BIRDING AFRICA THE AFRICA SPECIALISTS Comprehensive 2019 Tour Report

Swierstra's Francolin

Text by tour leader Michael Mills Photos by tour participant Bob Zook SUMMARY ESSENTIAL DETAILS With camping on Angolan tours now ancient history, our fourth all- hotel-accommodated bird tour of Angola was an overwhelming success Dates 16 Aug : Kalandula to N'dalatando. both for and comfort. Thanks to new hotels opening up and a second 12-29 August 2019 17 Aug : N'dalatando to Muxima via northern escarpment of Tombinga Pass. wave of road renovations almost complete, Angola now offers some of the Birding Africa Tour Report Tour Africa Birding most comfortable travel conditions on the African continent, although Leader 18 Aug : Dry forests in Muxima area. Report Tour Africa Birding 19 Aug : Muxima to Kwanza River mouth. longer drives are needed to get to certain of the birding sites. Michael Mills 20 Aug : Kwanza River to Conda. Participants 21 Aug : Central escarpment at Kumbira. Andrew Cockburn 22 Aug : Conda to Mount Moco region. Mike Coverdale 23 Aug : and montane forest at Mount Moco. Daragh Croxson 24 Aug : Dambos and miombo woodlands in the Stephen Eccles Mount Moco region. Ola Sundberg 25 Aug : Margaret's Batis hike at Mount Moco.

Brazza's Martin Bob Zook 26 Aug : Mount Moco to Benguela area via wetlands of Lobito. Itinerary 27 Aug : Benguela to Lubango via rocky hillsides Besides the logistics running very smoothly we fared There were many other great birds seen too, and the and arid savannas. exceptionally well on the birds, with all participants impressive diversity of habitats meant that we logged 12 Aug : Luanda to Uíge. again enjoying good views of all Angola’s endemics, an impressive total of in 18 days. We started 28 Aug : Day trip to Namibe via arid savannas and plus most BirdLife splits, among the 559 species off near Caxito with Monteiro's , followed 13 Aug : Northern escarpment forest near Uíge. coastal deserts. logged. Our top ten birds was rounded out by the by Braun's Bushshrike and Black-collared Bulbul 14 Aug : Uíge to Kalandula. 29 Aug : Montane forests and grasslands at smart Gabela Bushshrike that gave good views along the northern escarpment. The Kalandula Tundavala.. Fly to Luanda. on the central escarpment. A secretive Finsch's area was home to Anchieta's Barbet, Black-backed 15 Aug : Woodlands and gallery forests north of Francolin on Mt Moco came it at number nine, just Barbet, Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah, Thick-billed Kalandula. behind the country's bright and beautiful national Cuckoo and Anchieta's Sunbird. Next, Muxima bird, Red-crested Turaco. Incredible views of the held Gabela Helmetshrike, Angola Batis, Grey- Braun's Bushshrike usually-skulking Forest Scrub Robin at Muxima put striped Francolin and White-fronted Wattle-eye. it firmly in seventh place, following the snazzy little Kumbira and surrounds produced Gabela Akalat, Black-necked Eremomela that impressed us in the Pale-throated Barbet, Coucal and Pulitzer's diverse Mt Moco region. Good views of Swierstra’s Longbill, followed by Brazza's Martin, Angola Lark, Francolin at Tundavala again put this localised Huambo Cisticola, , Souza's endemic in our top five, with the bright and beautiful Shrike Locust Finch, Bocage's Sunbird, Ludwig's Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye narrowly missing out on a Double-collared Sunbird, Dusky Twinspot, Bocage's podium finish. A dazzling Pennant-winged Nightjar Akalat, Black-and-rufous Swallow and Margaret's that danced around us in the Kalandula area took Batis in the Mt Moco area. Inland of Benguela we bronze, and point-blank views of Egyptian Plover found Hartlaub's Spurfowl, Monteiro's Hornbill, on the banks of the Kwanza River, silver. This year Rüppell’s Parrot, Rockrunner and White-tailed the gold medal went to the fantastic White-headed Shrike. On the Namibe Day trip we were treated Robin-, which gave exceptional views and to Rüppell’s Korhaan, Ludwig's Bustard, Benguela impressed with its unusual colour combination in Long-billed Lark, and Bare-cheeked Babbler and, the Kalandula area. finally, Tundavala was home to Angola Cave Chat.

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We started off in Luanda, Angola's colossal and The following day-and-a-half in the northern scarp chaotic capital city, with our first stop to have a forests of Uíge province produced an impressive look at the large, dark Mottled Swifts that breed in list of species. We managed to track down Angola buildings along the 'marginal' (they have been called White-throated Greenbul for the second time Fernando Po Swift in the past). However, we didn't on a bird tour, but unlike last year it wouldn't sit

Birding Africa Tour Report Tour Africa Birding pause for long as we wanted to escape the growing still for long enough for anyone to see properly. Report Tour Africa Birding mass of traffic before it swallowed us. Our first real Other highlights included Brown-backed Scrub stop was in some dry thickets near Caxito on our Robin, African Yellow Warbler, Brown Twinspot, way north to Uíge, where a productive walk turned Blue-headed Coucal, Bubbling Cisticola, Black- up good views of Monteiro's Bushshrike, along collared Bulbul and good views of Orange-tufted with Hartert's Camaroptera, African Goshawk, Sunbird in mesic savannas bordering forest, and Little Sparrowhawk and Angola Batis. Lunch, a good variety of forest species such as White- further north, produced Red-rumped Tinkerbird collared Oliveback, Piping Hornbill, African Pied and our first Naked-faced Barbet, a roadside stop Hornbill, Bristle-nosed Barbet, Hairy-breasted at a police check Cassin's Grey Flycatcher, and our Barbet, Speckled Tinkerbird, Red-rumped final stop of the day near Quitexe rewarded us with Tinkerbird, Great Blue Turaco, Guinea Turaco, excellent views of the striking endemic Braun's Forest Chestnut-winged Starling, Swamp Palm Bushshrike, along with the firstWillcocks’s Bulbul, Yellow-mantled Weaver, Yellow-browed Honeyguide for Angola. Not bad for a first day of Camaroptera, Rufous-crowned Eremomela, Buff- birding in Angola! throated Apalis, Black-throated Apalis, Chestnut- breasted Nigrita, Dusky-blue Flycatcher, Banded Cuckoo, Gorgeous/Perrin's Bushshrike and our Prinia, White-chinned Prinia, Velvet-mantled first Red-crested Turaco. The main birding area Monteiro's Bushshrike Drongo, Green Hylia, Black-winged Oriole, Black at Kalandula is 40 km to the north of the falls Bee-eater, Purple-throated Cuckooshrike, Grey- themselves, near Kinjila Village, and we spent the throated Tit-Flycatcher, Pink-footed Puffback, better part of a day and half here. The gallery forests Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher, Scaly-breasted held the star attraction, and this year White-headed Illadopsis (glimpsed), perched Afep Pigeon, Dark- Robin-Chat showed itself especially well, treating backed Weaver, Red-headed Malimbe, Crested us to superb, prolonged views. The supporting cast Malimbe, Chestnut Wattle-eye, Yellow-crested included Black-backed Barbet (a mixed pair of , Buff-spotted Woodpecker, Red- minor Brown-faced Barbet and macclounii White- fronted Parrot, Narrow-tailed Starling, Blue- faced Barbet), Black-throated Wattle-eye, Grey- throated Roller, Bocage's Bushshrike, Green- winged Robin-Chat/Akalat, Cabanis’s Greenbul, backed Woodpecker, Yellow-billed Barbet, Bates’s Sunbird, Landana Firefinch and African Olive-bellied Sunbird, Blue-throated Brown Broadbill. Bannerman’s Sunbird was very tricky Sunbird, Narina Trogon, Rufous-vented Paradise this year, and was greatly outnumbered by the very Flycatcher, Blue Malkoha, Sooty Flycatcher, similar Green-headed Sunbird; we only spotted Carmelite Sunbird, Yellow-throated Nicator, one that didn't sit still for long. Surrounding Black Sparrowhawk, White-bellied Kingfisher woodlands were home to Sharp-tailed Starling, (glimpsed), Fraser's Rufous and Lowland Miombo Wren-Warbler, Orange-winged Pytilia, Masked Apalis. Meyer's Parrot, Red-capped Crombec, White- breasted Cuckooshrike, Red-throated Wryneck, From the northern-most point of the trip, near Yellow-bellied Hyliota, Bennett's Woodpecker, Uíge, we turned south-eastwards to the Kalandula Cabanis's Bunting, African Barred Owlet, Falls area with its broad-leafed woodlands and African Cuckoo, Thick-billed Cuckoo, breeding- gallery forests. En route we did well to find plumaged Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah and Anchieta's Sunbird, Retz's Helmetshrike, Ross's Whistling Cisticola. After dark a male Pennant- Turaco, Pale-billed Hornbill, Brown-headed winged Nightjar dazzled us and we also found Apalis, Square-tailed Drongo, Dusky Long-tailed Fiery-necked Nightjar.

4 | Comprehensive Angola 2019 Comprehensive Angola 2019 | 5 We broke our journey to Muxima with an overnight Cranch's Spurfowl), Long-billed Crombec (of stay at N'dalatando, finding Rock Pratincole and the distinctive ansorgei race), African Mourning Compact Weaver en route. The next morning Dove (nearby), Western Banded Snake Eagle, we birded the northern escarpment forests near Purple-banded Sunbird and Angola Batis, among N'dalatando at Tombinga pass. The open forest a diversity of other savanna and woodland species. was quite birdy and we notched up Brown-eared Along the river Egyptian Plover was enjoyed at Woodpecker, Narina Trogon, Superb Sunbird, point-blank range, here right at the southern edge Yellow-billed Barbet, Cassin's Honeybird and of its distribution, and other wetland birds included Birding Africa Tour Report Tour Africa Birding Yellow Longbill. Goliath Heron, African Openbill and Knob-billed Report Tour Africa Birding Duck. After dark an African Scops Owl gave great Moving on, in the Muxima area we had a day-and- views. a-half to bird the endemic-rich dry forests of the area. Several Grey-striped Francolin were found Leaving Muxima for the Kwanza River mouth, we and some seen on the deck, non-breeding Golden- made several roadside stops on our drive through backed Bishop was studied in detail, a party of Kissama National Park for Gabar Goshawk, Gabela Helmetshrike was admired at length, Southern White-crowned Shrike, Desert Cisticola, Monteiro's Bushshrike was seen again, Rufous- Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill and Swallow- tailed Palm Thrush put in several appearances, tailed Bee-eater. At the river mouth we found Red-backed Mousebird was numerous, a female Mangrove/Brown Sunbird, Long-legged Pipit, White-fronted Wattle-eye was coaxed from Ayres's Hawk-Eagle, Western Osprey, Collared the thickets and Forest Scrub Robin and Pale- Pratincole and a tern roost at the river mouth that olive Greenbul showed exceptionally well. More included Royal Tern and a single Damara Tern. An widespread highlights included Olive Bee-eater, afternoon visit to the nearby Mussulo Bay turned up African Barred Owlet, Mottled Spinetail, a good selection of Palaearctic waders, plus Greater Böhm's Spinetail, Scaly-throated Honeyguide, Flamingo, Lesser Flamingo, Kittlitz's Plover and Swamp Boubou, Red-necked Spurfowl (cranchii White-fronted Plover.

Forest Scrub Robin

From the Kwanza River mouth we made our way endemic form of Naked-faced Barbet (split by down the coast (seeing Black-bellied Bustard and BirdLife as Pale-throated Barbet), Crowned Temminck's Courser en route) and then inland Eagle, a female Petit's Cuckooshrike, the curious to the central escarpment. The Kumbira area and local form of Southern Hyliota (slatini), Dusky Tit, surrounding central escarpment near Conda village Buff-throated Apalis, Black-faced Canary, Green is arguably the highest priority for conservation Twinspot, Yellow-throated Nicator, Brown- in Angola, but is also one of the most rapidly chested Alethe, African Wood Owl, Black- disappearing areas of habitat thanks to slash-and- collared Bulbul, Brown Twinspot and Gabon burn cultivation. We started off at our site for Coucal. Gabela Bushshrike used for the last two years, and Moving on to the highlands of Huambo province, even before finishing lunch could hear them calling we were now headed for the Mount Moco region. nearby. Within 15 minutes we were watching a pair The greater Mount Moco area holds a diverse array of highly threatened Gabela Bushshrike calling of habitats. Most of the area is blanketed in miombo from some dry tangles, which gave repeated views. woodland, unfortunately quite degraded now by Pulitzer’s Longbill was also found nearby, and clearing for agriculture and charcoal production, was seen again the next day, and Gabela Akalat but significant areas of montane can also was persuaded to leave its thickets after a couple of be found, numerous rivers and associated dambo attempts. Other species of interest along the central grasslands criss cross the area, and very small escarpment included Falkenstein’s Greenbul, two patches of montane forest exist on Mount Moco Gabela Helmetshrike lovely Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye, the distinctive itself.

6 | Comprehensive Angola 2019 Comprehensive Angola 2019 | 7 males very well. We also enjoyed good views of two padding, with more interesting species including Miombo Pied Barbet African Black Swift-types, which are assumed to Cape Teal, Lesser Flamingo, Greater Flamingo, be Fernando Po Swift based on the only specimen Yellow-billed Stork, Great White Pelican and from the region. Black Heron. However, most of our time was spent in an area of arid hills and scrubland some 40 The miombo woodlands also turned up some good kilometres inland of Benguela, with several species birds, including Anchieta's Barbet, three African characteristic of the Namibian escarpment found Cuckoo-Hawk, Salvadori’s Eremomela, Souza's here. A male Hartlaub’s Spurfowl was persuaded

Birding Africa Tour Report Tour Africa Birding Shrike, Western Miombo Sunbird, Miombo Scrub Report Tour Africa Birding to sit up on a rock for superb views, White-tailed Robin, Wood Pipit, the snazzy Black-necked Shrike was quite conspicuous and we also enjoyed Eremomela, Miombo Pied Barbet, Pearl-breasted good views of Rockrunner, Rüppell’s Parrot, Cape Swallow, affinis race of Brubru, Red-throated , Pririt Batis, Grey Go-away-bird, Cliff Swallow, Rufous-bellied Tit, Western Violet- Pied Barbet, Carp's Tit, Southern White- backed Sunbird, Black Cuckoo, African Golden crowned Shrike, Violet-eared Waxbill, Damara Oriole, Green-backed Honeybird, Dark Chanting Red-billed Hornbill, Southern Yellow-billed Goshawk, White-fronted Bee-eater, Green- Hornbill, Monteiro's Hornbill, Barred Wren- capped Eremomela, Grey Penduline Tit (of the Warbler, Yellow-bellied Eremomela, White- green ansorgei race) and Miombo Wren-Warbler. throated Canary, Black-chested Prinia, Rosy- After dark Square-tailed Nightjar showed at point- faced Lovebird and Kalahari Scrub Robin. More blank range. A special mention should be made of open areas held Sabota Lark, Double-banded the fourteen species of swallows seen in the area. Courser, Stark's Lark, White-browed Sparrow- In these forests we first turned our attention to the Other highlights here and on top of the mountain Heading back to the coast again, the Lobito- Weaver, Great Sparrow, Ashy Tit, Lark-like small patch of forest and scrubby habitat above included Thick-billed Seedeater, African Spotted Benguela area was our next major focus. The Bunting, Common Scimitarbill, Scaly-feathered the village of Kanjonde, which is the main focus Creeper, Yellow-crowned Canary, Western Green coastal wetlands at Lobito allowed us to do some list Finch and Chestnut-vented Tit-Babbler. of a forest rehabilitation project that I run at the Tinkerbird, Black-backed Barbet (minor Brown- mountain. It was pleasing to see that the firebreaks faced Barbet) and, best of all, a secretive Finsch's installed earlier in the year had successfully stopped Francolin that gave prolonged views in the scope. a fire from entering the forest patch, and that the The rest of our time was spent in the habitats trees in it were growing well. Forest and forest- around the base of the mountain and further afield edge birds here included Huambo Cisticola across the greater region. Grassland and shrubland (not related to Rock-loving Cisticola, with which species included Tinkling Cisticola, Oustalet’s previously lumped), White-tailed Blue Flycatcher, Sunbird, Capped Wheatear and Angola Lark. In Ludwig’s Double-collared Sunbird, Angola Swee damper areas of dambo grassland (dry at this time Waxbill, Angola Slaty Flycatcher, African Hill of the year) we found several Fülleborn's Longclaw, Babbler, Grey Apalis, Olive Woodpecker, Bronzy good numbers of Locust Finch that showed well Sunbird, Dusky Twinspot and Evergreen Forest in low flight, Quail-finch on the ground (if split, Warbler. Swierstra's Francolin was also present, African Quail-Finch) and the sought-after Black- and although I saw one well it remained hidden and-rufous Swallow. Areas of rank growth, mostly for the group. Also around this forest patch we around rivers, held Fan-tailed Grassbird, Half- enjoyed good views of Black-chinned Weaver. On collared Kingfisher (glimpsed), Brown Firefinch, our second day at the mountain the fit and brave Chirping Cisticola, Harlequin Quail, Coppery- made the big hike to the largest forest patch on the tailed Coucal, Hartlaub's Babbler, Schalow's mountain. En route we paused for the local race Turaco, Orange-breasted Waxbill, Fawn-breasted of Mountain Wheatear (nigricauda) and Long- Waxbill, Marsh Widowbird, Greater Swamp billed Pipit (moco), plus Wing-snapping Cisticola, Warbler, Blue-breasted Bee-eater and Bocage's Striped Pipit and Miombo Rock Thrush. At our Weaver in full breeding plumage. A pair of Brazza's target destination we quickly heard and then, after Martin gave excellent views near their nest, some tense moments and scrambling down steep including one that perched, and this year Bocage's mountainsides, found Margaret’s Batis, which Sunbird played along nicely and we saw two lovely Margaret's Batis gave good views before melting back into the forest.

8 | Comprehensive Angola 2019 Comprehensive Angola 2019 | 9 Finally we moved on to the Lubango area, where sparser areas still we found two groups of Rüppell’s Black-necked Eremomela Black-chinned Weaver we birded two rather different habitats, separated Korhaan, a relaxed Ludwig's Bustard, a single by the spectacular southern escarpment. On our Tractrac Chat and Spike-heeled Lark. first full day around Lubango we descended the Our first afternoon and second morning at Lubango escarpment at Leba Pass, running a transect across was spent at Tundavala at the top of the escarpment, the ever-drier landscape towards the coast. Our where montane grasslands and shrublands and first stop failed to turn up the hoped-for Cinderella remnant patches of Afromontane forest produced Waxbill, but in the same general area we found the

Birding Africa Tour Report Tour Africa Birding some of the best birding of the trip in impressive Report Tour Africa Birding benguellensis race of Meves’s Starling (now split surrounds. Swierstra’s Francolin was seen well by BirdLife as Benguela Starling), Bare-cheeked for the seventh time on one of our tours, with Babbler, Little Sparrowhawk, distinctive nominate a smart male sitting out on a rock. Rocky areas race of Red-necked Spurfowl and distinctive were home to Rockrunner, striking Angola Cave capricorni subspecies of Bennett's Woodpecker. Chat, Miombo Rock Thrush and Short-toed Rock Further towards the coast the habitat became drier Thrush, and other goodies included Jameson's and we found Crimson-breasted Shrike, Karoo Firefinch (ansorgei Ansorge's Firefinch), Buffy Chat, Chat Flycatcher, Pale Chanting Goshawk, Pipit, Angolan Slaty Flycatcher, Rufous-cheeked Pale-winged Starling, Benguela Long-billed Lark, Nightjar, Angola , Bradfield’s Swift, Monteiro's Hornbill and Dusky Sunbird. In the Schalow's Turaco and Verreaux's Eagle.

Double-banded Courser Miombo Pied Barbet Souza's Shrike African Barred Owlet

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Black-backed Barbet Ludwig's Double-collared Sunbird Rüppell’s Korhaan

12 | Comprehensive Angola 2019 Comprehensive Angola 2019 | 13 Pelicans Family Pelecanidae Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii - A pale- ANNOTATED SPECIES LIST morph bird seen at the Kwanza River mouth Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus - Good Ducks, Geese & Swans Family Anatidae Storks Family Ciconiidae numbers at Lobito and Mussulo Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi - Seen in the Mt Moco region and en route to Lubango White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis - Two at Lobito Cormorants, shags Family Phalacrocoracidae - Seen along the Kwanza River Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii - Great views African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus - Seen Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus - Seen of two at Tundavala Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos - One on the Kwanza and Keve Rivers (lamelligerus) mainly along the coast (africanus)

Birding Africa Tour Report Tour Africa Birding near Muxima Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar - Good views of Report Tour Africa Birding Ibises, Spoonbills Family Threskiornithidae Cape Cormorant Phalacrocorax capensis - Seen in a pair in Kissama (probably aequatorius) Cape Teal Anas capensis - Several seen at Lobito Luanda Bay before the official start of the tour African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus - Seen Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus - Seen Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata - Two on a at Lobito White-breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax lucidus a few times (meridionalis) wetland near Huambo (undulata) - Seen at Lobito and Mussulo African Spoonbill Platalea alba - Seen at Lobito Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates - A Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha - Seen at and Mussulo Anhingas, darters Family Anhingidae Tundavala couple were seen in the Mt Moco area (mechowi) Herons, Bitterns Family Ardeidae African Darter Anhinga rufa - Seen at Lobito Pale Chanting Goshawk Melierax canorus - Seen Pheasants, Fowl & Allies Family Phasianidae (rufa) Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus - One seen on the Namibe Day Trip Coqui Francolin Peliperdix coqui - Flushed in the by Michael at the Lucala River near Kalandula Ospreys Family Pandionidae African Goshawk Accipiter tachiro - A couple of Mt Moco region (coqui) (probably payesii) Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus - One at the sightings (sparsimfasciatus) Finsch's Francolin Scleroptila finschi - Good views Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Kwanza River mouth (haliaetus) Shikra Accipiter badius - A couple of sightings of a calling bird at Mt Moco - Seen at the Kwanza River mouth (nycticorax) Kites, Hawks & Eagles Family Accipitridae (polyzonoides) Grey-striped Francolin Pternistis griseostriatus Striated Heron Butorides striata - Seen at Lobito Little Sparrowhawk Accipiter minullus - Seen near - Seen quite well, including on the ground, near and Muxima (atricapilla) Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus - Seen Muxima (endemic) regularly (caeruleus) Caxito and below Leba Pass (minullus) Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides - Seen a few Black Sparrowhawk Accipiter melanoleucus - Seen Swierstra's Francolin Pternistis swierstrai - Good times African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus - Seen views of a male for everyone at Tundavala quite often (typus) a few times in the north (temminckii) Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis - Seen often (endemic) Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis - The African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus - Seen at Grey Heron Ardea cinerea - Seen quite often Hartlaub's Spurfowl Pternistis hartlaubi - Super most commonly-seen raptor Kalandula and in the Mt Moco region (cinerea) views of a male inland of Benguela (hartlaubi, African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides - Seen Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius - Seen at endemic) Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala - Seen well in the Mt Moco region (verreauxii) Kalandula and between Benguela and Lubango several times (parasitus) Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer - Seen Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis - below Leba Pass (afer), and at Mt Moco (cranchii, Goliath Heron Ardea goliath - Seen near Muxima Seen twice African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer - Seen along Cranch's Spurfowl) the Kwanza River Purple Heron Ardea purpurea - Seen along the Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus - Seen twice Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei - A male Kwanza River (purpurea) Red-necked Buzzard Buteo auguralis - A few good and female were flushed and seen well in the Mt Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens sightings Moco region (delegorguei) Great Egret Ardea alba - Fairly common in coastal - Fantastic views of a pair near Muxima wetlands (melanorhynchos) Augur Buzzard Buteo augur - Seen several times Grebes Family Podicipedidae Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus - Seen a few times from Mt Moco southwards Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca - Seen at Lobito in the Kalandula area Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis - Good number Bustards Family Otididae at Lobito (capensis) Little Egret Egretta garzetta - Seen in coastal Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus - One on wetlands (garzetta) the northern escarpment and one at Kumbira Ludwig's Bustard Neotis ludwigii - One watched at Flamingos Family Phoenicopteridae length while foraging in the coastal deserts Hamerkop Family Scopidae Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus - One seen on Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus - Seen at the drive from Benguela to Lubango Rüppell's Korhaan Eupodotis rueppelii - Four seen Hamerkop Scopus umbretta - Two sightings Lobito, Benguela and Mussulo well in the coastal deserts (rueppelii) (umbretta) Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis - A few Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor - Seen at sightings Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster - Seen Lobito, Benguela and Mussulo five times (melanogaster)

14 | Comprehensive Angola 2019 Comprehensive Angola 2019 | 15 Flufftails Family Sarothruridae Egyptian Plover Family Pluvianidae Gulls, Terns & Skimmers Family Laridae Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria - Seen in the northern forests White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra - Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius - Fantastic Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus Heard at Kalandula (centralis) views along the Kwanza River - Seen at Lobito (poiocephalus) Namaqua Dove Oena capensis - Seen a few times (capensis) Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa - Heard at Jacanas Family Jacanidae Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus - Seen along the Kalandula (rufa) coast (vetula) African Green Pigeon Treron calvus - Seen on African Jacana Actophilornis africanus - Several several dates (calvus and ansorgei) Rails, Crakes & Coots Family Rallidae Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis - Seen Sandpipers, Snipes Family Scolopacidae Birding Africa Tour Report Tour Africa Birding along the coast Turacos Family Musophagidae Report Tour Africa Birding African Rail Rallus caerulescens - Heard distantly Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus - Seen along the in the Mt Moco region Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia - Seen along the Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata - Seen in coast (phaeopus) coast the northern scarp forests Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostra - Very brief Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata - Seen at views a couple of times Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus - Seen along the Guinea Turaco Tauraco persa - Seen in the Mussulo coast (albididorsalis African Royal Tern) northern scarp forests (zenkeri) Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus - Seen at Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica - Seen at Lobito (meridionalis) Damara Tern Sternula balaenarum - One at the Schalow's Turaco Tauraco schalowi - Good views Mussulo (limosa) Kwanza River mouth in the Mt Moco region and at Tundavala Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata - Seen at Lobito Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres - Seen at and Tundavala Common Tern Sterna hirundo - Seen along the Red-crested Turaco Tauraco erythrolophus - Great Mussulo coast views en route to and at Kalandula Buttonquails Family Turnicidae Ruff Calidris pugnax - One seen by Michael at White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus - One Ross's Turaco Musophaga rossae - Seen well en Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus - One Benguela at the Kwanza River mouth route to Kalandula flushed in the Quitexe area Sanderling Calidris alba - Seen at Mussulo Pigeons, Doves Family Columbidae Grey Go-away-bird Corythaixoides concolor - Stone-curlews, Thick-knees Family Burhinidae Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis - Seen along Seen along the coastal plain (pallidiceps) Rock Dove Columba livia - Feral Pigeons were Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus - Seen at the coast common in the towns and villages Cuckoos Family Cuculidae Muxima and Lobito (vermiculatus) Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia - Seen Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta - Good views of Gabon Coucal Centropus anselli - Everyone Stilts, Avocets Family Recurvirostridae along the coast perched birds on the northern escarpment enjoyed brief but good views at Kumbira Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta - Seen at Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola - Seen at Lobito African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix - One Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus - Seen Mussulo, Kwanza River mouth and Lobito Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos - Seen a seen at Tundavala along the northern escarpment (fischeri) Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus - Seen few times Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus - a few times Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres - Seen at iriditorques - Heard on the northern escarpment Seen well in the Mt Moco region (cupreicaudus) Plovers Family Charadriidae Lobito (interpres) African Mourning Dove Streptopelia decipiens - White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus - African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus - Little Stint Calidris minuta - Seen at Lobito Seen along the Kwanza River (ambigua) Several were seen (loandae) Heard in the Mt Moco region (lateralis) Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea - Seen at Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata - Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus - Seen in the Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola - Seen along the Lobito Common northern forests (aereus) coast (squatarola) Coursers, Pratincoles Family Glareolidae Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola - Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti - White-fronted Plover Charadrius marginatus - Common; damarensis in the south-west and Good perched views at Kalandula Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii - Two Seen at Mussulo (probably mechowi) tropica elsewhere seen well in Kissama African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus - Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius - Seen along Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis - Seen Heard in the northern scarp forests Double-banded Courser Rhinoptilus africanus - the coast regularly (senegalensis) Fantastic views inland of Benguela (bisignatus) Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas - Seen and Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris - Seen Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos heard on several dates Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola - Seen a few times (tricollaris African Three-banded - Common in the drier areas along the Kwanza River (riparia) Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi Plover) Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer - Common - Good flight views en route to Kalandula Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis - Seen on the in the moister areas Lucala River (nuchalis)

16 | Comprehensive Angola 2019 Comprehensive Angola 2019 | 17 Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus - Seen briefly in Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis - Seen Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris - Wood Hoopoes Family Phoeniculidae the Mt Moco region (clamosus) regularly (aequatorialis), including in Luanda Seen at the bottom of Leba Pass (prentissgrayi) Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus - Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius - Heard at Fernando Po Swift Apus sladeniae - Two "African Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti - Seen a few Seen near Muxima (angolensis) Kalandula Black Swift" types in the Mt Moco region were seen times (chelicuti) Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus - well, and presumably belong to this taxon African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis - Seen in the Mt Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica - Seen at Kalandula (anchietae) Moco area and at Kalandula Bradfield's Swift Apus bradfieldi - Seen at Heard along the Kwanza River (malimbica) Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas Tundavala (bradfieldi)

Birding Africa Tour Report Tour Africa Birding Barn Owls Family Tytonidae Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis - Seen - Seen a couple of times in the south (cyanomelas) Report Tour Africa Birding Little Swift Apus affinis - Seen a few times on the Kwanza River (fuscopileus) Western Barn Owl Tyto alba - Good views at our Hornbills Family Bucerotidae (theresae) hotel near Huambo (affinis) White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster Damara Red-billed Hornbill Tockus damarensis - Horus Swift Apus horus - Seen at Mt Moco - Very brief views near Quitexe (leucogaster) Owls Family Strigidae Seen well in the south-west (horus) African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta - Brief African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis - Superb Monteiro's Hornbill Tockus monteiri - Seen well in White-rumped Swift Apus caffer - Seen a few views of one near the Kwanza River ](ferrugina) views near Muxima (senegalensis) the south-west times Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus - Seen African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii - Excellent Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus leucomelas Mousebirds Family Coliidae along the Kwanza River (galeritus) views near Conda (nuchalis) - Seen several times along the coastal plain Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus - Seen near Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata - (elegans) Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum - A few Quitexe and at Kalandula (nigricollis) Seen briefly at Coqueta good sightings during the day (licua) Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus - Red-backed Mousebird Colius castanotus - Seen Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima - Seen at Seen several times (alboterminatus) African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense - mostly along the coastal plain Coqueta Prolonged day-time views at Muxima and also seen African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus - Seen at Kalandula (ngamiense) Red-faced Mousebird Urocolius indicus - Seen Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis - Several sightings in the northern scarp forests (fasciatus Congo Pied along the coastal plain (lacteifrons) (rudis) Hornbill) Nightjars Family Caprimulgidae Trogons Family Trogonidae Bee-eaters Family Meropidae Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris - Rufous-cheeked Nightjar Caprimulgus rufigena Good views en route to Kalandula (pallidirostris) - Seen near Tundavala as it was getting light Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina - Seen in the Black Bee-eater Merops gularis - Seen in the (rufigena) northern scarp forests and at Kumbira (narina) northern scarp forests (australis) Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator - Seen in the northern scarp forests (sharpii Eastern Piping Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis - Rollers Family Coraciidae Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus - Hornbill) Good views at Kalandula (fervidus) Seen near Cabo Ledo and in the Mt Moco region Purple Roller Coracias naevius - Seen a couple of (hirundineus) Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata - Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii - Point- times along the coast (mosambicus) Heard near Quitexe blank views near Huambo (welwitschii) Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus - Seen regularly Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus - Seen en (meridionalis) African barbets Family Lybiidae Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius - route to Kalandula, at Mt Moco and along the coast A displaying male danced around us at Kalandula (caudatus) Blue-breasted Bee-eater Merops variegatus - Seen Bristle-nosed Barbet Gymnobucco peli - Seen well well in the Mt Moco region (variegatus) in the northern scarp forests Swifts Family Apodidae Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis - Perched views near Quitexe White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides - A Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus - Seen in Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri - Some couple of sightings in the Mt Moco region and at the northern escarpment forests (congicus) and at good views along the coastal plain (benguellensis) Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus - Seen Tundavala Kumbira (vernayi Angola Naked-faced Barbet/ at Kalandula (suahelicus) Böhm's Spinetail Neafrapus boehmi - Great views Pale-throated Barbet, endemic) Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus - Seen at Muxima where birds were drinking in the Kingfishers Family Alcedinidae breeding along the Kwanza River (alternans) Anchieta's Barbet Stactolaema anchietae - Several evening (boehmi) Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia - good sightings at Kalandula and two at Mt Moco European Bee-eater Merops apiaster - Heard twice African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus - Common Heard on the northern escarpment (rex) (hyphaenes) Hoopoes Family Upupidae Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala - Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus - Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba - Seen en route Seen a few times (pallidiventris) African Hoopoe Upupa africana - Seen a few Seen in the northern scarp forests (flavisquamatus) to Lubango (africanus) times

18 | Comprehensive Angola 2019 Comprehensive Angola 2019 | 19 Western Tinkerbird Pogoniulus coryphaea - Family Picidae Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri - Seen well at Family Malaconotidae Seen well at Mt Moco and again at Tundavala Kalandula and in the Mt Moco region (reichenowi) Red-throated Wryneck Jynx ruficollis - Nice looks (angolensis, endemic) Monteiro's Bushshrike Malaconotus monteiri - at Kalandula and heard at Mt Moco (ruficollis) Rüppell's Parrot Poicephalus rueppellii - Good Seen well at Quitexe and Muxima (endemic) Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus - views inland of Benguela and below Leba Pass Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii - Seen in the northern scarp forests Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti Seen well at Kalandula (bennettii) and below Leba Old World Parrots Family Psittaculidae - Seen at Kalandula and in the Mt Moco region Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus - Pass (capricorni Capricorn Woodpecker) (interpositus) Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis - Scope Seen in the northern forests (all leucolaimus)

Birding Africa Tour Report Tour Africa Birding Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni views inland of Benguela after seeing several at the Many-colored Bushshrike Report Tour Africa Birding Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus - See a few times (abingoni), including below Leba Kwanza River mouth (catumbella) multicolor - Heard distantly in the northern - Seen a few times (extoni Miombo Tinkerbird) Pass (anderssoni) escarpment (batesi) Broadbills Family Eurylaimidae Hairy-breasted Barbet hirsuta - Seen Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera cailliautii Bocage's Bushshrike Chlorophoneus bocagei - Seen African Broadbill Smithornis capensis - Great in the northern scarp forests (angolensis) - Seen a few times in the north (permista) in the northern scarp forests (bocagei) views at Kalandula and Kumbira (albigularis) Miombo Pied Barbet Tricholaema frontata - Great Buff-spotted Woodpecker Campethera nivosa - Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus Wattle-eyes, Batises Family Platysteiridae views in the Mt Moco region Seen along the northern escarpment (nivosa) sulfureopectus - Heard, and seen by Michael at African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus - Tundavala (similis) Acacia Pied Barbet Tricholaema leucomelas - Brown-eared Woodpecker Campethera caroli - Heard in the northern scarp forests (aequatorialis) Several sightings along the coastal plain (centralis) Brief views at Tombinga (caroli) Gorgeous Bushshrike viridis - Nice Margaret's Batis Batis margaritae - Fantastic views views en route to Kalandula and at Kumbira Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus - Seen Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus - of two males at Mt Moco (margaritae) (viridis Perrin's Bushshrike) at Kalandula (congicus) and below Leba Pass Seen at Muxima and Kalandula (bocagei) Chinspot Batis Batis molitor - Seen a few times Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis - Seen Yellow-crested Woodpecker Chloropicus (pintoi) a few times (ansorgei in the south and souzae in the Black-backed Barbet Lybius minor - A mixed pair xantholophus - Seen in the northern scarp forests north) of minor (Western Black-backed Barbet/Brown- Pririt Batis Batis pririt - Good views inland of Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens - faced Barbet) and macclounii (Eastern Black- Benguela and below Leba Pass (affinis) Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus - Seen a Seen regularly backed Barbet/White-faced Barbet) were seen few times (armenus) Angolan Batis Batis minulla - Seen near Quitexe side-by-side at Kalandula, and another of minor Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus - and at Muxima and Kumbira Pink-footed Puffback Dryoscopus angolensis - was seen at Mt Moco Seen at Mt Moco and Tundavala (ruwenzori) Seen a few times in the scarp forests (angolensis) White-tailed Shrike Lanioturdus torquatus - Good Yellow-billed Barbet Trachyphonus purpuratus Falcons Family Falconidae - Seen well near Quitexe and at Tombinga looks in the Benguela and Leba areas Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla - Seen Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus - Seen a few times regularly (hamatus) (purpuratus Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet) Chestnut Wattle-eye Platysteira castanea - Seen Honeyguides Family Indicatoridae African Hobby Falco cuvierii - Good views of a well in the scarp forests Braun's Bushshrike Laniarius brauni - Fantastic perched sub-adult in the Mt Moco region views in the Quitexe area (endemic) Cassin's Honeybird Prodotiscus insignis - Seen at Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata - Tombinga (insignis) Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus - Seen well near Seen at Kalandula and Mt Moco (mentalis) Gabela Bushshrike Laniarius amboimensis - Good Muxima views of a pair along the central escarpment Green-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae White-fronted Wattle-eye Platysteira albifrons - A (endemic) - Two good sightings in the Moco region Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus - Seen in the Mt female was seen at Muxima (endemic) (zambesiae) Moco region (biarmicus) Tropical Boubou Laniarius major - Seen at Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye Platysteira concreta - Kalandula (major) Willcocks's Honeyguide Indicator willcocksi - Seen Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus - A pair seen at Fantastic views at Kumbira (ansorgei, endemic) quite well near Quitexe. A new country record Mt Moco (minor) Swamp Boubou Laniarius bicolor - Seen a Helmetshrikes Family Prionopidae few times on the coastal plain (guttatus Gabon African & New World Parrots Family Psittacidae Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor - Seen a White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus - Boubou) couple of times Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus - Feral birds seen Seen several times (poliocephalus) Crimson-breasted Shrike Laniarius atrococcineus in Luanda before the official start of the tour Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus - Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii - Seen in the - Seen on the Namibe Day Trip Good views at Muxima Red-fronted Parrot Poicephalus gulielmi - Good Kalandula area (nigricans) Brubru Nilaus afer - Good views of the unusual views in the northern scarp forests (gulielmi) Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator - Seen a Gabela Helmetshrike Prionops gabela - Good affinis subspecies in the Mt Moco area and at couple of times views at Muxima (endemic) Kalandula, and brubru along the coastal plain

20 | Comprehensive Angola 2019 Comprehensive Angola 2019 | 21 Cuckooshrikes Family Campephagidae Monarchs Family Monarchidae Larks Family Alaudidae Yellow-throated Leaflove Atimastillas flavicollis - Seen at Kalandula and Mt Moco (flavigula Pale- White-breasted Cuckooshrike Coracina pectoralis Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus Spike-heeled Lark Chersomanes albofasciata - throated Leaflove) - Seen at Kalandula and in the Mt Moco region nitens - Seen near Quitexe (nitens) Seen on the Namibe Day Trip (obscurata) Swamp Palm Bulbul Thescelocichla leucopleura - Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava - Seen a Rufous-vented Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone Benguela Long-billed Lark Certhilauda Seen well near Quitexe few times rufocinerea - Seen in the northern scarp benguelensis - Several good sightings in the coastal deserts (benguelensis) Pale-olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus fulviventris - Petit's Cuckooshrike Campephaga petiti - One African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis - Seen well in Kissama and again below Leba Pass

Birding Africa Tour Report Tour Africa Birding female seen at Kumbira Seen regularly (plumbeiceps) Grey-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix verticalis Report Tour Africa Birding - Just two in flight inland of Benguela (damarensis) Cabanis's Greenbul Phyllastrephus cabanisi - Seen Purple-throated Cuckooshrike Campephaga Crows Family Corvidae at Kalandula (cabanisi) quiscalina - Seen in the northern scarp forests Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota - Seen in the Cape Crow Corvus capensis - Seen at Mt Moco (quiscalina) coastal deserts (ansorgei) White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis Pied Crow Corvus albus - Common - Glimpsed near Quitexe (viridiceps Angola Mackinnon's Shrike Lanius mackinnoni - Good Rufous-naped Lark Mirafra africana - Seen at White-throated Greenbul/Angola Greenbul) views in the Quitexe area Fairy Flycatchers Family Stenostiridae Tundavala (occidentalis) Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus - Heard Shrikes Family Laniidae Angolan Lark Mirafra angolensis - Great views in African Blue Flycatcher Elminia longicauda - Seen only (woosnami) in the scarp forests (teresita) the Mt Moco region (angolensis) Southern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola - Seen anguitimens - Seen a couple of times along the Stark's Lark Spizocorys starki - Excellent views White-tailed Blue Flycatcher Elminia albicauda - in the Mt Moco region coastal plain (anguitimens) Seen at Mt Moco inland of Benguela Black-collared Bulbul Neolestes torquatus - Seen Souza's Shrike Lanius souzae - One seen well in Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea - Seen in the Tits Family Paridae near Quitexe and Conda the Mt Moco region (souzae) Mt Moco region (spleniata) White-winged Black Tit Melaniparus leucomelas Swallows, martins Family Hirundinidae Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis - Seen regularly - Seen at Kalandula (insignis) Bulbuls Family Pycnonotidae on the plateau (capelli) Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera - African Red-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus nigricans - Carp's Tit Melaniparus carpi - Seen inland of Several sightings (reichenowi) Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris - Seen in the Benguela Seen in the south-west (nigricans) south-west (aridicolus) Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga - Dark-capped Bulbul Pycnonotus tricolor - Dusky Tit Melaniparus funereus - Seen at Several good views, especially in the Mt Moco area Orioles Family Oriolidae Common (tricolor) Kumbira (gabela, endemic) (griseopyga) African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus - Some Slender-billed Greenbul Stelgidillas gracilirostris - Rufous-bellied Tit Melaniparus rufiventris - Brazza's Martin Phedina brazzae - Excellent good looks in miombo woodlands (notatus) Seen in the northern scarp forests (gracilirostris) Seen at Kalandula and in the Mt Moco region views, including of a perched bird, in the Mt Moco (rufiventris) Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus - Seen Little Greenbul Eurillas virens - Seen in the north area several times (angolensis) (virens) Ashy Tit Melaniparus cinerascens - Seen well Angolan Swallow Hirundo angolensis - Common inland of Benguela (benguellensis) Black-winged Oriole Oriolus nigripennis - Seen in Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris - Seen in the White-throated Swallow Hirundo albigularis - the northern scarp forests northern scarp and heard at Kumbira (curvirostris) Penduline Tits Family Remizidae Seen in the highlands Drongos Family Dicruridae Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Eurillas latirostris - Grey Penduline Tit caroli - Seen in Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii - Seen along the Mt Moco area (ansorgei African Penduline Heard in the scarp forests (latirostris) Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii - Seen at the coast (smithii) Tit) Kalandula (saturnus Sharpe's Drongo) Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator - Brief Black-and-rufous Swallow Hirundo nigrorufa - Anthoscopus minutus - Good views in the north (indicator) Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis - Seen Some good looks in the Mt Moco region views inland of Benguela (damarensis) regularly (apivorus) Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris Pearl-breasted Swallow Hirundo dimidiata - Seen Nicators Family Nicatoridae - Several good views (occidentalis) Velvet-mantled Drongo Dicrurus modestus - Seen in the Mt Moco area (marwitzi) along the northern escarpment and at Muxima Falkenstein's Greenbul Chlorocichla falkensteini Yellow-throated Nicator Nicator vireo - Several Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula - Seen south- (coracinus) - Seen at Kumbira and along the northern good sightings along the escarpment west and at Mt Moco (anderssoni Southern Rock escarpment Martin/Large Rock Martin) Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex - Heard on the northern escarpment

22 | Comprehensive Angola 2019 Comprehensive Angola 2019 | 23 Greater Striped Swallow Cecropis cucullata - Seen Evergreen Forest Warbler Bradypterus lopezi - Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii - Seen at Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops - in the Mt Moco region Good views at Mt Moco (boultoni) Mt Moco (ayresii) Seen several times in miombo (pulchra) Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica - Fan-tailed Grassbird Schoenicola brevirostris - Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava - Rufous-crowned Eremomela Eremomela badiceps Common (unitatis) Seen well in the Mt Moco region (alexinae) Widespread (graueri and bechuanae) - Good looks in the northern scarp forests Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis - Seen at Cisticolas and allies Family Cisticolidae Black-chested Prinia Prinia flavicans - Seen in the Black-necked Eremomela Eremomela atricollis - Mt Moco (monteiri) south-west (ansorgei) Good views of this smart species in the Mt Moco Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops - Seen a region

Birding Africa Tour Report Tour Africa Birding Red-throated Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon rufigula few times (lepe Lepe Cisticola) Banded Prinia Prinia bairdii - Good looks in the Report Tour Africa Birding - Many seen on the plateau northern scarp forests (heinrichi, endemic) Ground-Babblers Family Pellorneidae Whistling Cisticola Cisticola lateralis - Seen at Crombecs, African warblers Family Kalandula (modestus) White-chinned Prinia Schistolais leucopogon - Scaly-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis albipectus Seen en route to Kalandula (leucopogon) - Heard and seen briefly along the northern Bubbling Cisticola Cisticola bulliens - Seen along escarpment (trensei, endemic) Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis - the coastal plain and escarpment (septentrionalis Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida - Seen a A few good sightings (mentalis) and bulliens) couple of times along the coastal plain (flavida) Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens - Seen en route to and at Kalandula (dilutior, endemic) Rockrunner Achaetops pycnopygius - Good views Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola emini - The Lowland Masked Apalis Apalis binotata - Seen inland of Benguela and at Tundavala (spadix) endemic Huambo Cisticola Cisticola bailunduensis well near Quitexe Typical Babblers Family Leiothrichidae was seen well at Mt Moco. It is not related to Rock- Yellow Longbill flavicans - Seen Black-throated Apalis Apalis jacksoni - Seen along Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii - Seen loving Cisticola, although this is not yet widely well along the northern scarp (flavicans) the northern escarpment and at Kumbira (jacksoni) at Kalandula (hyposticta) recognised Pulitzer's Longbill Macrosphenus pulitzeri - Two Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis - Seen Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii - Seen in Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana - Seen below good sightings along the central escarpment along the central (brauni) and northern the Mt Moco region (hartlaubii) Leba Pass (smithersi) (endemic) escarpment (angolensis) Bare-cheeked Babbler Turdoides gymnogenys - Tinkling Cisticola Cisticola rufilatus - Seen well Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens - Seen Grey Apalis Apalis cinerea - Seen at Mt Moco and Seen well below Leba pass (gymnogenys, endemic) in the Mt Moco region and again at Tundavala near Muxima (ansorgei) and at Tundavala (flecki) Tundavala (grandis) (ansorgei) Sylviid Babblers Family Sylviidae Red-capped Crombec Sylvietta ruficapilla - Nice Brown-headed Apalis Apalis alticola - Seen en Grey-backed Cisticola Cisticola subruficapilla - African Hill Babbler Pseudoalcippe abyssinica - looks at Kalandula (ruficapilla) route to and at Kalandula (alticola) Heard on the Namibe Day Trip (newtoni) Seen well at Mt Moco (ansorgei) Green Crombec Sylvietta virens - Common along Grey-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera Wailing Cisticola Cisticola lais - Seen at Mt Moco Chestnut-vented Warbler Sylvia subcaerulea - the escarpment (tando) brevicaudata - Seen in the south (sharpei) (namba) Seen inland of Benguela (ansorgei, endemic) Hylias Family Hyliidae Hartert's Camaroptera Camaroptera harterti - Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens - Seen twice in White-eyes Family Zosteropidae Seen several times (endemic) Green Hylia Hylia prasina - Seen along the the Mt Moco region (pipiens) African Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis - escarpment (prasina) Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus - Heard in the Many seen (heinrichi in Uíge, quanzae at Kumbira superciliaris - Seen well in the northern scarp Reed warblers and allies Family Acrocephalidae Mt Moco region (angolensis) and anderssoni at Lubango) forests Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens - Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis - Heard in Hyliotas Family Hyliotidae Miombo Wren-Warbler Calamonastes undosus - Seen well in the Mt Moco region (ansorgei) the Mt Moco region (huambo) Good sightings at Kalandula (cinereus) and in the Yellow-bellied Hyliota Hyliota flavigaster - Three Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus - Mt Moco region (huilae) sightings in Miombo (barbozae) - Heard along the Lucala River near Kalandula Common on the plateau (loanda) Barred Wren-Warbler Calamonastes fasciolatus - (winterbottomi) Southern Hyliota Hyliota australis - Seen at Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla - Seen on the Seen inland of Benguela (pallidior, endemic) Kumbira (slatini, Forest Hyliota) African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis - Seen plateau (dispar) Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis near Quitexe and at Mt Moco (major) Treecreepers Family Certhiidae Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis - Seen in the Mt - Seen in the south-west (puellula) Grassbirds and allies Family Locustellidae Moco region (terrestris) African Spotted Creeper Salpornis salvadori - Salvadori's Eremomela Eremomela salvadorii - Seen at Mt Moco (salvadori) Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala - Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus - Seen along Seen a few times in the Mt Moco region Heard at the Lucala River near Kalandula and in the coastal plain (lobito) the Mt Moco region (benguellensis)

24 | Comprehensive Angola 2019 Comprehensive Angola 2019 | 25 Starlings Family Sturnidae Forest Scrub Robin Cercotrichas leucosticta - - Seen well at Kalandula (polioptera). Now called Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes Superb views at Muxima (reichenowi, endemic) Grey-winged Akalat. longuemarei - Seen a few times (angolensis) Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea - Seen twice along the coastal plain Miombo Scrub Robin Cercotrichas barbata - Nice White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini - Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi - Seen at views in the Mt Moco region, and seen briefly at Heard often and seen occasionally (subrufescens) Kumbira and in the northern escarpment (minor) Cape Starling Lamprotornis nitens - Common Kalandula along the coastal plain (nitens) White-headed Robin-Chat Cossypha heinrichi - Grey-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes rectirostris - Kalahari Scrub Robin Cercotrichas paena - Seen Excellent views at Kalandula Seen in the northern scarp forests and at Kalandula Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus - Seen inland of Benguela (benguellensis) (tephrolaemus)

Birding Africa Tour Report Tour Africa Birding along the northern escarpment (splendidus) Bocage's Akalat Sheppardia bocagei - Good views Report Tour Africa Birding Brown-backed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas hartlaubi at Mt Moco (bocagei) Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris - Seen along Meves's Starling Lamprotornis mevesii - Seen - Seen near Quibaxe the escarpment (somereni) below Leba Pass (benguelensis Benguela Long- Gabela Akalat Sheppardia gabela - Good views tailed Starling, endemic) White-browed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas leucophrys along the central escarpment Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis - Seen a few times, including near Quitexe - Seen along the escarpment and at Kalandula Sharp-tailed Starling Lamprotornis acuticaudus Rufous-tailed Palm Thrush Cichladusa ruficauda - (munda) and inland of Benguela (ovamboensis) (cyanocephala) - Many good sightings in the miombo woodlands, A few good sightings along the coastal plain at Kalandula and in the Mt Moco region Grey-throated Tit-Flycatcher Myioparus Bannerman's Sunbird Cyanomitra bannermani Short-toed Rock Thrush Monticola brevipes - Nice (acuticaudus) griseigularis - Seen in the northern scarp forests - Just one seen fairly briefly at Kalandula, where it looks on the Namibe Day Trip and at Tundavala was well outnumbered by Green-headed Sunbird Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster Grey Tit-Flycatcher Myioparus plumbeus - Seen at (brevipes) - Seen at Kalandula, the Mt Moco region and Muxima and Kalandula (catoleucus) Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra Miombo Rock Thrush Monticola angolensis - Nice Tundavala (verreauxi) cyanolaema - Seen in the northern scarp forests Angolan Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis brunneus - views at Tundavala and Mt Moco (angolensis) and at Kalandula (octaviae) Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus Good looks at Tundavala and Mt Moco (endemic) African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus - Regular in - Some good views along the northern escarpment Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea - Common in Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis the highlands (stonei) (intermedius) forest (cephaelis) pammelaina - Seen a couple of times Karoo Chat Emarginata schlegelii - Several seen in Pale-winged Starling Onychognathus nabouroup (pammelaina) Carmelite Sunbird Chalcomitra fuliginosa - Nice on the Namibe Day Trip (benguellensis). May prove - Seen on the Namibe Day Trip looks near Quitexe and females were also seen at Pale Flycatcher Melaenornis pallidus - Seen a to be a distinct species from the South African Kumbira (fuliginosa) Narrow-tailed Starling Poeoptera lugubris - Seen couple of times (murinus) birds in the northern scarp forests Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens - Chat Flycatcher Melaenornis infuscatus - Tractrac Chat Emarginata tractrac - One seen on Seen in the northern scarp forests (rubescens) Oxpeckers Family Buphagidae Common in the south-west (benguellensis) the Namibe Day Trip (hoeschi) Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina - Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus - A African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta - Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra - Seen in the Mt Seen in miombo (deminuta) few seen in the south-west (langi) Seen in the Mt Moco region Moco region Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis Thrushes Family Turdidae Ashy Flycatcher Muscicapa caerulescens - Seen Mountain Wheatear Myrmecocichla monticola - Several seen (saturatior) along the escarpment (impavida) - Seen on the Namibe Day Trip (albipileata, White-tailed Ant Thrush Neocossyphus poensis - endemic) and at Mt Moco (nigricauda, endemic) Bocage's Sunbird Nectarinia bocagii - Good views Heard in northern scarp forests (praepectoralis) Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini - Seen on in the Mt Moco region of three different males the drive to Uíge Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata - Seen at Mt Fraser's Rufous Thrush Stizorhina fraseri - Seen a Moco (neseri) Bronzy Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis - Good few times in the scarp forests (rubicunda) Dusky-blue Flycatcher Muscicapa comitata - Seen views at Mt Moco (gadowi, endemic) in the Quitexe area (comitata) Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris - Seen at Mt Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa - Seen Moco (angolensis) Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius - Seen below Leba Pass (pauciguttatus) Sooty Flycatcher Muscicapa infuscata - Seen in along the escarpment (orphogaster) the northern scarp forests (infuscata) Sunbirds Family Nectariniidae African Thrush Turdus pelios - Seen several times, Western Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris gertrudis including at Mt Moco (bocagei) Brown-chested Alethe Pseudalethe poliocephala - Anchieta's Sunbird Anthreptes anchietae - Several - Good views in the Mt Moco region (pintoi, Seen at Kumbira (hallae, endemic) excellent sightings en route to and at Kalandula, Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana - Seen at Western Miombo Sunbird) and seen again in the Mt Moco region Kalandula and the Mt Moco region (verreauxii) Angolan Cave Chat Cossypha ansorgei - Superb Ludwig's Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris views at Tundavala Mangrove Sunbird Anthreptes gabonicus - Seen at Chats, Old World Flycatchers Family ludovicensis - Seen well at Tundavala and Mt the Kwanza River mouth Muscicapidae Grey-winged Robin-Chat Cossypha polioptera Moco (endemic)

26 | Comprehensive Angola 2019 Comprehensive Angola 2019 | 27 Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus - Seen Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons - Seen Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris - A few Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula - Good along the length of the coastal plain (bifasciatus) near Quitexe (tandae) seen in the highlands (bocagei) views in the Mt Moco region Orange-tufted Sunbird Cinnyris bouvieri - Good Black-chinned Weaver Ploceus nigrimentus - Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala - Seen views near Quibaxe and en route to Kalandula Great views at Mt Moco - Non-breeding males seen along the northern at Lubango (rendalli) escarpment (macroura) Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus - Several seen Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis - Seen at Mt Landana Firefinch Lagonosticta landanae - Seen along the escarpment (superbus) Moco (crocatus) Marsh Widowbird Euplectes hartlaubi - Several in the Mt Moco region and at Kalandula and non-breeding males seen well in the Mt Moco Kumbira

Birding Africa Tour Report Tour Africa Birding Oustalet's Sunbird Cinnyris oustaleti - Seen in the Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis - Seen Report Tour Africa Birding region (hartlaubi) Mt Moco region (oustaleti) along the escarpment (nigricollis) Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia - White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus Seen at Tundavala (ansorgei, Ansorge's Firefinch) White-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris talatala - Seen Bocage's Weaver Ploceus temporalis - Great of - Non-breeding males seen at Muxima inland of Benguela and on the Namibe Day Trip males and females around their nests in the Mt Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis - Common (asymmetrurus) (talatala) Moco region along the coastal plain (angolensis) Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens - Seen Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus - Seen at Mt Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops - Several Violet-eared Waxbill Uraeginthus granatinus at Mt Moco Moco and Tundavala (falkensteini) sightings - Seen inland of Benguela and at Tundavala Waxbills, Munias & Allies Family (siccatus) Dusky Sunbird Cinnyris fuscus - Seen inland of Southern Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus - One Benguela and on the Namibe Day Trip (inclusus) non-breeding bird seen below Leba Pass (velatus) Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor - Seen Angolan Waxbill bocagei - Nice looks fairly briefly along the northern escarpment at Mt Moco and Tundavala (endemic) Bates's Sunbird Cinnyris batesi - Seen at Kalandula Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus - Fairly common and seen in breeding plumage in the Pale-fronted Nigrita Nigrita luteifrons - Heard Grey Waxbill Estrilda perreini - Seen a few times Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus - A few seen north (collaris) along the northern escarpment in the north, but never for very long (chalceus) Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus - Seen White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus - Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola - Old World Sparrows Family Passeridae in the northern areas (nigerrimus) Common along the northern scarp (fusconotus) Several sightings (benguellensis) White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor - Seen in Grey-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus - Seen Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda - Seen - Seen inland of Benguela and below Leba Pass the northern scarp forests (interscapularis) along the escarpment (angolensis) along the northern escarpment and at Kumbira (ansorgei) (melpoda) Compact Weaver Ploceus superciliosus - Seen near Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula - Seen fairly House Sparrow Passer domesticus - In many N'dalatando well along the central escarpment (schlegeli) Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild - Several towns and villages sightings (angolensis in the north, jagoensis in the Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor - Seen in the White-collared Oliveback Nesocharis ansorgei - A Great Sparrow Passer motitensis - A pair seen well south) scarp forests (amaurocephalus) male was seen in the Quibaxe area inland of Benguela (benguellensis) Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis - Seen Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra - Seen well at Cape Sparrow Passer melanurus - Seen on the - A couple of sightings in the Mt Moco region well in the scarp forests (praedi) Kalandula Namibe Day Trip (damarensis) (niethammeri) Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus - Seen my Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba - Seen along Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus - Ortygospiza atricollis - Seen well in the most of the group along the northern escarpment the coastal plain (melba) Seen from Muxima northwards (ugandae) Mt Moco region (muelleri African Quailfinch) (malimbicus) Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala - Seen Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus - Locust Finch Paludipasser locustella - Good views Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea - Seen along the at the Kwanza River mouth Seen in the south (diffusus) in low flight in the Mt Moco region (uelensis) coastal plain (lathamii) Red-headed Bluebill Spermophaga ruficapilla Yellow-throated Petronia Gymnoris superciliaris - Bronze Mannikin Lonchura cucullata - Seen Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus - - Seen fairly briefly at Kumbira and along the Seen in miombo (rufitergum) several times (scutata) Seen once (hordeaceus) northern escarpment (ruficapilla) Weavers, Widowbirds Family Ploceidae Black-and-white Mannikin Lonchura bicolor - Golden-backed Bishop Euplectes aureus - Non- Brown Twinspot Clytospiza monteiri - Seen near Seen along the escarpment (woltersi) Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger - Seen breeding birds seen well at Muxima Quitexe, at Kalandula and at Conda by some inland of Benguela (niger) Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis - Quite common Dusky Twinspot Euschistospiza cinereovinacea - Scaly-feathered Weaver Sporopipes squamifrons - in the highlands (angolensis) Several seen at Mt Moco (cinereovinacea, endemic) Seen inland of Benguela (squamifrons)

28 | Comprehensive Angola 2019 Comprehensive Angola 2019 | 29 Indigobirds, Whydahs Family Viduidae Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris - Seen very well at Mt Moco Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea - Seen at Kalandula and Mt Moco (nigerrima). Identification Finches Family Fringillidae based on it being the only indigobird there Black-faced Canary Crithagra capistrata - Good Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura - Only non- sightings at Kumbira, Mt Moco and Tundavala breeding birds seen (hildegardae at Moco, capistratus elsewhere)

Birding Africa Tour Report Tour Africa Birding Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua obtusa - Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis - Report Tour Africa Birding Good views of breeding-plumaged males en route Seen in the Mt Moco region (lwenarum) to and at Kalandula Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica - Wagtails, Pipits Family Motacillidae Several sightings (tando in the north, samaliyae in the south) Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis - Seen in the Mt Moco region Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata - Seen a few times (sharpii) African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp - Seen along the Lucala River (vidua) White-throated Canary Crithagra albogularis - Seen inland of Benguela and on the Namibe Day Fülleborn's Longclaw Macronyx fuelleborni - Seen Trip (crocopygia) a few times in the Mt Moco area and at Tundavala (ascensi) Thick-billed Seedeater Crithagra burtoni - Seen by some at Mt Moco (tanganjicae) African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus - Seen a few times (bocagei) Yellow-crowned Canary Serinus flavivertex - Seen at Tundavala and Mt Moco (huillensis, endemic) Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis - Seen on top of Cape Penduline Tit Mt Moco (moco) Buntings Family Emberizidae Wood Pipit Anthus nyassae - Seen once in the Mt Lark-like Bunting Emberiza impetuani - Seen Hartlaub's Spurfowl Moco region (schoutedeni) inland of Benguela and at Tundavala (eremica) Buffy Pipit Anthus vaalensis - Seen at Tundavala Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi - (neumanni) Seen at Tundavala and Mt Moco (nivenorum) Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys - Several Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris - sightings, especially in the Mt Moco region Seen at Kalandula and Mt Moco (princeps) (bohndorffi) Cabanis's Bunting Emberiza cabanisi - Seen at Long-legged Pipit Anthus pallidiventris - Seen at Kalandula (orientalis) the Kwanza River mouth

Stark's Lark

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White-tailed Shrike

White-headed Robin-Chat Bare-cheeked Babbler

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