Birds of Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone hosts 406 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.

Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Congo Pied HornbillLophoceros fasciatus
Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus
African Harrier-HawkPolyboroides typus
White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
Blue-spotted Wood DoveTurtur afer
Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
Yellow-casqued HornbillCeratogymna elata
Little GreenbulEurillas virens
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Great Blue TuracoCorythaeola cristata
Little SwiftApus affinis
Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
Western Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscator
Green HyliaHylia prasina
Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
Tambourine DoveTurtur tympanistria
African ThrushTurdus pelios
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivacea
Fanti Saw-wingPsalidoprocne obscura
Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Bleating CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
Red-bellied Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone rufiventer
Western OrioleOriolus brachyrynchus
African Green PigeonTreron calvus
Western NicatorNicator chloris
Yellow-whiskered GreenbulEurillas latirostris
Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
Lizard BuzzardKaupifalco monogrammicus
Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
Blue-breasted KingfisherHalcyon malimbica
African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis
Piping HornbillBycanistes fistulator
Finsch's Rufous ThrushStizorhina finschi
Simple GreenbulChlorocichla simplex
Sharpe's ApalisApalis sharpii
Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
Honeyguide GreenbulBaeopogon indicator
Speckled TinkerbirdPogoniulus scolopaceus
Olive-naped WeaverPloceus brachypterus
Yellow-throated TinkerbirdPogoniulus subsulphureus
Common SwiftApus apus
Northern FiscalLanius humeralis
Grey-headed NigritaNigrita canicapillus
Olive-bellied SunbirdCinnyris chloropygius
Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
Square-tailed Saw-wingPsalidoprocne nitens
White-tailed AletheAlethe diademata
Rock DoveColumba livia
Slender-billed GreenbulStelgidillas gracilirostris
Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
Red-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus atroflavus
Double-spurred SpurfowlPternistis bicalcaratus
Yellow-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus bilineatus
Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
Chestnut-and-black WeaverPloceus castaneofuscus
Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
Red-vented MalimbeMalimbus scutatus
Yellow-billed TuracoTauraco macrorhynchus
Swamp Palm BulbulThescelocichla leucopleura
Blue MalkohaCeuthmochares aereus
Northern PuffbackDryoscopus gambensis
Turati's BoubouLaniarius turatii
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
Western Bearded GreenbulCriniger barbatus
Blue-headed Wood DoveTurtur brehmeri
Guinea TuracoTauraco persa
Grey LongbillMacrosphenus concolor
Striated HeronButorides striata
Preuss's Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon preussi
Brown-throated Wattle-eyePlatysteira cyanea
Rock PratincoleGlareola nuchalis
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
Grey-headed BristlebillBleda canicapillus
Velvet-mantled DrongoDicrurus modestus
Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Copper SunbirdCinnyris cupreus
Shining DrongoDicrurus atripennis
West African Crested TernThalasseus albididorsalis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Red-chested SwallowHirundo lucida
Mangrove SunbirdAnthreptes gabonicus
Whistling CisticolaCisticola lateralis
Chocolate-backed KingfisherHalcyon badia
Western Bronze-naped PigeonColumba iriditorques
Blue-billed MalimbeMalimbus nitens
African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Splendid SunbirdCinnyris coccinigastrus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Great EgretArdea alba
Red-necked BuzzardButeo auguralis
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Blue-headed Crested FlycatcherTrochocercus nitens
African Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx cupreus
White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
White-bibbed SwallowHirundo nigrita
Orange-breasted Forest RobinStiphrornis erythrothorax
Johanna's SunbirdCinnyris johannae
Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Red-faced CisticolaCisticola erythrops
Timneh ParrotPsittacus timneh
Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
Mottled SwiftTachymarptis aequatorialis
Northern Yellow White-eyeZosterops senegalensis
Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
African Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos goertae
OspreyPandion haliaetus
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
Blue-throated Brown SunbirdCyanomitra cyanolaema
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
HamerkopScopus umbretta
Black-winged Red BishopEuplectes hordeaceus
Green CrombecSylvietta virens
Brown IlladopsisIlladopsis fulvescens
Chestnut-breasted NigritaNigrita bicolor
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
African Golden OrioleOriolus auratus
White-crowned LapwingVanellus albiceps
African Wood OwlStrix woodfordii
Maxwell's Black WeaverPloceus albinucha
Snowy-crowned Robin-ChatCossypha niveicapilla
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
Naked-faced BarbetGymnobucco calvus
White-browed Forest FlycatcherFraseria cinerascens
African Pygmy KingfisherIspidina picta
Red-tailed GreenbulCriniger calurus
Icterine GreenbulPhyllastrephus icterinus
African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensis
Red-headed MalimbeMalimbus rubricollis
Olive-green CamaropteraCamaroptera chloronota
Brown-cheeked HornbillBycanistes cylindricus
Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea
Latham's FrancolinPeliperdix lathami
African FirefinchLagonosticta rubricata
Green-headed SunbirdCyanomitra verticalis
Shining-blue KingfisherAlcedo quadribrachys
Fire-bellied WoodpeckerChloropicus pyrrhogaster
Blue-bellied RollerCoracias cyanogaster
Little Green SunbirdAnthreptes seimundi
Ansorge's GreenbulEurillas ansorgei
Dybowski's TwinspotEuschistospiza dybowskii
Yellow-mantled WidowbirdEuplectes macroura
Yellow-spotted BarbetBuccanodon duchaillui
Leaf-lovePhyllastrephus scandens
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
Moustached Grass WarblerMelocichla mentalis
Kemp's LongbillMacrosphenus kempi
Buff-spotted WoodpeckerPardipicus nivosus
Blue-throated RollerEurystomus gularis
Red-tailed BristlebillBleda syndactylus
Oriole WarblerHypergerus atriceps
Buff-throated SunbirdChalcomitra adelberti
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Western Long-tailed HornbillHorizocerus albocristatus
Red-billed Dwarf HornbillLophoceros camurus
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
African Shrike-flycatcherMegabyas flammulatus
Cassin's FlycatcherMuscicapa cassini
Crimson SeedcrackerPyrenestes sanguineus
African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
Fraser's SunbirdDeleornis fraseri
Copper-tailed StarlingHylopsar cupreocauda
Orange-breasted BushshrikeChlorophoneus sulfureopectus
Black Bee-eaterMerops gularis
Sabine's SpinetailRhaphidura sabini
Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
African FinfootPodica senegalensis
Hartlaub's DuckPteronetta hartlaubii
White-necked RockfowlPicathartes gymnocephalus
Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
Red-collared WidowbirdEuplectes ardens
Northern Black FlycatcherMelaenornis edolioides
White-spotted FlufftailSarothrura pulchra
Superb SunbirdCinnyris superbus
Black-throated CoucalCentropus leucogaster
Green-tailed BristlebillBleda eximius
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Red-shouldered CuckooshrikeCampephaga phoenicea
White-tailed Ant ThrushNeocossyphus poensis
Black-casqued HornbillCeratogymna atrata
Red-breasted SwallowCecropis semirufa
Emerald StarlingLamprotornis iris
Black CuckooCuculus clamosus
Little Grey GreenbulEurillas gracilis
Pale-breasted IlladopsisIlladopsis rufipennis
Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
Orange-cheeked WaxbillEstrilda melpoda
Levaillant's CuckooClamator levaillantii
Spotted HoneyguideIndicator maculatus
Spotted GreenbulIxonotus guttatus
Chestnut-capped FlycatcherErythrocercus mccallii
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
Green-backed WoodpeckerCampethera maculosa
Yellow-throated LongclawMacronyx croceus
Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcherBias musicus
Grasshopper BuzzardButastur rufipennis
Crested MalimbeMalimbus malimbicus
Puvel's IlladopsisIlladopsis puveli
SanderlingCalidris alba
White-crested HelmetshrikePrionops plumatus
Blackcap IlladopsisIlladopsis cleaveri
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicus
Egyptian PloverPluvianus aegyptius
Hairy-breasted BarbetTricholaema hirsuta
Fraser's Forest FlycatcherFraseria ocreata
Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca
Narina TrogonApaloderma narina
Red-cheeked Wattle-eyePlatysteira blissetti
Yellow-mantled WeaverPloceus tricolor
Rufous-sided BroadbillSmithornis rufolateralis
Gosling's BuntingEmberiza goslingi
Golden GreenbulCalyptocichla serinus
Pied-winged SwallowHirundo leucosoma
Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
Brown-eared WoodpeckerPardipicus caroli
Standard-winged NightjarCaprimulgus longipennis
Many-colored BushshrikeChlorophoneus multicolor
Yellow-bearded GreenbulCriniger olivaceus
Rufous-winged IlladopsisIlladopsis rufescens
Rufous Fishing OwlScotopelia ussheri
Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Plain-backed PipitAnthus leucophrys
Senegal BatisBatis senegalensis
Sharpe's DrongoDicrurus sharpei
Ahanta SpurfowlPternistis ahantensis
Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
Senegal EremomelaEremomela pusilla
Short-winged CisticolaCisticola brachypterus
Yellow-chinned SunbirdAnthreptes rectirostris
Western BluebillSpermophaga haematina
Red-billed HelmetshrikePrionops caniceps
Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens
Cassin's Hawk-EagleAquila africana
Western Dwarf HornbillHorizocerus hartlaubi
Togo Paradise WhydahVidua togoensis
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Fiery-necked NightjarCaprimulgus pectoralis
Black-winged OrioleOriolus nigripennis
Melancholy WoodpeckerDendropicos lugubris
Common TernSterna hirundo
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Yellow-winged PytiliaPytilia hypogrammica
Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatus
Long-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus climacurus
Tit HyliaPholidornis rushiae
Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
Western Barn OwlTyto alba
Winding CisticolaCisticola marginatus
African CuckooCuculus gularis
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
Splendid StarlingLamprotornis splendidus
White-crowned Robin-ChatCossypha albicapillus
Western Yellow-billed BarbetTrachylaemus goffinii
Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
Yellow-browed CamaropteraCamaroptera superciliaris
Red-headed LovebirdAgapornis pullarius
White-throated GreenbulPhyllastrephus albigularis
Olive Long-tailed CuckooCercococcyx olivinus
Nkulengu RailHimantornis haematopus
Blue-moustached Bee-eaterMerops mentalis
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Black TernChlidonias niger
Singing CisticolaCisticola cantans
Greyish Eagle-OwlBubo cinerascens
Sabine's PuffbackDryoscopus sabini
Yellow-bellied Wattle-eyePlatysteira concreta
Brown NightjarVeles binotatus
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Vieillot's BarbetLybius vieilloti
Plain GreenbulEurillas curvirostris
Afep PigeonColumba unicincta
Lowland Sooty BoubouLaniarius leucorhynchus
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicuti
Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
Red-headed QueleaQuelea erythrops
Cassin's HoneybirdProdotiscus insignis
Willcocks's HoneyguideIndicator willcocksi
White-bellied KingfisherCorythornis leucogaster
Sierra Leone PriniaSchistolais leontica
Gola MalimbeMalimbus ballmanni
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Tropical BoubouLaniarius major
Orange-breasted WaxbillAmandava subflava
PiapiacPtilostomus afer
Brown-backed WoodpeckerDendropicos obsoletus
Cameroon IndigobirdVidua camerunensis
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
African Cuckoo-HawkAviceda cuculoides
Chestnut-winged StarlingOnychognathus fulgidus
Lemon-bellied CrombecSylvietta denti
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
Grey-headed BushshrikeMalaconotus blanchoti
Greater HoneyguideIndicator indicator
Northern CrombecSylvietta brachyura
Yellow-gorgeted GreenbulAtimastillas flavicollis
African HobbyFalco cuvierii
Ayres's Hawk-EagleHieraaetus ayresii
Brown-chested AletheChamaetylas poliocephala
Western Violet-backed SunbirdAnthreptes longuemarei
African PittaPitta angolensis
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
Grey KestrelFalco ardosiaceus
Eastern Crested GuineafowlGuttera pucherani
African DarterAnhinga rufa
Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
African Blue FlycatcherElminia longicauda
African SkimmerRynchops flavirostris
Stone PartridgePtilopachus petrosus
Lagden's BushshrikeMalaconotus lagdeni
Fiery-breasted BushshrikeMalaconotus cruentus
Black-headed Rufous WarblerBathmocercus cerviniventris
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
Bat HawkMacheiramphus alcinus
Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus chrysoconus
Wahlberg's EagleHieraaetus wahlbergi
Brown Snake EagleCircaetus cinereus
African Pygmy GooseNettapus auritus
Western Banded Snake EagleCircaetus cinerascens
Sahel Bush SparrowGymnoris dentata
Blackcap BabblerTurdoides reinwardtii
Black ScimitarbillRhinopomastus aterrimus
Dusky Crested FlycatcherElminia nigromitrata
Black-backed CisticolaCisticola eximius
Red-fronted AntpeckerParmoptila rubrifrons
Yellow-footed HoneyguideMelignomon eisentrauti
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
Goliath HeronArdea goliath
Croaking CisticolaCisticola natalensis
Senegal ParrotPoicephalus senegalus
Black-and-white-casqued HornbillBycanistes subcylindricus
Bar-breasted FirefinchLagonosticta rufopicta
Marsh TchagraBocagia minuta
Black-bellied FirefinchLagonosticta rara
Plain NightjarCaprimulgus inornatus
Olive IbisBostrychia olivacea
White-crested Tiger HeronTigriornis leucolopha
White-breasted GuineafowlAgelastes meleagrides
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Brown-crowned TchagraTchagra australis
QuailfinchOrtygospiza atricollis
Fine-spotted WoodpeckerCampethera punctuligera
Northern White-faced OwlPtilopsis leucotis
Beaudouin's Snake EagleCircaetus beaudouini
Yellow-bellied HyliotaHyliota flavigaster
Long-tailed HawkUrotriorchis macrourus
Yellow-throated CuckooChrysococcyx flavigularis
Lowland AkalatSheppardia cyornithopsis
European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
White-backed VultureGyps africanus
Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
Long-billed PipitAnthus similis
Yellow-crowned GonolekLaniarius barbarus
Brown BabblerTurdoides plebejus
Blue-headed CoucalCentropus monachus
African Dwarf KingfisherIspidina lecontei
Chattering CisticolaCisticola anonymus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Little StintCalidris minuta
Large Rock MartinPtyonoprogne fuligula
Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
BrubruNilaus afer
Great SnipeGallinago media
White-breasted NigritaNigrita fusconotus
Black CoucalCentropus grillii
Dusky Long-tailed CuckooCercococcyx mechowi
Heuglin's Masked WeaverPloceus heuglini
Jambandu IndigobirdVidua raricola

Rare visitors

Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.