297 species · 63 rare visitors · ordered by how often reported
- Sierra Madre CrowCorvus sierramadrensis
Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
Siberian PipitAnthus japonicus
Fan-tailed RavenCorvus rhipidurus
Baglafecht WeaverPloceus baglafecht
Common HoopoeUpupa epops
Streaky SeedeaterCrithagra striolata
Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
Swainson's SparrowPasser swainsonii
Northern FiscalLanius humeralis
Abdim's StorkCiconia abdimii
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
Dusky Turtle DoveStreptopelia lugens
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Mongolian GullLarus mongolicus
Rüppell's WeaverPloceus galbula
Little SwiftApus affinis
Ethiopian Bee-eaterMerops lafresnayii
Namaqua DoveOena capensis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Tacazze SunbirdNectarinia tacazze
Hemprich's HornbillLophoceros hemprichii
Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
Mocking Cliff ChatThamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Angola White-eyeZosterops kasaicus
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
Sooty GullIchthyaetus hemprichii
Ethiopian BoubouLaniarius aethiopicus
Bleating CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
Ethiopian ThrushTurdus simensis
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Augur BuzzardButeo augur
Yellow-breasted BarbetTrachyphonus margaritatus
Cocos BoobySula brewsteri
African SilverbillEuodice cantans
Abyssinian WheatearOenanthe lugubris
House CrowCorvus splendens
Brown-rumped SeedeaterCrithagra tristriata
Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Little StintCalidris minuta
Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
Chestnut-bellied StarlingLamprotornis pulcher
Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Crested LarkGalerida cristata
Thekla's LarkGalerida theklae
Abyssinian White-eyeZosterops abyssinicus
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio
HamerkopScopus umbretta
Brown BoobySula leucogaster
Cape CrowCorvus capensis
Erckel's SpurfowlPternistis erckelii
Speckle-fronted WeaverSporopipes frontalis
Crab-ploverDromas ardeola
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Cinnamon-breasted BuntingEmberiza tahapisi
Northern Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus
White-rumped BabblerTurdoides leucopygia
Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
Tawny EagleAquila rapax
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
Ethiopian SwallowHirundo aethiopica
Little Rock ThrushMonticola rufocinereus
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
RuffCalidris pugnax
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
African PipitAnthus cinnamomeus
Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
Marico SunbirdCinnyris mariquensis
Little HeronButorides atricapilla
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
African Green Bee-eaterMerops viridissimus
Banded BarbetLybius undatus
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Striated HeronButorides striata
Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
Red-billed OxpeckerBuphagus erythroryncha
Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
Eastern Black-eared WheatearOenanthe melanoleuca
Bruce's Green PigeonTreron waalia
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Timor NightjarCaprimulgus ritae
Greater Sand PloverAnarhynchus leschenaultii
Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
Black-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix nigriceps
Black Scrub RobinCercotrichas podobe
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourus
Yellow-crowned CanarySerinus flavivertex
Black-billed BarbetLybius guifsobalito
Black-billed Wood HoopoePhoeniculus somaliensis
Blanford's LarkCalandrella blanfordi
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
Masked ShrikeLanius nubicus
African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
Crimson-rumped WaxbillEstrilda rhodopyga
Wattled IbisBostrychia carunculata
Nile Valley SunbirdHedydipna metallica
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
Cut-throat FinchAmadina fasciata
Dark Chanting GoshawkMelierax metabates
Northern CrombecSylvietta brachyura
African CitrilCrithagra citrinelloides
White-eyed GullIchthyaetus leucophthalmus
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser superciliosus
Black-winged LovebirdAgapornis taranta
Rüppell's Black ChatMyrmecocichla melaena
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
Rüppell's Robin-ChatCossypha semirufa
White-cheeked TuracoMenelikornis leucotis
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
Northern Red-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus uropygialis
Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
Abyssinian ThrushTurdus abyssinicus
Maccoa DuckOxyura maccoa
Ethiopian CisticolaCisticola lugubris
Yellow-rumped SeedeaterCrithagra xanthopygia
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
Rüppell's VultureGyps rueppelli
Abyssinian SunbirdCinnyris habessinicus
White-billed StarlingOnychognathus albirostris
Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
SanderlingCalidris alba
GarganeySpatula querquedula
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
Graceful PriniaPrinia gracilis
Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicus
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-LarkEremopterix leucotis
Yellow-bellied WaxbillCoccopygia quartinia
Nyanza SwiftApus niansae
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Common WhitethroatCurruca communis
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia- Congo Serpent EagleCircaetus spectabilis
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
Purple RollerCoracias naevius
Yellow-mantled WidowbirdEuplectes macroura
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
Golden-breasted BuntingEmberiza flaviventris
Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
Black Saw-wingPsalidoprocne pristoptera
Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
Rufous-tailed Scrub RobinCercotrichas galactotes
Chestnut-bellied SandgrousePterocles exustus
Northern Red BishopEuplectes franciscanus
Nubian WoodpeckerCampethera nubica
Black-billed Wood DoveTurtur abyssinicus
Eastern Plantain-eaterCrinifer zonurus
Striolated BuntingEmberiza striolata
Brown Woodland WarblerPhylloscopus umbrovirens
White-collared PigeonColumba albitorques
Common SwiftApus apus
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
African ThrushTurdus pelios
Rüppell's StarlingLamprotornis purpuroptera
Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
Little WeaverPloceus luteolus
Rouget's RailRougetius rougetii
Somali StarlingOnychognathus blythii
Green-winged TealAnas crecca
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Caspian GullLarus cachinnans
Black StorkCiconia nigra
White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
Common OstrichStruthio camelus
Blue-spotted Wood DoveTurtur afer
Pale FlycatcherAgricola pallidus
White-billed Buffalo WeaverBubalornis albirostris
Black ScimitarbillRhinopomastus aterrimus
Red-fronted PriniaPrinia rufifrons
Saunders's TernSternula saundersi
Abyssinian Slaty FlycatcherMelaenornis chocolatinus
White-fronted Black ChatOenanthe albifrons
Grey-headed BatisBatis orientalis
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
White StorkCiconia ciconia
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustris
Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
Northern PuffbackDryoscopus gambensis
Black-winged LapwingVanellus melanopterus
Mottled SwiftTachymarptis aequatorialis
Clapperton's SpurfowlPternistis clappertoni- Brown-tailed Rock ChatOenanthe scotocerca
Arabian BustardArdeotis arabs
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
Barred WarblerCurruca nisoria
Yellow-bellied EremomelaEremomela icteropygialis
Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea
Black-headed LapwingVanellus tectus
Rosy-patched BushshrikeRhodophoneus cruentus
White-headed BabblerTurdoides leucocephala
Common BuzzardButeo buteo
DunlinCalidris alpina
Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
White-backed VultureGyps africanus
Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
Gabar GoshawkMicronisus gabar
Verreaux's EagleAquila verreauxii
Yellow-billed EgretArdea brachyrhyncha
Beautiful SunbirdCinnyris pulchellus
African Hawk-EagleAquila spilogaster
Chestnut WeaverPloceus rubiginosus
White-cheeked TernSterna repressa
Sahel Bush SparrowGymnoris dentata
White-rumped SeedeaterCrithagra leucopygia
Ethiopian White-eyeZosterops poliogastrus
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Common TernSterna hirundo
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
White-browed CoucalCentropus superciliosus
Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
Goliath HeronArdea goliath
Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatus
African FirefinchLagonosticta rubricata
Wahlberg's EagleHieraaetus wahlbergi
Brown Snake EagleCircaetus cinereus
Masked BoobySula dactylatra
White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
Red-tailed ShrikeLanius phoenicuroides
Buff-bellied WarblerPhyllolais pulchella
Western Black-headed BatisBatis erlangeri
White-winged Black TitMelaniparus leucomelas
Ethiopian OrioleOriolus monacha
White-backed Black TitMelaniparus leuconotus
Cricket WarblerSpiloptila clamans
Green-backed EremomelaEremomela canescens
Great EgretArdea alba
Common CuckooCuculus canorus
European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
Green-winged PytiliaPytilia melba
African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
African Harrier-HawkPolyboroides typus
BrubruNilaus afer
Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
Lesser Spotted EagleClanga pomarina
Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer
Pale Crag MartinPtyonoprogne obsoleta
Pearl-spotted OwletGlaucidium perlatum
Meyer's ParrotPoicephalus meyeri
Desert LarkAmmomanes deserti
BlackstartOenanthe melanura
Red-billed TropicbirdPhaethon aethereus
Long-billed PipitAnthus similis
Yellow-necked SpurfowlPternistis leucoscepus
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensis
Temminck's CourserCursorius temminckii
Black-rumped WaxbillEstrilda troglodytes
Sudan Golden SparrowPasser luteus
Eastern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus flavirostris
Pale RockfinchCarpospiza brachydactyla
Slender-billed StarlingOnychognathus tenuirostris
Fulvous BabblerArgya fulva
Four-banded SandgrousePterocles quadricinctus
Brown-backed WoodpeckerDendropicos obsoletus
Plain NightjarCaprimulgus inornatus
Grey EmutailBradypterus seebohmi