Bird AlbumRwanda · Kigali
Nyarutarama Area – Lake, woodland, Golf Course & Sunday Park
242 species and 10,724 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: June–July and December, with up to 105 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus
Bronze MannikinSpermestes cucullata
Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
Grey-backed FiscalLanius excubitoroides
Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
Thick-billed WeaverAmblyospiza albifrons
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Nyandungu Urban Wetland Eco-tourism Park6 km259 species
- Nyabarongo River @ RN110 km202 species
- Inyange Factory Wetland12 km199 species
- UMUSAMBI VILLAGE - Wetlands and Grey Crowned Crane rehabilitation14 km208 species
- Nyabarongo River14 km212 species
- Kamatana Dam21 km218 species
All 242 species recorded here
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Western Citril Crithagra frontalis
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Red-chested Sunbird Cinnyris erythrocercus
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami
- Highland Rush Warbler Bradypterus centralis
- Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- White-collared Oliveback Nesocharis ansorgei
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Ross's Turaco Tauraco rossae
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
- Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Black-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster
- Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Mackinnon's Shrike Lanius mackinnoni
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Pale-throated Greenbul Atimastillas flavigula
- Carruthers's Cisticola Cisticola carruthersi
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Thick-billed Seedeater Crithagra burtoni
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- White-chinned Prinia Schistolais leucopogon
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Cuckoo-finch Anomalospiza imberbis
- Grey Apalis Apalis cinerea
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
- Papyrus Gonolek Laniarius mufumbiri
- Northern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus castanops
- Papyrus Canary Crithagra koliensis
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Nyarutarama Area – Lake, woodland, Golf Course & Sunday Park?
June–July and December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 105 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Nyarutarama Area – Lake, woodland, Golf Course & Sunday Park?
242 species, from 10,724 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Nyarutarama Area – Lake, woodland, Golf Course & Sunday Park in November?
The most recorded in November: Black-headed Weaver, Bronze Mannikin, Yellow-billed Duck, Black Kite and Hadada Ibis.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.