342 species · 40 rare visitors · ordered by how often reported
Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda- Sierra Madre CrowCorvus sierramadrensis
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicus
Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Black KiteMilvus migrans
African SilverbillEuodice cantans
Beautiful SunbirdCinnyris pulchellus
Namaqua DoveOena capensis
Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
Long-tailed Glossy StarlingLamprotornis caudatus
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
Northern Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
Chestnut-bellied StarlingLamprotornis pulcher
Western Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscator
Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
Common HoopoeUpupa epops
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
Abdim's StorkCiconia abdimii
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
Vitelline Masked WeaverPloceus vitellinus
African Green Bee-eaterMerops viridissimus
Sudan Golden SparrowPasser luteus
Little HeronButorides atricapilla
Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Bleating CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
Black-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix nigriceps
Black Scrub RobinCercotrichas podobe
Great EgretArdea alba
Striated HeronButorides striata
Pygmy SunbirdHedydipna platura
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
PiapiacPtilostomus afer
Yellow-crowned GonolekLaniarius barbarus
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
Gabar GoshawkMicronisus gabar
African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
Little WeaverPloceus luteolus
Egyptian PloverPluvianus aegyptius
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-LarkEremopterix leucotis
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
Purple StarlingLamprotornis purpureus
Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea
African Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos goertae
White-billed Buffalo WeaverBubalornis albirostris
Brown-necked RavenCorvus ruficollis
Yellow-billed ShrikeCorvinella corvina
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
Rufous-tailed Scrub RobinCercotrichas galactotes
Little SwiftApus affinis
Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
Gosling's BuntingEmberiza goslingi
Dark Chanting GoshawkMelierax metabates
Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
Senegal ParrotPoicephalus senegalus
Black-billed Wood DoveTurtur abyssinicus
Double-spurred SpurfowlPternistis bicalcaratus
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Vieillot's BarbetLybius vieilloti
Sahel Bush SparrowGymnoris dentata
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Chestnut-bellied SandgrousePterocles exustus
Grasshopper BuzzardButastur rufipennis
Sahel Paradise WhydahVidua orientalis- Congo Serpent EagleCircaetus spectabilis
Green Wood HoopoePhoeniculus purpureus
Yellow-billed OxpeckerBuphagus africanus
Black-headed LapwingVanellus tectus
Stone PartridgePtilopachus petrosus
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
HamerkopScopus umbretta
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Crested LarkGalerida cristata
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Brown BabblerTurdoides plebejus
RuffCalidris pugnax
White-crowned WheatearOenanthe leucopyga
Black CrakeZapornia flavirostra
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Timor NightjarCaprimulgus ritae
Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Common WhitethroatCurruca communis
White-backed VultureGyps africanus
Senegal EremomelaEremomela pusilla
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Cut-throat FinchAmadina fasciata
Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourus
Rüppell's VultureGyps rueppelli
Northern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicus
Western Barn OwlTyto alba
Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
Red-throated Bee-eaterMerops bulocki
Four-banded SandgrousePterocles quadricinctus
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
BrubruNilaus afer
Northern Red BishopEuplectes franciscanus
Grey KestrelFalco ardosiaceus
Red-necked FalconFalco chicquera
Black-rumped WaxbillEstrilda troglodytes
Cricket WarblerSpiloptila clamans
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
Anteater ChatMyrmecocichla aethiops
Pearl-spotted OwletGlaucidium perlatum
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Green-winged PytiliaPytilia melba
Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
Purple RollerCoracias naevius
White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
Northern Red-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus uropygialis
Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus chrysoconus
GarganeySpatula querquedula
Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
Saddle-billed StorkEphippiorhynchus senegalensis
White-rumped SeedeaterCrithagra leucopygia
Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
Golden-breasted BuntingEmberiza flaviventris
Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer
Yellow-billed EgretArdea brachyrhyncha
White-headed VultureTrigonoceps occipitalis
Abyssinian Ground HornbillBucorvus abyssinicus
Yellow-breasted BarbetTrachyphonus margaritatus
Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensis
Greater Hoopoe-LarkAlaemon alaudipes
Lavender WaxbillGlaucestrilda caerulescens
Bruce's Green PigeonTreron waalia- Quail-ploverOrtyxelos meiffrenii
African DarterAnhinga rufa
Black-bellied BustardLissotis melanogaster
House BuntingEmberiza sahari
Ethiopian SwallowHirundo aethiopica
Senegal BatisBatis senegalensis
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
Black Crowned CraneBalearica pavonina
Siberian PipitAnthus japonicus
Little StintCalidris minuta
Desert LarkAmmomanes deserti
Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus
Lappet-faced VultureTorgos tracheliotos
White-crowned LapwingVanellus albiceps
Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus
Speckle-fronted WeaverSporopipes frontalis
African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
Martial EaglePolemaetus bellicosus
BlackstartOenanthe melanura
Fine-spotted WoodpeckerCampethera punctuligera
Northern White-faced OwlPtilopsis leucotis
Fulvous BabblerArgya fulva
Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
Greater HoneyguideIndicator indicator
Spotted SandgrousePterocles senegallus
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
Pale Crag MartinPtyonoprogne obsoleta
Northern CrombecSylvietta brachyura
Violet TuracoTauraco violaceus
Red-necked BuzzardButeo auguralis
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
White-crested HelmetshrikePrionops plumatus
Cream-colored CourserCursorius cursor
Spotted Thick-kneeBurhinus capensis
African Harrier-HawkPolyboroides typus
Western Olivaceous WarblerIduna opaca
Bearded BarbetPogonornis dubius
Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
Common OstrichStruthio camelus
Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
Bar-tailed LarkAmmomanes cinctura
Greyish Eagle-OwlBubo cinerascens
Desert SparrowPasser simplex
Plain NightjarCaprimulgus inornatus
Red-winged PytiliaPytilia phoenicoptera
Nubian BustardNeotis nuba
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
Brown Snake EagleCircaetus cinereus
Western Orphean WarblerCurruca hortensis
African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
African Pygmy KingfisherIspidina picta
Denham's BustardNeotis denhami
Snowy-crowned Robin-ChatCossypha niveicapilla
Blue-breasted KingfisherHalcyon malimbica
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
Tawny EagleAquila rapax
Grey-headed BushshrikeMalaconotus blanchoti
Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
Levaillant's CuckooClamator levaillantii
Brown-throated Wattle-eyePlatysteira cyanea
Fan-tailed RavenCorvus rhipidurus
Allen's GallinulePorphyrio alleni
Black ScimitarbillRhinopomastus aterrimus
White-shouldered Black TitMelaniparus guineensis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
Brown-throated MartinRiparia paludicola
Yellow-bellied EremomelaEremomela icteropygialis
Verreaux's Eagle-OwlKetupa lactea
Bronze-winged CourserRhinoptilus chalcopterus
Scissor-tailed KiteChelictinia riocourii
Arabian BustardArdeotis arabs
Savile's BustardLophotis savilei
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Angola White-eyeZosterops kasaicus
Common CuckooCuculus canorus
Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
Desert CisticolaCisticola aridulus
African Golden OrioleOriolus auratus
Northern Yellow White-eyeZosterops senegalensis
African Pygmy GooseNettapus auritus
Red-shouldered CuckooshrikeCampephaga phoenicea
Black-faced FirefinchLagonosticta larvata
White StorkCiconia ciconia
European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
African CuckooCuculus gularis
Lichtenstein's SandgrousePterocles lichtensteinii
Lesser MoorhenParagallinula angulata
Lesser JacanaMicroparra capensis
Long-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus climacurus
Pel's Fishing OwlScotopelia peli
Common SwiftApus apus
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Little TernSternula albifrons
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
Lizard BuzzardKaupifalco monogrammicus
African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis
African SkimmerRynchops flavirostris
Fox KestrelFalco alopex
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
Orange-cheeked WaxbillEstrilda melpoda
White-crowned Robin-ChatCossypha albicapillus
Preuss's Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon preussi
Little Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos elachus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
Goliath HeronArdea goliath
Northern PuffbackDryoscopus gambensis
Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
African Scops OwlOtus senegalensis
Northern Black FlycatcherMelaenornis edolioides
White-bellied BustardEupodotis senegalensis
Olive-naped WeaverPloceus brachypterus
Crowned SandgrousePterocles coronatus
Standard-winged NightjarCaprimulgus longipennis
Pied-winged SwallowHirundo leucosoma
Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
African Hawk-EagleAquila spilogaster
Copper SunbirdCinnyris cupreus
Western Banded Snake EagleCircaetus cinerascens
Common RedshankTringa totanus- Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
Singing Bush LarkMirafra javanica
Rock PratincoleGlareola nuchalis
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser superciliosus
Heuglin's Masked WeaverPloceus heuglini
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
African Green PigeonTreron calvus
Water Thick-kneeBurhinus vermiculatus
Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
Lesser HoneyguideIndicator minor
Wahlberg's EagleHieraaetus wahlbergi
Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicuti
African ThrushTurdus pelios
Northern FiscalLanius humeralis
Spectacled WarblerCurruca conspicillata
Pale FlycatcherAgricola pallidus
Singing CisticolaCisticola cantans
Splendid StarlingLamprotornis splendidus
Splendid SunbirdCinnyris coccinigastrus
Blue-bellied RollerCoracias cyanogaster
Pharaoh Eagle-OwlBubo ascalaphus
White-fronted Black ChatOenanthe albifrons
Grey PratincoleGlareola cinerea
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
Yellow-throated LongclawMacronyx croceus
QuailfinchOrtygospiza atricollis
Blue-spotted Wood DoveTurtur afer
Mottled SpinetailTelacanthura ussheri
Lesser Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chloropterus
Red-chested SwallowHirundo lucida
African HobbyFalco cuvierii
Oriole WarblerHypergerus atriceps
Brown-backed WoodpeckerDendropicos obsoletus
Exclamatory Paradise WhydahVidua interjecta
Neumann's StarlingOnychognathus neumanni
Heuglin's WheatearOenanthe heuglinii
Rufous-rumped LarkPinarocorys erythropygia
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
Orange-breasted BushshrikeChlorophoneus sulfureopectus
SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentarius
Rock-loving CisticolaCisticola aberrans
Mosque SwallowCecropis senegalensis
African Blue FlycatcherElminia longicauda
African FinfootPodica senegalensis
Greater Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus rufescens
Beaudouin's Snake EagleCircaetus beaudouini
River PriniaPrinia fluviatilis
Mongolian GullLarus mongolicus- Kordofan LarkMirafra cordofanica