Nigeria
What is recorded in Nigeria
- Species
- 1,058
- Grid cells
- 7,253
- Records
- 283,757
- Years covered
- 1980-2026
- Birds 573
- Insects 324
- Bony fish 62
- Mammals 43
- Reptiles 29
- Amphibians 27
These are species with at least one recorded territory in Nigeria, not a national checklist: a bird list from eBird or Avibase is more complete. The counts follow recording effort as much as wildlife, so a country with more visitors and more naturalists will show more of both.
Most recorded here
The species with the most open occurrence records in Nigeria, among those a photograph exists for. Most recorded is not most numerous: it rewards animals that are common, conspicuous and live where people go.
Western Plantain-eater
Crinifer piscator
African Thrush
Turdus pelios
Senegal Coucal
Centropus senegalensis
Vinaceous Dove
Streptopelia vinacea
Double-spurred Francolin
Pternistis bicalcaratus
Yellow-crowned Gonolek
Laniarius barbarus
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu
Uraeginthus bengalus
Variable Sunbird
Cinnyris venustus
Northern Grey-headed Sparrow
Passer griseus
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus chrysoconus
Purple Starling
Lamprotornis purpureus
Yellow-billed Shrike
Lanius corvinus
No regions recorded yet
The reference database has no regions filed under Nigeria.
Nothing written up here yet
The field guide covers Nigeria on the map, but none of its species have an entry written for them yet.