eBird Field Checklist
Western, GM
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401 species (+59 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Knob-billed Duck
Spur-winged Goose
African Pygmy-Goose
Garganey
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Common Pochard
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Stone Partridge
Common Quail
Ahanta Spurfowl
Double-spurred Spurfowl
francolin/spurfowl sp.
Flamingos
Greater Flamingo
Grebes
Little Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
European Turtle-Dove
African Collared-Dove
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Vinaceous Dove
Streptopelia sp.
Laughing Dove
Black-billed Wood-Dove
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
Turtur sp.
Namaqua Dove
Bruce's Green-Pigeon
African Green-Pigeon
pigeon/dove sp.
Sandgrouse
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Four-banded Sandgrouse
Bustards
Savile's Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard
bustard sp.
Turacos
Guinea Turaco
Violet Turaco
Western Plantain-eater
turaco sp.
Cuckoos
Senegal Coucal
Black Coucal
Blue Malkoha
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Levaillant's Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
Dideric/Klaas's Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
African Cuckoo
Cuculus sp.
Nightjars
Standard-winged Nightjar
Long-tailed Nightjar
Swifts
Mottled Spinetail
Common Swift
Pallid Swift
Common/Pallid Swift
Little Swift
Apus/Tachymarptis sp.
African Palm Swift
Flufftails
White-spotted Flufftail
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
Allen's Gallinule
African Swamphen
Black Crake
Finfoots
African Finfoot
Cranes
Black Crowned-Crane
Shorebirds
Spotted Thick-knee
Senegal Thick-knee
Egyptian Plover
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Spur-winged Lapwing
Black-headed Lapwing
Wattled Lapwing
Caspian Plover
Kittlitz's Plover
White-fronted Plover
Kentish Plover
plover sp.
Greater Painted-Snipe
African Jacana
Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Great Snipe
Common Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Little Stint
peep sp.
Small Buttonquail
Bronze-winged Courser
Temminck's Courser
Collared Pratincole
shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
jaeger sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Slender-billed Gull
Black-headed Gull
Gray-hooded Gull
Laughing Gull
Audouin's Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Kelp Gull
Yellow-legged Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
gull sp.
Little Tern
Gull-billed Tern
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Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
Black Tern
White-winged Tern
Common Tern
Sandwich Tern
Lesser Crested Tern
West African Crested Tern
tern sp.
Storm-Petrels
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
European Storm-Petrel
storm-petrel sp.
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Manx Shearwater
Storks
African Openbill
Black Stork
African Woolly-necked Stork
White Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Northern Gannet
Cormorants and Anhingas
African Darter
Long-tailed Cormorant
Great Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Pelicans
Great White Pelican
Pink-backed Pelican
pelican sp.
Shoebill and Hammerkop
Hamerkop
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
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
Purple Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
white egret sp.
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
Eurasian Spoonbill
African Spoonbill
spoonbill sp.
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Palm-nut Vulture
European Honey-buzzard
White-headed Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Rüppell's Griffon
White-backed Vulture/Rüppell's Griffon
Eurasian Griffon
Bateleur
Short-toed Snake-Eagle
Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Banded Snake-Eagle
snake-eagle sp.
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Wahlberg's Eagle
Booted Eagle
Tawny Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Aquila sp.
Lizard Buzzard
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
Grasshopper Buzzard
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Western Marsh Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
African Goshawk
Shikra
Ovambo Sparrowhawk
Accipiter sp.
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Owls
Barn Owl
African Scops-Owl
Northern White-faced Owl
Grayish Eagle-Owl
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
African Wood-Owl
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills
Green Woodhoopoe
Black Scimitarbill
Hornbills
Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill
West African Pied Hornbill
African Gray Hornbill
Lophoceros sp.
Western Red-billed Hornbill
Kingfishers
Malachite Kingfisher
African Pygmy Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Blue-breasted Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
kingfisher sp.
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Red-throated Bee-eater
Little Bee-eater
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater
White-throated Bee-eater
African Green Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
Northern Carmine Bee-eater
bee-eater sp.
Abyssinian Roller
Rufous-crowned Roller
Blue-bellied Roller
roller sp.
Broad-billed Roller
Barbets and Toucans
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
tinkerbird sp.
Vieillot's Barbet
Bearded Barbet
Honeyguides
Lesser Honeyguide
Spotted Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
honeyguide sp.
Woodpeckers
Eurasian Wryneck
Cardinal Woodpecker
Brown-backed Woodpecker
African Gray Woodpecker
Buff-spotted Woodpecker
Fine-spotted Woodpecker
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Lesser/Eurasian Kestrel
Gray Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
African Hobby
Lanner Falcon
falcon sp.
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Brown-necked Parrot
Senegal Parrot
parrot sp.
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Cuckooshrikes
Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike
Old World Orioles
African Golden Oriole
Wattle-eyes and Batises
Brown-throated Wattle-eye
Senegal Batis
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
White Helmetshrike
Bushshrikes and Allies
Brubru
Northern Puffback
Black-crowned Tchagra
Yellow-crowned Gonolek
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
Gray-headed Bushshrike
Drongos
Fork-tailed Drongo
drongo sp.
Monarch Flycatchers
Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Black-headed x African Paradise-Flycatcher (hybrid)
paradise-flycatcher sp.
Shrikes
Yellow-billed Shrike
Woodchat Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Piapiac
Pied Crow
Hyliotas
Yellow-bellied Hyliota
Fairy Flycatchers
African Blue Flycatcher
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
White-shouldered Black-Tit
Penduline-Tits and Verdin
Yellow Penduline-Tit
Larks
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark
Crested Lark
lark sp.
Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies
Green Crombec
Northern Crombec
crombec sp.
Cisticolas and Allies
Senegal Eremomela
Green-backed Camaroptera
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Red-winged Prinia
prinia sp.
Oriole Warbler
Red-faced Cisticola
Singing Cisticola
Whistling Cisticola
Dorst's Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Siffling Cisticola
Rufous Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
cisticola sp.
Reed Warblers and Allies
Western Olivaceous Warbler
Melodious Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus sp.
Martins and Swallows
Fanti Sawwing
Bank Swallow
Pied-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Red-chested Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Western House-Martin
Red-rumped Swallow
Rufous-chested Swallow
Mosque Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
Gray-headed Bristlebill
Yellow-throated Greenbul
Little Greenbul
Leaf-love
Common Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Western Bonelli's Warbler
Willow Warbler
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Common Chiffchaff
Willow Warbler/Common Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus sp.
Hylias
Green Hylia
Sylviid Warblers
Eurasian Blackcap
Garden Warbler
Western Subalpine Warbler
Greater Whitethroat
Sylvia/Curruca sp.
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Northern Yellow White-eye
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Brown Babbler
Blackcap Babbler
Argya/Turdoides sp.
Oxpeckers
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Starlings and Mynas
Violet-backed Starling
Long-tailed Glossy Starling
Splendid Starling
Chestnut-bellied Starling
Lesser Blue-eared Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Purple Starling
Bronze-tailed Starling
Lamprotornis sp.
Thrushes
African Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
Spotted Flycatcher
Swamp Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
Gray Tit-Flycatcher
Northern Black-Flycatcher
Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat
White-crowned Robin-Chat
robin-chat sp.
Common Nightingale
European Pied Flycatcher
Common Redstart
Whinchat
Northern Anteater-Chat
Northern Wheatear
White-fronted Black-Chat
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Mouse-brown Sunbird
Western Violet-backed Sunbird
Collared Sunbird
Pygmy Sunbird
Green-headed Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Beautiful Sunbird
Splendid Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
Copper Sunbird
sunbird sp.
Weavers and Allies
White-billed Buffalo-Weaver
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver
Little Weaver
Olive-naped Weaver
Olive-naped/Black-necked Weaver
Vitelline Masked-Weaver
Heuglin's Masked-Weaver
Village Weaver
Black-headed Weaver
Ploceus sp.
Red-billed Quelea
Northern Red Bishop
Black-winged Bishop
Yellow-crowned Bishop
Yellow-mantled Widowbird
Euplectes sp.
Estrildids
Bronze Mannikin
African Silverbill
Lavender Waxbill
Orange-cheeked Waxbill
Black-rumped Waxbill
waxbill sp.
Quailfinch
Cut-throat
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Western Bluebill
Red-billed Firefinch
Bar-breasted Firefinch
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firefinch sp.
estrildid finch sp.
Indigobirds and Whydahs
Pin-tailed Whydah
Sahel Paradise-Whydah
Exclamatory Paradise-Whydah
Village Indigobird
Parasitic Weaver
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
Sudan Golden Sparrow
Sahel Bush Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Western Yellow Wagtail
White Wagtail
Tawny Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
Tree Pipit
pipit sp.
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
White-rumped Seedeater
Yellow-fronted Canary
Old World Buntings
Brown-rumped Bunting
Gosling's Bunting
House Bunting
Others
passerine sp.
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