Site Report: Semuliki National Park
Boehm's Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus boehmi)
African Pied Hornbill (Lophoceros fasciatus)
African Dwarf Kingfisher (Ispidina lecontei)
Western Black-headed Oriole (Oriolus brachyrynchus)
Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill (Lophoceros camurus)
Jameson's Antpecker (Parmoptila jamesoni)
Red-tailed Ant-Thrush (Neocossyphus rufus)
Piping Hornbill (Bycanistes fistulator)
Crested Malimbe (Malimbus malimbicus)
Yellow-billed Barbet (Trachyphonus purpuratus)
Xavier's Greenbul (Phyllastrephus xavieri)
Fire-crested Alethe (Alethe castanea)
Eastern Long-tailed Hornbill (Horizocerus cassini)
White-bellied Kingfisher (Corythornis leucogaster)
Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher (Terpsiphone rufiventer)
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo (Cercococcyx mechowi)
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Boehm's Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus boehmi)
African Pied Hornbill (Lophoceros fasciatus)
African Dwarf Kingfisher (Ispidina lecontei)
Western Black-headed Oriole (Oriolus brachyrynchus)
Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill (Lophoceros camurus)
Jameson's Antpecker (Parmoptila jamesoni)
Red-tailed Ant-Thrush (Neocossyphus rufus)
Piping Hornbill (Bycanistes fistulator)
Crested Malimbe (Malimbus malimbicus)
Yellow-billed Barbet (Trachyphonus purpuratus)
Xavier's Greenbul (Phyllastrephus xavieri)
Fire-crested Alethe (Alethe castanea)
Eastern Long-tailed Hornbill (Horizocerus cassini)
White-bellied Kingfisher (Corythornis leucogaster)
Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher (Terpsiphone rufiventer)
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo (Cercococcyx mechowi)
A forest park bordering the DRC for those who don't want to speak French.
Visits
- 2017-01-11: We arrived late in the day. The fire season was just getting started making for a nice sunset, but the smoky air was not so nice.
- 2017-01-12: We headed over to the border of the Congo, again, for a hike into the forest.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (57 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(57 records)
Class: Birds
(54 records)
- Order: Bucerotiformes (6 records)
- Order: Cuckoos (3 records)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons (3 records)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
- Palm-nut Vulture (Gypohierax angolensis)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(6 records)
- Family: Bee-eaters
- White-throated Bee-eater (Merops albicollis)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Shining-blue Kingfisher (Alcedo quadribrachys)
- Malachite Kingfisher (Corythornis cristatus)
- White-bellied Kingfisher (Corythornis leucogaster)
- African Dwarf Kingfisher (Ispidina lecontei)
- Woodland Kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis)
- Order: Musophagiformes
(1 record)
- Family: Turacos
- Great Blue Turaco (Corythaeola cristata)
- Order: Pelicans
(1 record)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
- Order: Perching Birds
(27 records)
- Family: African Warblers
- Green Crombec (Sylvietta virens)
- Family: Bulbuls
- Common Bulbul (Pycnonotus barbatus)
- Sooty-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus aurigaster)
- Little Greenbul (Eurillas virens)
- Xavier's Greenbul (Phyllastrephus xavieri)
- Red-tailed Greenbul (Criniger calurus)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Chestnut-capped Flycatcher (Erythrocercus mccallii)
- Family: Old World Flycatchers
- Ashy Flycatcher (Fraseria caerulescens)
- Family: Old World Orioles
- Western Black-headed Oriole (Oriolus brachyrynchus)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Village Weaver (Ploceus cucullatus)
- Vieillot's Weaver (Ploceus nigerrimus)
- Crested Malimbe (Malimbus malimbicus)
- Jameson's Antpecker (Parmoptila jamesoni)
- White-breasted Nigrita (Nigrita fusconotus)
- Chestnut-breasted Nigrita (Nigrita bicolor)
- Red-headed Bluebill (Spermophaga ruficapilla)
- Family: Paradise-flycatcher
- Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher (Terpsiphone rufiventer)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- Green-backed Camaroptera (Camaroptera brachyura)
- Family: Shrike-flycatchers
- Chestnut Wattle-eye (Dyaphorophyia castanea)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Greater Blue-eared Starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus)
- Family: Sunbirds
- Gray-headed Sunbird (Deleornis axillaris)
- Collared Sunbird (Hedydipna collaris)
- Blue-throated Brown Sunbird (Cyanomitra cyanolaema)
- Green-throated Sunbird (Chalcomitra rubescens)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Rufous Flycatcher-Thrush (Stizorhina fraseri)
- Red-tailed Ant-Thrush (Neocossyphus rufus)
- Fire-crested Alethe (Alethe castanea)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides (5 records)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Brown-eared Woodpecker (Pardipicus caroli)
- Golden-crowned Woodpecker (Chloropicus xantholophus)
Class: Mammals
(3 records)
- Order: Primates
(2 records)
- Family: Old World Monkeys
- Ugandan Gray-cheeked Mangabey (Lophocebus ugandae)
- Mantled Guereza (Colobus guereza)
- Order: Rodents
(1 record)
- Family: Squirrels
- Boehm's Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus boehmi)