Bird AlbumRwanda · Eastern Province
Kamatana Dam
218 species and 3,611 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October, with up to 91 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
Rüppell's StarlingLamprotornis purpuroptera
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
Swamp FlycatcherMuscicapa aquatica
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Nyabarongo River8 km212 species
- Inyange Factory Wetland18 km199 species
- Gashora Swamp19 km200 species
- UMUSAMBI VILLAGE - Wetlands and Grey Crowned Crane rehabilitation20 km208 species
- Nyandungu Urban Wetland Eco-tourism Park20 km259 species
- Nyarutarama Area – Lake, woodland, Golf Course & Sunday Park21 km242 species
All 218 species recorded here
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Bare-faced Go-away-bird Crinifer personatus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Red-chested Sunbird Cinnyris erythrocercus
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Pale-throated Greenbul Atimastillas flavigula
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus
- Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Black-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
- Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Ross's Turaco Tauraco rossae
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi
- White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Western Citril Crithagra frontalis
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Papyrus Gonolek Laniarius mufumbiri
- White-chinned Prinia Schistolais leucopogon
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Carruthers's Cisticola Cisticola carruthersi
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- African Pitta Pitta angolensis
- Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Mackinnon's Shrike Lanius mackinnoni
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kamatana Dam?
October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 91 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kamatana Dam?
218 species, from 3,611 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kamatana Dam in November?
The most recorded in November: White-faced Whistling Duck, Malachite Kingfisher, African Sacred Ibis, African Wattled Lapwing 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.