S/no

Family

Scientific Name

Common Name

IUCN Status

1

Accipitridae

Gypohierax angolensis (Gmelin, 1788)

Palm-nut vulture

LR (*NT)

2

Accipitridae

Necrosyrtes monachus (Temminck, 1823)

Hooded vulture

EN

3

Accipitridae

Polyboroides radiates (Scopoli, 1786)

Harrier hawk

LC

4

Accipitridae

Haliaeetus vocifer (Daudin, 1800)

West African river eagle

LC

5

Accipitridae

Stephanoaetus coronatus ( Linnaeus , 1766)

Crown hawk eagle

NT

6

Accipitridae

Milvus migrans (Boddaert, 1783)

Black kite

LR (*NT)

7

Accipitridae

Kaupifalco monogrammicus (Temminck, 1824)

Lizard buzzard

LR (*NT)

8

Alcedinidae

Halcyon senegalensis (Linn, 1766)

Senegal kingfisher

LC

9

Alcedinidae

Ceryle rudis (Linn, 1758)

Pied kingfisher

LC

10

Alcedinidae

Ceyx pictus (Boddaert, 1783)

Pigmy kingfisher

LC

11

Alcedinidae

Alcedo leucogaster ( Fraser , 1843)

White-bellied kingfisher

LC

12

Anatidae

Dendrocygna viduata (Linn, 1766)

White-faced tree duck

LC

13

Ardeidae

Casmerodius albus (Linn, 1758)

Great white egret

LC

14

Ardeidae

Egretta garzetta (Linn, 1766)

Little egret

LC

15

Ardeidae

Ardea cinerea (Linn, 1758)

Grey heron

LC

16

Ardeidae

Ardeola ralloides (Scopoli, 1769)

Squacco heron

LC

17

Bucerotidae

Bycanistes fistulator ( Cassin , 1852)

Piping hornbill

LC

18

Bucerotidae

Tockus fasciatus ( Shaw , 1811)

Black-and-white tail hornbill

LC

19

Bucerotidae

Tropicranus albocristatus ( Cassin , 1848)

White-crested hornbill

LC

20

Bucerotidae

Ceratogymna atrata (Temminck, 1835)

Black-casqued hornbill

LC

21

Columbidae

Treron australis ( Linnaeus , 1771)

Green fruit pigeon

LC

22

Columbidae

Treron waalia ( Meyer , 1793)

Yellow-bellied fruit pigeon

LC

23

Columbidae

Stigmatopelia senegalensis (Linn, 1766)

Laughing dove

LC

24

Corvidae

Corvus albus (Müller, 1776)

Pied crow

LC

25

Cuculidae

Centropus senegalensis (Linn, 1766)

Senegal coucal

LC

26

Cuculidae

Centropus leucogaster (Leach, 1814)

Black-throated coucal

LC

27

Estrilididae

Estrilda poliopareia (Reichenow, 1902)

Anambra waxbill

VU

28

Hirundinidae

Hirundo smithii (Leach, 1818)

Wire-tailed swallow

LC

29

Hirundinidae

Hirundo rustica ( Linnaeus , 1758)

European Swallow

LC

30

Jacanidae

Actophilornis africana (Gmelin, 1789)

Lilly-trotter

LC

31

Meropidae

Merops albicollis (Vieillot, 1817)

White-throated bee-eater

LC

32

Meropidae

Merops hirundineus ( Lichtenstein , 1793)

Swallow-tailed bee-eater

LC

33

Motacillidae

Motacilla flava (Linn, 1758)

Yellow wagtail

LC

34

Musophygidae

Corythaeola cristata (Vieillot, 1816)

Great Blue Turaco

LC

35

Musophygidae

Tauraco persa (Linn, 1758)

Guinea Turaco

LC