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Birds of the WAP complex

The species list is based on (1) research grade records from the "Biota of the WAP complex" project, (2) BirdLife checklists from Singou-Arly-W, Pendjari, W-Niger and W-Benin, (3) the bird list from Plan d’Aménagement Participatif et de Gestion de la Réserve de Biosphère de la Pendjari, ...more ↓

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African Spoonbill ¹
Platalea alba

Sacred Ibis ²
Threskiornis aethiopicus

Hadada Ibis ³
Bostrychia hagedash

Glossy Ibis ⁴
Plegadis falcinellus

Hamerkop ¹
Scopus umbretta

Great White Pelican ⁵
Pelecanus onocrotalus

Pink-backed Pelican ⁶
Pelecanus rufescens

Little Bittern ⁷
Ixobrychus minutus

Dwarf Bittern ⁸
Ixobrychus sturmii

Little Egret ¹
Egretta garzetta

Western Reef-Heron ¹
Egretta gularis

Great Egret ⁹
Ardea alba

Grey Heron ¹⁰
Ardea cinerea

Goliath Heron ¹¹
Ardea goliath

Intermediate Egret ¹²
Ardea intermedia

Black-headed Heron ¹³
Ardea melanocephala

Purple Heron ¹⁴
Ardea purpurea

Black-crowned Night-Heron ¹⁵
Nycticorax nycticorax

Squacco Heron ⁸
Ardeola ralloides

Cattle Egret ¹⁶
Bubulcus ibis

Striated Heron ¹¹
Butorides striata

White-backed Night-heron ¹⁷
Gorsachius leuconotus

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Birds of the WAP complex

African Spoonbill 1 Platalea alba

Sacred Ibis 2 Threskiornis aethiopicus

Hadada Ibis 3 Bostrychia hagedash

Glossy Ibis 4 Plegadis falcinellus

Hamerkop 1 Scopus umbretta

Great White Pelican 5 Pelecanus onocrotalus

Pink-backed Pelican 6 Pelecanus rufescens

Little Bittern 7 Ixobrychus minutus

Dwarf Bittern 8 Ixobrychus sturmii

Little Egret 1 Egretta garzetta

Western Reef-Heron 1 Egretta gularis

Great Egret 9 Ardea alba

Grey Heron 10 Ardea cinerea

Goliath Heron 11 Ardea goliath

Intermediate Egret 12 Ardea intermedia

Black-headed Heron 13 Ardea melanocephala

Purple Heron 14 Ardea purpurea

Black-crowned Night-Heron 15 Nycticorax nycticorax

Squacco Heron 8 Ardeola ralloides

Cattle Egret 16 Bubulcus ibis

Striated Heron 11 Butorides striata

White-backed Night-heron 17 Gorsachius leuconotus