Rwanda · Western Province
Nyungwe Forest NP
336 species and 8,664 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: June–July, with up to 142 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Chubb's CisticolaCisticola chubbi
Streaky SeedeaterCrithagra striolata
Mountain OrioleOriolus percivali
Great Blue TuracoCorythaeola cristata
African Dusky FlycatcherMuscicapa adusta
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
White-eyed Slaty FlycatcherMelaenornis fischeri
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Black Saw-wingPsalidoprocne pristoptera
Regal SunbirdCinnyris regius
Mountain Masked ApalisApalis personata
Blue-headed SunbirdCyanomitra alinae
Grauer's WarblerGraueria vittata
Archer's Ground RobinDessonornis archeriSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Nyungwe NP – Rangiro Road3 km181 species
- Nyungwe NP – Uwinka3 km197 species
- Nyungwe NP – Gisakura, Ndambarare Trail15 km223 species
- Kibira National Forest – Rwegura57 km101 species
All 336 species recorded here
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Regal Sunbird Cinnyris regius
- Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata
- Mountain Masked Apalis Apalis personata
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Kikuyu Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla kikuyuensis
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Red-faced Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus laetus
- Black-billed Turaco Tauraco schuettii
- Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata
- Rwenzori Turaco Gallirex johnstoni
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri
- Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Eurillas latirostris
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Mountain Oriole Oriolus percivali
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi
- Blue-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra alinae
- Chestnut-throated Apalis Apalis porphyrolaema
- Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher Melaenornis ardesiacus
- Rwenzori Batis Batis diops
- Purple-breasted Sunbird Nectarinia purpureiventris
- Rwenzori Apalis Oreolais ruwenzorii
- Rwenzori Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris stuhlmanni
- White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata
- Strange Weaver Ploceus alienus
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Grauer's Warbler Graueria vittata
- Thick-billed Seedeater Crithagra burtoni
- Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus
- Cinnamon Bracken Warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus
- Archer's Ground Robin Dessonornis archeri
- White-headed Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus bollei
- Black-throated Apalis Apalis jacksoni
- White-tailed Blue Flycatcher Elminia albicauda
- Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus
- Rwenzori Hill Babbler Sylvia atriceps
- Stripe-breasted Tit Melaniparus fasciiventer
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Banded Prinia Prinia bairdii
- Dusky Crimsonwing Cryptospiza jacksoni
- Red-throated Alethe Chamaetylas poliophrys
- Albertine Sooty Boubou Laniarius holomelas
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor
- Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus
- Black-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula
- Doherty's Bushshrike Telophorus dohertyi
- Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx montanus
- Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Handsome Spurfowl Pternistis nobilis
- Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum
- Grey-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus
- White-browed Crombec Sylvietta leucophrys
- Grey Apalis Apalis cinerea
- Lühder's Bushshrike Laniarius luehderi
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Equatorial Akalat Sheppardia aequatorialis
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Neumann's Warbler Hemitesia neumanni
- Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris
- Brown-capped Weaver Ploceus insignis
- Slender-billed Greenbul Stelgidillas gracilirostris
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Kungwe Apalis Apalis argentea
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus
- Mountain Illadopsis Illadopsis pyrrhoptera
- Dusky Tit Melaniparus funereus
- Cassin's Hawk-Eagle Aquila africana
- Elliot's Woodpecker Dendropicos elliotii
- White-bellied Robin-Chat Cossyphicula roberti
- Mackinnon's Shrike Lanius mackinnoni
- Fine-banded Woodpecker Campethera taeniolaema
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Stuhlmann's Starling Poeoptera stuhlmanni
- Many-colored Bushshrike Chlorophoneus multicolor
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus
- White-bellied Crested Flycatcher Elminia albiventris
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Willard's Sooty Boubou Laniarius willardi
- Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
- Western Citril Crithagra frontalis
- Black-faced Rufous Warbler Bathmocercus rufus
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Pink-footed Puffback Dryoscopus angolensis
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Lagden's Bushshrike Malaconotus lagdeni
- Black-billed Weaver Ploceus melanogaster
- White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus
- Grauer's Swamp Warbler Bradypterus graueri
- Dwarf Honeyguide Indicator pumilio
- White-chinned Prinia Schistolais leucopogon
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Sharpe's Starling Pholia sharpii
- Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus
- Kandt's Waxbill Estrilda kandti
- Abyssinian Ground Thrush Geokichla piaggiae
- Yellow-crowned Canary Serinus flavivertex
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- African Broadbill Smithornis capensis
- Cabanis's Greenbul Phyllastrephus cabanisi
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Red-chested Owlet Glaucidium tephronotum
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Mountain Yellow Warbler Iduna similis
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Evergreen Forest Warbler Bradypterus lopezi
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Ross's Turaco Tauraco rossae
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- Shelley's Greenbul Arizelocichla masukuensis
- Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii
- Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Miombo Rock Thrush Monticola angolensis
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Violet-backed Hyliota Hyliota violacea
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Grey-throated Barbet Gymnobucco bonapartei
- White-tailed Ant Thrush Neocossyphus poensis
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Grey-chested Babbler Kakamega poliothorax
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- White-tailed Crested Flycatcher Elminia albonotata
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- Western Tinkerbird Pogoniulus coryphaea
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris
- Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye Platysteira concreta
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Dusky Twinspot Euschistospiza cinereovinacea
- Least Honeyguide Indicator exilis
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Forest Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus castaneiceps
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema
- Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Red-chested Sunbird Cinnyris erythrocercus
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Albertine Owlet Glaucidium albertinum
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Brown Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Velvet-mantled Drongo Dicrurus modestus
- Red-headed Bluebill Spermophaga ruficapilla
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- White-collared Oliveback Nesocharis ansorgei
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Red-throated Wryneck Jynx ruficollis
- Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Pale-throated Greenbul Atimastillas flavigula
- Petit's Cuckooshrike Campephaga petiti
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Scaly Spurfowl Pternistis squamatus
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Double-toothed Barbet Pogonornis bidentatus
- Buff-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura elegans
- Red-winged Francolin Scleroptila levaillantii
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Blue Quail Synoicus adansonii
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- African Grass Owl Tyto capensis
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Abyssinian Crimsonwing Cryptospiza salvadorii
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Highland Rush Warbler Bradypterus centralis
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Nyungwe Forest NP?
June–July. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 142 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Nyungwe Forest NP?
336 species, from 8,664 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Nyungwe Forest NP in November?
The most recorded in November: Chubb's Cisticola, Streaky Seedeater, Mountain Oriole, Great Blue Turaco and African Dusky Flycatcher.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.