Birds of Togo
Togo hosts 307 regularly occurring species in this directory. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
- Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
- Pied CrowCorvus albus
- 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
- Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
- Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Purple HeronArdea purpurea
- Splendid SunbirdCinnyris coccinigastrus
- Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
- Winding CisticolaCisticola marginatus
- Copper SunbirdCinnyris cupreus
- Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus chrysoconus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Congo Pied HornbillLophoceros fasciatus
- 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
- Oriole WarblerHypergerus atriceps
- Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus
- Senegal ParrotPoicephalus senegalus
- Olive-naped WeaverPloceus brachypterus
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Tambourine DoveTurtur tympanistria
- Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicus
- Sahel Bush SparrowGymnoris dentata
- Leaf-lovePhyllastrephus scandens
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Gabar GoshawkMicronisus gabar
- African Scops OwlOtus senegalensis
- Fanti Saw-wingPsalidoprocne obscura
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-LarkEremopterix leucotis
- Yellow-throated TinkerbirdPogoniulus subsulphureus
- Green-backed WoodpeckerCampethera maculosa
- Heuglin's Masked WeaverPloceus heuglini
- Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
- Familiar ChatOenanthe familiaris
- Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
- African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
- African Wood OwlStrix woodfordii
- Black-rumped WaxbillEstrilda troglodytes
- 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
- 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
- Dark Chanting GoshawkMelierax metabates
- African Blue FlycatcherElminia longicauda
- Senegal LapwingVanellus lugubris
- Red-throated Bee-eaterMerops bulocki
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Red-headed WeaverAnaplectes rubriceps
- Temminck's CourserCursorius temminckii
- Western Banded Snake EagleCircaetus cinerascens
- African Cuckoo-HawkAviceda cuculoides
- 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