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This checklist includes all bird species found in Volcans National Park , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .

The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2). If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).

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Country or region: Volcans National Park [map]

Other names: Parc national des Volcans

Number of species: 226
Number of globally threatened species: 8
Number of introduced species: 1
Last modified: 2024-11-27
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ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae

Hottentot TealSpatula hottentota
African Black DuckAnas sparsa
Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata

 
GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae

Handsome FrancolinPternistis nobilis

 
PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Podicipedidae

Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis

 
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae

Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
African Olive PigeonColumba arquatrix
Dusky Turtle DoveStreptopelia lugens
Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
African Green PigeonTreron calvus
Tambourine DoveTurtur tympanistria

 
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Apodidae

Scarce SwiftSchoutedenapus myoptilus
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
Little SwiftApus affinis
African SwiftApus barbatus

 
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae

Blue-headed CoucalCentropus monachus
Levaillant's CuckooClamator levaillantii
Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
African Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx cupreus
Diederick CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
Barred Long-tailed CuckooCercococcyx montanus
Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius

 
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae

Black CrakeZapornia flavirostra
Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata

 
GRUIFORMES: Gruidae

Grey Crowned CraneBalearica regulorumEndangered

 
MUSOPHAGIFORMES: Musophagidae

Ruwenzori TuracoGallirex johnstoni
Black-billed TuracoTauraco schuettii
Ross's TuracoTauraco rossae

 
PELECANIFORMES: Ciconiidae

MarabouLeptoptilos crumenifer
Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
European White StorkCiconia ciconia

 
PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae

Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens

 
PELECANIFORMES: Scopidae

HamerkopScopus umbretta

 
PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae

Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
Goliath HeronArdea goliath
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Little EgretEgretta garzetta

 
PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae

African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash

 
PELECANIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae

Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae

Three-banded PloverCharadrius tricollaris

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae

African SnipeGallinago nigripennis

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae

Gray-hooded GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae

Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
European Honey BuzzardPernis apivorus
African Harrier HawkPolyboroides typus
Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
Brown Snake EagleCircaetus cinereus
White-headed VultureTrigonoceps occipitalisCritically endangered
Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachusCritically endangered
Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatusNear-threatened
Martial EaglePolemaetus bellicosusEndangered
Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
Tawny EagleAquila rapaxVulnerable
African Hawk EagleAquila spilogaster
Lizard BuzzardKaupifalco monogrammicus
African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorus
Little SparrowhawkAccipiter minullus
Ovambo SparrowhawkAccipiter ovampensis
Rufous-breasted SparrowhawkAccipiter rufiventris
Black SparrowhawkAccipiter melanoleucus
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Augur BuzzardButeo augur
Eurasian BuzzardButeo buteo
Mountain BuzzardButeo oreophilusNear-threatened

 
STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae

Common Barn OwlTyto alba

 
STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae

African Long-eared OwlAsio abyssinicusRare/Accidental

 
COLIIFORMES: Coliidae

Speckled MousebirdColius striatus

 
BUCEROTIFORMES: Bucerotidae

Crowned HornbillTockus alboterminatus

 
PICIFORMES: Picidae

Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens
Olive WoodpeckerMesopicos griseocephalus

 
PICIFORMES: Ramphastidae

Western Green TinkerbirdPogoniulus coryphaea
Yellow-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus bilineatus
Spot-flanked BarbetTricholaema lacrymosa
Double-toothed BarbetPogonornis bidentatus

 
CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae

European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eaterMerops lafresnayii
Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus

 
CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae

African Pygmy KingfisherIspidina picta
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis

 
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae

Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
African HobbyFalco cuvierii
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicus
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus

 
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae

Brown-necked ParrotPoicephalus robustus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae

Black CuckooshrikeCampephaga flava

 
PASSERIFORMES: Platysteiridae

Ruwenzori BatisBatis diops
Chinspot BatisBatis molitor
Brown-throated Wattle-eyePlatysteira cyanea
Black-throated Wattle-eyePlatysteira peltataRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Malaconotidae

Lagden's Bush-shrikeMalaconotus lagdeniNear-threatened
Northern PuffbackDryoscopus gambensis
Brown-crowned TchagraTchagra australis
Mountain Sooty BoubouLaniarius poensis
Albertine Sooty BoubouLaniarius holomelas
Lühder's Bush-shrikeLaniarius luehderi
Tropical BoubouLaniarius aethiopicus
Doherty's Bush-shrikeTelophorus dohertyi

 
PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae

Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae

Mackinnon's ShrikeLanius mackinnoni
Grey-backed FiscalLanius excubitoroides
Northern FiscalLanius humeralis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae

White-necked RavenCorvus albicollis
Pied CrowCorvus albus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae

African Paradise-flycatcherTerpsiphone viridis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae

Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
Green-headed SunbirdCyanomitra verticalis
Blue-headed SunbirdCyanomitra alinae
Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivacea
Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
Bronzy SunbirdNectarinia kilimensis
Malachite SunbirdNectarinia famosa
Scarlet-tufted SunbirdNectarinia johnstoni
Olive-bellied SunbirdCinnyris chloropygius
Ruwenzori Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris stuhlmanni
Northern Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris reichenowi
Regal SunbirdCinnyris regius
Mariqua SunbirdCinnyris mariquensis
Red-chested SunbirdCinnyris erythrocercus
Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
Copper SunbirdCinnyris cupreus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae

Yellow BishopEuplectes capensis
Fan-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes axillaris
Baglafecht WeaverPloceus baglafecht
Slender-billed WeaverPloceus pelzelni
Spectacled WeaverPloceus ocularis
Black-necked WeaverPloceus nigricollis
Strange WeaverPloceus alienus
Holub's WeaverPloceus xanthops
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus
Dark-backed WeaverPloceus bicolor
Brown-capped WeaverPloceus insignis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae

Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
African FirefinchLagonosticta rubricata
Red-headed BluebillSpermophaga ruficapilla
Fawn-breasted WaxbillEstrilda paludicola
Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
Black-crowned WaxbillEstrilda nonnula
Black-headed WaxbillEstrilda atricapilla
Red-faced Crimson-wingCryptospiza reichenovii
Dusky Crimson-wingCryptospiza jacksoni
Shelley's Crimson-wingCryptospiza shelleyiEndangered
Yellow-bellied WaxbillCoccopygia quartinia
Zebra WaxbillAmandava subflava
Bronze MannikinSpermestes cucullata

 
PASSERIFORMES: Viduidae

Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura

 
PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae

House SparrowPasser domesticusIntroduced species
Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae

African PipitAnthus cinnamomeus
Mountain WagtailMotacilla clara
Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis
African WagtailMotacilla aguimp

 
PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae

Oriole FinchLinurgus olivaceus
Western CitrilCrithagra frontalis
Papyrus CanaryCrithagra koliensis
Black-throated CanaryCrithagra atrogularis
Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
Brimstone CanaryCrithagra sulphurata
Streaky CanaryCrithagra striolata
Yellow-crowned CanarySerinus flavivertex

 
PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae

Golden-breasted BuntingFringillaria flaviventris

 
PASSERIFORMES: Stenostiridae

White-tipped Crested-flycatcherElminia albonotata
Blue-and-white Crested-flycatcherElminia albicauda

 
PASSERIFORMES: Paridae

Stripe-breasted TitMelaniparus fasciiventer

 
PASSERIFORMES: Macrosphenidae

White-browed CrombecSylvietta leucophrys

 
PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae

White-chinned PriniaSchistolais leucopogon
Black-collared ApalisOreolais pulcher
Mountain ApalisApalis personata
Black-throated ApalisApalis jacksoni
Chestnut-throated ApalisApalis porphyrolaema
Grey-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
Grey-capped WarblerEminia lepida
Chubb's CisticolaCisticola chubbi
Winding CisticolaCisticola galactotes
Carruthers's CisticolaCisticola carruthersi
Black-faced Rufous WarblerBathmocercus rufus
Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava

 
PASSERIFORMES: Locustellidae

Grauer's Swamp WarblerBradypterus graueriVulnerable
Evergreen-forest WarblerBradypterus lopezi
Bracken WarblerBradypterus cinnamomeus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Acrocephalidae

Dark-capped Yellow WarblerIduna natalensis
Mountain Yellow WarblerIduna similis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae

White-headed Saw-wingPsalidoprocne albiceps
Black Saw-wingPsalidoprocne pristoptera
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
Mosque SwallowCecropis senegalensis
Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Angolan SwallowHirundo angolensis
Rock MartinPtyonoprogne fuligula
Plain MartinRiparia paludicola
Sand MartinRiparia riparia

 
PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae

Eastern Mountain GreenbulArizelocichla nigriceps
Yellow-whiskered GreenbulEurillas latirostris
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopidae

Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaRare/Accidental
Brown Woodland WarblerSeicercus umbrovirens
Red-faced Woodland WarblerSeicercus laetus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae

Eurasian BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
African Hill BabblerSylvia abyssinica

 
PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae

African Yellow White-eyeZosterops senegalensis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Pellorneidae

Mountain Thrush BabblerIlladopsis pyrrhoptera

 
PASSERIFORMES: Leiothrichidae

Red-collared BabblerKupeornis rufocinctusEndangered
Arrow-marked BabblerTurdoides jardineii

 
PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae

Amethyst StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster

 
PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae

White-browed Scrub RobinCercotrichas leucophrys
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
Ashy FlycatcherMuscicapa caerulescens
Swamp FlycatcherMuscicapa aquatica
African Dusky FlycatcherMuscicapa adusta
White-eyed Slaty FlycatcherMelaenornis fischeri
Archer's Robin ChatCossypha archeri
Cape Robin ChatCossypha caffra
White-browed Robin ChatCossypha heuglini
Red-capped Robin ChatCossypha natalensis
White-bellied Robin ChatCossyphicula roberti
White-starred RobinPogonocichla stellata
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
Arnott's ChatMyrmecocichla arnotti
Familiar ChatOenanthe familiaris

 
PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae

Abyssinian ThrushGeokichla piaggiae
Ethiopian ThrushTurdus abyssinicus
African ThrushTurdus pelios

 

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