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Rwanda

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

Snapshot: 20 Sept 2026Metadata onlyNot bird abundance
Catalog media assets
38,156
+32 since previous
Species represented
639
-75 since previous
Audio recordings
4,969
13.0% of country media
Dated records
99.8%
38,085 of 38,156 dated

How the media archive grew

Cumulative catalog metadata for Rwanda 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
Rwanda
Earliest dated record from 1980. Peak completed field year: 2024 (8,801 media records).

What’s in the archive?

Catalog media by modality
Photos
32,95686.4%
Audio
4,96913.0%
Video
2310.6%

Sound recordings by field year

Annual audio metadata from 2000 onward
Complete field years2026 (partial)
4,852 sound records in the chart window97.6% of 4,969 country audio records; the remainder predates 2000 or lacks a usable field year · 2026 is partial

Bioacoustic spotlight

#4 of 9 by sound records in East Africa
11.5%
Regional sound share
6.6 : 1
Photo-to-audio ratio

For every sound recording, there are 6.6 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 Rwanda
  1. 1

    White-browed Robin-Chat

    Cossypha heuglini

    530
  2. 2

    Bronze Sunbird

    Nectarinia kilimensis

    465
  3. 3

    Variable Sunbird

    Cinnyris venustus

    445
  4. 4

    Speckled Mousebird

    Colius striatus

    394
  5. 5

    Gray-backed Fiscal

    Lanius excubitoroides

    359
Frequently photographed species may dominate. Counts reflect documentation effort, not bird abundance.

Recent field years

Latest 10 field years represented
2017664
20181.1K
20191.5K
2020831
20211.4K
20222.2K
20235K
20248.8K
20258.7K
2026partial5.3K
2026 is incomplete; records counted through 20 Sept 2026.

Who made the recordings

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

Top audio contributors (8)

Most recordings this snapshot
01HJ
Harerimana Joachim172 species
1,015audio
02IP
izabayo pierre118 species
466audio
03NE
Niyomugabo Evariste83 species
419audio
04MJ
MBONIGABA Jean de Dieu Remy151 species
303audio
05TO
TWIZERIMANA Olivier94 species
273audio
06JU
Jemima Umukunzi79 species
263audio
07FM
Faustin Mugiraneza76 species
188audio
08IE
ITWITAHO Ennice70 species
178audio

Rwanda 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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