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| Birdwatching in Angola | In the Gabela region you may visit Kumbira Forest that has become synonymous with Angolan escarpment birding for good reason. Here you may watch Pink-footed Puffback, Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye, Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher, Brown Illadopsis, Masked Apalis and African Broadbill. Deeper in the forest you are likely to encounter also Yellow-billed, Naked-faced and Hairy-breasted Barbets, Narina Trogon, Dusky Tit, Brown-chested Alethe, Falkenstein’s Greenbul, Pale-olive Greenbul, Forest Scrub-Robin and Gabon Coucal. But at Red-crested Turaco, a trio of fantastic Bush-Shrikes, namely Perrin’s, Gabela and Monteiro’s, and two decidedly shy endemics, the flycatcher-like Gabela Akalat and powder-blue-eyed Pulitzer’s Longbill, there are definitely much more interesting species to view.
At the high rocky slopes above the forest you may encounter the unusual Rockrunner occurs alongside Miombo Rock-Thrush, Pale-billed Firefinch, Striped Pipit and the scarce Oustalet’s Sunbird, some more luck will be needed to track down Montane Double-collared Sunbird, Angola Slaty-flycatcher and Dusky Twinspot.
Among other species you could see are: Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo, African Emerald Cuckoo, Yellowbill, African Wood Owl, Mountain Nightjar, African Pygmy Kingfisher, Crowned Hornbill, Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird, Brown-eared Woodpecker, Petit’s Cuckoo-shrike, Slender-billed Greenbul, Red-capped Robin-chat, African Thrush, African Moustached Warbler, Buff-throated Apalis, Grey Apalis, Green Crombec, Southern Hyliota, Green Hylia, African Blue Flycatcher, Green-throated Sunbird, Eastern Black-headed Oriole, Yellow-throated Nicator, Square-tailed Drongo, Black-necked Weaver, Veillot’s Black Weaver, Compact Weaver and Orange-cheeked Waxbill.
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