Birds of Equatorial Guinea
353 species recorded at 10 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
Northern Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris reichenowi
Olive-bellied SunbirdCinnyris chloropygius
Western Mountain GreenbulArizelocichla tephrolaema
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Yellow-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus bilineatus
Little GreenbulEurillas virens
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Yellow-whiskered GreenbulEurillas latirostris
Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivacea
Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
African Green PigeonTreron calvus
Red-bellied Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone rufiventer
Red-faced CrimsonwingCryptospiza reichenoviiMost recorded
Yellow-billed TuracoTauraco macrorhynchus
Green HyliaHylia prasina
Yellow-throated TinkerbirdPogoniulus subsulphureus
Grey ParrotPsittacus erithacus
Great Blue TuracoCorythaeola cristata
Yellow-lored BristlebillBleda notatus
Fire-crested AletheAlethe castanea
Grey LongbillMacrosphenus concolor
Western OrioleOriolus brachyrynchus
Blue-headed Wood DoveTurtur brehmeri
Congo Pied HornbillLophoceros fasciatus
Yellow-spotted BarbetBuccanodon duchaillui
Speckled TinkerbirdPogoniulus scolopaceus
Red-tailed BristlebillBleda syndactylusHotspots with the most records
- Bosque Científica – Selva PrimariaRío Muni218 species
- American University of Central AfricaRío Muni231 species
- Bosque Científica – Selva SecondariaRío Muni157 species
- Grand Hotel DjiblohoRío Muni170 species
- BBPP Research Station – MokaInsular Region105 species
- Playa MorakaInsular Region79 species
- RC de la Caldera de Luba – North (American) CampInsular Region51 species
- Punta EuropaInsular Region48 species
- Malabo National ParkInsular Region49 species
- Sendero de Pico BiaoInsular Region63 species
All species recorded · 353
- Hartlaub's Duck Pteronetta hartlaubii
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Plumed Guineafowl Guttera plumifera
- Latham's Francolin Peliperdix lathami
- Scaly Spurfowl Pternistis squamatus
- Brown Nightjar Veles binotatus
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Sabine's Spinetail Rhaphidura sabini
- Cassin's Spinetail Neafrapus cassini
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Bates's Swift Apus batesi
- Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata
- Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus
- Guinea Turaco Tauraco persa
- Gabon Coucal Centropus anselli
- Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Yellow-throated Cuckoo Chrysococcyx flavigularis
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi
- Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta
- Cameroon Olive Pigeon Columba sjostedti
- Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques
- Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Blue-headed Wood Dove Turtur brehmeri
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra
- Buff-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura elegans
- Grey-throated Rail Canirallus oculeus
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Nkulengu Rail Himantornis haematopus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- Forbes's Plover Thinornis forbesi
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Spot-breasted Ibis Bostrychia rara
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- White-crested Tiger Heron Tigriornis leucolopha
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Congo Serpent Eagle Circaetus spectabilis
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Cassin's Hawk-Eagle Aquila africana
- Long-tailed Hawk Urotriorchis macrourus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk Aerospiza castanilius
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Red-thighed Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza erythropus
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Sjöstedt's Barred Owlet Glaucidium sjostedti
- Maned Owl Jubula lettii
- Fraser's Eagle-Owl Ketupa poensis
- Akun Eagle-Owl Ketupa leucosticta
- Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
- Vermiculated Fishing Owl Scotopelia bouvieri
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Bare-cheeked Trogon Apaloderma aequatoriale
- Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum
- Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus
- Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill Lophoceros camurus
- Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator
- White-thighed Hornbill Bycanistes albotibialis
- Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus
- Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata
- Western Dwarf Hornbill Horizocerus hartlaubi
- Western Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus albocristatus
- Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- African Dwarf Kingfisher Ispidina lecontei
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster
- Shining-blue Kingfisher Alcedo quadribrachys
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Blue-headed Bee-eater Merops muelleri
- Blue-moustached Bee-eater Merops mentalis
- Black Bee-eater Merops gularis
- Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus
- Grey-throated Barbet Gymnobucco bonapartei
- Bristle-nosed Barbet Gymnobucco peli
- Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus
- Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus
- Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus
- Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui
- Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta
- Cassin's Honeybird Prodotiscus insignis
- Zenker's Honeyguide Melignomon zenkeri
- Willcocks's Honeyguide Indicator willcocksi
- Least Honeyguide Indicator exilis
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus
- Lyre-tailed Honeyguide Melichneutes robustus
- African Piculet Verreauxia africana
- Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus
- Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
- Gabon Woodpecker Dendropicos gabonensis
- Elliot's Woodpecker Dendropicos elliotii
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus
- Red-fronted Parrot Poicephalus gulielmi
- Grey-headed Broadbill Smithornis sharpei
- Rufous-sided Broadbill Smithornis rufolateralis
- West African Batis Batis occulta
- Fernando Po Batis Batis poensis
- Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea
- White-spotted Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia tonsa
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye Platysteira concreta
- Black-necked Wattle-eye Platysteira chalybea
- Fiery-breasted Bushshrike Malaconotus cruentus
- Many-colored Bushshrike Chlorophoneus multicolor
- Bocage's Bushshrike Chlorophoneus bocagei
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Sabine's Puffback Dryoscopus sabini
- Red-eyed Puffback Dryoscopus senegalensis
- Mountain Sooty Boubou Laniarius poensis
- Lühder's Bushshrike Laniarius luehderi
- Rufous-bellied Helmetshrike Prionops rufiventris
- African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus
- Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher Bias musicus
- Purple-throated Cuckooshrike Campephaga quiscalina
- Blue Cuckooshrike Cyanograucalus azureus
- Western Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus
- Black-winged Oriole Oriolus nigripennis
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Velvet-mantled Drongo Dicrurus modestus
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis
- Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus nitens
- Rufous-vented Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufocinerea
- Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Mackinnon's Shrike Lanius mackinnoni
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Dusky Crested Flycatcher Elminia nigromitrata
- White-bellied Crested Flycatcher Elminia albiventris
- Western Nicator Nicator chloris
- Yellow-throated Nicator Nicator vireo
- Slender-billed Greenbul Stelgidillas gracilirostris
- Golden Greenbul Calyptocichla serinus
- Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus
- Yellow-lored Bristlebill Bleda notatus
- Pale-throated Greenbul Atimastillas flavigula
- Spotted Greenbul Ixonotus guttatus
- Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura
- Falkenstein's Greenbul Chlorocichla falkensteini
- Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex
- Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator
- Sjöstedt's Greenbul Baeopogon clamans
- Western Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla tephrolaema
- Eastern Bearded Greenbul Criniger chloronotus
- Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus
- White-bearded Greenbul Criniger ndussumensis
- Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
- Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Eurillas latirostris
- Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris
- Little Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis
- Ansorge's Greenbul Eurillas ansorgei
- White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis
- Xavier's Greenbul Phyllastrephus xavieri
- Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus
- Cameroon Olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus poensis
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Square-tailed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne nitens
- Mountain Saw-wing Psalidoprocne fuliginosa
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- White-bibbed Swallow Hirundo nigrita
- Forest Swallow Atronanus fuliginosus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Preuss's Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon preussi
- Yellow Longbill Macrosphenus flavicans
- Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor
- Green Crombec Sylvietta virens
- Lemon-bellied Crombec Sylvietta denti
- Chestnut-capped Flycatcher Erythrocercus mccallii
- Green Hylia Hylia prasina
- Tit Hylia Pholidornis rushiae
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Black-capped Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus herberti
- Uganda Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus budongoensis
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Evergreen Forest Warbler Bradypterus lopezi
- Chattering Cisticola Cisticola anonymus
- Banded Prinia Prinia bairdii
- White-chinned Prinia Schistolais leucopogon
- Green Longtail Urolais epichlorus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Black-capped Apalis Apalis nigriceps
- Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis
- Grey Apalis Apalis cinerea
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris
- Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota
- Black-faced Rufous Warbler Bathmocercus rufus
- White-tailed Warbler Poliolais lopezi
- Rufous-crowned Eremomela Eremomela badiceps
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- African Hill Babbler Sylvia abyssinica
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens
- Pale-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis rufipennis
- Blackcap Illadopsis Illadopsis cleaveri
- Violet-backed Hyliota Hyliota violacea
- Purple-headed Starling Hylopsar purpureiceps
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus
- Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri
- Narrow-tailed Starling Poeoptera lugubris
- Fraser's Rufous Thrush Stizorhina fraseri
- White-tailed Ant Thrush Neocossyphus poensis
- Red-tailed Ant Thrush Neocossyphus rufus
- Grey Ground Thrush Geokichla princei
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Fire-crested Alethe Alethe castanea
- White-browed Forest Flycatcher Fraseria cinerascens
- Fraser's Forest Flycatcher Fraseria ocreata
- Grey-throated Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria griseigularis
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Olivaceous Flycatcher Fraseria olivascens
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Dusky-blue Flycatcher Bradornis comitatus
- Sooty Flycatcher Artomyias fuliginosa
- Yellow-footed Flycatcher Muscicapa sethsmithi
- Little Grey Flycatcher Muscicapa epulata
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini
- Orange-breasted Forest Robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax
- White-bellied Robin-Chat Cossyphicula roberti
- Brown-chested Alethe Chamaetylas poliocephala
- Bocage's Akalat Sheppardia bocagei
- Lowland Akalat Sheppardia cyornithopsis
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Fraser's Sunbird Deleornis fraseri
- Violet-tailed Sunbird Anthreptes aurantius
- Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi
- Yellow-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes rectirostris
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Reichenbach's Sunbird Anabathmis reichenbachii
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema
- Cameroon Sunbird Cyanomitra oritis
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens
- Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius
- Tiny Sunbird Cinnyris minullus
- Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi
- Johanna's Sunbird Cinnyris johannae
- Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus
- Ursula's Sunbird Cinnyris ursulae
- Bates's Sunbird Cinnyris batesi
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
- Maxwell's Black Weaver Ploceus albinucha
- Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor
- Cassin's Malimbe Malimbus cassini
- Rachel's Malimbe Malimbus racheliae
- Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens
- Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Shelley's Oliveback Nesocharis shelleyi
- Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii
- Woodhouse's Antpecker Parmoptila woodhousei
- White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus
- Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor
- Grey-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus
- Pale-fronted Nigrita Nigrita luteifrons
- Black-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula
- Black-headed Waxbill Estrilda atricapilla
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina
- Black-bellied Seedcracker Pyrenestes ostrinus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Long-legged Pipit Anthus pallidiventris
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica