Most sought-after Bird Species in Akagera National Park.
Bird enthusiasts often ask about the most sought-after bird species in Akagera National Park while organising their bird watching safari. This blog will list some of the bird species to expect while on a birding safari in Akagera. It is one of the best bird watching destinations in East Africa, with unique bird species attracting thousands of bird lovers to indulge themselves in the park’s rich birdlife. Akagera National Park is the country’s savannah national park, spanning an area of approximately 1,122 square kilometres. It has diverse ecosystems such as lakes, woodlands, swamps, and savannah grasslands that provide habitats to various birdlife and wildlife species. Akagera National Park hosts up to 480 bird species, including aquatic birds, savannah birds, migratory birds, woodland species, and the park’s endemic species. Birding can be done at any time of the year, depending on visitors’ travel plans.
Most sought-after Bird Species in Akagera National Park.
- Hamerkop
- African Jacana
- Lesser Jacana
- White-faced Whistling Duck
- Red-faced barbet
- Shoebill Stork
- Saddle-billed Stork
- African Fish Eagle
- Bateleur
- African Harrier Hawk
- Osprey
- Eleonora’s Falcon
- Purple Heron
- Squacco Heron
- Black-crowned Night Heron
- Dimorphic Egret
- Great Egret
- Martial Eagle
- Long-crested Eagle
- 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 Openbill Stork
- Marabou Stork
- African Woolly-necked Stork
- Goliath Heron
- Grey Heron
- Little Egret
- Western Reef Heron
- Spur-winged Goose
- Egyptian Goose
- Booted Eagle
- Beaudouin’s Snake Eagle
- Brown Snake Eagle
- Grasshopper Buzzard
- Augur Buzzard
- Palm-nut Vulture
- Hooded Vulture
- Lappet-faced Vulture
- Sooty Falcon
- Amur Falcon
- Lesser Kestrel
- Verreaux’s Eagle Owl
- Marsh Owl
- African Pied Wagtail
- Pied Crow
- Fork-tailed Drongo
- Grey-backed Fiscal
- Souza’s Shrike
- Black-headed Gonolek
- 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
- Crested Barbet
- Double-toothed Barbet
- Cardinal Woodpecker
- Nubian Woodpecker
- Northern Brown-throated Weaver
- Village Weaver
- Tabora Cisticola
- Winding Cisticola
- Zitting Cisticola
- Vieillot’s Black Weaver
- Golden-backed Weaver
- Pin-tailed Whydah
- Red-billed Quelea
- Cabanis’s Bunting
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela
- Carruthers’s Cisticola
- Papyrus Gonolek
- Slate-colored Boubou
- Northern Puffback
- Tropical Boubou
- African Pygmy Kingfisher
- Malachite Kingfisher
Other most sought after bird species in Akagera National Park include Bat Hawk, Martial Eagle, Dark Chanting-Goshawk, Booted Eagle, African Harrier-Hawk, Marsh Owl, Lesser Jacana, African Jacana, Bar-tailed Godwit, Common Sandpiper, Common Snipe, African Snipe, African Skimmer, Little Grebe, Saddle-billed Stork, African Darter, Pink-backed Pelican, Bateleur, Common Ringed Plover, Western Banded Snake-Eagle, Speckled Mouse bird, Narina Trogon, Common Hoopoe, Green Woodhoopoe, Red-headed Weaver, African Gray Hornbill, White-throated Bee-eater, European Bee-eater, Little Bee-eater, Western Barn Owl, Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl, African Barred Owlet, Spotted Eagle-Owl, Senegal Lapwing, Spur-winged Lapwing, Greater Painted-Snipe, Hooded Vulture, Lappet-faced Vulture, European Honey-buzzard .
