Bird AlbumRwanda · Eastern Province
Akagera NP – Akagera Lodge
299 species and 4,677 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January and July, with up to 101 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Rüppell's StarlingLamprotornis purpuroptera
Bare-faced Go-away-birdCrinifer personatus
Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
Red-necked SpurfowlPternistis afer
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
Trilling CisticolaCisticola woosnami
Chinspot BatisBatis molitor
Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
Meyer's ParrotPoicephalus meyeri
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Akagera NP – Visitor Centre1 km323 species
- Akagera NP – Lac Ihema3 km283 species
- Akagera NP – Southern Area5 km376 species
- Akagera NP – Magashi Camp41 km232 species
- UMUSAMBI VILLAGE - Wetlands and Grey Crowned Crane rehabilitation57 km208 species
- Inyange Factory Wetland60 km199 species
All 299 species recorded here
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Bare-faced Go-away-bird Crinifer personatus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Red-faced Barbet Lybius rubrifacies
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Pale-throated Greenbul Atimastillas flavigula
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster
- Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- White-winged Black Tit Melaniparus leucomelas
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Hildebrandt's Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Ross's Turaco Tauraco rossae
- Miombo Wren-Warbler Calamonastes undosus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Long-tailed Cisticola Cisticola angusticauda
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Red-chested Sunbird Cinnyris erythrocercus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Western Citril Crithagra frontalis
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Eastern Plantain-eater Crinifer zonurus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
- Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Souza's Shrike Lanius souzae
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Ring-necked Francolin Scleroptila streptophora
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri
- Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Mackinnon's Shrike Lanius mackinnoni
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Swamp Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Highland Rush Warbler Bradypterus centralis
- Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- White-chinned Prinia Schistolais leucopogon
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Eurillas latirostris
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Speckle-breasted Woodpecker Dendropicos poecilolaemus
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Blue-breasted Bee-eater Merops variegatus
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Shoebill Balaeniceps rex
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Malagasy Pond Heron Ardeola idae
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Akagera NP – Akagera Lodge?
January and July. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 101 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Akagera NP – Akagera Lodge?
299 species, from 4,677 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Akagera NP – Akagera Lodge in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Bulbul, Rüppell's Starling, Bare-faced Go-away-bird, Greater Blue-eared Starling and Red-necked Spurfowl.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.