Birds of Mali

List of Common Birds Found in Mali

Native Birds

• Abyssinian Ground Hornbill
• Abyssinian Roller
• African Barred Owlet
• African Blue Flycatcher
• African Darter
• African Finfoot
• African Fish Eagle
• African Goshawk
• African Gray Hornbill
• African Gray Woodpecker 
• African Green Pigeon
• African Gray Flycatcher
• African Harrier-hawk
• African Hobby
• African Mourning Dove
• African Palm Swift
• African Paradise Flycatcher
• African Pied Hornbill
• African Pied Wagtail
• African Pitta 
• African Pygmy Kingfisher
• African Reed Warbler
• African Swamphen
• African Thrush
• African Yellow White-eye
• Bearded Barbet
• Beautiful Sunbird 
• Black-backed Cisticola
• Black-bellied Firefinch
• Black-billed Wood Dove
• Black-crowned Crane
• Black-crowned Night Heron
• Black-crowned Sparrow-lark
• Black-crowned Tchagra
• Black-faced Firefinch
• Black-faced Quailfinch
• Black-headed Gull
• Black-headed Heron
• Black-headed Weaver
• Black-rumped Waxbill
• Black-throated Apalis
• Black-throated Barbet
• Blue-bellied Roller
• Blue-billed Firefinch
• Blue-naped Mousebird
• Bronze Mannikin
• Bronze-tailed Glossy Starling
• Brown Babbler
• Brown Parrot
• Brown Snake Eagle
• Brown-throated Martin
• Bruce’s Green Pigeon
• Chestnut-backed Sparrow-lark
• Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
• Common Redstart
• Common Waxbill
• Copper Sunbird
• Dark Chanting Goshawk
• Desert Sparrow 
• Double-spurred Francolin
• Double-toothed Barbet
• Eurasian Bittern
• Fine-spotted Woodpecker
• Four-banded Sandgrouse
• Fulvous Babbler
• Gray-headed Kingfisher
• Gray-headed Bushshrike
• Gray-headed Sparrow
• Grayish Eagle-Owl
• Gray Woodpecker
• Hamerkop 
• Helmeted Guinea Fowl 
• Little Bee-eater 
• Little Grebe
• Little Greenbul
• Little Swift
• Long-crested Eagle
• Long-tailed Glossy Starling
• Malachite Kingfisher
• Mali Firefinch 
• Marabou Stork
• Mosque Swallow
• Northern Carmine Bee-eater
• Northern Red-billed Hornbill 
• Northern White-faced Owl
• Orange-breasted Bushshrike
• Pied Crow 
• Pied Kingfisher 
• Plain-backed Pipit
• Pygmy Sunbird
• Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher
• Red-billed Firefinch
• Red-chested Cuckoo
• Red-faced Cisticola
• Red-necked Falcon
• Red-throated Bee-eater 
• Red-winged Pytilia
• Rock Pratincole
• Saddle-billed Stork
• Senegal Coucal
• Senegal Eremomela
• Senegal Parrot
• Speckled Pigeon 
• Spotted Thick-knee
• Spur-winged Goose
• Village Indigobird
• Village Weaver 
• Vinaceous Dove
• Violet Turaco
• Western Cattle Egret
• White-backed Night Heron
• White-backed Vulture
• White-billed Buffalo Weaver
• White-billed Canary
• White-crested Helmetshrike
• White-crested Tiger Heron
• White-crowned Robin-chat
• White-faced Scops Owl
• White-faced Whistling Duck
• White-fronted Black Chat
• White-rumped Seedeater
• White-throated Bee-eater 
• White-throated Francolin
• Yellow-billed Hornbill
• Yellow-billed Kite
• Yellow-billed Oxpecker
• Yellow-billed Shrike
• Yellow-crowned Gonolek
• Yellow-fronted Canary
• Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
• Yellow-shouldered Widowbird
• Yellow-throated Leaflove

Non-native Birds

• Black Tern
• Blue Quail
• Common Shelduck
• Crowned Sandgrouse
• Eurasian Nightjar
• Forbes’s Plover
• Little Gull
• Plain Swift
• Red Phalarope
• Terek Sandpiper

Some notable birdwatching sites in Mali include Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary, Dogon Country, and Boucle du Baoulé National Park. The peak birding season in Mali generally coincides with the dry season, which runs from November to April. This period is ideal for birdwatching because the weather is generally mild, and bird species are more active and visible. However, the volatile political climate of the nation means it is crucial to ensure one’s safety before planning a birdwatching trip there.