Major Birds to See in Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Are you planning your birding safari in the park and asking about the major birds to see in Queen Elizabeth National Park. This article will list some of the major birds to encounter on your bird watching safari in the park. Queen Elizabeth National Park is one of Uganda’s top birding destinations, attracting thousands of tourists to come and explore its unique bird species. The park is celebrated for hosting the highest number of bird species in the country, up to 600 bird species. They include waterbirds, savannah birds, migratory birds, and the park’s endemic species. The park’s rich bird life is due to its unique ecosystems, which provide habitats for various bird species, such as wetlands, open savannah grasslands, tropical forests, and woodlands. Bird watching is best done during morning or late afternoon hours when birds are most active. The park has different birding sites like Mweya Peninsula, Maramagambo Forest, Kasenyi Plains and Kazinga Channel.
Major Birds to See in Queen Elizabeth National Park
- Purple Heron
- Squacco Heron
- Striated Heron
- Little Egret
- Great Egret
- Cattle Egret
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Double-toothed Barbet
- Yellow-throated Tinkerbird
- Speckled Tinkerbird
- African Grey Hornbill
- Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill
- African Wattled Lapwing
Other major birds to see in Queen Elizabeth National Park include Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove, Blue-spotted Wood-Dove,Tambourine Dove, African Green-Pigeon, 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, 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, Dideric Cuckoo, Blue-headed Coucal, Ring-necked Dove, Vinaceous Dove, Laughing Dove, Blue-spotted Wood-Dove, Black-billed Wood-Dove.
