Birds in Kidepo Valley National Park.
Bird enthusiasts and ornithologists planning their birding safari in the park frequently ask about birds in Kidepo Valley National Park to encounter on their bird watching safari, and this blog will list down some of the unique bird species that call this awesome park home. Kidepo Valley National Park is a true birder’s haven situated in the northeastern region of Uganda, covering an area of approximately 1,442 square kilometers. It is known for its rich avian life, making it the second park with a long list of unique birds attracting visitors to come and indulge themselves in the park’s rich bird life. Bird enthusiasts and ornithologists planning their birding safari in the park frequently ask about birds in Kidepo Valley National Park to encounter on their bird watching safari, National Park hosts up to 490 bird species, including over 58 birds of prey, 16 Sudan and Guinea Savannah, 3 of Uganda’s 32 Somali-Masai biome species, 4 Guinea Congo Forest Biome Species, water birds, migratory birds, savannah birds, and the park’s endemic species. Birding in the park is best done in the morning and evening hours when birds are more active. Birders are encouraged to prepare a bird checklist that helps them to check for the specific species that they are interested in seeing while in the park. Whether you are an experienced birder or simply a beginner, Kidepo Valley National Park provides an unforgettable birding safaris that cater to all travellers’ needs.
Birds in Kidepo Valley National Park.
- Common Ostrich
- African Pygmy-Goose
- Knob-billed Duck
- Spur-winged Goose
- Helmeted Guineafowl
- Western Crested Guineafowl
- Stone Partridge
- Crested Francolin
- Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill
- Crowned Hornbill
- African Gray Hornbill
- Jackson’s Hornbill
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill
- Olive Bee-eater
- Common Reed Warbler
- Secretary Birds
- Northern Camine bee-eaters
- Abyssinian Scimitarbill
- Purple Heron
- Clapperton’s Francolin
- Fulvous Whistling-Duck
- Egyptian Goose
- Garganey
- Ring-necked Francolin
- Orange River Francolin
- Blue Quail
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Black-billed Wood-Dove
- Namaqua Dove
- Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
- Little Swift
- Common Swift
- Horus Swift
