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 970 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
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)
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
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
Red-throated Twinspot | Peters’s Twinspot
Brown Firefinch
Black-eared Seedeater

More Guineo-Congolian endemics or near-endemics occurring in Angola, including ESS
Hartlaub’s Duck
Great Blue Turaco
Guinea Turaco (zenkeri)
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo
Afep Pigeon
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon | Bronze-naped Pigeon
White-spotted Flufftail
Spot-breasted Ibis
Congo Serpent Eagle
Long-tailed Hawk
Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk
Red-thighed Sparrowhawk
Fraser’s Eagle-Owl (poensis)
Akun Eagle-Owl
Vermiculated Fishing Owl
Congo Pied Hornbill
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill (subquadratus)
Black-casqued Hornbill
Eastern Long-tailed Hornbill
Blue-throated Roller (neglectus)
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher
African Dwarf Kingfisher (lecontei)
White-bellied Kingfisher (leucogaster)
Black Bee-eater (australis)
Bristle-nosed Barbet
Naked-faced Barbet (congicus)
Speckled Tinkerbird (flavisquamatus)
Red-rumped Tinkerbird
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird (flavimentum)
Cassin’s Honeybird (insignis)
Least Honeyguide (exilis)
African Piculet
Buff-spotted Woodpecker (nivosus)
Brown-eared Woodpecker (caroli)
Little Green Woodpecker (permista)
Yellow-crested Woodpecker | Golden-crowned Woodpecker
Elliot’s Woodpecker (elliotii)
Chestnut Wattle-eye
Black-necked Wattle-eye
Many-colored Bushshrike (batesi)
Bocage’s Bushshrike | Gray-green Bushshrike (bocagei)
Sabine’s Puffback (melanoleucus)
Red-eyed Puffback
Lowland Sooty Boubou
Petit’s Cuckooshrike
Western Oriole | Western Black-headed Oriole (laetior)
Black-winged Oriole
Velvet-mantled Drongo (coracinus)
Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher (nitens)
Rufous-vented Paradise Flycatcher
Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher | Black-headed Paradise Flycatcher (neumanni)
Bates’s Paradise Flycatcher (bannermani)
Slender-billed Greenbul (gracilirostris)
Red-tailed Bristlebill (syndactylus)
Swamp Palm Bulbul | Swamp Greenbul
Simple Greenbul
Honeyguide Greenbul (indicator)
Red-tailed Greenbul (emini)
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul (latirostris)
Plain Greenbul (curvirostris)
Little Grey Greenbul | Gray Greenbul (gracilis)
White-bibbed Swallow | White-throated Blue Swallow
Yellow Longbill (flavicans)
Grey Longbill
Green Crombec (baraka/tando)
Lemon-bellied Crombec (denti)
Green Hylia (prasina)
Tit Hylia (denti)
White-chinned Prinia (leucopogon)
Lowland Masked Apalis | Masked Apalis
Black-throated Apalis (jacksoni)
Buff-throated Apalis (nigrescens)
Gosling’s Apalis
Yellow-browed Camaroptera
Rufous-crowned Eremomela
Brown Illadopsis (ugandae/ESS dilutior)
Scaly-breasted Illadopsis
Chestnut-winged Starling (intermedius)
Narrow-tailed Starling
Fraser’s Rufous Thrush | Rufous Flycatcher-Thrush (rubicunda)
White-tailed Ant Thrush (praepectoralis/ESS pallidigularis)
Fire-crested Alethe (castanea)
White-browed Forest Flycatcher (ruthae)
Fraser’s Forest Flycatcher | African Forest Flycatcher (ocreata)
Grey-throated Tit-Flycatcher (griseigularis)
Dusky-blue Flycatcher (comitatus)
Sooty Flycatcher (fuliginosus)
Cassin’s Flycatcher
Fraser’s Sunbird (cameroonensis)
Violet-tailed Sunbird
Little Green Sunbird (minor)
Grey-chinned Sunbird
Reichenbach’s Sunbird
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird (octaviae)
Carmelite Sunbird (fuliginosa)
Green-throated Sunbird (rubescens)
Superb Sunbird (superbus)
Bates’s Sunbird
Vieillot’s Black Weaver
Yellow-mantled Weaver
Blue-billed Malimbe
Red-headed Malimbe (ESS praedi)
Crested Malimbe
Woodhouse’s Antpecker (ansorgei)
White-breasted Nigrita (fusconotus)
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita (brunnescens)
Pale-fronted Nigrita (luteifrons)
Black-bellied Seedcracker

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)
Loanda Swift
Verreaux’s Turaco
Western Black-billed Turaco
Barrow’s Bustard
Cape Gull
White-breasted Cormorant
Red-chested Goshawk
Ngami 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
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)
Angola Buff-throated Apalis (E)
Salvadori’s Eremomela (BT Z)
Benguela Long-tailed Starling (E)
Cunene Long-tailed Starling (NE)
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 (Mussulo Peninsula, Ilhéu dos Pássaros Integral Nature Reserve, Saco dos Flamingos and Cuanza River Mouth) for waterbirds including Cape Teal, Greater Flamingo and Lesser Flamingo, White-fronted Plover (mechowi) among other waders/shorebirds, Damara Tern, Caspian Tern and West African Crested Tern, as well as Palm-nut Vulture, Desert Cisticola (ESS lobito), Mangrove Sunbird, Slender-billed Weaver, Orange Weaver, Yellow-throated Longclaw and Long-legged Pipit
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), Rüppell’s Parrot (rueppellii), Rosy-faced Lovebird (ESS catumbella), Angola Batis, Carp’s Tit, Pale-olive Greenbul, Bubbling Cisticola (septentrionalis), Rufous-tailed Palm Thrush and Golden-backed Bishop, as well as Mottled Spinetail (benguellensis), Böhm’s Spinetail (boehmi), Senegal Coucal (senegalensis), Senegal Lapwing, Saddle-billed Stork, Pel’s Fishing Owl, Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill (elegans), Olive Bee-eater (alternans), Acacia Pied Barbet (centralis), Swamp Boubou (guttatus), Southern White-crowned Shrike (anguitimens), Long-billed Crombec (ESS ansorgei), Red-billed Buffalo Weaver (niger), Lesser Masked Weaver (cabanisii), Yellow-crowned Bishop (afer), Southern Red Bishop and Red-headed Finch (erythrocephala)
Cuanza River Floodplain for waterbirds including Long-toed Lapwing and African Openbill, and further upstream for White-crowned Lapwing, Egyptian Plover and Rock Pratincole (nuchalis)
Tombingo Forest for lowland forest species including Guineo-Congolian endemics
Damengola Forest and Quibaxe for Braun’s Bushshrike and Angola Greenbul, more Guineo-Congolian endemics including Gabon Coucal, Brown-necked Parrot (fuscicollis), Brown-throated Wattle-eye (cyanea), Black-collared Bulbul, Banded Prinia (ESS heinrichi), Brown-backed Scrub Robin, Orange-tufted Sunbird, White-collared Oliveback and Brown Twinspot
Kinjila for White-headed Robin-Chat, Anchieta’s Barbet, Buff-throated Apalis (ESS angolensis) and Sharp-tailed Starling (acuticaudus), as well as Meyer’s Parrot (ESS reichenowi), Cabanis’s Greenbul (cabanisi), Red-faced Cisticola (lepe), Grey-winged Robin-Chat (polioptera) and Green Twinspot (schlegeli)
Black Rocks at Pungo Andongo for Grey-striped Spurfowl, Ludwig’s Double-collared Sunbird and Angola Waxbill, as well as Large Rock Martin (anderssoni) and Cinnamon-breasted Bunting (tahapisi)
Cangandala NP and Luando Integral Nature Reserve for miombo woodland species
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, Buff-throated Apalis (ESS brauni), Hartert’s Camaroptera and Gabela Akalat, Gabon Coucal, Angola Batis, Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye (ESS ansorgei), Gorgeous Bushshrike (viridis), Dusky Tit (ESS gabela), Yellow-throated Nicator, Pale-throated Greenbul (flavigula), Falkenstein’s Greenbul, Pale-olive Greenbul, Brown Illadopsis (ESS dilutior), Southern Hyliota (inornata), Forest Scrub Robin (ESS reichenowi), Brown-chested Alethe (ESS hallae) and Red-headed Bluebill, as well as Lemon Dove (samaliyae), Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet, Pink-footed Puffback (angolensis), Mackinnon’s Shrike, Olive Sunbird (cephaelis), Black-necked Weaver (nigricollis), Brown-capped Weaver, Black Bishop (gierowii), Grey-headed Nigrita (angolensis) and Red-faced Crimsonwing (reichenovii)
Mount Moco and Namba Mountains 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, Afromontane species including Red-winged Francolin (kikuyuensis), Scarce Swift (myoptilus), African Olive Pigeon, Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk, Bar-tailed Trogon, Western Tinkerbird (ESS angolensis), Olive Woodpecker (ruwenzori), Evergreen Forest Warbler (ESS boultoni), Grey Apalis (ESS grandis), African Hill Babbler (ansorgei), Orange Ground Thrush (otomitra), Bocage’s Akalat (ESS bocagei), Bronze Sunbird (ESS gadowi), Thick-billed Seedeater (tanganjicae) and Yellow-crowned Canary (ESS huillensis), as well as Finsch’s Francolin, Fernando Po Swift, White-bellied Bustard (mackenziei), Lemon Dove, Black-backed Barbet (minor), Green-backed Honeybird (ESS lathburyi), Margaret’s Batis (ESS margaritae), Gorgeous Bushshrike (viridis), White-tailed Blue Flycatcher, Angola Lark (ESS angolensis), Black-collared Bulbul, Pale-throated Greenbul, Black Saw-wing (reichenowi), Large Rock Martin, Black-and-rufous Swallow, Laura’s Woodland Warbler (ESS laurae), Red-faced Cisticola (lepe), Wailing Cisticola (ESS namba), Stout Cisticola (angolensis), Croaking Cisticola (huambo), Wing-snapping Cisticola (ayresii), Miombo Wren-Warbler (ESS huilae), African Thrush (bocagei), Angola Cave Chat, Miombo Rock Thrush (angolensis), Mountain Chat (ESS nigricauda), Bocage’s Sunbird, Oustalet’s Sunbird (ESS oustaleti), Black-chinned Weaver, Yellow Bishop (ESS angolensis), Dusky Twinspot (ESS cinereovinacea), Fülleborn’s Longclaw, Long-billed Pipit (ESS moco), Striped Pipit and Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
Cassongue area for Brazza’s Martin and Black-faced Canary (ESS hildegardae) as well as Chirping Cisticola (ESS pipiens), Hartlaub’s Babbler and Marsh Widowbird (hartlaubi)
Tundavala Escarpment for Swierstra’s Spurfowl, White-headed Barbet (ESS leucogaster), Red-backed Mousebird, Angola Slaty Flycatcher, Ludwig’s Double-collared Sunbird and Angola Waxbill, Rockrunner (ESS spadix) and Angola Cave Chat, as well as Finsch’s Francolin, Freckled Nightjar (lentiginosus), Alpine Swift (africanus), Bradfield’s Swift (bradfieldi), African Olive Pigeon, Black Stork, Booted Eagle, Verreaux’s Eagle, Augur Buzzard, Western Tinkerbird, Olive Woodpecker, Rock Kestrel, Lanner Falcon, White-tailed Blue Flycatcher, Rufous-naped Lark (ESS occidentalis), Black Saw-wing, Large Rock Martin, Tinkling Cisticola (ansorgei), Wailing Cisticola, Wing-snapping Cisticola, Grey Apalis, Bocage’s Akalat, Short-toed Rock Thrush (brevipes), Oustalet’s Sunbird, Jameson’s Firefinch (ansorgei), Striped Pipit, Yellow-crowned Canary, Cinnamon-breasted Bunting and Cape Bunting (ESS nebularum)
Benguela (Búfalo Partial Reserve and Chimalavera Regional Nature Park) and Namibe (Iona NP and Namibe Partial Reserve) for Meves’s Starling (ESS benguelensis) and Cinderella Waxbill, Orange River Francolin (jugularis), Hartlaub’s Spurfowl, Rüppell’s Korhaan (rueppelii), Rüppell’s Parrot (mariettae), Rosy-faced Lovebird (ESS catumbella), Damara Red-billed Hornbill, Monteiro’s Hornbill, White-tailed Shrike, Carp’s Tit, Gray’s Lark (hoeschi), Benguela Long-billed Lark, Rockrunner (pycnopygius), Bare-cheeked Babbler (ESS gymnogenys) and Herero Chat, other desert and arid savanna taxa including Common Ostrich, Horus Swift (ESS fuscobrunneus), Ludwig’s Bustard, Namaqua Sandgrouse, Speckled Pigeon (phaeonota), Ring-necked Dove (onguati), Spotted Thick-knee (damarensis), Burchell’s Courser, Double-banded Courser (ESS bisignatus), Secretarybird, Pale Chanting Goshawk (argentior), Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill (elegans), Little Bee-eater (argutus), Olive Bee-eater (alternans), Acacia Pied Barbet, Greater Kestrel (rupicoloides), Pririt Batis (affinis), Bokmakierie (phanus), Brown-crowned Tchagra (damarensis), Southern Fiscal (aridicolus), Ashy Tit (benguelae), Cape Penduline Tit (damarensis), Sabota Lark (ESS ansorgei/naevia), Fawn-colored Lark (makarikari), Stark’s Lark, Red-capped Lark (spleniata), 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), Chat Flycatcher (benguellensis), Karoo Chat (benguellensis), Tractrac Chat (hoeschi), Mountain Chat (ESS albipileata), 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), Red-headed Finch, Red-billed Firefinch (rendalli), Purple Indigobird, Nicholson’s Pipit (palliditinctus), Black-throated Canary (deserti), Yellow Canary (damarensis), White-throated Canary (crocopygia), Lark-like Bunting, Cinnamon-breasted Bunting (nivenorum) and Golden-breasted Bunting (princeps), as well as African Oystercatcher, White-fronted Plover (marginatus) and Chestnut-banded Plover, and seabirds including Kelp Gull (vetula), Cape Gannet and Cape Cormorant, along the coast and within the marine conservation area
Huíla (Bicuar NP) and Cunene (Mupa NP) for Violet Wood Hoopoe (damarensis), White-tailed Shrike, Babbling Starling (ESS gutturalis) and Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Weaver as well as Red-billed Spurfowl, Fiery-necked Nightjar (fervidus), Grey Go-away-bird (bechuanae), Kori Bustard (kori), Red-crested Korhaan, Double-banded Sandgrouse (ESS ansorgei), Mourning Collared Dove (ambigua), Southern Ground Hornbill, Southern Red-billed Hornbill, Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill (elegans), African Grey Hornbill (epirhinus), Swallow-tailed Bee-eater (hirundineus), Acacia Pied Barbet, Crested Barbet (vaillantii), Lesser Honeyguide (damarensis), Bennett’s Woodpecker (capricorni), Golden-tailed Woodpecker (anderssoni), Brown-necked Parrot (suahelicus), Meyer’s Parrot (damarensis), Rosy-faced Lovebird, Grey-headed Bushshrike (citrinipectus), Crimson-breasted Shrike, Southern White-crowned Shrike, Magpie Shrike (melanoleucus), Retz’s Helmetshrike (retzii), Grey Penduline Tit (caroli), Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark (hoeschi), Pink-billed Lark (damarensis), Rufous-naped Lark (pallida), Flappet Lark (mababiensis), Red-capped Lark (fulvida), Long-billed Crombec (flecki), Grey-backed Camaroptera (sharpei), Neddicky (hallae), Desert Cisticola (eremicus), Tawny-flanked Prinia (bechuanae), Black-chested Prinia (bihe), Burnt-necked Eremomela (usticollis), Southern Pied Babbler, Black-faced Babbler (melanops), Greater Blue-eared Starling (nordmanni), Meves’s Starling (violacior), Burchell’s Starling, Yellow-billed Oxpecker, White-browed Scrub Robin (ovamboensis), Southern Black Flycatcher (diabolicus), Marico Flycatcher (acaciae), Marico Sunbird (mariquensis), White-bellied Sunbird, Red-billed Buffalo Weaver, White-browed Sparrow-Weaver, Scaly-feathered Weaver, Southern Masked Weaver (caurinus), Red-headed Weaver (rubriceps), Southern Red Bishop, Black-faced Waxbill (erythronotos), Violet-eared Waxbill, Blue Waxbill (cyanopleurus), Cut-throat Finch (meridionalis) and Shaft-tailed Whydah
Cuando Cabango (Luengue-Luiana and Mavinga NPs and Cuatir Nature Reserve) for Helmeted Guineafowl (papillosus), Southern Crested Guineafowl (edouardi), Crested Francolin (zambesiae), Swainson’s Spurfowl, Rufous-cheeked Nightjar (rufigena), Senegal Coucal (flecki), Yellow-throated Sandgrouse (saturatior), Burchell’s Sandgrouse, Grey Crowned Crane (regulorum), Wattled Crane, Long-toed Lapwing, Three-banded Courser (seebohmi), Rock Pratincole, African Skimmer, White-backed Night Heron, Slaty Egret, African Goshawk (tachiro), Pel’s Fishing Owl, Red-faced Mousebird (mossambicus), Southern Ground Hornbill, Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill (leucomelas), Bradfield’s Hornbill, African Grey Hornbill, Pygmy Falcon (semitorquatus), Brown-hooded Kingfisher (orientalis), Brown-crowned Tchagra (ESS bocagei/rhodesiensis), Black-crowned Tchagra (kalahari), Swamp Boubou (sticturus), Southern Fiscal (subcoronatus), Southern Black Tit (xanthostomus), Fawn-colored Lark (trapnelli), Plains Lark (ESS irwini), Terrestrial Brownbul, Little Rush Warbler (msiri), Rattling Cisticola (smithersi), Tinkling Cisticola (rufilatus), Luapula Cisticola, Chirping Cisticola (arundicola), Stierling’s Wren-Warbler (stierlingi), Yellow-bellied Eremomela (helenorae), Black-faced Babbler (querula), Meves’s Starling (mevesii), Sharp-tailed Starling (ecki), Red-billed Oxpecker, Bearded Scrub Robin (quadrivirgata), Collared Sunbird (zambesiana), Thick-billed Weaver (maxima), Southern Brown-throated Weaver (castaneigula), Yellow-crowned Bishop (taha), Common Waxbill (niediecki), Jameson’s Firefinch (jamesoni), Wood Pipit (chersophilus) and Buffy Pipit (chobiensis)
Moxico (Cameia NP) for White-throated Francolin (dewittei), Wattled Crane, Forbes’s Plover, Margaret’s Batis (kathleenae), Grey-olive Greenbul (schoutedeni), Angola Lark (antonii), Chirping Cisticola (congo), Cloud Cisticola (anselli), Dambo Cisticola (dambo), Southern Hyliota (inornata), Congo Moor Chat and Grimwood’s Longclaw as well as Böhm’s Spinetail, Grey Go-away-bird (molybdophanes), Southern Ground Hornbill, Meyer’s Parrot (matschiei), Black-fronted Bushshrike (manningi), Brubru (nigritemporalis), Rufous-naped Lark (gomesi), Desert Cisticola (traylori), Tawny-flanked Prinia (kasokae), Yellow-breasted Apalis (neglecta), African Thrush (stormsi), Familiar Chat (modesta), Collared Sunbird (garguensis), Purple-banded Sunbird (microrhynchus) and Black-and-white Mannikin (woltersi)
Lunda Sul (Cacolo) for Plains Lark (kabalii) and Black-tailed Cisticola as well as White-headed Saw-wing (ESS suffusa)
Lunda Norte (Lake Carumbo, Luachimo and Luembe River Valleys) for a mix of Guineo-Congolian and Zambezian endemics as well as floodplain grassland species including Swamp Nightjar, Denham’s Bustard (jacksoni), Brazza’s Martin, Dambo Cisticola, Congo Moor Chat, Black-chinned Weaver, widowbirds, Quailfinch (fuscata), Grimwood’s Longclaw and Short-tailed Pipit (leggei), also Spotted Thrush-Babbler (upembae), Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat (niveicapilla) and Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu (katangae)
Cabinda (Maiombe NP and Chiloango River Mouth) for Loango Weaver and Guineo-Congolian endemics including Black Guineafowl, Plumed Guineafowl, Latham’s Francolin (lathami), Sabine’s Spinetail, Cassin’s Spinetail, Yellow-throated Cuckoo, Blue-headed Wood Dove (brehmeri), Grey-throated Rail, Nkulengu Rail, White-crested Tiger Heron, Red-chested Owlet, Sjöstedt’s Barred Owlet, White-thighed Hornbill, Eastern Dwarf Hornbill, Black-headed Bee-eater, Rosy Bee-eater, Yellow-spotted Barbet (duchaillui), Spotted Honeyguide, Lyre-tailed Honeyguide, Gabon Woodpecker, Grey Parrot, Rufous-sided Broadbill (rufolateralis), West African Batis, White-spotted Wattle-eye, Fiery-breasted Bushshrike, Lühder’s Bushshrike, Rufous-bellied Helmetshrike (rufiventris), Blue Cuckooshrike, Shining Drongo, Grey-necked Rockfowl, Golden Greenbul, Yellow-lored Bristlebill, Spotted Greenbul, Sjöstedt’s Greenbul, Eastern Bearded Greenbul, White-bearded Greenbul, Ansorge’s Greenbul, Xavier’s Greenbul, Icterine Greenbul, Common Bulbul (gabonensis), Square-tailed Saw-wing (nitens), Chestnut-capped Flycatcher (mccallii), Olive-green Camaroptera, Forest White-eye, Pale-breasted Illadopsis (rufipennis), Blackcap Illadopsis, Purple-headed Starling, Red-tailed Ant Thrush, Little Grey Flycatcher, Yellow-footed Flycatcher, Forest Robin, Tiny Sunbird, Johanna’s Sunbird (johannae), Cassin’s Malimbe, Red-headed Malimbe (rubricollis) and Western Bluebill (pustulata), as well as Grey Pratincole, African Goshawk (toussenelii), Broad-billed Roller (afer), Northern Puffback (congicus), Swamp Boubou (bicolor), Sabota Lark (ESS plebeja), Black Saw-wing (petiti), Grey-rumped Swallow (melbina), 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)

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)