Sudan · Khartoum
Sunt Forest
170 species and 989 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January, with up to 38 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Great EgretArdea alba
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
African SilverbillEuodice cantans
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Tuti Island4 km159 species
- White Nile @ Nile Street4 km57 species
- Soba ponds16 km59 species
- Jabel Aulia41 km88 species
All 170 species recorded here
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- White-headed Babbler Turdoides leucocephala
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Nile Valley Sunbird Hedydipna metallica
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Sudan Golden Sparrow Passer luteus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- African Green Bee-eater Merops viridissimus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Eastern Black-eared Wheatear Oenanthe melanoleuca
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Northern Masked Weaver Ploceus taeniopterus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Black Scrub Robin Cercotrichas podobe
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes
- Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix nigriceps
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- White-tailed Lapwing Vanellus leucurus
- Scissor-tailed Kite Chelictinia riocourii
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Kordofan Sparrow Passer cordofanicus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow Gymnoris pyrgita
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Graceful Prinia Prinia gracilis
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Cream-colored Courser Cursorius cursor
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Sunt Forest?
January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 38 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Sunt Forest?
170 species, from 989 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Sunt Forest in November?
The most recorded in November: Black Kite, Laughing Dove, Great Egret, House Sparrow and Mourning Collared Dove.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.