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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
A photo of a African Hoopoe (Upupa africana)

African Hoopoe

Upupa africana
A photo of a Hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Hoopoe

Upupa epops
A photo of a African Grey Hornbill (Lophoceros nasutus) , male

African Grey Hornbill

Lophoceros nasutus

African Pied Hornbill

Lophoceros fasciatus

Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill

Bycanistes subcylindricus

Black-casqued Hornbill

Ceratogymna atrata

Black Dwarf Hornbill

Horizocerus hartlaubi
A photo of a Bradfield's Hornbill (Lophoceros bradfieldi)

Bradfield's Hornbill

Lophoceros bradfieldi

Brown-cheeked Hornbill

Bycanistes cylindricus
A photo of a Crowned Hornbill (Lophoceros alboterminatus) , male

Crowned Hornbill

Lophoceros alboterminatus

Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill

Tockus flavirostris

Hemprich's Hornbill

Lophoceros hemprichii

Jackson's Hornbill

Tockus jacksoni

Northern Red-billed Hornbill

Tockus erythrorhynchus

Pale-billed Hornbill

Lophoceros pallidirostris

Piping Hornbill

Bycanistes fistulator

Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill

Lophoceros camurus
A photo of a Silvery-cheeked Hornbill (Bycanistes brevis) , male

Silvery-cheeked Hornbill

Bycanistes brevis
A photo of a Southern Red-billed Hornbill (Tockus rufirostris)

Southern Red-billed Hornbill

Tockus rufirostris
A photo of a Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill (Tockus leucomelas)

Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill

Tockus leucomelas

Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill

Tockus ruahae
A photo of a Trumpeter Hornbill (Bycanistes bucinator) , male

Trumpeter Hornbill

Bycanistes bucinator

Von der Decken's Hornbill

Tockus deckeni

White-crested Hornbill

Horizocerus albocristatus

White-thighed Hornbill

Bycanistes albotibialis

Green Hylia

Hylia prasina

Tit Hylia

Pholidornis rushiae

Southern Hyliota

Hyliota australis

Usambara Hyliota

Hyliota usambara

Violet-backed Hyliota

Hyliota violacea

Yellow-bellied Hyliota

Hyliota flavigaster
A photo of a African Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus)

African Sacred Ibis

Threskiornis aethiopicus
A photo of a African Spoonbill (Platalea alba)

African Spoonbill

Platalea alba
A photo of a Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)

Glossy Ibis

Plegadis falcinellus
A photo of a Hadada Ibis (Bostrychia hagedash)

Hadada Ibis

Bostrychia hagedash

Olive Ibis

Bostrychia olivacea
A photo of a Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)

Spoonbill

Platalea leucorodia

Spot-breasted Ibis

Bostrychia rara

Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah

Vidua obtusa

Cuckoo-finch

Anomalospiza imberbis

Dusky Indigobird

Vidua funerea
A photo of a Long-tailed Paradise Whydah (Vidua paradisaea) , male

Long-tailed Paradise Whydah

Vidua paradisaea
A photo of a Pin-tailed Whydah (Vidua macroura) , male

Pin-tailed Whydah

Vidua macroura

Purple Indigobird

Vidua purpurascens
A photo of a Shaft-tailed Whydah (Vidua regia) , male

Shaft-tailed Whydah

Vidua regia

Steel-blue Whydah

Vidua hypocherina

Straw-tailed Whydah

Vidua fischeri
A photo of a Village Indigobird (Vidua chalybeata) , male

Village Indigobird

Vidua chalybeata
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Species Categories

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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