Most Sought After Birds in Nyungwe Forest National Park.
Most Sought After Birds in Nyungwe Forest National Park: Nyungwe Forest National Park is a haven for bird watching in Rwanda with hundreds of unique bird species. This is one of the best bird watching destinations in East Africa attracting thousands of bird enthusiasts to enjoy the sweet melodic songs and sounds of various birds. Its home to over 320 bird species including 29 Albertine Rift endemics, 71 species of Afrotropical highlands biome, 11 species of Guinea Congo Forest, Forest birds, Migratory birds and the park’s endemic species, which are rarely found anywhere else. It has various habitats such as tropical forests, wetlands, woodlands and waterfalls. The park has well maintained birding trails that caters to all levels of bird lovers from easy to challenging.
Most Sought After Birds in Nyungwe Forest National Park.
- Albertine Owlet
- Chestnut Owlet
- Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl
- African Crowned Eagle
- Handsome Francolin
- Scaly Spurfowl
- Red-chested Flufftail
- Rwenzori Double-collared Sunbird
- Stuhlmann’s Sunbird
- Collared Sunbird
- Red-collared Babbler
- Neumann’s Warbler
- African Hill Babbler
- Black-and-white Casqued Hornbill
- Crowned Hornbill
- Kungwe Apalis
- Great Blue Turaco
- African Green Pigeon
- Olive Pigeon
- Rwenzori Apalis
- Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher
- African Emerald Cuckoo
- Red-faced Woodland Warbler
- Mountain Masked Apalis
- Purple-breasted Sunbird
- Grauer’s Swamp Warbler
- Stripe-breasted Tit
- Rwenzori Batis
- Collared Apalis
- Black-faced Apalis
- Rwenzori Turaco
- Black-billed Turaco
- Ross’s Turaco
- 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
- Spur-winged Goose
- African Black Duck
- Yellow-billed Duck
- Little Grebe
- Blue-headed Coucal
- White-browed Coucal
- Dideric Cuckoo
- Klaas’s 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
- Congo Bay Owl
- White-headed Wood Hoopoe
- Slender-billed Starling
- White-necked Raven
- African Saw-wing
- Black Saw-wing
- Paradise Flycatcher
- Doherty’s Bushshrike
- White-headed Wood Hoopoe
- White-tailed Blue Flycatcher
- Fraser’s Forest Flycatcher
- Grey-throated Barbet
- Yellow-billed Barbet
- Mountain Wagtail
- Cape Wagtail
- Elliot’s Woodpecker
- Dwarf Honeyguide
Other most sought after birds in Nyungwe Forest National Park include, Little Greenbul, Slender-billed Greenbul, Rwenzori Double- Collared Sunbird, Blue-headed Sunbird, Variable Sunbird, Copper Sunbird, White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher, Sharpe’s Starling, Holub’s Golden Weaver, Red-chested Cuckoo, African Emerald Cuckoo, Red-headed Malimbe, Back-faced Apalis, Malachite Sunbird, Baglafecht Weaver, Snowy-headed Robin-chat, Vieillot’s Black Weaver, Black-necked Weaver, Stranger Weaver, Waller’s Starling, Bronze-naped Pigeon, African Scops Owl, Olive Woodpecker, Yellow-crested Woodpecker, Golden-crowned Woodpecker, Ashy Flycatcher.
