Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia - 2 in Limbe (12 March).
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis - Several from the bus from Bamenda to Buea (5 March).
Black Kite Milvus migrans - Commonly seen from the bus, near towns and villages, etc.
Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis - 2 single flyovers on Mount Cameroon, at 1,100m above Bonakanda (6 March) and at 1,800m below Nitele (8 March).
African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus - One on Mount Cameroon at 1,300m above Bonakanda (11 March).
Red-chested Goshawk Accipiter toussenelii - One flew past the entrance to Bali Safari Lodge (5 March).
Red-necked Buzzard Buteo auguralis - One soaring high above Mount Cameroon, seen from the montane savanna at 2,600m (11 March).
Scaly Francolin Francolinus squamatus - Several heard above Bonakanda, especially in the early morning (6 and 7 March).
Cameroon Francolin Francolinus camerunensis - Five males heard calling from forest patches around Nitele on 8-10 March. This species called just one or two times at dusk, right as it was getting dark (6:45pm or later). I located a calling male, which took two evenings, and then hid and used playback in the morning. Although the hiding spot was pretty good, well concealed and with a good view of the forest floor, which is really pretty dense in this area, it wasn't so easy to see the bird come in, since it wasn't calling. Once seen, however, the bird stayed in the same place for about five minutes and I got decent views. According to Jonas, my guide on Mount Cameroon, this species may be easiest in May or June, when there are apparently some fruiting trees where the Francolin is regular (and sometimes will return to feed even after being flushed). Jonas also found a dirt bath with a francolin feather near where the Cameroon Francolin was calling.
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra - At least 10 heard calling at all altitudes visited (1,100-1,600m) on Max's Trail, Mount Kupe. One whistled in at 1,200m (13 March).
Cameroon Pigeon Columba sjoestedti - Groups of 10-15 flying above the savanna at 1,650m above Bonakanda (6 March) and in primary forest above Nitele at 2,000m (8 March).
Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria - One seen in scrub above Bonakanda, Mt. Cameroon, at 1,100m (11 March).
African Green-Pigeon Treron calva - One at Bafut-Nguemba Forest Reserve (4 March), one by Nitele campsite on Mt. Cameroon (8 March), 4 in forest near the end of the Nature Trail at Mt. Kupe (16 March).
Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus - Common in farmbush and forest edge at all sites visited.
Bannerman's Turaco Tauraco bannermani - Five heard, including two seen, at Bafut-Nguemba Forest Reserve (4 March). Most were calling from valleys that were rather inaccessible from the road. The two seen were on the other site of valley from the road leading up to Lake Awing. Birds were heard almost as far back as the metal poles.
Yellow-billed Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus - Commonly heard calling, and one or two seen daily, on Mount Cameroon and at Mount Kupe.
Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata - Common in forest at 1800-1850m below Nitele on Mt. Cameroon (9 seen on 8 March, 6 seen on 9 March, and many heard 8-10 March).
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus - Singles calling in forest around Max's Trail (14 and 15 March) and around the Nature Trail (16 March).
African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus - Single females (possibly the same individual) seen on 14 and 15 March just above and just below Max's Camp.
Yellowbill Ceuthmochares aereus - 2 seen separately in scrub/secondary forest above Bonakanda, Mt. Cameroon (6 March).
African Wood-Owl Strix woodfordi - Based on listening to recordings, I guess the owl calling around Max's Camp (three long hoots followed by five quicker ones) was this species, but at the time it sounded so deep that I assumed it was a type of eagle owl. It still sounded much deeper than the recordings I have of African Wood-Owl, but nothing remotely like any of the recordings I have of the forest eagle owls.
Black-shouldered Nightjar Caprimulgus nigriscapularis - At least three calling immediately around the campsite at Nitele, Mt. Cameroon (1840m), and easily seen.
African Palm-Swift Cypsiurus parvus - Several seen from the bus en-route from Bamenda to Buea (5 March).
Little Swift Apus affinis - Common around towns and villages; also in savanna on Mount Cameroon.
African Pygmy-Kingfisher Ispidina picta - One seen at the start of Max's Trail, Mount Kupe (16 March).
Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis - One in the schoolgrounds at Nyasoso, Mt. Kupe (16 March).
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster - Two in farmbush near the start of the Nature Trail, Mt. Kupe (16 March).
African Pied Hornbill Tockus fasciatus - One in scrub above Bonakanda, Mt. Cameroon, at 950 m (6 March). 2 in farmbush on Max's Trail, Mt. Kupe (13 March), and 3 on Nature Trail, Mt. Kupe (16 March).
Naked-faced Barbet Gymnobucco calvus - Abundant in farmbush and forest on Max's Trail, Mt. Kupe. Two barbets seen poorly in scrub above Bonakanda, Mt. Cameroon (11 March) may have been this species or Bristle-nosed Barbet.
Grey-throated Barbet Gymnobucco bonapartei - Two in the small woodland near Bali Safari Lodge (5 March).
Western Green-Tinkerbird Pogoniulus coryphaeus - One to two seen daily in higher altitude and burned montane forest and savanna (2,100-2,600 m) on Mount Cameroon.
Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus - One seen along the road just north of Nyasoso (13 March).
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus - Two in the small woodland near Bali Safari Lodge (5 March). 2 along the road just north of Nyasoso (13 March). One in the forest by Max's Camp, Mt. Kupe (14 March). 2 in the farmbush on the Nature Trail, Mt. Kupe (16 March).
Honeyguide, sp. Good views of two small honeyguides at 1,000 m above Bonakanda, Mt. Cameroon (6 March). Probably Least, but I need more practice with these!
Tullberg's Woodpecker Campethera tullbergi - One at Bafut-Nguemba Forest Reserve (4 March). One in primary forest above Max's Cap, Mt. Kupe (15 March).
Elliot's Woodpecker Dendropicos elliotii - Daily above Nitele on Mt. Cameroon, especially in stunted montane forest with grassy understorey.
Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens - 3 at the Bafut-Nguemba Forest Reserve. One in farmbush on the Nature Trail, Mt. Kupe (16 March).
Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae - 2 at Bafut-Nguemba Forest Reserve.
Chestnut-capped Flycatcher Erythrocercus mccallii - One in forest along the Nature Trail, Mt. Kupe (16 March).
African Blue-Flycatcher Elminia longicauda - 2 in scrub at 900m above Bonakanda, Mt. Cameroon (6 March). One in farmbush near the start of Max's Trail, Mt. Kupe (16 March).
White-bellied Crested-Flycatcher Trochocercus albiventris - 5-10 daily in forest around Nitele (1,800-2,100m). 3-4 daily in forest around Max's Camp, Mt. Kupe (1500m).
Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii - 2 in forest along the Nature Trail, Mt. Kupe (16 March).
Shining Drongo Dicrurus atripennis - 2 in a mixed flock in forest on Max's Trail, Mt. Kupe at 1,200m (15 March), and one in forest on the Nature Trail, Mt. Kupe (16 March).
Pied Crow Corvus albus - Common around towns and villages.
Black-winged Oriole Oriolus nigripennis - One in a mixed flock in forest on Max's Trail at 1,200m (15 March).
Grey Cuckoo-shrike Coracina caesia - One in forest below Nitele, Mt. Cameroon, at 1,800m (8 March).
Purple-throated Cuckoo-shrike Campephaga quiscalina - One female in secondary forest around the concrete bridge, 1,500m, above Bonakanda, Mt. Cameroon (11 March).
Mackinnon's Shrike Lanius mackinnoni - 8 at Bafut-Nguemba Forest Reserve (4 March). 3 in scrub above Bonakanda, Mt. Cameroon (6 March).
Red-eyed Puffback Dryoscopus senegalensis - Two separate females, one along the road just north of Nyasoso, and one in farmbush at the start of Max's Trail, Mt. Kupe (both 13 March).
Pink-footed Puffback Dryoscopus angolensis - One male in forest at 1,350m on Max's Trail, Mt. Kupe (14 March).
Yellow-breasted Boubou Laniarius atroflavus - Common at Bafut-Nguemba Forest Reserve and in higher burned montane forest (2,000-2,300m) above Nitele on Mount Cameroon. Much more commonly heard than seen; I found this species easiest to see in the evening.
Mountain Boubou Laniarius poensis - 5 in secondary forest at about 1500m above Bonakanda, Mt. Cameroon (one on 6 March and 4 on 11 March). One or two seen daily in forest around Max's Camp, Mt. Kupe.
Green-breasted Bushshrike Malaconotus gladiator - Singles (possibly the same individual) heard in forest just below Max's Camp, Mt. Kupe, on 13, 14 and 15 March. I had the same experience as many other observers; this species responds when you imitate the call but stays above the canopy and is therefore difficult to see. The only sighting was in a small clearing at about 1,400m on Max's Trail (15 March).
Brown-throated (Common) Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea - A pair in the small woodland near Bali Safari Lodge (5 March). About 5 daily in primary forest just below Nitele on Mt. Cameroon at 1,800-1,850m.
Banded Wattle-eye Platysteira laticincta - 3 at Bafut-Nguemba Forest Reserve (4 March), 2 by a small stream about one-third of the way from the metal poles to Lake Awing, the third right by the lake.
Crossley's Ground-Thrush Zoothera crossleyi - Frequently heard calling in forest at all altitudes visited (1,100-1,600m) on Max's Trail, Mt. Kupe. Good views of one taped in at 1,600m (13 March).
African Thrush Turdus pelios - Common in all habitats on Mt. Cameroon and in farmbush around Nyasoso/Mt. Kupe.
Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta - Common at Bafut-Nguemba Forest Reserve and around Nitele on Mount Cameroon.
Yellow-footed Flycatcher Muscicapa sethsmithi - 3-5 daily in forest along Max's Trail, Mt. Kupe.
Alexander's Akalat Sheppardia poensis - One in forest at 1,200m on Max's Trail, Mt. Kupe (15 March).
Mountain Robin-Chat Cossypha isabellae - Average of three daily (up to 5) from 1,400 to 2,100m on both slopes of Mt. Cameroon. Seen in primary, secondary and burned montane forest, although I missed this at Bafut-Nguemba Forest Reserve.
Common Stonechat Saxicola torquata - Abundant at Bafut-Nguemba Forest Reserve and in grassy clearings and montane savanna on Mt. Cameroon.
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica - 2 above the radio station (2,500m) on Mt. Cameroon (10 March). One in Nyasoso on 16 March.
Lesser Striped-Swallow Hirundo abyssinica - The common swallow in Nyasoso.
Forest Swallow Hirundo fuliginosa - Common at the edge of the forest on Mt. Kupe.
Mountain Sawwing Psalidoprocne fuliginosa - 2 in the savanna area at 1,900m above Nitele, Mt. Cameroon (8 March). 10-15 above 2,000m over the montane savanna on Mt. Cameroon (11 March).
Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus - Encountered in all habitats at all sites visited. Common in secondary forest and scrub.
Little Greenbul Andropadus virens - 3 in farmbush on Max's Trail, Mt. Kupe, at 850-1100m.
Mountain Greenbul Andropadus tephrolaemus - 8 at Bafut-Nguemba Forest Reserve (4 March). 10-25 daily in primary, secondary and burned forest on Mt. Cameroon. 8-10 daily in forest on Max's Trail, Mt. Kupe.
Sjostedt's Greenbul Baeopogon clamans - One in forest near the end of the Nature Trail, Mt. Kupe (16 March).
Cameroon Olive-Greenbul Phyllastrephus poensis - Small parties of about 5 birds at 1,400m (13 March) and 1200m (15 March) on Max's Trail, Mt. Kupe.
Grey-headed Greenbul Phyllastrephus poliocephalus - 12 in forest at 1,450-1,600m on Max's Trail, Mt. Kupe (14 and 15 March).
Red-tailed/White-bearded Greenbul Criniger sp. One in forest on the Nature Trail, Mt. Kupe (16 March).
Cameroon Speirops Speirops melanocephalus - 4-25 all days but one in montane forest and savanna (1,800m upwards) on Mt. Cameroon.
African Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis - 7 in the small woodland near Bali Safari Lodge (5 March). 8 in scrub above Bonakanda, Mt. Cameroon (6 March).
Chattering Cisticola Cisticola anonymus - 5 in farmbush around Nyasoso/Mt. Kupe (16 March).
Brown-backed (Chubb's) Cisticola Cisticola discolor - 30 at Bafut-Nguemba Forest Reserve. Abundant in degraded habitat on Mt. Cameroon. Especially common in rich bracken-scrub (which presumably used to be montane forest). I did not see this bird in the true montane savanna.
White-chinned Prinia Prinia leucopogon - One group of 4 along road just north of Nyasoso/Mt. Kupe (13 March).
Banded Prinia Prinia bairdii - A group of 4 in farmbush on Max's Trail, Mt. Kupe at 1,000m (13 March). 2 in the same area on 16 March.
Green Longtail Urolais epichlora - Up to 8 most days on Mt. Cameroon, and only one of these records on the NE slope above Bonakanda (about 1,500m), the rest in the montane forest around Nitele (1,800-1,850m). 3-10 daily in forest along Max's Trail, Mt. Kupe, all above 1,300m.
Black-capped Apalis Apalis nigriceps - A single at about 1,050m in forest edge on Max's Trail, Mt. Kupe (13 March).
Bamenda Apalis Apalis bamendae - One female in the small woodland near Bali Safari Lodge (5 March).
Grey Apalis Apalis cinerea - 2 at Bafut-Nguemba Forest Reserve (4 March). 1-10 (average of about 5) daily in forest around Nitele, Mt. Cameroon (1,800-2,000m).
Olive-Green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota - One heard in forest around the Nature Trail, Mt. Kupe (16 March).
Cameroon Scrub-Warbler Bradypterus lopesi - 2 most days in primary and secondary forest on Mount Cameroon (1,500-2,000m).
Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler (Bangwa Forest-Warbler) Bradypterus cinnamomeus - 3 at Bafut-Nguemba Forest Reserve (4 March).
Black-faced Rufous Warbler Bathmocercus rufus - Group of 4 at Bafut-Nguemba Forest Reserve (4 March). 1 in forest edge on Max's Trail, Mt. Kupe, at 1,000m (13 March).
Hippolais sp. - Poor views of one each on 7 and 8 March in bracken scrub below the radio station on Mount Cameroon at 2,400m.
White-tailed Warbler Poliolais lopezi - One female at about 1,500m above Bonakanda, Mt. Cameroon (6 March). 2-4 daily in the forest above Max's Camp, Mt. Kupe, at 1,500-1,600m.
Green Hylia Hylia prasina - 4 in scrub above Bonakanda, Mt. Cameroon (6 March).
Black-capped Woodland-Warbler Phylloscopus herberti - 5-10 daily in forest just below Max's Camp, Mt. Kupe at 1,300-1,500m.
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus - 3 on each of 7 and 8 March in burned montane forest at 2,100-2,300m above Nitele on Mount Cameroon.
Ruwenzori Hill-Babbler Illadopsis atriceps - 1-8 all days but one on Mt. Cameroon in forest and scrub, commonest in primary forest at 1,800-1,850m below Nitele.
Grey-chested Illadopsis Kakamega poliothorax - One each day (13-15 March) in forest on Max's Trail, Mt Kupe, one at 1,300 m and two (possibly the same individual) just above Max's Camp at 1,500m.
White-throated Mountain-Babbler Kupeornis gilberti - Only 5 birds in two flocks, all on 15 March in forest at 1600m above Max's Camp, Mt. Kupe.
Grey-necked Rockfowl Picathartes oreas - One heard in the rocky area at the end of the Nature Trail, Mt. Kupe (16 March). My guide, Samuel, thought this bird was easier at Mt. Kupe in the wet season.
Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus - Common in towns and villages, including Nyasoso.
Fernando Po Oliveback Nesocharis shelleyi - One at Bafut-Nguemba Forest Reserve around the (relatively!) "forested" gully about half way between the metal poles and Lake Awing. 1-35 daily in forest (primary and burned) around Nitele on Mount Cameroon, between 1800m (the lowest altitude visited) and 2,250m. A group of 10 seen around the water barrel at Max's Camp, Mt. Kupe, on 13 and 14 March.
Grey-headed Oliveback Nesocharis capistrata - One in the small woodland near Bali Safari Lodge (5 March).
Red-faced Crimson-wing Cryptospiza reichenovii - 4 in burned forest (2,200-2,300m) above Nitele, Mt. Cameroon (all in the early morning of 8 March).
Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda - A group of 4 along the road just north of Nyasoso/Mt. Kupe (13 March).
Black-headed Waxbill Estrilda atricapilla - Common, especially in degraded and burned areas, at all sites apart from Bali Safari Lodge.
Bronze Mannikin Lonchura cucullata - Groups of 10-15 in scrub above Bonakanda at about 1000m on 6 and 11 March.
Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara - A pair by Lake Awing at Bafut-Nguemba Forest Reserve (4 March).
Cameroon Pipit Anthus cameroonensis - A group of about 10 seen in the same location, about 10 minutes walk before the radio station on Mount Cameroon (coming from Bonakanda) on 7 and 11 March. Two others seen further towards Bonakanda on 11 March. Why they liked these particular patches of burned savanna rather than all the rest is anyone's guess.
Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis - 15 at Bafut-Nguemba Forest Reserve (4 March).
Bannerman's Weaver Ploceus bannermani - 15 at Bafut-Nguemba Forest Reserve (4 March). The new Guide to Birds of Western Africa (Borrow and Demey 2002) indicates that there is no sexual dimorphism in this species. However, about half the individuals I saw lacked the black mask, giving an all-yellow impression. I would guess that these were Bannerman's Weavers, since they were associating with Bannerman's Weavers and appeared to have exactly the same shape. Am I making an obvious misidentification?
Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis - Two in the small woodland near Bali Safari Lodge (5 March). 4 in farmbush on Max's Trail, Mt. Kupe (13 March).
Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis - A pair just above Bonakanda, Mt. Cameroon (6 March).
Black-billed Weaver Ploceus melanogaster - 4 at Bafut-Nguemba Forest Reserve (4 March). 1-5 most days on both slopes of Mount Cameroon. Two each day in forest just above Max's Camp at 1,500m on Mt. Kupe.
Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus - Towns and villages, including Nyasoso/Mt. Kupe.
Viellot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus - Seen in farmland, for instance around Nyasoso/Mt. Kupe and from the bus between Bamenda to Buea.
Forest Weaver Ploceus bicolor - 8 on 14 March and 6 on 15 March at 1,300-1,550m on Max's Trail, Mt. Kupe.
Brown-capped Weaver Ploceus insignis - 4-5 seen every day except one in forest edge and burned forest, including the trees right around Nitele campsite on Mt. Cameron, 1,850-2,300m.
Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis - Two at Bafut-Nguemba Forest Reserve (4 March). Abundant in savanna (1,700m upwards) on Mt. Cameroon. I suspect there were also other bishop/widowbird species in the savanna on Mt. Cameroon, but if so I didn't get very far identifying them in non-breeding plumage.
Collared Sunbird Anthreptes collaris - One at 1,600m in forest above Max's Camp, Mt. Kupe (15 March).
Cameroon Sunbird Nectarinia oritis - 20 at Bafut-Nguemba Forest Reserve (4 March). 1-3 daily in forest on Mt. Cameroon. 5 daily in forest (1,200m upwards) on Max's Trail, Mt. Kupe.
Green-headed Sunbird Nectarinia verticalis - One in farmbush at the start of Max's Trail, Mt. Kupe (16 March).
Ursula's Sunbird Nectarinia ursulae - One on 14 and 15 March at about 1,350m on Max's Trail, Mt. Kupe.
Northern Double-collared Sunbird Nectarinia preussi - 7 at Bafut-Nguemba Forest Reserve (4 March). 10-30 daily in burned and primary forest around Nite (1,800-2,350m) on Mount Cameroon; none recorded on the north-east slope, above Bonakanda.
Thick-billed Seedeater Serinus burtoni - 6 at Bafut-Nguemba Forest Reserve (4 March). 1-10 daily in burned forest above Nitele (2,000-2,350m), Mt. Cameroon, but none on the north-east slope above Bonakanda.
Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus - 3 at Bafut-Nguemba Forest Reserve (4 March). 7-20 daily in burned and secondary forest above Nitele and Bonakanda on Mt. Cameroon (1,500m upwards).
MAMMALS
Chimpanzee A troupe of at least 6 at 1,600m above Max's Camp, Mt. Kupe in the late afternoon on 14 March.
Bushbaby sp. A single just above Max's Camp (1,500m) at 7 am (during the daytime) on 15 March.
OTHER
Honeybee. These filled the "annoying pest" niche at both campsites (radio station and Nitele) on Mount Cameroon and at Max's Camp on Mt. Kupe. If you come at the same time of year I did, be prepared to share your tent/mosquito net and food.