Rwanda is among the countries on the African continent with the highest number of birds, and this ranks it among the top 10 countries in the world to enjoy a Birdwatching Safari. The country prides in a wide variety of habitats that offer shelter to the different bird species and these include: the mountainous western regions, the drier savannahs in the east, the numerous wetlands,as well as the verdant 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
For more information about the birds found in Rwanda, please visit www.gorillasafarirwanda.com/