Birding watching in Rwanda –Rwanda Safari News

prime birding safariRwanda’s strategically location in the Albertine Rift valley and it being endowed with dense forests as well as being surrounded with many mountains craters  and recommendable beautiful natural surrounding where Eco-tourists on their Rwanda safaris can enjoy their trip. Despite of the fact that Rwanda is small land locked country; the country has been gifted with unique bird list estimated to be over 700 individual bird species and the small country is the only country with the second largest number of birds which are endemic to Albertine Rift.
The famous Republic of Rwanda is very significant birding destination in  Africa and the important birding areas which the country boasts of are mainly seven and these involve the three protected national park such as Nyungwe with 300 bird species, Akagera with over 400 bird species as well as the Volcanoes national park with 178 bird species. The other prominent bird watching areas where visitor’s on Rwanda tours and safaris include the Rugezi Swamp as well as Akanyaru, and Nyabarongo plus Cyamudongo. The pronounced wetlands areas especially the ones around Akagera national park are habitat to the endangered elusive Shoebill stork.
In addition , the pronounced Akagera national park favors the survival of combination of papyrus and acacia bird species and this include the rare Red-faced Barbet which only survives in the acacia vegetation, Papyrus Gonolek, Bennett’s Woodpecker, Miombo Wren-Warblers ,Carruther's and Tabora Cisticolas, White-headed, Black and familiar Chats, White-winged and Broad-tailed Warblers. It is a very rewarding trip for travelers who under take bird watching safari to Rwanda’s Akagera national park because besides the bird life, one can also enjoy the view of big wildlife including even the water inhabitant hippo, wood land giraffes as well as the elephant.
Setting Akagera side, one can have wonderful time when looking for the birds in the large, dense, unexplored motane rainforest of Nyungwe national park. With total of 300 bird species,a traveler on Rwanda birding safaris can enjoy the view of the twenty seven bird species which are regional endemic. Participating in canopy walk enables tourist also to watch the other unique bird life.
The memorable experience is packed in volcanoes national park because tourists on their mountain gorilla safaris in the volcanoes national park have the greatest opportunity to watch the various bird life while hiking and walking in the volcanoes trails when looking for stunning mountain gorillas.
Rwanda Safaris/Rwanda Safari News
Prime Uganda Safaris and Tours Ltd

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

WHERE CAN YOU FIND & SEE GORILLAS IN UGANDA AFRICA?

Image
Uganda has only two national parks where one can see gorillas i.e Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and Mgahinga Gorilla National Park and this is where g orilla trekking in Uganda is done to search and find  the rear endangered Mountain Gorillas . With about 1063 mountain gorillas that still exist on earth today, Uganda is home to more than half of all these endangered Great Apes making it one of the only 3 countries in the world where mountain gorillas live and Uganda gorilla tours are only done in there two national parks. Uganda has 20 gorilla families that have been habituated and already set for tourism purposes , 19 of which are tracked/found in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and only 1 is found in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park. Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is one  of the places where you can see Gorillas in Uganda Africa. The appropriately named Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (also called “The Place of Darkness”) is the world’s premier gorilla t
Read more

Mountain Gorilla Behavior,Diet,Threats and Predators

http://www.primeugandasafaris.com/gorilla-safaris/5-days-uganda-gorilla-safari.html Behavior  Although strong and powerful, gorillas are generally gentle,shy ,retiring rather than ferocious and treacherous . They live in groups of 2-40 individuals, averaging about 11. Groups are led by a dominant male, the Silverback, named for the silvery gray hairs that grow when the male matures. The Silverback serves as the chief leader and protector of the group, to whom all group members defer. He decides when and where to go, rest and sleep, arbitrates disputes among his family members and protects them from rival Silverbacks or human predators. Gorillas usually seeks no trouble but will valiantly defend its family group if threatened. An adult male called a silverback named for the silvery gray hairs on its back normally leads each group, serving as its chief protector and defender. Gorillas
Read more

SHELLEY’S CRIMSONWING; THE BIRDS OF UGANDA – UGANDA SAFARI NEWS

Image
With over 1057 species of birds, the birding safaris and tours in Uganda go beyond the ordinary. Among these species of birds, there is the eye catching Shelley’s Crimsonwing scientifically referred as Cryptospiza Shelleyi. The Shelley’s Crimsonwing is categorized among the estrildid finch species thrives in closed canopy moist forests, close to water valley bottoms, low secondary growth at the edges of forests, glades and forest clearings marked by extensive herbs, moorland and Bamboo thickets. The birders on Uganda safaris can explore the Shelley Crimsonwing in the Mountains of the Albertine rift valley including Rwenzori Mountains. This Species stretch to other famous parts in the region including the Virunga Mountains, the Kahuzi Biega Mountain, Itombwe Mountain as explored on Congo Safaris and tours and Nyungwe Forest National Park and Gishwati Mukura National Park as explored on Safaris in Rwanda . Bwindi Impenetrable National Park to the south west of Uganda is
Read more