Bird AlbumRwanda · Kigali
Nyabarongo River @ RN1
202 species and 2,990 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November, with up to 106 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
Great EgretArdea alba
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
HamerkopScopus umbretta
Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus
Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis
Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquataSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Nyarutarama Area – Lake, woodland, Golf Course & Sunday Park10 km242 species
- Nyabarongo River15 km212 species
- Nyandungu Urban Wetland Eco-tourism Park16 km259 species
- Inyange Factory Wetland21 km199 species
- Kamatana Dam22 km218 species
- UMUSAMBI VILLAGE - Wetlands and Grey Crowned Crane rehabilitation23 km208 species
All 202 species recorded here
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Red-chested Sunbird Cinnyris erythrocercus
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Black-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
- Papyrus Gonolek Laniarius mufumbiri
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Western Citril Crithagra frontalis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Eastern Plantain-eater Crinifer zonurus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Highland Rush Warbler Bradypterus centralis
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Papyrus Canary Crithagra koliensis
- Carruthers's Cisticola Cisticola carruthersi
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- White-winged Swamp Warbler Bradypterus carpalis
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Northern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus castanops
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Papyrus Yellow Warbler Calamonastides gracilirostris
- Mackinnon's Shrike Lanius mackinnoni
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Pale-throated Greenbul Atimastillas flavigula
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Ross's Turaco Tauraco rossae
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Blue-breasted Bee-eater Merops variegatus
- Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Marsh Tchagra Bocagia minuta
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- White-collared Oliveback Nesocharis ansorgei
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Red-throated Wryneck Jynx ruficollis
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Thick-billed Seedeater Crithagra burtoni
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Nyabarongo River @ RN1?
November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 106 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Nyabarongo River @ RN1?
202 species, from 2,990 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Nyabarongo River @ RN1 in November?
The most recorded in November: Hadada Ibis, African Jacana, African Sacred Ibis, 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.