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This checklist includes all bird species found in Grand Kru , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .

The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2). If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).

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Country or region: Grand Kru [map]

Other names: Grand Kru County

Number of species: 386
Number of globally threatened species: 7
Number of introduced species: 2
Last modified: 2024-08-03
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ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae

White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
Hartlaub's DuckPteronetta hartlaubii
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
African Pygmy GooseNettapus auritus

 
GALLIFORMES: Numididae

Crested GuineafowlGuttera pucherani

 
GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae

Double-spurred FrancolinPternistis bicalcaratus
Ahanta FrancolinPternistis ahantensis
Forest FrancolinPeliperdix lathami

 
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae

Afep PigeonColumba unicincta
Western Bronze-naped PigeonColumba iriditorques
Lemon DoveAplopelia larvata
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Laughing DoveStreptopelia senegalensis
African Green PigeonTreron calvus
Blue-spotted Wood DoveTurtur afer
Tambourine DoveTurtur tympanistria
Blue-headed Wood DoveTurtur brehmeri

 
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae

European NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusRare/Accidental
Swamp NightjarCaprimulgus natalensis
Long-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus climacurus
Standard-winged NightjarCaprimulgus longipennis
Brown NightjarVeles binotatus

 
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Apodidae

Black Spinetailed SwiftTelacanthura melanopygia
Sabine's Spinetailed SwiftRhaphidura sabini
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
Bates's SwiftApus batesi
Little SwiftApus affinis
Common SwiftApus apus

 
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae

Black-throated CoucalCentropus leucogaster
Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
African Black CoucalCentropus grillii
YellowbillCeuthmochares aereus
Levaillant's CuckooClamator levaillantii
Yellow-throated CuckooChrysococcyx flavigularis
Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
African Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx cupreus
Diederick CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
Dusky Long-tailed CuckooCercococcyx mechowi
Olive Long-tailed CuckooCercococcyx olivinus
Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
Black CuckooCuculus clamosus
Common CuckooCuculus canorus
African CuckooCuculus gularis

 
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae

Nkulengu RailHimantornis haematopus
Grey-throated RailCanirallus oculeus
African CrakeCrex egregia
Black CrakeZapornia flavirostra
Allen's GallinulePorphyrio alleni
Lesser MoorhenGallinula angulata

 
GRUIFORMES: Sarothruridae

White-spotted FlufftailSarothrura pulchra

 
GRUIFORMES: Heliornithidae

African FinfootPodica senegalensis

 
MUSOPHAGIFORMES: Musophagidae

Great Blue TuracoCorythaeola cristata
Western Grey Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscator
Green TuracoTauraco persa
Yellow-billed TuracoTauraco macrorhynchus

 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Oceanitidae

Wilson's Storm-petrelOceanites oceanicus

 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Hydrobatidae

European Storm-petrelHydrobates pelagicus
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhous

 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae

Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisRare/Accidental
Scopoli's ShearwaterCalonectris diomedea
Cory's ShearwaterCalonectris borealis
Bulwer's PetrelBulweria bulweriiRare/Accidental

 
PELECANIFORMES: Ciconiidae

Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
Woolly-necked StorkCiconia episcopus

 
PELECANIFORMES: Scopidae

HamerkopScopus umbretta

 
PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae

White-crested Tiger HeronTigriornis leucolopha
Little BitternIxobrychus minutus
Dwarf BitternIxobrychus sturmii
White-backed Night HeronGorsachius leuconotus
Striated HeronButorides striata
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
Goliath HeronArdea goliathRare/Accidental
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Great EgretArdea alba
Intermediate EgretArdea intermedia
Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Western Reef EgretEgretta gularis

 
PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae

African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
Olive IbisBostrychia olivacea
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash

 
PELECANIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae

Long-tailed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus

 
PELECANIFORMES: Anhingidae

African DarterAnhinga rufa

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae

Water Thick-kneeBurhinus vermiculatus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Haematopodidae

Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNear-threatened

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae

Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae

Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
Forbes's PloverCharadrius forbesi
White-fronted PloverCharadrius marginatus
White-headed LapwingVanellus albiceps

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae

African JacanaActophilornis africanus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae

WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNear-threatened
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Red KnotCalidris canutusNear-threatened
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaNear-threatened
SanderlingCalidris alba
Little StintCalidris minuta
Great SnipeGallinago mediaNear-threatened
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Turnicidae

Common ButtonquailTurnix sylvaticus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae

Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
Rock PratincoleGlareola nuchalis

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Stercorariidae

Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaRare/Accidental

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae

Sabine's GullXema sabini
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusRare/Accidental
Gray-hooded GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalusRare/Accidental
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
Little TernSternula albifrons
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
Black TernChlidonias niger
Common TernSterna hirundo
Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Royal TernThalasseus maximus

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae

OspreyPandion haliaetus

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae

European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
African Cuckoo HawkAviceda cuculoides
African Harrier HawkPolyboroides typus
Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
Congo Serpent EagleDryotriorchis spectabilis
Bat HawkMacheiramphus alcinus
Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatusNear-threatened
Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
Lizard BuzzardKaupifalco monogrammicus
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
African GoshawkAccipiter tachiro
ShikraAccipiter badius
Red-thighed SparrowhawkAccipiter erythropus
Black SparrowhawkAccipiter melanoleucus
Long-tailed HawkUrotriorchis macrourus
African Fish EagleHaliaeetus vocifer
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Red-necked BuzzardButeo auguralis

 
STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae

Common Barn OwlTyto alba

 
STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae

Red-chested OwletGlaucidium tephronotum
African Barred OwletGlaucidium capense
Eurasian Scops OwlOtus scops
African Scops OwlOtus senegalensis
Northern White-faced OwlPtilopsis leucotis
African Wood OwlStrix woodfordii
Maned OwlJubula lettiiData deficient
Fraser's Eagle OwlBubo poensis
Shelley's Eagle OwlBubo shelleyiIntroduced species Vulnerable
Akun Eagle OwlBubo leucostictus
Rufous Fishing OwlScotopelia ussheriVulnerable

 
TROGONIFORMES: Trogonidae

Narina's TrogonApaloderma narina

 
BUCEROTIFORMES: Bucerotidae

African Pied HornbillTockus fasciatus
Black Dwarf HornbillTockus hartlaubi
Red-billed Dwarf HornbillTockus camurus
Long-tailed HornbillTropicranus albocristatus
Black-casqued HornbillCeratogymna atrata
Yellow-casqued HornbillCeratogymna elataVulnerable
Piping HornbillBycanistes fistulator
Brown-cheeked HornbillBycanistes cylindricusVulnerable

 
BUCEROTIFORMES: Phoeniculidae

Forest Wood-hoopoePhoeniculus castaneiceps

 
PICIFORMES: Indicatoridae

Cassin's HoneybirdProdotiscus insignis
Yellow-footed HoneyguideMelignomon eisentrautiNear-threatened
Lesser HoneyguideIndicator minor
Spotted HoneyguideIndicator maculatus
Greater HoneyguideIndicator indicator
Lyre-tailed HoneyguideMelichneutes robustus

 
PICIFORMES: Picidae

Northern WryneckJynx torquilla
Little Green WoodpeckerCampethera maculosa
Buff-spotted WoodpeckerCampethera nivosa
Brown-eared WoodpeckerCampethera caroli
Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens
Gabon WoodpeckerDendropicos gabonensis
Fire-bellied WoodpeckerChloropicus pyrrhogaster

 
PICIFORMES: Ramphastidae

Yellow-spotted BarbetBuccanodon duchaillui
Bristle-nosed BarbetGymnobucco peli
Naked-faced BarbetGymnobucco calvus
Speckled TinkerbirdPogoniulus scolopaceus
Red-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus atroflavus
Yellow-throated TinkerbirdPogoniulus subsulphureus
Yellow-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus bilineatus
Hairy-breasted BarbetTricholaema hirsuta
Yellow-billed BarbetTrachylaemus purpuratus

 
CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae

White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
Black Bee-eaterMerops gularis
Blue-moustached Bee-eaterMerops mentalisNear-threatened

 
CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae

Blue-throated RollerEurystomus gularis
Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus

 
CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae

African Dwarf KingfisherIspidina lecontei
African Pygmy KingfisherIspidina picta
White-bellied KingfisherCorythornis leucogaster
African Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
Shining-blue KingfisherAlcedo quadribrachys
Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Chocolate-backed KingfisherHalcyon badia
Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
Blue-breasted KingfisherHalcyon malimbica
Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis

 
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae

Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus

 
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae

Grey ParrotPsittacus erithacus
Red-fronted ParrotPoicephalus gulielmi

 
PASSERIFORMES: Calyptomenidae

Rufous-sided BroadbillSmithornis rufolateralis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae

Western Wattled CuckooshrikeLobotos lobatusVulnerable
Blue CuckooshrikeCyanograucalus azureus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae

Western Black-headed OrioleOriolus brachyrynchus
Black-winged OrioleOriolus nigripennis
Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Platysteiridae

Chestnut Wattle-eyeDyaphorophyia castanea
Red-cheeked Wattle-eyeDyaphorophyia blissetti
Yellow-bellied Wattle-eyeDyaphorophyia concreta
Brown-throated Wattle-eyePlatysteira cyanea

 
PASSERIFORMES: Vangidae

Red-billed Helmet-shrikePrionops caniceps
Red-eyed Shrike-flycatcherMegabyas flammulatus
Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcherBias musicus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Malaconotidae

Fiery-breasted Bush-shrikeMalaconotus cruentus
Lagden's Bush-shrikeMalaconotus lagdeniNear-threatened
Sabine's PuffbackDryoscopus sabini
Northern PuffbackDryoscopus gambensis
Brown-crowned TchagraTchagra australis
Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
Many-coloured Bush-shrikeChlorophoneus multicolor
Lowland Sooty BoubouLaniarius leucorhynchus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae

Shining DrongoDicrurus atripennis
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Velvet-mantled DrongoDicrurus modestus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae

Northern FiscalLanius humeralis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae

Pied CrowCorvus albus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae

Blue-headed Paradise-flycatcherTrochocercus nitens
African Paradise-flycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcherTerpsiphone rufiventer

 
PASSERIFORMES: Eupetidae

White-necked RockfowlPicathartes gymnocephalusVulnerable

 
PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae

Fraser's SunbirdDeleornis fraseri
Brown SunbirdAnthreptes gabonicus
Little Green SunbirdAnthreptes seimundi
Grey-chinned SunbirdAnthreptes rectirostris
Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
Reichenbach's SunbirdAnabathmis reichenbachii
Green-headed SunbirdCyanomitra verticalis
Blue-throated Brown SunbirdCyanomitra cyanolaema
Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivacea
Buff-throated SunbirdChalcomitra adelberti
Carmelite SunbirdChalcomitra fuliginosa
Olive-bellied SunbirdCinnyris chloropygius
Johanna's SunbirdCinnyris johannae
Superb SunbirdCinnyris superbus
Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
Copper SunbirdCinnyris cupreus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae

Grosbeak WeaverAmblyospiza albifrons
Red-headed QueleaQuelea erythrops
Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
Black-winged BishopEuplectes hordeaceus
Yellow-mantled WidowbirdEuplectes macroura
Black-necked WeaverPloceus nigricollis
Orange WeaverPloceus aurantius
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
Vieillot's WeaverPloceus nigerrimus
Yellow-mantled WeaverPloceus tricolor
Maxwell's WeaverPloceus albinucha
Tai MalimbeMalimbus ballmanniNear-threatened
Red-vented MalimbeMalimbus scutatus
Blue-billed MalimbeMalimbus nitens
Red-headed MalimbeMalimbus rubricollis
Crested MalimbeMalimbus malimbicus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae

Bar-breasted FirefinchLagonosticta rufopicta
Western BluebillSpermophaga haematina
Crimson SeedcrackerPyrenestes sanguineus
Orange-cheeked WaxbillEstrilda melpoda
Green-backed TwinspotMandingoa nitidula
White-breasted NegrofinchNigrita fusconotus
Chestnut-breasted NegrofinchNigrita bicolor
Grey-headed NegrofinchNigrita canicapillus
Red-fronted AntpeckerParmoptila rubrifronsIntroduced species Near-threatened
Bronze MannikinSpermestes cucullata
Black-and-white MannikinSpermestes bicolor
Magpie MannikinSpermestes fringilloides

 
PASSERIFORMES: Viduidae

Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
Parasitic WeaverAnomalospiza imberbis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae

Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae

Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
Plain-backed PipitAnthus leucophrys
Yellow-throated LongclawMacronyx croceus
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
African WagtailMotacilla aguimp

 
PASSERIFORMES: Stenostiridae

Dusky Crested-flycatcherElminia nigromitrata

 
PASSERIFORMES: Nicatoridae

Western NicatorNicator chloris

 
PASSERIFORMES: Macrosphenidae

Green CrombecSylvietta virens
Lemon-bellied CrombecSylvietta denti
Kemp's LongbillMacrosphenus kempi
Grey LongbillMacrosphenus concolor

 
PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae

Rufous-crowned EremomelaEremomela badiceps
Sharpe's ApalisApalis sharpiiNear-threatened
Grey-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
Yellow-browed CamaropteraCamaroptera superciliaris
Olive-green CamaropteraCamaroptera chloronota
Red-faced CisticolaCisticola erythrops
Whistling CisticolaCisticola lateralis
Short-winged CisticolaCisticola brachypterus
Black-headed Rufous WarblerBathmocercus cerviniventrisData deficient
Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava

 
PASSERIFORMES: Acrocephalidae

Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae

Grey-rumped SwallowPseudhirundo griseopyga
Square-tailed Saw-wingPsalidoprocne nitens
Fanti Saw-wingPsalidoprocne obscura
Northern House MartinDelichon urbicum
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
Rufous-chested SwallowCecropis semirufa
White-bibbed SwallowHirundo nigrita
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica

 
PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae

Slender-billed GreenbulStelgidillas gracilirostris
Golden GreenbulCalyptocichla serinus
Red-tailed BristlebillBleda syndactylus
Green-tailed BristlebillBleda eximiusRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Grey-headed BristlebillBleda canicapillus
Spotted GreenbulIxonotus guttatus
Swamp Palm BulbulThescelocichla leucopleura
Honeyguide GreenbulBaeopogon indicator
Simple GreenbulChlorocichla simplex
Yellow-whiskered GreenbulEurillas latirostris
Little GreenbulEurillas virens
Grey GreenbulEurillas gracilis
Ansorge's GreenbulEurillas ansorgei
Plain GreenbulEurillas curvirostris
Western Bearded GreenbulCriniger barbatus
Red-tailed GreenbulCriniger calurus
Yellow-bearded GreenbulCriniger olivaceusVulnerable
Icterine GreenbulPhyllastrephus icterinus
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopidae

Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Scotocercidae

Chestnut-capped Flycatcher WarblerErythrocercus mccallii
Green HyliaHylia prasina
Tit HyliaPholidornis rushiae

 
PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae

Garden WarblerSylvia borin

 
PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae

African Yellow White-eyeZosterops senegalensis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Pellorneidae

Brown Thrush BabblerIlladopsis fulvescens
Pale-breasted Thrush BabblerIlladopsis rufipennis
Black-capped Thrush BabblerIlladopsis cleaveri
Rufous-winged Thrush BabblerIlladopsis rufescensNear-threatened

 
PASSERIFORMES: Leiothrichidae

Capuchin BabblerPhyllanthus atripennis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae

Chestnut-winged StarlingOnychognathus fulgidus
Narrow-tailed StarlingPoeoptera lugubris
Splendid Glossy StarlingLamprotornis splendidus
Amethyst StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
Copper-tailed StarlingHylopsar cupreocaudaNear-threatened

 
PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae

White-tailed AletheAlethe diademata
Forest Scrub RobinCercotrichas leucosticta
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Cassin's FlycatcherMuscicapa cassini
Olivaceous FlycatcherMuscicapa olivascens
Little Grey FlycatcherMuscicapa epulata
Dusky-blue FlycatcherMuscicapa comitata
Ussher's FlycatcherMuscicapa ussheri
Grey-throated Tit FlycatcherMyioparus griseigularis
Grey Tit FlycatcherMyioparus plumbeus
Fraser's Forest FlycatcherFraseria ocreata
White-browed Forest FlycatcherFraseria cinerascens
Snowy-crowned Robin ChatCossypha niveicapilla
Blue-shouldered Robin ChatCossypha cyanocampter
Brown-chested AletheChamaetylas poliocephala
Lowland AkalatSheppardia cyornithopsis
Forest RobinStiphrornis erythrothorax
Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca

 
PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae

White-tailed Ant ThrushNeocossyphus poensis
Rufous Flycatcher ThrushStizorhina fraseri
African ThrushTurdus pelios

 

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