Major Birds in Nyungwe Forest National Park.
Major Birds in Nyungwe Forest National Park: Nyungwe Forest National Park is one of the most rewarding bird watching destinations in East Africa, located in the lush highlands of Southwestern Rwanda. It’s one of Africa’s oldest remaining tropical rainforests, known for hosting the highest number of bird species in Rwanda, making it a true paradise for birdwatchers. This attracts thousands of bird lovers to come and enjoy the park’s unique melodic songs and sounds of birds, some of which are not found anywhere else in the world. It hosts up to 320 bird species, including 29 Albertine Rift endemic species, forest birds, water birds, migratory birds and the park’s endemic species, which are rare to spot in other parts of the world. The park has a mix of ecosystems such as wetlands, tropical rainforests, bamboo zones, waterfalls and woodlands that provide habitats to various bird species. The park has well maintained trails that are suitable for bird watching, ranging from simple to more challenging, all of which allow birders to explore the park’s avian life.
Major Birds in Nyungwe Forest National Park.
- Purple-breasted Sunbird
- Rwenzori Double-collared Sunbird
- Stuhlmann’s Sunbird
- Collared Sunbird
- Grauer’s Swamp Warbler
- Neumann’s Warbler
- Red-faced Woodland Warbler
- Mountain Masked Apalis
- Black-faced Apalis
- Kungwe Apalis
- Rwenzori Apalis
- Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher
- 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
- Tambourine Dove
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove
- Red-eyed 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
- Handsome Francolin
- 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 birds in Nyungwe Forest National Park include, Bronze-naped Pigeon, African Scops Owl, Red-chested Cuckoo, and African Emerald Cuckoo, Olive Woodpecker, Yellow-crested Woodpecker, Golden-crowned Woodpecker, Ashy Flycatcher, Holub’s Golden Weaver, Black-necked Weaver, Stranger Weaver, Waller’s Starling, Red-headed Malimbe, Little Greenbul, Slender-billed Greenbul, Variable Sunbird, 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.
