Birds of Niger
329 species recorded at 5 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Brown BabblerTurdoides plebejus
Pygmy SunbirdHedydipna platura
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
HamerkopScopus umbretta
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
Double-spurred SpurfowlPternistis bicalcaratus
Long-tailed Glossy StarlingLamprotornis caudatusMost recorded
Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicus
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
African Green Bee-eaterMerops viridissimus
Egyptian PloverPluvianus aegyptius
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Northern Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus
Western Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscator
Stone PartridgePtilopachus petrosusHotspots with the most records
- W National ParkTillabéri Region305 species
- Niamey Grand Hotel terraceNiamey77 species
- Cap BangaNiamey68 species
- ZinderZinder Region46 species
- AgadezAgadez Region23 species
All species recorded · 329
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus
- Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus
- Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
- Standard-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longipennis
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
- Violet Turaco Tauraco violaceus
- Arabian Bustard Ardeotis arabs
- Denham's Bustard Neotis denhami
- White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
- Savile's Bustard Lophotis savilei
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Lichtenstein's Sandgrouse Pterocles lichtensteinii
- Four-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles quadricinctus
- 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
- 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
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Black Crowned Crane Balearica pavonina
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Quail-plover Ortyxelos meiffrenii
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
- Grey Pratincole Glareola cinerea
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Black Stork Ciconia nigra
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- 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
- 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
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Scissor-tailed Kite Chelictinia riocourii
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- 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
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- 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
- 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
- Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus
- Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster
- 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
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- African Green Bee-eater Merops viridissimus
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Yellow-breasted Barbet Trachyphonus margaritatus
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti
- Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Fine-spotted Woodpecker Campethera punctuligera
- Little Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos elachus
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Brown-backed Woodpecker Dendropicos obsoletus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Fox Kestrel Falco alopex
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Senegal Batis Batis senegalensis
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis
- African Blue Flycatcher Elminia longicauda
- White-shouldered Black Tit Melaniparus guineensis
- Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti
- Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix nigriceps
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
- Pied-winged Swallow Hirundo leucosoma
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Preuss's Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon preussi
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Cricket Warbler Spiloptila clamans
- Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- 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
- Black Scrub Robin Cercotrichas podobe
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
- White-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha albicapillus
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Anteater Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Western Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe hispanica
- White-fronted Black Chat Oenanthe albifrons
- White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga
- Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Sahel Bush Sparrow Gymnoris dentata
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Desert Sparrow Passer simplex
- Sudan Golden Sparrow Passer luteus
- White-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris
- Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus
- Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Heuglin's Masked Weaver Ploceus heuglini
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Lavender Waxbill Glaucestrilda caerulescens
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Red-winged Pytilia Pytilia phoenicoptera
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Black-faced Firefinch Lagonosticta larvata
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Sahel Paradise Whydah Vidua orientalis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- White-rumped Seedeater Crithagra leucopygia
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- West African Seedeater Crithagra canicapilla
- House Bunting Emberiza sahari
- Gosling's Bunting Emberiza goslingi
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Brown-rumped Bunting Emberiza affinis