Bird-watching checklist in Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Queen Elizabeth National Park is a premier birding destination in Uganda, located in the southwest region of the country. It’s the second largest national park in Uganda, covering an area of about 1973 square kilometers. Queen Elizabeth National Park is blessed with different natural systems, including wetlands, tropical forests, woodlands, and savannah grasslands, which provide a habitat to various bird species. It hosts over 610 bird species, including savannah birds, water birds, forest birds and migratory bird species. Travellers planning their birding safaris in the park should consider preparing a bird-watching checklist in Queen Elizabeth National Park. It allows them to look for specific bird species that they are interested in encountering on the safari, and also have a memorable bird watching experience in the park. The park has various birding destinations with unique bird species, such as the Maramagambo forest, Kyambura Gorge, Katwe area, Mweye Peninsula among others, all offer exceptional bird watching experiences in the park. If you are a bird enthusiast, Queen Elizabeth National Park must be added to your bucket list.
Bird-watching checklist in Queen Elizabeth National Park.
GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae
- Crested Francolin (Ptilopachus nahani)
- Coqui Francolin (Campocolinus coqui)
- Ring-necked Francolin (Scleroptila streptophora)
- Red-winged Francolin (Scleroptila levaillantii)
- Blue Quail (Synoicus adansonii)
- Common Quail (Coturnix coturnix)
- Heuglin’s Spurfowl (Pternistis squamatus)
- Handsome Spurfowl (Pternistis nobilis)
ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae
- White-faced Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna viduata)
- Fulvous Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna bicolor)
- White-backed Duck (Thalassornis leuconotus)
- Knob-billed Duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos)
- Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
- Yellow-billed Duck (Anas sparsa)
- Spur-winged Goose( Plectropterus gambensis)
- Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)
- Northern Pintail ( Anas acuta)
- African Black Duck (Anas sparsa)
- Garganey (Spatula querquedula)
GALLIFORMES: Numididae
- Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris)
- Western Crested Guineafowl (Guttera verreauxi)
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Speckled Pigeon (Columba guinea)
- Afep Pigeon (Columba unicincta)
- Rameron Pigeon ( Columba arquatrix)
- Western Bronze-naped Pigeon(Columba iriditorques)
- Lemon Dove (Aplopelia larvata)
- Dusky Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia lugens)
- Ring-necked Dove (Streptopelia capicola)
- Mourning Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decipiens)
- Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove (Turtur chalcospilos)
- Blue-spotted Wood-Dove ( Turtur afer)
- African Green-Pigeon (Treron calvus)
OTIDIFORMES: Otididae
- Black-bellied Bustard
- Denham’s Bustard (Neotis denhami)
MUSOPHAGIFORMES: Musophagidae
- Great Blue Turaco (Corythaeola cristata)
- Bare-faced Go-away-bird (Crinifer personatus)
- Eastern Plantain-eater (Crinifer zonurus)
- Rwenzori Turaco ( Gallirex johnstoni)
- Ross’s Turaco (Gallirex johnstoni)
- White-crested Turaco (Tauraco leucolophus)
- Black-billed Turaco (Tauraco schuettii)
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae
- Pennant-winged Nightjar (Caprimulgus vexillarius)
- Eurasian Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)
- Nubian Nightjar (Caprimulgus nubicus)
- Fiery-necked Nightjar (Caprimulgus pectoralis)
- Montane Nightjar (Caprimulgus poliocephalus)
- Swamp Nightjar (Caprimulgus natalensis)
APODIFORMES: Apodidae
- Mottled Spinetail (Telacanthura ussheri)
- Sabine’s Spinetail (Rhaphidura sabini)
- Cassin’s Spinetail ( Neafrapus cassini)
- Scarce Swift (Schoutedenapus myoptilus)
- Little Swift (Apus affinis)
- African Swift (Apus barbatus)
- Common Swift (Apus apus)
- Mottled Swift (Tachymarptis aequatorialis)
- Alpine Swift (Tachymarptis melba)
- African Palm Swift (Cypsiurus parvus)
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae
- African Rail (Rallus caerulescens)
- African Crake (Crecopsis egregia)
- Gray-throated Rail (Canirallus oculeus)
- Lesser Moorhen (Paragallinula angulata)
- Eurasian Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
- Red-knobbed Coot (Fulica cristata)
- Allen’s Gallinule (Porphyrio alleni)
- African Swamphen (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
- Black Crake (Zapornia flavirostra)
CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae
- Spotted Thick-knee (Burhinus capensis)
- Water Thick-knee (Burhinus vermiculatus)
- Eurasian Thick-knee (Burhinus oedicnemus)
- Senegal Thick-knee (Burhinus senegalensis)
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae
- Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola
- Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis fulva)
- Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva)
- Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
- Forbes’s Plover (Thinornis forbesi)
- Three-banded Plover (Thinornis tricollaris)
- Little Ringed Plover (Thinornis dubius)
- Long-toed Lapwing (Vanellus crassirostris
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae
- Black-throated Coucal (Centropus leucogaster)
- Senegal Coucal (Centropus senegalensis)
- Blue-headed Coucal (Centropus monachus)
- White-browed Coucal (Centropus superciliosus)
- Black Coucal (Centropus grillii)
- Blue Malkoha (Ceuthmochares aereus)
- Great Spotted Cuckoo ( Clamator glandarius)
- Levaillant’s Cuckoo (Clamator levaillantii)
- Pied Cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus)
- Thick-billed Cuckoo (Pachycoccyx audeberti)
- Yellow-throated Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx flavigularis)
