Birds of South Sudan
South Sudan hosts 277 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
- Pied CrowCorvus albus
- Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
- Rüppell's StarlingLamprotornis purpuroptera
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
- Black-headed GonolekLaniarius erythrogaster
- Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus
- Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis
- Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
- Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer
- African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
- Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
- Grey-backed FiscalLanius excubitoroides
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
- PiapiacPtilostomus afer
- HamerkopScopus umbretta
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
- Northern Red BishopEuplectes franciscanus
- African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
- Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
- Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
- Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
- Black-billed Wood DoveTurtur abyssinicus
- African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
- Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
- Dark Chanting GoshawkMelierax metabates
- Beautiful SunbirdCinnyris pulchellus
- Northern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicus
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
- Spotted Palm ThrushCichladusa guttata
- Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
- Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourus
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
- Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea
- African JacanaActophilornis africanus
- Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
- African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
- Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicus
- Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
- D'Arnaud's BarbetTrachyphonus darnaudii
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Nubian WoodpeckerCampethera nubica
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
- Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
- African ThrushTurdus pelios
- Eastern Plantain-eaterCrinifer zonurus
- Northern Masked WeaverPloceus taeniopterus
- Rattling CisticolaCisticola chiniana
- White-browed CoucalCentropus superciliosus
- Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
- SilverbirdEmpidornis semipartitus
- Bleating CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
- Bruce's Green PigeonTreron waalia
- White-backed VultureGyps africanus
- Northern Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus
- Goliath HeronArdea goliath
- Superb StarlingLamprotornis superbus
- White-headed Buffalo WeaverDinemellia dinemelli
- Grey KestrelFalco ardosiaceus
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- Black-billed BarbetLybius guifsobalito
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
- African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Black-headed LapwingVanellus tectus
- Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
- Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
- Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
- Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
- African Pygmy KingfisherIspidina picta
- White-headed VultureTrigonoceps occipitalis
- Little WeaverPloceus luteolus
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
- Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
- African Harrier-HawkPolyboroides typus
- Lappet-faced VultureTorgos tracheliotos
- African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis
- Black-winged Red BishopEuplectes hordeaceus
- Black Crowned CraneBalearica pavonina
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
- Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
- Ethiopian SwallowHirundo aethiopica
- Croaking CisticolaCisticola natalensis
- Yellow-necked SpurfowlPternistis leucoscepus
- Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensis
- Blue-capped Cordon-bleuUraeginthus cyanocephalus
- Black-throated BarbetTricholaema melanocephala
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali
- White-browed Robin-ChatCossypha heuglini
- Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
- White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
- Singing CisticolaCisticola cantans
- Buff-crested BustardLophotis gindiana
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Gabar GoshawkMicronisus gabar
- Abdim's StorkCiconia abdimii
- Copper SunbirdCinnyris cupreus
- Speckle-fronted WeaverSporopipes frontalis
- African Green Bee-eaterMerops viridissimus
- Pale PriniaPrinia somalica
- Common OstrichStruthio camelus
- Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
- Levaillant's CuckooClamator levaillantii
- Black-rumped WaxbillEstrilda troglodytes
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
- White-billed Buffalo WeaverBubalornis albirostris
- Grey Wren-WarblerCalamonastes simplex
- Rock PratincoleGlareola nuchalis
- Magpie StarlingSpeculipastor bicolor
- Black-breasted BarbetPogonornis rolleti
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- Crested FrancolinOrtygornis sephaena
- African Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos goertae
- Blue-headed CoucalCentropus monachus
- Red-and-yellow BarbetTrachyphonus erythrocephalus
- Chestnut-headed Sparrow-LarkEremopterix signatus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Green Wood HoopoePhoeniculus purpureus
- African Green PigeonTreron calvus
- Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
- African FirefinchLagonosticta rubricata
- Lesser Masked WeaverPloceus intermedius
- Chestnut-bellied SandgrousePterocles exustus
- Winding CisticolaCisticola marginatus
- Purple StarlingLamprotornis purpureus
- Vitelline Masked WeaverPloceus vitellinus
- Abyssinian Ground HornbillBucorvus abyssinicus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Saddle-billed StorkEphippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Red-throated Bee-eaterMerops bulocki
- Moustached Grass WarblerMelocichla mentalis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- African DarterAnhinga rufa
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- Green-winged PytiliaPytilia melba
- African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
- Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus chrysoconus
- Northern CrombecSylvietta brachyura
- Red-shouldered CuckooshrikeCampephaga phoenicea
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
- Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
- BrubruNilaus afer
- Wattled StarlingCreatophora cinerea
- Tawny EagleAquila rapax
- Northern White-crowned ShrikeEurocephalus ruppelli
- White-bellied BustardEupodotis senegalensis
- African Pygmy GooseNettapus auritus
- Harlequin QuailCoturnix delegorguei
- Bar-breasted FirefinchLagonosticta rufopicta
- Black ScimitarbillRhinopomastus aterrimus
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Cut-throat FinchAmadina fasciata
- Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus
- Slate-colored BoubouLaniarius funebris
- Rüppell's Robin-ChatCossypha semirufa
- Eastern Violet-backed SunbirdAnthreptes orientalis
- Abyssinian ScimitarbillRhinopomastus minor
- Whistling CisticolaCisticola lateralis
- Greyish Eagle-OwlBubo cinerascens
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Thrush NightingaleLuscinia luscinia
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Fulvous Whistling DuckDendrocygna bicolor
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicuti
- Black-bellied BustardLissotis melanogaster
- Brown BabblerTurdoides plebejus
- Mouse-colored Penduline TitAnthoscopus musculus
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Red-winged StarlingOnychognathus morio
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
- Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
- Lesser HoneyguideIndicator minor
- Martial EaglePolemaetus bellicosus
- Northern FiscalLanius humeralis
- Blue-billed TealSpatula hottentota
- Red-headed WeaverAnaplectes rubriceps
- Northern Black FlycatcherMelaenornis edolioides
- Red-necked FalconFalco chicquera
- White-backed DuckThalassornis leuconotus
- Red-faced CrombecSylvietta whytii
- Grasshopper BuzzardButastur rufipennis
- Red-headed QueleaQuelea erythrops
- Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser superciliosus
- ShoebillBalaeniceps rex
- Fox KestrelFalco alopex
- Three-streaked TchagraTchagra jamesi
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Crowned LapwingVanellus coronatus
- Black-headed OrioleOriolus larvatus
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Brown-crowned TchagraTchagra australis
- Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Tambourine DoveTurtur tympanistria
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- African Black DuckAnas sparsa
- SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentarius
- Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
- Black CuckooshrikeCampephaga flava
- Greater HoneyguideIndicator indicator
- Lizard BuzzardKaupifalco monogrammicus
- African SilverbillEuodice cantans
- Long-tailed Glossy StarlingLamprotornis caudatus
- Eastern Crested GuineafowlGuttera pucherani
- African Grey FlycatcherBradornis microrhynchus
- Ethiopian BoubouLaniarius aethiopicus
- Rüppell's WeaverPloceus galbula
- Yellow-spotted Bush SparrowGymnoris pyrgita
- Lesser Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chloropterus
- Crimson-rumped WaxbillEstrilda rhodopyga
- Pygmy SunbirdHedydipna platura
- White-rumped SeedeaterCrithagra leucopygia
- Fawn-breasted WaxbillEstrilda paludicola
- Western Black-headed BatisBatis erlangeri
- Egyptian PloverPluvianus aegyptius
- Northern White-faced OwlPtilopsis leucotis
- African Dwarf KingfisherIspidina lecontei
- Foxy CisticolaCisticola troglodytes
- Arabian BustardArdeotis arabs
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Spotted Thick-kneeBurhinus capensis
- Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivacea
- Black-chested Snake EagleCircaetus pectoralis
- Yellow-bellied EremomelaEremomela icteropygialis
- Mosque SwallowCecropis senegalensis
- African Wood OwlStrix woodfordii
- Northern PuffbackDryoscopus gambensis
- Northern Yellow White-eyeZosterops senegalensis
- Fan-tailed RavenCorvus rhipidurus
- Dusky Turtle DoveStreptopelia lugens
- Short-winged CisticolaCisticola brachypterus
- White-headed BarbetLybius leucocephalus
- Allen's GallinulePorphyrio alleni
- African Shrike-flycatcherMegabyas flammulatus
- Western Violet-backed SunbirdAnthreptes longuemarei
- Pennant-winged NightjarCaprimulgus vexillarius
- White-crested TuracoTauraco leucolophus
- Ashy CisticolaCisticola cinereolus
- Sahel Paradise WhydahVidua orientalis
- Grey-headed BatisBatis orientalis
- Shelley's StarlingLamprotornis shelleyi
- Red-pate CisticolaCisticola ruficeps
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens
- Spectacled WeaverPloceus ocularis
- Cinnamon-breasted BuntingEmberiza tahapisi
- White-crested HelmetshrikePrionops plumatus
- Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
- Long-tailed Paradise WhydahVidua paradisaea
- Purple RollerCoracias naevius
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eaterMerops hirundineus
- Plain-backed PipitAnthus leucophrys
- African Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx cupreus
- Abyssinian ThrushTurdus abyssinicus
- African Golden OrioleOriolus auratus
- Yellow-billed ShrikeCorvinella corvina
- Temminck's CourserCursorius temminckii
- Swamp FlycatcherMuscicapa aquatica
- Grey-capped Social WeaverPseudonigrita arnaudi
- Yellow-bellied WaxbillCoccopygia quartinia
- Taita FiscalLanius dorsalis
- Red-fronted BarbetTricholaema diademata
- Velvet-mantled DrongoDicrurus modestus
- Black BishopEuplectes gierowii
- Eastern Yellow-billed HornbillTockus flavirostris
- Somali BuntingEmberiza poliopleura
- Bronze-tailed StarlingLamprotornis chalcurus
- Marsh TchagraBocagia minuta
- Jackson's HornbillTockus jacksoni
- Hartlaub's DuckPteronetta hartlaubii