaverPloceus baglafecht
- Yellow-chinned SunbirdAnthreptes rectirostris
- Cameroon Olive PigeonColumba sjostedti
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
- Yellow-bellied Wattle-eyePlatysteira concreta
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis
- Gabon WoodpeckerDendropicos gabonensis
- Black-capped Woodland WarblerPhylloscopus herberti
- Honeyguide GreenbulBaeopogon indicator
- African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
- Pale-fronted NigritaNigrita luteifrons
- Grey-headed GreenbulPhyllastrephus poliocephalus
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus
- Grasshopper BuzzardButastur rufipennis
- Fraser's Rufous ThrushStizorhina fraseri
- White-bibbed SwallowHirundo nigrita
- Velvet-mantled DrongoDicrurus modestus
- Yellow-footed FlycatcherMuscicapa sethsmithi
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Northern CrombecSylvietta brachyura
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
- Simple GreenbulChlorocichla simplex
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis
- Red-faced CrimsonwingCryptospiza reichenovii
- Mountain Saw-wingPsalidoprocne fuliginosa
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Green Wood HoopoePhoeniculus purpureus
- Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
- Crested MalimbeMalimbus malimbicus
- Black-billed Wood DoveTurtur abyssinicus
- Brown-capped WeaverPloceus insignis
- Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
- Bannerman's TuracoTauraco bannermani
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Beautiful SunbirdCinnyris pulchellus
- Long-tailed Glossy StarlingLamprotornis caudatus
- Hairy-breasted BarbetTricholaema hirsuta
- White-tailed Ant ThrushNeocossyphus poensis
- Purple StarlingLamprotornis purpureus
- Pink-footed PuffbackDryoscopus angolensis
- Senegal ParrotPoicephalus senegalus
- Olive Long-tailed CuckooCercococcyx olivinus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Olive-naped WeaverPloceus brachypterus
- Bannerman's WeaverPloceus bannermani
- Brown-chested AletheChamaetylas poliocephala
- Mosque SwallowCecropis senegalensis
- Pale-breasted IlladopsisIlladopsis rufipennis
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Black-collared ApalisOreolais pulcher
- Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
- Northern Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus
- Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
- Bates's SwiftApus batesi
- White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
- Red-tailed BristlebillBleda syndactylus
- Orange-tufted SunbirdCinnyris bouvieri
- Rufous-vented Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone rufocinerea
- African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
- Black CuckooCuculus clamosus
- Blue-billed MalimbeMalimbus nitens
- Orange-breasted Forest RobinStiphrornis erythrothorax
- Black-bellied SeedcrackerPyrenestes ostrinus
- Long-legged PipitAnthus pallidiventris
- Black-headed WaxbillEstrilda atricapilla
- Grey-headed BroadbillSmithornis sharpei
- Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
- Greater Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus rufescens
- Tiny SunbirdCinnyris minullus
- Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Egyptian PloverPluvianus aegyptius
- Sjöstedt's Barred OwletGlaucidium sjostedti
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Brown IlladopsisIlladopsis fulvescens
- Chocolate-backed KingfisherHalcyon badia
- Narrow-tailed StarlingPoeoptera lugubris
- Hartlaub's DuckPteronetta hartlaubii
- White-backed VultureGyps africanus
- African Wood OwlStrix woodfordii
- Sabine's SpinetailRhaphidura sabini
- White-tailed WarblerPoliolais lopezi
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensis
- Evergreen Forest WarblerBradypterus lopezi
- Blackcap IlladopsisIlladopsis cleaveri
- Rufous-crowned EremomelaEremomela badiceps
- Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
- Bruce's Green PigeonTreron waalia
- BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
- Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicuti
- Whistling CisticolaCisticola lateralis
- Chestnut-breasted NigritaNigrita bicolor
- Grey-chested BabblerKakamega poliothorax
- Grey KestrelFalco ardosiaceus
- Rufous-sided BroadbillSmithornis rufolateralis
- Bangwa Forest WarblerBradypterus bangwaensis
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- Xavier's GreenbulPhyllastrephus xavieri
- African Golden OrioleOriolus auratus
- Little WeaverPloceus luteolus
- White-crested TuracoTauraco leucolophus
- Yellow-casqued HornbillCeratogymna elata
- Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
- Abdim's StorkCiconia abdimii
- Yellow-billed ShrikeCorvinella corvina
- Northern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicus
- Stone PartridgePtilopachus petrosus
- Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
- African DarterAnhinga rufa
- Lesser HoneyguideIndicator minor
- Bar-tailed TrogonApaloderma vittatum
- Shining-blue KingfisherAlcedo quadribrachys
- Rock PratincoleGlareola nuchalis
- Black-capped ApalisApalis nigriceps
- Brown TwinspotClytospiza monteiri
- Crossley's Ground ThrushGeokichla crossleyi
- Bamenda ApalisApalis bamendae
- African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
- Red-collared WidowbirdEuplectes ardens
- Fox KestrelFalco alopex
- Black-bellied FirefinchLagonosticta rara
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Yellow-throated LongclawMacronyx croceus
- Winding CisticolaCisticola marginatus
- Chestnut-bellied StarlingLamprotornis pulcher
- Bocage's AkalatSheppardia bocagei
- Ursula's SunbirdCinnyris ursulae
- Western Violet-backed SunbirdAnthreptes longuemarei
- Black-headed LapwingVanellus tectus
- Bates's Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone batesi
- Mottled SpinetailTelacanthura ussheri
- Banded Wattle-eyePlatysteira laticincta
- Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-LarkEremopterix leucotis
- Green-backed WoodpeckerCampethera maculosa
- White-bellied Robin-ChatCossyphicula roberti
- White-crested HelmetshrikePrionops plumatus
- Dark Chanting GoshawkMelierax metabates
- Buff-throated ApalisApalis rufogularis
- White-crowned Robin-ChatCossypha albicapillus
- Western Black-headed BatisBatis erlangeri
- Orange-breasted BushshrikeChlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Petit's CuckooshrikeCampephaga petiti
- Clapperton's SpurfowlPternistis clappertoni
- Green-breasted BushshrikeMalaconotus gladiator
- African SilverbillEuodice cantans
- PiapiacPtilostomus afer
- Familiar ChatOenanthe familiaris
- Speckle-fronted WeaverSporopipes frontalis
- African CuckooCuculus gularis
- Northern Yellow White-eyeZosterops senegalensis
- Ansorge's GreenbulEurillas ansorgei
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Black-necked Wattle-eyePlatysteira chalybea
- Brown-crowned TchagraTchagra australis
- BrubruNilaus afer
- West African Crested TernThalasseus albididorsalis
- African Green Bee-eaterMerops viridissimus
- Black ScimitarbillRhinopomastus aterrimus
- Tullberg's WoodpeckerCampethera tullbergi
- African Pygmy GooseNettapus auritus
- Dybowski's TwinspotEuschistospiza dybowskii
- Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser superciliosus
- Purple-headed StarlingHylopsar purpureiceps
- Yellow-bellied HyliotaHyliota flavigaster
- Yellow-throated NicatorNicator vireo
- Bocage's BushshrikeChlorophoneus bocagei
- Dusky Crested FlycatcherElminia nigromitrata
- Black Scrub RobinCercotrichas podobe
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Northern Red BishopEuplectes franciscanus
- Moustached Grass WarblerMelocichla mentalis
- Gabar GoshawkMicronisus gabar
- Black-rumped WaxbillEstrilda troglodytes
- Red-shouldered CuckooshrikeCampephaga phoenicea
- Little Grey GreenbulEurillas gracilis
- Mountain WagtailMotacilla clara
- Scissor-tailed KiteChelictinia riocourii
- Bar-breasted FirefinchLagonosticta rufopicta
- Cassin's Hawk-EagleAquila africana
- Levaillant's CuckooClamator levaillantii
- African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
- White-collared StarlingGrafisia torquata
- Four-banded SandgrousePterocles quadricinctus
- Black Crowned CraneBalearica pavonina
- Grey-necked RockfowlPicathartes oreas
- Fiery-necked NightjarCaprimulgus pectoralis
- Greater HoneyguideIndicator indicator
- Western Long-tailed HornbillHorizocerus albocristatus
- Leaf-lovePhyllastrephus scandens
- Golden GreenbulCalyptocichla serinus
- Bare-cheeked TrogonApaloderma aequatoriale
- Buff-spotted WoodpeckerPardipicus nivosus
- Gosling's BuntingEmberiza goslingi
- White-bearded GreenbulCriniger ndussumensis
- Mount Cameroon SpeiropsZosterops melanocephalus
- Wahlberg's EagleHieraaetus wahlbergi
- Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourus
- Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata
- Tawny EagleAquila rapax
- Blackcap BabblerTurdoides reinwardtii
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
- Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer
- Cabanis's BuntingEmberiza cabanisi
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Black-headed GonolekLaniarius erythrogaster
- Senegal BatisBatis senegalensis
- Fine-spotted WoodpeckerCampethera punctuligera
- Grey PratincoleGlareola cinerea
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Abyssinian Ground HornbillBucorvus abyssinicus
- Black-throated CoucalCentropus leucogaster
- Brown-backed WoodpeckerDendropicos obsoletus
- Black-and-white-casqued HornbillBycanistes subcylindricus
- Red-vented MalimbeMalimbus scutatus
- Tit HyliaPholidornis rushiae
- Thick-billed WeaverAmblyospiza albifrons
- Lesser Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chloropterus
- Blue-throated RollerEurystomus gularis
- Standard-winged NightjarCaprimulgus longipennis
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- African FirefinchLagonosticta rubricata
- Sharpe's DrongoDicrurus sharpei
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Green-winged PytiliaPytilia melba
- Short-winged CisticolaCisticola brachypterus
- Slender-billed WeaverPloceus pelzelni
- Pectoral-patch CisticolaCisticola brunnescens
- Blue-breasted Bee-eaterMerops variegatus
- Ayres's Hawk-EagleHieraaetus ayresii
- Chestnut-capped FlycatcherErythrocercus mccallii
- Red-pate CisticolaCisticola ruficeps
- White-browed Forest FlycatcherFraseria cinerascens
- African Scops OwlOtus senegalensis
- White-rumped SeedeaterCrithagra leucopygia
- Long-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus climacurus
- Bronze-tailed StarlingLamprotornis chalcurus
- Johanna's SunbirdCinnyris johannae
- White-bellied KingfisherCorythornis leucogaster
- Red-winged Grey WarblerDrymocichla incana
- African Black SwiftApus barbatus
- African SkimmerRynchops flavirostris
- Woodhouse's AntpeckerParmoptila woodhousei
- Red-headed LovebirdAgapornis pullarius
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- African FinfootPodica senegalensis
- Yellow-crested WoodpeckerChloropicus xantholophus
- Pearl-spotted OwletGlaucidium perlatum
- Mocking Cliff ChatThamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Chestnut-winged StarlingOnychognathus fulgidus
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Grey-headed BushshrikeMalaconotus blanchoti
- Red-headed QueleaQuelea erythrops
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Red-necked FalconFalco chicquera
- Adamawa Turtle DoveStreptopelia hypopyrrha
- African Dwarf KingfisherIspidina lecontei
- Cassin's MalimbeMalimbus cassini
- Sjöstedt's GreenbulBaeopogon clamans
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- Red-headed MalimbeMalimbus rubricollis
- Sun LarkGalerida modesta
- African Spotted CreeperSalpornis salvadori
- Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatus
- Cassin's SpinetailNeafrapus cassini
- Chestnut-bellied SandgrousePterocles exustus
- Plain-backed PipitAnthus leucophrys
- Afep PigeonColumba unicincta
- Lemon-bellied CrombecSylvietta denti
- Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
- Plain GreenbulEurillas curvirostris
- Greyish Eagle-OwlBubo cinerascens
- Willcocks's HoneyguideIndicator willcocksi
- Carmelite SunbirdChalcomitra fuliginosa
- Blue-bellied RollerCoracias cyanogaster
- Little Green SunbirdAnthreptes seimundi
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- Sabine's PuffbackDryoscopus sabini
- Bristle-nosed BarbetGymnobucco peli
- Rufous CisticolaCisticola rufus
- White-billed Buffalo WeaverBubalornis albirostris
- Fraser's Forest FlycatcherFraseria ocreata
- Cassin's HoneybirdProdotiscus insignis
- African Black DuckAnas sparsa
- African Shrike-flycatcherMegabyas flammulatus
- Yellow-crowned GonolekLaniarius barbarus
- Lowland Masked ApalisApalis binotata
- Grey-rumped SwallowPseudhirundo griseopyga
- Singing CisticolaCisticola cantans
- Vitelline Masked WeaverPloceus vitellinus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
- Croaking CisticolaCisticola natalensis
- Red-headed WeaverAnaplectes rubriceps
- Heuglin's Masked WeaverPloceus heuglini
- Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
- Cut-throat FinchAmadina fasciata
- Mangrove SunbirdAnthreptes gabonicus
- Sahel Paradise WhydahVidua orientalis
- Nkulengu RailHimantornis haematopus
- White-throated FrancolinCampocolinus albogularis
- Yellow-winged PytiliaPytilia hypogrammica
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
- Saddle-billed StorkEphippiorhynchus senegalensis
- African Yellow WarblerIduna natalensis
- Red-fronted ParrotPoicephalus gulielmi
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Brown Snake EagleCircaetus cinereus
- White-headed VultureTrigonoceps occipitalis
- Black-faced FirefinchLagonosticta larvata
- Dorst's CisticolaCisticola guinea
- Preuss's WeaverPloceus preussi
- Mount Kupe BushshrikeChlorophoneus kupeensis
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- African HobbyFalco cuvierii
- Western Dwarf HornbillHorizocerus hartlaubi
- Neumann's StarlingOnychognathus neumanni
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- African PipitAnthus cinnamomeus
- Anteater ChatMyrmecocichla aethiops
- Swamp FlycatcherMuscicapa aquatica
- River PriniaPrinia fluviatilis
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- White-bellied BustardEupodotis senegalensis
- Yellow-mantled WeaverPloceus tricolor
- Bates's SunbirdCinnyris batesi
- Fiery-breasted BushshrikeMalaconotus cruentus
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Spotted Thick-kneeBurhinus capensis
- Rock-loving CisticolaCisticola aberrans
- White-headed BarbetLybius leucocephalus
- Many-colored BushshrikeChlorophoneus multicolor
- Gambaga FlycatcherMuscicapa gambagae
- Sandy Scops OwlOtus icterorhynchus
- Highland Rush WarblerBradypterus centralis
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Yellow-breasted ApalisApalis flavida
- Goliath HeronArdea goliath
- Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
- Arabian BustardArdeotis arabs
- Rachel's MalimbeMalimbus racheliae
- White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
- African Cuckoo-HawkAviceda cuculoides
- Green TwinspotMandingoa nitidula
- Fernando Po BatisBatis poensis
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- QuailfinchOrtygospiza atricollis
- African RailRallus caerulescens
- Bat HawkMacheiramphus alcinus
- Brown-eared WoodpeckerPardipicus caroli
- Common OstrichStruthio camelus
- Lappet-faced VultureTorgos tracheliotos
- White-throated GreenbulPhyllastrephus albigularis
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Buff-spotted FlufftailSarothrura elegans
- Allen's GallinulePorphyrio alleni
- Black-bellied BustardLissotis melanogaster
- Orange WeaverPloceus aurantius
- Pennant-winged NightjarCaprimulgus vexillarius
- Cricket WarblerSpiloptila clamans
- Falkenstein's GreenbulChlorocichla falkensteini
- Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Fan-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes axillaris
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Long-tailed HawkUrotriorchis macrourus
- Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
- Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus
- Mottled SwiftTachymarptis aequatorialis
- Marsh WidowbirdEuplectes hartlaubi
- Brown-rumped BuntingEmberiza affinis
- Vermiculated Fishing OwlScotopelia bouvieri
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- African Hawk-EagleAquila spilogaster
- Least HoneyguideIndicator exilis
- West African SeedeaterCrithagra canicapilla
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Martial EaglePolemaetus bellicosus
- Red-winged PytiliaPytilia phoenicoptera
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Rock FirefinchLagonosticta sanguinodorsalis
- Yellow Penduline TitAnthoscopus parvulus
- Emin's ShrikeLanius gubernator
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
- Pel's Fishing OwlScotopelia peli
- Black SpinetailTelacanthura melanopygia
- Narina TrogonApaloderma narina
- Violet-tailed SunbirdAnthreptes aurantius
- Black GuineafowlAgelastes niger
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Golden-winged SunbirdDrepanorhynchus reichenowi
- Purple-throated CuckooshrikeCampephaga quiscalina
- Spotted HoneyguideIndicator maculatus
- Brown-chested LapwingVanellus superciliosus
- Quail-ploverOrtyxelos meiffrenii
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
- SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentarius
- Masked ShrikeLanius nubicus
- Purple RollerCoracias naevius
- Lesser JacanaMicroparra capensis
- Northern White-faced OwlPtilopsis leucotis
- Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Red-chested FlufftailSarothrura rufa
- Western Banded Snake EagleCircaetus cinerascens
- Maxwell's Black WeaverPloceus albinucha
- Golden-tailed WoodpeckerCampethera abingoni
- Grey-backed FiscalLanius excubitoroides
- Dusky Long-tailed CuckooCercococcyx mechowi
- Marsh TchagraBocagia minuta
- Red-chested OwletGlaucidium tephronotum
- Little Grey FlycatcherMuscicapa epulata
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- Bronze-winged CourserRhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Red-tailed Ant ThrushNeocossyphus rufus
- Violet-backed HyliotaHyliota violacea
- Forest Penduline TitAnthoscopus flavifrons
- Lowland AkalatSheppardia cyornithopsis
- Mount Cameroon SpurfowlPternistis camerunensis
- Chad FirefinchLagonosticta umbrinodorsalis
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca
- Ovambo SparrowhawkAccipiter ovampensis
- Latham's FrancolinPeliperdix lathami
- Lyre-tailed HoneyguideMelichneutes robustus
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Brown-throated MartinRiparia paludicola
- Wattled StarlingCreatophora cinerea
- Long-billed PipitAnthus similis
- White-headed Wood HoopoePhoeniculus bollei
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Orange-breasted WaxbillAmandava subflava
- Freckled NightjarCaprimulgus tristigma
- Sennar Penduline TitAnthoscopus punctifrons
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- Western Bronze-naped PigeonColumba iriditorques
- Southern HyliotaHyliota australis
- Blue-shouldered Robin-ChatCossypha cyanocampter
- Spot-breasted IbisBostrychia rara
- White-crested Tiger HeronTigriornis leucolopha
- Plumed GuineafowlGuttera plumifera
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Golden-breasted BuntingEmberiza flaviventris
- African BroadbillSmithornis capensis
- Plain NightjarCaprimulgus inornatus
- Blue-moustached Bee-eaterMerops mentalis
- Gabon CoucalCentropus anselli
- Cameroon IndigobirdVidua camerunensis
- Beaudouin's Snake EagleCircaetus beaudouini
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eaterMerops hirundineus
- Yellow-bellied EremomelaEremomela icteropygialis
- Western Olivaceous WarblerIduna opaca
- Scarce SwiftSchoutedenapus myoptilus
- Exclamatory Paradise WhydahVidua interjecta
- Savile's BustardLophotis savilei
- Gosling's ApalisApalis goslingi
- Dja River Scrub WarblerBradypterus grandis
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Horus SwiftApus horus
- Sooty ChatMyrmecocichla nigra
- Speckle-breasted WoodpeckerDendropicos poecilolaemus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- Temminck's CourserCursorius temminckii
- Olive IbisBostrychia olivacea
- Black-collared LovebirdAgapornis swindernianus
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
- Lowland Sooty BoubouLaniarius leucorhynchus
- Red-bellied MalimbeMalimbus erythrogaster
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Stout CisticolaCisticola robustus
- Black CoucalCentropus grillii
- Yellow-throated CuckooChrysococcyx flavigularis
- African PittaPitta angolensis
- Brown NightjarVeles binotatus
- Little Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos elachus
- Red-crowned MalimbeMalimbus coronatus
- Schlegel's FrancolinCampocolinus schlegelii
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
- Desert CisticolaCisticola aridulus
- Kemp's LongbillMacrosphenus kempi
- Black-backed CisticolaCisticola eximius
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Denham's BustardNeotis denhami
- Brown-backed HoneybirdProdotiscus regulus
- Green-backed EremomelaEremomela canescens
- Zenker's HoneyguideMelignomon zenkeri
- Black-eared Ground ThrushGeokichla camaronensis
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Fulvous Whistling DuckDendrocygna bicolor
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- Long-toed LapwingVanellus crassirostris
- Eastern Crested GuineafowlGuttera pucherani
- Sudan Golden SparrowPasser luteus
- Fanti Saw-wingPsalidoprocne obscura
- Rufous-bellied HelmetshrikePrionops rufiventris
- Golden NightjarCaprimulgus eximius
- Gabon BatisBatis minima
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Marsh OwlAsio capensis
- Blue-headed Bee-eaterMerops muelleri
- White-naped PigeonColumba albinucha
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Rufous-rumped LarkPinarocorys erythropygia
- Bates's NightjarCaprimulgus batesi
- Grey Ground ThrushGeokichla princei
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Water Thick-kneeBurhinus vermiculatus
- Red-throated WryneckJynx ruficollis
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Harlequin QuailCoturnix delegorguei
- White-tailed AletheAlethe diademata
- Red-billed HelmetshrikePrionops caniceps
- Grey-headed BatisBatis orientalis
- Puvel's IlladopsisIlladopsis puveli
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- White-browed Robin-ChatCossypha heuglini
- Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
- Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
- Great SnipeGallinago media
- Swamp BoubouLaniarius bicolor
- Buff-bellied WarblerPhyllolais pulchella
- Uganda Woodland WarblerPhylloscopus budongoensis
- Brown-cheeked HornbillBycanistes cylindricus
- Wilson's IndigobirdVidua wilsoni
- Tessmann's FlycatcherFraseria tessmanni
- Grey-throated RailCanirallus oculeus
- Eastern Wattled CuckooshrikeLobotos oriolinus
- Yellow-capped WeaverPloceus dorsomaculatus