Birds of Central Africa

Birds from, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Congo Republic.

Little Crake

The Little Crake (Porzana parva) is a very small waterbird of the family Rallidae. Their breeding habitat is reed beds in Europe, mainly in the east, and just into western Asia. This species is migratory, wintering in Africa.

Baillon's Crake

The Baillon's Crake (Porzana pusilla) is a very small waterbird of the family Rallidae.

African Rail

The African Rail (Rallus caerulescens) is a small wetland bird of the rail family.

Lesser Moorhen

The Lesser Moorhen (Gallinula angulata) is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.

Eurasian Moorhen

The Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) (also known as the "swamp chicken") is bird species in the Rallidae family. It is distributed across many parts of the Old World.

Gray-throated Rail

The Grey-throated Rail (Canirallus oculeus) is a species of bird in the Rallidae family. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone.

Allen's Gallinule

The Allen's Gallinule (Porphyrio alleni), formerly known as the Lesser Gallinule is a small waterbird of the family Rallidae. Its former binomial name is Porphyrula alleni.

Purple Swamphen

The Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio is a "swamp hen" in the rail family Rallidae. Also known locally as the Pūkeko, African Purple Swamphen, Purple Moorhen, Purple Gallinule or Purple Coot. From its French name talève sultane, it is also known as the Sultana Bird. This chicken-sized bird, with its large feet, bright plumage ...more ↓

Striped Crake

The Striped Crake (Aenigmatolimnas marginalis) is a species of bird in the Rallidae family. It is the only species in the genus Aenigmatolimnas.

Nkulengu Rail

The Nkulengu Rail (Himantornis haematopus) is a species of bird in the Rallidae family. It belongs to the monotypic genus Himantornis. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Uganda.

African Crake

The African Crake (Crex egregia) is a bird in the rail family that breeds in most of sub-Saharan Africa away from the arid south and southwest. It is seasonally common in most of its range other than the rainforests and areas that have low annual rainfall. This crake is a partial migrant, moving away from the equator as soon as the rains provide sufficient grass cover to allow ...more ↓

Black Crowned-Crane

The Black Crowned Crane (Balearica pavonina) is a bird in the crane family Gruidae.

Streaky-breasted Flufftail

The Streaky-breasted Flufftail (Sarothrura boehmi) is a species of bird in the Sarothruridae family.

Buff-spotted Flufftail

The Buff-spotted Flufftail (Sarothrura elegans) is a species of bird in the Sarothruridae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland, ...more ↓

Chestnut-headed Flufftail

The Chestnut-headed Flufftail (Sarothrura lugens) is a species of bird in the Sarothruridae family. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Zambia.

White-spotted Flufftail

The White-spotted Flufftail (Sarothrura pulchra) is a species of bird in the Sarothruridae family. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, ...more ↓

Red-chested Flufftail

The Red-chested Flufftail (Sarothrura rufa) is a species of bird in the Sarothruridae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, ...more ↓

African Finfoot

The African Finfoot (Podica senegalensis) is an aquatic bird inhabiting the rivers and lakes of western, central, and southern Africa.

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