Birds of Nigeria

Endemic to Nigeria

Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.

• Jos Plateau IndigobirdVidua maryae
• Quailfinch IndigobirdVidua nigeriae
• Ibadan MalimbeMalimbus ibadanensis

All regular species

• Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
• Northern Red-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus uropygialis
• Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
• Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
• Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
• Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
• 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
• Sierra Madre CrowCorvus sierramadrensis
• Pied CrowCorvus albus
• Bronze MannikinSpermestes cucullata
• 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
• Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
• 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
• Bearded BarbetPogonornis dubius
• 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
• Siberian PipitAnthus japonicus
• African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
• Violet TuracoTauraco violaceus
• 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
• Little HeronButorides atricapilla
• 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
• Lavender WaxbillGlaucestrilda caerulescens
• 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
• Pale FlycatcherAgricola pallidus
• Common WhitethroatCurruca communis
• 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
• Maasai ApalisApalis stronachi
• Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
• Timor NightjarCaprimulgus ritae
• Red-bellied Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone rufiventer
• Blue-bellied RollerCoracias cyanogaster
• Chestnut-backed Sparrow-LarkEremopterix leucotis
• Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus
• Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivacea
• Angola White-eyeZosterops kasaicus
• Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
• Western NicatorNicator chloris
• Black CrakeZapornia flavirostra
• Yellow-throated TinkerbirdPogoniulus subsulphureus
• Vieillot's Black WeaverPloceus nigerrimus
• Mocking Cliff ChatThamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
• Red-winged PriniaPrinia erythroptera
• 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
• Banded MartinNeophedina cincta
• Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
• Grey ApalisApalis cinerea
• Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
• Blue-headed Wood DoveTurtur brehmeri
• Western TinkerbirdPogoniulus coryphaea
• Red-throated Rock MartinPtyonoprogne rufigula
• 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
• White-shouldered Black TitMelaniparus guineensis
• Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
• Lesser HoneyguideIndicator minor
• White-fronted Black ChatOenanthe albifrons
• Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
• Double-toothed BarbetPogonornis bidentatus
• 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
• Lesser MoorhenParagallinula angulata
• 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
• Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
• Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
• Blue-throated Brown SunbirdCyanomitra cyanolaema
• Congo Serpent EagleCircaetus spectabilis
• 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
• Eastern Yellow-billed BarbetTrachylaemus purpuratus
• Grey-headed OlivebackDelacourella capistrata
• 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
• Rufous-tailed Scrub RobinCercotrichas galactotes
• 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
• Grey EmutailBradypterus seebohmi
• Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
• Yellow-spotted BarbetBuccanodon duchaillui
• Lesser Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chloropterus
• Western BluebillSpermophaga haematina
• West African Pied HornbillLophoceros semifasciatus
• 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
• Yellow-billed EgretArdea brachyrhyncha
• 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
• White-throated Mountain BabblerTurdoides gilberti
• Ovambo SparrowhawkAccipiter ovampensis
• Yellow-breasted Forest RobinStiphrornis mabirae
• 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
• Compact WeaverPachyphantes superciliosus
• 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
• African CrakeCrecopsis egregia
• Red-pate CisticolaCisticola ruficeps
• Hairy-breasted BarbetTricholaema hirsuta
• Red-billed Dwarf HornbillLophoceros camurus
• Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
• Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
• Magpie MannikinSpermestes fringilloides
• 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
• Black-and-white MannikinSpermestes bicolor
• Lühder's BushshrikeLaniarius luehderi
• Fan-tailed GrassbirdCatriscus brevirostris
• Icterine GreenbulPhyllastrephus icterinus
• Yellow-billed TuracoTauraco macrorhynchus
• Tullberg's WoodpeckerCampethera tullbergi
• Grey CuckooshrikeCeblepyris caesius
• 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
• Grey Tit-FlycatcherFraseria plumbea
• 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
• African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
• 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
• Brown-backed Scrub RobinCercotrichas hartlaubi
• Grey-winged Robin-ChatSheppardia polioptera
• 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
• Dusky-blue FlycatcherBradornis comitatus
• 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
• White-breasted CuckooshrikeCeblepyris pectoralis
• 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
• Blue CuckooshrikeCyanograucalus azureus
• 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
• Eastern Long-tailed HornbillHorizocerus cassini
• 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
• Lemon DoveAplopelia larvata
• African Dwarf KingfisherIspidina lecontei
• Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
• Southern Crested GuineafowlGuttera edouardi
• 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
• Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
• Slender-billed WeaverPloceus pelzelni
• Capuchin BabblerTurdoides atripennis
• 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
• Forest SwallowAtronanus fuliginosus
• 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
• Ashy FlycatcherFraseria caerulescens
• Grey-chinned SunbirdAnthreptes tephrolaemus
• 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
• West African BatisBatis occulta
• Bamenda ApalisApalis bamendae
• Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
• SanderlingCalidris alba
• Common RedshankTringa totanus
• Black-faced WaxbillBrunhilda erythronotos
• Brown-chested AletheChamaetylas poliocephala
• Swamp NightjarCaprimulgus natalensis
• Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
• Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
• Verreaux's Eagle-OwlKetupa lactea
• Rüppell's VultureGyps rueppelli
• White-backed Night HeronCalherodius leuconotus
• 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
• African PiculetVerreauxia africana
• Rufous-bellied HelmetshrikePrionops rufiventris
• Woodhouse's AntpeckerParmoptila woodhousei
• Mongolian GullLarus mongolicus
• 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
• Forest Wood HoopoeRhinopomastus castaneiceps
• Bates's SwiftApus batesi
• Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
• White-headed VultureTrigonoceps occipitalis
• Indian Spotted CreeperSalpornis spilonota
• 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
• Heuglin's WheatearOenanthe heuglinii
• Blue QuailSynoicus adansonii
• Chestnut-backed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser rufoscapulatus
• Red-billed Buffalo WeaverBubalornis niger
• Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
• Yellow LongbillMacrosphenus flavicans
• Fraser's Eagle-OwlKetupa poensis
• White-spotted Wattle-eyeDyaphorophyia tonsa
• 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
• Grey-throated Tit-FlycatcherFraseria griseigularis
• 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
• Akun Eagle-OwlKetupa leucosticta
• 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
• Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus
• 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
• Olivaceous FlycatcherFraseria olivascens
• 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
• Abyssinian Slaty FlycatcherMelaenornis chocolatinus
• Grey-headed SunbirdDeleornis axillaris
• Karimui Owlet-nightjarAegotheles terborghi
• Cocos BoobySula brewsteri
• Leach's Storm PetrelHydrobates leucorhous
• Brown-necked ParrotPoicephalus fuscicollis