Angola Important Bird Area
Mount Moco
264 bird species recorded; the most in September.
This month here
87 species in January.21 species in February.14 species in March.0 species in April.128 species in May.157 species in June.77 species in July.147 species in August.221 species in September.146 species in October.91 species in November.4 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.
No records for this month.
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
264 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).
- 264Speciesrecorded more than once
- 110Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 1ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 4,617Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 2,234 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 23Raptors
- 3Owls
- 3Waders
- 3Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 170Songbirds
- 61Other 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 264 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors23 species
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- Rock KestrelFalco rupicolus
- Augur BuzzardButeo augur
- African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorus
- Red-necked BuzzardButeo auguralis
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Dark Chanting-GoshawkMelierax metabates
- LannerFalco biarmicus
- Lizard BuzzardKaupifalco monogrammicus
- Black-chested Snake EagleCircaetus pectoralis
- Brown Snake EagleCircaetus cinereus
- African Harrier-hawkPolyboroides typus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
- Martial eaglePolemaetus bellicosus
- Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
- Booted eagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Black EagleAquila verreauxii
- Gabar GoshawkMicronisus gabar
- Wahlberg's EagleHieraaetus wahlbergi
- Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Ovambo SparrowhawkAccipiter ovampensis
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
Owls3 species
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- Spotted Eagle-OwlBubo africanus
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Marsh OwlAsio capensis
Waders3 species
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- African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
- Temminck's CourserCursorius temminckii
- Rock PratincoleGlareola nuchalis
Herons, ibises & grebes3 species
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- Long-tailed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Storks & cranes1 species
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- Openbill StorkAnastomus lamelligerus
Songbirds170 species
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- Grey ApalisApalis cinerea
- Bronzy SunbirdNectarinia kilimensis
- Ludwig's Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris ludovicensis
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
- Bocage's RobinSheppardia bocagei
- Dusky TwinspotEuschistospiza cinereovinacea
- Dioptrornis brunneusDioptrornis brunneus
- White-tailed Blue-flycatcherElminia albicauda
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Grey-rumped SwallowPseudhirundo griseopyga
- Greater Striped SwallowCecropis cucullata
- Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
- Black-throated Wattle-eyePlatysteira peltata
- Oustalet's SunbirdCinnyris oustaleti
- Plain-backed PipitAnthus leucophrys
- Siffling CisticolaCisticola brachypterus
- African Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
- Black Rough-winged Swallow or Black Saw-wingPsalidoprocne pristoptera
- Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
- Cisticola bailunduensisCisticola bailunduensis
- African Hill BabblerPseudoalcippe abyssinica
- Wailing CisticolaCisticola lais
- Brimstone CanaryCrithagra sulphurata
- Angolan WaxbillCoccopygia bocagei
- Cinnamon-breasted BuntingEmberiza tahapisi
- Bocage's SunbirdNectarinia bocagii
- Yellow BishopEuplectes capensis
- African Yellow WarblerIduna natalensis
- Yellow-throated LeafloveAtimastillas flavicollis
- Yellow-crowned CanarySerinus flavivertex
- Pied CrowCorvus albus
- Black-and-rufous SwallowHirundo nigrorufa
- Mosque SwallowCecropis senegalensis
- White-browed Robin-chatCossypha heuglini
- Black-chinned WeaverPloceus nigrimentus
- Tropical BoubouLaniarius major
- Black-collared BulbulNeolestes torquatus
- Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Estrilda paludicolaEstrilda paludicola
- Angolan SwallowHirundo angolensis
- Familiar ChatOenanthe familiaris
- Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
- Croaking CisticolaCisticola natalensis
- Copper SunbirdCinnyris cupreus
- Cameroon Scrub-warblerBradypterus lopezi
- Cabanis's GreenbulPhyllastrephus cabanisi
- African Golden WeaverPloceus xanthops
- Red-capped LarkCalandrella cinerea
- African PipitAnthus cinnamomeus
- African Moustached WarblerMelocichla mentalis
- Capped WheatearOenanthe pileata
- Perrin's Bush-shrikeTelophorus viridis
- Red-faced CisticolaCisticola erythrops
- Mountain ChatOenanthe monticola
- Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
- Margaret's BatisBatis margaritae
- Amethyst SunbirdChalcomitra amethystina
- Swamp BoubouLaniarius bicolor
- Wood PipitAnthus nyassae
- Spectacled WeaverPloceus ocularis
- Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
- Lanius humeralisLanius humeralis
- Greencap EremomelaEremomela scotops
- Banded MartinRiparia cincta
- Chinspot BatisBatis molitor
- Red-collared WhydahEuplectes ardens
- Miombo Rock-ThrushMonticola angolensis
- Fan-tailed GrassbirdSchoenicola brevirostris
- Buffy PipitAnthus vaalensis
- Golden-breasted BuntingEmberiza flaviventris
- Sooty ChatMyrmecocichla nigra
- Black-faced CanaryCrithagra capistrata
- Cisticola ayresiiCisticola ayresii
- Dusky IndigobirdVidua funerea
- Orange-breasted WaxbillAmandava subflava
- Groundscraper ThrushPsophocichla litsitsirupa
- Yellow-throated Bush SparrowGymnoris superciliaris
- Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
- African Spotted CreeperSalpornis salvadori
- Southern PuffbackDryoscopus cubla
- Long-billed PipitAnthus similis
- Dusky FlycatcherMuscicapa adusta
- Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
- Thick-billed SeedeaterCrithagra burtoni
- Southern Yellow White-eyeZosterops anderssoni
- Striped PipitAnthus lineiventris
- Yellow-mantled WhydahEuplectes macroura
- Black-throated CanaryCrithagra atrogularis
- Black-headed OrioleOriolus larvatus
- White-fronted Wattle-eyePlatysteira albifronsNT
- Southern Black-FlycatcherMelaenornis pammelaina
- Piping CisticolaCisticola fulvicapilla
- Violet-backed SunbirdAnthreptes longuemarei
- Yellow-bellied EremomelaEremomela icteropygialis
- Laura's WarblerPhylloscopus laurae
- Red-capped CrombecSylvietta ruficapilla
- Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
- Yellow-bellied HyliotaHyliota flavigaster
- Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
- Dark-capped BulbulPycnonotus tricolor
- Miombo TitParus griseiventris
- Stout CisticolaCisticola robustus
- Rock MartinPtyonoprogne fuligula
- Nicholson's PipitAnthus nicholsoni
- Broad-tailed Paradise WhydahVidua obtusa
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Dusky LarkPinarocorys nigricans
- Blue WaxbillUraeginthus angolensis
- Fülleborn's LongclawMacronyx fuelleborni
- African Golden OrioleOriolus auratus
- Angola Cave ChatXenocopsychus ansorgei
- Pale FlycatcherBradornis pallidus
- Orange-winged PytiliaPytilia afra
- Northern Yellow White-eyeZosterops senegalensis
- Bronze MannikinLonchura cucullata
- Erythropygia leucophrysErythropygia leucophrys
- Anchieta's SunbirdAnthreptes anchietae
- BrubruNilaus afer
- Rufous-bellied TitParus rufiventris
- White-winged Black TitParus leucomelas
- Rock-loving CisticolaCisticola emini
- Common FiscalLanius collaris
- Black-necked EremomelaEremomela atricollis
- Arrow-marked BabblerTurdoides jardineii
- QuailfinchOrtygospiza atricollis
- Bocage's WeaverPloceus temporalis
- Red-headed WeaverAnaplectes rubriceps
- Angola BatisBatis minulla
- Miombo Scrub-RobinErythropygia barbata
- Swee WaxbillCoccopygia melanotis
- Turdus peliosTurdus pelios
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- White-winged WidowbirdEuplectes albonotatus
- Marsh WidowbirdEuplectes hartlaubi
- Pearl-breasted SwallowHirundo dimidiata
- Kurrichane ThrushTurdus libonyana
- Marsh TchagraBocagia minuta
- Red-throated Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon rufigula
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- BokmakierieTelophorus zeylonus
- Sharp-tailed Glossy-StarlingLamprotornis acuticaudus
- Cisticola lepeCisticola lepe
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Rock-loving CisticolaCisticola aberrans
- Souza's ShrikeLanius souzae
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
- Orange-breasted BushshrikeChlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Pale-crowned CisticolaCisticola cinnamomeus
- Miombo Wren-WarblerCalamonastes undosus
- Greater Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris afer
- Motacilla aguimpMotacilla aguimp
- Cuckoo-finchAnomalospiza imberbis
- Yellow-bellied GreenbulChlorocichla flaviventris
- Yellow-throated NicatorNicator vireo
- Black Cuckoo-shrikeCampephaga flava
- Cape StarlingLamprotornis nitens
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis
- Cape BuntingEmberiza capensis
- Ashy FlycatcherMuscicapa caerulescens
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Black-chested PriniaPrinia flavicans
- Chirping CisticolaCisticola pipiens
- Hartlaub's BabblerTurdoides hartlaubii
- Black-tailed Grey WaxbillEstrilda perreini
- Green-winged PytiliaPytilia melba
- Black-winged Red BishopEuplectes hordeaceus
- White-throated SwallowHirundo albigularis
- Short-toed Rock ThrushMonticola brevipes
Other birds61 species
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- Schalow's TuracoTauraco schalowi
- Western TinkerbirdPogoniulus coryphaea
- Olive WoodpeckerDendropicos griseocephalus
- Horus SwiftApus horus
- Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus chrysoconus
- Black-backed BarbetLybius minor
- Black-collared BarbetLybius torquatus
- Rufous-necked WryneckJynx ruficollis
- Swierstra's FrancolinPternistis swierstraiVU
- Finsch's FrancolinScleroptila finschi
- Red-backed MousebirdColius castanotus
- Emerald-spotted DoveTurtur chalcospilos
- Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Coppery-tailed CoucalCentropus cupreicaudus
- Black-bellied KorhaanLissotis melanogaster
- White-fronted Bee-eaterMerops bullockoides
- Mountain NightjarCaprimulgus poliocephalus
- Red-necked SpurfowlPternistis afer
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- African Green-pigeonTreron calvus
- African Olive PigeonColumba arquatrix
- Anchieta's BarbetStactolaema anchietae
- White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
- Common ButtonquailTurnix sylvaticus
- Lady Ross's TuracoMusophaga rossae
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
- European SwiftApus apus
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
- Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicuti
- Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
- Blue-spotted Wood-doveTurtur afer
- African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
- Mottled SwiftTachymarptis aequatorialis
- Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
- Freckled NightjarCaprimulgus tristigma
- Pennant-winged NightjarCaprimulgus vexillarius
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens
- Fiery-necked NightjarCaprimulgus pectoralis
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
- Pale-billed HornbillLophoceros pallidirostris
- Red-winged FrancolinScleroptila levaillantii
- Brown-headed KingfisherHalcyon albiventris
- Greater HoneyguideIndicator indicator
- African Grey CuckooCuculus gularis
- White-browed CoucalCentropus superciliosus
- Campocolinus coquiCampocolinus coqui
- White-bellied BustardEupodotis senegalensis
- Half-collared KingfisherAlcedo semitorquata
- Wahlberg's HoneyguideProdotiscus regulus
- Green-backed HoneyguideProdotiscus zambesiae
- Cassin's HoneybirdProdotiscus insignis
- Naked-faced BarbetGymnobucco calvus
- Red-faced MousebirdUrocolius indicus
- Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
- Bar-tailed TrogonApaloderma vittatum
- Red-chested FlufftailSarothrura rufa
- Bradfield's SwiftApus bradfieldi
- Black-rumped ButtonquailTurnix nanus
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 September.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan24°/14°187 mm
- Feb25°/15°169 mm
- Mar25°/15°245 mm
- Apr25°/15°83 mm
- May26°/12°8 mm
- Jun25°/9°1 mm
- Jul26°/9°0 mm
- Aug29°/11°4 mm
- Sep31°/14°33 mm
- Oct29°/16°101 mm
- Nov26°/16°265 mm
- Dec24°/15°201 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Mount Moco.
Mountain in Angola
Mount Moco is an Important Bird Area (BirdLife) in Angola, 2,234 m above the sea.
264 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 4,617 open records.
The most recorded are the Grey Apalis, the Bronzy Sunbird and the Ludwig's Double-collared Sunbird.
23 species come for the summer, 85 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
1 are threatened worldwide, including Swierstra's Francolin.
The most species are recorded in September.
Get there and watch
- Cacomanearest town · 14 km in a straight line
- Albano Machado Airport (NOV)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 73 km in a straight lineCar hire at LAD airport (Luanda)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
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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
- 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
- places to stay 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 Mount Moco.
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.
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q1348116) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 4,617 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 | Peakyas, Darkskyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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