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Djenné
This checklist includes all bird species found in Djenné , 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 2025. 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: Djenné [map]
Other names: Djenne Cercle
Number of globally threatened species: 7
Date last reviewed: 2021-07-05
Last modified: 2026-02-17
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| Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | |
| Knob-billed Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos | |
| Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis | |
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| Stone Partridge | Ptilopachus petrosus | |
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| White-throated Francolin | Campocolinus albogularis | |
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| Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
| European Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia turtur | Vulnerable |
| Mourning Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decipiens | |
| Vinaceous Dove | Streptopelia vinacea | |
| Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | |
| Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | |
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| Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse | Pterocles exustus | |
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| Western Plantain-eater | Crinifer piscator | |
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| Senegal Coucal | Centropus senegalensis | |
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| Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
| African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | |
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| Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
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| Black Crowned-Crane | Balearica pavonina | Vulnerable |
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| Egyptian Plover | Pluvianus aegyptius | |
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| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus | |
| Black-headed Lapwing | Vanellus tectus | |
| Wattled Lapwing | Vanellus senegallus | |
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| Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
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| African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | |
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| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
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| Cream-colored Courser | Cursorius cursor | |
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| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
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| Reed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | |
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| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| Western Reef-Heron | Egretta gularis | |
| 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 | |
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| Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Scissor-tailed Kite | Chelictinia riocourii | Vulnerable |
| Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus | Critically endangered |
| Short-toed Snake-Eagle | Circaetus gallicus | |
| Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | Endangered |
| Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | Vulnerable |
| Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar | |
| Dark Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax metabates | |
| Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | |
| Montagu's Harrier | Circus pygargus | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| Grasshopper Buzzard | Butastur rufipennis | |
| Red-necked Buzzard | Buteo auguralis | |
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| Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus | |
| Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill | Bucorvus abyssinicus | Vulnerable |
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| African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus | |
| Western Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus kempi | |
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| Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | |
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| Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus | |
| White-bellied Kingfisher | Corythornis leucogaster | |
| Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
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| Abyssinian Roller | Coracias abyssinicus | |
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| Bearded Barbet | Pogonornis dubius | |
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| African Gray Woodpecker | Dendropicos goertae | |
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| Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| Gray Kestrel | Falco ardosiaceus | |
| Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera | |
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| Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | |
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| Senegal Parrot | Poicephalus senegalus | |
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| Yellow-crowned Gonolek | Laniarius barbarus | |
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| Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
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| Woodchat Shrike | Lanius senator | Near-threatened |
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| Piapiac | Ptilostomus afer | |
| Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
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| Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix leucotis | |
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| Singing Cisticola | Cisticola cantans | |
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| Western Olivaceous Warbler | Iduna opaca | |
| Melodious Warbler | Hippolais polyglotta | |
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| Red-throated Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne rufigula | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| African Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis melanocrissus | |
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| Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |
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| Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | |
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| Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus africanus | |
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| Long-tailed Glossy Starling | Lamprotornis caudatus | |
| Chestnut-bellied Starling | Lamprotornis pulcher | |
| Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus | |
| Purple Starling | Lamprotornis purpureus | |
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| Black Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas podobe | |
| Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | |
| Mocking Cliff-Chat | Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris | |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
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| Pygmy Sunbird | Hedydipna platura | |
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| White-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis albirostris | |
| Speckle-fronted Weaver | Sporopipes frontalis | |
| Little Weaver | Ploceus luteolus | |
| Vitelline Masked-Weaver | Ploceus vitellinus | |
| Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | |
| Black-headed Weaver | Ploceus melanocephalus | |
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| African Silverbill | Euodice cantans | |
| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | |
| Cut-throat | Amadina fasciata | |
| Zebra Waxbill | Amandava subflava | |
| Red-cheeked Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus bengalus | |
| Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | |
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| Sahel Paradise-Whydah | Vidua orientalis | |
| Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata | |
| Cameroon Indigobird | Vidua camerunensis | |
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| Northern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus | |
| Sudan Golden Sparrow | Passer luteus | |
| Sahel Bush Sparrow | Gymnoris dentata | |
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| Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
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| White-rumped Seedeater | Crithagra leucopygia | |
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| Gosling's Bunting | Emberiza goslingi | |
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