Birds of Nigeria
Nigeria hosts 761 regularly occurring species in this directory, 3 of them found nowhere else. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
Endemic to Nigeria
Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.
All regular species
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
- Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
- African ThrushTurdus pelios
- Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
- Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
- Western Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscator
- African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
- Pied CrowCorvus albus
- African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
- Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
- Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus chrysoconus
- Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
- Double-spurred SpurfowlPternistis bicalcaratus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
- Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
- Ethiopian SwallowHirundo aethiopica
- Yellow-billed ShrikeCorvinella corvina
- Yellow-crowned GonolekLaniarius barbarus
- Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
- Purple StarlingLamprotornis purpureus
- Long-tailed Glossy StarlingLamprotornis caudatus
- Senegal ParrotPoicephalus senegalus
- Northern Red BishopEuplectes franciscanus
- Black-billed Wood DoveTurtur abyssinicus
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- PiapiacPtilostomus afer
- Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicus
- Southern Red-billed HornbillTockus rufirostris
- Green Wood HoopoePhoeniculus purpureus
- Brown BabblerTurdoides plebejus
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Chestnut-bellied StarlingLamprotornis pulcher
- Brown-throated Wattle-eyePlatysteira cyanea
- Lizard BuzzardKaupifalco monogrammicus
- Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
- Blue-spotted Wood DoveTurtur afer
- Senegal EremomelaEremomela pusilla
- White-billed Buffalo WeaverBubalornis albirostris
- Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
- Vieillot's BarbetLybius vieilloti
- Congo Pied HornbillLophoceros fasciatus
- Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
- Snowy-crowned Robin-ChatCossypha niveicapilla
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Northern Black FlycatcherMelaenornis edolioides
- Little WeaverPloceus luteolus
- Yellow-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus bilineatus
- Copper SunbirdCinnyris cupreus
- Singing CisticolaCisticola cantans
- Adamawa Turtle DoveStreptopelia hypopyrrha
- HamerkopScopus umbretta
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
- Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
- Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
- African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
- Splendid SunbirdCinnyris coccinigastrus
- Beautiful SunbirdCinnyris pulchellus
- Stone PartridgePtilopachus petrosus
- Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
- Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- Little GreenbulEurillas virens
- Yellow-throated LongclawMacronyx croceus
- White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
- African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
- Green-headed SunbirdCyanomitra verticalis
- Sahel Bush SparrowGymnoris dentata
- Speckle-fronted WeaverSporopipes frontalis
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
- Orange-cheeked WaxbillEstrilda melpoda
- Grey KestrelFalco ardosiaceus
- Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
- Northern CrombecSylvietta brachyura
- Orange-breasted BushshrikeChlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Winding CisticolaCisticola marginatus
- African JacanaActophilornis africanus
- White-rumped SeedeaterCrithagra leucopygia
- Blue-breasted KingfisherHalcyon malimbica
- Gabar GoshawkMicronisus gabar
- Yellow-billed OxpeckerBuphagus africanus
- African Harrier-HawkPolyboroides typus
- Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
- Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
- Yellow-throated LeafbirdChloropsis palawanensis
- Black-rumped WaxbillEstrilda troglodytes
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
- Northern PuffbackDryoscopus gambensis
- Black-headed LapwingVanellus tectus
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
- Sun LarkGalerida modesta
- Bleating CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
- Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- African Green PigeonTreron calvus
- Red-faced CisticolaCisticola erythrops
- African Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos goertae
- Pygmy SunbirdHedydipna platura
- Bruce's Green PigeonTreron waalia
- Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
- Moustached Grass WarblerMelocichla mentalis
- Tambourine DoveTurtur tympanistria
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Black-necked WeaverPloceus nigricollis
- White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
- Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
- Familiar ChatOenanthe familiaris
- Red-throated Bee-eaterMerops bulocki
- Short-winged CisticolaCisticola brachypterus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Yellow-mantled WidowbirdEuplectes macroura
- Olive-bellied SunbirdCinnyris chloropygius
- Anteater ChatMyrmecocichla aethiops
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Purple RollerCoracias naevius
- Large Rock MartinPtyonoprogne fuligula
- African Pygmy KingfisherIspidina picta
- Fanti Saw-wingPsalidoprocne obscura
- Senegal BatisBatis senegalensis
- Piping HornbillBycanistes fistulator
- Greater HoneyguideIndicator indicator
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis
- Guinea TuracoTauraco persa
- Green CrombecSylvietta virens
- Plain-backed PipitAnthus leucophrys
- African Golden OrioleOriolus auratus
- Oriole WarblerHypergerus atriceps
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- African SilverbillEuodice cantans
- African CuckooCuculus gularis
- Bar-breasted FirefinchLagonosticta rufopicta
- Grey-headed NigritaNigrita canicapillus
- Rock FirefinchLagonosticta sanguinodorsalis
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
- Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens
- African Blue FlycatcherElminia longicauda
- Black-winged Red BishopEuplectes hordeaceus
- Northern Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus
- Splendid StarlingLamprotornis splendidus
- Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Simple GreenbulChlorocichla simplex
- Swamp Palm BulbulThescelocichla leucopleura
- Red-vented MalimbeMalimbus scutatus
- Grey-headed BushshrikeMalaconotus blanchoti
- Red-shouldered CuckooshrikeCampephaga phoenicea
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Fox KestrelFalco alopex
- Abdim's StorkCiconia abdimii
- Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
- Red-bellied Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone rufiventer
- Blue-bellied RollerCoracias cyanogaster
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-LarkEremopterix leucotis
- Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus
- Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivacea
- Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
- Western NicatorNicator chloris
- Yellow-throated TinkerbirdPogoniulus subsulphureus
- Vieillot's Black WeaverPloceus nigerrimus
- Mocking Cliff ChatThamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Northern Yellow White-eyeZosterops senegalensis
- Mottled SpinetailTelacanthura ussheri
- African Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx cupreus
- Levaillant's CuckooClamator levaillantii
- Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensis
- Leaf-lovePhyllastrephus scandens
- Croaking CisticolaCisticola natalensis
- Blue-headed CoucalCentropus monachus
- Black-winged OrioleOriolus nigripennis
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Blue MalkohaCeuthmochares aereus
- Red-necked BuzzardButeo auguralis
- Neumann's StarlingOnychognathus neumanni
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Black-bellied FirefinchLagonosticta rara
- Yellow-breasted BoubouLaniarius atroflavus
- African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
- Dark Chanting GoshawkMelierax metabates
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Cut-throat FinchAmadina fasciata
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Blackcap BabblerTurdoides reinwardtii
- BrubruNilaus afer
- Grasshopper BuzzardButastur rufipennis
- Sahel Paradise WhydahVidua orientalis
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Yellow-whiskered GreenbulEurillas latirostris
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Black-crowned WaxbillEstrilda nonnula
- Bannerman's WeaverPloceus bannermani
- African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
- Fine-spotted WoodpeckerCampethera punctuligera
- Red-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus atroflavus
- Red-necked FalconFalco chicquera
- White-crested HelmetshrikePrionops plumatus
- Yellow-browed CamaropteraCamaroptera superciliaris
- Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser superciliosus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus
- Pearl-spotted OwletGlaucidium perlatum
- Green HyliaHylia prasina
- Dorst's CisticolaCisticola guinea
- Green-winged PytiliaPytilia melba
- QuailfinchOrtygospiza atricollis
- White-headed BarbetLybius leucocephalus
- Rufous CisticolaCisticola rufus
- Cape WeaverPloceus capensis
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
- Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus
- Rock-loving CisticolaCisticola aberrans
- Sudan Golden SparrowPasser luteus
- Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
- Wahlberg's EagleHieraaetus wahlbergi
- Whistling CisticolaCisticola lateralis
- Buff-throated SunbirdChalcomitra adelberti
- Northern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicus
- Black CuckooCuculus clamosus
- Speckled TinkerbirdPogoniulus scolopaceus
- Red-headed MalimbeMalimbus rubricollis
- Naked-faced BarbetGymnobucco calvus
- Chubb's CisticolaCisticola chubbi
- Black Scrub RobinCercotrichas podobe
- Heuglin's Masked WeaverPloceus heuglini
- Yellow-gorgeted GreenbulAtimastillas flavicollis
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Tropical BoubouLaniarius major
- Red-collared WidowbirdEuplectes ardens
- Olive-naped WeaverPloceus brachypterus
- Gosling's BuntingEmberiza goslingi
- Oriole FinchLinurgus olivaceus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Grey ApalisApalis cinerea
- Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
- Blue-headed Wood DoveTurtur brehmeri
- Western TinkerbirdPogoniulus coryphaea
- Brown-crowned TchagraTchagra australis
- Ethiopian BoubouLaniarius aethiopicus
- Greyish Eagle-OwlBubo cinerascens
- Blue-billed MalimbeMalimbus nitens
- Mosque SwallowCecropis senegalensis
- Olive-green CamaropteraCamaroptera chloronota
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
- Yellow-breasted ApalisApalis flavida
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Lesser HoneyguideIndicator minor
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Black ScimitarbillRhinopomastus aterrimus
- Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Great Blue TuracoCorythaeola cristata
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- Orange-tufted SunbirdCinnyris bouvieri
- Vitelline Masked WeaverPloceus vitellinus
- Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
- Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
- Slender-billed GreenbulStelgidillas gracilirostris
- Waller's StarlingOnychognathus walleri
- Mackinnon's ShrikeLanius mackinnoni
- Long-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus climacurus
- White-crowned Robin-ChatCossypha albicapillus
- Baglafecht WeaverPloceus baglafecht
- Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
- Grey ParrotPsittacus erithacus
- Cameroon Olive PigeonColumba sjostedti
- Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicuti
- Jos Plateau IndigobirdVidua maryae
- Egyptian PloverPluvianus aegyptius
- White-crowned LapwingVanellus albiceps
- Scissor-tailed KiteChelictinia riocourii
- Bronze-tailed StarlingLamprotornis chalcurus
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
- Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Blue-throated Brown SunbirdCyanomitra cyanolaema
- Black-billed WeaverPloceus melanogaster
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
- Yellow-mantled WeaverPloceus tricolor
- White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
- Red-breasted SwallowCecropis semirufa
- Black-faced FirefinchLagonosticta larvata
- Tawny EagleAquila rapax
- White-chinned PriniaSchistolais leucopogon
- African Green Bee-eaterMerops viridissimus
- Superb SunbirdCinnyris superbus
- Four-banded SandgrousePterocles quadricinctus
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca
- Scaly SpurfowlPternistis squamatus
- Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourus
- African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
- Grey-headed BristlebillBleda canicapillus
- Golden-breasted BuntingEmberiza flaviventris
- Yellow Penduline TitAnthoscopus parvulus
- White-spotted FlufftailSarothrura pulchra
- Green LongtailUrolais epichlorus
- Pink-footed PuffbackDryoscopus angolensis
- Spotted GreenbulIxonotus guttatus
- Orange-breasted WaxbillAmandava subflava
- Black Bee-eaterMerops gularis
- Red-headed LovebirdAgapornis pullarius
- Cameroon SunbirdCyanomitra oritis
- Western Olivaceous WarblerIduna opaca
- Black CoucalCentropus grillii
- Exclamatory Paradise WhydahVidua interjecta
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Mountain Sooty BoubouLaniarius poensis
- Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
- Cameroon Olive GreenbulPhyllastrephus poensis
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Yellow-spotted BarbetBuccanodon duchaillui
- Lesser Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chloropterus
- Western BluebillSpermophaga haematina
- African Cuckoo-HawkAviceda cuculoides
- White-bellied BustardEupodotis senegalensis
- Chattering CisticolaCisticola anonymus
- Black Saw-wingPsalidoprocne pristoptera
- Plain NightjarCaprimulgus inornatus
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- Brown IlladopsisIlladopsis fulvescens
- Western OrioleOriolus brachyrynchus
- Brown-capped WeaverPloceus insignis
- Black-headed Mountain GreenbulArizelocichla nigriceps
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Allen's GallinulePorphyrio alleni
- Red-headed QueleaQuelea erythrops
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Western Mountain GreenbulArizelocichla tephrolaema
- Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
- Ahanta SpurfowlPternistis ahantensis
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- African Scops OwlOtus senegalensis
- Ant-eating ChatMyrmecocichla formicivora
- Blue-breasted Bee-eaterMerops variegatus
- White-crested TuracoTauraco leucolophus
- Dark-backed WeaverPloceus bicolor
- Thick-billed SeedeaterCrithagra burtoni
- Northern White-faced OwlPtilopsis leucotis
- Ovambo SparrowhawkAccipiter ovampensis
- Black-headed OrioleOriolus larvatus
- Fire-bellied WoodpeckerChloropicus pyrrhogaster
- Brown-rumped BuntingEmberiza affinis
- Spotted Thick-kneeBurhinus capensis
- Cricket WarblerSpiloptila clamans
- Honeyguide GreenbulBaeopogon indicator
- Chestnut-breasted NigritaNigrita bicolor
- Black-throated CoucalCentropus leucogaster
- White-thighed HornbillBycanistes albotibialis
- Yellow BishopEuplectes capensis
- Buff-throated ApalisApalis rufogularis
- Western Long-tailed HornbillHorizocerus albocristatus
- Spectacled WeaverPloceus ocularis
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Northern Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris reichenowi
- Orange-breasted Forest RobinStiphrornis erythrothorax
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Dybowski's TwinspotEuschistospiza dybowskii
- Red-tailed GreenbulCriniger calurus
- Red-pate CisticolaCisticola ruficeps
- Hairy-breasted BarbetTricholaema hirsuta
- Red-billed Dwarf HornbillLophoceros camurus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
- Yellow-casqued HornbillCeratogymna elata
- Cabanis's BuntingEmberiza cabanisi
- Western Violet-backed SunbirdAnthreptes longuemarei
- Black-bellied BustardLissotis melanogaster
- Mottled SwiftTachymarptis aequatorialis
- African FirefinchLagonosticta rubricata
- Freckled NightjarCaprimulgus tristigma
- West African SeedeaterCrithagra canicapilla
- Little Grey GreenbulEurillas gracilis
- Black-casqued HornbillCeratogymna atrata
- African DarterAnhinga rufa
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- African HobbyFalco cuvierii
- Little Green SunbirdAnthreptes seimundi
- Standard-winged NightjarCaprimulgus longipennis
- Lühder's BushshrikeLaniarius luehderi
- Icterine GreenbulPhyllastrephus icterinus
- Yellow-billed TuracoTauraco macrorhynchus
- Tullberg's WoodpeckerCampethera tullbergi
- Shining DrongoDicrurus atripennis
- Sharpe's DrongoDicrurus sharpei
- African PipitAnthus cinnamomeus
- Martial EaglePolemaetus bellicosus
- Chestnut-winged StarlingOnychognathus fulgidus
- Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
- Shelley's OlivebackNesocharis shelleyi
- Yellow-winged PytiliaPytilia hypogrammica
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- African Wood OwlStrix woodfordii
- Clapperton's SpurfowlPternistis clappertoni
- Savile's BustardLophotis savilei
- Southern Grey-headed SparrowPasser diffusus
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Brown Snake EagleCircaetus cinereus
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Desert CisticolaCisticola aridulus
- White-throated GreenbulPhyllastrephus albigularis
- Petit's CuckooshrikeCampephaga petiti
- White-bibbed SwallowHirundo nigrita
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Red-winged PytiliaPytilia phoenicoptera
- Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
- Water Thick-kneeBurhinus vermiculatus
- Chestnut-bellied SandgrousePterocles exustus
- Red-billed HelmetshrikePrionops caniceps
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Carmelite SunbirdChalcomitra fuliginosa
- African Pygmy GooseNettapus auritus
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Crested MalimbeMalimbus malimbicus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Buff-bellied WarblerPhyllolais pulchella
- Buff-spotted WoodpeckerPardipicus nivosus
- BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
- Temminck's CourserCursorius temminckii
- Brown-throated MartinRiparia paludicola
- Mountain WagtailMotacilla clara
- Bat HawkMacheiramphus alcinus
- Asian Woolly-necked StorkCiconia episcopus
- Lesser JacanaMicroparra capensis
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Black-bellied SeedcrackerPyrenestes ostrinus
- Marsh WidowbirdEuplectes hartlaubi
- Pied-winged SwallowHirundo leucosoma
- Sooty ChatMyrmecocichla nigra
- Grey-headed GreenbulPhyllastrephus poliocephalus
- Bangwa Forest WarblerBradypterus bangwaensis
- African BroadbillSmithornis capensis
- Cameroon IndigobirdVidua camerunensis
- Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Grey-headed BroadbillSmithornis sharpei
- Bar-tailed TrogonApaloderma vittatum
- Swamp FlycatcherMuscicapa aquatica
- Red-tailed BristlebillBleda syndactylus
- White-browed Robin-ChatCossypha heuglini
- African FinfootPodica senegalensis
- Yellow-bellied HyliotaHyliota flavigaster
- Fulvous Whistling DuckDendrocygna bicolor
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Blue-throated RollerEurystomus gularis
- Elliot's WoodpeckerDendropicos elliotii
- Crossley's Ground ThrushGeokichla crossleyi
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogon
- Mountain Saw-wingPsalidoprocne fuliginosa
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Rosy Bee-eaterMerops malimbicus
- Blackcap IlladopsisIlladopsis cleaveri
- Fraser's SunbirdDeleornis fraseri
- Cassin's SpinetailNeafrapus cassini
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Chestnut-and-black WeaverPloceus castaneofuscus
- Abyssinian Ground HornbillBucorvus abyssinicus
- Tiny SunbirdCinnyris minullus
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eaterMerops hirundineus
- Common ButtonquailTurnix sylvaticus
- Velvet-mantled DrongoDicrurus modestus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Beaudouin's Snake EagleCircaetus beaudouini
- Purple-headed StarlingHylopsar purpureiceps
- Shining-blue KingfisherAlcedo quadribrachys
- Preuss's Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon preussi
- Striped CrakeAenigmatolimnas marginalis
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- Red-chested SwallowHirundo lucida
- Pale-breasted IlladopsisIlladopsis rufipennis
- Hartlaub's DuckPteronetta hartlaubii
- White-bellied Crested FlycatcherElminia albiventris
- Yellow-bellied EremomelaEremomela icteropygialis
- Bristle-nosed BarbetGymnobucco peli
- Black-capped Woodland WarblerPhylloscopus herberti
- Quailfinch IndigobirdVidua nigeriae
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
- Grey LongbillMacrosphenus concolor
- Yellow-chinned SunbirdAnthreptes rectirostris
- Greater Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus rufescens
- Fiery-breasted BushshrikeMalaconotus cruentus
- Northern FiscalLanius humeralis
- Red-headed WeaverAnaplectes rubriceps
- Ibadan MalimbeMalimbus ibadanensis
- Maxwell's Black WeaverPloceus albinucha
- Wilson's IndigobirdVidua wilsoni
- Black-backed CisticolaCisticola eximius
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- African Dusky FlycatcherMuscicapa adusta
- Grey-rumped SwallowPseudhirundo griseopyga
- Chestnut Wattle-eyeDyaphorophyia castanea
- Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
- Western Banded Snake EagleCircaetus cinerascens
- White-tailed Ant ThrushNeocossyphus poensis
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
- Western Dwarf HornbillHorizocerus hartlaubi
- Red-capped Robin-ChatCossypha natalensis
- White-bearded GreenbulCriniger ndussumensis
- Rachel's MalimbeMalimbus racheliae
- African Hawk-EagleAquila spilogaster
- Cassin's FlycatcherMuscicapa cassini
- Orange WeaverPloceus aurantius
- Finsch's Rufous ThrushStizorhina finschi
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- White-breasted NigritaNigrita fusconotus
- Many-colored BushshrikeChlorophoneus multicolor
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Pale-fronted NigritaNigrita luteifrons
- Blue-shouldered Robin-ChatCossypha cyanocampter
- African Yellow WarblerIduna natalensis
- African Dwarf KingfisherIspidina lecontei
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Chocolate-backed KingfisherHalcyon badia
- Eastern Crested GuineafowlGuttera pucherani
- Denham's BustardNeotis denhami
- Reichenbach's SunbirdAnabathmis reichenbachii
- African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis
- Black-throated ApalisApalis jacksoni
- Cameroon Mountain GreenbulArizelocichla montana
- Slender-billed WeaverPloceus pelzelni
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Iberian Grey ShrikeLanius meridionalis
- Coqui FrancolinCampocolinus coqui
- Golden GreenbulCalyptocichla serinus
- Kemp's LongbillMacrosphenus kempi
- Emin's ShrikeLanius gubernator
- Black-and-white-casqued HornbillBycanistes subcylindricus
- Cape Eagle-OwlBubo capensis
- Sabine's SpinetailRhaphidura sabini
- Narrow-tailed StarlingPoeoptera lugubris
- Narina TrogonApaloderma narina
- Blue-headed Crested FlycatcherTrochocercus nitens
- Grey PratincoleGlareola cinerea
- Great SnipeGallinago media
- Green-throated SunbirdChalcomitra rubescens
- Black-collared ApalisOreolais pulcher
- Rufous-sided BroadbillSmithornis rufolateralis
- African Grass OwlTyto capensis
- Red-winged Grey WarblerDrymocichla incana
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Western Bearded GreenbulCriniger barbatus
- Eastern Bearded GreenbulCriniger chloronotus
- Black SpinetailTelacanthura melanopygia
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Western Red-billed HornbillTockus kempi
- White-browed Forest FlycatcherFraseria cinerascens
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Thick-billed WeaverAmblyospiza albifrons
- African Shrike-flycatcherMegabyas flammulatus
- Long-tailed HawkUrotriorchis macrourus
- Yellow-lored BristlebillBleda notatus
- Quail-ploverOrtyxelos meiffrenii
- Baumann's Olive GreenbulPhyllastrephus baumanni
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- African Black DuckAnas sparsa
- Cassin's Hawk-EagleAquila africana
- Dusky Crested FlycatcherElminia nigromitrata
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Square-tailed Saw-wingPsalidoprocne nitens
- Mangrove SunbirdAnthreptes gabonicus
- Red-faced CrimsonwingCryptospiza reichenovii
- Sennar Penduline TitAnthoscopus punctifrons
- Pectoral-patch CisticolaCisticola brunnescens
- Tit HyliaPholidornis rushiae
- Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatus
- Gabon WoodpeckerDendropicos gabonensis
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- Ansorge's GreenbulEurillas ansorgei
- Sabine's PuffbackDryoscopus sabini
- Little Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos elachus
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Grey-backed FiscalLanius excubitoroides
- Dusky Long-tailed CuckooCercococcyx mechowi
- White-bellied KingfisherCorythornis leucogaster
- Rufous-vented Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone rufocinerea
- Anambra WaxbillEstrilda poliopareia
- Rufous-rumped LarkPinarocorys erythropygia
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Senegal LapwingVanellus lugubris
- Bronze-winged CourserRhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Brown TwinspotClytospiza monteiri
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Plain GreenbulEurillas curvirostris
- Fraser's Forest FlycatcherFraseria ocreata
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Banded PriniaPrinia bairdii
- Yellow-breasted BarbetTrachyphonus margaritatus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Brown-necked RavenCorvus ruficollis
- Cassin's HoneybirdProdotiscus insignis
- Brown-chested LapwingVanellus superciliosus
- Green-breasted BushshrikeMalaconotus gladiator
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
- Olive Long-tailed CuckooCercococcyx olivinus
- Latham's FrancolinPeliperdix lathami
- Forest White-eyeZosterops stenocricotus
- Yellow-footed FlycatcherMuscicapa sethsmithi
- Red-bellied MalimbeMalimbus erythrogaster
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Cinnamon-breasted BuntingEmberiza tahapisi
- Goliath HeronArdea goliath
- River PriniaPrinia fluviatilis
- Grey-chested BabblerKakamega poliothorax
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorus
- Green-backed WoodpeckerCampethera maculosa
- Least HoneyguideIndicator exilis
- Bates's SunbirdCinnyris batesi
- Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
- Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcherBias musicus
- West African Crested TernThalasseus albididorsalis
- Red-fronted ParrotPoicephalus gulielmi
- Black-capped ApalisApalis nigriceps
- Fernando Po BatisBatis poensis
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- White-backed VultureGyps africanus
- Black-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix nigriceps
- Stout CisticolaCisticola robustus
- Chestnut-capped FlycatcherErythrocercus mccallii
- Brown-backed WoodpeckerDendropicos obsoletus
- Willcocks's HoneyguideIndicator willcocksi
- Bamenda ApalisApalis bamendae
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Brown-chested AletheChamaetylas poliocephala
- Swamp NightjarCaprimulgus natalensis
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Fire-crested AletheAlethe castanea
- Black Crowned CraneBalearica pavonina
- Red-eyed PuffbackDryoscopus senegalensis
- Ursula's SunbirdCinnyris ursulae
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- Red-chested FlufftailSarothrura rufa
- Rock PratincoleGlareola nuchalis
- Rufous-crowned EremomelaEremomela badiceps
- Western Bronze-naped PigeonColumba iriditorques
- Rufous-bellied HelmetshrikePrionops rufiventris
- Woodhouse's AntpeckerParmoptila woodhousei
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- African Olive PigeonColumba arquatrix
- Saddle-billed StorkEphippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Cuckoo-finchAnomalospiza imberbis
- Ayres's Hawk-EagleHieraaetus ayresii
- Gambaga FlycatcherMuscicapa gambagae
- Yellow-bellied Wattle-eyePlatysteira concreta
- Bates's SwiftApus batesi
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- White-headed VultureTrigonoceps occipitalis
- Melancholy WoodpeckerDendropicos lugubris
- Vermiculated Fishing OwlScotopelia bouvieri
- Bannerman's TuracoTauraco bannermani
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
- Lesser Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus gracilirostris
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Fiery-necked NightjarCaprimulgus pectoralis
- African Black SwiftApus barbatus
- Long-billed PipitAnthus similis
- Horus SwiftApus horus
- Marsh OwlAsio capensis
- Pennant-winged NightjarCaprimulgus vexillarius
- Long-legged PipitAnthus pallidiventris
- Arabian BustardArdeotis arabs
- White-throated FrancolinCampocolinus albogularis
- Mount Kupe BushshrikeChlorophoneus kupeensis
- Fraser's Rufous ThrushStizorhina fraseri
- Chirping CisticolaCisticola pipiens
- Marsh TchagraBocagia minuta
- Lowland Sooty BoubouLaniarius leucorhynchus
- Thick-billed CuckooPachycoccyx audeberti
- Yellow-throated CuckooChrysococcyx flavigularis
- Spotted HoneyguideIndicator maculatus
- Blue QuailSynoicus adansonii
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser rufoscapulatus
- Red-billed Buffalo WeaverBubalornis niger
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- Yellow LongbillMacrosphenus flavicans
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
- Red-capped LarkCalandrella cinerea
- Common ScimitarbillRhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
- Black-headed GonolekLaniarius erythrogaster
- White-backed DuckThalassornis leuconotus
- Rufous-cheeked NightjarCaprimulgus rufigena
- Cape ParrotPoicephalus robustus
- Brown FirefinchLagonosticta nitidula
- Lemon-bellied CrombecSylvietta denti
- Broad-tailed GrassbirdSchoenicola platyurus
- Nkulengu RailHimantornis haematopus
- Togo Paradise WhydahVidua togoensis
- White-tailed WarblerPoliolais lopezi
- Grey-necked RockfowlPicathartes oreas
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata
- Rattling CisticolaCisticola chiniana
- Common OstrichStruthio camelus
- Streaky-headed SeedeaterCrithagra gularis
- Lappet-faced VultureTorgos tracheliotos
- Long-toed LapwingVanellus crassirostris
- White-headed Wood HoopoePhoeniculus bollei
- Afep PigeonColumba unicincta
- Western Yellow-billed BarbetTrachylaemus goffinii
- Puvel's IlladopsisIlladopsis puveli
- White-bellied Robin-ChatCossyphicula roberti
- Speckle-breasted WoodpeckerDendropicos poecilolaemus
- Blue-moustached Bee-eaterMerops mentalis
- Yellow-throated ApalisApalis flavigularis
- Barka IndigobirdVidua larvaticola
- Red-crowned MalimbeMalimbus coronatus
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Greater Striped SwallowCecropis cucullata
- Little Rush WarblerBradypterus baboecala
- Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer
- Red-throated WryneckJynx ruficollis
- Square-tailed DrongoDicrurus ludwigii
- Harlequin QuailCoturnix delegorguei
- Pel's Fishing OwlScotopelia peli
- Yellow-crested WoodpeckerChloropicus xantholophus
- African Spotted CreeperSalpornis salvadori
- Mountain Robin-ChatCossyphicula isabellae
- Golden NightjarCaprimulgus eximius
- Jambandu IndigobirdVidua raricola
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Southern FiscalLanius collaris
- Southern BoubouLaniarius ferrugineus
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- White-fronted Bee-eaterMerops bullockoides
- Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
- Yellow-bellied GreenbulChlorocichla flaviventris
- SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentarius
- Singing Bush LarkMirafra javanica
- Namaqua SandgrousePterocles namaqua
- Double-banded SandgrousePterocles bicinctus
- Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae
- White-headed Buffalo WeaverDinemellia dinemelli
- Grey-throated BarbetGymnobucco bonapartei
- Damara TernSternula balaenarum
- Green TwinspotMandingoa nitidula
- Bare-cheeked TrogonApaloderma aequatoriale
- Black-headed Bee-eaterMerops breweri
- Sjöstedt's GreenbulBaeopogon clamans
- Lowland AkalatSheppardia cyornithopsis
- Banded Wattle-eyePlatysteira laticincta
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Amethyst SunbirdChalcomitra amethystina
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Golden-tailed WoodpeckerCampethera abingoni
- Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
- Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
- Masked ShrikeLanius nubicus
- Blue-billed TealSpatula hottentota
- Abyssinian ThrushTurdus abyssinicus
- Eastern Plantain-eaterCrinifer zonurus
- Fan-tailed RavenCorvus rhipidurus
- Brown-backed HoneybirdProdotiscus regulus
- African SkimmerRynchops flavirostris
- Black-throated Wattle-eyePlatysteira peltata
- Black BishopEuplectes gierowii
- Brown-eared WoodpeckerPardipicus caroli
- Madagascar Harrier-HawkPolyboroides radiatus
- Grey-headed SunbirdDeleornis axillaris