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Birds - CoEB Natural History Museum (UR-NHM-Bi)

Being a small country with an area cover of just 26,338 square kilometers, Rwanda contains the highest concentration of birds per square kilometer in Africa. Birdwatching in Rwanda is very rewarding with a large a bird list of over 750 species. Though there are no birds endemic exclusively to Rwanda, it accounts for most of the Albertine Rift Endemic bird species (44), 27 of which are found in Nyungwe Forest alone.

Visit iNaturalist - Birds of Rwanda

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Bird Species of Nyungwe National Park Buffer Zone, Rwanda
Recent Survey of Birds in Gishwati Forest, Rwanda

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Cite this collection:
Birds - CoEB Natural History Museum. Occurrence dataset (ID: 40a35b02-d574-4d01-9b09-48a899d2330a) accessed via the Rwanda Biodiversity Specimen Portal, rwandabiodiversity.net, 2025-06-04).

Address:

Center of Excellence in Biodiversity & Natl Res Management (CoEB)
University of Rwanda
P. O. Box 117
Huye, Southern Province   
Rwanda
25 078 857-6052
https://coebiodiversity.ur.ac.rw/

Collection Statistics

  • 327 specimen records
  • 327 (100%) georeferenced
  • 248 (76%) identified to species
  • 28 families
  • 48 genera
  • 79 species
  • 79 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 40a35b02-d574-4d01-9b09-48a899d2330a
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights:
Rights Holder: University of Rwanda
Geographic Distribution
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