Birds in Burkina Faso
Our list for Burkina Faso has 30 bird species recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 3 winter visitors, 15 passage migrants and 9 scarce visitors
The list comes from 11,000 birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.
- Species on our list
- 30
- In October
- 9
- Common
- 17
- Busiest month
- Oct
This month: October
GBIF · OctMost likely
Share of all bird records in Burkina Faso in October, 2019–2024. “Arriving now” are the birds whose share rises most from last month. Each month links to that month’s page.
The bird calendar for Burkina Faso
Month by monthWhen each bird is around, through the year. The darker the square, the closer that month is to the bird’s busiest. Filter by summer or winter visitors to see the seasons turn over.
| Bird | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rose-ringed Parakeet | ||||||||||||
| Squacco Heron | ||||||||||||
| Cattle Egret | ||||||||||||
| Little Weaver | ||||||||||||
| Pied Crow | ||||||||||||
| Fork-tailed Drongo | ||||||||||||
| Grey Heron | ||||||||||||
| Lavender Waxbill | ||||||||||||
| Little Egret | ||||||||||||
| Bearded Barbet | ||||||||||||
| African Jacana | ||||||||||||
| Purple Heron | ||||||||||||
| Common Sandpiper | ||||||||||||
| Lanner Falcon | ||||||||||||
| Rock Dove | ||||||||||||
| Hoopoe | ||||||||||||
| Wood Warbler | ||||||||||||
| Common Redstart | ||||||||||||
| Great White Egret | ||||||||||||
| Green Sandpiper | ||||||||||||
| Wheatear | ||||||||||||
| Senegal Thick-knee | ||||||||||||
| Common Swift | ||||||||||||
| Western Marsh-harrier | ||||||||||||
| Wood Sandpiper | ||||||||||||
| Yellow Wagtail | ||||||||||||
| Osprey | ||||||||||||
| Woodchat Shrike | ||||||||||||
| Helmeted Guineafowl | ||||||||||||
| European Pied Flycatcher |
The year in Burkina Faso
Records by month| January | 1,131 |
|---|---|
| February | 466 |
| March | 840 |
| April | 769 |
| May | 937 |
| June | 1,087 |
| July | 949 |
| August | 1,269 |
| September | 1,021 |
| October | 1,380 |
| November | 521 |
| December | 1,004 |
October has the most records (1,380). Records follow birdwatchers as well as birds: a busy month means more people out looking, as well as more birds passing through.
By family
3 of 3How common
All 30 birds, A to Z
- African Jacana
- Bearded Barbet
- Cattle Egret
- Common Redstart
- Common Sandpiper
- Common Swift
- European Pied Flycatcher
- Fork-tailed Drongo
- Great White Egret
- Green Sandpiper
- Grey Heron
- Helmeted Guineafowl
- Hoopoe
- Lanner Falcon
- Lavender Waxbill
- Little Egret
- Little Weaver
- Osprey
- Pied Crow
- Purple Heron
- Rock Dove
- Rose-ringed Parakeet
- Senegal Thick-knee
- Squacco Heron
Questions
3How many birds are on Birdfact's list for Burkina Faso?
30 species, each recorded regularly in Burkina Faso (in at least 3 of the 6 years 2019–2024): 3 residents, 3 winter visitors, 15 passage migrants and 9 scarce visitors. The list includes only birds with a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur in Burkina Faso, and rarer vagrants are not listed.
What birds can I see in Burkina Faso in October?
9 species on our list for Burkina Faso are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Rose-ringed Parakeet, Cattle Egret, Squacco Heron, Wood Warbler and Lavender Waxbill.
What are the most common birds in Burkina Faso?
Of the birds on our list, the ones birdwatchers record most often in Burkina Faso are Rose-ringed Parakeet, Squacco Heron, Pied Crow, Little Weaver and Little Egret.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made