Bird Species to See in Kidepo Valley National Park.
Bird enthusiasts and ornithologists planning a birding safari in Kidepo always research the bird species to see in Kidepo Valley National Park, and this blog will list some of the birds to encounter on your safari in the park. It’s found in the northeastern corner of Uganda, bordering Kenya and South Sudan. It is one of the best bird watching destinations in East Africa, with unique bird species which are only found in the park. Kidepo National Park hosts up to 490 bird species, such as savannah birds, water birds, migratory birds and the park’s endemic species. The park’s rich avian life is supported by its various habitats like acacia woodlands, savannah grasslands, wetlands, riverine forests and the rolling hills. Birding is best done in the morning and late afternoon hours when birds are active and visitors can visit the park at any time of the year.
Bird Species to See in Kidepo Valley National Park.
- Purple Heron
- Clapperton’s Francolin
- Black-breasted Barbet
- Karamojo Apalis
- Chestnut Weaver
- Black-headed Plover
- Brown-backed Woodpecker
- Rufous-chested Swallow
- Brown-backed Woodpecker
- Greater Kestrel
- Kori Bustard
- White-bellied Bustard
- Buff-crested Bustard
- Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill
- Crowned Hornbill
- African Grey Hornbill
- Jackson’s Hornbill
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill
- Olive Bee-eater
- Grey Crowned-Crane
- Black Crowned-Crane
- Senegal Thick-knee
- Secretary Birds
- Northern Camine bee-eaters
- Abyssinian Scimitarbill
- Fulvous Whistling-Duck
- Egyptian Goose
- Garganey
- Ring-necked Francolin
- Orange River Francolin
- Blue Quail
- Common Ostrich
- African Pygmy-Goose
- Knob-billed Duck
- Spur-winged Goose
- Helmeted Guineafowl
- White-throated Bee-eater
- White-faced Whistling-Duck
- Harlequin Quail
- Common Quail
- Clapperton’s Spurfowl
- Red-necked Spurfowl
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl
- Speckled Pigeon
- Mourning Collared-Dove
- Lemon Dove
- Dusky Turtle-Dove
- Black-billed Wood-Dove
- Namaqua Dove
- Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
- Little Swift
- Common Swift
- Horus Swift
- African Palm Swift
- Buff-spotted Flufftail
- White-spotted Flufftail
- African Rail
- Lesser Moorhen
- Allen’s Gallinule
- Black Crake
- Eurasian Moorhen
- African Crake
- Lesser Moorhen
- Grey Crowned-Crane
- Black Crowned-Crane
- Senegal Thick-knee
- Water Thick-knee
- Spotted Thick-knee
- Pied Avocet
- Black-winged Stilt
- Black-winged Stilt
- Black-headed Lapwing
- Three-banded Plover
- Long-toed Lapwing, Wattled Lapwing
- Crowned Lapwing
- Spur-winged Lapwing
- Little Ringed Plover
- Greater Painted-Snipe
- Lesser Jacana
- African Jacana
- Marsh Sandpiper
- Common Sandpiper
- African Snipe
- Green Sandpiper
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Small Buttonquail
- Black-rumped Buttonquail
- Bronze-winged Courser
- Temminck’s Courser
- Gull-billed Tern
- Purple Heron
- Yellow-billed Egret
- Hamerkop
- Pink-backed Pelican
- Osprey
- Bruce’s Green-Pigeon
- Four-banded Sandgrouse, Denham’s Bustard
- White-bellied Bustard
- Hartlaub’s Bustard
- Black-bellied Bustard
- Buff-crested Bustard
- Great Blue Turaco
- White-bellied Go-away-bird
- Bare-faced Go-away-bird
- White-winged Tern
- Little Grebe
- African Openbill
- African Woolly-necked Stork
- Black-crowned Night Heron
- Dwarf Bittern
- Western Cattle-Egret
- Black-headed Heron
- Gray Heron
- Western Cattle-Egret
- Little Bittern
- Ross’s Turaco
- Eastern Plantain-eater
- Black-throated Coucal
- Senegal Coucal
- Great Spotted Cuckoo
- Red-chested Cuckoo
- Pied Cuckoo
- Levaillant’s Cuckoo
- Standard-winged Nightjar
- Fiery-necked Nightjar
- Pennant-winged Nightjar
- Long-tailed Nightjar
- Freckled Nightjar
- Swamp Nightjar
- White-rumped Swift
- Mottled Swift
- Scarce Swift
- Alpine Swift
- Nyanza Swift
- African Swift
- African Cuckoo-Hawk
- African Harrier-Hawk
- Black-winged Kite
- White-headed Vulture
- Lappet-faced Vulture
- Bateleur
- Rüppell’s Griffon
- Beaudouin’s Snake-Eagle
- Eastern Chanting-Goshawk
- African Marsh Harrier
- Black Kite
- Western Marsh Harrier
- Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk
- Black Goshawk
- Pallid Harrier
- Grasshopper Buzzard
- Common Buzzard
- African Fish-Eagle
- Western Barn Owl,
- Southern White-faced Owl
- Northern White-faced Owl
- Pearl-spotted Owlet
- Pearl-spotted Owlet
- Grayish Eagle-Owl
- African Wood-Owl
- Blue-naped Mousebird
- Speckled Mousebird
- Common Hoopoe
- Bearded Vulture
- European Honey-buzzard
- Verreaux’s Eagle
- Lesser Spotted Eagle
- Wahlberg’s Eagle
- Martial Eagle
- Martial Eagle
- African Hawk-Eagle
- Long-crested Eagle
- Brown Snake-Eagle
- Lizard Buzzard
- Yellow-billed Stork
- Saddle-billed Stork
- Abdim’s Stork
- Black Stork
- Reed Cormorant
- African Sacred Ibis
- Hadada Ibis
- African Sacred Ibis
- Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
- Vinaceous Dove
- Laughing Dove
- Ring-necked Dove
