Volcanoes National Park Bird Checklist.
Volcanoes National Park is the premium and most sought after Rwanda safari destination that thousands of travelers get to visit every single year. Volcanoes National Park is famous for hosting the endangered mountain gorillas that travelers encounter while on a Rwanda gorilla trekking safari, as well as golden monkeys, which perfectly complement the silverbacks of the mountain gorillas.
Apart from primates in Volcanoes National Park, birds are another major attraction that travelers get to see while on a Rwanda safari in Volcanoes National Park. For an avid birder, below is a complete Volcanoes National Park bird checklist to use and tick off as you find the different birds in the park.
| ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae | ||
| Hottentot Teal | Spatula hottentota | |
| African Black Duck | Anas sparsa | |
| Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata | |
| GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae | ||
| Handsome Francolin | Pternistis nobilis | |
| PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Podicipedidae | ||
| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae | ||
| Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
| African Olive Pigeon | Columba arquatrix | |
| Dusky Turtle Dove | Streptopelia lugens | |
| Mourning Collared Dove | Streptopelia decipiens | |
| Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | |
| Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | |
| Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis | |
| African Green Pigeon | Treron calvus | |
| Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria | |
| CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Apodidae | ||
| Scarce Swift | Schoutedenapus myoptilus | |
| African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | |
| Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | |
| White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | |
| Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
| African Swift | Apus barbatus | |
| CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae | ||
| Blue-headed Coucal | Centropus monachus | |
| Levaillant’s Cuckoo | Clamator levaillantii | |
| Klaas’s Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | |
| African Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx cupreus | |
| Diederick Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | |
| Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo | Cercococcyx montanus | |
| Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius | |
| GRUIFORMES: Rallidae | ||
| Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra | |
| Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata | |
| GRUIFORMES: Gruidae | ||
| Grey Crowned Crane | Balearica regulorum | Endangered |
| MUSOPHAGIFORMES: Musophagidae | ||
| Ruwenzori Turaco | Gallirex johnstoni | |
| Black-billed Turaco | Tauraco schuettii | |
| Ross’s Turaco | Tauraco rossae | |
| PELECANIFORMES: Ciconiidae | ||
| Marabou | Leptoptilos crumenifer | |
| Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | |
| European White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
| PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae | ||
| Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens | |
| PELECANIFORMES: Scopidae | ||
| Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | |
| PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae | ||
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | |
| Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath | |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae | ||
| African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | |
| Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | |
| PELECANIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae | ||
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae | ||
| Three-banded Plover | Charadrius tricollaris | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae | ||
| African Snipe | Gallinago nigripennis | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae | ||
| Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
| ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae | ||
| Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| European Honey Buzzard | Pernis apivorus | |
| African Harrier Hawk | Polyboroides typus | |
| Palm-nut Vulture | Gypohierax angolensis | |
| Brown Snake Eagle | Circaetus cinereus | |
| White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis | Critically endangered |
| Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus | Critically endangered |
| Crowned Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus | Near-threatened |
| Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | Endangered |
| Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis | |
| Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | Vulnerable |
| African Hawk Eagle | Aquila spilogaster | |
| Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus | |
| African Marsh Harrier | Circus ranivorus | |
| Little Sparrowhawk | Accipiter minullus | |
| Ovambo Sparrowhawk | Accipiter ovampensis | |
| Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk | Accipiter rufiventris | |
| Black Sparrowhawk | Accipiter melanoleucus | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur | |
| Eurasian Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
| Mountain Buzzard | Buteo oreophilus | Near-threatened |
| STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae | ||
| Common Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
| STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae | ||
| African Long-eared Owl | Asio abyssinicus | Rare/Accidental |
| COLIIFORMES: Coliidae | ||
| Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | |
| BUCEROTIFORMES: Bucerotidae | ||
| Crowned Hornbill | Tockus alboterminatus | |
| PICIFORMES: Picidae | ||
| Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | |
| Olive Woodpecker | Mesopicos griseocephalus | |
| PICIFORMES: Ramphastidae | ||
| Western Green Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus coryphaea | |
| Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus bilineatus | |
| Spot-flanked Barbet | Tricholaema lacrymosa | |
| Double-toothed Barbet | Pogonornis bidentatus | |
| CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae | ||
| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
| Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater | Merops lafresnayii | |
| Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | |
| CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae | ||
| African Pygmy Kingfisher | Ispidina picta | |
| Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
| FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae | ||
| Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
| African Hobby | Falco cuvierii | |
| Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
| PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae | ||
| Brown-necked Parrot | Poicephalus robustus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae | ||
| Black Cuckooshrike | Campephaga flava | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Platysteiridae | ||
| Ruwenzori Batis | Batis diops | |
| Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor | |
| Brown-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira cyanea | |
| Black-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira peltata | Rare/Accidental |
| PASSERIFORMES: Malaconotidae | ||
| Lagden’s Bush-shrike | Malaconotus lagdeni | Near-threatened |
| Northern Puffback | Dryoscopus gambensis | |
| Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis | |
| Mountain Sooty Boubou | Laniarius poensis | |
| Albertine Sooty Boubou | Laniarius holomelas | |
| Lühder’s Bush-shrike | Laniarius luehderi | |
| Tropical Boubou | Laniarius aethiopicus | |
| Doherty’s Bush-shrike | Telophorus dohertyi | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae | ||
| Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae | ||
| Mackinnon’s Shrike | Lanius mackinnoni | |
| Grey-backed Fiscal | Lanius excubitoroides | |
| Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae | ||
| White-necked Raven | Corvus albicollis | |
| Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae | ||
| African Paradise-flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae | ||
| Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris | |
| Green-headed Sunbird | Cyanomitra verticalis | |
| Blue-headed Sunbird | Cyanomitra alinae | |
| Olive Sunbird | Cyanomitra olivacea | |
| Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis | |
| Bronzy Sunbird | Nectarinia kilimensis | |
| Malachite Sunbird | Nectarinia famosa | |
| Scarlet-tufted Sunbird | Nectarinia johnstoni | |
| Olive-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris chloropygius | |
| Ruwenzori Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris stuhlmanni | |
| Northern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris reichenowi | |
| Regal Sunbird | Cinnyris regius | |
| Mariqua Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis | |
| Red-chested Sunbird | Cinnyris erythrocercus | |
| Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus | |
| Copper Sunbird | Cinnyris cupreus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae | ||
| Yellow Bishop | Euplectes capensis | |
| Fan-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes axillaris | |
| Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht | |
| Slender-billed Weaver | Ploceus pelzelni | |
| Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis | |
| Black-necked Weaver | Ploceus nigricollis | |
| Strange Weaver | Ploceus alienus | |
| Holub’s Weaver | Ploceus xanthops | |
| Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | |
| Black-headed Weaver | Ploceus melanocephalus | |
| Dark-backed Weaver | Ploceus bicolor | |
| Brown-capped Weaver | Ploceus insignis | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae | ||
| Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | |
| African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata | |
| Red-headed Bluebill | Spermophaga ruficapilla | |
| Fawn-breasted Waxbill | Estrilda paludicola | |
| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | |
| Black-crowned Waxbill | Estrilda nonnula | |
| Black-headed Waxbill | Estrilda atricapilla | |
| Red-faced Crimson-wing | Cryptospiza reichenovii | |
| Dusky Crimson-wing | Cryptospiza jacksoni | |
| Shelley’s Crimson-wing | Cryptospiza shelleyi | Endangered |
| Yellow-bellied Waxbill | Coccopygia quartinia | |
| Zebra Waxbill | Amandava subflava | |
| Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Viduidae | ||
| Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae | ||
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
| Northern Grey-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae | ||
| African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | |
| Mountain Wagtail | Motacilla clara | |
| Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis | |
| African Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae | ||
| Oriole Finch | Linurgus olivaceus | |
| Western Citril | Crithagra frontalis | |
| Papyrus Canary | Crithagra koliensis | |
| Black-throated Canary | Crithagra atrogularis | |
| Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambica | |
| Brimstone Canary | Crithagra sulphurata | |
| Streaky Canary | Crithagra striolata | |
| Yellow-crowned Canary | Serinus flavivertex | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae | ||
| Golden-breasted Bunting | Fringillaria flaviventris | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Stenostiridae | ||
| White-tipped Crested-flycatcher | Elminia albonotata | |
| White-bellied Crested-flycatcher | Elminia albiventris | |
| Blue-and-white Crested-flycatcher | Elminia albicauda | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Paridae | ||
| Stripe-breasted Tit | Melaniparus fasciiventer | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Macrosphenidae | ||
| White-browed Crombec | Sylvietta leucophrys | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae | ||
| White-chinned Prinia | Schistolais leucopogon | |
| Black-collared Apalis | Oreolais pulcher | |
| Mountain Apalis | Apalis personata | |
| Black-throated Apalis | Apalis jacksoni | |
| Chestnut-throated Apalis | Apalis porphyrolaema | |
| Grey-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | |
| Grey-capped Warbler | Eminia lepida | |
| Chubb’s Cisticola | Cisticola chubbi | |
| Winding Cisticola | Cisticola galactotes | |
| Carruthers’s Cisticola | Cisticola carruthersi | |
| Black-faced Rufous Warbler | Bathmocercus rufus | |
| Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Locustellidae | ||
| Grauer’s Swamp Warbler | Bradypterus graueri | Vulnerable |
| Evergreen-forest Warbler | Bradypterus lopezi | |
| Bracken Warbler | Bradypterus cinnamomeus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Acrocephalidae | ||
| Dark-capped Yellow Warbler | Iduna natalensis | |
| Mountain Yellow Warbler | Iduna similis | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae | ||
| White-headed Saw-wing | Psalidoprocne albiceps | |
| Black Saw-wing | Psalidoprocne pristoptera | |
| Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica | |
| Mosque Swallow | Cecropis senegalensis | |
| Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
| Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Angolan Swallow | Hirundo angolensis | |
| Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | |
| Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola | |
| Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae | ||
| Eastern Mountain Greenbul | Arizelocichla nigriceps | |
| Yellow-whiskered Greenbul | Eurillas latirostris | |
| Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopidae | ||
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
| Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown Woodland Warbler | Seicercus umbrovirens | |
| Red-faced Woodland Warbler | Seicercus laetus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae | ||
| Eurasian Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | |
| African Hill Babbler | Sylvia abyssinica | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae | ||
| African Yellow White-eye | Zosterops senegalensis | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Pellorneidae | ||
| Mountain Thrush Babbler | Illadopsis pyrrhoptera | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Leiothrichidae | ||
| Red-collared Babbler | Kupeornis rufocinctus | Endangered |
| Arrow-marked Babbler | Turdoides jardineii | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae | ||
| Amethyst Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae | ||
| White-browed Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys | |
| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
| Ashy Flycatcher | Muscicapa caerulescens | |
| Swamp Flycatcher | Muscicapa aquatica | |
| African Dusky Flycatcher | Muscicapa adusta | |
| White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher | Melaenornis fischeri | |
| Archer’s Robin Chat | Cossypha archeri | |
| Cape Robin Chat | Cossypha caffra | |
| White-browed Robin Chat | Cossypha heuglini | |
| Red-capped Robin Chat | Cossypha natalensis | |
| White-bellied Robin Chat | Cossyphicula roberti | |
| White-starred Robin | Pogonocichla stellata | |
| Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | |
| African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus | |
| Arnott’s Chat | Myrmecocichla arnotti | |
| Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae | ||
| Abyssinian Thrush | Geokichla piaggiae | |
| Ethiopian Thrush | Turdus abyssinicus | |
| African Thrush | Turdus pelios | |
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