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This checklist includes all bird species found in South Darfur , 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).

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Country or region: South Darfur [map]

Other names: Janūb Dārfūr,Dārfūr al Janūbīyah|Darfur méridional| Southern Darfur

Number of species: 402
Number of globally threatened species: 19
Number of introduced species: 1
Last modified: 2024-12-25
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STRUTHIONIFORMES: Struthionidae

Common OstrichStruthio camelus

 
ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae

White-faced Whistling-DuckDendrocygna viduata
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolor
Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
African Pygmy-GooseNettapus auritus
GarganeySpatula querquedula
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNear-threatened

 
GALLIFORMES: Numididae

Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris

 
GALLIFORMES: Odontophoridae

Stone PartridgePtilopachus petrosus

 
GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae

Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
Harlequin QuailCoturnix delegorguei
Clapperton's SpurfowlPternistis clappertoni

 
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae

Rock PigeonColumba livia
Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
European Turtle-DoveStreptopelia turturVulnerable
African Collared-DoveStreptopelia roseogrisea
Mourning Collared-DoveStreptopelia decipiens
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Black-billed Wood-DoveTurtur abyssinicus
Namaqua DoveOena capensis
Bruce's Green-PigeonTreron waalia

 
PTEROCLIFORMES: Pteroclidae

Chestnut-bellied SandgrousePterocles exustus
Four-banded SandgrousePterocles quadricinctus

 
OTIDIFORMES: Otididae

Arabian BustardArdeotis arabsNear-threatened
Denham's BustardNeotis denhamiNear-threatened
Nubian BustardNeotis nubaNear-threatened
White-bellied BustardEupodotis senegalensis
Savile's BustardLophotis savilei
Black-bellied BustardLissotis melanogaster

 
MUSOPHAGIFORMES: Musophagidae

White-bellied Go-away-birdCrinifer leucogaster
Eastern Plantain-eaterCrinifer zonurus

 
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae

Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
Black CoucalCentropus grillii
Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
Levaillant's CuckooClamator levaillantii
Dideric CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
Black CuckooCuculus clamosus
African CuckooCuculus gularis
Common CuckooCuculus canorus

 
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae

Standard-winged NightjarCaprimulgus longipennis
Egyptian NightjarCaprimulgus aegyptius
Golden NightjarCaprimulgus eximius
Plain NightjarCaprimulgus inornatus
Long-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus climacurus

 
APODIFORMES: Apodidae

Mottled SwiftTachymarptis aequatorialis
Common SwiftApus apus
Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
Little SwiftApus affinis
White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus

 
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae

African CrakeCrecopsis egregia
Lesser MoorhenParagallinula angulata
Eurasian MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Allen's GallinulePorphyrio alleni
Black CrakeZapornia flavirostra

 
GRUIFORMES: Heliornithidae

African FinfootPodica senegalensis

 
GRUIFORMES: Gruidae

Black Crowned-CraneBalearica pavoninaVulnerable
Demoiselle CraneAnthropoides virgo
Common CraneGrus grus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae

Spotted Thick-kneeBurhinus capensis
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensis

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Pluvianidae

Egyptian PloverPluvianus aegyptius

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae

Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae

Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Forbes's PloverThinornis forbesi
Three-banded PloverThinornis tricollaris
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubius
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Black-headed LapwingVanellus tectus
White-crowned LapwingVanellus albiceps
Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
Sociable LapwingVanellus gregariusCritically endangered
Kittlitz's PloverAnarhynchus pecuarius
Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Rostratulidae

Greater Painted-SnipeRostratula benghalensis

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae

African JacanaActophilornis africanus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae

Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNear-threatened
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNear-threatened
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
Great SnipeGallinago mediaNear-threatened
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
RuffCalidris pugnax
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVulnerable
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
Little StintCalidris minuta

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Turnicidae

Small ButtonquailTurnix sylvaticus
Quail-ploverOrtyxelos meiffrenii

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae

Bronze-winged CourserRhinoptilus chalcopterus
Temminck's CourserCursorius temminckii
Cream-colored CourserCursorius cursor
Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae

Gray-hooded GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus

 
PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae

Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis

 
CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae

African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
Black StorkCiconia nigra
Abdim's StorkCiconia abdimii
African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis
White StorkCiconia ciconia
Saddle-billed StorkEphippiorhynchus senegalensis
Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer
Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis

 
SULIFORMES: Anhingidae

African DarterAnhinga rufa

 
SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae

Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus

 
PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae

Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
African SpoonbillPlatalea alba

 
PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae

Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens

 
PELECANIFORMES: Scopidae

HamerkopScopus umbretta

 
PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae

Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
Dwarf BitternBotaurus sturmii
Little BitternBotaurus minutus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Striated HeronButorides striata
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
Great EgretArdea alba
Yellow-billed EgretArdea brachyrhyncha
Gray HeronArdea cinerea
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
Goliath HeronArdea goliath

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Sagittariidae

SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentariusEndangered

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae

OspreyPandion haliaetus

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae

Scissor-tailed KiteChelictinia riocouriiVulnerable
Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusEndangered
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
White-headed VultureTrigonoceps occipitalisCritically endangered
Lappet-faced VultureTorgos tracheliotosEndangered
Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachusCritically endangered
White-backed VultureGyps africanusCritically endangered
Rüppell's GriffonGyps rueppelliCritically endangered
Eurasian GriffonGyps fulvus
BateleurTerathopius ecaudatusEndangered
Western Banded Snake-EagleCircaetus cinerascens
Beaudouin's Snake-EagleCircaetus beaudouiniVulnerable
Short-toed Snake-EagleCircaetus gallicus
Brown Snake-EagleCircaetus cinereus
Martial EaglePolemaetus bellicosusEndangered
Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
Wahlberg's EagleHieraaetus wahlbergi
Steppe EagleAquila nipalensisEndangered
Tawny EagleAquila rapaxVulnerable
African Hawk-EagleAquila spilogaster
Dark Chanting-GoshawkMelierax metabates
ShikraTachyspiza badia
Levant SparrowhawkTachyspiza brevipes
Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Pallid HarrierCircus macrourusNear-threatened
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
Black KiteMilvus migrans
African Fish-EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Grasshopper BuzzardButastur rufipennis
Red-necked BuzzardButeo auguralis

 
STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae

Western Barn OwlTyto alba

 
STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae

Eurasian Scops-OwlOtus scops
African Scops-OwlOtus senegalensis
Northern White-faced OwlPtilopsis leucotis
Grayish Eagle-OwlBubo cinerascens
Pharaoh Eagle-OwlBubo ascalaphus
Verreaux's Eagle-OwlKetupa lactea
Pearl-spotted OwletGlaucidium perlatum

 
COLIIFORMES: Coliidae

Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourus

 
TROGONIFORMES: Trogonidae

Narina TrogonApaloderma narina

 
BUCEROTIFORMES: Upupidae

Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops

 
BUCEROTIFORMES: Phoeniculidae

Green WoodhoopoePhoeniculus purpureus
Black ScimitarbillRhinopomastus aterrimus

 
BUCEROTIFORMES: Bucorvidae

Abyssinian Ground-HornbillBucorvus abyssinicusVulnerable

 
BUCEROTIFORMES: Bucerotidae

African Gray HornbillLophoceros nasutus
Northern Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus

 
CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae

Red-throated Bee-eaterMerops bulocki
Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
Swallow-tailed Bee-eaterMerops hirundineus
White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
African Green Bee-eaterMerops viridissimus
Northern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicus

 
CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae

Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
African Pygmy KingfisherIspidina picta
Gray-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicuti
Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis

 
CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae

European RollerCoracias garrulus
Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicus
Purple RollerCoracias naevius
Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus

 
PICIFORMES: Lybiidae

Yellow-breasted BarbetTrachyphonus margaritatus
Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus chrysoconus
Vieillot's BarbetLybius vieilloti
Black-breasted BarbetPogonornis rolleti

 
PICIFORMES: Indicatoridae

Lesser HoneyguideIndicator minor
Greater HoneyguideIndicator indicator

 
PICIFORMES: Picidae

Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
Bearded WoodpeckerChloropicus namaquus
Little Gray WoodpeckerDendropicos elachus
Brown-backed WoodpeckerDendropicos obsoletus
African Gray WoodpeckerDendropicos goertae
Fine-spotted WoodpeckerCampethera punctuligera

 
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae

Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
Eurasian KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Fox KestrelFalco alopex
Gray KestrelFalco ardosiaceus
Red-necked FalconFalco chicquera
Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusVulnerable
Eleonora's FalconFalco eleonorae
African HobbyFalco cuvierii
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus

 
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittaculidae

Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri

 
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae

Meyer's ParrotPoicephalus meyeri

 
PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae

White-breasted CuckooshrikeCeblepyris pectoralis
Red-shouldered CuckooshrikeCampephaga phoenicea

 
PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae

Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
African Golden OrioleOriolus auratus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Platysteiridae

Brown-throated Wattle-eyePlatysteira cyanea
Gray-headed BatisBatis orientalis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Vangidae

White-crested HelmetshrikePrionops plumatus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Malaconotidae

BrubruNilaus afer
Northern PuffbackDryoscopus gambensis
Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
Black-headed GonolekLaniarius erythrogaster
Sulphur-breasted BushshrikeChlorophoneus sulfureopectus
Gray-headed BushshrikeMalaconotus blanchoti

 
PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae

Sharpe's DrongoDicrurus sharpei
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae

African Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae

Yellow-billed ShrikeCorvinella corvina
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
Great Gray ShrikeLanius excubitor
Gray-backed FiscalLanius excubitoroides
Masked ShrikeLanius nubicus
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorNear-threatened

 
PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae

PiapiacPtilostomus afer
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Brown-necked RavenCorvus ruficollis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Remizidae

Sennar Penduline-TitAnthoscopus punctifrons

 
PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae

Rufous-rumped LarkPinarocorys erythropygia
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-LarkEremopterix leucotis
Black-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix nigriceps
Rusty LarkCalendulauda rufa
Kordofan LarkMirafra cordofanica
Singing BushlarkMirafra javanica
Flappet LarkAmirafra rufocinnamomea
Highland LarkCorypha kurrae
Sun LarkGalerida modesta
Crested LarkGalerida cristata
Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
Dunn's LarkEremalauda dunni

 
PASSERIFORMES: Macrosphenidae

Northern CrombecSylvietta brachyura

 
PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae

Yellow-bellied EremomelaEremomela icteropygialis
Green-backed EremomelaEremomela canescens
Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
Cricket LongtailSpiloptila clamans
Buff-bellied WarblerPhyllolais pulchella
Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
Singing CisticolaCisticola cantans
Rock-loving CisticolaCisticola aberrans
Red-pate CisticolaCisticola ruficeps
Winding CisticolaCisticola marginatus
Foxy CisticolaCisticola troglodytes
Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
Desert CisticolaCisticola aridulus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Acrocephalidae

Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
Olive-tree WarblerHippolais olivetorum
Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Locustellidae

River WarblerLocustella fluviatilis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae

Gray-rumped SwallowPseudhirundo griseopyga
Plain MartinRiparia paludicola
Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
Eurasian Crag-MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
Red-throated Crag-MartinPtyonoprogne rufigula
Ethiopian SwallowHirundo aethiopica
Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
Western House-MartinDelichon urbicum
European Red-rumped SwallowCecropis rufula
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
Mosque SwallowCecropis senegalensis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae

Northern BrownbulPhyllastrephus strepitans
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopidae

Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
Eastern Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus orientalis
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita

 
PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae

Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Rüppell's WarblerCurruca ruppeli
Greater WhitethroatCurruca communis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae

Northern Yellow White-eyeZosterops senegalensis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Leiothrichidae

Fulvous ChattererArgya fulva
Brown BabblerTurdoides plebejus
Dusky BabblerTurdoides tenebrosa

 
PASSERIFORMES: Buphagidae

Yellow-billed OxpeckerBuphagus africanus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae

Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
Neumann's StarlingOnychognathus neumanni
Long-tailed Glossy StarlingLamprotornis caudatus
Chestnut-bellied StarlingLamprotornis pulcher
Lesser Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chloropterus
Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
Purple StarlingLamprotornis purpureus
Bronze-tailed StarlingLamprotornis chalcurus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae

African ThrushTurdus pelios

 
PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae

Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Gambaga FlycatcherMuscicapa gambagae
Pale FlycatcherAgricola pallidus
SilverbirdEmpidornis semipartitus
Northern Black-FlycatcherMelaenornis edolioides
Black Scrub-RobinCercotrichas podobe
White-browed Robin-ChatCossypha heuglini
Snowy-crowned Robin-ChatCossypha niveicapilla
BluethroatLuscinia svecica
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Rufous-tailed Rock-ThrushMonticola saxatilis
Blue Rock-ThrushMonticola solitarius
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
Mocking Cliff-ChatThamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
Northern Anteater-ChatMyrmecocichla aethiops
Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
Heuglin's WheatearOenanthe heuglinii
Cyprus WheatearOenanthe cypriaca
Eastern Black-eared WheatearOenanthe melanoleuca
BlackstartOenanthe melanura
Familiar ChatOenanthe familiaris
Brown-tailed ChatOenanthe scotocerca
White-crowned WheatearOenanthe leucopyga

 
PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae

Pygmy SunbirdHedydipna platura
Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
Beautiful SunbirdCinnyris pulchellus
Palestine SunbirdCinnyris osea
Splendid SunbirdCinnyris coccinigastrus
Copper SunbirdCinnyris cupreus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae

White-billed Buffalo-WeaverBubalornis albirostris
Speckle-fronted WeaverSporopipes frontalis
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser superciliosus
Gray-capped Social-WeaverPseudonigrita arnaudi
Little WeaverPloceus luteolus
Spectacled WeaverPloceus ocularis
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalusRare/Accidental
Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
Northern Red BishopEuplectes franciscanus
Black-winged BishopEuplectes hordeaceus
Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
White-winged WidowbirdEuplectes albonotatus
Yellow-mantled WidowbirdEuplectes macroura

 
PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae

African SilverbillEuodice cantans
Fawn-breasted WaxbillEstrilda paludicola
Black-rumped WaxbillEstrilda troglodytes
Cut-throatAmadina fasciata
Zebra WaxbillAmandava subflava
Red-cheeked CordonbleuUraeginthus bengalus
Green-winged PytiliaPytilia melba
Red-winged PytiliaPytilia phoenicoptera
Red-billed PytiliaPytilia lineata
Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
Black-faced FirefinchLagonosticta larvata

 
PASSERIFORMES: Viduidae

Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
Sahel Paradise-WhydahVidua orientalis
Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata

 
PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae

House SparrowPasser domesticusIntroduced species
Kordofan Rufous SparrowPasser cordofanicus
Northern Gray-headed SparrowPasser griseus
Sudan Golden SparrowPasser luteus
Chestnut SparrowPasser eminibey
Sahel Bush SparrowGymnoris dentata

 
PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae

Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
White WagtailMotacilla alba
African PipitAnthus cinnamomeus
Long-billed PipitAnthus similis
Tawny PipitAnthus campestris
Plain-backed PipitAnthus leucophrys
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae

White-rumped SeedeaterCrithagra leucopygia
Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica

 
PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae

Golden-breasted BuntingEmberiza flaviventris
Gosling's BuntingEmberiza goslingi

 

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