Red rocks bird watching

07/06/2024

Scarlet-chested sunbird

19/09/2022

Grey-crowned crane

23/04/2022

Black-headed gonolek

31/03/2022

Sacred ibis ( threskiornis aethiopicus 82cm)
Can easily get spotted 1000meters away from red rocks at river mukungwa.

22/01/2022

common waxbill

20/01/2022

Pied crow

17/01/2022

Fan-tailed widowbird
Scientific name: euplectes axillaris
Which can easily be spotted nearby red rocks cultural center at mukungwa swamp

06/01/2022

African harrier-hawk. One of the raptors(birds of prey) that can be easily spotted at red rocks and nearby environment.
Size:66cm,26''
Scientific name:Polyboroides typus
Habitat: singles and pairs are widespread but local residents of forest edge, riverine woodland, well-wooded grassland and cultivation, from sea-level to 3000m.

25/04/2021

15/03/2021

Checklist of birding excursion took place at ruhondo lake and mukungwa river source.
Date: 14/03/2021
Number of participants: 3 ( roger, greg, amos)
Duration:4 hours
Number of species recorded: 33
1.grey-crowned crane
2.pin-tailed whydah
3. Intermediate egret
4. Arrow-marked babblery
5. Hadada ibis
6. Malachite kingfisher
7.mackinnon's fiscal
8.sacred ibis
9. Common fiscal
10. Black-crowned waxbill
11. Cape wagtail
12. Little egret
13. Great cormorant
14. Common sandpiper
15. Hammerkop
16. Pied kingfisher
17. Black-headed heron
18. Great egret
19. Long-tailed cormorant
20. Grey heron
21. Pink-backed pelican
22. African-pygm kingfisher
23. Pied wagtail
24. African citril
25. Red-billed firefinch
26. Variable sunbird
27. Bronze sunbird
28. Yellow-billed kite
29. Ring-necked dove
30. Little grebe
31. Tropical boubou
32. Yellow bishop
33. White-headed sawing

08/02/2021

Checklist of the birding excursion took place at red rocks and nearby at mukungwa river.
Number of participants: 2
Names of participants: roger and Ferdinand
Duration of excursion: 2 hours
Time frame: 15:00-17:15
Date: 05/02/2021
Number of observation: 21 species

1. African citril
2. Streaky seedeater
3.tropical boubou
4.bronze sunbird
5.yellow bishop
6.common fiscal
7.Dark-capped bulbul
8.pied crow
9.Common waxbill
10. Red-eyed dove
12. Northern Grey-headed sparrow
13. Black-crowned waxbill
14.white-tailed blue flycatcher
15. Swamp flycatcher
16. Black-headed heron
17. Sacred ibis
18.african-paradise flycatcher
19.cape wagtail
20.spectacled weaver
21. Village weaver

22/09/2020

Birding at ruhondo

09/02/2020

It was a pleasure to do birding with you

09/02/2020

REPORT AND CHECKLIST OF BIRDWATCHING EXCURSION TOOK PLACE AT RED ROCKS
Location: MUSANZE district/Nkotsi sector, Vunga Road near IPRC Musanze and classic lodge
Vegetation: tropical rainforest
Coordinates: 1033’40’’S29038’10’’E
Duration of excursion: 3hours and 30 minutes
Number of participants: six participants (de la paix, rogers, muhamd, rando, keba, abdou)
Total number of spotted birds: 38 species
Other attractions and activities: CBT, hiking, chess game experience, craft shop, botanical garden, buhanga eco-park, culture tourism, banana paper making.
CHECKLIST OF BIRDS SPOTTED AROUND AND INSIDE RED ROCKS
1.Pied Crow
2.Rock Martin
3.Northern Grey-headed Sparrow
4.Bronze Sunbird
5.African Citril
6.African-dusky Flycatcher
7.Yellow-fronted Canary
8.Plain-backed Cisticola
9.Yellow Bishop
10.Tropical Boubou
11.Red-billed Firefinch
12.Pin-tailed whydah(female)
13. Pin-tailed whydah(male)
14.Lesser Kestrel
15.Abbysinian Thrush
16.Streaky Seedeater
17.Chinspot Batis
18.Black-crowned tchagra
19.Ring-necked Dove
20.Hadada Ibis
21.Arrow-marked Babbler
22.Grey-backed Fiscal
23.Speckled Mousebird
24.Red-chested Coucal(heard)
25.Dark-capped Bulbul
26.Scarlet-chested Sunbird
27.Bronze Sunbird
28.Pale Flycatcher
29.Yellow-billed kite
30.Black-crowned Waxbill
31.Common Fiscal
32.Red-rumped Swallow
33.Golden-backed Weaver
34.White-naped Raven
35.White-browed robin chat
36.Willow Warbler
37.Spot-flanked Barbet
38.Green-headed Sunbird

02/02/2020

It was a pleasure birding with Brian. We have spotted 30 species of birds within two hours

18/01/2020

Hello everybody, this group have been created in order to promote avi tourism in red rocks tours and musanze in general. so many bird species including perching birds, game birds, raptors, water birds and other migrants can be spotted in and around red rocks as it is a home of variety of species of flora which attracts different species of birds. we invite you to join us in this hobby and challenge of spotting birds