Bird AlbumRwanda · Eastern Province
Gashora Swamp
200 species and 3,102 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: July, with up to 88 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
Swamp FlycatcherMuscicapa aquatica
Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Long-toed LapwingVanellus crassirostris
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
Winding CisticolaCisticola marginatus
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorus
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kamatana Dam19 km218 species
- UMUSAMBI VILLAGE - Wetlands and Grey Crowned Crane rehabilitation24 km208 species
- Inyange Factory Wetland25 km199 species
- Nyabarongo River25 km212 species
- Nyandungu Urban Wetland Eco-tourism Park30 km259 species
- Nyarutarama Area – Lake, woodland, Golf Course & Sunday Park34 km242 species
All 200 species recorded here
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Papyrus Gonolek Laniarius mufumbiri
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Red-chested Sunbird Cinnyris erythrocercus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- White-winged Swamp Warbler Bradypterus carpalis
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Papyrus Canary Crithagra koliensis
- Carruthers's Cisticola Cisticola carruthersi
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Highland Rush Warbler Bradypterus centralis
- Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus
- Black-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei
- Western Citril Crithagra frontalis
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Northern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus castanops
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Pale-throated Greenbul Atimastillas flavigula
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Blue-breasted Bee-eater Merops variegatus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Bare-faced Go-away-bird Crinifer personatus
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Papyrus Yellow Warbler Calamonastides gracilirostris
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Gashora Swamp?
July. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 88 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Gashora Swamp?
200 species, from 3,102 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Gashora Swamp in November?
The most recorded in November: African Jacana, Swamp Flycatcher, Malachite Kingfisher, Pied Kingfisher and White-faced Whistling Duck.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.