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Bird Species List (1)

The list below is a record of some of the bird species that occur in the various habitats around the Petite Loango, Iguéla and Fernan Vaz areas. Habitats in the area include: primary and secondary gallery forest, swamp forest, palm forest, savanna plains, coastal scrub, mangrove swamp, salt marsh, tidal lagoons, forest rivers, seasonal swamps, sandy beaches, and equatorial Atlantic Ocean. Click on thumbnail for enlargment of the images

 
  Long-tailed or reed cormorant
Phalacrocorax africanus
African Darter African darter
Anhinga rufa
Pink-backed pelican Pink-backed pelican
Pelecanus rufescens
  Wilson's storm petrel
Oceanites oceanicus
Grey heron Grey heron
Ardea cinerea
  Black-headed heron
Ardea melanocephala
Goliath heron Goliath heron
Ardea goliath
  Black-crowned night heron
Nycticorax nycticorax nycticorax
  White-backed night heron
Gorsachius leuconotus
Purple heron Purple heron
Ardea purpurea
Squacco heron Squacco heron
Ardeola ralloides
  Hadada ibis
Bostrychia hagedash
Western reef egret Western reef egret
Egretta gularis gularis
  Marabou stork
Leptoptilos crumeniferus
Intermediate or yellow-billed egret Intermediate or yellow-billed egret
Egretta intermedia
Great egret Great egret
Egretta alba
  White-crested tiger heron
Tigriornis leucolophus
Hamerkop Hamerkop
Scopus umbretta
  Little bittern
Ixobrychus minutus
Green-backed heron Green-backed heron
Butorides striatus
Yellow-billed stork Yellow-billed stork
Mycteria ibis
  Wooly-necked stork
Ciconia episcopus
Little egret Little egret
Egretta garzetta
  Olive ibis
Bostrychia olivacea cupreipennis
Callte egret Cattle egret
Bubulcus ibis
  African spoonbill
Platalea alba
Sacred ibis Sacred ibis
Threskiornis aethiopica
White-faced whistling duck White-faced whistling duck
Dendrocygna viduata
Hartlaub's duck Hartlaub's duck
Pteronetta hartlaubi
  African pygmy goose
Nettapus auritus
  Black kite
Milvus migrans
Osprey Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
Palm-nut vulture Palm-nut vulture
Gypohierax angolensis
  African harrier hawk or Gymnogene
Polyboroides typus pectoralis
African Fish Eagle African fish eagle
Haliaeetus vocifer
  Long-tailed hawk
Urotriorchis macrourus
Pied kingfisher Pied kingfisher
Ceryle rudis rudis
  Red-thighed sparrowhawk
Accipiter erythropus
  African goshhawk
Accipiter tachiro toussenelii
Pel's fishing owl Pel's fishing owl
Scotopelia peli
  European honey buzzard
Pernis apivorus
Shining-blue kingfisher Shining-blue kingfisher
Alcedo quadribrachys guentheri
White-throated blue swallow White-throated blue swallow
Hirundo nigrita
  Common buzzard or steppe buzzard
Buteo buteo
  Red-necked buzzard or red-tailed buzzard
Buteo auguralis
  Ayre's hawk eagle
Hieraaetus ayresii
  Cassin's hawk eagle
Spizaetus africanus
Crowned Eagle Crowned eagle
Stephanoaetus coronatus
Damara tern Damara tern
Sterna balaenarum
  Nkulengu rail
Himantornis haematopus
  Scaly francolin
Francolinus squamatus
African skimmer African skimmer
Rynchops flavirostris
  Buff-spotted flufftail
Sarothrura elegans
African finfoot African finfoot
Podica senegalensis camerunensis
African jacana African jacana
Actophilornis africana
  African crake
Crex egregia
African river martin Cassin's flycatcher
Muscicapa cassini
  Water thick-nee or water dikkop
Burhinus vermiculatus
  Grey Pratincole
Glareola cinerea
Common greenshank Common greenshank
Tringa nebularia
White-fronted plover White-fronted plover
Charadrius marginatus
  Forbes's plover
Charadrius fobesi
Grey parrot Grey parrot
Psittacus erithacus erithacus
  Red-fronted parrot
Poicephalus guliemi guliemi
  Kittlitz's plover
Charadrius pecuarius
Whimbrel Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Common sandpiper Common sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
  Lesser black-winged plover
Vanellus lugubris
African river martin African river martin
Pseudochelidon eurystomina
  Black-bellied bustard
Eupodotis savilei
Common tern Common tern
Sterna Herundo
Giant kingfisher Giant kingfisher
Megaceryle maxima
Malachite kingfisher Malachite kingfisher
Alcedo cristata
Little tern Little tern
Sterna albifrons
Royal tern Royal tern
Sterna maxima
   

Reproduced with the kind permission of Ian Sinclair (Birds of Africa south of the Sahara, Sinclair & Ryan, 2003) & Nik Borrow
(Birds of Western Africa, Borrow & Demey, 2001)

 Other checklists:
 - More bird species
 - Wildlife species list
 - Saltwater fish list

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