Cameroon bird checklist

898 bird species in 102 families have been recorded in Cameroon, according to eBird; about 296 of them are seen regularly, and the rest are rarities, vagrants and escaped or introduced birds. Download the full list as a PDF, or tick birds off on your phone, with counts and notes, even without signal.

Species data: eBird.org, updated 13 Oct 2026 · How these lists are made

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Ostriches

Common Ostrich

Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl

White-faced Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
White-backed Duck
Knob-billed Duck
Hartlaub's Duck
Egyptian Goose
Spur-winged Goose
Muscovy Duck
African Pygmy-Goose
Garganey
Northern Shoveler
African Black Duck
Yellow-billed Duck
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Tufted Duck

Guineafowl

Helmeted Guineafowl
Black Guineafowl
Plumed Guineafowl
Western Crested Guineafowl

New World Quail

Stone Partridge
Nahan's Partridge

Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies

Latham's Francolin
White-throated Francolin
Schlegel's Francolin
Blue Quail
Common Quail
Harlequin Quail
Mount Cameroon Spurfowl
Double-spurred Spurfowl
Scaly Spurfowl
Clapperton's Spurfowl

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Afep Pigeon
Cameroon Pigeon
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon
White-naped Pigeon
Lemon Dove
European Turtle-Dove
Adamawa Turtle-Dove
African Collared-Dove
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Vinaceous Dove
Laughing Dove
Black-billed Wood-Dove
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
Tambourine Dove
Blue-headed Wood-Dove
Namaqua Dove
Bruce's Green-Pigeon
African Green-Pigeon

Sandgrouse

Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Four-banded Sandgrouse

Bustards

Arabian Bustard
Denham's Bustard
White-bellied Bustard
Savile's Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard

Turacos

Great Blue Turaco
Western Plantain-eater
Violet Turaco
Ross's Turaco
Yellow-billed Turaco
Bannerman's Turaco
White-crested Turaco
Guinea Turaco

Cuckoos

Gabon Coucal
Black-throated Coucal
Senegal Coucal
Blue-headed Coucal
Black Coucal
Blue Malkoha
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Levaillant's Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Thick-billed Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
Yellow-throated Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
African Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo

Nightjars and Allies

Brown Nightjar
Pennant-winged Nightjar
Standard-winged Nightjar
Eurasian Nightjar
Golden Nightjar
Fiery-necked Nightjar
Swamp Nightjar
Plain Nightjar
Freckled Nightjar
Bates's Nightjar
Long-tailed Nightjar
Square-tailed Nightjar

Swifts

Mottled Spinetail
Black Spinetail
Sabine's Spinetail
Cassin's Spinetail
Scarce Swift
Alpine Swift
Mottled Swift
Common Swift
Pallid Swift
African Swift
Little Swift
Horus Swift
White-rumped Swift
Bates's Swift
African Palm Swift

Flufftails

White-spotted Flufftail
Buff-spotted Flufftail
Red-chested Flufftail

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

African Rail
Corn Crake
African Crake
Gray-throated Rail
Lesser Moorhen
Eurasian Moorhen
Allen's Gallinule
African Swamphen
Nkulengu Rail
Striped Crake
Black Crake

Finfoots

African Finfoot

Cranes

Black Crowned-Crane

Thick-knees

Spotted Thick-knee
Senegal Thick-knee

Egyptian Plover

Egyptian Plover

Stilts and Avocets

Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet

Oystercatchers

Eurasian Oystercatcher

Plovers and Lapwings

Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Forbes's Plover
Three-banded Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Long-toed Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Black-headed Lapwing
White-crowned Lapwing
Wattled Lapwing
Brown-chested Lapwing
Kittlitz's Plover
White-fronted Plover
Kentish Plover

Painted-Snipes

Greater Painted-Snipe

Jacanas

Lesser Jacana
African Jacana

Sandpipers and Allies

Eurasian Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Jack Snipe
Great Snipe
Common Snipe
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Ruddy Turnstone
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck's Stint
Sanderling
Dunlin
Little Stint
Pectoral Sandpiper

Buttonquail

Small Buttonquail
Quail-plover

Pratincoles and Coursers

Bronze-winged Courser
Temminck's Courser
Rock Pratincole
Gray Pratincole
Collared Pratincole

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Black-headed Gull
Gray-hooded Gull
Common Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
African Skimmer
Brown Noddy
Bridled Tern
Little Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
Black Tern
White-winged Tern
Arctic Tern
Common Tern
Roseate Tern
Sandwich Tern
West African Crested Tern

Flamingos

Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo

Grebes

Little Grebe
Eared Grebe

Tropicbirds

Red-billed Tropicbird

Storks

African Openbill
Black Stork
Abdim's Stork
African Woolly-necked Stork
White Stork
Saddle-billed Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork

Boobies and Gannets

Brown Booby

Anhingas

African Darter

Cormorants and Shags

Reed Cormorant
Great Cormorant

Ibises and Spoonbills

Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Olive Ibis
Spot-breasted Ibis
Hadada Ibis
Eurasian Spoonbill
African Spoonbill

Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns

White-crested Tiger-Heron
Eurasian Bittern
Dwarf Bittern
Little Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Black Heron
Little Egret
Western Reef-Heron
White-backed Night Heron
Little Heron
Squacco Heron
Western Cattle-Egret
Great Egret
Yellow-billed Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron

Hamerkop

Hamerkop

Pelicans

Great White Pelican
Pink-backed Pelican

Secretarybird

Secretarybird

Osprey

Osprey

Hawks, Eagles, and Kites

Scissor-tailed Kite
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Palm-nut Vulture
Egyptian Vulture
African Cuckoo-Hawk
European Honey-buzzard
White-headed Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Rüppell's Griffon
Bateleur
Western Banded Snake-Eagle
Congo Snake-Eagle
Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle
Short-toed Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Crowned Eagle
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Wahlberg's Eagle
Ayres's Hawk-Eagle
Booted Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Cassin's Hawk-Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Bat Hawk
Gabar Goshawk
Long-tailed Hawk
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Lizard Buzzard
African Goshawk
Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk
Red-thighed Sparrowhawk
Shikra
Ovambo Sparrowhawk
Black Goshawk
Western Marsh Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Grasshopper Buzzard
Red-necked Buzzard
Common Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard

Barn-Owls

African Grass-Owl
Western Barn Owl

Owls

Sandy Scops-Owl
Eurasian Scops-Owl
African Scops-Owl
Northern White-faced Owl
Grayish Eagle-Owl
Fraser's Eagle-Owl
Akun Eagle-Owl
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
Shelley's Eagle-Owl
Pel's Fishing-Owl
Vermiculated Fishing-Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
Red-chested Owlet
Sjöstedt's Owlet
African Wood-Owl
Marsh Owl

Mousebirds

Speckled Mousebird
Blue-naped Mousebird

Trogons

Narina Trogon
Bare-cheeked Trogon
Bar-tailed Trogon

Hoopoes

Common Hoopoe

Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills

Green Woodhoopoe
White-headed Woodhoopoe
Forest Scimitarbill
Black Scimitarbill

Hornbills

Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill
Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill
Congo Pied Hornbill
African Gray Hornbill
Northern Red-billed Hornbill
Eastern Long-tailed Hornbill
Western Dwarf Hornbill
Yellow-casqued Hornbill
Black-casqued Hornbill
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill
White-thighed Hornbill
Piping Hornbill

Bee-eaters

Black Bee-eater
Blue-moustached Bee-eater
Blue-headed Bee-eater
Red-throated Bee-eater
Little Bee-eater
Blue-breasted Bee-eater
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater
Black-headed Bee-eater
White-throated Bee-eater
African Green Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
Northern Carmine Bee-eater

Kingfishers

Shining-blue Kingfisher
Malachite Kingfisher
White-bellied Kingfisher
African Pygmy Kingfisher
African Dwarf Kingfisher
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Blue-breasted Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher

Rollers

European Roller
Abyssinian Roller
Purple Roller
Blue-bellied Roller
Broad-billed Roller
Blue-throated Roller

African Barbets

Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet
Gray-throated Barbet
Bristle-nosed Barbet
Naked-faced Barbet
Speckled Tinkerbird
Western Tinkerbird
Red-rumped Tinkerbird
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
Yellow-spotted Barbet
Hairy-breasted Barbet
Vieillot's Barbet
White-headed Barbet
Double-toothed Barbet
Bearded Barbet

Honeyguides

Cassin's Honeybird
Brown-backed Honeybird
Zenker's Honeyguide
Willcocks's Honeyguide
Least Honeyguide
Lesser Honeyguide
Spotted Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
Lyre-tailed Honeyguide

Woodpeckers

Eurasian Wryneck
Red-throated Wryneck
African Piculet
Golden-crowned Woodpecker
Gabon Woodpecker
Elliot's Woodpecker
Little Gray Woodpecker
Speckle-breasted Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
Brown-backed Woodpecker
African Gray Woodpecker
Brown-eared Woodpecker
Buff-spotted Woodpecker
Tullberg's Woodpecker
Green-backed Woodpecker
Fine-spotted Woodpecker
Golden-tailed Woodpecker

Falcons and Caracaras

Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Fox Kestrel
Gray Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Red-footed Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
African Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Peregrine Falcon

Old World Parrots

Rose-ringed Parakeet
Black-collared Lovebird
Red-headed Lovebird

New World and African Parrots

Gray Parrot
Red-fronted Parrot
Senegal Parrot

African and Green Broadbills

African Broadbill
Gray-headed Broadbill
Rufous-sided Broadbill

Pittas

African Pitta
Green-breasted Pitta

Cuckooshrikes

Gray Cuckooshrike
White-breasted Cuckooshrike
Oriole Cuckooshrike
Petit's Cuckooshrike
Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike
Purple-throated Cuckooshrike
Blue Cuckooshrike

Old World Orioles

Eurasian Golden Oriole
African Golden Oriole
Western Black-headed Oriole
Black-winged Oriole

Wattle-eyes and Batises

Chestnut Wattle-eye
White-spotted Wattle-eye
Brown-throated Wattle-eye
Banded Wattle-eye
Black-necked Wattle-eye
Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye
Senegal Batis
Gray-headed Batis
Western Black-headed Batis
Verreaux's Batis
West African Batis

Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies

White-crested Helmetshrike
Red-billed Helmetshrike
Rufous-bellied Helmetshrike
African Shrike-flycatcher
Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher

Bushshrikes and Allies

Brubru
Northern Puffback
Red-eyed Puffback
Pink-footed Puffback
Sabine's Puffback
Marsh Tchagra
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Lühder's Bushshrike
Tropical Boubou
Gabon Boubou
Yellow-crowned Gonolek
Black-headed Gonolek
Yellow-breasted Boubou
Lowland Sooty Boubou
Western Boubou
Gray-green Bushshrike
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
Many-colored Bushshrike
Mount Kupe Bushshrike
Fiery-breasted Bushshrike
Green-breasted Bushshrike
Gray-headed Bushshrike
Monteiro's Bushshrike

Drongos

Sharpe's Drongo
Shining Drongo
Fork-tailed Drongo
Velvet-mantled Drongo

Monarch Flycatchers

Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher
Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher
Rufous-vented Paradise-Flycatcher
Bates's Paradise-Flycatcher
African Paradise-Flycatcher

Shrikes

Yellow-billed Shrike
Red-tailed Shrike
Isabelline Shrike
Emin's Shrike
Great Gray Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Gray-backed Fiscal
Mackinnon's Shrike
Northern Fiscal
Masked Shrike
Woodchat Shrike

Crows, Jays, and Magpies

Piapiac
Pied Crow

Rockfowl

Gray-necked Rockfowl

Hyliotas

Yellow-bellied Hyliota
Southern Hyliota
Violet-backed Hyliota

Fairy Flycatchers

African Blue Flycatcher
Dusky Crested Flycatcher
White-bellied Crested Flycatcher

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

White-shouldered Black-Tit
White-bellied Tit
Dusky Tit

Penduline-Tits

Sennar Penduline-Tit
Yellow Penduline-Tit
Forest Penduline-Tit

Larks

Rufous-rumped Lark
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark
Singing Bushlark
Flappet Lark
Highland Lark
Sun Lark
Crested Lark
Greater Short-toed Lark

Nicators

Western Nicator
Yellow-throated Nicator

African Warblers

Green Crombec
Lemon-bellied Crombec
Northern Crombec
Moustached Grass-Warbler
Kemp's Longbill
Yellow Longbill
Gray Longbill

Cisticolas and Allies

Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Senegal Eremomela
Green-backed Eremomela
Rufous-crowned Eremomela
Red-winged Gray Warbler
White-chinned Prinia
Green Longtail
Black-collared Apalis
White-tailed Warbler
Green-backed Camaroptera
Yellow-browed Camaroptera
Olive-green Camaroptera
Cricket Longtail
Buff-bellied Warbler
Black-capped Apalis
Black-throated Apalis
Masked Apalis
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Buff-throated Apalis
Bamenda Apalis
Gosling's Apalis
Gray Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
River Prinia
Banded Prinia
Red-winged Prinia
Black-faced Rufous-Warbler
Oriole Warbler
Red-faced Cisticola
Singing Cisticola
Whistling Cisticola
Chattering Cisticola
Chubb's Cisticola
Rock-loving Cisticola
Red-pate Cisticola
Dorst's Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Stout Cisticola
Croaking Cisticola
Siffling Cisticola
Rufous Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Desert Cisticola
Black-backed Cisticola
Pectoral-patch Cisticola

Reed Warblers and Allies

Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Western Olivaceous Warbler
African Yellow-Warbler
Melodious Warbler
Icterine Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Greater Swamp Warbler
Great Reed Warbler

Grassbirds and Allies

Fan-tailed Grassbird
Bangwa Warbler
Evergreen-forest Warbler
Dja River Swamp Warbler
Little Rush Warbler
Highland Rush Warbler

Swallows

Square-tailed Sawwing
Mountain Sawwing
Black Sawwing
Fanti Sawwing
Gray-rumped Swallow
Banded Martin
Plain Martin
Bank Swallow
Red-throated Crag-Martin
Barn Swallow
Ethiopian Swallow
White-throated Blue Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Forest Swallow
Western House-Martin
African Red-rumped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Rufous-chested Swallow
Mosque Swallow
Preuss's Swallow

Bulbuls

Slender-billed Greenbul
Golden Greenbul
Red-tailed Bristlebill
Yellow-lored Bristlebill
Yellow-gorgeted Greenbul
Pale-throated Greenbul
Spotted Greenbul
Swamp Greenbul
Yellow-necked Greenbul
Simple Greenbul
Honeyguide Greenbul
Sjöstedt's Greenbul
Cameroon Mountain Greenbul
Western Mountain Greenbul
Eastern Bearded-Greenbul
Red-tailed Greenbul
White-bearded Greenbul
Little Greenbul
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul
Plain Greenbul
Gray Greenbul
Ansorge's Greenbul
White-throated Greenbul
Xavier's Greenbul
Icterine Greenbul
Cameroon Olive-Greenbul
Leaf-love
Gray-headed Greenbul
Common Bulbul

Leaf Warblers

Wood Warbler
Western Bonelli's Warbler
Willow Warbler
Common Chiffchaff
Black-capped Woodland-Warbler
Uganda Woodland-Warbler

Hylias

Green Hylia
Tit-hylia

Yellow Flycatchers

Chestnut-capped Flycatcher

Sylviid Warblers and Allies

Eurasian Blackcap
Garden Warbler
African Hill Babbler
Rwenzori Hill Babbler
Lesser Whitethroat
Greater Whitethroat

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

Cameroon Speirops
Forest White-eye
Northern Yellow White-eye

Ground Babblers and Allies

Brown Illadopsis
Pale-breasted Illadopsis
Blackcap Illadopsis
Thrush Babbler
Puvel's Illadopsis

Laughingthrushes and Allies

Capuchin Babbler
White-throated Mountain-Babbler
Brown Babbler
Blackcap Babbler

Spotted Creepers

African Spotted Creeper

Oxpeckers

Yellow-billed Oxpecker

Starlings

Wattled Starling
Violet-backed Starling
Neumann's Starling
Chestnut-winged Starling
Waller's Starling
White-collared Starling
Narrow-tailed Starling
Purple-headed Starling
Long-tailed Glossy Starling
Splendid Starling
Chestnut-bellied Starling
Lesser Blue-eared Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Purple Starling
Bronze-tailed Starling

Thrushes and Allies

Rufous Flycatcher-Thrush
Red-tailed Ant-Thrush
White-tailed Ant-Thrush
Black-eared Ground-Thrush
Gray Ground-Thrush
Crossley's Ground-Thrush
African Thrush

Old World Flycatchers

African Dusky Flycatcher
Little Flycatcher
Yellow-footed Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
Gambaga Flycatcher
Swamp Flycatcher
Cassin's Flycatcher
Sooty Flycatcher
Dusky-blue Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
White-browed Forest-Flycatcher
African Forest-Flycatcher
Gray-throated Tit-Flycatcher
Gray Tit-Flycatcher
Olivaceous Flycatcher
Tessmann's Flycatcher
Ashy Flycatcher
Northern Black-Flycatcher
Fire-crested Alethe
Black Scrub-Robin
Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin
Brown-backed Scrub-Robin
White-bellied Robin-Chat
Mountain Robin-Chat
Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat
White-browed Robin-Chat
Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat
White-crowned Robin-Chat
Rufous-tailed Palm-Thrush
Brown-chested Alethe
Orange-breasted Forest Robin
Yellow-breasted Forest Robin
Gray-winged Robin-Chat
Short-tailed Akalat
Lowland Akalat
Common Nightingale
European Pied Flycatcher
Collared Flycatcher
Common Redstart
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
Whinchat
African Stonechat
Mocking Cliff-Chat
Sooty Chat
Northern Anteater-Chat
Northern Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Heuglin's Wheatear
Western Black-eared Wheatear
White-fronted Black-Chat
Familiar Chat

Dapple-throat and Allies

Gray-chested Babbler

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters

Fraser's Sunbird
Mouse-brown Sunbird
Western Violet-backed Sunbird
Violet-tailed Sunbird
Little Green Sunbird
Gray-chinned Sunbird
Collared Sunbird
Pygmy Sunbird
Reichenbach's Sunbird
Green-headed Sunbird
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird
Cameroon Sunbird
Olive Sunbird
Carmelite Sunbird
Green-throated Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Olive-bellied Sunbird
Tiny Sunbird
Northern Double-collared Sunbird
Beautiful Sunbird
Orange-tufted Sunbird
Palestine Sunbird
Splendid Sunbird
Johanna's Sunbird
Superb Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
Ursula's Sunbird
Bates's Sunbird
Copper Sunbird

Weavers and Allies

White-billed Buffalo-Weaver
Speckle-fronted Weaver
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver
Red-crowned Malimbe
Black-throated Malimbe
Rachel's Malimbe
Red-vented Malimbe
Red-bellied Malimbe
Blue-billed Malimbe
Crested Malimbe
Red-headed Malimbe
Red-headed Weaver
Baglafecht Weaver
Bannerman's Weaver
Little Weaver
Slender-billed Weaver
Olive-naped Weaver
Black-necked Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
Black-billed Weaver
Orange Weaver
Vitelline Masked-Weaver
Heuglin's Masked-Weaver
Vieillot's Black Weaver
Village Weaver
Black-headed Weaver
Yellow-mantled Weaver
Maxwell's Black Weaver
Dark-backed Weaver
Brown-capped Weaver
Yellow-capped Weaver
Preuss's Weaver
Compact Weaver
Red-headed Quelea
Red-billed Quelea
Bob-tailed Weaver
Northern Red Bishop
Black-winged Bishop
Black Bishop
Yellow-crowned Bishop
Yellow Bishop
Yellow-mantled Widowbird
Red-collared Widowbird
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Marsh Widowbird
Grosbeak Weaver

Waxbills and Allies

Bronze Mannikin
Magpie Mannikin
Black-and-white Mannikin
African Silverbill
Shelley's Oliveback
Green-backed Twinspot
Red-faced Crimsonwing
Woodhouse's Antpecker
White-breasted Nigrita
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita
Gray-headed Nigrita
Pale-fronted Nigrita
Gray-headed Oliveback
Lavender Waxbill
Black-crowned Waxbill
Black-headed Waxbill
Orange-cheeked Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Black-rumped Waxbill
Quailfinch
Cut-throat
Zebra Waxbill
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Western Bluebill
Black-bellied Seedcracker
Green-winged Pytilia
Red-winged Pytilia
Red-faced Pytilia
Dybowski's Twinspot
Brown Twinspot
Red-billed Firefinch
African Firefinch
Rock Firefinch
Chad Firefinch
Black-bellied Firefinch
Bar-breasted Firefinch
Black-faced Firefinch

Whydahs and Indigobirds

Pin-tailed Whydah
Sahel Paradise-Whydah
Exclamatory Paradise-Whydah
Togo Paradise-Whydah
Village Indigobird
Wilson's Indigobird
Jos Plateau Indigobird
Barka Indigobird
Cameroon Indigobird
Parasitic Weaver

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
Sudan Golden Sparrow
Sahel Bush Sparrow

Wagtails and Pipits

Mountain Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
White Wagtail
African Pipit
Long-billed Pipit
Tawny Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
Long-legged Pipit
Tree Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
Yellow-throated Longclaw

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Oriole Finch
White-rumped Seedeater
Yellow-fronted Canary
Thick-billed Seedeater
West African Seedeater

Old World Buntings

Brown-rumped Bunting
Ortolan Bunting
Cabanis's Bunting
Golden-breasted Bunting
Gosling's Bunting

Most common birds in Cameroon

Ranked by how recently and how widely each was reported to eBird in the 30 days to 2026-10-13, and whether it is one of Cameroon’s regular birds. The list follows the seasons: migrants rise in spring and autumn.