Major Birds in Bwindi Forest National Park.
Bwindi Forest National Park is one of the most important bird watching destinations in Africa, known for its exceptional biodiversity and pristine montane forest habitat. The park is home to more than 350 bird species, including several rare and endemic birds of the Albertine Rift, making it a dream destination for birdwatchers and nature enthusiasts. This article will list the major birds in Bwindi Forest National Park that bird lovers will encounter on their birding safari in the park. The park is home to over 350 bird species, such as water birds, forest birds, migratory birds, Albertine species and the park’s endemic species. Bird watching in the park is best done in the morning or late afternoon hours when birds are most active.
Major Birds in Bwindi Forest National Park.
- African Green Broadbill
- Grauer’s Rush Warbler
- Shelley’s Crimsonwing
- Dusky Crimsonwing
- Red-faced Woodland Warbler
- Grauer’s Warbler
- Strange Weaver
- 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
- 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
- Western Nicator
- Brown-chested Alethe
- Black-faced Rufous Warbler
- Olive Pigeon
- African Olive Pigeon
- White-starred Robin
- Brown Woodland Warbler
