|
Pelecanus onocrotalus |
Great White Pelican |
16 sep. one flying near airport |
|
Anhinga rufa |
African Darter |
4 seen in Yenzi lake 28 sep., a few
elsewhere (e.g. along rd to Colas) |
|
Egretta garzetta |
Little Egret |
22 sep. one at Nyanga estuary |
|
Scopus umbretta |
Hamerkop |
grasslands sev. lone or pairs, also in
Yenzi |
|
Ciconia episcopus |
Woolly-necked Stork |
grasslands sev. pairs |
|
Bostrychia hagedash |
Hadada Ibis |
often seen in Yenzi, less elsewhere |
|
Pteronetta hartlaubii |
Hartlaub's Duck * |
20 sep. 3 flying overhead just before
Matsiegui lagoon NW of Gamba |
|
Pandion haliaetus |
Osprey |
a few, like 17 sep. E of Yenzi lake |
|
Milvus migrans |
Black Kite |
16 sep. one overhead W of Yenzi lake |
|
Haliaeetus vocifer |
African Fish-Eagle |
a few heard, one seen 24 sep. along rd
to Colas |
|
Gypohierax angolensis |
Palm-nut Vulture |
seen daily across whole area, also
juvenals |
|
Dryotriorchis spectabilis |
Congo Serpent-Eagle
* |
19 sep. briefly seen in bare tree top
while calling; splendid scope views of two 28 sep. in open
forest at start of Boua rd |
|
Polyboroides typus |
African
Harrier-Hawk |
sev. seen closeby, diff. plumages,
across grasslands/woodlands |
|
Accipiter erythropus |
Red-thighed
Sparrowhawk * |
scope view of adult male in bare tree
top W of Yenzi lake 16 sep. |
|
Buteo auguralis |
Red-necked Buzzard |
sometimes on Yenzi compound, and W of
Yenzi lake |
|
Lophaetus occipitalis |
Long-crested Eagle |
17 sep. one in flight across grassland
Vera plains |
|
Stephanoaetus coronatus |
Crowned Eagle |
21 sep. in air above forest Bouda rd
('secret valley'), chased by Pied Crow |
|
Falco biarmicus |
Lanner Falcon |
21 sep. pair with two half-grown young
on track in first open forest of Bouda rd.; later one again same
place |
|
Francolinus squamatus |
Scaly Francolin * |
21 sep. pair with two half-grown young
on track in first open forest of Bouda rd.; later one again same
place |
|
Guttera plumifera |
Plumed Guineafowl * |
24 sep. 4 on track and then in tree in
Tondou forest |
|
Podica senegalensis |
African Finfoot |
19 sep. one female seen closeby along
mangrove rd opp. airport, in dark puddle. |
|
Actophilornis africanus |
African Jacana |
the few ponds we saw nearly all had
this bird |
|
Burhinus vermiculatus |
Water Thick-knee |
Yenzi and roads (night), also in
coastal scrub and even on beach |
|
Vanellus lugubris |
Senegal Lapwing * |
occasionally in grasslands, once with
young; first only on 24 sep. near comm. tower Vera plains; also
named Lesser Blackwinged Plover |
|
Charadrius hiaticula |
Common Ringed
Plover |
a few at Nyanga 22 sep. |
|
Charadrius pecuarius |
Kittlitz's Plover |
23 sep. one in muddy lagoon seaward of
Matsiegui lagoon |
|
Charadrius forbesi |
Forbes' Plover * |
some pairs in grasslands; first on 20
sep. along laterite side rd to Sette Cama |
|
Charadrius marginatus |
White-fronted
Plover |
22 sep. 3 at Nyanga; 23 sep. 4 at muddy
lagoon seaward of Matsiegui lagoon |
|
Numenius phaeopus |
Whimbrel |
22 sep. 3 in scope while flying S at
Nyanga |
|
Actitis hypoleucos |
Common Sandpiper |
at beach, also on Yenzi lawns |
|
Tringa nebularia |
Common Greenshank |
several along coast |
|
Arenaria interpres |
Ruddy Turnstone |
22 sep. two at Nyanga beach |
|
Calidris alba |
Sanderling |
group at Nyanga beach 22 sep. |
|
Calidris minuta |
Little Stint |
23 sep. one in muddy lagoon seaward of
Matsiegui lagoon, between Ringed Plovers and Curlew Sandp. |
|
Calidris ferruginea |
Curlew Sandpiper |
22 sep. two at puddle in Nyanga beach |
|
Sternula balaenarum |
Damara Tern |
sev. migrating along coast |
|
Comic Tern |
22 sep. sev. at Nyanga beach & estuary
("Comic"= Common Tern or Arctic Tern) |
|
Thalasseus maximus |
Royal Tern |
sev. migrating along coast, and at
beach Nyanga |
|
Thalasseus sandvicensis |
Sandwich Tern |
sev. at beach Nyanga 22 sep. |
|
Rynchops flavirostris |
African Skimmer |
group of c. 20 at beach Nyanga estuary
22 sep. |
|
Columba iriditorques |
Western
Bronze-naped Pigeon * |
26 sep. Tondou forest near entrance,
flying around after playback |
|
Streptopelia semitorquata |
Red-eyed Dove |
common in all habitats |
|
Turtur chalcospilos |
Emerald-spotted
Wood-Dove |
sev. in forests, flying up from tracks
etc. |
|
Turtur afer |
Blue-spotted
Wood-Dove |
a few in forest, scope view to discern
from more common Emer.sp. |
|
Turtur brehmeri |
Blue-headed
Wood-Dove * |
18 sep. Bibonga forest seen on track at
8 a.m. |
|
Treron calvus |
African
Green-Pigeon |
sev. groups (of up to 50 indiv.) along
forest edge and in coastal scrub |
|
Psittacus erithacus |
Gray Parrot * |
dozens at Yenzi (esp.in evening) and
daily elsewhere |
|
Tauraco macrorhynchus |
Yellow-billed
Turaco * |
heard at many sites (forest, woodland)
and some seen well |
|
Cuculus solitarius |
Red-chested Cuckoo |
often heard, a few seen |
|
Chrysococcyx klaas |
Klaas' Cuckoo |
18 sep. one pair in scope (+sound) in
open forest at start of Bouda road |
|
Chrysococcyx cupreus |
African Emerald
Cuckoo |
heard everywhere in forest & woodland |
|
Chrysococcyx caprius |
Dideric Cuckoo |
often heard Yenzi, sometimes at other
rather open places |
|
Ceuthmochares aereus |
Yellowbill * |
sev. seen in open forest/woodland, some
in mixed spec. flocks |
|
Centropus monachus |
Blue-headed Coucal
* |
sev. seen in disturbed forest/woodland,
all large and with blue sheen; best 28 sep. Bouda rd (see photo) |
|
Centropus senegalensis |
Senegal Coucal |
sometimes heard |
|
Caprimulgus fossii |
Square-tailed
Nightjar |
20 sep. one defending 2 chicks on
ground next to car on P along asphalt rd to Colas; 26 sep.
evening sev. heard along asphalt rd S |
|
Telacanthura melanopygia |
Black Spinetail * |
20 sep. one seen during 2 minutes in
company of Cassin's Spinetail, see there |
|
Rhaphidura sabini |
Sabine's Spinetail
* |
21 sep. two closeby in halfopen area
near Mark's track R of Bouda rd, brillant views |
|
Neafrapus cassini |
Cassin's Spinetail
* |
20 sep. two seen closeby along asphalt
rd to Colas, near dead trees |
|
Cypsiurus parvus |
African Palm-Swift |
seen a few in Yenzi and coastal scrub |
|
Apus apus |
Common Swift |
26 sep. one above Tondou forest |
|
Apus affinis |
Little Swift |
common near buildings (Yenzi, airport,
etc.), nesting |
|
Alcedo quadribrachys |
Shining-blue
Kingfisher * |
one seen at pond near golf course (seen
well, cheek and contrasting back), 15 sep. |
|
Halcyon badia |
Chocolate-backed
Kingfisher * |
24 sep. pair in Tondou forest; later
one again in Bibonga forest |
|
Halcyon senegalensis |
Woodland Kingfisher |
sev. heard and seen in woodlands (Yenzi
etc.) |
|
Halcyon malimbica |
Blue-breasted
Kingfisher |
sev. heard and seen calling high over
forests/woodland, esp. along mangrove rd opp. airport |
|
Megaceryle maximus |
Giant Kingfisher |
heard a few, one seen well |
|
Ceryle rudis |
Pied Kingfisher |
22 sep. one hovering at Nyanga estuary;
also at Yenzi lake |
|
Merops variegatus |
Blue-breasted
Bee-eater * |
common in open habitat, like Yenzi and
grassland borders; at home, seen feeding young |
|
Merops breweri |
Black-headed
Bee-eater * |
almost daily seen at forest edges |
|
Merops malimbicus |
Rosy Bee-eater * |
abundant at forest edges and over
neighbouring grasslands; often groups perched in bare tree tops |
|
Eurystomus gularis |
Blue-throated
Roller * |
17 sep. two in scope at end of first
open forest of Bouda rd.; later again there |
|
Tockus albocristatus |
White-crested
Hornbill * |
22 sep. crossed track in front of us
during frantic drive near Nyanga beach, later also 2 Totou rd |
|
Tockus camurus |
Red-billed Dwarf
Hornbill * |
often heard (and sev. seen) in forests,
in mixed species flocks |
|
Tockus fasciatus |
African Pied
Hornbill |
many seen at forest edges or emerging
trees |
|
Ceratogymna fistulator |
Piping Hornbill * |
common, mostly in flight between forest
blocks |
|
Ceratogymna albotibialis |
White-thighed
Hornbill * |
20 sep. scope view at forest edge of
4th plain behind P of nightjar |
|
Ceratogymna atrata |
Black-casqued
Hornbill * |
sev. groups seen in forest, also pairs;
roost flights of in total 65 indiv. near start of Bouda rd 17
sep. |
|
Gymnobucco bonapartei |
Gray-throated
Barbet K |
group W of Yenzi lake 16 sep, scope
view, in bare tree top; a few elsewhere |
|
Gymnobucco calvus |
Naked-faced Barbet
* |
group seen in scope in bare tree tops
open forest start of Bouda rd 17 sep; only sporadically
elsewhere |
|
Pogoniulus atroflavus |
Red-rumped
Tinkerbird * |
often heard in woodland and forest; 18
sep. briefly seen in Bibonga forest |
|
Pogoniulus subsulphureus |
Yellow-throated
Tinkerbird * |
many heard in woodland and forest |
|
Buccanodon duchaillui |
Yellow-spotted
Barbet K |
28 sep. scope view at start of first
open forest Bouda rd |
|
Tricholaema hirsuta |
Hairy-breasted
Barbet * |
28 sep. first open forest Bouda rd
(same tree as Grey-ch Sunbird pair), subsp. flavipunctata, scope
view during song (1.2 per second) |
|
Campethera cailliautii |
Green-backed
Woodpecker * |
24 sep. in Tondou forest near stream,
one pair foraging high in tree but well visible and later lower |
|
Campethera caroli |
Brown-eared
Woodpecker * |
24 sep. Tondou forest, better view for
J on 28 sep. in Bibonga forest |
|
Dendropicos xantholophus |
Yellow-crested
Woodpecker K |
17 sep. one at start of Bouda rd in
open forest, bare tree & in flight; 24 sep. Tondou forest 1 |
|
Pseudochelidon eurystomina |
African River
Martin * |
hundreds seen along asphalt rd to
Colas, and sev. high in the air elsewhere; see main text &
photos; first ones only at 20 sep. |
|
Psalidoprocne nitens |
Square-tailed
Sawwing * |
26 sep. plantation forest before Tondou
forest, one resting near Fraser's Forest-Flycatchers |
|
Pseudhirundo griseopyga |
Gray-rumped Swallow
* |
common above grasslands |
|
Riparia cincta |
Banded Martin |
some pairs above grasslands; first only
on 21 sep. along Bouda rd |
|
Hirundo rustica |
Barn Swallow |
a few singles migrating |
|
Cecropis abyssinica |
Lesser
Striped-Swallow |
some near buildings and bridges |
|
Cecropis semirufa |
Rufous-chested
Swallow * |
23 sep. two closeby (dark cheek) at
grassland of Totou rd |
|
Cecropis senegalensis |
Mosque Swallow |
20 sep. two seen flying around us along
asphalt rd to Colas; light cheek seen well; in grassland near
woodland |
|
Anthus pallidiventris |
Long-legged Pipit * |
everywhere on grasslands |
|
Macronyx croceus |
Yellow-throated
Longclaw |
some on grasslands |
|
Pycnonotus barbatus |
Common Bulbul |
common in open woodland, not abundant |
|
Andropadus virens |
Little Greenbul |
often heard (a few seen) in woodland
and forest; 23 sep. Bouda seen well |
|
Andropadus curvirostri |
Plain Greenbul K |
23 sep. along Totou rd sandy side rd;
also called Cameroon Sombre G |
|
Andropadus latirostris |
Yellow-whiskered
Greenbul |
sev. heard (a few seen) in woodland and
forest |
|
Calyptocichla serina |
Golden Greenbul * |
seen two or three times, first 17 sep.
two in tree top start of Bouda rd. |
|
Baeopogon indicator |
Honeyguide Greenbul
* |
20 sep. one followed long time with
playback in light woodland behind P of nightjar but did not show
well; later sev. heard elsewhere |
|
Ixonotus guttatus |
Spotted Greenbul * |
sev. groups in forest, forest edges
(and even in Yenzi) |
|
Thescelocichla leucopleura |
Swamp Greenbul * |
some groups at Yenzi wet woodland, and
mangrove road near airport |
|
Phyllastrephus icterinus |
Icterine Greenbul * |
many groups in forest, in mixed species
flocks |
|
Bleda syndactylus |
Red-tailed
Bristlebill K |
28 sep. inside Bibonga forest, mixed
flock, seen well 3 times, at eye level. |
|
Bleda notatus |
Lesser Bristlebill
* |
group of 4 in forest along golf course
16 sep., later some elsewhere, like 28 sep near Red-t
Britslebill |
|
Nicator chloris |
Western Nicator * |
singles seen on sev. occasions in half
open forest |
|
Criniger calurus |
Red-tailed Greenbul
* |
24 sep Tondou forest and 28 sep Bibonga
forest, in mixed species flocks, hence large size seen well (not
heard) |
|
Neocossyphus fraseri |
Rufous
Flycatcher-Thrush * |
17 sep. one above us at 8 m, near
plantation in forest block before Tondou forest; 24 sep. also
2+1 in Tondou forest |
|
Turdus pelios |
African Thrush |
mainly at Yenzi gardens |
|
Alethe diademata |
Fire-crested Alethe
* |
24 sep. at only 5 m in undergrowth in
Tondou forest |
|
Cisticola anonymus |
Chattering
Cisticola * |
scope view on 16 sep. in rural area W
of Yenzi lake, later some heard elsewhere |
|
Cisticola juncidis |
Zitting Cisticola |
rather common on grasslands |
|
Camaroptera brevicaudata |
Grey-backed
Camaroptera |
often heard in woodland and forest edge |
|
Sylvietta virens |
Green Crombec * |
25 sep. in (rare!) savannah woodland
near Totou rd, small group with young being fed |
|
Macrosphenus flavicans |
Yellow Longbill * |
18 sep. Bibonga forest seen well at 7
m, crawling along branches; later some heard elsewhere |
|
Macrosphenus concolor |
Gray Longbill * |
sev. heard in forest/woodland, after 18
sep. Bibonga forest (reacts strongly to playback but does not
show well) |
|
Fraseria ocreata |
Fraser's
Forest-Flycatcher * |
some small groups (of 2 to 3 ind.) in
clearings; first 23 sep. along laterite rd near Totou rd |
|
Muscicapa striata |
Spotted Flycatcher |
26 sep. just outside Tondou forest in
lone tree |
|
Stiphrornis erythrothorax |
Forest Robin * |
21 sep. splendid view on log in dark
Bibonga forest; is like fig. 1d but completely orange-red below |
|
Platysteira cyanea |
Brown-throated
Wattle-eye |
23 sep. pair in dry forest next to
muddy lagoon seaward of Matsiegui lagoon |
|
Platysteira castanea |
Chestnut Wattle-eye
K |
24 sep. in flock Tondou forest at only
7 m, 1 ad. + 1 juv |
|
Terpsiphone rufiventer |
Red-bellied
Paradise-Flycatcher |
sev. singles in forest (mixed species
flocks)(also called Black-headed P-F) |
|
Terpsiphone rufocinerea |
Rufous-vented
Paradise-Flycatch * |
23 sep. female at puddle in woodland
track next to muddy lagoon seaward of Matsiegui lagoon |
|
Anthreptes rectirostris |
Grey-chinned
Sunbird K |
28 sep. first open forest of Bouda rd,
pair in tree top |
|
Hedydipna collaris |
Collared Sunbird |
a few seen; first a female 21 sep in
woodland in strongest dip in Bouda rd |
|
Anabathmis reichenbachii |
Reichenbach's
Sunbird * |
common in woodland and at forest edges,
very vocal too |
|
Cyanomitra verticalis |
Green-headed
Sunbird K |
sev. seen at forest edge; first 21 sep.
Bouda rd. scope view |
|
Cyanomitra obscura |
Western Olive
Sunbird * |
24 sep. Tondou forest at 5 m, quietly
perched, long bill; later heard elsewhere |
|
Chalcomitra fuliginosa |
Carmelite Sunbird * |
common at woodland edges, clearings
etc.; brilliant views at Yenzi and golf course |
|
Cinnyris chloropygius |
Olive-bellied
Sunbird * |
two males seen well (long bill, etc.)
at golf course 15 sep. |
|
Cinnyris minullus |
Tiny Sunbird * |
24 sep. male + 2 fem in 'cecropia-like'
tree near stream in Tondou forest; bill very short and bird very
small |
|
Cinnyris johannae |
Johanna's Sunbird * |
20 sep. female (spiderhunterlike!)
along asphalt rd to Colas, near pool, in woodland |
|
Prionops rufiventris |
Rufous-bellied
Helmetshrike * |
18 sep. two seen well at 10 m above us
in Bibonga forest |
|
Dicrurus modestus |
Velvet-mantled
Drongo * |
sev. in forest; first at end of open
forest at start of Bouda rd 17 sep. |
|
Corvus albus |
Pied Crow |
nesting in Yenzi, not often seen
elsewhere |
|
Lamprotornis splendidus |
Splendid
Glossy-Starling * |
some at clearings, and many in roost
flights, esp. at airport |
|
Lamprotornis purpureiceps |
Purple-headed
Glossy-Starling * |
17 sep. two in tree top E of airport,
scope view |
|
Onychognathus fulgidus |
Chestnut-winged
Starling * |
17 sep. Tondou forest, scope view of 2
in tree top |
|
Malimbus cassini |
Cassin's Malimbe * |
scope view, foraging in tall tree W of
Yenzi lake 16 sep. |
|
Malimbus erythrogaster |
Red-bellied Malimbe
* |
21 sep. along forest edge Bouda rd,
scope view (red belly) |
|
Malimbus nitens |
Blue-billed Malimbe
* |
26 sep. Tondou forest 10 m above us,
bill and black-red pattern seen well; 28 sep. also in Bibonga
forest |
|
Malimbus rubricollis |
Red-headed Malimbe
K |
24 sep. Tondou forest high in tree
clambering on thick branches, seen well; 28 sep. first open
forest Bouda rd |
|
Ploceus subpersonatus |
Loango Weaver * |
19 sep. Colas coastal scrub group of
male and fem; seen well + sound; a restricted-range species! |
|
Ploceus nigricollis |
Black-necked Weaver |
two in bush along rd E of Yenzi lake 17
sep. |
|
Ploceus nigerrimus |
Vieillot's Black
Weaver * |
best seen 16 sep. W of Yenzi lake,
colony, scope view |
|
Ploceus cucullatus |
Village Weaver |
common in Yenzi, sev. colonies |
|
Quelea erythrops |
Red-headed Quelea * |
a few groups in open habitat; first was
fem. closeby W of Yenzi lake; group of 40 in coastal scrub at
end of mangrove rd opp. airport |
|
Nigrita canicapillus |
Gray-headed Nigrita |
14 sep. two foraging in palm on Yenzi
grounds; 28 sep first open forest Bouda rd |
|
Nigrita bicolor |
Chestnut-breasted
Nigrita * |
21 sep. at eye-level at 12 m seen well,
at deep stream across Bouda rd |
|
Estrilda melpoda |
Orange-cheeked
Waxbill * |
sev. groups in open areas with some
bushes |
|
Spermophaga haematina |
Western Bluebill * |
(J only) 17 sep. at 5 m in bush in
woodland E of Yenzi lake, small side rd |
|
Pyrenestes ostrinus |
Black-bellied
Seedcracker * |
19 sep. juv seen well while foraging in
bush along mangrove rd opp. airport |
|
Ortygospiza gabonensis |
Black-chinned
Quailfinch * |
20 sep. sev. small groups along first
kms of laterite rd to Sette Cama |
|
Spermestes cucullatus |
Bronze Mannikin |
a few small groups at Yenzi etc. |
|
Spermestes bicolor |
Black-and-white
Mannikin K |
group of 12 in top of small tree W of
Yenzi lake 16 sep. |
|
Vidua macroura |
Pin-tailed Whydah |
27 sep. well seen Yenzi near weaver
colony |
|
Emberiza tahapisi |
Cinnamon-breasted
Bunting |
19 sep. female in coastal scrub near
end of mangrove rd opp. airport |