Birds of Niger
Niger hosts 314 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Pied CrowCorvus albus
- Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicus
- Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
- Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
- African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
- BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- White-backed VultureGyps africanus
- Senegal EremomelaEremomela pusilla
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Cut-throat FinchAmadina fasciata
- Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourus
- Northern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicus
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
- Red-throated Bee-eaterMerops bulocki
- Four-banded SandgrousePterocles quadricinctus
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- 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
- 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
- White-headed VultureTrigonoceps occipitalis
- Abyssinian Ground HornbillBucorvus abyssinicus
- Yellow-breasted BarbetTrachyphonus margaritatus
- Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
- Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensis
- Greater Hoopoe-LarkAlaemon alaudipes
- 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
- 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
- Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
- Greater HoneyguideIndicator indicator
- Spotted SandgrousePterocles senegallus
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Pale Crag MartinPtyonoprogne obsoleta
- Northern CrombecSylvietta brachyura
- 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
- 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
- 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
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Brown-throated MartinRiparia paludicola
- Yellow-bellied EremomelaEremomela icteropygialis
- Bronze-winged CourserRhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Scissor-tailed KiteChelictinia riocourii
- Arabian BustardArdeotis arabs
- Savile's BustardLophotis savilei
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- 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
- Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
- African CuckooCuculus gularis
- Lichtenstein's SandgrousePterocles lichtensteinii
- 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
- 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
- Singing CisticolaCisticola cantans
- Splendid StarlingLamprotornis splendidus
- Splendid SunbirdCinnyris coccinigastrus
- Blue-bellied RollerCoracias cyanogaster
- Pharaoh Eagle-OwlBubo ascalaphus
- 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
- 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