CONGO PEACOCK Afropavo congensis

CONGO BAY-OWL Phodilus prigoginei

ITOMBWE NIGHTJAR Caprimulgus prigoginei

SCHOUTEDEN'S SWIFT Schoutedenapus schoutedeni

PRIGOGINE'S GREENBUL Chlorocichla prigoginei

BEDFORD'S PARADISE-FLYCATCHER Terpsiphone bedfordi

CHAPIN'S MOUNTAIN-BABBLER Kupeornis chapini
ROCKEFELLER'S SUNBIRD Nectarinia rockefelleri
YELLOW-CRESTED HELMETSHRIKE Prionops alberti
GOLDEN-NAPED WEAVER Ploceus aureonucha
YELLOW-LEGGED WEAVER Ploceus flavipes

Neumann's Coucal Centropus leucogaster neumanni - Now considered a subspecies of Black-throated Coucal C. leucogaster.

Chapin's Crombec Sylvietta leucophrys chapini - Now considered a subspecies of White-browed Crombec S. leucophrys.

Kabobo Apalis Apalis porphyrolaema kaboboensis - Now considered a subspecies of Chestnut-throated Apalis A. porphyrolaema.

Itombwe Flycatcher Muscicapa lendu itombwensis - Now considered a subspecies of Chapin's Flycatcher M. lendu.

Ruwet's Masked-Weaver Ploceus reichardi ruweti - Now considered a subspecies of Tanzania Masked Weaver P. reichardi.

Black-faced Waxbill Estrilda astrild nigriloris - Now considered a subspecies of Common Waxbill E. astrild.

Other species semi-endemic to Congo are;

Sladen's Barbet Gymnobucco sladeni - Also found in the Central African Republic.

Grauer's Cuckooshrike Coracina graueri - Also found in western Uganda.

African River-Martin Pseudochelidon eurystomina - Also found breeding in Gabon, and occurs along the Congo River in Congo Brazzaville as well.

Sassi's Greenbul Phyllastrephus lorenzi -  Also found in western Uganda.

Ituri Batis Batis ituriensis - Also found in the extreme western Uganda.

Congo Sunbird Nectarinia congensis - Also found in Congo Brazzaville.

Stuhlmann's Double-collared Sunbird Nectarinia afra stuhlmanni - Also found on the Uganda side of the Ruwenzori Mountain. Now generally considered a subspecies of Greater Double-collared Sunbird N. afra.

HALL'S GREENBUL Andropadus hallae - is no longer accepted as a valid species. This is what Sibley (1996) says;

HALL'S GREENBUL Andropadus hallae , known from one specimen from e Zaire in the range of virens seems to be a melanistic individual of virens. It is not recognized as a species by the East African List Committee (D. A. Turner, pers. comm.).

LITTLE GREENBUL Andropadus virens Open forest, edge, second growth. Widespread in lowlands and mts. from Senegambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Gabon, Congo, e to Cameroon, Fernando Po I. (=Bioko), C. African Rep., Zaire, extreme s Sudan, Uganda, w,se Kenya and e Tanzania, Mafia I. and Zanzibar, s to n,ne Angola, n Zambia, Malawi and n Mozambique.

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A big thanks to "The Birds of Africa, vol. 1 - 5 (Keith, Urban & Fry)" and especially the superb artist Martin Woodcock, for the use of  their drawings on the above pages. This excellent work on the birds of Africa can be purchased at the NHBS Booknet.