Cameroon Ramsar wetland
Lake Barombi Mbo
118 bird species recorded; the most in March.
A.R. Etoyiva · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
21 species in January.46 species in February.101 species in March.42 species in April.5 species in May.1 species in June.15 species in July.43 species in August.5 species in September.2 species in October.1 species in November.2 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.
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
118 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).
- 118Speciesrecorded more than once
- 30Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 861Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 312 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 10Raptors
- 1Waders
- 6Herons, ibises & grebes
- 64Songbirds
- 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 118 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
- African Harrier-hawkPolyboroides typus
- Long-tailed HawkUrotriorchis macrourus
- LannerFalco biarmicus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- African Fish EagleHaliaeetus vocifer
- Red-necked BuzzardButeo auguralis
- Wahlberg's EagleHieraaetus wahlbergi
Waders1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Herons, ibises & grebes6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Long-tailed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- DarterAnhinga rufa
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Songbirds64 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Pied CrowCorvus albus
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
- Fraser's SunbirdDeleornis fraseri
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
- Preuss's Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon preussi
- Splendid StarlingLamprotornis splendidus
- Little GreenbulEurillas virens
- Spotted GreenbulIxonotus guttatus
- African Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
- Chattering CisticolaCisticola anonymus
- Bronze MannikinLonchura cucullata
- Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
- Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
- Western NicatorNicator chloris
- Grey-crowned NegrofinchNigrita canicapillus
- Vieillot's Black WeaverPloceus nigerrimus
- Scarlet-spectacled Wattle-eyePlatysteira cyanea
- Ethiopian SwallowHirundo aethiopica
- Hylia prasinaHylia prasina
- Orange-cheeked WaxbillEstrilda melpoda
- Turdus peliosTurdus pelios
- Honeyguide GreenbulBaeopogon indicator
- Superb SunbirdCinnyris superbus
- Green CrombecSylvietta virens
- Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivacea
- Blue-throated Brown SunbirdCyanomitra cyanolaema
- Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
- Rufous-vented Paradise-flycatcherTerpsiphone rufocinerea
- Black Rough-winged Swallow or Black Saw-wingPsalidoprocne pristoptera
- Olive-naped WeaverPloceus brachypterus
- Simple GreenbulChlorocichla simplex
- African Blue-flycatcherElminia longicauda
- Pale-fronted NigritaNigrita luteifrons
- Red-tailed GreenbulCriniger calurus
- Purple-headed StarlingHylopsar purpureiceps
- White-breasted NegrofinchNigrita fusconotus
- Olive-bellied SunbirdCinnyris chloropygius
- Cassin's AlseonaxMuscicapa cassini
- Yellow LongbillMacrosphenus flavicans
- Magpie MuniaLonchura fringilloides
- Western BluebillSpermophaga haematina
- Spectacled WeaverPloceus ocularis
- Dark-backed WeaverPloceus bicolor
- Greater Swamp-WarblerAcrocephalus rufescens
- Chestnut Wattle-eyeDyaphorophyia castanea
- Tiny SunbirdCinnyris minullus
- Northern Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris reichenowi
- Grey-chinned SunbirdAnthreptes rectirostris
- Black-headed Paradise-flycatcherTerpsiphone rufiventer
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Black-bellied SeedcrackerPyrenestes ostrinus
- Shining DrongoDicrurus atripennis
- Blue-billed MalimbeMalimbus nitens
- Red-collared WhydahEuplectes ardens
- Bates's SunbirdCinnyris batesi
- Western OrioleOriolus brachyrynchus
- Yellow-whiskered GreenbulEurillas latirostris
- Little Grey GreenbulEurillas gracilis
- White-chinned PriniaSchistolais leucopogon
- Green-headed SunbirdCyanomitra verticalis
- Red-breasted SwallowCecropis semirufa
- Wood WarblerPhylloscopus sibillatrix
Other birds37 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
- Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
- Blue-spotted Wood-doveTurtur afer
- Yellow-throated TinkerbirdPogoniulus subsulphureus
- Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
- Yellow-billed BarbetTrachyphonus purpuratus
- Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
- African Pied HornbillLophoceros fasciatus
- Speckled TinkerbirdPogoniulus scolopaceus
- Grey ParrotPsittacus erithacus
- Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
- Mottled SpinetailTelacanthura ussheri
- Naked-faced BarbetGymnobucco calvus
- African Green-pigeonTreron calvus
- Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx cupreus
- Tambourine DoveTurtur tympanistria
- Yellow-billed TuracoTauraco macrorhynchus
- Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
- Long-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus climacurus
- Piping HornbillBycanistes fistulator
- Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
- Blue-headed CoucalCentropus monachus
- Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens
- Red-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus atroflavus
- Blue MalkohaCeuthmochares aereus
- Black CuckooCuculus clamosus
- Scaly FrancolinPternistis squamatus
- African FinfootPodica senegalensis
- Shining Blue KingfisherAlcedo quadribrachys
- African Pygmy KingfisherIspidina picta
- Cassin's SpinetailNeafrapus cassini
- Brown-backed WoodpeckerDendropicos obsoletus
- Jardine's ParrotPoicephalus gulielmi
- Western TinkerbirdPogoniulus coryphaea
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.
- Jan29°/21°32 mm
- Feb29°/22°76 mm
- Mar28°/22°149 mm
- Apr28°/22°182 mm
- May27°/22°203 mm
- Jun26°/21°369 mm
- Jul26°/21°467 mm
- Aug25°/20°534 mm
- Sep26°/21°446 mm
- Oct26°/21°277 mm
- Nov27°/22°151 mm
- Dec28°/21°26 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Lake Barombi Mbo.
Crater lake
Lake Barombi Mbo is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Cameroon, 312 m above the sea.
118 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 861 open records.
The most recorded are the Pied Crow, the Black Kite and the Common Bulbul.
15 species come for the summer, 13 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in March.
Get there and watch
- Diffa Villagecampsite · 8.2 km · 1 within 10 km
- MARK LORDS HOTELplace to stay · 4.8 km · 26 within 10 km
- Kumbanearest town · 5.7 km in a straight line
- Douala International Airport (DLA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 81 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
- 1campsites within 10 kmDiffa Village
- 26places to stay within 10 kmMARK LORDS HOTEL, City Hotel, Vianello Hotel and 23 more
- 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
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Lake Barombi Mbo.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 kmLake Barombi MboBortle 3 · this place
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.
Lake Barombi Mbo
Cameroon
- 47Birdyas Score
- 118Species
- 30Migrants
- 0Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q808581) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 861 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 | Lakeyas, Darkskyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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