Equatorial Guinea / Cameroon / Gabon Ramsar wetland
Campo River
101 bird species recorded; the most in March.
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This month here
26 species in January.10 species in February.65 species in March.54 species in April.46 species in May.2 species in June.30 species in July.13 species in August.0 species in September.0 species in October.30 species in November.27 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
101 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 101Speciesrecorded more than once
- 24Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 617Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 3Raptors
- 2Waders
- 2Herons, ibises & grebes
- 57Songbirds
- 37Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 101 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
- African Harrier-hawkPolyboroides typus
Waders2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Herons, ibises & grebes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Western Reef HeronEgretta gularis
Songbirds57 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little GreenbulEurillas virens
- Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivacea
- Pied CrowCorvus albus
- Chattering CisticolaCisticola anonymus
- Swamp GreenbulThescelocichla leucopleura
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
- Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
- Vieillot's Black WeaverPloceus nigerrimus
- Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
- Green CrombecSylvietta virens
- Olive-bellied SunbirdCinnyris chloropygius
- Spotted GreenbulIxonotus guttatus
- Bronze MannikinLonchura cucullata
- Black-bellied SeedcrackerPyrenestes ostrinus
- Orange-cheeked WaxbillEstrilda melpoda
- Ethiopian SwallowHirundo aethiopica
- Slender-billed GreenbulStelgidillas gracilirostris
- Mangrove SunbirdAnthreptes gabonicus
- Long-legged PipitAnthus pallidiventris
- Western BluebillSpermophaga haematina
- Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
- Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
- Scarlet-spectacled Wattle-eyePlatysteira cyanea
- Black-and-white MuniaLonchura bicolor
- Cassin's MalimbeMalimbus cassini
- Yellow-whiskered GreenbulEurillas latirostris
- Yellow-lored BristlebillBleda notatus
- Grey-crowned NegrofinchNigrita canicapillus
- Red-breasted SwallowCecropis semirufa
- Western NicatorNicator chloris
- Black-headed Paradise-flycatcherTerpsiphone rufiventer
- Hylia prasinaHylia prasina
- Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
- Golden GreenbulCalyptocichla serinus
- Simple GreenbulChlorocichla simplex
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- Splendid StarlingLamprotornis splendidus
- Red-headed QueleaQuelea erythrops
- Green-backed BulbulCriniger chloronotus
- Red-tailed GreenbulCriniger calurus
- Purple-headed StarlingHylopsar purpureiceps
- Grey-chinned SunbirdAnthreptes rectirostris
- White-throated GreenbulPhyllastrephus albigularis
- Tit HyliaPholidornis rushiae
- Fire-crested AletheAlethe castanea
- Velvet-mantled DrongoDicrurus modestus
- White-browed Forest FlycatcherFraseria cinerascens
- Olive-green CamaropteraCamaroptera chloronota
- Yellow-browed CamaropteraCamaroptera superciliaris
- Chestnut Wattle-eyeDyaphorophyia castanea
- Preuss's Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon preussi
- Reichenbach's SunbirdAnabathmis reichenbachii
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Bradornis fuliginosusBradornis fuliginosus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Brown-chested AletheChamaetylas poliocephala
Other birds37 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- African Pied HornbillLophoceros fasciatus
- African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
- White-thighed HornbillBycanistes albotibialis
- Black-casqued Wattled HornbillCeratogymna atrataNT
- Speckled TinkerbirdPogoniulus scolopaceus
- Grey ParrotPsittacus erithacus
- Tambourine DoveTurtur tympanistria
- African Pygmy KingfisherIspidina picta
- African Green-pigeonTreron calvus
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
- Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
- Grey-cheeked HornbillBycanistes subcylindricus
- Yellow-throated TinkerbirdPogoniulus subsulphureus
- Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
- Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
- Blue-spotted Wood-doveTurtur afer
- Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
- Dwarf HornbillLophoceros camurus
- Great Blue TuracoCorythaeola cristata
- Yellow-spotted BarbetBuccanodon duchaillui
- Piping HornbillBycanistes fistulator
- European SwiftApus apus
- Yellow-billed TuracoTauraco macrorhynchus
- Blue-breasted Bee-eaterMerops variegatus
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
- Shining Blue KingfisherAlcedo quadribrachys
- Cassin's SpinetailNeafrapus cassini
- Yellow-billed BarbetTrachyphonus purpuratus
- Black-throated BarbetTricholaema hirsuta
- Yellow-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus bilineatus
- Blue-throated RollerEurystomus gularis
- Chocolate-backed KingfisherHalcyon badia
- Bates's SwiftApus batesi
- Afep PigeonColumba unicincta
- White-bellied KingfisherCorythornis leucogaster
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in March.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan28°/24°94 mm
- Feb28°/24°117 mm
- Mar28°/24°231 mm
- Apr28°/24°242 mm
- May28°/24°221 mm
- Jun27°/23°161 mm
- Jul26°/22°117 mm
- Aug26°/22°148 mm
- Sep26°/22°236 mm
- Oct27°/23°318 mm
- Nov28°/24°265 mm
- Dec28°/24°110 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Campo River.
Watercourse in Cameroon, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea
Campo River is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Equatorial Guinea.
101 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 617 open records.
The most recorded are the Little Greenbul, the Olive Sunbird and the Pied Crow.
12 species come for the summer, 12 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in March.
Get there and watch
- Campement éco-touristique de Campo Beachplace to stay · 0.8 km · 2 within 10 km
- Río Camponearest town · 1.5 km in a straight line
- Bata International Airport (BSG)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 49 km in a straight lineCar hire at DLA airport (Douala)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 2places to stay within 10 kmCampement éco-touristique de Campo Beach, Auberge St Tropez Plus
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Campo River.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Campo River
Equatorial Guinea
- 45Birdyas Score
- 101Species
- 24Migrants
- 0Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q3086717) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 617 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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