Bird AlbumCongo - Kinshasa · South Kivu
Goma
190 species and 1,916 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–December, with up to 39 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Baglafecht WeaverPloceus baglafecht
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
White-browed Robin-ChatCossypha heuglini
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
White-necked RavenCorvus albicollis
Little SwiftApus affinisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Goma Airport4 km141 species
- Lake Kivu – Tchegera Island14 km134 species
- Kibumba Tented Camp27 km102 species
- Rumangabo ICCN Camp & Mikeno Lodge and trails41 km227 species
- Mgahinga Gorilla NP57 km399 species
All 190 species recorded here
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Western Citril Crithagra frontalis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Pale-throated Greenbul Atimastillas flavigula
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Black-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- White-tailed Blue Flycatcher Elminia albicauda
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Mackinnon's Shrike Lanius mackinnoni
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Double-toothed Barbet Pogonornis bidentatus
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Grey-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus
- Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Red-chested Sunbird Cinnyris erythrocercus
- Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Red-throated Wryneck Jynx ruficollis
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
- Scaly Spurfowl Pternistis squamatus
- White-chinned Prinia Schistolais leucopogon
- Red-headed Bluebill Spermophaga ruficapilla
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- African Blue Flycatcher Elminia longicauda
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus
- Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Standard-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longipennis
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Abyssinian Ground Thrush Geokichla piaggiae
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Black-faced Canary Crithagra capistrata
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
- Ross's Turaco Tauraco rossae
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Dusky Crimsonwing Cryptospiza jacksoni
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Handsome Spurfowl Pternistis nobilis
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Goma?
October–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 39 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Goma?
190 species, from 1,916 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Goma in November?
The most recorded in November: Black Kite, Baglafecht Weaver, Common Bulbul, African Palm Swift and African Pied Wagtail.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.