Birding in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Birding in the Democratic Republic of Congo : Birding is one of the best safari activities carried out worldwide, bird watching becomes more thrilling when sightseers get to venture the countries that are filled with various birdlife.
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) offers incredible birding opportunities to most sightseers and this is because the country is made up of tropical rainforests, savannas, and wetlands which are homes to the birds.
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) boasts a rich bird species with over 1,000 species recorded, including numerous endemic and rare species.
And in this article we get to notice some of the most notable birds that can be seen while in the different safari destinations of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) such as; Okapi wildlife reserves, virunga national park, Lomami National Park, Garamba National Park.
ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae
Spur-winged Goose
African Black Duck
Yellow-billed Duck
GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae
Handsome Spurfowl
Scaly Spurfowl
PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae
Little Grebe
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae
Speckled Pigeon
Afep Pigeon
Rameron Pigeon
Lemon Dove
Dusky Turtledove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
Tambourine Dove
African Green-Pigeon
MUSOPHAGIFORMES: Musophagidae
Great Blue Turaco
Black-billed Turaco
Rwenzori Turaco
Ross’s Turaco
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae
Blue-headed Coucal
White-browed Coucal
Blue Malkoha
Levaillant’s Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas’s Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae
Montane Nightjar
Square-tailed Nightjar
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Apodidae
Scarce Swift
Common Swift
African Swift
Little Swift
Horus Swift
White-rumped Swift
African Palm Swift
GRUIFORMES: Sarothruridae
Red-chested Flufftail
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae
African Rail
GRUIFORMES: Gruidae
Gray Crowned-Crane
CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae
African Openbill
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae
Long-tailed Cormorant
Great Cormorant
PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae
Pink-backed Pelican
PELECANIFORMES: Scopidae
Hamerkop
PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae
Gray Heron
Black-headed Heron
Purple Heron
Great Egret
Little Egret
Cattle Egret
Squacco Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Palm-nut Vulture
European Honey-buzzard
Hooded Vulture
Brown Snake-Eagle
Crowned Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Wahlberg’s Eagle
Cassin’s Hawk-Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Lizard Buzzard
African Goshawk
Shikra
Little Sparrowhawk
Ovambo Sparrowhawk
Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk
Black Goshawk
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Mountain Buzzard
Augur Buzzard
STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae
African Grass-Owl
Barn Owl
STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae
Spotted Eagle-Owl
Fraser’s Eagle-Owl
Evreux’s Eagle Owl
Red-chested Owlet
Albertine Owlet
African Wood-Owl
Abyssinian Owl
COLIIFORMES: Coliidae
Speckled Mousebird
TROGONIFORMES: Trogonidae
Narina Trogon
Bar-tailed Trogon
BUCEROTIFORMES: Upupidae
Eurasian Hoopoe
BUCEROTIFORMES: Phoeniculidae
Green Woodhoopoe
White-headed Woodhoopoe
Forest Scimitarbill
BUCEROTIFORMES: Bucerotidae
Crowned Hornbill
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill
CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae
Malachite Kingfisher
African Pygmy Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae
Little Bee-eater
Blue-breasted Bee-eater
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
White-throated Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae
Broad-billed Roller
PICIFORMES: Lybiidae
Gray-throated Barbet
Western Tinkerbird
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Black-collared Barbet
Double-toothed Barbet
PICIFORMES: Indicatoridae
Dwarf Honeyguide
Least Honeyguide
Lesser Honeyguide
Scaly-throated Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
PICIFORMES: Picidae
Rufous-necked Wryneck
Elliot’s Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
Olive Woodpecker
Tullberg’s Woodpecker
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae
Eurasian Kestrel
Gray Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
African Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
PASSERIFORMES: Calyptomenidae
African Broadbill
PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae
Gray Cuckooshrike
Black Cuckooshrike
Petit’s Cuckooshrike
PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae
Eurasian Golden Oriole
African Golden Oriole
African Black-headed Oriole
Black-tailed Oriole
PASSERIFORMES: Platysteiridae
Brown-throated Wattle-eye
Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye
Rwenzori Batis
Chinspot Batis
PASSERIFORMES: Malaconotidae
Northern Puffback
Pink-footed Puffback
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Lühder’s Bushshrike
Tropical Boubou
Black-headed Gonolek
Willard’s Sooty Boubou
Albertine Boubou
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
Many-colored Bushshrike
Doherty’s Bushshrike
Lagden’s Bushshrike
Gray-headed Bushshrike
PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae
Fork-tailed Drongo
Velvet-mantled Drongo
PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae
African Crested-Flycatcher
African Paradise-Flycatcher
PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae
Lesser Gray Shrike
Gray-backed Fiscal
Mackinnon’s Shrike
Northern Fiscal
PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae
Pied Crow
White-necked Raven
PASSERIFORMES: Hyliotidae
Violet-backed Hyliota
PASSERIFORMES: Stenostiridae
White-tailed Blue Flycatcher
White-bellied Crested-Flycatcher
White-tailed Crested-Flycatcher
PASSERIFORMES: Paridae
Dusky Tit
Stripe-breasted Tit
PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae
Dusky Lark
PASSERIFORMES: Macrosphenidae
White-browed Crombec
Red-faced Crombec
Grauer’s Warbler
PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae
White-chinned Prinia
Rwenzori Apalis
Green-backed Camaroptera
Black-throated Apalis
Black-faced Apalis
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Kungwe Apalis
Chestnut-throated Apalis
Gray Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Banded Prinia
Black-faced Rufous-Warbler
Gray-capped Warbler
Red-faced Cisticola
Singing Cisticola
Chubb’s Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Siffling Cisticola
Wing-snapping Cisticola
PASSERIFORMES: Acrocephalidae
African Yellow Warbler
Mountain Yellow Warbler
Icterine Warbler
Lesser Swamp Warbler
PASSERIFORMES: Locustellidae
Evergreen-forest Warbler
Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler
Grauer’s Swamp Warbler
Highland Rush Warbler
PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae
Plain Martin
Bank Swallow
Rock Martin
Barn Swallow
Angola Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
Lesser-Striped Swallow
Mosque Swallow
Common House Martin
White-headed Sawwing
Black Sawwing
PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae
Slender-billed Greenbul
Shelley’s Greenbul
Eastern Mountain Greenbul
Yellow-throated Greenbul
Plain Greenbul
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul
Cabanis’s Greenbul
Yellow-streaked Greenbul
Common Bulbul
PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopidae
Wood Warbler
Willow Warbler
Brown Woodland-Warbler
Red-faced Woodland-Warbler
PASSERIFORMES: Scotocercidae
Neumann’s Warbler
PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae
Eurasian Blackcap
Rwenzori Hill Babbler
PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae
Green White-eye
PASSERIFORMES: Pellorneidae
Mountain Illadopsis
PASSERIFORMES: Leiothrichidae
Red-collared Mountain-Babbler
Arrow-marked Babbler
Black-lored Babbler
PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae
Violet-backed Starling
Slender-billed Starling
Waller’s Starling
Sharpe’s Starling
Stuhlmann’s Starling
Rüppell’s Starling
PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae
White-tailed Ant-Thrush
Abyssinian Ground-Thrush
Abyssinian Thrush
African Thrush
PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae
African Dusky Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
Swamp Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
Ashy Flycatcher
Yellow-eyed Black-Flycatcher
Southern Black-Flycatcher
White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher
White-bellied Robin-Chat
Archer’s Robin-Chat
Cape Robin-Chat
White-browed Robin-Chat
Red-capped Robin-Chat
Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat
White-starred Robin
Red-throated Alethe
Equatorial Akalat
Miombo Rock-Thrush
African Stonechat
Sooty Chat
Arnot’s Chat
Familiar Chat
PASSERIFORMES: Modulatricidae
Gray-chested Babbler
PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae
Collared Sunbird
Green-headed Sunbird
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird
Blue-headed Sunbird
Olive Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Purple-breasted Sunbird
Bronze Sunbird
Malachite Sunbird
Olive-bellied Sunbird
Stuhlmann’s Sunbird
Northern Double-collared Sunbird
Regal Sunbird
Rockefeller’s Sunbird
Mariqua Sunbird
Red-chested Sunbird
Purple-banded Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae
Redheaded Weaver
Baglafecht Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
Black-billed Weaver
Strange Weaver
Holub’s Golden-Weaver
Village Weaver
Black-headed Weaver
Forest Weaver
Brown-capped Weaver
Southern Red Bishop
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Grosbeak Weaver
PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae
Bronze Mannikin
Black-and-white Mannikin
White-collared Oliveback
Yellow-bellied Waxbill
Green-backed Twinspot
Dusky Crimsonwing
Abyssinian Crimsonwing
Red-faced Crimsonwing
White-breasted Nigrita
Gray-headed Nigrita
Black-crowned Waxbill
Kandt’s Waxbill
Fawn-breasted Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Crimson-rumped Waxbill
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Redheaded Bluebill
Dusky Twinspot
Red-billed Firefinch
African Firefinch
PASSERIFORMES: Viduidae
Pin-tailed Whydah
PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae
House Sparrow
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae
Cape Wagtail
Mountain Wagtail
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
African Pipit
Tree Pipit
Yellow-throated Longclaw
PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae
Oriole Finch
Yellow-fronted Canary
Western Citril
Brimstone Canary
Streaky Seedeater
Thick-billed Seedeater
Yellow-crowned Canary
PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae
Golden-breasted Bunting.
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