List of AVES species in Burkina Faso
This is a list of AVES in Burkina Faso according to the IUCN Red List.
This list was last updated 2019-09-14
This list contains only species that have been assessed for the IUCN Red List. It is therefore not representative of all the species in the country.
Species counts by country: Total | Amphibians | Birds | Fish | Mammals | Reptiles | Vascular Plants.
| scientific_name | common_name | taxonid | category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hirundo leucosoma | Pied-winged Swallow | 22712324 | LC |
| Merops bulocki | Red-throated Bee-eater | 22683680 | LC |
| Turdoides plebejus | Brown Babbler | 22716487 | LC |
| Neotis nuba | Nubian Bustard | 22691914 | NT |
| Oenanthe heuglinii | Heuglin's Wheatear | 22710348 | LC |
| Petrochelidon preussi | Preuss's Swallow | 22712398 | LC |
| Caprimulgus ruficollis | Red-necked Nightjar | 22689875 | LC |
| Ardeotis arabs | Arabian Bustard | 22691924 | NT |
| Vanellus tectus | Black-headed Lapwing | 22693995 | LC |
| Lophotis savilei | Savile's Bustard | 22691955 | LC |
| Merops nubicus | Northern Carmine Bee-eater | 22683768 | LC |
| Myrmecocichla aethiops | Northern Anteater-chat | 22710400 | LC |
| Urocolius macrourus | Blue-naped Mousebird | 22683792 | LC |
| Oenanthe albifrons | White-fronted Black-Chat | 22710426 | LC |
| Atimastillas flavicollis | Yellow-throated Greenbul | 103817373 | LC |
| Ptyonoprogne rufigula | Red-throated Rock Martin | 104005790 | LC |
| Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris | Mocking Chat | 22710441 | LC |
| Caprimulgus inornatus | Plain Nightjar | 22689977 | LC |
| Bubalornis albirostris | White-billed Buffalo-Weaver | 22718662 | LC |
| Balearica pavonina | Black Crowned Crane | 22692039 | VU |
| Lybius vieilloti | Vieillot's Barbet | 22681816 | LC |
| Eremomela pusilla | Senegal Eremomela | 22730969 | LC |
| Sporopipes frontalis | Speckle-fronted Weaver | 22718680 | LC |
| Caprimulgus longipennis | Standard-winged Nightjar | 22690021 | LC |
| Plocepasser superciliosus | Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver | 22718695 | LC |
| Psalidoprocne obscura | Fanti Sawwing | 22712562 | LC |
| Pogonornis dubius | Bearded Barbet | 22681865 | LC |
| Trachyphonus margaritatus | Yellow-breasted Barbet | 22681885 | LC |
| Ploceus luteolus | Little Weaver | 22718779 | LC |
| Lamprotornis purpureus | Purple Glossy Starling | 22710668 | LC |
| Ploceus heuglini | Heuglin's Masked-Weaver | 22718865 | LC |
| Lamprotornis chalcurus | Bronze-tailed Glossy-Starling | 22710682 | LC |
| Ploceus vitellinus | Vitelline Masked-Weaver | 22718882 | LC |
| Falco alopex | Fox Kestrel | 22696402 | LC |
| Emberiza affinis | Brown-rumped Bunting | 22720982 | LC |
| Lamprotornis caudatus | Northern Long-tailed Starling | 22710744 | LC |
| Ploceus melanocephalus | Yellow-backed Weaver | 22718949 | LC |
| Lamprotornis pulcher | Chestnut-bellied Starling | 22710771 | LC |
| Campephaga phoenicea | Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike | 22706700 | LC |
| Sylvietta brachyura | Northern Crombec | 103766614 | LC |
| Bubo cinerascens | Greyish Eagle-owl | 61741660 | LC |
| Mirafra cordofanica | Kordofan Lark | 22717023 | LC |
| Musophaga violacea | Violet Turaco | 22688387 | LC |
| Ploceus brachypterus | Olive-naped Weaver | 103811726 | LC |
| Crinifer piscator | Western Plantain-eater | 22688415 | LC |
| Streptopelia vinacea | Vinaceous Dove | 22690484 | LC |
| Euplectes franciscanus | Northern Red Bishop | 22719181 | LC |
| Pinarocorys erythropygia | Rufous-rumped Lark | 22717133 | LC |
| Streptopelia roseogrisea | Ringed Turtle-Dove | 22690515 | LC |
| Sylvia subalpina | Moltoni's Warbler | 22735596 | LC |
| Phylloscopus ibericus | Iberian Chiffchaff | 22729520 | LC |
| Turtur abyssinicus | Black-billed Wood Dove | 22690614 | LC |
| Melaenornis edolioides | Western Black Flycatcher | 22709079 | LC |
| Nesocharis capistrata | White-cheeked Olive-back | 22719323 | LC |
| Pytilia hypogrammica | Yellow-winged Pytilia | 22719349 | LC |
| Pyrenestes sanguineus | Crimson Seedcracker | 22719379 | LC |
| Lophoceros semifasciatus | West African Pied Hornbill | 61612971 | LC |
| Euschistospiza dybowskii | Dybowski's Twinspot | 22719420 | LC |
| Cisticola cantans | Singing Cisticola | 22713279 | LC |
| Lagonosticta rufopicta | Bar-breasted Firefinch | 22719428 | LC |
| Muscicapa gambagae | Gambaga Flycatcher | 22709196 | LC |
| Corvinella corvina | Yellow-billed Shrike | 22705103 | LC |
| Lagonosticta rara | Black-bellied Firefinch | 22719444 | LC |
| Galerida modesta | Sun Lark | 22717398 | LC |
| Muscicapa aquatica | Swamp Alseonax | 22709239 | LC |
| Onychognathus neumanni | Neumann's Starling | 103871484 | LC |
| Bucorvus abyssinicus | Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill | 22682632 | VU |
| Cinnyris pulchellus | Beautiful Sunbird | 103799817 | LC |
| Ortyxelos meiffrenii | Quail-plover | 22680603 | LC |
| Estrilda coerulescens | Lavender Waxbill | 22719518 | LC |
| Estrilda troglodytes | Black-rumped Waxbill | 22719570 | LC |
| Chelictinia riocourii | Scissor-tailed Kite | 22695042 | LC |
| Cisticola rufus | Rufous Cisticola | 22713479 | LC |
| Pterocles quadricinctus | Four-banded Sandgrouse | 22693021 | LC |
| Cisticola eximius | Black-backed Cloud Cisticola | 22713524 | LC |
| Hedydipna platura | Pygmy Sunbird | 22717672 | LC |
| Coracias abyssinicus | Abyssinian Roller | 22682865 | LC |
| Merops viridissimus | African Green Bee-eater | 22725888 | LC |
| Iduna opaca | Western Olivaceous Warbler | 22734089 | LC |
| Euodice cantans | Warbling Silverbill | 22719761 | LC |
| Pternistis bicalcaratus | Double-spurred Francolin | 22678803 | LC |
| Coracias cyanogaster | Blue-bellied Roller | 22682908 | LC |
| Vidua interjecta | Exclamatory Paradise-whydah | 103818534 | LC |
| Gyps rueppelli | Rueppell's Griffon | 22695207 | CR |
| Campethera punctuligera | Fine-spotted Woodpecker | 22680883 | LC |
| Prinia erythroptera | Red-winged Warbler | 22713671 | LC |
| Anthoscopus punctifrons | Sennar Penduline Tit | 22711639 | LC |
| Vidua orientalis | Sahel Paradise-whydah | 103818583 | LC |
| Anthoscopus parvulus | Yellow Penduline Tit | 22711646 | LC |
| Spiloptila clamans | Scaly-fronted Warbler | 22713697 | LC |
| Laniarius barbarus | Yellow-crowned Gonolek | 22707575 | LC |
| Treron waalia | Bruce's Green-Pigeon | 22691212 | LC |
| Dendropicos obsoletus | Brown-backed Woodpecker | 22681030 | LC |
| Vidua wilsoni | Wilson's Indigobird | 22719967 | LC |
| Circaetus beaudouini | Beaudouin's Snake Eagle | 22732272 | VU |
| Hypergerus atriceps | Oriole Warbler | 22713842 | LC |
| Anaplectes leuconotos | Northern Red-headed Weaver | 103812620 | LC |
| Melaniparus guineensis | White-shouldered Tit | 22711820 | LC |
| Ptilopachus petrosus | Stone Partridge | 22679110 | LC |
| Cinnyris coccinigastrus | Splendid Sunbird | 22718027 | LC |
| Cossypha albicapillus | White-crowned Robin-chat | 22709853 | LC |
| Poicephalus senegalus | Senegal Parrot | 22685295 | LC |
| Crithagra leucopygia | White-rumped Serin | 22720117 | LC |
| Emberiza goslingi | Grey-throated Bunting | 103767684 | LC |
| Batis senegalensis | Senegal Batis | 22707877 | LC |
| Crithagra canicapilla | West African Seedeater | 103761640 | LC |
| Ptilostomus afer | Piapiac | 22705925 | LC |
| Butastur rufipennis | Grasshopper Buzzard | 22695714 | LC |
| Passer luteus | Sudan Golden-Sparrow | 22718276 | LC |
| Ptilopsis leucotis | Northern White-faced Owl | 61781834 | LC |
| Gymnoris dentata | Bush Petronia | 22718303 | LC |
| Hirundo lucida | Red-chested Swallow | 22712260 | LC |
| Hirundo aethiopica | Ethiopian Swallow | 22712266 | LC |
| Lagonosticta nigricollis | Grey Firefinch | 103813097 | LC |
| Turdoides reinwardtii | Blackcap Babbler | 22716412 | LC |
| Pytilia phoenicoptera | Red-winged Pytilia | 103813118 | LC |
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Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups: