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Angola, officially the Republic of Angola is a country in south-central Africa bordering Namibia to the south, Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, and Zambia to the east, and with a west coast along the Atlantic Ocean. At 481,321 square miles (1,246,700 km²), Angola is the world's twenty-third largest country (after Niger). It is comparable in size to Mali and is nearly twice the size of the US state of Texas, or five times the area of the United Kingdom. |
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(GNU Free Documentation License)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angola
Number of bird species: 993
Number of endemics: 12
Grey-striped Francolin Francolinus griseostriatus Swierstra's Francolin Francolinus swierstrai Red-backed Mousebird Colius castanotus Red-crested Turaco Tauraco erythrolophus Braun’s Bush-Shrike Laniarius brauni Gabela Bush-Shrike Laniarius amboimensis Gabela Helmet-Shrike Prionops gabela Angola Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis brunneus Gabela Akalat Sheppardia gabela Angola Cave-Chat Xenocopsychus ansorgei Pulitzer's Longbill Macrosphenus pulitzeri Montane Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris ludovicensis
Grey-striped Francolin Francolinus griseostriatus Swierstra's Francolin Francolinus swierstrai Red-backed Mousebird Colius castanotus Red-crested Turaco Tauraco erythrolophus Braun’s Bush-Shrike Laniarius brauni Gabela Bush-Shrike Laniarius amboimensis Gabela Helmet-Shrike Prionops gabela Angola Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis brunneus Gabela Akalat Sheppardia gabela Angola Cave-Chat Xenocopsychus ansorgei Pulitzer's Longbill Macrosphenus pulitzeri Montane Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris ludovicensis
Birds of Angola
WRJ Dean 2000 BOU - A monumental avifauna covering this hugely ornithologically neglected country. Angola is extremely bird-rich (over 900 species) and has a range of biomes and ecosystems that are almost unequalled in Africa. 2000. 444 pages, 16 pages of colour photographs, figures, diagrams and maps. ?50.00 http://www.bou.org.uk/pubchkll.htmlISBN: 0907446221
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Southern African Birdfinder
Where to find 1400 bird species in southern Africa and Madagascar Callan Cohen, Claire Spottiswoode and Jonathan Rossouw 456 pages, 80 col photos, 100 maps, pull-out route map. New Holland Publishers 2006ISBN: 1868727254
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African Bird Club
WebsiteAngola has a bird list of more than nine hundred species but there has been little ornithological activity for some thirty years. Sadly, a long running war and political instability have impacted habitat and species adversely as well limiting opportunities for visiting birders. There is evidence of an improving situation and Birding Africa is running a flagship tour with the African Bird Club in 2005...
Kissama Foundation
WebsiteThe Kissama Foundation was formed in order to solicit support for its mission - to rehabilitate conservation areas and national parks, to reintroduce wildlife species that have dissappeared, to nurture back those that are on the brink of extinction such as the Giant Sable (our national symbol); and to give back to the people of Angola that which a war fuelled by foreign ideologies took away from them.
Quiçama National Park
InformationSatellite View
The Atlantic Ocean forms the Park's 120 km long western border, while the perennial Cuanza and Longa rivers constitute the northern and southern borders respectively. The eastern border consists of a belt of dense, tall thicket. Quiçama covers an area of roughly 9 960 square kilometres/1.2 million hectares.
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2003 [February] - Ian Sinclair & Peter Ryan
ReportGabela! The name epitomises the excitement of birding in Angola - and the frustration that 27 years of civil war has largely prevented access to the region. With its own akalat, bush-shrike and helmet-shrike, Gabela lies at the centre of the Angolan scarp forest - a key endemic bird area that has been off limits for a generation, giving it mythical status...
2003 [October] - Callan Cohen, Claire Spottiswoode & Michael Mills - Western Angola
ReportIn October 2003 we visited Angola on a short, one-week exploratory trip, with the aim of adding to an ever-growing post-war knowledge of the Western Angola Endemic Bird Area. An invitation from Wings Over Africa, who organised our visit and hosted us at the wonderful Rio Longa Lodge, provided the perfect opportunity for this...
2005 [December] - Nik Borrow
Report...At last birders are trickling into the country to gather up the ornithological gems that are scattered over this huge country. We undertook our first exploratory visit with the assistance of Pedro Vaz Pinto, the man behind the rediscovery of many of the ‘lost’ endemics (including recently the Giant Sable in Cangandala National Park unfortunately outside the scope of this tour) and during our visit we recorded 469 species of birds of which 458 were seen...
2005 [October] - Michael Mills
ReportOur new joint initiative to raise funds for the Conservation Fund of the African Bird Club kicked off on a high note this October, with an 8-day trip to the fabled Angolan escarpment...
2006 [August] - Michael Mills
ReportWith light drizzle on the escarpment making last year’s tour slightly damp, we decided to move forward by a month or two this year’s tour. But would birds be as vocal, and would we be able to match the success of last year’s week-long visit?
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Birding Africa
Tour OperatorGabela! The name epitomises the excitement of birding in Angola, and the frustration that 27 years of civil war has previously prevented access to the region. With its own akalat, bush-shrike and helmet-shrike, Gabela lies at the centre of the Angolan scarp forest...
Birdquest
Tour OperatorAmazingly enough, one of the African countries that seemed just a few years ago to be a veritable ‘no go’ area was Angola. Torn apart by civil war since its independence from Portugal in 1975, a peace accord was finally reached in 1992, although fighting continued up until as recently as 2002 when a final cease-fire was announced after the death of the insurgent leader Jonas Savimbi. For birders, the growing stability of the country means that a wealth of mouth-watering specialities is now once more within reach...
Rockjumper Birding Tours
Tour OperatorWith the fourth highest rate of avian endemism on the African continent, Angola is a must-visit destination for any serious birder, and our comprehensive overland safari targets every single endemic species – and many more besides!
Angola reveals some of its bird secrets...
WebsiteA six-day expedition visited northern Angola at the end of January 2005 to look for three little-known species: the Orange-breasted Bush-shrike Laniarius brauni is only known from this region and had not been seen since 1957; the White-headed Robin-chat Cossypha heinrichi, found only in Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo, was also last seen in 1957; and the Black-tailed Cisticola Cisticola melanurus, also restricted to Angola and the DRC, was last seen in 1972...
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