Bird AlbumSierra Leone · Northern Province
Loma Mountains Forest Reserve
165 species and 352 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November, with up to 19 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
Guinea TuracoTauraco persa
Tambourine DoveTurtur tympanistria
Ahanta SpurfowlPternistis ahantensis
Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
Great Blue TuracoCorythaeola cristata
Green HyliaHylia prasina
Gosling's BuntingEmberiza goslingi
Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
Slender-billed GreenbulStelgidillas gracilirostris
European Pied FlycatcherFicedula hypoleuca
Little GreenbulEurillas virens
Yellow-billed TuracoTauraco macrorhynchusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 165 species recorded here
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Guinea Turaco Tauraco persa
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Green Hylia Hylia prasina
- Ahanta Spurfowl Pternistis ahantensis
- Gosling's Bunting Emberiza goslingi
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Slender-billed Greenbul Stelgidillas gracilirostris
- European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
- Sharpe's Apalis Apalis sharpii
- Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator
- Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
- Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Preuss's Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon preussi
- White-tailed Alethe Alethe diademata
- Ussher's Flycatcher Artomyias ussheri
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Western Nicator Nicator chloris
- Leaf-love Phyllastrephus scandens
- Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Double-spurred Spurfowl Pternistis bicalcaratus
- Sierra Leone Prinia Schistolais leontica
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Kemp's Longbill Macrosphenus kempi
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Black-headed Rufous Warbler Bathmocercus cerviniventris
- Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques
- Western Bearded Greenbul Criniger barbatus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus
- Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor
- Tit Hylia Pholidornis rushiae
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Western Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus
- Blue-headed Wood Dove Turtur brehmeri
- Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus
- Red-necked Buzzard Buteo auguralis
- Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus
- Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Yellow-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna elata
- Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis
- Emerald Starling Lamprotornis iris
- Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus
- Forest Scrub Robin Tychaedon leucosticta
- Ansorge's Greenbul Eurillas ansorgei
- Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Eurillas latirostris
- Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus
- Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Grey-headed Bristlebill Bleda canicapillus
- Turati's Boubou Laniarius turatii
- Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Fox Kestrel Falco alopex
- Grey Ground Thrush Geokichla princei
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Preuss's Weaver Ploceus preussi
- Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi
- Many-colored Bushshrike Chlorophoneus multicolor
- Fanti Saw-wing Psalidoprocne obscura
- Black Bee-eater Merops gularis
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus
- Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata
- Yellow-bearded Greenbul Criniger olivaceus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Nkulengu Rail Himantornis haematopus
- West African Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia hormophora
- Rufous-sided Broadbill Smithornis rufolateralis
- Orange-breasted Forest Robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax
- Finsch's Rufous Thrush Stizorhina finschi
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Capuchin Babbler Turdoides atripennis
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Swamp Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis
- Rufous-winged Illadopsis Illadopsis rufescens
- Green-tailed Bristlebill Bleda eximius
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Brown-backed Woodpecker Dendropicos obsoletus
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Vieillot's Barbet Lybius vieilloti
- Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus
- Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor
- Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus
- Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
- Crimson Seedcracker Pyrenestes sanguineus
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina
- Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura
- Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus nitens
- Splendid Sunbird Cinnyris coccinigastrus
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Velvet-mantled Drongo Dicrurus modestus
- Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Grey-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus
- Hartlaub's Duck Pteronetta hartlaubii
- Square-tailed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne nitens
- Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Togo Paradise Whydah Vidua togoensis
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Common Swift Apus apus
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta
- Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Loma Mountains Forest Reserve?
November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 19 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Loma Mountains Forest Reserve?
165 species, from 352 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Loma Mountains Forest Reserve in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Bulbul, White-throated Bee-eater, Guinea Turaco, Tambourine Dove and Ahanta Spurfowl.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.