Bird AlbumRwanda · Eastern Province
Akagera NP – Lac Ihema
283 species and 5,337 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: July, with up to 105 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
African DarterAnhinga rufa
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Goliath HeronArdea goliath
Black CrakeZapornia flavirostra
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
Water Thick-kneeBurhinus vermiculatus
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Akagera NP – Akagera Lodge3 km299 species
- Akagera NP – Visitor Centre4 km323 species
- Akagera NP – Southern Area6 km376 species
- Akagera NP – Magashi Camp42 km232 species
- UMUSAMBI VILLAGE - Wetlands and Grey Crowned Crane rehabilitation59 km208 species
- Inyange Factory Wetland62 km199 species
All 283 species recorded here
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Red-chested Sunbird Cinnyris erythrocercus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Bare-faced Go-away-bird Crinifer personatus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Hildebrandt's Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra
- Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Ross's Turaco Tauraco rossae
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Eastern Plantain-eater Crinifer zonurus
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Pale-throated Greenbul Atimastillas flavigula
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Carruthers's Cisticola Cisticola carruthersi
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Northern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus castanops
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- White-chinned Prinia Schistolais leucopogon
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Miombo Wren-Warbler Calamonastes undosus
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Double-toothed Barbet Pogonornis bidentatus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
- Red-headed Lovebird Agapornis pullarius
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Malagasy Pond Heron Ardeola idae
- Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Red-faced Barbet Lybius rubrifacies
- Long-tailed Cisticola Cisticola angusticauda
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis
- Red-winged Francolin Scleroptila levaillantii
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Highland Rush Warbler Bradypterus centralis
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Swift Apus apus
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Akagera NP – Lac Ihema?
July. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 105 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Akagera NP – Lac Ihema?
283 species, from 5,337 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Akagera NP – Lac Ihema in November?
The most recorded in November: African Fish Eagle, African Darter, Pied Kingfisher, Spur-winged Lapwing and Goliath Heron.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.