The Comores have much to offer as a birding destination: the archipelago boasts no less than sixteen endemics, including such desirable species as Comoro Blue Vanga and the monotypic Humblot's Flycatcher.
Most of the Comoro endemics are forest birds that require a little effort to find. Grand Comore, with its great diversity of habitat (ranging from lush forest on the mid-slopes of the 2361m-high Karthala volcano and forest remants on the northern volcanoes at La Grille, to alpine heathland surrounding the Karthala crater), offers five endemics restricted to this island, as well as a further six endemic to the archipelago. The five Grande Comore endemics, in order of ease of finding, are Grande Comoro Drongo, Grande Comoro Brush-Warbler, Humblot's Flycatcher, Karthala White-eye and Karthala Scops Owl. Endemics that are largely common and accessible on most of the islands are Comoro Thrush, Comoro Pigeon, Humblot's Sunbird, Comoro Bulbul, Comoro Fody and the magnificent Ninga or Comoro Blue Pigeon.
Updated: 05/05/2005
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