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Democratic Republic of the Congo

Snapshot-backed wildlife sound archive overview for Democratic Republic of the Congo, including species representation, weekly growth, community contributors, and recorded localities.

Current to 20 Sept 2026#5 of 9 · 1.7% regional share
Sound recordings
463
Published records0
Cataloged species
202
Across all groups0 spp
Regional share
1.7%
#5 of 9 · 27,926 total

Weekly pulse

Compared with its predecessor
20 Sept 2026
Recording changesince 13 Sept 2026
0
Species changecataloged species
0

Snapshot history (6)

Every captured publication, newest first
CutoffRecordingsChange
20 Sept 2026Current4630
13 Sept 20264630
6 Sept 2026463
30 Aug 20264630
23 Aug 20264630
16 Aug 2026463

Cumulative archive growth

Field dates from 2000 onward.

Sound recordings by group

Distribution across cataloged wildlife groups.

Recent annual coverage (13)

Field year, latest twelve shown
YearSounds
20112
201247
20151
201644
201766
201828
20192
20201
20212
202284
202394
202577

Top localities (10)

Recorded places ranked by sound count
LocalitySounds
Lompole, Bandundu, Mai-Ndombe194
Bombo-Lumene reserve, Bateke plateau, Bankana, Kinshasa44
Kolwezi, Katanga35
Kahuzi-Biega National Park, Mount Bugulumiza26
Nsele, Kinshasa23
Mbuela, Kisantu, Bas-Congo19
Itombwe Mountains, Kangala Forest15
Kivu, Irangi (ca.100 km westl. Bukavu), Centre de Rech. en Sci. Naturelles15
Kolwezi, Kolwezi, Katanga13
TASOK grounds, Kinshasa12

Top recordists (10)

Community contributors within Democratic Republic of the Congo
RecordistSounds
Deville Tanguy191
Bram Piot113
Robert Davis60
Josh Engel47
K.-g. Heller15
Koen Betjes8
Guilherme Melo5
Yntze Van Der Hoek5
Mathias D'haen3
Andrew Bernard2

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Authoritative sound archive

Xeno-canto hosts the full audio files, sonograms, and field notes for all 463 cataloged recordings from Democratic Republic of the Congo. This page reports the catalogue; the recordings themselves are not mirrored here.

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Source data through 20 Sept 2026 · published as a weekly snapshot

Metadata and taxonomy courtesy of Xeno-canto.org