Major Birds in Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Queen Elizabeth National Park is one of the most important bird watching destinations in Uganda, located in the western part of the country. It has the longest list of bird species in Uganda, attracting thousands of bird lovers to explore the park’s unique bird species. This blog will list some of the major birds in Queen Elizabeth National Park that bird enthusiasts can see on their bird watching safari in the park. The park hosts a variety of habitats, including savannah grasslands, tropical forests, woodlands, wetlands and crater lakes. These diverse ecosystems support an impressive number of bird species, making the park a paradise for birding. Queen Elizabeth National Park hosts up to 600 bird species, such as water birds, savannah birds, migratory birds, forest birds, and the park’s endemic species. Bird watching in Queen Elizabeth National Park can be done in several key areas, such as Kasenyi plains, Mwenya peninsula, Maramagambo Forest and Kazinga Channel, each offering unique bird watching opportunities.
Major Birds in Queen Elizabeth National Park.
- African Fish Eagle
- Shoebill
- Grey Crowned Crane
- Martial Eagle
- Bateleur
- African Skimmer
- Malachite Kingfisher
- Pied Kingfisher
- Giant Kingfisher
- Woodland Kingfisher
- African Jacana
- Saddle-billed Stork
- Marabou Stork
- Yellow-billed Stork
- Black-headed Heron
- Goliath Heron
- 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
- Laughing Dove
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove
- Speckled Mousebird
- Blue-naped Mousebird
- 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
Other major birds in Queen Elizabeth National Park include Pennant-winged Nightjar, Nubian Nightjar, Common Cuckoo, Red-chested Cuckoo, Pied Cuckoo, Freckled Nightjar, Dideric Cuckoo, Blue-headed Coucal, 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, 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, Crowned Lapwing, Common Ringed Plover, Long-toed Lapwing, Caspian Plover, Pacific Golden-Plover, Three-banded 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.
