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Benin

Birds, destinations and field guides for Benin.

Endemic species: 0
Bird species: 523
Destinations: 0
Field guides: 2

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Birds you are likely to see in Benin

Common Swift Apus apus

Little Egret

Little Egret Egretta garzetta

Little Heron Butorides atricapilla

White-backed Vulture

White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus

Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer

Purple Heron Ardea purpurea

Black Stork Ciconia nigra

Spur-winged Goose

Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis

Woodchat Shrike

Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator

Diederik Cuckoo

Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius

Eurasian Whimbrel

Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus

Speckled Pigeon

Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea

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Field guides for Benin

Birds of Western Africa

Birds of Western Africa Nik Borrow et al., 2005 Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and more All levels

Birds of Africa, South of the Sahara

Birds of Africa, South of the Sahara J. C. Sinclair et al., 2004 Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon and more Travelling birders