Cameroon · North
Benoue NP
435 species and 8,120 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–April, with up to 251 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Red-throated Bee-eaterMerops bulocki
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea
Egyptian PloverPluvianus aegyptius
Senegal ParrotPoicephalus senegalus
Black-billed Wood DoveTurtur abyssinicus
Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
African Blue FlycatcherElminia longicauda
Familiar ChatOenanthe familiaris
Brown BabblerTurdoides plebejus
Sahel Bush SparrowGymnoris dentata
Bearded BarbetPogonornis dubius
Tropical BoubouLaniarius majorSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 435 species recorded here
- Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
- Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
- Violet Turaco Tauraco violaceus
- Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura
- Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- African Blue Flycatcher Elminia longicauda
- Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- Sahel Bush Sparrow Gymnoris dentata
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Fine-spotted Woodpecker Campethera punctuligera
- Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster
- Four-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles quadricinctus
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius
- Senegal Batis Batis senegalensis
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- White-throated Francolin Campocolinus albogularis
- Adamawa Turtle Dove Streptopelia hypopyrrha
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- White-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha albicapillus
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus
- Rufous Cisticola Cisticola rufus
- Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
- Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
- Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara
- African Spotted Creeper Salpornis salvadori
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Yellow-bellied Hyliota Hyliota flavigaster
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- White-crested Turaco Tauraco leucolophus
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- White-shouldered Black Tit Melaniparus guineensis
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Red-necked Buzzard Buteo auguralis
- Brown-backed Woodpecker Dendropicos obsoletus
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Preuss's Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon preussi
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei
- Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster
- Cabanis's Bunting Emberiza cabanisi
- Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus
- Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Red-winged Grey Warbler Drymocichla incana
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Black-faced Firefinch Lagonosticta larvata
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Heuglin's Masked Weaver Ploceus heuglini
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Dorst's Cisticola Cisticola guinea
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- Heuglin's Wheatear Oenanthe heuglinii
- Red-winged Prinia Prinia erythroptera
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Gosling's Bunting Emberiza goslingi
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea
- Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Standard-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longipennis
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- West African Seedeater Crithagra canicapilla
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Western Black-headed Batis Batis erlangeri
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Yellow-winged Pytilia Pytilia hypogrammica
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis
- Red-winged Pytilia Pytilia phoenicoptera
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Yellow Penduline Tit Anthoscopus parvulus
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Yellow-gorgeted Greenbul Atimastillas flavicollis
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Brown-rumped Bunting Emberiza affinis
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- Emin's Shrike Lanius gubernator
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- White-fronted Black Chat Oenanthe albifrons
- Dybowski's Twinspot Euschistospiza dybowskii
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Greyish Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Fox Kestrel Falco alopex
- Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
- Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Ross's Turaco Tauraco rossae
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Beaudouin's Snake Eagle Circaetus beaudouini
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Scaly Spurfowl Pternistis squamatus
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Whistling Cisticola Cisticola lateralis
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Leaf-love Phyllastrephus scandens
- Double-toothed Barbet Pogonornis bidentatus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Black-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Scissor-tailed Kite Chelictinia riocourii
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Brown Twinspot Clytospiza monteiri
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Grey Pratincole Glareola cinerea
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Sun Lark Galerida modesta
- White-collared Starling Grafisia torquata
- Willcocks's Honeyguide Indicator willcocksi
- Gambaga Flycatcher Muscicapa gambagae
- Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
- White-chinned Prinia Schistolais leucopogon
- White-rumped Seedeater Crithagra leucopygia
- Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
- White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Exclamatory Paradise Whydah Vidua interjecta
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Denham's Bustard Neotis denhami
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Red-headed Lovebird Agapornis pullarius
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Rufous-rumped Lark Pinarocorys erythropygia
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Chad Firefinch Lagonosticta umbrinodorsalis
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
- Black Scrub Robin Cercotrichas podobe
- Marsh Widowbird Euplectes hartlaubi
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- African Piculet Verreauxia africana
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- African Green Bee-eater Merops viridissimus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Speckle-breasted Woodpecker Dendropicos poecilolaemus
- Grey-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Long-legged Pipit Anthus pallidiventris
- Green-backed Eremomela Eremomela canescens
- Schlegel's Francolin Campocolinus schlegelii
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Elliot's Woodpecker Dendropicos elliotii
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Mangrove Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- Narrow-tailed Starling Poeoptera lugubris
- Clapperton's Spurfowl Pternistis clappertoni
- Black-bellied Seedcracker Pyrenestes ostrinus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Forbes's Plover Thinornis forbesi
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Orange Weaver Ploceus aurantius
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Black Crowned Crane Balearica pavonina
- Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Brown-chested Lapwing Vanellus superciliosus
- Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat Cossypha cyanocampter
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Benoue NP?
March–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 251 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Benoue NP?
435 species, from 8,120 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Benoue NP in November?
The most recorded in November: Red-throated Bee-eater, Common Bulbul, African Palm Swift, Vinaceous Dove and Egyptian Plover.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.