Major Birds in Akagera National Park.
Akagera National Park is an incredible bird watching safari destination in Rwanda, famous known for hosting the highest number of bird species in the country, attracting thousands of bird lovers to enjoy the melodic songs and sounds of various birds. It’s the nearest national park in the country about 3 hours drive from Kigali the capital city of Rwanda. It has a mix of ecosystems, such as wetlands, savannah grasslands, woodlands and lakes that act as habitats to various bird species. It hosts over 480 bird species including water birds, migratory birds, savannah birds and the park’s endemic bird species. This blog will list some of the major birds in Akagera National Park that bird enthusiasts can encounter on their bird watching safaris. These unique bird species can be seen while on boat cruises game drives, and nature walks.
Major Birds in Akagera National Park.
- Red faced barbet
- Shoebill Stork
- Saddle-billed Stork
- African Openbill Stork
- Marabou Stork
- African Woolly-necked Stork
- Goliath Heron
- Grey Heron
- Purple Heron
- Squacco Heron
- Black-crowned Night Heron
- Dimorphic Egret
- Great Egret
- Little Egret
- Western Reef Heron
- Hamerkop
- African Jacana
- Lesser Jacana
- White-faced Whistling Duck
- Spur-winged Goose
- Egyptian Goose
- African Fish Eagle
- Martial Eagle
- Long-crested Eagle
- Booted Eagle
- Beaudouin’s Snake Eagle
- Brown Snake Eagle
- Grasshopper Buzzard
- Augur Buzzard
- Palm-nut Vulture
- Hooded Vulture
- Lappet-faced Vulture
- Bateleur
- African Harrier Hawk
- Osprey
- Eleonora’s Falcon
- Sooty Falcon
- Amur Falcon
- Lesser Kestrel
- Verreaux’s Eagle Owl
- Marsh Owl
- Denham’s Bustard
- Red-winged Francolin
- Ring-necked Francolin
- Helmeted Guineafowl
- Grey Crowned Crane
- African Wattled Lapwing
- Brown-chested Lapwing
- Crowned Lapwing
- Striped Pipit
- Short-tailed Pipit
- African Pied Wagtail
- Pied Crow
- Fork-tailed Drongo
- Grey-backed Fiscal
- Souza’s Shrike
- Black-headed Gonolek
- Papyrus Gonolek
- Slate-colored Boubou
- Northern Puffback
- Tropical Boubou
- African Pygmy Kingfisher
- Malachite Kingfisher
- Pied Kingfisher
- Giant Kingfisher
- Woodland Kingfisher
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
- Little Bee-eater
- White-fronted Bee-eater
- European Bee-eater
- Lilac-breasted Roller
- Ross’s Turaco
- White-crested Turaco
- Purple-crested Turaco
- Blue-shouldered Robin-chat
- Heuglin’s Robin-chat
- Red-faced Barbet
- Crested Barbet
- Double-toothed Barbet
- Cardinal Woodpecker
- Nubian Woodpecker
- Northern Brown-throated Weave
- Village Weaver
- Black-headed Weaver
- Vieillot’s Black Weaver
- Golden-backed Weaver
- Pin-tailed Whydah
- Red-billed Quelea
- Cabanis’s Bunting
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela
- Carruthers’s Cisticola
- Tabora Cisticola
- Winding Cisticola
- Zitting Cisticola
- White-winged Swamp Warbler
- Papyrus Canary
- Fan-tailed Widowbird
- Long-tailed Widowbird
- Moustached Grass Warbler
- Marsh Tchagra
- Ruaha Chat
