Birds in Semuliki National Park.

Semuliki National Park is one of the best bird watching destinations in Africa, celebrated for its unique avian life. It’s located in the western part of Uganda, about a 5- to 6-hour drive from Kampala, the capital city of Uganda. The park’s unique avian life attracts thousands of bird enthusiasts, photographers and ornithologists to explore the park’s rich bird life in their natural habitats. This blog will list some of the birds travellers can encounter on their safari in Semuliki National Park. The park hosts over 445 bird species including forest birds, migratory birds Guinea- Congo Biome birds, water birds, migratory birds, forest birds, raptors. The park’s rich avian life is supported by its mix of ecosystems, which provide habitats to various bird species like wetlands, tropical forest, grasslands, and riverine vegetation. The park has well-maintained birding trails which are specifically used for birding, like Sempaya trail, Ntandi trail and Kirumia trail, all of which offer excellent chances of spotting various unique bird species in their natural habitats.

Birds in Semuliki National Park.

Bird enthusiasts will find the park a paradise for bird watching with over 445 bird species to encounter while in the park. Some of the birds to encounter include White-faced Whistling-Duck, Fulvous Whistling-Duck, Knob-billed Duck, Hartlaub’s Duck, Egyptian Goose, Spur-winged Goose, African Black Duck, Helmeted Guineafowl, Western Crested Guineafowl, Nahan’s Partridge, Latham’s Francolin, Crested Francolin, Ring-necked Francolin, Heuglin’s Spurfowl , Speckled Pigeon, Afep Pigeon,  Rameron Pigeon, Western Bronze-naped Pigeon, White-naped Pigeon, Lemon Dove, Mourning Collared-Dove, Red-eyed Dove, Ring-necked Dove, Laughing Dove, Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove, Black-billed Wood-Dove, African Green-Pigeon, Denham’s Bustard, Black-bellied Bustard, Great Blue Turaco, Bare-faced Go-away-bird , Eastern Plantain-eater, Ross’s Turaco, White-crested Turaco, Black-billed Turaco, Black-throated Coucal, Senegal Coucal, Blue-headed Coucal, White-browed Coucal, Black Coucal, Blue Malkoha, Levaillant’s Cuckoo, Pied Cuckoo, Dideric Cuckoo, Klaas’s Cuckoo, Yellow-throated Cuckoo, African Emerald Cuckoo, Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo, African Cuckoo, Common Cuckoo, Pennant-winged Nightjar, Standard-winged Nightjar, Fiery-necked Nightjar, Plain Nightjar, Freckled Nightjar, Bates’s Nightjar, Long-tailed Nightjar, Square-tailed Nightjar, Mottled Spinetail, Sabine’s Spinetail, Common Swift, Alpine Swift, Scarce Swift, White-rumped Swift, African Palm Swift, Horus Swift, White-spotted Flufftail, Buff-spotted Flufftail, Red- Chested Flufftail, Gray-throated Rail, African Crake, Eurasian Moorhen, African Swamphen, Nkulengu Rail, Black Crake, Nkulengu Rail, African Finfoot, Gray Crowned-Crane, Black-winged Stilt, Common Ringed Plover, Three-banded Plover, Little Ringed Plover, Long-toed Lapwing, Spur-winged Lapwing, Black-headed Lapwing, Senegal Lapwing, Wattled Lapwing, Greater Painted-Snipe, African Jacana, Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Marsh Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Common Redshank, Curlew Sandpiper, Sanderling.

Other Birds found in Semuliki National Park include Lesser Black-backed Gull, Whiskered Tern, White-winged Tern, Little Grebe, African Openbill, Abdim’s Stork, African Woolly-necked Stork, Saddle-billed Stork, Marabou Stork, Yellow-billed Stork, African Darter, Great Cormorant, Reed Cormorant, African Sacred Ibis, Glossy Ibis, African Spoonbill, Spot-breasted Ibis, Hadada Ibis, African Spoonbill, Black-crowned Night Heron, Little Heron, Rufous-bellied Heron, Western Cattle-Egret, Yellow-billed Egret, Black-headed Heron, Purple Heron, Goliath Heron, Hamerkop, Osprey, Great White Pelican, Great White Pelican, Pink-backed Pelican, Black-winged Kite, African Harrier-Hawk, White-headed Vulture, Bateleur, Hooded Vulture, Rüppell’s Griffon, Lappet-faced Vulture, Forest Scrub-Robin, White-browed Scrub-Robin, Fire-crested Alethe, White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher, Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat, Red-chested Owlet, African Wood-Ow, Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill, Forest Scimitarbill, Narina Trogon, Blue-naped Mousebird, Orange-cheeked Waxbill, Eastern Long-tailed Hornbill, Blue-breasted Bee-eater, White-thighed Hornbill, Crowned Hornbill, Blue-breasted Bee-eater, Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater, Olive Bee-eater, European Bee-eater, African Pygmy Kingfisher, Malachite Kingfisher, Blue-breasted Kingfisher, Pied Kingfisher, Chocolate-backed Kingfisher, Blue-throated Roller, Red-faced Barbet, Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird, Double-toothed Barbet, Hairy-breasted Barbet, Spotted Honeyguide, Greater Honeyguide, Brown-backed Honeybird, Elliot’s Woodpecker, Nubian Woodpecker, Red-throated Wryneck, African Piculet, Speckle-breasted Woodpecker, Eurasian Hobby, Gray Kestrel, Lanner Falcon, Peregrine Falcon, Red-headed Lovebird, Gray Parrot, Meyer’s Parrot, Rufous-sided Broadbill, African Pitta, Green-breasted Pitta, Petit’s Cuckooshrike, African Black-headed Oriole, Western Black-headed Oriole, Eurasian Golden Oriole, Rwenzori Batis, Jameson’s Wattle-eye, Chestnut Wattle-eye, Ituri Batis, Black-crowned Tchagra,Tropical Boubou, Gray-green Bushshrike, Little Greenbul, Dusky Crested Flycatcher, White-winged Black-Tit, Rufous-naped Lark, Yellow Longbill.