Bird Species in Akagera National Park : Akagera national park is famous among travellers interested in the big five safaris in Rwanda however there’s more to the park than just the game drives in Rwanda which will give you access to the big five animals in Rwanda, the boat cruise on lake ihema when you visit the park, you will participate in birding in akagera national park which will give you access to over 350 bird species that can be seen when you participate in birding in akagera national park. You will watch about 150 bird species during your birding expedition and some of the different bird species that can be seen include;

 

1 White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata
2 Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
3 White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
4 Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
5 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
6 Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
7 African Pygmy-Goose Nettapus auritus
8 Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
9 Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
10 Red-billed Duck Anas erythrorhyncha
11 Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
12 Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
13 Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
14 Red-winged Francolin Scleroptera levaillantii
15 Ring-necked Francolin Scleroptera streptophorus
16 Shelley’s Francolin Scleroptera shelleyi
17 Blue Quail Synoicus adansonii
18 Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
19 Scaly Spurfowl Pternistis squamatus
20 Hildebrandt’s Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti
21 Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
22 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
23 Rock Pigeon Columba livia
24 Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
25 Mourning Collared-Dove Streptopelia decipiens
26 Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
27 Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
28 Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
29 Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur chalcospilos
30 Blue-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur afer
31 Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
32 African Green-Pigeon Treron calvus
33 Denham’s Bustard Neotis denhami
34 Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
35 White-crested Turaco Tauraco leucolophus
36 Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
37 Ross’s Turaco Musophaga rossae
38 Bare-faced Go-away-bird Crinifer personatus
39 Eastern Plantain-eater Crinifer zonurus
40 Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
41 Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
42 /Common Cuckoo/ Cuculus canorus
43 African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
44 \Madagascar Cuckoo\ Cuculus rochii
45 Black Coucal Centropus grillii
46 Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
47 White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
48 Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus
49 Pied Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
50 Levaillant’s Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
51 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
52 Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti
53 Klaas’s Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
54 African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
55 Dideric Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
56 Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
57 /Eurasian Nightjar/ Caprimulgus europaeus
58 Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
59 Swamp Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis
60 Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
61 Square-tailed NightjaR Caprimulgus fossii
62 Mottled Swift/ Tachymarptis aequatorialis
63 Common Swift Apus apus
64 African Swift Apus barbatus
65 Little Swift Apus affinis
66 White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
67 African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
68 |Corn Crake| Crex crex
69 African Crake Crex egregia
70 Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
71 Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
72 \Striped Crake\ Amaurornis marginalis
73 Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
74 Baillon’s Crake Zapornia pusilla
75 African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
76 Gray Crowned-Crane Balearica regulorum
77 Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
78 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
79 Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
80 /Common Ringed Plover/ Charadrius hiaticula
81 Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris
82 Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
83 Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
84 Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
85 Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
86 Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
87 #Brown-chested Lapwing# Vanellus superciliosus
88 Kittlitz’s Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
89 Greater Painted-Snipe Rostratula benghalensis
90 Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
91 African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
92 /Common Snipe/ Gallinago gallinago
93 /Common Sandpiper/ Actitis hypoleucos
94 /Green Sandpiper/ Tringa ochropus
95 /Marsh Sandpiper/ Tringa stagnatilis
96 /Wood Sandpiper/ Tringa glareola
97 /Common Greenshank/ Tringa nebularia
98 /Ruff/ Calidris pugnax
99 /Curlew Sandpiper/ Calidris ferruginea
100 Small Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
101 Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
102 Temminck’s Courser Cursorius temminckii
103 /Collared Pratincole/ Glareola pratincola
104 African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
105 /Abdim’s Stork/ Ciconia abdimii
106 African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
107 /White Stork/ Ciconia ciconia
108 Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
109 Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
110 Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
111 African Darter Anhinga rufa
112 Long-tailed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
113 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
114 #Great White Pelican# Pelecanus onocrotalus
115 Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
 116 Shoebill Balaeniceps rex
117 Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
118 Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus
119 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
120 Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
121 Little Egret Egretta garzetta
122 Striated Heron Butorides striata
123 Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
124 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
125 /Malagasy Pond-Heron/ Ardeola idae
126 Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
127 Great Egret Ardea alba
128 Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
129 Gray Heron Ardea cinerea
130 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
131 Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
132 Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
133 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
134 African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
135 Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
136 African Spoonbill Platalea alba
Osprey: Pandionidae
137 /Osprey/ Pandion haliaetus
Hawks, Eagles, and Kites: Accipitridae
138 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
139 African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
140 Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
141 /European Honey-buzzard/ Pernis apivorus
142 African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
143 White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
144 Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
145 Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
146 White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
147 Rueppell’s Griffon Gyps rueppelli
148 Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
149 Black-chested Snake-Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
150 Brown Snake-Eagle Circaetus cinereus
151 Banded Snake-Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
152 Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
153 Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
154 Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
155 Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
156 /Lesser Spotted Eagle/ Clanga pomarina
157 Wahlberg’s Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
158 Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
159 /Steppe Eagle/ Aquila nipalensis
160 African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
161 Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
162 Dark Chanting-Goshawk Melierax metabates
163 Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
164 /Western Marsh Harrier/ Circus aeruginosus
165 African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
166 /Pallid Harrier/ Circus macrourus
167 /Montagu’s Harrier/ Circus pygargus
168 African Goshawk Accipiter toussenelii
169 Shikra Accipiter badius
170 Little Sparrowhawk Accipiter minullus
171 Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
172 Black Goshawk Accipiter melanoleucus
173 /Black Kite/ Milvus migrans
174 African Fish-Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
175 /Common Buzzard/ Buteo buteo
176 Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
177 African Scops-Owl Otus senegalensis
178 Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
179 Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
180 Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
181 Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
182 African Wood-Owl Strix woodfordii
183 Marsh Owl Asio capensis
184 Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
185 Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
186 Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
187 /Eurasian Hoopoe/ Upupa epops
188 Green Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
189 Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
190 Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
191 African Gray Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
192 Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
193 Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
194 African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
195 Gray-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
196 Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
197 Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
198 Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
199 Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
200 Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
201 Blue-breasted Bee-eater Merops variegatus
202 Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
203 /White-throated Bee-eater/ Merops albicollis
204 /Blue-cheeked Bee-eater/ Merops persicus
205 Madagascar Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
206 /European Bee-eater/ Merops apiaster
207 Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicoides
208 /European Roller/ Coracias garrulus
209 Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
210 Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
211 Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
212 Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
213 Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
214 Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
215 White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus
216 Red-faced Barbet Lybius rubrifacies
217 Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
218 Double-toothed Barbet Pogonornis bidentatus
219 Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
220 Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
221 Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
222 Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
223 African Gray Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
224 Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
225 Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera cailliautii
226 Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
227 Bennett’s Woodpecker Campethera bennettii
228 Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
229 Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
230 Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
231 Gray Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
232 Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
233 Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
234 Sooty Falcon| Falco concolor
235 Eurasian Hobb Falco subbuteo
236 Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
237 Meyer’s Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
238 African Pitta Pitta angolensis
239 Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
240 Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
241 African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
242 African Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
243 Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
244 Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
245 White Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
246 Brubru Nilaus afer
247 Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
248 Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
249 Marsh Tchagra Tchagra minutus
250 Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
251 Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
252 Luehder’s Bushshrike Laniarius luehderi
253 Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
254 Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster
255 Papyrus Gonolek Laniarius mufumbiri
256 Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
257 Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike Telophorus sulfureopectus
258 Gray-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
259 Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
260 African Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
261 /Red-backed Shrike/ Lanius collurio
262 |Lesser Gray Shrike| Lanius minor
263 Gray-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
264 Mackinnon’s Shrike Lanius mackinnoni
265 Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
266 Souza’s Shrike Lanius souzae
267 Pied Crow Corvus albus
268 White-winged Black-Tit Melaniparus leucomelas
269 African Penduline-Tit Anthoscopus caroli
270 Rufous-naped Lark Mirafra africana
271 Flappet Lark Mirafra rufocinnamomea
272 Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
273 Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
274 Moustached Grass-Warbler Melocichla mentalis
275 Greencap Eremomela Eremomela scotops
276 White-chinned Prinia Schistolais leucopogon
277 Miombo Wren-Warbler Calamonastes undosus
278 Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
279 Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
280 Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
281 Gray Apalis Apalis cinerea
282 Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
283 Gray-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
284 Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
285 Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
286 Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami
287 Chubb’s Cisticola Cisticola chubbi
288 Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
289 Carruthers’s Cisticola Cisticola carruthersi
290 Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus
291 Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
292 Tabora Cisticola Cisticola angusticauda
293 Siffling Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
294 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
295 Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii
296 /Icterine Warbler/ Hippolais icterina
297 /Sedge Warbler/ Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
298 Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
299 Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
300 Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
301 /Great Reed Warbler/ Acrocephalus arundinaceus
302 Fan-tailed Grassbird Catriscus brevirostris
303 White-winged Swamp Warbler Bradypterus carpalis
304 White-headed Sawwing Psalidoprocne albiceps
305 Gray-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
306 Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
307 /Bank Swallow/ Riparia riparia
308 Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
309 /Barn Swallow/ Hirundo rustica
310 Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
311 Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
312 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
313 Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
314 Rufous-chested Swallow Cecropis semirufa
315 Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
316 Yellow-throated Greenbul Atimastillas flavicollis
317 Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
318 /Willow Warbler/ Phylloscopus trochilus
319 /Garden Warbler/ Sylvia borin
320 Green White-eye Zosterops stuhlmanni
321 Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
322 Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei
323 Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythrorynchus
324 Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
325 Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
326 Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
327 Rueppell’s Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
328 Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
329 Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
330 African Thrush Turdus pelios
331 African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
332 /Spotted Flycatcher/ Muscicapa striata
333 Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
334 Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
335 Southern Black-Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
336 White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri
337 Brown-backed Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas hartlaubi
338 Red-backed Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas leucophrys
339 White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
340 Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
341 Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
342 Gray-winged Robin-Chat Sheppardia polioptera
343 /Semicollared Flycatcher/ Ficedula semitorquata
344 |Collared Flycatcher| Ficedula albicollis
345 /Whinchat/ Saxicola rubetra
346 African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
347 Mocking Cliff-Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
348 Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra
349 Arnot’s Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
350 /Northern Wheatear/ Oenanthe oenanthe
351 Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
352 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
353 Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
354 Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
355 Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
356 Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
357 Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
358 Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius
359 Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
360 Red-chested Sunbird Cinnyris erythrocercus
361 Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
362 Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
363 Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
364 Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
365 Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
366 Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
367 Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
368 Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
369 Black-billed Weaver Ploceus melanogaster
370 Holub’s Golden-Weaver Ploceus xanthops
371 Northern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus castanops
372 Lesser Masked-Weaver Ploceus intermedius
373 Vieillot’s Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
374 Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
375 Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
376 Compact Weaver Pachyphantes superciliosus
377 &Cardinal Queleal Quelea cardinalis
378 &Red-billed Queleal Quelea quelea
379 Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
380 Black-winged Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
381 White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
382 Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
383 Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
384 Grosbeak Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
385 Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
386 Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
387 Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
388 Black-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula
389 Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola
390 Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
391 Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
392 Red-cheeked Cordonbleu Uraeginthus bengalus
393 Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
394 Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
395 Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
396 African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
397 Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
398 Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah Vidua obtusa
399 Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
400 House Sparrow Passer domesticus
401 Northern Gray-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
402 Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
403 /Western Yellow Wagtail/ Motacilla flava
404 African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
405 African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
406 Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
407 Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
408 /Tree Pipit/ Anthus trivialis
409 /Red-throated Pipit/ Anthus cervinus
410 Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
411 Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambicus
412 Western Citril Crithagra frontalis
413 Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
414 Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphuratus
415 Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolatus
416 Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris

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