Birds in Gishwati- Mukura National Park.

Birds in Gishwati- Mukura National Park: The park is one of the most rewarding bird watching destinations in East Africa, situated in the western region of Rwanda. Its part of the Albertine Rift Valley, which provides habitat to unique bird species that are rare to find anywhere else. Gishwati– Mukura National Park is home to more than 233 bird species including Albertine Rift endemics, water birds, migratory birds, forest birds. The park’s birdlife is supported by a mix of natural systems which provide habitats to various bird species such as wetlands, grasslands, tropical rainforests and montane forests. Birding is best done in the morning hours and late afternoon hours when birds are most active. These periods provide excellent chances to bird enthusiasts to explore the park’s unique bird species.

Birds in Gishwati- Mukura National Park.

Common Bulbul (Dark-capped), White-browed Crombec, Grauer’s Warbler, Red-faced Woodland-Warbler, African Yellow-Warbler, Mountain Yellow-Warbler, African Reed Warbler, Evergreen-Forest Warbler, Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler, Grauer’s Swamp Warbler, Rwenzori Apalis, Green-backed Camaroptera, Black-throated Apalis, Black-faced Apalis, Chestnut-throated Apalis , Banded Prinia, Black-faced Rufous-Warbler, Gray-capped Warbler, Chubb’s Cisticola, African Yellow White-eye, Rwenzori Hill Babbler, Mountain Illadopsis, Handsome Francolin, Scaly Francolin, Rameron Pigeon, Dusky Turtle-Dove, Red-eyed Dove, Blue-spotted Wood-Dove, Tambourine Dove, African Green-Pigeon, Great Blue Turaco, Black-billed Turaco, Rwenzori Turaco, Blue-headed Coucal, Blue Malkoha, Klaas’s Cuckoo, African Emerald Cuckoo, Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo, Black Cuckoo, Red-chested Cuckoo, Rwenzori Nightjar, Square-tailed Nightjar, Little Swift, Red-chested Flufftail, Black Crake, Gray Crowned-Crane, Black-headed Heron, Hadada Ibis, African Harrier-Hawk, Hooded Vulture, Tawny Eagle, African Goshawk, Black Goshawk, Black Kite (Yellow-billed), Mountain Buzzard, Augur Buzzard, Verreaux’s Eagle-Ow, Red-chested Owlet, African Wood-Ow, Speckled Mousebird, Narina Trogon, Bar-tailed Trogon, White-headed Woodhoopoe, Crowned Hornbill, Gray-headed Kingfisher, Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater, Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird, Lesser Honeyguide, Scaly-throated Honeyguide, Elliot’s Woodpecker, Cardinal Woodpecker, Bearded Woodpecker, Olive Woodpecker, Tullberg’s Woodpecker, Eurasian Kestrel, Rwenzori Batis, Chinspot Batis, Northern Puffback, Lüdher’s Bushshrike, Tropical Boubou, Willard’s Sooty Boubou, Albertine Boubou, Many-colored Bushshrike, Doherty’s Bushshrike, Lagden’s Bushshrike, Gray Cuckooshrike, Black Cuckooshrike, Mackinnon’s Shrike, Northern Fiscal, African Golden Oriole, Black-tailed Oriole.

Other Birds in Gishwati- Mukura National Park include Blue-headed Sunbird, Olive Sunbird, Scarlet-chested Sunbird, Purple-breasted Sunbird, Bronze Sunbird, Malachite Sunbird, Stuhlmann’s Sunbird, Northern Double-collared Sunbird, Regal Sunbird, Variable Sunbird, Cape Wagtail, Mountain Wagtail, African Pied Wagtail, African Pipit, Yellow-fronted Canary, Western Citril, Streaky Seedeater, Thick-billed Seedeater, Yellow-crowned Canary, Golden-breasted Bunting, Baglafecht Weaver, Strange Weaver, Holub’s Golden Weaver Gray-chested Babbler, Dusky-brown Flycatcher, Yellow-eyed Black-Flycatcher, White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher, Archer’s Robin-Chat , Cape Robin-Chat, White-browed Robin-Chat, Red-capped Robin-Chat, White-starred Robin, Red-throated Alethe, Equatorial Akalat, African Stonechat, Abyssinian Ground-Thrush, Abyssinian Thrush, Slender-billed Starling, Waller’s Starling, Pied Crow, White-necked Raven, Rock Martin, Angola Swallow, Red-rumped Swallow, White-headed Sawwing, Black Sawwing, White-tailed Blue Flycatcher, Stripe-breasted Tit, Eastern Mountain-Greenbu, Yellow-whiskered Greenbul, Yellow-streaked Greenbu, Sharpe’s Starling, Stuhlmann’s Starling, Collared Sunbird, Green-headed Sunbird, Brown-capped Weaver, Yellow-bellied Waxbill, Dusky Crimsonwing, Fawn-breasted Waxbill, Crimson-rumped Waxbill, Common Waxbill, Black-crowned Waxbill, Kandt’s Waxbill, African Paradise-Flycatcher.