Luke's Birding Pages
The Top 10 Birding Sites in Africa by Country
as suggested by members of the AfricanBirding listserve
Contributors suggested sites in 26 countries, with Kenya having the most top sites (6), and The Gambia, Tanzania and Uganda (4 sites each) runners up. To see the list by site and popularity, check here.
Botswana
Chobe NP, eastern end
Nata Park, incl Maghkhadikhadi, Botswana
Okavango Swamps, Botswana
Burkina Faso
Mossi country between Ouahiagouya and the Mali border
Cameroon
Bakossi Mountains/Mount Kupe (2 votes)
Mount Cameroon
Ngaoundaba Ranch, Cameroon
Canary Islands
Anaga mountain slopes, Tenerife
Côte d'Ivoire
Tai Forest (2 votes)
Ethiopia
Bale Mountains (2 votes)
Menegesha Suba NP
Gabon
La Lopé Reserve, Gabon (2 votes)
Bateke Plateau
The Gambia
Tendaba Camp, Kian West NP and Bao-Bolong Wetland Reserve
Abuko Forest/mangroves of Lamin
Bwiam Western Division vicinity
Tanji Bird Reserve
Ghana
Kakum National Park
Guinea-Bissau
Bijogas Islands & Cacine, Cantanhez 1ry Forests
Kenya
Lake Baringo (2 votes)
Lake Nakuru (2 votes)
Kakamega Forest
Ngulia (Tsavo)
Shaba/Samburu/Buffalo Springs Game Reserves
Sokoke Forest
Madagascar
Ifaty
Masoala Peninsula
Mali
Bandiagara cliffs and the Dogon country
Tyanfala Foret Classe, Bamako, Kulikoro Road
Mauritania
Banc D'Arguin NP (2 votes)
Diawling NP, Mauritania
Morocco
Mulay Bousselham and Merja Zerga marshes
Oued Massa
Straits of Gibraltar
Namibia
Caprivi Strip (2 votes)
Ruacana, Kunene River
Niger
Parc National du W
Nigeria
Afi Mountains Sanctuary, Cross River State
Obudu Cattle Ranch cloud forest and Cross River
Tabouru Hidden Valley, Jos
São Tomé & Príncipe
(whole islands listed)
Senegal
Djoudj NP (2 votes)
Siné-Saloum Delta (2 votes)
Trois Marigot, Senegal
Seychelles
Bird Island
Sierra Leone
Gola Rainforest, Sierra Leone (2 votes)
South Africa
Ocean off Cape Town (3 votes)
Kruger NP, Pafuri area (Punda Maria Camp and north) (2 votes)
Tanqua Karoo
Tanzania
Tarangire NP (2 votes)
Eastern Arc Mountains
Lake Manyara
Usambara Mountains
Tunisia
Lake Ichkeul
Uganda
Bwindi Impenetrable Forest (5 votes)
Murchison (Kabalega) Falls NP (2 votes)
Queen Elizabeth National Park (2 votes)
Kampala area
This list was initiated by Keith Betton, and contributed to by Nigel Blake, Nik Borrow, Chris Bowden, Joost Brouwer, Herbert Byaruhanga, PM Claffey, Clive, Callan Cohen, Luke Cole, Juan José Ramos Encalado, Pierfrancesco Micheloni, Ben Mugambi, Stein Nilsen, Otto Overdijk, Don Roberson, Alhaji Siaka, and Steven of BirdLife South Africa.
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