Most Sought-After Bird Species in Gishwati- Mukura National Park.
Gishwati– Mukura National Park is a premium birdwatching destination in East Africa situated in the far western region of Rwanda. The park is famous for its rich avian life and for hosting chimpanzees, which attracts thousands of travellers to explore the park’s uniqueness. It has a mix of natural systems including grasslands, wetlands, tropical rainforests and montane forests, which provide habitats to various bird species. This blog will list most sought after bird species in Gishwati- Mukura National Park that ornithologists and bird lovers can encounter while in the park. The park is home to more than 230 bird species in Gishwati forest and 163 bird species in Mukura forest, such as water birds, migratory birds, Albertine endemics and forest birds. Bird watching is a guided activity led by an experienced park guide who identifies various birds encountered and provides information about their behaviours. It’s best done in the morning or late afternoon hours when birds are most active.
Most Sought-After Bird Species in Gishwati- Mukura National Park.
- Rwenzori Turaco
- Blue-headed Coucal
- Blue Malkoha
- Klaas’s Cuckoo
- African Emerald Cuckoo
- African Stonechat
- Abyssinian Ground-Thrush
- Abyssinian Thrush
- Slender-billed Starling
- Waller’s Starling
- Sharpe’s Starling
- Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo
- Black Cuckoo
- Red-chested Cuckoo
- Rwenzori Nightjar
- Handsome Francolin
- Scaly Francolin
- Rameron Pigeon
- Dusky Turtle-Dove
- Red-eyed Dove
- Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
- Tambourine Dove
- African Green-Pigeon
- Great Blue Turaco
- Black-billed Turaco
- Square-tailed Nightjar
- Little Swift
- Red-chested Flufftail
- Black Crake
- Gray Crowned-Crane
- Black-headed Heron
- Hadada Ibis
- African Harrier-Hawk
- Hooded Vulture
- Tawny Eagle
- African Goshawk
- Black Goshawk
- Black Kite (Yellow-billed)
- Mountain Buzzard
- Augur Buzzard
- Verreaux’s Eagle-Ow
- Red-chested Owlet
- African Wood-Ow
- Speckled Mousebird
- Narina Trogon
- Bar-tailed Trogon
- White-headed Woodhoopoe
- Crowned Hornbill
- Gray-headed Kingfisher
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
- Lesser Honeyguide
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide
- Elliot’s Woodpecker
- Cardinal Woodpecker
- Bearded Woodpecker
- Olive Woodpecker
- Tullberg’s Woodpecker
- Eurasian Kestrel
- Lagden’s Bushshrike
- Gray Cuckooshrike
- Black Cuckooshrike
- Mackinnon’s Shrike
- Northern Fiscal
- African Golden Oriole
- Black-tailed Oriole
- Common Bulbul (Dark-capped)
- White-browed Crombec
- Grauer’s Warbler
- Red-faced Woodland-Warbler
- African Yellow-Warbler
- Mountain Yellow-Warbler
- African Reed Warbler
- Evergreen-Forest Warbler
- Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler
- Grauer’s Swamp Warbler
- Rwenzori Apalis
- Green-backed Camaroptera
- Black-throated Apalis
- Black-faced Apalis
- Chestnut-throated Apalis
- Banded Prinia
- Black-faced Rufous-Warbler
- Gray-capped Warbler
- Chubb’s Cisticola
- African Yellow White-eye
- Rwenzori Hill Babbler
- Mountain Illadopsis
- Gray-chested Babbler
- Dusky-brown Flycatcher
- Yellow-eyed Black-Flycatcher
- White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher
- Archer’s Robin-Chat
- Cape Robin-Chat
- White-browed Robin-Chat
- Red-capped Robin-Chat
- White-starred Robin
- Red-throated Alethe
- Equatorial Akalat
- Stuhlmann’s Starling
- Collared Sunbird
- Green-headed Sunbird
- Blue-headed Sunbird
- Olive Sunbird
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird
- Purple-breasted Sunbird
- Bronze Sunbird
- Malachite Sunbird
- Stuhlmann’s Sunbird
- Northern Double-collared Sunbird
- Regal Sunbird
- Variable Sunbird
- Cape Wagtail
- Mountain Wagtail
- African Pied Wagtail
- African Pipit
- Yellow-fronted Canary
- Western Citril
- Streaky Seedeater
- Thick-billed Seedeater
- Yellow-crowned Canary
- Golden-breasted Bunting
- Baglafecht Weaver
- Strange Weaver
- Holub’s Golden Weaver
- Brown-capped Weaver
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill
- Dusky Crimsonwing
- Fawn-breasted Waxbill
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill
- Common Waxbill
- Black-crowned Waxbill
- Kandt’s Waxbill
- African Paradise-Flycatcher
- Pied Crow
- White-necked Raven
- Rock Martin
- Angola Swallow
- Red-rumped Swallow
- White-headed Sawwing
- Black Sawwing
- White-tailed Blue Flycatcher
- Stripe-breasted Tit
- Eastern Mountain-Greenbu
- Yellow-whiskered Greenbul
- Yellow-streaked Greenbu.
- Rwenzori Batis
- Chinspot Batis
- Northern Puffback
- Lüdher’s Bushshrike
- Tropical Boubou
- Willard’s Sooty Boubou
- Albertine Boubou
- Many-colored Bushshrike
- Doherty’s Bushshrike
