Major Bird Species in Queen Elizabeth National Park.
If you are planning a bird watching safari and contemplating the major bird species to see in Queen Elizabeth National Park, this article will guide you on some of the major bird species to encounter on your birding safari in the park. It’s one of the most considered national parks by tourists due to its rich biodiversity and accessibility. It has various natural systems, including wetlands, tropical forests, woodlands and savannah grasslands, provide habitats to various wildlife species. It hosts over 12 primate species, 200 butterfly species, 96 mammal species, including the Big Four lions, leopards, buffalo and elephants. Queen Elizabeth National Park is the only park in East Africa with the highest number of bird species, up to 610 bird species, including forest birds, migratory birds, water birds, and savannah birds. Making it one of the best parks for bird watching safaris in East Africa. It was designated as an Important Bird Area by BirdLife International due to its rich birdlife.
Major Bird Species in Queen Elizabeth National Park.
- African Jacana
- Saddle-billed Stork
- Marabou Stork
- Yellow-billed Stork
- Black-headed Heron
- Goliath Heron
- African Fish Eagle
- Shoebill
- Grey Crowned Crane
- Martial Eagle
- Bateleur
- African Skimmer
- Malachite Kingfisher
- Pied Kingfisher
- Giant Kingfisher
- Woodland Kingfisher
- Purple Heron
- Squacco Heron
- Striated Heron
- Little Egret
- Great Egret
- Cattle Egret
- African Spoonbill
- Hamerkop
- Sacred Ibis
- Hadada Ibis
- African Openbill
- Spur-winged Goose
- Egyptian Goose
- White-faced Whistling Duck
- Knob-billed Duck
- African Pygmy Goose
- Grey-headed Kingfisher
- Red-throated Bee-eater
- Little Bee-eater
- Carmine Bee-eater
- African Hoopoe
- Black-billed Barbet
- Double-toothed Barbet
- Yellow-throated Tinkerbird
- Speckled Tinkerbird
- African Grey Hornbill
- Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill
- African Wattled Lapwing
- Senegal Lapwing
- Black-winged Stilt
- Three-banded Plover
- Water Thick-knee
- African Crake
- Common Moorhen
- Purple Swamphen
- Black Crake
- Grey-headed Gull
- Gull-billed Tern
- Whiskered Tern
- African Green Pigeon
- Tambourine Dove
- Ross’s Turaco
- Bare-faced Go-away-bird
- Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl
- African Scops Owl
- Swamp Flycatcher
- African Paradise Flycatcher
- Fork-tailed Drongo
- Black-headed Gonolek
- Superb Starling
- Greater Blue-eared Starling
- Red-billed Oxpecker
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker
- Village Weaver
- Black-headed Weaver
- Spectacled Weaver
- Northern Brown-throated Weaver
- Yellow-throated Longclaw
- Fan-tailed Widowbird
- African Pied Wagtail
- Laughing Dove
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove
- Speckled Mousebird
- Blue-naped Mousebird
Other major bird species in Queen Elizabeth National Park include Great Spotted Cuckoo, Montane Nightjar, African Emerald Cuckoo, Black Cuckoo, Dideric Cuckoo, Alpine Swift, Cassin’s Spinetail, Alpine Swift, Mottled Swift, Dusky Turtle-Dove,White-naped Pigeon, Western Bronze-naped Pigeon, Pennant-winged Nightjar, Nubian Nightjar, Common Cuckoo, Red-chested Cuckoo, Pied Cuckoo, Freckled Nightjar, Dideric Cuckoo, Blue-headed Coucal, Ring-necked Dove, Vinaceous Dove, Laughing Dove, Blue-spotted Wood-Dove, Black-billed Wood-Dove, Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove, Blue-spotted Wood-Dove,Tambourine Dove, African Green-Pigeon, Black-bellied Bustard, Denham’s Bustard, Eastern Plantain-eater, Bare-faced Go-away-bird, Pied Avocet, Senegal Thick-knee, Forbes’s Plover, Brown-chested Lapwing, Kittlitz’s Plover, Green Sandpiper, Terek Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Common Greenshank, Ruddy Turnstone, Great Snipe, Lesser Jacana, Dunlin, Black-rumped Buttonquail, Rock Pratincole, Black-winged Pratincole, Marabou Stork, Black Heron, Slender-billed Gull, Crowned Lapwing, Common Ringed Plover, Long-toed Lapwing, Caspian Plover, Pacific Golden-Plover, Three-banded Plover.
