Bird AlbumBirds of Mali
190 species recorded at 4 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Long-tailed Glossy StarlingLamprotornis caudatus
Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Western Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscator
Yellow-crowned GonolekLaniarius barbarus
Lavender WaxbillGlaucestrilda caerulescens
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Neumann's StarlingOnychognathus neumanni
African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
Brown BabblerTurdoides plebejus
Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
African ThrushTurdus pelios
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatusMost recorded
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
Western Red-billed HornbillTockus kempi
Yellow-billed ShrikeCorvinella corvina
Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicus
Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
Senegal ParrotPoicephalus senegalus
Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
ShikraTachyspiza badia
Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Blackcap BabblerTurdoides reinwardtii
Bronze MannikinSpermestes cucullata
Little WeaverPloceus luteolusHotspots with the most records
All species recorded · 190
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus
- Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
- Denham's Bustard Neotis denhami
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- European Turtle Dove Streptopelia turtur
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Black Crowned Crane Balearica pavonina
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Forbes's Plover Thinornis forbesi
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- White Stork Ciconia ciconia
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- 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
- Scissor-tailed Kite Chelictinia riocourii
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Beaudouin's Snake Eagle Circaetus beaudouini
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus
- Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
- Western Red-billed Hornbill Tockus kempi
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Shining-blue Kingfisher Alcedo quadribrachys
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- African Green Bee-eater Merops viridissimus
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti
- Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Fine-spotted Woodpecker Campethera punctuligera
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Fox Kestrel Falco alopex
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Preuss's Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon preussi
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus
- Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
- Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
- Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher
- Neumann's Starling Onychognathus neumanni
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Black Scrub Robin Cercotrichas podobe
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- White-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha albicapillus
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Anteater Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Sahel Bush Sparrow Gymnoris dentata
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Sudan Golden Sparrow Passer luteus
- White-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris
- Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Heuglin's Masked Weaver Ploceus heuglini
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Lavender Waxbill Glaucestrilda caerulescens
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Mali Firefinch Lagonosticta virata
- Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Sahel Paradise Whydah Vidua orientalis
- Exclamatory Paradise Whydah Vidua interjecta
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- White-rumped Seedeater Crithagra leucopygia
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- House Bunting Emberiza sahari
- Gosling's Bunting Emberiza goslingi
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris