Birds of Togo

295 species recorded at 10 public birding hotspots.

Most recorded in November

Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis

Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus

White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis

Bronze MannikinSpermestes cucullata

Black KiteMilvus migrans

Pied CrowCorvus albus

African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus

Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus

Superb SunbirdCinnyris superbus

Western Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscator

Little SwiftApus affinis

Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus

Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis

Congo Pied HornbillLophoceros fasciatus

Most recorded

Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris

African Green PigeonTreron calvus

African ThrushTurdus pelios

Ethiopian SwallowHirundo aethiopica

Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus

Blue-spotted Wood DoveTurtur afer

Orange-cheeked WaxbillEstrilda melpoda

Red-headed MalimbeMalimbus rubricollis

Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura

Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos

Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata

Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus

Splendid SunbirdCinnyris coccinigastrus

Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis

Hotspots with the most records

MisahohePlateaux Region145 species
KloutoPlateaux Region155 species
Djamdé Reserve de FauneKara Region87 species
Dzogbégan MonasteryPlateaux Region72 species
Sarakawa Wildlife ParkKara Region61 species
Lac EyademaMaritime45 species
Auberge du LacMaritime69 species
Hotel SarakawaMaritime52 species
Aneho Lagoon and BeachfrontMaritime40 species
Universite de LomeMaritime51 species

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All species recorded · 295

White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus
Ahanta Spurfowl Pternistis ahantensis
Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus
Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
Common Swift Apus apus
Little Swift Apus affinis
White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
Violet Turaco Tauraco violaceus
Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus
Guinea Turaco Tauraco persa
Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
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
Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
Rock Dove Columba livia
Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques
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
Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
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
African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Sanderling Calidris alba
Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
Black Tern Chlidonias niger
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
West African Crested Tern Thalasseus albididorsalis
Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
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
Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
Long-tailed Hawk Urotriorchis macrourus
Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
Red-thighed Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza erythropus
Shikra Tachyspiza badia
Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
Black Kite Milvus migrans
Red-necked Buzzard Buteo auguralis
African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus
African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
Western Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus albocristatus
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
White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus
Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta
Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti
Double-toothed Barbet Pogonornis bidentatus
Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius
Willcocks's Honeyguide Indicator willcocksi
Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus
Fine-spotted Woodpecker Campethera punctuligera
Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
Fire-bellied Woodpecker Chloropicus pyrrhogaster
Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
Melancholy Woodpecker Dendropicos lugubris
African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
Fox Kestrel Falco alopex
Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
African Hobby Falco cuvierii
Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
Senegal Batis Batis senegalensis
Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
Red-cheeked Wattle-eye Platysteira blissetti
Fiery-breasted Bushshrike Malaconotus cruentus
Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
Brubru Nilaus afer
White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
Red-billed Helmetshrike Prionops caniceps
African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus
Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher Bias musicus
White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis
Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea
Purple-throated Cuckooshrike Campephaga quiscalina
Western Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus
Black-winged Oriole Oriolus nigripennis
African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis
Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
Pied Crow Corvus albus
Western Nicator Nicator chloris
Slender-billed Greenbul Stelgidillas gracilirostris
Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus
Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator
Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Eurillas latirostris
Little Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis
Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus
Leaf-love Phyllastrephus scandens
Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura
Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
Sand Martin Riparia riparia
Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
Pied-winged Swallow Hirundo leucosoma
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida
Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens
Green Hylia Hylia prasina
Tit Hylia Pholidornis rushiae
Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
Whistling Cisticola Cisticola lateralis
Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
Dorst's Cisticola Cisticola guinea
Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
Rufous Cisticola Cisticola rufus
Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
Red-winged Prinia Prinia erythroptera
Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps
Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota
Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens
Puvel's Illadopsis Illadopsis puveli
Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
African Thrush Turdus pelios
Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat Cossypha cyanocampter
Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema
Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
Buff-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra adelberti
Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius
Tiny Sunbird Cinnyris minullus
Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus
Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus
Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
Sahel Bush Sparrow Gymnoris dentata
Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
Heuglin's Masked Weaver Ploceus heuglini
Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor
Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens
Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis
Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus
Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
Compact Weaver Pachyphantes superciliosus
Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura
Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor
Grey-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus
Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
Black-bellied Seedcracker Pyrenestes ostrinus
Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara
Black-faced Firefinch Lagonosticta larvata
Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
Barka Indigobird Vidua larvaticola
Wilson's Indigobird Vidua wilsoni
Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
West African Seedeater Crithagra canicapilla
Cabanis's Bunting Emberiza cabanisi