🇨🇬What animals live in the Congo?

108,872 animal records from the Congo cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one.

• 108,872 records
• 1,200+ species
• 0 classes

Most-recorded animals in the Congo

	Animal	Group	Records
	Osprey Pandion haliaetus	Aves Pandionidae	7,379
	Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus	Aves Pycnonotidae	923
	Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus	Aves Ploceidae	744
	humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae	Mammalia Balaenopteridae	725
	Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis	Aves Alcedinidae	703
	Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata	Aves Columbidae	667
	Purple Heron Ardea purpurea	Aves Ardeidae	661
	Gray Parrot Psittacus erithacus	Aves Psittacidae	636
	Blue-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur afer	Aves Columbidae	616
	Blue-breasted Bee-eater Merops variegatus	Aves Meropidae	597
	Pied Crow Corvus albus	Aves Corvidae	592
	Black Kite Milvus migrans	Aves Accipitridae	584
	African Palm-Swift Cypsiurus parvus	Aves Apodidae	558
	African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus	Aves Bucerotidae	545
	Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus	Aves Nectariniidae	512
	Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava	Aves Cisticolidae	501
	Hamerkop Scopus umbretta	Aves Scopidae	501
	Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis	Aves Alcedinidae	491
	Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	Aves Ardeidae	489
	Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus	Aves Cisticolidae	489
	Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris	Aves Ploceidae	468
	Northern Gray-headed Sparrow Passer griseus	Aves Passeridae	459
	Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura	Aves Viduidae	450
	Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus	Aves Sturnidae	444
	Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis	Aves Accipitridae	442
	African Darter Anhinga rufa	Aves Anhingidae	438
	Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni	Aves Ploceidae	434
	Yellow-throated Greenbul Atimastillas flavicollis	Aves Pycnonotidae	430
	Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica	Aves Hirundinidae	403
	Siffling Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus	Aves Cisticolidae	396
	Banded Martin Riparia cincta	Aves Hirundinidae	388
	Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis	Aves Cisticolidae	383
	Long-tailed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus	Aves Phalacrocoracidae	376
	Vieillot's Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus	Aves Ploceidae	371
	African Jacana Actophilornis africanus	Aves Jacanidae	369
	Bronze mannikin Lonchura cucullata	Aves Estrildidae	369
	Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus	Aves Lybiidae	362
	African Green-Pigeon Treron calvus	Aves Columbidae	357
	Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis	Aves Cuculidae	354
	Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola	Aves Estrildidae	350
	Little Greenbul Eurillas virens	Aves Pycnonotidae	343
	White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis	Aves Meropidae	333
	Long-legged Pipit Anthus pallidiventris	Aves Motacillidae	332
	Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius	Aves Nectariniidae	331
	Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus	Aves Alcedinidae	328
	African Crake Crex egregia	Aves Rallidae	311
	Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda	Aves Estrildidae	305
	Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator	Aves Bucerotidae	303
	Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea	Aves Nectariniidae	300
	Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura	Aves Cisticolidae	289
	African Pygmy-Kingfisher Ispidina picta	Aves Alcedinidae	284
	African Thrush Turdus pelios	Aves Turdidae	282
	African Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis	Aves Monarchidae	282
	Lesser Striped-Swallow Cecropis abyssinica	Aves Hirundinidae	274
	African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus	Aves Muscicapidae	273
	African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus	Aves Cuculidae	273
	White-throated Blue Swallow Hirundo nigrita	Aves Hirundinidae	272
	Dideric Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius	Aves Cuculidae	271
	Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini	Aves Muscicapidae	270
	Rufous-chested Swallow Cecropis semirufa	Aves Hirundinidae	262