Bird AlbumNigeria · Bauchi State
Yankari Game Reserve
249 species and 1,296 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: June, with up to 99 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 249 species recorded here
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus
- Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Sahel Bush Sparrow Gymnoris dentata
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- African Green Bee-eater Merops viridissimus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- White-shouldered Black Tit Melaniparus guineensis
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Brown-rumped Bunting Emberiza affinis
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Bearded Barbet Pogonornis dubius
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Rufous Cisticola Cisticola rufus
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Fine-spotted Woodpecker Campethera punctuligera
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Dorst's Cisticola Cisticola guinea
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
- Fox Kestrel Falco alopex
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps
- Yellow-crowned Gonolek Laniarius barbarus
- Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Four-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles quadricinctus
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Senegal Batis Batis senegalensis
- White-fronted Black Chat Oenanthe albifrons
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus
- Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
- Pied-winged Swallow Hirundo leucosoma
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Red-winged Pytilia Pytilia phoenicoptera
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Savile's Bustard Lophotis savilei
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- White-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha albicapillus
- Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Exclamatory Paradise Whydah Vidua interjecta
- Gosling's Bunting Emberiza goslingi
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Violet Turaco Tauraco violaceus
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Yellow-gorgeted Greenbul Atimastillas flavicollis
- Greyish Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens
- Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
- Standard-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longipennis
- Beaudouin's Snake Eagle Circaetus beaudouini
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus
- Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Red-necked Buzzard Buteo auguralis
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Chestnut-bellied Starling Lamprotornis pulcher
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
- Yellow Penduline Tit Anthoscopus parvulus
- Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
- Adamawa Turtle Dove Streptopelia hypopyrrha
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Velvet-mantled Drongo Dicrurus modestus
- Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
- Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus
- Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus
- Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- Grey Pratincole Glareola cinerea
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Wilson's Indigobird Vidua wilsoni
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Yankari Game Reserve?
June. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 99 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Yankari Game Reserve?
249 species, from 1,296 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.