334 species · 62 rare visitors · ordered by how often reported
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
Bronze MannikinSpermestes cucullata- Sierra Madre CrowCorvus sierramadrensis
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Western Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscator
White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
Ethiopian SwallowHirundo aethiopica
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
Northern Red-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus uropygialis
Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
Little SwiftApus affinis
Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea
Little HeronButorides atricapilla
Striated HeronButorides striata
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Splendid SunbirdCinnyris coccinigastrus
Black CrakeZapornia flavirostra
Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
Winding CisticolaCisticola marginatus
Copper SunbirdCinnyris cupreus
Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus chrysoconus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Congo Pied HornbillLophoceros fasciatus
West African Pied HornbillLophoceros semifasciatus
White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
Blue-spotted Wood DoveTurtur afer
African ThrushTurdus pelios
Bleating CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
Slender-billed WeaverPloceus pelzelni
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Yellow-billed ShrikeCorvinella corvina
Yellow-crowned GonolekLaniarius barbarus
Northern Red BishopEuplectes franciscanus
African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Northern FiscalLanius humeralis
African Green PigeonTreron calvus
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
PiapiacPtilostomus afer
Purple StarlingLamprotornis purpureus
Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
Lizard BuzzardKaupifalco monogrammicus
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
Great EgretArdea alba
Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
Double-spurred SpurfowlPternistis bicalcaratus
Purple SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
Orange-cheeked WaxbillEstrilda melpoda
Rock DoveColumba livia
Green Wood HoopoePhoeniculus purpureus
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensis
Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus
HamerkopScopus umbretta
Black-billed Wood DoveTurtur abyssinicus
Violet TuracoTauraco violaceus
Oriole WarblerHypergerus atriceps
Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus
Senegal ParrotPoicephalus senegalus
Olive-naped WeaverPloceus brachypterus
Black-and-white MannikinSpermestes bicolor
Timor NightjarCaprimulgus ritae
African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
Red-bellied Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone rufiventer
Yellow-mantled WidowbirdEuplectes macroura
Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
African Pygmy KingfisherIspidina picta
Piping HornbillBycanistes fistulator
Yellow-billed EgretArdea brachyrhyncha
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Grey KestrelFalco ardosiaceus
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
African Harrier-HawkPolyboroides typus
African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Sand MartinRiparia riparia
Northern PuffbackDryoscopus gambensis
Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Brown-throated Wattle-eyePlatysteira cyanea
Grey-headed NigritaNigrita canicapillus
Superb SunbirdCinnyris superbus
Bar-breasted FirefinchLagonosticta rufopicta
Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
White-crowned LapwingVanellus albiceps
Vieillot's BarbetLybius vieilloti
Long-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus climacurus
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
Splendid StarlingLamprotornis splendidus
Brown BabblerTurdoides plebejus
Blue MalkohaCeuthmochares aereus
Guinea TuracoTauraco persa
Rock PratincoleGlareola nuchalis
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
African Golden OrioleOriolus auratus
Yellow-throated LongclawMacronyx croceus
Red-breasted SwallowCecropis semirufa
Red-headed MalimbeMalimbus rubricollis
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
Long-tailed Glossy StarlingLamprotornis caudatus
Black-winged Red BishopEuplectes hordeaceus
Yellow-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus bilineatus
Red-faced CisticolaCisticola erythrops
Levaillant's CuckooClamator levaillantii
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
Little GreenbulEurillas virens
Senegal EremomelaEremomela pusilla
Mottled SpinetailTelacanthura ussheri
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
Green HyliaHylia prasina
Moustached Grass WarblerMelocichla mentalis
Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
Greater Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus rufescens
OspreyPandion haliaetus
African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
Green CrombecSylvietta virens
Western House MartinDelichon urbicum
Olive-bellied SunbirdCinnyris chloropygius
Stone PartridgePtilopachus petrosus
Simple GreenbulChlorocichla simplex
Bearded BarbetPogonornis dubius
Blue-bellied RollerCoracias cyanogaster
Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
African FinfootPodica senegalensis
Red-necked BuzzardButeo auguralis
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
Allen's GallinulePorphyrio alleni
Red-headed QueleaQuelea erythrops
Wilson's IndigobirdVidua wilsoni
Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
Tambourine DoveTurtur tympanistria
Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicus
Sahel Bush SparrowGymnoris dentata
Leaf-lovePhyllastrephus scandens
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Gabar GoshawkMicronisus gabar
African Scops OwlOtus senegalensis
Double-toothed BarbetPogonornis bidentatus
Fanti Saw-wingPsalidoprocne obscura
Siberian PipitAnthus japonicus
Purple RollerCoracias naevius
Western NicatorNicator chloris
Common SwiftApus apus
African Pygmy GooseNettapus auritus
Grasshopper BuzzardButastur rufipennis
Pearl-spotted OwletGlaucidium perlatum
Whistling CisticolaCisticola lateralis
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
White-crested HelmetshrikePrionops plumatus
African CuckooCuculus gularis
African HobbyFalco cuvierii
Buff-throated SunbirdChalcomitra adelberti
Sharpe's DrongoDicrurus sharpei
Common TernSterna hirundo
Angola White-eyeZosterops kasaicus
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
Northern Black FlycatcherMelaenornis edolioides
Northern Yellow White-eyeZosterops senegalensis
Black-bellied FirefinchLagonosticta rara
Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Black TernChlidonias niger
Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca
Compact WeaverPachyphantes superciliosus
Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivacea
Green-headed SunbirdCyanomitra verticalis
Short-winged CisticolaCisticola brachypterus
Black-winged OrioleOriolus nigripennis
Northern White-faced OwlPtilopsis leucotis
European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
Black CuckooCuculus clamosus
Blue-breasted KingfisherHalcyon malimbica
Bruce's Green PigeonTreron waalia
Red-chested SwallowHirundo lucida
West African Crested TernThalasseus albididorsalis
Tropical BoubouLaniarius major
Snowy-crowned Robin-ChatCossypha niveicapilla
Slender-billed GreenbulStelgidillas gracilirostris
Pygmy SunbirdHedydipna platura
Olive-green CamaropteraCamaroptera chloronota
Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
Senegal BatisBatis senegalensis
Yellow-mantled WeaverPloceus tricolor
African Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos goertae
Yellow-gorgeted GreenbulAtimastillas flavicollis
Lesser Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chloropterus
Hairy-breasted BarbetTricholaema hirsuta
Pied-winged SwallowHirundo leucosoma
Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
Plain-backed PipitAnthus leucophrys
Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcherBias musicus
Magpie MannikinSpermestes fringilloides
Fox KestrelFalco alopex
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicuti
Northern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicus
Mottled SwiftTachymarptis aequatorialis
Egyptian PloverPluvianus aegyptius
Western Barn OwlTyto alba
Grey-headed BushshrikeMalaconotus blanchoti
Mosque SwallowCecropis senegalensis
Western OrioleOriolus brachyrynchus
Blackcap BabblerTurdoides reinwardtii
Red-shouldered CuckooshrikeCampephaga phoenicea
Preuss's Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon preussi
Ahanta SpurfowlPternistis ahantensis
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senator
African Shrike-flycatcherMegabyas flammulatus
Fine-spotted WoodpeckerCampethera punctuligera
Purple-throated CuckooshrikeCampephaga quiscalina
Fire-bellied WoodpeckerChloropicus pyrrhogaster
Gosling's BuntingEmberiza goslingi
Long-tailed HawkUrotriorchis macrourus
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
Brown-crowned TchagraTchagra australis
Red-necked FalconFalco chicquera
Singing CisticolaCisticola cantans
Blue-headed CoucalCentropus monachus
Brown IlladopsisIlladopsis fulvescens
Marsh TchagraBocagia minuta
SanderlingCalidris alba
Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
Fiery-necked NightjarCaprimulgus pectoralis
Yellow-billed OxpeckerBuphagus africanus
Speckled TinkerbirdPogoniulus scolopaceus
Honeyguide GreenbulBaeopogon indicator
Chestnut-and-black WeaverPloceus castaneofuscus
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
Large Rock MartinPtyonoprogne fuligula
Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens
BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
Northern Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus
African Hawk-EagleAquila spilogaster
Red-throated Rock MartinPtyonoprogne rufigula
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-LarkEremopterix leucotis
Yellow-throated TinkerbirdPogoniulus subsulphureus
Red-winged PriniaPrinia erythroptera
Green-backed WoodpeckerCampethera maculosa
White-shouldered Black TitMelaniparus guineensis
Heuglin's Masked WeaverPloceus heuglini
Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus- Congo Serpent EagleCircaetus spectabilis
Familiar ChatOenanthe familiaris
Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
African Wood OwlStrix woodfordii
Black-rumped WaxbillEstrilda troglodytes
White-breasted CuckooshrikeCeblepyris pectoralis
Black ScimitarbillRhinopomastus aterrimus
Crested MalimbeMalimbus malimbicus
Cabanis's BuntingEmberiza cabanisi
Shining DrongoDicrurus atripennis
Shining-blue KingfisherAlcedo quadribrachys
Tit HyliaPholidornis rushiae
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Orange-breasted BushshrikeChlorophoneus sulfureopectus
Tawny EagleAquila rapax
Rock-loving CisticolaCisticola aberrans
Black-bellied BustardLissotis melanogaster
Yellow-whiskered GreenbulEurillas latirostris
Speckle-fronted WeaverSporopipes frontalis
Chestnut-bellied StarlingLamprotornis pulcher
Lavender WaxbillGlaucestrilda caerulescens
Black CoucalCentropus grillii
Black-throated CoucalCentropus leucogaster
Plain NightjarCaprimulgus inornatus- Yellow-winged PytiliaPytilia hypogrammica
Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
BrubruNilaus afer
Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
Ashy FlycatcherFraseria caerulescens
Dark Chanting GoshawkMelierax metabates
African Blue FlycatcherElminia longicauda
Senegal LapwingVanellus lugubris
Red-throated Bee-eaterMerops bulocki
Lesser MoorhenParagallinula angulata
Buff-spotted WoodpeckerPardipicus nivosus
Chestnut-breasted NigritaNigrita bicolor
Grey-headed BristlebillBleda canicapillus
Western Violet-backed SunbirdAnthreptes longuemarei
Western Bronze-naped PigeonColumba iriditorques
Red-billed HelmetshrikePrionops caniceps
Brown-backed WoodpeckerDendropicos obsoletus
Melancholy WoodpeckerDendropicos lugubris
Black-faced FirefinchLagonosticta larvata
Red-winged PytiliaPytilia phoenicoptera- West African SeedeaterCrithagra canicapilla
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
Maasai ApalisApalis stronachi
Brown-throated MartinRiparia paludicola
Namaqua DoveOena capensis
Fulvous Whistling DuckDendrocygna bicolor
White-backed VultureGyps africanus
Spotted Thick-kneeBurhinus capensis
Pallid HarrierCircus macrourus
Lesser HoneyguideIndicator minor
Brown Snake EagleCircaetus cinereus
Greater HoneyguideIndicator indicator
African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis
Orange-breasted WaxbillAmandava subflava
Vitelline Masked WeaverPloceus vitellinus
Northern CrombecSylvietta brachyura
Swamp FlycatcherMuscicapa aquatica
Bat HawkMacheiramphus alcinus
Swamp Palm BulbulThescelocichla leucopleura
Little Green SunbirdAnthreptes seimundi
Blue-headed Wood DoveTurtur brehmeri
Naked-faced BarbetGymnobucco calvus
Chestnut-winged StarlingOnychognathus fulgidus
Tiny SunbirdCinnyris minullus
Cassin's Hawk-EagleAquila africana
Western Yellow-billed BarbetTrachylaemus goffinii
White-fronted Black ChatOenanthe albifrons
Exclamatory Paradise WhydahVidua interjecta- Kemp's LongbillMacrosphenus kempi
Dorst's CisticolaCisticola guinea
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
Thick-billed WeaverAmblyospiza albifrons
Goliath HeronArdea goliath
African FirefinchLagonosticta rubricata
Martial EaglePolemaetus bellicosus
Croaking CisticolaCisticola natalensis
African Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx cupreus
Pale FlycatcherAgricola pallidus
Grey Tit-FlycatcherFraseria plumbea
Red-headed WeaverAnaplectes rubriceps
Temminck's CourserCursorius temminckii
Western Banded Snake EagleCircaetus cinerascens
African Cuckoo-HawkAviceda cuculoides
African CrakeCrecopsis egregia
Blue-throated RollerEurystomus gularis
Damara TernSternula balaenarum
Little Grey GreenbulEurillas gracilis
Greyish Eagle-OwlBubo cinerascens
Sun LarkGalerida modesta
Bronze-tailed StarlingLamprotornis chalcurus
Western BluebillSpermophaga haematina
Orange WeaverPloceus aurantius
Four-banded SandgrousePterocles quadricinctus
Rosy Bee-eaterMerops malimbicus
Yellow-bellied HyliotaHyliota flavigaster
Black-bellied SeedcrackerPyrenestes ostrinus
Lowland Sooty BoubouLaniarius leucorhynchus
Capuchin BabblerTurdoides atripennis
Mongolian GullLarus mongolicus
Grey EmutailBradypterus seebohmi
Cocos BoobySula brewsteri
Medium EgretArdea intermedia