Bird AlbumCongo - Kinshasa · South Kivu
Virunga NP – Rwindi and surrounding area
277 species and 1,270 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April and July, with up to 51 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
Rüppell's StarlingLamprotornis purpuroptera
Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
Little SwiftApus affinis
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Grey-backed FiscalLanius excubitoroides
White-backed VultureGyps africanus
Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Grey Crowned CraneBalearica regulorum
Yellow-throated LongclawMacronyx croceus
Water Thick-kneeBurhinus vermiculatusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Bwindi-Impenetrable Forest NP – Waterfall Walk42 km379 species
- Bwindi-Impenetrable Forest NP – Buhoma Track42 km321 species
- Bwindi-Impenetrable Forest NP – Entrance Road42 km357 species
- VirungaNP – Kinyonzo camp45 km170 species
- Bwindi-Impenetrable Forest NP – Buhoma45 km516 species
- Bwindi-Impenetrable NP – 'The Neck'49 km414 species
All 277 species recorded here
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Red-headed Lovebird Agapornis pullarius
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Double-toothed Barbet Pogonornis bidentatus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Red-chested Sunbird Cinnyris erythrocercus
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- White-tailed Lark Mirafra albicauda
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Blue-breasted Bee-eater Merops variegatus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
- Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- Eastern Plantain-eater Crinifer zonurus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- White-chinned Prinia Schistolais leucopogon
- Black-rumped Buttonquail Turnix nanus
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Swamp Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Northern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus castanops
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Forbes's Plover Thinornis forbesi
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher Bias musicus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Highland Rush Warbler Bradypterus centralis
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- Chattering Cisticola Cisticola anonymus
- Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii
- Carruthers's Cisticola Cisticola carruthersi
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
- Black-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
- Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Red-headed Bluebill Spermophaga ruficapilla
- Black-billed Turaco Tauraco schuettii
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Simple Greenbul Chlorocichla simplex
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
- Bocage's Bushshrike Chlorophoneus bocagei
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Heuglin's Spurfowl Pternistis icterorhynchus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Virunga NP – Rwindi and surrounding area?
April and July. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 51 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Virunga NP – Rwindi and surrounding area?
277 species, from 1,270 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Virunga NP – Rwindi and surrounding area in November?
The most recorded in November: Lesser Striped Swallow, Rüppell's Starling, Marabou Stork, Village Weaver and Little Swift.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.