Birding Rwanda (Akagera)
Birding At Akagera:
This area holds an interesting selection of species associated with a diversity of habitats: wetlands, woodlands, grasslands, riparian forest and bush country. Indeed, Akagera has one of the longest species lists for any conservation area in Africa: over 525 species that have been recorded.
In eastern Rwanda, Akagera is dominated by savanna, relatively open grassland and Papyrus swamps. One of Africa’s most sought-after birds, the enormous and bizarre Shoebill, may be present in the Papyrus swamp habitat. Other Papyrus swamp specialists include;
- The Swamp Flycatcher, Carruther’s Cisticola
- The elusive White-winged Warbler
- The stunning Papyrus Gonolek.
- At the water’s edge, look for the localised Brown-chested Lapwing and the attractive, widely distributed Long-toed Lapwing.
The acacia savanna supports many broadly distributed African birds such as Bennett’s Woodpecker, headed Black Chat, White-Black-collared Barbet, Tabora Cisticola and Miombo Wren-warbler. Akagera is probably the best site in which to look for the very rare Ring-necked Francolin. The highly localised acacia specialist Red-faced Barbet can be sought around the Akagera Game Lodge grounds, as can the rare Souza’s shrike. Also worth looking for are Barefaced Go-away Bird, Brown Parrot, White-winged Black Tit and Sooty Chat.
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