PICATHARTES 2. I contacted the Cameroon Government forestry officials who were very helpful and granted me a permit to capture a small number of Picathartes. I set off overland from Ibadan with a driver and a colleague from the University of Ibadan, Martin Henley. We made our base in Mamfe, Cameroon. The photo shows the Cross River at Mamfe where we hired a canoe to take us across.