Chad bird checklist

442 bird species in 83 families have been recorded in Chad, according to eBird; about 292 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

Common birds in Chad

The top 20, and how they are ranked

Chad bird checklist

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Ostriches

Common Ostrich

Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl

White-faced Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Knob-billed Duck
Egyptian Goose
Ruddy Shelduck
Spur-winged Goose
African Pygmy-Goose
Garganey
Blue-billed Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Marbled Duck
Common Pochard
Ferruginous Duck

Guineafowl

Helmeted Guineafowl

New World Quail

Stone Partridge

Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies

Common Quail
Harlequin Quail
Clapperton's Spurfowl

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
European Turtle-Dove
African Collared-Dove
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Vinaceous Dove
Laughing Dove
Black-billed Wood-Dove
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
Namaqua Dove
Bruce's Green-Pigeon

Sandgrouse

Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Spotted Sandgrouse
Four-banded Sandgrouse

Bustards

Arabian Bustard
Denham's Bustard
Nubian Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard

Turacos

Western Plantain-eater

Cuckoos

Senegal Coucal
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Levaillant's Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
African Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo

Nightjars and Allies

Standard-winged Nightjar
Golden Nightjar
Plain Nightjar
Long-tailed Nightjar

Swifts

Common Swift
Pallid Swift
African Swift
Little Swift
White-rumped Swift
African Palm Swift

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots

Lesser Moorhen
Eurasian Moorhen
Allen's Gallinule
African Swamphen
Black Crake
Little Crake

Cranes

Black Crowned-Crane
Demoiselle Crane

Thick-knees

Spotted Thick-knee
Senegal Thick-knee

Egyptian Plover

Egyptian Plover

Stilts and Avocets

Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet

Plovers and Lapwings

Pacific Golden-Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Long-toed Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Black-headed Lapwing
Wattled Lapwing
Kittlitz's Plover
White-fronted Plover
Kentish Plover

Painted-Snipes

Greater Painted-Snipe

Jacanas

Lesser Jacana
African Jacana

Sandpipers and Allies

Eurasian Curlew
Black-tailed Godwit
Jack Snipe
Common Snipe
Red-necked Phalarope
Common 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

Buttonquail

Small Buttonquail
Quail-plover

Pratincoles and Coursers

Bronze-winged Courser
Temminck's Courser
Cream-colored Courser
Collared Pratincole
Black-winged Pratincole

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Black-headed Gull
Gray-hooded Gull
Pallas's Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern

Grebes

Little Grebe

Storks

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

Anhingas

African Darter

Cormorants and Shags

Reed Cormorant
Great Cormorant

Ibises and Spoonbills

Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
Eurasian Spoonbill
African Spoonbill

Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns

Eurasian Bittern
Dwarf Bittern
Little Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Black Heron
Little Egret
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
European Honey-buzzard
White-headed Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Rüppell's Griffon
Bateleur
Western Banded Snake-Eagle
Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle
Short-toed Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Crowned Eagle
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Greater Spotted Eagle
Wahlberg's Eagle
Ayres's Hawk-Eagle
Booted Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Imperial Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Golden Eagle
Verreaux's Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Bat Hawk
Gabar Goshawk
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Lizard Buzzard
Shikra
Ovambo Sparrowhawk
Western Marsh Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Red Kite
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Grasshopper Buzzard
Red-necked Buzzard
Common Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard

Barn-Owls

Western Barn Owl

Owls

African Scops-Owl
Northern White-faced Owl
Grayish Eagle-Owl
Pharaoh Eagle-Owl
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
Little Owl
Short-eared Owl

Mousebirds

Blue-naped Mousebird

Hoopoes

Common Hoopoe

Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills

Green Woodhoopoe
Black Scimitarbill

Hornbills

Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill
African Gray Hornbill
Northern Red-billed Hornbill

Bee-eaters

Red-throated Bee-eater
Little Bee-eater
White-throated Bee-eater
African Green Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
Northern Carmine Bee-eater

Kingfishers

Malachite Kingfisher
African Pygmy Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Blue-breasted Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher

Rollers

European Roller
Abyssinian Roller
Purple Roller
Broad-billed Roller

African Barbets

Yellow-breasted Barbet
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
Vieillot's Barbet
White-headed Barbet
Bearded Barbet
Black-breasted Barbet

Honeyguides

Lesser Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide

Woodpeckers

Eurasian Wryneck
Bearded Woodpecker
Little Gray Woodpecker
Brown-backed Woodpecker
African Gray Woodpecker
Fine-spotted Woodpecker

Falcons and Caracaras

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

Old World Parrots

Rose-ringed Parakeet

New World and African Parrots

Meyer's Parrot
Senegal Parrot

Old World Orioles

Eurasian Golden Oriole
African Golden Oriole

Wattle-eyes and Batises

Brown-throated Wattle-eye
Gray-headed Batis

Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies

White-crested Helmetshrike

Bushshrikes and Allies

Brubru
Northern Puffback
Black-crowned Tchagra
Tropical Boubou
Black-headed Gonolek
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
Gray-headed Bushshrike

Drongos

Fork-tailed Drongo

Monarch Flycatchers

African Paradise-Flycatcher

Shrikes

Yellow-billed Shrike
Red-backed Shrike
Red-tailed Shrike
Isabelline Shrike
Great Gray Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Gray-backed Fiscal
Northern Fiscal
Masked Shrike
Woodchat Shrike

Crows, Jays, and Magpies

Piapiac
Pied Crow
Brown-necked Raven
Fan-tailed Raven

Fairy Flycatchers

African Blue Flycatcher

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

White-shouldered Black-Tit

Penduline-Tits

Sennar Penduline-Tit

Larks

Greater Hoopoe-Lark
Rufous-rumped Lark
Desert Lark
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark
Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark
Rusty Lark
Singing Bushlark
Sun Lark
Crested Lark
Greater Short-toed Lark
Dunn's Lark

African Warblers

Northern Crombec

Cisticolas and Allies

Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Senegal Eremomela
Green-backed Eremomela
Green-backed Camaroptera
Cricket Longtail
Buff-bellied Warbler
Tawny-flanked Prinia
River Prinia
Oriole Warbler
Singing Cisticola
Rock-loving Cisticola
Red-pate Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Desert Cisticola

Reed Warblers and Allies

Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Icterine Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Greater Swamp Warbler
Great Reed Warbler

Swallows

Gray-rumped Swallow
Banded Martin
Plain Martin
Bank Swallow
Pale Crag-Martin
Red-throated Crag-Martin
Barn Swallow
Ethiopian Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Western House-Martin
Mosque Swallow

Bulbuls

Common Bulbul

Leaf Warblers

Wood Warbler
Western Bonelli's Warbler
Willow Warbler
Common Chiffchaff

Sylviid Warblers and Allies

Eurasian Blackcap
Garden Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat
Western Orphean Warbler
Rüppell's Warbler
Eastern Subalpine Warbler
Greater Whitethroat

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

Northern Yellow White-eye

Laughingthrushes and Allies

Fulvous Chatterer
Brown Babbler

Oxpeckers

Yellow-billed Oxpecker

Starlings

Wattled Starling
Violet-backed Starling
Long-tailed Glossy Starling
Chestnut-bellied Starling
Lesser Blue-eared Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Purple Starling
Bronze-tailed Starling

Thrushes and Allies

African Thrush

Old World Flycatchers

Spotted Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
Northern Black-Flycatcher
Black Scrub-Robin
Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin
White-browed Robin-Chat
Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat
Common Nightingale
Bluethroat
European Pied Flycatcher
Common Redstart
Black Redstart
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
Whinchat
Mocking Cliff-Chat
Northern Anteater-Chat
Northern Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Heuglin's Wheatear
Desert Wheatear
Western Black-eared Wheatear
Eastern Black-eared Wheatear
White-fronted Black-Chat
Blackstart
Familiar Chat
Brown-tailed Chat
White-crowned Wheatear

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters

Western Violet-backed Sunbird
Collared Sunbird
Pygmy Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Beautiful Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
Copper Sunbird

Weavers and Allies

White-billed Buffalo-Weaver
Speckle-fronted Weaver
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver
Little Weaver
Vitelline Masked-Weaver
Heuglin's Masked-Weaver
Village Weaver
Black-headed Weaver
Red-billed Quelea
Northern Red Bishop
Yellow-crowned Bishop
Yellow-mantled Widowbird
Fan-tailed Widowbird

Waxbills and Allies

Bronze Mannikin
African Silverbill
Orange-cheeked Waxbill
Black-rumped Waxbill
Cut-throat
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Green-winged Pytilia
Red-billed Firefinch

Whydahs and Indigobirds

Pin-tailed Whydah
Sahel Paradise-Whydah
Village Indigobird

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow
Kordofan Rufous Sparrow
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
Desert Sparrow
Sudan Golden Sparrow
Chestnut Sparrow
Sahel Bush Sparrow

Wagtails and Pipits

Western Yellow Wagtail
White Wagtail
Tawny Pipit
Tree Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
Yellow-throated Longclaw

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Trumpeter Finch
White-rumped Seedeater
Yellow-fronted Canary

Old World Buntings

Golden-breasted Bunting
Gosling's Bunting
House Bunting
Striolated Bunting

Most common birds in Chad

Chad’s regular birds, ranked by how widespread they are. Recent sightings for Chad aren’t in our data yet.

Western Cattle-EgretArdea ibis
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Great EgretArdea alba
White-faced Whistling-DuckDendrocygna viduata
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
GarganeySpatula querquedula
Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea
RuffCalidris pugnax
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Northern Carmine Bee-eaterMerops nubicus
Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
Gray HeronArdea cinerea
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
European Turtle-DoveStreptopelia turtur
Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer

Largest bird families in Chad

Among its regular birds.

Hawks, Eagles, and Kites30
Sandpipers and Allies14
Pigeons and Doves12
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns11
Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl11
Weavers and Allies10
Old World Flycatchers9
Swallows8

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