Bird AlbumCongo - Kinshasa · South Kivu
Goma Airport
141 species and 1,167 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October, with up to 38 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black KiteMilvus migrans
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Western CitrilCrithagra frontalis
Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
Baglafecht WeaverPloceus baglafecht
Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Brimstone CanaryCrithagra sulphurata
Speckled MousebirdColius striatus27 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 141 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Goma4 km190 species
- Lake Kivu – Tchegera Island13 km134 species
- Kibumba Tented Camp24 km102 species
- Rumangabo ICCN Camp & Mikeno Lodge and trails38 km227 species
- Mgahinga Gorilla NP55 km399 species
All 141 species recorded here
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
- Western Citril Crithagra frontalis
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Black-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- White-tailed Blue Flycatcher Elminia albicauda
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Black-faced Canary Crithagra capistrata
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Mackinnon's Shrike Lanius mackinnoni
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
- Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Kandt's Waxbill Estrilda kandti
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Mountain Masked Apalis Apalis personata
- Lagden's Bushshrike Malaconotus lagdeni
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Mountain Yellow Warbler Iduna similis
- White-browed Crombec Sylvietta leucophrys
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- White-chinned Prinia Schistolais leucopogon
- Yellow-crowned Canary Serinus flavivertex
- Black-billed Turaco Tauraco schuettii
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus
- White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Spot-breasted Ibis Bostrychia rara
- White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Regal Sunbird Cinnyris regius
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Cinnamon Bracken Warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Goma Airport?
October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 38 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Goma Airport?
141 species, from 1,167 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Goma Airport in November?
The most recorded in November: Black Kite, African Palm Swift, Red-billed Firefinch, House Sparrow and Northern Grey-headed Sparrow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.