eBird Field Checklist
Akagera NP--Pls if possible, use more specific locations.
, Est, RW
ebird.org/hotspot/L1797897
429 species (+26 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
White-backed Duck
Knob-billed Duck
Egyptian Goose
Spur-winged Goose
African Pygmy-Goose
Garganey
Blue-billed Teal
Yellow-billed Duck
Red-billed Duck
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
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
francolin/spurfowl sp.
Grebes
Little Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
Tambourine Dove
African Green-Pigeon
Bustards
Denham's Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard
Turacos
White-crested Turaco
Purple-crested Turaco
Ross's Turaco
Bare-faced Go-away-bird
Eastern Plantain-eater
Cuckoos
Blue-headed Coucal
White-browed Coucal
Black Coucal
coucal sp.
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
Nightjars
Pennant-winged Nightjar
Eurasian Nightjar
Fiery-necked Nightjar
Swamp Nightjar
Freckled Nightjar
Square-tailed Nightjar
nightjar sp.
Swifts
Mottled Swift
Common Swift
African Swift
Little Swift
White-rumped Swift
Apus/Tachymarptis sp.
African Palm Swift
swift sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
African Rail
Corn Crake
African Crake
Eurasian Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
African Swamphen
Striped Crake
Black Crake
Baillon's Crake
Finfoots
African Finfoot
Cranes
Gray Crowned-Crane
Shorebirds
Water Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Black-bellied Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Three-banded Plover
Long-toed Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Senegal Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Wattled Lapwing
Brown-chested Lapwing
Kittlitz's Plover
Greater Painted-Snipe
Lesser Jacana
African Jacana
Common Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Little Stint
Small Buttonquail
Bronze-winged Courser
Temminck's Courser
Collared Pratincole
pratincole sp.
Storks
African Openbill
Abdim's Stork
African Woolly-necked Stork
White Stork
Saddle-billed Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
Cormorants and Anhingas
African Darter
Long-tailed Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Pelicans
Great White Pelican
Pink-backed Pelican
Shoebill and Hammerkop
Shoebill
Hamerkop
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Little Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Black Heron
Little Egret
Striated Heron
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Rufous-bellied Heron
Squacco Heron
Malagasy Pond-Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Yellow-billed Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
heron sp.
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Osprey
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
Gyps sp.
Bateleur
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
Ayres's Hawk-Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Lizard Buzzard
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
Western Marsh Harrier
African Marsh Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
harrier sp.
African Goshawk
Shikra
Little Sparrowhawk
Ovambo Sparrowhawk
Black Goshawk
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Augur Buzzard
Owls
African Scops-Owl
Southern White-faced Owl
Spotted Eagle-Owl
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
African Wood-Owl
Marsh Owl
owl sp.
Mousebirds
Speckled Mousebird
Blue-naped Mousebird
Trogons and Quetzals
Narina Trogon
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills
Green Woodhoopoe
Common Scimitarbill
Hornbills
Crowned Hornbill
African Gray Hornbill
Kingfishers
Half-collared Kingfisher
Malachite Kingfisher
African Pygmy Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
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Pied Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
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
European Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
roller sp.
Broad-billed Roller
Barbets and Toucans
Crested Barbet
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
tinkerbird sp.
Spot-flanked Barbet
White-headed Barbet
Red-faced Barbet
Black-collared Barbet
Double-toothed Barbet
Honeyguides
Lesser Honeyguide
Scaly-throated Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
Woodpeckers
Bearded Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
African Gray Woodpecker
Green-backed Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker
Bennett's Woodpecker
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Gray Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Amur Falcon
Sooty Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
African Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Meyer's Parrot
Old World Pittas
African Pitta
Cuckooshrikes
Black Cuckooshrike
cuckooshrike sp.
Old World Orioles
Eurasian Golden Oriole
African Golden Oriole
African Black-headed Oriole
Wattle-eyes and Batises
Brown-throated Wattle-eye
Chinspot Batis
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
White Helmetshrike
Bushshrikes and Allies
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
bushshrike sp.
Drongos
Fork-tailed Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Red-backed Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Gray-backed Fiscal
Mackinnon's Shrike
Northern Fiscal
Souza's Shrike
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Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Pied Crow
White-necked Raven
Fairy Flycatchers
White-tailed Blue Flycatcher
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
White-winged Black-Tit
Penduline-Tits and Verdin
African Penduline-Tit
Larks
Rufous-naped Lark
Flappet Lark
Red-capped Lark
Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies
Red-faced Crombec
Moustached Grass-Warbler
Cisticolas and Allies
Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Greencap Eremomela
White-chinned Prinia
Miombo Wren-Warbler
Green-backed Camaroptera
Buff-bellied Warbler
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Gray Apalis
apalis sp.
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Gray-capped Warbler
Red-faced Cisticola
Singing Cisticola
Trilling Cisticola
Chubb's Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Carruthers's Cisticola
Stout Cisticola
Croaking Cisticola
Tabora Cisticola
Siffling Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Wing-snapping Cisticola
cisticola sp.
Reed Warblers and Allies
Icterine Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Lesser Swamp Warbler
Greater Swamp Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus sp.
Grassbirds and Allies
Fan-tailed Grassbird
White-winged Swamp Warbler
Martins and Swallows
White-headed Sawwing
sawwing sp.
Gray-rumped Swallow
Banded Martin
Plain Martin
Bank Swallow
Rock Martin
Barn Swallow
Angola Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Rufous-chested Swallow
Mosque Swallow
Bulbuls
Yellow-throated Greenbul
Common Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Willow Warbler
Sylviid Warblers
Garden Warbler
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Green White-eye
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Arrow-marked Babbler
Black-lored Babbler
Oxpeckers
Red-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Starlings and Mynas
Wattled Starling
Violet-backed Starling
Rüppell's Starling
Splendid Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Thrushes
African Thrush
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Old World Flycatchers
African Dusky Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
Swamp Flycatcher
Pale 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
robin-chat sp.
Gray-winged Robin-Chat
Semicollared Flycatcher
Collared Flycatcher
Whinchat
African Stonechat
Mocking Cliff-Chat
Sooty Chat
Arnot's Chat
Northern Wheatear
Capped Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Familiar Chat
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Collared Sunbird
Green-headed Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Bronze Sunbird
Olive-bellied Sunbird
Marico Sunbird
Red-chested Sunbird
Purple-banded Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
Copper Sunbird
sunbird sp.
Weavers and Allies
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-billed Quelea
Southern Red Bishop
Black-winged Bishop
Yellow Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Red-collared Widowbird
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Grosbeak Weaver
Estrildids
Bronze Mannikin
Black-and-white Mannikin
Black-faced Waxbill
Black-crowned Waxbill
Fawn-breasted Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Crimson-rumped Waxbill
waxbill sp.
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Green-winged Pytilia
Orange-winged Pytilia
Red-billed Firefinch
African Firefinch
firefinch sp.
Indigobirds and Whydahs
Pin-tailed Whydah
Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah
Village Indigobird
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Cape Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
wagtail sp.
African Pipit
Long-billed Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
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Tree Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
pipit sp.
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Yellow-fronted Canary
Western Citril
Black-throated Canary
Brimstone Canary
Streaky Seedeater
Serinus sp.
Old World Buntings
Cabanis's Bunting
Golden-breasted Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
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