Major Bird Species in Volcanoes National Park.
Are you planning your birdwatching safari and searching for the major bird species to encounter while in Volcanoes National Park? This blog will list the birds to encounter in the park. It’s one of the most loved and protected areas in Rwanda, not only famous for hosting the endangered mountain gorillas but also as a haven for bird lovers. It’s located in the northwestern part of the hosting, bordering Uganda and the DR Congo. It has a mix of ecosystems, which provide habitats to various bird species that call this park home, like montane forests, bamboo forests, wetlands, and grasslands. The park hosts up to 237 bird species, including migratory birds, 18 Albertine Rift endemics, forest birds, the park’s residents and water birds. Whether you are trekking through bamboo forests or exploring the lush slopes of the Virunga Mountains, the birdlife in Volcanoes National Park provides exceptional birding experiences to all bird lovers and ornithologists.
Major Bird Species in Volcanoes National Park.
- African Emerald Cuckoo
- Diederick Cuckoo
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird
- Bronzy Sunbird
- Malachite Sunbird
- Olive-bellied Sunbird
- Scarlet-tufted Sunbird
- Red-faced Woodland Warbler
- Collared Apalis
- 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
- 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
- Stranger Weaver
- Dusky Crimsonwing
- Black Crake
- 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
- 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
- Crowned Hornbill
- Cardinal Woodpecker
- Olive Woodpecker
- Western Green Tinkerbird
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
- Spot-flanked Barbet
- Double-toothed Barbet
- European Bee-eater
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
- 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
- Grey-backed Camaroptera
- Black-throated Apalis
- 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
- Streaky Canary
- 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
