Birds in Sudan

32 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024

Our list for Sudan has 32 bird species recorded regularly there: 3 winter visitors, 17 passage migrants and 12 scarce visitors.

The list comes from 3,957 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.

Birds to see in Sudan in September

5 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

All 5 birds in September

Arriving in September: Blue-naped Mousebird.

Through the year

Species recorded regularly in Sudan each month: most in October (14), fewest in April (0). Choose a month to see its birds.

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Lesser Whitethroat
Lesser WhitethroatSmallest · 11cm
to
Great White Egret
Great White EgretLargest · 104cm
From the Lesser Whitethroat (11 cm) to the Great White Egret (104 cm)20 families

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All 32 birds on the list

Showing 1–23 of 32 species

ResidentRecorded all yearSummer visitorArrives to breed; scarce or absent in winterWinter visitorPresent outside the breeding seasonPassage migrantSeen mainly in spring and autumn migrationScarceRecorded in some years but not every yearCommonAmong the most-recorded birds in its best monthUncommonRecorded regularly, but on a minority of outingsRareFew records, even in its best month
House Sparrow

House Sparrow

Passer domesticusLC

Winter visitorCommon

Regularly May–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Little Egret

Little Egret

Egretta garzettaLC

Winter visitorCommon

Regularly Aug–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Blue-naped Mousebird

Blue-naped Mousebird

Urocolius macrourusLC

Passage migrantCommon

Regularly Sep–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Cattle Egret

Cattle Egret

Ardea ibisLC

Winter visitorCommon

Regularly Aug–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Senegal Thick-knee

Senegal Thick-knee

Burhinus senegalensisLC

ScarceCommon
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Pied Wagtail

Pied Wagtail

Motacilla albaLC

Passage migrantCommon

Regularly Dec–Jan

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Grey Heron

Grey Heron

Ardea cinereaLC

Passage migrantCommon

Regularly Aug–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Great White Egret

Great White Egret

Ardea albaLC

Passage migrantCommon

Regularly Aug–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

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Great Grey Shrike

Great Grey Shrike

Lanius excubitorLC

ScarceCommon
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Rock Dove

Rock Dove

Columba liviaLC

Passage migrantCommon

Regularly Oct–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Rose-ringed Parakeet

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Psittacula krameriLC

Passage migrantCommon

Regularly Oct

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Great Cormorant

Great Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carboLC

ScarceCommon
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
White-winged Tern

White-winged Tern

Chlidonias leucopterusLC

Passage migrantCommon

Regularly Oct–Feb

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Yellow Wagtail

Yellow Wagtail

Motacilla flavaLC

Passage migrantCommon

Regularly Oct–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Common Swift

Common Swift

Apus apusLC

Passage migrantCommon

Regularly Oct

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Little Grebe

Little Grebe

Tachybaptus ruficollisLC

ScarceCommon
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Squacco Heron

Squacco Heron

Ardeola ralloidesLC

Passage migrantCommon

Regularly Oct

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Gull-billed Tern

Gull-billed Tern

Gelochelidon niloticaLC

ScarceCommon
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Hoopoe

Hoopoe

Upupa epopsLC

Passage migrantCommon

Regularly Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Pied Crow

Pied Crow

Corvus albusLC

Passage migrantCommon

Regularly Jan

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Common Sandpiper

Common Sandpiper

Actitis hypoleucosLC

Passage migrantCommon

Regularly Oct–Mar

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Glossy Ibis

Glossy Ibis

Plegadis falcinellusLC

ScarceCommon
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
Black-crowned Night-heron

Black-crowned Night-heron

Nycticorax nycticoraxLC

Passage migrantCommon

Regularly Oct

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
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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

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