List of Bird Species in Kidepo Valley National Park
Kidepo Valley National Park is one of the most rewarding bird watching destinations in Uganda, famous for its exceptional avian life. The park is home to over 490 bird species, making it the second park in the country with the highest list of birds after Queen Elizabeth National Park, making it a key birding hotspot in the country. It has various ecosystems, including savannah woodlands, acacia woodlands, wetlands, riverine forest and rocky outcrops that provide habitats to various unique bird species that call this place home. The list of bird species in Kidepo Valley National Park includes birds of prey, savannah birds, migratory birds, water birds, and the park’s endemic species. The park’s rich avian life, combined with its stunning views, makes it a true haven for bird watching in Uganda.
List of Bird Species in Kidepo Valley National Park.
- Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill
- Crowned Hornbill
- African Gray 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
- Purple Heron
- Clapperton’s Francolin
- 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
