Birds of Sierra Leone

Birds of Sierra Leone is a list of the most common birds observed in the country. Showing the yearly average percentage observation frequency for each species.

Location

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone

Africa

Africa

Location
Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone

Africa

Africa

List of Common Birds

49% Common Bulbul (Pycnonotus barbatus) - Adult Common Bulbul

Pycnonotus barbatus

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Pycnonotidae

42% Pied Crow

Corvus albus

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Corvidae

31% Black Kite (Milvus migrans) - Adult Black Kite

Milvus migrans

Order: Accipitriformes

Family: Accipitridae

29% Red-eyed Dove

Streptopelia semitorquata

Order: Columbiformes

Family: Columbidae

26% Village Weaver

Ploceus cucullatus

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Ploceidae

22% Hooded Vulture

Necrosyrtes monachus

Order: Accipitriformes

Family: Accipitridae

22% Northern Gray-headed Sparrow

Passer griseus

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Passeridae

21% African Palm Swift

Cypsiurus parvus

Order: Apodiformes

Family: Apodidae

21% Laughing Dove (Spilopelia senegalensis) - Adult Laughing Dove

Spilopelia senegalensis

Order: Columbiformes

Family: Columbidae

20% Blue-spotted Wood-Dove

Turtur afer

Order: Columbiformes

Family: Columbidae

20% Bronze Mannikin

Spermestes cucullata

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Estrildidae

19% West African Pied Hornbill

Lophoceros semifasciatus

Order: Bucerotiformes

Family: Bucerotidae

19% African Harrier-Hawk

Polyboroides typus

Order: Accipitriformes

Family: Accipitridae

19% Senegal Coucal

Centropus senegalensis

Order: Cuculiformes

Family: Cuculidae

18% Variable Sunbird

Cinnyris venustus

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Nectariniidae

18% Little Swift

Apus affinis

Order: Apodiformes

Family: Apodidae

17% Fanti Sawwing

Psalidoprocne obscura

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Hirundinidae

16% Little Greenbul

Eurillas virens

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Pycnonotidae

16% Western Plantain-eater (Crinifer piscator) - Adult Western Plantain-eater

Crinifer piscator

Order: Musophagiformes

Family: Musophagidae

15% African Thrush

Turdus pelios

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Turdidae

15% White-throated Bee-eater

Merops albicollis

Order: Coraciiformes

Family: Meropidae

15% Collared Sunbird

Hedydipna collaris

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Nectariniidae

14% Western Cattle-Egret (Ardea ibis) - Breeding adult Western Cattle-Egret

Ardea ibis

Order: Pelecaniformes

Family: Ardeidae

14% Green-backed Camaroptera

Camaroptera brachyura

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Cisticolidae

14% Palm-nut Vulture

Gypohierax angolensis

Order: Accipitriformes

Family: Accipitridae

14% Yellow-casqued Hornbill

Ceratogymna elata

Order: Bucerotiformes

Family: Bucerotidae

13% Great Blue Turaco

Corythaeola cristata

Order: Musophagiformes

Family: Musophagidae

12% Tambourine Dove

Turtur tympanistria

Order: Columbiformes

Family: Columbidae

11% Tawny-flanked Prinia

Prinia subflava

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Cisticolidae

11% Green Hylia

Hylia prasina

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Hyliidae

10% Red-billed Firefinch

Lagonosticta senegala

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Estrildidae

10% Olive Sunbird

Cyanomitra olivacea

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Nectariniidae

10% Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) - Adult Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Hirundinidae

10% Shikra

Tachyspiza badia

Order: Accipitriformes

Family: Accipitridae

10% Woodland Kingfisher

Halcyon senegalensis

Order: Coraciiformes

Family: Alcedinidae

10.0% Double-spurred Spurfowl

Pternistis bicalcaratus

Order: Galliformes

Family: Phasianidae

9.8% Copper Sunbird

Cinnyris cupreus

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Nectariniidae

9.5% Reed Cormorant

Microcarbo africanus

Order: Suliformes

Family: Phalacrocoracidae

9.2% Olive-naped Weaver

Ploceus brachypterus

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Ploceidae

9.2% Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher

Terpsiphone rufiventer

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Monarchidae

9.0% Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) - Adult Rock Pigeon

Columba livia

Order: Columbiformes

Family: Columbidae

9.0% Western Black-headed Oriole

Oriolus brachyrynchus

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Oriolidae

8.9% Chestnut-and-black Weaver

Ploceus castaneofuscus

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Ploceidae

8.8% Simple Greenbul

Chlorocichla simplex

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Pycnonotidae

8.8% Red-chested Swallow

Hirundo lucida

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Hirundinidae

8.4% Blue-cheeked Bee-eater

Merops persicus

Order: Coraciiformes

Family: Meropidae

8.4% African Green-Pigeon

Treron calvus

Order: Columbiformes

Family: Columbidae

8.4% Speckled Tinkerbird

Pogoniulus scolopaceus

Order: Piciformes

Family: Lybiidae

8.2% Western Nicator

Nicator chloris

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Nicatoridae

7.7% Slender-billed Greenbul

Stelgidillas gracilirostris

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Pycnonotidae

7.7% Yellow-whiskered Greenbul

Eurillas latirostris

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Pycnonotidae

7.6% Splendid Sunbird

Cinnyris coccinigastrus

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Nectariniidae

7.6% Northern Fiscal

Lanius humeralis

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Laniidae

7.5% Honeyguide Greenbul

Baeopogon indicator

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Pycnonotidae

7.5% Blue-breasted Kingfisher

Halcyon malimbica

Order: Coraciiformes

Family: Alcedinidae

7.4% Whistling Cisticola

Cisticola lateralis

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Cisticolidae

7.3% Finsch's Flycatcher-Thrush

Stizorhina finschi

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Turdidae

7.2% Klaas's Cuckoo

Chrysococcyx klaas

Order: Cuculiformes

Family: Cuculidae

7.2% Western Reef-Heron

Egretta gularis

Order: Pelecaniformes

Family: Ardeidae

7.2% Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) - Breeding adult Common Sandpiper

Actitis hypoleucos

Order: Charadriiformes

Family: Scolopacidae

7.2% Square-tailed Sawwing

Psalidoprocne nitens

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Hirundinidae

7.1% Black-and-white Mannikin

Spermestes bicolor

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Estrildidae

7.0% Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird

Pogoniulus bilineatus

Order: Piciformes

Family: Lybiidae

6.8% Guinea Turaco (Tauraco persa) - Adult Guinea Turaco

Tauraco persa

Order: Musophagiformes

Family: Musophagidae

6.8% Yellow-throated Tinkerbird

Pogoniulus subsulphureus

Order: Piciformes

Family: Lybiidae

6.7% Lizard Buzzard

Kaupifalco monogrammicus

Order: Accipitriformes

Family: Accipitridae

6.7% Preuss's Swallow

Petrochelidon preussi

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Hirundinidae

6.7% Northern Puffback

Dryoscopus gambensis

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Malaconotidae

6.4% Sharpe's Apalis

Apalis sharpii

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Cisticolidae

6.4% Olive-bellied Sunbird

Cinnyris chloropygius

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Nectariniidae

6.2% African Firefinch

Lagonosticta rubricata

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Estrildidae

5.9% Black-winged Bishop

Euplectes hordeaceus

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Ploceidae

5.9% Gray-headed Nigrita

Nigrita canicapillus

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Estrildidae

5.8% Malachite Kingfisher

Corythornis cristatus

Order: Coraciiformes

Family: Alcedinidae

5.7% Piping Hornbill

Bycanistes fistulator

Order: Bucerotiformes

Family: Bucerotidae

5.6% West African Wattle-eye

Dyaphorophyia hormophora

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Platysteiridae

5.6% Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat

Cossypha niveicapilla

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Muscicapidae

5.6% Brown-throated Wattle-eye

Platysteira cyanea

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Platysteiridae

5.6% Yellow-billed Turaco

Tauraco macrorhynchus

Order: Musophagiformes

Family: Musophagidae

5.5% African Woolly-necked Stork

Ciconia microscelis

Order: Ciconiiformes

Family: Ciconiidae

5.5% Yellow-fronted Canary (Crithagra mozambica) - Adult Yellow-fronted Canary

Crithagra mozambica

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Fringillidae

5.5% Lesser Striped Swallow

Cecropis abyssinica

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Hirundinidae

5.4% Pin-tailed Whydah

Vidua macroura

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Viduidae

5.4% White-tailed Alethe

Alethe diademata

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Muscicapidae

5.4% Blue Malkoha

Ceuthmochares aereus

Order: Cuculiformes

Family: Cuculidae

5.3% African Pygmy Kingfisher

Ispidina picta

Order: Coraciiformes

Family: Alcedinidae

5.3% Common Swift (Apus apus) - Adult Common Swift

Apus apus

Order: Apodiformes

Family: Apodidae

5.2% African Gray Woodpecker

Dendropicos goertae

Order: Piciformes

Family: Picidae

5.1% Eurasian Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) - Adult Eurasian Whimbrel

Numenius phaeopus

Order: Charadriiformes

Family: Scolopacidae

5.1% Northern Yellow White-eye

Zosterops senegalensis

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Zosteropidae

5.0% Little Heron

Butorides atricapilla

Order: Pelecaniformes

Family: Ardeidae

5.0% Gray Longbill

Macrosphenus concolor

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Macrosphenidae

4.9% Turati's Boubou

Laniarius turatii

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Malaconotidae

4.9% Mouse-brown Sunbird

Anthreptes gabonicus

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Nectariniidae

4.8% Gray-headed Kingfisher

Halcyon leucocephala

Order: Coraciiformes

Family: Alcedinidae

4.8% Gray-headed Bristlebill

Bleda canicapillus

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Pycnonotidae

4.7% Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea) - Adult Gray Heron

Ardea cinerea

Order: Pelecaniformes

Family: Ardeidae

4.7% Pied Kingfisher

Ceryle rudis

Order: Coraciiformes

Family: Alcedinidae

4.7% Velvet-mantled Drongo

Dicrurus modestus

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Dicruridae

4.6% Blue-headed Wood-Dove (Turtur brehmeri) - Adult Blue-headed Wood-Dove

Turtur brehmeri

Order: Columbiformes

Family: Columbidae

4.5% Red-rumped Tinkerbird

Pogoniulus atroflavus

Order: Piciformes

Family: Lybiidae

4.5% Green-headed Sunbird

Cyanomitra verticalis

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Nectariniidae

4.5% Swamp Greenbul

Thescelocichla leucopleura

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Pycnonotidae

4.5% Hadada Ibis (Bostrychia hagedash) - Adult Hadada Ibis

Bostrychia hagedash

Order: Pelecaniformes

Family: Threskiornithidae

4.4% Black-crowned Tchagra

Tchagra senegalus

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Malaconotidae

4.4% Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) - Adult Little Egret

Egretta garzetta

Order: Pelecaniformes

Family: Ardeidae

4.4% Western Bearded-Greenbul

Criniger barbatus

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Pycnonotidae

4.4% Dideric Cuckoo

Chrysococcyx caprius

Order: Cuculiformes

Family: Cuculidae

4.4% African Jacana

Actophilornis africanus

Order: Charadriiformes

Family: Jacanidae

4.4% Red-faced Cisticola

Cisticola erythrops

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Cisticolidae

4.4% Great Egret (Ardea alba) - Adult Great Egret

Ardea alba

Order: Pelecaniformes

Family: Ardeidae

4.3% White-faced Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna viduata) - Adult White-faced Whistling-Duck

Dendrocygna viduata

Order: Anseriformes

Family: Anatidae

4.3% Dybowski's Twinspot

Euschistospiza dybowskii

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Estrildidae

4.3% West African Crested Tern

Thalasseus albididorsalis

Order: Charadriiformes

Family: Laridae

4.3% Fork-tailed Drongo

Dicrurus adsimilis

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Dicruridae

4.2% Red-vented Malimbe

Malimbus scutatus

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Ploceidae

4.1% Shining Drongo

Dicrurus atripennis

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Dicruridae

4.0% Mottled Swift

Tachymarptis aequatorialis

Order: Apodiformes

Family: Apodidae

4.0% Chocolate-backed Kingfisher

Halcyon badia

Order: Coraciiformes

Family: Alcedinidae

4.0% Rock Pratincole

Glareola nuchalis

Order: Charadriiformes

Family: Glareolidae

3.9% Blue-billed Malimbe

Malimbus nitens

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Ploceidae

3.9% Broad-billed Roller

Eurystomus glaucurus

Order: Coraciiformes

Family: Coraciidae

3.9% Moustached Grass-Warbler

Melocichla mentalis

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Macrosphenidae

3.9% African Emerald Cuckoo

Chrysococcyx cupreus

Order: Cuculiformes

Family: Cuculidae

3.8% Johanna's Sunbird

Cinnyris johannae

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Nectariniidae

3.8% African Pied Wagtail

Motacilla aguimp

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Motacillidae

3.8% Shining-blue Kingfisher

Alcedo quadribrachys

Order: Coraciiformes

Family: Alcedinidae

3.7% Rufous-chested Swallow

Cecropis semirufa

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Hirundinidae

3.7% Blue-bellied Roller (Coracias cyanogaster) - Adult Blue-bellied Roller

Coracias cyanogaster

Order: Coraciiformes

Family: Coraciidae

3.7% Vinaceous Dove

Streptopelia vinacea

Order: Columbiformes

Family: Columbidae

3.7% Little Bee-eater

Merops pusillus

Order: Coraciiformes

Family: Meropidae

3.6% Yellow-mantled Widowbird

Euplectes macroura

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Ploceidae

3.6% Chestnut-breasted Nigrita

Nigrita bicolor

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Estrildidae

3.5% Orange-breasted Forest Robin

Stiphrornis erythrothorax

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Muscicapidae

3.5% Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) - Adult Osprey

Pandion haliaetus

Order: Accipitriformes

Family: Pandionidae

3.5% Blue-throated Brown Sunbird

Cyanomitra cyanolaema

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Nectariniidae

3.4% Orange-cheeked Waxbill

Estrilda melpoda

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Estrildidae

3.3% Oriole Warbler

Hypergerus atriceps

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Cisticolidae

3.3% Violet-backed Starling

Cinnyricinclus leucogaster

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Sturnidae

3.3% Red-headed Malimbe

Malimbus rubricollis

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Ploceidae

3.2% African Golden Oriole (Oriolus auratus) - Adult African Golden Oriole

Oriolus auratus

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Oriolidae

3.2% Green Crombec

Sylvietta virens

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Macrosphenidae

3.2% Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher

Trochocercus nitens

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Monarchidae

3.2% Red-necked Buzzard

Buteo auguralis

Order: Accipitriformes

Family: Accipitridae

3.1% Western Bronze-naped Pigeon

Columba iriditorques

Order: Columbiformes

Family: Columbidae

3.1% White-browed Forest-Flycatcher

Fraseria cinerascens

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Muscicapidae

3.1% Red-collared Widowbird

Euplectes ardens

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Ploceidae

3.0% Senegal Thick-knee

Burhinus senegalensis

Order: Charadriiformes

Family: Burhinidae

3.0% Red-tailed Greenbul

Criniger calurus

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Pycnonotidae

3.0% Olive-green Camaroptera

Camaroptera chloronota

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Cisticolidae

3.0% African Paradise-Flycatcher

Terpsiphone viridis

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Monarchidae

3.0% Timneh Parrot

Psittacus timneh

Order: Psittaciformes

Family: Psittacidae

3.0% Crimson Seedcracker

Pyrenestes sanguineus

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Estrildidae

2.9% Red-chested Cuckoo

Cuculus solitarius

Order: Cuculiformes

Family: Cuculidae

2.9% Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta) - Adult Hamerkop

Scopus umbretta

Order: Pelecaniformes

Family: Scopidae

2.9% Brown Illadopsis

Illadopsis fulvescens

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Pellorneidae

2.9% Latham's Francolin

Peliperdix lathami

Order: Galliformes

Family: Phasianidae

2.9% Leaf-love

Phyllastrephus scandens

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Pycnonotidae

2.9% White-rumped Swift

Apus caffer

Order: Apodiformes

Family: Apodidae

2.8% Little Green Sunbird

Anthreptes seimundi

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Nectariniidae

2.8% Giant Kingfisher

Megaceryle maxima

Order: Coraciiformes

Family: Alcedinidae

2.7% Northern Black-Flycatcher

Melaenornis edolioides

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Muscicapidae

2.7% Brown-cheeked Hornbill

Bycanistes cylindricus

Order: Bucerotiformes

Family: Bucerotidae

2.7% African Red-rumped Swallow

Cecropis melanocrissus

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Hirundinidae

2.7% White-throated Blue Swallow

Hirundo nigrita

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Hirundinidae

2.7% Black-casqued Hornbill (Ceratogymna atrata) - Adult Black-casqued Hornbill

Ceratogymna atrata

Order: Bucerotiformes

Family: Bucerotidae

2.7% Yellow-billed Egret

Ardea brachyrhyncha

Order: Pelecaniformes

Family: Ardeidae

2.7% Western Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava) - Adult Western Yellow Wagtail

Motacilla flava

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Motacillidae

2.6% Red-winged Prinia

Prinia erythroptera

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Cisticolidae

2.6% Gray Greenbul

Eurillas gracilis

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Pycnonotidae

2.6% Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) - Adult Common Greenshank

Tringa nebularia

Order: Charadriiformes

Family: Scolopacidae

2.6% Black-winged Kite

Elanus caeruleus

Order: Accipitriformes

Family: Accipitridae

2.6% Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis) - Adult Sandwich Tern

Thalasseus sandvicensis

Order: Charadriiformes

Family: Laridae

2.6% Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) - Adult male Whinchat

Saxicola rubetra

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Muscicapidae

2.5% Icterine Greenbul

Phyllastrephus icterinus

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Pycnonotidae

2.5% Buff-spotted Woodpecker

Pardipicus nivosus

Order: Piciformes

Family: Picidae

2.5% Siffling Cisticola

Cisticola brachypterus

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Cisticolidae

2.5% African Gray Hornbill

Lophoceros nasutus

Order: Bucerotiformes

Family: Bucerotidae

2.4% White-crowned Lapwing (Vanellus albiceps) - Adult White-crowned Lapwing

Vanellus albiceps

Order: Charadriiformes

Family: Charadriidae

2.4% European Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) - Adult European Pied Flycatcher

Ficedula hypoleuca

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Muscicapidae

2.4% Long-crested Eagle

Lophaetus occipitalis

Order: Accipitriformes

Family: Accipitridae

2.3% Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris) - Adult Helmeted Guineafowl

Numida meleagris

Order: Galliformes

Family: Numididae

2.3% Superb Sunbird

Cinnyris superbus

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Nectariniidae

2.3% African Wood-Owl

Strix woodfordii

Order: Strigiformes

Family: Strigidae

2.3% Ansorge's Greenbul

Eurillas ansorgei

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Pycnonotidae

2.3% Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) - Adult (common) Willow Warbler

Phylloscopus trochilus

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Phylloscopidae

2.3% Naked-faced Barbet

Gymnobucco calvus

Order: Piciformes

Family: Lybiidae

2.2% African Shrike-flycatcher

Megabyas flammulatus

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Vangidae

2.2% Red-headed Lovebird

Agapornis pullarius

Order: Psittaciformes

Family: Psittaculidae

2.2% Fire-bellied Woodpecker

Chloropicus pyrrhogaster

Order: Piciformes

Family: Picidae

2.2% White-crested Helmetshrike

Prionops plumatus

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Vangidae

2.2% Red-cheeked Wattle-eye

Platysteira blissetti

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Platysteiridae

2.2% Kemp's Longbill

Macrosphenus kempi

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Macrosphenidae

2.2% Black Cuckoo

Cuculus clamosus

Order: Cuculiformes

Family: Cuculidae

2.2% Maxwell's Black Weaver

Ploceus albinucha

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Ploceidae

2.2% Western Long-tailed Hornbill (Horizocerus albocristatus) - Adult Western Long-tailed Hornbill

Horizocerus albocristatus

Order: Bucerotiformes

Family: Bucerotidae

2.2% Black Heron

Egretta ardesiaca

Order: Pelecaniformes

Family: Ardeidae

2.1% Yellow-spotted Barbet

Buccanodon duchaillui

Order: Piciformes

Family: Lybiidae

2.1% Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill

Lophoceros camurus

Order: Bucerotiformes

Family: Bucerotidae

2.1% Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike

Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Malaconotidae

2.1% White-crowned Robin-Chat (Cossypha albicapillus) - Adult White-crowned Robin-Chat

Cossypha albicapillus

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Muscicapidae

2.0% Magpie Mannikin (Spermestes fringilloides) - Adult Magpie Mannikin

Spermestes fringilloides

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Estrildidae

2.0% African Goshawk

Aerospiza tachiro

Order: Accipitriformes

Family: Accipitridae

2.0% Senegal Eremomela

Eremomela pusilla

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Cisticolidae

2.0% Sharpe's Drongo

Dicrurus sharpei

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Dicruridae

1.9% Black Bee-eater

Merops gularis

Order: Coraciiformes

Family: Meropidae

1.9% Buff-throated Sunbird

Chalcomitra adelberti

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Nectariniidae

1.9% Cassin's Flycatcher

Muscicapa cassini

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Muscicapidae

1.9% Sabine's Spinetail

Rhaphidura sabini

Order: Apodiformes

Family: Apodidae

1.9% Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia) - Adult Bank Swallow

Riparia riparia

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Hirundinidae

1.9% Spotted Honeyguide

Indicator maculatus

Order: Piciformes

Family: Indicatoridae

1.9% Black-throated Coucal

Centropus leucogaster

Order: Cuculiformes

Family: Cuculidae

1.8% Blue-throated Roller

Eurystomus gularis

Order: Coraciiformes

Family: Coraciidae

1.8% Green-tailed Bristlebill

Bleda eximius

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Pycnonotidae

1.8% Pale-breasted Illadopsis

Illadopsis rufipennis

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Pellorneidae

1.7% Squacco Heron

Ardeola ralloides

Order: Pelecaniformes

Family: Ardeidae

1.7% Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike

Campephaga phoenicea

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Campephagidae

1.7% Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher

Bias musicus

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Vangidae

1.7% Fraser's Sunbird

Deleornis fraseri

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Nectariniidae

1.7% African Finfoot

Podica senegalensis

Order: Gruiformes

Family: Heliornithidae

1.7% Spotted Greenbul

Ixonotus guttatus

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Pycnonotidae

1.7% Yellow-chinned Sunbird

Anthreptes rectirostris

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Nectariniidae

1.7% Village Indigobird

Vidua chalybeata

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Viduidae

1.7% Yellow-bearded Greenbul

Criniger olivaceus

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Pycnonotidae

1.6% Yellow-crowned Bishop

Euplectes afer

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Ploceidae

1.6% White-tailed Ant-Thrush

Neocossyphus poensis

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Turdidae

1.6% Red-tailed Bristlebill

Bleda syndactylus

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Pycnonotidae

1.6% White-necked Rockfowl

Picathartes gymnocephalus

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Picathartidae

1.6% Long-billed Pipit

Anthus similis

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Motacillidae

1.6% White-spotted Flufftail

Sarothrura pulchra

Order: Gruiformes

Family: Sarothruridae

1.6% Ahanta Spurfowl

Pternistis ahantensis

Order: Galliformes

Family: Phasianidae

1.6% Grasshopper Buzzard

Butastur rufipennis

Order: Accipitriformes

Family: Accipitridae

1.5% Green-backed Woodpecker

Campethera maculosa

Order: Piciformes

Family: Picidae

1.5% Copper-tailed Starling

Hylopsar cupreocauda

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Sturnidae

1.5% Abyssinian Roller

Coracias abyssinicus

Order: Coraciiformes

Family: Coraciidae

1.5% Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula) - Breeding adult Common Ringed Plover

Charadrius hiaticula

Order: Charadriiformes

Family: Charadriidae

1.5% Forest Scrub-Robin

Tychaedon leucosticta

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Muscicapidae

1.4% Hartlaub's Duck

Pteronetta hartlaubii

Order: Anseriformes

Family: Anatidae

1.4% Emerald Starling

Lamprotornis iris

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Sturnidae

1.4% Singing Cisticola

Cisticola cantans

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Cisticolidae

1.4% Gosling's Bunting

Emberiza goslingi

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Emberizidae

1.4% Wattled Lapwing

Vanellus senegallus

Order: Charadriiformes

Family: Charadriidae

1.4% Red-faced Pytilia

Pytilia hypogrammica

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Estrildidae

1.4% Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) - Breeding adult Black-bellied Plover

Pluvialis squatarola

Order: Charadriiformes

Family: Charadriidae

1.3% Chestnut-capped Flycatcher

Erythrocercus mccallii

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Erythrocercidae

1.3% Gray Tit-Flycatcher

Fraseria plumbea

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Muscicapidae

1.3% Pink-backed Pelican

Pelecanus rufescens

Order: Pelecaniformes

Family: Pelecanidae

1.3% African Forest-Flycatcher

Fraseria ocreata

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Muscicapidae

1.3% Western Violet-backed Sunbird

Anthreptes longuemarei

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Nectariniidae

1.3% Ussher's Flycatcher

Artomyias ussheri

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Muscicapidae

1.3% Senegal Batis

Batis senegalensis

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Platysteiridae

1.3% Levaillant's Cuckoo

Clamator levaillantii

Order: Cuculiformes

Family: Cuculidae

1.3% Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) - Adult Black Tern

Chlidonias niger

Order: Charadriiformes

Family: Laridae

1.3% Puvel's Illadopsis

Illadopsis puveli

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Pellorneidae

1.3% Plain-backed Pipit

Anthus leucophrys

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Motacillidae

1.3% Black-headed Heron

Ardea melanocephala

Order: Pelecaniformes

Family: Ardeidae

1.3% Pied-winged Swallow

Hirundo leucosoma

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Hirundinidae

1.2% Yellow-gorgeted Greenbul

Atimastillas flavicollis

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Pycnonotidae

1.2% Blackcap Illadopsis

Illadopsis cleaveri

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Pellorneidae

1.2% Plain Greenbul

Eurillas curvirostris

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Pycnonotidae

1.2% Many-colored Bushshrike

Chlorophoneus multicolor

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Malaconotidae

1.2% Dwarf Bittern

Botaurus sturmii

Order: Pelecaniformes

Family: Ardeidae

1.2% Rufous-winged Illadopsis

Illadopsis rufescens

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Pellorneidae

1.2% Black-winged Oriole

Oriolus nigripennis

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Oriolidae

1.2% Golden Greenbul

Calyptocichla serinus

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Pycnonotidae

1.2% Ayres's Hawk-Eagle

Hieraaetus ayresii

Order: Accipitriformes

Family: Accipitridae

1.1% Egyptian Plover (Pluvianus aegyptius) - Adult Egyptian Plover

Pluvianus aegyptius

Order: Charadriiformes

Family: Pluvianidae

1.1% Red-billed Helmetshrike

Prionops caniceps

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Vangidae

1.1% Crested Malimbe

Malimbus malimbicus

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Ploceidae

1.1% African Cuckoo

Cuculus gularis

Order: Cuculiformes

Family: Cuculidae

1.1% Brown-eared Woodpecker

Pardipicus caroli

Order: Piciformes

Family: Picidae

1.1% African Fish-Eagle

Icthyophaga vocifer

Order: Accipitriformes

Family: Accipitridae

1.1% Black Crake

Zapornia flavirostra

Order: Gruiformes

Family: Rallidae

1.1% Common Redshank (Tringa totanus) - Breeding adult Common Redshank

Tringa totanus

Order: Charadriiformes

Family: Scolopacidae

1.1% Yellow-throated Longclaw

Macronyx croceus

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Motacillidae

1.1% Western Dwarf Hornbill

Horizocerus hartlaubi

Order: Bucerotiformes

Family: Bucerotidae

1.1% Narina Trogon

Apaloderma narina

Order: Trogoniformes

Family: Trogonidae

1.1% Compact Weaver

Pachyphantes superciliosus

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Ploceidae

1.1% African Blue Flycatcher

Elminia longicauda

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Stenostiridae

1.1% Melodious Warbler

Hippolais polyglotta

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Acrocephalidae

1.1% Black Goshawk

Astur melanoleucus

Order: Accipitriformes

Family: Accipitridae

1.1% Capuchin Babbler

Turdoides atripennis

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Leiothrichidae

1.0% Striped Kingfisher

Halcyon chelicuti

Order: Coraciiformes

Family: Alcedinidae

1.0% Brown Nightjar

Veles binotatus

Order: Caprimulgiformes

Family: Caprimulgidae

1.0% Hairy-breasted Barbet

Tricholaema hirsuta

Order: Piciformes

Family: Lybiidae

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