Bird Watching Experience in Kidepo Valley National Park.
Bird watching experience in Kidepo Valley National Park offers a unique opportunity to explore the park’s rich avian life in Uganda’s most remote and pristine wilderness areas. It is located in the rugged northeastern corner of the country, bordering South Sudan and Kenya. It’s the third-largest park in the country, covering an area of about 1,442 square kilometres. It’s the second place in the country with the longest list of bird species, after Queen Elizabeth National Park, with over 600 bird species. Kidepo Valley National Park is known for its rich avian life, with up to 480 bird species that call this amazing park home. The birds include 58 birds of prey, 16 Sudan and Guinea Savanna, 4 Guinea Congo Forest Biome species, 3 of Uganda’s 32 Somali- Masai biome species, 21 Afro-tropical highland species, migratory birds and water birds. These unique bird species attract hundreds of bird enthusiasts to come and enjoy watching them. The park has different spots where bird watching takes place, like Kidepo Valley, areas around Apoka Rest Camp and Narus Valley, all of which offer exceptional bird watching experiences to travellers.
Bird watching Experience in Kidepo Valley National Park.
Bird watching in the park is best done either in the morning hours or evening hours when the birds are most active. All sessions begin with a briefing about the rules and regulations of the park. This is a guided activity led by a knowledgeable park birder who helps visitors identify birds by their call, sound, and appearance and gives more information about the bird species that you might encounter in the park.
Bird watchers are encouraged to prepare a bird watching checklist as it allows them to easily track and identify the park’s incredible birdlife, ensuring they don’t miss any key species and birds that they are interested in seeing. Visitors will choose the birding sites that they would like to visit, depending on their preferences, as the park has different bird watching sites, each with unique bird species, including Narus Valley, suitable for water birds and the park’s endemics, areas around the Apoka Rest Camp, and the Kidepo Valley. Bird watching experience in Kidepo Valley National Park is such an awesome safari activity, as it allows visitors to immerse themselves in nature and embrace the wonders of the park
Birds Found in the Park.
Kidepo Valley National Park is home to over 480 bird species, making it one of the most incredible safari destinations for bird watching. Bird lovers will be delighted in hundreds of birds , such as Secretary Birds, Northern Camine bee-eaters, Abyssinian Scimitarbill, Purple Heron, Clapperton’s Francolin, Fulvous Whistling-Duck, Egyptian Goose, Garganey, African Pygmy-Goose, Knob-billed Duck, Spur-winged Goose,Helmeted Guineafowl, Western Crested Guineafowl, Stone Partridge, Crested Francolin, Ring-necked Francolin, Orange River Francolin, Blue Quail, Harlequin Quail, Common Quail, Clapperton’s Spurfowl, Red-necked Spurfowl, Yellow-necked Spurfowl, Speckled Pigeon, Mourning Collared-Dove, Lemon Dove, Dusky Turtle-Dove, Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove, Vinaceous Dove, Laughing Dove, Ring-necked Dove, Black-billed Wood-Dove, Namaqua Dove, Blue-spotted Wood-Dove, 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, 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, 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, Gray Crowned-Crane, Black Crowned-Crane, Senegal Thick-knee, Water Thick-knee, Spotted Thick-knee, Pied Avocet, and more.
