Rwanda has one of the highest bird counts in Africa making it among the top five destinations in the world for those interested in birding.The birds can be found in mountainous western regions,the drier savannahs of the east,the wetlands,mashes and the forests.
The bird species found in Rwanda include the following,
Handsome Francolin
Ruwezori Nightjar
Albertine Owlet
Dwarf Honeyguide
Kivu Ground Thrush
Red-throated Alethe
Archer’s Ground Robin
Red-Collared Babbler
Ruwenzori Apalis
MountainMasked Apalis
Grauer’s Swamp Warbler
Grauer’s Wabler
Neumann’s Warbler
Red-faced Woodland Warbler
Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher
Ruwenzori Batis Stripe-breasted Tit
Blue -headed Sunbird
Ruwenzori Double-collared Sunbird
Regal Sunbird
Rockefeller’s Sunbird
Purple-breasted Sunbird
Strange Weaver
Dusky Crimsonwing
Shelley’s Crimesonwing
Congo Bay Owl
Papyrus Gonolek
Carruthers’s Cisticola
White-winged Swamp Warbler
Papyrus Yellow Warbler
Papyrus Canary
Red-Chested Sunbird
Papyrus Canary
Brown-throated Weaver
Red-faced Barbet
White-Collared Oliveback
Red-billed Fire Finch
Cinnamon-chested Bee-Eater
Dusky Fly Catcher
Chubb’s Cisticola
Green Blue Turaco
Regal Sunbird
Malachite Kingfisher
Yellow-Billed Stork
Cape Robin-Chat
African Fish-Eagle
Black-Headed Waxbill
White-Naped Raven
Bronze Sunbird
White-Browed Coucal
Monking Cliff-Chat
Greater Blue-Eared Starling
African Harrier-hawk
Shoebill Stork
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