Major Birds in Lake Mburo National Park.
Lake Mburo National Park is one of Uganda’s most accessible and rewarding birdwatching destinations, situated in western Uganda between Kampala and Mbarara. It’s one of the smallest national parks in the country and the nearest park to Kampala, the capital city of Uganda. It hosts over 350 bird species, including acacia dwelling species, savannah species, migratory birds, water birds and the park’s endemic species, making it an important site for bird enthusiasts and ornithologists. The park’s rich birdlife is supported by its ecosystems, such as wetlands, open savannah grasslands, acacia woodlands and tropical forest that provide a habitat to various bird species. This blog will list the major birds to encounter in Lake Mburo National Park on your bird watching safaris. These birds can be seen while on game drives, nature walks and boat cruises.
Major Birds in Lake Mburo National Park.
- Shoebill
- Red-faced Barbet
- African Finfoot
- Papyrus Gonolek
- Grey Crowned Crane
- African Fish Eagle
- Saddle-billed Stork
- Woolly-necked Stork
- Marabou Stork
- Black Stork
- Pink-backed Pelican
- African Darter
- Long-tailed Cormorant
- Hamerkop
- Great Egret
- Intermediate Egret
- Little Egret
- Cattle Egret
- Purple Heron
- Black-headed Heron
- Squacco Heron
- Rufous-bellied Heron
- African Jacana
- Water Thick-knee
- Senegal Thick-knee
- Spur-winged Lapwing
- Crowned Lapwing
- Long-toed Lapwing
- African Wattled Lapwing
- Brown-chested Lapwing
- Greater Painted-snipe
- Great Snipe
- Coqui Francolin
- Crested Francolin
- Ring-necked Francolin
- Red-necked Spurfowl
- Handsome Spurfowl
- Black-bellied Bustard
- Denham’s Bustard
- Temminck’s Courser
- Abyssinian Ground Hornbill
- Southern Ground Hornbill
- African Grey Hornbill
- African Pied Hornbill
- Common Scimitarbill
- Green Wood-hoopoe
- Ross’s Turaco
- Great Blue Turaco
- Black-billed Turaco
- Eastern Plantain-eater
- Blue-naped Mousebird
- Speckled Mousebird
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove
- Brown Parrot
- Red-headed Lovebird
- Blue-headed Coucal
- Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike
- Black Cuckooshrike
- Narina Trogon
- Malachite Kingfisher
- Pied Kingfisher
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher
- Lilac-breasted Roller
- Broad-billed Roller
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
- Blue-breasted Bee-eater
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
- White-throated Bee-eater
- European Bee-eater
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
- Yellow-throated Tinkerbird
- Crested Barbet
- White-headed Barbet
- Yellow-spotted Barbet
- Nubian Woodpecker
- Grey Woodpecker
- Black-collared Barbet
- Hairy-breasted Barbet
- Spot-flanked Barbet
- White-winged Tit
- Yellow-breasted Apalis
- Papyrus Yellow Warbler
- Carruthers’s Cisticola
- Long-tailed Cisticola
- Tabora Cisticola
- Rufous-naped Lark
- Yellow-throated Longclaw
- Mosque Swallow
- Rufous-chested Swallow
- Greater Blue-eared Starling
- Rüppell’s Starling
- Arrow-marked Babbler
- Northern Black Flycatcher
- Lead-coloured Flycatcher
- African Marsh Harrier
- Martial Eagle
- African Harrier Hawk
- Gabar Goshawk
- Grey Kestrel
Other Major Birds in Lake Mburo National Park include Whiskered Tern, Gull-billed Tern, Greater Flamingo, Lesser Flamingo, Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl, Pearl-spotted Owlet, Southern White-faced Owl, Narina Trogon, Common Hoopoe, Green Woodhoopoe, Forest Scimitarbill, Little Grebe, Little Grebe, African Openbill, Black Stork, Abdim’s Stork, African Woolly-necked Stork, Saddle-billed Stork, Marabou Stork, Yellow-billed Stork, Great Cormorant, Great Cormorant, Glossy Ibis, African Sacred Ibis, Hadada Ibis, African Spoonbill, Dwarf Bittern, Little Bittern, Black-crowned Night Heron, Little Egret, White-backed Night Heron, Rufous-bellied Heron, Western Cattle-Egret, Goliath Heron, Yellow-billed Egret, Western Cattle-Egret, Pink-backed Pelican, Great White Pelican, Great White Pelican, Black-winged Kite, African Harrier-Hawk, Palm-nut Vulture, African Cuckoo-Hawk, European Honey-buzzard, White-headed Vulture, Lappet-faced Vulture, Hooded Vulture, African Hawk-Eagle, Martial Eagle, Booted Eagle, Tawny Eagle.
