Avifauna
There are 379 species of birds in the park including the contiguous Logone floodplain; among the birds that have been sighted are Marbled Duck, Ferruginous Duck, Greater Spotted Eagle, Scissor-tailed Kite in grass lands, Lesser Kestrel, Nubian Bustard (Neotis nuba), Quail-plover, Arabian Bustard Ardeotis arabs, hippos heron, hornbill, gross hopper, starks, Abyssinian roller, and fast moving Ostrich. However, some of the species of global conservation concern are: Marmaronetta angustirostris, Aythya nyroca, Aquila clanga, Falco naumanni, Neotis nuba, which has been recorded once, in 1998.
The grassland species of birds reported are: Ortyxelos meiffrenii, Ardeotis arabs, Struthio camelus population in very large number of Dendrocygna viduata and Balearica pavonina. Water bird species seen throughout the year is reported to be more than 20,000.
The key list of birds reported by BirdLife International is: Garganey (Anas querquedula), Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus), Fox Kestrel (Falco alopex}, Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus), Savile's Bustard (Eupodotis savilei), Black Crowned-crane (Balearica pavonina), African Collared-dove (Streptopelia roseogrisea), Senegal Parrot (Poicephalus senegalus), Red-throated Bee-eater (Merops bulocki), Sahelian Woodpecker (Dendropicos elachus), Piapiac (Ptilostomus afer), Sennar Penduline-tit (Anthoscopus punctifrons), Red-pate Cisticola (Cisticola ruficeps), River Prinia (Prinia fluviatilis), Senegal Eremomela (Eremomela pusilla), Purple Glossy-starling (Lamprotornis purpureus), Chestnut-bellied Starling (Lamprotornis pulcher), Black Scrub-robin (Cercotrichas podobe), Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-weaver (Plocepasser superciliosus), Sudan Golden Sparrow (Passer luteus), Bush Petronia (Petronia dentata), Black-rumped Waxbill (Estrilda troglodytes), and waterbirds
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