Akagera National Park Bird Checklist : Akagera National Park is one of the most interest birding areas in Rwanda, the park lies largely in the Mubari – Migongo subregion in the north-east of Rwanda, on the Tanzania and Uganda borders.
Akagera National Park boasts a rich bird checklist of over 525 species including 44 species of raptors, a number of Zambezian biome species including Sauza’s Shrike, Arnot’s chat, 7 species of Afrotropical Highlands Biome, 9 of 11 species of the Lake Victorian Basin biome that occrurs in Rwanda.
Here are the birds in Akagera National Park
ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
White-backed Duck
Knob-billed Duck
Egyptian Goose
Spur-winged Goose
African Pygmy-Goose
Blue-billed Teal
Yellow-billed Duck
Red-billed Duck
GALLIFORMES: Numididae
Helmeted Guineafowl
GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae
Crested Francolin
Coqui Francolin
Ring-necked Francolin
Red-winged Francolin
Shelley’s Francolin
Blue Quail
Harlequin Quail
Hildebrandt’s Spurfowl
Scaly Spurfowl
Red-necked Spurfowl
PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae
Little Grebe
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae
Speckled Pigeon
Dusky Turtle-Dove
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
Tambourine Dove
Namaqua Dove
African Green-Pigeon
OTIDIFORMES: Otididae
Denham’s Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard
MUSOPHAGIFORMES: Musophagidae
White-crested Turaco
Purple-crested Turaco
Ross’s Turaco
Bare-faced Go-away-bird
Eastern Plantain-eater
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae
Blue-headed Coucal
White-browed Coucal
Black Coucal
Blue Malkoha
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Levaillant’s Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Thick-billed Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas’s Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
African Cuckoo
Madagascar Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae
Pennant-winged Nightjar
Eurasian Nightjar
Fiery-necked Nightjar
Swamp Nightjar
Freckled Nightjar
Square-tailed Nightjar
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Apodidae
Alpine Swift
Mottled Swift
Common Swift
African Swift
Little Swift
Horus Swift
White-rumped Swift
African Palm Swift
GRUIFORMES: Sarothruridae
Red-chested Flufftail
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae
African Rail
Corn Crake
African Crake
Lesser Moorhen
Eurasian Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
African Swamphen
Striped Crake
Black Crake
Baillon’s Crake
GRUIFORMES: Heliornithidae
African Finfoot
GRUIFORMES: Gruidae
Gray Crowned-Crane
CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae
Water Thick-knee
CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae
Black-winged Stilt
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae
Black-bellied Plover
Long-toed Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Senegal Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Wattled Lapwing
Brown-chested Lapwing
Kittlitz’s Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Three-banded Plover
Forbes’s Plover
CHARADRIIFORMES: Rostratulidae
Greater Painted-Snipe
CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae
Lesser Jacana
African Jacana
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae
Ruddy Turnstone
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck’s Stint
Little Stint
Common Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
CHARADRIIFORMES: Turnicidae
Small Buttonquail
CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae
Temminck’s Courser
Bronze-winged Courser
Collared Pratincole
Black-winged Pratincole
CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
White-winged Tern
African Skimmer
CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae
African Openbill
Abdim’s Stork
African Woolly-necked Stork
White Stork
Saddle-billed Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
SULIFORMES: Anhingidae
African Darter
SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae
Long-tailed Cormorant
Great Cormorant
PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae
Great White Pelican
Pink-backed Pelican
PELECANIFORMES: Balaenicipitidae
Shoebill
PELECANIFORMES: Scopidae
Hamerkop
PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae
Little Bittern
Dwarf Bittern
Gray Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
Purple Heron
Great Egret
Intermediate Egret
Little Egret
Black Heron
Cattle Egret
Squacco Heron
Malagasy Pond-Heron
Rufous-bellied Heron
Striated Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
White-backed Night-Heron
PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Sagittariidae
Secretarybird
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae
Osprey
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Palm-nut Vulture
European Honey-buzzard
African Cuckoo-Hawk
White-headed Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Rüppell’s Griffon
Bateleur
Beaudouin’s Snake-Eagle
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Banded Snake-Eagle
Bat Hawk
Crowned Eagle
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Wahlberg’s Eagle
Booted Eagle
Ayres’s Hawk-Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Lizard Buzzard
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
Eurasian Marsh-Harrier
African Marsh-Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu’s Harrier
African Goshawk
Shikra
Little Sparrowhawk
Ovambo Sparrowhawk
Black Goshawk
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Augur Buzzard
STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae
Barn Owl
STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae
African Scops-Owl
Southern White-faced Owl
Spotted Eagle-Owl
Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
African Barred Owlet
African Wood-Owl
Marsh Owl
COLIIFORMES: Coliidae
Speckled Mousebird
Blue-naped Mousebird
TROGONIFORMES: Trogonidae
Narina Trogon
BUCEROTIFORMES: Upupidae
Eurasian Hoopoe
BUCEROTIFORMES: Phoeniculidae
Green Woodhoopoe
Common Scimitarbill
BUCEROTIFORMES: Bucerotidae
Crowned Hornbill
African Gray Hornbill
CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae
Half-collared Kingfisher
Shining-blue Kingfisher
Malachite Kingfisher
African Pygmy Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae
Little Bee-eater
Blue-breasted Bee-eater
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
White-throated Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
Madagascar Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
Southern Carmine Bee-eater
CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae
European Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
Rufous-crowned Roller
Broad-billed Roller
PICIFORMES: Lybiidae
Crested Barbet
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
Spot-flanked Barbet
White-headed Barbet
Red-faced Barbet
Black-collared Barbet
Double-toothed Barbet
PICIFORMES: Indicatoridae
Lesser Honeyguide
Scaly-throated Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
PICIFORMES: Picidae
Rufous-necked Wryneck
Speckle-breasted Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
Bearded Woodpecker
African Gray Woodpecker
Green-backed Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker
Bennett’s Woodpecker
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae
Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Gray Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Amur Falcon
Eleonora’s Falcon
Sooty Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
African Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittaculidae
Red-headed Lovebird
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae
Meyer’s Parrot
PASSERIFORMES: Calyptomenidae
African Broadbill
PASSERIFORMES: Pittidae
African Pitta
PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae
Black Cuckooshrike
PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae
Eurasian Golden Oriole
African Golden Oriole
African Black-headed Oriole
PASSERIFORMES: Platysteiridae
Brown-throated Wattle-eye
Chinspot Batis
PASSERIFORMES: Vangidae
White Helmetshrike
PASSERIFORMES: Malaconotidae
Brubru
Northern Puffback
Black-backed Puffback
Marsh Tchagra
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Lühder’s Bushshrike
Tropical Boubou
Black-headed Gonolek
Papyrus Gonolek
Slate-colored Boubou
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
Gray-headed Bushshrike
PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae
Fork-tailed Drongo
PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae
African Crested-Flycatcher
African Paradise-Flycatcher
PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae
Red-backed Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Gray-backed Fiscal
Mackinnon’s Shrike
Northern Fiscal
Souza’s Shrike
PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae
Piapiac
Pied Crow
White-necked Raven
PASSERIFORMES: Stenostiridae
White-tailed Blue Flycatcher
PASSERIFORMES: Paridae
White-winged Black-Tit
PASSERIFORMES: Remizidae
African Penduline-Tit
PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae
Rufous-naped Lark
Flappet Lark
Red-capped Lark
PASSERIFORMES: Macrosphenidae
Red-faced Crombec
Moustached Grass-Warbler
PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae
Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Green-backed Eremomela
Greencap Eremomela
White-chinned Prinia
Miombo Wren-Warbler
Green-backed Camaroptera
Buff-bellied Warbler
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Gray Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Gray-capped Warbler
Red-faced Cisticola
Singing Cisticola
Trilling Cisticola
Chubb’s Cisticola
Rock-loving Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Carruthers’s Cisticola
Stout Cisticola
Croaking Cisticola
Tabora Cisticola
Siffling Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Wing-snapping Cisticola
PASSERIFORMES: Acrocephalidae
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
African Yellow-Warbler
Icterine Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Lesser Swamp Warbler
Greater Swamp Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
PASSERIFORMES: Locustellidae
Fan-tailed Grassbird
White-winged Swamp Warbler
Highland Rush Warbler
PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae
Bank Swallow
Banded Martin
Rock Martin
Barn Swallow
Angola Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Rufous-chested Swallow
Mosque Swallow
Common House-Martin
White-headed Sawwing
Gray-rumped Swallow
PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae
Shelley’s Greenbul
Yellow-throated Greenbul
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul
Cabanis’s Greenbul
Common Bulbul
PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopidae
Wood Warbler
Willow Warbler
PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae
Eurasian Blackcap
Garden Warbler
Greater Whitethroat
PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae
Green White-eye
PASSERIFORMES: Leiothrichidae
Arrow-marked Babbler
Black-lored Babbler
PASSERIFORMES: Buphagidae
Red-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae
Wattled Starling
Violet-backed Starling
Rüppell’s Starling
Splendid Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae
African Thrush
PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae
African Dusky Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
Swamp Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
Gray Tit-Flycatcher
Ashy Flycatcher
Southern Black-Flycatcher
White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher
Brown-backed Scrub-Robin
Red-backed Scrub-Robin
White-browed Robin-Chat
Red-capped Robin-Chat
Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat
Gray-winged Robin-Chat
Semicollared Flycatcher
Collared Flycatcher
Common Redstart
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
Whinchat
African Stonechat
Mocking Cliff-Chat
Sooty Chat
Arnot’s Chat
Northern Wheatear
Capped Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Familiar Chat
PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae
Collared Sunbird
Green-headed Sunbird
Olive Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Bronze Sunbird
Olive-bellied Sunbird
Mariqua Sunbird
Red-chested Sunbird
Purple-banded Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
Copper Sunbird
PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae
Red-headed Weaver
Baglafecht Weaver
Slender-billed Weaver
Black-necked Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
Black-billed Weaver
Holub’s Golden-Weaver
Northern Brown-throated Weaver
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Vieillot’s Black Weaver
Village Weaver
Black-headed Weaver
Compact Weaver
Cardinal Quelea
Red-headed Quelea
Red-billed Quelea
Southern Red Bishop
Black-winged Bishop
Yellow Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Red-collared Widowbird
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Grosbeak Weaver
PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae
Bronze Mannikin
Black-and-white Mannikin
Green-backed Twinspot
Gray-headed Nigrita
Black-faced Waxbill
Black-crowned Waxbill
Fawn-breasted Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Crimson-rumped Waxbill
Quailfinch
Zebra Waxbill
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Red-headed Bluebill
Green-winged Pytilia
Orange-winged Pytilia
Peters’s Twinspot
Red-billed Firefinch
African Firefinch
PASSERIFORMES: Viduidae
Pin-tailed Whydah
Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah
Eastern Paradise-Whydah
Village Indigobird
Parasitic Weaver
PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae
House Sparrow
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae
Cape Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
African Pipit
Long-billed Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
Striped Pipit
Tree Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
Short-tailed Pipit
Yellow-throated Longclaw
PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae
Yellow-fronted Canary
Western Citril
Papyrus Canary
Black-throated Canary
Brimstone Canary
Streaky Seedeater
Thick-billed Seedeater
PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae
Cabanis’s Bunting
Golden-breasted Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
