Kigali has abundant Urban Birding, Hotel gardens often hold interesting bird species and Nyarutarama Lake or “Lover's Lake” at the edge of the Kigali golf course is always productive. Even those with a few spare hours will be rewarded by a visit. . The Rwanda Environment Management Authority is also developing a park at the edge of Kigali, when completed this will be a good place for urban birding. Furthermore, there are good birding sites at wetlands at the edge of the city and around Mount Kigali.
Species include: White-collared Oliveback, African Swamphen, Grey-headed Bushshrike, Bat Hawk, Narina Trogon, Lesser Honey guide, Brown-backed Honeybird, Black Cuckoo-Shrike, Olive-bellied, Red-chested Sunbird and Bronzy Sunbirds, African Goshawk, Palm Nut Vulture, Crested Barbet, Grey-backed Fiscal, Rüppell's Starling and Black-headed Weaver. In addition, Umusambi Village (due to open mid-2019) will offer close up views of rescued Greycrowned Cranes and to date around 1 00 species have been seen in the restored habitat
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Rwanda
This 6 day Rwanda gorilla and birding safari will lead you to Nyungwe Forest National Park for birdwatching and later go for gorilla trekking in Volcano National Park. This safari will start and end in Kigali, which is the major entry and exists for all visitors heading to Rwanda for safari experiences.
Rwanda
The 9 day Rwanda gorilla and birding safari will take you to Rwanda's best birdwatching destinations, which include Akagera National Park, Nyungwe Forest National Park, and Volcano National Park. The safari will start and end at Kigali International Airport.
Gishwati-Mukura National Park is located in west Rwanda, in the mountains above Lake Kivu. This is Rwanda's newest national park and currently the focus of extensive rehabilitation efforts. The forests hold good birdlife Gishwati, 232 species and Mukura 163 species including several Albertine Rift Endemics and forest specialists.
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Some 244 bird species are known from this Important Birding Area. The area is important as the southern limit of many Sudan - Guinea Savanna biome birds. The most interesting species known from this little explored region is the submontane sunbird Nectarinia preussi of the Afrotropical Highlands biome.
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At least 16 bird species occur in Kakamega but nowhere else in Kenya, and another 30 (such as Psittacus erithacus) are probably now confined to this site. The grassy glades have their own distinctive avifauna, with many moist-grassland species that are now rare elsewhere in western Kenya. Regionally threatened species include Circaetus cinerascens (fairly common resident), Hieraaetus ayresii (relatively abundant),
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Lake Elementeita is home to 13 globally threatened bird species and some of the highest bird diversities in the world. Due to the assemblage of various birds of conservation concern, such as the threatened, range-restricted Grey-crested Helmet-shrike nearly threatened which occurs in the surrounding woodland where it may be resident.
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The extensive network of tracks within the park allows birders to visit the many lakes, swamps, hills, grasslands and woodlands to search for some of the parks special birds including, Red-faced Barbet (localized to the Lake Victoria Basin), Papyrus Gonolek, White-winged Warbler and African Finfoot. With luck you might also see the enigmatic Shoebill amongst the papyrus.
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Lake Naivasha and its surrounding harbour numerous bird species that include kingfishers, pelicans, great cormorants, fish Eagles, Pelicans, Grey-backed fiscal, hawks, cuckoos, woodpeckers, shrikes, Cape Teal, Pied Avocet, Black Heron, Goliath Heron, Maccoa Duck, Great White Pelican, Common Greenshank, Ruff, Green Sandpiper, Hilderbrandt's Francolin, Arrow-marked Babbler, African Fish Eagle.
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