Birds of Sudan

Endemic to Sudan

Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.

• Cinnamon WeaverPloceus badius

All regular species

• Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
• House SparrowPasser domesticus
• Black KiteMilvus migrans
• Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
• Timor NightjarCaprimulgus ritae
• Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
• Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
• Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
• Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
• Little EgretEgretta garzetta
• Sierra Madre CrowCorvus sierramadrensis
• 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
• Siberian PipitAnthus japonicus
• 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
• Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
• 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
• Eastern Black-eared WheatearOenanthe melanoleuca
• 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
• Little HeronButorides atricapilla
• Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
• African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
• Northern PintailAnas acuta
• Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
• Yellow-billed EgretArdea brachyrhyncha
• Northern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicus
• Crimson-rumped WaxbillEstrilda rhodopyga
• Striated HeronButorides striata
• Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
• White StorkCiconia ciconia
• Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus
• Northern Red-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus uropygialis
• African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
• Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
• Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
• Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
• Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
• Congo Serpent EagleCircaetus spectabilis
• 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
• Mongolian GullLarus mongolicus
• 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
• Angola White-eyeZosterops kasaicus
• Little SwiftApus affinis
• Pale Crag MartinPtyonoprogne obsoleta
• Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
• Rufous-tailed Scrub RobinCercotrichas galactotes
• Common RedshankTringa totanus
• Common WhitethroatCurruca communis
• 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
• African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
• 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
• Cocos BoobySula brewsteri
• 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
• Grey EmutailBradypterus seebohmi
• Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
• Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
• Tawny EagleAquila rapax
• Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus
• Rüppell's VultureGyps rueppelli
• 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
• Maasai ApalisApalis stronachi
• Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
• White-backed VultureGyps africanus
• Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
• Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
• Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
• Demoiselle CraneGrus virgo
• 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
• Southern Crested GuineafowlGuttera edouardi
• 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
• Fulvous BabblerArgya fulva
• 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
• Greater Sand PloverAnarhynchus leschenaultii
• 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
• Caspian PloverAnarhynchus asiaticus
• 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
• Red-billed OxpeckerBuphagus erythroryncha
• 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
• Menetries's WarblerCurruca mystacea
• Red-throated Bee-eaterMerops bulocki
• Spotted SandgrousePterocles senegallus
• Greyish Eagle-OwlBubo cinerascens
• Pharaoh Eagle-OwlBubo ascalaphus
• Abyssinian SunbirdCinnyris habessinicus
• Arabian WarblerCurruca leucomelaena
• Black-breasted BarbetPogonornis rolleti
• Kordofan LarkMirafra cordofanica
• Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
• BluethroatLuscinia svecica
• European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
• Griffon VultureGyps fulvus
• Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
• African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
• Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
• Bronze MannikinSpermestes cucullata
• Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemus
• Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
• Green-winged PytiliaPytilia melba
• Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus chrysoconus
• Barred WarblerCurruca nisoria
• 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
• Kordofan SparrowPasser cordofanicus