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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
Auks
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
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
Rockfowl
Rollers
Sandgrouse
Sandpipers, Snipes
Secretarybird
Shoebill
Shrikes
Skuas
Starlings, Rhabdornis
Stilts, Avocets
Stone-curlews, Thick-knees
Storks
Streaked Scrub Warbler
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

Weyns's Weaver

Ploceus weynsi

White-billed Buffalo Weaver

Bubalornis albirostris
A photo of a White-browed Sparrow-Weaver (Plocepasser mahali)

White-browed Sparrow-Weaver

Plocepasser mahali

White-headed Buffalo Weaver

Dinemellia dinemelli
A photo of a White-winged Widowbird (Euplectes albonotatus) , male

White-winged Widowbird

Euplectes albonotatus
A photo of a Yellow Bishop (Euplectes capensis) , male

Yellow Bishop

Euplectes capensis

Yellow-capped Weaver

Ploceus dorsomaculatus
A photo of a Yellow-crowned Bishop (Euplectes afer) , male

Yellow-crowned Bishop

Euplectes afer

Yellow-legged Weaver

Ploceus flavipes

Yellow-mantled Weaver

Ploceus tricolor

Yellow-mantled Widowbird

Euplectes macroura

Annobon White-eye

Zosterops griseovirescens

Black-capped Speirops

Zosterops lugubris

Fernando Po Speirops

Zosterops brunneus

Forest White-eye

Zosterops stenocricotus

Green White-eye

Zosterops stuhlmanni

Mount Cameroon Speirops

Zosterops melanocephalus

Northern Yellow White-eye

Zosterops senegalensis
A photo of a Orange River White-eye (Zosterops pallidus)

Orange River White-eye

Zosterops pallidus

Principe Speirops

Zosterops leucophaeus

Principe White-eye

Zosterops ficedulinus

Sao Tome White-eye

Zosterops feae
A photo of a Southern Yellow White-eye (Zosterops anderssoni)

Southern Yellow White-eye

Zosterops anderssoni

Black Scimitarbill

Rhinopomastus aterrimus
A photo of a Common Scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus cyanomelas)

Common Scimitarbill

Rhinopomastus cyanomelas

Forest Wood Hoopoe

Phoeniculus castaneiceps
A photo of a Green Wood Hoopoe (Phoeniculus purpureus)

Green Wood Hoopoe

Phoeniculus purpureus

Violet Wood Hoopoe

Phoeniculus damarensis

White-headed Wood Hoopoe

Phoeniculus bollei

African Grey Woodpecker

Dendropicos goertae

African Piculet

Sasia africana
A photo of a Bearded Woodpecker (Chloropicus namaquus) , male

Bearded Woodpecker

Chloropicus namaquus
A photo of a Bennett's Woodpecker (Campethera bennettii) , male

Bennett's Woodpecker

Campethera bennettii

Brown-backed Woodpecker

Dendropicos obsoletus

Brown-eared Woodpecker

Pardipicus caroli

Buff-spotted Woodpecker

Pardipicus nivosus
A photo of a Cardinal Woodpecker (Dendropicos fuscescens) , male

Cardinal Woodpecker

Dendropicos fuscescens

Elliot's Woodpecker

Dendropicos elliotii

Fine-banded Woodpecker

Campethera taeniolaema

Fine-spotted Woodpecker

Campethera punctuligera

Fire-bellied Woodpecker

Chloropicus pyrrhogaster

Gabon Woodpecker

Dendropicos gabonensis
A photo of a Golden-tailed Woodpecker (Campethera abingoni) , male

Golden-tailed Woodpecker

Campethera abingoni

Little Green Woodpecker

Campethera maculosa

Little Grey Woodpecker

Dendropicos elachus

Little Spotted Woodpecker

Campethera cailliautii

Melancholy Woodpecker

Dendropicos lugubris

Nubian Woodpecker

Campethera nubica
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Species Categories

African & Green BroadbillsAfrican & New World ParrotsAfrican BarbetsAlbatrossesAnhingas, DartersAuksAustral Storm PetrelsBarn OwlsBee-eatersBulbulsBuntingsBushshrikesBustardsButtonquailCaracaras, FalconsCettia Bush Warblers & AlliesChats, Old World FlycatchersCisticolas & AlliesCormorants, ShagsCoursers, PratincolesCranesCrombecs, 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 & AlliesRockfowlRollersSandgrouseSandpipers, SnipesSecretarybirdShoebillShrikesSkuasStarlings, RhabdornisStilts, AvocetsStone-curlews, Thick-kneesStorksStreaked Scrub WarblerSunbirdsSwallows, MartinsSwiftsSylviid BabblersThrushesTits, ChickadeesTreecreepersTrogonsTropicbirdsTuracosTypical BroadbillsVangas & AlliesWagtails, PipitsWattle-eyes, BatisesWaxbills, Munias & AlliesWeavers, WidowbirdsWhite-eyesWood HoopoesWoodpeckersYellow Flycatchers

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