Birding
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Birding

Birding

The bird life is rich and varied, but as with other forest animals, most birds require searching for. Bird-watching sorties to a large variety of habitats are by foot, boat, or vehicle. For the hardcore birders there are the local specials like Vermiculated Fishing Owl, White-crested Tiger Heron, Loango Weaver, Black-headed Bee-eater, Rosy Bee-eater, African River Martin, Forbes’s Plover, Grey Pratincole, Mangrove Sunbird, Rufous-tailed Palm Thrush, African Finfoot, etc. For the folks who just enjoy the colourful and the charismatic, there’s many kingfisher species, Palm-nut Vulture, (African) Grey Parrot, Great Blue Turaco, Black-casqued Hornbill, etc. The bird species count is at 355, a species list is available on request.

Seasonality

year-round, best from October to January