Picture by Maarten Schurmans ©
INTRODUCTION
Many thanks go out to Mark Van Beirs, Filip Verbelen & Bernard Van Eleghem for their useful pre trip information. We met Ron Demey & Rita Swinnen in the Southern part and want to thank them for all useful birding and identification tips, interesting discussions and not the least for their cheerful company. Thanks to Paul Van Gasse for his accurate comments on our trip report.
ITINERARY
23 dec |
Departure from Paris CDG Airport + Arrival at Douala Airport - night at Douala |
24 dec |
Travel to Mount Cameroon + Birding Mount Cameroon - night on Mount Cameroon |
25 dec |
Birding Mount Cameroon - night on Mount Cameroon |
26 dec |
Birding Mount Cameroon + Travel to Buea - night at Buea |
27 dec |
Travel to Korup NP + Birding Korup NP - night in Korup NP |
28 dec |
Birding Korup NP - night in Korup NP |
29 dec |
Birding Korup NP - night in Korup NP |
30 dec |
Birding Korup NP - night in Korup NP |
31 dec |
Birding Korup NP - night at Mundemba |
1 jan |
Travel to Mount Kupé + Birding Mount Kupé (farmbush) - night at Nyasoso |
2 jan |
Birding Mount Kupé (Nature Trail and first part Max's Trail)) - night at Nyasoso |
3 jan |
Birding Mount Kupé (Max's Trail) - night at Nyasoso |
4 jan |
Travel to Bakossi Mountains + Birding Bakossi Mountains + Travel to Nyasoso - night at Nyasoso |
5 jan |
Birding Mount Kupé (Max's Trail) - night at Nyasoso |
6 jan |
Travel to Bafut-Ngemba FR + Birding Bafut-Ngemba FR - night at Bamenda |
7 jan |
Birding Bafut-Ngemba FR - night at Bamenda |
8 jan |
Travel to Ngaoundaba Ranch - night on night train |
9 jan |
Travel to Ngaoundaba Ranch + Birding Ngaoundaba Ranch - night at Ngaoundaba Ranch |
10 jan |
Birding Ngaoundaba Ranch - night at Ngaoundaba Ranch |
11 jan |
Birding Ngaoundaba Ranch - night at Ngaoundaba Ranch |
12 jan |
Birding Ngaoundaba Ranch - night at Ngaoundaba Ranch |
13 jan |
Birding Ngaoundaba Ranch + Travel to Benoué NP (stop at Dang Lake) + Birding Benoué NP - night in Benoué NP |
14 jan |
Birding Benoué NP - night in Benoué NP |
15 jan |
Birding Benoué NP - night in Benoué NP |
16 jan |
Travel to Waza (stop at Benoué River near Garoua) - night at Waza |
17 jan |
Birding Mora-Waza area - night at Waza |
18 jan |
Birding Waza NP - night at Waza |
19 jan |
Birding Mora-Waza area + Travel to Maroua - night at Maroua |
20 jan |
Travel to Douala - night on night train |
21 jan |
Travel to Douala (stop at Sanaga River near Edea) + Departure from Douala Airport - night on plain |
22 jan |
Arrival at Paris CDG Airport |
NOTE: |
In comparison to our initial planning, we stayed at least 1 day extra in Ngaoundaba Ranch, since we gained some time by travelling overnight (and planned to do so at the end of our trip). For the last week we had arranged a minibus + driver and were pinned on the arranged day, so we couldn't leave earlier. |
PRACTICALITIES
TransportWe mainly used public transport and lots of (bush) taxis to get around in the South and a rented car with driver for the Northern part. It proved to be fairly easy to find and rather cheap. At times (mainly in the South) we were crammed like sardines in a hot and dusty car for many hours. Listed below are all durations of the different transport units we used during the trip.
Douala Airport - Hotel |
taxi |
20 min |
Douala - Buea |
public bus |
1 hr |
Buea - Kumba |
bush-taxi |
2,5 hrs |
Mundemba - Kumba |
bush-taxi |
5 hrs |
Nyasoso - Kotmin |
private car |
2,5 hrs (1,5 hrs for the way back) |
Nyasoso - Loum |
bush taxi |
1 hr |
Bamenda - Yaoundé |
public bus |
6 hrs |
Ngaoundaba Ranch - Ngaoundéré |
rented minibus |
50 min |
Benoué NP - Benoué River |
rented minibus |
3 hrs |
Maroua - Garoua |
rented minibus |
2,5 hrs |
Ngaoundéré - Yaoundé |
night train |
17 hrs |
Hotels
Accommodation in Cameroon ranges from outstanding (Ngaoundaba) to basic (Korup), most of them are fairly cheap. Listed below are all visited hotels we stayed in during the trip.
Douala |
Foyer du Marin |
Mt Cameroon |
camping |
Buea |
Guesthouse of Ecotourism Centre |
Korup NP |
camping in basic huts |
Mundemba |
Boseme Hotel |
Nyasoso |
Women's Guesthouse |
Bamenda |
Skyline Hotel |
Ngaoundaba Ranch |
Ngaoundaba Ranch |
Benoué NP |
Campement du Buffle Noir |
Waza |
Campement de Waza |
Maroua |
Porte de Mayo |
VISITED SITES
Listed below are all birding sites we've visited during this trip. Summarized access information is given and the trails or places where we've done some birding are mentioned.
Mount Cameroon
This mountain holds it's own endemic bird species: the Cameroon Francolin. From the tourist office in Buéa we drove to Bonakanda from where we took the trail to the Radio Station together with a compulsory guide and a few (facultative) porters. Along this track some good species were picked up like Cameroon Mountain Greenbul, White-tailed Warbler, Mountain Sawwing, Western Mountain-Greenbul, Cameroon Olive-Greenbul, Green Longtail, Mountain Robin-Chat, Cameroon Sunbird, Yellow-breasted Boubou and Fernando Po Oliveback. As soon as we reached the savannah Cameroon Speirops proved to be fairly common in the scattered forest patches. The forest past the abandoned Radio Station towards Nitele is said to be the best spot for the francolins. Actually they are said to be not uncommon here. Although we heard one bird calling on two days (dusk and dawn), we were unable to get any views of it. The dense understory and steep slopes make it a real challenge. We camped at the Radio Station with our own gear, but tents and sleeping bags can be rented at the tourist office.
Korup National Park
On the border with Nigeria and close to Mundemba Korup NP holds an extensive area of lowland rainforest. A guide and porters can be obtained in the (former) WWF office in Mundemba. We spent the nights in the basic Rengo Camp (some degraded shelters) in order to have a good chance to see the rockfowl. Although December is not the best time to see them, we sat silently for many hours at Picathartes Knoll without success. Forest Swallow was the only bird which did come to the rockfowl nests. Apart from the Knoll we did most of the birding along the Hunter's Trail, the N-S Line and Cave Hill Trail. Yellow-casqued and White-crested Hornbills were seen along the forest edge while Rock Pratincoles were present on the rocks in the river. Other birds we tried to see but failed to find them were Black Guineafowl and both Black-eared and Gray Ground-Thrush. We definitely could have used some more time here.
Mount Kupé
The best known birding site in Cameroon as it holds the restricted and enigmatic Mt. Kupé Bushshrike and Monteiro's Bushshrike. The forest can be reached on a daily base from Nyasoso. We spent most of the time birding Max's Trail which produced goodies as Black-necked Wattle-eye, Cameroon Mountain, Gray-headed and Cameroon Olive-Greenbul, Bocage's Akalat, Crossley's Ground-Thrush, White-tailed Warbler, Green Longtail, Cameroon Sunbird and Velvet-mantled Drongo. The higher part of the trail (close to and past Max's Camp) was good for White-throated Mountain-Babbler, Ursula's Sunbird, Western Mountain-Greenbul, Black-capped Woodland-Warbler, Mountain Robin-Chat and Fernando Po Oliveback. We also birded the Nature Trail and the adjacent farmbush and saw a good number of species not found in the forest itself. The Shrike Trail was left aside.
Bakossi Mountains
Not too far (in distance, not in time) from Mt Kupé there is another area that holds some of the Kupé specialities and some of them are even easier to find there. Near the village of Kotmin there's some decent forest left. To get there we hired a private 4WD which took us for a few kilometers but got stuck on a slippery slope. We walked back to Nyasoso and took just the biggest 4WD in town which ended on a slippery slope just before Kotmin. After a 20 min walk on the last part we had to undergo the obliged ceremony (drinking beer) with the local Chief and about the whole village staring at the door. A guide has to accompain you to find the trails. Louis is the only one who really knows the sounds of the bushshrikes and the spots were to see them. We experienced some vivid discussions among the "village council" as we insisted on having Louis as our guide. The company of an inexperienced local farmer was the result of our intervention in the growing tensions in the village. Great fun! But the ceremony to bring good luck to us seemed to work as we managed to obtain decent views of both Mt. Kupé and Green-breasted Bushshrike at the very same spot (a forested ridge). Other birds included: White-throated Mountain-Babbler (good numbers), Bar-tailed Trogon, Gray-headed Greenbul (fairly common!), Cameroon Pigeon (4 birds flying around regularly on our way back to the village), Black-capped Woodland-Warbler, Yellow-breasted Boubou and Fernando Po Oliveback.
Bafut-Nguemba Forest Reserve
This site is definitely the most degraded we've seen but the scarce and small forested patches near a few gullies and Lake Awing still holds the endangered and regional endemic specialities i.e. Banded Wattle-eye, Bannerman's Turaco and Bannerman's Weaver. From Bamenda take the road to Douala for about 18 km. Take a sign-posted (Lake Awing) dirt road to the left just past an obvious radio antenna on the right hand side. We found the forest patches near the parking lot of Lake Awing to offer the best birding (several turaco's), while the last forested gully before the parking was good for a couple Banded Wattle-eyes and their recently fledged chick. The other target birds were found within short time. Bangwa Scrub-Warbler is fairly common by voice and taped in very easily and Bannerman's Weavers are seen in small numbers all over the area. In the fields along the dirt road which forks off to the left just before the parking area we taped in (!) a Long-billed Pipit of the very local and distinctive subspecies bannermani. Other good birds seen were in this area are Cameroon Pigeon, Western Mountain-Greenbul, Green Longtail, Mountain Robin-Chat, Cameroon Sunbird, Yellow-breasted Boubou and Fernando Po Oliveback.
Ngaoundaba Ranch
About 35 km SE from Ngaoundéré Ngaoundaba Ranch overlooks a crater lake on the Adamawa Plateau. Besides savannah the area holds a variety of other habitats which makes the recorded birdlist impressive. We mostly birded the entrance road and the adjacent arid areas in search for Schlegel's Francolin which we did not see in contrary to Temminck's Courser and Brown-chested Lapwing. The gallery forest patch about 1 km from the entrance proved to be very productive with birds as Thrush Babbler, Puvel's Illadopsis, Ross' Turaco and Gray-winged Robin-Chat. In the surroundings of the lake and the ranch we saw some other species as Bamenda Apalis (regularly), Dybowksi's Twinspot and White-collared Starling. Just before the turn-off to the ranch (coming from Ngaoundéré) there is a marshy area which holds some different species as Marsh Tchagra, Red-necked Falcon and Red-winged Prinia.
Dang Lake
Dang Lake lies just North of Ngaoundéré along the road to Garoua. A 10 min stop can add several species to the trip list. No real target birds here though.
Benoué National Park
Benoué NP is situated about halfway between Ngaoundéré and Garoua. The park is only accessible with a vehicle as lions occur (regularly heard). Most of the birding was done in the vicinity of Campement du Buffle Noir and along the entrance road. Close to the river we saw Violet Turaco, Egyptian Plover and the restricted Adamawa Turtle-Dove gave good views after being taped in. Inside the park itself we encountered Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill and to our surprise a nice Emin's Shrike on our way out.
Benoué River
Just South of Garoua the road coming from Ngaoundéré follows the Benoué River for a while. Gray Pratincole, Egyptian Plover and African Skimmer can be seen here. We added just a few species here but did not find any pratincoles or skimmers. 2 Egyptian Plovers were present on one of the sandbanks.
Waza National Park
In the very North of the country this park is situated on the edge of the Sahel. Most of our time was spent in the Mora area in search for the Quail-plover which we didn't see. Cricket Longtail and White-bellied Bustard were easy to pick up while River Prinia took some more time. The pools along the main road just before Waza weren't that productive although we had our only Arabian Bustards there just by shear luck. In the acacia stands more South we easily taped in Sennar Penduline-Tit and had a Rose-ringed Parakeet. Scissor-tailed Kites were seen sporadically throughout.
Sanaga River
A well known stop on the way from Yaoundé to Douala to pick up Gray Pratincole and Egyptian Plover if missed in the North, while African Skimmer and Preuss' Swallow are present as well. Coming from Yaoundé just pass the centre of Edea and just after the second large bridge over the river take the first tarmac road left which goes to Dizangue. Soon it becomes a dirt road and after about 10 km from the turnoff the road comes close to the river. Just stop and check the larger sandbanks in the river. We found the pratincoles and skimmers immediately. As we had them already in the North, we didn't really go for the Egyptian Plover.
FULL TRIP LIST
Taxonomy strictly follows Clements' 5th Edition (incl. updates). The list only contains species positively identified by at least one of our group. Birds identified by guides or other people only are not included, presumed species neither...
[557 species]
Ostrich
Struthio camelus
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp camelus - 4 birds seen inside the NP
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollis
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp capensis - 3 on Lake Awing
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp capensis - 1 on the crater lake
13/01/2006 - Dang Lake - ssp capensis - 3 on the lake
Great White Pelican
Pelecanus onocrotalus
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - monotypic - a flock of 13 birds near one of the many waterholes
Pink-backed Pelican
Pelecanus rufescens
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - monotypic - a flock of 20+ birds near a waterhole inside the NP
Long-tailed Cormorant
Phalacrocorax africanus
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 1 on the crater lake
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 2 on the crater lake
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 1 on the crater lake
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 1 on the crater lake
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 3 on the crater lake
13/01/2006 - Dang Lake - ssp unspecified - 10+
16/01/2006 - Benoué River (near Garua) - ssp unspecified - 10+
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp unspecified - 10+
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp unspecified - 1
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp unspecified - 1
Darter
Anhinga melanogaster
24/12/2005 - En route (Douala - Bouea) - ssp unspecified - 1
27/12/2005 - En route (Bouea - Mundemba) - ssp unspecified - 1
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp unspecified - 1
Gray Heron
Ardea cinerea
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp cinerea - 1 bird falling in the vegetation bordering the crater lake
16/01/2006 - Benoué River (near Garua) - ssp cinerea - 10+ on the sandbanks in the river
Black-headed Heron
Ardea melanocephala
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 2
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 2
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 2
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 2
13/01/2006 - Dang Lake - monotypic - 1
16/01/2006 - Benoué River (near Garua) - monotypic - 10+
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - fairly common
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - monotypic - common
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - common
Purple Heron
Ardea purpurea
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp purpurea - 2
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp purpurea - 1
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp purpurea - 1
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp purpurea - 1
13/01/2006 - Dang Lake - ssp purpurea - 3
16/01/2006 - Benoué River (near Garua) - ssp purpurea - 1
Great Egret
Ardea alba
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp melanorhyncha - 1
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp melanorhyncha - 3
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp melanorhyncha - 2
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp melanorhyncha - 1
16/01/2006 - Benoué River (near Garua) - ssp melanorhyncha - 5+
Black Heron
Egretta ardesiaca
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 2
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - monotypic - 4
Intermediate Egret
Egretta intermedia
24/12/2005 - En route (Douala - Bouea) - ssp brachyrhyncha - a few flying by near Foyer du Marin, Douala
Little Egret
Egretta garzetta
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp garzetta - 1
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp garzetta - 3
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp garzetta - 2
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp garzetta - 10+
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp garzetta - 10+
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp garzetta - 5+
21/01/2006 - Sanaga River (near Edea) - ssp garzetta - a few
Squacco Heron
Ardeola ralloides
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 3
13/01/2006 - Dang Lake - monotypic - 5+
16/01/2006 - Benoué River (near Garua) - monotypic - 4
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 1
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - monotypic - 3
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 1
Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis
24/12/2005 - En route (Douala - Bouea) - ssp ibis - fairly common
27/12/2005 - En route (Bouea - Mundemba) - ssp ibis - a few
27/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp ibis - a few
01/01/2006 - En route (Mundemba - Nyasosso) - ssp ibis - 2
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp ibis - 50+
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp ibis - 20+
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp ibis - 20+
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp ibis - 20+
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp ibis - a few
13/01/2006 - En route (Ngaoundaba - Benoué) - ssp ibis - fairly common
13/01/2006 - Dang Lake - ssp ibis - fairly common
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - ssp ibis - fairly common
16/01/2006 - Benoué River (near Garua) - ssp ibis - fairly common
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp ibis - fairly common
20/01/2006 - En route (Maroua - Yaoundé) - ssp ibis - a few
Striated Heron
Butorides striata
24/12/2005 - En route (Douala - Bouea) - ssp atricapillus - 2 flying by near Foyer du Marin, Douala
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp nycticorax - 3 in the trees around the lake
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp nycticorax - 10+ flying above the crater lake at dusk
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp nycticorax - 5+ flying above the crater lake at dusk
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutus
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 1 bird seen flying into around above the reedbed of the crater lake
Hamerkop
Scopus umbretta
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp umbretta - 1
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp umbretta - 3
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp umbretta - 2
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp umbretta - 5+
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp umbretta - 2
Yellow-billed Stork
Mycteria ibis
16/01/2006 - Benoué River (near Garua) - monotypic - 2
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 3
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - monotypic - 5+
African Openbill
Anastomus lamelligerus
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp lamelligerus - 4
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp lamelligerus - 2
Woolly-necked Stork
Ciconia episcopus
01/01/2006 - En route (Mundemba - Nyasosso) - ssp microscelis - 1
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp microscelis - 1
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp microscelis - 1
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp microscelis - 1
21/01/2006 - Sanaga River (near Edea) - ssp microscelis - 2
White Stork
Ciconia ciconia
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp ciconia - 20+ seen soaring
Saddle-billed Stork
Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 1 seen flying by close to the river
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 1 flying by
Marabou Stork
Leptoptilos crumeniferus
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 5+
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - monotypic - 20+
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 5+
Sacred Ibis
Threskiornis aethiopicus
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp aethiopicus - 10+
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp aethiopicus - 8
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp aethiopicus - 10+
16/01/2006 - Benoué River (near Garua) - ssp aethiopicus - 8
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp aethiopicus - 5+
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp aethiopicus - 10+
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp aethiopicus - 1
Hadada Ibis
Bostrychia hagedash
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp brevirostris - 1
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp brevirostris - 1 seen + more heard
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp brevirostris - 2 seen + more heard
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp brevirostris - 3
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp brevirostris - 4
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp brevirostris - 2
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna viduata
16/01/2006 - Benoué River (near Garua) - monotypic - 40+ on the sandbanks in the river
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - monotypic - fairly common at several pools inside the NP
Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiacus
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 1 on a rock in Benoué River
Spur-winged Goose
Plectropterus gambensis
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp gambensis - 8 birds flying by at the crater lake early morning and a group of 25 along the road to Ngaoundéré
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp gambensis - 2 at a pool inside the NP
Comb Duck
Sarkidiornis melanotos
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp melanotos - 50+ seen in total at several pools inside the NP
Hartlaub's Duck
Pteronetta hartlaubii
Near-threatened (NT)
01/01/2006 - En route (Mundemba - Nyasosso) - monotypic - 1 seen flying along a river just outside Mundemba
African Pygmy-goose
Nettapus auritus
13/01/2006 - Dang Lake - monotypic - at least 8 birds were present on the lake
Yellow-billed Duck
Anas undulata
13/01/2006 - Dang Lake - ssp unspecified - 10+ on the lake
Northern Pintail
Anas acuta
13/01/2006 - Dang Lake - monotypic - 1 at the lake
Garganey
Anas querquedula
13/01/2006 - Dang Lake - monotypic - 2
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - monotypic - fairly common at several pools inside the NP
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp haliaetus - 1 hunting above the river
01/01/2006 - En route (Mundemba - Nyasosso) - ssp haliaetus - 1 flying near a river en route
06/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp haliaetus - 1 at Lake Awing
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp haliaetus - 1 flying by at the river
Black-shouldered Kite
Elanus caeruleus
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp caeruleus - 1
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp caeruleus - 1
13/01/2006 - En route (Ngaoundaba - Benoué) - ssp caeruleus - 1
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - ssp caeruleus - 5+
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp caeruleus - 2
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp caeruleus - 4
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp caeruleus - 3
20/01/2006 - En route (Maroua - Yaoundé) - ssp caeruleus - a few
Scissor-tailed Kite
Chelictinia riocourii
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 2
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - monotypic - 2
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 2
Black Kite
Milvus migrans
24/12/2005 - En route (Douala - Bouea) - ssp unspecified - common
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp unspecified - common
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp unspecified - 10+
27/12/2005 - En route (Bouea - Mundemba) - ssp unspecified - common
27/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp unspecified - a few
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp unspecified - fairly common
01/01/2006 - En route (Mundemba - Nyasosso) - ssp unspecified - fairly common
01/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp unspecified - fairly common
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - fairly common
13/01/2006 - En route (Ngaoundaba - Benoué) - ssp unspecified - fairly common
13/01/2006 - Dang Lake - ssp unspecified - fairly common
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - 1
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - ssp unspecified - 10+
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp unspecified - fairly common
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp unspecified - fairly common
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp unspecified - fairly common
20/01/2006 - En route (Maroua - Yaoundé) - ssp unspecified - fairly common
21/01/2006 - Sanaga River (near Edea) - ssp unspecified - fairly common
21/01/2006 - En route (Yaoundé - Douala) - ssp unspecified - fairly common
African Fish-Eagle
Haliaeetus vocifer
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 2 near the river
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 1 flying by near the river
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - monotypic - 1 immature bird perched near a pool inside the NP
Palm-nut Vulture
Gypohierax angolensis
24/12/2005 - En route (Douala - Bouea) - monotypic - a few
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - monotypic - fairly common
01/01/2006 - En route (Mundemba - Nyasosso) - monotypic - fairly common
Hooded Vulture
Necrosyrtes monachus
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 2
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - monotypic - 10+
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - a few
20/01/2006 - En route (Maroua - Yaoundé) - monotypic - a few
Egyptian Vulture
Neophron percnopterus
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp percnopterus - 3 birds inside the NP
White-backed Vulture
Gyps africanus
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 3
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 1
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 1
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - monotypic - 1
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 4
13/01/2006 - En route (Ngaoundaba - Benoué) - monotypic - 1
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 5+
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 3
Rueppell's Griffon
Gyps rueppellii
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp rueppellii - 3+ positively identified inside the NP, maybe some more immature birds
Lappet-faced Vulture
Torgos tracheliotus
Vulnerable (VU)
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp tracheliotus - 3 birds seen roosting in the NP
White-headed Vulture
Trigonoceps occipitalis
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 1 soaring overhead
Short-toed Eagle
Circaetus gallicus
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 1 bird seen perched in a dead tree
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 2 birds at least, as some some "snake-eagles spec" were seen but left unidentified
Brown Snake-Eagle
Circaetus cinereus
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 1 soaring bird near the Campement
Bateleur
Terathopius ecaudatus
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 1
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 3
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - monotypic - 1
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 1
20/01/2006 - En route (Maroua - Yaoundé) - monotypic - a few
Western Marsh-Harrier
Circus aeruginosus
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp aeruginosus - 2
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp aeruginosus - 1
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp aeruginosus - 1
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp aeruginosus - 3
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp aeruginosus - 2
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp aeruginosus - 2
13/01/2006 - Dang Lake - ssp aeruginosus - 5+
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp aeruginosus - 1 male
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp aeruginosus - a few
Pallid Harrier
Circus macrourus
Near-threatened (NT)
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 3
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - monotypic - 5+
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 1
Montagu's Harrier
Circus pygargus
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 2
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 4
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - monotypic - fairly common
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 3
African Harrier-Hawk
Polyboroides typus
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp unspecified - 4
01/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp unspecified - 1
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp unspecified - 3
06/01/2006 - En route (Nyasosso - Bamenda) - ssp unspecified - 2
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 1
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 2
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp unspecified - 1
21/01/2006 - En route (Yaoundé - Douala) - ssp unspecified - 3
Lizard Buzzard
Kaupifalco monogrammicus
01/01/2006 - En route (Mundemba - Nyasosso) - ssp monogrammicus - 1
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp monogrammicus - 2
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp monogrammicus - 2
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Melierax metabates
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - ssp metabates - 4
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp metabates - 2
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp metabates - 5+
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp metabates - 2
Gabar Goshawk
Micronisus gabar
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp unspecified - 3
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp unspecified - 4
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp unspecified - 2
20/01/2006 - En route (Maroua - Yaoundé) - ssp unspecified - 2
Red-chested Goshawk
Accipiter toussenelii
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp unspecified - 1
01/01/2006 - En route (Mundemba - Nyasosso) - ssp unspecified - 2
Shikra
Accipiter badius
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp sphenurus - 1
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp sphenurus - 1
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp sphenurus - 1
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp sphenurus - 1
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp sphenurus - 1
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp sphenurus - 1
Black Goshawk
Accipiter melanoleucus
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp unspecified - 1 near the start of Max's seen perched from close distance
Grasshopper Buzzard
Butastur rufipennis
13/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 5+
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - monotypic - 4
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 5+
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - monotypic - 3
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 4
Long-legged Buzzard
Buteo rufinus
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp unspecified - 1
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp unspecified - 1
Red-necked Buzzard
Buteo auguralis
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - monotypic - 5+
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - monotypic - 1
01/01/2006 - En route (Mundemba - Nyasosso) - monotypic - a few
06/01/2006 - En route (Nyasosso - Bamenda) - monotypic - 1
06/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - monotypic - 2
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - monotypic - 1
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 3
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 1
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 1
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Aquila pomarina
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 1
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - monotypic - 1
Tawny Eagle
Aquila rapax
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp belisarius - 1 bird seen only
Steppe Eagle
Aquila nipalensis
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp orientalis - 1 adult
Wahlberg's Eagle
Aquila wahlbergi
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1
Booted Eagle
Aquila pennatus
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 2
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 1
Martial Eagle
Polemaetus bellicosus
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 1 seen soaring near the Benoué River
Long-crested Eagle
Lophaetus occipitalis
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - monotypic - 1
01/01/2006 - En route (Mundemba - Nyasosso) - monotypic - 1
01/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 3
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 2
Cassin's Hawk-Eagle
Spizaetus africanus
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 2
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - monotypic - 1
Secretary-bird
Sagittarius serpentarius
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 1 bird seen soaring overhead near the pools near Waza (along the road to Mora)
Eurasian Kestrel
Falco tinnunculus
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp unspecified - 3
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 1
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 1
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp unspecified - 3
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp unspecified - 1
Fox Kestrel
Falco alopex
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - monotypic - 4
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 2
Gray Kestrel
Falco ardosiaceus
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1 bird seen perched in a dead tree along the main road, just before the turnoff to the ranch
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 1 bird perched in a tree near the river close to the campement
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 1 bird perched in a tree near the river close to the campement, probably the same bird
Red-necked Falcon
Falco chicquera
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp ruficollis - 1 almost flew into us while it was hunting down some widowbirds - superb views - in the pastures just before the tornoff to the ranch
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp ruficollis - 1 seen at the Quail-plover spot
Eurasian Hobby
Falco subbuteo
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp subbuteo - 1
African Hobby
Falco cuvierii
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - monotypic - 1
Lanner Falcon
Falco biarmicus
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp abyssinicus - 1 flying near the cliffs at the upper station in Bamenda
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - ssp abyssinicus - 1 near a cliff just N of Maroua
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp abyssinicus - 1
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp abyssinicus - 1
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinus
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp unspecified - 1 bird only
Scaly Francolin
Francolinus squamatus
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - monotypic - 1 seen + more heard
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - HO - monotypic - a few heard
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 2
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 2
Double-spurred Francolin
Francolinus bicalcaratus
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp bicalcaratus - 5+ seen + more heard
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp bicalcaratus - 10+
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp bicalcaratus - 10+
13/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp bicalcaratus - 10+
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp bicalcaratus - fairly common
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - ssp bicalcaratus - 10+
Clapperton's Francolin
Francolinus clappertoni
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 5+
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - monotypic - fairly common
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 10+
Cameroon Francolin
Francolinus camerunensis
Endangered (EN)
Country endemic
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - HO - monotypic - 1 heard in the forest patch below the radio station but didn't respond.
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - HO - monotypic - 1 (probably the same bird) heard in the forest patch below the radio station. despite lots of effort to tape it into view, the bird didn't approach and kept hidden in the understory. the steep and rocky slopes and the dense vegetation made it only more difficult to go for the calling bird. we tried it many times without success...
Stone Partridge
Ptilopachus petrosus
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - HO - ssp petrosus - a few heard
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp petrosus - 20+ seen + more heard
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - ssp petrosus - 20+
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp petrosus - 10+
Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagris
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp galeatus - 30+
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp galeatus - 8
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp galeatus - fairly common
Black Crowned-Crane
Balearica pavonina
Near-threatened (NT)
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp pavonina - 20+
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp pavonina - fairly common
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp pavonina - a few
White-spotted Flufftail
Sarothrura pulchra
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp unspecified - 1 taped in + 1 other heard
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 1
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 1
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 3
Nkulengu Rail
Himantornis haematopus
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - HO - monotypic - 1 heard just before dawn at Rengo Calmp
African Rail
Rallus caerulescens
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - HO - monotypic - 1 heard from the dense marshy vegetation near the crater lake
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - HO - monotypic - 1 heard from the dense marshy vegetation near the crater lake
Black Crake
Amaurornis flavirostris
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 2
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 2
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1
Purple Swamphen
Porphyrio porphyrio
13/01/2006 - Dang Lake - ssp madagascariensis - 2 in the vegetation of the lake
Arabian Bustard
Ardeotis arabs
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp stieberi - after we gave up the long drive in the park we had 3 birds which gave superb views when flying right over our heads as they were flushed by the local cattle - just a lot of luck
White-bellied Bustard
Eupodotis senegalensis
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp senegalensis - 7 easily found when searching for the Quail-plover
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp senegalensis - 3 birds inside the NP
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp senegalensis - 5+ on the Quail-plover spot
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanus
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 2
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 4
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 3
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 4
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 3
13/01/2006 - Dang Lake - monotypic - fairly common
Greater Painted-snipe
Rostratula benghalensis
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp benghalensis - 3 birds seen near a pool along the road from Waza to Mora
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - monotypic - 1
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 8
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - monotypic - 20+
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 10+
Egyptian Plover
Pluvianus aegyptius
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 3 birds on the sandbanks in the river, all close to the campement
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 1 on a sandbank in the river
16/01/2006 - Benoué River (near Garua) - monotypic - 2 on a sandbank in the river
Temminck's Courser
Cursorius temminckii
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 6 birds were found in a recently burnt area a few hundred meters past the turnoff towards the ranch coming from the main road
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 4 birds in the same area
Collared Pratincole
Glareola pratincola
16/01/2006 - Benoué River (near Garua) - ssp unspecified - 10+ on a sandbank in the Benoué River
Rock Pratincole
Glareola nuchalis
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp unspecified - 4 birds seen flying and sitting on the rocks in the river just before the entrance of the NP
Gray Pratincole
Glareola cinerea
21/01/2006 - Sanaga River (near Edea) - monotypic - 20+ seen readily on one of the larger sandbanks in the Sanaga River
Spur-winged Plover
Vanellus spinosus
13/01/2006 - Dang Lake - monotypic - 10+
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 1
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 1
16/01/2006 - Benoué River (near Garua) - monotypic - 4
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 1
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - monotypic - 10+
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 5+
Black-headed Lapwing
Vanellus tectus
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - ssp tectus - 5+
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp tectus - 10+
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp tectus - fairly common
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp tectus - 10+
White-headed Lapwing
Vanellus albiceps
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 5+ birds on the sandbanks in the river
21/01/2006 - Sanaga River (near Edea) - monotypic - 3 on a sandbank in the river
Wattled Lapwing
Vanellus senegallus
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp senegallus - 2 birds in the pastures along the main road just before the turnoff to the ranch
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp senegallus - 5+
16/01/2006 - Benoué River (near Garua) - ssp senegallus - 2
Brown-chested Lapwing
Vanellus superciliosus
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 2
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 2
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 4
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 3
Common Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticula
21/01/2006 - Sanaga River (near Edea) - ssp unspecified - 1 on a sandbank in the Sanaga River
Three-banded Plover
Charadrius tricollaris
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp tricollaris - 2
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp tricollaris - 2
White-fronted Plover
Charadrius marginatus
21/01/2006 - Sanaga River (near Edea) - ssp mechowi - 3 on a sandbank
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp gallinago - 1
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp gallinago - 1
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - monotypic - 1
21/01/2006 - Sanaga River (near Edea) - monotypic - 2
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
06/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - monotypic - 1
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 3
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 2
16/01/2006 - Benoué River (near Garua) - monotypic - 1
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 10+
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - monotypic - a few
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 5+
21/01/2006 - Sanaga River (near Edea) - monotypic - a few
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
13/01/2006 - Dang Lake - monotypic - 2
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 3
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 2
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
27/12/2005 - Korup NP - monotypic - 2
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - monotypic - 3
13/01/2006 - En route (Ngaoundaba - Benoué) - monotypic - 1
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 2
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 3
16/01/2006 - Benoué River (near Garua) - monotypic - 1
21/01/2006 - Sanaga River (near Edea) - monotypic - 4
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
16/01/2006 - Benoué River (near Garua) - ssp interpres - 1 bird on a sandbank
Ruff
Philomachus pugnax
16/01/2006 - Benoué River (near Garua) - monotypic - 200+ on the sandbanks in Benoué River
African Skimmer
Rynchops flavirostris
Near-threatened (NT)
21/01/2006 - Sanaga River (near Edea) - monotypic - an impressive flock of 200+ was present on one of the larger sandbanks in the Sanaga River
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Pterocles exustus
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp exustus - 100+ came to drink at a water hole
Four-banded Sandgrouse
Pterocles quadricinctus
13/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 8
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 1 female
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 4
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - monotypic - 2 near Benoué NP
Speckled Pigeon
Columba guinea
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp guinea - 5+
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp guinea - 5+
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - ssp guinea - 5+
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp guinea - 3
Cameroon Pigeon
Columba sjostedti
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - monotypic - 4
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - monotypic - 3 in the forest patch near Lake Awing
Eurasian Turtle-Dove
Streptopelia turtur
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp unspecified - 20+
20/01/2006 - En route (Maroua - Yaoundé) - ssp unspecified - a few
Adamawa Turtle-Dove
Streptopelia hypopyrrha
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 1 taped in and seen well near the river + 1 other heard
African Collared-Dove
Streptopelia roseogrisea
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp unspecified - a few
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp roseogrisea - fairly common
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp roseogrisea - fairly common
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp unspecified - a few
20/01/2006 - En route (Maroua - Yaoundé) - ssp unspecified - a few
21/01/2006 - Sanaga River (near Edea) - ssp unspecified - a few
African Mourning Dove
Streptopelia decipiens
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp logonensis - a few
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp logonensis - a few
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp logonensis - a few
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp logonensis - a few
13/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp logonensis - a few
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp logonensis - a few
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp logonensis - a few
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - ssp logonensis - a few
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp logonensis - fairly common
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp logonensis - a few
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp logonensis - a few
Red-eyed Dove
Streptopelia semitorquata
24/12/2005 - En route (Douala - Bouea) - monotypic - fairly common near Foyer du Marin, Douala
24/12/2005 - En route (Douala - Bouea) - monotypic - a few near Foyer du Marin, Douala
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - fairly common
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - fairly common
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - fairly common
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - fairly common
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - a few
13/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - a few
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - a few
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - a few
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - monotypic - a few
21/01/2006 - En route (Yaoundé - Douala) - monotypic - a few
Vinaceous Dove
Streptopelia vinacea
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - fairly common
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - fairly common
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - fairly common
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - fairly common
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - fairly common
Laughing Dove
Streptopelia senegalensis
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp senegalensis - a few
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp senegalensis - a few
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp senegalensis - fairly common
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp senegalensis - fairly common
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp senegalensis - fairly common
13/01/2006 - Dang Lake - ssp senegalensis - a few
13/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp senegalensis - a few
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp senegalensis - a few
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp senegalensis - a few
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - ssp senegalensis - a few
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp senegalensis - fairly common
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp senegalensis - fairly common
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp senegalensis - fairly common
Black-billed Wood-Dove
Turtur abyssinicus
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 10+
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - fairly common
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
Turtur afer
24/12/2005 - En route (Douala - Bouea) - monotypic - 2 near Foyer du Marin, Douala
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - monotypic - a few
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - monotypic - a few
27/12/2005 - En route (Bouea - Mundemba) - monotypic - a few
01/01/2006 - En route (Mundemba - Nyasosso) - monotypic - a few
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - a few seen + more heard
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - a few seen + more heard
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - monotypic - a few seen + more heard
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - HO - monotypic - a few heard
06/01/2006 - En route (Nyasosso - Bamenda) - monotypic - a few
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - a few
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - a few
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - a few
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - a few
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - a few
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 1 seen
21/01/2006 - Sanaga River (near Edea) - monotypic - a few
Tambourine Dove
Turtur tympanistria
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - monotypic - 1
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - monotypic - a few
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - monotypic - 2
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 2
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 2
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1
21/01/2006 - Sanaga River (near Edea) - monotypic - 1
Blue-headed Wood-Dove
Turtur brehmeri
28/12/2005 - Korup NP - HO - ssp unspecified - fairly common heard
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp unspecified - 1 seen + more heard
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - HO - ssp unspecified - fairly common heard
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - HO - ssp unspecified - fairly common heard
Namaqua Dove
Oena capensis
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - ssp unspecified - 5+
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp unspecified - fairly common
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp unspecified - fairly common
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp unspecified - fairly common
Bruce's Green-Pigeon
Treron waalia
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 3
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 4
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1
13/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 1
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 10+
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 5+
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - monotypic - a few
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 10+
African Green-Pigeon
Treron calva
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp calva - 5+
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp calva - 2
27/12/2005 - En route (Bouea - Mundemba) - ssp calva - 5+
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp calva - 3
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp calva - 3
01/01/2006 - En route (Mundemba - Nyasosso) - ssp calva - 10+
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp calva - 10+
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - ssp calva - 5+
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp calva - 5+
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp calva - 2
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp calva - 10+
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp calva - 10+
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp calva - fairly common
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp calva - 10+
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp calva - 10+
13/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp calva - 10+
21/01/2006 - Sanaga River (near Edea) - ssp calva - a few
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameri
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp krameri - 1 bird seen in an accacia area along the road between Mora and Waza
Red-headed Lovebird
Agapornis pullarius
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp pullarius - 2
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp pullarius - 2
Gray Parrot
Psittacus erithacus
24/12/2005 - En route (Douala - Bouea) - ssp erithacus - 20+ flying by near Foyer du Marin, Douala
28/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp erithacus - fairly common
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp erithacus - fairly common
01/01/2006 - En route (Mundemba - Nyasosso) - ssp erithacus - a few
21/01/2006 - Sanaga River (near Edea) - ssp erithacus - 5+
Senegal Parrot
Poicephalus senegalus
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp senegalus - 2
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp senegalus - 2
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp senegalus - 2
13/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp senegalus - 10+
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp senegalus - 10+
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp senegalus - 10+
Great Blue Turaco
Corythaeola cristata
28/12/2005 - Korup NP - HO - monotypic - a few heard
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - monotypic - 3 seen + more heard
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - HO - monotypic - a few heard
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - HO - monotypic - a few heard
01/01/2006 - En route (Mundemba - Nyasosso) - monotypic - fairly common
Guinea Turaco
Tauraco persa
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp persa - 5+
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - HO - ssp persa - a few heard
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - ssp persa - a few seen + more heard
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp persa - a few seen + more heard
White-crested Turaco
Tauraco leucolophus
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 2
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 2 seen + more heard
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 1
Yellow-billed Turaco
Tauraco macrorhynchus
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp verreauxii - 2 seen + more heard
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp verreauxii - 2 seen + more heard
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - HO - ssp verreauxii - fairly common heard
28/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp verreauxii - fairly common, mostly heard
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - HO - ssp verreauxii - fairly common heard
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - HO - ssp verreauxii - fairly common heard
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - HO - ssp verreauxii - fairly common heard
01/01/2006 - En route (Mundemba - Nyasosso) - ssp verreauxii - a few
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp verreauxii - a few seen + more heard
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp verreauxii - a few seen + more heard
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - HO - ssp verreauxii - a few heard
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp verreauxii - a few seen + more heard
Bannerman's Turaco
Tauraco bannermani
Endangered (EN)
Country endemic
06/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - monotypic - 2 seen in the forest patch behind the parking at Lake Awing
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - HO - monotypic - a few heard
Violet Turaco
Musophaga violacea
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 2
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 5+
Ross' Turaco
Musophaga rossae
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 2
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 2
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 2
Western Plantain-eater
Crinifer piscator
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 5+
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 2
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 10+
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 5+
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 3
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - monotypic - 5+
Levaillant's Cuckoo
Clamator levaillantii
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 4
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - monotypic - 1
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 1
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 1
Red-chested Cuckoo
Cuculus solitarius
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - HO - monotypic - 2 heard
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 1 seen + more heard
Black Cuckoo
Cuculus clamosus
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - HO - ssp unspecified - 2 heard near Picathartes Knoll
African Cuckoo
Cuculus gularis
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - monotypic - 2
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1 seen + 1 heard
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - HO - monotypic - 2 heard
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo
Cercococcyx olivinus
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - monotypic - 1 seen + 1 heard
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - HO - monotypic - 1 heard
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - HO - monotypic - 1 heard
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - HO - monotypic - 1 heard
Klaas' Cuckoo
Chrysococcyx klaas
24/12/2005 - En route (Douala - Bouea) - monotypic - 1 seen + more heard near Foyer du Marin, Douala
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - monotypic - 1 seen + more heard
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - HO - monotypic - a few heard
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - HO - monotypic - a few heard
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - monotypic - 1 seen + more heard
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - HO - monotypic - a few heard
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1 seen + more heard
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - HO - monotypic - a few heard
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1 seen + more heard
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 1 seen + more heard
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 3
African Emerald Cuckoo
Chrysococcyx cupreus
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - HO - ssp cupreus - 1 heard
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - HO - ssp cupreus - 1 heard
28/12/2005 - Korup NP - HO - ssp cupreus - a few heard
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - HO - ssp cupreus - 2 heard
01/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - HO - ssp cupreus - 1 heard
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp cupreus - 2 seen + more heard
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - HO - ssp cupreus - a few heard
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - HO - ssp cupreus - a few heard
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - HO - ssp cupreus - a few heard
21/01/2006 - Sanaga River (near Edea) - HO - ssp cupreus - 1 heard
Yellowbill
Ceuthmochares aereus
28/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp aereus - 4 seen + more heard
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp aereus - a few seen + more heard
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - HO - ssp aereus - a few heard
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp aereus - a few seen + more heard
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp aereus - 1 seen + more heard
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp aereus - 1
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp aereus - 5+
Black-throated Coucal
Centropus leucogaster
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - HO - ssp efulensis - 1 heard
Blue-headed Coucal
Centropus monachus
01/01/2006 - En route (Mundemba - Nyasosso) - ssp fischeri - a few
01/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp fischeri - a few
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - ssp fischeri - 2
Senegal Coucal
Centropus senegalensis
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp senegalensis - 2
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp senegalensis - 3
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp senegalensis - 5+
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp senegalensis - 5+
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp senegalensis - 5+
13/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp senegalensis - 5+
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp senegalensis - 5+
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp senegalensis - 10+
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - ssp senegalensis - 10+
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp senegalensis - 10+
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp senegalensis - 3
Barn Owl
Tyto alba
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - HO - ssp affinis - 1 heard
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - ssp affinis - 2 seen + more heard near Campement de Waza
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp affinis - 2 seen + more heard near Campement de Waza
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp affinis - 1 seen + more heard near Campement de Waza
African Scops-Owl
Otus senegalensis
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - HO - ssp senegalensis - 5+ heard
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp senegalensis - 1 taped in and seen well + more heard
13/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp senegalensis - 1
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - HO - ssp senegalensis - a few heard
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - HO - ssp senegalensis - 1 heard
Grayish Eagle-Owl
Bubo cinerascens
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1 seen roosting in a tree near the crater lake
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1
African Wood-Owl
Strix woodfordii
28/12/2005 - Korup NP - HO - ssp nuchalis - 1 heard
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - HO - ssp nuchalis - 1 heard
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - HO - ssp nuchalis - 1 heard
Pearl-spotted Owlet
Glaucidium perlatum
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - HO - ssp perlatum - 1 heard
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp perlatum - 1 taped in
13/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp perlatum - 3 seen during daytime
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp perlatum - 1 seen during daytime + more heard
Black-shouldered Nightjar
Caprimulgus nigriscapularis
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - HO - monotypic - 1 heard only
Long-tailed Nightjar
Caprimulgus climacurus
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 1
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp unspecified - 1
Black Spinetail
Telacanthura melanopygia
06/01/2006 - En route (Nyasosso - Bamenda) - monotypic - 1 in a flock Little Swifts just outside Nyasosso
African Palm-Swift
Cypsiurus parvus
24/12/2005 - En route (Douala - Bouea) - ssp unspecified - fairly common
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp unspecified - fairly common
27/12/2005 - En route (Bouea - Mundemba) - ssp unspecified - a few
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp unspecified - common
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp unspecified - common
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp unspecified - 1
06/01/2006 - En route (Nyasosso - Bamenda) - ssp unspecified - fairly common
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp unspecified - 1
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - fairly common
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - fairly common
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - fairly common
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - fairly common
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - fairly common
13/01/2006 - En route (Ngaoundaba - Benoué) - ssp unspecified - fairly common
13/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - fairly common
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - fairly common
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - fairly common
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - ssp unspecified - fairly common
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp unspecified - fairly common
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp unspecified - a few
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp unspecified - a few
20/01/2006 - En route (Maroua - Yaoundé) - ssp unspecified - a few
21/01/2006 - Sanaga River (near Edea) - ssp unspecified - a few
21/01/2006 - En route (Yaoundé - Douala) - ssp unspecified - a few
Alpine Swift
Tachymarptis melba
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 1
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 3
Common Swift
Apus apus
28/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp apus - common
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp apus - common
01/01/2006 - En route (Mundemba - Nyasosso) - ssp apus - fairly common
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - ssp apus - a few
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp apus - a few
African Swift
Apus barbatus
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp serlei - 10+ birds around the rocks
Little Swift
Apus affinis
24/12/2005 - En route (Douala - Bouea) - ssp aerobates - fairly common
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp aerobates - 10+
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp aerobates - 10+
27/12/2005 - En route (Bouea - Mundemba) - ssp aerobates - fairly common
01/01/2006 - En route (Mundemba - Nyasosso) - ssp aerobates - fairly common
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp aerobates - fairly common
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp aerobates - fairly common
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp aerobates - a few
06/01/2006 - En route (Nyasosso - Bamenda) - ssp aerobates - fairly common
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp aerobates - fairly common
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp aerobates - fairly common
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp aerobates - a few
13/01/2006 - En route (Ngaoundaba - Benoué) - ssp aerobates - a few
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - ssp aerobates - fairly common
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp aerobates - a few
20/01/2006 - En route (Maroua - Yaoundé) - ssp aerobates - a few
21/01/2006 - Sanaga River (near Edea) - ssp aerobates - a few
21/01/2006 - En route (Yaoundé - Douala) - ssp aerobates - a few
Bates' Swift
Apus batesi
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - monotypic - 5+
06/01/2006 - En route (Nyasosso - Bamenda) - monotypic - a few
Speckled Mousebird
Colius striatus
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp nigricollis - 10+
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp nigricollis - 10+
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp nigricollis - 5+
01/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp nigricollis - 5+
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp nigricollis - 10+
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp nigricollis - 10+
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp nigricollis - 5+
06/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp nigricollis - fairly common
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp nigricollis - fairly common
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp nigricollis - 10+
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp nigricollis - fairly common
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp nigricollis - fairly common
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp nigricollis - fairly common
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp nigricollis - fairly common
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp nigricollis - a few
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp nigricollis - 5+
Blue-naped Mousebird
Urocolius macrourus
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp macrourus - 20+
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp macrourus - 5+
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp unspecified - 15+
Bare-cheeked Trogon
Apaloderma aequatoriale
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - HO - monotypic - 4 heard
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - monotypic - 1 seen + more heard
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - HO - monotypic - a few heard
Bar-tailed Trogon
Apaloderma vittatum
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - monotypic - 2 seen + more heard
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 1
Malachite Kingfisher
Alcedo cristata
27/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp cristata - 1
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp cristata - 1
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp cristata - 1
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp cristata - 2
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp cristata - 1
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp cristata - 1
21/01/2006 - Sanaga River (near Edea) - ssp cristata - 1
White-bellied Kingfisher
Alcedo leucogaster
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp leucogaster - 1
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp leucogaster - 1
African Pygmy-Kingfisher
Ispidina picta
28/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp ferruginea - 1
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp picta - 2
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp picta - 4
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp picta - 3
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp picta - 3
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp picta - 2
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp picta - 1
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Halcyon leucocephala
01/01/2006 - En route (Mundemba - Nyasosso) - ssp leucocephala - 1
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp leucocephala - 1
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp leucocephala - 3
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp leucocephala - 4
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp leucocephala - 2
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp leucocephala - 10+
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp leucocephala - 10+
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - ssp leucocephala - 1
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp leucocephala - 1
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp leucocephala - 1
21/01/2006 - Sanaga River (near Edea) - ssp leucocephala - 1
Woodland Kingfisher
Halcyon senegalensis
24/12/2005 - En route (Douala - Bouea) - ssp unspecified - fairly common
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 2
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 3
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 2
Blue-breasted Kingfisher
Halcyon malimbica
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp malimbica - 1
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp malimbica - 1
01/01/2006 - En route (Mundemba - Nyasosso) - ssp malimbica - 1
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - HO - ssp malimbica - 1
Striped Kingfisher
Halcyon chelicuti
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 1
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - 1
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - 1
Giant Kingfisher
Megaceryle maximus
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - 2
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - 2
Pied Kingfisher
Ceryle rudis
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp rudis - 2
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp rudis - 2
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp rudis - 2
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp rudis - 2
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp rudis - 2
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp rudis - 2
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp rudis - 2
21/01/2006 - Sanaga River (near Edea) - ssp rudis - 5+
Black Bee-eater
Merops gularis
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp australis - 1
21/01/2006 - Sanaga River (near Edea) - ssp australis - 3
Red-throated Bee-eater
Merops bulocki
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp bulocki - 10+
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp bulocki - 10+
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp bulocki - 5+
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp bulocki - 10+
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp bulocki - 10+
13/01/2006 - En route (Ngaoundaba - Benoué) - ssp bulocki - fairly common
13/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp bulocki - 10+
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp bulocki - fairly common
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp bulocki - fairly common
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - ssp bulocki - 10+
Little Bee-eater
Merops pusillus
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp pusillus - 2
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp pusillus - 8
21/01/2006 - Sanaga River (near Edea) - ssp pusillus - 4
Blue-breasted Bee-eater
Merops variegatus
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp loringi - 5+
White-throated Bee-eater
Merops albicollis
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - monotypic - 8
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - monotypic - a few
01/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 50+
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 50+
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - monotypic - 20+
21/01/2006 - Sanaga River (near Edea) - monotypic - 10+
Green Bee-eater
Merops orientalis
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp viridissimus - 2
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp viridissimus - 5+
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp viridissimus - 10+
Northern Carmine Bee-eater
Merops nubicus
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 2
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - monotypic - fairly common
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 7
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 1
20/01/2006 - En route (Maroua - Yaoundé) - monotypic - a few
Abyssinian Roller
Coracias abyssinica
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1
13/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 5+
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 10+
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 5+
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - monotypic - a few
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 10+
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - monotypic - fairly common
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 5+
20/01/2006 - En route (Maroua - Yaoundé) - monotypic - a few
Rufous-crowned Roller
Coracias naevia
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp naevia - 1
20/01/2006 - En route (Maroua - Yaoundé) - ssp naevia - 1
Blue-bellied Roller
Coracias cyanogaster
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 2
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 3
Eurasian Hoopoe
Upupa epops
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp epops - 1
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp epops - 1
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp epops - 4
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp epops - 3
Green Woodhoopoe
Phoeniculus purpureus
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 4
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 1
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 1
13/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - 3
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - 5+
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - ssp unspecified - 1 near Benoué NP
Black Scimitar-bill
Rhinopomastus aterrimus
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp aterrimus - 3
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 5+
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp aterrimus - 5+
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp aterrimus - 2
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - ssp aterrimus - a few
White-crested Hornbill
Tockus albocristatus
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - HO - ssp cassini - a few heard
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp cassini - 1 seen flying over the river
01/01/2006 - En route (Mundemba - Nyasosso) - ssp cassini - 2
Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill
Tockus camurus
28/12/2005 - Korup NP - monotypic - 1
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - monotypic - 4
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - monotypic - 2
Red-billed Hornbill
Tockus erythrorhynchus
13/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp erythrorhynchus - 5+
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp erythrorhynchus - 2
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp erythrorhynchus - 10+
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp erythrorhynchus - common
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp erythrorhynchus - fairly common
20/01/2006 - En route (Maroua - Yaoundé) - ssp erythrorhynchus - a few
African Pied Hornbill
Tockus fasciatus
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp unspecified - 1
27/12/2005 - En route (Bouea - Mundemba) - ssp unspecified - 5+
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp unspecified - 1
01/01/2006 - En route (Mundemba - Nyasosso) - ssp unspecified - fairly common
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - ssp unspecified - 3
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp unspecified - 5+
06/01/2006 - En route (Nyasosso - Bamenda) - ssp unspecified - 5+
21/01/2006 - Sanaga River (near Edea) - ssp unspecified - a few
African Gray Hornbill
Tockus nasutus
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp nasutus - 5+
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp nasutus - 2
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp nasutus - 3
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp nasutus - 5+
13/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp nasutus - 10+
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp nasutus - 5+
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp nasutus - 5+
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - ssp nasutus - a few
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp nasutus - a few
Piping Hornbill
Ceratogymna fistulator
27/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp sharpii - 2
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp sharpii - a few seen + more heard
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp sharpii - a few seen + more heard
01/01/2006 - En route (Mundemba - Nyasosso) - ssp sharpii - a few
06/01/2006 - En route (Nyasosso - Bamenda) - ssp sharpii - 1
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - ssp unspecified - 1
White-thighed Hornbill
Ceratogymna albotibialis
21/01/2006 - Sanaga River (near Edea) - monotypic - 1 bird sene perched in a dead tree along the road close to the Sanaga River
Yellow-casqued Hornbill
Ceratogymna elata
Near-threatened (NT)
27/12/2005 - Korup NP - monotypic - 2
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - monotypic - 1 seen flying over the river
01/01/2006 - En route (Mundemba - Nyasosso) - monotypic - 1
Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill
Bucorvus abyssinicus
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - only 3 birds seen foraging in a recently burnt area in the park
Naked-faced Barbet
Gymnobucco calvus
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp calvus - 10+
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp calvus - a few seen + more heard
01/01/2006 - En route (Mundemba - Nyasosso) - ssp calvus - a few
01/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp calvus - fairly common
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp calvus - common
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp calvus - common
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - ssp calvus - fairly common
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp calvus - common
Speckled Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus scolopaceus
01/01/2006 - En route (Mundemba - Nyasosso) - ssp flavisquamatus - 1
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp flavisquamatus - 2
Western Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus coryphaeus
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp coryphaeus - 5 seen + more heard
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp coryphaeus - a few seen + more heard
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - ssp coryphaeus - 4
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp coryphaeus - 3
Red-rumped Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus atroflavus
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - HO - monotypic - a few heard
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - HO - monotypic - a few heard
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 2 seen + more heard
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus subsulphureus
28/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp flavimentum - 2 seen + more heard
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp flavimentum - a few seen + more heard
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - HO - ssp flavimentum - a few heard
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - HO - ssp flavimentum - fairly common heard
21/01/2006 - Sanaga River (near Edea) - HO - ssp flavimentum - a few heard
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus bilineatus
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp leucolaima - 3 + more heard
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp leucolaima - 5+ seen + more heard
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp leucolaima - a few seen + more heard
01/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp leucolaima - fairly common
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp leucolaima - fairly common
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - HO - ssp leucolaima - a few heard
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp leucolaima - 4
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp leucolaima - 2
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
Pogoniulus chrysoconus
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp chrysoconus - 1
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp chrysoconus - 4
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp chrysoconus - 2
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp chrysoconus - 4
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp chrysoconus - 3
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp chrysoconus - 1
Yellow-spotted Barbet
Buccanodon duchaillui
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - monotypic - 1
28/12/2005 - Korup NP - HO - monotypic - fairly common heard
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - HO - monotypic - fairly common heard
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - HO - monotypic - fairly common heard
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - HO - monotypic - fairly common heard
01/01/2006 - En route (Mundemba - Nyasosso) - monotypic - a few
01/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 2
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - a few seen + more heard
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - a few seen + more heard
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - monotypic - 5+ seen + more heard
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 5 seen + more heard
Hairy-breasted Barbet
Tricholaema hirsuta
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - HO - ssp flavipunctata - 1 heard in the farmbush
Vieillot's Barbet
Lybius vieilloti
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 2
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 2
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp unspecified - 2
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp unspecified - 3
Double-toothed Barbet
Lybius bidentatus
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp bidentatus - 5+
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp bidentatus - 3
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp bidentatus - 1
Bearded Barbet
Lybius dubius
13/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 5+
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 1
Yellow-billed Barbet
Trachyphonus purpuratus
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp purpuratus - 2
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp purpuratus - 1
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - HO - ssp purpuratus - 1 heard
Greater Honeyguide
Indicator indicator
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1 seen + 1 heard
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 1 seen + more heard
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 1 seen + 2 heard
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - monotypic - 1 at Maroua
Lesser Honeyguide
Indicator minor
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp riggenbachi - 2 seen + 1 heard close to the crater lake
Thick-billed Honeyguide
Indicator conirostris
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp conirostris - 1
06/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp conirostris - 1
Willcock's Honeyguide
Indicator willcocksi
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 1
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 2
Cassin's Honeyguide
Prodotiscus insignis
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp insignis - 1 near the start of Max's Trail
Eurasian Wryneck
Jynx torquilla
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp torquilla - 2 birds flushed while searching for the Quail-plover
African Piculet
Sasia africana
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 3 seen + more heard
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - HO - monotypic - a few heard
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 1
Fine-spotted Woodpecker
Campethera punctuligera
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp punctuligera - 3
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp punctuligera - 2
Green-backed Woodpecker
Campethera cailliautii
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp permista - 1
01/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp permista - 1
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp permista - 1
Tullberg's Woodpecker
Campethera tullbergi
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp tullbergi - 1
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp tullbergi - 1
Buff-spotted Woodpecker
Campethera nivosa
28/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp nivosa - 3
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp nivosa - 1
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp nivosa - 2
Cardinal Woodpecker
Dendropicos fuscescens
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp unspecified - 1
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp unspecified - 4
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - ssp unspecified - 1
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp unspecified - 2
06/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp unspecified - 4
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp unspecified - 5+
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 1
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 1
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - 1
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - 1
Gabon Woodpecker
Dendropicos gabonensis
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp reichenowi - 1 female
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp reichenowi - 1
Elliot's Woodpecker
Dendropicos elliotii
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp unspecified - 3
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp unspecified - 2
Gray Woodpecker
Dendropicos goertae
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp goertae - 1
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp goertae - 1
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp goertae - 2
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp goertae - 1
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp goertae - 3
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp goertae - 4
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp goertae - 1
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp goertae - 1
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - ssp goertae - 1 at Maroua
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp goertae - 2
Brown-backed Woodpecker
Dendropicos obsoletus
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp obsoletus - 2
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp obsoletus - 1
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp obsoletus - 1
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp obsoletus - 1
Gray-headed Broadbill
Smithornis sharpei
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp zenkeri - 1 seen + 1 heard
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - HO - ssp zenkeri - 1 heard
Rufous-sided Broadbill
Smithornis rufolateralis
28/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp rufolateralis - 2
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - HO - ssp rufolateralis - 3 heard
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - HO - ssp rufolateralis - a few heard
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - HO - ssp rufolateralis - 1 heard
Singing Bushlark
Mirafra cantillans
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp chadensis - 5+
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp chadensis - 5+
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark
Eremopterix leucotis
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - ssp melanocephala - 1 near Benoué NP
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp melanocephala - 10+
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp melanocephala - common
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp melanocephala - common
Crested Lark
Galerida cristata
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp alexanderi - 3
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp alexanderi - 4
Sun Lark
Galerida modesta
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp strumpelli - 1
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp strumpelli - 1
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp strumpelli - 2
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp strumpelli - 3
Bank Swallow
Riparia riparia
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp riparia - 10+
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp riparia - a few
Gray-rumped Swallow
Pseudhirundo griseopyga
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp melbina - 1
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - ssp melbina - a few
Rock Martin
Ptyonoprogne fuligula
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp bansoensis - 3 birds near the parking lot of Lake Awing
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica
24/12/2005 - En route (Douala - Bouea) - ssp rustica - fairly common
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp rustica - fairly common
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp rustica - fairly common
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp rustica - fairly common
27/12/2005 - En route (Bouea - Mundemba) - ssp rustica - fairly common
27/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp rustica - fairly common
28/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp rustica - fairly common
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp rustica - fairly common
01/01/2006 - En route (Mundemba - Nyasosso) - ssp rustica - fairly common
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp rustica - a few
06/01/2006 - En route (Nyasosso - Bamenda) - ssp rustica - fairly common
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp rustica - 1
13/01/2006 - Dang Lake - ssp rustica - 5+
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp rustica - a few
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp rustica - 10+
21/01/2006 - Sanaga River (near Edea) - ssp rustica - a few
21/01/2006 - En route (Yaoundé - Douala) - ssp rustica - a few
Ethiopian Swallow
Hirundo aethiopica
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp aethiopica - 1
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp aethiopica - 2
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp aethiopica - 2
Wire-tailed Swallow
Hirundo smithii
13/01/2006 - En route (Ngaoundaba - Benoué) - ssp smithii - 1
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp smithii - a few
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp smithii - 10+
White-throated Blue Swallow
Hirundo nigrita
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - monotypic - 3 flying low over the river
21/01/2006 - Sanaga River (near Edea) - monotypic - 1
Lesser Striped-Swallow
Cecropis abyssinica
24/12/2005 - En route (Douala - Bouea) - ssp maxima - a few near Foyer du Marin, Douala
01/01/2006 - En route (Mundemba - Nyasosso) - ssp maxima - fairly common
01/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp maxima - fairly common
06/01/2006 - En route (Nyasosso - Bamenda) - ssp maxima - fairly common
Preuss' Swallow
Petrochelidon preussi
27/12/2005 - En route (Bouea - Mundemba) - monotypic - 50+
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 20+
21/01/2006 - Sanaga River (near Edea) - monotypic - 10+
Forest Swallow
Petrochelidon fuliginosa
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - monotypic - 4 seen late afternoon when they approached the old nests of the rockfowl - strange behaviour
House Martin
Delichon urbica
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp urbica - 50+
13/01/2006 - Dang Lake - ssp urbica - 20+
Square-tailed Sawwing
Psalidoprocne nitens
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp nitens - fairly common
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp nitens - fairly common
Mountain Sawwing
Psalidoprocne fuliginosa
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - monotypic - 5+
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - monotypic - 10+
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - monotypic - 5+
Black Sawwing
Psalidoprocne holomelas
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp petiti - 1
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - ssp petiti - 10+
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp petiti - 3
African Pied Wagtail
Motacilla aguimp
01/01/2006 - En route (Mundemba - Nyasosso) - ssp vidua - 1
13/01/2006 - En route (Ngaoundaba - Benoué) - ssp vidua - 1
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp vidua - 5+
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp vidua - 3
21/01/2006 - Sanaga River (near Edea) - ssp vidua - 2
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flava
01/01/2006 - En route (Mundemba - Nyasosso) - ssp unspecified - 1
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - fairly common
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - fairly common
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - fairly common
13/01/2006 - Dang Lake - ssp unspecified - a few
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp unspecified - 1
21/01/2006 - Sanaga River (near Edea) - ssp unspecified - 1
Gray Wagtail
Motacilla cinerea
27/12/2005 - En route (Bouea - Mundemba) - ssp unspecified - a few
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp unspecified - 5+
01/01/2006 - En route (Mundemba - Nyasosso) - ssp cinerea - a few
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp cinerea - 1
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Macronyx croceus
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1 sean in the fields along the main road 100m before the the turnoff to the ranch (coming from Ngaoundéré)
Plain-backed Pipit
Anthus leucophrys
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp zenkeri - 1
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp zenkeri - 4
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp zenkeri - 2
African Pipit
Anthus cinnamomeus
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp camaroonensis - 10+
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp camaroonensis - 10+
Long-legged Pipit
Anthus pallidiventris
01/01/2006 - En route (Mundemba - Nyasosso) - ssp unspecified - 1 bird seen in some fields along the dirt road going out of Mundemba
Long-billed Pipit
Anthus similis
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp bannermani - 1 bird of this distinctive subspecies taped in (!) in the fields near Lake Awing
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialis
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - HO - ssp trivialis - 1 heard
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - ssp trivialis - 5
06/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp trivialis - 10+
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp trivialis - 5+
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp trivialis - fairly common
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp trivialis - fairly common
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp trivialis - fairly common
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp trivialis - fairly common
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp trivialis - a few
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp trivialis - 5+
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - ssp trivialis - a few
White-breasted Cuckoo-shrike
Coracina pectoralis
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 5+
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 3
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 5+
Blue Cuckoo-shrike
Coracina azurea
28/12/2005 - Korup NP - HO - monotypic - 1 heard
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - HO - monotypic - 1 heard
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 2
Gray Cuckoo-shrike
Coracina caesia
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp pura - 2
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - ssp pura - 5+
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp pura - 1
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp pura - 2
Petit's Cuckoo-shrike
Campephaga petiti
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 1 female
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 1
Red-shouldered Cuckoo-shrike
Campephaga phoenicea
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1 female
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1 female
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 2
Common Bulbul
Pycnonotus barbatus
24/12/2005 - En route (Douala - Bouea) - ssp unspecified - common
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp unspecified - common
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp unspecified - fairly common
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp unspecified - a few
27/12/2005 - En route (Bouea - Mundemba) - ssp unspecified - a few
01/01/2006 - En route (Mundemba - Nyasosso) - ssp unspecified - fairly common
01/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp unspecified - fairly common
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp unspecified - common
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp unspecified - common
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - ssp unspecified - common
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp unspecified - common
06/01/2006 - En route (Nyasosso - Bamenda) - ssp unspecified - fairly common
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp unspecified - 10+
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - fairly common
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - fairly common
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - fairly common
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - fairly common
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - fairly common
13/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - fairly common
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - fairly common
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - fairly common
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - ssp unspecified - fairly common
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp unspecified - a few
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp unspecified - a few
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp unspecified - 3
21/01/2006 - Sanaga River (near Edea) - ssp unspecified - a few
21/01/2006 - En route (Yaoundé - Douala) - ssp unspecified - a few
Cameroon Mountain Greenbul
Andropadus montanus
Near-threatened (NT)
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - monotypic - 2
01/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 2
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 2
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - monotypic - 1
Little Greenbul
Andropadus virens
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp virens - a few + more heard
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp virens - a few + more heard
Gray Greenbul
Andropadus gracilis
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp gracilis - 4 birds seen with certainity
Ansorge's Greenbul
Andropadus ansorgei
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp ansorgei - 1
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp ansorgei - 1
Slender-billed Greenbul
Andropadus gracilirostris
28/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp gracilirostris - 1
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp gracilirostris - 1
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp gracilirostris - 3
Yellow-whiskered Bulbul
Andropadus latirostris
28/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp latirostris - 1
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp latirostris - 1
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp latirostris - 5+ seen + more heard
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp latirostris - a few
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp latirostris - fairly common
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp latirostris - a few
Western Mountain-Greenbul
Andropadus tephrolaemus
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp bamendae - a few seen + more heard
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp bamendae - fairly common
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp bamendae - common
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp tephrolaemus - fairly common
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp tephrolaemus - 10+
06/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp tephrolaemus - 5+
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp tephrolaemus - 10+
Golden Greenbul
Calyptocichla serina
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - monotypic - 1
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - monotypic - 1
Honeyguide Greenbul
Baeopogon indicator
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - ssp indicator - 1 seen in the farmbush just outside the forest near Kotmin
Sjostedt's Greenbul
Baeopogon clamans
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - monotypic - 1 bird heard calling and eventually seen seen high up in a tree in the Kotmin area
Yellow-throated Greenbul
Chlorocichla flavicollis
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp flavicollis - 10+
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp flavicollis - 5+
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp flavicollis - 5+
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp flavicollis - 1
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp flavicollis - 3
Yellow-necked Greenbul
Chlorocichla falkensteini
01/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp unspecified - 1 seen in a fruiting tree in the farmbush
Swamp Greenbul
Thescelocichla leucopleura
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 1 bird seen well in the farmbush
Leaf-love
Phyllastrephus scandens
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 5+
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 3
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 2
Cameroon Olive-Greenbul
Phyllastrephus poensis
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - monotypic - 3+
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - HO - monotypic - 1 heard
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 2
Gray-headed Greenbul
Phyllastrephus poliocephalus
Near-threatened (NT)
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 3
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - monotypic - fairly common
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 10+
Icterine Greenbul
Phyllastrephus icterinus
28/12/2005 - Korup NP - monotypic - fairly common
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - monotypic - fairly common
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - monotypic - fairly common
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - monotypic - fairly common
Xavier's Greenbul
Phyllastrephus xavieri
28/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp unspecified - 5+
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp unspecified - a few
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp unspecified - a few
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp unspecified - a few
Common Bristlebill
Bleda syndactyla
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp syndactyla - 4
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp syndactyla - 5+
Lesser Bristlebill
Bleda notata
28/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp notata - 3
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp notata - 4
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp notata - 3
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp notata - 5+
Yellow-spotted Nicator
Nicator chloris
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - monotypic - 1 seen + fairly common heard
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - HO - monotypic - fairly common heard
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - HO - monotypic - fairly common heard
01/01/2006 - En route (Mundemba - Nyasosso) - HO - monotypic - a few heard
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 1
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - HO - monotypic - 1 heard
Red-tailed Greenbul
Criniger calurus
28/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp calurus - fairly common
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp calurus - fairly common
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp calurus - fairly common
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp calurus - fairly common
Eastern Bearded-Greenbul
Criniger chloronotus
28/12/2005 - Korup NP - monotypic - 5+
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - monotypic - 5+
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - monotypic - 3
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - monotypic - 5+
White-bearded Greenbul
Criniger ndussumensis
28/12/2005 - Korup NP - monotypic - fairly common
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - monotypic - fairly common
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - monotypic - fairly common
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - monotypic - fairly common
Rufous Flycatcher-Thrush
Neocossyphus fraseri
28/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp rubicunda - 1
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp rubicunda - 1
White-tailed Ant-Thrush
Neocossyphus poensis
28/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp poensis - 1
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp poensis - 3
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp poensis - 3
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp poensis - 1
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp poensis - 2
Blue Rock-Thrush
Monticola solitarius
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp solitarius - 1 on the rocks near Campement de Waza
Crossley's Ground-Thrush
Zoothera crossleyi
Near-threatened (NT)
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp crossleyi - 1 seen + 1 heard along the lower part of Max's Trail
African Thrush
Turdus pelios
24/12/2005 - En route (Douala - Bouea) - ssp saturatus - 3 near Foyer du Marin, Douala
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp nigrilorum - 3+
01/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp saturatus - a few
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp saturatus - 10+
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - ssp saturatus - 5+
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp saturatus - 5+
06/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp saturatus - 5+
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp saturatus - 5+
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp saturatus - 4
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp saturatus - 3
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp saturatus - 5+
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp saturatus - 5+
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp saturatus - 5+
13/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp saturatus - 3
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp saturatus - 10+
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp saturatus - 10+
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - ssp saturatus - a few
Brown-chested Alethe
Alethe poliocephala
28/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp compsonota - 1 bird taped in and seen
Fire-crested Alethe
Alethe diademata
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp castanea - 1
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp castanea - 1
Whistling Cisticola
Cisticola lateralis
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp lateralis - a group of 4 birds near the crater lake
Chattering Cisticola
Cisticola anonymus
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - monotypic - 2 in the scrub just before the start of the trail
21/01/2006 - Sanaga River (near Edea) - monotypic - a few
Chubb's Cisticola
Cisticola chubbi
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp discolor - 1
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp discolor - common
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp discolor - common
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - ssp adametzi - 5+
06/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp adametzi - fairly common
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp adametzi - fairly common
Rock-loving Cisticola
Cisticola aberrans
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - ssp admiralis - 1 near a rocky area just N of Maroua
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp admiralis - 4
Red-pate Cisticola
Cisticola ruficeps
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp guinea - fairly common
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp guinea - a few
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp guinea - a few
Dorst's Cisticola
Cisticola dorsti
Data deficient (DD)
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 2 taped in and both seen and heard well
Winding Cisticola
Cisticola galactotes
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp zalingei - 3
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - ssp zalingei - a few
Rufous Cisticola
Cisticola rufus
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 5+ were identified positively with playback, probably overlooked
Pectoral-patch Cisticola
Cisticola brunnescens
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp lynesi - 4 birds in the scrubby area near Lake Awing
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Prinia subflava
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 2
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 1
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 10+
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 10+
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 10+
13/01/2006 - Dang Lake - ssp unspecified - 10+
13/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - 5+
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - fairly common
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - fairly common
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - ssp unspecified - a few
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp unspecified - 10+
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp unspecified - a few
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp unspecified - a few
21/01/2006 - Sanaga River (near Edea) - ssp unspecified - a few
River Prinia
Prinia fluviatilis
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 4
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 3
White-chinned Prinia
Prinia leucopogon
01/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp leucopogon - fairly common
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp leucopogon - fairly common
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp leucopogon - a few
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp leucopogon - 3
06/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp leucopogon - 10+
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp leucopogon - a few
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp leucopogon - 3
21/01/2006 - Sanaga River (near Edea) - ssp leucopogon - a few
Banded Prinia
Prinia bairdii
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp bairdii - 1 seen + more heard
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp bairdii - 1 seen + more heard
Red-winged Prinia
Prinia erythroptera
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp erythroptera - 2
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp erythroptera - 2
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp erythroptera - 3
Red-winged Gray Warbler
Drymocichla incana
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 4
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 3
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 2
Green Longtail
Urolais epichlora
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp unspecified - 3 seen + more heard
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp unspecified - fairly common
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp unspecified - a few seen + more heard
01/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp unspecified - a few
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp unspecified - 3
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp unspecified - 1
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp unspecified - 5+
Cricket Longtail
Spiloptila clamans
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 3 birds immediately seen when birding the Quail-Plover site
Black-collared Apalis
Apalis pulchra
06/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp pulchra - 2
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp pulchra - 10+
Black-capped Apalis
Apalis nigriceps
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp nigriceps - 2
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp nigriceps - 1
Black-throated Apalis
Apalis jacksoni
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp bambuluensis - 5+
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - ssp bambuluensis - 5+
Masked Apalis
Apalis binotata
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - HO - monotypic - a few heard
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - monotypic - 1 seen + more heard
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - HO - monotypic - a few heard
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Apalis flavida
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp caniceps - 2
Buff-throated Apalis
Apalis rufogularis
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp rufogularis - 1
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp rufogularis - 1
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp rufogularis - 2
Bamenda Apalis
Apalis bamendae
Country endemic
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 2
Gray Apalis
Apalis cinerea
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - HO - ssp sclateri - a few heard
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp sclateri - 4
Oriole Warbler
Hypergerus atriceps
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 5+
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 2
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 2
Green-backed Camaroptera
Camaroptera brachyura
24/12/2005 - En route (Douala - Bouea) - ssp unspecified - 1 near Foyer du Marin, Douala
27/12/2005 - En route (Bouea - Mundemba) - ssp unspecified - 3
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - a few
13/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - 1
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - 10+
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - 10+
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp unspecified - fairly common
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp unspecified - 2
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp unspecified - 10+
Yellow-browed Camaroptera
Camaroptera superciliaris
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - HO - monotypic - 1 heard
Olive-green Camaroptera
Camaroptera chloronota
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - HO - ssp chloronota - a few heard
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - HO - ssp chloronota - a few heard
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp chloronota - 2 seen + more heard
Cameroon Scrub-Warbler
Bradypterus lopezi
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - HO - ssp camerunensis - 1 heard
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp camerunensis - 1 seen + more heard
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - HO - ssp camerunensis - a few heard
Bangwa Scrub-Warbler
Bradypterus bangwaensis
Near-threatened (NT)
06/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - monotypic - 1 taped in and seen very well + several more heard
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - monotypic - 1 seen + more heard
Black-faced Rufous-Warbler
Bathmocercus rufus
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - HO - ssp rufus - a few heard
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - HO - ssp rufus - 1 heard
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp rufus - 2 seen + more heard
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp rufus - 3 seen + more heard
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - HO - ssp rufus - a few heard
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - HO - ssp rufus - a few heard
Moustached Grass-Warbler
Melocichla mentalis
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp mentalis - 1
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp mentalis - 1
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp mentalis - 1
Sedge Warbler
Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1
Eurasian Reed-Warbler
Acrocephalus scirpaceus
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp scirpaceus - 1
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp scirpaceus - 3
Great Reed-Warbler
Acrocephalus arundinaceus
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp arundinaceus - 1 seen in the reed edge of the crater lake
Greater Swamp-Warbler
Acrocephalus rufescens
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp rufescens - 1
Western Olivaceous Warbler
Hippolais opaca
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - monotypic - 1 in the accacia patch near the parking at Lake Awing
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 1
White-tailed Warbler
Poliolais lopezi
Near-threatened (NT)
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp alexanderi - 3
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp manengubae - 1
Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Eremomela icteropygialis
13/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - 1
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp unspecified - 2
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp unspecified - 3
Senegal Eremomela
Eremomela pusilla
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 5+
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 10+
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - fairly common
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - fairly common
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 10+
13/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 5+
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 5+
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 10+
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - monotypic - a few
Rufous-crowned Eremomela
Eremomela badiceps
01/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp badiceps - 2
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp badiceps - 5+
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp badiceps - 5+
Green Crombec
Sylvietta virens
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp virens - 1 bird only seen in the farmbush just before the start off Max's Trail
Northern Crombec
Sylvietta brachyura
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 2
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 1
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 2
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 4
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - 2
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp unspecified - 2
Yellow Longbill
Macrosphenus flavicans
28/12/2005 - Korup NP - HO - ssp flavicans - a few heard
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp flavicans - 1 seen + fairly common heard
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp flavicans - 1 seen + fairly common heard
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - HO - ssp flavicans - fairly common heard
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp flavicans - 2 seen + fairly common heard
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - HO - ssp flavicans - a few heard
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - ssp flavicans - a few seen + more heard
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp flavicans - 1 seen + more heard
Gray Longbill
Macrosphenus concolor
27/12/2005 - Korup NP - monotypic - 1 taped in and seen well on our way in
Green Hylia
Hylia prasina
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - HO - ssp prasina - 1 heard
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp prasina - 2 seen + more heard
28/12/2005 - Korup NP - HO - ssp prasina - a few heard
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - HO - ssp prasina - a few heard
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - HO - ssp prasina - a few heard
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp prasina - a few heard
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp prasina - a few seen + more heard
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - HO - ssp prasina - a few heard
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - HO - ssp prasina - a few heard
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - HO - ssp prasina - a few heard
Black-capped Woodland-Warbler
Phylloscopus herberti
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp camerunensis - 5+ seen + more heard
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - ssp camerunensis - a few seen + more heard
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp camerunensis - 5+ seen + more heard
Willow Warbler
Phylloscopus trochilus
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp unspecified - 2
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp unspecified - 2
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - ssp unspecified - 5+
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp unspecified - 2
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp unspecified - 5+
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - a few
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 5+
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 10+
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 5+
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - a few
13/01/2006 - Dang Lake - ssp unspecified - a few
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - 2
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - 1
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp unspecified - a few
Wood Warbler
Phylloscopus sibilatrix
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - monotypic - 2
01/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 4
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 3+
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 2
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 5+
Yellow-bellied Hyliota
Hyliota flavigaster
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp flavigaster - 2
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp flavigaster - 2
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp flavigaster - 3
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp flavigaster - 2
Garden Warbler
Sylvia borin
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - ssp borin - 1
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp borin - 1
Greater Whitethroat
Sylvia communis
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp communis - 4
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp communis - 1
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp communis - 2
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp communis - 5+
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp communis - 2
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp communis - 5+
Lesser Whitethroat
Sylvia curruca
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp curruca - 1
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp curruca - 1
Pale Flycatcher
Bradornis pallidus
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 2
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 4
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 10+
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 10+
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - 1
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - 1
Northern Black-Flycatcher
Melaenornis edolioides
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 5+
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - a few
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 3
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 5+
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - 10+
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - 10+
White-browed Forest-Flycatcher
Fraseria cinerascens
28/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp ruthae - 1
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp ruthae - 2
Gambaga Flycatcher
Muscicapa gambagae
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 2
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 2
Sooty Flycatcher
Muscicapa infuscata
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp infuscata - 1 seen perched high up in a tree
Swamp Flycatcher
Muscicapa aquatica
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp aquatica - 2 near the riverside
African Dusky Flycatcher
Muscicapa adusta
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp obscura - 5+
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp obscura - 10+
06/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp obscura - fairly common
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp obscura - fairly common
Yellow-footed Flycatcher
Muscicapa sethsmithi
28/12/2005 - Korup NP - monotypic - 1
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 4
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 3
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - monotypic - 1
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 2
Dusky-blue Flycatcher
Muscicapa comitata
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp camerunensis - 1
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp camerunensis - 2
01/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp comitata - 1
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp comitata - 5+
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - ssp comitata - 5+
Cassin's Flycatcher
Muscicapa cassini
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - monotypic - 1 near the water edge along the river
01/01/2006 - En route (Mundemba - Nyasosso) - monotypic - 1
Gray Tit-Flycatcher
Myioparus plumbeus
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp plumbeus - 1 in the trees near Campement du Buffle Noir
European Pied Flycatcher
Ficedula hypoleuca
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 5+
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 5+
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 5+
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 5+
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 1
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - 10+
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - 5+
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp unspecified - 1
Forest Robin
Stiphrornis erythrothorax
28/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp gabonensis - 1
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp gabonensis - 1
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp gabonensis - 4
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp gabonensis - 2 seen + more heard
Bocage's Akalat
Sheppardia bocagei
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp granti - 1 seen + 1 other heard along the lower part of Max's Trail
White-bellied Robin-Chat
Cossyphicula roberti
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp roberti - 2 seen + more heard
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - HO - ssp roberti - 1 heard
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp roberti - 1
Mountain Robin-Chat
Cossypha isabellae
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp isabellae - fairly common
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp isabellae - fairly common
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp isabellae - fairly common
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp batesi - 1 seen
06/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp batesi - 2
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp batesi - 1
Gray-winged Robin-Chat
Cossypha polioptera
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp tessmanni - 2
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp tessmanni - 1
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp tessmanni - 2
Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat
Cossypha niveicapilla
06/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp unspecified - 1
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 1
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - 3
White-crowned Robin-Chat
Cossypha albicapilla
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp giffardi - 1
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp giffardi - 5+
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp giffardi - 4
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp giffardi - 5+
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp giffardi - 5+
Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin
Cercotrichas galactotes
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp unspecified - 10+
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp unspecified - 2
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp unspecified - 10+
Black Scrub-Robin
Cercotrichas podobe
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp podobe - 20+
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp podobe - 10+
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetra
01/01/2006 - En route (Mundemba - Nyasosso) - monotypic - 1
06/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - monotypic - 3
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - monotypic - 1
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 5+
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 3
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - fairly common
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - fairly common
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - fairly common
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 1
African Stonechat
Saxicola torquata
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp salax - fairly common
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp salax - fairly common
06/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp salax - fairly common
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp salax - fairly common
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp salax - 1
Northern Wheatear
Oenanthe oenanthe
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 1
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 3
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 2
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - 2
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp unspecified - 3
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp unspecified - 10+
Heuglin's Wheatear
Oenanthe heuglini
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 5+
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 5+
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 4
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 5+
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - monotypic - a few
Familiar Chat
Cercomela familiaris
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp falkensteini - 5+
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp falkensteini - 5+
Northern Anteater-Chat
Myrmecocichla aethiops
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp aethiops - 5+
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp aethiops - 5+
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp aethiops - 5+
Sooty Chat
Myrmecocichla nigra
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1, probably the same bird
White-fronted Black-Chat
Myrmecocichla albifrons
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - 1 bird seen and heard singing near a recently burnt area along the main road
Mocking Cliff-Chat
Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - ssp coronata - 1 near a rocky area just N of Maroua
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp coronata - 2 taped in
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp coronata - 4
African Shrike-flycatcher
Megabyas flammulatus
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp flammulatus - 2 birds seen in the farmbush
Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher
Bias musicus
01/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp musicus - 1
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp musicus - 2
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp musicus - 1
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - ssp musicus - 1
Brown-throated Wattle-eye
Platysteira cyanea
24/12/2005 - En route (Douala - Bouea) - ssp cyanea - 1 near Foyer du Marin, Douala
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp cyanea - 2
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp cyanea - 3
28/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp cyanea - a few
01/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp cyanea - 1
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp cyanea - 3
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp cyanea - 2
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp cyanea - 4
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp cyanea - 2
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp cyanea - 4
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp cyanea - 2
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp cyanea - 3
21/01/2006 - En route (Yaoundé - Douala) - ssp cyanea - 1 near Foyer du Marin, Douala
Banded Wattle-eye
Platysteira laticincta
Endangered (EN)
Country endemic
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - monotypic - a couple was seen feeding their fledgling in the wooded gully the closest to Lake Awing
Chestnut Wattle-eye
Platysteira castanea
28/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp castanea - 5+
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp castanea - 3
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp castanea - 5+
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp castanea - 2
White-spotted Wattle-eye
Platysteira tonsa
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - monotypic - 1 bird only
Black-necked Wattle-eye
Platysteira chalybea
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 1 bird in the undergrowth just above Zenker's Camp
Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye
Platysteira concreta
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp graueri - 1
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp graueri - 1
Senegal Batis
Batis senegalensis
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1 male
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 3
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 2
Gray-headed Batis
Batis orientalis
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp chadensis - 1 seen near a rocky area on the way to Maroua
Black-headed Batis
Batis minor
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp erlangeri - 2
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp erlangeri - 3
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp erlangeri - 5+
African Blue-Flycatcher
Elminia longicauda
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp teresita - 1
01/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp teresita - fairly common
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp teresita - fairly common
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp teresita - 10+
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - ssp teresita - 5+
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp teresita - 5+
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp teresita - 2
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp teresita - 5+
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp teresita - 5+
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp teresita - 3
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp teresita - 4
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp teresita - 5+
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp teresita - 4
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp teresita - 5+
Dusky Crested-Flycatcher
Elminia nigromitrata
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp unspecified - 1
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp unspecified - 2
White-bellied Crested-Flycatcher
Elminia albiventris
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp unspecified - 1
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp unspecified - 5+
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp unspecified - 3+
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp unspecified - 3
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - ssp unspecified - 1
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp unspecified - 1
Blue-headed Crested-Flycatcher
Trochocercus nitens
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp unspecified - 1
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp unspecified - 1
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp unspecified - 1
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - ssp unspecified - 1
Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher
Terpsiphone rufiventer
28/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp neumanni - 10+
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp neumanni - 5+
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp neumanni - fairly common
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp neumanni - fairly common
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp neumanni - 1
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp neumanni - 3
Rufous-vented Paradise-Flycatcher
Terpsiphone rufocinerea
27/12/2005 - Korup NP - monotypic - 1 male in Korup was a surprise
Bates' Paradise-Flycatcher
Terpsiphone batesi
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp batesi - 2
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp batesi - 2
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp batesi - 1
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Terpsiphone viridis
01/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp unspecified - 1
06/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp unspecified - 1
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp unspecified - 1
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 4
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 3
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 4
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 3
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 2
Blackcap Illadopsis
Illadopsis cleaveri
28/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp batesi - 2 birds taped in allowed good views
Puvel's Illadopsis
Illadopsis puveli
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp strenuipes - 1 bird seen hopping on the ground and then taped in in the gallery forest patch
Pale-breasted Illadopsis
Illadopsis rufipennis
28/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp rufipennis - 2
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp rufipennis - 5+
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp rufipennis - 5+
Brown Illadopsis
Illadopsis fulvescens
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp fulvescens - 1 seen + more heard
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp fulvescens - 10+
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp fulvescens - 5+
African Hill Babbler
Illadopsis abyssinica
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp monachus - 4
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp monachus - fairly common
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp monachus - fairly common
06/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp atriceps - 1
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp atriceps - 5+
Gray-chested Illadopsis
Kakamega poliothorax
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - HO - monotypic - 1 heard
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - HO - monotypic - 1 heard
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 3 seen
Thrush Babbler
Ptyrticus turdinus
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp harterti - 2 birds taped in in the gallery forest patch gave good views
Blackcap Babbler
Turdoides reinwardtii
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp stictilaemus - 5+
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp stictilaemus - 5+
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp stictilaemus - 5+
Brown Babbler
Turdoides plebejus
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 5+
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 10+
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 10+
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 10+
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 5+
13/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - 10+
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - 10+
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - 20+
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - ssp unspecified - a few
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp unspecified - 5+
White-throated Mountain-Babbler
Kupeornis gilberti
Endangered (EN)
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - monotypic - 20+
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 10+
White-shouldered Black Tit
Melaniparus guineensis
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 8
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 3
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 5+
13/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 2
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 4
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 5+
Spotted Creeper
Salpornis spilonotus
13/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp emini - 2
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp emini - 3
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp emini - 2
Sennar Penduline-Tit
Anthoscopus punctifrons
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 2 birds seen high up in accacia trees and taped in to very close distance
Scarlet-tufted Sunbird
Deleornis fraseri
28/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp cameroonensis - 3
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp cameroonensis - 2
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp cameroonensis - 5+
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp cameroonensis - 10+
Western Violet-backed Sunbird
Anthreptes longuemarei
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp longuemarei - 1
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp longuemarei - 1
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp longuemarei - 3
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp longuemarei - 2
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp longuemarei - 2
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp longuemarei - 4
Green Sunbird
Anthreptes rectirostris
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp tephrolaema - 5+
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp tephrolaema - a few
Collared Sunbird
Hedydipna collaris
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp somereni - a few
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp somereni - 10+
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp somereni - a few
27/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp somereni - a few
28/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp somereni - a few
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp somereni - a few
Pygmy Sunbird
Hedydipna platura
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 5+
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - fairly common
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - fairly common
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - fairly common
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - fairly common
13/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - fairly common
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - fairly common
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - fairly common
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - monotypic - fairly common
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 10+
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - monotypic - fairly common
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 10+
20/01/2006 - En route (Maroua - Yaoundé) - monotypic - a few
Reichenbach's Sunbird
Anabathmis reichenbachii
24/12/2005 - En route (Douala - Bouea) - monotypic - 1 near Foyer du Marin, Douala
Green-headed Sunbird
Cyanomitra verticalis
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp unspecified - 1
01/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp unspecified - 1
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp unspecified - 2
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp unspecified - 1
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 5+
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 1
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 2
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird
Cyanomitra cyanolaema
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp octaviae - 1 male
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp octaviae - 4
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp octaviae - 1 female
Cameroon Sunbird
Cyanomitra oritis
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp oritis - 2
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp oritis - 5+
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp oritis - 3+
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp bansoensis - 3
06/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp bansoensis - 1
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp bansoensis - 10+
Western Olive-Sunbird
Cyanomitra obscura
28/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp cephaelis - 5+
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp cephaelis - fairly common
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp cephaelis - fairly common
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp cephaelis - fairly common
01/01/2006 - En route (Mundemba - Nyasosso) - ssp cephaelis - a few
01/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp cephaelis - fairly common
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp cephaelis - fairly common
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp cephaelis - fairly common
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - ssp cephaelis - fairly common
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp cephaelis - fairly common
Green-throated Sunbird
Chalcomitra rubescens
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp unspecified - 1 female
01/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp unspecified - 5+
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Chalcomitra senegalensis
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - 3
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - 5+
Olive-bellied Sunbird
Cinnyris chloropygius
24/12/2005 - En route (Douala - Bouea) - ssp chloropygius - 3+ near Foyer du Marin, Douala
27/12/2005 - En route (Bouea - Mundemba) - ssp chloropygius - 1
01/01/2006 - En route (Mundemba - Nyasosso) - ssp chloropygius - a few
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp chloropygius - 1
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp chloropygius - 10+
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp chloropygius - fairly common
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp chloropygius - fairly common
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp chloropygius - fairly common
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp chloropygius - fairly common
21/01/2006 - Sanaga River (near Edea) - ssp chloropygius - a few
Northern Double-collared Sunbird
Cinnyris preussi
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp preussi - fairly common
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp preussi - fairly common
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - ssp preussi - fairly common
06/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp preussi - 10+
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp preussi - 10+
Orange-tufted Sunbird
Cinnyris bouvieri
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - monotypic - 2 males
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - monotypic - 5+
Splendid Sunbird
Cinnyris coccinigaster
01/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 2
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - monotypic - 1
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1
Superb Sunbird
Cinnyris superbus
01/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp superbus - 1
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp superbus - 1
Variable Sunbird
Cinnyris venustus
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp venustus - 5+
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp venustus - 5+
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp venustus - 5+
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp venustus - 10+
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp venustus - 5+
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp venustus - 2
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp venustus - 2
Ursula's Sunbird
Cinnyris ursulae
Near-threatened (NT)
Country endemic
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 5+ mostly above Max's Camp
Bates' Sunbird
Cinnyris batesi
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 1 bird only
Cameroon Speirops
Speirops melanocephalus
Vulnerable (VU)
Country endemic
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - monotypic - 10+
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - monotypic - 5+
African Yellow White-eye
Zosterops senegalensis
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp stenocricotus - fairly common
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp stenocricotus - 10+
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp stenocricotus - 5+
01/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp stenocricotus - fairly common
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp stenocricotus - 1
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - ssp stenocricotus - 2
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp stenocricotus - 5+
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp stenocricotus - 4
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp senegalensis - 10+
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp senegalensis - 10+
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp senegalensis - 10+
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp senegalensis - 10+
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp senegalensis - 5+
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp senegalensis - 3
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp senegalensis - 10+
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - ssp senegalensis - a few
African Golden Oriole
Oriolus auratus
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp auratus - 1
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp auratus - 3
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp auratus - 4
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp auratus - 5+
13/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp auratus - 2
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp auratus - 2
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - ssp auratus - 1
Western Black-headed Oriole
Oriolus brachyrhynchus
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - HO - ssp laetior - 2 heard
28/12/2005 - Korup NP - HO - ssp laetior - 1 heard
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - HO - ssp laetior - a few heard
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp laetior - 1 seen + more heard
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp laetior - 1 seen + more heard
Black-winged Oriole
Oriolus nigripennis
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp unspecified - 3 seen + more heard
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - ssp unspecified - a few
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp unspecified - 1
Emin's Shrike
Lanius gubernator
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 1 bird seen perched in a tree top was a real surprise
Southern Gray Shrike
Lanius meridionalis
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp unspecified - 5+
20/01/2006 - En route (Maroua - Yaoundé) - ssp unspecified - 1
Mackinnon's Shrike
Lanius mackinnoni
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - monotypic - 2
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 2
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 2
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - monotypic - 1
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 1
06/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - monotypic - 1
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - monotypic - 5+
Common Fiscal
Lanius collaris
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp smithii - 1
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp smithii - 5+
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp smithii - 10+
13/01/2006 - En route (Ngaoundaba - Benoué) - ssp smithii - a few
Masked Shrike
Lanius nubicus
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 2
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 2
Woodchat Shrike
Lanius senator
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 2
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp unspecified - 1
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp unspecified - 1
Yellow-billed Shrike
Corvinella corvina
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 5+
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 2
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 5+
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 5+
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - 5+
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - 4
Brubru
Nilaus afer
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp camerunensis - 1 seen + more heard
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp camerunensis - 3 seen + more heard
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp camerunensis - 3
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp camerunensis - 5+
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - HO - ssp camerunensis - 1 heard
Northern Puffback
Dryoscopus gambensis
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp gambensis - 1
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp gambensis - 1
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp gambensis - 2
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp gambensis - 2
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp gambensis - 2
Red-eyed Puffback
Dryoscopus senegalensis
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 5+ seen mainly in the farmbush
Pink-footed Puffback
Dryoscopus angolensis
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp unspecified - 1
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - ssp unspecified - 2
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp unspecified - 2
Large-billed Puffback
Dryoscopus sabini
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - HO - ssp melanoleucus - 1 heard in the farmbush
Marsh Tchagra
Tchagra minuta
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp minuta - 2 birds in a reed-like area along the main road to Ngaoundéré, about 200m from the turnoff to the Ranch
Black-crowned Tchagra
Tchagra senegala
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 1
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 1
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 5+
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 2
13/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - 5+
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - 5+
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - 5+
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp unspecified - 5+
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp unspecified - 4
Luehder's Bushshrike
Laniarius luehderi
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - HO - monotypic - 1 heard
01/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 1 taped in and seen well
Tropical Boubou
Laniarius aethiopicus
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp major - 5+
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp major - fairly common
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp major - a few seen + more heard
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp major - fairly common
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - HO - ssp major - fairly common heard
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp major - 1 seen + more heard
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp major - 5+
Black-headed Gonolek
Laniarius erythrogaster
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 2 taped in
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - HO - monotypic - 1 heard
Yellow-breasted Boubou
Laniarius atroflavus
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp unspecified - 3
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp unspecified - 10+
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp unspecified - 10+
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - ssp unspecified - 1
06/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp unspecified - 5+
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp unspecified - 5+
Mountain Sooty Boubou
Laniarius poensis
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp camerunensis - 2 seen + more heard
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp camerunensis - 5+
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp camerunensis - 2 seen + more heard
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp camerunensis - 3 + more heard
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - ssp camerunensis - a few seen + more heard
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp camerunensis - a few seen + more heard
Gray-green Bushshrike
Telophorus bocagei
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - HO - ssp bocagei - a few heard
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - HO - ssp bocagei - 1 heard
01/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp bocagei - 3 birds taped in
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp bocagei - 1 seen
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
Telophorus sulfureopectus
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp sulfureopectus - 1
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp sulfureopectus - 1
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp sulfureopectus - 1
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp sulfureopectus - 2
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp sulfureopectus - 3
Many-colored Bushshrike
Telophorus multicolor
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp unspecified - 1 bird taped in and seen eventually
Mt. Kupe Bushshrike
Telophorus kupeensis
Endangered (EN)
Country endemic
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - monotypic - 1 taped in and seen failry well on a forested ridge near Kotmin (place called Lo by the local people).
Green-breasted Bushshrike
Malaconotus gladiator
Vulnerable (VU)
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - HO - monotypic - 2 heard
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - monotypic - 2 taped in
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - HO - monotypic - 1 heard
Gray-headed Bushshrike
Malaconotus blanchoti
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 3
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - HO - ssp unspecified - a few heard
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - HO - ssp unspecified - a few heard
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 1 seen + more heard
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - HO - ssp unspecified - a few heard
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - HO - ssp unspecified - a few heard
White Helmetshrike
Prionops plumatus
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp concinnatus - 10+
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp concinnatus - 10+
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp concinnatus - 10+
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp concinnatus - 5+
13/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp concinnatus - 5+
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp concinnatus - a few
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp concinnatus - 5+
Shining Drongo
Dicrurus atripennis
28/12/2005 - Korup NP - monotypic - 2
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - monotypic - 3
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - monotypic - 5+
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - monotypic - 2
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - monotypic - 2
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp divaricatus - 5+
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp divaricatus - fairly common
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp divaricatus - fairly common
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp divaricatus - fairly common
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp divaricatus - fairly common
13/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp divaricatus - fairly common
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp divaricatus - 5+
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp divaricatus - 5+
Velvet-mantled Drongo
Dicrurus modestus
Near-threatened (NT)
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp coracinus - 1 bird seen inside the forest in the Kotmin area
Piapiac
Ptilostomus afer
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - a flock of 15+ birds close to to turnoff at the main road
Pied Crow
Corvus albus
24/12/2005 - En route (Douala - Bouea) - monotypic - a few
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - monotypic - a few
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - monotypic - 2
27/12/2005 - En route (Bouea - Mundemba) - monotypic - fairly common
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - monotypic - fairly common
06/01/2006 - En route (Nyasosso - Bamenda) - monotypic - fairly common
06/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - monotypic - fairly common
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - monotypic - fairly common
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - fairly common
13/01/2006 - En route (Ngaoundaba - Benoué) - monotypic - fairly common
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - monotypic - a few
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - a few
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - monotypic - 10+
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - a few
Wattled Starling
Creatophora cinerea
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 5+
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - a few
Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling
Lamprotornis chalybaeus
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp chalybaeus - 4
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp chalybaeus - a few
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp chalybaeus - a few
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp chalybaeus - a few
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp chalybaeus - a few
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp chalybaeus - a few
Lesser Blue-eared Glossy-Starling
Lamprotornis chloropterus
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp chloropterus - fairly common
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp chloropterus - fairly common
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp chloropterus - fairly common
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp chloropterus - a few
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp chloropterus - a few
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp chloropterus - a few
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp chloropterus - a few
Bronze-tailed Glossy-Starling
Lamprotornis chalcurus
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - a few
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - a few
Splendid Glossy-Starling
Lamprotornis splendidus
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp splendidus - 5+
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp splendidus - a few
Purple Glossy-Starling
Lamprotornis purpureus
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - a few
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - a few
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - a few
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - a few
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - a few
Long-tailed Glossy-Starling
Lamprotornis caudatus
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 6
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 5+
Chestnut-bellied Starling
Lamprotornis pulcher
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 10+
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 10+
Purple-headed Glossy-Starling
Lamprotornis purpureiceps
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - only 3 birds seen, maybe overlooked
Violet-backed Starling
Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp leucogaster - 2
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp leucogaster - 5+
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp leucogaster - 5+
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp leucogaster - 5+
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp leucogaster - 2
Waller's Starling
Onychognathus walleri
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - ssp preussi - 2 birds seen perched in a tree in the forest near Kotmin
Narrow-tailed Starling
Poeoptera lugubris
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - monotypic - 1 flying over
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - monotypic - 10+
01/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - a few
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 1
06/01/2006 - En route (Nyasosso - Bamenda) - monotypic - 5+
White-collared Starling
Grafisia torquata
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 4
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 10+
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 5+
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 10+
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 2
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Buphagus africanus
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp africanus - 4
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp africanus - 5+
Gray-headed Sparrow
Passer griseus
24/12/2005 - En route (Douala - Bouea) - ssp griseus - fairly common
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp griseus - common
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp griseus - fairly common
27/12/2005 - En route (Bouea - Mundemba) - ssp griseus - fairly common
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp griseus - fairly common
01/01/2006 - En route (Mundemba - Nyasosso) - ssp griseus - fairly common
01/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp griseus - fairly common
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp griseus - fairly common
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp griseus - fairly common
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - ssp griseus - a few
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp griseus - a few
06/01/2006 - En route (Nyasosso - Bamenda) - ssp griseus - fairly common
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp griseus - fairly common
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp griseus - fairly common
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp griseus - 5+
13/01/2006 - En route (Ngaoundaba - Benoué) - ssp griseus - fairly common
13/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp griseus - fairly common
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp griseus - fairly common
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp griseus - fairly common
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - ssp griseus - a few
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp laeneni - fairly common
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp laeneni - fairly common
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp laeneni - fairly common
20/01/2006 - En route (Maroua - Yaoundé) - ssp griseus - a few
21/01/2006 - En route (Yaoundé - Douala) - ssp griseus - a few
Bush Petronia
Petronia dentata
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - fairly common
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - fairly common
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - fairly common
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - fairly common
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - fairly common
13/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - fairly common
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - fairly common
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - fairly common
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - monotypic - a few
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - fairly common
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - monotypic - fairly common
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - fairly common
White-billed Buffalo-Weaver
Bubalornis albirostris
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 15+
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - monotypic - fairly common
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 10+
Speckle-fronted Weaver
Sporopipes frontalis
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp frontalis - fairly common
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp frontalis - fairly common
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp frontalis - fairly common
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver
Plocepasser superciliosus
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - 10+
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp unspecified - 2
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp unspecified - fairly common
Bannerman's Weaver
Ploceus bannermani
Vulnerable (VU)
06/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - monotypic - 10+
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - monotypic - 10+
Baglafecht Weaver
Ploceus baglafecht
06/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp neumanni - 1
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp neumanni - 2
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp neumanni - a few
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp neumanni - a few
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp neumanni - a few
Little Weaver
Ploceus luteolus
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp luteolus - fairly common
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp luteolus - a few
Spectacled Weaver
Ploceus ocularis
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp crocatus - 3
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp crocatus - 1
Black-necked Weaver
Ploceus nigricollis
24/12/2005 - En route (Douala - Bouea) - ssp unspecified - a few near Foyer du Marin, Douala
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - 5+
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - 3
Black-billed Weaver
Ploceus melanogaster
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp melanogaster - 10+
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - ssp melanogaster - 1
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp melanogaster - 1
Vitelline Masked-Weaver
Ploceus vitellinus
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp vitellinus - fairly common
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp vitellinus - fairly common
Village Weaver
Ploceus cucullatus
24/12/2005 - En route (Douala - Bouea) - ssp cucullatus - common
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp cucullatus - common
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp cucullatus - fairly common
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp cucullatus - a few
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp cucullatus - a few
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp cucullatus - 2
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp cucullatus - fairly common
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp cucullatus - fairly common
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp cucullatus - a few
21/01/2006 - Sanaga River (near Edea) - ssp cucullatus - a few
Vieillot's Weaver
Ploceus nigerrimus
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp nigerrimus - 2+
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp nigerrimus - 10+
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp nigerrimus - 10+
01/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp nigerrimus - 1
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp nigerrimus - fairly common
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp nigerrimus - fairly common
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp nigerrimus - fairly common
Forest Weaver
Ploceus bicolor
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp tephronotus - 2
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - ssp tephronotus - 5+
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp tephronotus - 5+
Preuss' Weaver
Ploceus preussi
01/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 5+
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - monotypic - 2
Brown-capped Weaver
Ploceus insignis
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp unspecified - 3
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp unspecified - 3
Rachel's Malimbe
Malimbus racheliae
28/12/2005 - Korup NP - monotypic - 1 female
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - monotypic - 1 male
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - monotypic - 1 female
Red-vented Malimbe
Malimbus scutatus
01/01/2006 - En route (Mundemba - Nyasosso) - ssp scutopartitus - 10+ seen along the dirt road out of Mundemba
Gray's Malimbe
Malimbus nitens
28/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp unspecified - 2
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp unspecified - 2
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp unspecified - 2
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp unspecified - 1
Crested Malimbe
Malimbus malimbicus
28/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp malimbicus - 1 male
29/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp malimbicus - 2
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp malimbicus - 3
Red-headed Malimbe
Malimbus rubricollis
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp rubricollis - 2
Red-headed Weaver
Anaplectes rubriceps
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 1
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp leuconotus - 1 male making a nest near the first buildings of the campement
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp leuconotus - 1 other bird at the same site
Red-billed Quelea
Quelea quelea
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp quelea - abundant
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp quelea - abundant
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp quelea - common
Yellow Bishop
Euplectes capensis
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp phoenicomerus - common
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp phoenicomerus - common
06/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp phoenicomerus - fairly common
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp phoenicomerus - 5+
Yellow-shouldered Widowbird
Euplectes macrourus
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp macrourus - 30+
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp macrourus - 20+
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp macrourus - 5+
Woodhouse's Antpecker
Parmoptila woodhousei
30/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp woodhousei - 3
31/12/2005 - Korup NP - ssp woodhousei - 1
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp woodhousei - 1 in the farmbush
White-breasted Negrofinch
Nigrita fusconota
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - HO - ssp fusconota - 1 heard
01/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp fusconota - 2
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp fusconota - 10+
Chestnut-breasted Negrofinch
Nigrita bicolor
01/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp brunnescens - 2 in the farmbush below the Women's Guetshouse
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp brunnescens - 1 in the farmbush on the way to the Nature Trail
Pale-fronted Negrofinch
Nigrita luteifrons
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp luteifrons - 1
01/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp luteifrons - a few
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp luteifrons - 2
Gray-headed Negrofinch
Nigrita canicapilla
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp canicapilla - 1
01/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp canicapilla - fairly common
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp canicapilla - 10+
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp canicapilla - 1
Fernando Po Oliveback
Nesocharis shelleyi
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp shelleyi - 10+
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp bansoensis - 10+
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - ssp bansoensis - 5+
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp bansoensis - a few
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp bansoensis - 2
Gray-headed Oliveback
Nesocharis capistrata
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 3
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 2
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 2
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 4
Red-winged Pytilia
Pytilia phoenicoptera
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp phoenicoptera - 1 bird seen in the burnt area
Green-winged Pytilia
Pytilia melba
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp citerior - 20+
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp citerior - 4
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp citerior - 10+
Red-faced Pytilia
Pytilia hypogrammica
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 2
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1 female
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 3
Green-backed Twinspot
Mandingoa nitidula
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp schlegeli - 2 birds along the track to the radio station
Red-faced Crimson-wing
Cryptospiza reichenovii
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp reichenovii - 10+
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - ssp reichenovii - 5+
Western Bluebill
Spermophaga haematina
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp pustulata - 1 seen + more heard
03/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp pustulata - 1
Brown Twinspot
Clytospiza monteiri
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 4
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 3
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 4
Dybowski's Twinspot
Euschistospiza dybowskii
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 2
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 2
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 5+
Bar-breasted Firefinch
Lagonosticta rufopicta
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp rufopicta - 3
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp rufopicta - 2
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp rufopicta - 5+
Red-billed Firefinch
Lagonosticta senegala
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - 10+
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - 10+
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - ssp unspecified - a few
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp unspecified - 10+
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp unspecified - a few
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp unspecified - 10+
Black-bellied Firefinch
Lagonosticta rara
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp rara - 3
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp rara - 2
African Firefinch
Lagonosticta rubricata
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp ugandae - 5+
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp ugandae - 5+
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Uraeginthus bengalus
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp bengalus - 2
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp bengalus - fairly common
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp bengalus - fairly common
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp bengalus - fairly common
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp bengalus - 10+
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp bengalus - 20+
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp bengalus - 10+
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - ssp bengalus - a few
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp bengalus - fairly common
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp bengalus - fairly common
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp bengalus - fairly common
20/01/2006 - En route (Maroua - Yaoundé) - ssp bengalus - a few
Lavender Waxbill
Estrilda caerulescens
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 2 seen near a rocky area on route to Maroua
Orange-cheeked Waxbill
Estrilda melpoda
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp unspecified - 10+
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 5+
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 5+
13/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - 3
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - 20+
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - 10+
21/01/2006 - Sanaga River (near Edea) - ssp unspecified - 3
Black-rumped Waxbill
Estrilda troglodytes
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 10+
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - monotypic - 10+
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - a few
Common Waxbill
Estrilda astrild
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - ssp occidentalis - 10+
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp occidentalis - 20+
Black-crowned Waxbill
Estrilda nonnula
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp nonnula - 2
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp nonnula - common
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp nonnula - common
01/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp nonnula - 10+
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp nonnula - fairly common
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - ssp nonnula - fairly common
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp nonnula - 10+
06/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp nonnula - fairly common
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp nonnula - 10+
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp nonnula - fairly common
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp nonnula - fairly common
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp nonnula - fairly common
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp nonnula - fairly common
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp nonnula - fairly common
Black-headed Waxbill
Estrilda atricapilla
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp atricapilla - 5+ seen along the lower part of the track to the radio station
African Silverbill
Euodice cantans
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp cantans - 10+
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp cantans - 10+
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp cantans - 10+
Bronze Mannikin
Spermestes cucullatus
24/12/2005 - En route (Douala - Bouea) - ssp cucullatus - fairly common
24/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp cucullatus - fairly common
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp cucullatus - 50+
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp cucullatus - 20+
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp cucullatus - 10+
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp cucullatus - 10+
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp cucullatus - 10+
Black-and-white Mannikin
Spermestes bicolor
24/12/2005 - En route (Douala - Bouea) - ssp unspecified - fairly common
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp unspecified - a few
27/12/2005 - En route (Bouea - Mundemba) - ssp unspecified - a few
01/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp unspecified - a few
02/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp unspecified - 10+
04/01/2006 - Bakossi Mts - ssp unspecified - 5+
Cut-throat
Amadina fasciata
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp fasciata - a group of 3 birds inside the NP were the only for the trip
Village Indigobird
Vidua chalybeata
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp unspecified - 1 bird - identified by it's host species
Pin-tailed Whydah
Vidua macroura
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 10+
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - monotypic - 1
Long-tailed Paradise-Whydah
Vidua interjecta
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - monotypic - 1 male
Northern Paradise-Whydah
Vidua orientalis
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 5+
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - monotypic - 5+
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - monotypic - 1
Oriole Finch
Linurgus olivaceus
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp olivaceus - 10+
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp olivaceus - fairly common
06/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp olivaceus - 10+
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp olivaceus - 5+
White-rumped Seedeater
Serinus leucopygius
17/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp riggenbachi - 5 birds mostly close to the pools along the Waza-Mora road
18/01/2006 - Waza NP - ssp riggenbachi - 1
Yellow-fronted Canary
Serinus mozambicus
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp unspecified - 2
05/01/2006 - Mt Kupé - ssp unspecified - 1
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp unspecified - 4
09/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 5+
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 5+
11/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 10+
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - fairly common
13/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp unspecified - 5+
13/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - 5+
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - fairly common
15/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp unspecified - fairly common
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - ssp unspecified - a few
Streaky-headed Seedeater
Serinus gularis
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp montanorum - 1 near Campement du Buffle Noir
Thick-billed Seedeater
Serinus burtoni
25/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp burtoni - 3
26/12/2005 - Mt Cameroon - ssp burtoni - 5+
06/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp burtoni - 10+
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp burtoni - fairly common
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
Emberiza tahapisi
07/01/2006 - Bafut-Nguemba FR - ssp goslingi - 1
10/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp goslingi - 1
12/01/2006 - Ngaoundaba Ranch - ssp goslingi - 2
16/01/2006 - En route (Benoué - Waza) - ssp goslingi - 10+
19/01/2006 - Mora-Waza area - ssp goslingi - 3
Cabanis' Bunting
Emberiza cabanisi
14/01/2006 - Benoué NP - ssp cabanisi - 3 birds along the entrance road