Common Birds in Sudan
Our list for Sudan has 32 common birds recorded regularly there: 3 winter visitors, 17 passage migrants and 12 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Sudan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 32, most common first
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaWinter visitorCommon55–65 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourusPassage migrantCommon33–36 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensisScarceCommon38–43 cm
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaPassage migrantCommon90–98 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaPassage migrantCommon80–104 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorScarceCommon22–26 cm
Rock DoveColumba liviaPassage migrantCommon29–37 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriPassage migrantCommon38–42 cmRegularly Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboScarceCommon80–100 cm
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantCommon20–27 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Common SwiftApus apusPassage migrantCommon16–17 cmRegularly Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisScarceCommon23–29 cm
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesPassage migrantCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaScarceCommon33–42 cm
HoopoeUpupa epopsPassage migrantCommon25–32 cmRegularly Mar
Pied CrowCorvus albusPassage migrantCommon46–52 cmRegularly Jan
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusScarceCommon48–66 cm
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxPassage migrantCommon58–65 cmRegularly Oct
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