South Sudan

SUB-REGION
Central Africa

SIZE
644,329 km²

BIRDS AND BIRDING

SPECIES
Diversity
Strongly Afrotropical avifauna
Approximately 820 recorded species (10th longest bird list of any country in the ABC region)

Birds occurring in only two territories of the ABC region but not near-endemics (1/2)
Cinnamon Weaver

Proposed new species or splits not yet accepted by IOC
Archer’s Francolin
African Quail (erlangeri)
Schuett’s Spurfowl
Black-shouldered Nightjar
Abyssinian Nightjar
Eastern Black-billed Turaco
Western Black-billed Turaco
White-breasted Cormorant
Red-chested Goshawk
Ethiopian Goshawk
Central African Hoopoe (senegalensis/waibeli)
African Hoopoe (africana)
Eastern Piping Hornbill
Grey-headed Barbet
Streaky-throated Barbet
Ethiopian Puffback
Glossy-backed Drongo (lugubris)
Desert Grey Shrike
Singing Bush Lark
Dark-capped Bulbul (tricolor)
Ethiopian Saw-wing (1/2)
Mangbettu Saw-wing (1/2)
Shari Saw-wing (chalybea)
West African Swallow (domicella)
Eastern Crombec
African Reed Warbler
Rufous-crowned Cisticola (nuchalis)
Mongalla Cisticola (1/2 mongalla)
Brown-tailed Apalis
Eastern Buff-throated Apalis
Tawny-breasted Camaroptera
African Scrub Robin
White-winged Scrub Robin
Ethiopian Stonechat
Emin’s Weaver
Abyssinian Waxbill (1/2)
Black-faced Quailfinch (ugandae)
Grey Firefinch (nigricollis)
Ethiopian Firefinch

National bird
African Fish Eagle | Kuëi

MAIN HABITATS
Afromontane forest, Guinea woodlands, moist savannas, swamps

BIRD AREAS
12 Important Bird Areas

BIRDING SITES
The Sudd (Shambe National Park (NP), Ez Zeraf Game Reserve (GR), Meshra GR and Fanyikang GR) and Lake No for Cinnamon Weaver (ESS axillaris), Black Crowned Crane and Shoebill among other waterbirds including White-faced Whistling Duck, Fulvous Whistling Duck, Spur-winged Goose, Knob-billed Duck, Egyptian Goose, Garganey, Northern Pintail, African Crake, Black Crake, Little Grebe, Black-winged Stilt, Common Ringed Plover, Little Ringed Plover, Long-toed Lapwing, Spur-winged Lapwing, African Wattled Lapwing, White-tailed Lapwing, Lesser Jacana, African Jacana, Jack Snipe, Common Snipe, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Marsh Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Common Redshank, Common Greenshank, Ruff, Little Stint, Black-winged Pratincole, Collared Pratincole, Gull-billed Tern, Whiskered Tern, Black Tern, White-winged Tern, Black-headed Gull, African Openbill, Yellow-billed Stork, Saddle-billed Stork, Abdim’s Stork, African Woolly-necked Stork, White Stork, African Darter, Reed Cormorant, Great Cormorant (lucidus), African Sacred Ibis, Glossy Ibis, Eurasian Spoonbill, African Spoonbill, Little Bittern, Black-crowned Night Heron, Little Egret, Squacco Heron, Yellow-billed Egret, Western Cattle Egret, Great Egret, Grey Heron, Purple Heron, Goliath Heron, Hamerkop, Great White Pelican and Pink-backed Pelican, as well as Long-tailed Nightjar (nigricans), Blue-headed Coucal (fischeri), Caspian Plover, Black-headed Heron, Secretarybird, Western Marsh Harrier, African Marsh Harrier, Montagu’s Harrier, African Fish Eagle, Marsh Owl, African Green Bee-eater (cleopatra), Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark (leucotis), Greater Swamp Warbler (ansorgei), Lesser Swamp Warbler (jacksoni), Common Reed Warbler (cinnamomeus), Highland Rush Warbler (sudanensis), Zitting Cisticola (uropygialis), Swamp Flycatcher (infulata), Red-chested Sunbird, Thick-billed Weaver (melanota), Red-billed Quelea (aethiopica), Yellow-crowned Bishop (ladoensis), Common Waxbill (macmillani), Orange-breasted Waxbill (subflava), Jambandu Indigobird, Western Yellow Wagtail, Yellow-throated Longclaw and Red-throated Pipit
Juba area and Badingilo NP for Clapperton’s Spurfowl, Black-billed Barbet, Black-breasted Barbet, Grey-headed Batis (chadensis), Red-pate Cisticola (mongalla), Green-backed Eremomela (canescens) and Shelley’s Sparrow, Crested Francolin (grantii), Slender-tailed Nightjar, Eastern Plantain-eater, White-browed Coucal, D’Arnaud’s Barbet (darnaudii), Red-fronted Barbet (diademata), Nubian Woodpecker (nubica), Black-headed Gonolek, Grey-backed Fiscal (excubitoroides), Northern Brownbul, Rattling Cisticola (simplex), Rufous Chatterer (rubiginosa), Rüppell’s Starling (purpuroptera), African Grey Flycatcher (neumanni), Silverbird, Spotted Palm Thrush (guttata), Chestnut Sparrow, White-browed Sparrow-Weaver (melanorhynchus), Grey-capped Social Weaver (arnaudi), Northern Masked Weaver (taeniopterus), White-winged Widowbird (eques) and Long-tailed Paradise Whydah, African Pygmy Goose, Senegal Thick-knee, Egyptian Plover, Rock Pratincole, Dwarf Bittern, Black Heron and Little Heron among other waterbirds, as well as more common or widespread species including Common Ostrich (camelus), Helmeted Guineafowl, Harlequin Quail, African Palm Swift, Little Swift, White-rumped Swift, Black-bellied Bustard, Black Coucal, Senegal Coucal, Great Spotted Cuckoo, Jacobin Cuckoo, Levaillant’s Cuckoo, Diederik Cuckoo, Klaas’s Cuckoo, Red-chested Cuckoo, Four-banded Sandgrouse, Speckled Pigeon, Mourning Collared Dove, Vinaceous Dove, Laughing Dove, Black-billed Wood Dove, Namaqua Dove, Bruce’s Green Pigeon, Spotted Thick-knee (maculosus), Black-headed Lapwing, Marabou Stork, Hadada Ibis, Black-winged Kite, White-headed Vulture, Hooded Vulture, White-backed Vulture, Bateleur, Western Banded Snake Eagle, Beaudouin’s Snake Eagle, Bat Hawk, Long-crested Eagle, Wahlberg’s Eagle, Tawny Eagle, Gabar Goshawk, Dark Chanting Goshawk, Shikra, Yellow-billed Kite, Grasshopper Buzzard, Western Barn Owl, African Scops Owl, Northern White-faced Owl, Greyish Eagle-Owl, Speckled Mousebird (jebelensis), Blue-naped Mousebird (griseogularis), Common Hoopoe (waibeli), Green Wood Hoopoe (niloticus), Black Scimitarbill (emini), Abyssinian Ground Hornbill, Northern Red-billed Hornbill, African Grey Hornbill (nasutus), Abyssinian Roller, Grey-headed Kingfisher, Striped Kingfisher, African Pygmy Kingfisher (picta), Malachite Kingfisher, Giant Kingfisher, Pied Kingfisher, Little Bee-eater (ocularis), Red-throated Bee-eater (frenatus), European Bee-eater, Northern Carmine Bee-eater, Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird (chrysoconus), Lesser Honeyguide (diadematus), Greater Honeyguide, African Grey Woodpecker (goertae), Grey Kestrel, Red-necked Falcon, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Black-crowned Tchagra (habessinicus), Tropical Boubou (major), Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike, Fork-tailed Drongo (lugubris), African Paradise Flycatcher (ferreti), Yellow-billed Shrike (affinis), Piapiac, Pied Crow, White-shouldered Black Tit, Flappet Lark (torrida), Sun Lark (bucolica), Ethiopian Swallow (aethiopica), Wire-tailed Swallow (smithii), Red-breasted Swallow (gordoni), Common Bulbul (tricolor), Moustached Grass Warbler (amauroura), Northern Crombec (brachyura), Singing Cisticola (concolor), Winding Cisticola (marginatus), Croaking Cisticola (strangei), Short-winged Cisticola (hypoxanthus), Foxy Cisticola (troglodytes), Tawny-flanked Prinia (subflava), Buff-bellied Warbler, Grey-backed Camaroptera (abessinica), Northern Yellow White-eye, Brown Babbler, Lesser Blue-eared Starling (chloropterus), Bronze-tailed Starling (emini), Purple Starling (amethystinus), Violet-backed Starling, African Thrush (pelios), Northern Black Flycatcher (lugubris), White-browed Robin-Chat (heuglini), White-fronted Black Chat (clericalis), Pygmy Sunbird, Scarlet-chested Sunbird (acik), Beautiful Sunbird, Copper Sunbird, Sahel Bush Sparrow, Northern Grey-headed Sparrow (ugandae), White-billed Buffalo Weaver, Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver, Speckle-fronted Weaver (emini), Little Weaver, Vitelline Masked Weaver (vitellinus), Village Weaver (bohndorffi), Black-headed Weaver (dimidiatus), Red-headed Quelea, Black-winged Red Bishop (craspedopterus), Northern Red Bishop (franciscanus), Fan-tailed Widowbird (phoeniceus), Bronze Mannikin (cucullata), Black-rumped Waxbill, Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu (bengalus), Green-winged Pytilia (soudanensis), Red-winged Pytilia (emini), Red-billed Firefinch (brunneiceps), Bar-breasted Firefinch (lateritia), Village Indigobird (neumanni), Wilson’s Indigobird, Pin-tailed Whydah, Exclamatory Paradise Whydah, Cuckoo-finch, African Pied Wagtail, Tree Pipit, White-rumped Seedeater (leucopygia), Yellow-fronted Canary (barbata) and Brown-rumped Bunting (affinis)
Bangangai GR and Bire Kpatuos GR for, at least formerly, Heuglin’s Spurfowl, White-naped Pigeon, Eastern Dwarf Hornbill, Niam-niam Parrot, Jameson’s Wattle-eye, Spotted Thrush-Babbler (turdina), Dusky Babbler, Palestine Sunbird (decorsei) and Red-headed Bluebill (ruficapilla) as well as a mix of other lowland forest and moist savanna species including Hartlaub’s Duck, Western Crested Guineafowl, Stone Partridge (florentiae), Latham’s Francolin, Scaly Spurfowl (schuetti), Fiery-necked Nightjar (nigriscapularis), Plain Nightjar, Long-tailed Nightjar (sclateri), Standard-winged Nightjar, Pennant-winged Nightjar, Great Blue Turaco, Ross’s Turaco, White-crested Turaco, Black-billed Turaco (schuetti), Blue Malkoha, Thick-billed Cuckoo (validus), Yellow-throated Cuckoo, African Emerald Cuckoo, Black Cuckoo (gabonensis), Western Bronze-naped Pigeon, Red-eyed Dove, Blue-spotted Wood Dove, Tambourine Dove, African Green Pigeon (uellensis), White-spotted Flufftail, Grey-throated Rail, Nkulengu Rail, African Harrier-Hawk, Palm-nut Vulture, Lizard Buzzard, Brown Snake Eagle, Crowned Eagle, Long-tailed Hawk, African Goshawk (canescens), Black Sparrowhawk, Little Sparrowhawk, Red-necked Buzzard, African Wood Owl (nuchalis), Speckled Mousebird (leucophthalmus), Congo Pied Hornbill, Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill, Piping Hornbill (duboisi), Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill (subquadratus), Black-casqued Hornbill, Broad-billed Roller, Chocolate-backed Kingfisher, Blue-breasted Kingfisher (malimbica), Woodland Kingfisher (senegalensis), African Dwarf Kingfisher (lecontei), Shining-blue Kingfisher (guentheri), Black-headed Bee-eater, Swallow-tailed Bee-eater (heuglini), White-throated Bee-eater, Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet (elgonensis), Grey-throated Barbet (cinereiceps), Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird (leucolaimus), Hairy-breasted Barbet (ansorgii), Double-toothed Barbet (aequatorialis), Least Honeyguide (pachyrhynchus), Lesser Honeyguide (riggenbachi), Spotted Honeyguide (stictithorax), Red-throated Wryneck (pulchricollis), Buff-spotted Woodpecker (herberti), Brown-eared Woodpecker (caroli), Fine-spotted Woodpecker (balia), Golden-tailed Woodpecker (chrysura), Little Green Woodpecker (permista), Yellow-crested Woodpecker, Speckle-breasted Woodpecker, Brown-backed Woodpecker (obsoletus), Red-headed Lovebird, African Hobby, Western Black-headed Batis (erlangeri), Chestnut Wattle-eye, Brown-throated Wattle-eye (nyansae), Grey-headed Bushshrike (catharoxanthus), Marsh Tchagra (minuta), Brown-crowned Tchagra (emini), Northern Puffback (malzacii), Lowland Sooty Boubou, Brubru (afer), White-crested Helmetshrike (concinnatus), African Shrike-Flycatcher (aequatorialis), Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher (musicus), Black Cuckooshrike, Western Oriole (laetior), Black-winged Oriole, African Golden Oriole (auratus), Velvet-mantled Drongo (coracinus), Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher (nitens), African Paradise Flycatcher (speciosa), African Blue Flycatcher (teresita), Dusky Crested Flycatcher (nigromitrata), Western Nicator, Rufous-rumped Lark, Slender-billed Greenbul (gracilirostris), Red-tailed Bristlebill (woosnami), Yellow-eyed Bristlebill (ugandae), Pale-throated Greenbul (soror), Simple Greenbul, Honeyguide Greenbul (indicator), Red-tailed Greenbul (emini), Little Greenbul (virens), Yellow-whiskered Greenbul (latirostris), Plain Greenbul (curvirostris), White-throated Greenbul (albigularis), Leaf-love (orientalis), Black Saw-wing (mangbettorum), Yellow Longbill (hypochondriacus), Green Crombec (baraka), Green Hylia (prasina), Red-faced Cisticola (sylvia), Whistling Cisticola (antinorii), Short-winged Cisticola (brachypterus), White-chinned Prinia (reichenowi), Yellow-breasted Apalis (caniceps), Buff-throated Apalis (nigrescens), Olive-green Camaroptera (toroensis), Brown Illadopsis (ugandae), Scaly-breasted Illadopsis, Puvel’s Illadopsis (strenuipes), Yellow-bellied Hyliota (flavigaster), African Spotted Creeper (emini), Splendid Starling (splendidus), Chestnut-winged Starling (hartlaubii), Yellow-billed Oxpecker, Fraser’s Rufous Thrush (vulpina), Fire-crested Alethe (woosnami), Pale Flycatcher (pallidus), Grey Tit-Flycatcher (plumbea), Ashy Flycatcher (brevicauda), Yellow-breasted Forest Robin (mabirae), Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat (niveicapilla), Red-capped Robin-Chat (intensa), Western Violet-backed Sunbird (longuemarei), Little Green Sunbird (minor), Collared Sunbird (somereni), Green-headed Sunbird (viridisplendens), Olive Sunbird (ragazzii), Green-throated Sunbird (rubescens), Olive-bellied Sunbird (orphogaster), Splendid Sunbird, Baglafecht Weaver (eremobius), Spectacled Weaver (crocatus), Black-necked Weaver (nigricollis), Vieillot’s Black Weaver, Black-headed Weaver (duboisi), Yellow-mantled Weaver (tricolor), Compact Weaver, Blue-billed Malimbe, Black Bishop (ansorgei), Yellow-mantled Widowbird (macroura), Red-collared Widowbird, Magpie Mannikin, Black-and-white Mannikin (poensis), Black-crowned Waxbill (nonnula), Fawn-breasted Waxbill (paludicola), Black-bellied Seedcracker, Dybowski’s Twinspot, Brown Twinspot, African Firefinch (congica), Black-bellied Firefinch (rara), Cameroon Indigobird, West African Seedeater (elgonensis) and Cabanis’s Bunting (cabanisi)
Aloma Plateau for Afep Pigeon, African Cuckoo, Emin’s Shrike, Northern Fiscal (smithii), Dusky-blue Flycatcher (comitatus), Sooty Flycatcher (minuscula), Black-faced Firefinch (nigricollis), Barka Indigobird and Plain-backed Pipit (zenkeri)
Imatong Mountains Forest Reserve, Dongotona Mountains and Didinga Hills for, at least formerly, Black-billed Turaco (emini), Spot-flanked Barbet (lacrymosa), Lühder’s Bushshrike, Sharpe’s Drongo (sharpei), Dusky Tit (funereus), Joyful Greenbul (laetissima), Toro Olive Greenbul, Bamboo Warbler (alfredi), Fan-tailed Grassbird (alexinae), Black-faced Rufous Warbler (vulpinus), Rufous-crowned Eremomela (ESS latukae), Spotted Ground Thrush (ESS maxis), Brown-chested Alethe (ESS giloensis), Equatorial Akalat (ESS acholiensis) and Grey-chinned Sunbird as well as highland taxa including African Black Duck, Montane Nightjar (poliocephalus), Scarce Swift, African Olive Pigeon, Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon (sharpei), Lemon Dove (larvata), Dusky Turtle Dove, Striped Flufftail, African Snipe, Bearded Vulture, Verreaux’s Eagle, African Goshawk (sparsimfasciatus), Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk, Mountain Buzzard, Augur Buzzard, White-headed Wood Hoopoe (jacksoni), Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater, Pink-footed Puffback, Grey Cuckooshrike (purus), White-bellied Tit, Red-throated Rock Martin (fusciventris), African Red-rumped Swallow (emini), Brown Woodland Warbler (mackenzianus), Mountain Yellow Warbler, Cinnamon Bracken Warbler (cavei), Wing-snapping Cisticola (imatong), Black-collared Apalis, Black-throated Apalis (jacksoni), Grey Apalis, African Hill Babbler, Brown Parisoma (jacksoni), Ethiopian White-eye, Red-winged Starling (rueppellii), Waller’s Starling (elgonensis), Stuhlmann’s Starling, Sharpe’s Starling, Abyssinian Ground Thrush (ESS hadii), Abyssinian Thrush (abyssinicus), White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher (fischeri), African Dusky Flycatcher (pumila), White-starred Robin (ESS pallidiflava), Cape Robin-Chat (iolaemus), Little Rock Thrush, African Stonechat (albofasciatus), Tacazze Sunbird (jacksoni), Malachite Sunbird (cupreonitens), Northern Double-collared Sunbird (reichenowi), Baglafecht Weaver (emini), Black-billed Weaver (stephanophorus), Brown-capped Weaver, Yellow Bishop (crassirostris), Yellow-bellied Waxbill (kilimensis), Abyssinian Crimsonwing (kilimensis), Grey-headed Nigrita (schistaceus), Oriole Finch (elgonensis), Southern Citril (brittoni), Streaky Seedeater (striolata) and Yellow-crowned Canary (flavivertex), also Mottled Swift, African Green Pigeon (gibberifrons), African Rail, Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl, Narina Trogon (narina), African Pygmy Kingfisher (natalensis), Cassin’s Honeybird (insignis), Scaly-throated Honeyguide, Bearded Woodpecker (namaquus), Cardinal Woodpecker (lepidus), Chinspot Batis (puella), Purple-throated Cuckooshrike (martini), Northern Fiscal (humeralis), Cabanis’s Greenbul (sucosus), White-headed Saw-wing (albiceps), Banded Martin (suahelica), Brown-throated Martin (ducis), Mosque Swallow (saturatior), Lesser Striped Swallow (unitatis), Northern Crombec (carnapi), African Yellow Warbler (massaica), Rock-loving Cisticola (petrophilus), Grey-capped Warbler, African Thrush (centralis), Pale Flycatcher (murinus), Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat (bartteloti), Grey-winged Robin-Chat, Collared Sunbird (garguensis), Amethyst Sunbird (kirkii), Scarlet-chested Sunbird (lamperti), Marico Sunbird (osiris), Variable Sunbird (falkensteini), Golden-backed Weaver, Dark-backed Weaver (mentalis), Red-headed Malimbe (rubricollis), Green Twinspot (chubbi), Grey Wagtail and Golden-breasted Bunting (kalaharica)
Extreme south-east (Loelle NP and Ilemi Triangle) for arid savanna species including Orange River Francolin (lorti), Yellow-necked Spurfowl (infuscatus), Sombre Nightjar, Donaldson-Smith’s Nightjar, Star-spotted Nightjar, White-bellied Go-away-bird, Kori Bustard (struthiunculus), Heuglin’s Bustard, White-bellied Bustard (canicollis), Buff-crested Bustard, Hartlaub’s Bustard, Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse (olivascens), Lichtenstein’s Sandgrouse (sukensis), Ring-necked Dove (tropica), Emerald-spotted Wood Dove, Crowned Lapwing, Somali Courser (littoralis), Temminck’s Courser, Three-banded Courser (cinctus), Secretarybird, Scissor-tailed Kite, Egyptian Vulture, Black-chested Snake Eagle, Pallid Harrier, Pearl-spotted Owlet, Blue-naped Mousebird (pulcher), Common Hoopoe (africana), Abyssinian Scimitarbill (cabanisi), Jackson’s Hornbill, Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill, Hemprich’s Hornbill, Purple Roller, Little Bee-eater (cyanostictus), Olive Bee-eater, Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird (affinis), Black-throated Barbet, Red-and-yellow Barbet, Cardinal Woodpecker (hemprichii), Pygmy Falcon, Fox Kestrel, Taita Falcon, Pygmy Batis, Rosy-patched Bushshrike (hilgerti), Three-streaked Tchagra (jamesi), Slate-coloured Boubou, Brubru (minor), Northern White-crowned Shrike, Grey-backed Fiscal (intercedens), Taita Fiscal, Fan-tailed Raven, Mouse-coloured Penduline Tit, Chestnut-headed Sparrow-Lark (harrisoni), Pink-breasted Lark, Kidepo Lark (kathangorensis/kidepoensis), Singing Bush Lark (marginata), Crested Lark (somaliensis), Northern Crombec (leucopsis), Red-faced Crombec (loringi), Rattling Cisticola (fricki), Ashy Cisticola (schillingsi), Tiny Cisticola, Pale Prinia (erlangeri), Red-fronted Prinia (smithi), Yellow-breasted Apalis (flavocincta), Grey Wren-Warbler, Yellow-bellied Eremomela (griseoflava), Wattled Starling, Greater Blue-eared Starling (cyaniventris), Superb Starling, Shelley’s Starling, Magpie Starling, Red-billed Oxpecker, White-browed Scrub Robin (leucoptera), Familiar Chat (omoensis), Brown-tailed Rock Chat (turkana), Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird, Hunter’s Sunbird, Abyssinian Sunbird (turkanae), Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow (pyrgita), Parrot-billed Sparrow, Swainson’s Sparrow, Somali Sparrow (fulgens), Red-billed Buffalo Weaver (intermedius), White-headed Buffalo Weaver, Lesser Masked Weaver, Vitelline Masked Weaver (uluensis), Grey-headed Silverbill, Crimson-rumped Waxbill (centralis), Cut-throat Finch (alexanderi), Purple Grenadier, Blue-capped Cordon-bleu, Straw-tailed Whydah, Golden Pipit, Long-billed Pipit (hararensis), Reichenow’s Seedeater, White-bellied Canary, Cinnamon-breasted Bunting (tahapisi) and Somali Bunting
Boma Hills for White-cheeked Turaco, Lemon Dove (bronzina), Dusky Turtle Dove, Rüppell’s Vulture, Lappet-faced Vulture, Martial Eagle, African Goshawk (unduliventer), African Wood Owl (umbrina), Speckled Mousebird (leucotis), Crowned Hornbill, Silvery-cheeked Hornbill, Half-collared Kingfisher, Ethiopian Bee-eater, Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird (uropygialis), Eastern Grey Woodpecker (spodocephalus), Common Kestrel (rufescens), Brown-throated Wattle-eye (aethiopica), White-breasted Cuckooshrike, Northern Puffback (erythreae), Ethiopian Boubou, White-crested Helmetshrike (cristatus), Black-headed Oriole (rolleti), Northern Fiscal (humeralis), Cape Crow (kordofanensis), Flappet Lark (omoensis), Common Bulbul (schoanus), Black Saw-wing (oleaginea), Lesser Striped Swallow (abyssinica), Red-faced Cisticola (pyrrhomitra), Boran Cisticola (bodessa), Croaking Cisticola (argenteus), Short-winged Cisticola (zedlitzi), Foxy Cisticola (ferrugineus), Green-backed Eremomela (abyssinica), White-rumped Babbler, Red-winged Starling (rueppellii), Abyssinian Ground Thrush (piaggiae), Pale Flycatcher (parvus), Rüppell’s Robin-Chat, White-crowned Robin-Chat, Mocking Cliff Chat (subrufipennis), Scarlet-chested Sunbird (proteus), Variable Sunbird (fazoqlensis), Baglafecht Weaver (baglafecht), Rüppell’s Weaver, Red-headed Weaver (leuconotus), Red-cowled Widowbird, Bronze Mannikin (scutata), Fawn-breasted Waxbill (ochrogaster), African Firefinch (haematocephala), Jameson’s Firefinch (rhodopareia), Black-faced Firefinch (larvata), African Pipit (stabilis), Plain-backed Pipit (omoensis), Stripe-breasted Seedeater and Yellow-fronted Canary (grotei)
Far north for Egyptian Nightjar, Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse (exustus), Common Moorhen, Allen’s Gallinule, Quail-plover, Cream-colored Courser, Caspian Tern, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Egyptian Vulture, Blue-naped Mousebird (macrourus), Black-crowned Tchagra (remigialis), Great Grey Shrike (leucopygos), Sennar Penduline Tit, Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark (albifrons), Kordofan Lark, White-tailed Lark, Crested Lark (isabellina), Common Bulbul (arsinoe), Croaking Cisticola (tonga), Red-pate Cisticola (scotopterus), Yellow-bellied Eremomela (alexanderi), Chestnut-bellied Starling, Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin (minor), Heuglin’s Wheatear, Nile Valley Sunbird, House Sparrow, Sudan Golden Sparrow, Cut-throat Finch (fasciata), Sahel Paradise Whydah, White Wagtail, Tawny Pipit, Gosling’s Bunting and Golden-breasted Bunting (flavigaster)
Also Southern NP, Mbarizunga GR, Lantoto NP, Nimule NP, Kidepo GR, Boro GR, Chelkou GR, Ashana GR, Numatina GR, Lake Abiad and Lake Ambadi

TIMING (Jan–Mar)
Best in the dry season (Nov–Mar) when access is easier and Afro-Palearctic migrants are present

RESOURCES
Apps
Birds of Africa (iOS or Android)

Field guides
Birds of Africa South of the Sahara by Ian Sinclair & Peter Ryan (2010)
Birds of East Africa by Terry Stevenson & John Fanshawe (2020) treats almost all species
Birds of the Horn of Africa by Nigel Redman, Terry Stevenson & John Fanshawe (2011) and Birds of Western Africa by Nik Borrow & Ron Demey (2014) cover most species

Sounds
African Bird Sounds Vol 2: West and Central Africa by Claude Chappuis

Atlases
Distribution Atlas of Sudan’s Birds with Notes on Habitat and Status by Gerhard Nikolaus (1987)

Further reading
Birds of South Sudan by Gerhard Nikolaus (1989)
Sudan by Peter Robertson in Important Bird Areas in Africa and Associated Islands: Priority Sites for Conservation edited by Lincoln D C Fishpool & Michael I Evans (2001)
Bird Observations from South-east Sudan by Marc de Bont (2009)
Bird Observations around Juba, South Sudan by Mark Mallalieu (2013)
Articles in Scopus, Bull. ABC, etc.

Websites
UNESCO World Heritage List: Sudd Wetland and Boma-Badingilo Migratory Landscape
Sudan Open Archive

Blogs
Birding South Sudan by Mark Mallalieu (2011-2012)
South Sudan Safaris – Bahr el Jebel Safaris (2015-2016)

ORGANISATIONS

There is currently no BirdLife Partner in South Sudan

Bird or conservation organisations active in South Sudan include –
South Sudan Wildlife Society (SSWS)
South Sudan Nature Conservation Organisation (SSNCO)
African Parks: Badingilo & Boma National Parks
Fauna & Flora International (FFI)
WCS South Sudan