Birds of Sudan
Sudan hosts 255 regularly occurring species in this directory, 1 of them found nowhere else. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
Endemic to Sudan
Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.
All regular species
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
- Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
- Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourus
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- African SilverbillEuodice cantans
- Egyptian PloverPluvianus aegyptius
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Abdim's StorkCiconia abdimii
- Beautiful SunbirdCinnyris pulchellus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Black Scrub RobinCercotrichas podobe
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
- African Green Bee-eaterMerops viridissimus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Graceful PriniaPrinia gracilis
- Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
- Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Northern Red BishopEuplectes franciscanus
- Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
- Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Brown-throated MartinRiparia paludicola
- Ethiopian SwallowHirundo aethiopica
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Masked ShrikeLanius nubicus
- Nile Valley SunbirdHedydipna metallica
- Sudan Golden SparrowPasser luteus
- Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicus
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- White-headed BabblerTurdoides leucocephala
- African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensis
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Northern Masked WeaverPloceus taeniopterus
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
- African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
- White-browed CoucalCentropus superciliosus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
- Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
- Cut-throat FinchAmadina fasciata
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-LarkEremopterix leucotis
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
- African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Northern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicus
- Crimson-rumped WaxbillEstrilda rhodopyga
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- Pied CrowCorvus albus
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Northern Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus
- Gabar GoshawkMicronisus gabar
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer
- Brown-necked RavenCorvus ruficollis
- Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
- Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
- Lesser Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chloropterus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Desert LarkAmmomanes deserti
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Vitelline Masked WeaverPloceus vitellinus
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- African JacanaActophilornis africanus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
- Black-headed LapwingVanellus tectus
- Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus
- Blue-billed TealSpatula hottentota
- Black-billed Wood DoveTurtur abyssinicus
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Pale Crag MartinPtyonoprogne obsoleta
- Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Black-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix nigriceps
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Long-tailed Glossy StarlingLamprotornis caudatus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- House CrowCorvus splendens
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
- Goliath HeronArdea goliath
- Greater Hoopoe-LarkAlaemon alaudipes
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
- Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
- White-eyed GullIchthyaetus leucophthalmus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Sooty GullIchthyaetus hemprichii
- African Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos goertae
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Fulvous Whistling DuckDendrocygna bicolor
- Rüppell's StarlingLamprotornis purpuroptera
- Dark Chanting GoshawkMelierax metabates
- Black-headed GonolekLaniarius erythrogaster
- African SkimmerRynchops flavirostris
- Sun LarkGalerida modesta
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Tawny EagleAquila rapax
- Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus
- Little WeaverPloceus luteolus
- White-rumped SeedeaterCrithagra leucopygia
- Yellow-breasted BarbetTrachyphonus margaritatus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Lappet-faced VultureTorgos tracheliotos
- Chestnut-bellied StarlingLamprotornis pulcher
- Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- White-backed VultureGyps africanus
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
- Fan-tailed RavenCorvus rhipidurus
- Long-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus climacurus
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus
- Chestnut-bellied SandgrousePterocles exustus
- White-crowned WheatearOenanthe leucopyga
- Cinnamon WeaverPloceus badius
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Green Wood HoopoePhoeniculus purpureus
- BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
- Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
- Sand PartridgeAmmoperdix heyi
- Striolated BuntingEmberiza striolata
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
- Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
- Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
- SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentarius
- African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis
- White-cheeked TernSterna repressa
- Grasshopper BuzzardButastur rufipennis
- Desert SparrowPasser simplex
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Little OwlAthene noctua
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- HamerkopScopus umbretta
- Common OstrichStruthio camelus
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
- African Harrier-HawkPolyboroides typus
- Wattled StarlingCreatophora cinerea
- Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
- Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus
- SilverbirdEmpidornis semipartitus
- Red-pate CisticolaCisticola ruficeps
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
- White-winged WidowbirdEuplectes albonotatus
- Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
- Saddle-billed StorkEphippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea
- Vieillot's BarbetLybius vieilloti
- Rüppell's WeaverPloceus galbula
- Abyssinian Ground HornbillBucorvus abyssinicus
- Fox KestrelFalco alopex
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Eurasian CootFulica atra
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
- White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
- Bleating CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
- African DarterAnhinga rufa
- Spotted Thick-kneeBurhinus capensis
- Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
- Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
- Pearl-spotted OwletGlaucidium perlatum
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- Martial EaglePolemaetus bellicosus
- Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
- Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
- Meyer's ParrotPoicephalus meyeri
- BlackstartOenanthe melanura
- Red-tailed ShrikeLanius phoenicuroides
- Nubian WoodpeckerCampethera nubica
- White-headed VultureTrigonoceps occipitalis
- Speckle-fronted WeaverSporopipes frontalis
- Horus SwiftApus horus
- Northern CrombecSylvietta brachyura
- Red-throated Bee-eaterMerops bulocki
- Spotted SandgrousePterocles senegallus
- Greyish Eagle-OwlBubo cinerascens
- Pharaoh Eagle-OwlBubo ascalaphus
- Abyssinian SunbirdCinnyris habessinicus
- Black-breasted BarbetPogonornis rolleti
- Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
- Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
- Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
- Green-winged PytiliaPytilia melba
- Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus chrysoconus
- Brown Snake EagleCircaetus cinereus
- Black CuckooCuculus clamosus
- African ThrushTurdus pelios
- Black-chested Snake EagleCircaetus pectoralis
- White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurus
- Levaillant's CuckooClamator levaillantii
- African Scops OwlOtus senegalensis
- Red-necked FalconFalco chicquera
- Eastern Plantain-eaterCrinifer zonurus
- African CuckooCuculus gularis
- Brown BabblerTurdoides plebejus
- Cream-colored CourserCursorius cursor
- Anteater ChatMyrmecocichla aethiops
- Crab-ploverDromas ardeola
- White-billed Buffalo WeaverBubalornis albirostris
- Black-rumped WaxbillEstrilda troglodytes
- Bruce's Green PigeonTreron waalia
- Swainson's SparrowPasser swainsonii
- Sahel Bush SparrowGymnoris dentata
- Chestnut SparrowPasser eminibey
- Lesser JacanaMicroparra capensis
- Black Crowned CraneBalearica pavonina
- Sahel Paradise WhydahVidua orientalis
- Scissor-tailed KiteChelictinia riocourii
- Clapperton's SpurfowlPternistis clappertoni
- Neumann's StarlingOnychognathus neumanni
- Cricket WarblerSpiloptila clamans
- Golden NightjarCaprimulgus eximius
- Rufous-rumped LarkPinarocorys erythropygia