Major Bird Species in Nyungwe Forest National Park.
Major bird species in Nyungwe Forest National Park are the key birds that bird enthusiasts and ornithologists visiting the park should miss out on their bird checklist in the park. This is one of the most rewarding bird watching destinations in Rwanda famous for its rich avian life. Nyungwe Forest National Park hosts over 320 bird species, including 11 species of the Guinea Congo forest biome, 29 Albertine rift endemics, 71 species of the Afro tropical highlands biome, water birds, and forest birds are recorded in the park. It has different natural systems that provide different habitats to its unique bird species like waterfalls, woodlands, tropical rainforest, bamboo mashes. Birding is best enjoyed either in the morning or late afterhours when birds are most active in their natural habitat.
Major Bird Species in Nyungwe Forest National Park.
- Handsome Francolin
- Kungwe Apalis
- Rwenzori Apalis
- Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher
- Tambourine Dove
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove
- Red-eyed Dove
- Neumann’s Warbler
- Red-faced Woodland Warbler
- Mountain Masked Apalis
- Purple-breasted Sunbird
- Rwenzori Double-collared Sunbird
- Stuhlmann’s Sunbird
- Collared Sunbird
- Grauer’s Swamp Warbler
- Black-faced Apalis
- Great Blue Turaco
- Rwenzori Turaco
- Black-billed Turaco
- Ross’s Turaco
- Black-and-white Casqued Hornbill
- Crowned Hornbill
- African Green Pigeon
- Olive Pigeon
- Afep Pigeon
- Rameron Pigeon
- Lemon Dove
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove
- Crowned Eagle
- Forest Buzzard
- African Goshawk
- Cassin’s Hawk-Eagle
- Mountain Buzzard
- African Wood Owl
- Albertine Owlet
- Chestnut Owlet
- Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl
- African Crowned Eagle
- Scaly Spurfowl
- Red-chested Flufftail
- Spur-winged Goose
- African Black Duck
- Yellow-billed Duck
- Little Grebe
- Blue-headed Coucal
- White-browed Coucal
- Dideric Cuckoo
- Klaas’s Cuckoo
- African Emerald Cuckoo
- Red-chested Cuckoo
- Black Cuckoo
- Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo
- Montane Nightjar
- Square-tailed Nightjar
- African Swift
- Little Swift
- White-rumped Swift
- Bar-tailed Trogon
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
- African Emerald Cuckoo (forest type)
- Woodland Kingfisher
- African Pygmy Kingfisher
- Regal Sunbird
- Rockefeller’s Sunbird
- Blue-headed Sunbird
- Chapin’s Flycatcher
- Red-throated Alethe
- White-starred Robin
- Archer’s Robin-Chat
- Kivu Ground Thrush
- Olive Thrush
- Equatorial Akalat
- Strange Weaver
- Black-headed Waxbill
- Dusky Crimsonwing
- Shelley’s Crimsonwing
- Red-faced Crimsonwing
- Dusky Twinspot
- Slender-billed Starling
- White-necked Raven
- African Saw-wing
- Black Saw-wing
- Paradise Flycatcher
- White-tailed Blue Flycatcher
- Fraser’s Forest Flycatcher
- Grey-throated Barbet
- Yellow-billed Barbet
- Elliot’s Woodpecker
- Dwarf Honeyguide
- White-headed Wood Hoopoe
- Red-collared Babbler
- African Hill Babbler
- Stripe-breasted Tit
- Rwenzori Batis
- Collared Apalis
- Doherty’s Bushshrike
- Congo Bay Owl
- Mountain Wagtail
- Cape Wagtail
- White-headed Wood Hoopoe
Other major bird species in Nyungwe Forest National Park include, Ashy Flycatcher, Holub’s Golden Weaver, Black-necked Weaver, Stranger Weaver, Bronze-naped Pigeon, African Scops Owl, Red-chested Cuckoo, African Emerald Cuckoo, Olive Woodpecker, Yellow-crested Woodpecker, Golden-crowned Woodpecker, Copper Sunbird, Malachite Sunbird, Baglafecht Weaver, Snowy-headed Robin-chat, Vieillot’s Black Weaver, White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher, and Sharpe’s Starling , Rwenzori Double- Collared Sunbird, Blue-headed Sunbird, Back-faced Apalis, Waller’s Starling, Red-headed Malimbe, Little Greenbul, Slender-billed Greenbul, Variable Sunbird.
