Bird AlbumEquatorial Guinea · Insular Region
Playa Moraka
79 species and 918 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January, with up to 26 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
Olive-bellied SunbirdCinnyris chloropygius
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Black-casqued HornbillCeratogymna atrata
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Yellow-lored BristlebillBleda notatus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Fire-crested AletheAlethe castanea
Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- RC de la Caldera de Luba – North (American) Camp12 km51 species
- Sendero de Pico Biao20 km63 species
- BBPP Research Station – Moka22 km105 species
- Malabo National Park61 km49 species
- Punta Europa64 km48 species
All 79 species recorded here
- Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Yellow-lored Bristlebill Bleda notatus
- Orange-breasted Forest Robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Tiny Sunbird Cinnyris minullus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Fraser's Rufous Thrush Stizorhina fraseri
- White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster
- Fire-crested Alethe Alethe castanea
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus
- Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata
- Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea
- Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia
- Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema
- Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Green Hylia Hylia prasina
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- White-tailed Ant Thrush Neocossyphus poensis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Velvet-mantled Drongo Dicrurus modestus
- Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus
- Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Pale-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis rufipennis
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Sabine's Spinetail Rhaphidura sabini
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Grey-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Golden Greenbul Calyptocichla serinus
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Fernando Po Batis Batis poensis
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Blackcap Illadopsis Illadopsis cleaveri
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus
- Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Black-capped Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus herberti
- Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Brown-chested Alethe Chamaetylas poliocephala
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Playa Moraka?
January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 26 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Playa Moraka?
79 species, from 918 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Playa Moraka in November?
The most recorded in November: Western Reef Heron, Olive-bellied Sunbird, Common Sandpiper, Pied Crow and Palm-nut Vulture.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.