Birds of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Located in Central Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) is the second largest country on the continent. 60% of the country is occupied by the Congo Basin with tropical rainforests. The highest elevation (Margherita Peak) in the Ruwenzori Mountains at 5109 m is in the east of the country, while in the west there is a 37 km long coastline on the Atlantic Ocean. The tropical climate is warm and humid with the world's highest frequency of thunderstorms. The equatorial location and climatic conditions made DR Congo one of the 17 megadiverse countries on earth. However, the five national parks that were set up to protect nature are themselves listed as endangered by UNESCO. BirdLife International has registered 6 EBAs (Endemic Bird Areas) that the country shares with its neighbors. In addition, 19 IBAs (Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas) are registered for the country. Unfortunately, DR Congo is struggling with a variety of problems, so tourism in the country is almost non-existent.

This E-book bird guide for "Democratic Republic of the Congo" has been built at 23.02.2025, based upon our data base and our image archive using our default settings, and saved in two formats. Thereby it is made sure that the e-book can be displayed on virtually all devices and if applicable be printed out with a compact page size.
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Cover image Green-breasted Pitta, Drawing: H.Goodchild

Primary language English, secondary languages German, French, Spanish, Japanese, and Chinese.
All 1203 species are illustrated. In addition, links to HD videos of 199 bird species (1h 56m 52s) and audios of 65 bird species (36m 32s) are included. The assessment of the global conservation status of bird species uses the criteria of the Red List (IUCN) 2012.
The scientific system follows Clements et al. 2017.
An index, name registers in all selected languages and a scientific name register, all completely linked.
PDF E-book in page-based format A5: 412 pages, 52.97 MiB.
ePub E-book in flowable format for all devices with ePub reader: 45.44 MiB.

A paperback version of this bird guide is available from Amazon (ISBN: 9798358563568).
Also you can obtain a Kindle edition from Amazon (ASIN: B0BJC2ZFVK).
© Wolfgang J. Daunicht 2025