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Giant Kingfisher photographed at Umusambi Village, Kigali
Getting to know Rwanda’s Birds – The Kingfishers
If you had asked me a couple of years to visualise a kingfisher, my mind would have conjured up an image of beautiful little bird with a long beak perched next to water. However, I now know this image...
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Getting to know Rwanda’s Birds – The Turacos
Turacos are largely arboreal, meaning they spend most of their lives in the canopy of trees. Rwanda’s turaco family includes five actual turacos and two very closely related species, the Bare-faced Go-away-bird...
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Getting to know Rwanda’s Birds – The Hamerkop
Rwanda is home to many remarkable birds, none more so than the Hamerkop. The direct translation of the Afrikaans word from which this bird gets its name is ‘hammer head’, and it’s easy to why they have...
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Getting to know Rwanda's Birds - The Cisticolas
Among the many different families of birds that call Rwanda home, the thirteen species of cisticolas stand out as fascinating and enchanting residents, even if they are superficially rather dull. There’s...