Bird AlbumBirds of Burundi
371 species recorded at 6 public birding hotspots.
Most recorded in November
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
African Dusky FlycatcherMuscicapa adusta
Fulvous Whistling DuckDendrocygna bicolor
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
Bronze MannikinSpermestes cucullata
African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
Grey-backed FiscalLanius excubitoroides
African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibisMost recorded
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Pied CrowCorvus albus
African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
African SkimmerRynchops flavirostris
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
Black-billed TuracoTauraco schuettii
Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
Northern Yellow White-eyeZosterops senegalensis
Regal SunbirdCinnyris regius
Rüppell's StarlingLamprotornis purpuropteraHotspots with the most records
- Rusizi Delta Nature ReserveBujumbura Rural Province253 species
- Kibira National Forest – Teza Tea PlantationMuramvya Province126 species
- Kibira National Forest – RweguraBubanza Province101 species
- TezaMuramvya Province91 species
- Lac Rwihinda Nature ReserveKirundo Province61 species
- Bujumbura AirportBujumbura Rural Province39 species
All species recorded · 371
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Common Swift Apus apus
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata
- Rwenzori Turaco Gallirex johnstoni
- Ross's Turaco Tauraco rossae
- Black-billed Turaco Tauraco schuettii
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx montanus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Forbes's Plover Thinornis forbesi
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Brown-chested Lapwing Vanellus superciliosus
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Grey Pratincole Glareola cinerea
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Cassin's Hawk-Eagle Aquila africana
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- White-headed Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus bollei
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Blue-breasted Bee-eater Merops variegatus
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Western Tinkerbird Pogoniulus coryphaea
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Double-toothed Barbet Pogonornis bidentatus
- Least Honeyguide Indicator exilis
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Red-throated Wryneck Jynx ruficollis
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Rwenzori Batis Batis diops
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Western Black-headed Batis Batis erlangeri
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Lagden's Bushshrike Malaconotus lagdeni
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Doherty's Bushshrike Telophorus dohertyi
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Albertine Sooty Boubou Laniarius holomelas
- Lühder's Bushshrike Laniarius luehderi
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Mountain Oriole Oriolus percivali
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Mackinnon's Shrike Lanius mackinnoni
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- White-tailed Blue Flycatcher Elminia albicauda
- White-tailed Crested Flycatcher Elminia albonotata
- Stripe-breasted Tit Melaniparus fasciiventer
- Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Slender-billed Greenbul Stelgidillas gracilirostris
- Pale-throated Greenbul Atimastillas flavigula
- Shelley's Greenbul Arizelocichla masukuensis
- Kikuyu Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla kikuyuensis
- Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Eurillas latirostris
- Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- White-browed Crombec Sylvietta leucophrys
- Neumann's Warbler Hemitesia neumanni
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Red-faced Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus laetus
- Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Mountain Yellow Warbler Iduna similis
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Cinnamon Bracken Warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Banded Prinia Prinia bairdii
- White-chinned Prinia Schistolais leucopogon
- Rwenzori Apalis Oreolais ruwenzorii
- Mountain Masked Apalis Apalis personata
- Black-throated Apalis Apalis jacksoni
- Chestnut-throated Apalis Apalis porphyrolaema
- Grey Apalis Apalis cinerea
- Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Rwenzori Hill Babbler Sylvia atriceps
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens
- Mountain Illadopsis Illadopsis pyrrhoptera
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii
- Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris
- Stuhlmann's Starling Poeoptera stuhlmanni
- Sharpe's Starling Pholia sharpii
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri
- Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher Melaenornis ardesiacus
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
- White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata
- Red-throated Alethe Chamaetylas poliophrys
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- Archer's Ground Robin Dessonornis archeri
- Equatorial Akalat Sheppardia aequatorialis
- Miombo Rock Thrush Monticola angolensis
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Blue-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra alinae
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Purple-breasted Sunbird Nectarinia purpureiventris
- Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius
- Rwenzori Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris stuhlmanni
- Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi
- Regal Sunbird Cinnyris regius
- Red-chested Sunbird Cinnyris erythrocercus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Strange Weaver Ploceus alienus
- Black-billed Weaver Ploceus melanogaster
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Northern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus castanops
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Compact Weaver Pachyphantes superciliosus
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- White-collared Oliveback Nesocharis ansorgei
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
- Dusky Crimsonwing Cryptospiza jacksoni
- Abyssinian Crimsonwing Cryptospiza salvadorii
- Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii
- Grey-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus
- Black-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula
- Kandt's Waxbill Estrilda kandti
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Red-headed Bluebill Spermophaga ruficapilla
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Western Citril Crithagra frontalis
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Thick-billed Seedeater Crithagra burtoni
- Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata
- Yellow-crowned Canary Serinus flavivertex
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris