AVIAN SAFARIS
Seven Day Rwanda Birding and Nature Tour- Customized
February 18 to 24, 2018
Tour Leader: Crammy Wanyama
Trip Report and Photos By Crammy Wanyama
Red-throated Alethe – One of The Albertine Rift Endemics Seen
Rwanda, a very small country located in the heart of Africa, has become a darling to many world travellers in a very shot time. The reasons for this quick development will be noticed without a single explanation! A beautiful country gifted in several aspects; very welcoming people with some of the most honest smiles you can imagine, panoramic views of impressive mountain ranges and water bodies some of which earn her, her popular identity as “The Land of a Thousand Hills”, this is also one of the only three homes of Mountain Gorillas and the actual place where the famous Dian Fossey based her studies that attracted the world’s
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Ian and myself had the pleasure to enjoy this country, from Kigali its very beautiful and 3rd world most green city in the world, to Akagera National Park the jewel of the east and Nyungwe forest the incomparable home to the Albertine Rift endemics.
The checklists at the end of the notes list 282 birds, 20 mammals and 4 reptiles during the trip that we encountered during the tour.
Lilac-breasted Roller – Seen among other beauties at Akagera Nat Park
Day 1 - February 18, 2018: Birding to Akagera National Park
A nice Sunday morning, with amazing weather is a good way to start a birding trip. I met Ian at his Kigali Hotel and together we drove through the spotless clean streets of Kigali to find our way to the country’s only
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Game drive National Park. Exiting Kigali was a little bit of work; several streets were closed to favour the locals who were practicing for the 2018 Rwanda Peace Marathon.
After exiting the streets, we started enjoying the swamps, which have been and are still being turned into farmlands. There is definitely need for food to cater for fast growing population in this beautiful country. Habitat management has not gone to the worst in these farms, thanks to the good agricultural methods. At the few stops we did, we manage to get ourselves very good looks and flying African Spoonbills, Yellow- billed Stork, Marsh Sandpiper, Black Crake, the very secretive Little Rush Warbler, Fan-tailed Widowbird, Black-headed, Village & Grosbeak Weavers, Common Waxbill, a few raptors like the eye-catching Long- crested Eagle, Augur Buzzard, a hunting African Hobby, Kingfishers like Malachite and Pied, name it.
We planed on getting to the Hotel at Akagera in good time for Lunch and yes we made it yet with the Skulky Slate-Colored Boubou, Buff-bellied Warbler, Saddle-billed Stork, African Openbill, Blue-cheeked, and European Bee-eaters in our pocked as the first Birds of Akagera. Bird turn up was amazing despite the dry conditions of the surrounding, February is at the end of the dry season but a very good birding time in the country, many migrants are still here.
After lunch we did an afternoon birding game drive along the scenic Lake Ihema, and treated us to a huge collection of thickets, woodland and shower birds of this wildlife endowed park.
Day 2 – February 19, 2018: Birding Akagera National Park
We chose an early morning start and started driving through the well- maintained trucks of the park. The weather was simply very good for birding, presenting a very pleasant morning and the rest of the day for excellent views of a collection of thickets and scrub species. We got
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After a good morning birding session we decided to head back to the lodge for lunch, adding distant but very good views of a Martial Eagle carrying nesting material by its talons.
An afternoon boat cruise on the peaceful Lake Ihema was a success after the one and a half hour period it went for; White-faced Whistling Duck, Swamp Flycatcher, lots of Spur-winged Geese and several other classic African water birds. Ian spotted a very cool Bush Hyrax as it tried to cover from us, good looks at Giraffe, a few Plains Zebra, Bohor Reedbuck among others, these kept our mammal list growing from the previous day.
White-tailed Blue Flycatcher was observed Tail Fanning and Feeding
Day 3 – February 20, 2018: Birding to Kigali
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Ian had a meeting in Kigali at noon so we did a straight drive to Kigali. A few birds showed up, and we were very nice to pick them up. Five individuals of Green Wood-hoopoe, Horus and White-rumped Swifts, and few more were added on during a no birding concentration drive.
Day 4 – February 21, 2018: Birding to Nyungwe Forest National Park
This morning we made an hour’s visit to the Kigali Genocide Memorial Museum; a little drive of thirty minutes with traffic and drive time is all it took us to get there from our Hotel. The 1994 Genocide is by far one of the top scenarios that will come to one’s mind when Rwanda is mentioned to them, so it is always worth doing a visit to some of the museums, to get a more detailed picture of what happened on the ground, and Ian was happy to try this out.
After the visit to Museum we continued to Huye, driving through very beautiful green and wealthy countryside, sugar cane plantations and rice fields which presented a few birds, some of which we had seen earlier. A soring Wahlberg’s Eagle was a nice one to add on our trip list during this drive. We enjoyed a warm lunch at Huye and proceeding to Nyungwe Forest. We did not do the usual birding stops after lunch, because we planned on getting to the park quarters in good time for our next day’s birding. Excitement and good feeling rose as we started the drive through Nyungwe Forest and even more after we added the Handsome Francolin our first endemic bird, Carruther’s Mountain Squirrel and L’Hoest’s Monkey. White-tailed Blue Flycatcher, Brown-throated Wattle-Eye, White-necked Raven, Abyssinian Thrush, Northern Double–collared Sunbird, Streaky and Thick-billed Seed-eaters were among the many added to our list with in the park’s surroundings after a rainy late afternoon.
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Day 5 – February 22, 2018: Birding Nyungwe Forest
Rwenzori Turaco – Good looks at Nyungwe Forest
Nyungwe a montane tropical rain forest is not only among the biggest protected natural forests in the region but also one of the birdy. This is an approximately 1000 square kilometers forest, which protects an impressive number of birds, a good record of primates and lots of other wildlife.
Our early start got us to birding some of its very productive trails in search for the highly sought after albertine rift endemics. Things went well; including cooperative weather, several endemics and range- restricted specialties were pocketed.
We enjoyed a warm lunch while the birds where also enjoying a little mid afternoon roost before taking on Umuyove trail which paid up highly with a lot more good birds including Willard’s Sooty Boubou which is the most recently described Albertine Rift Endemic, Kungwe Apalis, uncommon Madagascar Cuckoo, Olive and Tullberg’s Woodpeckers.
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Regal Sunbird another Albertine Rift Endemic seen at Nyungwe Forest
Day 6 – February 23, 2018: Birding Nyungwe Forest Again
This morning we headed to the popular Kamiranzovu trail, to try our luck with a few more endemics and a whole experience of a nature walk in a mountain rain forest. This trail drops to 1900 into the marsh from about 2100 meters above seal level, this kind of Marsh, is the only habitat for endangered Grauer’s Swamp Warbler. Walking our way down, we managed to get looks at the almost invisible moving birds like the Mountain Illadopsis. Illadopsis are typical undergrowth and vine dwelling birds, brownish backed which makes it even harder to be picked out especially when the forest is a bit dark. We also tried out the Neumann’s Warbler that we could here but never showed up, a Yellow- eyed Black Flycatcher which we worked very hard for and only managed to get a fly-off view, exceptional looks at the nice looking Kandt’s
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Waxbill, Gray Apalis, Mackinnon’s Shrike, Lagden’s Bush-shrike and the Near-threatened Crowned Eagle with prey in the talons. Our views of the Grauer’s Swamp Warbler without a single hustle were as incredible as were for the related Cinnamon Bracken Warbler.
A lunch break at Uwinka before the afternoon Canopy walk that got us stunning panoramic views of the forest canopies in the mist and Lake Kivu with the neighboring DR Congo islands in the back ground of the Park’s surroundings, revealed three very nice Rwenzori Turaco. I love Nyungwe simple because it makes it very easy to find tough birds like the Rwenzori Turaco, Red-throated Alethe and several others!
Augur Buzzard (Dark Morph)
Day 7 – February 24, 2018: Birding to Musanze to End The Tour.
A clear nice morning was the setting we had as we left Nyungwe premises to Musanze where our tour was ending. We drove through some of the region’s most fascinating scenic views; the drive along Lake Kivu does not have many to be compare to! Nearly the whole drive
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The road sides here are also filled up with well-managed wetland cultivation, they do give some good spotting scope birding. The untouched papyrus and reed marshes are just amazing! One simple spot we stopped at gave us a whole ten new species for the trip! Some of them included, nice Winding, Red-faced, and Singing Cisticolas, Black and White Mannikin working on a nest, Mosque and Red-rumped Swallows plus a Rock Martin, Black-crowned Waxbill, a well breeding plumaged Red-collared Widowbird, Grey-capped Warbler that we had heard several times with no sighting, Cape Wagtail, and Jackson’s Pipit.
We approached the cooler Musanze in the late afternoon and ended an amazing Rwanda birding exclusive Tour.
This trip, like all the other tremendous successful trips we do at Avian Safaris, it is always about teamwork and birding at the participants pace. Many thanks to the excellent Avian Safaris office team for all the arrangements, Meliane, Emmanuel, Clever and all the other local guides and rangers I worked with.
Checklist Order, common and scientific names are those by J.F. Clements, Birds of the World Version 2016 with all current updates. Extracted from Avibase – The world bird database.
Abbreviation: H in the column is for Heard only
Bird Checklist
ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae
White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata
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Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
GALLIFORMES: Numididae
Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae
Handsome Francolin Pternistis nobilis
Hildebrandt's Francolin Pternistis hildebrandti
Red-necked Francolin Pternistis afer
CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae
African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae
Long-tailed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
SULIFORMES: Anhingidae
African Darter Anhinga rufa
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PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae
Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
PELECANIFORMES: Scopidae
Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae
Gray Heron Ardea cinerea
Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
Great Egret Ardea alba
Intermediate Egret Mesophoyx intermedia
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
Striated Heron Butorides striata
Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae
Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
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Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
African Spoonbill Platalea alba
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae
Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus
African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
Rüppell's Griffon Gyps rueppelli
Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
Cassin's Hawk-Eagle Aquila africana H
African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
Eurasian Marsh-Harrier Circus aeruginosus
African Marsh-Harrier Circus ranivorus
Black Kite Milvus migrans
African Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer
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Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus
Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae
Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
GRUIFORMES: Sarothruridae
Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa H
GRUIFORMES: Gruidae
Gray Crowned-Crane Balearica regulorum
CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae
Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae
Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris
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CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae
African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae
Rock Pigeon Columba livia
Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
Rameron Pigeon Columba arquatrix
Mourning Collared-Dove Streptopelia decipiens
Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur chalcospilos
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur afer
Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
African Green-Pigeon Treron calvus
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CUCULIFORMES: Musophagidae
Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata
Black-billed Turaco Tauraco schuettii H
Ruwenzori Turaco Ruwenzorornis johnstoni
Bare-faced Go-away-bird Corythaixoides personatus
Eastern Plantain-eater Crinifer zonurus
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae
Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx montanus H
Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
Madagascar Cuckoo Cuculus rochii
STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae
African Wood-Owl Strix woodfordii
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Apodidae
African Swift Apus barbatus
Little Swift Apus affinis
Horus Swift Apus horus
White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
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COLIIFORMES: Coliidae
Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
TROGONIFORMES: Trogonidae
Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum
BUCEROTIFORMES: Phoeniculidae
Green Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
White-headed Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus bollei
BUCEROTIFORMES: Bucerotidae
Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
African Gray Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae
Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae
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Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae
Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
PICIFORMES: Lybiidae
Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
Western Tinkerbird Pogoniulus coryphaea
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus H
Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
Double-toothed Barbet Lybius bidentatus
PICIFORMES: Indicatoridae
Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator H
PICIFORMES: Picidae
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Tullberg's Woodpecker Campethera tullbergi
Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
Bearded Woodpecker Dendropicos namaquus
Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae
Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
Gray Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
African Hobby Falco cuvierii
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae
Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
PASSERIFORMES: Platysteiridae
Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
Ruwenzori Batis Batis diops
Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
PASSERIFORMES: Malaconotidae
Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus H
Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
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Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster
Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
Willard's Sooty Boubou Laniarius willardi
Mountain Sooty Boubou Laniarius poensis
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike Telophorus sulfureopectus H
Many-colored Bushshrike Telophorus multicolor
Doherty's Bushshrike Telophorus dohertyi
Lagden's Bushshrike Malaconotus lagdeni
PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae
Gray Cuckooshrike Coracina caesia
Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae
Gray-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
Mackinnon's Shrike Lanius mackinnoni
Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae
African Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
Black-tailed Oriole Oriolus percivali
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PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae
Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae
African Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae
Pied Crow Corvus albus
White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae
Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
Lesser Striped-Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
White-headed Sawwing Psalidoprocne albiceps
Black Sawwing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
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PASSERIFORMES: Stenostiridae
White-tailed Blue-Flycatcher Elminia albicauda
White-bellied Crested-Flycatcher Elminia albiventris
PASSERIFORMES: Paridae
Stripe-breasted Tit Melaniparus fasciiventer
PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae
Slender-billed Greenbul Stelgidillas gracilirostris H
Eastern Mountain-Greenbul Arizelocichla nigriceps
Yellow-throated Greenbul Atimastillas flavicollis
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Eurillas latirostris
Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus
Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
PASSERIFORMES: Macrosphenidae
White-browed Crombec Sylvietta leucophrys
Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
Grauer's Warbler Graueria vittata
PASSERIFORMES: Cettiidae
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Neumann's Warbler Urosphena neumanni
PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopidae
Red-faced Woodland-Warbler Phylloscopus laetus
PASSERIFORMES: Acrocephalidae
Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
African Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus baeticatus
Greater Swamp-Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens H
PASSERIFORMES: Locustellidae
Evergreen-forest Warbler Bradypterus lopezi H
Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus
Grauer's Swamp-Warbler Bradypterus graueri
Little Rush-Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae
Ruwenzori Apalis Apalis ruwenzorii
Black-throated Apalis Apalis jacksoni
Black-faced Apalis Apalis personata
Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
Kungwe Apalis Apalis argentea
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Chestnut-throated Apalis Apalis porphyrolaema
Gray Apalis Apalis cinerea
Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
White-chinned Prinia Schistolais leucopogon
Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami
Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi
Winding Cisticola Cisticola galactotes
Tabora Cisticola Cisticola angusticauda
Gray-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
Black-faced Rufous-Warbler Bathmocercus rufus H
Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava H
Banded Prinia Prinia bairdii
PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae
African Hill Babbler Sylvia abyssinica
Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae
African Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
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PASSERIFORMES: Pellorneidae
Mountain Illadopsis Illadopsis pyrrhoptera
PASSERIFORMES: Leiothrichidae
Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei
Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae
Dusky-brown Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
Gray Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
Yellow-eyed Black-Flycatcher Melaenornis ardesiacus
Southern Black-Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri
Brown-backed Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas hartlaubi
Red-backed Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas leucophrys
White-bellied Robin-Chat Cossyphicula roberti
Archer's Robin-Chat Cossypha archeri
White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
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Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata
Red-throated Alethe Pseudalethe poliophrys
Equatorial Akalat Sheppardia aequatorialis H
African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra
Ruaha Chat Myrmecocichla collaris
PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae
Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus
African Thrush Turdus pelios
PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae
Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris
Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri
Stuhlmann's Starling Poeoptera stuhlmanni
Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae
Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
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Blue-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra alinae
Western Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra obscura
Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
Purple-breasted Sunbird Nectarinia purpureiventris
Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
Stuhlmann's Sunbird Cinnyris stuhlmanni
Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi
Regal Sunbird Cinnyris regius
Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae
Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
Jackson's Pipit Anthus latistriatus
Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae
Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
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PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae
Yellow-fronted Canary Serinus mozambicus
Brimstone Canary Serinus sulphuratus
Streaky Seedeater Serinus striolatus
Thick-billed Seedeater Serinus burtoni
PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae
Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
Black-billed Weaver Ploceus melanogaster
Strange Weaver Ploceus alienus
Holub's Golden-Weaver Ploceus xanthops
Vieillot's Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
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Forest Weaver Ploceus bicolor
Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
Grosbeak Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae
Gray-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus
Dusky Crimson-wing Cryptospiza jacksoni
Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola
Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
Black-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula
Kandt's Waxbill Estrilda kandti
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu Uraeginthus bengalus
Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
PASSERIFORMES: Viduidae
Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
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Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
Mammal Checklist
Hyracoidea (hyraxes)
Bush Hyrax Heterohyrax brucei
Primates
Vervet Monkey Chlorocebus pygerythrus
L’Hoest’s Monkey Cercopithecus lhoesti
Blue Monkey Cercopithecus mitis
Olive Baboon Papio anubis
Rodentia (rodents)
Carruther’s Mountain Squirrel Funisciurus carruthersi
Ruwenzori Sun Squirrel Heliosciurus ruwenzorii
Boehm’s Bush Squirrel Paraxerus boehmi
Carnivora
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Marsh Mongoose Atilax paludinosus
Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates)
Maneless Zebra Equus quagga
Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)
Common warthog Phacochoerus africanus
Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius
Giraffe Giraffa
Topi Damaliscus lunatus jimela
African buffalo Syncerus caffer
Nile bushbuck Tragelaphus sylvaticus
Bohor Reedbuck Redunca redunca
Common duiker Sylvicapra grimmia
Impala Aepyceros melampus
Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus
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GECKOS
Tropical House gecko Hemidactylus mabouia
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CROCODILES
Nile crocodiles Crocodylus niloticus
SNAKES
Thirteen-Scaled Green-snake Philothamnus carinatus
Black Mamba Dendroaspsis polylepis
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