Birds of Liberia
Birds of Liberia is a list of the most common birds observed in the country. Showing the yearly average percentage observation frequency for each species.
Location
Liberia
Africa
List of Common Birds
| 63% |
|
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus Order: Passeriformes Family: Pycnonotidae |
| 50% |
|
Pied Crow
Corvus albus Order: Passeriformes Family: Corvidae |
| 41% |
|
Northern Fiscal
Lanius humeralis Order: Passeriformes Family: Laniidae |
| 38% |
|
Red-eyed Dove
Streptopelia semitorquata Order: Columbiformes Family: Columbidae |
| 36% |
|
Bronze Mannikin
Spermestes cucullata Order: Passeriformes Family: Estrildidae |
| 32% |
|
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
Turtur afer Order: Columbiformes Family: Columbidae |
| 30% |
|
Western Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Ardeidae |
| 30% |
|
Senegal Coucal
Centropus senegalensis Order: Cuculiformes Family: Cuculidae |
| 30% |
|
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
Passer griseus Order: Passeriformes Family: Passeridae |
| 27% |
|
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Prinia subflava Order: Passeriformes Family: Cisticolidae |
| 26% |
|
Village Weaver
Ploceus cucullatus Order: Passeriformes Family: Ploceidae |
| 26% |
|
Simple Greenbul
Chlorocichla simplex Order: Passeriformes Family: Pycnonotidae |
| 25% |
|
Gray-headed Nigrita
Nigrita canicapillus Order: Passeriformes Family: Estrildidae |
| 24% |
|
Western Plantain-eater
Crinifer piscator Order: Musophagiformes Family: Musophagidae |
| 24% |
|
Green-backed Camaroptera
Camaroptera brachyura Order: Passeriformes Family: Cisticolidae |
| 23% |
|
West African Pied Hornbill
Lophoceros semifasciatus Order: Bucerotiformes Family: Bucerotidae |
| 22% |
|
Little Greenbul
Eurillas virens Order: Passeriformes Family: Pycnonotidae |
| 22% |
|
Olive-naped Weaver
Ploceus brachypterus Order: Passeriformes Family: Ploceidae |
| 21% |
|
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica Order: Passeriformes Family: Hirundinidae |
| 21% |
|
Olive-bellied Sunbird
Cinnyris chloropygius Order: Passeriformes Family: Nectariniidae |
| 21% |
|
Green Hylia
Hylia prasina Order: Passeriformes Family: Hyliidae |
| 20% |
|
Lizard Buzzard
Kaupifalco monogrammicus Order: Accipitriformes Family: Accipitridae |
| 20% |
|
Klaas's Cuckoo
Chrysococcyx klaas Order: Cuculiformes Family: Cuculidae |
| 19% |
|
Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher
Terpsiphone rufiventer Order: Passeriformes Family: Monarchidae |
| 19% |
|
Brown-throated Wattle-eye
Platysteira cyanea Order: Passeriformes Family: Platysteiridae |
| 19% |
|
African Green-Pigeon
Treron calvus Order: Columbiformes Family: Columbidae |
| 19% |
|
Lesser Striped Swallow
Cecropis abyssinica Order: Passeriformes Family: Hirundinidae |
| 19% |
|
African Harrier-Hawk
Polyboroides typus Order: Accipitriformes Family: Accipitridae |
| 18% |
|
Collared Sunbird
Hedydipna collaris Order: Passeriformes Family: Nectariniidae |
| 17% |
|
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus subsulphureus Order: Piciformes Family: Lybiidae |
| 17% |
|
Black Kite
Milvus migrans Order: Accipitriformes Family: Accipitridae |
| 17% |
|
Whistling Cisticola
Cisticola lateralis Order: Passeriformes Family: Cisticolidae |
| 16% |
|
Copper Sunbird
Cinnyris cupreus Order: Passeriformes Family: Nectariniidae |
| 16% |
|
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus bilineatus Order: Piciformes Family: Lybiidae |
| 16% |
|
Double-spurred Spurfowl
Pternistis bicalcaratus Order: Galliformes Family: Phasianidae |
| 16% |
|
White-throated Bee-eater
Merops albicollis Order: Coraciiformes Family: Meropidae |
| 15% |
|
Guinea Turaco
Tauraco persa Order: Musophagiformes Family: Musophagidae |
| 15% |
|
African Thrush
Turdus pelios Order: Passeriformes Family: Turdidae |
| 15% |
|
Splendid Starling
Lamprotornis splendidus Order: Passeriformes Family: Sturnidae |
| 14% |
|
Blue Malkoha
Ceuthmochares aereus Order: Cuculiformes Family: Cuculidae |
| 14% |
|
Orange-cheeked Waxbill
Estrilda melpoda Order: Passeriformes Family: Estrildidae |
| 14% |
|
Moustached Grass-Warbler
Melocichla mentalis Order: Passeriformes Family: Macrosphenidae |
| 13% |
|
Yellow-browed Camaroptera
Camaroptera superciliaris Order: Passeriformes Family: Cisticolidae |
| 13% |
|
Chestnut-and-black Weaver
Ploceus castaneofuscus Order: Passeriformes Family: Ploceidae |
| 13% |
|
Siffling Cisticola
Cisticola brachypterus Order: Passeriformes Family: Cisticolidae |
| 12% |
|
Compact Weaver
Pachyphantes superciliosus Order: Passeriformes Family: Ploceidae |
| 12% |
|
African Palm Swift
Cypsiurus parvus Order: Caprimulgiformes Family: Apodidae |
| 12% |
|
Red-rumped Swallow
Cecropis daurica Order: Passeriformes Family: Hirundinidae |
| 12% |
|
Green-headed Sunbird
Cyanomitra verticalis Order: Passeriformes Family: Nectariniidae |
| 12% |
|
Western Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flava Order: Passeriformes Family: Motacillidae |
| 11% |
|
Little Swift
Apus affinis Order: Caprimulgiformes Family: Apodidae |
| 11% |
|
Western Black-headed Oriole
Oriolus brachyrynchus Order: Passeriformes Family: Oriolidae |
| 11% |
|
Plain-backed Pipit
Anthus leucophrys Order: Passeriformes Family: Motacillidae |
| 11% |
|
Black-and-white Mannikin
Spermestes bicolor Order: Passeriformes Family: Estrildidae |
| 11% |
|
Naked-faced Barbet
Gymnobucco calvus Order: Piciformes Family: Lybiidae |
| 10% |
|
Dideric Cuckoo
Chrysococcyx caprius Order: Cuculiformes Family: Cuculidae |
| 10% |
|
Woodland Kingfisher
Halcyon senegalensis Order: Coraciiformes Family: Alcedinidae |
| 9.7% |
|
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striata Order: Passeriformes Family: Muscicapidae |
| 9.4% |
|
Splendid Sunbird
Cinnyris coccinigastrus Order: Passeriformes Family: Nectariniidae |
| 9.4% |
|
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird
Cyanomitra cyanolaema Order: Passeriformes Family: Nectariniidae |
| 9.2% |
|
Slender-billed Greenbul
Stelgidillas gracilirostris Order: Passeriformes Family: Pycnonotidae |
| 9.1% |
|
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae |
| 9.0% |
|
Tambourine Dove
Turtur tympanistria Order: Columbiformes Family: Columbidae |
| 8.9% |
|
African Pygmy Kingfisher
Ispidina picta Order: Coraciiformes Family: Alcedinidae |
| 8.3% |
|
Laughing Dove
Spilopelia senegalensis Order: Columbiformes Family: Columbidae |
| 8.2% |
|
Gray Greenbul
Eurillas gracilis Order: Passeriformes Family: Pycnonotidae |
| 7.9% |
|
Little Bee-eater
Merops pusillus Order: Coraciiformes Family: Meropidae |
| 7.4% |
|
Vieillot's Barbet
Lybius vieilloti Order: Piciformes Family: Lybiidae |
| 7.3% |
|
Speckled Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus scolopaceus Order: Piciformes Family: Lybiidae |
| 7.2% |
|
African Emerald Cuckoo
Chrysococcyx cupreus Order: Cuculiformes Family: Cuculidae |
| 7.2% |
|
Black Bee-eater
Merops gularis Order: Coraciiformes Family: Meropidae |
| 7.1% |
|
Common Waxbill
Estrilda astrild Order: Passeriformes Family: Estrildidae |
| 7.0% |
|
Olive Sunbird
Cyanomitra olivacea Order: Passeriformes Family: Nectariniidae |
| 6.9% |
|
Square-tailed Sawwing
Psalidoprocne nitens Order: Passeriformes Family: Hirundinidae |
| 6.3% |
|
Melodious Warbler
Hippolais polyglotta Order: Passeriformes Family: Acrocephalidae |
| 6.2% |
|
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Macronyx croceus Order: Passeriformes Family: Motacillidae |
| 6.2% |
|
Yellow-mantled Widowbird
Euplectes macroura Order: Passeriformes Family: Ploceidae |
| 6.2% |
|
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetra Order: Passeriformes Family: Muscicapidae |
| 6.0% |
|
Sharpe's Apalis
Apalis sharpii Order: Passeriformes Family: Cisticolidae |
| 5.7% |
|
Pin-tailed Whydah
Vidua macroura Order: Passeriformes Family: Viduidae |
| 5.6% |
|
Palm-nut Vulture
Gypohierax angolensis Order: Accipitriformes Family: Accipitridae |
| 5.2% |
|
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna viduata Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae |
| 5.1% |
|
Crimson Seedcracker
Pyrenestes sanguineus Order: Passeriformes Family: Estrildidae |
| 5.1% |
|
Common Swift
Apus apus Order: Caprimulgiformes Family: Apodidae |
| 5.1% |
|
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Halcyon leucocephala Order: Coraciiformes Family: Alcedinidae |
| 5.1% |
|
Superb Sunbird
Cinnyris superbus Order: Passeriformes Family: Nectariniidae |
| 5.0% |
|
Red-faced Cisticola
Cisticola erythrops Order: Passeriformes Family: Cisticolidae |
| 5.0% |
|
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilus Order: Passeriformes Family: Phylloscopidae |
| 4.7% |
|
Black Crake
Zapornia flavirostra Order: Gruiformes Family: Rallidae |
| 4.5% |
|
Variable Sunbird
Cinnyris venustus Order: Passeriformes Family: Nectariniidae |
| 4.4% |
|
Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher
Bias musicus Order: Passeriformes Family: Vangidae |
| 4.4% |
|
Northern Yellow White-eye
Zosterops senegalensis Order: Passeriformes Family: Zosteropidae |
| 4.4% |
|
Broad-billed Roller
Eurystomus glaucurus Order: Coraciiformes Family: Coraciidae |
| 4.1% |
|
Winding Cisticola
Cisticola marginatus Order: Passeriformes Family: Cisticolidae |
| 4.0% |
|
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialis Order: Passeriformes Family: Motacillidae |
| 3.9% |
|
Common Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchos Order: Passeriformes Family: Muscicapidae |
| 3.9% |
|
Long-tailed Cormorant
Microcarbo africanus Order: Suliformes Family: Phalacrocoracidae |
| 3.7% |
|
Western Nicator
Nicator chloris Order: Passeriformes Family: Nicatoridae |
| 3.6% |
|
Red-necked Buzzard
Buteo auguralis Order: Accipitriformes Family: Accipitridae |
| 3.6% |
|
Cardinal Woodpecker
Dendropicos fuscescens Order: Piciformes Family: Picidae |
| 3.4% |
|
Carmelite Sunbird
Chalcomitra fuliginosa Order: Passeriformes Family: Nectariniidae |
| 3.2% |
|
Malachite Kingfisher
Corythornis cristatus Order: Coraciiformes Family: Alcedinidae |
| 3.1% |
|
Grosbeak Weaver
Amblyospiza albifrons Order: Passeriformes Family: Ploceidae |
| 3.1% |
|
Rufous-chested Swallow
Cecropis semirufa Order: Passeriformes Family: Hirundinidae |
| 3.1% |
|
Grayish Eagle-Owl
Bubo cinerascens Order: Strigiformes Family: Strigidae |
| 3.1% |
|
African Gray Woodpecker
Dendropicos goertae Order: Piciformes Family: Picidae |
| 3.0% |
|
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleuca Order: Passeriformes Family: Muscicapidae |
| 2.9% |
|
Yellow-billed Turaco
Tauraco macrorhynchus Order: Musophagiformes Family: Musophagidae |
| 2.8% |
|
Buff-throated Sunbird
Chalcomitra adelberti Order: Passeriformes Family: Nectariniidae |
| 2.8% |
|
Swamp Greenbul
Thescelocichla leucopleura Order: Passeriformes Family: Pycnonotidae |
| 2.8% |
|
Giant Kingfisher
Megaceryle maxima Order: Coraciiformes Family: Alcedinidae |
| 2.8% |
|
Red-rumped Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus atroflavus Order: Piciformes Family: Lybiidae |
| 2.8% |
|
Pied Kingfisher
Ceryle rudis Order: Coraciiformes Family: Alcedinidae |
| 2.8% |
|
Blue-breasted Kingfisher
Halcyon malimbica Order: Coraciiformes Family: Alcedinidae |
| 2.7% |
|
Blue-billed Malimbe
Malimbus nitens Order: Passeriformes Family: Ploceidae |
| 2.6% |
|
West African Wattle-eye
Platysteira hormophora Order: Passeriformes Family: Platysteiridae |
| 2.6% |
|
Rock Pigeon
Columba livia Order: Columbiformes Family: Columbidae |
| 2.5% |
|
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita
Nigrita bicolor Order: Passeriformes Family: Estrildidae |
| 2.5% |
|
Gray Kestrel
Falco ardosiaceus Order: Falconiformes Family: Falconidae |
| 2.5% |
|
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borin Order: Passeriformes Family: Sylviidae |
| 2.4% |
|
Piping Hornbill
Bycanistes fistulator Order: Bucerotiformes Family: Bucerotidae |
| 2.4% |
|
Honeyguide Greenbul
Baeopogon indicator Order: Passeriformes Family: Pycnonotidae |
| 2.4% |
|
Green Crombec
Sylvietta virens Order: Passeriformes Family: Macrosphenidae |
| 2.3% |
|
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus Order: Passeriformes Family: Passeridae |
| 2.2% |
|
Northern Puffback
Dryoscopus gambensis Order: Passeriformes Family: Malaconotidae |
| 2.2% |
|
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul
Eurillas latirostris Order: Passeriformes Family: Pycnonotidae |
| 2.1% |
|
Western Reef-Heron
Egretta gularis Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Ardeidae |
| 2.1% |
|
Preuss's Swallow
Petrochelidon preussi Order: Passeriformes Family: Hirundinidae |
| 2.0% |
|
Buff-spotted Woodpecker
Pardipicus nivosus Order: Piciformes Family: Picidae |
| 2.0% |
|
Red-tailed Greenbul
Criniger calurus Order: Passeriformes Family: Pycnonotidae |
| 1.9% |
|
Johanna's Sunbird
Cinnyris johannae Order: Passeriformes Family: Nectariniidae |
| 1.9% |
|
Reichenbach's Sunbird
Anabathmis reichenbachii Order: Passeriformes Family: Nectariniidae |
| 1.9% |
|
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
Merops persicus Order: Coraciiformes Family: Meropidae |
| 1.9% |
|
White-spotted Flufftail
Sarothrura pulchra Order: Gruiformes Family: Sarothruridae |
| 1.9% |
|
European Honey-buzzard
Pernis apivorus Order: Accipitriformes Family: Accipitridae |
| 1.9% |
|
Gray-headed Bristlebill
Bleda canicapillus Order: Passeriformes Family: Pycnonotidae |
| 1.9% |
|
Bar-breasted Firefinch
Lagonosticta rufopicta Order: Passeriformes Family: Estrildidae |
| 1.8% |
|
Crested Malimbe
Malimbus malimbicus Order: Passeriformes Family: Ploceidae |
| 1.8% |
|
Green Sunbird
Anthreptes rectirostris Order: Passeriformes Family: Nectariniidae |
| 1.8% |
|
Ussher's Flycatcher
Bradornis ussheri Order: Passeriformes Family: Muscicapidae |
| 1.8% |
|
Levaillant's Cuckoo
Clamator levaillantii Order: Cuculiformes Family: Cuculidae |
| 1.8% |
|
Western Bluebill
Spermophaga haematina Order: Passeriformes Family: Estrildidae |
| 1.8% |
|
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameri Order: Psittaciformes Family: Psittaculidae |
| 1.8% |
|
Striated Heron
Butorides striata Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Ardeidae |
| 1.7% |
|
African Firefinch
Lagonosticta rubricata Order: Passeriformes Family: Estrildidae |
| 1.7% |
|
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Tchagra australis Order: Passeriformes Family: Malaconotidae |
| 1.7% |
|
Orange Weaver
Ploceus aurantius Order: Passeriformes Family: Ploceidae |
| 1.7% |
|
Olive-green Camaroptera
Camaroptera chloronota Order: Passeriformes Family: Cisticolidae |
| 1.7% |
|
Red-vented Malimbe
Malimbus scutatus Order: Passeriformes Family: Ploceidae |
| 1.6% |
|
Magpie Mannikin
Spermestes fringilloides Order: Passeriformes Family: Estrildidae |
| 1.6% |
|
Shikra
Accipiter badius Order: Accipitriformes Family: Accipitridae |
| 1.6% |
|
Velvet-mantled Drongo
Dicrurus modestus Order: Passeriformes Family: Dicruridae |
| 1.6% |
|
Yellow-casqued Hornbill
Ceratogymna elata Order: Bucerotiformes Family: Bucerotidae |
| 1.6% |
|
Gray Longbill
Macrosphenus concolor Order: Passeriformes Family: Macrosphenidae |
| 1.5% |
|
Tiny Sunbird
Cinnyris minullus Order: Passeriformes Family: Nectariniidae |
| 1.5% |
|
Black-winged Bishop
Euplectes hordeaceus Order: Passeriformes Family: Ploceidae |
| 1.5% |
|
Yellow-billed Egret
Ardea brachyrhyncha Order: Pelecaniformes Family: Ardeidae |
| 1.5% |
|
Little Green Sunbird
Anthreptes seimundi Order: Passeriformes Family: Nectariniidae |
| 1.3% |
|
Bronze-naped Pigeon
Columba iriditorques Order: Columbiformes Family: Columbidae |
| 1.3% |
|
Melancholy Woodpecker
Dendropicos lugubris Order: Piciformes Family: Picidae |
| 1.3% |
|
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensis Order: Charadriiformes Family: Laridae |
| 1.3% |
|
Black-winged Kite
Elanus caeruleus Order: Accipitriformes Family: Accipitridae |
| 1.3% |
|
Blue-headed Wood-Dove
Turtur brehmeri Order: Columbiformes Family: Columbidae |
| 1.2% |
|
Common Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceus Order: Passeriformes Family: Acrocephalidae |
| 1.2% |
|
Chestnut-winged Starling
Onychognathus fulgidus Order: Passeriformes Family: Sturnidae |
| 1.2% |
|
African Woolly-necked Stork
Ciconia microscelis Order: Ciconiiformes Family: Ciconiidae |
| 1.2% |
|
White-tailed Alethe
Alethe diademata Order: Passeriformes Family: Muscicapidae |
| 1.2% |
|
Ansorge's Greenbul
Eurillas ansorgei Order: Passeriformes Family: Pycnonotidae |
| 1.2% |
|
Barn Owl
Tyto alba Order: Strigiformes Family: Tytonidae |
| 1.1% |
|
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae |
| 1.1% |
|
Lowland Sooty Boubou
Laniarius leucorhynchus Order: Passeriformes Family: Malaconotidae |
| 1.1% |
|
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanus Order: Charadriiformes Family: Jacanidae |
| 1.1% |
|
Shining Drongo
Dicrurus atripennis Order: Passeriformes Family: Dicruridae |
| 1.1% |
|
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus chrysoconus Order: Piciformes Family: Lybiidae |
| 1.1% |
|
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae |
| 1.1% |
|
Icterine Greenbul
Phyllastrephus icterinus Order: Passeriformes Family: Pycnonotidae |
| 1.1% |
|
Standard-winged Nightjar
Caprimulgus longipennis Order: Caprimulgiformes Family: Caprimulgidae |
| 1.1% |
|
Fraser's Sunbird
Deleornis fraseri Order: Passeriformes Family: Nectariniidae |
| 1.1% |
|
Great Blue Turaco
Corythaeola cristata Order: Musophagiformes Family: Musophagidae |
| 1.0% |
|
Western Bearded-Greenbul
Criniger barbatus Order: Passeriformes Family: Pycnonotidae |
| 1.0% |
|
Spotted Greenbul
Ixonotus guttatus Order: Passeriformes Family: Pycnonotidae |
| 1.0% |
|
Timneh Parrot
Psittacus timneh Order: Psittaciformes Family: Psittacidae |
| 1.0% |
|
Black-crowned Tchagra
Tchagra senegalus Order: Passeriformes Family: Malaconotidae |
