eBird Field Checklist
Kinshasa, CD
ebird.org/region/CD-KN
421 species (+34 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
African Pygmy-Goose
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Western Crested Guineafowl
Finsch's Francolin
Harlequin Quail
Red-necked Spurfowl
francolin/spurfowl sp.
Grebes
Little Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Afep Pigeon
Bronze-naped Pigeon
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Streptopelia sp.
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
Tambourine Dove
Blue-headed Wood-Dove
African Green-Pigeon
Bustards
Denham's Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard
Turacos
Great Blue Turaco
Guinea Turaco
Black-billed Turaco
Yellow-billed Turaco
Ross's Turaco
Western Plantain-eater
Cuckoos
Gabon Coucal
Senegal Coucal
Blue-headed Coucal
Black Coucal
coucal sp.
Blue Malkoha
Pied Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
African Cuckoo
Nightjars
Rufous-cheeked Nightjar
Fiery-necked Nightjar
Swamp Nightjar
Long-tailed Nightjar
Square-tailed Nightjar
nightjar sp.
Swifts
Mottled Spinetail
Common Swift
Little Swift
White-rumped Swift
African Palm Swift
small swift sp.
swift sp.
Flufftails
White-spotted Flufftail
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
African Crake
Lesser Moorhen
Allen's Gallinule
Black Crake
Cranes
Gray Crowned-Crane
Shorebirds
Three-banded Plover
White-crowned Lapwing
Senegal Lapwing
Wattled Lapwing
Brown-chested Lapwing
Kittlitz's Plover
White-fronted Plover
African Jacana
Black-tailed Godwit
Great Snipe
African Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Ruff
Little Stint
peep sp.
Small Buttonquail
Temminck's Courser
Rock Pratincole
Gray Pratincole
Collared Pratincole
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Gray-hooded Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
African Skimmer
Storks
African Openbill
Abdim's Stork
African Woolly-necked Stork
Marabou Stork
Cormorants and Anhingas
African Darter
Long-tailed Cormorant
Great Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Shoebill and Hammerkop
Hamerkop
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Dwarf Bittern
Little Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Egret
Striated Heron
Squacco Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
heron sp.
Glossy Ibis
Hadada Ibis
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Palm-nut Vulture
European Honey-buzzard
African Cuckoo-Hawk
Bateleur
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Cassin's Hawk-Eagle
Lizard Buzzard
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
African Marsh Harrier
harrier sp.
African Goshawk
Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk
Ovambo Sparrowhawk
Black Goshawk
Accipiter sp.
Black Kite
Red-necked Buzzard
hawk sp.
Owls
Barn Owl
African Scops-Owl
Northern White-faced Owl
Southern White-faced Owl
Spotted Eagle-Owl
African Wood-Owl
Marsh Owl
Mousebirds
Speckled Mousebird
Blue-naped Mousebird
Trogons and Quetzals
Narina Trogon
Bare-cheeked Trogon
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills
Black Scimitarbill
Hornbills
Congo Pied Hornbill
Eastern Long-tailed Hornbill
White-thighed Hornbill
Piping Hornbill
hornbill sp.
Kingfishers
Shining-blue Kingfisher
Malachite Kingfisher
African Pygmy Kingfisher
African Dwarf Kingfisher
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Blue-breasted Kingfisher
Brown-hooded Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Black Bee-eater
White-fronted Bee-eater
Little Bee-eater
Blue-breasted Bee-eater
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater
Black-headed Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
bee-eater sp.
Lilac-breasted Roller
roller sp.
Broad-billed Roller
Blue-throated Roller
Barbets and Toucans
Yellow-billed Barbet
Gray-throated Barbet
Speckled Tinkerbird
Red-rumped Tinkerbird
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
Yellow-spotted Barbet
Miombo Barbet
Black-backed Barbet
Double-toothed Barbet
african barbet sp.
Honeyguides
Cassin's Honeyguide
Wahlberg's Honeyguide
Least Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
large honeyguide sp.
Woodpeckers
Golden-crowned Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
African Gray Woodpecker
Brown-eared Woodpecker
Green-backed Woodpecker
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Gray Kestrel
Eurasian Hobby
African Hobby
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Red-headed Lovebird
Gray Parrot
Wattle-eyes and Batises
Brown-throated Wattle-eye
Black-throated Wattle-eye
Chestnut Wattle-eye
Chinspot Batis
Western Black-headed Batis
Angola Batis
batis sp.
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
African Shrike-flycatcher
Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher
Bushshrikes and Allies
Brubru
Northern Puffback
Black-backed Puffback
Red-eyed Puffback
Sabine's Puffback
Marsh Tchagra
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Tropical Boubou
Gabon Boubou
Lowland Sooty Boubou
Gray-green Bushshrike
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
Four-colored Bushshrike
Drongos
Sharpe's Drongo
Fork-tailed Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher
Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher
Rufous-vented Paradise-Flycatcher
Bates's Paradise-Flycatcher
African Paradise-Flycatcher
paradise-flycatcher sp.
Shrikes
Northern Fiscal
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Cape Crow
Pied Crow
White-necked Raven
Hyliotas
Yellow-bellied Hyliota
Fairy Flycatchers
White-tailed Blue Flycatcher
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
White-winged Black-Tit
Rufous-bellied Tit
Penduline-Tits and Verdin
African Penduline-Tit
Larks
Fischer's Sparrow-Lark
Rufous-naped Lark
Flappet Lark
Red-capped Lark
Nicators
Western Nicator
Yellow-throated Nicator
Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies
Green Crombec
Northern Crombec
Red-capped Crombec
Moustached Grass-Warbler
Yellow Longbill
Gray Longbill
Cisticolas and Allies
Salvadori's Eremomela
Greencap Eremomela
White-chinned Prinia
Miombo Wren-Warbler
Green-backed Camaroptera
Yellow-browed Camaroptera
Buff-throated Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Red-faced Cisticola
Whistling Cisticola
Chattering Cisticola
Bubbling Cisticola
Rattling Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Croaking Cisticola
Piping Cisticola
Siffling Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Black-backed Cisticola
Cloud-scraping Cisticola
Teke Cisticola (undescribed form)
cisticola sp.
Reed Warblers and Allies
Icterine Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Marsh Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
Martins and Swallows
Black Sawwing
Banded Martin
Congo Martin
Rock Martin
Black-and-rufous Swallow
Barn Swallow
Red-chested Swallow
Angola Swallow
White-throated Blue Swallow
White-throated Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Western House-Martin
Greater Striped Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Rufous-chested Swallow
Mosque Swallow
Red-throated Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
Slender-billed Greenbul
Black-collared Bulbul
Red-tailed Bristlebill
Lesser Bristlebill
Yellow-throated Greenbul
Swamp Greenbul
Yellow-necked Greenbul
Simple Greenbul
Honeyguide Greenbul
Red-tailed Greenbul
Little Greenbul
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul
Plain Greenbul
Gray Greenbul
Ansorge's Greenbul
Eurillas sp.
Leaf-love
greenbul sp.
Common Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Wood Warbler
Willow Warbler
Hylias
Green Hylia
Sylviid Warblers
Garden Warbler
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Northern Yellow White-eye
Ground Babblers and Allies
Brown Illadopsis
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Arrow-marked Babbler
Starlings and Mynas
Violet-backed Starling
Chestnut-winged Starling
Purple-headed Starling
Splendid Starling
Purple Starling
Thrushes
Rufous Flycatcher-Thrush
Kurrichane Thrush
African Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
Little Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
Cassin's Flycatcher
Dusky-blue Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
White-browed Forest-Flycatcher
Gray-throated Tit-Flycatcher
Gray Tit-Flycatcher
Ashy Flycatcher
Yellow-eyed Black-Flycatcher
Northern Black-Flycatcher
Southern Black-Flycatcher
Fire-crested Alethe
Brown-backed Scrub-Robin
Red-backed Scrub-Robin
White-browed Robin-Chat
Red-capped Robin-Chat
White-headed Robin-Chat
Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat
Rufous-tailed Palm-Thrush
Collared Flycatcher
African Stonechat
Sooty Chat
Familiar Chat
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Gray-headed Sunbird
Western Violet-backed Sunbird
Violet-tailed Sunbird
Green Sunbird
Collared Sunbird
Reichenbach's Sunbird
Green-headed Sunbird
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird
Olive Sunbird
Carmelite Sunbird
Green-throated Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
Bronze Sunbird
Olive-bellied Sunbird
Tiny Sunbird
Johanna's Sunbird
Superb Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
Copper Sunbird
Cinnyris sp.
sunbird sp.
Weavers and Allies
Crested Malimbe
Red-headed Weaver
Black-chinned Weaver
Slender-billed Weaver
Black-necked Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
Vieillot's Black Weaver
Village Weaver
Black-headed Weaver
Yellow-mantled Weaver
Forest Weaver
Ploceus sp.
Compact Weaver
Red-headed Quelea
Red-billed Quelea
Bob-tailed Weaver
Black-winged Bishop
Yellow-crowned Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Yellow-mantled Widowbird
Red-collared Widowbird
Marsh Widowbird
Euplectes sp.
Grosbeak Weaver
Estrildids
Bronze Mannikin
Magpie Mannikin
Black-and-white Mannikin
White-breasted Nigrita
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita
Pale-fronted Nigrita
Black-tailed Waxbill
Orange-cheeked Waxbill
Fawn-breasted Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Zebra Waxbill
Southern Cordonbleu
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
cordonbleu sp.
Western Bluebill
Black-bellied Seedcracker
Orange-winged Pytilia
Brown Twinspot
African Firefinch
estrildid finch sp.
Indigobirds and Whydahs
Pin-tailed Whydah
Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Mountain Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
African Pipit
Woodland Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
Long-legged Pipit
Short-tailed Pipit
pipit sp.
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Yellow-fronted Canary
Black-faced Canary
Black-throated Canary
Serinus sp.
Old World Buntings
Cabanis's Bunting
Golden-breasted Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting