Bird AlbumRwanda · Eastern Province
Akagera NP – Southern Area
376 species and 8,731 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February–March and July, with up to 162 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Red-necked SpurfowlPternistis afer
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Bare-faced Go-away-birdCrinifer personatus
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Rüppell's StarlingLamprotornis purpuroptera
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Sooty ChatMyrmecocichla nigra
Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
Grey-backed FiscalLanius excubitoroides
HamerkopScopus umbretta
Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Akagera NP – Akagera Lodge5 km299 species
- Akagera NP – Visitor Centre6 km323 species
- Akagera NP – Lac Ihema6 km283 species
- Akagera NP – Magashi Camp36 km232 species
- UMUSAMBI VILLAGE - Wetlands and Grey Crowned Crane rehabilitation60 km208 species
- Inyange Factory Wetland63 km199 species
All 376 species recorded here
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Bare-faced Go-away-bird Crinifer personatus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Hildebrandt's Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Long-tailed Cisticola Cisticola angusticauda
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- White-winged Black Tit Melaniparus leucomelas
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Ross's Turaco Tauraco rossae
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Red-faced Barbet Lybius rubrifacies
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Red-chested Sunbird Cinnyris erythrocercus
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Eastern Plantain-eater Crinifer zonurus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Pale-throated Greenbul Atimastillas flavigula
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Miombo Wren-Warbler Calamonastes undosus
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Double-toothed Barbet Pogonornis bidentatus
- White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Fan-tailed Grassbird Catriscus brevirostris
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola
- Papyrus Gonolek Laniarius mufumbiri
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- Bennett's Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
- Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius
- Western Citril Crithagra frontalis
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- White-winged Swamp Warbler Bradypterus carpalis
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Ring-necked Francolin Scleroptila streptophora
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi
- Blue Quail Synoicus adansonii
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Shoebill Balaeniceps rex
- Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Northern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus castanops
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Carruthers's Cisticola Cisticola carruthersi
- White-chinned Prinia Schistolais leucopogon
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Brown-chested Lapwing Vanellus superciliosus
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Swamp Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Red-throated Wryneck Jynx ruficollis
- Blue-breasted Bee-eater Merops variegatus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
- Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata
- Compact Weaver Pachyphantes superciliosus
- Red-headed Lovebird Agapornis pullarius
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Scaly Spurfowl Pternistis squamatus
- Cabanis's Bunting Emberiza cabanisi
- Black-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula
- Denham's Bustard Neotis denhami
- Short-tailed Pipit Anthus brachyurus
- Cabanis's Greenbul Phyllastrephus cabanisi
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Mackinnon's Shrike Lanius mackinnoni
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Grey Apalis Apalis cinerea
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Akagera NP – Southern Area?
February–March and July. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 162 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Akagera NP – Southern Area?
376 species, from 8,731 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Akagera NP – Southern Area in November?
The most recorded in November: Red-necked Spurfowl, Ring-necked Dove, Bare-faced Go-away-bird, Common Bulbul and Rüppell's Starling.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.