Listen to nature: explore wildlife sounds of Africa
On the map below, the location of each wildlife sound recording is identified by a red map pin. Click on the pin to listen.
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In addition to the sounds featured in the map, the alphabetical list below contains further recordings from this region. Click on the name to listen.
| African Fish Eagle Haliaetus vocifer | |
| calls, recorded by TC White, 13 January 1983, Lake Naivasha, Kenya. | |
| Algerian Nuthatch Sitta ledanti | |
| song from "African Birds CD", vol 1, recorded by Nick Gardner, 10 September 1991, Djebel Babor, Algeria. | |
| Bannerman's Turaco Turaco bannermani | |
| from "African Birds Sounds - vol 2" CD, recorded by Nick Gardner, 22 March 1997, Bafut-Nguemba Forest Reserve, Cameroon. | |
| Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus | |
| song, recorded by Robert Stjernstedt, Achimota Forest, Ghana. | |
| Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes | |
| recorded by Jo Wong, 3-20 July 1995, Budongo Forest, Masindi district, Uganda. | |
| Colobus Monkey Colobus guereza | |
| recorded by Roland McVicker, 29 July 1982, Kakamega, Kenya. | |
| Cryptic Warbler Cryptosylvicola randrianasoloi | |
| song, recorded by Simon Harrap, Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar. | |
| Cuckoo Roller Leptosomus discolor | |
| calls, recorded by Anthony H. Baylis, 2 October 1990, Montagne D'Ambre National Park, North Madagascar, Madagascar. | |
| Degodi Lark Mirafra degodiensis | |
| calls, recorded by Steve Smith, 25 December 1995, Bogol Manyo area, Ethiopia. | |
| Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridula | |
| song, recorded by Claude Chappuis, 2 June 1972, Lake Chad, Chad. | |
| Green Turaco Turaco persa | |
| calls, recorded by Francoise Dowsett-Lemaire, 20 March 1988, Chappa Waddi, Nigeria. | |
| Indri Indri indri | |
| song, recorded by Jon Pollock, 1972, Madagascar. | |
| Olive Baboon Papio anubis | |
| shriek and bark, recorded by Claude Chappuis, 22 January 1967, Parc Nairobi, Kenya. | |
| Pallid Honeyguide Indicator meliphilus | |
| calls, recorded by David Fisher, 4 February 2000, Malindi, E Kenya. | |
| Pemba Scops Owl Otus pembae | |
| song, recorded by Tom Gullick, 20 August 2002, edge of Ngezi Forest, NW Pemba, Zanzibar. | |
| Rusty Forest Treefrog Leptopelis viridis | |
| recorded by Mark Day, 29 July 1989, 7km north of Bafarta, Guinnea-Bissau. | |
| Scarlet-spectacled Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea | |
| song, recorded by Steve Smith, 22 February 1994, Abuko, Gambia. | |
| Seychelles Sunbird Nectarinia dussumieri | |
| song, recorded by Robert Stjernstedt, 8 November 1976, Mahe, Seychelles. | |
| Slate-coloured Boubou Laniarius funebris | |
| song, recorded by Claude Chappuis, 10 September 1980, Bushwhackers, 200 km south-east Nairobi, Kenya. | |
| Sulphur-breasted Bush Shrike Telophorus sulfureopectus | |
| song, recorded by Claude Chappuis, 18 January 1967, Manyara Lake, Tanzania. | |
| Tree Hyrax Dendrohyrax dorsalis | |
| calls, recorded by Francoise Dowsett-Lemaire, November 1989, Nyungwe Forest, Rwanda. | |
| Tropical savannah soundscape | |
| recorded by Robert Stjernstedt, 7 September 1966, Arusha, Tanzania. | |
| Vervet Monkey Cercopithecus aethiops | |
| calls, recorded by Roland McVicker, 28 July 1982, Lake Naivasha, Kenya. | |
| Yellow Baboon Papio cynocephalus | |
| barks, recorded by Roland McVicker, 4 September 1983, Ramis, Kenya. | |
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