407 species · 38 rare visitors · ordered by how often reported
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Northern Red-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus uropygialis- Sierra Madre CrowCorvus sierramadrensis
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Northern FiscalLanius humeralis
Blue-spotted Wood DoveTurtur afer
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
Bronze MannikinSpermestes cucullata
Little GreenbulEurillas virens
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
Green HyliaHylia prasina
Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
African Harrier-HawkPolyboroides typus
Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
Bleating CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
Congo Pied HornbillLophoceros fasciatus
Simple GreenbulChlorocichla simplex
Grey-headed NigritaNigrita canicapillus
Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
Olive-bellied SunbirdCinnyris chloropygius
Red-bellied Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone rufiventer
Western Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscator
Siberian PipitAnthus japonicus
West African Pied HornbillLophoceros semifasciatus
African Green PigeonTreron calvus
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
Lizard BuzzardKaupifalco monogrammicus
Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivacea
Olive-naped WeaverPloceus brachypterus
Tambourine DoveTurtur tympanistria
Yellow-throated TinkerbirdPogoniulus subsulphureus
Brown-throated Wattle-eyePlatysteira cyanea
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Speckled TinkerbirdPogoniulus scolopaceus
Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
Splendid StarlingLamprotornis splendidus
Yellow-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus bilineatus
Slender-billed GreenbulStelgidillas gracilirostris
Little SwiftApus affinis
Chestnut-and-black WeaverPloceus castaneofuscus
Western OrioleOriolus brachyrynchus
Plain-backed PipitAnthus leucophrys
Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
Orange-cheeked WaxbillEstrilda melpoda
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Copper SunbirdCinnyris cupreus
Western NicatorNicator chloris
Maasai ApalisApalis stronachi
Blue MalkohaCeuthmochares aereus
Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
African ThrushTurdus pelios
Yellow-browed CamaropteraCamaroptera superciliaris
Double-spurred SpurfowlPternistis bicalcaratus
Whistling CisticolaCisticola lateralis
Short-winged CisticolaCisticola brachypterus
Common SwiftApus apus
Naked-faced BarbetGymnobucco calvus
Sharpe's ApalisApalis sharpii
Black-and-white MannikinSpermestes bicolor
Yellow-billed TuracoTauraco macrorhynchus
Blue-throated Brown SunbirdCyanomitra cyanolaema
Little Grey GreenbulEurillas gracilis
Guinea TuracoTauraco persa
Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
Red-tailed GreenbulCriniger calurus
Swamp Palm BulbulThescelocichla leucopleura
Square-tailed Saw-wingPsalidoprocne nitens
Green-headed SunbirdCyanomitra verticalis
Moustached Grass WarblerMelocichla mentalis
Black Bee-eaterMerops gularis
White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
African Pygmy KingfisherIspidina picta
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Grey LongbillMacrosphenus concolor
Olive-green CamaropteraCamaroptera chloronota
White-tailed AletheAlethe diademata
Red-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus atroflavus
Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Yellow-whiskered GreenbulEurillas latirostris
Grey-headed BristlebillBleda canicapillus
Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
African Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx cupreus
Compact WeaverPachyphantes superciliosus
Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
White-spotted FlufftailSarothrura pulchra
Brown IlladopsisIlladopsis fulvescens
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
West African Wattle-eyeDyaphorophyia hormophora
Honeyguide GreenbulBaeopogon indicator
Blue-breasted KingfisherHalcyon malimbica
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Western Bearded GreenbulCriniger barbatus
Splendid SunbirdCinnyris coccinigastrus
Red-vented MalimbeMalimbus scutatus
Red-faced CisticolaCisticola erythrops
Western Bronze-naped PigeonColumba iriditorques
Yellow-throated LongclawMacronyx croceus
Chestnut-breasted NigritaNigrita bicolor
Timor NightjarCaprimulgus ritae
Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
Yellow-mantled WidowbirdEuplectes macroura
Crimson SeedcrackerPyrenestes sanguineus
Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
Angola White-eyeZosterops kasaicus
Icterine GreenbulPhyllastrephus icterinus
Piping HornbillBycanistes fistulator
Blue-billed MalimbeMalimbus nitens
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Green CrombecSylvietta virens
Preuss's Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon preussi
Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
Little HeronButorides atricapilla
Vieillot's BarbetLybius vieilloti
Superb SunbirdCinnyris superbus
Johanna's SunbirdCinnyris johannae
Yellow-casqued HornbillCeratogymna elata
Buff-throated SunbirdChalcomitra adelberti
Brown-crowned TchagraTchagra australis
Velvet-mantled DrongoDicrurus modestus
Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
Black CrakeZapornia flavirostra
Northern Yellow White-eyeZosterops senegalensis
Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcherBias musicus
Western BluebillSpermophaga haematina
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
Blue-headed Wood DoveTurtur brehmeri
Yellow-breasted Forest RobinStiphrornis mabirae
Red-breasted SwallowCecropis semirufa
Yellow-billed EgretArdea brachyrhyncha
Red-necked BuzzardButeo auguralis
Carmelite SunbirdChalcomitra fuliginosa
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
Great Blue TuracoCorythaeola cristata
Red-tailed BristlebillBleda syndactylus
Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
Lowland Sooty BoubouLaniarius leucorhynchus
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
Buff-spotted WoodpeckerPardipicus nivosus
Spotted GreenbulIxonotus guttatus
Finsch's Rufous ThrushStizorhina finschi
Shining DrongoDicrurus atripennis
Fraser's SunbirdDeleornis fraseri
Sabine's PuffbackDryoscopus sabini
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Striated HeronButorides striata
Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
Little Green SunbirdAnthreptes seimundi
Crested MalimbeMalimbus malimbicus
Northern PuffbackDryoscopus gambensis
Yellow-chinned SunbirdAnthreptes rectirostris
Yellow-spotted BarbetBuccanodon duchaillui
Orange WeaverPloceus aurantius
White-bibbed SwallowHirundo nigrita
Mangrove SunbirdAnthreptes gabonicus
African Pygmy GooseNettapus auritus
Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Yellow-bearded GreenbulCriniger olivaceus
Capuchin BabblerTurdoides atripennis
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
African Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos goertae
Chocolate-backed KingfisherHalcyon badia
Ansorge's GreenbulEurillas ansorgei
Levaillant's CuckooClamator levaillantii
Timneh ParrotPsittacus timneh
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Great EgretArdea alba
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
Black-casqued HornbillCeratogymna atrata
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
Plain GreenbulEurillas curvirostris
Western Long-tailed HornbillHorizocerus albocristatus
Melancholy WoodpeckerDendropicos lugubris- Kemp's LongbillMacrosphenus kempi
Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
White-bellied KingfisherCorythornis leucogaster
Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens
Winding CisticolaCisticola marginatus
Black-throated CoucalCentropus leucogaster
Grey KestrelFalco ardosiaceus
Copper-tailed StarlingHylopsar cupreocauda- Green-tailed BristlebillBleda eximius
Common TernSterna hirundo
African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis
Long-billed PipitAnthus similis
Orange-breasted Forest RobinStiphrornis erythrothorax- Red-cheeked Wattle-eyePlatysteira blissetti
- Pale-breasted IlladopsisIlladopsis rufipennis
Brown-cheeked HornbillBycanistes cylindricus
Hairy-breasted BarbetTricholaema hirsuta
Tit HyliaPholidornis rushiae
Greyish Eagle-OwlBubo cinerascens
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
White-tailed Ant ThrushNeocossyphus poensis
Black-capped ApalisApalis nigriceps
African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
Thick-billed WeaverAmblyospiza albifrons
African FirefinchLagonosticta rubricata
Red-headed MalimbeMalimbus rubricollis
Brown-chested AletheChamaetylas poliocephala
Rufous-sided BroadbillSmithornis rufolateralis
Olive Long-tailed CuckooCercococcyx olivinus- Blackcap IlladopsisIlladopsis cleaveri
Latham's FrancolinPeliperdix lathami
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
Bar-breasted FirefinchLagonosticta rufopicta
Tiny SunbirdCinnyris minullus
Hartlaub's DuckPteronetta hartlaubii
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Snowy-crowned Robin-ChatCossypha niveicapilla
Green-backed WoodpeckerCampethera maculosa
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
West African Crested TernThalasseus albididorsalis
Lemon-bellied CrombecSylvietta denti
Blue-headed Crested FlycatcherTrochocercus nitens
Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
Leaf-lovePhyllastrephus scandens
Reichenbach's SunbirdAnabathmis reichenbachii
Cassin's HoneybirdProdotiscus insignis
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Western Barn OwlTyto alba
Red-collared WidowbirdEuplectes ardens
Fraser's Forest FlycatcherFraseria ocreata
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
Rock PratincoleGlareola nuchalis
Magpie MannikinSpermestes fringilloides
Red-billed Dwarf HornbillLophoceros camurus
Sabine's SpinetailRhaphidura sabini
Dusky Crested FlycatcherElminia nigromitrata
African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Rufous-winged IlladopsisIlladopsis rufescens
SanderlingCalidris alba
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
Blue-throated RollerEurystomus gularis
Dusky-blue FlycatcherBradornis comitatus
Standard-winged NightjarCaprimulgus longipennis
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
White-breasted NigritaNigrita fusconotus
Chestnut-winged StarlingOnychognathus fulgidus
Fire-bellied WoodpeckerChloropicus pyrrhogaster
African Dwarf KingfisherIspidina lecontei
Western Yellow-billed BarbetTrachylaemus goffinii
African Wood OwlStrix woodfordii
Oriole WarblerHypergerus atriceps
Purple-throated CuckooshrikeCampephaga quiscalina
Golden GreenbulCalyptocichla serinus- Congo Serpent EagleCircaetus spectabilis
Ayres's Hawk-EagleHieraaetus ayresii
Rufous-crowned EremomelaEremomela badiceps
Black TernChlidonias niger
Grey ParrotPsittacus erithacus
Black-winged Red BishopEuplectes hordeaceus
Allen's GallinulePorphyrio alleni
Blue CuckooshrikeCyanograucalus azureus
OspreyPandion haliaetus
African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
African Shrike-flycatcherMegabyas flammulatus
Ahanta SpurfowlPternistis ahantensis
White-browed Forest FlycatcherFraseria cinerascens
Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatus
Cassin's FlycatcherMuscicapa cassini
Red-billed HelmetshrikePrionops caniceps
Yellow-bellied Wattle-eyePlatysteira concreta
Senegal LapwingVanellus lugubris
Eastern Yellow-billed BarbetTrachylaemus purpuratus
Fanti Saw-wingPsalidoprocne obscura
Nimba FlycatcherMelaenornis annamarulae
Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
Black CuckooCuculus clamosus
Brown-eared WoodpeckerPardipicus caroli
Chestnut-capped FlycatcherErythrocercus mccallii
Cassin's Hawk-EagleAquila africana
Forest Scrub RobinTychaedon leucosticta
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
Sharpe's DrongoDicrurus sharpei
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Western Dwarf HornbillHorizocerus hartlaubi
Bates's SwiftApus batesi
Water Thick-kneeBurhinus vermiculatus
Red-shouldered CuckooshrikeCampephaga phoenicea
Black-winged OrioleOriolus nigripennis
Many-colored BushshrikeChlorophoneus multicolor
Long-tailed HawkUrotriorchis macrourus
Blue-moustached Bee-eaterMerops mentalis
Fiery-breasted BushshrikeMalaconotus cruentus
African HobbyFalco cuvierii
Long-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus climacurus
Little Grey FlycatcherMuscicapa epulata- Baumann's Olive GreenbulPhyllastrephus baumanni
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus chrysoconus
Mountain WagtailMotacilla clara
Vieillot's Black WeaverPloceus nigerrimus
African FinfootPodica senegalensis
Black CoucalCentropus grillii
Forest Wood HoopoeRhinopomastus castaneiceps
West African BatisBatis occulta
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Double-toothed BarbetPogonornis bidentatus
Shining-blue KingfisherAlcedo quadribrachys
Afep PigeonColumba unicincta- Puvel's IlladopsisIlladopsis puveli
Preuss's WeaverPloceus preussi
Fernando Po BatisBatis poensis
European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
Asian Woolly-necked StorkCiconia episcopus
Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
White-crowned LapwingVanellus albiceps
African Cuckoo-HawkAviceda cuculoides
Grey-throated Tit-FlycatcherFraseria griseigularis
Willcocks's HoneyguideIndicator willcocksi
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
Narina TrogonApaloderma narina
Senegal ParrotPoicephalus senegalus
Green TwinspotMandingoa nitidula
Red-fronted AntpeckerParmoptila rubrifrons- Sierra Leone PriniaSchistolais leontica
- Gola MalimbeMalimbus ballmanni
Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
Large Rock MartinPtyonoprogne fuligula
Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
Red-throated Rock MartinPtyonoprogne rufigula
Red-headed QueleaQuelea erythrops
Yellow-mantled WeaverPloceus tricolor
Nkulengu RailHimantornis haematopus
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
Ashy FlycatcherFraseria caerulescens
Lemon DoveAplopelia larvata
Red-headed LovebirdAgapornis pullarius
Maxwell's Black WeaverPloceus albinucha
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Little TernSternula albifrons
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
African DarterAnhinga rufa
Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
Singing CisticolaCisticola cantans
Blue-headed CoucalCentropus monachus
Fraser's Eagle-OwlKetupa poensis
Brown NightjarVeles binotatus
Roseate TernSterna dougallii
QuailfinchOrtygospiza atricollis
Bristle-nosed BarbetGymnobucco peli
Spotted HoneyguideIndicator maculatus- Spot-breasted IbisBostrychia rara
- Yellow-footed HoneyguideMelignomon eisentrauti
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
Brown Snake EagleCircaetus cinereus
Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea
Pale FlycatcherAgricola pallidus
Grey Tit-FlycatcherFraseria plumbea
Black-necked WeaverPloceus nigricollis
African CrakeCrecopsis egregia
Blue-shouldered Robin-ChatCossypha cyanocampter
Cassin's SpinetailNeafrapus cassini
Plain NightjarCaprimulgus inornatus
Violet-backed HyliotaHyliota violacea
Red-chested OwletGlaucidium tephronotum
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
Southern Crested GuineafowlGuttera edouardi
Dusky TitMelaniparus funereus
Marsh TchagraBocagia minuta
Grey-winged Robin-ChatSheppardia polioptera
Gosling's BuntingEmberiza goslingi
Least HoneyguideIndicator exilis
Forest White-eyeZosterops stenocricotus
Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
Wahlberg's EagleHieraaetus wahlbergi
Eastern Crested GuineafowlGuttera pucherani
Ethiopian SwallowHirundo aethiopica
Mottled SpinetailTelacanthura ussheri
Bat HawkMacheiramphus alcinus
White-throated GreenbulPhyllastrephus albigularis
Akun Eagle-OwlKetupa leucosticta
Black SpinetailTelacanthura melanopygia
Gabon WoodpeckerDendropicos gabonensis
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Little StintCalidris minuta
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Orange-breasted BushshrikeChlorophoneus sulfureopectus
Tropical BoubouLaniarius major
Croaking CisticolaCisticola natalensis
Square-tailed DrongoDicrurus ludwigii
Senegal EremomelaEremomela pusilla
Northern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicus
Chestnut Wattle-eyeDyaphorophyia castanea
Dusky Long-tailed CuckooCercococcyx mechowi
Black-bellied FirefinchLagonosticta rara
Chattering CisticolaCisticola anonymus
White-necked RockfowlPicathartes gymnocephalus
Olive IbisBostrychia olivacea
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Common WhitethroatCurruca communis
Common CuckooCuculus canorus
Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
Greater HoneyguideIndicator indicator
African Scops OwlOtus senegalensis
Plain SwiftApus unicolor
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensis
Northern White-faced OwlPtilopsis leucotis
Heuglin's Masked WeaverPloceus heuglini
African PiculetVerreauxia africana
Lagden's BushshrikeMalaconotus lagdeni- Forest Penduline TitAnthoscopus flavifrons
White-crested Tiger HeronTigriornis leucolopha
Tessmann's FlycatcherFraseria tessmanni- Lyre-tailed HoneyguideMelichneutes robustus
Black-collared LovebirdAgapornis swindernianus
Mongolian GullLarus mongolicus
Grey-chinned SunbirdAnthreptes tephrolaemus
Western Crested GuineafowlGuttera verreauxi
Leach's Storm PetrelHydrobates leucorhous