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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

Abyssinian Thrush

Turdus abyssinicus

African Thrush

Turdus pelios

Bare-eyed Thrush

Turdus tephronotus

Black-eared Ground Thrush

Geokichla camaronensis

Boulder Chat

Pinarornis plumosus

Fraser's Rufous Thrush

Stizorhina fraseri

Grey Ground Thrush

Geokichla princei
A photo of a Groundscraper Thrush (Turdus litsitsirupa)

Groundscraper Thrush

Turdus litsitsirupa
A photo of a Kurrichane Thrush (Turdus libonyana)

Kurrichane Thrush

Turdus libonyana

Oberländer's Ground Thrush

Geokichla oberlaenderi
A photo of a Olive Thrush (Turdus olivaceus)

Olive Thrush

Turdus olivaceus

Orange Ground Thrush

Geokichla gurneyi

Red-tailed Ant Thrush

Neocossyphus rufus

Spotted Ground Thrush

Geokichla guttata

Taita Thrush

Turdus helleri

Usambara Thrush

Turdus roehli

White-tailed Ant Thrush

Neocossyphus poensis

Acacia Tit

Melaniparus thruppi
A photo of a Ashy Tit (Melaniparus cinerascens)

Ashy Tit

Melaniparus cinerascens

Carp's Tit

Melaniparus carpi

Cinnamon-breasted Tit

Melaniparus pallidiventris

Dusky Tit

Melaniparus funereus

Miombo Tit

Melaniparus griseiventris

Red-throated Tit

Melaniparus fringillinus
A photo of a Rufous-bellied Tit (Melaniparus rufiventris)

Rufous-bellied Tit

Melaniparus rufiventris
A photo of a Southern Black Tit (Melaniparus niger)

Southern Black Tit

Melaniparus niger

Stripe-breasted Tit

Melaniparus fasciiventer

White-bellied Tit

Melaniparus albiventris

White-shouldered Black Tit

Melaniparus guineensis

White-winged Black Tit

Melaniparus leucomelas

African Spotted Creeper

Salpornis salvadori

Bar-tailed Trogon

Apaloderma vittatum
A photo of a Narina Trogon (Apaloderma narina) , male

Narina Trogon

Apaloderma narina
A photo of a Red-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda)

Red-tailed Tropicbird

Phaethon rubricauda
A photo of a White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus)

White-tailed Tropicbird

Phaethon lepturus

Bare-faced Go-away-bird

Crinifer personatus

Black-billed Turaco

Tauraco schuettii

Eastern Plantain-eater

Crinifer zonurus

Fischer's Turaco

Tauraco fischeri

Great Blue Turaco

Corythaeola cristata
A photo of a Grey Go-away-bird (Crinifer concolor)

Grey Go-away-bird

Crinifer concolor

Hartlaub's Turaco

Tauraco hartlaubi
A photo of a Livingstone's Turaco (Tauraco livingstonii)

Livingstone's Turaco

Tauraco livingstonii
A photo of a Purple-crested Turaco (Gallirex porphyreolophus)

Purple-crested Turaco

Gallirex porphyreolophus
A photo of a Ross's Turaco (Tauraco rossae)

Ross's Turaco

Tauraco rossae

Rwenzori Turaco

Gallirex johnstoni

Schalow's Turaco

Tauraco schalowi

White-bellied Go-away-bird

Crinifer leucogaster
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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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