Rwanda Bird List and Birding Spots

VC – Very Common, C – Common, FC – Fairly Common, S – Scarce, VSC – Very Scarce, VUC – Very Uncommon, E – Erratic, BR – Breeding Resident, B – Breeding, NBR – Non-breeding Resident, IAM – Interafrican Migrant, VS – Visitor/Migrant/Wanderer, PAM – Palearctic Migrant, W – Wintering, I – Irregular, V – Occasional Visitor/Vagrant, CR – Critically Endangered, EN – Endangered, VU – Vulnerable, NT – Near Threatened, LC – Least Concern, DD – Data Deficient, ? – Not Recognized by IUCN, X – Present in current range of area, O – Present in former range of protected area, N – New addition to existing list, EIR – Believed to be extinct in Rwanda, A – Denotes Albertine Rift Endemic, V – Denotes Lake Victoria Endemic

African Bird Club Y = Yes N = no or Species Not recognised Abundance IUCN Albertine Rift / Lake Victoria Endemic Volcanoes NP Northern Lakes Gishwati Forest Mukura Forest Nyungwe Forest Cyamudongo Forest Busaga Forest Rugezi Swamp Bugasera Mashoza Parike Akagera NP Kigali Lake Kivu AFBIDs on AFBID. If there is no photo there is no link Sounds from Xeno Canto
Guineafowl Numididae
Helmeted Guineafowl Numida melagrias Y C LC   X X AFBID XENO
Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani N E LC   X AFBID XENO
Francolins Phasiandae
Coqui Francolin Peliperdix coqui Y C LC   X X AFBID XENO
Ring-necked Francolin Scleroptila streptophora Y UC LC   X NO AFBID XENO
Red-winged Francolin Scleroptila levaillantii Y UC LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Shelley’s Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi Y UC LC   X AFBID XENO
Scaly Francolin Pternistis squamatus Y FC LC   X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Hildebrandt’s Francolin Pternistis hildebrandti Y FC LC   X AFBID XENO
Handsome Francolin Pternistis nobilis Y C LC A X X X X AFBID XENO
Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer Y C LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Common Quail Coturnix coturnix Y C LC   X X X X X AFBID XENO
Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei Y E LC   X X AFBID XENO
Blue Quail Execalfactoria adansonii Y FC LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Ducks and geese Anatidae
Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor Y VC LC   X X X AFBID XENO
White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata Y UC LC   X X X X X X AFBID XENO
White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus Y EIR LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Spur-winged Goose Plectorpterus gambensis Y C LC   X X X X X AFBID XENO
African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus Y UC LC   X X AFBID XENO
Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa Y EIR NT   X X AFBID XENO
Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca Y C LC   X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotus Y FC LC   X X X X X AFBID XENO
Hartlaub’s Duck Pteronetta hartlaubii N E LC   X AFBID XENO
African Black Duck Anas sparsa Y UC LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Yellow-billed duck Anas undulata Y C LC   X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata N E LC   X X AFBID XENO
Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha Y UC LC   X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Northern Pintail Anas acuta Y S LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Garganey Anas querquedula Y FC LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Eurasian Teal Anas crecca N E LC   O AFBID XENO
Hottentot Teal Anas hottentota Y C LC   X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Southern Pochard Netta erythrophtalama Y VU LC   X X O X AFBID XENO
   
Grebes Podicipedidae
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Y FC LC   X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps criststus Y EIR LC   X X O AFBID XENO
Flamingoes Phoenicopteridae
Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minior N E NT   X AFBID XENO
Storks Ciconiidae
Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis Y FC LC   X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
African Openbill Stork Anastomus lamelligerus Y VC LC   X X N X X AFBID XENO
Black Stork Ciconia nigra N E LC   X AFBID XENO
Abdim’s Stork Ciconia abdimii Y FC LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus Y UC LC   X AFBID XENO
White Stork Ciconia ciconia Y UC/E LC   X O X AFBID XENO
Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis Y UC LC   O X AFBID XENO
Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumeniferus Y FC LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Ibis and spoonbill Threskiornitidae
African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus Y C LC   X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus Y E LC   X X AFBID XENO
African Spoonbill Platalea alba Y S LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Bitterns, Herons and Egrets Ardeidea
Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus Y S LC   X X X X X AFBID XENO
Dwarf Bittern Ixobrychus sturmii Y UC LC   X X AFBID XENO
White-backed Night Heron Gorsachius leuconotus N E LC   AFBID XENO
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Y C LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Striated Heron Butorides striata Y C LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides Y C LC   X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Malagasy Pond Heron Ardeola idea Y S EN   X AFBID XENO
Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris Y E LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Y VC LC   X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Y C LC   X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Goliath Heron Ardea goliath Y C LC   X X X X X AFBID XENO
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Y FC LC   X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Western Great Egret Casmerodius albus Y C LC   X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Intermediate Egret Mesophoyx intermedius Y FC LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca N S LC   X AFBID XENO
Little Egret Egretta garzetta Y C LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis N E LC   X AFBID XENO
Dimorphic Egret Egretta dimorphia N E ?   X AFBID XENO
Hamerkop Scopidae
Hamerkop Scopus umbretta Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Shoebill Balaenicipitidae
Shoebill Balaeniceps rex Y VUC VU   X X AFBID XENO
Pelicans Pelicanidae
Great White Pelican Pelicanus onocrotalus Y FC LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Pink-backed Pelican Pelicanus rufescens Y C LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Cormorants Phalacrocoracidae
Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus Y C LC   X X X X X AFBID XENO
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Y FC LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
White-breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax lucidus N C ?   X X X AFBID XENO
Darter Anhingidae
African Darter Anhinga rufa Y C LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Secretary Bird Sagittariidae
Secretary Bird Sagittarius serpentarius N E VU   X AFBID XENO
Osprey Pandionidae
Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus Y FC LC   X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Kites, Hawks, Vultures, Eagles, Harriers and Buzzards Accipitridae
Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus Y FC LC   X X X X X X AFBID XENO
African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus Y FC LC   X X X X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis N UC LC   X X X X X AFBID XENO
European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus Y FC LC   X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
African Cuckoo-Hawk Avideca cuculoides Y UC LC   X X AFBID XENO
White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus Y C EN   X O X AFBID XENO
Rüppell’s Vulture Gyps rueppellii Y UC/S EN   X AFBID XENO
Hooded Vulture Necrosytes monachus Y FC EN   X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotus Y VUC VU   O X AFBID XENO
White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis Y VUC VU   X X X X O X AFBID XENO 
Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis Y UC LC   X X AFBID XENO
Beaudouin’s Snake Eagle Circaetus beaudouini N E VU   X AFBID XENO
Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus Y FC LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens Y UC LC   X N X AFBID XENO
Bateleur Terathiopius ecaudatus Y C NT   X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Bat Hawk Macheriamphus alcinus Y FC LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Cassin’s Hawk Eagle Aquila africana Y UC LC   X X AFBID XENO
Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax Y C LC   X X X X X AFBID XENO
Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis Y E LC   X AFBID XENO
African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster Y UC LC   X AFBID XENO
Verreaux’s Eagle Aquila verreauxii N E LC   X X AFBID XENO
Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus Y E LC   X AFBID XENO
Ayres’s Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii Y SC LC   X AFBID XENO
Wahlberg’s Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Long-crested Eagle Icinaetus occipitalis Y C LC   X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Lesser Spotted Eagle Icinaetus pomarinus Y C LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus Y FC NT   X X X O X AFBID XENO
Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus Y SC NT   X X O X AFBID XENO
Black Kite Milvus migrans Y E LC   AFBID XENO
Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius N VC ?   X X X X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer Y C LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis N E LC   X AFBID XENO
Augur Buzzard Buteo augur Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo Y VC LC   X X X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus Y C LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus Y FC LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar Y FC LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax methabates N E LC   O AFBID XENO
Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus Y FC LC   X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus Y UC NT   X X X AFBID XENO
Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus Y FC LC   X X X AFBID XENO
African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus Y FC LC   X X X X X AFBID XENO
African Goshawk Accipiter tachiro Y FC LC   X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Shikra Accipiter badius Y UC LC   X X AFBID XENO
Great Sparrowhawk Accipiter melanoleucus Y UC LC   X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Little Sparrowhawk Accipiter minullus Y FC LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Red-thighed Sparrowhawk Accipiter erythropus N E/VUC LC   X AFBID XENO
Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis Y SC LC   X X AFBID XENO
Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris Y FC LC   X X X X X AFBID XENO
Bustards Otididae
Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster Y C LC   X X AFBID XENO
Denham’s Bustard Ardeotis denhami Y SC NT   X AFBID XENO
Cranes Gruidae
Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum Y C EN   X X X X X AFBID XENO
Flufftails Sarothruridae
White-winged Flufftail Sarothrura ayresi N ? EN   ? NO AFBID XENO
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra Y VUC LC   X O AFBID XENO
Buff-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura elegans Y UC LC   X X X X O AFBID XENO
Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa Y FC LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Streaky-breasted Flufftail Sarothrura boehmi Y UC/E LC   X AFBID XENO
Finfoot Heliornithidae
African Finfoot Podica senegalensis Y UC LC   X X AFBID XENO
Rails, Crakes, Swamphens, Gallinules, Moorhens and Coots Rallidae
African Water Rail Rallus caerulescens Y UC LC   X X X X X AFBID XENO
African Crake Crex egregia Y FC LC   X X AFBID XENO
Corn Crake Crex crex N FC LC   X AFBID XENO
Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostra Y C LC   X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Baillon’s Crake Porzana pusilla Y UC LC   X X AFBID XENO
Striped Crake Aenigmatolimnas marginalis N E LC   X NO AFBID XENO
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio Y UC LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Allen’s Gallinule Porphyrio alleni Y UC LC   X X AFBID XENO
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Y C LC   X X X X X AFBID XENO
Lesser Moorhen Gallinula angulata Y UC LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata Y C LC   X X O AFBID XENO
Buttonquails Turnicidae
Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus Y C LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Black-rumped Buttonquail Turnix nanus Y S LC   X NO AFBID XENO
Thick-knees Burhinidae
Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus Y C LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis E LC   X AFBID XENO
Grey Plover Pluvialidae
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola N E LC   X X AFBID XENO
Stilts and Avocet Recurvirostridae
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Y C LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta N E LC   X AFBID XENO
Lapwings and Plovers Charadriidae
Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris Y C LC   X X AFBID XENO
Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus N E LC   X AFBID XENO
Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus sipnosus Y C LC   X X AFBID XENO
White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps N E LC   AFBID XENO
Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris Y FC LC   X X AFBID XENO
Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus N E LC   X AFBID XENO
Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus Y C LC   X X AFBID XENO
African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus Y C LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Brown-chested Lapwing Vanellus supersciliosus Y FC LC   X X AFBID XENO
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Y E LC   X X AFBID XENO
Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius N E LC   X AFBID XENO
Kittlitz’s Plover Charadrius pecurarius Y E LC   X X AFBID XENO
Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris Y FC LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Forbes’s Plover Charadrius forbesi N E LC   X X AFBID XENO
White-fronted Plover Charadrius marginatus Y E LC   AFBID XENO
Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus N E LC   X AFBID XENO
Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus Y FC LC   X AFBID XENO
Painted Snipe Rostratulidae
Greater Painted Snipe Rostratula benghalensis Y UC LC   X X AFBID XENO
Jacanas Jacanidae
Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis Y VUC LC   O   X AFBID XENO
African Jacana Actophilornis africanus Y C LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Whimbrel, Curlew, Godwit, Turnstone, Sandpiper, Knot, Stint, Snipe, Ruff, Redshank and Greenshank Scolopacidae
Whimbrel Numenius capensis Y E LC   AFBID XENO
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata N E NT   X AFBID XENO
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa N E NT   AFBID XENO
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres N E LC   X AFBID XENO
Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus N E LC   X AFBID XENO
Ruff Philomachus pugnax Y VC LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Sanderling Calidris alba Y E LC   X AFBID XENO
Red Knot Calidris canutus N E LC   AFBID XENO
Little Stint Calidris alba Y C LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Temminck’s Stint Calidris temminckii Y E LC   X AFBID XENO
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea Y UC LC   X X AFBID XENO
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus Y E LC   X AFBID XENO
Common Redshank Tringa totanus N E LC   X AFBID XENO
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Y C LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia Y C LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus Y C LC   X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola Y C LC   X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus N E LC   X AFBID XENO
African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis Y VUC LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago Y C LC   X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Great Snipe Gallinago media Y C NT   X X X AFBID XENO
Coursers and Pratincoles Glarolidae
Temminck’s Courser Cursorius temminckii Y C LC   X X AFBID XENO
Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus Y C LC   X X AFBID XENO
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola Y C LC   X AFBID XENO
Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni Y E NT   X AFBID XENO
Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis N E LC   AFBID XENO
Grey Pratincole Glareola cinerea N E LC   AFBID XENO
Skimmer, Gulls and Terns Laridae
African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris Y VUC NT   X X AFBID XENO
Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundas Y E LC   AFBID XENO
Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus Y FC LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Lesser Black-Backed Gull Larus fuscus Y E LC   X AFBID XENO
Gull-billed Tern gelochelidon nilotica Y S/E LC   X AFBID XENO
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia N E LC   X AFBID XENO
Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis N E LC   X AFBID XENO
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida N E LC   X X AFBID XENO
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus Y VC LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Black Tern Chlidonias niger N E LC   AFBID XENO
Pigeons and Doves Columbidae
Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea Y C LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta Y E LC   X AFBID XENO
African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix Y C LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Lemon Dove Columba larvata Y FC LC   X X AFBID XENO
Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens Y C LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens Y UC LC   X X AFBID XENO
Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata Y VC LC   X X X X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola Y VC LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Laughing Dove Splilopelia senegalensis Y VC LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur Afer Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos Y C LC   X N X AFBID XENO
Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Namaqua Dove Oena capensis Y E LC   X X AFBID XENO
African Green Pigeon Treron calvus Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Turacos, Plantain-eater, Go-away birds Musophagidae
Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata Y C LC   X X X X X AFBID XENO
Bare-faced Go-away Bird Corythaixoides personatus Y C LC   X X AFBID XENO
Eastern Grey Plantain-eater Crinifer zonurus Y C LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Ruwenzori Turaco Gallirex johnstoni Y C LC A X X X X AFBID XENO
Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus Y UC LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Ross’s Turaco Musophaga rossae Y C LC   X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Black-billed Turaco Tauraco schuetti Y C LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Coucals, Malkoha and Cuckoos Cuculidae
Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus Y C LC   X X X X X AFBID XENO
Black Coucal Centropus grillii Y FC LC   X X AFBID XENO
Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus Y C LC   X X X X X O AFBID XENO
Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Y E LC   X AFBID XENO
Levaillant’s Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus Y UC LC   X X AFBID XENO
Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti Y E LC   X AFBID XENO
Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Klaas’s Cuckoo Chrysococcyx Klaas Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus Y FC LC   X X X X O X O AFBID XENO
Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx montanus Y C LC   O X X X O AFBID XENO
Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosos Y FC LC   X X X X X X N X AFBID XENO
Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Madagascar Cuckoo Cuculus rochii Y S LC   X X AFBID XENO
African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis Y VUC LC   X X AFBID XENO
Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Barn Owl, Bay Owl Tytonidae
Western Barn Owl Tyto alba Y C LC   X X X X N X X AFBID XENO
African Grass Owl Tyto capensis Y UC LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Congo Bay Owl Phodilus prigoginei N ? EN A ? NO AFBID XENO
Owls Strigidae
African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis Y C LC   X X AFBID XENO
Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti Y UC ?   X AFBID XENO
Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus Y C LC   X X X X X AFBID XENO
Fraser’s Eagle-Owl Bubo poensis Y UC LC   X AFBID XENO
Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl Bubo lacteus Y UC LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Pel’s Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli Y VUC LC   X AFBID XENO
African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum Y C LC   X X AFBID XENO
Red-chested Owlet Glaucidium tephronotum Y FC LC   X X AFBID XENO
African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense N E LC   X AFBID XENO
Albertine Owlet Glaucidium albertinum Y VUC VU A X NO AFBID XENO
Abyssinian Owl Asio abyssinicus Y E LC   X AFBID XENO
Marsh Owl Asio capensis Y C LC   X X AFBID XENO
Chestnut Owlet (ON ABC LIST) Glaucidium castanetum Y LC   AFBID NA
Nightjars Caprimulgidae
European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus Y E LC   X AFBID XENO
Black-shouldered Nightjar Caprimulgus nigriscapularis Y VUC LC   O AFBID XENO
Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis N VUC LC   X AFBID XENO
Ruwenzori Nightjar Caprimulgus ruwenzorii Y C LC A X X X X AFBID XENO
Swamp Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis Y C LC   X X AFBID XENO
Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma Y UC LC   X AFBID XENO
Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus N VUC LC   X AFBID XENO
Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii Y C LC   X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Pennant-winged Nightjar Macrodipteryx vexillarius Y FC LC   X X X X X AFBID XENO
Swifts and Spinetails Apodidae
Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus Y VC LC   X X X X NO AFBID XENO
Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri N VUC LC   ? AFBID XENO
African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus Y C LC   X ? X AFBID XENO
Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba Y UC LC   X X AFBID XENO
Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis Y UC LC   X X AFBID XENO
Common Swift Apus apus Y VC LC   X X X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
African Black Swift Apus barbatus Y UC LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Little Swift Apus affinis Y VC LC   X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Horus Swift Apus horus Y VSC LC   X O AFBID XENO
White-rumped Swift Apus caffer Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Mousebirds Coliidae
Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus Y VC LC   X X X X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus Y C LC   X X AFBID XENO
Trogons Trogonidae
Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina Y FC LC   X X X X X X X N X X AFBID XENO
Bar-tailled Trogon Apaloderma vittatum Y UC LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Rollers Coraciidae
Purple Roller Coracias naevius N E LC   X O AFBID XENO
Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus Y C LC   X X X X X X AFBID XENO
European Roller Coracias garrulus N C NT   X X X X AFBID XENO
Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus Y E LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Kingfishers Alcedinidae
African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta Y UC LC   X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus Y C LC   X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Shining-blue Kingfisher Alcedo quadribrachys Y EIR LC   X O AFBID XENO
Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata N E LC   O AFBID XENO
Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima Y S LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis Y VC LC   X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala Y C LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris N E LC   O AFBID XENO
Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti Y C LC   X AFBID XENO
Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica N E LC   X AFBID XENO
Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis Y C LC   X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Bee-eaters Meropidae
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus N E LC   AFBID XENO
Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus Y C LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Blue-breasted Bee-eater Merops variegatus Y VSC LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Cinnammon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides Y VUC LC   AFBID XENO
White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis Y UC LC   X AFBID XENO
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus Y VC LC   X X AFBID XENO
Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus Y UC LC   X AFBID XENO
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster Y VC LC   X X X X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Southern Carmine Bee-eater Merops hirundineus Y C LC   X AFBID XENO
Hoopoes Upupidae
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops Y E LC   O AFBID XENO
African Hoopoe Upupa africana N C LC   X X AFBID XENO
Wood Hoopoes and Scimitarbills Phoeniculidae
Forest Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus castaneiceps Y VUC LC   X AFBID XENO
White-headed Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus bollei Y C LC   O X X X X AFBID XENO
Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus Y C LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas Y C LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Hornbills Bucerotidae
Crowned Hornbill Tockus alboterminatus Y C LC   X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
African Grey Hornbill Tockus nasutus Y C LC   X X AFBID XENO
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus Y C LC   O X AFBID XENO
Ground-Hornbill Bucorvidae
Southern Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri Y UC VU   X AFBID XENO
Barbets and Tinkerbirds Lybiidae
Grey-throated Barbet Gymnobucco bonapartei Y FC LC   X X AFBID XENO
Western Tinkerbird Pogoniulus coryphaea Y UC LC   X X X X X AFBID XENO
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus Y C LC   O X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus Y FC LC   X X AFBID XENO
Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa Y C LC   X X X X X AFBID XENO
White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus N E LC   ? AFBID XENO
Red-faced Barbet Lybius rubrifacies Y C NT V X X AFBID XENO
Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus Y FC LC   X X AFBID XENO
Double-toothed Barbet Lybius bidentatus Y FC LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Yellow-billed Barbet Trachyphonus purpuratus Y VUC LC   X AFBID XENO
Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii Y UC LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Honeyguides Indicatoridae
Green-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae N E LC   X AFBID XENO
Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus Y UC LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Dwarf Honeyguide Indicator pumilio Y VUC NT A X X AFBID XENO
Willcock’s Honeyguide Indicator willcocksi Y VUC LC   X X AFBID XENO
Least Honeyguide Indicator exilis Y UC LC   X AFBID XENO
Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor Y FC LC   X X X N X X AFBID XENO
Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus Y FC LC   X X N X AFBID XENO
Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator Y C LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Wrynecks and Woodpeckers Picidae
Red-throated Wryneck Jynx ruficollis Y UC LC   X AFBID XENO
Bennett’s Woodpecker Campethera bennettii Y C LC   X X AFBID XENO
Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni Y FC LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera cailliautii Y FC LC   X N X AFBID XENO
Tullberg’s Woodpecker Campethera tullbergi Y FC LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Campethera nivosa Y VUC LC   X O AFBID XENO
Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Speckle-breasted Woodpecker Dendropicos poecilolaemus Y VUC LC   O AFBID XENO
Bearded Woodpecker Dendropicos namaquus Y UC LC   X N X AFBID XENO
Elliot’s Woodpecker Dendropicos elliotii Y FC LC   X AFBID XENO
African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae Y FC LC   X N X X AFBID XENO
Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus Y FC LC   X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Falcons, Hobbys, Kestrels Falconidae
Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus N E LC   O AFBID XENO
Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni Y FC LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus Y C LC   X N X X AFBID XENO
Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera Y FC LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus Y E NT   X AFBID XENO
Amur Falcon Falco amurensis Y E LC   X AFBID XENO
Eleonora’s Falcon Falco eleonorae N E LC   X AFBID XENO
Sooty Falcon Falco concolor Y E NT   X AFBID XENO
Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
African Hobby Falco cuvierii Y FC LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus Y FC LC   X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Y UC LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Lovebirds and parrots Psittacidae
Red-headed Lovebird Agapornis pullarius Y VUC LC   X O AFBID XENO
Fischer’s Lovebird Agapornis fischeri N E LC   O AFBID XENO
Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus Y S LC   X X AFBID XENO
Cape Parrot Poicephalus robustus Y UC LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Meyer’s Parrot Poicephalus meyeri Y C LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Broadbill Calyptomenidae
African Broadbill Smithornis capensis Y UC LC   X O X AFBID XENO
Pitta Pittidae
African Pitta Pitta angolensis Y UC LC   X AFBID XENO
Batises and Wattle-eyes Platysteiridae
Ruwenzori Batis Batis diops Y C LC A X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Chinspot Batis Batis molitor Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea Y FC LC   X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata Y VUC LC   X AFBID XENO
Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye Platysteira concreta Y UC LC   X AFBID XENO
Western Black-headed Batis (ON ABC LIST) Batis erlangeri Y LC   AFBID XENO
Helmetshrikes Prionopidae
White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus Y C LC   X X AFBID XENO
Rufous-bellied Helmetshrike Prionops rufiventris N E ?   AFBID XENO
Bushshrikes, Tchagras, Puffbacks, Boubous, Gonoleks and Brubru Malaconotidae
Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti Y UC LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Lagden’s Bushshrike Malaconotus lagdeni Y UC NT   X X X X AFBID XENO
Many-coloured Bushshrike Chlorophoneus multicolor Y FC LC   X X NO AFBID XENO
Bocage’s Bushshrike Chlorophoneus bocagei N E LC   AFBID XENO
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus Y C LC   X N X X AFBID XENO
Doherty’s Bushshrike Telophorus dohertyi Y C LC   X X X X X AFBID XENO
Marsh Tchagra Bocagia minuta Y C LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus Y C LC   X X AFBID XENO
Pink-footed Puffback Dryoscopus angolensis Y C LC   X AFBID XENO
Red-eyed Puffback Dryoscopus senegalensis Y VUC/EIR LC   X AFBID XENO
Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla Y C LC   X X AFBID XENO
Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis Y C LC   O X X X X X AFBID XENO
Mountain Sooty Boubou Laniarius poensis Y C LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Willard’s Sooty Boubou Laniarius willardi N ? ? A ? AFBID XENO
Slate-coloured Boubou Laniarius funebris Y C LC   X AFBID XENO
Lühder’s Bushshrike Laniarius luehderi Y C LC   X X X X O AFBID XENO
Tropical Boubou Laniarius major Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Papyrus Gonolek Laniarius mufumbiri Y C NT V X X X AFBID XENO
Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster Y C LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Brubru Nilus afer Y C LC   X X AFBID XENO
Cuckooshrikes Camephagidae
Grey Cuckooshrike Coracina caesia Y C LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
White-breasted Cuckooshrike Coracina pectoralis N VUC LC   X AFBID XENO
Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea N E LC   X AFBID XENO
Petit’s Cuckooshrike Campephaga petiti N VUC LC   X AFBID XENO
Shrikes and Fiscals Laniidae
Souza’s Shrike Lanius souzae Y UC LC   X AFBID XENO
Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio Y C LC   X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides N E LC   X Not on AFBID XENO
MacKinnon’s Shrike Lanius Mackinnoni Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X X O X AFBID XENO
Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor Y C LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Grey-Backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides Y VC LC   X X X X X AFBID XENO
Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis Y C LC   X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Isabelline Shrike (ON ABC LIST) Lanius isabelinus Y LC   AFBID XENO
Orioles Oriolidae
Euraisan Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus Y UC LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus Y FC LC   X X X X X AFBID XENO
Mountain Oriole Oriolus percivali Y C LC   X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus Y C LC   X X AFBID XENO
Drongos Dicuridae
Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis Y C LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Velvet-mantled Drongo Dicrurus modestus N FC ?   X X AFBID XENO
Paradise and Mantled Flycatchers Monarchidae  
Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas Y FC LC   X X X ? X AFBID XENO
African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Crows and Ravens Corvidae
Pied Crow Corvus albus Y VC LC   X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis Y C LC   X X X X X AFBID XENO
Hyliotas Hyliotidae
Yellow-bellied Hyliota Hyliota flavigaster Y VUC LC   AFBID XENO
Violet-backed Hyliota Hyliota violacea Y FC LC   X AFBID XENO
Blue and Crested Flycatchers Stenostiridae
White-tailed Blue Flycatcher Elminia albicauda Y C LC   X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
White-bellied Crested Flycatcher Elminia albiventris Y FC LC   O X AFBID XENO
White-tailed Crested Flycatcher Elminia albonotata Y FC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Tits Paridae
White-winged Black Tit Melaniparus leucomelas Y C LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Dusky Tit Melaniparus funereus Y FC LC   X AFBID XENO
Stripe-breasted Tit Melaniparus fasciiventer Y FC LC A X X X X X AFBID XENO
Pendilune Tit Remizidae
Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli Y FC LC   X X AFBID XENO
Larks Alaudidae
Rufous-naped Lark Mirafra africana Y C LC   X X X X X AFBID XENO
Flappet Lark Mirafra rufocinnamomea Y C LC   X X AFBID XENO
Dusky Lark Pinarocorys nigricans N E LC   X AFBID XENO
Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea Y C LC   X X AFBID XENO
Bulbul, Greenbul and Leaflove Pycnonotidae
Dark-capped Bulbul Pycnonotus tricolor Y VC LC   X X X X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Kakamega Greenbul Arizelocichla kakamegae N UC LC   X AFBID XENO
Olive-breasted Greenbul Arizelocichla kikuyuensis Y C LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Slender-billed Greenbul Stelgidillas gracilirostris Y FC LC   X X X X X O AFBID XENO
Little Greenbul Eurillas virens Y EIR LC   O AFBID XENO
Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris Y UC LC   X AFBID XENO
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Eurillas latirostris Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Yellow-throated Leaflove Atimastillas flavicollis Y FC LC   X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Red-tailed Leaflove Phyllastrephus scandens Y EIR LC   O AFBID XENO
Cabanis’s Greenbul Phyllastrephus cabanisi Y C LC   X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus Y C LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Black-collared Greenbul Neolestes torquatus N EIR LC   AFBID XENO
Saw-wings, Martins and Swallows Hirundinidae
White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps Y C LC   X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera Y VC LC   X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga Y C LC   X X AFBID XENO
Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola Y FC LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Sand Martin Riparia riparia Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Banded Martin Riparia cincta Y C LC   X X AFBID XENO
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Y VC LC   X X X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo Smithii Y FC LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Blue Swallow Hirundo atrocaerulea N E VU   AFBID XENO
Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula Y FC LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Common House Martin Delichon urbicum Y FC LC   X X X X X AFBID XENO
Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa N E LC   AFBID XENO
Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis Y FC LC   X X AFBID XENO
Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica Y C LC   X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Warblers, Crombecs, Chiffchaff, Cisticolas, Prinia, Apalis, Camaroptera, Wren-warbler, Eremomelas, Blackcap, Whitethroat and Hill Babbler
Macrosphenidae
Grauer’s Warbler Graueria vittata Y FC LC A X AFBID XENO
Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis Y C LC   X X AFBID XENO
Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii Y C LC   X X AFBID XENO
White-browed Crombec Sylvietta leucophrys Y C LC   X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Cettiidae
Neumann’s Warbler Hemitesia neumanni Y C LC A X X NO AFBID XENO
Phylloscopidae
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus Y VC LC   X X X X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Y E LC   X AFBID XENO
Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix E LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Red-faced Woodland Warbler Seicercus laetus Y C LC A X X X X AFBID XENO
Brown Woodland Warbler Seicercus umbrovirens Y C LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Acrocephalidae
Papyrus Yellow Warbler Calamonastides gracilirostris Y S VU V X X AFBID XENO
Dark-capped Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis Y UC LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida Y UC LC   X AFBID XENO
Mountain Yellow Warbler Iduna similis Y C LC   X X X X X AFBID XENO
Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina Y FC LC   X AFBID XENO
Sedge Warbler Calamodus schoenobaenus Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
African Reed Warbler Notiocichla baeticata y E LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Marsh Warbler Notiocichla palustris Y FC LC   O X AFBID XENO
Eurasian Reed Warbler Notiocichla scirpacea Y VC LC   X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Y E LC   AFBID XENO
Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris Y UC LC   X X AFBID XENO
Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens Y C LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Locustellidae
Broad-tailed Warbler Schoenicola brevirostris Y C LC   X X AFBID XENO
Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala Y C LC   X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Grauer’s Swamp Warbler Bradypterus graueri Y C EN A X X X AFBID XENO
White-winged Swamp Warbler Bradypterus carpalis Y C LC V X X X X AFBID XENO
Evergreen Forest Warbler Bradypterus lopezi Y UC LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Cinnamon Bracken Warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus Y C LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Cisticolidae
Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops Y C LC   X X X X X AFBID XENO
Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans Y UC LC   O AFBID XENO
Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami Y VC LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Chubb’s Cisticola Cisticola chubbi Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X X O X X AFBID XENO
Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola emini Y VUC LC   X AFBID XENO
Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus Y C LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Carruthers’s Cisticola Cisticola carruthersi Y C LC V X X X AFBID XENO
Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus Y VC LC   X X AFBID XENO
Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis Y C LC   X X AFBID XENO
Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus Y C LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Long-tailed Cisticola Cisticola angusticauda Y C LC   X AFBID XENO
Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis Y VC LC   X X AFBID XENO
Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii Y C LC   X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava Y C LC   X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Banded Prinia Prinia bairdii Y C LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
White-chinned Prinia Schistolais leucopogon Y FC LC   X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Ruwenzori Apalis Oreolais ruwenzorii Y C LC A X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella Y C LC   X X AFBID XENO
Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida Y C LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Mountain Masked Apalis Apalis personata Y C LC A X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Black-throated Apalis Apalis jacksoni Y C LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Chestnut-throated Apalis Apalis porphyrolaema Y VC LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Kungwe Apalis Apalis argentea N C ? A X X NO AFBID XENO
Grey Apalis Apalis cinerea Y C LC   X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida Y C LC   X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Grey-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brevicaudata N VC LC   X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Olive-Green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota Y EIR LC   O AFBID XENO
Miombo Wren-warbler Calamonastes undosus Y C LC   X X AFBID XENO
Black-faced Rufous Warbler Bathmocercus rufus Y FC LC   X AFBID XENO
Green-backed Eremomela Eremomela canescens N E LC   X AFBID XENO
Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops Y C LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis Y UC LC   X AFBID XENO
Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura Y   AFBID XENO
Sylviidae
Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla N UC LC   AFBID XENO
Garden Warbler Sylvia borin Y C LC   X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Common Whitethroat Sylvia communis N E LC   AFBID XENO
Ruwenzori Hill Babbler Pseudoalcippe atriceps N C ?   X X X X X X AFBID XENO
African Hill Babbler (ON ABC LIST) Pseudoalcippe abyssinica Y LC   AFBID XENO
White-eye Zosteropidae
African Yellow White-eye Zosterops Senegalensis Y VC LC   X X X X X X X X X O X X AFBID XENO
Illadopsis Pellorneidae
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens N VUC LC   X AFBID XENO
Mountain Illadopsis Illadopsis pyrrhoptera Y C LC   O X X X X X X O AFBID XENO
Babblers Leicothrichidae
Red-collared Babbler Kupeornis rufocinctus Y FC NT A X AFBID XENO
Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei Y C LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii Y C LC   X X X X X AFBID XENO
Hartlaub’s Babbler Turdoides hartlaubii Y VUC LC   AFBID XENO
Creeper Certhiidae
Spotted Creeper Salpornis salvadori N E LC   X AFBID XENO
Oxpecker Buphagidae
Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus Y C LC   O O O O O X AFBID XENO
Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythrorhynchus Y C LC   X AFBID XENO
Starlings Sturnidae
Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea Y VC LC   X X AFBID XENO
Rüppell’s Starling Lamprotornis purpuropterus Y VC LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus Y ? LC   X X AFBID XENO
Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus Y VC LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster Y VC LC   X X X X X AFBID XENO
Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris Y UC LC   X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Waller’s Starling Onychognathus walleri Y VC LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Stuhlmann’s Starling Poeoptera stuhlmanni Y FC LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Sharpe’s Starling Poeoptera sharpii Y FC LC   X X X X X AFBID XENO
Thrushes Turdidae
White-tailed Rufous Thrush Neocossyphus poensis N UC LC   X X AFBID XENO
Kivu Ground Thrush Geokichla tanganjicae N UC ? A X X X X X AFBID ???
African Thrush Turdus pelios Y C LC   X X X X X X X X ? AFBID XENO
Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus Y C LC   X X X X X AFBID XENO
Abyssinian Ground Thrush (ON ABC LIST) Zoothera piaggiae Y LC   AFBID XENO
Olive Thrush  (ON ABC LIST) Turdus olivaceus Y LC   AFBID XENO
Scrub Robins, Flycatchers, Robin-chats, Robins, Alethes, Rock Thrushes, Akalat, Redstart, Whinchat, Stonechat, Chats, Wheatears Muscicapidae
Brown-backed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas hartlaubi Y UC LC   X X N X AFBID XENO
White-browed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas leucophrys Y C LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher Melaenornis ardesiacus Y C LC A X AFBID XENO
Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina Y UC LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Pale Flycatcher Bradornis pallidus Y C LC   X X AFBID XENO
Grey-tit Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea Y UC LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens Y FC LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica Y C LC   X X X X X AFBID XENO
Cassin’s Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini N VUC LC   X AFBID XENO
African Dusky Flycatcher Melaenornis adusta Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffra Y C LC   X X X X X AFBID XENO
Archer’s Ground Robin Dessonornis archeri Y C LC A X X X X AFBID XENO
White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata Y C LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
White-bellied Robin-Chat Cossyphicula roberti Y FC LC   X AFBID XENO
Red-throated Alethe Pseudalethe poliophrys Y C LC A X X X X AFBID XENO
Brown-chested Alethe Pseudalethe poliocephala Y VUC LC   X X AFBID XENO
White Browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini Y VC LC   X X X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat Cossypha cyanocampter N VUC LC   X AFBID XENO
Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis Y C LC   X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla Y FC LC   X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Eastern Forest Robin Stiphrornis xanthogaster Y VUC ?   X AFBID XENO
Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata N E LC   AFBID XENO
Equatorial Akalat Sheppardia aequatorialis Y C LC   X X X X X AFBID XENO
Grey-winged Robin-Chat Sheppardia polioptera Y VUC LC   X X O AFBID XENO
Collared Flycatcher Ficedula albicollis Y E LC   X X AFBID XENO
Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata N C NT   X X AFBID XENO
Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus E LC   X AFBID XENO
Miombo Rock Thrush Monticola angolensis Y S LC   AFBID XENO
Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis E LC   O AFBID XENO
Whinchat Saxicola rubetra Y C/VC LC   X X X AFBID XENO
African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X O X X AFBID XENO
Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris Y UC LC   X AFBID XENO
Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra Y VC LC   X X AFBID XENO
Ruaha Chat Myrmecocichla collaris Y C LC   X X X X X AFBID XENO
Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe Y C LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina N E LC   X AFBID XENO
Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris Y FC LC   X X AFBID XENO
Kakamega Promeropidae
Grey-chested Kakamega Kakamega poliothorax Y FC LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Sunbirds Nectariniidae
Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei N E LC   AFBID XENO
Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi Y VUC LC   X AFBID XENO
Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris Y C LC   O X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema Y VUC LC   X AFBID XENO
Blue-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra alinae Y C LC A X X X X AFBID XENO
Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea N FC LC   X X X O AFBID XENO
Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens Y E LC   X AFBID XENO
Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina N VUC LC   AFBID XENO
Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Bronzy Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X X O X X AFBID XENO
Purple-breasted Sunbird Nectarinia purpureiventris Y C LC A X X X AFBID XENO
Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa Y C LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Scarlet-tufted Sunbird Nectarinia johnstoni Y FC LC   X AFBID XENO
Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius Y C LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Ruwenzori Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris stuhlmanni Y C LC A X X X X AFBID XENO
Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi Y C LC   X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Regal Sunbird Cinnyris regius Y C LC A X X X X AFBID XENO
Rockefeller’s Sunbird Cinnyris rockefelleri N VUC VU A X NO AFBID XENO
Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus N E LC   X AFBID XENO
Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis Y VC LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Red-chested Sunbird Cinnyris erythrocercus Y C LC   X X X X X AFBID XENO
Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus Y VUC LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus Y C LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Eastern Violet-Backed Sunbird (ON ABC LIST) Anthreptes orientalis Y LC   AFBID XENO
Western Olive Sunbird (ON ABC LIST) Cyanomitra obscura Y LC   AFBID ???
Weavers, Queleas, Bishops and Widowbirds Ploceidae
Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger N E LC   X AFBID XENO
Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons Y FC LC   X X X X X AFBID XENO
Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht Y VC LC   X X X X X X X X X X O X X AFBID XENO
Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni Y VC LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis Y C LC   X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis Y FC LC   X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Strange Weaver Ploceus alienus Y C LC A X X X X AFBID XENO
Black-billed Weaver Ploceus melanogaster Y ? LC   X X X O AFBID XENO
Holub’s Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops Y C LC   X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Northern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus castanops Y C LC V X X X X AFBID XENO
Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius Y C LC   X X AFBID XENO
Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus Y VC LC   X X X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Vieillot’s Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus Y VC LC   X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus Y VC LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Compact Weaver Ploceus superciliosus Y FC LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor Y C LC   X AFBID XENO
Brown-capped Weaver Ploceus insignis Y FC LC   X X AFBID XENO
Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes melanotis Y C LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis Y VC LC   X AFBID XENO
Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops Y UC LC   AFBID XENO
Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea Y VC LC   X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus Y VUC LC   N X AFBID XENO
Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix N C LC   X X X X X AFBID XENO
Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis Y C LC   X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris Y VC LC   X X X X X AFBID XENO
White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus Y VC LC   X X AFBID XENO
Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens Y VC LC   X X X X X AFBID XENO
Mannikins, Waxbills, Quail-finch, Cordon-bleu, Bluebill, Twinspots, Pytilias, Firefinches, Oliveback, Crimsonwings Estrildidae
Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata Y VC LC   X X X X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor Y C LC   X X X X X N X X AFBID XENO
Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava Y UC LC   X AFBID XENO
Black-chinned Quailfinch Ortygospiza gabonensis Y C LC   X X X AFBID ???
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Red-headed Bluebill Spermophaga ruficapilla Y UC LC   X N AFBID XENO
Dusky Twinspot Euschistospiza cinereovinacea Y FC LC   X X X X AFBID XENO
Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus Y VUC LC   X X AFBID XENO
Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra Y UC LC   AFBID XENO
Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba Y C LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata Y UC LC   X X O X X AFBID XENO
Grey-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus Y C LC   X X X X X X O AFBID XENO
White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus Y C LC   X AFBID XENO
Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia Y C LC   X X X X X X X X O X X AFBID XENO
White-collared Oliveback Nesocharis ansorgei Y UC LC V X O X AFBID XENO
Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula Y VUC LC   X AFBID XENO
Dusky Crimsonwing Cryptospiza jacksoni Y C LC A X X X X AFBID XENO
Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii Y UC LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Abyssinian Crimsonwing Cryptospiza salvadorii Y UC LC   X AFBID XENO
Shelley’s Crimsonwing Cryptospiza shelleyi Y UC VU A X X X X X NO AFBID XENO
Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X N X X X AFBID XENO
Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda Y VUC LC   AFBID XENO
Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga Y FC LC   X X AFBID XENO
Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Black-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula Y C LC   X X X X X X X X N O X X AFBID XENO
Kandt’s Waxbill Estrilda kandti N C LC   X X X X X AFBID XENO
Black-faced Waxbill Estrilda erythronotos Y UC LC   X X AFBID XENO
Black-headed Waxbill (ON ABC LIST) Estrilda atricapilla Y LC   AFBID XENO
Indigobirds, Whydas and Cuckoo Finch Viduidae
Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata Y C LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua obtusa N UC LC   AFBID XENO
Cuckoo-finch Anomalospiza imberbis Y S LC   X X AFBID XENO
Sparrows Passeridae
House Sparrow Passer domesticus N ? LC   X X AFBID XENO
Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus Y VC LC   X X X X X AFBID XENO
Wagtails, Pipits and Longclaws Motacillidae
Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava Y VC LC   X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea Y UC LC   X X AFBID XENO
Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara Y UC LC   X X X AFBID XENO
White Wagtail Motacilla alba Y E LC   X AFBID XENO
African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus Y C LC   X X X AFBID XENO
African (Grassland) Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus Y C ?   X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis N UC LC   X X AFBID XENO
Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys Y C LC   X X AFBID XENO
Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis Y C LC   X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Y UC LC   X AFBID XENO
Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris Y S LC   X AFBID XENO
Short-tailed Pipit Anthus brachyurus N VUC LC   X NO AFBID XENO
Woodland Pipit (ON ABC LIST) Anthus nyassae Y ?   AFBID XENO
Oriole Finch, Canaries, Citril, Seed-eaters Fringillidae
Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus Y UC LC   X AFBID XENO
Thick-billed Seedeater Crithagra burtoni Y FC LC   X X X X X X X O X X AFBID XENO
Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata Y C LC   X X X X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata Y C LC   X X X X X AFBID XENO
Western Citril Dendrospiza frontalis Y VC LC   X X X X X X X X X X O X X AFBID XENO
Papyrus Canary Dendrospiza koliensis Y FC LC V X X AFBID XENO
Yellow-fronted Canary Ochrospiza mozambica Y C LC   X X X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Black-throated Seed-eater Ochrospiza atrogularis Y C/VC LC   X X X AFBID XENO
Yellow-crowned Canary Serinus flavivertex N C LC   X X X X X AFBID XENO
Cape Canary (ON ABC LIST) Serinus canicollis Y   AFBID XENO
Buntings Emberizidae
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi Y C LC   X X AFBID XENO
Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris Y C LC   X X X X X X AFBID XENO
Cabanis’s Bunting Emberiza cabanisi Y UC LC   X AFBID XENO

THIS BIRD LIST IS THE WORK OF JAMES W T HOGG based on the excellent work undertaken by Jean Pierre and Gael Ruboneka Vande Weghe in their publication: “Birds in Rwanda – An Atlas and Handbook” Published by the Rwanda Development Board (RDB)  2011. Including links to images on the African Bird Image Database and sounds from Xeno Canto.

Scientific and English names used in the sheet may not match those in  Birds of East Africa, AFBID and Xeno Canto. However, the correct species has been linked to in each case.

Where there is no sound recorded on Xeno Canto the page is still linked for the future and the distibution maps are useful.

Names:

English Names use IOC World Bird List, version 2.7 (Gill & Donsker. 2010). With one exception, the Grey-chested Kakamega.

Scientific Names mostly use the IOC World Bird List, version 2.7 (Gill & Donsker. 2010). With additional information from recent publications and some species not accepted by the IOC are accepted here.

For more detailed information of Rwanda’s bird life and distribution data please refer to:

“Birds in Rwanda – An Atlas and Handbook” – Vande Weghe & Vande Weghe. Published by the Rwanda Development Board (RDB)  2011 ISBN 978-2-7466-3490-9

 

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