Congo - Brazzaville · Sangha Department
Bomassa
172 species and 653 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April, with up to 71 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
African Harrier-HawkPolyboroides typus
Piping HornbillBycanistes fistulator
Black-casqued HornbillCeratogymna atrata
Great Blue TuracoCorythaeola cristata
Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivacea
Blue-billed MalimbeMalimbus nitens
Chestnut-breasted NigritaNigrita bicolor
Black Bee-eaterMerops gularis
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Velvet-mantled DrongoDicrurus modestus
Red-headed MalimbeMalimbus rubricollis
Blue MalkohaCeuthmochares aereus
Chestnut-capped FlycatcherErythrocercus mccalliiSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Ouesso67 km53 species
All 172 species recorded here
- Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata
- Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Purple-headed Starling Hylopsar purpureiceps
- Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens
- Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor
- Sooty Flycatcher Artomyias fuliginosa
- Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius
- Yellow-crested Woodpecker Chloropicus xantholophus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Black Bee-eater Merops gularis
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Spotted Greenbul Ixonotus guttatus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Velvet-mantled Drongo Dicrurus modestus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Gabon Woodpecker Dendropicos gabonensis
- Red-eyed Puffback Dryoscopus senegalensis
- Grey Pratincole Glareola cinerea
- Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius
- Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi
- Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor
- Square-tailed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne nitens
- Chattering Cisticola Cisticola anonymus
- Cassin's Spinetail Neafrapus cassini
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- White-thighed Hornbill Bycanistes albotibialis
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- White-bibbed Swallow Hirundo nigrita
- African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Sabine's Spinetail Rhaphidura sabini
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Rufous-crowned Eremomela Eremomela badiceps
- Fraser's Forest Flycatcher Fraseria ocreata
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Red-tailed Ant Thrush Neocossyphus rufus
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Bob-tailed Weaver Brachycope anomala
- Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Eurillas latirostris
- Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema
- Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
- Green Hylia Hylia prasina
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Western Nicator Nicator chloris
- Preuss's Weaver Ploceus preussi
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Green Crombec Sylvietta virens
- Guinea Turaco Tauraco persa
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Shining-blue Kingfisher Alcedo quadribrachys
- Johanna's Sunbird Cinnyris johannae
- Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus
- Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus
- Forest Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus castaneiceps
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
- Sabine's Puffback Dryoscopus sabini
- Chestnut-capped Flycatcher Erythrocercus mccallii
- Ansorge's Greenbul Eurillas ansorgei
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens
- Red-crowned Malimbe Malimbus coronatus
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Little Grey Flycatcher Muscicapa epulata
- Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus
- Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor
- Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus
- Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Bates's Swift Apus batesi
- West African Batis Batis occulta
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
- Pale-fronted Nigrita Nigrita luteifrons
- Grey-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus
- Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus
- Western Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus albocristatus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator
- Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus
- Golden Greenbul Calyptocichla serinus
- Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota
- Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta
- White-bearded Greenbul Criniger ndussumensis
- Pale-throated Greenbul Atimastillas flavigula
- Fraser's Sunbird Deleornis fraseri
- Black-headed Waxbill Estrilda atricapilla
- Little Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis
- Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis
- Grey-throated Barbet Gymnobucco bonapartei
- Bristle-nosed Barbet Gymnobucco peli
- Violet-backed Hyliota Hyliota violacea
- Blackcap Illadopsis Illadopsis cleaveri
- Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus
- African Dwarf Kingfisher Ispidina lecontei
- Lowland Sooty Boubou Laniarius leucorhynchus
- Cassin's Malimbe Malimbus cassini
- Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini
- Yellow-throated Nicator Nicator vireo
- Leaf-love Phyllastrephus scandens
- White-spotted Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia tonsa
- Maxwell's Black Weaver Ploceus albinucha
- Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus
- Black Spinetail Telacanthura melanopygia
- Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura
- Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus nitens
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Forest Penduline Tit Anthoscopus flavifrons
- Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Tiny Sunbird Cinnyris minullus
- Bates's Sunbird Cinnyris batesi
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Blue Cuckooshrike Cyanograucalus azureus
- Fire-crested Alethe Alethe castanea
- Violet-tailed Sunbird Anthreptes aurantius
- Long-legged Pipit Anthus pallidiventris
- Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- Least Honeyguide Indicator exilis
- White-tailed Ant Thrush Neocossyphus poensis
- Tit Hylia Pholidornis rushiae
- Hartlaub's Duck Pteronetta hartlaubii
- Fraser's Rufous Thrush Stizorhina fraseri
- White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus
- Western Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus
- Woodhouse's Antpecker Parmoptila woodhousei
- Blue-headed Wood Dove Turtur brehmeri
- Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk Aerospiza castanilius
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Gosling's Apalis Apalis goslingi
- Cassin's Hawk-Eagle Aquila africana
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Yellow-eyed Bristlebill Bleda ugandae
- Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques
- Banded Prinia Prinia bairdii
- Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Bomassa?
April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 71 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Bomassa?
172 species, from 653 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Bomassa in November?
The most recorded in November: African Harrier-Hawk, Piping Hornbill, Black-casqued Hornbill, Great Blue Turaco and Collared Sunbird.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.