Field checklist
Birds of Benin
523 species with profiles on The Ornithology. Tick what you see; E = found only here.
| Species | Scientific name | Family | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abdim’s Stork | Ciconia abdimii | Ciconiidae | LC | |
| Abyssinian Ground Hornbill | Bucorvus abyssinicus | Bucerotidae | VU | |
| Abyssinian Roller | Coracias abyssinicus | Coraciidae | LC | |
| African Blue Flycatcher | Elminia longicauda | Stenostiridae | LC | |
| African Crake | Crecopsis egregia | Rallidae | LC | |
| African Cuckoo | Cuculus gularis | Cuculidae | LC | |
| African Cuckoo-Hawk | Aviceda cuculoides | Accipitridae | LC | |
| African Darter | Anhinga rufa | Anhingidae | LC | |
| African Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx cupreus | Cuculidae | LC | |
| African Finfoot | Podica senegalensis | Heliornithidae | LC | |
| African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata | Estrildidae | LC | |
| African Fish Eagle | Haliaeetus vocifer | Accipitridae | LC | |
| African Golden Oriole | Oriolus auratus | Oriolidae | LC | |
| African Goshawk | Aerospiza tachiro | Accipitridae | NE | |
| African Green Bee-eater | Merops viridissimus | Meropidae | LC | |
| African Green Pigeon | Treron calvus | Columbidae | NE | |
| African Grey Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus | Bucerotidae | LC | |
| African Grey Woodpecker | Dendropicos goertae | Picidae | LC | |
| African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| African Hawk-Eagle | Aquila spilogaster | Accipitridae | LC | |
| African Hobby | Falco cuvierii | Falconidae | LC | |
| African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | Jacanidae | LC | |
| African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus | Ciconiidae | LC | |
| African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | Apodidae | LC | |
| African Paradise Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | Monarchidae | LC | |
| African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | Motacillidae | LC | |
| African Pygmy Goose | Nettapus auritus | Anatidae | LC | |
| African Pygmy Kingfisher | Ispidina picta | Alcedinidae | LC | |
| African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | Threskiornithidae | LC | |
| African Scops Owl | Otus senegalensis | Strigidae | NE | |
| African Shrike-flycatcher | Megabyas flammulatus | Vangidae | LC | |
| African Silverbill | Euodice cantans | Estrildidae | LC | |
| African Skimmer | Rynchops flavirostris | Laridae | LC | |
| African Spotted Creeper | Salpornis salvadori | Salpornithidae | LC | |
| African Thrush | Turdus pelios | Turdidae | LC | |
| African Wattled Lapwing | Vanellus senegallus | Charadriidae | LC | |
| African Wood Owl | Strix woodfordii | Strigidae | LC | |
| African Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia microscelis | Ciconiidae | LC | |
| Ahanta Spurfowl | Pternistis ahantensis | Phasianidae | LC | |
| Allen’s Gallinule | Porphyrio alleni | Rallidae | LC | |
| Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | Apodidae | LC | |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | Laridae | LC | |
| Ashy Flycatcher | Fraseria caerulescens | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Banded Martin | Neophedina cincta | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Bar-breasted Firefinch | Lagonosticta rufopicta | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Barka Indigobird | Vidua larvaticola | Viduidae | LC | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Bat Hawk | Macheiramphus alcinus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | Accipitridae | EN | |
| Baumann’s Olive Greenbul | Phyllastrephus baumanni | Pycnonotidae | LC | |
| Bearded Barbet | Pogonornis dubius | Lybiidae | LC | |
| Beaudouin’s Snake Eagle | Circaetus beaudouini | Accipitridae | VU | |
| Beautiful Sunbird | Cinnyris pulchellus | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Black Coucal | Centropus grillii | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra | Rallidae | LC | |
| Black Crowned Crane | Balearica pavonina | Gruidae | VU | |
| Black Cuckoo | Cuculus clamosus | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Black Heron | Egretta ardesiaca | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | Accipitridae | NE | |
| Black Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus aterrimus | Phoeniculidae | LC | |
| Black Sparrowhawk | Astur melanoleucus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | Ciconiidae | LC | |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | Laridae | LC | |
| Black-and-white Mannikin | Spermestes bicolor | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher | Bias musicus | Vangidae | LC | |
| Black-backed Cisticola | Cisticola eximius | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Black-bellied Bustard | Lissotis melanogaster | Otididae | LC | |
| Black-bellied Firefinch | Lagonosticta rara | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Black-bellied Seedcracker | Pyrenestes ostrinus | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Black-billed Wood Dove | Turtur abyssinicus | Columbidae | LC | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus | Malaconotidae | LC | |
| Black-faced Firefinch | Lagonosticta larvata | Estrildidae | NE | |
| Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Black-headed Lapwing | Vanellus tectus | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Black-headed Weaver | Ploceus melanocephalus | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Black-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda troglodytes | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Black-throated Coucal | Centropus leucogaster | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Black-winged Oriole | Oriolus nigripennis | Oriolidae | LC | |
| Black-winged Red Bishop | Euplectes hordeaceus | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | Recurvirostridae | NE | |
| Blackcap Babbler | Turdoides reinwardtii | Leiothrichidae | LC | |
| Bleating Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Blue Malkoha | Ceuthmochares aereus | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Blue-bellied Roller | Coracias cyanogaster | Coraciidae | LC | |
| Blue-billed Malimbe | Malimbus nitens | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Blue-breasted Kingfisher | Halcyon malimbica | Alcedinidae | LC | |
| Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus | Meropidae | LC | |
| Blue-headed Coucal | Centropus monachus | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Blue-spotted Wood Dove | Turtur afer | Columbidae | LC | |
| Blue-throated Roller | Eurystomus gularis | Coraciidae | LC | |
| Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus | Coraciidae | LC | |
| Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Bronze-tailed Starling | Lamprotornis chalcurus | Sturnidae | LC | |
| Bronze-winged Courser | Rhinoptilus chalcopterus | Glareolidae | LC | |
| Brown Babbler | Turdoides plebejus | Leiothrichidae | LC | |
| Brown Illadopsis | Illadopsis fulvescens | Pellorneidae | LC | |
| Brown Snake Eagle | Circaetus cinereus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Brown-backed Woodpecker | Dendropicos obsoletus | Picidae | LC | |
| Brown-rumped Bunting | Emberiza affinis | Emberizidae | LC | |
| Brown-throated Martin | Riparia paludicola | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Brown-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira cyanea | Platysteiridae | LC | |
| Brubru | Nilaus afer | Malaconotidae | LC | |
| Bruce’s Green Pigeon | Treron waalia | Columbidae | LC | |
| Buff-spotted Woodpecker | Pardipicus nivosus | Picidae | LC | |
| Buff-throated Apalis | Apalis rufogularis | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Buff-throated Sunbird | Chalcomitra adelberti | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Cabanis’s Bunting | Emberiza cabanisi | Emberizidae | LC | |
| Capuchin Babbler | Turdoides atripennis | Leiothrichidae | NE | |
| Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | Picidae | LC | |
| Carmelite Sunbird | Chalcomitra fuliginosa | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | Laridae | LC | |
| Chestnut Wattle-eye | Dyaphorophyia castanea | Platysteiridae | LC | |
| Chestnut-and-black Weaver | Ploceus castaneofuscus | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix leucotis | Alaudidae | LC | |
| Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse | Pterocles exustus | Pteroclidae | LC | |
| Chestnut-bellied Starling | Lamprotornis pulcher | Sturnidae | LC | |
| Chestnut-breasted Nigrita | Nigrita bicolor | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser superciliosus | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Chestnut-winged Starling | Onychognathus fulgidus | Sturnidae | LC | |
| Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | Glareolidae | LC | |
| Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | Pycnonotidae | LC | |
| Common Buttonquail | Turnix sylvaticus | Turnicidae | LC | |
| Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | Phylloscopidae | NE | |
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | Falconidae | NE | |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | Rallidae | LC | |
| Common Nightingale | Luscinia megarhynchos | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | Acrocephalidae | LC | |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Common Swift | Apus apus | Apodidae | LC | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | Laridae | LC | |
| Compact Weaver | Pachyphantes superciliosus | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Congo Pied Hornbill | Lophoceros fasciatus | Bucerotidae | LC | |
| Copper Sunbird | Cinnyris cupreus | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Crested Lark | Galerida cristata | Alaudidae | LC | |
| Croaking Cisticola | Cisticola natalensis | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Cuckoo-finch | Anomalospiza imberbis | Viduidae | LC | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Scolopacidae | VU | |
| Cut-throat Finch | Amadina fasciata | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Damara Tern | Sternula balaenarum | Laridae | LC | |
| Dark Chanting Goshawk | Melierax metabates | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Denham’s Bustard | Neotis denhami | Otididae | NT | |
| Diederik Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Double-spurred Spurfowl | Pternistis bicalcaratus | Phasianidae | LC | |
| Double-toothed Barbet | Pogonornis bidentatus | Lybiidae | LC | |
| Dwarf Bittern | Botaurus sturmii | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Eastern Long-tailed Hornbill | Horizocerus cassini | Bucerotidae | LC | |
| Eastern Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | Hirundinidae | NE | |
| Egyptian Plover | Pluvianus aegyptius | Pluvianidae | LC | |
| Eleonora’s Falcon | Falco eleonorae | Falconidae | LC | |
| Emin’s Shrike | Lanius gubernator | Laniidae | LC | |
| Ethiopian Swallow | Hirundo aethiopica | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | Falconidae | LC | |
| Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | Upupidae | LC | |
| Eurasian Scops Owl | Otus scops | Strigidae | LC | |
| Eurasian Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | Scolopacidae | NE | |
| Eurasian Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | Picidae | LC | |
| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | Meropidae | LC | |
| European Honey Buzzard | Pernis apivorus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| European Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula hypoleuca | Muscicapidae | NE | |
| Exclamatory Paradise Whydah | Vidua interjecta | Viduidae | LC | |
| Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Fanti Saw-wing | Psalidoprocne obscura | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Fiery-necked Nightjar | Caprimulgus pectoralis | Caprimulgidae | LC | |
| Fine-spotted Woodpecker | Campethera punctuligera | Picidae | LC | |
| Finsch’s Rufous Thrush | Stizorhina finschi | Turdidae | LC | |
| Fire-bellied Woodpecker | Chloropicus pyrrhogaster | Picidae | LC | |
| Flappet Lark | Amirafra rufocinnamomea | Alaudidae | LC | |
| Forbes’s Plover | Thinornis forbesi | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | Dicruridae | LC | |
| Four-banded Sandgrouse | Pterocles quadricinctus | Pteroclidae | LC | |
| Fox Kestrel | Falco alopex | Falconidae | LC | |
| Fraser’s Forest Flycatcher | Fraseria ocreata | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Freckled Nightjar | Caprimulgus tristigma | Caprimulgidae | LC | |
| Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | Sylviidae | LC | |
| Garganey | Spatula querquedula | Anatidae | LC | |
| Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima | Alcedinidae | LC | |
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | Threskiornithidae | LC | |
| Golden-breasted Bunting | Emberiza flaviventris | Emberizidae | LC | |
| Golden-tailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni | Picidae | LC | |
| Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Gosling’s Bunting | Emberiza goslingi | Emberizidae | NE | |
| Grasshopper Buzzard | Butastur rufipennis | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Great Grey Shrike | Lanius excubitor | Laniidae | LC | |
| Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | Acrocephalidae | LC | |
| Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | Pelecanidae | LC | |
| Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus | Sturnidae | LC | |
| Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator | Indicatoridae | LC | |
| Greater Painted-snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | Rostratulidae | LC | |
| Greater Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus rufescens | Acrocephalidae | LC | |
| Green Crombec | Sylvietta virens | Macrosphenidae | LC | |
| Green Hylia | Hylia prasina | Hyliidae | LC | |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Green Wood Hoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus | Phoeniculidae | LC | |
| Green-backed Woodpecker | Campethera maculosa | Picidae | NE | |
| Green-headed Sunbird | Cyanomitra verticalis | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | Anatidae | NE | |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Grey Kestrel | Falco ardosiaceus | Falconidae | LC | |
| Grey Longbill | Macrosphenus concolor | Macrosphenidae | LC | |
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Charadriidae | VU | |
| Grey Pratincole | Glareola cinerea | Glareolidae | LC | |
| Grey Tit-Flycatcher | Fraseria plumbea | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Grey-chinned Sunbird | Anthreptes tephrolaemus | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Grey-headed Bristlebill | Bleda canicapillus | Pycnonotidae | LC | |
| Grey-headed Bushshrike | Malaconotus blanchoti | Malaconotidae | LC | |
| Grey-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | Laridae | LC | |
| Grey-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala | Alcedinidae | LC | |
| Grey-headed Nigrita | Nigrita canicapillus | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Grey-headed Oliveback | Delacourella capistrata | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Grey-rumped Swallow | Pseudhirundo griseopyga | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Greyish Eagle-Owl | Bubo cinerascens | Strigidae | LC | |
| Guinea Turaco | Tauraco persa | Musophagidae | LC | |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | Laridae | LC | |
| Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | Threskiornithidae | LC | |
| Hairy-breasted Barbet | Tricholaema hirsuta | Lybiidae | LC | |
| Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | Scopidae | LC | |
| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | Numididae | LC | |
| Heuglin’s Masked Weaver | Ploceus heuglini | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Heuglin’s Wheatear | Oenanthe heuglinii | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Honeyguide Greenbul | Baeopogon indicator | Pycnonotidae | LC | |
| Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus | Accipitridae | CR | |
| Horus Swift | Apus horus | Apodidae | LC | |
| Jacobin Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Kemp’s Longbill | Macrosphenus kempi | Macrosphenidae | LC | |
| Kittlitz’s Plover | Anarhynchus pecuarius | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Klaas’s Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Knob-billed Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos | Anatidae | LC | |
| Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | Falconidae | LC | |
| Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos | Accipitridae | EN | |
| Large Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | Columbidae | LC | |
| Lavender Waxbill | Glaucestrilda caerulescens | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Leaf-love | Phyllastrephus scandens | Pycnonotidae | LC | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | Laridae | LC | |
| Lesser Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chloropterus | Sturnidae | LC | |
| Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | Laridae | LC | |
| Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | Indicatoridae | LC | |
| Lesser Moorhen | Paragallinula angulata | Rallidae | LC | |
| Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Levaillant’s Cuckoo | Clamator levaillantii | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | Meropidae | LC | |
| Little Bittern | Botaurus minutus | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | Ardeidae | NE | |
| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | Podicipedidae | LC | |
| Little Green Sunbird | Anthreptes seimundi | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Little Greenbul | Eurillas virens | Pycnonotidae | LC | |
| Little Heron | Butorides atricapilla | Ardeidae | NE | |
| Little Ringed Plover | Thinornis dubius | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Little Swift | Apus affinis | Apodidae | LC | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | Laridae | LC | |
| Little Weaver | Ploceus luteolus | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Long-tailed Glossy Starling | Lamprotornis caudatus | Sturnidae | LC | |
| Long-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus climacurus | Caprimulgidae | LC | |
| Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus | Alcedinidae | NE | |
| Mangrove Sunbird | Anthreptes gabonicus | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer | Ciconiidae | LC | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Marsh Tchagra | Bocagia minuta | Malaconotidae | LC | |
| Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | Accipitridae | EN | |
| Medium Egret | Ardea intermedia | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Melodious Warbler | Hippolais polyglotta | Acrocephalidae | LC | |
| Mocking Cliff Chat | Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Montagu’s Harrier | Circus pygargus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Mosque Swallow | Cecropis senegalensis | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Mottled Spinetail | Telacanthura ussheri | Apodidae | LC | |
| Mottled Swift | Tachymarptis aequatorialis | Apodidae | LC | |
| Mourning Collared Dove | Streptopelia decipiens | Columbidae | LC | |
| Moustached Grass Warbler | Melocichla mentalis | Macrosphenidae | LC | |
| Naked-faced Barbet | Gymnobucco calvus | Lybiidae | NE | |
| Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | Columbidae | LC | |
| Narina Trogon | Apaloderma narina | Trogonidae | LC | |
| Neumann’s Starling | Onychognathus neumanni | Sturnidae | LC | |
| Northern Black Flycatcher | Melaenornis edolioides | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Northern Carmine Bee-eater | Merops nubicus | Meropidae | LC | |
| Northern Crombec | Sylvietta brachyura | Macrosphenidae | NE | |
| Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis | Laniidae | NE | |
| Northern Grey-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus | Passeridae | LC | |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | Anatidae | LC | |
| Northern Puffback | Dryoscopus gambensis | Malaconotidae | LC | |
| Northern Red Bishop | Euplectes franciscanus | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Northern Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus erythrorhynchus | Bucerotidae | NE | |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Northern White-faced Owl | Ptilopsis leucotis | Strigidae | LC | |
| Northern Yellow White-eye | Zosterops senegalensis | Zosteropidae | NE | |
| Olive Sunbird | Cyanomitra olivacea | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Olive-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris chloropygius | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Olive-green Camaroptera | Camaroptera chloronota | Cisticolidae | NE | |
| Olive-naped Weaver | Ploceus brachypterus | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Orange Weaver | Ploceus aurantius | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Orange-breasted Bushshrike | Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus | Malaconotidae | LC | |
| Orange-breasted Forest Robin | Stiphrornis erythrothorax | Muscicapidae | NE | |
| Orange-breasted Waxbill | Amandava subflava | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Orange-cheeked Waxbill | Estrilda melpoda | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Oriole Warbler | Hypergerus atriceps | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | Pandionidae | LC | |
| Ovambo Sparrowhawk | Accipiter ovampensis | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Pale Flycatcher | Agricola pallidus | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Pale-fronted Nigrita | Nigrita luteifrons | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | Accipitridae | NT | |
| Palm-nut Vulture | Gypohierax angolensis | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | Stercorariidae | LC | |
| Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum | Strigidae | LC | |
| Pel’s Fishing Owl | Scotopelia peli | Strigidae | LC | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | Falconidae | LC | |
| Piapiac | Ptilostomus afer | Corvidae | LC | |
| Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | Recurvirostridae | LC | |
| Pied Crow | Corvus albus | Corvidae | LC | |
| Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | Alcedinidae | LC | |
| Pied-winged Swallow | Hirundo leucosoma | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | Viduidae | LC | |
| Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens | Pelecanidae | LC | |
| Piping Hornbill | Bycanistes fistulator | Bucerotidae | NE | |
| Plain Greenbul | Eurillas curvirostris | Pycnonotidae | LC | |
| Plain Nightjar | Caprimulgus inornatus | Caprimulgidae | LC | |
| Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys | Motacillidae | LC | |
| Preuss’s Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon preussi | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Purple Starling | Lamprotornis purpureus | Sturnidae | LC | |
| Purple-headed Starling | Hylopsar purpureiceps | Sturnidae | LC | |
| Purple-throated Cuckooshrike | Campephaga quiscalina | Campephagidae | LC | |
| Puvel’s Illadopsis | Illadopsis puveli | Pellorneidae | LC | |
| Pygmy Sunbird | Hedydipna platura | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Quailfinch | Ortygospiza atricollis | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher | Terpsiphone rufiventer | Monarchidae | LC | |
| Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Red-billed Helmetshrike | Prionops caniceps | Vangidae | LC | |
| Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Red-breasted Swallow | Cecropis semirufa | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu | Uraeginthus bengalus | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Red-cheeked Wattle-eye | Platysteira blissetti | Platysteiridae | LC | |
| Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Red-chested Swallow | Hirundo lucida | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Red-collared Widowbird | Euplectes ardens | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | Columbidae | LC | |
| Red-faced Cisticola | Cisticola erythrops | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Red-headed Lovebird | Agapornis pullarius | Psittaculidae | LC | |
| Red-headed Malimbe | Malimbus rubricollis | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Red-headed Quelea | Quelea erythrops | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps | Ploceidae | NE | |
| Red-necked Buzzard | Buteo auguralis | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera | Falconidae | NE | |
| Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike | Campephaga phoenicea | Campephagidae | LC | |
| Red-tailed Bristlebill | Bleda syndactylus | Pycnonotidae | LC | |
| Red-tailed Greenbul | Criniger calurus | Pycnonotidae | LC | |
| Red-thighed Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza erythropus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Red-throated Bee-eater | Merops bulocki | Meropidae | LC | |
| Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | Motacillidae | LC | |
| Red-vented Malimbe | Malimbus scutatus | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Red-winged Prinia | Prinia erythroptera | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Red-winged Pytilia | Pytilia phoenicoptera | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Reed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | Phalacrocoracidae | LC | |
| Rock Pratincole | Glareola nuchalis | Glareolidae | LC | |
| Rock-loving Cisticola | Cisticola aberrans | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | Psittaculidae | LC | |
| Rosy Bee-eater | Merops malimbicus | Meropidae | LC | |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Rufous Cisticola | Cisticola rufus | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Rufous-crowned Eremomela | Eremomela badiceps | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Rufous-rumped Lark | Pinarocorys erythropygia | Alaudidae | LC | |
| Rüppell’s Vulture | Gyps rueppelli | Accipitridae | CR | |
| Sabine’s Gull | Xema sabini | Laridae | LC | |
| Sabine’s Puffback | Dryoscopus sabini | Malaconotidae | LC | |
| Saddle-billed Stork | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis | Ciconiidae | LC | |
| Sahel Bush Sparrow | Gymnoris dentata | Passeridae | LC | |
| Sahel Paradise Whydah | Vidua orientalis | Viduidae | LC | |
| Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | Laridae | LC | |
| Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Scissor-tailed Kite | Chelictinia riocourii | Accipitridae | VU | |
| Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius | Sagittariidae | EN | |
| Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | Acrocephalidae | LC | |
| Senegal Batis | Batis senegalensis | Platysteiridae | LC | |
| Senegal Coucal | Centropus senegalensis | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Senegal Eremomela | Eremomela pusilla | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Senegal Lapwing | Vanellus lugubris | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Senegal Parrot | Poicephalus senegalus | Psittacidae | LC | |
| Senegal Thick-knee | Burhinus senegalensis | Burhinidae | LC | |
| Shikra | Tachyspiza badia | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Shining-blue Kingfisher | Alcedo quadribrachys | Alcedinidae | LC | |
| Short-toed Snake Eagle | Circaetus gallicus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Short-winged Cisticola | Cisticola brachypterus | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Simple Greenbul | Chlorocichla simplex | Pycnonotidae | LC | |
| Singing Bush Lark | Mirafra javanica | Alaudidae | LC | |
| Singing Cisticola | Cisticola cantans | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Slender-billed Greenbul | Stelgidillas gracilirostris | Pycnonotidae | LC | |
| Slender-billed Weaver | Ploceus pelzelni | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat | Cossypha niveicapilla | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Speckle-fronted Weaver | Sporopipes frontalis | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | Columbidae | LC | |
| Speckled Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus scolopaceus | Lybiidae | LC | |
| Splendid Starling | Lamprotornis splendidus | Sturnidae | LC | |
| Splendid Sunbird | Cinnyris coccinigastrus | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Spotted Honeyguide | Indicator maculatus | Indicatoridae | LC | |
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis | Burhinidae | LC | |
| Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis | Anatidae | LC | |
| Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Standard-winged Nightjar | Caprimulgus longipennis | Caprimulgidae | LC | |
| Stone Partridge | Ptilopachus petrosus | Odontophoridae | LC | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | Ardeidae | NE | |
| Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti | Alcedinidae | LC | |
| Sun Lark | Galerida modesta | Alaudidae | LC | |
| Superb Sunbird | Cinnyris superbus | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Swallow-tailed Bee-eater | Merops hirundineus | Meropidae | LC | |
| Swamp Flycatcher | Muscicapa aquatica | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Swamp Nightjar | Caprimulgus natalensis | Caprimulgidae | LC | |
| Swamp Palm Bulbul | Thescelocichla leucopleura | Pycnonotidae | LC | |
| Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria | Columbidae | LC | |
| Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | Accipitridae | VU | |
| Tawny Pipit | Anthus campestris | Motacillidae | LC | |
| Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Temminck’s Courser | Cursorius temminckii | Glareolidae | LC | |
| Thick-billed Cuckoo | Pachycoccyx audeberti | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Thick-billed Weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Tiny Sunbird | Cinnyris minullus | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Tit Hylia | Pholidornis rushiae | Hyliidae | LC | |
| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | Motacillidae | LC | |
| Tropical Boubou | Laniarius major | Malaconotidae | NE | |
| Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Vermiculated Fishing Owl | Scotopelia bouvieri | Strigidae | LC | |
| Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl | Ketupa lactea | Strigidae | LC | |
| Vieillot’s Barbet | Lybius vieilloti | Lybiidae | LC | |
| Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata | Viduidae | LC | |
| Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Vinaceous Dove | Streptopelia vinacea | Columbidae | LC | |
| Violet Turaco | Tauraco violaceus | Musophagidae | LC | |
| Violet-backed Hyliota | Hyliota violacea | Hyliotidae | LC | |
| Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | Sturnidae | LC | |
| Vitelline Masked Weaver | Ploceus vitellinus | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Wahlberg’s Eagle | Hieraaetus wahlbergi | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Water Thick-knee | Burhinus vermiculatus | Burhinidae | LC | |
| West African Batis | Batis occulta | Platysteiridae | LC | |
| West African Crested Tern | Thalasseus albididorsalis | Laridae | NE | |
| West African Seedeater | Crithagra canicapilla | Fringillidae | LC | |
| West African Wattle-eye | Dyaphorophyia hormophora | Platysteiridae | LC | |
| Western Banded Snake Eagle | Circaetus cinerascens | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba | Tytonidae | NE | |
| Western Bluebill | Spermophaga haematina | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Western Bronze-naped Pigeon | Columba iriditorques | Columbidae | LC | |
| Western Cattle Egret | Ardea ibis | Ardeidae | NE | |
| Western Crested Guineafowl | Guttera verreauxi | Numididae | LC | |
| Western House Martin | Delichon urbicum | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Western Long-tailed Hornbill | Horizocerus albocristatus | Bucerotidae | LC | |
| Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Western Nicator | Nicator chloris | Nicatoridae | LC | |
| Western Olivaceous Warbler | Iduna opaca | Acrocephalidae | LC | |
| Western Plantain-eater | Crinifer piscator | Musophagidae | LC | |
| Western Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus kempi | Bucerotidae | NE | |
| Western Reef Heron | Egretta gularis | Ardeidae | NE | |
| Western Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes longuemarei | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | Motacillidae | LC | |
| Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | Laridae | LC | |
| Whistling Cisticola | Cisticola lateralis | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | Ciconiidae | LC | |
| White-backed Night Heron | Calherodius leuconotus | Ardeidae | LC | |
| White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | Accipitridae | CR | |
| White-bellied Bustard | Eupodotis senegalensis | Otididae | LC | |
| White-bibbed Swallow | Hirundo nigrita | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| White-billed Buffalo Weaver | Bubalornis albirostris | Ploceidae | LC | |
| White-breasted Cuckooshrike | Ceblepyris pectoralis | Campephagidae | LC | |
| White-crested Helmetshrike | Prionops plumatus | Vangidae | LC | |
| White-crowned Lapwing | Vanellus albiceps | Charadriidae | LC | |
| White-crowned Robin-Chat | Cossypha albicapillus | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| White-faced Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | Anatidae | LC | |
| White-fronted Black Chat | Oenanthe albifrons | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| White-fronted Plover | Anarhynchus marginatus | Charadriidae | LC | |
| White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis | Accipitridae | CR | |
| White-rumped Seedeater | Crithagra leucopygia | Fringillidae | LC | |
| White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | Apodidae | LC | |
| White-shouldered Black Tit | Melaniparus guineensis | Paridae | LC | |
| White-spotted Flufftail | Sarothrura pulchra | Sarothruridae | LC | |
| White-tailed Ant Thrush | Neocossyphus poensis | Turdidae | LC | |
| White-throated Bee-eater | Merops albicollis | Meropidae | LC | |
| White-throated Francolin | Campocolinus albogularis | Phasianidae | LC | |
| White-throated Greenbul | Phyllastrephus albigularis | Pycnonotidae | LC | |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | Laridae | LC | |
| Willcocks’s Honeyguide | Indicator willcocksi | Indicatoridae | LC | |
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | Phylloscopidae | LC | |
| Wilson’s Indigobird | Vidua wilsoni | Viduidae | LC | |
| Winding Cisticola | Cisticola marginatus | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Woodchat Shrike | Lanius senator | Laniidae | NT | |
| Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis | Alcedinidae | LC | |
| Yellow Penduline Tit | Anthoscopus parvulus | Remizidae | LC | |
| Yellow-bellied Hyliota | Hyliota flavigaster | Hyliotidae | LC | |
| Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus africanus | Buphagidae | LC | |
| Yellow-billed Shrike | Corvinella corvina | Laniidae | LC | |
| Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | Ciconiidae | LC | |
| Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida | Cisticolidae | NE | |
| Yellow-browed Camaroptera | Camaroptera superciliaris | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Yellow-chinned Sunbird | Anthreptes rectirostris | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Yellow-crowned Bishop | Euplectes afer | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Yellow-crowned Gonolek | Laniarius barbarus | Malaconotidae | LC | |
| Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambica | Fringillidae | LC | |
| Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus chrysoconus | Lybiidae | LC | |
| Yellow-gorgeted Greenbul | Atimastillas flavicollis | Pycnonotidae | LC | |
| Yellow-mantled Weaver | Ploceus tricolor | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Yellow-mantled Widowbird | Euplectes macroura | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus bilineatus | Lybiidae | NE | |
| Yellow-throated Longclaw | Macronyx croceus | Motacillidae | LC | |
| Yellow-throated Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus subsulphureus | Lybiidae | LC | |
| Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | Cisticolidae | LC |
This checklist lists the species that have profiles on this site, not every species ever recorded in the country. Taxonomy: AviList. Status: IUCN Red List category.