Bird AlbumGabon · Ogooué-Maritime Province
PN Loango – Akaka
158 species and 1,085 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: July–August, with up to 53 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
African DarterAnhinga rufa
Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
Black-casqued HornbillCeratogymna atrata
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
White-bibbed SwallowHirundo nigrita
Rosy Bee-eaterMerops malimbicus
HamerkopScopus umbretta
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
African FinfootPodica senegalensis
African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 158 species recorded here
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- White-bibbed Swallow Hirundo nigrita
- Rosy Bee-eater Merops malimbicus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Cassin's Spinetail Neafrapus cassini
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Sabine's Spinetail Rhaphidura sabini
- Shining-blue Kingfisher Alcedo quadribrachys
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Vermiculated Fishing Owl Scotopelia bouvieri
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Hartlaub's Duck Pteronetta hartlaubii
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator
- Blue-breasted Bee-eater Merops variegatus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- African River Martin Pseudochelidon eurystomina
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- Fraser's Forest Flycatcher Fraseria ocreata
- Fraser's Rufous Thrush Stizorhina fraseri
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Spotted Greenbul Ixonotus guttatus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Western Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus albocristatus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus
- Green Crombec Sylvietta virens
- Violet-tailed Sunbird Anthreptes aurantius
- White-browed Forest Flycatcher Fraseria cinerascens
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Yellow-lored Bristlebill Bleda notatus
- Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
- Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura
- Blue-headed Wood Dove Turtur brehmeri
- White-thighed Hornbill Bycanistes albotibialis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus
- Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus
- Gabon Coucal Centropus anselli
- Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill Lophoceros camurus
- Fire-crested Alethe Alethe castanea
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Guinea Turaco Tauraco persa
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Banded Prinia Prinia bairdii
- Black Bee-eater Merops gularis
- Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Eurillas latirostris
- Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
- Eastern Bearded Greenbul Criniger chloronotus
- Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea
- Black Guineafowl Agelastes niger
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Purple-headed Starling Hylopsar purpureiceps
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Plumed Guineafowl Guttera plumifera
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus
- Black Spinetail Telacanthura melanopygia
- Reichenbach's Sunbird Anabathmis reichenbachii
- Long-tailed Hawk Urotriorchis macrourus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Grey-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus
- Western Dwarf Hornbill Horizocerus hartlaubi
- Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui
- Carmelite Sunbird Chalcomitra fuliginosa
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Green Hylia Hylia prasina
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Yellow-throated Cuckoo Chrysococcyx flavigularis
- Yellow-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes rectirostris
- White-tailed Ant Thrush Neocossyphus poensis
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli
- White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Cassin's Hawk-Eagle Aquila africana
- Bates's Nightjar Caprimulgus batesi
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus
- Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta
- Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus
- Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema
- Blue-billed Malimbe Malimbus nitens
- Xavier's Greenbul Phyllastrephus xavieri
- Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
- Loango Weaver Ploceus subpersonatus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta
- Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus
- Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Red-tailed Ant Thrush Neocossyphus rufus
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra
- West African Crested Tern Thalasseus albididorsalis
- Sjöstedt's Greenbul Baeopogon clamans
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Sooty Flycatcher Artomyias fuliginosa
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Golden Greenbul Calyptocichla serinus
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- White-bearded Greenbul Criniger ndussumensis
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Sjöstedt's Barred Owlet Glaucidium sjostedti
- Johanna's Sunbird Cinnyris johannae
- Red-thighed Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza erythropus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at PN Loango – Akaka?
July–August. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 53 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at PN Loango – Akaka?
158 species, from 1,085 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at PN Loango – Akaka in November?
The most recorded in November: Palm-nut Vulture, African Darter, Giant Kingfisher, Black-casqued Hornbill and Hadada Ibis.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.