Angola

SUB-REGION
Southern Africa

SIZE
1,246,700 km² including the exclave of Cabinda (7th largest country in Africa)

BIRDS AND BIRDING

SPECIES
Diversity
Strongly Afrotropical avifauna
Approximately 980 recorded species (5th longest bird list of any country in the ABC region)

More Zambezian endemics or near-endemics occurring in Angola, including ESS
Coppery-tailed Coucal
Slaty Egret
Bradfield’s Hornbill
Pale-billed Hornbill
Racket-tailed Roller
Dickinson’s Kestrel
Souza’s Shrike
White-tailed Blue Flycatcher
Miombo Tit | Miombo Grey Tit
Red-capped Crombec (ESS makayii)
Tinkling Cisticola
Luapula Cisticola
Chirping Cisticola (ESS pipiens)
Dambo Cisticola | Cloud-scraping Cisticola
Miombo Wren-Warbler | Pale Wren-Warbler (ESS huilae)
Stierling’s Wren-Warbler
Hartlaub’s Babbler | Angola Babbler
Meves’s Starling
Babbling Starling | White-winged Starling (ESS gutturalis)
Kurrichane Thrush
Miombo Scrub Robin
Böhm’s Flycatcher
Miombo Rock Thrush
Arnot’s Chat | White-headed Black Chat (ESS harterti)
Anchieta’s Sunbird | Red-and-blue Sunbird
Western Miombo Sunbird
White-bellied Sunbird | White-breasted Sunbird
Bar-winged Weaver
Red-throated Twinspot | Peters’s Twinspot
Brown Firefinch
Black-eared Seedeater

Proposed new species or splits not yet accepted by IOC
Chestnut-breasted Francolin (B2 Z)
Crawshay’s Francolin
Cunene Francolin (1/2)
Cranch’s Spurfowl
Black-shouldered Nightjar
Benguela Nightjar (E)
Fernando Po Swift | Bioko Swift
Loanda Swift (E)
Verreaux’s Turaco
Western Black-billed Turaco | Black-rumped Turaco
Barrow’s Bustard
Cape Gull
White-breasted Cormorant
Red-chested Goshawk
Bar-fronted Owlet
African Hoopoe
Eastern Piping Hornbill
Pale-throated Barbet | Angola Naked-faced Barbet (E)
Eastern Yellow-spotted Barbet
Streaky-throated Barbet
White-bellied Barbet | Angola White-headed Barbet (E)
Brown-faced Barbet (BT)
White-faced Barbet (B2 Z)
Thick-billed Honeyguide
Little Green Woodpecker | Plain-backed Woodpecker
Little Spotted Woodpecker | Spot-backed Woodpecker
Northern Olive Woodpecker | Red-bellied Woodpecker
Grey-headed Parrot
West African Pitta (B2)
Perrin’s Bushshrike (BT)
Anchieta’s Tchagra
Clancey’s Drongo
Bradfield’s Lark
Dark-capped Bulbul
Petit’s Saw-wing
Eastern Saw-wing
African Reed Warbler
Lepe Cisticola (1/2)
Angola Stout Cisticola (NE)
“Teke” Cisticola
Angola Buff-throated Apalis (E)
Salvadori’s Eremomela (BT Z)
Benguela Long-tailed Starling (E)
Cunene Long-tailed Starling (NE)
Northern Red-headed Weaver
Southern Red-headed Weaver
Red-backed Mannikin
Spectacled Quailfinch | African Quailfinch
Black-chinned Quailfinch
Landana Firefinch | Pale-billed Firefinch (NE)
Ansorge’s Firefinch (NE)
Benguela Seedeater (NE)
Three-streaked Bunting

National bird
Red-crested Turaco | Turaco de Angola

MAIN HABITATS
Escarpment forest, Afromontane forest and grassland, lowland forest, gallery forest, miombo woodland, desert

BIRD AREAS
Western Angola Endemic Bird Area
Gabon Cabinda coast Secondary Area (SA)
Namibian escarpment SA
West Zaïre and North Angola forests SA
23 Important Bird Areas

BIRDING SITES
Luanda (Barra do Cuanza, Mussulo Peninsula, Ilhéu dos Pássaros Integral Nature Reserve, Saco dos Flamingos and Panguila Saltpans) for Red-backed Mousebird, White-fronted Wattle-eye and Hartert’s Camaroptera, Red-necked Spurfowl (afer), Horus Swift (toulsoni), Gabon Coucal, Angola Batis, Carp’s Tit, Bubbling Cisticola (septentrionalis), Rufous-tailed Palm Thrush, Golden-backed Bishop and Black-faced Canary (capistrata), Grey Go-away-bird (pallidiceps), Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill (elegans), Blue-breasted Kingfisher (malimbica), Blue-breasted Bee-eater (variegatus), Olive Bee-eater (alternans), Acacia Pied Barbet (centralis), Green-backed Woodpecker (permista), Rock Kestrel, Grey Parrot, Rosy-faced Lovebird (ESS catumbella), Brown-crowned Tchagra (ESS ansorgei), Swamp Boubou (guttatus), Brubru (brubru), Rufous-vented Paradise Flycatcher, Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher (neumanni), Long-billed Crombec (ESS ansorgei), Red-capped Crombec (ruficapilla), Green Crombec (tando), Greater Swamp Warbler (ansorgei), Desert Cisticola (ESS lobito), Cape Starling, Mangrove Sunbird, Marico Sunbird (mariquensis), Slender-billed Weaver (monacha), Orange Weaver, White-winged Widowbird (asymmetrurus), Red-headed Finch (erythrocephala), Yellow-throated Longclaw and Long-legged Pipit, Cape Teal, Lesser Moorhen, Greater Flamingo, Lesser Flamingo, White-fronted Plover (mechowi), Red Knot, Damara Tern, Caspian Tern, Black Tern, White-winged Tern, Common Tern, Sandwich Tern, West African Crested Tern, Grey-headed Gull, Kelp Gull (vetula), Lesser Black-backed Gull, Saddle-billed Stork, Cape Cormorant, Black Heron, Goliath Heron, Great White Pelican and Pink-backed Pelican among other waterbirds, as well as more widespread or common birds including White-faced Whistling Duck, Fulvous Whistling Duck, Spur-winged Goose, Knob-billed Duck, Blue-billed Teal, Red-billed Teal, Helmeted Guineafowl (galeatus), Square-tailed Nightjar (welwitschii), African Palm Swift, Little Swift, White-rumped Swift, Senegal Coucal (senegalensis), White-browed Coucal (loandae), Black Coucal, Jacobin Cuckoo, Diederik Cuckoo, Klaas’s Cuckoo, Red-chested Cuckoo, Mourning Collared Dove (ambigua), Red-eyed Dove, Ring-necked Dove (tropica), Laughing Dove, Emerald-spotted Wood Dove, Namaqua Dove, African Crake, Common Moorhen, Allen’s Gallinule, African Swamphen, Black Crake, Little Grebe, Water Thick-knee, Black-winged Stilt, Pied Avocet, Three-banded Plover, Blacksmith Lapwing, Kittlitz’s Plover, Greater Painted-snipe, African Jacana, Collared Pratincole, African Openbill, Yellow-billed Stork, African Woolly-necked Stork, African Darter, Reed Cormorant, Great Cormorant (lucidus), African Sacred Ibis, Glossy Ibis, African Spoonbill, Little Bittern, Black-crowned Night Heron, Little Egret, Little Heron, Squacco Heron, Great Egret, Yellow-billed Egret, Western Cattle Egret, Grey Heron, Purple Heron, Black-headed Heron, Hamerkop, Osprey, Black-winged Kite, African Harrier-Hawk, Palm-nut Vulture, Bat Hawk, African Fish Eagle, Red-necked Buzzard, Western Barn Owl, Speckled Mousebird (nigricollis), Red-faced Mousebird (lacteifrons), Common Hoopoe (africana), Green Wood Hoopoe (angolensis), Crowned Hornbill, Purple Roller (mosambicus), Lilac-breasted Roller (caudatus), Grey-headed Kingfisher (pallidiventris), Striped Kingfisher (chelicuti), Woodland Kingfisher (cyanoleuca), African Pygmy Kingfisher (ferrugina), Malachite Kingfisher, Pied Kingfisher, Little Bee-eater (meridionalis), Golden-tailed Woodpecker (abingoni), Cardinal Woodpecker (loandae), Black-backed Puffback (hamatus), Black-headed Oriole (angolensis), Fork-tailed Drongo (apivorus), African Paradise Flycatcher (plumbeiceps), Pied Crow, Yellow-bellied Greenbul (occidentalis), Common Bulbul (tricolor), Banded Martin (xerica), Angola Swallow, Wire-tailed Swallow (smithii), Lesser Striped Swallow (unitatis), Mosque Swallow (monteiri), Rattling Cisticola (fortis), Zitting Cisticola (terrestris), Tawny-flanked Prinia (graueri), Yellow-breasted Apalis (flavida), White-browed Scrub Robin (munda), Familiar Chat (angolensis), Green-headed Sunbird (bohndorffi), Scarlet-chested Sunbird (saturatior), Purple-banded Sunbird (bifasciatus), Northern Grey-headed Sparrow (ugandae), Southern Grey-headed Sparrow (diffusus), Spectacled Weaver (crocatus), Black-necked Weaver, Holub’s Golden Weaver, Lesser Masked Weaver (cabanisii), Village Weaver (collaris), Red-billed Quelea (lathamii), Yellow-crowned Bishop (afer), Bronze Mannikin (scutata), Common Waxbill (ESS jagoensis), Blue Waxbill (angolensis), Green-winged Pytilia (melba), Pin-tailed Whydah, Long-tailed Paradise Whydah, African Pipit (bocagii), Plain-backed Pipit (bohndorffi) and Yellow-fronted Canary (tando)
Cuanza River for Egyptian Plover and Rock Pratincole (nuchalis)
Serra do Pingano Conservation Area for Red-crested Turaco, Braun’s Bushshrike, Angola Greenbul and Hartert’s Camaroptera, Gabon Coucal, Rufous-vented Paradise Flycatcher, Yellow-throated Nicator, Angola Batis, Gorgeous Bushshrike (viridis), Black-collared Bulbul, Falkenstein’s Greenbul, Forest Swallow, Red-throated Cliff Swallow, Red-faced Cisticola (lepe), Bubbling Cisticola, Angola White-eye (ESS heinrichi), Forest Scrub Robin (ESS reichenowi), Rufous-tailed Palm Thrush, White-collared Oliveback, Grey Waxbill (perreini), Red-headed Bluebill, African Firefinch (landanae) and Black-faced Canary, as well as Hartlaub’s Duck, Red-necked Spurfowl (cranchii), Mottled Spinetail (benguellensis), Great Blue Turaco, Ross’s Turaco, Guinea Turaco (zenkeri), Blue-headed Coucal (occidentalis), Blue Malkoha (aereus), Yellow-throated Cuckoo, African Emerald Cuckoo, Black Cuckoo (gabonensis), Afep Pigeon, Western Bronze-naped Pigeon, Blue-spotted Wood Dove, Tambourine Dove, African Green Pigeon (calvus), White-spotted Flufftail, Western Banded Snake Eagle, Congo Serpent Eagle (batesi), Ayres’s Hawk-Eagle, Cassin’s Hawk-Eagle, African Goshawk (sparsimfasciata), Black Sparrowhawk, Vermiculated Fishing Owl, Narina Trogon (narina), Congo Pied Hornbill, Piping Hornbill (sharpii), Black-casqued Hornbill, Broad-billed Roller (suahelicus), Blue-throated Roller, Chocolate-backed Kingfisher, African Dwarf Kingfisher (lecontei), Giant Kingfisher (gigantea), Black Bee-eater (australis), Bristle-nosed Barbet, Naked-faced Barbet (congicus), Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet (purpuratus), Speckled Tinkerbird (flavisquamatus), Red-rumped Tinkerbird, Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird (leucolaimus), Yellow-spotted Barbet (duchaillui), Hairy-breasted Barbet (angolensis), Double-toothed Barbet (bidentatus), Cassin’s Honeybird (insignis), Least Honeyguide (exilis), Lesser Honeyguide (conirostris), African Piculet, Buff-spotted Woodpecker (nivosus), Brown-eared Woodpecker (caroli), Green-backed Woodpecker, Yellow-crested Woodpecker, Elliot’s Woodpecker (elliotii), Red-fronted Parrot (gulielmi), African Broadbill (albigularis), Western Black-headed Batis (congoensis), Chestnut Wattle-eye, Black-throated Wattle-eye (mentalis), Bocage’s Bushshrike (bocagei), Pink-footed Puffback (angolensis), Swamp Boubou, African Shrike-flycatcher, Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher, Black Cuckooshrike, Petit’s Cuckooshrike, Purple-throated Cuckooshrike (quiscalina), Western Oriole (laetior), Black-winged Oriole, Velvet-mantled Drongo (coracinus), Sharpe’s Drongo (sharpei), Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher (nitens), Bates’s Paradise Flycatcher (bannermani), African Blue Flycatcher (teresita), Slender-billed Greenbul (gracilirostris), Red-tailed Bristlebill, Pale-throated Greenbul (flavigula), Swamp Palm Bulbul, Simple Greenbul, Honeyguide Greenbul, Little Greenbul (virens), Yellow-whiskered Greenbul (latirostris), Plain Greenbul, Black Saw-wing (reichenowi), White-bibbed Swallow, Red-breasted Swallow (gordoni), Green Crombec, Yellow Longbill (flavicans), Grey Longbill, Green Hylia (prasina), Tit Hylia, Chattering Cisticola, Short-winged Cisticola (loanda), Banded Prinia (ESS heinrichi), White-chinned Prinia (leucopogon), Lowland Masked Apalis, Black-throated Apalis (jacksoni), Buff-throated Apalis (ESS angolensis), Grey-backed Camaroptera (tincta), Yellow-browed Camaroptera, Rufous-crowned Eremomela, Brown Illadopsis (ESS dilutior), Scaly-breasted Illadopsis, Chestnut-winged Starling (intermedius), Narrow-tailed Starling, Splendid Starling (splendidus/bailundensis), Fraser’s Rufous Thrush (rubicunda), White-tailed Ant Thrush (ESS pallidigularis), African Thrush (bocagei), Brown-backed Scrub Robin, Grey-throated Tit-Flycatcher, Grey Tit-Flycatcher (catoleuca), Sooty Flycatcher (fuliginosus), Dusky-blue Flycatcher (comitatus), Ashy Flycatcher (brevicauda), Cassin’s Flycatcher, Grey-winged Robin-Chat (polioptera), Fraser’s Sunbird (cameroonensis), Little Green Sunbird (minor), Grey-chinned Sunbird, Collared Sunbird (somereni), Blue-throated Brown Sunbird (octaviae), Olive Sunbird (cephaelis), Carmelite Sunbird (fuliginosa), Green-throated Sunbird (rubescens), Olive-bellied Sunbird (chloropygius), Orange-tufted Sunbird, Superb Sunbird (superbus), Copper Sunbird (chalceus), Thick-billed Weaver (tandae), Yellow-mantled Weaver (interscapularis), Vieillot’s Black Weaver, Compact Weaver, Dark-backed Weaver (amaurocephalus), Red-headed Malimbe (ESS praedi), Crested Malimbe, Black-and-white Mannikin (poensis), Woodhouse’s Antpecker (ansorgei), White-breasted Nigrita (fusconotus), Chestnut-breasted Nigrita (brunnescens), Grey-headed Nigrita (angolensis), Pale-fronted Nigrita, Orange-cheeked Waxbill, Black-bellied Seedcracker and Brown Twinspot
Kinjila and Calandula for Red-crested Turaco and Red-backed Mousebird, Anchieta’s Barbet (ESS rex), Black-backed Barbet (macclounii), Gorgeous Bushshrike (viridis), Rufous-vented Paradise Flycatcher, Black-collared Bulbul, Falkenstein’s Greenbul, Pale-olive Greenbul, Brazza’s Martin, Red-throated Cliff Swallow, Red-faced Cisticola (lepe), Bubbling Cisticola, Southern Hyliota (inornata), Sharp-tailed Starling (acuticaudus), White-headed Robin-Chat, Rufous-tailed Palm Thrush, Bannerman’s Sunbird, Grey Waxbill and African Firefinch (landanae), as well as Red-necked Spurfowl (cranchii), Fiery-necked Nightjar (shelleyi), Ross’s Turaco, Blue-headed Coucal, Blue Malkoha, Levaillant’s Cuckoo, Thick-billed Cuckoo (validus), Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo (mechowi), Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo, African Cuckoo, Western Bronze-naped Pigeon, Blue-spotted Wood Dove, Tambourine Dove, African Green Pigeon, White-spotted Flufftail, Red-chested Flufftail, Senegal Lapwing, African Cuckoo-Hawk, Bateleur, Western Banded Snake Eagle, Lizard Buzzard, African Goshawk, Little Sparrowhawk, African Marsh Harrier, Pearl-spotted Owlet (licua), African Barred Owlet (ngamiense), African Scops Owl, African Wood Owl, Narina Trogon, Black Scimitarbill (anchietae), Congo Pied Hornbill, Pale-billed Hornbill, Piping Hornbill (sharpii), Trumpeter Hornbill, Blue-breasted Kingfisher, Shining-blue Kingfisher (guentheri), Giant Kingfisher (maxima), Crested Barbet (suahelicus), Yellow-throated Tinkerbird (flavimentum), Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird, Black-collared Barbet (congicus), Brown-backed Honeybird (regulus), Buff-spotted Woodpecker, Green-backed Woodpecker, Bearded Woodpecker (namaquus), African Hobby, Peregrine Falcon, Meyer’s Parrot (ESS reichenowi), Red-headed Lovebird (pullarius), African Broadbill, Chinspot Batis (palliditergum), Black-throated Wattle-eye, Grey-headed Bushshrike (interpositus), Many-colored Bushshrike (batesi), Orange-breasted Bushshrike (similis), Marsh Tchagra (anchietae), Brown-crowned Tchagra (souzae), Black-crowned Tchagra (armenus), Pink-footed Puffback, Tropical Boubou, Swamp Boubou, Brubru (affinis), White-crested Helmetshrike (talacoma), Retz’s Helmetshrike (nigricans), White-breasted Cuckooshrike, Petit’s Cuckooshrike, African Golden Oriole (notatus), Sharpe’s Drongo, Northern Fiscal (capelli), Red-tailed Bristlebill, Pale-throated Greenbul, Simple Greenbul, Honeyguide Greenbul, Little Greenbul, Plain Greenbul, Cabanis’s Greenbul (cabanisi), Black Saw-wing, White-throated Swallow, Moustached Grass Warbler (mentalis), Red-capped Crombec (ESS makayii), Greater Swamp Warbler, Lesser Swamp Warbler (winterbottomi), African Yellow Warbler (major), Little Rush Warbler (ESS benguellensis), Whistling Cisticola (modestus), Chirping Cisticola (ESS pipiens), Short-winged Cisticola, Neddicky (dispar), White-chinned Prinia, Brown-headed Apalis (alticola), Grey-backed Camaroptera (tincta), Green-capped Eremomela (pulchra), Brown Illadopsis (ESS dilutior), Arrow-marked Babbler (hyposticta), Yellow-bellied Hyliota (barbozae), Splendid Starling, Violet-backed Starling, Kurrichane Thrush (verreauxii), African Thrush, Miombo Scrub Robin, Pale Flycatcher (murinus), Grey Tit-Flycatcher, Ashy Flycatcher, Southern Black Flycatcher (poliogynus), Sooty Flycatcher, Cassin’s Flycatcher, White-browed Robin-Chat (subrufescens), Red-capped Robin-Chat (larischi), Grey-winged Robin-Chat, African Stonechat (stonei), Sooty Chat, Anchieta’s Sunbird, Western Violet-backed Sunbird (angolensis), Grey-chinned Sunbird, Collared Sunbird, Blue-throated Brown Sunbird, Olive Sunbird, Green-throated Sunbird, Amethyst Sunbird (deminuta), Olive-bellied Sunbird, Western Miombo Sunbird, Variable Sunbird (falkensteini), Bates’s Sunbird, Copper Sunbird, Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow (rufitergum), Vieillot’s Black Weaver, Compact Weaver, Dark-backed Weaver, Red-headed Quelea, Black-winged Red Bishop, Fan-tailed Widowbird (bocagei), Yellow-mantled Widowbird (macroura), Black-and-white Mannikin, Grey-headed Nigrita, Orange-cheeked Waxbill, Fawn-breasted Waxbill (benguellensis), Common Waxbill (ESS angolensis), Orange-breasted Waxbill (clarkei), Orange-winged Pytilia, Dusky Indigobird (nigerrima), Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah, African Pied Wagtail (vidua), Cabanis’s Bunting (orientalis) and Golden-breasted Bunting (flaviventris)
Black Rocks of Pungo Andongo for Grey-striped Spurfowl, Red-crested Turaco, Red-backed Mousebird, Naked-faced Barbet (ESS vernayi), Hartert’s Camaroptera, Angola Slaty Flycatcher (brunneus), Ludwig’s Double-collared Sunbird and Angola Waxbill, Black-backed Barbet (minor), Red-faced Cisticola (lepe), Grey Waxbill, African Firefinch (landanae), Jameson’s Firefinch (ansorgei) and Black-faced Canary, as well as Mottled Swift (aequatorialis), Augur Buzzard, Rock Kestrel, Lanner Falcon (biarmicus), Square-tailed Drongo (saturnus), White-tailed Blue Flycatcher, Red-throated Rock Martin (rufigula), Black Bishop (gierowii), Yellow Bishop (ESS angolensis), White-winged Widowbird, Red-collared Widowbird, Dusky Indigobird, Brimstone Canary (sharpii) and Cinnamon-breasted Bunting (tahapisi)
Quiçama National Park (NP) for Grey-striped Spurfowl, Red-crested Turaco, Red-backed Mousebird, White-fronted Wattle-eye, Monteiro’s Bushshrike (ESS monteiri), Gabela Helmetshrike and Hartert’s Camaroptera, Violet Wood Hoopoe (damarensis), Black Scimitarbill, Rüppell’s Parrot (rueppellii), Rosy-faced Lovebird (ESS catumbella), Angola Batis, Carp’s Tit, Pale-olive Greenbul, Red-faced Cisticola (lepe), Bubbling Cisticola, Forest Scrub Robin (ESS reichenowi), Rufous-tailed Palm Thrush and Golden-backed Bishop, as well as Western Crested Guineafowl (verreauxi), Mottled Spinetail, Böhm’s Spinetail (boehmi), Mottled Swift, Black-bellied Bustard (melanogaster), Spotted Thick-knee (capensis), Senegal Lapwing, Marabou Stork, Dwarf Bittern, Hooded Vulture, White-backed Vulture, Bateleur, Brown Snake Eagle, Wahlberg’s Eagle, Lizard Buzzard, Gabar Goshawk, African Barred Owlet (ngamiense), Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl, Giant Kingfisher, Greater Honeyguide, Bearded Woodpecker, Grey Kestrel, African Hobby, African Pitta (angolensis), Orange-breasted Bushshrike, Swamp Boubou, White-crested Helmetshrike, Velvet-mantled Drongo, Southern White-crowned Shrike (anguitimens), Wattled Starling, Red-billed Buffalo Weaver (niger), Dark-backed Weaver and Long-legged Pipit
Cumbira Forest for Grey-striped Spurfowl, Red-crested Turaco, Naked-faced Barbet (ESS vernayi), Monteiro’s Bushshrike (ESS monteiri), Gabela Bushshrike, Gabela Helmetshrike, Pulitzer’s Longbill, Hartert’s Camaroptera, Gabela Akalat and Ludwig’s Double-collared Sunbird, Gabon Coucal, Black-backed Barbet (minor), Angola Batis, Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye (ESS ansorgei), Black-necked Wattle-eye, Gorgeous Bushshrike (viridis), Rufous-vented Paradise Flycatcher, Yellow-throated Nicator, Falkenstein’s Greenbul, Pale-olive Greenbul, Bubbling Cisticola (ESS bulliens), Angola White-eye (ESS quanzae), Southern Hyliota (inornata), Forest Scrub Robin (ESS reichenowi), Bannerman’s Sunbird, Grey Waxbill, Red-headed Bluebill, Dusky Twinspot (ESS cinereovinacea), African Firefinch (landanae) and Black-faced Canary (ESS hildegardae), as well as Red-necked Spurfowl (afer), Mottled Swift, Great Blue Turaco, Blue Malkoha, Lemon Dove (samaliyae), Blue-spotted Wood Dove, Tambourine Dove, African Green Pigeon, African Cuckoo-Hawk, Brown Snake Eagle, Crowned Eagle, Long-crested Eagle, Lizard Buzzard, African Goshawk, African Wood Owl, Narina Trogon, Trumpeter Hornbill, Brown-hooded Kingfisher (prentissgrayi), Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet, Yellow-throated Tinkerbird, Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird, Hairy-breasted Barbet, Cassin’s Honeybird, Brown-backed Honeybird, Pallid Honeyguide (angolensis), Scaly-throated Honeyguide, Brown-eared Woodpecker, Olive Woodpecker (ruwenzori), Grey Kestrel, Lanner Falcon, African Broadbill, Chestnut Wattle-eye, Black-throated Wattle-eye, Orange-breasted Bushshrike, Pink-footed Puffback, Black Cuckooshrike, Petit’s Cuckooshrike, African Golden Oriole, Square-tailed Drongo, Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher, Bates’s Paradise Flycatcher, Mackinnon’s Shrike, African Blue Flycatcher, White-tailed Blue Flycatcher, Dusky Tit (ESS gabela), Red-tailed Bristlebill, Pale-throated Greenbul, Yellow-whiskered Greenbul, Black Saw-wing, Green Crombec, Green Hylia, Lowland Masked Apalis, Black-throated Apalis, Buff-throated Apalis (ESS brauni), Grey Apalis (ESS grandis), Brown Illadopsis (ESS dilutior), Violet-backed Starling, Fraser’s Rufous Thrush, African Thrush, Ashy Flycatcher, Red-capped Robin-Chat, Brown-chested Alethe (ESS hallae), Little Green Sunbird, Collared Sunbird, Olive Sunbird, Carmelite Sunbird, Olive-bellied Sunbird, Superb Sunbird, Variable Sunbird, Thick-billed Weaver, Vieillot’s Black Weaver, Dark-backed Weaver, Brown-capped Weaver, Black-winged Red Bishop, Black Bishop, Magpie Mannikin, Black-and-white Mannikin, Green Twinspot (schlegeli), Red-faced Crimsonwing (reichenovii), Grey-headed Nigrita, Orange-cheeked Waxbill, Brown Twinspot and Dusky Indigobird
Cuanza Sul wetlands for White-backed Duck, African Pygmy Goose, Yellow-billed Duck, Red-knobbed Coot, African Wattled Lapwing, Lesser Jacana, Whiskered Tern and Rufous-bellied Heron among other waterbirds
Namba Mountains and Serra do Moco Conservation Area for Swierstra’s Spurfowl, Montane Nightjar (ESS koesteri), Red-backed Mousebird, Naked-faced Barbet (ESS vernayi), Huambo Cisticola, Angola Slaty Flycatcher (ESS bailunduensis), Ludwig’s Double-collared Sunbird and Angola Waxbill, Finsch’s Francolin, African Black Swift (sladeniae), Anchieta’s Barbet (ESS rex), Black-backed Barbet (minor), Margaret’s Batis (ESS margaritae), Gorgeous Bushshrike (viridis), Rufous-bellied Tit (rufiventris), Angola Lark (ESS angolensis), Black-collared Bulbul, Brazza’s Martin, Black-and-rufous Swallow, Red-throated Cliff Swallow, Laura’s Woodland Warbler (ESS laurae), Red-faced Cisticola (lepe), Yellow-bellied Eremomela (salvadorii), Black-necked Eremomela, Angola White-eye (ESS quanzae), Sharp-tailed Starling, Angola Cave Chat, Bocage’s Akalat (ESS bocagei), Bocage’s Sunbird, Oustalet’s Sunbird (ESS oustaleti), Black-chinned Weaver, Bocage’s Weaver, Grey Waxbill, Dusky Twinspot (ESS cinereovinacea), Fülleborn’s Longclaw (ascensi) and Black-faced Canary (ESS hildegardae), as well as Coqui Francolin (coqui), Red-necked Spurfowl, Freckled Nightjar (lentiginosus), Scarce Swift (myoptilus), Mottled Swift, Horus Swift (horus), Ross’s Turaco, Schalow’s Turaco (schalowi), White-bellied Bustard (mackenziei), Black-bellied Bustard, Coppery-tailed Coucal, African Olive Pigeon, Lemon Dove, Red-chested Flufftail, Common Buttonquail (lepurana), Black-rumped Buttonquail, African Wattled Lapwing, African Cuckoo-Hawk, Western Banded Snake Eagle, Verreaux’s Eagle, Ayres’s Hawk-Eagle, Ovambo Sparrowhawk, African Marsh Harrier, Augur Buzzard, African Grass Owl, Spotted Eagle-Owl, Marsh Owl, Bar-tailed Trogon, Black Scimitarbill, Pale-billed Hornbill, White-fronted Bee-eater, Half-collared Kingfisher, Western Tinkerbird (ESS angolensis), Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird (extoni), Black-collared Barbet, Green-backed Honeybird (ESS lathburyi), Lesser Honeyguide (teitensis), Red-throated Wryneck (ruficollis), Bennett’s Woodpecker (bennettii), Olive Woodpecker (ruwenzori), Rock Kestrel, Lanner Falcon, Chinspot Batis, Black-throated Wattle-eye, Marsh Tchagra (anchietae), Black-crowned Tchagra, Tropical Boubou, Swamp Boubou, Brubru (affinis), White-breasted Cuckooshrike, Purple-throated Cuckooshrike, Northern Fiscal, Souza’s Shrike (souzae), Cape Crow (capensis), White-tailed Blue Flycatcher, Miombo Tit, Grey Penduline Tit (ansorgei), Flappet Lark (fischeri), Red-capped Lark (spleniata), Pale-throated Greenbul, Cabanis’s Greenbul, Black Saw-wing, Grey-rumped Swallow (griseopyga), Banded Martin, Red-throated Rock Martin, Pearl-breasted Swallow (marwitzi), White-throated Swallow, Greater Striped Swallow, Moustached Grass Warbler, Red-capped Crombec (ruficapilla), Greater Swamp Warbler, African Yellow Warbler, Fan-tailed Grassbird (alexinae), Evergreen Forest Warbler (ESS boultoni), Wailing Cisticola (ESS namba), Chirping Cisticola (ESS pipiens), Stout Cisticola (angolensis), Croaking Cisticola (huambo), Short-winged Cisticola, Neddicky, Wing-snapping Cisticola (ayresii), Black-throated Apalis, Grey Apalis (ESS grandis), Grey-backed Camaroptera (sharpei), Miombo Wren-Warbler (ESS huilae), Green-capped Eremomela, African Hill Babbler (ansorgei), Hartlaub’s Babbler, Yellow-bellied Hyliota, African Spotted Creeper (salvadori), Violet-backed Starling, Orange Ground Thrush (otomitra), Groundscraper Thrush (stierlingi), Kurrichane Thrush, Miombo Scrub Robin, Pale Flycatcher, Grey Tit-Flycatcher, Southern Black Flycatcher, Böhm’s Flycatcher, African Dusky Flycatcher (subadusta), White-browed Robin-Chat, Miombo Rock Thrush (angolensis), African Stonechat, Sooty Chat, Mountain Chat (ESS nigricauda), Capped Wheatear (neseri), Familiar Chat, Anchieta’s Sunbird, Western Violet-backed Sunbird, Olive Sunbird, Amethyst Sunbird, Bronze Sunbird (ESS gadowi), Western Miombo Sunbird, Variable Sunbird, Copper Sunbird, Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow, Dark-backed Weaver, Red-headed Weaver (leuconotus), Yellow Bishop (ESS angolensis), Marsh Widowbird (hartlaubi), Red-collared Widowbird, Fawn-breasted Waxbill, Orange-breasted Waxbill, Orange-winged Pytilia, Brown Firefinch, Dusky Indigobird, Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah, Cuckoo-finch, Cape Wagtail (simplicissima), Long-billed Pipit (ESS moco), Wood Pipit (schoutedeni), Buffy Pipit (neumanni), Bushveld Pipit (mzimbaensis), Striped Pipit (stygium), Black-throated Canary (lwenarum), Brimstone Canary, Thick-billed Seedeater (tanganjicae), Yellow-crowned Canary (ESS huillensis), Golden-breasted Bunting and Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
Tundavala for Swierstra’s Spurfowl, White-headed Barbet (ESS leucogaster), Red-backed Mousebird, Angola Slaty Flycatcher (ESS bailunduensis), Ludwig’s Double-collared Sunbird and Angola Waxbill, Finsch’s Francolin, Angola Batis, Rockrunner (ESS spadix), Yellow-bellied Eremomela (salvadorii), Angola White-eye (ESS quanzae), Bocage’s Akalat (ESS bocagei), Short-toed Rock Thrush (brevipes), Angola Cave Chat, Oustalet’s Sunbird (ESS oustaleti), Jameson’s Firefinch (ansorgei), Fülleborn’s Longclaw and Black-faced Canary (ESS hildegardae), as well as African Black Duck, Rufous-cheeked Nightjar (damarensis), Fiery-necked Nightjar (fervidus), Freckled Nightjar, Alpine Swift (africanus), Bradfield’s Swift (bradfieldi), Schalow’s Turaco, African Olive Pigeon, Black Stork, Booted Eagle, Verreaux’s Eagle, Augur Buzzard, Spotted Eagle-Owl, White-fronted Bee-eater, Western Tinkerbird (ESS angolensis), Olive Woodpecker (ruwenzori), Rock Kestrel, Lanner Falcon, Peregrine Falcon, Black-backed Puffback (okavangensis), White-tailed Blue Flycatcher, Rufous-naped Lark (ESS occidentalis), Black Saw-wing, Large Rock Martin (anderssoni), Tinkling Cisticola (ansorgei), Wailing Cisticola (ESS namba), Wing-snapping Cisticola, Grey Apalis (ESS grandis), Grey-backed Camaroptera (sharpei), Hartlaub’s Babbler, White-browed Robin-Chat, African Stonechat, Miombo Rock Thrush, Sooty Chat, Familiar Chat, Variable Sunbird, Southern Red Bishop, Fan-tailed Widowbird, Long-tailed Widowbird (delacouri), Purple Indigobird, Cape Wagtail, Mountain Wagtail (torrentium), African Pipit, Buffy Pipit, Striped Pipit, Brimstone Canary, Yellow-crowned Canary (ESS huillensis), Cinnamon-breasted Bunting (nivenorum) and Cape Bunting (ESS nebularum)
Benguela (Saltworks, Búfalo Partial Reserve and Chimalavera Regional Nature Park) and Namibe (Mangueiras, Iona NP and Namibe Partial Reserve) for Meves’s Starling (ESS benguelensis) and Cinderella Waxbill, Orange River Francolin (jugularis), Hartlaub’s Spurfowl, Horus Swift (ESS fuscobrunneus), Rüppell’s Korhaan (rueppelii), Violet Wood Hoopoe (damarensis), Damara Red-billed Hornbill, Monteiro’s Hornbill, Rüppell’s Parrot (mariettae), Rosy-faced Lovebird (ESS catumbella), White-tailed Shrike, Carp’s Tit, Gray’s Lark (hoeschi), Benguela Long-billed Lark, Pale-olive Greenbul, Rockrunner (pycnopygius), Bubbling Cisticola (ESS bulliens), Bare-cheeked Babbler (ESS gymnogenys), Rufous-tailed Palm Thrush and Herero Chat, as well as Common Ostrich (australis), Egyptian Goose, Cape Teal, Grey Go-away-bird, Kori Bustard (kori), Ludwig’s Bustard, Red-crested Korhaan, Namaqua Sandgrouse, Double-banded Sandgrouse (ESS ansorgei), Speckled Pigeon (phaeonota), Ring-necked Dove (onguati), Mourning Collared Dove, African Green Pigeon (ESS ansorgei), Greater Flamingo, Lesser Flamingo, Spotted Thick-knee (damarensis), Crowned Lapwing, Caspian Plover, Chestnut-banded Plover, Burchell’s Courser, Double-banded Courser (ESS bisignatus), Great White Pelican, Secretarybird, Lappet-faced Vulture, Martial Eagle, African Hawk-Eagle, Pale Chanting Goshawk (argentior), Shikra, Pearl-spotted Owlet, Common Scimitarbill (cyanomelas), Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill (elegans), Little Bee-eater (argutus), Olive Bee-eater (alternans), Acacia Pied Barbet, Golden-tailed Woodpecker (anderssoni), Red-necked Falcon, Pririt Batis (affinis), Bokmakierie (phanus), Brown-crowned Tchagra (ESS ansorgei/damarensis), Brubru (brubru), Southern Fiscal (aridicolus), Ashy Tit (benguelae), Cape Penduline Tit (damarensis), Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark (damarensis), Spike-heeled Lark (ESS obscurata), Sabota Lark (ESS ansorgei), Fawn-colored Lark (makarikari), Monotonous Lark, Stark’s Lark, African Red-eyed Bulbul, Long-billed Crombec (ESS ansorgei), Grey-backed Cisticola (newtoni), Black-chested Prinia (ansorgei), Barred Wren-Warbler (ESS pallidior), Yellow-bellied Eremomela (ESS puellula), Chestnut-vented Warbler (ESS ansorgei), Pale-winged Starling, Kalahari Scrub Robin (ESS benguellensis), Ashy Flycatcher (impavida), Chat Flycatcher (benguellensis), Karoo Chat (benguellensis), Tractrac Chat (hoeschi), Mountain Chat (ESS albipileata), Marico Sunbird, White-bellied Sunbird, Dusky Sunbird (ESS inclusus), Cape Sparrow (damarensis), Great Sparrow (benguellensis), White-browed Sparrow-Weaver (ansorgei), Scaly-feathered Weaver (squamifrons), Lesser Masked Weaver (ESS beattyi), Southern Masked Weaver (ESS finschi), Chestnut Weaver (trothae), Black-faced Waxbill (erythronotos), Red-headed Finch, Violet-eared Waxbill, Shaft-tailed Whydah, Nicholson’s Pipit (palliditinctus), Black-throated Canary (deserti), Yellow Canary (damarensis), White-throated Canary (crocopygia), Lark-like Bunting, Cinnamon-breasted Bunting and Golden-breasted Bunting (princeps), with African Oystercatcher, White-fronted Plover (marginatus), Damara Tern, Arctic Tern, Greater Crested Tern, Sabine’s Gull, Grey-headed Gull, Kelp Gull (vetula), Parasitic Jaeger, Pomarine Jaeger, Wilson’s Storm Petrel, European Storm Petrel, Leach’s Storm Petrel, White-chinned Petrel, Scopoli’s Shearwater, Sooty Shearwater, Cape Gannet, Brown Booby and Cape Cormorant among other waterbirds along the coast and within the marine conservation area
Huíla (Bicuar NP) and Cunene (Mupa NP) for Bradfield’s Hornbill, Pale-billed Hornbill, Miombo Pied Barbet, Rufous-bellied Tit (diligens), Miombo Tit, Red-capped Crombec, Miombo Wren-Warbler, Meves’s Starling (violacior), Sharp-tailed Starling, Babbling Starling (ESS gutturalis), Kurrichane Thrush, Miombo Scrub Robin, Böhm’s Flycatcher, Miombo Rock Thrush, Arnot’s Chat (ESS harterti), White-bellied Sunbird and Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Weaver, Hartlaub’s Spurfowl, Violet Wood Hoopoe (damarensis), Rosy-faced Lovebird (ESS catumbella), White-tailed Shrike and Rufous-tailed Palm Thrush, as well as Helmeted Guineafowl (marungensis), Crested Francolin (zambesiae), Coqui Francolin, Red-billed Spurfowl, Red-necked Spurfowl, Grey Go-away-bird (molybdophanes), Great Spotted Cuckoo, Bronze-winged Courser, Dark Chanting Goshawk, Southern Ground Hornbill, Southern Red-billed Hornbill, Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill (elegans), African Grey Hornbill (epirhinus), Swallow-tailed Bee-eater (hirundineus), Crested Barbet (vaillantii), Lesser Honeyguide (damarensis), Greater Honeyguide, Bennett’s Woodpecker (capricorni), Pygmy Falcon (semitorquatus), Brown-necked Parrot (suahelicus), Meyer’s Parrot (damarensis), Chinspot Batis, Grey-headed Bushshrike (citrinipectus), Crimson-breasted Shrike, Retz’s Helmetshrike (retzii), African Golden Oriole, Southern White-crowned Shrike, Magpie Shrike (melanoleucus), Grey Penduline Tit (caroli), Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark (hoeschi), Spike-heeled Lark, Pink-billed Lark (damarensis), Flappet Lark (mababiensis), Red-capped Lark (fulvida), Red-breasted Swallow (semirufa), Lesser Striped Swallow (ampliformis), Long-billed Crombec (flecki), Lesser Swamp Warbler (cunenensis), Common Reed Warbler (hallae), Short-winged Cisticola, Neddicky (hallae), Desert Cisticola (eremicus), Tawny-flanked Prinia (bechuanae), Burnt-necked Eremomela (usticollis), Green-capped Eremomela, Arrow-marked Babbler (tamalakanei), Southern Pied Babbler, Black-faced Babbler (melanops), Yellow-bellied Hyliota, Greater Blue-eared Starling (nordmanni), Burchell’s Starling, Yellow-billed Oxpecker, African Spotted Creeper, Groundscraper Thrush (pauciguttatus), White-browed Scrub Robin (ovamboensis), Pale Flycatcher, Southern Black Flycatcher (diabolicus), Marico Flycatcher (acaciae), Sooty Chat, Amethyst Sunbird, Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow, Red-billed Buffalo Weaver, Southern Masked Weaver (caurinus), Red-headed Weaver (rubriceps), Blue Waxbill (cyanopleurus), Cut-throat Finch (meridionalis), Orange-winged Pytilia, Red-billed Firefinch (rendalli), Village Indigobird (okavangoensis), Wood Pipit and Cabanis’s Bunting
Cuando Cabango (Luengue-Luiana and Mavinga NPs and Cuatir Nature Reserve) for Coppery-tailed Coucal, Slaty Egret, Bradfield’s Hornbill, Racket-tailed Roller, Dickinson’s Kestrel, Swamp Boubou (sticturus), Souza’s Shrike (tacitus), Tinkling Cisticola (rufilatus), Luapula Cisticola, Chirping Cisticola (arundicola), Stierling’s Wren-Warbler (irwini), Hartlaub’s Babbler, Kurrichane Thrush, Meves’s Starling (mevesii), Sharp-tailed Starling (ecki), Arnot’s Chat (arnotti), White-bellied Sunbird and Brown Firefinch, as well as African Pygmy Goose, Southern Pochard, Helmeted Guineafowl (papillosus), Southern Crested Guineafowl (edouardi), Crested Francolin, Red-billed Spurfowl, Swainson’s Spurfowl, Rufous-cheeked Nightjar (rufigena), Grey Go-away-bird (bechuanae), Senegal Coucal (flecki), Black Cuckoo (clamosus), Yellow-throated Sandgrouse (saturatior), Double-banded Sandgrouse (bicinctus), Burchell’s Sandgrouse, African Green Pigeon (schalowi), Lesser Moorhen, Grey Crowned Crane (regulorum), Wattled Crane, Long-toed Lapwing, White-crowned Lapwing, Lesser Jacana, Three-banded Courser (seebohmi), Rock Pratincole, African Skimmer, Whiskered Tern, Grey-headed Gull, Saddle-billed Stork, Hadada Ibis, White-backed Night Heron, Black Heron, Rufous-bellied Heron, White-headed Vulture, Tawny Eagle, African Goshawk (tachiro), Southern White-faced Owl, Pel’s Fishing Owl, Red-faced Mousebird (mossambicus), Green Wood Hoopoe, Southern Ground Hornbill, Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill (leucomelas), African Grey Hornbill, Brown-hooded Kingfisher (orientalis), African Pygmy Kingfisher (natalensis), Southern Carmine Bee-eater, Black-collared Barbet (bocagei), Green-backed Honeybird (zambesiae), African Hobby, Brown-crowned Tchagra (rhodesiensis), Black-crowned Tchagra (kalahari), Southern Fiscal (subcoronatus), Southern Black Tit (xanthostomus), Rufous-naped Lark (pallida), Terrestrial Brownbul, African Red-eyed Bulbul, Brown-throated Martin, Rattling Cisticola (smithersi), Yellow-bellied Eremomela (helenorae), Southern Yellow White-eye (anderssoni), Black-faced Babbler (querula), Wattled Starling, Red-billed Oxpecker, Groundscraper Thrush, Collared Sunbird (zambesiana), Purple-banded Sunbird (microrhynchus), Thick-billed Weaver (maxima), Southern Brown-throated Weaver (castaneigula), Village Weaver (nigriceps), Yellow-crowned Bishop (taha), Common Waxbill (niediecki), Violet-eared Waxbill, Green-winged Pytilia, Jameson’s Firefinch (jamesoni), Long-tailed Paradise Whydah, Wood Pipit (chersophilus), Buffy Pipit (chobiensis), Plain-backed Pipit (tephridorsus), Yellow-fronted Canary (vansoni) and Golden-breasted Bunting (kalaharica)
Menongue for Anchieta’s Barbet (anchietae), Angola Lark (ESS angolensis), Plains Lark (ESS irwini), Black-and-rufous Swallow, South African Cliff Swallow, Dambo Cisticola (dambo), Black-necked Eremomela, Sharp-tailed Starling (acuticaudus), Congo Moor Chat, Fülleborn’s Longclaw, Grimwood’s Longclaw and Streaky-headed Seedeater (benguellensis), as well as African Black Duck, Coqui Francolin, Red-winged Francolin (momboloensis), Blue Quail, Denham’s Bustard, Coppery-tailed Coucal, African Rail, Wattled Crane, Common Buttonquail, African Snipe (angolensis), Temminck’s Courser (ruvanensis), Rufous-bellied Heron, Black-chested Snake Eagle, Dark Chanting Goshawk, African Marsh Harrier, Pale-billed Hornbill, Blue-breasted Bee-eater (bangweoloensis), Greater Kestrel (rupicoloides), Dickinson’s Kestrel, Brown-crowned Tchagra (ESS bocagei), Cape Crow, White-winged Black Tit (insignis), Fawn-colored Lark (trapnelli), Red-capped Lark (saturatior), Grey-rumped Swallow, Greater Swamp Warbler, Lesser Swamp Warbler (winterbottomi), Little Rush Warbler (msiri), Tinkling Cisticola (ansorgei), Levaillant’s Cisticola (perpullus), Cloud Cisticola (ESS bulubulu), Pale-crowned Cisticola (cinnamomeus), Wing-snapping Cisticola, Black-chested Prinia (bihe), African Stonechat, Capped Wheatear, Copper Sunbird, Fan-tailed Widowbird, Quailfinch (muelleri), Locust Finch (locustella), Cape Wagtail, Rosy-throated Longclaw (altanus), Buffy Pipit (neumanni) and Black-throated Canary (semideserti)
Moxico (Cameia NP) for White-throated Francolin (dewittei), Anchieta’s Barbet (katangae), Margaret’s Batis (kathleenae), Angola Lark (antonii), Plains Lark (kabalii), Black-and-rufous Swallow, Red-throated Cliff Swallow, Dambo Cisticola, Böhm’s Flycatcher, Congo Moor Chat, Grey Waxbill, Fülleborn’s Longclaw, Grimwood’s Longclaw, Black-faced Canary (capistrata) and Black-eared Seedeater, as well as Böhm’s Spinetail, Denham’s Bustard, Wattled Crane, Forbes’s Plover, Southern Ground Hornbill, Bennett’s Woodpecker (bennettii), Black-fronted Bushshrike (manningi), Square-tailed Drongo, Rufous-naped Lark (gomesi), Grey-olive Greenbul (schoutedeni), Whistling Cisticola, Cloud Cisticola (anselli), Desert Cisticola (traylori), Southern Yellow White-eye, Southern Hyliota, Familiar Chat (modesta), Collared Sunbird (garguensis), Long-tailed Widowbird, Black-and-white Mannikin (woltersi), Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu (katangae), African Pipit (lichenya) and Yellow-fronted Canary (samaliyae)
Lunda Sul for White-throated Francolin (dewittei) and Black-tailed Cisticola, Miombo Pied Barbet, Rufous-bellied Tit (rufiventris), Dusky Lark (occidentis), Black-and-rufous Swallow, Red-throated Cliff Swallow, Teke Cisticola (undescribed form), Yellow-bellied Eremomela (salvadorii), Black-necked Eremomela, Angola White-eye (kasaicus), Sharp-tailed Starling, Bannerman’s Sunbird, African Firefinch (landanae) and Fülleborn’s Longclaw, as well as Blue Quail, Red-necked Spurfowl (cranchii), Swamp Nightjar, Pennant-winged Nightjar, Ross’s Turaco, Blue-headed Coucal, Coppery-tailed Coucal, African Green Pigeon (calvus), Red-chested Flufftail, Common Buttonquail, Black-rumped Buttonquail, Bateleur, Ovambo Sparrowhawk, African Marsh Harrier, Speckled Mousebird (congicus), Narina Trogon, Black Scimitarbill, Crowned Hornbill, Pale-billed Hornbill, Lilac-breasted Roller, Striped Kingfisher, Swallow-tailed Bee-eater (furcatus), Blue-breasted Bee-eater (variegatus), Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird, Brown-backed Honeybird, Scaly-throated Honeyguide, Red-throated Wryneck, Golden-tailed Woodpecker (abingoni), Cardinal Woodpecker (sharpii), Meyer’s Parrot (matschiei), African Broadbill, Chinspot Batis (pintoi), Marsh Tchagra (anchietae), Brown-crowned Tchagra (souzae), Tropical Boubou, Brubru (nigritemporalis), White-crested Helmetshrike, White-breasted Cuckooshrike, African Golden Oriole, Fork-tailed Drongo (apivorus), Souza’s Shrike (souzae), Cape Crow, White-tailed Blue Flycatcher, White-winged Black Tit, Miombo Tit, Grey Penduline Tit (ansorgei), Plains Lark, Pale-throated Greenbul, Little Greenbul, Cabanis’s Greenbul, Black Saw-wing, Grey-rumped Swallow, Banded Martin (parvula), Moustached Grass Warbler, Red-capped Crombec, Greater Swamp Warbler, Fan-tailed Grassbird, Little Rush Warbler (msiri), Singing Cisticola, Tinkling Cisticola, Chirping Cisticola (congo), Levaillant’s Cisticola, Stout Cisticola (angolensis), Croaking Cisticola (katanga), Neddicky, Tawny-flanked Prinia (kasokae), Yellow-breasted Apalis (neglecta), Grey-backed Camaroptera (intercalata), Miombo Wren-Warbler (cinereus), Green-capped Eremomela (congensis), Yellow-bellied Hyliota, Kurrichane Thrush, Miombo Scrub Robin, Southern Black Flycatcher (poliogynus), White-browed Robin-Chat (heuglini), African Stonechat (salax), Sooty Chat, Arnot’s Chat, Capped Wheatear, Anchieta’s Sunbird, Amethyst Sunbird, Copper Sunbird, Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow, Dark-backed Weaver, Black-winged Red Bishop, Yellow-mantled Widowbird, Marsh Widowbird, Red-collared Widowbird, Fawn-breasted Waxbill, Locust Finch, Orange-winged Pytilia, Brown Firefinch, Dusky Indigobird, Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah, Wood Pipit (schoutedeni), Buffy Pipit (neumanni) and Cabanis’s Bunting, also African Black Swift (roehli) and White-headed Saw-wing (ESS suffusa)
Lunda Norte for Anchieta’s Barbet, Miombo Pied Barbet, Black-collared Bulbul, Black-and-rufous Swallow, Red-throated Cliff Swallow, South African Cliff Swallow, Dambo Cisticola, Black-necked Eremomela, Angola White-eye (kasaicus), Spotted Thrush-Babbler (upembae), Congo Moor Chat, Bannerman’s Sunbird, Black-chinned Weaver, Quailfinch (fuscata), Fülleborn’s Longclaw, Grimwood’s Longclaw, Short-tailed Pipit (leggei) and Black-faced Canary (capistrata) among other taxa around Lagoa Carumbo, as well as African Finfoot (petersii), Chestnut-headed Flufftail (lynesi), Great Crested Grebe, Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill (subquadratus), White-bellied Kingfisher (leopoldi), Green-backed Woodpecker (nyansae), Bates’s Paradise Flycatcher, African Paradise Flycatcher (speciosa), Rufous-bellied Tit, Western Nicator, Little Grey Greenbul (gracilis), Leaf-love (orientalis), Green Crombec (baraka), Lemon-bellied Crombec (denti), Singing Cisticola, Buff-throated Apalis (nigrescens), Gosling’s Apalis, Brown Illadopsis (ugandae), Groundscraper Thrush (stierlingi), African Thrush (stormsi), Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat (niveicapilla), Red-capped Robin-Chat (intensa), Violet-tailed Sunbird, Reichenbach’s Sunbird, Olive-bellied Sunbird (orphogaster), Red-throated Twinspot (macrospilotus), Brown Twinspot and Red-billed Firefinch (ruberrima)
Cabinda (Maiombe NP and Foz do Chiloango) for Loango Weaver, Pale-olive Greenbul, Bubbling Cisticola (septentrionalis), Rufous-tailed Palm Thrush and African Firefinch (landanae), as well as Black Guineafowl, Plumed Guineafowl (plumifera), Latham’s Francolin (lathami), Scaly Spurfowl (squamatus), Fiery-necked Nightjar (nigriscapularis), Black Spinetail, Sabine’s Spinetail, Cassin’s Spinetail, Yellow-billed Turaco (verreauxii), Blue-headed Wood Dove (brehmeri), Grey-throated Rail, Nkulengu Rail, Spot-breasted Ibis, White-crested Tiger Heron, Long-tailed Hawk, Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk, African Goshawk (toussenelii), Red-chested Owlet (medje), Sjöstedt’s Barred Owlet, Fraser’s Eagle-Owl (poensis), Akun Eagle-Owl, Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill, White-thighed Hornbill, Eastern Dwarf Hornbill, Eastern Long-tailed Hornbill, White-bellied Kingfisher (leucogaster), Black-headed Bee-eater, Rosy Bee-eater, Grey-throated Barbet (bonapartei), Spotted Honeyguide, Lyre-tailed Honeyguide, Gabon Woodpecker, Brown-necked Parrot (fuscicollis), Rufous-sided Broadbill (rufolateralis), West African Batis, White-spotted Wattle-eye, Brown-throated Wattle-eye (cyanea), Fiery-breasted Bushshrike, Sabine’s Puffback (melanoleucus), Red-eyed Puffback, Lowland Sooty Boubou, Lühder’s Bushshrike, Rufous-bellied Helmetshrike (rufiventris), Blue Cuckooshrike, Shining Drongo, Grey-necked Rockfowl, Forest Penduline Tit, Golden Greenbul, Yellow-lored Bristlebill, Spotted Greenbul, Sjöstedt’s Greenbul, Eastern Bearded Greenbul, Red-tailed Greenbul (emini), White-bearded Greenbul, Icterine Greenbul, Ansorge’s Greenbul, Xavier’s Greenbul, Square-tailed Saw-wing (nitens), Chestnut-capped Flycatcher (mccallii), Buff-throated Apalis (rufogularis), Olive-green Camaroptera (chloronata), Forest White-eye, Pale-breasted Illadopsis (rufipennis), Blackcap Illadopsis (batesi), Purple-headed Starling, White-tailed Ant Thrush (praepectoralis), Red-tailed Ant Thrush (gabunensis), Fire-crested Alethe (castanea), White-browed Forest Flycatcher (ruthae), Fraser’s Forest Flycatcher (ocreata), Little Grey Flycatcher, Yellow-footed Flycatcher, Olive-backed Forest Robin, Tiny Sunbird, Johanna’s Sunbird (johannae), Cassin’s Malimbe, Blue-billed Malimbe, Red-headed Malimbe (rubricollis), Red-bellied Malimbe and Western Bluebill (pustulata), White-crowned Lapwing, Grey Pratincole, Broad-billed Roller (afer), White-throated Bee-eater, African Grey Woodpecker (meridionalis), Grey Parrot, African Pitta (angolensis), Northern Puffback (congicus), Swamp Boubou (bicolor), Flappet Lark (schoutedeni), Sabota Lark (ESS plebeja), Common Bulbul (gabonensis), Black Saw-wing (petiti), Grey-rumped Swallow (melbina), Red-chested Swallow (subalaris), Winding Cisticola (amphilectus), Croaking Cisticola (strangei), Short-winged Cisticola (brachypterus), Yellow-breasted Apalis (caniceps), Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat, Mangrove Sunbird, Green-headed Sunbird (cyanocephala), Copper Sunbird (cupreus), Black-headed Waxbill (avakubi) and Common Waxbill (rubriventris)
Also Cangandala NP and Luando Integral Nature Reserve

TIMING (Aug–Oct)
Best at the start of the rains (Aug–Oct) when most birds breed
Some places, including Cumbira Forest, may be inaccessible during the rains (Nov–Mar)
Feb–May is good for breeding plumaged Golden-backed Bishop and various Vidua species
Jun–Jul is unproductive in the highlands

RESOURCES
Apps
Birds of Africa (iOS or Android)

Field guides
The Special Birds of Angola/As Aves Especiais de Angola by Michael Mills (2017) is the first field guide dedicated to Angolan birds, with text in both English and Portuguese
Birds of Western Africa by Ron Demey & Nik Borrow (2014) is the best available field guide for the north of the country
Sasol Birds of Southern Africa by Ian Sinclair, Phil Hockey, Warwick Tarboton, Niall Perrins, Dominic Rollinson & Peter Ryan (2020) is useful for the south of the country and, together with the previous field guide, covers most non-endemic birds
Birds of Africa South of the Sahara by Ian Sinclair & Peter Ryan (2010) and Birds of Southern Africa by Ber van Perlo (2009) are currently the only field guides to illustrate all bird species occurring in Angola

Sounds
Vocalisations of Angolan Birds by Michael S L Mills is the only sound guide to Angolan birds and covers 110 species, including most of the endemics
African Bird Sounds Vol 2: West and Central Africa by Claude Chappuis
Southern African Bird Sounds by Guy Gibbon

Site guides
Birds Angola: Birding Sites by Michael Mills
Southern African Birdfinder by Callan Cohen, Claire Spottiswoode & Jonathan Rossouw (2006)
Birding Western Angola by Ian Sinclair, Claire Spottiswoode, Callan Cohen, Michael Mills, Rodney Cassidy, Pedro vaz Pinto & Peter Ryan (2004)

Further reading
The Avifauna of Angola: Richness, Endemism and Rarity by Richard Dean, Martim Melo & Michael Mills in Biodiversity of Angola Science & Conservation: a Modern Synthesis edited by Brian J Huntley, Vladimir Russo, Fernanda Lages & Nuno Ferrand (2019)
As Aves Comuns de Luanda/The Common Birds of Luanda by Martim Melo & Michael Mills (2015)
The Collection and Database of Birds of Angola Hosted at IICT (Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical), Lisboa, Portugal by Miguel Monteiro, Luís Reino, Pedro Beja, Michael Stuart Lyne Mills, Cristiane Bastos-Silveira, Manuela Ramos, Diana Rodrigues, Isabel Queirós Neves, Susana Consciência & Rui Figueira (2014)
The Checklist of the Birds of Angola 2013 Edition/A Lista das Aves de Angola Edição 2013 by Michael Mills & Martim Melo (2013)
A Bibliography of Angolan Birds compiled by W R J Dean and M S L Mills (2012)
Angola by W R J Dean in Important Bird Areas in Africa and Associated Islands: Priority Sites for Conservation edited by Lincoln D C Fishpool & Michael I Evans (2001)
The Birds of Angola: an Annotated Checklist by W R J Dean (2000)
Ornitolgia de Angola Vol 1: Non-passeres by António Augusto da Rosa Pinto (1983)
Articles in Bull. ABC, Malimbus, etc.

Websites
Birds Angola
Birding Angola

Blogs
Angola Field Group: Birds
Kumbira Forest Project: Saving Angola’s Endemic Birds

Facebook groups
Birding Angola is a group whose goal is to promote birdwatching in Angola
Angola Selvagem is a forum for anyone interested in the fantastic wildlife and natural environment of Angola

ORGANISATIONS

There is currently no BirdLife Partner in Angola

Bird or conservation organisations active in Angola include –
Associação Angolana para Aves e Natureza/Angolan Association for Birds and Nature
Wild Bird Trust
Fundação Kissama/Kissama Foundation
Mount Moco
EcoAngola
Bioconserv
Acção para o Desenvolvimento Rural e Ambiente (ADRA)/Action for Rural Development and Environment
Juventude Ecológica Angolana (JEA)
African Parks: Iona, Luengue-Luiana and Mavinga National Parks
Peace Parks Foundation: Kavango Zambezi (KAZA) Transfrontier Conservation Area (TFCA) and Liuwa Plains-Mussuma TFCA
The Nature Conservancy (TNC)