TOP 26 AFRICAN COUNTRIES WITH THE MOST BIRD SPECIES

Five countries, all of them in Eastern Africa, have the most bird species on the continent. Interestingly, three of them – Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda – are members of the East African Community (EAC), and the plant species king, the Democratic Republic of Congo, has indicated it wants to join the EAC. It would make the regional bloc an aviary power.

Rank	Country	Number
1	Democratic Republic of Congo	1,148
2	Kenya	1,103
3	Tanzania	1,056
4	Uganda	1,015
5	Sudan	952
6	Cameroon	936
7	Angola	930
8	Nigeria	899
9	Ethiopia	839
10	South Africa	829
11	Zambia	770
12	Ghana	729
13	Cote d’Ivoire	702
14	Mozambique	685
15	Rwanda	665
16	Central African Republic	663
17	Zimbabwe	661
18	Malawi	658
19	Somalia	642
20	Gabon	640
21	Sierra Leone	626
22	Mali	624
23	Namibia	619
24	Senegal	612
25	Burundi	597
26	Congo	597

Source: http://rainforests.mongabay.com/03birds.htm