Rwanda Safari
Top Birds to See on your Rwanda Birding Safari
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/
