Complete Bird Species Checklist of Gambia
Gambia is home to 629 documented bird species, making it one of West Africa's premier birding destinations. This comprehensive checklist is compiled from Avibase — The World Bird Database, curated by Denis Lepage (Birds Canada) in partnership with BirdLife International.
Why we host this: We are grateful to Avibase for their foundational research and careful curation of global bird records. Having a searchable, organized list here helps visiting birders explore species in context with the specific protected areas and reserves where they're most likely to be found.
Last updated: February 2026 (sourced from Avibase) • Conservation data: BirdLife International
Where to Find These Birds: Gambian Birding Regions
Inland Birding Sites
Freshwater wetlands, grasslands, and woodland habitats host grassland specialists and water-loving species:
Coastal Birding Sites
Coastal wetlands, mangroves, estuary habitats, and sandy beaches attract migratory waterfowl, waders, and seabirds:
All 629 Species (Organized by Taxonomic Order)
ANSERIFORMES: Ducks, Geese & Swans
| White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | |
| Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | |
| White-backed Duck | Thalassornis leuconotus | Rare |
| Knob-billed Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos | |
| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | |
| Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | Rare |
| Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis | |
| African Pygmy-Goose | Nettapus auritus | |
| Garganey | Spatula querquedula | |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
| Gadwall | Mareca strepera | Rare |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | Rare |
| American Wigeon | Mareca americana | Rare |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
| Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | |
| Common Pochard | Aythya ferina | Rare Vulnerable |
| Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca | Near-threatened |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula |
GALLIFORMES: Gamebirds
| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
| Stone Partridge | Ptilopachus petrosus | |
| White-throated Francolin | Campocolinus albogularis | |
| Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix | |
| Ahanta Spurfowl | Pternistis ahantensis | |
| Double-spurred Spurfowl | Pternistis bicalcaratus |
COLUMBIFORMES: Pigeons & Doves
| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | |
| Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
| European Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia turtur | Vulnerable |
| Adamawa Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia hypopyrrhha | Rare |
| African Collared-Dove | Streptopelia roseogrisea | |
| Mourning Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decipiens | |
| Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | |
| Vinaceous Dove | Streptopelia vinacea | |
| Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | |
| Black-billed Wood-Dove | Turtur abyssinicus | |
| Blue-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur afer | |
| Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria | |
| Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | |
| Bruce's Green-Pigeon | Treron waalia | |
| African Green-Pigeon | Treron calvus |
PTEROCLIFORMES: Sandgrouse
| Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse | Pterocles exustus | Rare |
| Four-banded Sandgrouse | Pterocles quadricinctus |
OTIDIFORMES: Bustards
| Arabian Bustard | Ardeotis arabs | Rare Near-threatened |
| Denham's Bustard | Neotis denhami | Near-threatened |
| White-bellied Bustard | Eupodotis senegalensis | Rare |
| Savile's Bustard | Lophiotis savilei | |
| Black-bellied Bustard | Lissotis melanogaster |
MUSOPHAGIFORMES: Turacos
| Western Plantain-eater | Crinifer piscator | |
| Violet Turaco | Tauraco violaceus | Near-threatened |
| Guinea Turaco | Tauraco persa |
CUCULIFORMES: Cuckoos
| Senegal Coucal | Centropus senegalensis | |
| Black Coucal | Centropus grillii | |
| Blue Malkoha | Ceuthmochares aereus | |
| Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius | |
| Levaillant's Cuckoo | Clamator levaillantii | |
| Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | |
| Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | |
| Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | |
| African Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx cupreus | Rare |
| Black Cuckoo | Cuculus clamosus | Rare |
| Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius | |
| African Cuckoo | Cuculus gularis | |
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | Rare |
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Nightjars
| Pennant-winged Nightjar | Caprimulgus vexillarius | Rare |
| Standard-winged Nightjar | Caprimulgus longipennis | |
| Red-necked Nightjar | Caprimulgus ruficollis | Near-threatened |
| Eurasian Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | |
| Egyptian Nightjar | Caprimulgus aegyptius | |
| Fiery-necked Nightjar | Caprimulgus pectoralis | Rare |
| Swamp Nightjar | Caprimulgus natalensis | Rare |
| Plain Nightjar | Caprimulgus inornatus | |
| Long-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus climacurus |
APODIFORMES: Swifts
| Mottled Spinetail | Telacanthura ussheri | |
| Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | Rare |
| Common Swift | Apus apus | |
| Pallid Swift | Apus pallidus | |
| Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
| White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | Rare |
| African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus |
GRUIFORMES: Cranes & Rails
| White-spotted Fluffail | Sarothrura pulchra | |
| African Rail | Rallus caerulescens | Rare |
| African Crake | Crecopsis egregia | |
| Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana | Rare |
| Lesser Moorhen | Paragallinula angulata | |
| Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra | Rare |
| Allen's Gallinule | Porphyrio alleni | |
| African Swamphen | Porphyrio madagascariensis | |
| Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra | |
| Little Crake | Zapornia parva | Rare |
| Baillon's Crake | Zapornia pusilla | Rare |
| African Finfoot | Podica senegalensis |
CHARADRIIFORMES: Plovers, Sandpipers & Allies
| Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis | |
| Eurasian Thick-knee | Burhinus oedicnemus | Rare |
| Senegal Thick-knee | Burhinus senegalensis | |
| Egyptian Plover | Pluvianus aegyptius | |
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
| Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
| Eurasian Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | Near-threatened |
| African Oystercatcher | Haematopus moquinii | Rare |
| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Vulnerable |
| European Golden-Plover | Pluvialis apricaria | Rare |
| American Golden-Plover | Pluvialis dominica | Rare |
| Eurasian Dotterel | Eudromias morinellus | Rare |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Forbes's Plover | Thinornis forbesi | Rare |
| Little Ringed Plover | Thinornis dubius | |
| Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | Rare Near-threatened |
| Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus | |
| Black-headed Lapwing | Vanellus tectus | |
| White-crowned Lapwing | Vanellus albiceps | |
| Senegal Lapwing | Vanellus lugubris | Rare |
| Wattled Lapwing | Vanellus senegallus | |
| Caspian Plover | Anarhynchus asiaticus | Rare |
| Kittlitz's Plover | Anarhynchus pecuarius | |
| White-fronted Plover | Anarhynchus marginatus | |
| Kentish Plover | Anarhynchus alexandrinus | |
| Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
| Lesser Jacana | Microparra capensis | Rare |
| African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | |
| Hudsonian Whimbrel | Numenius hudsonicus | Rare |
| Eurasian Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Near-threatened |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Near-threatened |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Near-threatened |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | Rare Near-threatened |
| Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | Rare |
| Great Snipe | Gallinago media | Rare Near-threatened |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
| Red Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | Rare |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | Rare |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
| Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | Rare |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | Rare Vulnerable |
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Near-threatened |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Near-threatened |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Vulnerable |
| Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | Near-threatened |
| Purple Sandpiper | Calidris maritima | |
| Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | Rare |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
| Small Buttonquail | Turnix sylvaticus | |
| Quail-plover | Ortyxelos meiffrenii | Rare |
| Bronze-winged Courser | Rhinoptilus chalcopterus | |
| Temminck's Courser | Cursorius temminckii | |
| Cream-colored Courser | Cursorius cursor | Rare |
| Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | |
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
| Great Skua | Stercorarius skua | Rare |
| Little Gull | Hydrocolbeus minutus | Rare |
| Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | Rare Vulnerable |
| Sabine's Gull | Xema sabini | Rare |
| Slender-billed Gull | Chroicocephalus genei | |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
| Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | |
| Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | Rare |
| Franklin's Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | Rare |
| Audouin's Gull | Ichthyaetus audouinii | Rare Vulnerable |
| Mediterranean Gull | Ichthyaetus melanocephalus | |
| Common Gull | Larus canus | Rare |
| Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | Rare |
| Kelp Gull | Larus dominicanus | Rare |
| European Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | Rare |
| Yellow-legged Gull | Larus michahellis | Rare |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
| African Skimmer | Rynchops flavirostris | |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | Rare |
| Black Noddy | Anous minutus | Rare |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | Rare |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | Rare |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
| Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | |
| West African Crested Tern | Thalasseus albididorsalis |
PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Flamingos
| Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | |
| Lesser Flamingo | Phoeniconaias minor | Near-threatened |
PODICIPEDIFORMES: Grebes
| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| Eared Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | Rare |
PHAETHONTIFORMES: Tropicbirds
| Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus |
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Petrels & Shearwaters
| Wilson's Storm-Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
| European Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates pelagicus | |
| Leach's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | Rare Vulnerable |
| Cape Verde Petrel | Pterodroma feae | Near-threatened |
| Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris borealis | |
| Scopoli's Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea | |
| Great Shearwater | Ardenna gravis | Rare |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Rare Near-threatened |
| Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus | Rare |
| Balearic Shearwater | Puffinus mauretanicus | Critically endangered |
| Boyd's Shearwater | Puffinus boydi |
CICONIIFORMES: Storks
| African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus | Rare |
| Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | Rare |
| Abdim's Stork | Ciconia abdimii | Rare |
| African Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia microscelis | |
| White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | Rare |
| Saddle-billed Stork | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis | Near-threatened |
| Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer | |
| Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis |
SULIFORMES: Boobies, Cormorants & Frigatebirds
| Magnificent Frigatebird | Fregata magnificens | Rare |
| Northern Gannet | Morus bassanus | |
| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | Rare |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | Rare |
| African Darter | Anhinga rufa | |
| Reed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo |
PELECANIFORMES: Herons, Egrets, Pelicans & Ibises
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
| African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | |
| Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | |
| Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | |
| African Spoonbill | Platalea alba | |
| White-crested Tiger-Heron | Tigriornis leucolophа | |
| Eurasian Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | Rare |
| Dwarf Bittern | Botaurus sturmii | |
| Little Bittern | Botaurus minutus | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Black Heron | Egretta ardesiaca | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| Western Reef-Heron | Egretta gularis | |
| White-backed Night Heron | Calherodius leuconotus | |
| Little Heron | Butorides atricapilla | |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | |
| Western Cattle-Egret | Ardea ibis | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Yellow-billed Egret | Ardea brachyrhyncha | |
| Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
| Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | |
| Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath | |
| Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | |
| Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | |
| Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens |
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Eagles, Hawks, Kites & Vultures
| Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius | Rare Endangered |
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
| Scissor-tailed Kite | Chelictinia riocourii | Vulnerable |
| Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus | |
| Palm-nut Vulture | Gypohierax angolensis | |
| Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | Endangered |
| African Cuckoo-Hawk | Aviceda cuculoides | |
| European Honey-buzzard | Pernis apivorus | |
| White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis | Critically endangered |
| Cinereous Vulture | Aegypius monachus | Rare Near-threatened |
| Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos | Endangered |
| Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus | Critically endangered |
| White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | Critically endangered |
| Rüppell's Griffon | Gyps rueppellii | Critically endangered |
| Eurasian Griffon | Gyps fulvus | |
| Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | Endangered |
| Western Banded Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinerascens | |
| Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle | Circaetus beaudouini | Vulnerable |
| Short-toed Snake-Eagle | Circaetus gallicus | |
| Brown Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinereus | |
| Crowned Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus | Rare Near-threatened |
| Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | Endangered |
| Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis | |
| Wahlberg's Eagle | Hieraaetus wahlbergi | |
| Ayres's Hawk-Eagle | Hieraaetus ayresii | Rare |
| Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | Vulnerable |
| Bonelli's Eagle | Aquila fasciata | Rare |
| African Hawk-Eagle | Aquila spilogaster | |
| Bat Hawk | Macheiramphus alcinus | Rare |
| Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar | |
| Dark Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax metabates | |
| Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus | |
| African Goshawk | Aerospiza tachiro | |
| Red-thighed Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza erythropus | |
| Shikra | Tachyspiza badia | |
| Ovambo Sparrowhawk | Accipiter ovampensis | |
| Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | Rare |
| Black Goshawk | Astur melanoleucus | Rare |
| Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | |
| Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | Near-threatened |
| Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | |
| Red Kite | Milvus milvus | Rare |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| African Fish-Eagle | Ichthyophaga vocifer | |
| Grasshopper Buzzard | Butastur rufipennis | |
| Red-necked Buzzard | Buteo auguralis | |
| Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur | |
| Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | Rare |
| Long-legged Buzzard | Buteo rufinus | Rare |
STRIGIFORMES: Owls
| Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
| Eurasian Scops-Owl | Otus scops | |
| African Scops-Owl | Otus senegalensis | |
| Northern White-faced Owl | Ptilopsis leucotis | |
| Grayish Eagle-Owl | Bubo cinerascens | |
| Verreaux's Eagle-Owl | Ketupa lactea | |
| Pel's Fishing-Owl | Scotopelia peli | |
| Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum | |
| African Wood-Owl | Strix woodfordii | |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | Rare |
| Marsh Owl | Asio capensis |
COLIIFORMES: Mousebirds
| Blue-naped Mousebird | Urocolius macrourus | Rare |
BUCEROTIFORMES: Hoopoes, Hornbills & Bee-eaters
| Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
| Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus | |
| Black Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus aterrimus | |
| Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill | Bucorvus abyssinicus | Vulnerable |
| West African Pied Hornbill | Lophoceros semifasciatus | |
| African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus | |
| Western Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus kempi | |
| Yellow-casqued Hornbill | Ceratogymna elata | Vulnerable Extirpated |
| Black-casqued Hornbill | Ceratogymna atrata | Rare Near-threatened |
| Piping Hornbill | Bycanistes fistulator | |
| Red-throated Bee-eater | Merops bulocki | |
| Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | |
| Swallow-tailed Bee-eater | Merops hirundineus | |
| White-throated Bee-eater | Merops albicollis | |
| African Green Bee-eater | Merops viridissimus | |
| Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus | |
| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
| Northern Carmine Bee-eater | Merops nubicus |
CORACIIFORMES: Kingfishers, Rollers & Cormorants
| Shining-blue Kingfisher | Alcedo quadribrachys | |
| Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus | |
| African Pygmy Kingfisher | Ispidina picta | |
| Gray-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala | |
| Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis | |
| Blue-breasted Kingfisher | Halcyon malimbica | |
| Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti | |
| Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima | |
| Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
| European Roller | Coracias garrulus | |
| Abyssinian Roller | Coracias abyssinicus | |
| Purple Roller | Coracias naevius | |
| Blue-bellied Roller | Coracias cyanogaster | |
| Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus |
PICIFORMES: Honeybirds, Woodpeckers & Barbets
| Red-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus atroflavus | |
| Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus bilineatus | |
| Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus chrysoconus | |
| Hairy-breasted Barbet | Tricholaema hirsuta | Rare |
| Vieillot's Barbet | Lybius vieilloti | |
| Bearded Barbet | Pogonornis dubius | |
| Cassin's Honeybird | Prodotiscus insignis | Rare |
| Brown-backed Honeybird | Prodotiscus regulus | Rare |
| Least Honeyguide | Indicator exilis | |
| Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | |
| Spotted Honeyguide | Indicator maculatus | |
| Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator | |
| Eurasian Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | |
| Little Gray Woodpecker | Dendropicos elachus | |
| Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | |
| Brown-backed Woodpecker | Dendropicos obsoletus | |
| African Gray Woodpecker | Dendropicos goertae | |
| Buff-spotted Woodpecker | Pardipicus nivosus | |
| Green-backed Woodpecker | Campethera maculosa | Rare |
| Fine-spotted Woodpecker | Campethera punctuligera | |
| Golden-tailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni |
FALCONIFORMES: Falcons
| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | |
| Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| Fox Kestrel | Falco alopex | Rare |
| Gray Kestrel | Falco ardosiaceus | |
| Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera | |
| Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus | Rare Vulnerable |
| Amur Falcon | Falco amurensis | Rare |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
| African Hobby | Falco cuvieri | |
| Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus |
PSITTACIFORMES: Parrots
| Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | |
| Brown-necked Parrot | Poicephalus fuscicollis | |
| Senegal Parrot | Poicephalus senegalus |
PASSERIFORMES: Songbirds & Perching Birds (300+ species)
| White-breasted Cuckooshrike | Ceblepyris pectoralis | |
| Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike | Campephaga phoenicea | |
| Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | Rare |
| African Golden Oriole | Oriolus auratus | |
| Brown-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira cyanea | |
| Senegal Batis | Batis senegalensis | |
| White-crested Helmets hrike | Prionops plumatus | |
| African Shrike-flycatcher | Megabyas flammulatus | Rare |
| Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher | Bias musicus | Rare |
| Brubru | Nilaus afer | |
| Northern Puffback | Dryoscopus gambensis | |
| Red-eyed Puffback | Dryoscopus senegalensis | |
| Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus | |
| Yellow-crowned Gonolek | Laniarius barbarus | |
| Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike | Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus | |
| Gray-headed Bushshrike | Malaconotus blanchoti | |
| Sharpe's Drongo | Dicrurus sharpei | |
| Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
| Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone rufiventer | |
| African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | |
| Yellow-billed Shrike | Corvinella corvina | |
| Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | Rare |
| Red-tailed Shrike | Lanius phoenicuroides | |
| Isabelline Shrike | Lanius isabellinus | Rare |
| Great Gray Shrike | Lanius excubitor | Rare |
| Woodchat Shrike | Lanius senator | Near-threatened |
| Piapiac | Ptilostomus afer | |
| Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
| Brown-necked Raven | Corvus ruficollis | Rare |
| Yellow-bellied Hyliota | Hyliota flavigaster | |
| Southern Hyliota | Hyliota australis | |
| African Blue Flycatcher | Elminia longicauda | |
| White-shouldered Black-Tit | Melaniparus guineensis | |
| Yellow Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus parvulus | |
| Rufous-rumped Lark | Pinarocorys erythropygia | Rare |
| Dusky Lark | Pinarocorys nigricans | Rare |
| Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix leucotis | |
| Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix nigriceps | Rare |
| Kordofan Lark | Mirafra cordofanica | |
| Singing Bushlark | Mirafra javanica | |
| Flappet Lark | Mirafra rufocinnamomea | |
| Sun Lark | Galerida modesta | |
| Crested Lark | Galerida cristata | |
| Temminck's Lark | Eremophila bilopha | Rare |
| Western Nicator | Nicator chloris | |
| Green Crombec | Sylvietta virens | |
| Lemon-bellied Crombec | Sylvietta denti | Rare |
| Northern Crombec | Sylvietta brachyura | |
| Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis | |
| Senegal Eremomela | Eremomela pusilla | |
| Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | |
| Olive-green Camaroptera | Camaroptera chloronota | |
| Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida | |
| Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | |
| River Prinia | Prinia fluviatilis | |
| Red-winged Prinia | Prinia erythroptera | |
| Oriole Warbler | Hypergerus atriceps | |
| Red-faced Cisticola | Cisticola erythrops | |
| Singing Cisticola | Cisticola cantans | |
| Whistling Cisticola | Cisticola lateralis | |
| Dorst's Cisticola | Cisticola guinea | |
| Winding Cisticola | Cisticola marginatus | |
| Croaking Cisticola | Cisticola natalensis | |
| Siffling Cisticola | Cisticola brachypterus | |
| Rufous Cisticola | Cisticola rufus | |
| Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
| Desert Cisticola | Cisticola aridulus | |
| Black-backed Cisticola | Cisticola eximius | |
| Eastern Olivaceous Warbler | Iduna pallida | |
| Western Olivaceous Warbler | Iduna opaca | |
| Melodious Warbler | Hippolais polyglotta | |
| Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina | Rare |
| Moustached Warbler | Acrocephalus melanopogon | Rare |
| Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | |
| Marsh Warbler | Acrocephalus palustris | Rare |
| Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
| Greater Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus rufescens | |
| Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | Rare |
| Savi's Warbler | Locustella luscinioides | Rare |
| Common Grasshopper Warbler | Locustella naevia | Rare |
| Fanti Sawwing | Psalidoprocne obscura | |
| Gray-rumped Swallow | Pseudhirundo griseopyga | Rare |
| Banded Martin | Neophedina cincta | Rare |
| Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola | |
| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | |
| Eurasian Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne rupestris | |
| Pale Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne obsoleta | Rare |
| Pied-winged Swallow | Hirundo leucosoma | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Red-chested Swallow | Hirundo lucida | |
| Ethiopian Swallow | Hirundo aethiopica | |
| Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | |
| Western House-Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
| European Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis rufula | |
| African Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis melanorissus | |
| Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica | Rare |
| Rufous-chested Swallow | Cecropis semirufa | |
| Mosque Swallow | Cecropis senegalensis | |
| Gray-headed Bristlebill | Bleda canicapillus | |
| Yellow-gorgeted Greenbul | Atimastillas flavicollis | |
| Swamp Greenbul | Thescelocichla leucopleura | Rare |
| Sjöstedt's Greenbul | Baeopogon clamans | |
| Red-tailed Greenbul | Criniger calurus | |
| Little Greenbul | Eurillas virens | |
| White-throated Greenbul | Phyllastrephus albigularis | |
| Leaf-love | Phyllastrephus scandens | |
| Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |
| Wood Warbler | Phylloscopus sibilatrix | Rare |
| Western Bonelli's Warbler | Phylloscopus bonelli | |
| Yellow-browed Warbler | Phylloscopus inornatus | Rare |
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
| Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | |
| Iberian Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus ibericus | Rare |
| Green Hylia | Hylia prasina | |
| Eurasian Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | |
| Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | |
| Barred Warbler | Curruca nisoria | Rare |
| Lesser Whitethroat | Curruca curruca | Rare |
| Western Orphean Warbler | Curruca hortensis | Rare |
| Rüppell's Warbler | Curruca ruppelli | Rare |
| Moltoni's Warbler | Curruca subalpina | |
| Western Subalpine Warbler | Curruca iberiae | |
| Eastern Subalpine Warbler | Curruca cantillans | |
| Greater Whitethroat | Curruca communis | |
| Spectacled Warbler | Curruca conspicillata | Rare |
| Northern Yellow White-eye | Zosterops senegalensis | |
| Brown Illadopsis | Illadopsis fulvescens | Rare |
| Puvel's Illadopsis | Illadopsis puveli | |
| Capuchin Babbler | Turdoides atripennis | |
| Brown Babbler | Turdoides plebejus | |
| Blackcap Babbler | Turdoides reinwardtii | |
| African Spotted Creeper | Salpornis salvadori | |
| Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus africanus | |
| Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea | Rare |
| Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | |
| Neumann's Starling | Onychognathus neumanni | |
| Long-tailed Glossy Starling | Lampratornis caudatus | |
| Splendid Starling | Lampratornis splendidus | |
| Chestnut-bellied Starling | Lampratornis pulcher | |
| Lesser Blue-eared Starling | Lampratornis chloropterus | |
| Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lampratornis chalybaeus | |
| Purple Starling | Lampratornis purpureus | |
| Bronze-tailed Starling | Lampratornis chalcurus | |
| African Thrush | Turdus pelios | |
| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
| Swamp Flycatcher | Muscicapa aquatica | |
| Pale Flycatcher | Agricola pallidus | |
| Gray Tit-Flycatcher | Fraseria plumbea | |
| Northern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis edolioides | |
| White-tailed Alethe | Alethe diademata | |
| Black Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas podobe | |
| Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas galactotes | Rare |
| Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat | Cossypha niveicapilla | |
| White-crowned Robin-Chat | Cossypha albicapillus | |
| Common Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos | |
| Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica | Rare |
| European Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula hypoleuca | |
| Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | |
| Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush | Monticola saxatilis | |
| Blue Rock-Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
| Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | |
| African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus | Rare |
| Northern Anteater-Chat | Myrmecocichla aethiops | |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
| Atlas Wheatear | Oenanthe seebohmi | |
| Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina | Rare |
| Western Black-eared Wheatear | Oenanthe hispanica | Rare |
| White-fronted Black-Chat | Oenanthe albifrons | |
| Blackstart | Oenanthe melanura | Rare |
| White-crowned Wheatear | Oenanthe leucopyga | Rare |
| Mouse-brown Sunbird | Anthreptes gabonicus | |
| Western Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes longuemarei | |
| Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris | |
| Pygmy Sunbird | Hedydipna platura | |
| Green-headed Sunbird | Cyanomitra verticalis | |
| Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis | |
| Olive-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris chloropygius | |
| Beautiful Sunbird | Cinnyris pulchellus | |
| Splendid Sunbird | Cinnyris coccinigastrus | |
| Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus | |
| Copper Sunbird | Cinnyris cupreus | |
| White-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis albrostris | |
| Speckle-fronted Weaver | Sporopipes frontalis | |
| Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser superciliosus | |
| Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps | |
| Little Weaver | Ploceus luteolus | |
| Olive-naped Weaver | Ploceus brachypterus | |
| Vitelline Masked-Weaver | Ploceus vitellinus | |
| Heuglin's Masked-Weaver | Ploceus heuglini | |
| Chestnut-and-black Weaver | Ploceus castaneofuscus | |
| Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | |
| Black-headed Weaver | Ploceus melanocephalus | |
| Red-headed Quelea | Quelea erythrops | |
| Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea | |
| Northern Red Bishop | Euplectes franciscanus | |
| Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix | |
| Black-winged Bishop | Euplectes hordeaceus | |
| Yellow-crowned Bishop | Euplectes afer | |
| Yellow-mantled Widowbird | Euplectes macroura | |
| Red-collared Widowbird | Euplectes ardens | |
| Bronze Manikin | Spermestes cucullata | |
| Magpie Manikin | Spermestes fringilloides | |
| African Silverbill | Euodice cantans | |
| Indian Silverbill | Euodice malabarica | Introduced |
| Chestnut-breasted Nigrita | Nigrita bicolor | Rare |
| Gray-headed Oliveback | Delacourella capistrata | Rare |
| Lavender Waxbill | Glaucestrilda caerulescens | |
| Orange-cheeked Waxbill | Estrilda melpoda | |
| Black-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda troglodytes | |
| Quailfinch | Ortygospiza atricollis | |
| Cut-throat | Amadina fasciata | |
| Zebra Waxbill | Amandava subflava | |
| Red-cheeked Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus bengalus | |
| Western Bluebill | Spermophaga haematina | |
| Crimson Seedcracker | Pyrenestes sanguineus | |
| Black-bellied Seedcracker | Pyrenestes ostrinus | Rare |
| Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba | Rare |
| Red-winged Pytilia | Pytilia phoenicoptera | |
| Dybowski's Twinspot | Euschistospiza dybowskii | |
| Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | |
| Bar-breasted Firefinch | Lagonosticta rufopicta | |
| Black-faced Firefinch | Lagonosticta larvata | |
| Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | |
| Sahel Paradise-Whydah | Vidua orientalis | |
| Exclamatory Paradise-Whydah | Vidua interjecta | |
| Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata | |
| Wilson's Indigobird | Vidua wilsoni | Rare |
| Quailfinch Indigobird | Vidua nigeriae | |
| Barka Indigobird | Vidua larvaticola | |
| Cameroon Indigobird | Vidua camerunensis | |
| Parasitic Weaver | Anomalospiza imberbis | Rare |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced |
| Northern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus | |
| Sudan Golden Sparrow | Passer luteus | |
| Sahel Bush Sparrow | Gymnoris dentata | |
| Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
| African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | Rare |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
| Tawny Pipit | Anthus campestris | |
| Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys | |
| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | |
| Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | |
| Yellow-throated Longclaw | Macronyx croceus | |
| White-rumped Seedeater | Crithagra leucopygia | |
| Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambica | |
| Brown-rumped Bunting | Emberiza affinis | |
| Ortolan Bunting | Emberiza hortulana | Rare |
| Golden-breasted Bunting | Emberiza flaviventris | Rare |
| Gosling's Bunting | Emberiza goslingi | |
| House Bunting | Emberiza sahari | Rare |
| Striolated Bunting | Emberiza striolata | Rare |
Attribution & Data Sources
This checklist is compiled from Avibase — The World Bird Database, maintained by Denis Lepage (Birds Canada) in partnership with BirdLife International. Conservation status data sourced from BirdLife International's species assessments (accessed February 2026).
Last Updated: February 17, 2026 (Avibase database) | Species Count: 629 documented species | Threatened Species: 25 globally threatened
For the most current information and interactive features, visit Avibase directly.
This checklist is compiled from Avibase — The World Bird Database, maintained by Denis Lepage (Birds Canada) in partnership with BirdLife International. Conservation status data sourced from BirdLife International's species assessments (accessed February 2026).
Last Updated: February 17, 2026 (Avibase database) | Species Count: 629 documented species | Threatened Species: 25 globally threatened
For the most current information and interactive features, visit Avibase directly.