Cameroon · Far North
Waza NP
327 species and 5,557 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–April, with up to 149 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Grasshopper BuzzardButastur rufipennis
Northern Red-billed HornbillTockus erythrorhynchus
Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicus
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer
Common HoopoeUpupa epops
Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 327 species recorded here
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Clapperton's Spurfowl Pternistis clappertoni
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- African Collared Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Black Crowned Crane Balearica pavonina
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- African Green Bee-eater Merops viridissimus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Black Scrub Robin Cercotrichas podobe
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
- Scissor-tailed Kite Chelictinia riocourii
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Sahel Paradise Whydah Vidua orientalis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- River Prinia Prinia fluviatilis
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Anteater Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Red-pate Cisticola Cisticola ruficeps
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura
- Sahel Bush Sparrow Gymnoris dentata
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Arabian Bustard Ardeotis arabs
- White-rumped Seedeater Crithagra leucopygia
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- White-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis albirostris
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus
- Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Four-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles quadricinctus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Fox Kestrel Falco alopex
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Masked Shrike Lanius nubicus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Sennar Penduline Tit Anthoscopus punctifrons
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Western Olivaceous Warbler Iduna opaca
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Cricket Warbler Spiloptila clamans
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Heuglin's Wheatear Oenanthe heuglinii
- Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Greyish Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Quail-plover Ortyxelos meiffrenii
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Western Bonelli's Warbler Phylloscopus bonelli
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Red-necked Buzzard Buteo auguralis
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Savile's Bustard Lophotis savilei
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Dorst's Cisticola Cisticola guinea
- Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Gosling's Bunting Emberiza goslingi
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius
- Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Senegal Batis Batis senegalensis
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Little Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos elachus
- Rock Firefinch Lagonosticta sanguinodorsalis
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Lavender Waxbill Glaucestrilda caerulescens
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius
- Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Fine-spotted Woodpecker Campethera punctuligera
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Brown-backed Woodpecker Dendropicos obsoletus
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Sudan Golden Sparrow Passer luteus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Heuglin's Masked Weaver Ploceus heuglini
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Standard-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longipennis
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Yellow-bellied Hyliota Hyliota flavigaster
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Rufous-rumped Lark Pinarocorys erythropygia
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Black-backed Cisticola Cisticola eximius
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Green-backed Eremomela Eremomela canescens
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Golden Nightjar Caprimulgus eximius
- White-fronted Black Chat Oenanthe albifrons
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
- Adamawa Turtle Dove Streptopelia hypopyrrha
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea
- Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Barka Indigobird Vidua larvaticola
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Beaudouin's Snake Eagle Circaetus beaudouini
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Waza NP?
March–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 149 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Waza NP?
327 species, from 5,557 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Waza NP in November?
The most recorded in November: Grasshopper Buzzard, Northern Red-billed Hornbill, Black-headed Heron, Abyssinian Roller and Black Kite.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.