Birds of Togo

List of Common Birds Found in Togo

Native Birds

• African Black Swift
• African Blue Flycatcher
• African Cuckoo Hawk
• African Darter
• African Finfoot
• African Fish Eagle
• African Golden Oriole
• African Goshawk
• African Gray Hornbill
• African Gray Woodpecker
• African Green Broadbill
• African Green Pigeon
• African Harrier-hawk
• African Hawk-Eagle
• African Hobby
• African Jacana
• African Openbill
• African Palm Swift
• African Paradise Flycatcher
• African Pied Hornbill
• African Pied Starling
• African Pied Wagtail
• African Pygmy Kingfisher
• African Spoonbill
• African Thrush
• African Wood Owl
• African Yellow Warbler
• African Yellow White-eye
• African Yellow White-eye
• Beautiful Sunbird 
• Black-and-white Mannikin
• Black-bellied Firefinch
• Black-billed Wood Dove
• Black-collared Lovebird
• Black Crake
• Black Crowned Crane
• Black-crowned Night Heron
• Black-headed Gonolek
• Black-headed Heron
• Black-headed Lapwing
• Black Kite
• Black-rumped Waxbill
• Black-winged Kite
• Blue-breasted Kingfisher
• Blue Malkoha
• Blue-spotted Wood Dove
• Broad-billed Roller
• Collared Sunbird
• Copper Sunbird
• Double-spurred Francolin
• Fanti Saw-wing
• Giant Kingfisher
• Gray-backed Camaroptera
• Gray-headed Kingfisher
• Gray-headed Nigrita
• Gray Heron
• Gray Kestrel
• Great Blue Heron
• Great Blue Turaco
• Great Egret
• Great White Pelican
• Green Turaco
• Green Woodhoopoe
• Hamerkop 
• Helmeted Guinea Fowl 
• Hooded Vulture 
• Lanner Falcon
• Little Bee-eater 
• Little Egret
• Little Grebe
• Little Greenbul
• Little Swift
• Little Weaver
• Long-tailed Cormorant
• Long-tailed Glossy Starling
• Long-tailed Hawk
• Malachite Kingfisher
• Malachite Sunbird
• Mottled Spinetail
• Northern Carmine Bee-eater
• Pied Crow
• Pied Kingfisher 
• Pin-tailed Whydah 
• Purple Glossy Starling
• Red-billed Firefinch
• Red-chested Swallow
• Red-eyed Dove
• Red-throated Bee-eater
• Red-throated Wryneck
• Rose-ringed Parakeet
• Ross’s Turaco
• Senegal Coucal
• Senegal Parrot
• Snowy-crowned Robin-chat
• Speckled Pigeon 
• Splendid Glossy Starling
• Squacco Heron
• Tawny-flanked Prinia
• Vieillot’s Barbet
• Vieillot’s Black Weaver
• Village Weaver
• Violet-backed Starling
• Violet Turaco
• Wahlberg’s Eagle
• Western Cattle Egret
• Western Gray Plantain-eater
• Western Nicator
• Whistling Cisticola
• White-backed Night Heron
• White-backed Vulture
• White-bellied Kingfisher
• White-bellied Tit
• White-breasted Cuckooshrike
• White-crested Helmetshrike
• White-crested Hornbill
• White-headed Lapwing
• White-headed Vulture
• White-rumped Seedeater
• White-rumped Swift
• White-throated Bee-eater 
• White-throated Greenbul
• Woodland Kingfisher
• Woolly-necked Stork
• Yellow-billed Kite
• Yellow-billed Stork
• Yellow-crowned Gonolek
• Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
• Yellow-throated Leaflove

Non-native Birds

• Denham’s Bustard
• Egyptian Goose
• Eurasian Oystercatcher
• Ferruginous Duck
• Kittlitz’s Plover
• Pied Avocet
• Sabine’s Spinetail
• Striped Crake

Some of the best birding sites in Togo include Kéran National Park, Fazao-Malfakassa National Park, and Sarakawa Game Reserve. The peak season for birding in Togo is typically during the dry season from November to February.