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South Sudan

Where bird photos, recordings, and videos are documented in South Sudan.

Snapshot: 20 Sept 2026Metadata onlyNot bird abundance
Catalog media assets
162
+5 since previous
Species represented
87
+1 since previous
Audio recordings
1
0.6% of country media
Dated records
100.0%
162 of 162 dated

How the media archive grew

Cumulative catalog metadata for South Sudan by field year since 2000. A record is counted under the year its subject was observed, not the year it was uploaded.

Media archive over time

Cumulative catalog metadata by observation year
South Sudan
Earliest dated record from 1960. Peak completed field year: 2023 (41 media records).

What’s in the archive?

Catalog media by modality
Photos
12979.6%
Audio
10.6%
Video
3219.8%

Sound recordings by field year

Annual audio metadata from 2000 onward
Complete field years2026 (partial)
1 sound records in the chart window100.0% of 1 country audio records; the remainder predates 2000 or lacks a usable field year · 2026 is partial

Bioacoustic spotlight

#9 of 9 by sound records in East Africa
0.0%
Regional sound share
129.0 : 1
Photo-to-audio ratio

For every sound recording, there are 129.0 photos. Field audio provides vital acoustic documentation.

Latest snapshot through 20 Sept 2026.

Species and field years

Which species the country's catalog covers most, and when those records were made.

Most documented species (5)

Ranked by catalog media records in South Sudan
  1. 1

    Red-cheeked Cordonbleu

    Uraeginthus bengalus

    9
  2. 2

    Hooded Vulture

    Necrosyrtes monachus

    7
  3. 3

    Long-crested Eagle

    Lophaetus occipitalis

    7
  4. 4

    Marabou Stork

    Leptoptilos crumenifer

    6
  5. 5

    Hamerkop

    Scopus umbretta

    6
Frequently photographed species may dominate. Counts reflect documentation effort, not bird abundance.

Recent field years

Latest 10 field years represented
200711
200827
20153
20163
20182
20227
202341
202410
20251
2026partial13
2026 is incomplete; records counted through 20 Sept 2026.

Who made the recordings

Contributors behind South Sudan's audio, and where the recordings themselves can be played.

Top audio contributors (1)

Most recordings this snapshot
01LM
Letizia Morelli1 species
1audio

South Sudan on eBird

The recordings and photographs themselves

This page reports the catalog metadata. The media files live in the Macaulay Library and are browsable by country on eBird.

eBird & Macaulay Library · collected 20 Sept 2026 · metadata only

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