Major Bird Species in Bwindi Forest National Park.
Are you planning your safari in Bwindi and searching for the major bird species in Bwindi Forest National Park that you might encounter? This blog will give you some of the birds to encounter while in the park. Bwindi Forest National Park is one of the top bird watching destinations in East Africa, celebrated for its rich birdlife. It’s one of the most sought-after bird-watching destinations in Uganda, situated in the southwestern part of Uganda. Bwindi is not only famous for hosting the endangered mountain gorillas but also up to 310 bird species that call this awesome park home. These bird species include water birds, forest birds, migratory birds, park’s endemic species and over 23 Albertine Rift endemics, which are not found anywhere else in the country. Birding in Bwindi is best done in Buhoma and Ruhija sectors, both of which offer equal chances of exploring the park’s unique bird life.
Major Bird Species in Bwindi Forest National Park.
- Handsome Francolin
- Rwenzori Batis
- Mountain Masked Apalis
- Collared Apalis
- Black-throated Apalis
- Chestnut-throated Apalis
- White-tailed Blue Flycatcher
- Archer’s Robin-Chat
- Rwenzori Robin
- Blue-headed Sunbird
- Regal Sunbird
- Purple-breasted Sunbird
- Collared Sunbird
- African Green Broadbill
- Grauer’s Rush Warbler
- Shelley’s Crimsonwing
- Dusky Crimsonwing
- Red-faced Woodland Warbler
- Grauer’s Warbler
- Strange Weaver
- Olive Sunbird
- Green-headed Sunbird
- Variable Sunbird
- Northern Double-collared Sunbird
- Black-fronted Bushshrike
- Many-colored Bushshrike
- Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher
- Chapin’s Flycatcher
- African Dusky Flycatcher
- White-bellied Robin-Chat
- Grey-winged Robin-Chat
- Equatorial Akalat
- Kivu Ground Thrush
- African Thrush
- Mountain Thrush
- Black-billed Turaco
- Great Blue Turaco
- Ross’s Turaco
- Bar-tailed Trogon
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
- African Emerald Cuckoo
- Klaas’s Cuckoo
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
- Yellow-spotted Barbet
- Speckled Tinkerbird
- Hairy-breasted Barbet
- Western Green Tinkerbird
- African Grey Woodpecker
- Cardinal Woodpecker
- Brown-eared Woodpecker
- African Broadbill
- Yellow-whiskered Greenbul
- Little Greenbul
- Honeyguide Greenbul
- Red-tailed Bristlebill
- Yellow-streaked Greenbul
- Cabanis’s Greenbul
- White-throated Greenbul
- Common Bulbul
- Mountain Illadopsis
- Scaly-breasted Illadopsis
- Pale-breasted Illadopsis
- Black-capped Apalis
- Chestnut-capped Flycatcher
- African Paradise Flycatcher
- Black-and-white Shrike-Flycatcher
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye
- Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye
- Grey Cuckooshrike
- Petit’s Cuckooshrike
- African Shrike-flycatcher
- Black-headed Oriole
- Western Black-headed Oriole
- African Golden Oriole
- Yellow-billed Barbet
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove
- Tambourine Dove
- African Wood Owl
- African Crowned Eagle
- Mountain Buzzard
- African Goshawk
- Cassin’s Hawk-Eagle
- Crowned Hornbill
- Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill
- White-headed Wood Hoopoe
- African Pied Wagtail
- White-tailed Ant Thrush
- Dusky Tit
- Stripe-breasted Tit
- African Hill Babbler
- White-browed Crombec
- Green Crombec
- Grey-throated Barbet
Other major bird species in Bwindi Forest National Park , tambourine dove, Cassin’s flycatcher, ansorge’s greenbul, white-throated greenbul, snowy-crowned robin-chat, cape wagtail, mountain wagtail, yellow-fronted canary, dusky twin spot, European honey buzzard, African wood-owl, waller’s starling, crested guinea fowl, barred long-tailed cuckoo, pink-footed puff back, grey-crowned crane, African olive-pigeon, petit’s cuckoo-shrike, Rwenzori batis, blue-spotted wood dove, MacKinnon’s shrike, grey wagtail, Jameson’s Antpecker, African flycatcher-chat, Hottentot teal, African Golden-breasted Bunting, Oriole Finch, Archer’s Robin-chat, Pin-tailed whydah, grosbeak weaver, stuhlmann’s starling, red knobbed coot, olive-breasted greenbul, giant kingfisher, Lagden’s Bush Shrike, Carruthers cisticola, woolly necked stork, banded prinia, red chested fluff tail, Willcocks honey guide, black swift, dwarf honeyguide, scarce swift, little grebeAfrican goshawk, Mountain Wag Tail and grey-checked hornbill and Little Grebe .
