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Bird Observations

Date Range:
Jan-Dec, 1900-2024

Volta

Updated ~22 hr(s) ago.

469 species (+22 other taxa) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Hartlaub's Duck
Spur-winged Goose
African Pygmy-Goose
Helmeted Guineafowl
Stone Partridge
Latham's Francolin
Ahanta Spurfowl
Double-spurred Spurfowl
Little Grebe
Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Vinaceous Dove
Streptopelia sp.
Laughing Dove
Black-billed Wood-Dove
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
Tambourine Dove
Blue-headed Wood-Dove
Namaqua Dove
African Green-Pigeon
Black-bellied Bustard
Guinea Turaco
Yellow-billed Turaco
Violet Turaco
Western Plantain-eater
Black-throated Coucal
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Senegal Coucal
Blue-headed Coucal
Black Coucal
Blue Malkoha
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Levaillant's Cuckoo
Thick-billed Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
Yellow-throated Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
African Cuckoo
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Common Cuckoo
Standard-winged Nightjar
Fiery-necked Nightjar
Plain Nightjar
Long-tailed Nightjar
nightjar sp.
Mottled Spinetail
Alpine Swift
Mottled Swift
Common Swift
Little Swift
White-rumped Swift
Bates's Swift
Apus/Tachymarptis sp.
African Palm Swift
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
swift sp.
White-spotted Flufftail
African Crake
Eurasian Moorhen
Allen's Gallinule
African Swamphen
Nkulengu Rail
Black Crake
African Finfoot
Senegal Thick-knee
Egyptian Plover
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Common Ringed Plover
Forbes's Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Spur-winged Lapwing
Senegal Lapwing
Wattled Lapwing
Kittlitz's Plover
White-fronted Plover
Kentish Plover
Greater Painted-Snipe
African Jacana
Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Common Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck's Stint
Sanderling
Little Stint
Calidris sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Temminck's Courser
Collared Pratincole
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Little Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
Black Tern
Arctic Tern
Common Tern
Sandwich Tern
West African Crested Tern
tern sp.
African Openbill
African Darter
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Long-tailed Cormorant
Hamerkop
Dwarf Bittern
Little Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Black Heron
Little Egret
Western Reef-Heron
White-backed Night Heron
Striated Heron
Squacco Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Yellow-billed Egret
Gray Heron
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Purple Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
white egret sp.
Glossy Ibis
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Palm-nut Vulture
European Honey-buzzard
African Cuckoo-Hawk
White-headed Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Congo Serpent-Eagle
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Bateleur
Short-toed Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Banded Snake-Eagle
Bat Hawk
Long-crested Eagle
Wahlberg's Eagle
Booted Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Cassin's Hawk-Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Lizard Buzzard
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
Grasshopper Buzzard
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Western Marsh Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
African Goshawk
Shikra
Red-thighed Sparrowhawk
Black Goshawk
Accipiter sp.
Long-tailed Hawk
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Red-necked Buzzard
Buteo sp.
Barn Owl
African Scops-Owl
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Northern White-faced Owl
Grayish Eagle-Owl
Fraser's Eagle-Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
African Barred Owlet
African Wood-Owl
Narina Trogon
Green Woodhoopoe
Green/Violet Woodhoopoe
Black Scimitarbill
West African Pied Hornbill
African Gray Hornbill
Northern Red-billed Hornbill
Western Long-tailed Hornbill
Western Dwarf Hornbill
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Brown-cheeked Hornbill
Piping Hornbill
Malachite Kingfisher
African Pygmy Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Blue-breasted Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Red-throated Bee-eater
Little Bee-eater
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater
White-throated Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Rosy Bee-eater
Northern Carmine Bee-eater
Abyssinian Roller
Rufous-crowned Roller
Blue-bellied Roller
Broad-billed Roller
Blue-throated Roller
Yellow-billed Barbet
Bristle-nosed Barbet
Naked-faced Barbet
Speckled Tinkerbird
Red-rumped Tinkerbird
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Hairy-breasted Barbet
Vieillot's Barbet
Double-toothed Barbet
Bearded Barbet
african barbet sp.
Willcocks's Honeyguide
Least Honeyguide
Lesser Honeyguide
Spotted Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
Fire-bellied Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
African Gray Woodpecker
Buff-spotted Woodpecker
Fine-spotted Woodpecker
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Eurasian Kestrel
Gray Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
African Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Red-headed Lovebird
Brown-necked Parrot
Red-fronted Parrot
Senegal Parrot
Rufous-sided Broadbill
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
White-breasted Cuckooshrike
Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike
Purple-throated Cuckooshrike
African Golden Oriole
Western Black-headed Oriole
Black-winged Oriole
old world oriole sp.
Brown-throated Wattle-eye
West African Wattle-eye
Red-cheeked Wattle-eye
Senegal Batis
West African Batis
White Helmetshrike
Red-billed Helmetshrike
African Shrike-flycatcher
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher
Northern Puffback
Marsh Tchagra
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Tropical Boubou
Yellow-crowned Gonolek
Lowland Sooty Boubou
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
Fiery-breasted Bushshrike
Lagden's Bushshrike
Gray-headed Bushshrike
Sharpe's Drongo
Fork-tailed Drongo
Velvet-mantled Drongo
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher
Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Yellow-billed Shrike
Northern Fiscal
Woodchat Shrike
Piapiac
Pied Crow
White-necked Rockfowl
Yellow-bellied Hyliota
Violet-backed Hyliota
African Blue Flycatcher
White-shouldered Black-Tit
Flappet Lark
Western Nicator
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Green Crombec
Lemon-bellied Crombec
Northern Crombec
Moustached Grass-Warbler
Kemp's Longbill
Gray Longbill
Senegal Eremomela
Rufous-crowned Eremomela
Green-backed Camaroptera
Yellow-browed Camaroptera
Olive-green Camaroptera
Black-capped Apalis
Sharpe's Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Red-winged Prinia
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Oriole Warbler
Red-faced Cisticola
Singing Cisticola
Whistling Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Croaking Cisticola
Siffling Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Black-backed Cisticola
cisticola sp.
Melodious Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Greater Swamp Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Square-tailed Sawwing
Fanti Sawwing
Rock Martin
Pied-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Red-chested Swallow
Ethiopian Swallow
White-throated Blue Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Western House-Martin
Lesser Striped Swallow
Rufous-chested Swallow
Mosque Swallow
Preuss's Swallow
swallow sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Slender-billed Greenbul
Green-tailed Bristlebill
Gray-headed Bristlebill
Yellow-throated Greenbul
Spotted Greenbul
Swamp Greenbul
Simple Greenbul
Honeyguide Greenbul
Red-tailed Greenbul
Little Greenbul
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul
Plain Greenbul
Gray Greenbul
White-throated Greenbul
Icterine Greenbul
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Leaf-love
Baumann's Greenbul
Common Bulbul
Wood Warbler
Willow Warbler
Green Hylia
Tit-hylia
Northern Yellow White-eye
Brown Illadopsis
Pale-breasted Illadopsis
Blackcap Illadopsis
Puvel's Illadopsis
Rufous-winged Illadopsis
Capuchin Babbler
Brown Babbler
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Blackcap Babbler
Violet-backed Starling
Chestnut-winged Starling
Narrow-tailed Starling
Copper-tailed Starling
Long-tailed Glossy Starling
Splendid Starling
Chestnut-bellied Starling
Lesser Blue-eared Starling
Purple Starling
Bronze-tailed Starling
Finsch's Flycatcher-Thrush
White-tailed Ant-Thrush
African Thrush
Little Flycatcher
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Spotted Flycatcher
Cassin's Flycatcher
Ussher's Flycatcher
Dusky-blue Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
African Forest-Flycatcher
Gray-throated Tit-Flycatcher
Gray Tit-Flycatcher
Olivaceous Flycatcher
Northern Black-Flycatcher
White-tailed Alethe
Forest Scrub-Robin
Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat
Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat
White-crowned Robin-Chat
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Orange-breasted Forest Robin
Common Nightingale
European Pied Flycatcher
Whinchat
Mocking Cliff-Chat
Fraser's Sunbird
Mouse-brown Sunbird
Western Violet-backed Sunbird
Little Green Sunbird
Green Sunbird
Collared Sunbird
Reichenbach's Sunbird
Green-headed Sunbird
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird
Olive Sunbird
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Buff-throated Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Olive-bellied Sunbird
Tiny Sunbird
Splendid Sunbird
Johanna's Sunbird
Superb Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
Copper Sunbird
sunbird sp.
Red-vented Malimbe
Blue-billed Malimbe
Crested Malimbe
Red-headed Malimbe
malimbe sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Red-headed Weaver
Little Weaver
Slender-billed Weaver
Olive-naped Weaver
Olive-naped/Black-necked Weaver
Orange Weaver
Heuglin's Masked-Weaver
Chestnut-and-black Weaver
Chestnut-and-black/Vieillot's Black Weaver
Village Weaver
Yellow-mantled Weaver
Maxwell's Black Weaver
Preuss's Weaver
Compact Weaver
Red-headed Quelea
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Red-billed Quelea
Northern Red Bishop
Black-winged Bishop
Yellow-crowned Bishop
Yellow-mantled Widowbird
Grosbeak Weaver
Bronze Mannikin
Magpie Mannikin
Black-and-white Mannikin
Green-backed Twinspot
White-breasted Nigrita
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita
Gray-headed Nigrita
Pale-fronted Nigrita
Gray-headed Oliveback
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Orange-cheeked Waxbill
Black-rumped Waxbill
Quailfinch
Zebra Waxbill
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Western Bluebill
Black-bellied Seedcracker
Red-billed Firefinch
African Firefinch
Black-bellied Firefinch
Bar-breasted Firefinch
Black-faced Firefinch
estrildid finch sp.
Pin-tailed Whydah
Village Indigobird
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Wilson's Indigobird
House Sparrow
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
Long-billed Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
Tree Pipit
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Yellow-fronted Canary
passerine sp.

KEY:| = insufficient data | = rare to widespread

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