Nigerian birds

Species by species account of Nigerian birds

Compiled by the A.P. Leventis Ornithological research Institute

  • Sahel Bush Sparrow

    Gymnoris dentata

    LC

  • Fork-tailed Drongo

    Dicrurus adsimilis

    LC

  • Black Bee-eater

    Merops gularis

    LC

  • White-billed Buffalo-weaver

    Bubalornis albirostris

    LC

  • Common Whitethroat

    Curruca communis

    LC

  • Tambourine Dove

    Turtur tympanistria

    LC

  • Yellow Wagtail

    Motacilla flava

    LC

  • Red-billed Quelea

    Quelea quelea

    LC

  • Violet Turaco

    Musophaga violacea

    LC

  • Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher

    Terpsiphone rufiventer

    LC

  • Piping Hornbill

    Bycanistes fistulator

    LC

  • Little Egret

    Egretta garzetta

    LC

  • Reed Cormorant

    Microcarbo africanus

    LC

  • Grey-headed Kingfisher

    Halcyon leucocephala

    LC

  • Black-rumped Waxbill

    Estrilda troglodytes

    LC

  • Spur-winged Lapwing

    Vanellus spinosus

    LC

  • White- faced Whistling duck

    Dendrocygna viduata

    LC

  • Winding Cisticola

    Cisticola marginatus

    LC

  • Northern Puffback

    Dryoscopus gambensis

    LC

  • Zitting Cisticola

    Cisticola juncidis

    LC

  • Lanner Falcon

    Falco biarmicus

    LC

  • Mourning Dove

    Zenaida macroura

    LC

  • White-rumped Seedeater

    Crithagra leucopygia

    LC

  • Pygmy Sunbird

    Hedydipna platura

    LC

  • Greater Blue-eared Starling

    Lamprotornis chalybaeus

    LC

  • Sun Lark

    Galerida modesta

    LC

  • Whinchat

    Saxicola rubetra

    LC

  • White-throated Bee-eater

    Merops albicollis

    LC

  • Bruce’s Green Pigeon

    Treron waalia

    LC

  • African Grey Woodpecker

    Chloropicus goertae

    LC

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