Bird AlbumBurundi · Bujumbura Rural Province
Rusizi Delta Nature Reserve
253 species and 1,682 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October, with up to 81 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Fulvous Whistling DuckDendrocygna bicolor
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduata
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
Pied CrowCorvus albus
African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos29 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 253 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Bujumbura Airport6 km39 species
- Kibira National Forest – Teza Tea Plantation35 km126 species
- Teza36 km91 species
- Kibira National Forest – Rwegura53 km101 species
All 253 species recorded here
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Hartlaub's Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Chirping Cisticola Cisticola pipiens
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Red-chested Sunbird Cinnyris erythrocercus
- Pale-throated Greenbul Atimastillas flavigula
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Double-toothed Barbet Pogonornis bidentatus
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Brown-chested Lapwing Vanellus superciliosus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Northern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus castanops
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Grey Pratincole Glareola cinerea
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
- Blue-breasted Bee-eater Merops variegatus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black-billed Weaver Ploceus melanogaster
- Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Compact Weaver Pachyphantes superciliosus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx montanus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia
- Grey-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens
- Forbes's Plover Thinornis forbesi
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Rusizi Delta Nature Reserve?
October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 81 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Rusizi Delta Nature Reserve?
253 species, from 1,682 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Rusizi Delta Nature Reserve in November?
The most recorded in November: Fulvous Whistling Duck, Grey Heron, White-faced Whistling Duck, Reed Cormorant and Common Greenshank.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.