298 species · 68 rare visitors · ordered by how often reported
Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus- Sierra Madre CrowCorvus sierramadrensis
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
Rüppell's StarlingLamprotornis purpuroptera
African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
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
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
HamerkopScopus umbretta
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
Northern Red BishopEuplectes franciscanus
African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Yellow-billed EgretArdea brachyrhyncha
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
Timor NightjarCaprimulgus ritae
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
Bronze MannikinSpermestes cucullata
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
Northern Red-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus uropygialis
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
Siberian PipitAnthus japonicus
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- Congo Serpent EagleCircaetus spectabilis
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
Little HeronButorides atricapilla
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
White-browed Scrub RobinCercotrichas leucophrys
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
Rufous ChattererArgya rubiginosa
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
Black CrakeZapornia flavirostra
Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicuti
White-bellied Go-away-birdCrinifer leucogaster
Black-bellied BustardLissotis melanogaster
Brown BabblerTurdoides plebejus
Mouse-colored Penduline TitAnthoscopus musculus
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Angola White-eyeZosterops kasaicus
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Common WhitethroatCurruca communis
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
Black-and-white MannikinSpermestes bicolor
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
Pale FlycatcherAgricola pallidus
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
Grey-headed SilverbillSpermestes griseicapilla
African Dwarf KingfisherIspidina lecontei
Western Crested GuineafowlGuttera verreauxi
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
Rüppell's VultureGyps rueppelli
Northern PuffbackDryoscopus gambensis
Northern Yellow White-eyeZosterops senegalensis
Fan-tailed RavenCorvus rhipidurus
Grey CuckooshrikeCeblepyris caesius
Dusky Turtle DoveStreptopelia lugens
Double-toothed BarbetPogonornis bidentatus
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
Maasai ApalisApalis stronachi
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
Mongolian GullLarus mongolicus
Grey EmutailBradypterus seebohmi
Red-throated Rock MartinPtyonoprogne rufigula