Bird AlbumCameroon · West
Lac Petpenoun
234 species and 2,490 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: August, with up to 100 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 234 species recorded here
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Pale-throated Greenbul Atimastillas flavigula
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Black-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Whistling Cisticola Cisticola lateralis
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Bamenda Apalis Apalis bamendae
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- Senegal Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Oriole Warbler Hypergerus atriceps
- Guinea Turaco Tauraco persa
- Western Black-headed Batis Batis erlangeri
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Double-toothed Barbet Pogonornis bidentatus
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Sun Lark Galerida modesta
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- White-chinned Prinia Schistolais leucopogon
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- African Blue Flycatcher Elminia longicauda
- Spot-breasted Ibis Bostrychia rara
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Brown Twinspot Clytospiza monteiri
- Greyish Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- White-shouldered Black Tit Melaniparus guineensis
- Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei
- Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Red-necked Buzzard Buteo auguralis
- White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara
- Yellow-winged Pytilia Pytilia hypogrammica
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Green Crombec Sylvietta virens
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- Cabanis's Bunting Emberiza cabanisi
- White-bellied Tit Melaniparus albiventris
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Brown-chested Lapwing Vanellus superciliosus
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Red-throated Wryneck Jynx ruficollis
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Grey-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator
- Dybowski's Twinspot Euschistospiza dybowskii
- Scaly Spurfowl Pternistis squamatus
- Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
- White-collared Starling Grafisia torquata
- Blackcap Babbler Turdoides reinwardtii
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Speckle-breasted Woodpecker Dendropicos poecilolaemus
- Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Dusky Crested Flycatcher Elminia nigromitrata
- Yellow-bellied Hyliota Hyliota flavigaster
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Standard-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longipennis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Marsh Tchagra Bocagia minuta
- Grey-winged Robin-Chat Sheppardia polioptera
- Lühder's Bushshrike Laniarius luehderi
- Leaf-love Phyllastrephus scandens
- Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Fox Kestrel Falco alopex
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Orange-tufted Sunbird Cinnyris bouvieri
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Shelley's Oliveback Nesocharis shelleyi
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus
- Long-legged Pipit Anthus pallidiventris
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Square-tailed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne nitens
- Blue-headed Wood Dove Turtur brehmeri
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Sooty Flycatcher Artomyias fuliginosa
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Brown-rumped Bunting Emberiza affinis
- Willcocks's Honeyguide Indicator willcocksi
- Neumann's Starling Onychognathus neumanni
- Black-billed Weaver Ploceus melanogaster
- Western Tinkerbird Pogoniulus coryphaea
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Ross's Turaco Tauraco rossae
- Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Exclamatory Paradise Whydah Vidua interjecta
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Highland Lark Corypha kurrae
- Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat Cossypha cyanocampter
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Lac Petpenoun?
August. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 100 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Lac Petpenoun?
234 species, from 2,490 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.