Bird checklists - taxonomy - distribution - maps - links
Welcome Guest
Avibase - Bird Checklists of the World
Republic of the Congo
This checklist includes all bird species found in Republic of the Congo , 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 Clements, version 2024. 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).
Bird Checklists of the World is part of Avibase and Bird links to the World, which are designed and maintained by Denis Lepage, and hosted by Birds Canada, which is a co-partner of Birdlife International.
© Denis Lepage 2025
Go back to Bird Checklists of the World
Go back to Bird Links to the World
Listen to random bird songs from Xeno-Canto for this region:
Recordings not starting automatically? Try enabling autoplay in your browser, or click the play button below.
Country or region: Republic of the Congo [map]
Other names: Congo Brazzaville
Number of species: 740
Number of globally threatened species: 19
Number of introduced species: 1
Date last reviewed: 2018-12-14
Last modified: 2024-12-25
See also: https://www.africanbirdclub.org/countries/checklists/download
Number of globally threatened species: 19
Number of introduced species: 1
Date last reviewed: 2018-12-14
Last modified: 2024-12-25
See also: https://www.africanbirdclub.org/countries/checklists/download
| ||
| White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | |
| Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | |
| White-backed Duck | Thalassornis leuconotus | |
| Knob-billed Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos | |
| Hartlaub's Duck | Pteronetta hartlaubii | |
| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | |
| Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis | |
| African Pygmy-Goose | Nettapus auritus | |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
| African Black Duck | Anas sparsa | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata | |
| Common Pochard | Aythya ferina | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| ||
| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
| Black Guineafowl | Agelastes niger | |
| Plumed Guineafowl | Guttera plumifera | |
| Western Crested Guineafowl | Guttera verreauxi | |
| Southern Crested Guineafowl | Guttera edouardi | |
| ||
| Latham's Francolin | Peliperdix lathami | |
| Coqui Francolin | Campocolinus coqui | |
| White-throated Francolin | Campocolinus albogularis | |
| Finsch's Francolin | Scleroptila finschi | |
| Blue Quail | Synoicus adansonii | Rare/Accidental |
| Harlequin Quail | Coturnix delegorguei | |
| Scaly Spurfowl | Pternistis squamatus | |
| Heuglin's Spurfowl | Pternistis icterorhynchus | |
| Red-necked Spurfowl | Pternistis afer | |
| ||
| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Afep Pigeon | Columba unicincta | |
| Western Bronze-naped Pigeon | Columba iriditorques | |
| Lemon Dove | Aplopelia larvata | Rare/Accidental |
| European Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia turtur | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | |
| Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | |
| Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | |
| Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos | |
| Blue-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur afer | |
| Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria | |
| Blue-headed Wood-Dove | Turtur brehmeri | |
| Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | |
| African Green-Pigeon | Treron calvus | |
| ||
| Denham's Bustard | Neotis denhami | Near-threatened |
| White-bellied Bustard | Eupodotis senegalensis | |
| Black-bellied Bustard | Lissotis melanogaster | |
| ||
| Great Blue Turaco | Corythaeola cristata | |
| Western Plantain-eater | Crinifer piscator | |
| Yellow-billed Turaco | Tauraco macrorhynchus | |
| Black-billed Turaco | Tauraco schuettii | |
| Guinea Turaco | Tauraco persa | |
| ||
| Gabon Coucal | Centropus anselli | |
| Senegal Coucal | Centropus senegalensis | |
| Blue-headed Coucal | Centropus monachus | |
| White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus | |
| Black Coucal | Centropus grillii | |
| Blue Malkoha | Ceuthmochares aereus | |
| Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius | Rare/Accidental |
| Levaillant's Cuckoo | Clamator levaillantii | |
| Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Thick-billed Cuckoo | Pachycoccyx audeberti | |
| Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | |
| Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | |
| Yellow-throated Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx flavigularis | |
| African Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx cupreus | |
| Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo | Cercococcyx mechowi | |
| Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo | Cercococcyx olivinus | |
| Black Cuckoo | Cuculus clamosus | |
| Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius | |
| African Cuckoo | Cuculus gularis | |
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
| ||
| Brown Nightjar | Veles binotatus | |
| Pennant-winged Nightjar | Caprimulgus vexillarius | |
| Standard-winged Nightjar | Caprimulgus longipennis | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | Rare/Accidental |
| Rufous-cheeked Nightjar | Caprimulgus rufigena | Rare/Accidental |
| Fiery-necked Nightjar | Caprimulgus pectoralis | |
| Swamp Nightjar | Caprimulgus natalensis | |
| Bates's Nightjar | Caprimulgus batesi | |
| Long-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus climacurus | |
| Square-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus fossii | |
| ||
| Mottled Spinetail | Telacanthura ussheri | |
| Black Spinetail | Telacanthura melanopygia | |
| Sabine's Spinetail | Rhaphidura sabini | |
| Cassin's Spinetail | Neafrapus cassini | |
| Common Swift | Apus apus | |
| Nyanza Swift | Apus niansae | Rare/Accidental |
| Pallid Swift | Apus pallidus | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
| Horus Swift | Apus horus | |
| White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | |
| Bates's Swift | Apus batesi | |
| African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | |
| ||
| White-spotted Flufftail | Sarothrura pulchra | |
| Buff-spotted Flufftail | Sarothrura elegans | |
| Red-chested Flufftail | Sarothrura rufa | |
| Chestnut-headed Flufftail | Sarothrura lugens | |
| Streaky-breasted Flufftail | Sarothrura boehmi | |
| ||
| African Rail | Rallus caerulescens | Rare/Accidental |
| Corn Crake | Crex crex | |
| African Crake | Crecopsis egregia | |
| Gray-throated Rail | Canirallus oculeus | |
| Lesser Moorhen | Paragallinula angulata | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| Allen's Gallinule | Porphyrio alleni | |
| African Swamphen | Porphyrio madagascariensis | |
| Nkulengu Rail | Himantornis haematopus | |
| Striped Crake | Aenigmatolimnas marginalis | Rare/Accidental |
| Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra | |
| Little Crake | Zapornia parva | |
| Baillon's Crake | Zapornia pusilla | |
| ||
| African Finfoot | Podica senegalensis | |
| ||
| Water Thick-knee | Burhinus vermiculatus | |
| ||
| Egyptian Plover | Pluvianus aegyptius | |
| ||
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
| ||
| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Vulnerable |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Forbes's Plover | Thinornis forbesi | |
| Three-banded Plover | Thinornis tricollaris | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Ringed Plover | Thinornis dubius | Rare/Accidental |
| White-crowned Lapwing | Vanellus albiceps | |
| Senegal Lapwing | Vanellus lugubris | |
| Wattled Lapwing | Vanellus senegallus | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown-chested Lapwing | Vanellus superciliosus | |
| Caspian Plover | Anarhynchus asiaticus | Rare/Accidental |
| Kittlitz's Plover | Anarhynchus pecuarius | |
| White-fronted Plover | Anarhynchus marginatus | |
| Kentish Plover | Anarhynchus alexandrinus | |
| ||
| Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | Rare/Accidental |
| ||
| African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | |
| ||
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Near-threatened |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Near-threatened |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Near-threatened |
| Great Snipe | Gallinago media | Near-threatened |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | Rare/Accidental |
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Near-threatened |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Near-threatened |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
| Broad-billed Sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus | Vulnerable |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Vulnerable |
| Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta | Rare/Accidental |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
| ||
| Small Buttonquail | Turnix sylvaticus | |
| Black-rumped Buttonquail | Turnix nanus | |
| ||
| Bronze-winged Courser | Rhinoptilus chalcopterus | |
| Temminck's Courser | Cursorius temminckii | |
| Rock Pratincole | Glareola nuchalis | |
| Gray Pratincole | Glareola cinerea | |
| Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | |
| Black-winged Pratincole | Glareola nordmanni | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| ||
| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | |
| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | Rare/Accidental |
| ||
| Sabine's Gull | Xema sabini | |
| Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | |
| Franklin's Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
| African Skimmer | Rynchops flavirostris | |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
| Damara Tern | Sternula balaenarum | |
| 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 | |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
| West African Crested Tern | Thalasseus albididorsalis | |
| ||
| Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | |
| ||
| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| ||
| African Penguin | Spheniscus demersus | Rare/Accidental Critically endangered |
| ||
| Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross | Thalassarche chlororhynchos | Endangered |
| ||
| Wilson's Storm-Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | |
| ||
| Band-rumped Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates castro | Rare/Accidental |
| ||
| Southern Giant-Petrel | Macronectes giganteus | |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Near-threatened |
| ||
| African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus | |
| Abdim's Stork | Ciconia abdimii | |
| African Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia microscelis | |
| White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | Rare/Accidental |
| Saddle-billed Stork | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis | |
| Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer | |
| Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | |
| ||
| Cape Gannet | Morus capensis | Endangered |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
| ||
| African Darter | Anhinga rufa | |
| ||
| Reed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
| ||
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
| African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | |
| Olive Ibis | Bostrychia olivacea | |
| Spot-breasted Ibis | Bostrychia rara | |
| Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | |
| African Spoonbill | Platalea alba | |
| ||
| Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | |
| Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens | |
| ||
| Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | |
| ||
| White-crested Tiger-Heron | Tigriornis leucolopha | |
| Dwarf Bittern | Botaurus sturmii | |
| Little Bittern | Botaurus minutus | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Black Heron | Egretta ardesiaca | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| White-backed Night Heron | Calherodius leuconotus | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| 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 | |
| ||
| Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius | 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 | |
| African Cuckoo-Hawk | Aviceda cuculoides | |
| European Honey-buzzard | Pernis apivorus | |
| Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | Endangered |
| Congo Snake-Eagle | Circaetus spectabilis | |
| Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle | Circaetus beaudouini | Vulnerable |
| Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis | |
| Crowned Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus | Near-threatened |
| Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | Endangered |
| Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis | |
| Lesser Spotted Eagle | Clanga pomarina | |
| Wahlberg's Eagle | Hieraaetus wahlbergi | Rare/Accidental |
| Ayres's Hawk-Eagle | Hieraaetus ayresii | |
| Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | Vulnerable |
| Cassin's Hawk-Eagle | Aquila africana | |
| African Hawk-Eagle | Aquila spilogaster | |
| Bat Hawk | Macheiramphus alcinus | |
| Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar | Rare/Accidental |
| Long-tailed Hawk | Urotriorchis macrourus | |
| Dark Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax metabates | Rare/Accidental |
| Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus | |
| African Goshawk | Aerospiza tachiro | |
| Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk | Aerospiza castanilius | |
| Red-thighed Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza erythropus | |
| Little Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza minulla | |
| Shikra | Tachyspiza badia | |
| Black Goshawk | Astur melanoleucus | |
| Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | Rare/Accidental |
| African Marsh Harrier | Circus ranivorus | |
| Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | Rare/Accidental |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| African Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga vocifer | |
| Red-necked Buzzard | Buteo auguralis | |
| Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
| ||
| African Grass-Owl | Tyto capensis | |
| Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
| ||
| Sandy Scops-Owl | Otus icterorhynchus | |
| Northern White-faced Owl | Ptilopsis leucotis | |
| Southern White-faced Owl | Ptilopsis granti | |
| Maned Owl | Jubula lettii | Data deficient |
| Grayish Eagle-Owl | Bubo cinerascens | |
| Spotted Eagle-Owl | Bubo africanus | |
| Fraser's Eagle-Owl | Ketupa poensis | |
| Akun Eagle-Owl | Ketupa leucosticta | |
| Verreaux's Eagle-Owl | Ketupa lactea | |
| Shelley's Eagle-Owl | Ketupa shelleyi | Vulnerable |
| Pel's Fishing-Owl | Scotopelia peli | |
| Vermiculated Fishing-Owl | Scotopelia bouvieri | |
| Red-chested Owlet | Glaucidium tephronotum | |
| Sjöstedt's Owlet | Glaucidium sjostedti | |
| African Barred Owlet | Glaucidium capense | |
| African Wood-Owl | Strix woodfordii | |
| Marsh Owl | Asio capensis | |
| ||
| Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | |
| ||
| Narina Trogon | Apaloderma narina | |
| Bare-cheeked Trogon | Apaloderma aequatoriale | |
| ||
| Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
| ||
| White-headed Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus bollei | |
| Forest Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus castaneiceps | |
| Black Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus aterrimus | |
| ||
| Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill | Lophoceros camurus | |
| Congo Pied Hornbill | Lophoceros fasciatus | |
| African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus | |
| Eastern Long-tailed Hornbill | Horizocerus cassini | |
| Western Dwarf Hornbill | Horizocerus hartlaubi | |
| Eastern Dwarf Hornbill | Horizocerus granti | |
| Black-casqued Hornbill | Ceratogymna atrata | |
| Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill | Bycanistes subcylindricus | |
| White-thighed Hornbill | Bycanistes albotibialis | |
| Piping Hornbill | Bycanistes fistulator | |
| ||
| Black Bee-eater | Merops gularis | |
| Blue-headed Bee-eater | Merops muelleri | |
| White-fronted Bee-eater | Merops bullockoides | |
| Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | |
| Blue-breasted Bee-eater | Merops variegatus | |
| Black-headed Bee-eater | Merops breweri | |
| White-throated Bee-eater | Merops albicollis | |
| Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus | |
| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
| Rosy Bee-eater | Merops malimbicus | |
| ||
| Shining-blue Kingfisher | Alcedo quadribrachys | |
| Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus | |
| White-bellied Kingfisher | Corythornis leucogaster | |
| African Pygmy Kingfisher | Ispidina picta | |
| African Dwarf Kingfisher | Ispidina lecontei | |
| Chocolate-backed Kingfisher | Halcyon badia | |
| Gray-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala | |
| Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis | |
| Blue-breasted Kingfisher | Halcyon malimbica | |
| Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Halcyon albiventris | |
| Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti | |
| Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima | |
| Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
| ||
| European Roller | Coracias garrulus | |
| Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus | |
| Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus | |
| Blue-throated Roller | Eurystomus gularis | |
| ||
| Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet | Trachylaemus purpuratus | |
| Gray-throated Barbet | Gymnobucco bonapartei | |
| Sladen's Barbet | Gymnobucco sladeni | Rare/Accidental |
| Bristle-nosed Barbet | Gymnobucco peli | |
| Naked-faced Barbet | Gymnobucco calvus | |
| Speckled Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus scolopaceus | |
| Red-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus atroflavus | |
| Yellow-throated Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus subsulphureus | |
| Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus bilineatus | |
| Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus chrysoconus | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow-spotted Barbet | Buccanodon duchaillui | |
| Hairy-breasted Barbet | Tricholaema hirsuta | |
| Miombo Barbet | Tricholaema frontata | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-backed Barbet | Pogonornis minor | |
| Double-toothed Barbet | Pogonornis bidentatus | |
| ||
| Cassin's Honeybird | Prodotiscus insignis | |
| Zenker's Honeyguide | Melignomon zenkeri | |
| Willcocks's Honeyguide | Indicator willcocksi | |
| Least Honeyguide | Indicator exilis | |
| Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | |
| Spotted Honeyguide | Indicator maculatus | |
| Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator | |
| Lyre-tailed Honeyguide | Melichneutes robustus | |
| ||
| Red-throated Wryneck | Jynx ruficollis | |
| African Piculet | Verreauxia africana | |
| Golden-crowned Woodpecker | Chloropicus xantholophus | |
| Gabon Woodpecker | Dendropicos gabonensis | |
| Elliot's Woodpecker | Dendropicos elliotii | |
| Speckle-breasted Woodpecker | Dendropicos poecilolaemus | |
| Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | |
| African Gray Woodpecker | Dendropicos goertae | |
| Brown-eared Woodpecker | Pardipicus caroli | |
| Buff-spotted Woodpecker | Pardipicus nivosus | |
| Green-backed Woodpecker | Campethera maculosa | |
| Golden-tailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni | |
| ||
| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | |
| Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| Rock Kestrel | Falco rupicolus | |
| Gray Kestrel | Falco ardosiaceus | |
| Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus | Vulnerable |
| Eleonora's Falcon | Falco eleonorae | |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | Rare/Accidental |
| African Hobby | Falco cuvierii | |
| Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
| ||
| Black-collared Lovebird | Agapornis swindernianus | |
| Red-headed Lovebird | Agapornis pullarius | |
| ||
| Gray Parrot | Psittacus erithacus | Endangered |
| Red-fronted Parrot | Poicephalus gulielmi | |
| ||
| African Broadbill | Smithornis capensis | |
| Gray-headed Broadbill | Smithornis sharpei | |
| Rufous-sided Broadbill | Smithornis rufolateralis | |
| ||
| African Pitta | Pitta angolensis | |
| Green-breasted Pitta | Pitta reichenowi | |
| ||
| Oriole Cuckooshrike | Lobotos oriolinus | Data deficient |
| Petit's Cuckooshrike | Campephaga petiti | |
| Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike | Campephaga phoenicea | |
| Purple-throated Cuckooshrike | Campephaga quiscalina | |
| Blue Cuckooshrike | Cyanograucalus azureus | |
| ||
| Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | Rare/Accidental |
| African Golden Oriole | Oriolus auratus | |
| Western Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus brachyrynchus | |
| Black-winged Oriole | Oriolus nigripennis | |
| ||
| Chestnut Wattle-eye | Dyaphorophyia castanea | |
| White-spotted Wattle-eye | Dyaphorophyia tonsa | |
| Brown-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira cyanea | |
| Black-necked Wattle-eye | Platysteira chalybea | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye | Platysteira concreta | |
| Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor | |
| Western Black-headed Batis | Batis erlangeri | |
| Verreaux's Batis | Batis minima | |
| West African Batis | Batis occulta | |
| Angola Batis | Batis minulla | |
| ||
| Rufous-bellied Helmetshrike | Prionops rufiventris | |
| African Shrike-flycatcher | Megabyas flammulatus | |
| Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher | Bias musicus | |
| ||
| Brubru | Nilaus afer | |
| Northern Puffback | Dryoscopus gambensis | |
| Red-eyed Puffback | Dryoscopus senegalensis | |
| Pink-footed Puffback | Dryoscopus angolensis | |
| Sabine's Puffback | Dryoscopus sabini | |
| Marsh Tchagra | Bocagia minuta | |
| Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus | |
| Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis | |
| Lühder's Bushshrike | Laniarius luehderi | |
| Gabon Boubou | Laniarius bicolor | |
| Lowland Sooty Boubou | Laniarius leucorhynchus | |
| Four-colored Bushshrike | Telophorus viridis | |
| Gray-green Bushshrike | Chlorophoneus bocagei | |
| Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike | Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus | |
| Many-colored Bushshrike | Chlorophoneus multicolor | |
| Fiery-breasted Bushshrike | Malaconotus cruentus | |
| ||
| Sharpe's Drongo | Dicrurus sharpei | |
| Square-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus ludwigii | |
| Shining Drongo | Dicrurus atripennis | |
| Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
| Velvet-mantled Drongo | Dicrurus modestus | |
| ||
| Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher | Trochocercus nitens | |
| Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone rufiventer | |
| Rufous-vented Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone rufocinerea | |
| Bates's Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone batesi | |
| African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | |
| ||
| Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-tailed Shrike | Lanius phoenicuroides | Rare/Accidental |
| Isabelline Shrike | Lanius isabellinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Gray Shrike | Lanius minor | |
| Mackinnon's Shrike | Lanius mackinnoni | |
| Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis | |
| Souza's Shrike | Lanius souzae | |
| ||
| Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
| ||
| Gray-necked Rockfowl | Picathartes oreas | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| ||
| Yellow-bellied Hyliota | Hyliota flavigaster | |
| Violet-backed Hyliota | Hyliota violacea | |
| ||
| African Blue Flycatcher | Elminia longicauda | |
| Dusky Crested Flycatcher | Elminia nigromitrata | |
| ||
| White-shouldered Black-Tit | Melaniparus guineensis | |
| White-winged Black-Tit | Melaniparus leucomelas | |
| Rufous-bellied Tit | Melaniparus rufiventris | |
| Dusky Tit | Melaniparus funereus | |
| ||
| Forest Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus flavifrons | |
| African Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus caroli | |
| ||
| Flappet Lark | Amirafra rufocinnamomea | |
| Plains Lark | Corypha kabalii | |
| Rufous-naped Lark | Corypha africana | |
| Red-capped Lark | Calandrella cinerea | |
| ||
| Western Nicator | Nicator chloris | |
| Yellow-throated Nicator | Nicator vireo | |
| ||
| Green Crombec | Sylvietta virens | |
| Lemon-bellied Crombec | Sylvietta denti | |
| Red-capped Crombec | Sylvietta ruficapilla | |
| Moustached Grass-Warbler | Melocichla mentalis | |
| Yellow Longbill | Macrosphenus flavicans | |
| Gray Longbill | Macrosphenus concolor | |
| ||
| Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis | |
| Green-capped Eremomela | Eremomela scotops | |
| Rufous-crowned Eremomela | Eremomela badiceps | |
| White-chinned Prinia | Schistolais leucopogon | |
| Miombo Wren-Warbler | Calamonastes undosus | |
| Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | |
| Yellow-browed Camaroptera | Camaroptera superciliaris | |
| Olive-green Camaroptera | Camaroptera chloronota | |
| Black-capped Apalis | Apalis nigriceps | |
| Black-throated Apalis | Apalis jacksoni | |
| Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida | |
| Buff-throated Apalis | Apalis rufogularis | |
| Gosling's Apalis | Apalis goslingi | |
| Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | |
| Banded Prinia | Prinia bairdii | |
| Black-faced Rufous-Warbler | Bathmocercus rufus | |
| Oriole Warbler | Hypergerus atriceps | |
| Red-faced Cisticola | Cisticola erythrops | |
| Singing Cisticola | Cisticola cantans | |
| Whistling Cisticola | Cisticola lateralis | |
| Chattering Cisticola | Cisticola anonymus | |
| Bubbling Cisticola | Cisticola bulliens | |
| Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana | |
| Tinkling Cisticola | Cisticola rufilatus | |
| Winding Cisticola | Cisticola marginatus | |
| Stout Cisticola | Cisticola robustus | |
| Croaking Cisticola | Cisticola natalensis | |
| Piping Cisticola | Cisticola fulvicapilla | |
| Siffling Cisticola | Cisticola brachypterus | |
| Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
| Black-backed Cisticola | Cisticola eximius | |
| Pectoral-patch Cisticola | Cisticola brunnescens | |
| Pale-crowned Cisticola | Cisticola cinnamomeus | |
| Wing-snapping Cisticola | Cisticola ayresii | |
| ||
| Grauer's Warbler | Graueria vittata | |
| African Yellow-Warbler | Iduna natalensis | |
| Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina | |
| Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | |
| Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
| Greater Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus rufescens | |
| Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | |
| ||
| Fan-tailed Grassbird | Catriscus brevirostris | |
| Little Rush Warbler | Bradypterus baboecala | |
| Highland Rush Warbler | Bradypterus centralis | |
| ||
| African River Martin | Pseudochelidon eurystomina | Data deficient |
| Square-tailed Sawwing | Psalidoprocne nitens | |
| Black Sawwing | Psalidoprocne pristoptera | |
| Gray-rumped Swallow | Pseudhirundo griseopyga | |
| Banded Martin | Neophedina cincta | |
| Brazza's Martin | Phedinopsis brazzae | |
| Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola | Rare/Accidental |
| Congo Martin | Riparia congica | |
| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | |
| Red-throated Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne rufigula | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Red-chested Swallow | Hirundo lucida | |
| Ethiopian Swallow | Hirundo aethiopica | Rare/Accidental |
| Angola Swallow | Hirundo angolensis | |
| White-throated Blue Swallow | Hirundo nigrita | |
| White-throated Swallow | Hirundo albigularis | Rare/Accidental |
| Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | Rare/Accidental |
| Forest Swallow | Atronanus fuliginosus | |
| Western House-Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
| Greater Striped Swallow | Cecropis cucullata | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica | |
| Rufous-chested Swallow | Cecropis semirufa | |
| Mosque Swallow | Cecropis senegalensis | |
| Red-throated Swallow | Petrochelidon rufigula | |
| Preuss's Swallow | Petrochelidon preussi | |
| South African Swallow | Petrochelidon spilodera | Rare/Accidental |
| ||
| Slender-billed Greenbul | Stelgidillas gracilirostris | |
| Golden Greenbul | Calyptocichla serinus | |
| Black-collared Bulbul | Neolestes torquatus | |
| Red-tailed Bristlebill | Bleda syndactylus | |
| Yellow-lored Bristlebill | Bleda notatus | |
| Yellow-eyed Bristlebill | Bleda ugandae | Rare/Accidental |
| Pale-throated Greenbul | Atimastillas flavigula | |
| Spotted Greenbul | Ixonotus guttatus | |
| Swamp Greenbul | Thescelocichla leucopleura | |
| Yellow-necked Greenbul | Chlorocichla falkensteini | |
| Simple Greenbul | Chlorocichla simplex | |
| Honeyguide Greenbul | Baeopogon indicator | |
| Sjöstedt's Greenbul | Baeopogon clamans | |
| Eastern Bearded-Greenbul | Criniger chloronotus | |
| Red-tailed Greenbul | Criniger calurus | |
| White-bearded Greenbul | Criniger ndussumensis | |
| Little Greenbul | Eurillas virens | |
| Yellow-whiskered Greenbul | Eurillas latirostris | |
| Plain Greenbul | Eurillas curvirostris | |
| Gray Greenbul | Eurillas gracilis | |
| Ansorge's Greenbul | Eurillas ansorgei | |
| White-throated Greenbul | Phyllastrephus albigularis | |
| Xavier's Greenbul | Phyllastrephus xavieri | |
| Icterine Greenbul | Phyllastrephus icterinus | |
| Leaf-love | Phyllastrephus scandens | |
| Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |
| ||
| Wood Warbler | Phylloscopus sibilatrix | |
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
| Uganda Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus budongoensis | |
| ||
| Green Hylia | Hylia prasina | |
| Tit-hylia | Pholidornis rushiae | |
| ||
| Chestnut-capped Flycatcher | Erythrocercus mccallii | |
| ||
| Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | |
| Greater Whitethroat | Curruca communis | |
| ||
| Forest White-eye | Zosterops stenocricotus | Rare/Accidental |
| Green White-eye | Zosterops stuhlmanni | |
| Northern Yellow White-eye | Zosterops senegalensis | |
| Angola White-eye | Zosterops kasaicus | |
| Southern Yellow White-eye | Zosterops anderssoni | |
| ||
| Brown Illadopsis | Illadopsis fulvescens | |
| Pale-breasted Illadopsis | Illadopsis rufipennis | |
| Blackcap Illadopsis | Illadopsis cleaveri | |
| ||
| Arrow-marked Babbler | Turdoides jardineii | |
| ||
| Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus africanus | |
| ||
| Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea | Rare/Accidental |
| Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | |
| Chestnut-winged Starling | Onychognathus fulgidus | |
| White-collared Starling | Grafisia torquata | Rare/Accidental |
| Narrow-tailed Starling | Poeoptera lugubris | |
| Purple-headed Starling | Hylopsar purpureiceps | |
| Splendid Starling | Lamprotornis splendidus | |
| Cape Starling | Lamprotornis nitens | Rare/Accidental |
| ||
| Rufous Flycatcher-Thrush | Stizorhina fraseri | |
| Red-tailed Ant-Thrush | Neocossyphus rufus | |
| White-tailed Ant-Thrush | Neocossyphus poensis | |
| Crossley's Ground-Thrush | Geokichla crossleyi | |
| African Thrush | Turdus pelios | |
| ||
| Little Flycatcher | Muscicapa epulata | |
| Yellow-footed Flycatcher | Muscicapa sethsmithi | |
| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
| Cassin's Flycatcher | Muscicapa cassini | |
| Sooty Flycatcher | Artomyias fuliginosa | |
| Dusky-blue Flycatcher | Bradornis comitatus | |
| Pale Flycatcher | Agricola pallidus | |
| White-browed Forest-Flycatcher | Fraseria cinerascens | |
| African Forest-Flycatcher | Fraseria ocreata | |
| Gray-throated Tit-Flycatcher | Fraseria griseigularis | |
| Gray Tit-Flycatcher | Fraseria plumbea | |
| Olivaceous Flycatcher | Fraseria olivascens | |
| Tessmann's Flycatcher | Fraseria tessmanni | |
| Ashy Flycatcher | Fraseria caerulescens | |
| Southern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis pammelaina | |
| Fire-crested Alethe | Alethe castanea | |
| White-browed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys | |
| Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat | Cossypha cyanocampter | |
| White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini | |
| Red-capped Robin-Chat | Cossypha natalensis | |
| White-headed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heinrichi | Rare/Accidental |
| Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat | Cossypha niveicapilla | |
| Rufous-tailed Palm-Thrush | Cichladusa ruficauda | |
| Brown-chested Alethe | Chamaetylas poliocephala | |
| Olive-backed Forest Robin | Stiphrornis pyrrholaemus | Near-threatened |
| Orange-breasted Forest Robin | Stiphrornis erythrothorax | |
| Yellow-breasted Forest Robin | Stiphrornis mabirae | |
| Lowland Akalat | Sheppardia cyornithopsis | |
| Collared Flycatcher | Ficedula albicollis | Rare/Accidental |
| Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | |
| African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus | |
| Sooty Chat | Myrmecocichla nigra | |
| Congo Moor Chat | Myrmecocichla tholloni | |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | Rare/Accidental |
| Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris | |
| ||
| Fraser's Sunbird | Deleornis fraseri | |
| Mouse-brown Sunbird | Anthreptes gabonicus | |
| Western Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes longuemarei | |
| Violet-tailed Sunbird | Anthreptes aurantius | |
| Little Green Sunbird | Anthreptes seimundi | |
| Gray-chinned Sunbird | Anthreptes tephrolaemus | |
| Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris | |
| Reichenbach's Sunbird | Anabathmis reichenbachii | |
| Green-headed Sunbird | Cyanomitra verticalis | |
| Blue-throated Brown Sunbird | Cyanomitra cyanolaema | |
| Olive Sunbird | Cyanomitra olivacea | |
| Carmelite Sunbird | Chalcomitra fuliginosa | |
| Green-throated Sunbird | Chalcomitra rubescens | |
| Amethyst Sunbird | Chalcomitra amethystina | |
| Olive-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris chloropygius | |
| Tiny Sunbird | Cinnyris minullus | |
| Congo Sunbird | Cinnyris congensis | |
| Purple-banded Sunbird | Cinnyris bifasciatus | |
| Orange-tufted Sunbird | Cinnyris bouvieri | |
| Johanna's Sunbird | Cinnyris johannae | |
| Superb Sunbird | Cinnyris superbus | |
| Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus | |
| Bates's Sunbird | Cinnyris batesi | |
| Copper Sunbird | Cinnyris cupreus | |
| ||
| Red-crowned Malimbe | Malimbus coronatus | |
| Black-throated Malimbe | Malimbus cassini | |
| Red-bellied Malimbe | Malimbus erythrogaster | |
| Blue-billed Malimbe | Malimbus nitens | |
| Crested Malimbe | Malimbus malimbicus | |
| Red-headed Malimbe | Malimbus rubricollis | |
| Black-chinned Weaver | Ploceus nigrimentus | |
| Slender-billed Weaver | Ploceus pelzelni | |
| Loango Weaver | Ploceus subpersonatus | Vulnerable |
| Black-necked Weaver | Ploceus nigricollis | |
| Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis | |
| Holub's Golden-Weaver | Ploceus xanthops | |
| Orange Weaver | Ploceus aurantius | |
| Lesser Masked-Weaver | Ploceus intermedius | |
| Vieillot's Black Weaver | Ploceus nigerrimus | |
| Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | |
| Weyns's Weaver | Ploceus weynsi | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-headed Weaver | Ploceus melanocephalus | |
| Yellow-mantled Weaver | Ploceus tricolor | |
| Maxwell's Black Weaver | Ploceus albinucha | |
| Dark-backed Weaver | Ploceus bicolor | |
| Brown-capped Weaver | Ploceus insignis | |
| Yellow-capped Weaver | Ploceus dorsomaculatus | |
| Preuss's Weaver | Ploceus preussi | |
| Compact Weaver | Pachyphantes superciliosus | |
| Red-headed Quelea | Quelea erythrops | |
| Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea | |
| Bob-tailed Weaver | Brachycope anomala | |
| Black-winged Bishop | Euplectes hordeaceus | |
| Yellow-crowned Bishop | Euplectes afer | |
| White-winged Widowbird | Euplectes albonotatus | |
| Yellow-mantled Widowbird | Euplectes macroura | |
| Red-collared Widowbird | Euplectes ardens | |
| Fan-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes axillaris | |
| Marsh Widowbird | Euplectes hartlaubi | |
| Grosbeak Weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons | |
| ||
| Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata | |
| Magpie Mannikin | Spermestes fringilloides | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-and-white Mannikin | Spermestes bicolor | |
| White-collared Oliveback | Nesocharis ansorgei | Rare/Accidental |
| Green-backed Twinspot | Mandingoa nitidula | |
| Woodhouse's Antpecker | Parmoptila woodhousei | |
| Jameson's Antpecker | Parmoptila jamesoni | |
| White-breasted Nigrita | Nigrita fusconotus | |
| Chestnut-breasted Nigrita | Nigrita bicolor | |
| Gray-headed Nigrita | Nigrita canicapillus | |
| Pale-fronted Nigrita | Nigrita luteifrons | |
| Black-tailed Waxbill | Glaucestrilda perreini | |
| Black-crowned Waxbill | Estrilda nonnula | |
| Black-headed Waxbill | Estrilda atricapilla | |
| Orange-cheeked Waxbill | Estrilda melpoda | |
| Fawn-breasted Waxbill | Estrilda paludicola | |
| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | |
| Black-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda troglodytes | |
| Quailfinch | Ortygospiza atricollis | |
| Locustfinch | Paludipasser locustella | |
| Zebra Waxbill | Amandava subflava | |
| Southern Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus angolensis | |
| Red-cheeked Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus bengalus | |
| Grant's Bluebill | Spermophaga poliogenys | |
| Western Bluebill | Spermophaga haematina | |
| Black-bellied Seedcracker | Pyrenestes ostrinus | |
| Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba | |
| Orange-winged Pytilia | Pytilia afra | |
| Brown Twinspot | Clytospiza monteiri | |
| Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | |
| African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata | |
| Jameson's Firefinch | Lagonosticta rhodopareia | |
| Black-faced Firefinch | Lagonosticta larvata | |
| ||
| Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | |
| Wilson's Indigobird | Vidua wilsoni | |
| Cameroon Indigobird | Vidua camerunensis | |
| Dusky Indigobird | Vidua funerea | |
| Parasitic Weaver | Anomalospiza imberbis | |
| ||
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus | |
| Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow | Gymnoris superciliaris | |
| ||
| Mountain Wagtail | Motacilla clara | |
| Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
| African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
| African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | |
| Woodland Pipit | Anthus nyassae | |
| Long-billed Pipit | Anthus similis | Rare/Accidental |
| Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys | |
| Long-legged Pipit | Anthus pallidiventris | |
| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Short-tailed Pipit | Anthus brachyurus | |
| Yellow-throated Longclaw | Macronyx croceus | |
| ||
| Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambica | |
| Black-faced Canary | Crithagra capistrata | |
| Black-throated Canary | Crithagra atrogularis | |
| ||
| Brown-rumped Bunting | Emberiza affinis | |
| Cabanis's Bunting | Emberiza cabanisi | |
| Golden-breasted Bunting | Emberiza flaviventris | |
| Lark-like Bunting | Emberiza impetuani | |
| Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi | |
References (partial list)
Avibase has been visited 424,381,956 times since 24 June 2003. © Denis Lepage | Privacy policy
