Birds of Central African Republic
332 species recorded at 7 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Grey ParrotPsittacus erithacus
Blue-headed Wood DoveTurtur brehmeri
Western OrioleOriolus brachyrynchus
Blue-spotted Wood DoveTurtur afer
Lowland Sooty BoubouLaniarius leucorhynchus
Great Blue TuracoCorythaeola cristata
Gosling's ApalisApalis goslingi
Green HyliaHylia prasina
Grey-headed NigritaNigrita canicapillus
Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
African Harrier-HawkPolyboroides typus
Swamp Palm BulbulThescelocichla leucopleura
White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
African Green PigeonTreron calvusMost recorded
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Olive-bellied SunbirdCinnyris chloropygius
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
White-thighed HornbillBycanistes albotibialis
Hartlaub's DuckPteronetta hartlaubii
Green CrombecSylvietta virens
Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
Square-tailed Saw-wingPsalidoprocne nitens
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Yellow-browed CamaropteraCamaroptera superciliaris
Guinea TuracoTauraco persaHotspots with the most records
- Sangha LodgeSangha-Mbaéré258 species
- Dzanga-Sangha NP – Dzanga BaiSangha-Mbaéré159 species
- Bangui FleuveBangui44 species
- Doli Lodge, Dsanga SangaSangha-Mbaéré112 species
- Dzanga-Sangha NP – Bai HokouSangha-Mbaéré83 species
- BanguiBangui58 species
- Bangui M'Poko International AirportBangui20 species
All species recorded · 332
- Hartlaub's Duck Pteronetta hartlaubii
- Black Guineafowl Agelastes niger
- Plumed Guineafowl Guttera plumifera
- Latham's Francolin Peliperdix lathami
- Heuglin's Spurfowl Pternistis icterorhynchus
- Brown Nightjar Veles binotatus
- Bates's Nightjar Caprimulgus batesi
- Standard-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longipennis
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Black Spinetail Telacanthura melanopygia
- Sabine's Spinetail Rhaphidura sabini
- Cassin's Spinetail Neafrapus cassini
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata
- Guinea Turaco Tauraco persa
- Gabon Coucal Centropus anselli
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Yellow-throated Cuckoo Chrysococcyx flavigularis
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi
- Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta
- Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Blue-headed Wood Dove Turtur brehmeri
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra
- Buff-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura elegans
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Nkulengu Rail Himantornis haematopus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Forbes's Plover Thinornis forbesi
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Brown-chested Lapwing Vanellus superciliosus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
- Grey Pratincole Glareola cinerea
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Spot-breasted Ibis Bostrychia rara
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- White-crested Tiger Heron Tigriornis leucolopha
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- 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
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Congo Serpent Eagle Circaetus spectabilis
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Cassin's Hawk-Eagle Aquila africana
- Long-tailed Hawk Urotriorchis macrourus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk Aerospiza castanilius
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Sandy Scops Owl Otus icterorhynchus
- Fraser's Eagle-Owl Ketupa poensis
- Vermiculated Fishing Owl Scotopelia bouvieri
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Bare-cheeked Trogon Apaloderma aequatoriale
- Forest Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus castaneiceps
- Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus
- Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill Lophoceros camurus
- Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator
- White-thighed Hornbill Bycanistes albotibialis
- Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus
- Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata
- Western Dwarf Hornbill Horizocerus hartlaubi
- Western Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus albocristatus
- Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- African Dwarf Kingfisher Ispidina lecontei
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Shining-blue Kingfisher Alcedo quadribrachys
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Blue-headed Bee-eater Merops muelleri
- Black Bee-eater Merops gularis
- Blue-breasted Bee-eater Merops variegatus
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus
- Grey-throated Barbet Gymnobucco bonapartei
- Bristle-nosed Barbet Gymnobucco peli
- Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus
- Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus
- Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui
- Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta
- Least Honeyguide Indicator exilis
- Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus
- Lyre-tailed Honeyguide Melichneutes robustus
- African Piculet Verreauxia africana
- Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus
- Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
- Yellow-crested Woodpecker Chloropicus xantholophus
- Gabon Woodpecker Dendropicos gabonensis
- Elliot's Woodpecker Dendropicos elliotii
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus
- Red-fronted Parrot Poicephalus gulielmi
- Black-collared Lovebird Agapornis swindernianus
- Rufous-sided Broadbill Smithornis rufolateralis
- Green-breasted Pitta Pitta reichenowi
- Western Black-headed Batis Batis erlangeri
- West African Batis Batis occulta
- Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Sabine's Puffback Dryoscopus sabini
- Red-eyed Puffback Dryoscopus senegalensis
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Lowland Sooty Boubou Laniarius leucorhynchus
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Rufous-bellied Helmetshrike Prionops rufiventris
- African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus
- Blue Cuckooshrike Cyanograucalus azureus
- Western Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus
- Black-winged Oriole Oriolus nigripennis
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Velvet-mantled Drongo Dicrurus modestus
- Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis
- Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus nitens
- Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
- Bates's Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone batesi
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Grey-necked Rockfowl Picathartes oreas
- Forest Penduline Tit Anthoscopus flavifrons
- Western Nicator Nicator chloris
- Yellow-throated Nicator Nicator vireo
- Slender-billed Greenbul Stelgidillas gracilirostris
- Golden Greenbul Calyptocichla serinus
- Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus
- Yellow-eyed Bristlebill Bleda ugandae
- Pale-throated Greenbul Atimastillas flavigula
- Spotted Greenbul Ixonotus guttatus
- Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura
- Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex
- Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator
- Sjöstedt's Greenbul Baeopogon clamans
- Eastern Bearded Greenbul Criniger chloronotus
- Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus
- White-bearded Greenbul Criniger ndussumensis
- Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
- Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Eurillas latirostris
- Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris
- Little Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis
- Ansorge's Greenbul Eurillas ansorgei
- White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis
- Xavier's Greenbul Phyllastrephus xavieri
- Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus
- Leaf-love Phyllastrephus scandens
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Square-tailed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne nitens
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida
- White-bibbed Swallow Hirundo nigrita
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Preuss's Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon preussi
- Yellow Longbill Macrosphenus flavicans
- Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor
- Green Crombec Sylvietta virens
- Lemon-bellied Crombec Sylvietta denti
- Chestnut-capped Flycatcher Erythrocercus mccallii
- Green Hylia Hylia prasina
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Dja River Scrub Warbler Bradypterus grandis
- Chattering Cisticola Cisticola anonymus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Banded Prinia Prinia bairdii
- White-chinned Prinia Schistolais leucopogon
- Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis
- Gosling's Apalis Apalis goslingi
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris
- Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota
- Rufous-crowned Eremomela Eremomela badiceps
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens
- Pale-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis rufipennis
- Blackcap Illadopsis Illadopsis cleaveri
- Violet-backed Hyliota Hyliota violacea
- Purple-headed Starling Hylopsar purpureiceps
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus
- Narrow-tailed Starling Poeoptera lugubris
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Fraser's Rufous Thrush Stizorhina fraseri
- White-tailed Ant Thrush Neocossyphus poensis
- Red-tailed Ant Thrush Neocossyphus rufus
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Fire-crested Alethe Alethe castanea
- White-browed Forest Flycatcher Fraseria cinerascens
- Fraser's Forest Flycatcher Fraseria ocreata
- Grey-throated Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria griseigularis
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Sooty Flycatcher Artomyias fuliginosa
- Yellow-footed Flycatcher Muscicapa sethsmithi
- Little Grey Flycatcher Muscicapa epulata
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini
- Yellow-breasted Forest Robin Stiphrornis xanthogaster
- Rufous-tailed Palm Thrush Cichladusa ruficauda
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Fraser's Sunbird Deleornis fraseri
- Violet-tailed Sunbird Anthreptes aurantius
- Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi
- Yellow-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes rectirostris
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Reichenbach's Sunbird Anabathmis reichenbachii
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens
- Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius
- Tiny Sunbird Cinnyris minullus
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus
- Johanna's Sunbird Cinnyris johannae
- Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus
- Bates's Sunbird Cinnyris batesi
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Maxwell's Black Weaver Ploceus albinucha
- Preuss's Weaver Ploceus preussi
- Red-crowned Malimbe Malimbus coronatus
- Cassin's Malimbe Malimbus cassini
- Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens
- Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis
- Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus
- Compact Weaver Pachyphantes superciliosus
- Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Woodhouse's Antpecker Parmoptila woodhousei
- White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus
- Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor
- Grey-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus
- Pale-fronted Nigrita Nigrita luteifrons
- Black-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula
- Black-headed Waxbill Estrilda atricapilla
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina
- Black-bellied Seedcracker Pyrenestes ostrinus
- Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Long-legged Pipit Anthus pallidiventris
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica