Bird AlbumRwanda · Eastern Province
Akagera NP – Magashi Camp
232 species and 3,131 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December, with up to 116 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Red-necked SpurfowlPternistis afer
Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
Crested FrancolinOrtygornis sephaena
Rüppell's StarlingLamprotornis purpuroptera
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Bare-faced Go-away-birdCrinifer personatus
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Water Thick-kneeBurhinus vermiculatus
BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
Grey-backed FiscalLanius excubitoroides
Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
African FirefinchLagonosticta rubricataSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Akagera NP – Southern Area36 km376 species
- Akagera NP – Akagera Lodge41 km299 species
- Akagera NP – Visitor Centre41 km323 species
- Akagera NP – Lac Ihema42 km283 species
- UMUSAMBI VILLAGE - Wetlands and Grey Crowned Crane rehabilitation74 km208 species
- Inyange Factory Wetland76 km199 species
All 232 species recorded here
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Pale-throated Greenbul Atimastillas flavigula
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Hildebrandt's Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- Bare-faced Go-away-bird Crinifer personatus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Red-chested Sunbird Cinnyris erythrocercus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Papyrus Gonolek Laniarius mufumbiri
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Long-tailed Cisticola Cisticola angusticauda
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- White-winged Swamp Warbler Bradypterus carpalis
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Eastern Plantain-eater Crinifer zonurus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Ross's Turaco Tauraco rossae
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Red-faced Barbet Lybius rubrifacies
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
- Double-toothed Barbet Pogonornis bidentatus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Akagera NP – Magashi Camp?
December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 116 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Akagera NP – Magashi Camp?
232 species, from 3,131 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Akagera NP – Magashi Camp in November?
The most recorded in November: African Fish Eagle, Ring-necked Dove, Red-necked Spurfowl, Speckled Mousebird and Crested Francolin.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.