Major Bird Species in Kibale National Park.
Are you preparing your bird watching safari and wondering about the major bird species in Kibale Forest National Park. This blog will list some of the major birds to encounter on your safari in the park. Kibale Forest National Park is a prime bird watching destination in Uganda, located in the southwestern part of the country. It has rich ecosystems such as tropical rainforests, grasslands, and wetlands, which provide a habitat for various bird species. It hosts over 370 bird species, including water birds, forest birds, the park’s residents and migratory bird species. Birding is best done in the morning or evening hours when birds are most active. The park is not only a birding site, but it is also home to the highest number of chimpanzees in Africa, which can be combined with bird watching safaris.
Major Bird Species in Kibale National Park.
Hamerkop
Shoebill
Osprey
Pink-backed Pelican
Great White Pelican
Purple-breasted Sunbird
Regal Sunbird
Purple-banded Sunbird
Copper Sunbird
Orange-tufted Sunbird
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Knob-billed Duck
Egyptian Goose
Spur-winged Goose
African Pygmy-Goose
African Black Duck
Yellow-billed Duck
Helmeted Guineafowl
Western Crested Guineafowl
Nahan’s Partridge
Crested Francolin
Scaly Spurfowl
Ring-necked Francolin
Handsome Spurfowl
Scaly Spurfowl
Heuglin’s Spurfowl
Speckled Pigeon
Afep Pigeon
Rameron Pigeon
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon
White-naped Pigeon
White-naped Pigeon
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Vinaceous Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Black-billed Wood-Dove
Tambourine Dove
Great Blue Turaco
Black-billed Turaco
White-crested Turaco
Ross’s Turaco
Eastern Plantain-eater
Bare-faced Go-away-bird
Black-bellied Bustard
Senegal Coucal
Blue-headed Coucal
White-browed Coucal
Black Coucal
Blue Malkoha
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Levaillant’s Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas’s Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo
Nubian Nightjar
Pennant-winged Nightjar
Fiery-necked Nightjar
Swamp Nightjar
Plain Nightjar
Square-tailed Nightjar
Mottled Spinetail
Sabine’s Spinetail
Cassin’s Spinetail
Scarce Swift
Alpine Swift
Mottled Swift
Common Swift
Little Swift
Horus Swift
White-rumped Swift
White-spotted Flufftail
Buff-spotted Flufftail
African Rail
African Crake
Eurasian Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
Black Crake
African Finfoot
Gray Crowned-Crane
Water Thick-knee
Water Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt
Little Ringed Plover
Long-toed Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Senegal Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Wattled Lapwing
Brown-chested Lapwing
Kittlitz’s Plover
African Jacana
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Ruff
Little Stint
Greater Flamingo
Black-headed Gull
Gray-hooded Gull
African Skimmer
Gull-billed Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
Collared Pratincole
Great Crested Grebe
Little Grebe
Yellow-billed Stork
Marabou Stork
Saddle-billed Stork
African Woolly-necked Stork
Abdim’s Stork
African Openbill
African Darter
Reed Cormorant
Great Cormorant
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
Dwarf Bittern
Little Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Black Heron
Little Egret
White-backed Night Heron
Rufous-bellied Heron
Western Cattle-Egret
Yellow-billed Egret
Squacco Heron
Purple Heron
Goliath Heron
Gray-headed Sunbird
Western Violet-backed Sunbird
Little Green Sunbird
Little Green Sunbird
Collared Sunbird
Green-headed Sunbird
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird
Olive Sunbird
Green-throated Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver
Speckle-fronted Weaver
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Red-bellied Malimbe
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver
Crested Malimbe
Strange Weaver
Holub’s Golden-Weaver
Village Weaver
Little Weaver
Red-collared Widowbird
Vitelline Masked-Weaver
Strange Weaver
Golden-backed Weaver
Cardinal Quelea
Black Bishop
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Yellow-crowned Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Grosbeak Weaver
Oriole Finch
Western Citril
Yellow-fronted Canary
Streaky Seedeater
Yellow-crowned Canary
Streaky Seedeater
Golden-breasted Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
