List of Bird Species in Semuliki National Park.
Semuliki National Park is one of the best birding destinations in East Africa, celebrated for hosting the largest number of forest birds and Guinea-Congo biome bird species, which attracts thousands of bird enthusiasts and photographers to explore the park’s unique avian life. The park is found in western Uganda, approximately 5-6 hours drive from Kampala, the capital city of Uganda. Bird watching is one of the major tourist activities in the park and is supported by the presence of unique ecosystems like wetlands, riverine forests, grasslands and tropical forests, which provide habitats to various bird species. The park is home to over 445 bird species, including forest birds, water birds, migratory birds, Albertine endemics, Guinea-Congo biome bird species, and the park’s residents, which are rare to find anywhere else. This blog will provide a list of bird species in Semuliki National Park, which birders can encounter on their safari in the park. The park has well-maintained hiking trails which cater to all levels of travellers, whether you are an experienced birder or simply a curious photographer; Semuliki National Park offers the best birding safaris.
List of Bird Species in Semuliki National Park.
- Spur-winged Goose
- African Black Duck
- Helmeted Guineafowl
- Western Crested Guineafowl
- White-faced Whistling-Duck
- Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
- Black-billed Wood-Dove
- African Green-Pigeon
- Fulvous Whistling-Duck
- Knob-billed Duck
- Hartlaub’s Duck
- Egyptian Goose
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- White-spotted Flufftail
- Buff-spotted Flufftail
- Red- Chested Flufftail
- Gray-throated Rail
- African Crake
