Nigeria · Plateau State
Amurum Forest Reserve
345 species and 24,444 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and October, with up to 189 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Adamawa Turtle DoveStreptopelia hypopyrrha
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
Stone PartridgePtilopachus petrosus
Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus chrysoconus
African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea
Gosling's BuntingEmberiza goslingi
Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
Black-billed Wood DoveTurtur abyssinicus
Western Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscator
Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
Bronze MannikinSpermestes cucullataSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Lamingo Dam4 km214 species
- Rennajj (Rockwater) Fish Farm11 km174 species
All 345 species recorded here
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
- Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
- Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Adamawa Turtle Dove Streptopelia hypopyrrha
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Violet Turaco Tauraco violaceus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura
- Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Rock Firefinch Lagonosticta sanguinodorsalis
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Lavender Waxbill Glaucestrilda caerulescens
- Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Yellow-gorgeted Greenbul Atimastillas flavicollis
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Gosling's Bunting Emberiza goslingi
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Neumann's Starling Onychognathus neumanni
- Senegal Batis Batis senegalensis
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Leaf-love Phyllastrephus scandens
- Dorst's Cisticola Cisticola guinea
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- African Blue Flycatcher Elminia longicauda
- Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus
- Sun Lark Galerida modesta
- Red-winged Prinia Prinia erythroptera
- Fox Kestrel Falco alopex
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara
- Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
- Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Fine-spotted Woodpecker Campethera punctuligera
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Greyish Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Jos Plateau Indigobird Vidua maryae
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Red-winged Grey Warbler Drymocichla incana
- Yellow Penduline Tit Anthoscopus parvulus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Heuglin's Masked Weaver Ploceus heuglini
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Sahel Bush Sparrow Gymnoris dentata
- Red-necked Buzzard Buteo auguralis
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- White-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha albicapillus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Red-headed Lovebird Agapornis pullarius
- Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
- Anteater Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- White-fronted Black Chat Oenanthe albifrons
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher
- Guinea Turaco Tauraco persa
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Grey-winged Robin-Chat Sheppardia polioptera
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill Lophoceros camurus
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Rufous Cisticola Cisticola rufus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- White-rumped Seedeater Crithagra leucopygia
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Standard-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longipennis
- White-shouldered Black Tit Melaniparus guineensis
- Brown-backed Woodpecker Dendropicos obsoletus
- Black-faced Firefinch Lagonosticta larvata
- Gambaga Flycatcher Muscicapa gambagae
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor
- Yellow-winged Pytilia Pytilia hypogrammica
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Emin's Shrike Lanius gubernator
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Black-backed Cisticola Cisticola eximius
- West African Seedeater Crithagra canicapilla
- Marsh Widowbird Euplectes hartlaubi
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota
- Little Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos elachus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Least Honeyguide Indicator exilis
- Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata
- Dybowski's Twinspot Euschistospiza dybowskii
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Black-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Quailfinch Indigobird Vidua nigeriae
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Double-toothed Barbet Pogonornis bidentatus
- Hartlaub's Duck Pteronetta hartlaubii
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- Little Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Tullberg's Woodpecker Campethera tullbergi
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi
- Tiny Sunbird Cinnyris minullus
- Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Black Bee-eater Merops gularis
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra
- Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk Aerospiza castanilius
- Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Marsh Tchagra Bocagia minuta
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Cassin's Spinetail Neafrapus cassini
- Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Cricket Warbler Spiloptila clamans
- Wilson's Indigobird Vidua wilsoni
- Purple-headed Starling Hylopsar purpureiceps
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Four-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles quadricinctus
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Heuglin's Wheatear Oenanthe heuglinii
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Sahel Paradise Whydah Vidua orientalis
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Fraser's Forest Flycatcher Fraseria ocreata
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- White-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris
- Golden Nightjar Caprimulgus eximius
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Red-winged Pytilia Pytilia phoenicoptera
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Golden Greenbul Calyptocichla serinus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Amurum Forest Reserve?
May and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 189 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Amurum Forest Reserve?
345 species, from 24,444 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Amurum Forest Reserve in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Bulbul, Laughing Dove, Adamawa Turtle Dove, Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu and Stone Partridge.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.