eBird Field Checklist
South Sudan
ebird.org/region/SS
472 species (+7 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Ostriches
Common Ostrich
Waterfowl
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
White-backed Duck
Knob-billed Duck
Egyptian Goose
Spur-winged Goose
African Pygmy-Goose
Blue-billed Teal
Northern Shoveler
African Black Duck
Northern Pintail
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Western Crested Guineafowl
Stone Partridge
Crested Francolin
Schlegel's Francolin
Orange River Francolin
Common Quail
Harlequin Quail
Scaly Spurfowl
Heuglin's Spurfowl
Clapperton's Spurfowl
Yellow-necked Spurfowl
Flamingos
Greater Flamingo
Grebes
Little Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Afep Pigeon
Lemon Dove
Dusky Turtle-Dove
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Vinaceous Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Black-billed Wood-Dove
Tambourine Dove
Namaqua Dove
Bruce's Green-Pigeon
African Green-Pigeon
Sandgrouse
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Four-banded Sandgrouse
Bustards
Arabian Bustard
White-bellied Bustard
Buff-crested Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard
Turacos
White-crested Turaco
White-bellied Go-away-bird
Eastern Plantain-eater
Cuckoos
Senegal Coucal
Blue-headed Coucal
White-browed Coucal
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Levaillant's Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Thick-billed Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
Nightjars
Pennant-winged Nightjar
Fiery-necked Nightjar
Montane Nightjar
Freckled Nightjar
Long-tailed Nightjar
Slender-tailed Nightjar
nightjar sp.
Swifts
Alpine Swift
Common Swift
Little Swift
African Palm Swift
swift sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
African Rail
Allen's Gallinule
Black Crake
Cranes
Gray Crowned-Crane
Black Crowned-Crane
Common Crane
Shorebirds
Spotted Thick-knee
Senegal Thick-knee
Egyptian Plover
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Common Ringed Plover
Spur-winged Lapwing
Black-headed Lapwing
White-crowned Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Wattled Lapwing
African Jacana
Common Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Common Greenshank
Little Stint
Small Buttonquail
Temminck's Courser
Rock Pratincole
Collared Pratincole
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Black-headed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
Storks
African Openbill
Black Stork
Abdim's Stork
African Woolly-necked Stork
White Stork
Saddle-billed Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
Cormorants and Anhingas
African Darter
Long-tailed Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Pelicans
Great White Pelican
Pink-backed Pelican
Shoebill and Hammerkop
Shoebill
Hamerkop
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Little Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Egret
Striated Heron
Squacco Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Yellow-billed Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Secretarybird
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Palm-nut Vulture
Egyptian Vulture
European Honey-buzzard
White-headed Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Rüppell's Griffon
White-backed Vulture/Rüppell's Griffon
Bateleur
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Wahlberg's Eagle
Booted Eagle
Tawny Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Lizard Buzzard
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
Grasshopper Buzzard
Western Marsh Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
African Goshawk
Shikra
Little Sparrowhawk
Black Goshawk
Accipiter sp.
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard
Augur Buzzard
Owls
Barn Owl
Northern White-faced Owl
Grayish Eagle-Owl
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
African Wood-Owl
Mousebirds
Speckled Mousebird
Blue-naped Mousebird
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills
Green Woodhoopoe
Black Scimitarbill
Abyssinian Scimitarbill
Hornbills
Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill
Crowned Hornbill
Congo Pied Hornbill
African Gray Hornbill
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Jackson's Hornbill
Northern Red-billed Hornbill
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill
Kingfishers
Shining-blue Kingfisher
Malachite Kingfisher
African Pygmy Kingfisher
African Dwarf Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Blue-breasted Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
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
European Roller
Abyssinian Roller
Rufous-crowned Roller
Barbets and Toucans
Yellow-billed Barbet
Red-and-yellow Barbet
D'Arnaud's Barbet
Gray-throated Barbet
Red-fronted Tinkerbird
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
Red-fronted Barbet
Spot-flanked Barbet
Black-throated Barbet
Vieillot's Barbet
White-headed Barbet
Black-billed Barbet
Double-toothed Barbet
Black-breasted Barbet
Honeyguides
Lesser Honeyguide
Woodpeckers
Cardinal Woodpecker
Brown-backed Woodpecker
African Gray Woodpecker
Green-backed Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras
Pygmy Falcon
Eurasian Kestrel
Fox Kestrel
Gray Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
African Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Meyer's Parrot
Cuckooshrikes
Gray Cuckooshrike
White-breasted Cuckooshrike
Black Cuckooshrike
Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike
Old World Orioles
Eurasian Golden Oriole
African Golden Oriole
African Black-headed Oriole
Wattle-eyes and Batises
Gray-headed Batis
Western Black-headed Batis
Pygmy Batis
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
White Helmetshrike
African Shrike-flycatcher
Bushshrikes and Allies
Brubru
Northern Puffback
Marsh Tchagra
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Three-streaked Tchagra
Ethiopian Boubou
Black-headed Gonolek
Slate-colored Boubou
Drongos
Fork-tailed Drongo
Velvet-mantled Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Red-backed Shrike
Isabelline Shrike
Great Gray Shrike
Gray-backed Fiscal
Yellow-billed Shrike
Taita Fiscal
Northern Fiscal
Masked Shrike
Woodchat Shrike
White-rumped Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Piapiac
Cape Crow
Pied Crow
Fan-tailed Raven
Fairy Flycatchers
Dusky Crested Flycatcher
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
White-shouldered Black-Tit
Penduline-Tits and Verdin
Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit
Larks
Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark
Pink-breasted Lark
Red-winged Lark
Flappet Lark
Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies
Northern Crombec
Red-faced Crombec
Moustached Grass-Warbler
Cisticolas and Allies
Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Gray Wren-Warbler
Green-backed Camaroptera
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Pale Prinia
Black-faced Rufous-Warbler
Red-faced Cisticola
Singing Cisticola
Whistling Cisticola
Rattling Cisticola
Ashy Cisticola
Red-pate Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Croaking Cisticola
Siffling Cisticola
Foxy Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Desert Cisticola
cisticola sp.
Reed Warblers and Allies
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Lesser Swamp Warbler
Greater Swamp Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
Martins and Swallows
Gray-rumped Swallow
Plain Martin
Bank Swallow
Rock Martin
Barn Swallow
Ethiopian Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Western House-Martin
Red-rumped Swallow
Rufous-chested Swallow
Mosque Swallow
Bulbuls
Northern Brownbul
Common Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Willow Warbler
Common Chiffchaff
Sylviid Warblers
Eurasian Blackcap
Garden Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat
Greater Whitethroat
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Northern Yellow White-eye
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Rufous Chatterer
Brown Babbler
Oxpeckers
Red-billed Oxpecker
Starlings and Mynas
Wattled Starling
Violet-backed Starling
Red-winged Starling
Magpie Starling
Sharpe's Starling
Shelley's Starling
Rüppell's Starling
Long-tailed Glossy Starling
Splendid Starling
Superb Starling
Lesser Blue-eared Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Purple Starling
Bronze-tailed Starling
Thrushes
Rufous Flycatcher-Thrush
African Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
Spotted Flycatcher
Swamp Flycatcher
Sooty Flycatcher
African Gray Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
Silverbird
Northern Black-Flycatcher
Red-backed Scrub-Robin
Rüppell's Robin-Chat
White-browed Robin-Chat
Spotted Morning-Thrush
Thrush Nightingale
Common Nightingale
Common Redstart
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
Whinchat
Mocking Cliff-Chat
Northern Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
White-fronted Black-Chat
Brown-tailed Chat
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Western Violet-backed Sunbird
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird
Collared Sunbird
Pygmy Sunbird
Olive Sunbird
Green-throated Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Hunter's Sunbird
Malachite Sunbird
Northern Double-collared Sunbird
Beautiful Sunbird
Red-chested Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
Copper Sunbird
sunbird sp.
Weavers and Allies
White-billed Buffalo-Weaver
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver
Speckle-fronted Weaver
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver
Gray-headed Social-Weaver
Red-headed Weaver
Little Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
Northern Masked-Weaver
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Vitelline Masked-Weaver
Heuglin's Masked-Weaver
Rüppell's Weaver
Village Weaver
Black-headed Weaver
Golden-backed Weaver
Chestnut Weaver
Brown-capped Weaver
Red-headed Quelea
Red-billed Quelea
Northern Red Bishop
Black-winged Bishop
Black Bishop
Yellow-crowned Bishop
Yellow Bishop
Yellow-mantled Widowbird
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Grosbeak Weaver
Estrildids
Gray-headed Silverbill
Bronze Mannikin
Black-and-white Mannikin
African Silverbill
Yellow-bellied Waxbill
Abyssinian Crimsonwing
Black-faced Waxbill
Fawn-breasted Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Black-rumped Waxbill
Crimson-rumped Waxbill
Cut-throat
Purple Grenadier
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Blue-capped Cordonbleu
Green-winged Pytilia
Red-billed Pytilia
Red-billed Firefinch
African Firefinch
Black-bellied Firefinch
Bar-breasted Firefinch
Indigobirds and Whydahs
Pin-tailed Whydah
Sahel Paradise-Whydah
Eastern Paradise-Whydah
Steel-blue Whydah
Straw-tailed Whydah
Village Indigobird
Parasitic Weaver
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Shelley's Rufous Sparrow
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
Chestnut Sparrow
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
White Wagtail
African Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
Tree Pipit
Golden Pipit
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Oriole Finch
White-rumped Seedeater
Yellow-fronted Canary
White-bellied Canary
Old World Buntings
Cabanis's Bunting
Somali Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
Others
passerine sp.