Birds of Sudan

List of Common Birds Found in Sudan

Native Birds

• Abdim’s Stork
• Abyssinian Ground Hornbill
• Abyssinian Roller
• African Blue Flycatcher
• African Collared Dove
• African Darter
• African Fish Eagle
• African Goshawk
• African Gray Hornbill
• African Green Pigeon
• African Hoopoe
• African Jacana
• African Mourning Dove
• African Pied Wagtail
• African Pygmy Falcon
• African Reed Warbler
• African Sacred Ibis 
• African Silverbill
• African Spoonbill
• African Swamphen
• African Thrush
• African Yellow White-eye
• Arabian Bustard
• Bateleur
• Bearded Scrub Robin
• Bearded Woodpecker
• Beautiful Sunbird 
• Black-bellied Sunbird
• Black-chested Snake Eagle
• Black Crake
• Black-crowned Tchagra
• Black-headed Batis
• Black-headed Gonolek
• Black-headed Heron
• Black-headed Lapwing
• Black-headed Oriole
• Black Kite
• Black Scrub Robin
• Black-winged Pratincole
• Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
• Brown Parrot
• Brown-rumped Bunting
• Brown Snake Eagle
• Brown-tailed Chat
• Bruce’s Green Pigeon
• Chestnut-backed Sparrow-lark
• Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
• Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-weaver
• Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
• Cinnamon Weaver 
• Collared Pratincole
• Common Ostrich 
• Crested Francolin
• Crested Lark
• Dark Chanting Goshawk
• Fulvous Chatterer
• Grasshopper Buzzard
• Gray Crowned Crane
• Gray-headed Kingfisher
• Hamerkop 
• Hooded Vulture 
• House Crow
• Isabelline Wheatear
• Kordofan Lark 
• Kordofan Sparrow
• Lappet-faced Vulture
• Little Bee-eater 
• Little Egret
• Little Grebe
• Little Swift
• Marabou Stork 
• Northern Red Bishop
• Northern Wheatear
• Nubian Bustard
• Pearl-spotted Owlet
• Pied Crow 
• Pink-backed Pelican
• Pin-tailed Whydah 
• Plain-backed Pipit
• Purple Heron
• Red-billed Quelea
• Red-billed Teal
• Red-necked Falcon
• Red-throated Bee-eater
• Red-throated Pipit
• Rock Martin
• Ruppell’s Glossy Starling
• Rüppell’s Weaver
• Sahel Paradise Whydah
• Sand Martin
• Secretary Bird
• Senegal Parrot
• Senegal Thick-knee
• Shikra
• Short-toed Snake Eagle
• Singing Bushlark
• Slender-billed Gull
• Somali Courser
• Speckled Pigeon 
• Spotted Flycatcher
• Spotted Thick-knee
• Spur-winged Lapwing
• Sudan Golden Sparrow
• Superb Starling
• Tawny Eagle
• Tawny-flanked Prinia
• Temminck’s Courser
• Village Weaver 
• Vinaceous Dove
• White-backed Vulture
• White-bellied Bustard
• White-bellied Canary
• White-bellied Go-away-bird
• White-browed Coucal
• White-browed Scrub Robin
• White-browed Sparrow-weaver
• White-crowned Wheatear
• White-faced Whistling Duck
• White-headed Vulture
• White-rumped Seedeater
• White-winged Dove
• White-winged Tern
• Woodland Kingfisher 
• Yellow-billed Egret
• Yellow-billed Kite
• Yellow-billed Oxpecker
• Yellow-billed Shrike
• Yellow-billed Stork
• Yellow-crowned Gonolek
• Yellow-fronted Canary
• Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
• Yellow Wagtail

Non-native Birds

• Dusky Tit
• House Crow
• Tiny Cisticola
• Upcher’s Warbler

Some of the birding sites in Sudan are Dinder National Park, Radom National Park, and Suakin Archipelago. The peak birding season in Sudan typically occurs during the winter months, from November to February. But it is essential to be mindful of Sudan’s political climate while planning a trip.