Bird AlbumNigeria · Lagos State
Lekki Conservation Center
217 species and 1,679 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March and September, with up to 33 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Swamp Palm BulbulThescelocichla leucopleura
Congo Pied HornbillLophoceros fasciatus
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Bronze MannikinSpermestes cucullata
Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 217 species recorded here
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Carmelite Sunbird Chalcomitra fuliginosa
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Red-vented Malimbe Malimbus scutatus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus
- Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Grey-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus
- Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens
- Western Nicator Nicator chloris
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Buff-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra adelberti
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- White-tailed Ant Thrush Neocossyphus poensis
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Green Hylia Hylia prasina
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus
- Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
- Black-bellied Seedcracker Pyrenestes ostrinus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Reichenbach's Sunbird Anabathmis reichenbachii
- Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Orange Weaver Ploceus aurantius
- Guinea Turaco Tauraco persa
- Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
- Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Tiny Sunbird Cinnyris minullus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Double-toothed Barbet Pogonornis bidentatus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi
- Mangrove Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus
- Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea
- Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Little Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Narrow-tailed Starling Poeoptera lugubris
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Yellow-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes rectirostris
- White-browed Forest Flycatcher Fraseria cinerascens
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Red-thighed Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza erythropus
- Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk Aerospiza castanilius
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis
- Green Crombec Sylvietta virens
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Black Bee-eater Merops gularis
- African Green Bee-eater Merops viridissimus
- Black Crowned Crane Balearica pavonina
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Compact Weaver Pachyphantes superciliosus
- Bates's Swift Apus batesi
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Western Bearded Greenbul Criniger barbatus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Fire-bellied Woodpecker Chloropicus pyrrhogaster
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Fine-spotted Woodpecker Campethera punctuligera
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata
- Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Sahel Bush Sparrow Gymnoris dentata
- Hartlaub's Duck Pteronetta hartlaubii
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus
- Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina
- Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura
- Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus
- Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Lekki Conservation Center?
March and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 33 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Lekki Conservation Center?
217 species, from 1,679 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Lekki Conservation Center in November?
The most recorded in November: Red-eyed Dove, Pied Crow, Swamp Palm Bulbul, Congo Pied Hornbill and Western Cattle Egret.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.