Cameroon · Southwest
Limbe Botanical Garden
191 species and 2,219 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March, with up to 82 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Mt. Cameroon – Guinness Track18 km271 species
- Punta Europa59 km48 species
- Malabo National Park60 km49 species
All 191 species recorded here
- Grey-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Reichenbach's Sunbird Anabathmis reichenbachii
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- African Blue Flycatcher Elminia longicauda
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini
- Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Rufous-vented Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufocinerea
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Pale-fronted Nigrita Nigrita luteifrons
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Chattering Cisticola Cisticola anonymus
- Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens
- White-chinned Prinia Schistolais leucopogon
- Black-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Green Crombec Sylvietta virens
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
- Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus
- Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher Bias musicus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Carmelite Sunbird Chalcomitra fuliginosa
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Preuss's Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon preussi
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Black-headed Waxbill Estrilda atricapilla
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Green Hylia Hylia prasina
- Mangrove Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus
- Tit Hylia Pholidornis rushiae
- Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- West African Crested Tern Thalasseus albididorsalis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Red-necked Buzzard Buteo auguralis
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Black-bellied Seedcracker Pyrenestes ostrinus
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Cameroon Sunbird Cyanomitra oritis
- White-bibbed Swallow Hirundo nigrita
- Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Johanna's Sunbird Cinnyris johannae
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Shining-blue Kingfisher Alcedo quadribrachys
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Red-eyed Puffback Dryoscopus senegalensis
- Bates's Swift Apus batesi
- Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex
- Long-legged Pipit Anthus pallidiventris
- White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata
- Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Eurillas latirostris
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui
- Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema
- Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Maxwell's Black Weaver Ploceus albinucha
- Cassin's Honeybird Prodotiscus insignis
- Guinea Turaco Tauraco persa
- Tiny Sunbird Cinnyris minullus
- Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Chestnut-flanked Sparrowhawk Aerospiza castanilius
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Highland Rush Warbler Bradypterus centralis
- Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus
- Rufous-crowned Eremomela Eremomela badiceps
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Yellow-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes rectirostris
- Red-crowned Malimbe Malimbus coronatus
- Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Preuss's Weaver Ploceus preussi
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Ursula's Sunbird Cinnyris ursulae
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Fraser's Eagle-Owl Ketupa poensis
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Bates's Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone batesi
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Mountain Sooty Boubou Laniarius poensis
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Red-vented Malimbe Malimbus scutatus
- Western Nicator Nicator chloris
- Narrow-tailed Starling Poeoptera lugubris
- Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus
- Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Yellow-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna elata
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
- Double-toothed Barbet Pogonornis bidentatus
- Hartlaub's Duck Pteronetta hartlaubii
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Sooty Flycatcher Artomyias fuliginosa
- Mountain Robin-Chat Cossyphicula isabellae
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Mackinnon's Shrike Lanius mackinnoni
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Slender-billed Greenbul Stelgidillas gracilirostris
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Mountain Saw-wing Psalidoprocne fuliginosa
- Red-thighed Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza erythropus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Little Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis
- Little Grey Flycatcher Muscicapa epulata
- Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques
- White-bellied Crested Flycatcher Elminia albiventris
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus nitens
- Western Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Limbe Botanical Garden?
March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 82 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Limbe Botanical Garden?
191 species, from 2,219 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Limbe Botanical Garden in November?
The most recorded in November: African Palm Swift, Slender-billed Weaver, African Jacana, Diederik Cuckoo and Tit Hylia.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
Slender-billed WeaverPloceus pelzelni
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
Tit HyliaPholidornis rushiae
African Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos goertae
Yellow-billed EgretArdea brachyrhyncha