Akagera National Park bird checklist. As you visit Rwanda on a Rwanda safari holiday, looking out for birds in Akagera National Park. Akagera National Park has 480 bird species recorded, of which 100 bird species are not found in any other protected area in Rwanda. Akagera National Park Rwanda is the second best birding destination in Rwanda after Nyungwe National Park; these two Rwanda national parks complement each other perfectly.
While on an Akagera National Park safari, a boat trip on Lake Ihema is a must do activity for a chance to spot out the different bird species in the area. Below is the Akagera National Park Bird Checklist for your referral.
| ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae | ||
| White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | |
| Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | |
| White-backed Duck | Thalassornis leuconotus | |
| Knob-billed Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos | |
| Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | |
| Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis | |
| African Pygmy-Goose | Nettapus auritus | |
| Blue-billed Teal | Spatula hottentota | |
| Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata | |
| Red-billed Duck | Anas erythrorhyncha | |
| GALLIFORMES: Numididae | ||
| Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | |
| GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae | ||
| Crested Francolin | Ortygornis sephaena | Rare/Accidental |
| Coqui Francolin | Campocolinus coqui | |
| Ring-necked Francolin | Scleroptila streptophora | |
| Red-winged Francolin | Scleroptila levaillantii | |
| Shelley’s Francolin | Scleroptila shelleyi | |
| Blue Quail | Synoicus adansonii | |
| Harlequin Quail | Coturnix delegorguei | |
| Hildebrandt’s Spurfowl | Pternistis hildebrandti | |
| Scaly Spurfowl | Pternistis squamatus | |
| Red-necked Spurfowl | Pternistis afer | |
| PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae | ||
| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae | ||
| Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea | |
| Dusky Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia lugens | |
| Mourning Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decipiens | |
| Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | |
| Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | |
| Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | |
| Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos | |
| Blue-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur afer | |
| Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria | |
| Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | |
| African Green-Pigeon | Treron calvus | |
| OTIDIFORMES: Otididae | ||
| Denham’s Bustard | Neotis denhami | |
| Black-bellied Bustard | Lissotis melanogaster | |
| MUSOPHAGIFORMES: Musophagidae | ||
| White-crested Turaco | Tauraco leucolophus | Rare/Accidental |
| Purple-crested Turaco | Gallirex porphyreolophus | |
| Ross’s Turaco | Musophaga rossae | |
| Bare-faced Go-away-bird | Crinifer personatus | |
| Eastern Plantain-eater | Crinifer zonurus | |
| CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae | ||
| Blue-headed Coucal | Centropus monachus | |
| White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus | |
| Black Coucal | Centropus grillii | |
| Blue Malkoha | Ceuthmochares aereus | |
| Great Spotted Cuckoo | Clamator glandarius | |
| Levaillant’s Cuckoo | Clamator levaillantii | |
| Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | |
| Thick-billed Cuckoo | Pachycoccyx audeberti | |
| Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | |
| Klaas’s Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | |
| African Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx cupreus | |
| Black Cuckoo | Cuculus clamosus | |
| Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius | |
| African Cuckoo | Cuculus gularis | |
| Madagascar Cuckoo | Cuculus rochii | |
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
| CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae | ||
| Pennant-winged Nightjar | Caprimulgus vexillarius | |
| Eurasian Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | |
| Fiery-necked Nightjar | Caprimulgus pectoralis | |
| Swamp Nightjar | Caprimulgus natalensis | |
| Freckled Nightjar | Caprimulgus tristigma | |
| Square-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus fossii | |
| CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Apodidae | ||
| Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | |
| Mottled Swift | Tachymarptis aequatorialis | |
| Common Swift | Apus apus | |
| African Swift | Apus barbatus | |
| Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
| Horus Swift | Apus horus | |
| White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | |
| African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | |
| GRUIFORMES: Sarothruridae | ||
| Red-chested Flufftail | Sarothrura rufa | |
| GRUIFORMES: Rallidae | ||
| African Rail | Rallus caerulescens | |
| Corn Crake | Crex crex | Rare/Accidental |
| African Crake | Crex egregia | |
| Lesser Moorhen | Paragallinula angulata | |
| Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata | |
| African Swamphen | Porphyrio madagascariensis | |
| Striped Crake | Amaurornis marginalis | Rare/Accidental |
| Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra | |
| Baillon’s Crake | Zapornia pusilla | |
| GRUIFORMES: Heliornithidae | ||
| African Finfoot | Podica senegalensis | |
| GRUIFORMES: Gruidae | ||
| Gray Crowned-Crane | Balearica regulorum | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae | ||
| Water Thick-knee | Burhinus vermiculatus | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae | ||
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae | ||
| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Forbes’s Plover | Charadrius forbesi | Rare/Accidental |
| Three-banded Plover | Charadrius tricollaris | |
| Long-toed Lapwing | Vanellus crassirostris | |
| Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus | |
| Senegal Lapwing | Vanellus lugubris | |
| Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus | |
| Wattled Lapwing | Vanellus senegallus | |
| Brown-chested Lapwing | Vanellus superciliosus | |
| Kittlitz’s Plover | Anarhynchus pecuarius | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Rostratulidae | ||
| Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae | ||
| Lesser Jacana | Microparra capensis | |
| African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae | ||
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Rare/Accidental |
| Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | |
| Temminck’s Stint | Calidris temminckii | |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Turnicidae | ||
| Small Buttonquail | Turnix sylvaticus | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae | ||
| Bronze-winged Courser | Rhinoptilus chalcopterus | |
| Temminck’s Courser | Cursorius temminckii | |
| Black-winged Pratincole | Glareola nordmanni | |
| Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae | ||
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | |
| African Skimmer | Rynchops flavirostris | |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
| CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae | ||
| African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus | |
| Abdim’s Stork | Ciconia abdimii | |
| African Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia microscelis | |
| White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | |
| Saddle-billed Stork | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis | |
| Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer | |
| Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | |
| SULIFORMES: Anhingidae | ||
| African Darter | Anhinga rufa | |
| SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae | ||
| Long-tailed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
| PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae | ||
| Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | |
| Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens | |
| PELECANIFORMES: Balaenicipitidae | ||
| Shoebill | Balaeniceps rex | |
| PELECANIFORMES: Scopidae | ||
| Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | |
| PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae | ||
| Dwarf Bittern | Ixobrychus sturmii | |
| Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Black Heron | Egretta ardesiaca | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| White-backed Night Heron | Calherodius leuconotus | Rare/Accidental |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| Rufous-bellied Heron | Ardeola rufiventris | |
| Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | |
| Malagasy Pond-Heron | Ardeola idae | |
| Western Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Yellow-billed Egret | Ardea brachyrhyncha | |
| Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
| Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | |
| Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath | |
| PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae | ||
| Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
| African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | |
| Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | |
| African Spoonbill | Platalea alba | |
| ACCIPITRIFORMES: Sagittariidae | ||
| Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius | Rare/Accidental |
| ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae | ||
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
| ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae | ||
| Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus | |
| Palm-nut Vulture | Gypohierax angolensis | Rare/Accidental |
| European Honey-buzzard | Pernis apivorus | |
| African Cuckoo-Hawk | Aviceda cuculoides | |
| White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis | |
| Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos | |
| Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus | |
| White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | |
| Rüppell’s Griffon | Gyps rueppelli | |
| Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | |
| Beaudouin’s Snake-Eagle | Circaetus beaudouini | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis | |
| Brown Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinereus | |
| Banded Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinerascens | |
| Bat Hawk | Macheiramphus alcinus | |
| Crowned Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus | |
| Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | |
| Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis | |
| Lesser Spotted Eagle | Clanga pomarina | |
| Wahlberg’s Eagle | Hieraaetus wahlbergi | |
| Booted Eagle | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| Ayres’s Hawk-Eagle | Hieraaetus ayresii | |
| Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | |
| Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | |
| African Hawk-Eagle | Aquila spilogaster | |
| Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus | |
| Dark Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax metabates | Rare/Accidental |
| Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar | |
| Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | |
| African Marsh Harrier | Circus ranivorus | |
| Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | |
| Montagu’s Harrier | Circus pygargus | |
| African Goshawk | Accipiter tachiro | |
| Shikra | Accipiter badius | |
| Little Sparrowhawk | Accipiter minullus | |
| Ovambo Sparrowhawk | Accipiter ovampensis | |
| Black Goshawk | Accipiter melanoleucus | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| African Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga vocifer | |
| Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
| Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur | |
| STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae | ||
| Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
| STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae | ||
| African Scops-Owl | Otus senegalensis | |
| Southern White-faced Owl | Ptilopsis granti | |
| Spotted Eagle-Owl | Bubo africanus | |
| Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl | Ketupa lactea | |
| Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum | |
| African Barred Owlet | Glaucidium capense | |
| African Wood-Owl | Strix woodfordii | |
| Marsh Owl | Asio capensis | |
| COLIIFORMES: Coliidae | ||
| Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | |
| Blue-naped Mousebird | Urocolius macrourus | |
| TROGONIFORMES: Trogonidae | ||
| Narina Trogon | Apaloderma narina | |
| BUCEROTIFORMES: Upupidae | ||
| Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
| BUCEROTIFORMES: Phoeniculidae | ||
| Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus | |
| Common Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus cyanomelas | |
| BUCEROTIFORMES: Bucerotidae | ||
| Crowned Hornbill | Lophoceros alboterminatus | |
| African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus | |
| CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae | ||
| Half-collared Kingfisher | Alcedo semitorquata | Rare/Accidental |
| Shining-blue Kingfisher | Alcedo quadribrachys | |
| Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus | |
| African Pygmy Kingfisher | Ispidina picta | |
| Gray-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala | |
| Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis | |
| Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti | |
| Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima | |
| Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
| CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae | ||
| Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | |
| Blue-breasted Bee-eater | Merops variegatus | |
| Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater | Merops oreobates | |
| White-throated Bee-eater | Merops albicollis | |
| Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus | |
| Madagascar Bee-eater | Merops superciliosus | |
| European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster | |
| Southern Carmine Bee-eater | Merops nubicoides | |
| CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae | ||
| European Roller | Coracias garrulus | |
| Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus | |
| Rufous-crowned Roller | Coracias naevius | Rare/Accidental |
| Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus | |
| PICIFORMES: Lybiidae | ||
| Crested Barbet | Trachyphonus vaillantii | |
| Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus bilineatus | |
| Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus chrysoconus | |
| Spot-flanked Barbet | Tricholaema lacrymosa | |
| White-headed Barbet | Lybius leucocephalus | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-faced Barbet | Lybius rubrifacies | |
| Black-collared Barbet | Lybius torquatus | |
| Double-toothed Barbet | Pogonornis bidentatus | |
| PICIFORMES: Indicatoridae | ||
| Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | |
| Scaly-throated Honeyguide | Indicator variegatus | |
| Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator | |
| PICIFORMES: Picidae | ||
| Rufous-necked Wryneck | Jynx ruficollis | |
| Bearded Woodpecker | Chloropicus namaquus | |
| Speckle-breasted Woodpecker | Dendropicos poecilolaemus | |
| Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | |
| African Gray Woodpecker | Dendropicos goertae | |
| Green-backed Woodpecker | Campethera maculosa | |
| Nubian Woodpecker | Campethera nubica | |
| Bennett’s Woodpecker | Campethera bennettii | |
| Golden-tailed Woodpecker | Campethera abingoni | |
| FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae | ||
| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | |
| Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| Gray Kestrel | Falco ardosiaceus | |
| Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera | |
| Amur Falcon | Falco amurensis | |
| Eleonora’s Falcon | Falco eleonorae | |
| Sooty Falcon | Falco concolor | |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
| African Hobby | Falco cuvierii | |
| Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
| PSITTACIFORMES: Psittaculidae | ||
| Red-headed Lovebird | Agapornis pullarius | |
| PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae | ||
| Meyer’s Parrot | Poicephalus meyeri | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Calyptomenidae | ||
| African Broadbill | Smithornis capensis | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Pittidae | ||
| African Pitta | Pitta angolensis | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae | ||
| Black Cuckooshrike | Campephaga flava | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae | ||
| Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus | |
| African Golden Oriole | Oriolus auratus | |
| African Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Platysteiridae | ||
| Brown-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira cyanea | |
| Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Vangidae | ||
| White Helmetshrike | Prionops plumatus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Malaconotidae | ||
| Brubru | Nilaus afer | |
| Northern Puffback | Dryoscopus gambensis | |
| Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla | |
| Marsh Tchagra | Bocagia minuta | |
| Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus | |
| Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis | |
| Lühder’s Bushshrike | Laniarius luehderi | |
| Tropical Boubou | Laniarius major | |
| Black-headed Gonolek | Laniarius erythrogaster | |
| Papyrus Gonolek | Laniarius mufumbiri | |
| Slate-colored Boubou | Laniarius funebris | |
| Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike | Telophorus sulfureopectus | |
| Gray-headed Bushshrike | Malaconotus blanchoti | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae | ||
| Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae | ||
| African Crested Flycatcher | Trochocercus cyanomelas | |
| African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae | ||
| Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | |
| Isabelline Shrike | Lanius isabellinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Gray Shrike | Lanius minor | |
| Gray-backed Fiscal | Lanius excubitoroides | |
| Mackinnon’s Shrike | Lanius mackinnoni | |
| Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis | |
| Souza’s Shrike | Lanius souzae | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae | ||
| Piapiac | Ptilostomus afer | Rare/Accidental |
| Pied Crow | Corvus albus | |
| White-necked Raven | Corvus albicollis | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Stenostiridae | ||
| White-tailed Blue Flycatcher | Elminia albicauda | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Paridae | ||
| White-winged Black-Tit | Melaniparus leucomelas | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Remizidae | ||
| African Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus caroli | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae | ||
| Rufous-naped Lark | Mirafra africana | |
| Flappet Lark | Mirafra rufocinnamomea | |
| Red-capped Lark | Calandrella cinerea | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Macrosphenidae | ||
| Red-faced Crombec | Sylvietta whytii | |
| Moustached Grass-Warbler | Melocichla mentalis | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae | ||
| Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis | |
| Green-backed Eremomela | Eremomela canescens | Rare/Accidental |
| Greencap Eremomela | Eremomela scotops | |
| White-chinned Prinia | Schistolais leucopogon | |
| Miombo Wren-Warbler | Calamonastes undosus | |
| Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | |
| Buff-bellied Warbler | Phyllolais pulchella | |
| Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida | |
| Gray Apalis | Apalis cinerea | |
| Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | |
| Gray-capped Warbler | Eminia lepida | |
| Red-faced Cisticola | Cisticola erythrops | |
| Singing Cisticola | Cisticola cantans | |
| Trilling Cisticola | Cisticola woosnami | |
| Chubb’s Cisticola | Cisticola chubbi | |
| Rock-loving Cisticola | Cisticola aberrans | |
| Winding Cisticola | Cisticola marginatus | |
| Carruthers’s Cisticola | Cisticola carruthersi | |
| Stout Cisticola | Cisticola robustus | |
| Croaking Cisticola | Cisticola natalensis | |
| Tabora Cisticola | Cisticola angusticauda | |
| Siffling Cisticola | Cisticola brachypterus | |
| Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
| Wing-snapping Cisticola | Cisticola ayresii | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Acrocephalidae | ||
| Papyrus Yellow-Warbler | Calamonastides gracilirostris | |
| Eastern Olivaceous Warbler | Iduna pallida | |
| African Yellow-Warbler | Iduna natalensis | |
| Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina | |
| Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | |
| Common Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
| Lesser Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus gracilirostris | |
| Greater Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus rufescens | |
| Great Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus arundinaceus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Locustellidae | ||
| Fan-tailed Grassbird | Catriscus brevirostris | |
| White-winged Swamp Warbler | Bradypterus carpalis | |
| Highland Rush Warbler | Bradypterus centralis | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae | ||
| White-headed Sawwing | Psalidoprocne albiceps | |
| Gray-rumped Swallow | Pseudhirundo griseopyga | |
| Banded Martin | Neophedina cincta | |
| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | |
| Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Angola Swallow | Hirundo angolensis | |
| Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | |
| Western House-Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
| Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
| Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica | |
| Rufous-chested Swallow | Cecropis semirufa | Rare/Accidental |
| Mosque Swallow | Cecropis senegalensis | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae | ||
| Yellow-throated Greenbul | Atimastillas flavicollis | |
| Shelley’s Greenbul | Arizelocichla masukuensis | |
| Yellow-whiskered Greenbul | Eurillas latirostris | |
| Cabanis’s Greenbul | Phyllastrephus cabanisi | |
| Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopidae | ||
| Wood Warbler | Phylloscopus sibilatrix | Rare/Accidental |
| Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae | ||
| Eurasian Blackcap | Sylvia atricapilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Garden Warbler | Sylvia borin | |
| Greater Whitethroat | Curruca communis | Rare/Accidental |
| PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae | ||
| Green White-eye | Zosterops stuhlmanni | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Leiothrichidae | ||
| Arrow-marked Babbler | Turdoides jardineii | |
| Black-lored Babbler | Turdoides sharpei | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Buphagidae | ||
| Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythrorynchus | |
| Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus africanus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae | ||
| Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea | |
| Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | |
| Rüppell’s Starling | Lamprotornis purpuroptera | |
| Splendid Starling | Lamprotornis splendidus | |
| Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae | ||
| African Thrush | Turdus pelios | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae | ||
| African Dusky Flycatcher | Muscicapa adusta | |
| Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | |
| Swamp Flycatcher | Muscicapa aquatica | |
| Pale Flycatcher | Agricola pallidus | |
| Gray Tit-Flycatcher | Fraseria plumbea | |
| Ashy Flycatcher | Fraseria caerulescens | |
| Southern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis pammelaina | |
| White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher | Melaenornis fischeri | |
| Brown-backed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas hartlaubi | |
| Red-backed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys | |
| White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini | |
| Red-capped Robin-Chat | Cossypha natalensis | |
| Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat | Cossypha niveicapilla | |
| Gray-winged Robin-Chat | Sheppardia polioptera | |
| Semicollared Flycatcher | Ficedula semitorquata | Rare/Accidental |
| Collared Flycatcher | Ficedula albicollis | |
| Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | Rare/Accidental |
| Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush | Monticola saxatilis | Rare/Accidental |
| Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | |
| African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus | |
| Mocking Cliff-Chat | Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris | |
| Sooty Chat | Myrmecocichla nigra | |
| Arnot’s Chat | Myrmecocichla arnotti | |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
| Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata | Rare/Accidental |
| Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina | Rare/Accidental |
| Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris | |
 PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae | ||
| Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris | |
| Green-headed Sunbird | Cyanomitra verticalis | |
| Olive Sunbird | Cyanomitra olivacea | |
| Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis | |
| Bronze Sunbird | Nectarinia kilimensis | |
| Olive-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris chloropygius | |
| Marico Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis | |
| Red-chested Sunbird | Cinnyris erythrocercus | |
| Purple-banded Sunbird | Cinnyris bifasciatus | |
| Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus | |
| Copper Sunbird | Cinnyris cupreus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae | ||
| Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps | |
| Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht | |
| Slender-billed Weaver | Ploceus pelzelni | |
| Black-necked Weaver | Ploceus nigricollis | |
| Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis | |
| Black-billed Weaver | Ploceus melanogaster | |
| Holub’s Golden-Weaver | Ploceus xanthops | |
| Northern Brown-throated Weaver | Ploceus castanops | |
| Lesser Masked-Weaver | Ploceus intermedius | |
| Vieillot’s Black Weaver | Ploceus nigerrimus | |
| Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | |
| Black-headed Weaver | Ploceus melanocephalus | |
| Compact Weaver | Pachyphantes superciliosus | |
| Cardinal Quelea | Quelea cardinalis | |
| Red-headed Quelea | Quelea erythrops | |
| Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea | |
| Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix | |
| Black-winged Bishop | Euplectes hordeaceus | |
| Yellow Bishop | Euplectes capensis | |
| White-winged Widowbird | Euplectes albonotatus | |
| Red-collared Widowbird | Euplectes ardens | |
| Fan-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes axillaris | |
| Grosbeak Weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae | ||
| Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata | |
| Black-and-white Mannikin | Spermestes bicolor | |
| Green-backed Twinspot | Mandingoa nitidula | |
| Gray-headed Nigrita | Nigrita canicapillus | |
| Black-faced Waxbill | Brunhilda erythronotos | |
| Black-crowned Waxbill | Estrilda nonnula | |
| Fawn-breasted Waxbill | Estrilda paludicola | |
| Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | |
| Crimson-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda rhodopyga | |
| Quailfinch | Ortygospiza atricollis | |
| Zebra Waxbill | Amandava subflava | |
| Red-cheeked Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus bengalus | |
| Red-headed Bluebill | Spermophaga ruficapilla | |
| Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba | |
| Orange-winged Pytilia | Pytilia afra | |
| Peters’s Twinspot | Hypargos niveoguttatus | |
| Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | |
| African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Viduidae | ||
| Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | |
| Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah | Vidua obtusa | Rare/Accidental |
| Eastern Paradise-Whydah | Vidua paradisaea | Rare/Accidental |
| Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata | |
| Parasitic Weaver | Anomalospiza imberbis | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae | ||
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
| Northern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae | ||
| Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis | |
| Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
| African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | |
| African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | |
| Long-billed Pipit | Anthus similis | |
| Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys | |
| Striped Pipit | Anthus lineiventris | |
| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | |
| Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | |
| Short-tailed Pipit | Anthus brachyurus | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow-throated Longclaw | Macronyx croceus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae | ||
| Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambica | |
| Western Citril | Crithagra frontalis | |
| Papyrus Canary | Crithagra koliensis | |
| Black-throated Canary | Crithagra atrogularis | |
| Brimstone Canary | Crithagra sulphurata | |
| Streaky Seedeater | Crithagra striolata | |
| Thick-billed Seedeater | Crithagra burtoni | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae | ||
| Cabanis’s Bunting | Emberiza cabanisi | |
| Golden-breasted Bunting | Emberiza flaviventris | |
| Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi | |
