BIRDING IN
ODZALA
PART II - LANGO
November 2019
Located a few km from Mboko, Lango camp is built within the riverine forest bordering Lango bai, and the Lango wetland system.
The camp is comprised by a series of spaced double rooms all built on 3 to 4 meter platforms. The boardwalk connecting all rooms is excellent for birding and a number of species can be seen while simply walking through the camp.
The bai, in front of the lodge, often has large concentration of Green Pigeon, African Grey Parrot, and visiting water birds.
Here is a small sample of some typical birds fround around Lango.
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta
Regular on the Bai.
Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola
Common on the bai, often with the Common Sandpiper.
Afep Pigeon | Columba unicincta
Common in all forests, often gather in small numbers on the Bai with other birds.
Afep Pigeon | Columba unicincta
Common in most forests, a few often come down on the ground with the green pigeons.
Green Turaco | Tauraco persa
Common in forest throughout.
Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius
Male calling in the trees above the camp boardwalk.
Blue-breasted Kingfisher | Halcyon malimbicus
Common throughout and often seen inside the lodge.
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher | Halcyon badia
Common throughout and often seen inside the lodge.
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus subsulphureus
Common and heard all day long in all forests.
Red-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus atroflavus
Common with the former species in most forests, but usually higher up in trees. Easely seen from the lodge.
Speckled Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus scolopaceus
As common as other thinkerbirds in most forests.
Willcock’s Honeyguide | Indicator willcocksi
Rare but probably widespread in the forests.
Spotted Honeyguide | Indicator maculatus
Often heard but hard to see, like most Honeyguides.
Eastern Bearded Greenbul | Criniger chloronotus
A group was very tame and a resident of the lodge.
Swamp Palm Greenbul | Thescelocichla leucopleura
Common in forest edges and swamp forests.
Icterine Greenbul | Phyllastrephus icterinus
Common throughout.
Slender-billed Greenbul | Stelgidillas gracilirostris
Common in all forests, often high up in trees.
Western Crested-flycatcher | Trochocercus nitens
Common in the forest understory. Easy to see from the lodge, its faint whistle indicating where to look.
Black-necked Wattle-eye | Dyaphorophya chalybea
Common but hard to see around the lodge.
Lowland Sooty Boubou | Laniarius leucorhynchus
A few tame individuals relatively easy to see around the lodge, they are still shy but easier than in most forests.
Green Crombec | Sylvietta virens
Common in most forests, usually low. Easy to see from the lodge deck.
Olive-green Camaroptera | Camaroptera chloronota
Singing all day long high up in trees, in most forests, but very hard to see.
Chattering Cisticola | Cisticola anonymus
Common on forest edges.
Black-capped Apalis | Apalis nigriceps
Often heard, but always high up in trees.
White-browed Forest-flycatcher | Fraseria cinerascens
Common in swamp forests and river edges, in dark forest areas.
African Forest-flycatcher | Fraseria ocreata
Common in small groups throughout
Black-capped Illadopsis | Illadopsis cleaveri
A few individuals common under the camp boardwalks.
Olive-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris chloropygius
Common in most forest edges.
Blue-billed Malimbe | Malimus nitens
Singles seen in mixed bird parties or alone in the forest understory.
Western Bluebill | Spermophaga haematina
A common hidden forest floor species, hardly ever seen well.
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita | Nigrita bicolor
Common in most forests.