Rwanda Important Bird Area
Cyamudongo Forest
121 bird species recorded; the most in August.
Wood Wildlife Photography · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
20 species in January.25 species in February.42 species in March.30 species in April.62 species in May.44 species in June.31 species in July.71 species in August.39 species in September.37 species in October.22 species in November.36 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
NT- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
121 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 121Speciesrecorded more than once
- 39Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 1,144Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 1,914 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 8Raptors
- 3Herons, ibises & grebes
- 80Songbirds
- 30Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 121 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors8 species
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- Augur BuzzardButeo augur
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatusNT
- Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
- African Harrier-hawkPolyboroides typus
- Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Grey KestrelFalco ardosiaceus
Herons, ibises & grebes3 species
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- HadadaBostrychia hagedash
- HamerkopScopus umbretta
- Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
Songbirds80 species
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- Yellow-whiskered GreenbulEurillas latirostris
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
- Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
- Motacilla aguimpMotacilla aguimp
- Grey ApalisApalis cinerea
- Chubb's CisticolaCisticola chubbi
- Green White-eyeZosterops stuhlmanni
- Luehder's Bush-shrikeLaniarius luehderi
- Slender-billed StarlingOnychognathus tenuirostris
- Cabanis's GreenbulPhyllastrephus cabanisi
- Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
- African Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
- Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivacea
- Black-tailed OrioleOriolus percivali
- Dioptrornis fischeriDioptrornis fischeri
- Waller's StarlingOnychognathus walleri
- Pied CrowCorvus albus
- Dusky FlycatcherMuscicapa adusta
- Black Cuckoo-shrikeCampephaga flava
- Black-billed WeaverPloceus melanogaster
- Bronzy SunbirdNectarinia kilimensis
- Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
- Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
- Black Rough-winged Swallow or Black Saw-wingPsalidoprocne pristoptera
- Red-capped RobinCossypha natalensis
- Tropical BoubouLaniarius major
- Olive-breasted GreenbulArizelocichla kikuyuensis
- Grey-crowned NegrofinchNigrita canicapillus
- Golden-breasted BuntingEmberiza flaviventris
- White-browed Robin-chatCossypha heuglini
- African Golden WeaverPloceus xanthops
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
- Green-headed SunbirdCyanomitra verticalis
- Turdus peliosTurdus pelios
- Equatorial AkalatSheppardia aequatorialis
- Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
- Baglafecht WeaverPloceus baglafecht
- Yellow-throated LeafloveAtimastillas flavicollis
- Northern Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris reichenowi
- Stuhlmann's StarlingPoeoptera stuhlmanni
- Ashy FlycatcherMuscicapa caerulescens
- Mountain Masked ApalisApalis personata
- Black-crowned WaxbillEstrilda nonnula
- African FirefinchLagonosticta rubricata
- Red BishopEuplectes orix
- Black-winged Red BishopEuplectes hordeaceus
- Angolan SwallowHirundo angolensis
- Grauer's WarblerGraueria vittata
- Sharpe's StarlingPoeoptera sharpii
- Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
- Abyssinian ThrushTurdus abyssinicus
- Regal SunbirdCinnyris regius
- Lanius humeralisLanius humeralis
- Lanius excubitorLanius excubitor
- White-necked RavenCorvus albicollis
- Grey-headed BushshrikeMalaconotus blanchoti
- Yellow-streaked BulbulPhyllastrephus flavostriatus
- White-tailed Blue-flycatcherElminia albicauda
- African Golden OrioleOriolus auratus
- Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
- White-headed SawwingPsalidoprocne albiceps
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis
- Snowy-headed Robin-ChatCossypha niveicapilla
- Black-throated ApalisApalis jacksoni
- Chestnut-throated ApalisApalis porphyrolaema
- Mackinnon's ShrikeLanius mackinnoni
- Sharpe's Pied-BabblerTurdoides sharpei
- White-browed CrombecSylvietta leucophrys
- Bronze MannikinLonchura cucullata
- Yellow-throated LongclawMacronyx croceus
- Grey-capped WarblerEminia lepida
- Bracken WarblerBradypterus cinnamomeus
- Pentholaea arnottiPentholaea arnotti
- Red-chested SunbirdCinnyris erythrocercus
- Thick-billed SeedeaterCrithagra burtoni
- White-chinned PriniaSchistolais leucopogon
- Olive-bellied SunbirdCinnyris chloropygius
- Neumann's WarblerUrosphena neumanni
Other birds30 species
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- Grey-cheeked HornbillBycanistes subcylindricus
- Lady Ross's TuracoMusophaga rossae
- Yellow-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus bilineatus
- Grey-throated BarbetGymnobucco bonapartei
- Narina TrogonApaloderma narina
- Crowned HornbillLophoceros alboterminatus
- Tambourine DoveTurtur tympanistria
- White-headed Wood HoopoePhoeniculus bollei
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eaterMerops oreobates
- Black-billed TuracoTauraco schuettii
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
- African Green-pigeonTreron calvus
- Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
- Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
- Black CuckooCuculus clamosus
- Bar-tailed TrogonApaloderma vittatum
- Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx cupreus
- Great Blue TuracoCorythaeola cristata
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
- Blue-spotted Wood-doveTurtur afer
- African Olive PigeonColumba arquatrix
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Mountain NightjarCaprimulgus poliocephalus
- Forest Wood HoopoePhoeniculus castaneiceps
- Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
- Scaly FrancolinPternistis squamatus
- Black-bellied KorhaanLissotis melanogaster
- Ruwenzori TuracoRuwenzorornis johnstoni
- White-fronted Bee-eaterMerops bullockoides
- Blue MalkohaCeuthmochares aereus
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in August.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan22°/14°159 mm
- Feb23°/15°141 mm
- Mar23°/15°196 mm
- Apr22°/14°181 mm
- May22°/14°112 mm
- Jun22°/12°52 mm
- Jul22°/12°31 mm
- Aug23°/13°73 mm
- Sep23°/14°127 mm
- Oct23°/14°188 mm
- Nov22°/14°265 mm
- Dec22°/14°180 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Cyamudongo Forest.
Rainforest in Rusizi District in the Western Province of Rwanda
Cyamudongo Forest is an Important Bird Area (BirdLife) in Rwanda, 1,914 m above the sea.
121 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 1,144 open records.
The most recorded are the Grey-cheeked Hornbill, the Lady Ross's Turaco and the Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird.
14 species come for the summer, 23 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in August.
Get there and watch
- Tamaraplace to stay · 8.1 km · 10 within 10 km
- Karengeranearest town · 6.2 km in a straight line
- Kamembe Airport (KME)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 13 km in a straight lineCar hire in KigaliDiscover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 1visitor centres within 6 kmCyamudongo Tourism Promotion Cooperative
- 10places to stay within 10 kmTamara, Amizero lodge, Amahumbezi Lodge and 7 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Cyamudongo Forest.
The lakes, beaches, rivers, mountains, forests and viewpoints around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas17 mountains within 25 kmKarambi · 1.1 kmMagongwe1,584 m · 12 kmRuhoko · 14 kmKirimpungu1,259 m · 17 kmKamarenga1,297 m · 22 kmBukamba2,140 m · 23 kmMuranga1,570 m · 23 kmKiyange1,599 m · 24 km
Forestya1 forests and trees within 15 kmComing soonCyamudongo Forest · this place↗
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Cyamudongo Forest
Rwanda
- 49Birdyas Score
- 121Species
- 39Migrants
- 0Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q49329827) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 1,144 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Forestya |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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