Bird spotting in Kigali

The ever helpful and thoroughly knowledgeable Marcell Classen of the brilliant Birding in Rwanda blog answered my quick questions regarding the bird sounds I recorded, and tweeted, from our garden in Kigali. Here’s the recording and below is Marcell’s expert assessment,

I’ve listened to the recording of the birds; the main call that dominates is that of Common Bulbul with another further/softer call on 34-40 and 54-55 seconds which sounds like a Grey-capped Warbler.

The long whistling call heard intermittently, especially at 46sec and 49-50sec is that of the Black Kite – most likely a call whilst flying and/or swooping.

Take a look at Marcell’s birding photos on Flickr. Photo of a Black Kite in Rwanda above is by Lukas Vermeer

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