🇹🇩What animals live in Chad?

Name: Animal occurrence records for Chad
Creator: What Animal Lives Where

36,861 animal records from Chad cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one.

36,861 records
1,200+ species
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Most-recorded animals in Chad

Animal	Group	Records
Black Stork Ciconia nigra	Aves Ciconiidae	2,691
Osprey Pandion haliaetus	Aves Pandionidae	2,017
White Stork Ciconia ciconia	Aves Ciconiidae	1,434
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu Uraeginthus bengalus	Aves Estrildidae	486
Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea	Aves Columbidae	476
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	Aves Ardeidae	453
Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis	Aves Columbidae	424
Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala	Aves Ardeidae	414
Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus	Aves Coraciidae	344
Mourning Collared-Dove Streptopelia decipiens	Aves Columbidae	330
Pied Crow Corvus albus	Aves Corvidae	326
Long-tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis caudatus	Aves Sturnidae	310
Black Kite Milvus migrans	Aves Accipitridae	284
Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus	Aves Pycnonotidae	265
Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus	Aves Nectariniidae	263
Namaqua Dove Oena capensis	Aves Columbidae	257
African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus	Aves Ciconiidae	255
Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti	Aves Lybiidae	249
Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis	Aves Cuculidae	233
Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis	Aves Alcedinidae	232
Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar	Aves Accipitridae	223
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow Passer griseus	Aves Passeridae	222
Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala	Aves Estrildidae	216
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus	Aves Recurvirostridae	214
Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus	Aves Charadriidae	210
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida	Aves Acrocephalidae	208
White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata	Aves Anatidae	207
African Gray Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus	Aves Bucerotidae	204
Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea	Aves Ploceidae	203
African Palm-Swift Cypsiurus parvus	Aves Apodidae	201
Gray/Purple Heron Ardea cinerea	Aves Ardeidae	201
Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus	Aves Bucerotidae	197
Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus	Aves Threskiornithidae	189
African Green Bee-eater Merops viridissimus	Aves Meropidae	187
Long-tailed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus	Aves Phalacrocoracidae	180
Bulinus truncatus	Gastropoda Bulinidae	179
Black Crowned-Crane Balearica pavonina	Aves Gruidae	175
Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea	Aves Columbidae	171
African Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer	Aves Accipitridae	166
Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer	Aves Ciconiidae	166
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides	Aves Ardeidae	165
Gray-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala	Aves Alcedinidae	163
Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri	Aves Psittacidae	161
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops	Aves Upupidae	160
Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava	Aves Motacillidae	160
Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus	Aves Sturnidae	153
Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus	Aves Charadriidae	152
Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris	Aves Numididae	150
Great Egret Ardea alba	Aves Ardeidae	149
Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus	Aves Meropidae	148
Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis	Aves Anatidae	145
African Collared-Dove Streptopelia roseogrisea	Aves Columbidae	144
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola	Aves Scolopacidae	142
Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes	Aves Estrildidae	141
Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus	Aves Ploceidae	141
Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura	Aves Cisticolidae	139
Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis	Aves Accipitridae	137
Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus	Aves Meropidae	136
Little Egret/Western Reef-Heron Egretta garzetta	Aves Ardeidae	136
Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster	Aves Malaconotidae	136

How to read this. These are records, not a census. A high count can mean a common animal or simply a well-watched one, and rare visitors appear alongside residents. Open an animal to see whether its records suggest it is resident, seasonal or just passing through.