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| Ian Fulton | profile | all galleries >> African Galleries >> Gabon 2010 >> Gabon - Birds and Animals checklist | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
| BIRD LIST | |||||||||||
| Taxonomy and nomenclature follow: Clements, James F. 2000. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Fifth Edition. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Co. Includes recent updates. | |||||||||||
| All the birds on this list were seen by at least one person in the group other than the leader, except those marked with a ‘GO’ = Guide only | |||||||||||
| Those marked 'HO' were heard only, some only by the Guide. | |||||||||||
| Many thanks to Christian Boix-Hinzen of Tropical Birding for compiling this list. | |||||||||||
| PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae | |||||||||||
| 1 | Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens | |||||||||
| PELECANIFORMES: Anhingidae | |||||||||||
| 2 | Darter | Anhinga melanogaster | |||||||||
| CICONIIFORMES: Ardeidae | |||||||||||
| 3 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |||||||||
| 4 | Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath | |||||||||
| 5 | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |||||||||
| 6 | Great Egret | Ardea alba | |||||||||
| 7 | Intermediate Egret | Egretta intermedia | |||||||||
| 8 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |||||||||
| 9 | Western Reef-Heron | Egretta gularis | |||||||||
| 10 | Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |||||||||
| 11 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |||||||||
| 12 | White-crested Bittern | Tigriornis leucolopha | |||||||||
| CICONIIFORMES: Scopidae | |||||||||||
| 13 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | |||||||||
| CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae | |||||||||||
| 14 | Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | |||||||||
| 15 | Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus | |||||||||
| 16 | Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumeniferus | |||||||||
| CICONIIFORMES: Threskiornithidae | |||||||||||
| 17 | HO | Spot-breasted Ibis | Bostrychia rara | ||||||||
| 18 | Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | |||||||||
| 19 | African Spoonbill | Platalea alba | |||||||||
| ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae | |||||||||||
| 20 | White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | |||||||||
| 21 | Hartlaub's Duck | Pteronetta hartlaubii | |||||||||
| 22 | African Pygmy-goose | Nettapus auritus | |||||||||
| FALCONIFORMES: Pandionidae | |||||||||||
| 23 | Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |||||||||
| FALCONIFORMES: Accipitridae | |||||||||||
| 24 | Bat Hawk | Macheiramphus alcinus | |||||||||
| 25 | Black-shouldered Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |||||||||
| 26 | African Fish-Eagle | Haliaeetus vocifer | |||||||||
| 27 | Palm-nut Vulture | Gypohierax angolensis | |||||||||
| 28 | Short-toed Snake Eagle | Circaetus cinereus | |||||||||
| 29 | Congo Serpent-Eagle | Dryotriorchis spectabilis | |||||||||
| 30 | African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus | |||||||||
| 31 | Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus | |||||||||
| 32 | Dark Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax metabates | |||||||||
| 33 | Red-chested Goshawk | Accipiter toussenelii | |||||||||
| 34 | Red-thighed Sparrowhawk | Accipiter erythropus | |||||||||
| 35 | Black Goshawk | Accipiter melanoleucus | |||||||||
| 36 | Long-tailed Hawk | Urotriorchis macrourus | |||||||||
| 37 | Red-necked Buzzard | Buteo auguralis | |||||||||
| 38 | Ayres' Hawk-Eagle | Aquila ayresii | |||||||||
| 39 | Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis | |||||||||
| 40 | Cassin's Hawk-Eagle | Spizaetus africanus | |||||||||
| GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae | |||||||||||
| 41 | HO | Coqui Francolin | Francolinus coqui | ||||||||
| 42 | Forest Francolin | Francolinus lathami | |||||||||
| 43 | Finsch's Francolin | Francolinus finschi | |||||||||
| 44 | Scaly Francolin | Francolinus squamatus | |||||||||
| 45 | Red-necked Francolin | Francolinus afer | |||||||||
| GALLIFORMES: Numididae | |||||||||||
| 46 | Black Guineafowl | Agelastes niger | |||||||||
| 47 | Plumed Guineafowl | Guttera plumifera | |||||||||
| GRUIFORMES: Turnicidae | |||||||||||
| 48 | Hottentot Buttonquail | Turnix hottentottus | |||||||||
| GRUIFORMES: Rallidae | |||||||||||
| 49 | HO | White-spotted Flufftail | Sarothrura pulchra | ||||||||
| 50 | HO | African Crake | Crecopsis egregia | ||||||||
| 51 | Black Crake | Amaurornis flavirostra | |||||||||
| GRUIFORMES: Heliornithidae | |||||||||||
| 52 | African Finfoot | Podica senegalensis | |||||||||
| GRUIFORMES: Otididae | |||||||||||
| 53 | HO | White-bellied Bustard | Eupodotis senegalensis | ||||||||
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae | |||||||||||
| 54 | African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | |||||||||
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae | |||||||||||
| 55 | Water Thick-knee | Burhinus vermiculatus | |||||||||
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae | |||||||||||
| 56 | Temminck's Courser | Cursorius temminckii | |||||||||
| 57 | Rock Pratincole | Glareola nuchalis | |||||||||
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae | |||||||||||
| 58 | White-headed Lapwing | Vanellus albiceps | |||||||||
| 59 | Senegal Lapwing | Vanellus lugubris | |||||||||
| 60 | Wattled Lapwing | Vanellus senegallus | |||||||||
| 61 | Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |||||||||
| 62 | Forbes' Plover | Charadrius forbesi | |||||||||
| 63 | White-fronted Plover | Charadrius marginatus | |||||||||
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae | |||||||||||
| 64 | Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | |||||||||
| 65 | Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |||||||||
| 66 | Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | |||||||||
| 67 | Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |||||||||
| 68 | Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |||||||||
| 69 | Red Knot | Calidris canutus | |||||||||
| 70 | Sanderling | Calidris alba | |||||||||
| 71 | Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |||||||||
| 72 | Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | |||||||||
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Sternidae | |||||||||||
| 73 | Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |||||||||
| 74 | Damara Tern | Sternula balaenarum | |||||||||
| 75 | Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |||||||||
| 76 | Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |||||||||
| 77 | Royal Tern | Thalasseus maximus | |||||||||
| 78 | Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |||||||||
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Rynchopidae | |||||||||||
| 79 | African Skimmer | Rynchops flavirostris | |||||||||
| COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae | |||||||||||
| 80 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | |||||||||
| 81 | Afep Pigeon | Columba unicincta | |||||||||
| 82 | HO | Bronze-naped Pigeon | Columba iriditorques | ||||||||
| 83 | Lemon Dove | Columba larvata | |||||||||
| 84 | Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | |||||||||
| 85 | Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis | |||||||||
| 86 | Blue-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur afer | |||||||||
| 87 | Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria | |||||||||
| 88 | Blue-headed Wood-Dove | Turtur brehmeri | |||||||||
| 89 | African Green-Pigeon | Treron calvus | |||||||||
| PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae | |||||||||||
| 90 | GO | Black-collared Lovebird | Agapornis swindernianus | ||||||||
| 91 | Gray Parrot | Psittacus erithacus | |||||||||
| 92 | HO | Red-fronted Parrot | Poicephalus gulielmi | ||||||||
| CUCULIFORMES: Musophagidae | |||||||||||
| 93 | Great Blue Turaco | Corythaeola cristata | |||||||||
| 94 | Guinea Turaco | Tauraco persa | |||||||||
| 95 | Yellow-billed Turaco | Tauraco macrorhynchus | |||||||||
| CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae | |||||||||||
| 96 | Thick-billed Cuckoo | Pachycoccyx audeberti | |||||||||
| 97 | HO | Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius | ||||||||
| 98 | Black Cuckoo | Cuculus clamosus | |||||||||
| 99 | HO | Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo | Cercococcyx olivinus | ||||||||
| 100 | Klaas' Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | |||||||||
| 101 | African Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx cupreus | |||||||||
| 102 | Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | |||||||||
| 103 | Yellowbill | Ceuthmochares aereus | |||||||||
| 104 | Gabon Coucal | Centropus anselli | |||||||||
| 105 | Blue-headed Coucal | Centropus monachus | |||||||||
| 106 | Senegal Coucal | Centropus senegalensis | |||||||||
| STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae | |||||||||||
| 107 | GO | Barn Owl | Tyto alba | ||||||||
| STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae | |||||||||||
| 108 | HO | Akun Eagle-Owl | Bubo leucostictus | ||||||||
| 109 | Pel's Fishing-Owl | Scotopelia peli | |||||||||
| 110 | Vermiculated Fishing-Owl | Scotopelia bouvieri | |||||||||
| CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae | |||||||||||
| 111 | Brown Nightjar | Caprimulgus binotatus | |||||||||
| 112 | Fiery-necked Nightjar | Caprimulgus pectoralis | |||||||||
| 113 | Swamp Nightjar | Caprimulgus natalensis | |||||||||
| 114 | Bates' Nightjar | Caprimulgus batesi | |||||||||
| 115 | Long-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus climacurus | |||||||||
| 116 | Square-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus fossii | |||||||||
| APODIFORMES: Apodidae | |||||||||||
| 117 | Mottled Spinetail | Telacanthura ussheri | |||||||||
| 118 | Black Spinetail | Telacanthura melanopygia | |||||||||
| 119 | Sabine's Spinetail | Rhaphidura sabini | |||||||||
| 120 | Cassin's Spinetail | Neafrapus cassini | |||||||||
| 121 | African Palm-Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | |||||||||
| 122 | Little Swift | Apus affinis | |||||||||
| 123 | Horus Swift | Apus horus | |||||||||
| 124 | Bates' Swift | Apus batesi | |||||||||
| COLIIFORMES: Coliidae | |||||||||||
| 125 | Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | |||||||||
| TROGONIFORMES: Trogonidae | |||||||||||
| 126 | Narina Trogon | Apaloderma narina | |||||||||
| 127 | Bare-cheeked Trogon | Apaloderma aequatoriale | |||||||||
| CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae | |||||||||||
| 128 | Shining-blue Kingfisher | Alcedo quadribrachys | |||||||||
| 129 | Malachite Kingfisher | Alcedo cristata | |||||||||
| 130 | White-bellied Kingfisher | Alcedo leucogaster | |||||||||
| 131 | African Pygmy-Kingfisher | Ispidina picta | |||||||||
| 132 | Dwarf Kingfisher | Ispidina lecontei | |||||||||
| 133 | Chocolate-backed Kingfisher | Halcyon badia | |||||||||
| 134 | Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis | |||||||||
| 135 | Blue-breasted Kingfisher | Halcyon malimbica | |||||||||
| 136 | Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Halcyon albiventris | |||||||||
| 137 | Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti | |||||||||
| 138 | Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maximus | |||||||||
| 139 | Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |||||||||
| CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae | |||||||||||
| 140 | Black Bee-eater | Merops gularis | |||||||||
| 141 | GO | Blue-headed Bee-eater | Merops muelleri | ||||||||
| 142 | White-fronted Bee-eater | Merops bullockoides | |||||||||
| 143 | Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | |||||||||
| 144 | Blue-breasted Bee-eater | Merops variegatus | |||||||||
| 145 | Black-headed Bee-eater | Merops breweri | |||||||||
| 146 | White-throated Bee-eater | Merops albicollis | |||||||||
| 147 | Rosy Bee-eater | Merops malimbicus | |||||||||
| CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae | |||||||||||
| 148 | Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus | |||||||||
| 149 | Blue-throated Roller | Eurystomus gularis | |||||||||
| CORACIIFORMES: Phoeniculidae | |||||||||||
| 150 | Black Scimitar-bill | Rhinopomastus aterrimus | |||||||||
| CORACIIFORMES: Bucerotidae | |||||||||||
| 151 | White-crested Hornbill | Tockus albocristatus | |||||||||
| 152 | Black Dwarf Hornbill | Tockus hartlaubi | |||||||||
| 153 | Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill | Tockus camurus | |||||||||
| 154 | African Pied Hornbill | Tockus fasciatus | |||||||||
| 155 | Piping Hornbill | Ceratogymna fistulator | |||||||||
| 156 | Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill | Ceratogymna subcylindrica | |||||||||
| 157 | White-thighed Hornbill | Ceratogymna albotibialis | |||||||||
| 158 | Black-casqued Hornbill | Ceratogymna atrata | |||||||||
| PICIFORMES: Capitonidae | |||||||||||
| 159 | Yellow-billed Barbet | Trachyphonus purpuratus | |||||||||
| 160 | Gray-throated Barbet | Gymnobucco bonapartei | |||||||||
| 161 | Bristle-nosed Barbet | Gymnobucco peli | |||||||||
| 162 | Naked-faced Barbet | Gymnobucco calvus | |||||||||
| 163 | Speckled Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus scolopaceus | |||||||||
| 164 | Red-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus atroflavus | |||||||||
| 165 | Yellow-throated Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus subsulphureus | |||||||||
| 166 | Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus bilineatus | |||||||||
| 167 | Yellow-spotted Barbet | Buccanodon duchaillui | |||||||||
| 168 | Hairy-breasted Barbet | Tricholaema hirsuta | |||||||||
| 169 | Black-backed Barbet | Lybius minor | |||||||||
| 170 | Double-toothed Barbet | Lybius bidentatus | |||||||||
| PICIFORMES: Indicatoridae | |||||||||||
| 171 | Willcock's Honeyguide | Indicator willcocksi | |||||||||
| 172 | Thick-billed Honeyguide | Indicator conirostris | |||||||||
| 173 | Spotted Honeyguide | Indicator maculatus | |||||||||
| 174 | HO | Lyre-tailed Honeyguide | Melichneutes robustus | ||||||||
| PICIFORMES: Picidae | |||||||||||
| 175 | Rufous-necked Wryneck | Jynx ruficollis | |||||||||
| 176 | GO | African Piculet | Sasia africana | ||||||||
| 177 | Green-backed Woodpecker | Campethera cailliautii | |||||||||
| 178 | Brown-eared Woodpecker | Campethera caroli | |||||||||
| 179 | Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | |||||||||
| 180 | Gabon Woodpecker | Dendropicos gabonensis | |||||||||
| 181 | Golden-crowned Woodpecker | Dendropicos xantholophus | |||||||||
| 182 | Gray Woodpecker | Dendropicos goertae | |||||||||
| PASSERIFORMES: Eurylaimidae | |||||||||||
| 183 | African Broadbill | Smithornis capensis | |||||||||
| 184 | Rufous-sided Broadbill | Smithornis rufolateralis | |||||||||
| PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae | |||||||||||
| 185 | Rufous-naped Lark | Mirafra africana | |||||||||
| 186 | Flappet Lark | Mirafra rufocinnamomea | |||||||||
| PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae | |||||||||||
| 187 | African River Martin | Pseudochelidon eurystomina | |||||||||
| 188 | Square-tailed Sawwing | Psalidoprocne nitens | |||||||||
| 189 | Black Sawwing | Psalidoprocne pristoptera | |||||||||
| 190 | Gray-rumped Swallow | Pseudhirundo griseopyga | |||||||||
| 191 | Banded Martin | Riparia cincta | |||||||||
| 192 | Red-chested Swallow | Hirundo lucida | |||||||||
| 193 | Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | |||||||||
| 194 | White-throated Blue Swallow | Hirundo nigrita | |||||||||
| 195 | Lesser Striped-Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica | |||||||||
| 196 | Rufous-chested Swallow | Cecropis semirufa | |||||||||
| 197 | Mosque Swallow | Cecropis senegalensis | |||||||||
| 198 | Red-throated Swallow | Petrochelidon rufigula | |||||||||
| 199 | Forest Swallow | Petrochelidon fuliginosa | |||||||||
| PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae | |||||||||||
| 200 | Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys | |||||||||
| 201 | Long-legged Pipit | Anthus pallidiventris | |||||||||
| 202 | Short-tailed Pipit | Anthus brachyurus | |||||||||
| 203 | Woodland Pipit | Anthus nyassae | |||||||||
| 204 | Yellow-throated Longclaw | Macronyx croceus | |||||||||
| 205 | African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | |||||||||
| PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae | |||||||||||
| 206 | Blue Cuckoo-shrike | Coracina azurea | |||||||||
| 207 | Petit's Cuckoo-shrike | Campephaga petiti | |||||||||
| 208 | Purple-throated Cuckoo-shrike | Campephaga quiscalina | |||||||||
| PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae | |||||||||||
| 209 | Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |||||||||
| 210 | Little Greenbul | Andropadus virens | |||||||||
| 211 | Gray Greenbul | Andropadus gracilis | |||||||||
| 212 | Ansorge's Greenbul | Andropadus ansorgei | |||||||||
| 213 | Slender-billed Greenbul | Andropadus gracilirostris | |||||||||
| 214 | Yellow-whiskered Greenbul | Andropadus latirostris | |||||||||
| 215 | Golden Greenbul | Calyptocichla serina | |||||||||
| 216 | Honeyguide Greenbul | Baeopogon indicator | |||||||||
| 217 | Sjostedt's Greenbul | Baeopogon clamans | |||||||||
| 218 | Spotted Greenbul | Ixonotus guttatus | |||||||||
| 219 | Simple Greenbul | Chlorocichla simplex | |||||||||
| 220 | Yellow-throated Greenbul | Chlorocichla flavicollis | |||||||||
| 221 | Yellow-necked Greenbul | Chlorocichla falkensteini | |||||||||
| 222 | Swamp Greenbul | Thescelocichla leucopleura | |||||||||
| 223 | Leaf-love | Phyllastrephus scandens | |||||||||
| 224 | White-throated Greenbul | Phyllastrephus albigularis | |||||||||
| 225 | Icterine Greenbul | Phyllastrephus icterinus | |||||||||
| 226 | Xavier's Greenbul | Phyllastrephus xavieri | |||||||||
| 227 | Common Bristlebill | Bleda syndactylus | |||||||||
| 228 | Lesser Bristlebill | Bleda notatus | |||||||||
| 229 | Yellow-spotted Nicator | Nicator chloris | |||||||||
| 230 | HO | Yellow-throated Nicator | Nicator vireo | ||||||||
| 231 | Red-tailed Greenbul | Criniger calurus | |||||||||
| 232 | White-bearded Greenbul | Criniger ndussumensis | |||||||||
| 233 | Black-collared Bulbul | Neolestes torquatus | |||||||||
| PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae | |||||||||||
| 234 | Rufous Flycatcher-Thrush | Neocossyphus fraseri | |||||||||
| 235 | Red-tailed Ant-Thrush | Neocossyphus rufus | |||||||||
| 236 | White-tailed Ant-Thrush | Neocossyphus poensis | |||||||||
| 237 | Gray Ground-Thrush | Zoothera princei | |||||||||
| 238 | African Thrush | Turdus pelios | |||||||||
| 239 | Brown-chested Alethe | Alethe poliocephala | |||||||||
| 240 | Fire-crested Alethe | Alethe diademata | |||||||||
| PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae | |||||||||||
| 241 | Red-faced Cisticola | Cisticola erythrops | |||||||||
| 242 | Whistling Cisticola | Cisticola lateralis | |||||||||
| 243 | Chattering Cisticola | Cisticola anonymus | |||||||||
| 244 | Gray Cisticola | Cisticola rufilatus | |||||||||
| 245 | Winding Cisticola | Cisticola galactotes | |||||||||
| 246 | Croaking Cisticola | Cisticola natalensis | |||||||||
| 247 | Piping Cisticola | Cisticola fulvicapilla | |||||||||
| 248 | Siffling Cisticola | Cisticola brachypterus | |||||||||
| 249 | Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |||||||||
| 250 | Cloud-scraping Cisticola | Cisticola dambo | |||||||||
| 251 | Pectoral-patch Cisticola | Cisticola brunnescens | |||||||||
| 252 | Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | |||||||||
| 253 | Banded Prinia | Prinia bairdii | |||||||||
| 254 | White-chinned Prinia | Schistolais leucopogon | |||||||||
| 255 | Black-capped Apalis | Apalis nigriceps | |||||||||
| 256 | Masked Apalis | Apalis binotata | |||||||||
| 257 | Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida | |||||||||
| 258 | Buff-throated Apalis | Apalis rufogularis | |||||||||
| 259 | Gosling's Apalis | Apalis goslingi | |||||||||
| 260 | Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | |||||||||
| 261 | Yellow-browed Camaroptera | Camaroptera superciliaris | |||||||||
| 262 | Olive-green Camaroptera | Camaroptera chloronota | |||||||||
| PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae | |||||||||||
| 263 | Ja River Scrub-Warbler | Bradypterus grandis | |||||||||
| 264 | Black-faced Rufous-Warbler | Bathmocercus rufus | |||||||||
| 265 | Greater Swamp-Warbler | Acrocephalus rufescens | |||||||||
| 266 | Salvadori's Eremomela | Eremomela salvadorii | |||||||||
| 267 | Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis | |||||||||
| 268 | Greencap Eremomela | Eremomela scotops | |||||||||
| 269 | Rufous-crowned Eremomela | Eremomela badiceps | |||||||||
| 270 | Green Crombec | Sylvietta virens | |||||||||
| 271 | Red-capped Crombec | Sylvietta ruficapilla | |||||||||
| 272 | HO | Yellow Longbill | Macrosphenus flavicans | ||||||||
| 273 | HO | Gray Longbill | Macrosphenus concolor | ||||||||
| 274 | Green Hylia | Hylia prasina | |||||||||
| 275 | Yellow-bellied Hyliota | Hyliota flavigaster | |||||||||
| 276 | Violet-backed Hyliota | Hyliota violacea | |||||||||
| 277 | Fan-tailed Grassbird | Schoenicola brevirostris | |||||||||
| PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae | |||||||||||
| 278 | Pale Flycatcher | Bradornis pallidus | |||||||||
| 279 | African Forest-Flycatcher | Fraseria ocreata | |||||||||
| 280 | White-browed Forest-Flycatcher | Fraseria cinerascens | |||||||||
| 281 | Sooty Flycatcher | Muscicapa infuscata | |||||||||
| 282 | Yellow-footed Flycatcher | Muscicapa sethsmithi | |||||||||
| 283 | Dusky-blue Flycatcher | Muscicapa comitata | |||||||||
| 284 | Cassin's Flycatcher | Muscicapa cassini | |||||||||
| 285 | Gray Tit-Flycatcher | Myioparus plumbeus | |||||||||
| 286 | Forest Robin | Stiphrornis erythrothorax | |||||||||
| 287 | Lowland Akalat | Sheppardia cyornithopsis | |||||||||
| 288 | HO | Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat | Cossypha cyanocampter | ||||||||
| 289 | Red-capped Robin-Chat | Cossypha natalensis | |||||||||
| 290 | Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat | Cossypha niveicapilla | |||||||||
| 291 | Red-backed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys | |||||||||
| 292 | African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus | |||||||||
| 293 | Congo Moorchat | Myrmecocichla tholloni | |||||||||
| 294 | Sooty Chat | Myrmecocichla nigra | |||||||||
| PASSERIFORMES: Platysteiridae | |||||||||||
| 295 | African Shrike-flycatcher | Megabyas flammulatus | |||||||||
| 296 | Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher | Bias musicus | |||||||||
| 297 | Brown-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira cyanea | |||||||||
| 298 | Chestnut Wattle-eye | Platysteira castanea | |||||||||
| 299 | White-spotted Wattle-eye | Platysteira tonsa | |||||||||
| 300 | Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye | Platysteira concreta | |||||||||
| 301 | Black-headed Batis | Batis minor | |||||||||
| 302 | West African Batis | Batis occulta | |||||||||
| 303 | Angola Batis | Batis minulla | |||||||||
| PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae | |||||||||||
| 304 | Chestnut-capped Flycatcher | Erythrocercus mccallii | |||||||||
| 305 | African Blue-Flycatcher | Elminia longicauda | |||||||||
| 306 | Blue-headed Crested-Flycatcher | Trochocercus nitens | |||||||||
| 307 | Black-headed P Flycatcher | Terpsiphone rufiventer | |||||||||
| 308 | Rufous-vented P Flycatcher | Terpsiphone rufocinerea | |||||||||
| 309 | Bates' Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone batesi | |||||||||
| 310 | African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | |||||||||
| PASSERIFORMES: Picathartidae | |||||||||||
| 311 | Gray-necked Rockfowl | Picathartes oreas | |||||||||
| PASSERIFORMES: Timaliidae | |||||||||||
| 312 | Brown Illadopsis | Illadopsis fulvescens | |||||||||
| PASSERIFORMES: Paridae | |||||||||||
| 313 | White-shouldered Black-Tit | Melaniparus guineensis | |||||||||
| 314 | Dusky Tit | Melaniparus funereus | |||||||||
| PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae | |||||||||||
| 315 | Scarlet-tufted Sunbird | Deleornis fraseri | |||||||||
| 316 | Mouse-brown Sunbird | Anthreptes gabonicus | |||||||||
| 317 | Western Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes longuemarei | |||||||||
| 318 | Violet-tailed Sunbird | Anthreptes aurantium | |||||||||
| 319 | Little Green Sunbird | Anthreptes seimundi | |||||||||
| 320 | Green Sunbird | Anthreptes rectirostris | |||||||||
| 321 | Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris | |||||||||
| 322 | Reichenbach's Sunbird | Anabathmis reichenbachii | |||||||||
| 323 | Green-headed Sunbird | Cyanomitra verticalis | |||||||||
| 324 | Blue-throated Brown Sunbird | Cyanomitra cyanolaema | |||||||||
| 325 | Eastern Olive Sunbird | Cyanomitra olivacea | |||||||||
| 326 | Carmelite Sunbird | Chalcomitra fuliginosa | |||||||||
| 327 | Green-throated Sunbird | Chalcomitra rubescens | |||||||||
| 328 | Amethyst Sunbird | Chalcomitra amethystina | |||||||||
| 329 | Olive-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris chloropygius | |||||||||
| 330 | Tiny Sunbird | Cinnyris minullus | |||||||||
| 331 | Johanna's Sunbird | Cinnyris johannae | |||||||||
| 332 | Superb Sunbird | Cinnyris superbus | |||||||||
| 333 | Bates' Sunbird | Cinnyris batesi | |||||||||
| 334 | Copper Sunbird | Cinnyris cupreus | |||||||||
| PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae | |||||||||||
| 335 | African Yellow White-eye | Zosterops senegalensis | |||||||||
| PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae | |||||||||||
| 336 | Western Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus brachyrhynchus | |||||||||
| 337 | Black-winged Oriole | Oriolus nigripennis | |||||||||
| PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae | |||||||||||
| 338 | Souza's Shrike | Lanius souzae | |||||||||
| 339 | Mackinnon's Shrike | Lanius mackinnoni | |||||||||
| 340 | Common Fiscal | Lanius collaris | |||||||||
| PASSERIFORMES: Malaconotidae | |||||||||||
| 341 | Red-eyed Puffback | Dryoscopus senegalensis | |||||||||
| 342 | Large-billed Puffback | Dryoscopus sabini | |||||||||
| 343 | Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus | |||||||||
| 344 | Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis | |||||||||
| 345 | Luehder's Bushshrike | Laniarius luehderi | |||||||||
| 346 | Gabon Boubou | Laniarius bicolor | |||||||||
| 347 | HO | Sooty Boubou | Laniarius leucorhynchus | ||||||||
| 348 | Four-colored Bushshrike (Perrin's) | Telophorus viridis | |||||||||
| 349 | Fiery-breasted Bushshrike | Malaconotus cruentus | |||||||||
| PASSERIFORMES: Prionopidae | |||||||||||
| 350 | Rufous-bellied Helmetshrike | Prionops rufiventris | |||||||||
| PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae | |||||||||||
| 351 | Square-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus ludwigii | |||||||||
| 352 | Shining Drongo | Dicrurus atripennis | |||||||||
| 353 | Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |||||||||
| 354 | Velvet-mantled Drongo | Dicrurus modestus | |||||||||
| PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae | |||||||||||
| 355 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |||||||||
| PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae | |||||||||||
| 356 | Splendid Glossy-Starling | Lamprotornis splendidus | |||||||||
| 357 | Purple-headed Glossy-Starling | Lamprotornis purpureiceps | |||||||||
| 358 | Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | |||||||||
| 359 | Narrow-tailed Starling | Poeoptera lugubris | |||||||||
| 360 | Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus africanus | |||||||||
| PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae | |||||||||||
| 361 | Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus | |||||||||
| 362 | Yellow-throated Petronia | Petronia superciliaris | |||||||||
| PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae | |||||||||||
| 363 | Black-throated Malimbe | Malimbus cassini | |||||||||
| 364 | Rachel's Malimbe | Malimbus racheliae | |||||||||
| 365 | Gray's Malimbe | Malimbus nitens | |||||||||
| 366 | Black-chinned Weaver | Ploceus nigrimentus | |||||||||
| 367 | Slender-billed Weaver | Ploceus pelzelni | |||||||||
| 368 | Loango Weaver | Ploceus subpersonatus | |||||||||
| 369 | Black-necked Weaver | Ploceus nigricollis | |||||||||
| 370 | Orange Weaver | Ploceus aurantius | |||||||||
| 371 | Vieillot's Weaver | Ploceus nigerrimus | |||||||||
| 372 | Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | |||||||||
| 373 | Forest Weaver | Ploceus bicolor | |||||||||
| 374 | Compact Weaver | Pachyphantes superciliosus | |||||||||
| 375 | Red-headed Quelea | Quelea erythrops | |||||||||
| 376 | Yellow-shouldered Widowbird | Euplectes macroura | |||||||||
| 377 | Black-winged Bishop | Euplectes hordeaceus | |||||||||
| PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae | |||||||||||
| 378 | Pale-fronted Negrofinch | Nigrita luteifrons | |||||||||
| 379 | Gray-headed Negrofinch | Nigrita canicapillus | |||||||||
| 380 | White-breasted Negrofinch | Nigrita fusconotus | |||||||||
| 381 | Fawn-breasted Waxbill | Estrilda paludicola | |||||||||
| 382 | Orange-cheeked Waxbill | Estrilda melpoda | |||||||||
| 383 | Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | |||||||||
| 384 | Black-headed Waxbill | Estrilda atricapilla | |||||||||
| 385 | GO | Western Bluebill | Spermophaga haematina | ||||||||
| 386 | Black-bellied Seedcracker | Pyrenestes ostrinus | |||||||||
| 387 | Red-billed Quailfinch | Ortygospiza gabonensis | |||||||||
| 388 | Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullatus | |||||||||
| 389 | Black-and-white Mannikin | Spermestes bicolor | |||||||||
| 390 | Magpie Mannikin | Spermestes fringilloides | |||||||||
| 391 | Locust Finch | Paludipasser locustella | |||||||||
| 392 | GO | African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata | ||||||||
| 393 | GO | Orange-winged Pytilia | Pytilia afra | ||||||||
| PASSERIFORMES: Viduidae | |||||||||||
| 394 | Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | |||||||||
| PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae | |||||||||||
| 395 | Black-faced Canary | Serinus capistratus | |||||||||
| 396 | Black-throated Canary | Serinus atrogularis | |||||||||
| 397 | Yellow-fronted Canary | Serinus mozambicus | |||||||||
| PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae | |||||||||||
| 398 | Cabanis' Bunting | Emberiza cabanisi | |||||||||
| MAMMAL AND REPTILE LIST | |||||||||||
| Taxonomy and nomenclature follow: Kingdon, J. 1997. The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals. Princeton University Press. | |||||||||||
| 1 | Dugong | Dugong dugon | Brief glimpses of their divings at Loango NP | ||||||||
| 2 | Humpback Whale | Megaptera novaeangliae | One breaching individual off Ste Catherine in Loango NP | ||||||||
| 3 | African Forest Elephant | Loxodonta africana cyclotis | Lope NP and Loango NP | ||||||||
| 4 | African Forest Buffalo | Syncerus caffer | Several herds at Lope NP | ||||||||
| 5 | Hippopotamus | Hippopotamus amphibius | A pod of 4 at Loango NP | ||||||||
| 6 | Chimpanzee | Pan troglodytes | A magnificent troop sighting from the Lope Hotel | ||||||||
| 7 | Lowland Gorilla | Gorilla gorilla | Footprints at Akanda NP and Lope NP | ||||||||
| 8 | Black Colobus | Colobus satanas | Lope NP | ||||||||
| 9 | Red-capped Mangabey | Cercocebus torquatus | Loango NP | ||||||||
| 10 | Grey-cheeked Mangabey | Lophocebus albigena | Lope NP | ||||||||
| 11 | Vervet Monkey | Chlorocebus pygerythrus | Lope NP | ||||||||
| 12 | Crowned Monkey | Cercopithecus pogonias | Lope NP | ||||||||
| 13 | Putty-nosed Monkey | Cercopithecus nictitans | Lope NP | ||||||||
| 14 | Elegant Needle-clawed Galago | Euoticus elegantulus | One seen at Lekoni | ||||||||
| 15 | Straw Coloured Fruit Bat | Eidolon helvum | Several seen at Lope NP | ||||||||
| 16 | Dwarf Eppauletted Fruit Bat | Micropteropus pusillus | Several seen at Lope NP | ||||||||
| 17 | Sitatunga | Tragelaphus spekei | A few seen in Lope NP | ||||||||
| 18 | Blue Duiker | Philantomba monticola | One seen at Ipassa Research Station | ||||||||
| 19 | Bush Duiker | Sylvicappra grimmia | One seen crossing the road in Lekoni | ||||||||
| 20 | Yellow-backed Duiker | Cephalophus silvicultor | One found dead at Loango NP | ||||||||
| 21 | Red-legged Sun Squirrel | Heliosciurus rufobrachium | One at Lope NP | ||||||||
| 22 | African Giant Squirrel | Protoxerus stangeri | One at Lope NP | ||||||||
| 23 | Lady Burton's Rope Squirrel | Funisciurus isabella | Seen well at Lope NP and Ipassa | ||||||||
| 24 | Thomas Rope Squirrel | Funisciurus anerythrus | Seen well at Lope NP and Ipassa | ||||||||
| 25 | Swamp Otter | Aonyx congica | One individual crossing a river between Lope and Boue | ||||||||
| 26 | Beecroft's Anomalure | Anomalurus beecrofti | Spotted briefly gliding over the Mpivie River in Loango NP | ||||||||
| 27 | Western Tree Hyrax | Dendrohyrax dorsalis | Hear at night at Lope and Ipassa | ||||||||
| 28 | Marsh Cane Rat | Thryonomys swinderianus | Two seen next to the road in Lope NP | ||||||||
| 29 | African Slender-snouted Crocodile | Crocodylus cataphractus | Loango NP | ||||||||
| 30 | Dwarf Crocodile | Crocodylus cataphractus | Loango NP | ||||||||
| 31 | Ornate Monitor | Varanus ornatus | Loango NP | ||||||||
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