Bird AlbumRwanda · Kigali
Inyange Factory Wetland
199 species and 3,713 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–January, with up to 72 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
HamerkopScopus umbretta
Fan-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes axillaris
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
Long-toed LapwingVanellus crassirostris
Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
Swamp FlycatcherMuscicapa aquatica
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus72 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 199 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- UMUSAMBI VILLAGE - Wetlands and Grey Crowned Crane rehabilitation3 km208 species
- Nyandungu Urban Wetland Eco-tourism Park6 km259 species
- Nyarutarama Area – Lake, woodland, Golf Course & Sunday Park12 km242 species
- Nyabarongo River14 km212 species
- Kamatana Dam18 km218 species
- Nyabarongo River @ RN121 km202 species
All 199 species recorded here
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Red-chested Sunbird Cinnyris erythrocercus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Western Citril Crithagra frontalis
- Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
- Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Highland Rush Warbler Bradypterus centralis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Black-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula
- Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Thick-billed Seedeater Crithagra burtoni
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Carruthers's Cisticola Cisticola carruthersi
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- White-collared Oliveback Nesocharis ansorgei
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Papyrus Canary Crithagra koliensis
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Bare-faced Go-away-bird Crinifer personatus
- Ross's Turaco Tauraco rossae
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- White-winged Swamp Warbler Bradypterus carpalis
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra
- White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Northern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus castanops
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Mackinnon's Shrike Lanius mackinnoni
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Papyrus Gonolek Laniarius mufumbiri
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Rock Dove Columba livia
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Inyange Factory Wetland?
November–January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 72 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Inyange Factory Wetland?
199 species, from 3,713 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Inyange Factory Wetland in November?
The most recorded in November: Hamerkop, Fan-tailed Widowbird, African Jacana, Black-headed Weaver and Common Bulbul.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.