Bird AlbumRwanda · Kigali
Nyabarongo River
212 species and 2,871 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: July, with up to 102 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Swamp FlycatcherMuscicapa aquatica
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Red-chested SunbirdCinnyris erythrocercus
Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
Rüppell's StarlingLamprotornis purpuroptera
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kamatana Dam8 km218 species
- Nyandungu Urban Wetland Eco-tourism Park14 km259 species
- Inyange Factory Wetland14 km199 species
- Nyarutarama Area – Lake, woodland, Golf Course & Sunday Park14 km242 species
- Nyabarongo River @ RN115 km202 species
- UMUSAMBI VILLAGE - Wetlands and Grey Crowned Crane rehabilitation16 km208 species
All 212 species recorded here
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Red-chested Sunbird Cinnyris erythrocercus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Black-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula
- Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Western Citril Crithagra frontalis
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Papyrus Gonolek Laniarius mufumbiri
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Papyrus Canary Crithagra koliensis
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- White-winged Swamp Warbler Bradypterus carpalis
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Carruthers's Cisticola Cisticola carruthersi
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
- Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Highland Rush Warbler Bradypterus centralis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Northern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus castanops
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Ross's Turaco Tauraco rossae
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami
- White-collared Oliveback Nesocharis ansorgei
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Eastern Plantain-eater Crinifer zonurus
- Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Pale-throated Greenbul Atimastillas flavigula
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Thick-billed Seedeater Crithagra burtoni
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Blue-breasted Bee-eater Merops variegatus
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- Grey Apalis Apalis cinerea
- Malagasy Pond Heron Ardeola idae
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Mackinnon's Shrike Lanius mackinnoni
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Marsh Tchagra Bocagia minuta
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Nyabarongo River?
July. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 102 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Nyabarongo River?
212 species, from 2,871 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Nyabarongo River in November?
The most recorded in November: Red-eyed Dove, Swamp Flycatcher, Black Kite, Red-chested Sunbird and Malachite Kingfisher.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.