Bird AlbumBirds of Benin
373 species recorded at 9 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus chrysoconus
Red-throated Bee-eaterMerops bulocki
Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea
Four-banded SandgrousePterocles quadricinctus
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Purple RollerCoracias naeviusMost recorded
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
HamerkopScopus umbretta
Saddle-billed StorkEphippiorhynchus senegalensis
Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicus
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
PiapiacPtilostomus afer
Double-spurred SpurfowlPternistis bicalcaratus
African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis
Long-tailed Glossy StarlingLamprotornis caudatusHotspots with the most records
- Park PendjariAtakora Department272 species
- Abomey-Calavi – Lac NokoueAtlantique Department91 species
- Grand-PopoMono Department133 species
- Tanagou FallsAtakora Department87 species
- Park Pendjari – Mare BaliAtakora Department110 species
- CotonouLittoral72 species
- Foret du LamaZou Department61 species
- OuidahAtlantique Department46 species
- NatitingouAtakora Department36 species
All species recorded · 373
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus
- Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus
- Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
- Standard-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longipennis
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
- Violet Turaco Tauraco violaceus
- Guinea Turaco Tauraco persa
- Denham's Bustard Neotis denhami
- White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Four-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles quadricinctus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Black Crowned Crane Balearica pavonina
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- West African Crested Tern Thalasseus albididorsalis
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Black Stork Ciconia nigra
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Beaudouin's Snake Eagle Circaetus beaudouini
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- Red-necked Buzzard Buteo auguralis
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
- Greyish Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus
- Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator
- Western Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus albocristatus
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster
- Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Shining-blue Kingfisher Alcedo quadribrachys
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- African Green Bee-eater Merops viridissimus
- Rosy Bee-eater Merops malimbicus
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus
- Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti
- Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus
- Fine-spotted Woodpecker Campethera punctuligera
- Fire-bellied Woodpecker Chloropicus pyrrhogaster
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Brown-backed Woodpecker Dendropicos obsoletus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Fox Kestrel Falco alopex
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Red-headed Lovebird Agapornis pullarius
- Senegal Batis Batis senegalensis
- Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Red-cheeked Wattle-eye Platysteira blissetti
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Sabine's Puffback Dryoscopus sabini
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Red-billed Helmetshrike Prionops caniceps
- Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea
- Black-winged Oriole Oriolus nigripennis
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- African Blue Flycatcher Elminia longicauda
- White-shouldered Black Tit Melaniparus guineensis
- Yellow Penduline Tit Anthoscopus parvulus
- Western Nicator Nicator chloris
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Sun Lark Galerida modesta
- Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus
- Yellow-gorgeted Greenbul Atimastillas flavicollis
- Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex
- Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
- White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis
- Baumann's Olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus baumanni
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Pied-winged Swallow Hirundo leucosoma
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Preuss's Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon preussi
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Green Crombec Sylvietta virens
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis
- Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris
- Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota
- Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
- Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
- Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
- Orange-breasted Forest Robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax
- White-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha albicapillus
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Heuglin's Wheatear Oenanthe heuglinii
- White-fronted Black Chat Oenanthe albifrons
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Fraser's Sunbird Deleornis fraseri
- Mangrove Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Buff-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra adelberti
- Carmelite Sunbird Chalcomitra fuliginosa
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Sahel Bush Sparrow Gymnoris dentata
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Orange Weaver Ploceus aurantius
- Heuglin's Masked Weaver Ploceus heuglini
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor
- Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Lavender Waxbill Glaucestrilda caerulescens
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Red-winged Pytilia Pytilia phoenicoptera
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara
- Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
- Black-faced Firefinch Lagonosticta larvata
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Wilson's Indigobird Vidua wilsoni
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Exclamatory Paradise Whydah Vidua interjecta
- Togo Paradise Whydah Vidua togoensis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- White-rumped Seedeater Crithagra leucopygia
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Gosling's Bunting Emberiza goslingi
- Brown-rumped Bunting Emberiza affinis
- Cabanis's Bunting Emberiza cabanisi