Nyabarongo River Wetlands Bird Checklist: Nyabarongo river wetlands is an unprotected swamp in Rwanda, located in the south-east of Kigali comprising of swamps and marshes in the Nyabarongo River. Making your way to the park you will get to watch how breathtaking it is with the lush greenery but choosing to explore it will give you access to a number of attractions including the otters, monitor lizards, water turtles, snakes, and so on. For travelers interested in birding in Rwanda, you will not be disappointed because the area is home to over 250 bird species, and here are some of the different bird species that you will get to watch during your Rwanda safari.
| Ducks: Anatidae | ||
| 1 | White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata |
| 2 | Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor |
| 3 | Knob-billed Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos |
| 4 | Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca |
| 5 | Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis |
| 6 | Blue-billed Teal | Spatula hottentota |
| 7 | Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata |
| Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies: Phasianidae | ||
| 8 | Red-necked Spurfowl | Pternistis afer |
| Grebes: Podicipedidae | ||
| 9 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis |
| Pigeons and Doves: Columbidae | ||
| 10 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| 11 | Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea |
| 12 | Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata |
| 13 | Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola |
| 14 | Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis |
| 15 | Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos |
| 16 | Blue-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur afer |
| 17 | Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria |
| 18 | African Green-Pigeon | Treron calvus |
| Turacos: Musophagidae | ||
| 19 | Ross’s Turaco | Musophaga rossae |
| 20 | Eastern Plantain-eater | Crinifer zonurus |
| Cuckoos: Cuculidae | ||
| 21 | Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius |
| 22 | /Common Cuckoo/ | Cuculus canorus |
| 23 | Blue-headed Coucal | Centropus monachus |
| 24 | White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus |
| 25 | Levaillant’s Cuckoo | Clamator levaillantii |
| 26 | Klaas’s Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas |
| 27 | Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius |
| Swifts: Apodidae | ||
| 28 | Common Swift | Apus apus |
| 29 | Little Swift | Apus affinis |
| 30 | White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer |
| 31 | African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus |
| Rails, Gallinules, and Coots: Rallidae | ||
| 32 | Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus |
| 33 | Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata |
| 34 | African Swamphen | Porphyrio madagascariensis |
| 35 | Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra |
| Cranes: Gruidae | ||
| 36 | Gray Crowned-Crane | Balearica regulorum |
| Thick-knees: Burhinidae | ||
| 37 | Water Thick-knee | Burhinus vermiculatus |
| Plovers and Lapwings: Charadriidae | ||
| 38 | Three-banded Plover | Charadrius tricollaris |
| 39 | Long-toed Lapwing | Vanellus crassirostris |
| 40 | Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus |
| 41 | Wattled Lapwing | Vanellus senegallus |
| Jacanas: Jacanidae | ||
| 42 | Lesser Jacana | Microparra capensis |
| 43 | African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus |
| Sandpipers and Allies: Scolopacidae | ||
| 44 | /Common Snipe/ | Gallinago gallinago |
| 45 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos |
| 46 | /Green Sandpiper/ | Tringa ochropus |
| 47 | /Marsh Sandpiper/ | Tringa stagnatilis |
| 48 | /Wood Sandpiper/ | Tringa glareola |
| 49 | /Curlew Sandpiper/ | Calidris ferruginea |
| Storks: Ciconiidae | ||
| 50 | African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus |
| 51 | /Abdim’s Stork/ | Ciconia abdimii |
| 52 | Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer |
| 53 | Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis |
| Cormorants and Shags: Phalacrocoracidae | ||
| 54 | Long-tailed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus |
| Pelicans: Pelecanidae | ||
| 55 | Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens |
| Shoebill: Balaenicipitidae | ||
| 56 | Shoebill | Balaeniceps rex |
| Hamerkop: Scopidae | ||
| 57 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta |
| Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns: Ardeidae | ||
| 58 | Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus |
| 59 | Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| 60 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
| 61 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata |
| 62 | Rufous-bellied Heron | Ardeola rufiventris |
| 63 | Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides |
| 64 | /Malagasy Pond-Heron/ | Ardeola idae |
| 65 | Western Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| 66 | Great Egret | Ardea alba |
| 67 | Yellow-billed Egret | Ardea brachyrhyncha |
| 68 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea |
| 69 | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea |
| 70 | Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala |
| Ibises and Spoonbills: Threskiornithidae | ||
| 71 | Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus |
| 72 | African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus |
| 73 | Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash |
| 74 | African Spoonbill | Platalea alba |
| Hawks, Eagles, and Kites: Accipitridae | ||
| 75 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus |
| 76 | African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus |
| 77 | Palm-nut Vulture | Gypohierax angolensis |
| 78 | Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus |
| 79 | Banded Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinerascens |
| 80 | Bat Hawk | Macheiramphus alcinus |
| 81 | Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis |
| 82 | Wahlberg’s Eagle | Hieraaetus wahlbergi |
| 83 | Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar |
| 84 | African Marsh Harrier | Circus ranivorus |
| 85 | Little Sparrowhawk | Accipiter minullus |
| 86 | Black Goshawk | Accipiter melanoleucus |
| 87 | /Black Kite/ | Milvus migrans |
| 88 | African Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga vocifer |
| 89 | /Common Buzzard/ | Buteo buteo |
| 90 | Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur |
| Mousebirds: Coliidae | ||
| 91 | Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus |
| 92 | Blue-naped Mousebird | Urocolius macrourus |
| Kingfishers: Alcedinidae | ||
| 93 | Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus |
| 94 | African Pygmy Kingfisher | Ispidina picta |
| 95 | Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis |
| 96 | Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima |
| 97 | Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis |
| Bee-eaters: Meropidae | ||
| 98 | Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus |
| 99 | Blue-breasted Bee-eater | Merops variegatus |
| 100 | Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater | Merops oreobates |
| 101 | /European Bee-eater/ | Merops apiaster |
| Rollers: Coraciidae | ||
| 102 | Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus |
| 103 | Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus |
| African Barbets: Lybiidae | ||
| 104 | Spot-flanked Barbet | Tricholaema lacrymosa |
| Honeyguides: Indicatoridae | ||
| 105 | Wahlberg’s Honeyguide | Prodotiscus regulus |
| 106 | Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor |
| 107 | Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator |
| Woodpeckers: Picidae | ||
| 108 | Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens |
| 109 | African Gray Woodpecker | Dendropicos goertae |
| 110 | Golden-tailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni |
| Falcons and Caracaras: Falconidae | ||
| 111 | /Lesser Kestrel/ | Falco naumanni |
| 112 | Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus |
| 113 | Gray Kestrel | Falco ardosiaceus |
| 114 | Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera |
| 115 | African Hobby | Falco cuvierii |
| 116 | Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus |
| Parrots: Psittacidae | ||
| 117 | Meyer’s Parrot | Poicephalus meyeri |
| Cuckooshrikes: Campephagidae | ||
| 118 | Black Cuckooshrike | Campephaga flava |
| Wattle-eyes and Batises: Platysteiridae | ||
| 119 | Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor |
| Bushshrikes: Malaconotidae | ||
| 120 | Marsh Tchagra | Tchagra minutus |
| 121 | Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus |
| 122 | Tropical Boubou | Laniarius major |
| 123 | Black-headed Gonolek | Laniarius erythrogaster |
| 124 | Papyrus Gonolek | Laniarius mufumbiri |
| 125 | Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike | Telophorus sulfureopectus |
| Drongos: Dicruridae | ||
| 126 | Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis |
| Monarch Flycatchers: Monarchidae | ||
| 127 | African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis |
| Shrikes: Laniidae | ||
| 128 | /Red-backed Shrike/ | Lanius collurio |
| 129 | Gray-backed Fiscal | Lanius excubitoroides |
| 130 | Mackinnon’s Shrike | Lanius mackinnoni |
| 131 | Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis |
| Crows, Jays, and Magpies: Corvidae | ||
| 132 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus |
| Larks: Alaudidae | ||
| 133 | Rufous-naped Lark | Mirafra africana |
| African Warblers: Macrosphenidae | ||
| 134 | Red-faced Crombec | Sylvietta whytii |
| Cisticolas and Allies: Cisticolidae | ||
| 135 | Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura |
| 136 | Buff-bellied Warbler | Phyllolais pulchella |
| 137 | Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida |
| 138 | Gray Apalis | Apalis cinerea |
| 139 | Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava |
| 140 | Gray-capped Warbler | Eminia lepida |
| 141 | Red-faced Cisticola | Cisticola erythrops |
| 142 | Singing Cisticola | Cisticola cantans |
| 143 | Trilling Cisticola | Cisticola woosnami |
| 144 | Chubb’s Cisticola | Cisticola chubbi |
| 145 | Winding Cisticola | Cisticola marginatus |
| 146 | Carruthers’s Cisticola | Cisticola carruthersi |
| 147 | Siffling Cisticola | Cisticola brachypterus |
| Reed Warblers and Allies: Acrocephalidae | ||
| 148 | Papyrus Yellow-Warbler | Calamonastides gracilirostris |
| 149 | African Yellow-Warbler | Iduna natalensis |
| 150 | /Sedge Warbler/ | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus |
| 151 | Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus |
| 152 | Lesser Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus gracilirostris |
| 153 | Greater Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus rufescens |
| 154 | /Great Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus arundinaceus |
| Grassbirds and Allies: Locustellidae | ||
| 155 | White-winged Swamp Warbler | Bradypterus carpalis |
| 156 | Highland Rush Warbler | Bradypterus centralis |
| Swallows: Hirundinidae | ||
| 157 | White-headed Sawwing | Psalidoprocne albiceps |
| 158 | Banded Martin | Neophedina cincta |
| 159 | Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula |
| 160 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica |
| 161 | Angola Swallow | Hirundo angolensis |
| 162 | Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii |
| 163 | Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica |
| 164 | Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica |
| Bulbuls: Pycnonotidae | ||
| 165 | Yellow-throated Greenbul | Atimastillas flavicollis |
| 166 | Yellow-whiskered Greenbul | Eurillas latirostris |
| 167 | Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus |
| Leaf Warblers: Phylloscopidae | ||
| 168 | /Willow Warbler/ | Phylloscopus trochilus |
| White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies: Zosteropidae | ||
| 169 | Green White-eye | Zosterops stuhlmanni |
| Laughingthrushes and Allies: Leiothrichidae | ||
| 170 | Arrow-marked Babbler | Turdoides jardineii |
| 171 | Black-lored Babbler | Turdoides sharpei |
| Starlings: Sturnidae | ||
| 172 | #Violet-backed Starling# | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster |
| 173 | Rueppell’s Starling | Lamprotornis purpuroptera |
| Thrushes and Allies: Turdidae | ||
| 174 | African Thrush | Turdus pelios |
| Old World Flycatchers: Muscicapidae | ||
| 175 | Swamp Flycatcher | Muscicapa aquatica |
| 176 | Southern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis pammelaina |
| 177 | White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher | Melaenornis fischeri |
| 178 | Brown-backed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas hartlaubi |
| 179 | Red-backed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys |
| 180 | White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini |
| 181 | Red-capped Robin-Chat | Cossypha natalensis |
| 182 | /Whinchat/ | Saxicola rubetra |
| 183 | African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus |
| 184 | Sooty Chat | Myrmecocichla nigra |
| 185 | Arnot’s Chat | Myrmecocichla arnotti |
| Sunbirds and Spiderhunters: Nectariniidae | ||
| 186 | Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris |
| 187 | Green-headed Sunbird | Cyanomitra verticalis |
| 188 | Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis |
| 189 | Bronze Sunbird | Nectarinia kilimensis |
| 190 | Marico Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis |
| 191 | Red-chested Sunbird | Cinnyris erythrocercus |
| 192 | Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus |
| 193 | Copper Sunbird | Cinnyris cupreus |
| Weavers and Allies: Ploceidae | ||
| 194 | Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps |
| 195 | Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht |
| 196 | Slender-billed Weaver | Ploceus pelzelni |
| 197 | Black-necked Weaver | Ploceus nigricollis |
| 198 | Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis |
| 199 | Holub’s Golden-Weaver | Ploceus xanthops |
| 200 | Northern Brown-throated Weaver | Ploceus castanops |
| 201 | Vieillot’s Black Weaver | Ploceus nigerrimus |
| 202 | Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus |
| 203 | Black-headed Weaver | Ploceus melanocephalus |
| 204 | &Cardinal Queleal | Quelea cardinalis |
| 205 | &Red-billed Queleal | Quelea quelea |
| 206 | Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix |
| 207 | Red-collared Widowbird | Euplectes ardens |
| 208 | Fan-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes axillaris |
| 209 | Grosbeak Weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons |
| Waxbills and Allies: Estrildidae | ||
| 210 | Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata |
| 211 | Black-and-white Mannikin | Spermestes bicolor |
| 212 | White-collared Oliveback | Nesocharis ansorgei |
| 213 | Black-faced Waxbill | Brunhilda erythronotos |
| 214 | Black-crowned Waxbill | Estrilda nonnula |
| 215 | Fawn-breasted Waxbill | Estrilda paludicola |
| 216 | Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild |
| 217 | Crimson-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda rhodopyga |
| 218 | Red-cheeked Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus bengalus |
| 219 | Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba |
| 220 | Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala |
| Indigobirds: Viduidae | ||
| 221 | Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura |
| 222 | Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata |
| Old World Sparrows: Passeridae | ||
| 223 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
| 224 | Northern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus |
| Wagtails and Pipits: Motacillidae | ||
| 225 | Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis |
| 226 | /Western Yellow Wagtail/ | Motacilla flava |
| 227 | African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp |
| 228 | African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus |
| 229 | Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys |
| 230 | Yellow-throated Longclaw | Macronyx croceus |
| Finches, Euphonias, and Allies: Fringillidae | ||
| 231 | Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambicus |
| 232 | Western Citril | Crithagra frontalis |
| 233 | Papyrus Canary | Crithagra koliensis |
| 234 | Black-throated Canary | Crithagra atrogularis |
| 235 | Brimstone Canary | Crithagra sulphuratus |
| 236 | Streaky Seedeater | Crithagra striolatus |
| 237 | Thick-billed Seedeater | Crithagra burtoni |
| Old World Buntings: Emberizidae | ||
| 238 | Golden-breasted Bunting | Emberiza flaviventris |
