Birds of Chad
Chad hosts 301 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
- Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
- Pied CrowCorvus albus
- Long-tailed Glossy StarlingLamprotornis caudatus
- Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
- Namaqua DoveOena capensis
- African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
- Vieillot's BarbetLybius vieilloti
- Beautiful SunbirdCinnyris pulchellus
- Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Gabar GoshawkMicronisus gabar
- Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
- African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
- Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
- Northern Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus
- Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
- Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Black Crowned CraneBalearica pavonina
- Common HoopoeUpupa epops
- African Green Bee-eaterMerops viridissimus
- Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer
- Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
- African Collared DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Black-headed LapwingVanellus tectus
- Chestnut-bellied StarlingLamprotornis pulcher
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
- Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Grasshopper BuzzardButastur rufipennis
- Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
- Black-rumped WaxbillEstrilda troglodytes
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- African JacanaActophilornis africanus
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourus
- Northern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicus
- Bleating CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
- Pygmy SunbirdHedydipna platura
- Black-headed GonolekLaniarius erythrogaster
- HamerkopScopus umbretta
- Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
- Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Saddle-billed StorkEphippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
- Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-LarkEremopterix leucotis
- African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Northern Red BishopEuplectes franciscanus
- African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis
- Black-billed Wood DoveTurtur abyssinicus
- Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
- BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
- White-rumped SeedeaterCrithagra leucopygia
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Dark Chanting GoshawkMelierax metabates
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- African SilverbillEuodice cantans
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- PiapiacPtilostomus afer
- Green Wood HoopoePhoeniculus purpureus
- Red-throated Bee-eaterMerops bulocki
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
- White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
- Abdim's StorkCiconia abdimii
- European Turtle DoveStreptopelia turtur
- White-backed VultureGyps africanus
- Abyssinian Ground HornbillBucorvus abyssinicus
- African Harrier-HawkPolyboroides typus
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
- Black Scrub RobinCercotrichas podobe
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Little WeaverPloceus luteolus
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus chrysoconus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Speckle-fronted WeaverSporopipes frontalis
- Vitelline Masked WeaverPloceus vitellinus
- Sudan Golden SparrowPasser luteus
- Yellow-billed OxpeckerBuphagus africanus
- Four-banded SandgrousePterocles quadricinctus
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Common OstrichStruthio camelus
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Ethiopian SwallowHirundo aethiopica
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Crested LarkGalerida cristata
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Tawny EagleAquila rapax
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Sahel Paradise WhydahVidua orientalis
- Lesser Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chloropterus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus
- White-billed Buffalo WeaverBubalornis albirostris
- Lappet-faced VultureTorgos tracheliotos
- Black-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix nigriceps
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensis
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Brown-necked RavenCorvus ruficollis
- Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitor
- Short-toed Snake EagleCircaetus gallicus
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
- Spotted Thick-kneeBurhinus capensis
- Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
- Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
- Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus
- Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
- Black ScimitarbillRhinopomastus aterrimus
- Cut-throat FinchAmadina fasciata
- African Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos goertae
- Northern CrombecSylvietta brachyura
- Greyish Eagle-OwlBubo cinerascens
- Red-pate CisticolaCisticola ruficeps
- Egyptian PloverPluvianus aegyptius
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
- Grey-backed FiscalLanius excubitoroides
- Long-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus climacurus
- Arabian BustardArdeotis arabs
- Clapperton's SpurfowlPternistis clappertoni
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Denham's BustardNeotis denhami
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Beaudouin's Snake EagleCircaetus beaudouini
- Wahlberg's EagleHieraaetus wahlbergi
- Masked ShrikeLanius nubicus
- White-crowned WheatearOenanthe leucopyga
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
- African Scops OwlOtus senegalensis
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Scissor-tailed KiteChelictinia riocourii
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
- Northern Yellow White-eyeZosterops senegalensis
- Northern White-faced OwlPtilopsis leucotis
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Cricket WarblerSpiloptila clamans
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Pale Crag MartinPtyonoprogne obsoleta
- Singing Bush LarkMirafra javanica
- Brown BabblerTurdoides plebejus
- River PriniaPrinia fluviatilis
- African ThrushTurdus pelios
- Western Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscator
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
- Gosling's BuntingEmberiza goslingi
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus
- Nubian BustardNeotis nuba
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
- Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
- Meyer's ParrotPoicephalus meyeri
- Chestnut-bellied SandgrousePterocles exustus
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
- Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca
- Red-necked FalconFalco chicquera
- Eastern Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillans
- Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
- Fulvous Whistling DuckDendrocygna bicolor
- SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentarius
- Fine-spotted WoodpeckerCampethera punctuligera
- Orange-breasted BushshrikeChlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
- Brown Snake EagleCircaetus cinereus
- Common SwiftApus apus
- Black-bellied BustardLissotis melanogaster
- Purple StarlingLamprotornis purpureus
- Harlequin QuailCoturnix delegorguei
- Fox KestrelFalco alopex
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Grey KestrelFalco ardosiaceus
- Desert SparrowPasser simplex
- BrubruNilaus afer
- African Hawk-EagleAquila spilogaster
- Bruce's Green PigeonTreron waalia
- Stone PartridgePtilopachus petrosus
- Allen's GallinulePorphyrio alleni
- Red-necked BuzzardButeo auguralis
- Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
- Lesser HoneyguideIndicator minor
- Pearl-spotted OwletGlaucidium perlatum
- Fan-tailed RavenCorvus rhipidurus
- Sahel Bush SparrowGymnoris dentata
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
- Goliath HeronArdea goliath
- Cream-colored CourserCursorius cursor
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- House BuntingEmberiza sahari
- Buff-bellied WarblerPhyllolais pulchella
- Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
- Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
- Martial EaglePolemaetus bellicosus
- African Golden OrioleOriolus auratus
- White-headed BarbetLybius leucocephalus
- Plain NightjarCaprimulgus inornatus
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Black StorkCiconia nigra
- Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
- Lizard BuzzardKaupifalco monogrammicus
- African Pygmy KingfisherIspidina picta
- Winding CisticolaCisticola marginatus
- Red-tailed ShrikeLanius phoenicuroides
- Western Banded Snake EagleCircaetus cinerascens
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
- White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
- Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
- Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
- Greater Hoopoe-LarkAlaemon alaudipes
- Yellow-breasted BarbetTrachyphonus margaritatus
- Dunn's LarkEremalauda dunni
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
- Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
- Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicuti
- Greater HoneyguideIndicator indicator
- Desert LarkAmmomanes deserti
- White-headed VultureTrigonoceps occipitalis
- Northern PuffbackDryoscopus gambensis
- Striolated BuntingEmberiza striolata
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
- Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinus
- Tropical BoubouLaniarius major
- Desert CisticolaCisticola aridulus
- Bronze-winged CourserRhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Standard-winged NightjarCaprimulgus longipennis
- Golden-breasted BuntingEmberiza flaviventris
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- Blue-spotted Wood DoveTurtur afer
- Anteater ChatMyrmecocichla aethiops
- Black-breasted BarbetPogonornis rolleti
- Green-winged PytiliaPytilia melba
- Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
- Grey-headed BushshrikeMalaconotus blanchoti
- Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
- Marbled DuckMarmaronetta angustirostris
- Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus
- Grey-rumped SwallowPseudhirundo griseopyga
- Common ButtonquailTurnix sylvaticus
- African Pygmy GooseNettapus auritus
- Lesser JacanaMicroparra capensis
- Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser superciliosus
- Green-backed EremomelaEremomela canescens
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
- Common RedshankTringa totanus
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
- European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
- Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanica
- Common Rock ThrushMonticola saxatilis
- Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliaca
- Verreaux's EagleAquila verreauxii
- Yellow-billed ShrikeCorvinella corvina
- Snowy-crowned Robin-ChatCossypha niveicapilla
- Crowned SandgrousePterocles coronatus
- Pharaoh Eagle-OwlBubo ascalaphus
- Grey-headed BatisBatis orientalis
- Heuglin's Masked WeaverPloceus heuglini
- Sennar Penduline TitAnthoscopus punctifrons
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
- Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Singing CisticolaCisticola cantans
- African CuckooCuculus gularis
- Ovambo SparrowhawkAccipiter ovampensis
- Brown-backed WoodpeckerDendropicos obsoletus
- Little Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos elachus