RWANDA BIRD CHECKLIST
Remote Species
AFRICA RWANDA
| # Species: | 707 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 693 |
| # Endemics: | 1 |
| # Near Endemics: | 6 |
OTHER COUNTRIES IN AFRICA
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 1 |
| V | Vulnerable | 4 |
| EN | Endangered | 4 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 0 |
Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.
List of species in the country occurring in remote locales not typically visited by birding tours. Table indicates whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country. See sidebar for meaning of location codes and symbols associated with common names.*
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| 1 | /Garganey/ | Spatula querquedula | |
| 2 | /Northern Shoveler/ | Spatula clypeata | |
| 3 | /Northern Pintail/ | Anas acuta | |
| 4 | Southern Pochard | Netta erythrophthalma | |
| 5 | Maccoa Duck | Oxyura maccoa | |
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| 6 | (Common Quail) | Coturnix coturnix | |
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| 7 | Afep Pigeon | Columba unicincta | |
| 8 | Western Bronze-naped Pigeon | Columba iriditorques | |
| 9 | #Namaqua Dove# | Oena capensis | |
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| 10 | Bates's Nightjar | Caprimulgus batesi | |
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| 11 | Cassin's Spinetail | Neafrapus cassini | |
| 12 | /Alpine Swift/ | Tachymarptis melba | |
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| 13 | African Rail | Rallus caerulescens | |
| 14 | /Spotted Crake/ | Porzana porzana | |
| 15 | Lesser Moorhen | Gallinula angulata | |
| 16 | Allen's Gallinule | Porphyrio alleni | |
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| 17 | White-spotted Flufftail | Sarothrura pulchra | |
| 18 | Buff-spotted Flufftail | Sarothrura elegans | |
| 19 | \Streaky-breasted Flufftail\ | Sarothrura boehmi | |
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| 20 | Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis | |
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| 21 | Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
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| 22 | Black-rumped Buttonquail | Turnix nanus | |
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| 23 | Three-banded Courser | Rhinoptilus cinctus | |
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| 24 | Lesser Flamingo | Phoenicoparrus minor | |
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| 25 | Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
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| 26 | /Black Stork/ | Ciconia nigra | |
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| 27 | Spot-breasted Ibis | Bostrychia rara | |
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| 28 | Dwarf Bittern | Botaurus sturmii | |
| 29 | Western Reef-Heron | Egretta gularis | |
| 30 | White-backed Night Heron | Calherodius leuconotus | |
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| 31 | Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius | |
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| 32 | Scissor-tailed Kite | Chelictinia riocourii | |
| 33 | Congo Snake-Eagle | Circaetus spectabilis | |
| 34 | Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle | Circaetus beaudouini | |
| 35 | /Booted Eagle/ | Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| 36 | Ayres's Hawk-Eagle | Hieraaetus ayresii | |
| 37 | Verreaux's Eagle | Aquila verreauxii | |
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| 38 | Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
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| 39 | Fraser's Eagle-Owl | Ketupa poensis | |
| 40 | Pel's Fishing-Owl | Scotopelia peli | |
| 41 | Abyssinian Owl | Asio abyssinicus | |
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| 42 | Southern Ground-Hornbill | Bucorvus leadbeateri | |
| 43 | Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill | Lophoceros camurus | |
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| 44 | White-fronted Bee-eater | Merops bullockoides | |
| 45 | Swallow-tailed Bee-eater | Merops hirundineus | |
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| 46 | Shining-blue Kingfisher | Alcedo quadribrachys | |
| 47 | Chocolate-backed Kingfisher | Halcyon badia | |
| 48 | Blue-breasted Kingfisher | Halcyon malimbica | |
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| 49 | Purple Roller | Coracias naevius | |
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| 50 | Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet | Trachylaemus purpuratus | |
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| 51 | Willcocks's Honeyguide | Indicator willcocksi | |
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| 52 | Golden-crowned Woodpecker | Chloropicus xantholophus | |
| 53 | Speckle-breasted Woodpecker | Dendropicos poecilolaemus | |
| 54 | Buff-spotted Woodpecker | Pardipicus nivosa | |
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| 55 | Pygmy Falcon | Polihierax semitorquatus | |
| 56 | /Peregrine Falcon/ | Falco peregrinus | |
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| 57 | Red-headed Lovebird | Agapornis pullarius | |
| 58 | Fischer's Lovebird | Agapornis fischeri | |
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| 59 | Gray Parrot | Psittacus erithacus | |
| 60 | Brown-necked Parrot | Poicephalus fuscicollis | |
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| 61 | White-breasted Cuckooshrike | Ceblepyris pectoralis | |
| 62 | Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike | Campephaga phoenicea | |
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| 63 | African Shrike-flycatcher | Megabyas flammulatus | |
| 64 | Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher | Bias musicus | |
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| 65 | Red-eyed Puffback | Dryoscopus senegalensis | |
| 66 | Gray-green Bushshrike | Chlorophoneus bocagei | |
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| 67 | African Crested Flycatcher | Trochocercus cyanomelas | |
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| 68 | /Red-tailed Shrike/ | Lanius phoenicuroides | |
| 69 | /Isabelline Shrike/ | Lanius isabellinus | |
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| 70 | Yellow-bellied Hyliota | Hyliota flavigaster | |
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| 71 | Fischer's Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix leucopareia | |
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| 72 | Green Crombec | Sylvietta virens | |
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| 73 | Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis | |
| 74 | Olive-green Camaroptera | Camaroptera chloronota | |
| 75 | Rock-loving Cisticola | Cisticola aberrans | |
| 76 | Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana | |
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| 77 | /Eastern Olivaceous Warbler/ | Iduna pallida | |
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| 78 | Bamboo Warbler | Locustella alfredi | |
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| 79 | Black-collared Bulbul | Neolestes torquatus | |
| 80 | Red-tailed Bristlebill | Bleda syndactylus | |
| 81 | Little Greenbul | Eurillas virens | |
| 82 | Leaf-love | Phyllastrephus scandens | |
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| 83 | /Wood Warbler/ | Phylloscopus sibilatrix | |
| 84 | Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | |
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| 85 | African Hill Babbler | Sylvia abyssinica | |
| 86 | Greater Whitethroat | Curruca communis | |
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| 87 | Northern Yellow White-eye | Zosterops senegalensis | |
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| 88 | Brown Illadopsis | Illadopsis fulvescens | |
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| 89 | Hartlaub's Babbler | Turdoides hartlaubii | |
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| 90 | Cassin's Flycatcher | Muscicapa cassini | |
| 91 | Gray Tit-Flycatcher | Fraseria plumbeus | |
| 92 | Collared Palm-Thrush | Cichladusa arquata | |
| 93 | Brown-chested Alethe | Chamaetylas poliocephala | |
| 94 | Yellow-breasted Forest Robin | Stiphrornis mabirae | |
| 95 | /Common Redstart/ | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | |
| 96 | Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush | Monticola saxatilis | |
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| 97 | Western Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes longuemarei | |
| 98 | Little Green Sunbird | Anthreptes seimundi | |
| 99 | Green-throated Sunbird | Chalcomitra rubescens | |
| 100 | Red-tufted Sunbird | Nectarinia johnstoni | |
| 101 | Gorgeous Sunbird | Cinnyris melanogastrus | |
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| 102 | Red-headed Quelea | Quelea erythrops | |
| 103 | Yellow Bishop | Euplectes capensis | |
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| 104 | Magpie Mannikin | Spermestes fringilloides | |
| 105 | Green-backed Twinspot | Mandingoa nitidula | |
| 106 | Shelley's Crimsonwing | Cryptospiza shelleyi | |
| 107 | Zebra Waxbill | Amandava subflava | |
| 108 | Chestnut-breasted Nigrita | Nigrita bicolor | |
| 109 | Black-headed Waxbill | Estrilda atricapilla | |
| 110 | Orange-cheeked Waxbill | Estrilda melpoda | |
| 111 | Quailfinch | Ortygospiza atricollis | |
| 112 | Red-throated Twinspot | Hypargos niveoguttatus | |
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| 113 | Parasitic Weaver | Anomalospiza imberbis | |
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| 114 | White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
| 115 | Striped Pipit | Anthus lineiventris | |
| 116 | Short-tailed Pipit | Anthus brachyurus | |
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| 117 | Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi | |
| 118 | Cabanis's Bunting | Emberiza cabanisi | |
*Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.