Congo - Kinshasa · South Kivu
Virunga NP – Lulimbi station
327 species and 8,487 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May–June, with up to 165 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Black-headed GonolekLaniarius erythrogaster
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Snowy-crowned Robin-ChatCossypha niveicapilla
Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
Blue-spotted Wood DoveTurtur afer
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Brown-throated Wattle-eyePlatysteira cyanea
White-browed CoucalCentropus superciliosus
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
Yellow-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus bilineatus
Red-necked SpurfowlPternistis afer
Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyuraSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Queen Elizabeth II NP – Ishasha Sector12 km521 species
- VirungaNP – Kinyonzo camp13 km170 species
- Queen Elizabeth II NP – Mweya44 km488 species
- Queen Elizabeth NP – Ishasha Rd47 km430 species
- Queen Elizabeth II NP – Kazinga Channel Boat Trip49 km427 species
- Bwindi-Impenetrable NP – 'The Neck'52 km414 species
All 327 species recorded here
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Red-chested Sunbird Cinnyris erythrocercus
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Pale-throated Greenbul Atimastillas flavigula
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Eastern Plantain-eater Crinifer zonurus
- Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
- Ross's Turaco Tauraco rossae
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Double-toothed Barbet Pogonornis bidentatus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher Bias musicus
- Grey-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Green Crombec Sylvietta virens
- Red-headed Lovebird Agapornis pullarius
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Scaly Spurfowl Pternistis squamatus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Brown-chested Alethe Chamaetylas poliocephala
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Northern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus castanops
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Tiny Sunbird Cinnyris minullus
- Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Blue-breasted Bee-eater Merops variegatus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus
- Compact Weaver Pachyphantes superciliosus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Swamp Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Shoebill Balaeniceps rex
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Papyrus Gonolek Laniarius mufumbiri
- Purple-breasted Sunbird Nectarinia purpureiventris
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus
- Rwenzori Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris stuhlmanni
- Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Joyful Greenbul Chlorocichla laetissima
- Western Citril Crithagra frontalis
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Red-chested Swallow Hirundo lucida
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata
- Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Western Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- White-thighed Hornbill Bycanistes albotibialis
- Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- Marsh Widowbird Euplectes hartlaubi
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Black-rumped Buttonquail Turnix nanus
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Pink-footed Puffback Dryoscopus angolensis
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- White-crested Tiger Heron Tigriornis leucolopha
- Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus
- Petit's Cuckooshrike Campephaga petiti
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
- Golden-naped Weaver Ploceus aureonucha
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator
- Chattering Cisticola Cisticola anonymus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Virunga NP – Lulimbi station?
May–June. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 165 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Virunga NP – Lulimbi station?
327 species, from 8,487 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Virunga NP – Lulimbi station in November?
The most recorded in November: Pied Kingfisher, Black-headed Gonolek, Spur-winged Lapwing, Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat and Grey-headed 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.