List of Birds in Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Queen Elizabeth National Park is one of the best bird watching destinations and with the highest number of bird species in Uganda. It is regarded as an important birding area by BirdLife International. It has over 600 bird species, including migratory birds, savannah birds, water birds, and woodland species, which are supported by the park’s rich ecosystems that provide habitats to these unique bird species, such as woodlands, swamps, savannah grasslands, and tropical forests. This list of birds in Queen Elizabeth National Park will show some of the bird species to encounter on your birding safari in the park. The park has various bird watching spots with rich avian life, including Mweya peninsula, Maramagambo forest, Kazinga channel, kyambura Gorge, and Ishasha sector. All these areas offer bird lovers unforgettable birding experiences during their
List of Birds in Queen Elizabeth National Park.
- African Green-Pigeon (Treron calvus)
- Black-bellied Bustard
- Denham’s Bustard (Neotis denhami)
- Great Blue Turaco (Corythaeola cristata)
- Bare-faced Go-away-bird (Crinifer personatus)
- Eastern Plantain-eater (Crinifer zonurus)
- Rwenzori Turaco ( Gallirex johnstoni)
- White-faced Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna viduata)
- Fulvous Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna bicolor)
- White-backed Duck (Thalassornis leuconotus)
- Knob-billed Duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos)
- Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
- Yellow-billed Duck (Anas sparsa)
- Spur-winged Goose( Plectropterus gambensis)
- Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)
- Northern Pintail ( Anas acuta)
- African Black Duck (Anas sparsa)
- Garganey (Spatula querquedula)
- Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris)
- Western Crested Guineafowl (Guttera verreauxi)
- Crested Francolin (Ptilopachus nahani)
- Coqui Francolin (Campocolinus coqui)
- Ring-necked Francolin (Scleroptila streptophora)
- Red-winged Francolin (Scleroptila levaillantii)
- Blue Quail (Synoicus adansonii)
- Common Quail (Coturnix coturnix)
- Heuglin’s Spurfowl (Pternistis squamatus)
- Handsome Spurfowl (Pternistis nobilis)
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Speckled Pigeon (Columba guinea)
- Afep Pigeon (Columba unicincta)
- Rameron Pigeon ( Columba arquatrix)
- Western Bronze-naped Pigeon(Columba iriditorques)
- Lemon Dove (Aplopelia larvata)
- Ross’s Turaco (Gallirex johnstoni)
- White-crested Turaco (Tauraco leucolophus)
- Black-billed Turaco (Tauraco schuettii)
- Black-throated Coucal (Centropus leucogaster)
- Senegal Coucal (Centropus senegalensis)
- Blue-headed Coucal (Centropus monachus)
- White-browed Coucal (Centropus superciliosus)
- Black Coucal (Centropus grillii)
- Blue Malkoha (Ceuthmochares aereus)
- Great Spotted Cuckoo ( Clamator glandarius)
- Levaillant’s Cuckoo (Clamator levaillantii)
- Pied Cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus)
- Thick-billed Cuckoo (Pachycoccyx audeberti)
- Yellow-throated Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx flavigularis)
- Pennant-winged Nightjar (Caprimulgus vexillarius)
- Eurasian Nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)
- Nubian Nightjar (Caprimulgus nubicus)
- Fiery-necked Nightjar (Caprimulgus pectoralis)
- Montane Nightjar (Caprimulgus poliocephalus)
- Swamp Nightjar (Caprimulgus natalensis)
- Mottled Spinetail (Telacanthura ussheri)
- Sabine’s Spinetail (Rhaphidura sabini)
- Cassin’s Spinetail ( Neafrapus cassini)
- Scarce Swift (Schoutedenapus myoptilus)
- Little Swift (Apus affinis)
- African Swift (Apus barbatus)
- Common Swift (Apus apus)
- Mottled Swift (Tachymarptis aequatorialis)
- Alpine Swift (Tachymarptis melba)
- African Palm Swift (Cypsiurus parvus)
- African Rail (Rallus caerulescens)
- African Crake (Crecopsis egregia)
- Gray-throated Rail (Canirallus oculeus)
- Lesser Moorhen (Paragallinula angulata)
- Eurasian Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
- Red-knobbed Coot (Fulica cristata)
- Allen’s Gallinule (Porphyrio alleni)
- African Swamphen (Porphyrio madagascariensis)
- Black Crake (Zapornia flavirostra)
- Spotted Thick-knee (Burhinus capensis)
- Water Thick-knee (Burhinus vermiculatus)
- Eurasian Thick-knee (Burhinus oedicnemus)
- Senegal Thick-knee (Burhinus senegalensis)
- Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola
- Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis fulva)
- Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva)
- Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
- Forbes’s Plover (Thinornis forbesi)
- Three-banded Plover (Thinornis tricollaris)
- Little Ringed Plover (Thinornis dubius)
- Long-toed Lapwing (Vanellus crassirostris
- Dusky Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia lugens)
- Ring-necked Dove (Streptopelia capicola)
- Mourning Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decipiens)
- Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove (Turtur chalcospilos)
- Blue-spotted Wood-Dove ( Turtur afer)
