Endemic birds of western and central Africa

Endemic birds of western and central Africa

This article is one of a series providing information about endemism among birds in the World's various zoogeographic zones. For an overview of this subject see Endemism in birds.

Patterns of endemism

Endemic Bird Areas

Birdlife International has defined the following Endemic Bird Areas (EBAs) in the region:

* Sao Tome
* Principe
* Upper Guinea forests
* Cameroon and Gabon lowlands
* Cameroon mountains

Each area has its own set of endemic species, but there are many further species endemic to the region as a whole.

In addition the following are classified as Secondary areas (areas with at least one restricted-range bird species, but not meeting the criteria to qualify as EBAs)

List of species

The following is a list of species endemic to the region:


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