324 species · 31 rare visitors · ordered by how often reported
Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala- Sierra Madre CrowCorvus sierramadrensis
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 Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
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- Congo Serpent EagleCircaetus spectabilis
Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Bronze MannikinSpermestes cucullata
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
Timor NightjarCaprimulgus ritae
BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Rufous-tailed Scrub RobinCercotrichas galactotes
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
Little HeronButorides atricapilla
Rüppell's VultureGyps rueppelli
Northern Red-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus uropygialis
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
Yellow-billed EgretArdea brachyrhyncha
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
Common WhitethroatCurruca communis
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensis
Western Barn OwlTyto alba
Siberian PipitAnthus japonicus
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
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
African Scops OwlOtus senegalensis
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Angola White-eyeZosterops kasaicus
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
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
Fulvous BabblerArgya fulva
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
Verreaux's Eagle-OwlKetupa lactea
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
Black CrakeZapornia flavirostra
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
Rüppell's WarblerCurruca ruppeli
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
Greater Spotted EagleClanga clanga
Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicuti
Greater HoneyguideIndicator indicator
Desert LarkAmmomanes deserti
White-headed VultureTrigonoceps occipitalis
Northern PuffbackDryoscopus gambensis
Striolated BuntingEmberiza striolata
Mongolian GullLarus mongolicus
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
Eastern Black-eared WheatearOenanthe melanoleuca
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
Western Orphean WarblerCurruca hortensis
Singing CisticolaCisticola cantans
African CuckooCuculus gularis
Ovambo SparrowhawkAccipiter ovampensis
Brown-backed WoodpeckerDendropicos obsoletus
Little Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos elachus
Red-throated Rock MartinPtyonoprogne rufigula- Niam-niam ParrotPoicephalus crassus