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Burundi

Where bird photos, recordings, and videos are documented in Burundi.

Snapshot: 20 Sept 2026Metadata onlyNot bird abundance
Catalog media assets
2,220
0 since previous
Species represented
289
-8 since previous
Audio recordings
335
15.1% of country media
Dated records
99.5%
2,209 of 2,220 dated

How the media archive grew

Cumulative catalog metadata for Burundi by field year since 2000. A record is counted under the year its subject was observed, not the year it was uploaded.

Media archive over time

Cumulative catalog metadata by observation year
Burundi
Earliest dated record from 1960. Peak completed field year: 2025 (881 media records).

What’s in the archive?

Catalog media by modality
Photos
1,88284.8%
Audio
33515.1%
Video
30.1%

Sound recordings by field year

Annual audio metadata from 2000 onward
Complete field years2026 (partial)
315 sound records in the chart window94.0% of 335 country audio records; the remainder predates 2000 or lacks a usable field year · 2026 is partial

Bioacoustic spotlight

#7 of 9 by sound records in East Africa
0.8%
Regional sound share
5.6 : 1
Photo-to-audio ratio

For every sound recording, there are 5.6 photos. Field audio provides vital acoustic documentation.

Latest snapshot through 20 Sept 2026.

Species and field years

Which species the country's catalog covers most, and when those records were made.

Most documented species (5)

Ranked by catalog media records in Burundi
  1. 1

    bird sp.

    Aves sp.

    37
  2. 2

    Variable Sunbird

    Cinnyris venustus

    33
  3. 3

    African Dusky Flycatcher

    Muscicapa adusta

    32
  4. 4

    Green White-eye

    Zosterops stuhlmanni

    29
  5. 5

    Chirping Cisticola

    Cisticola pipiens

    28
Frequently photographed species may dominate. Counts reflect documentation effort, not bird abundance.

Recent field years

Latest 10 field years represented
201451
20162
201744
201839
20199
2021138
2022791
2024121
2025881
2026partial85
2026 is incomplete; records counted through 20 Sept 2026.

Who made the recordings

Contributors behind Burundi's audio, and where the recordings themselves can be played.

Top audio contributors (8)

Most recordings this snapshot
01BP
Bram Piot85 species
171audio
02RN
Raphaël Nussbaumer55 species
125audio
03YG
Yash Gharat7 species
15audio
04TS
Tom Schulenberg11 species
14audio
05RG
R. Guillebaud3 species
5audio
06EL
Enrico Leonardi2 species
2audio
07MC
Mich Coker1 species
1audio
08RB
Robert B. Payne1 species
1audio

Burundi on eBird

The recordings and photographs themselves

This page reports the catalog metadata. The media files live in the Macaulay Library and are browsable by country on eBird.

eBird & Macaulay Library · collected 20 Sept 2026 · metadata only

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