280 species · 78 rare visitors · ordered by how often reported
Mongolian GullLarus mongolicus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda- Sierra Madre CrowCorvus sierramadrensis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Sudan Golden SparrowPasser luteus
Brown-necked RavenCorvus ruficollis
Namaqua DoveOena capensis
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Crested LarkGalerida cristata
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
Little StintCalidris minuta
White-crowned WheatearOenanthe leucopyga
Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourus
DunlinCalidris alpina
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Western Subalpine WarblerCurruca iberiae
Common HoopoeUpupa epops
SanderlingCalidris alba
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Greater Hoopoe-LarkAlaemon alaudipes
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Little SwiftApus affinis
Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Black-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix nigriceps
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Western Orphean WarblerCurruca hortensis
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
Black Scrub RobinCercotrichas podobe
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
Desert SparrowPasser simplex
Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
Chestnut-bellied StarlingLamprotornis pulcher
Western Olivaceous WarblerIduna opaca
Fulvous BabblerArgya fulva
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Red KnotCalidris canutus
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Siberian PipitAnthus japonicus
Rock DoveColumba livia
RuffCalidris pugnax
African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicus
Great EgretArdea alba
Cricket WarblerSpiloptila clamans
Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
Bar-tailed LarkAmmomanes cinctura
Common TernSterna hirundo
West African Crested TernThalasseus albididorsalis
Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
Audouin's GullIchthyaetus audouinii
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Pale Crag MartinPtyonoprogne obsoleta
Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
Timor NightjarCaprimulgus ritae
Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
House BuntingEmberiza sahari
Cream-colored CourserCursorius cursor
Little TernSternula albifrons
Rufous-tailed Scrub RobinCercotrichas galactotes
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
HamerkopScopus umbretta
Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
Mediterranean GullIchthyaetus melanocephalus
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
Beautiful SunbirdCinnyris pulchellus
Long-tailed Glossy StarlingLamprotornis caudatus
Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Northern GannetMorus bassanus
Common WhitethroatCurruca communis
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
African SilverbillEuodice cantans
Desert LarkAmmomanes deserti
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
Common SwiftApus apus
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus
GarganeySpatula querquedula
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
Western Red-billed HornbillTockus kempi
BluethroatLuscinia svecica
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
Spectacled WarblerCurruca conspicillata
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
Vieillot's BarbetLybius vieilloti
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
African Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos goertae
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
African Green Bee-eaterMerops viridissimus
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
Black TernChlidonias niger
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-LarkEremopterix leucotis
Red-chested SwallowHirundo lucida
Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
Yellow-billed EgretArdea brachyrhyncha
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensis
Little WeaverPloceus luteolus
Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
Black CrakeZapornia flavirostra
Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus
Yellow-crowned GonolekLaniarius barbarus
Black-headed LapwingVanellus tectus- Golden NightjarCaprimulgus eximius
Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis- Congo Serpent EagleCircaetus spectabilis
African DarterAnhinga rufa
Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
Black-billed Wood DoveTurtur abyssinicus
Vitelline Masked WeaverPloceus vitellinus
Green-winged TealAnas crecca
Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
Black StorkCiconia nigra
Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca
White-billed Buffalo WeaverBubalornis albirostris
Fulvous Whistling DuckDendrocygna bicolor
White-rumped SeedeaterCrithagra leucopygia
Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
Bleating CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
Long-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus climacurus
Pharaoh Eagle-OwlBubo ascalaphus
Kelp GullLarus dominicanus
Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
Little HeronButorides atricapilla
Striated HeronButorides striata
BrubruNilaus afer
Orange-breasted WaxbillAmandava subflava
Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minor
Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicuti
Winding CisticolaCisticola marginatus
Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
European Storm PetrelHydrobates pelagicus
Senegal ParrotPoicephalus senegalus
Black-rumped WaxbillEstrilda troglodytes
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
Iberian ChiffchaffPhylloscopus ibericus
Northern CrombecSylvietta brachyura
Senegal BatisBatis senegalensis
Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
White StorkCiconia ciconia
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
Moltoni's WarblerCurruca subalpina
Green Wood HoopoePhoeniculus purpureus
African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
Northern Red BishopEuplectes franciscanus
Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
European RollerCoracias garrulus
Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
Atlas WheatearOenanthe seebohmi
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis
African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
Gabar GoshawkMicronisus gabar
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
Anteater ChatMyrmecocichla aethiops
Grasshopper BuzzardButastur rufipennis
Gosling's BuntingEmberiza goslingi
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
Western Barn OwlTyto alba
Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
Yellow-billed OxpeckerBuphagus africanus
Chestnut-bellied SandgrousePterocles exustus
Dark Chanting GoshawkMelierax metabates
Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
Marbled DuckMarmaronetta angustirostris
Red-necked NightjarCaprimulgus ruficollis
Pygmy SunbirdHedydipna platura
Temminck's LarkEremophila bilopha
Black ScimitarbillRhinopomastus aterrimus
Beaudouin's Snake EagleCircaetus beaudouini
Black Crowned CraneBalearica pavonina
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Tawny EagleAquila rapax
Yellow-bellied EremomelaEremomela icteropygialis
Western Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscator
Cut-throat FinchAmadina fasciata
African Pygmy GooseNettapus auritus
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
European GreenfinchChloris chloris
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochruros
Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Common CuckooCuculus canorus
Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
Great SkuaStercorarius skua
PiapiacPtilostomus afer
Plain SwiftApus unicolor
Egyptian PloverPluvianus aegyptius
Dunn's LarkEremalauda dunni
European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
African Harrier-HawkPolyboroides typus
Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
Leach's Storm PetrelHydrobates leucorhous
QuailfinchOrtygospiza atricollis
Baillon's CrakeZapornia pusilla
Singing Bush LarkMirafra javanica
Verreaux's Eagle-OwlKetupa lactea
Rüppell's VultureGyps rueppelli
Speckle-fronted WeaverSporopipes frontalis
Red-throated Bee-eaterMerops bulocki
Spotted SandgrousePterocles senegallus
Common BuzzardButeo buteo- Red KiteMilvus milvus
Grey EmutailBradypterus seebohmi
Wilson's Storm PetrelOceanites oceanicus
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata
Black WheatearOenanthe leucura
Double-spurred SpurfowlPternistis bicalcaratus
Red-necked FalconFalco chicquera
Northern White-faced OwlPtilopsis leucotis- Kordofan LarkMirafra cordofanica
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
BramblingFringilla montifringilla
Cocos BoobySula brewsteri
RazorbillAlca torda
European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
Little OwlAthene noctua
Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
Goliath HeronArdea goliath
Mocking Cliff ChatThamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
Sahel Bush SparrowGymnoris dentata
Arabian BustardArdeotis arabs
Little Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos elachus
Sennar Penduline TitAnthoscopus punctifrons
Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
MerlinFalco columbarius
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioides
Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer
Pearl-spotted OwletGlaucidium perlatum
Wahlberg's EagleHieraaetus wahlbergi
Desert CisticolaCisticola aridulus
Grey KestrelFalco ardosiaceus
White-bellied BustardEupodotis senegalensis
Brown BabblerTurdoides plebejus
African SkimmerRynchops flavirostris
Stone PartridgePtilopachus petrosus
Allen's GallinulePorphyrio alleni
Sahel Paradise WhydahVidua orientalis
Plain NightjarCaprimulgus inornatus
River PriniaPrinia fluviatilis
Northern Red-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus uropygialis
Cory's ShearwaterCalonectris borealis
Mediterranean Short-toed LarkAlaudala rufescens