Birds of Sudan
229 species recorded at 5 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Great EgretArdea alba
Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
African SilverbillEuodice cantans
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvusMost recorded
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourus
Beautiful SunbirdCinnyris pulchellus
Namaqua DoveOena capensis
Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
White-headed BabblerTurdoides leucocephala
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
Common HoopoeUpupa epops
Crested LarkGalerida cristata
Black Scrub RobinCercotrichas podobe
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusHotspots with the most records
- Tuti IslandKhartoum159 species
- Sunt ForestKhartoum170 species
- Soba pondsKhartoum59 species
- Jabel AuliaWhite Nile88 species
- White Nile @ Nile StreetKhartoum57 species
All species recorded · 229
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Pochard Aythya ferina
- Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- 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
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Eurasian Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- 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
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Black Stork Ciconia nigra
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- 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
- Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Scissor-tailed Kite Chelictinia riocourii
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- African Green Bee-eater Merops viridissimus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Yellow-breasted Barbet Trachyphonus margaritatus
- Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes
- Rufous-rumped Lark Pinarocorys erythropygia
- Desert Lark Ammomanes deserti
- Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix nigriceps
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Sun Lark Galerida modesta
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Pale Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne obsoleta
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Red-pate Cisticola Cisticola ruficeps
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Sardinian Warbler Curruca melanocephala
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- White-headed Babbler Turdoides leucocephala
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Black Scrub Robin Cercotrichas podobe
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Nile Valley Sunbird Hedydipna metallica
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow Gymnoris pyrgita
- Sahel Bush Sparrow Gymnoris dentata
- Kordofan Sparrow Passer cordofanicus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Sudan Golden Sparrow Passer luteus
- Northern Masked Weaver Ploceus taeniopterus
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- White-rumped Seedeater Crithagra leucopygia