Checklist for Rwanda

eBird Field Checklist

Rwanda

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636 species (+85 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

African Black Duck

Yellow-billed Duck

Red-billed Duck

Northern Pintail

Green-winged Teal

dabbling duck sp.

Southern Pochard

Grouse, Quail, and Allies

Helmeted Guineafowl

Indian Peafowl

Crested Francolin

Coqui Francolin

Ring-necked Francolin

Red-winged Francolin

Shelley's Francolin

Blue Quail

Common Quail

Harlequin Quail

Handsome Spurfowl

Hildebrandt's Spurfowl

Scaly Spurfowl

Red-necked Spurfowl

francolin/spurfowl sp.

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon

Speckled Pigeon

Afep Pigeon

Rameron Pigeon

Columba sp.

Lemon Dove

Dusky Turtle-Dove

Mourning Collared-Dove

Red-eyed Dove

Ring-necked Dove

Streptopelia sp.

Laughing Dove

Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove

Blue-spotted Wood-Dove

Tambourine Dove

Turtur sp.

Namaqua Dove

African Green-Pigeon

Bustards

Denham's Bustard

Black-bellied Bustard

Turacos

Great Blue Turaco

Bare-faced Go-away-bird

Eastern Plantain-eater

Rwenzori Turaco

Purple-crested Turaco

Ross's Turaco

White-crested Turaco

Black-billed Turaco

Tauraco sp.

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

Dideric/Klaas's Cuckoo

African Emerald Cuckoo

Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo

Black Cuckoo

Red-chested Cuckoo

African Cuckoo

Madagascar Cuckoo

Common Cuckoo

cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)

Nightjars

Pennant-winged Nightjar

Eurasian Nightjar

Fiery-necked Nightjar

Montane Nightjar

Swamp Nightjar

Freckled Nightjar

Square-tailed Nightjar

nightjar sp.

Swifts

Scarce Swift

Alpine Swift

Mottled Swift

Common Swift

African Swift

Little Swift

Horus Swift

White-rumped Swift

Apus/Tachymarptis sp.

African Palm Swift

large swift sp.

small swift sp.

swift sp.

Flufftails

Buff-spotted Flufftail

Red-chested Flufftail

Streaky-breasted Flufftail

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

African Rail

Corn Crake

African Crake

Lesser Moorhen

Eurasian Moorhen

Red-knobbed Coot

Eurasian/Red-knobbed Coot

Allen's Gallinule

African Swamphen

Striped Crake

Black Crake

Baillon's Crake

rail/crake sp.

Finfoots

African Finfoot

Cranes

Gray Crowned-Crane

Shorebirds

Water Thick-knee

Black-winged Stilt

Black-bellied Plover

Common Ringed Plover

Forbes's Plover

Three-banded Plover

Long-toed Lapwing

Spur-winged Lapwing

Senegal Lapwing

Crowned Lapwing

Wattled Lapwing

Brown-chested Lapwing

Caspian Plover

Kittlitz's Plover

White-fronted Plover

plover sp.

Greater Painted-Snipe

Lesser Jacana

African Jacana

Bar-tailed Godwit

Great Snipe

African Snipe

Common Snipe

snipe sp.

Common Sandpiper

Green Sandpiper

Marsh Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper

Spotted Redshank

Common Greenshank

Ruddy Turnstone

Ruff

Curlew Sandpiper

Temminck's Stint

Curlew Sandpiper/Dunlin

Little Stint

Small Buttonquail

Black-rumped Buttonquail

Bronze-winged Courser

Temminck's Courser

Collared Pratincole

Black-winged Pratincole

pratincole sp.

shorebird sp.

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Black-headed Gull

Gray-hooded Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull

gull sp.

African Skimmer

Gull-billed Tern

White-winged Tern

Grebes

Little Grebe

Storks

African Openbill

Black Stork

Abdim's Stork

African Woolly-necked Stork

White Stork

Saddle-billed Stork

Marabou Stork

Yellow-billed Stork

stork sp.

Cormorants and Anhingas

African Darter

Reed Cormorant

Great Cormorant

Herons, Ibis, and Allies

Glossy Ibis

African Sacred Ibis

Hadada Ibis

African Spoonbill

Dwarf Bittern

Little Bittern

Black-crowned Night Heron

Black Heron

Little Egret

White-backed Night Heron

Striated Heron

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.

white egret sp.

Shoebill and Hammerkop

Hamerkop

Shoebill

Pelicans

Great White Pelican

Pink-backed Pelican

Vultures, Hawks, and Allies

Secretarybird

Osprey

Black-winged Kite

African Harrier-Hawk

Palm-nut Vulture

African Cuckoo-Hawk

European Honey-buzzard

White-headed Vulture

Lappet-faced Vulture

Hooded Vulture

White-backed Vulture

Rüppell's Griffon

White-backed Vulture/Rüppell's Griffon

Gyps sp.

old world vulture sp.

Bateleur

Western Banded Snake-Eagle

Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle

Black-chested Snake-Eagle

Brown Snake-Eagle

snake-eagle sp.

Crowned Eagle

Martial Eagle

Long-crested Eagle

Lesser Spotted Eagle

Wahlberg's Eagle

Ayres's Hawk-Eagle

Booted Eagle

Steppe Eagle

Tawny Eagle

Cassin's Hawk-Eagle

African Hawk-Eagle

Bat Hawk

Gabar Goshawk

Dark Chanting-Goshawk

Lizard Buzzard

African Goshawk

Little Sparrowhawk

Shikra

Ovambo Sparrowhawk

Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk

Black Goshawk

Accipitrine hawk sp. (former Accipiter sp.)

Western Marsh Harrier

African Marsh Harrier

Pallid Harrier

Montagu's Harrier

harrier sp.

Black Kite

African Fish-Eagle

Augur Buzzard

Mountain Buzzard

Common Buzzard

Buteo sp.

Buteo/eagle sp.

hawk sp.

Owls

African Grass-Owl

Western Barn Owl

African Scops-Owl

Southern White-faced Owl

Spotted Eagle-Owl

Fraser's Eagle-Owl

Verreaux's Eagle-Owl

Pearl-spotted Owlet

Red-chested Owlet

African Barred Owlet

Albertine Owlet

African Wood-Owl

Abyssinian Owl

Marsh Owl

owl sp.

Mousebirds

Speckled Mousebird

Blue-naped Mousebird

Trogons and Quetzals

Narina Trogon

Bar-tailed Trogon

Hoopoes

Eurasian Hoopoe

Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills

Green Woodhoopoe

White-headed Woodhoopoe

woodhoopoe sp.

Forest Scimitarbill

Common Scimitarbill

Hornbills

Crowned Hornbill

African Gray Hornbill

Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill

White-thighed Hornbill

Bee-eaters

White-fronted Bee-eater

Little Bee-eater

Blue-breasted Bee-eater

Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater

White-throated Bee-eater

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater

Olive Bee-eater

European Bee-eater

Southern Carmine Bee-eater

bee-eater sp.

Kingfishers

Half-collared Kingfisher

Shining-blue Kingfisher

Malachite Kingfisher

African Pygmy Kingfisher

Gray-headed Kingfisher

Woodland Kingfisher

Striped Kingfisher

Giant Kingfisher

Pied Kingfisher

kingfisher sp.

Rollers and Allies

European Roller

Lilac-breasted Roller

Purple Roller

roller sp.

Broad-billed Roller

Barbets and Toucans

Crested Barbet

Gray-throated Barbet

Western Tinkerbird

Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird

Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird

tinkerbird sp.

Spot-flanked Barbet

White-headed Barbet

Red-faced Barbet

Black-collared Barbet

Double-toothed Barbet

african barbet sp.

Honeyguides

Brown-backed Honeybird

Dwarf Honeyguide

Least Honeyguide

Lesser Honeyguide

Scaly-throated Honeyguide

Greater Honeyguide

large honeyguide sp.

honeyguide sp.

Woodpeckers

Red-throated Wryneck

Bearded Woodpecker

Elliot's Woodpecker

Speckle-breasted Woodpecker

Cardinal Woodpecker

African Gray Woodpecker

Olive Woodpecker

Fine-banded Woodpecker

Green-backed Woodpecker

Nubian Woodpecker

Bennett's Woodpecker

Golden-tailed Woodpecker

woodpecker sp.

Falcons and Caracaras

Lesser Kestrel

Eurasian Kestrel

Lesser/Eurasian Kestrel

Gray Kestrel

Red-necked Falcon

Red-footed Falcon

Amur Falcon

Sooty Falcon

Eurasian Hobby

African Hobby

Lanner Falcon

Peregrine Falcon

falcon sp.

Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies

Red-headed Lovebird

Gray Parrot

Brown-necked Parrot

Meyer's Parrot

African and Green Broadbills

African Broadbill

Old World Pittas

African Pitta

Cuckooshrikes

Gray Cuckooshrike

Black Cuckooshrike

Petit's Cuckooshrike

cuckooshrike sp.

Old World Orioles

Eurasian Golden Oriole

African Golden Oriole

African Black-headed Oriole

Black-tailed Oriole

old world oriole sp.

Wattle-eyes and Batises

Brown-throated Wattle-eye

Black-throated Wattle-eye

Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye

Rwenzori Batis

Chinspot Batis

batis sp.

Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies

White-crested Helmetshrike

Bushshrikes and Allies

Brubru

Northern Puffback

Black-backed Puffback

Pink-footed Puffback

puffback sp.

Marsh Tchagra

Black-crowned Tchagra

Brown-crowned Tchagra

tchagra sp.

Lühder's Bushshrike

Tropical Boubou

Black-headed Gonolek

Papyrus Gonolek

Slate-colored Boubou

Willard's Sooty Boubou

Albertine Boubou

Doherty's Bushshrike

Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike

Many-colored Bushshrike

Lagden's Bushshrike

Gray-headed Bushshrike

bushshrike sp.

Drongos

Fork-tailed Drongo

Velvet-mantled Drongo

Monarch Flycatchers

African Crested Flycatcher

African Paradise-Flycatcher

Shrikes

Red-backed Shrike

Isabelline Shrike

Red-tailed/Isabelline Shrike

Lesser Gray Shrike

Gray-backed Fiscal

Mackinnon's Shrike

Northern Fiscal

Souza's Shrike

Woodchat Shrike

shrike sp.

Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens

Piapiac

Pied Crow

Fan-tailed Raven

White-necked Raven

Hyliotas

Violet-backed Hyliota

Fairy Flycatchers

White-tailed Blue Flycatcher

Dusky Crested Flycatcher

White-bellied Crested Flycatcher

White-tailed Crested Flycatcher

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

White-winged Black-Tit

Dusky Tit

Stripe-breasted Tit

Penduline-Tits and Verdin

African Penduline-Tit

Larks

Dusky Lark

Flappet Lark

Rufous-naped Lark

Red-capped Lark

lark sp.

Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies

White-browed Crombec

Red-faced Crombec

Moustached Grass-Warbler

Cisticolas and Allies

Yellow-bellied Eremomela

Green-backed Eremomela

Green-capped Eremomela

White-chinned Prinia

Rwenzori Apalis

Miombo Wren-Warbler

Green-backed Camaroptera

Buff-bellied Warbler

Black-throated Apalis

Black-faced Apalis

Yellow-breasted Apalis

Kungwe Apalis

Chestnut-throated Apalis

Gray Apalis

apalis sp.

Tawny-flanked Prinia

Banded Prinia

Black-faced Rufous-Warbler

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

cisticola sp.

Reed Warblers and Allies

Grauer's Warbler

Papyrus Yellow-Warbler

Eastern Olivaceous Warbler

African Yellow-Warbler

Mountain Yellow-Warbler

Icterine Warbler

Sedge Warbler

Marsh Warbler

Common Reed Warbler

Lesser Swamp Warbler

Greater Swamp Warbler

Great Reed Warbler

Acrocephalus sp.

Grassbirds and Allies

Fan-tailed Grassbird

Evergreen-forest Warbler

Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler

White-winged Swamp Warbler

Grauer's Swamp Warbler

Highland Rush Warbler

Martins and Swallows

White-headed Sawwing

Black Sawwing

sawwing sp.

Gray-rumped Swallow

Banded Martin

Plain Martin

Bank Swallow

Red-throated Crag-Martin

Barn Swallow

Angola Swallow

Wire-tailed Swallow

Western House-Martin

African Red-rumped Swallow

European/African Red-rumped Swallow

Lesser Striped Swallow

Rufous-chested Swallow

Mosque Swallow

swallow sp.

Bulbuls

Slender-billed Greenbul

Pale-throated Greenbul

Shelley's Greenbul

Kikuyu Mountain Greenbul

Yellow-whiskered Greenbul

Plain Greenbul

Eurillas sp.

Yellow-streaked Greenbul

Cabanis's Greenbul

Phyllastrephus sp.

greenbul sp.

Common Bulbul

Leaf Warblers

Wood Warbler

Willow Warbler

Common Chiffchaff

Brown Woodland-Warbler

Red-faced Woodland-Warbler

Phylloscopus sp.

Bush Warblers and Allies

Neumann's Warbler

Sylviid Warblers

Eurasian Blackcap

Garden Warbler

Rwenzori Hill Babbler

Greater Whitethroat

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

Green White-eye

Ground Babblers and Allies

Mountain Illadopsis

Laughingthrushes and Allies

Red-collared Mountain-Babbler

Arrow-marked Babbler

Black-lored Babbler

Argya/Turdoides sp.

Oxpeckers

Red-billed Oxpecker

Yellow-billed Oxpecker

Red-billed/Yellow-billed Oxpecker

Starlings and Mynas

Wattled Starling

Violet-backed Starling

Slender-billed Starling

Waller's Starling

Sharpe's Starling

Stuhlmann's Starling

Rüppell's Starling

Splendid Starling

Greater Blue-eared Starling

Lamprotornis sp.

Thrushes

White-tailed Ant-Thrush

Abyssinian Ground-Thrush

Abyssinian Thrush

African Thrush

Old World Flycatchers

African Dusky Flycatcher

Spotted Flycatcher

Swamp Flycatcher

Muscicapa sp.

Muscicapa/Bradornis sp.

Pale Flycatcher

Gray Tit-Flycatcher

Ashy Flycatcher

Yellow-eyed Black-Flycatcher

Southern Black-Flycatcher

White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher

Brown-backed Scrub-Robin

White-browed Scrub-Robin

White-bellied Robin-Chat

Archer's Robin-Chat

Cape Robin-Chat

White-browed Robin-Chat

Red-capped Robin-Chat

Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat

robin-chat sp.

White-starred Robin

Red-throated Alethe

Gray-winged Robin-Chat

Equatorial Akalat

Semicollared Flycatcher

Collared Flycatcher

Ficedula sp.

Common Redstart

Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush

Miombo Rock-Thrush

Whinchat

African Stonechat

Mocking Cliff-Chat

Sooty Chat

Arnot's Chat

Northern Wheatear

Capped Wheatear

Isabelline Wheatear

Familiar Chat

Dapple-throats

Gray-chested Babbler

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters

Collared Sunbird

Green-headed Sunbird

Blue-throated Brown Sunbird

Blue-headed Sunbird

Olive Sunbird

Green-throated Sunbird

Amethyst Sunbird

Scarlet-chested Sunbird

Purple-breasted Sunbird

Bronze Sunbird

Malachite Sunbird

Red-tufted Sunbird

Olive-bellied Sunbird

Stuhlmann's Sunbird

Northern Double-collared Sunbird

Regal Sunbird

Marico Sunbird

Red-chested Sunbird

Purple-banded Sunbird

Variable Sunbird

Copper Sunbird

sunbird sp.

Weavers and Allies

Red-headed Weaver

Baglafecht Weaver

Little Weaver

Slender-billed Weaver

Black-necked Weaver

Olive-naped/Black-necked Weaver

Spectacled Weaver

Black-billed Weaver

Strange Weaver

Holub's Golden-Weaver

Northern Brown-throated Weaver

Lesser Masked-Weaver

Vieillot's Black Weaver

Village Weaver

Black-headed Weaver

Dark-backed Weaver

Brown-capped Weaver

Ploceus sp.

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

Euplectes sp.

Grosbeak Weaver

Estrildids

Bronze Mannikin

Black-and-white Mannikin

White-collared Oliveback

Yellow-bellied Waxbill

Green-backed Twinspot

Shelley's Crimsonwing

Dusky Crimsonwing

Abyssinian Crimsonwing

Red-faced Crimsonwing

White-breasted Nigrita

Gray-headed Nigrita

Black-faced Waxbill

Black-crowned Waxbill

Kandt's Waxbill

Fawn-breasted Waxbill

Common Waxbill

Crimson-rumped Waxbill

waxbill sp.

Quailfinch

Zebra Waxbill

Red-cheeked Cordonbleu

Red-headed Bluebill

Green-winged Pytilia

Orange-winged Pytilia

Dusky Twinspot

Red-throated Twinspot

Red-billed Firefinch

African Firefinch

firefinch sp.

estrildid finch sp.

Indigobirds and Whydahs

Pin-tailed Whydah

Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah

Eastern Paradise-Whydah

Village Indigobird

Vidua sp.

Parasitic Weaver

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow

Northern Gray-headed Sparrow

Passer sp.

Wagtails and Pipits

Cape Wagtail

Mountain Wagtail

Gray Wagtail

Western Yellow Wagtail

African Pied Wagtail

wagtail sp.

African Pipit

Long-billed Pipit

Plain-backed Pipit

Striped Pipit

Tree Pipit

Red-throated Pipit

Short-tailed Pipit

pipit sp.

Yellow-throated Longclaw

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Oriole Finch

Yellow-fronted Canary

Western Citril

Papyrus Canary

Black-throated Canary

Brimstone Canary

Streaky Seedeater

Thick-billed Seedeater

Yellow-crowned Canary

Serinus sp.

Old World Buntings

Cabanis's Bunting

Golden-breasted Bunting

Cinnamon-breasted Bunting

Others

passerine sp.