Birds of Liberia
313 species recorded at 8 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Blue-spotted Wood DoveTurtur afer
African Harrier-HawkPolyboroides typus
Vieillot's Black WeaverPloceus nigerrimus
Olive-bellied SunbirdCinnyris chloropygius
White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
Grey-headed NigritaNigrita canicapillus
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
Northern FiscalLanius humeralis
Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivacea
Little GreenbulEurillas virensMost recorded
White-tailed AletheAlethe diademata
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
Simple GreenbulChlorocichla simplex
Green HyliaHylia prasina
Tambourine DoveTurtur tympanistria
Speckled TinkerbirdPogoniulus scolopaceus
Grey-headed BristlebillBleda canicapillus
Red-bellied Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone rufiventer
Brown-crowned TchagraTchagra australis
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
Yellow-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus bilineatus
Western NicatorNicator chlorisHotspots with the most records
- Wulki FarmMontserrado County164 species
- Libassa EcolodgeMargibi County131 species
- Sapo NPSinoe County151 species
- South RidgeNimba45 species
- RobertsportGrand Cape Mount County182 species
- GrassfieldNimba43 species
- Liberia Krystal BeachMontserrado County56 species
- Upper grasslandNimba7 species
All species recorded · 313
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Hartlaub's Duck Pteronetta hartlaubii
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Latham's Francolin Peliperdix lathami
- Ahanta Spurfowl Pternistis ahantensis
- Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus
- Swamp Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis
- Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus
- Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
- Sabine's Spinetail Rhaphidura sabini
- Cassin's Spinetail Neafrapus cassini
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Bates's Swift Apus batesi
- Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata
- Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
- Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus
- Guinea Turaco Tauraco persa
- Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta
- Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Blue-headed Wood Dove Turtur brehmeri
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Nkulengu Rail Himantornis haematopus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- West African Crested Tern Thalasseus albididorsalis
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- White-crested Tiger Heron Tigriornis leucolopha
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Congo Serpent Eagle Circaetus spectabilis
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Cassin's Hawk-Eagle Aquila africana
- Long-tailed Hawk Urotriorchis macrourus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Red-thighed Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza erythropus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Red-necked Buzzard Buteo auguralis
- Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus
- Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill Lophoceros camurus
- Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator
- Brown-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes cylindricus
- Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata
- Yellow-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna elata
- Western Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus albocristatus
- Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- African Dwarf Kingfisher Ispidina lecontei
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Shining-blue Kingfisher Alcedo quadribrachys
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Black Bee-eater Merops gularis
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus
- Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus
- 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
- Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti
- Double-toothed Barbet Pogonornis bidentatus
- Cassin's Honeybird Prodotiscus insignis
- Yellow-footed Honeyguide Melignomon eisentrauti
- Willcocks's Honeyguide Indicator willcocksi
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus
- Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
- Fire-bellied Woodpecker Chloropicus pyrrhogaster
- Melancholy Woodpecker Dendropicos lugubris
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Timneh Parrot Psittacus timneh
- Rufous-sided Broadbill Smithornis rufolateralis
- Senegal Batis Batis senegalensis
- West African Batis Batis occulta
- West African Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia hormophora
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye Platysteira concreta
- Red-cheeked Wattle-eye Platysteira blissetti
- Fiery-breasted Bushshrike Malaconotus cruentus
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Sabine's Puffback Dryoscopus sabini
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Lowland Sooty Boubou Laniarius leucorhynchus
- Red-billed Helmetshrike Prionops caniceps
- African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus
- Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher Bias musicus
- Blue Cuckooshrike Cyanograucalus azureus
- Western Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus
- Velvet-mantled Drongo Dicrurus modestus
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis
- Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus nitens
- Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Western Nicator Nicator chloris
- Slender-billed Greenbul Stelgidillas gracilirostris
- Golden Greenbul Calyptocichla serinus
- Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus
- Green-tailed Bristlebill Bleda eximius
- Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus
- Spotted Greenbul Ixonotus guttatus
- Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura
- Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex
- Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator
- Western Bearded Greenbul Criniger barbatus
- Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus
- Yellow-bearded Greenbul Criniger olivaceus
- 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
- Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus
- Leaf-love Phyllastrephus scandens
- Baumann's Olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus baumanni
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Square-tailed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne nitens
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- White-bibbed Swallow Hirundo nigrita
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Preuss's Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon preussi
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- Kemp's Longbill Macrosphenus kempi
- Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor
- Green Crombec Sylvietta virens
- Lemon-bellied Crombec Sylvietta denti
- Chestnut-capped Flycatcher Erythrocercus mccallii
- Green Hylia Hylia prasina
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Whistling Cisticola Cisticola lateralis
- Chattering Cisticola Cisticola anonymus
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Sharpe's Apalis Apalis sharpii
- Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris
- Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota
- Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens
- Pale-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis rufipennis
- Blackcap Illadopsis Illadopsis cleaveri
- Rufous-winged Illadopsis Illadopsis rufescens
- Capuchin Babbler Turdoides atripennis
- Copper-tailed Starling Hylopsar cupreocauda
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus
- Finsch's Rufous Thrush Stizorhina finschi
- White-tailed Ant Thrush Neocossyphus poensis
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- White-tailed Alethe Alethe diademata
- Forest Scrub Robin Tychaedon leucosticta
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- White-browed Forest Flycatcher Fraseria cinerascens
- Fraser's Forest Flycatcher Fraseria ocreata
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Little Grey Flycatcher Muscicapa epulata
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini
- Orange-breasted Forest Robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax
- Brown-chested Alethe Chamaetylas poliocephala
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- Grey-winged Robin-Chat Sheppardia polioptera
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Fraser's Sunbird Deleornis fraseri
- Mangrove Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus
- Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi
- Yellow-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes rectirostris
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Buff-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra adelberti
- Carmelite Sunbird Chalcomitra fuliginosa
- Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius
- Tiny Sunbird Cinnyris minullus
- Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus
- Johanna's Sunbird Cinnyris johannae
- Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Bates's Sunbird Cinnyris batesi
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Orange Weaver Ploceus aurantius
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
- Maxwell's Black Weaver Ploceus albinucha
- Gola Malimbe Malimbus ballmanni
- Red-vented Malimbe Malimbus scutatus
- 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
- Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus
- Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor
- Grey-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina
- Crimson Seedcracker Pyrenestes sanguineus
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis