List of Bird Species in Volcanoes National Park.
List of Bird Species in Volcanoes National Park: Volcanoes National Park is one of the top bird watching destinations in Rwanda and is celebrated for hosting the endangered mountain gorillas. It is situated in the far northwestern corner of the country and is known as the oldest national park in Africa, established in 1925. Volcanoes National Park has a rich avian life, home to over 237 bird species, including high altitude species, 17 Albertine Rift endemics, forest birds, water birds, the park’s endemic species and migratory birds, which attracts many ornithologists and bird enthusiasts to come and explore the park’s unique species. The park’s rich birdlife is supported by the presence of unique ecosystems such as montane rainforest, grasslands, wetlands, and bamboo forests, which provide habitats to various bird species. Birding in the park is best done in the morning or evening hours when birds are most active.
List of Bird Species in Volcanoes National Park.
- Red-knobbed Coot
- Grey Crowned Crane
- Ruwenzori Turaco
- Black-billed Turaco
- Ross’s Turaco
- Marabou,
- Yellow-billed Stork
- European White Stork
- Pink-backed Pelican
- Hamerkop
- Cattle Egret
- Grey Heron
- Black-headed Heron
- Crowned Hornbill
- Cardinal Woodpecker
- Olive Woodpecker
- Western Green Tinkerbird
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
- Spot-flanked Barbet
- Double-toothed Barbet
- European Bee-eater
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eaters
- Regal Sunbird
- Northern Double-collared Sunbird
- Red-chested Sunbird
- Variable Sunbird
- Copper Sunbird
- Yellow Bishop
- Fan-tailed Widowbird
- Archer’s Ground Robin
- Collared Sunbird
- Blue-headed Sunbird
- Olive Sunbird
- Dusky Turtle Dove
- Mourning Collared Dove
- Red-eyed Dove
- Ring-necked Dove
- Laughing Dove
- African Green Pigeon
- Tambourine Dove
- Scarce Swift
- African Palm Swift
- Alpine Swift
- White-rumped Swift
- Little Swift
- African Swift
- Blue-headed Coucal
- Levaillant’s Cuckoo
- Klaas’s Cuckoo
- African Emerald Cuckoo
- Diederick Cuckoo
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird
- Bronzy Sunbird
- Malachite Sunbird
- Olive-bellied Sunbird
- Scarlet-tufted Sunbird
- Red-faced Woodland Warbler
- Collared Apalis
- Stranger Weaver
- Dusky Crimsonwing
- Rwenzori Double- collared Sunbird
- Hottentot Teal
- African Black Duck
- Yellow-billed Duck
- Handsome Francolin
- Little Grebe
- Speckled Pigeon
- African Olive Pigeon
- Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo
- Red-chested Cuckoo
- Black Crake
- Goliath Heron
- Purple Heron
- Little Egret
- African Sacred Ibis
- Hadada Ibis
- Great Cormorant
- Rufous-breasted Sparrowhaw
- Black Sparrowhawk
- Black Kite
- Little Bee-eater
- African Pygmy Kingfisher
- Pied Kingfisher
- Common Kestrel
- African Hobby
- Eurasian Hobby
- Peregrine Falcon
- Brown-necked Parrot
- Ruwenzori Batis
- Chinspot Batis
- Chinspot Batis
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye
- Black-throated Wattle-eye
- Lagden’s Bush-shrike
- Common Barn Owl
- African Long-eared Owl
- Speckled Mousebird
- Lizard Buzzard
- Little Sparrowhawk
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk
- Mackinnon’s Shrike
- Grey-backed Fiscal
- Northern Fiscal
- Three-banded Plove
- African Snipe
- Gray-hooded Gull
- White-winged Tern
- Black-winged Kite
- European Honey Buzzard
- African Harrier Hawk
- Palm-nut Vulture
- Brown Snake Eagle
- White-headed Vulture
- Hooded Vulture
- Crowned Eagle
- Martial Eagle
- Long-crested Eagle
- Tawny Eagle
- African Hawk Eagle
- Lizard Buzzard
- African Marsh Harrier
- African Paradise-flycatcher
- White-necked Raven
- Pied Crow
- Green-headed Sunbird
- Spectacled Weaver
- Black-necked Weaver
- Strange Weaver
- Slender-billed Weaver
- Baglafecht Weaver
- Red-rumped Swallow
- Angolan Swallow
- Rock Martin
- White-headed Saw-win
- Lesser Striped Swallow
- Sand Martin
- Yellow-whiskered Greenbul
- Eastern Mountain Greenbul
- Common Chiffchaff
- Red-faced Woodland Warbler
- Brown Woodland Warbler
- Eurasian Blackcap
- African Yellow White-eye
- Mountain Thrush Babbler
- Arrow-marked Babbler
- Abyssinian Thrush
- White-browed Robin Chat
- White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher
- Ethiopian Thrush
- Amethyst Starling
- White-browed Scrub Robin
- African Dusky Flycatcher
- Red-capped Robin Chat
- Familiar Chat
- Village Weaver
- Black-headed Weaver
- Brown-capped Weaver
- Dark-backed Weaver
- African Firefinch
- Red-billed Firefinch
- Fawn-breasted Waxbill,
- Common Waxbill
- Red-headed Bluebill
- Red-faced Crimson-wing
- Shelley’s Crimson-wing
- Zebra Waxbill
- Bronze Mannikin
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow
- House Sparrow
- Cape Wagtail, Mountain Wagtail
- Oriole Finch
- Black-throated Canary
- Papyrus Canary
- Yellow-crowned Canary
- Yellow-fronted Canary
- Streaky Canary
- Grauer’s Swamp Warbler
- Evergreen-forest Warbler
- Bracken Warbler
- Dark-capped Yellow Warbler
- Bracken Warbler
- Dark-capped Yellow Warbler
- Mountain Yellow Warbler
- Wire-tailed Swallow
- Northern Puffback
- Brown-crowned Tchagra
- Albertine Sooty Boubou
- Mountain Sooty Boubou
- Doherty’s Bush-shrike
- Lühder’s Bush-shrike
- Fork-tailed Drongo
- Augur Buzzard
- Eurasian Buzzard
- Mountain Buzzard
- Golden-breasted Bunting
- Holub’s Weaver
- White-bellied Crested-flycatcher
- Blue-and-white Crested-flycatcher
- Stripe-breasted Tit
- White-browed Crombec
- Mountain Apalis
- Chestnut-throated Apalis
- Black-faced Rufous Warbler
- Tawny-flanked Prinia
- Grey-capped Warbler
- Grey-backed Camaroptera
- Black-throated Apalis
