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Explore bird species around the world by region or search for a cool bird you're interested in. See distribution maps, photos, info and Birda user sightings. If it is up there, it is in here!

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African & Green Broadbills
African & New World Parrots
African Barbets
Albatrosses
Anhingas, Darters
Austral Storm Petrels
Barn Owls
Bee-eaters
Bulbuls
Buntings
Bushshrikes
Bustards
Buttonquail
Caracaras, Falcons
Cettia Bush Warblers & Allies
Chats, Old World Flycatchers
Cisticolas & Allies
Cormorants, Shags
Coursers, Pratincoles
Crab-plover
Cranes
Crombecs, African Warblers
Crows, Jays
Cuckoos
Cuckooshrikes
Dapple-throat & Allies
Drongos
Ducks, Geese, Swans
Egyptian Plover
Fairy Flycatchers
Figbirds, Orioles, Turnagra
Finches, Euphonias
Finfoots
Flamingos
Flufftails
Frigatebirds
Gannets, Boobies
Grassbirds & Allies
Grebes
Ground Babblers
Ground Hornbills
Guineafowl
Gulls, Terns, Skimmers
Hamerkop
Herons, Bitterns
Honeyguides
Hoopoes
Hornbills
Hylias
Hyliotas
Ibises, Spoonbills
Indigobirds, Whydahs
Jacanas
Kingfishers
Kites, Hawks, Eagles
Larks
Laughingthrushes & Allies
Leaf Warblers & Allies
Monarchs
Mousebirds
New World Quail
Nicators
Nightjars
Northern Storm Petrels
Old World Parrots
Old World Sparrows, Snowfinches
Ospreys
Ostriches
Owls
Oxpeckers
Oystercatchers
Painted-snipes
Pelicans
Penduline Tits
Penguins
Petrels, Shearwaters, Diving Petrels
Pheasants & Allies
Pigeons, Doves
Pittas
Plovers
Rails, Crakes & Coots
Reed Warblers & Allies
Rollers
Sandgrouse
Sandpipers, Snipes
Secretarybird
Shoebill
Shrikes
Skuas
Starlings, Rhabdornis
Stilts, Avocets
Stone-curlews, Thick-knees
Storks
Sugarbirds
Sunbirds
Swallows, Martins
Swifts
Sylviid Babblers
Thrushes
Tits, Chickadees
Treecreepers
Trogons
Tropicbirds
Turacos
Typical Broadbills
Vangas & Allies
Wagtails, Pipits
Wattle-eyes, Batises
Waxbills, Munias & Allies
Weavers, Widowbirds
White-eyes
Wood Hoopoes
Woodpeckers
Yellow Flycatchers

Purple-throated Cuckooshrike

Campephaga quiscalina

Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike

Campephaga phoenicea

White-breasted Cuckooshrike

Ceblepyris pectoralis

Dapple-throat

Arcanator orostruthus

Grey-chested Babbler

Kakamega poliothorax

Spot-throat

Modulatrix stictigula

Common Square-tailed Drongo

Dicrurus ludwigii
A photo of a Fork-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis)

Fork-tailed Drongo

Dicrurus adsimilis

Glossy-backed Drongo

Dicrurus divaricatus

Sharpe's Drongo

Dicrurus sharpei

Velvet-mantled Drongo

Dicrurus modestus
A photo of a African Black Duck (Anas sparsa)

African Black Duck

Anas sparsa
A photo of a African Pygmy Goose (Nettapus auritus) , male

African Pygmy Goose

Nettapus auritus
A photo of a Blue-billed Teal (Spatula hottentota)

Blue-billed Teal

Spatula hottentota
A photo of a Cape Shoveler (Spatula smithii) , male

Cape Shoveler

Spatula smithii
A photo of a Cape Teal (Anas capensis)

Cape Teal

Anas capensis
A photo of a Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca)

Egyptian Goose

Alopochen aegyptiaca
A photo of a Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca) , male

Ferruginous Duck

Aythya nyroca
A photo of a Fulvous Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna bicolor)

Fulvous Whistling Duck

Dendrocygna bicolor
A photo of a Gadwall (Mareca strepera) , male

Gadwall

Mareca strepera
A photo of a Garganey (Spatula querquedula) , male

Garganey

Spatula querquedula

Hartlaub's Duck

Pteronetta hartlaubii
A photo of a Knob-billed Duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos) , male

Knob-billed Duck

Sarkidiornis melanotos

Maccoa Duck

Oxyura maccoa
A photo of a Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) , male

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos
A photo of a Pintail (Anas acuta) , male

Pintail

Anas acuta
A photo of a Pochard (Aythya ferina) , male

Pochard

Aythya ferina
A photo of a Red-billed Teal (Anas erythrorhyncha)

Red-billed Teal

Anas erythrorhyncha
A photo of a Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) , male

Ruddy Shelduck

Tadorna ferruginea
A photo of a Shoveler (Spatula clypeata) , male

Shoveler

Spatula clypeata
A photo of a South African Shelduck (Tadorna cana) , male

South African Shelduck

Tadorna cana
A photo of a Southern Pochard (Netta erythrophthalma) , male

Southern Pochard

Netta erythrophthalma
A photo of a Spur-winged Goose (Plectropterus gambensis)

Spur-winged Goose

Plectropterus gambensis
A photo of a Teal (Anas crecca) , male

Teal

Anas crecca
A photo of a Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) , male

Tufted Duck

Aythya fuligula
A photo of a White-backed Duck (Thalassornis leuconotus)

White-backed Duck

Thalassornis leuconotus
A photo of a White-faced Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna viduata)

White-faced Whistling Duck

Dendrocygna viduata
A photo of a Wigeon (Mareca penelope) , male

Wigeon

Mareca penelope
A photo of a Yellow-billed Duck (Anas undulata)

Yellow-billed Duck

Anas undulata

Egyptian Plover

Pluvianus aegyptius

African Blue Flycatcher

Elminia longicauda

Dusky Crested Flycatcher

Elminia nigromitrata
A photo of a Fairy Flycatcher (Stenostira scita)

Fairy Flycatcher

Stenostira scita

White-bellied Crested Flycatcher

Elminia albiventris

White-tailed Blue Flycatcher

Elminia albicauda

White-tailed Crested Flycatcher

Elminia albonotata

African Golden Oriole

Oriolus auratus
A photo of a Black-headed Oriole (Oriolus larvatus)

Black-headed Oriole

Oriolus larvatus
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African & Green BroadbillsAfrican & New World ParrotsAfrican BarbetsAlbatrossesAnhingas, DartersAustral Storm PetrelsBarn OwlsBee-eatersBulbulsBuntingsBushshrikesBustardsButtonquailCaracaras, FalconsCettia Bush Warblers & AlliesChats, Old World FlycatchersCisticolas & AlliesCormorants, ShagsCoursers, PratincolesCrab-ploverCranesCrombecs, African WarblersCrows, JaysCuckoosCuckooshrikesDapple-throat & AlliesDrongosDucks, Geese, SwansEgyptian PloverFairy FlycatchersFigbirds, Orioles, TurnagraFinches, EuphoniasFinfootsFlamingosFlufftailsFrigatebirdsGannets, BoobiesGrassbirds & AlliesGrebesGround BabblersGround HornbillsGuineafowlGulls, Terns, SkimmersHamerkopHerons, BitternsHoneyguidesHoopoesHornbillsHyliasHyliotasIbises, SpoonbillsIndigobirds, WhydahsJacanasKingfishersKites, Hawks, EaglesLarksLaughingthrushes & AlliesLeaf Warblers & AlliesMonarchsMousebirdsNew World QuailNicatorsNightjarsNorthern Storm PetrelsOld World ParrotsOld World Sparrows, SnowfinchesOspreysOstrichesOwlsOxpeckersOystercatchersPainted-snipesPelicansPenduline TitsPenguinsPetrels, Shearwaters, Diving PetrelsPheasants & AlliesPigeons, DovesPittasPloversRails, Crakes & CootsReed Warblers & AlliesRollersSandgrouseSandpipers, SnipesSecretarybirdShoebillShrikesSkuasStarlings, RhabdornisStilts, AvocetsStone-curlews, Thick-kneesStorksSugarbirdsSunbirdsSwallows, MartinsSwiftsSylviid BabblersThrushesTits, ChickadeesTreecreepersTrogonsTropicbirdsTuracosTypical BroadbillsVangas & AlliesWagtails, PipitsWattle-eyes, BatisesWaxbills, Munias & AlliesWeavers, WidowbirdsWhite-eyesWood HoopoesWoodpeckersYellow Flycatchers

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