List of Birds of Angola

one of Africa’s wildest remaining countries – is now not only accessible, but increasingly comfortable, with camping no-longer required on this strictly-hotels itinerary, and roads vastly better than they were ten years ago. Angola has habitats ranging from the arid-desert Namib right to Congolese rain forests, but we will spend most of our time on the fascinating Angola escarpment which holds more than 30 endemic and near-endemic specialty birds that are essentially restricted to this beautiful rugged country. The birds are gob-smackers, with stand-out delights such as Monteiro’s, Braun’s, and Gabela Bush-shrikes, the dazzling White-headed Robin-chat, Red-crested Turaco, Black-collared Bulbul, Margaret’s Batis, Oustalet’s Sunbird, Dusky Twinspot, striking Angola Cave-chat, and more. The habitat diversity from desert scrub, to endless broad-leaved miombo woodlands, to Afro-montane forest and patched of Guinea-congolian lowland forest is spell-binding. This means we are likely to see over 500 species on this trip! An amazing number total over 20% of Africa’s avifauna!

Just over 1000 species of birds have been recorded, of which 14 are endemic and at least 30 more near-endemic. The major draws for visiting birders are Angolan endemic birds, Congo Basin rainforest birds, Namib Desert endemics, Miombo specialties, and a variety of other localized species.