Most Sought -After Bird Species in Bwindi Forest National Park.
Most Sought -After Bird Species in Bwindi Forest National Park: Bwindi Forest National Park is a rewarding bird watching destination in East Africa known for its unique avian life. It is one of the most important birding destinations in Africa, situated in the southwestern part of Uganda. The park has rich avian life, hosting up to 320 bird species, including 24 Albertine Rift endemics, forest birds, migratory birds, water birds and the park’s residents. The park’s rich birdlife attracts thousands of bird lovers to come and enjoy the sweet, melodic songs and sounds of these beautiful birds. Bird watching is best done in areas around Buhoma, Nkuringo and Ruhija sectors, all of which offer excellent chances of encountering various unique bird species
Most Sought -After Bird Species in Bwindi Forest National Park.
- Purple-breasted Sunbird
- African Wood Owl
- Kivu Ground Thrush
- African Thrush
- Red-faced Woodland Warbler
- Grauer’s Warbler
- Strange Weaver
- Olive Sunbird
- Hairy-breasted Barbet
- Western Green Tinkerbird
- African Grey Woodpecker
- Cardinal Woodpecker
- Black-throated Apalis
- Chestnut-throated Apalis
- White-tailed Blue Flycatcher
- Archer’s Robin-Chat
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
- Regal Sunbird
- Collared Sunbird
- Handsome Francolin
- Rwenzori Batis
- Mountain Masked Apalis
- Collared Apalis
- Tambourine Dove
- Mountain Thrush
- Black-billed Turaco
- Great Blue Turaco
- Ross’s Turaco
- Bar-tailed Trogon
- Rwenzori Robin
- Blue-headed Sunbird
- African Green Broadbill
- Grauer’s Rush Warbler
- Shelley’s Crimsonwing
- Dusky Crimsonwing
- 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
- African Emerald Cuckoo
- Klaas’s Cuckoo
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
- Yellow-spotted Barbet
- Speckled Tinkerbird
- 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
- 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
- African Crowned Eagle
- Mountain Buzzard
- African Goshawk
- Cassin’s Hawk-Eagle
- Crowned Hornbill
- Dusky Tit
- Stripe-breasted Tit
- African Hill Babbler
- White-browed Crombec
- Green Crombec
- Grey-throated Barbet
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye
- Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye
- Scaly-breasted Illadopsis
- Pale-breasted Illadopsis
- Black-capped Apalis
- Chestnut-capped Flycatcher
- African Paradise Flycatcher
- Black-and-white Shrike-Flycatcher
- Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill
- White-headed Wood Hoopoe
- African Pied Wagtail
- White-tailed Ant Thrush
Other most sought after birds in Bwindi Forest National Park include tambourine dove, Cassin’s flycatcher, ansorge’s greenbul, white-throated greenbul, snowy-crowned robin-chat, cape wagtail, mountain wagtail, yellow-fronted canary, dusky twin spot, European honey buzzard, African wood-owl, waller’s starling, Rwenzori batis, blue-spotted wood dove, MacKinnon’s shrike, grey wagtail, crested guinea fowl, barred long-tailed cuckoo, pink-footed puff back, grey-crowned crane, African olive-pigeon, Willcocks honey guide, black swift, dwarf honeyguide, scarce swift, little grebeAfrican goshawk, Mountain Wag Tail and grey-checked hornbill and Little Grebe, Oriole Finch, Archer’s Robin-chat, Pin-tailed whydah, grosbeak weaver, stuhlmann’s starling, red knobbed coot, Hottentot teal, African Golden-breasted Bunting, olive-breasted greenbul, giant kingfisher, Lagden’s Bush Shrike, Carruthers cisticola, petit’s cuckoo-shrike, Jameson’s Antpecker, African flycatcher-chat, woolly necked stork, banded prinia, red chested fluff tail.
