Sudan is a country with a wide variety of wild birds over 900 species. The river Nile and its surroundings provide ideal environment for both residential birds as well as migrating winter birds from Europe.

Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, is located at the confluence of the White Nile flowing from the Lake Victoria and the Blue Nile flowing from the Lake Tana in Ethiopia. The White Nile, which forms sandbanks and shallow water area in the winter, is a paradise for the water birds. The Sunt forest, facing to the White Nile, is also a sanctuary for the wild birds. The Blue Nile forms Tuti island at the meeting point with the White Nile. Tuti has fertile ground suitable for the traditional agriculture which attracts many birds.

Soleb, riverside of the Nile at 600km north of Khartoum, is also a good place for birding. In the Libyan Desert, we see mostly White-crowned Black Wheatear except for stray wagtails. (December 2015)
Khartoum birding map

Water birds of the White Nile
Eurasian spoonbill, White Nile
Bar-tailed godwit, White Nile
Marsh sandpiper, White Nile
Yellow wagtail, Sunt
White wagtail, Sunt
Nubian woodpecker, Sunt
Hoopoe, Tuti
Black kite, Sunt
Black-winged stilts chasing a Pied kingfisher, Sunt
Red-billed firefinch, Tuti
Village indigobird, Tuti
Pin-tailed Whydah, Tuti
Cut-throat finch, Tuti
Cattle egret, Soleb
Crested lark, Soleb
Red-eyed dove, Soleb
Spur-winged lapwing, Soleb
Black scrub robin, Soleb
Marsh warbler, Soleb,
Little bee-eater, Soleb
Common bulbul, Soleb
White-crowned Black Wheatear, Uweinat