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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

Fire-crested Alethe

Alethe castanea
A photo of a Fiscal Flycatcher (Melaenornis silens) , male

Fiscal Flycatcher

Melaenornis silens

Forest Robin

Stiphrornis erythrothorax

Forest Scrub Robin

Cercotrichas leucosticta

Fraser's Forest Flycatcher

Fraseria ocreata

Gambaga Flycatcher

Muscicapa gambagae

Grey-throated Tit-Flycatcher

Myioparus griseigularis

Grey Tit-Flycatcher

Myioparus plumbeus

Grey-winged Robin-Chat

Cossypha polioptera

Heuglin's Wheatear

Oenanthe heuglinii

Iringa Akalat

Sheppardia lowei
A photo of a Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)

Isabelline Wheatear

Oenanthe isabellina
A photo of a Kalahari Scrub Robin (Cercotrichas paena)

Kalahari Scrub Robin

Cercotrichas paena

Little Rock Thrush

Monticola rufocinereus

Lowland Akalat

Sheppardia cyornithopsis
A photo of a Marico Flycatcher (Melaenornis mariquensis)

Marico Flycatcher

Melaenornis mariquensis

Miombo Rock Thrush

Monticola angolensis

Miombo Scrub Robin

Cercotrichas barbata
A photo of a Mocking Cliff Chat (Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris) , male

Mocking Cliff Chat

Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris

Moorland Chat

Pinarochroa sordida

Mourning Wheatear

Oenanthe lugens
A photo of a Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos)

Nightingale

Luscinia megarhynchos

Northern Black Flycatcher

Melaenornis edolioides

Olive-flanked Ground Robin

Cossypha anomala

Pale Flycatcher

Melaenornis pallidus
A photo of a Pied Flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) , male

Pied Flycatcher

Ficedula hypoleuca
A photo of a Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka) , male

Pied Wheatear

Oenanthe pleschanka
A photo of a Red-capped Robin-Chat (Cossypha natalensis)

Red-capped Robin-Chat

Cossypha natalensis
A photo of a Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) , male

Redstart

Phoenicurus phoenicurus

Red-throated Alethe

Chamaetylas poliophrys
A photo of a Rock Thrush (Monticola saxatilis) , male

Rock Thrush

Monticola saxatilis

Ruaha Chat

Myrmecocichla collaris

Rubeho Akalat

Sheppardia aurantiithorax
A photo of a Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin (Cercotrichas galactotes)

Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin

Cercotrichas galactotes

Rüppell's Robin-Chat

Cossypha semirufa

Semicollared Flycatcher

Ficedula semitorquata

Sharpe's Akalat

Sheppardia sharpei

Short-tailed Akalat

Sheppardia poensis

Silverbird

Empidornis semipartitus

Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat

Cossypha niveicapilla
A photo of a Sooty Chat (Myrmecocichla nigra) , male

Sooty Chat

Myrmecocichla nigra

Sooty Flycatcher

Muscicapa infuscata
A photo of a Southern Black Flycatcher (Melaenornis pammelaina)

Southern Black Flycatcher

Melaenornis pammelaina

Spotted Palm Thrush

Cichladusa guttata

Swamp Flycatcher

Muscicapa aquatica

Swynnerton's Robin

Swynnertonia swynnertoni
A photo of a Thrush Nightingale (Luscinia luscinia)

Thrush Nightingale

Luscinia luscinia

Thyolo Alethe

Chamaetylas choloensis
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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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