Top Birds in Akagera National Park.
Ornithologists and bird lovers often ask about the top birds in Akagera National Park while planning their birding 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 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.
Top Birds in Akagera National Park.
- Purple-crested Turaco
- Ring-necked Francolin
- Shelley’s Francolin
- Coqui Francolin
- Hildebrandt’s Spurfowl
- Blue Quail
- Red-necked Spurfowl
- Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
- Purple-crested Turaco
- Eastern Plantain-eater
- Bare-faced Go-away-bird
- Red-faced Barbet
- White-crested Turaco
- Ross’s Turaco
- Osprey
- Fulvous Whistling-Duck
- Knob-billed Duck
- Egyptian Goose
- Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
- Laughing Dove
- Tambourine Dove
- Red-eyed Dove
- African Green-Pigeon
- Blue-headed Coucal
- Secretary bird
- African Finfoot
- Denham’s Bustard
- Black-bellied Bustard
- African Harrier-Hawk
- Western Barn Owl
- Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl
- African Barred Owlet
- Spotted Eagle-Owl
- Marsh Owl
- Speckled Mousebird
- Narina Trogon
- Common Hoopoe
- Green Woodhoopoe
- Red-headed Weaver
- African Gray Hornbill
- Shoe Bill Stork
- White-faced Whistling-Duck
- European Honey-buzzard
- Palm-nut Vulture
- Red-winged Francolin
- Dusky Turtle-Dove
- Speckled Pigeon
- Mourning Collared-Dove
- Ring-necked Dove
- African Pygmy-Goose
- Red-billed Duck
- Garganey
- Blue-billed Teal
- Helmeted Guineafowl
- Crested Francolin
- Bare-faced Go-away-bird
- Blue-headed Coucal
- White-browed Coucal
- Black Coucal
- Blue Malkoha
- Great Spotted Cuckoo
- Pied Cuckoo
- Thick-billed Cuckoo
- Dideric Cuckoo
- African Cuckoo
- Madagascar Cuckoo
- Klaas’s Cuckoo
- Swamp Nightjar
- Fiery-necked Nightjar
- Pennant-winged Nightjar
- Fiery-necked Nightjar
- Freckled Nightjar
- Common Swift
- African Swift
- Mottled Swift
- Alpine Swift
- Horus Swift
- Red-chested Flufftail
- African Crake
- Lesser Moorhen
- Red-knobbed Coot
- African Swamphen
- Gray Crowned-Crane
- Water Thick-knee
- Black-winged Stilt
- Marsh Sandpiper
- Green Sandpiper
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Common Greenshank
- Ruff
- Black-rumped Buttonquail
- Small Buttonquail
- Bronze-winged Courser
- Temminck’s Courser
- Collared Pratincole
- Glossy Ibis
- Hadada Ibis
- Little Bittern
- Black-crowned Night Heron
- Rufous-bellied Heron
- Little Egret
- Black Heron
- Dwarf Bittern
- Western Cattle-Egret
- Malagasy Pond-Heron
- Malagasy Pond-Heron
- Indian Pond-Heron
- Goliath Heron
- Purple Heron
- Yellow-billed Egret
- Hamerkop
- Great White Pelican
- Pink-backed Pelican
- Bateleur
- Hooded Vulture
- Lappet-faced Vulture
- Western Banded Snake-Eagle
- Bat Hawk
- Martial Eagle
- Dark Chanting-Goshawk
- Booted Eagle
- African Harrier-Hawk
- Western Barn Owl
- Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl
- African Barred Owlet
- Spotted Eagle-Owl
- Marsh Owl
- Speckled Mousebird
- Narina Trogon
- Common Hoopoe
- Green Woodhoopoe
- Red-headed Weaver
- African Gray Hornbill
- White-throated Bee-eater
- European Bee-eater
- Little Bee-eater
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
- African Pygmy Kingfisher
- African Pygmy Kingfisher
- Giant Kingfisher
- Woodland Kingfisher
- Malachite Kingfisher
- Striped Kingfisher
- Purple Roller
- Broad-billed Roller
- White-headed Barbet
- Spot-flanked Barbet
- Crested Barbet
- Spot-flanked Barbet
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide
- African Gray Woodpecker
- Red-throated Wryneck
- Corn Crake
- Eurasian Moorhen
- Striped Crake
- Black Crake
- Saddle-billed Stork
- African Darter
- Great Cormorant
- African Sacred Ibis
- Black-bellied Plover
- Common Ringed Plover
- Senegal Lapwing
- Brown-chested Lapwing
- Spur-winged Lapwing
- Greater Painted-Snipe
- Common Sandpiper
- Common Snipe
- African Snipe
- Wood Sandpiper
- Lesser Jacana
- African Jacana
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Gray-hooded Gull
- White-winged Tern
- African Skimmer
- Black-winged Pratincole
- Little Grebe
