Major Birds to See in Lake Mburo National Park.
Lake Mburo National Park is one of the prime birdwatching destinations in Uganda, situated in the western region of the country. It’s the nearest park to Kampala, the capital city of Uganda, about 3 hours drive. It hosts up to 350 bird species, which provides an excellent opportunity to encounter various unique bird species. These bird species include water birds, forest birds, savannah birds, acacia dwelling species, park’s endemic species and migratory birds. The park has different ecosystems such as savannah grasslands, woodlands, wetlands and forests that provide habitats to various bird species. This blog will list some of the major birds to see in Lake Mburo National Park on your bird watching safaris. Birding is best done on game drives, nature walks and boat cruises, all of which provide memorable bird watching experiences.
Major Birds to See in Lake Mburo National Park.
- Red-faced Barbet
- Purple Heron
- Marabou Stork
- Black Stork
- Pink-backed Pelican
- African Darter
- Shoebill
- African Finfoot
- Papyrus Gonolek
- Grey Crowned Crane
- African Fish Eagle
- Saddle-billed Stork
- Woolly-necked Stork
- Long-tailed Cormorant
- Hamerkop
- Great Egret
- Intermediate Egret
- Little Egret
- Cattle Egret
- 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
- 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
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
- White-throated Bee-eater
- European Bee-eater
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
Other Major Birds to see in Lake Mburo National Park include Great Cormorant, Great Cormorant, Glossy Ibis, African Sacred Ibis, Hadada Ibis, African Spoonbill, Dwarf Bittern, Little Bittern 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, 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, Black-crowned Night Heron, Little Egret, White-backed Night Heron, Rufous-bellied Heron, Western Cattle-Egret, Goliath Heron, Yellow-billed Egret.
