Bird Checklist for Kibale Forest National Park.
Bird Checklist for Kibale Forest National Park: Kibale National Park is one of the best bird watching destinations in Uganda, known for its rich birdlife. It is located in the southwestern region of the country. The park has unique habitats, including tropical rainforest and wetlands that support its rich avian life. It’s home to over 374 bird species, including the Albertine Rift endemics, migratory birds, forest birds, and water birds. Some of the popular bird species include the African grey parrot, the Great blue turaco, the Yellow-spotted nicator, and the white-naped pigeon. This bird checklist for Kibale Forest National Park highlights the unique avian life found in the park
Bird Checklist for Kibale Forest National Park.
ANSERIFORMES
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Knob-billed Duck
Egyptian Goose
Spur-winged Goose
African Pygmy-Goose
African Black Duck
Yellow-billed Duck
GALLIFORMES
Helmeted Guineafowl
Western Crested Guineafowl
GALLIFORMES
Nahan’s Partridge
GALLIFORMES
Crested Francolin
Scaly Spurfowl
Ring-necked Francolin
Handsome Spurfowl
Scaly Spurfowl
Heuglin’s Spurfowl
COLUMBIFORMES
Speckled Pigeon
Afep Pigeon
Rameron Pigeon
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon
White-naped Pigeon
White-naped Pigeon
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Vinaceous Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Black-billed Wood-Dove
Tambourine Dove
MUSOPHAGIFORMES
Great Blue Turaco
Black-billed Turaco
White-crested Turaco
Ross’s Turaco
Eastern Plantain-eater
Bare-faced Go-away-bird
OTIDIFORMES
Black-bellied Bustard
CUCULIFORMES
Senegal Coucal
Blue-headed Coucal
White-browed Coucal
Black Coucal
Blue Malkoha
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Levaillant’s Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas’s Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo
CAPRIMULGIFORMES
Nubian Nightjar
Pennant-winged Nightjar
Fiery-necked Nightjar
Swamp Nightjar
Plain Nightjar
Square-tailed Nightjar
APODIFORMES
Mottled Spinetail
Sabine’s Spinetail
Cassin’s Spinetail
Scarce Swift
Alpine Swift
Mottled Swift
Common Swift
Little Swift
Horus Swift
White-rumped Swift
GRUIFORMES
White-spotted Flufftail
Buff-spotted Flufftail
GRUIFORMES
African Rail
African Crake
Eurasian Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
Black Crake
GRUIFORMES
African Finfoot
GRUIFORMES
Gray Crowned-Crane
CHARADRIIFORMES
Water Thick-knee
CHARADRIIFORMES
Water Thick-knee
CHARADRIIFORMES
Black-winged Stilt
CHARADRIIFORMES
Black-winged Stilt
CHARADRIIFORMES
Little Ringed Plover
Long-toed Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Senegal Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Wattled Lapwing
Brown-chested Lapwing
Kittlitz’s Plover
CHARADRIIFORMES
African Jacana
CHARADRIIFORMES
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Ruff
Little Stint
PHOENICOPTERIFORME
Greater Flamingo
CHARADRIIFORMES
Black-headed Gull
Gray-hooded Gull
African Skimmer
Gull-billed Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
CHARADRIIFORMES
Collared Pratincole
PODICIPEDIFORMES
Great Crested Grebe
Little Grebe
CICONIIFORMES
Yellow-billed Stork
Marabou Stork
Saddle-billed Stork
African Woolly-necked Stork
Abdim’s Stork
African Openbill
SULIFORMES
African Darter
SULIFORMES
Reed Cormorant
Great Cormorant
PELECANIFORMES
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
PELECANIFORMES
Dwarf Bittern
Little Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Black Heron
Little Egret
White-backed Night Heron
Rufous-bellied Heron
Western Cattle-Egret
Yellow-billed Egret
Squacco Heron
Purple Heron
Goliath Heron
PELECANIFORMES
PELECANIFORMES
Shoebill
ACCIPITRIFORMES
Osprey
PELECANIFORMES
Pink-backed Pelican
Great White Pelican
PASSERIFORMES
Purple-breasted Sunbird
Purple-banded Sunbird
Copper Sunbird
Orange-tufted Sunbird
Gray-headed Sunbird
Western Violet-backed Sunbird
Little Green Sunbird
Little Green Sunbird
Collared Sunbird
Green-headed Sunbird
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird
Olive Sunbird
Green-throated Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
PASSERIFORME
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver
Speckle-fronted Weaver
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Red-bellied Malimbe
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver
Crested Malimbe
Strange Weaver
Holub’s Golden-Weaver
Village Weaver
Little Weaver
Red-collared Widowbird
Vitelline Masked-Weaver
Strange Weaver
Golden-backed Weaver
Cardinal Quelea
Black Bishop
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Yellow-crowned Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Grosbeak Weaver
PASSERIFORMES
Oriole Finch
Western Citril
Yellow-fronted Canary
Streaky Seedeater
Yellow-crowned Canary
Streaky Seedeater
PASSERIFORME
Golden-breasted Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
