Birds of Sudan

Over 600 birds live in Sudan, the 3rd largest nation on the African continent. While the country’s weather conditions tend to be extremely dry, occasional bouts of rain make it tolerable for the avifauna living there.

While not an official national bird, the Secretarybird has a significant cultural impact on Sudan’s history and was even adopted on its emblem in 1969. Other notable avian species include the African Fish Eagle, the African Jacana, and the Gray Crowned Crane.

List of Common Birds Found in Sudan

Native Birds

Abdim’s Stork
Abyssinian Ground Hornbill
Abyssinian Roller
African Blue Flycatcher
African Collared Dove
African Darter
African Fish Eagle
African Goshawk
African Gray Hornbill
African Green Pigeon
African Hoopoe
African Jacana
African Mourning Dove
African Pied Wagtail
African Pygmy Falcon
African Reed Warbler
African Sacred Ibis
African Silverbill
African Spoonbill
African Swamphen
African Thrush
African Yellow White-eye
Arabian Bustard
Bateleur
Bearded Scrub Robin
Bearded Woodpecker
Beautiful Sunbird
Black-bellied Sunbird
Black-chested Snake Eagle
Black Crake
Black-crowned Tchagra
Black-headed Batis
Black-headed Gonolek
Black-headed Heron
Black-headed Lapwing
Black-headed Oriole
Black Kite
Black Scrub Robin
Black-winged Pratincole
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
Brown Parrot
Brown-rumped Bunting
Brown Snake Eagle
Brown-tailed Chat
Bruce’s Green Pigeon
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-lark
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-weaver
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
Cinnamon Weaver
Collared Pratincole
Common Ostrich
Crested Francolin
Crested Lark
Dark Chanting Goshawk
Fulvous Chatterer
Grasshopper Buzzard
Gray Crowned Crane
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Hamerkop
Hooded Vulture
House Crow
Isabelline Wheatear
Kordofan Lark
Kordofan Sparrow
Lappet-faced Vulture
Little Bee-eater
Little Egret
Little Grebe
Little Swift
Marabou Stork
Northern Red Bishop
Northern Wheatear
Nubian Bustard
Pearl-spotted Owlet
Pied Crow
Pink-backed Pelican
Pin-tailed Whydah
Plain-backed Pipit
Purple Heron
Red-billed Quelea
Red-billed Teal
Red-necked Falcon
Red-throated Bee-eater
Red-throated Pipit
Rock Martin
Ruppell’s Glossy Starling
Rüppell’s Weaver
Sahel Paradise Whydah
Sand Martin
Secretary Bird
Senegal Parrot
Senegal Thick-knee
Shikra
Short-toed Snake Eagle
Singing Bushlark
Slender-billed Gull
Somali Courser
Speckled Pigeon
Spotted Flycatcher
Spotted Thick-knee
Spur-winged Lapwing
Sudan Golden Sparrow
Superb Starling
Tawny Eagle
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Temminck’s Courser
Village Weaver
Vinaceous Dove
White-backed Vulture
White-bellied Bustard
White-bellied Canary
White-bellied Go-away-bird
White-browed Coucal
White-browed Scrub Robin
White-browed Sparrow-weaver
White-crowned Wheatear
White-faced Whistling Duck
White-headed Vulture
White-rumped Seedeater
White-winged Dove
White-winged Tern
Woodland Kingfisher
Yellow-billed Egret
Yellow-billed Kite
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Shrike
Yellow-billed Stork
Yellow-crowned Gonolek
Yellow-fronted Canary
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
Yellow Wagtail

Non-native Birds

Dusky Tit
House Crow
Tiny Cisticola
Upcher’s Warbler

Some of the birding sites in Sudan are Dinder National Park, Radom National Park, and Suakin Archipelago. The peak birding season in Sudan typically occurs during the winter months, from November to February. But it is essential to be mindful of Sudan’s political climate while planning a trip.