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This checklist includes all bird species found in Chad , 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 .

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Country or region: Chad [map]

Other names: Republic of Chad

Number of species: 607
Number of globally threatened species: 26
Number of extinct species: 1
Number of introduced species: 1
Date last reviewed: 2016-07-01
Last modified: 2026-02-17
See also: https://www.africanbirdclub.org/countries/checklists/download
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STRUTHIONIFORMES: Struthionidae

Common OstrichStruthio camelus

 
ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae

White-faced Whistling-DuckDendrocygna viduata
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolor
White-backed DuckThalassornis leuconotus
Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaRare/Accidental
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
African Pygmy-GooseNettapus auritus
GarganeySpatula querquedula
Blue-billed TealSpatula hottentota
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
GadwallMareca strepera
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
Cape TealAnas capensis
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Green-winged TealAnas crecca
Marbled DuckMarmaronetta angustirostrisRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Common PochardAythya ferinaRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNear-threatened
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula

 
GALLIFORMES: Numididae

Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris

 
GALLIFORMES: Odontophoridae

Stone PartridgePtilopachus petrosus

 
GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae

Schlegel's FrancolinCampocolinus schlegelii
Blue QuailSynoicus adansonii
Common QuailCoturnix coturnix
Harlequin QuailCoturnix delegorguei
Barbary PartridgeAlectoris barbara
Double-spurred SpurfowlPternistis bicalcaratus
Heuglin's SpurfowlPternistis icterorhynchus
Clapperton's SpurfowlPternistis clappertoni

 
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae

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

 
PTEROCLIFORMES: Pteroclidae

Chestnut-bellied SandgrousePterocles exustus
Spotted SandgrousePterocles senegallus
Crowned SandgrousePterocles coronatus
Lichtenstein's SandgrousePterocles lichtensteinii
Four-banded SandgrousePterocles quadricinctus

 
OTIDIFORMES: Otididae

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

 
MUSOPHAGIFORMES: Musophagidae

Western Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscator
Eastern Plantain-eaterCrinifer zonurus
Violet TuracoTauraco violaceusNear-threatened
White-crested TuracoTauraco leucolophus

 
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae

Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
Blue-headed CoucalCentropus monachus
Black CoucalCentropus grillii
Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
Levaillant's CuckooClamator levaillantii
Pied CuckooClamator jacobinus
Dideric CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
African Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx cupreus
Black CuckooCuculus clamosus
Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
African CuckooCuculus gularis
Common CuckooCuculus canorus

 
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae

Pennant-winged NightjarCaprimulgus vexillarius
Standard-winged NightjarCaprimulgus longipennis
Eurasian NightjarCaprimulgus europaeus
Rufous-cheeked NightjarCaprimulgus rufigenaRare/Accidental
Egyptian NightjarCaprimulgus aegyptius
Golden NightjarCaprimulgus eximius
Swamp NightjarCaprimulgus natalensis
Plain NightjarCaprimulgus inornatus
Long-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus climacurus

 
APODIFORMES: Apodidae

Mottled SwiftTachymarptis aequatorialis
Common SwiftApus apus
Pallid SwiftApus pallidus
African SwiftApus barbatusRare/Accidental
Little SwiftApus affinis
Horus SwiftApus horus
White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus

 
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae

Corn CrakeCrex crexRare/Accidental
African CrakeCrecopsis egregia
Spotted CrakePorzana porzana
Lesser MoorhenParagallinula angulata
Eurasian MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Allen's GallinulePorphyrio alleni
African SwamphenPorphyrio madagascariensis
Black CrakeZapornia flavirostra
Little CrakeZapornia parva
Baillon's CrakeZapornia pusilla

 
GRUIFORMES: Heliornithidae

African FinfootPodica senegalensis

 
GRUIFORMES: Gruidae

Black Crowned-CraneBalearica pavoninaVulnerable
Demoiselle CraneGrus virgo
Common CraneGrus grusRare/Accidental

 
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

Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarolaRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaRare/Accidental
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Three-banded PloverThinornis tricollaris
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubius
Long-toed LapwingVanellus crassirostris
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Black-headed LapwingVanellus tectus
White-crowned LapwingVanellus albiceps
Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
Brown-chested LapwingVanellus superciliosus
White-tailed LapwingVanellus leucurusRare/Accidental
Caspian PloverAnarhynchus asiaticusRare/Accidental
Kittlitz's PloverAnarhynchus pecuarius
White-fronted PloverAnarhynchus marginatus
Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Rostratulidae

Greater Painted-SnipeRostratula benghalensis

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae

Lesser JacanaMicroparra capensis
African JacanaActophilornis africanus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae

Slender-billed CurlewNumenius tenuirostrisRare/Accidental Extinct
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNear-threatened
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNear-threatened
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
Great SnipeGallinago mediaNear-threatened
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusRare/Accidental
Terek SandpiperXenus cinereusRare/Accidental
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresRare/Accidental Near-threatened
RuffCalidris pugnax
Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVulnerable
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
SanderlingCalidris alba
DunlinCalidris alpinaRare/Accidental Near-threatened
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
Gray PratincoleGlareola cinerea
Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
Black-winged PratincoleGlareola nordmanniNear-threatened

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusRare/Accidental
Gray-hooded GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetusRare/Accidental
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
African SkimmerRynchops flavirostris
Little TernSternula albifrons
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
Black TernChlidonias nigerRare/Accidental
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus

 
PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Phoenicopteridae

Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minorRare/Accidental Near-threatened

 
PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae

Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis

 
CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae

African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
Black StorkCiconia nigraRare/Accidental
Abdim's StorkCiconia abdimii
African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis
White StorkCiconia ciconia
Saddle-billed StorkEphippiorhynchus senegalensisNear-threatened
Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer
Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis

 
SULIFORMES: Anhingidae

African DarterAnhinga rufa

 
SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae

Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo

 
PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae

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

 
PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae

Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
Dwarf BitternBotaurus sturmii
Little BitternBotaurus minutus
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
White-backed Night HeronCalherodius leuconotus
Little HeronButorides atricapilla
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

 
PELECANIFORMES: Scopidae

HamerkopScopus umbretta

 
PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae

Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Sagittariidae

SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentariusEndangered

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae

OspreyPandion haliaetus

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae

Scissor-tailed KiteChelictinia riocouriiVulnerable
Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
African Harrier-HawkPolyboroides typus
Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusEndangered
African Cuckoo-HawkAviceda cuculoides
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
BateleurTerathopius ecaudatusEndangered
Western Banded Snake-EagleCircaetus cinerascens
Beaudouin's Snake-EagleCircaetus beaudouiniVulnerable
Short-toed Snake-EagleCircaetus gallicus
Brown Snake-EagleCircaetus cinereus
Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatusRare/Accidental Near-threatened
Martial EaglePolemaetus bellicosusEndangered
Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
Lesser Spotted EagleClanga pomarina
Greater Spotted EagleClanga clangaRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Wahlberg's EagleHieraaetus wahlbergi
Ayres's Hawk-EagleHieraaetus ayresii
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatus
Steppe EagleAquila nipalensisRare/Accidental Endangered
Imperial EagleAquila heliacaRare/Accidental Vulnerable
Tawny EagleAquila rapaxVulnerable
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosRare/Accidental
Verreaux's EagleAquila verreauxii
African Hawk-EagleAquila spilogaster
Bat HawkMacheiramphus alcinus
Gabar GoshawkMicronisus gabar
Dark Chanting-GoshawkMelierax metabates
Lizard BuzzardKaupifalco monogrammicus
ShikraTachyspiza badia
Levant SparrowhawkTachyspiza brevipes
Ovambo SparrowhawkAccipiter ovampensis
Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusRare/Accidental
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Pallid HarrierCircus macrourusNear-threatened
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
Red KiteMilvus milvus
Black KiteMilvus migrans
African Fish-EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Grasshopper BuzzardButastur rufipennis
Red-necked BuzzardButeo auguralis
Augur BuzzardButeo augur
Common BuzzardButeo buteoRare/Accidental
Long-legged BuzzardButeo rufinus

 
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
Little OwlAthene noctua
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusRare/Accidental
Marsh OwlAsio capensis

 
COLIIFORMES: Coliidae

Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourus

 
TROGONIFORMES: Trogonidae

Narina TrogonApaloderma narinaRare/Accidental

 
BUCEROTIFORMES: Upupidae

Common HoopoeUpupa epops

 
BUCEROTIFORMES: Phoeniculidae

Green WoodhoopoePhoeniculus purpureus
Black ScimitarbillRhinopomastus aterrimus
Abyssinian Ground-HornbillBucorvus abyssinicusVulnerable

 
BUCEROTIFORMES: Bucerotidae

African Gray HornbillLophoceros nasutus
Northern Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus
Black-and-white-casqued HornbillBycanistes subcylindricus
Piping HornbillBycanistes fistulator

 
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
Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
Northern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicus

 
CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae

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

 
CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae

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

 
PICIFORMES: Lybiidae

Yellow-breasted BarbetTrachyphonus margaritatus
Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus chrysoconus
Vieillot's BarbetLybius vieilloti
White-headed BarbetLybius leucocephalus
Bearded BarbetPogonornis dubius
Black-breasted BarbetPogonornis rolleti

 
PICIFORMES: Indicatoridae

Willcocks's HoneyguideIndicator willcocksi
Lesser HoneyguideIndicator minor
Greater HoneyguideIndicator indicator

 
PICIFORMES: Picidae

Eurasian WryneckJynx torquilla
Bearded WoodpeckerChloropicus namaquus
Little Gray WoodpeckerDendropicos elachus
Speckle-breasted WoodpeckerDendropicos poecilolaemus
Brown-backed WoodpeckerDendropicos obsoletus
African Gray WoodpeckerDendropicos goertae
Nubian WoodpeckerCampethera nubica
Fine-spotted WoodpeckerCampethera punctuligera
Golden-tailed WoodpeckerCampethera abingoni

 
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
Sooty FalconFalco concolorVulnerable
Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteoRare/Accidental
African HobbyFalco cuvierii
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
Saker FalconFalco cherrugRare/Accidental Endangered
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus

 
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittaculidae

Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Red-headed LovebirdAgapornis pullarius

 
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae

Meyer's ParrotPoicephalus meyeri
Niam-Niam ParrotPoicephalus crassus
Senegal ParrotPoicephalus senegalus

 
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
Western Black-headed BatisBatis erlangeri

 
PASSERIFORMES: Vangidae

White-crested HelmetshrikePrionops plumatus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Malaconotidae

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

 
PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae

Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae

African Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae

Yellow-billed ShrikeCorvinella corvina
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
Red-tailed ShrikeLanius phoenicuroides
Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
Great Gray ShrikeLanius excubitor
Lesser Gray ShrikeLanius minor
Gray-backed FiscalLanius excubitoroides
Northern FiscalLanius humeralis
Masked ShrikeLanius nubicus
Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorNear-threatened

 
PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae

PiapiacPtilostomus afer
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Brown-necked RavenCorvus ruficollis
Fan-tailed RavenCorvus rhipidurus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Hyliotidae

Yellow-bellied HyliotaHyliota flavigaster

 
PASSERIFORMES: Stenostiridae

African Blue FlycatcherElminia longicauda

 
PASSERIFORMES: Paridae

White-shouldered Black-TitMelaniparus guineensis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Remizidae

Sennar Penduline-TitAnthoscopus punctifrons
Yellow Penduline-TitAnthoscopus parvulus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae

Greater Hoopoe-LarkAlaemon alaudipes
Rufous-rumped LarkPinarocorys erythropygia
Bar-tailed LarkAmmomanes cinctura
Desert LarkAmmomanes deserti
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-LarkEremopterix leucotis
Black-crowned Sparrow-LarkEremopterix nigriceps
Rusty LarkCalendulauda rufa
Kordofan LarkMirafra cordofanica
White-tailed LarkMirafra albicauda
Singing BushlarkMirafra javanica
Flappet LarkAmirafra rufocinnamomea
Highland LarkCorypha kurrae
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisRare/Accidental
Sun LarkGalerida modesta
Crested LarkGalerida cristata
Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
Dunn's LarkEremalauda dunni

 
PASSERIFORMES: Macrosphenidae

Northern CrombecSylvietta brachyura
Moustached Grass-WarblerMelocichla mentalis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae

Yellow-bellied EremomelaEremomela icteropygialis
Senegal EremomelaEremomela pusilla
Green-backed EremomelaEremomela canescens
Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
Cricket LongtailSpiloptila clamans
Buff-bellied WarblerPhyllolais pulchella
Yellow-breasted ApalisApalis flavida
Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
River PriniaPrinia fluviatilis
Red-winged PriniaPrinia erythroptera
Red-fronted PriniaPrinia rufifrons
Oriole WarblerHypergerus atriceps
Singing CisticolaCisticola cantans
Whistling CisticolaCisticola lateralis
Rock-loving CisticolaCisticola aberrans
Red-pate CisticolaCisticola ruficeps
Dorst's CisticolaCisticola guinea
Winding CisticolaCisticola marginatus
Croaking CisticolaCisticola natalensis
Siffling CisticolaCisticola brachypterus
Rufous CisticolaCisticola rufus
Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
Desert CisticolaCisticola aridulus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Acrocephalidae

Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
Western Olivaceous WarblerIduna opaca
Icterine WarblerHippolais icterina
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Lesser Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus gracilirostris
Greater Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus rufescens
Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceusRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Locustellidae

Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesRare/Accidental
Little Rush WarblerBradypterus baboecala

 
PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae

Gray-rumped SwallowPseudhirundo griseopyga
Banded MartinNeophedina cincta
Plain MartinRiparia paludicola
Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
Pale Crag-MartinPtyonoprogne obsoleta
Red-throated Crag-MartinPtyonoprogne rufigula
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Ethiopian SwallowHirundo aethiopica
Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
Western House-MartinDelichon urbicum
African Red-rumped SwallowCecropis melanocrissus
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinicaRare/Accidental
Rufous-chested SwallowCecropis semirufa
Mosque SwallowCecropis senegalensis
Preuss's SwallowPetrochelidon preussiRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae

Yellow-gorgeted GreenbulAtimastillas flavicollis
Little GreenbulEurillas virens
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopidae

Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibilatrix
Western Bonelli's WarblerPhylloscopus bonelli
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae

Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapillaRare/Accidental
Garden WarblerSylvia borin
Barred WarblerCurruca nisoria
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca
Western Orphean WarblerCurruca hortensis
Rüppell's WarblerCurruca ruppeli
Sardinian WarblerCurruca melanocephala
Moltoni's WarblerCurruca subalpina
Western Subalpine WarblerCurruca iberiae
Eastern Subalpine WarblerCurruca cantillans
Greater WhitethroatCurruca communis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae

Northern Yellow White-eyeZosterops senegalensis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Leiothrichidae

Fulvous ChattererArgya fulva
Brown BabblerTurdoides plebejus
Blackcap BabblerTurdoides reinwardtii

 
PASSERIFORMES: Salpornithidae

African Spotted CreeperSalpornis salvadori

 
PASSERIFORMES: Buphagidae

Yellow-billed OxpeckerBuphagus africanus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae

Wattled StarlingCreatophora cinereaRare/Accidental
Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
Neumann's StarlingOnychognathus neumanni
White-collared StarlingGrafisia torquataRare/Accidental
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

Song ThrushTurdus philomelosRare/Accidental
African ThrushTurdus pelios

 
PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae

Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Gambaga FlycatcherMuscicapa gambagae
Swamp FlycatcherMuscicapa aquatica
Pale FlycatcherAgricola pallidus
Gray Tit-FlycatcherFraseria plumbea
Northern Black-FlycatcherMelaenornis edolioides
Black Scrub-RobinCercotrichas podobe
Rufous-tailed Scrub-RobinCercotrichas galactotes
White-browed Robin-ChatCossypha heuglini
Snowy-crowned Robin-ChatCossypha niveicapilla
White-crowned Robin-ChatCossypha albicapillus
Common NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchos
BluethroatLuscinia svecica
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosRare/Accidental
Rufous-tailed Rock-ThrushMonticola saxatilis
Blue Rock-ThrushMonticola solitarius
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
Mocking Cliff-ChatThamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
Northern Anteater-ChatMyrmecocichla aethiops
Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
Heuglin's WheatearOenanthe heuglinii
Hooded WheatearOenanthe monacha
Desert WheatearOenanthe deserti
Western Black-eared WheatearOenanthe hispanicaRare/Accidental
Eastern Black-eared WheatearOenanthe melanoleuca
Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka
White-fronted Black-ChatOenanthe albifrons
BlackstartOenanthe melanura
Familiar ChatOenanthe familiaris
Brown-tailed ChatOenanthe scotocerca
White-crowned WheatearOenanthe leucopyga

 
PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae

Western Violet-backed SunbirdAnthreptes longuemarei
Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
Pygmy SunbirdHedydipna platura
Nile Valley SunbirdHedydipna metallicaRare/Accidental
Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
Beautiful SunbirdCinnyris pulchellus
Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
Copper SunbirdCinnyris cupreus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae

White-billed Buffalo-WeaverBubalornis albirostris
Speckle-fronted WeaverSporopipes frontalis
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser superciliosus
Red-headed MalimbeMalimbus rubricollis
Red-headed WeaverAnaplectes rubriceps
Little WeaverPloceus luteolus
Black-necked WeaverPloceus nigricollis
Spectacled WeaverPloceus ocularis
Vitelline Masked-WeaverPloceus vitellinus
Heuglin's Masked-WeaverPloceus heuglini
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus
Red-headed QueleaQuelea erythrops
Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
Northern Red BishopEuplectes franciscanus
Black-winged BishopEuplectes hordeaceus
Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer
Yellow-mantled WidowbirdEuplectes macroura
Red-collared WidowbirdEuplectes ardens
Fan-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes axillaris

 
PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae

Bronze MannikinSpermestes cucullata
African SilverbillEuodice cantans
Gray-headed OlivebackDelacourella capistrata
Lavender WaxbillGlaucestrilda caerulescens
Orange-cheeked WaxbillEstrilda melpoda
Black-rumped WaxbillEstrilda troglodytes
QuailfinchOrtygospiza atricollis
Cut-throatAmadina fasciata
Zebra WaxbillAmandava subflava
Red-cheeked CordonbleuUraeginthus bengalus
Black-bellied SeedcrackerPyrenestes ostrinus
Green-winged PytiliaPytilia melba
Red-winged PytiliaPytilia phoenicoptera
Red-faced PytiliaPytilia hypogrammica
Dybowski's TwinspotEuschistospiza dybowskii
Brown TwinspotClytospiza monteiri
Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
Jameson's FirefinchLagonosticta rhodopareia
Chad FirefinchLagonosticta umbrinodorsalis
Black-bellied FirefinchLagonosticta rara
Bar-breasted FirefinchLagonosticta rufopicta
Black-faced FirefinchLagonosticta larvata

 
PASSERIFORMES: Viduidae

Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
Sahel Paradise-WhydahVidua orientalis
Exclamatory Paradise-WhydahVidua interjecta
Togo Paradise-WhydahVidua togoensis
Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
Wilson's IndigobirdVidua wilsoni
Barka IndigobirdVidua larvaticola
Cameroon IndigobirdVidua camerunensis
Parasitic WeaverAnomalospiza imberbis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae

House SparrowPasser domesticusIntroduced species
Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensisRare/Accidental
Kordofan Rufous SparrowPasser cordofanicus
Northern Gray-headed SparrowPasser griseus
Desert SparrowPasser simplex
Sudan Golden SparrowPasser luteus
Chestnut SparrowPasser eminibeyRare/Accidental
Yellow-spotted Bush SparrowGymnoris pyrgita
Sahel Bush SparrowGymnoris dentata

 
PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae

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

 
PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae

Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus
White-rumped SeedeaterCrithagra leucopygia
Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
West African SeedeaterCrithagra canicapilla

 
PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae

Brown-rumped BuntingEmberiza affinis
Ortolan BuntingEmberiza hortulana
Cretzschmar's BuntingEmberiza caesiaRare/Accidental
Cabanis's BuntingEmberiza cabanisi
Golden-breasted BuntingEmberiza flaviventris
Gosling's BuntingEmberiza goslingi
House BuntingEmberiza sahari
Striolated BuntingEmberiza striolata

 

References (partial list)

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