Field checklist
Birds of Gabon
705 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 | |
| Afep Pigeon | Columba unicincta | Columbidae | LC | |
| African Black Duck | Anas sparsa | Anatidae | LC | |
| African Blue Flycatcher | Elminia longicauda | Stenostiridae | LC | |
| African Broadbill | Smithornis capensis | Calyptomenidae | 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 Dwarf Kingfisher | Ispidina lecontei | Alcedinidae | 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 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 Marsh Harrier | Circus ranivorus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus | Ciconiidae | LC | |
| African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | Apodidae | LC | |
| African Paradise Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | Monarchidae | LC | |
| African Piculet | Verreauxia africana | Picidae | LC | |
| African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | Motacillidae | LC | |
| African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | Motacillidae | LC | |
| African Pitta | Pitta angolensis | Pittidae | LC | |
| African Pygmy Goose | Nettapus auritus | Anatidae | LC | |
| African Pygmy Kingfisher | Ispidina picta | Alcedinidae | LC | |
| African Rail | Rallus caerulescens | Rallidae | LC | |
| African River Martin | Pseudochelidon eurystomina | Hirundinidae | DD | |
| African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | Threskiornithidae | LC | |
| African Scops Owl | Otus senegalensis | Strigidae | NE | |
| African Shrike-flycatcher | Megabyas flammulatus | Vangidae | LC | |
| African Skimmer | Rynchops flavirostris | Laridae | LC | |
| African Spoonbill | Platalea alba | Threskiornithidae | LC | |
| African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus | Muscicapidae | NE | |
| African Thrush | Turdus pelios | Turdidae | LC | |
| African Wood Owl | Strix woodfordii | Strigidae | LC | |
| African Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia microscelis | Ciconiidae | LC | |
| African Yellow Warbler | Iduna natalensis | Acrocephalidae | LC | |
| Akun Eagle-Owl | Ketupa leucosticta | Strigidae | LC | |
| Allen’s Gallinule | Porphyrio alleni | Rallidae | LC | |
| Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | Apodidae | LC | |
| Amethyst Sunbird | Chalcomitra amethystina | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Angola Batis | Batis minulla | Platysteiridae | LC | |
| Angola Swallow | Hirundo angolensis | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Ansorge’s Greenbul | Eurillas ansorgei | Pycnonotidae | LC | |
| Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | Laridae | LC | |
| Arrow-marked Babbler | Turdoides jardineii | Leiothrichidae | LC | |
| Ashy Flycatcher | Fraseria caerulescens | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross | Thalassarche chlororhynchos | Diomedeidae | EN | |
| Audouin’s Gull | Ichthyaetus audouinii | Laridae | VU | |
| Ayres’s Hawk-Eagle | Hieraaetus ayresii | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Band-rumped Storm Petrel | Hydrobates castro | Hydrobatidae | LC | |
| Banded Martin | Neophedina cincta | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Banded Prinia | Prinia bairdii | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Bare-cheeked Trogon | Apaloderma aequatoriale | Trogonidae | LC | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Bat Hawk | Macheiramphus alcinus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | Accipitridae | EN | |
| Bates’s Nightjar | Caprimulgus batesi | Caprimulgidae | LC | |
| Bates’s Paradise Flycatcher | Terpsiphone batesi | Monarchidae | LC | |
| Bates’s Sunbird | Cinnyris batesi | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Bates’s Swift | Apus batesi | Apodidae | LC | |
| Black Bee-eater | Merops gularis | Meropidae | 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 Guineafowl | Agelastes niger | Numididae | LC | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | Accipitridae | NE | |
| Black Saw-wing | Psalidoprocne pristoptera | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Black Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus aterrimus | Phoeniculidae | LC | |
| Black Sparrowhawk | Astur melanoleucus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Black Spinetail | Telacanthura melanopygia | Apodidae | 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-and-white-casqued Hornbill | Bycanistes subcylindricus | Bucerotidae | LC | |
| Black-backed Barbet | Pogonornis minor | Lybiidae | NE | |
| Black-backed Cisticola | Cisticola eximius | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Black-bellied Bustard | Lissotis melanogaster | Otididae | LC | |
| Black-bellied Seedcracker | Pyrenestes ostrinus | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Black-capped Apalis | Apalis nigriceps | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Black-casqued Hornbill | Ceratogymna atrata | Bucerotidae | LC | |
| Black-chinned Weaver | Ploceus nigrimentus | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Black-collared Bulbul | Neolestes torquatus | Pycnonotidae | LC | |
| Black-collared Lovebird | Agapornis swindernianus | Psittaculidae | LC | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus | Malaconotidae | LC | |
| Black-crowned Waxbill | Estrilda nonnula | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Black-eared Ground Thrush | Geokichla camaronensis | Turdidae | LC | |
| Black-faced Canary | Crithagra capistrata | Fringillidae | LC | |
| Black-faced Rufous Warbler | Bathmocercus rufus | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Black-headed Bee-eater | Merops breweri | Meropidae | LC | |
| Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Black-headed Waxbill | Estrilda atricapilla | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Black-headed Weaver | Ploceus melanocephalus | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Black-necked Wattle-eye | Platysteira chalybea | Platysteiridae | LC | |
| Black-necked Weaver | Ploceus nigricollis | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Black-rumped Buttonquail | Turnix nanus | Turnicidae | LC | |
| Black-throated Apalis | Apalis jacksoni | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Black-throated Canary | Crithagra atrogularis | Fringillidae | LC | |
| 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 | |
| Blackcap Illadopsis | Illadopsis cleaveri | Pellorneidae | LC | |
| Bleating Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Blue Cuckooshrike | Cyanograucalus azureus | Campephagidae | LC | |
| Blue Malkoha | Ceuthmochares aereus | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Blue Quail | Synoicus adansonii | Phasianidae | LC | |
| Blue Waxbill | Uraeginthus angolensis | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Blue-billed Malimbe | Malimbus nitens | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Blue-breasted Bee-eater | Merops variegatus | Meropidae | LC | |
| Blue-breasted Kingfisher | Halcyon malimbica | Alcedinidae | LC | |
| Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus | Meropidae | LC | |
| Blue-headed Bee-eater | Merops muelleri | Meropidae | LC | |
| Blue-headed Coucal | Centropus monachus | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher | Trochocercus nitens | Monarchidae | LC | |
| Blue-headed Wood Dove | Turtur brehmeri | Columbidae | LC | |
| Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat | Cossypha cyanocampter | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Blue-spotted Wood Dove | Turtur afer | Columbidae | LC | |
| Blue-throated Brown Sunbird | Cyanomitra cyanolaema | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Blue-throated Roller | Eurystomus gularis | Coraciidae | LC | |
| Bob-tailed Weaver | Brachycope anomala | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Bocage’s Bushshrike | Chlorophoneus bocagei | Malaconotidae | LC | |
| Brazza’s Martin | Phedinopsis brazzae | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Bristle-nosed Barbet | Gymnobucco peli | Lybiidae | LC | |
| Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus | Coraciidae | LC | |
| Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Brown Babbler | Turdoides plebejus | Leiothrichidae | LC | |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | Sulidae | NE | |
| Brown Illadopsis | Illadopsis fulvescens | Pellorneidae | LC | |
| Brown Nightjar | Veles binotatus | Caprimulgidae | LC | |
| Brown Twinspot | Clytospiza monteiri | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Brown-cheeked Hornbill | Bycanistes cylindricus | Bucerotidae | VU | |
| Brown-chested Alethe | Chamaetylas poliocephala | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Brown-chested Lapwing | Vanellus superciliosus | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis | Malaconotidae | LC | |
| Brown-eared Woodpecker | Pardipicus caroli | Picidae | LC | |
| Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Halcyon albiventris | Alcedinidae | LC | |
| Brown-throated Martin | Riparia paludicola | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Brown-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira cyanea | Platysteiridae | LC | |
| Brubru | Nilaus afer | Malaconotidae | LC | |
| Buff-spotted Flufftail | Sarothrura elegans | Sarothruridae | LC | |
| Buff-spotted Woodpecker | Pardipicus nivosus | Picidae | LC | |
| Buff-throated Apalis | Apalis rufogularis | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Cabanis’s Bunting | Emberiza cabanisi | Emberizidae | LC | |
| Cameroon Sunbird | Cyanomitra oritis | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Cape Gannet | Morus capensis | Sulidae | EN | |
| Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | Picidae | LC | |
| Carmelite Sunbird | Chalcomitra fuliginosa | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Caspian Gull | Larus cachinnans | Laridae | LC | |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | Laridae | LC | |
| Cassin’s Flycatcher | Muscicapa cassini | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Cassin’s Hawk-Eagle | Aquila africana | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Cassin’s Honeybird | Prodotiscus insignis | Indicatoridae | LC | |
| Cassin’s Malimbe | Malimbus cassini | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Cassin’s Spinetail | Neafrapus cassini | Apodidae | LC | |
| Chattering Cisticola | Cisticola anonymus | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Chestnut Wattle-eye | Dyaphorophyia castanea | Platysteiridae | LC | |
| Chestnut-breasted Nigrita | Nigrita bicolor | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Chestnut-capped Flycatcher | Erythrocercus mccallii | Erythrocercidae | LC | |
| Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk | Aerospiza castanilius | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Chestnut-headed Flufftail | Sarothrura lugens | Sarothruridae | LC | |
| Chestnut-winged Starling | Onychognathus fulgidus | Sturnidae | LC | |
| Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor | Platysteiridae | LC | |
| Chocolate-backed Kingfisher | Halcyon badia | Alcedinidae | LC | |
| Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi | Emberizidae | NE | |
| 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 Buzzard | Buteo buteo | Accipitridae | LC | |
| 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 Pochard | Aythya ferina | Anatidae | VU | |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | Acrocephalidae | LC | |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Common Swift | Apus apus | Apodidae | LC | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | Laridae | LC | |
| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Compact Weaver | Pachyphantes superciliosus | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Congo Moor Chat | Myrmecocichla tholloni | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Congo Pied Hornbill | Lophoceros fasciatus | Bucerotidae | LC | |
| Congo Serpent Eagle | Circaetus spectabilis | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Copper Sunbird | Cinnyris cupreus | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Coqui Francolin | Campocolinus coqui | Phasianidae | LC | |
| Crested Malimbe | Malimbus malimbicus | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Crimson Seedcracker | Pyrenestes sanguineus | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Croaking Cisticola | Cisticola natalensis | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Crossley’s Ground Thrush | Geokichla crossleyi | Turdidae | LC | |
| Crowned Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus | Accipitridae | NT | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Scolopacidae | VU | |
| Damara Tern | Sternula balaenarum | Laridae | LC | |
| Dambo Cisticola | Cisticola dambo | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Dark-backed Weaver | Ploceus bicolor | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Diederik Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Dja River Scrub Warbler | Bradypterus grandis | Locustellidae | NT | |
| Double-toothed Barbet | Pogonornis bidentatus | Lybiidae | LC | |
| Dusky Crested Flycatcher | Elminia nigromitrata | Stenostiridae | LC | |
| Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo | Cercococcyx mechowi | Cuculidae | NE | |
| Dusky Tit | Melaniparus funereus | Paridae | LC | |
| Dusky-blue Flycatcher | Bradornis comitatus | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Eastern Bearded Greenbul | Criniger chloronotus | Pycnonotidae | LC | |
| Eastern Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | Hirundinidae | NE | |
| Eastern Wattled Cuckooshrike | Lobotos oriolinus | Campephagidae | DD | |
| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | Anatidae | LC | |
| Egyptian Plover | Pluvianus aegyptius | Pluvianidae | LC | |
| Eleonora’s Falcon | Falco eleonorae | Falconidae | LC | |
| Elliot’s Woodpecker | Dendropicos elliotii | Picidae | NE | |
| Emerald-spotted Wood Dove | Turtur chalcospilos | Columbidae | LC | |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | Falconidae | LC | |
| Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | Upupidae | LC | |
| Eurasian Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | Haematopodidae | NT | |
| Eurasian Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | Scolopacidae | NE | |
| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | Meropidae | LC | |
| European Honey Buzzard | Pernis apivorus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| European Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | Caprimulgidae | LC | |
| European Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula hypoleuca | Muscicapidae | NE | |
| European Roller | Coracias garrulus | Coraciidae | LC | |
| European Turtle Dove | Streptopelia turtur | Columbidae | VU | |
| Falkenstein’s Greenbul | Chlorocichla falkensteini | Pycnonotidae | LC | |
| Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Fan-tailed Grassbird | Catriscus brevirostris | Locustellidae | LC | |
| Fan-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes axillaris | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Fawn-breasted Waxbill | Estrilda paludicola | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Fiery-breasted Bushshrike | Malaconotus cruentus | Malaconotidae | LC | |
| Fiery-necked Nightjar | Caprimulgus pectoralis | Caprimulgidae | LC | |
| Finsch’s Francolin | Scleroptila finschi | Phasianidae | LC | |
| Fire-crested Alethe | Alethe castanea | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Flappet Lark | Amirafra rufocinnamomea | Alaudidae | LC | |
| Forbes’s Plover | Thinornis forbesi | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Forest Penduline Tit | Anthoscopus flavifrons | Remizidae | LC | |
| Forest Swallow | Atronanus fuliginosus | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Forest White-eye | Zosterops stenocricotus | Zosteropidae | NE | |
| Forest Wood Hoopoe | Rhinopomastus castaneiceps | Phoeniculidae | LC | |
| Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | Dicruridae | LC | |
| Fraser’s Eagle-Owl | Ketupa poensis | Strigidae | LC | |
| Fraser’s Forest Flycatcher | Fraseria ocreata | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Fraser’s Rufous Thrush | Stizorhina fraseri | Turdidae | LC | |
| Fraser’s Sunbird | Deleornis fraseri | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Freckled Nightjar | Caprimulgus tristigma | Caprimulgidae | LC | |
| Fulvous Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | Anatidae | LC | |
| Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Gabon Batis | Batis minima | Platysteiridae | LC | |
| Gabon Coucal | Centropus anselli | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Gabon Woodpecker | Dendropicos gabonensis | Picidae | 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 Greenbul | Calyptocichla serinus | Pycnonotidae | LC | |
| Golden-breasted Bunting | Emberiza flaviventris | Emberizidae | LC | |
| Golden-tailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni | Picidae | LC | |
| Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Gorgeous Bushshrike | Telophorus viridis | Malaconotidae | LC | |
| Gosling’s Apalis | Apalis goslingi | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Great Blue Turaco | Corythaeola cristata | Musophagidae | LC | |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | Phalacrocoracidae | LC | |
| Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | Podicipedidae | LC | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | Acrocephalidae | LC | |
| Great Snipe | Gallinago media | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | Pelecanidae | LC | |
| Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | Phoenicopteridae | LC | |
| Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator | Indicatoridae | LC | |
| Greater Painted-snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | Rostratulidae | LC | |
| Greater Striped Swallow | Cecropis cucullata | Hirundinidae | 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 Twinspot | Mandingoa nitidula | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Green-backed Woodpecker | Campethera maculosa | Picidae | NE | |
| Green-breasted Pitta | Pitta reichenowi | Pittidae | LC | |
| Green-capped Eremomela | Eremomela scotops | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Green-headed Sunbird | Cyanomitra verticalis | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Green-throated Sunbird | Chalcomitra rubescens | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Grey Apalis | Apalis cinerea | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Grey Ground Thrush | Geokichla princei | Turdidae | LC | |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Grey Kestrel | Falco ardosiaceus | Falconidae | LC | |
| Grey Longbill | Macrosphenus concolor | Macrosphenidae | LC | |
| Grey Parrot | Psittacus erithacus | Psittacidae | EN | |
| Grey Penduline Tit | Anthoscopus caroli | Remizidae | NE | |
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Charadriidae | VU | |
| Grey Pratincole | Glareola cinerea | Glareolidae | LC | |
| Grey Tit-Flycatcher | Fraseria plumbea | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Grey Waxbill | Glaucestrilda perreini | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Grey-headed Broadbill | Smithornis sharpei | Calyptomenidae | LC | |
| Grey-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala | Alcedinidae | LC | |
| Grey-headed Nigrita | Nigrita canicapillus | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Grey-necked Rockfowl | Picathartes oreas | Picathartidae | NT | |
| Grey-rumped Swallow | Pseudhirundo griseopyga | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Grey-throated Barbet | Gymnobucco bonapartei | Lybiidae | NE | |
| Grey-throated Rail | Canirallus oculeus | Rallidae | LC | |
| Grey-throated Tit-Flycatcher | Fraseria griseigularis | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Greyish Eagle-Owl | Bubo cinerascens | Strigidae | LC | |
| Guinea Turaco | Tauraco persa | Musophagidae | LC | |
| Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | Threskiornithidae | LC | |
| Hairy-breasted Barbet | Tricholaema hirsuta | Lybiidae | LC | |
| Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | Scopidae | LC | |
| Harlequin Quail | Coturnix delegorguei | Phasianidae | LC | |
| Hartert’s Camaroptera | Camaroptera harterti | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Hartlaub’s Duck | Pteronetta hartlaubii | Anatidae | LC | |
| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | Numididae | LC | |
| Heuglin’s Masked Weaver | Ploceus heuglini | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Holub’s Golden Weaver | Ploceus xanthops | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Honeyguide Greenbul | Baeopogon indicator | Pycnonotidae | LC | |
| Horus Swift | Apus horus | Apodidae | LC | |
| Icterine Greenbul | Phyllastrephus icterinus | Pycnonotidae | LC | |
| Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina | Acrocephalidae | LC | |
| Jacobin Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Johanna’s Sunbird | Cinnyris johannae | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Kelp Gull | Larus dominicanus | Laridae | LC | |
| Kentish Plover | Anarhynchus alexandrinus | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Kittlitz’s Plover | Anarhynchus pecuarius | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Klaas’s Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Knob-billed Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos | Anatidae | LC | |
| Latham’s Francolin | Peliperdix lathami | Phasianidae | LC | |
| Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | Columbidae | LC | |
| Leaf-love | Phyllastrephus scandens | Pycnonotidae | LC | |
| Least Honeyguide | Indicator exilis | Indicatoridae | LC | |
| Lemon Dove | Aplopelia larvata | Columbidae | LC | |
| Lemon-bellied Crombec | Sylvietta denti | Macrosphenidae | LC | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | Laridae | LC | |
| Lesser Flamingo | Phoeniconaias minor | Phoenicopteridae | NT | |
| Lesser Grey Shrike | Lanius minor | Laniidae | LC | |
| Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | Indicatoridae | LC | |
| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | Falconidae | LC | |
| Lesser Masked Weaver | Ploceus intermedius | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Lesser Moorhen | Paragallinula angulata | Rallidae | LC | |
| Lesser Spotted Eagle | Clanga pomarina | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Levaillant’s Cuckoo | Clamator levaillantii | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus | Coraciidae | LC | |
| Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | Meropidae | LC | |
| Little Bittern | Botaurus minutus | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Little Crake | Zapornia parva | Rallidae | 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 Grey Flycatcher | Muscicapa epulata | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Little Grey Greenbul | Eurillas gracilis | Pycnonotidae | LC | |
| Little Heron | Butorides atricapilla | Ardeidae | NE | |
| Little Ringed Plover | Thinornis dubius | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Little Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza minulla | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Little Swift | Apus affinis | Apodidae | LC | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | Laridae | LC | |
| Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Loango Weaver | Ploceus subpersonatus | Ploceidae | VU | |
| Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Long-legged Pipit | Anthus pallidiventris | Motacillidae | LC | |
| Long-tailed Hawk | Urotriorchis macrourus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | Stercorariidae | LC | |
| Long-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus climacurus | Caprimulgidae | LC | |
| Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Lowland Akalat | Sheppardia cyornithopsis | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Lowland Masked Apalis | Apalis binotata | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Lowland Sooty Boubou | Laniarius leucorhynchus | Malaconotidae | LC | |
| Lühder’s Bushshrike | Laniarius luehderi | Malaconotidae | LC | |
| Lyre-tailed Honeyguide | Melichneutes robustus | Indicatoridae | LC | |
| Mackinnon’s Shrike | Lanius mackinnoni | Laniidae | LC | |
| Magpie Mannikin | Spermestes fringilloides | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus | Alcedinidae | NE | |
| Maned Owl | Jubula lettii | Strigidae | DD | |
| Mangrove Sunbird | Anthreptes gabonicus | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Many-colored Bushshrike | Chlorophoneus multicolor | Malaconotidae | LC | |
| Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer | Ciconiidae | LC | |
| Marsh Owl | Asio capensis | Strigidae | LC | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Marsh Tchagra | Bocagia minuta | Malaconotidae | LC | |
| Marsh Widowbird | Euplectes hartlaubi | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | Accipitridae | EN | |
| Maxwell’s Black Weaver | Ploceus albinucha | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Medium Egret | Ardea intermedia | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Mosque Swallow | Cecropis senegalensis | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Mottled Spinetail | Telacanthura ussheri | Apodidae | LC | |
| Mottled Swift | Tachymarptis aequatorialis | Apodidae | LC | |
| Mountain Wagtail | Motacilla clara | Motacillidae | 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 | |
| Narrow-tailed Starling | Poeoptera lugubris | Sturnidae | LC | |
| Neddicky | Cisticola fulvicapilla | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Nkulengu Rail | Himantornis haematopus | Rallidae | LC | |
| Northern Black Flycatcher | Melaenornis edolioides | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Northern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris reichenowi | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis | Laniidae | NE | |
| Northern Grey-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus | Passeridae | LC | |
| Northern Puffback | Dryoscopus gambensis | Malaconotidae | LC | |
| Northern White-faced Owl | Ptilopsis leucotis | Strigidae | LC | |
| Northern Yellow White-eye | Zosterops senegalensis | Zosteropidae | NE | |
| Nyanza Swift | Apus niansae | Apodidae | LC | |
| Olivaceous Flycatcher | Fraseria olivascens | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Olive Ibis | Bostrychia olivacea | Threskiornithidae | LC | |
| Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo | Cercococcyx olivinus | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Olive Sunbird | Cyanomitra olivacea | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Olive-backed Forest Robin E | Stiphrornis pyrrholaemus | Muscicapidae | NT | |
| Olive-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris chloropygius | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Olive-green Camaroptera | Camaroptera chloronota | Cisticolidae | NE | |
| Orange Weaver | Ploceus aurantius | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Orange-breasted Forest Robin | Stiphrornis erythrothorax | Muscicapidae | NE | |
| Orange-breasted Waxbill | Amandava subflava | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Orange-cheeked Waxbill | Estrilda melpoda | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Orange-tufted Sunbird | Cinnyris bouvieri | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Orange-winged Pytilia | Pytilia afra | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Oriental Darter | Anhinga melanogaster | Anhingidae | LC | |
| Oriole Warbler | Hypergerus atriceps | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | Pandionidae | LC | |
| Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Pale Flycatcher | Agricola pallidus | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Pale-breasted Illadopsis | Illadopsis rufipennis | Pellorneidae | LC | |
| Pale-crowned Cisticola | Cisticola cinnamomeus | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Pale-fronted Nigrita | Nigrita luteifrons | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Pale-olive Greenbul | Phyllastrephus fulviventris | Pycnonotidae | LC | |
| Palm-nut Vulture | Gypohierax angolensis | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | Stercorariidae | LC | |
| Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum | Strigidae | LC | |
| Pectoral-patch Cisticola | Cisticola brunnescens | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Pel’s Fishing Owl | Scotopelia peli | Strigidae | LC | |
| Pennant-winged Nightjar | Caprimulgus vexillarius | Caprimulgidae | LC | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | Falconidae | LC | |
| Petit’s Cuckooshrike | Campephaga petiti | Campephagidae | LC | |
| Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | Recurvirostridae | LC | |
| Pied Crow | Corvus albus | Corvidae | LC | |
| Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | Alcedinidae | LC | |
| Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | Viduidae | LC | |
| Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens | Pelecanidae | LC | |
| Pink-footed Puffback | Dryoscopus angolensis | Malaconotidae | LC | |
| Piping Hornbill | Bycanistes fistulator | Bucerotidae | NE | |
| Plain Greenbul | Eurillas curvirostris | Pycnonotidae | LC | |
| Plumed Guineafowl | Guttera plumifera | Numididae | LC | |
| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | Stercorariidae | LC | |
| Preuss’s Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon preussi | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Preuss’s Weaver | Ploceus preussi | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Purple Starling | Lamprotornis purpureus | Sturnidae | LC | |
| Purple-banded Sunbird | Cinnyris bifasciatus | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Purple-headed Starling | Hylopsar purpureiceps | Sturnidae | LC | |
| Purple-throated Cuckooshrike | Campephaga quiscalina | Campephagidae | LC | |
| Quailfinch | Ortygospiza atricollis | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Rachel’s Malimbe | Malimbus racheliae | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Racket-tailed Roller | Coracias spatulatus | Coraciidae | LC | |
| Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | Laniidae | LC | |
| Red-bellied Malimbe | Malimbus erythrogaster | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher | Terpsiphone rufiventer | Monarchidae | LC | |
| Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill | Lophoceros camurus | Bucerotidae | LC | |
| Red-billed Helmetshrike | Prionops caniceps | Vangidae | LC | |
| Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Red-breasted Swallow | Cecropis semirufa | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Red-capped Crombec | Sylvietta ruficapilla | Macrosphenidae | LC | |
| Red-capped Lark | Calandrella cinerea | Alaudidae | LC | |
| Red-capped Robin-Chat | Cossypha natalensis | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Red-chested Flufftail | Sarothrura rufa | Sarothruridae | LC | |
| Red-chested Owlet | Glaucidium tephronotum | Strigidae | LC | |
| Red-chested Swallow | Hirundo lucida | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Red-collared Widowbird | Euplectes ardens | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Red-crowned Malimbe | Malimbus coronatus | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | Columbidae | LC | |
| Red-eyed Puffback | Dryoscopus senegalensis | Malaconotidae | LC | |
| Red-faced Cisticola | Cisticola erythrops | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Red-fronted Parrot | Poicephalus gulielmi | Psittacidae | LC | |
| Red-headed Lovebird | Agapornis pullarius | Psittaculidae | LC | |
| Red-headed Malimbe | Malimbus rubricollis | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Red-headed Quelea | Quelea erythrops | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Red-necked Buzzard | Buteo auguralis | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Red-necked Spurfowl | Pternistis afer | Phasianidae | LC | |
| Red-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus atroflavus | Lybiidae | LC | |
| Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike | Campephaga phoenicea | Campephagidae | LC | |
| Red-tailed Ant Thrush | Neocossyphus rufus | Turdidae | LC | |
| Red-tailed Bristlebill | Bleda syndactylus | Pycnonotidae | LC | |
| Red-tailed Greenbul | Criniger calurus | Pycnonotidae | LC | |
| Red-tailed Shrike | Lanius phoenicuroides | Laniidae | LC | |
| Red-thighed Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza erythropus | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Red-throated Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon rufigula | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Red-throated Wryneck | Jynx ruficollis | Picidae | LC | |
| Reed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | Phalacrocoracidae | LC | |
| Reichenbach’s Sunbird | Anabathmis reichenbachii | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Richard’s Pipit | Anthus richardi | Motacillidae | LC | |
| Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | Columbidae | LC | |
| Rock Dove | Columba livia | Columbidae | LC | |
| Rock Pratincole | Glareola nuchalis | Glareolidae | LC | |
| Ross’s Turaco | Tauraco rossae | Musophagidae | LC | |
| Rosy Bee-eater | Merops malimbicus | Meropidae | LC | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Scolopacidae | NT | |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Rufous-bellied Helmetshrike | Prionops rufiventris | Vangidae | LC | |
| Rufous-bellied Tit | Melaniparus rufiventris | Paridae | NE | |
| Rufous-cheeked Nightjar | Caprimulgus rufigena | Caprimulgidae | LC | |
| Rufous-crowned Eremomela | Eremomela badiceps | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Rufous-naped Lark | Corypha africana | Alaudidae | NE | |
| Rufous-sided Broadbill | Smithornis rufolateralis | Calyptomenidae | LC | |
| Rufous-tailed Palm Thrush | Cichladusa ruficauda | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Rufous-vented Paradise Flycatcher | Terpsiphone rufocinerea | Monarchidae | LC | |
| Sabine’s Gull | Xema sabini | Laridae | LC | |
| Sabine’s Puffback | Dryoscopus sabini | Malaconotidae | LC | |
| Sabine’s Spinetail | Rhaphidura sabini | Apodidae | LC | |
| Saddle-billed Stork | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis | Ciconiidae | LC | |
| Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | Laridae | LC | |
| Sandy Scops Owl | Otus icterorhynchus | Strigidae | LC | |
| Scaly Spurfowl | Pternistis squamatus | Phasianidae | LC | |
| Scissor-tailed Kite | Chelictinia riocourii | Accipitridae | VU | |
| Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius | Sagittariidae | EN | |
| Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | Acrocephalidae | LC | |
| Senegal Coucal | Centropus senegalensis | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Senegal Lapwing | Vanellus lugubris | Charadriidae | LC | |
| Sharpe’s Drongo | Dicrurus sharpei | Dicruridae | LC | |
| Shelley’s Eagle-Owl | Ketupa shelleyi | Strigidae | VU | |
| Shikra | Tachyspiza badia | Accipitridae | LC | |
| Shining Drongo | Dicrurus atripennis | Dicruridae | LC | |
| Shining-blue Kingfisher | Alcedo quadribrachys | Alcedinidae | LC | |
| Short-tailed Pipit | Anthus brachyurus | Motacillidae | LC | |
| Short-winged Cisticola | Cisticola brachypterus | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Simple Greenbul | Chlorocichla simplex | Pycnonotidae | LC | |
| Singing Cisticola | Cisticola cantans | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Sjöstedt’s Barred Owlet | Glaucidium sjostedti | Strigidae | LC | |
| Sjöstedt’s Greenbul | Baeopogon clamans | Pycnonotidae | LC | |
| Slender-billed Greenbul | Stelgidillas gracilirostris | Pycnonotidae | LC | |
| Slender-billed Weaver | Ploceus pelzelni | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat | Cossypha niveicapilla | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Sooty Chat | Myrmecocichla nigra | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Sooty Flycatcher | Artomyias fuliginosa | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Procellariidae | NT | |
| Southern Giant Petrel | Macronectes giganteus | Procellariidae | LC | |
| Southern White-faced Owl | Ptilopsis granti | Strigidae | LC | |
| Souza’s Shrike | Lanius souzae | Laniidae | LC | |
| Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | Coliidae | LC | |
| Speckled Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus scolopaceus | Lybiidae | LC | |
| Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Splendid Starling | Lamprotornis splendidus | Sturnidae | LC | |
| Splendid Sunbird | Cinnyris coccinigastrus | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Spot-breasted Ibis | Bostrychia rara | Threskiornithidae | LC | |
| Spotted Eagle-Owl | Bubo africanus | Strigidae | LC | |
| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Spotted Greenbul | Ixonotus guttatus | Pycnonotidae | 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 | |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | Ardeidae | LC | |
| Square-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus fossii | Caprimulgidae | LC | |
| Square-tailed Saw-wing | Psalidoprocne nitens | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Standard-winged Nightjar | Caprimulgus longipennis | Caprimulgidae | LC | |
| Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | Accipitridae | EN | |
| Stone Partridge | Ptilopachus petrosus | Odontophoridae | LC | |
| Stout Cisticola | Cisticola robustus | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Streaky-breasted Flufftail | Sarothrura boehmi | Sarothruridae | LC | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | Ardeidae | NE | |
| Striped Crake | Aenigmatolimnas marginalis | Rallidae | LC | |
| Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti | Alcedinidae | LC | |
| Superb Sunbird | Cinnyris superbus | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Swallow-tailed Bee-eater | Merops hirundineus | Meropidae | LC | |
| Swamp Boubou | Laniarius bicolor | Malaconotidae | 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 | |
| Tessmann’s Flycatcher | Fraseria tessmanni | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Thick-billed Cuckoo | Pachycoccyx audeberti | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Thick-billed Weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Three-banded Plover | Thinornis tricollaris | Charadriidae | NE | |
| Tinkling Cisticola | Cisticola rufilatus | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Tiny Sunbird | Cinnyris minullus | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Tit Hylia | Pholidornis rushiae | Hyliidae | LC | |
| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | Motacillidae | LC | |
| Uganda Woodland Warbler | Phylloscopus budongoensis | Phylloscopidae | LC | |
| Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Velvet-mantled Drongo | Dicrurus modestus | Dicruridae | LC | |
| Vermiculated Fishing Owl | Scotopelia bouvieri | Strigidae | LC | |
| Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl | Ketupa lactea | Strigidae | LC | |
| Vieillot’s Black Weaver | Ploceus nigerrimus | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Violet-backed Hyliota | Hyliota violacea | Hyliotidae | LC | |
| Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | Sturnidae | LC | |
| Violet-tailed Sunbird | Anthreptes aurantius | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Wandering Albatross | Diomedea exulans | Diomedeidae | VU | |
| Water Thick-knee | Burhinus vermiculatus | Burhinidae | LC | |
| Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea | Sturnidae | LC | |
| West African Batis | Batis occulta | Platysteiridae | LC | |
| West African Crested Tern | Thalasseus albididorsalis | Laridae | NE | |
| Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba | Tytonidae | NE | |
| Western Black-headed Batis | Batis erlangeri | Platysteiridae | LC | |
| 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 Dwarf Hornbill | Horizocerus hartlaubi | Bucerotidae | 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 Oriole | Oriolus brachyrynchus | Oriolidae | LC | |
| Western Plantain-eater | Crinifer piscator | Musophagidae | LC | |
| Western Reef Heron | Egretta gularis | Ardeidae | NE | |
| Western Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes longuemarei | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Western Wattled Cuckooshrike | Lobotos lobatus | Campephagidae | VU | |
| Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | Motacillidae | LC | |
| Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Whistling Cisticola | Cisticola lateralis | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | Ciconiidae | LC | |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | Motacillidae | LC | |
| White-backed Night Heron | Calherodius leuconotus | Ardeidae | LC | |
| White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | Accipitridae | CR | |
| White-bearded Greenbul | Criniger ndussumensis | Pycnonotidae | LC | |
| White-bellied Bustard | Eupodotis senegalensis | Otididae | LC | |
| White-bellied Kingfisher | Corythornis leucogaster | Alcedinidae | LC | |
| White-bibbed Swallow | Hirundo nigrita | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| White-breasted Nigrita | Nigrita fusconotus | Estrildidae | LC | |
| White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus | Cuculidae | NE | |
| White-browed Forest Flycatcher | Fraseria cinerascens | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| White-browed Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| White-chinned Prinia | Schistolais leucopogon | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| White-collared Starling | Grafisia torquata | Sturnidae | LC | |
| White-crowned Lapwing | Vanellus albiceps | Charadriidae | LC | |
| White-faced Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | Anatidae | LC | |
| White-fronted Bee-eater | Merops bullockoides | Meropidae | LC | |
| White-fronted Plover | Anarhynchus marginatus | Charadriidae | LC | |
| White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis | Accipitridae | CR | |
| White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | Apodidae | LC | |
| White-shouldered Black Tit | Melaniparus guineensis | Paridae | LC | |
| White-spotted Flufftail | Sarothrura pulchra | Sarothruridae | LC | |
| White-spotted Wattle-eye | Dyaphorophyia tonsa | Platysteiridae | LC | |
| White-tailed Ant Thrush | Neocossyphus poensis | Turdidae | LC | |
| White-thighed Hornbill | Bycanistes albotibialis | Bucerotidae | LC | |
| White-throated Bee-eater | Merops albicollis | Meropidae | LC | |
| White-throated Francolin | Campocolinus albogularis | Phasianidae | LC | |
| White-throated Greenbul | Phyllastrephus albigularis | Pycnonotidae | LC | |
| White-throated Swallow | Hirundo albigularis | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| White-winged Black Tit | Melaniparus leucomelas | Paridae | LC | |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | Laridae | LC | |
| White-winged Widowbird | Euplectes albonotatus | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Willcocks’s Honeyguide | Indicator willcocksi | Indicatoridae | LC | |
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | Phylloscopidae | LC | |
| Wilson’s Indigobird | Vidua wilsoni | Viduidae | LC | |
| Wilson’s Storm Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | Oceanitidae | LC | |
| Winding Cisticola | Cisticola marginatus | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Wing-snapping Cisticola | Cisticola ayresii | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | Hirundinidae | LC | |
| Wood Pipit | Anthus nyassae | Motacillidae | LC | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | Scolopacidae | LC | |
| Wood Warbler | Phylloscopus sibilatrix | Phylloscopidae | LC | |
| Woodhouse’s Antpecker | Parmoptila woodhousei | Estrildidae | LC | |
| Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis | Alcedinidae | LC | |
| Xavier’s Greenbul | Phyllastrephus xavieri | Pycnonotidae | LC | |
| Yellow Longbill | Macrosphenus flavicans | Macrosphenidae | LC | |
| Yellow-bearded Greenbul | Criniger olivaceus | Pycnonotidae | VU | |
| Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Yellow-bellied Hyliota | Hyliota flavigaster | Hyliotidae | LC | |
| Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye | Platysteira concreta | Platysteiridae | NE | |
| Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus africanus | Buphagidae | LC | |
| Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | Ciconiidae | LC | |
| Yellow-billed Turaco | Tauraco macrorhynchus | Musophagidae | LC | |
| Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida | Cisticolidae | NE | |
| Yellow-breasted Barbet | Trachyphonus margaritatus | Lybiidae | LC | |
| Yellow-browed Camaroptera | Camaroptera superciliaris | Cisticolidae | LC | |
| Yellow-capped Weaver | Ploceus dorsomaculatus | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Yellow-chinned Sunbird | Anthreptes rectirostris | Nectariniidae | LC | |
| Yellow-crested Woodpecker | Chloropicus xantholophus | Picidae | LC | |
| Yellow-crowned Bishop | Euplectes afer | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Yellow-footed Flycatcher | Muscicapa sethsmithi | Muscicapidae | LC | |
| Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambica | Fringillidae | LC | |
| Yellow-gorgeted Greenbul | Atimastillas flavicollis | Pycnonotidae | LC | |
| Yellow-lored Bristlebill | Bleda notatus | Pycnonotidae | LC | |
| Yellow-mantled Weaver | Ploceus tricolor | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Yellow-mantled Widowbird | Euplectes macroura | Ploceidae | LC | |
| Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus bilineatus | Lybiidae | NE | |
| Yellow-spotted Barbet | Buccanodon duchaillui | Lybiidae | NE | |
| Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow | Gymnoris superciliaris | Passeridae | LC | |
| Yellow-throated Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx flavigularis | Cuculidae | LC | |
| Yellow-throated Longclaw | Macronyx croceus | Motacillidae | LC | |
| Yellow-throated Nicator | Nicator vireo | Nicatoridae | LC | |
| Yellow-throated Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus subsulphureus | Lybiidae | LC | |
| Yellow-whiskered Greenbul | Eurillas latirostris | Pycnonotidae | LC | |
| Zenker’s Honeyguide | Melignomon zenkeri | Indicatoridae | 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.