Species
Country checklist and status
You can download and print a checklist for Nigeria.
EZEALOR 2002 gives a checklist of 910 species to be found in Nigeria.
Endemic species
Anambra Waxbill Estrilda poliopareia Nigerian endemic
Photo: Tasso Leventis
Anambra Waxbill |
Estrilda poliopareia |
Ibadan Malimbe |
Malimbus ibadanensis |
Rock Firefinch |
Lagonosticta sanguinodorsalis |
Plateau Indigobird |
Vidua maryae |
Near-endemic species (found in 3 or less African countries)
Cameroon Olive Pigeon |
Columba sjostedti |
Mountain Saw-wing |
Psalidoprocne fuliginosa |
Cameroon Montane Greenbul |
Andropadus montanus |
Grey-headed Greenbul |
Phyllastrephus poliocephalus |
Mountain Robin-Chat |
Cossypha isabellae |
Black-capped Woodland-Warbler |
Phylloscopus herberti |
Green Longtail |
Urolais epichlorus |
White-throated Mountain-Babbler |
Kupeornis gilberti |
Cameroon Sunbird |
Cyanomitra oritis |
Green-breasted Bush-Shrike |
Malacanotus gladiator |
Yellow-breasted Boubou |
Laniarius atroflavus |
Rachel’s Malimbe |
Malimbus racheliae |
Bannerman’s Weaver |
Ploceus bannermani |
Bannerman’s Weaver Ploceus bannermani Nigeria
Photo: Tasso Leventis
Threatened species
Cape Gannet |
Sula capensis |
Vulnerable |
Marbled Teal |
Marmaronetta angustirostris |
Vulnerable |
Lappet-faced Vulture |
Torgos tracheliotus |
Vulnerable |
Lesser Kestrel |
Falco naumanni |
Vulnerable |
White-throated Mountain-Babbler |
Kupeornis gilberti |
Endangered |
Grey-necked Picathartes |
Picathartes oreas |
Vulnerable |
Green-breasted Bush-Shrike |
Malacanotus gladiator |
Vulnerable |
Anambra Waxbill |
Estrilda poliopareia |
Vulnerable |
Ibadan Malimbe |
Malimbus ibadanensis |
Endangered |
Bannerman’s Weaver |
Ploceus bannermani |
Vulnerable |
The lists of endemic, near endemic and threatened species have been compiled from a number of sources including the African Bird Club, BirdLife International, and Birds of the World Version 2.0 ® 1994-1996, Dr. Charles Sibley and Thayer Birding Software, Ltd. For further information on Nigeria’s threatened species, see BirdLife International.
Last page update 1st March 2007
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