Nigeria · Oyo State
IITA Forest Reserve and Lake
278 species and 3,230 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April, with up to 98 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Pied CrowCorvus albus
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
Double-spurred SpurfowlPternistis bicalcaratus
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus29 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 278 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 278 species recorded here
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus
- Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Red-vented Malimbe Malimbus scutatus
- Velvet-mantled Drongo Dicrurus modestus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Guinea Turaco Tauraco persa
- Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris
- Green Crombec Sylvietta virens
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- Black-winged Oriole Oriolus nigripennis
- Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
- Western Nicator Nicator chloris
- Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Western Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus albocristatus
- Leaf-love Phyllastrephus scandens
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Eurillas latirostris
- Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Ibadan Malimbe Malimbus ibadanensis
- Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Grey-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Slender-billed Greenbul Stelgidillas gracilirostris
- Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Fiery-breasted Bushshrike Malaconotus cruentus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis
- Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Fire-bellied Woodpecker Chloropicus pyrrhogaster
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
- Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Dusky-blue Flycatcher Bradornis comitatus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus
- Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens
- Capuchin Babbler Turdoides atripennis
- Ahanta Spurfowl Pternistis ahantensis
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor
- Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps
- Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina
- Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat Cossypha cyanocampter
- Green Hylia Hylia prasina
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema
- Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Red-billed Helmetshrike Prionops caniceps
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Whistling Cisticola Cisticola lateralis
- White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Violet Turaco Tauraco violaceus
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Baumann's Olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus baumanni
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Neumann's Starling Onychognathus neumanni
- Mangrove Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Sabine's Puffback Dryoscopus sabini
- Pale-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis rufipennis
- White-spotted Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia tonsa
- Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus
- Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Yellow-gorgeted Greenbul Atimastillas flavicollis
- Tiny Sunbird Cinnyris minullus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea
- Rufous-sided Broadbill Smithornis rufolateralis
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Kemp's Longbill Macrosphenus kempi
- White-tailed Ant Thrush Neocossyphus poensis
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
- Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Black Scrub Robin Cercotrichas podobe
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Blue-headed Wood Dove Turtur brehmeri
- Long-tailed Hawk Urotriorchis macrourus
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Buff-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra adelberti
- Grey Pratincole Glareola cinerea
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk Aerospiza castanilius
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Pallid Swift Apus pallidus
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra
- Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus
- Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
- Black Guineafowl Agelastes niger
- Preuss's Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon preussi
- Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
- Least Honeyguide Indicator exilis
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Marsh Tchagra Bocagia minuta
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Forbes's Plover Thinornis forbesi
- Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata
- Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at IITA Forest Reserve and Lake?
April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 98 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at IITA Forest Reserve and Lake?
278 species, from 3,230 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at IITA Forest Reserve and Lake in November?
The most recorded in November: Pied Crow, African Jacana, Senegal Coucal, Double-spurred Spurfowl and Common Bulbul.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.