Most Sought-After Bird Species in Kibale National Park.
Kibale Forest National Park is one of the best birding sites in East Africa, celebrated for its unique birdlife. It’s located in the western region of Uganda, famous for hosting the highest number of chimpanzees in the world. The park has a mix of natural systems, which provide habitats to various bird species, like wetlands, woodlands, tropical rainforests and bamboo forests. Kibale National Park is home to over 375 bird species, such as forest birds, water birds, migratory birds, Albertine Rift endemics and the park’s residents. This blog will list some of the most sought-after bird species for Kibale Forest National Park, which shouldn’t be missed on your bird watching checklist for the park. Birding in Kibale offers an exciting and immersive experience to all levels of birders, whether you are an experienced birder or simply a curious traveller.
Most Sought-After Bird Species in Kibale National Park.
- Great White Pelican
- Copper Sunbird
- Orange-tufted Sunbird
- White-faced Whistling-Duck
- Fulvous Whistling-Duck
- African Pitta
- Green-breasted Pitta
- Hamerkop
- Shoebill
- Purple-banded Sunbird
- Purple-breasted Sunbird
- Osprey
- Pink-backed Pelican
- Regal Sunbird
- Western Bronze-naped Pigeon
- White-naped Pigeon
- White-naped Pigeon
- Fan-tailed Widowbird
- Red-collared Widowbird
- Vitelline Masked-Weaver
- Strange Weaver
- Golden-backed Weaver
- Cardinal Quelea
- Black Bishop
- Knob-billed Duck
- Egyptian Goose
- Purple Heron
- Goliath Heron
- Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver
- Crested Malimbe
- Strange Weaver
- Holub’s Golden-Weaver
- Spur-winged Goose
- African Pygmy-Goose
- African Black Duck
- Yellow-billed Duck
- Helmeted Guineafowl
- Western Crested Guineafowl
- Nahan’s Partridge
- Crested Francolin
- Scaly Spurfowl
- Ring-necked Francolin
- Handsome Spurfowl
- Scaly Spurfowl
- Heuglin’s Spurfowl
- Speckled Pigeon
- Afep Pigeon
- Rameron Pigeon
- Mourning Collared-Dove
- Red-eyed Dove
- Ring-necked Dove
- Vinaceous Dove
- Laughing Dove
- Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
- Black-billed Wood-Dove
- Tambourine Dove
- Great Blue Turaco
- Black-billed Turaco
- White-crested Turaco
- Ross’s Turaco
- Eastern Plantain-eater
- Bare-faced Go-away-bird
- Black-bellied Bustard
- Senegal Coucal
- Blue-headed Coucal
- White-browed Coucal
- Black Coucal
- Blue Malkoha
- Great Spotted Cuckoo
- Levaillant’s Cuckoo
- Pied Cuckoo
- Dideric Cuckoo
- Klaas’s Cuckoo
- African Emerald Cuckoo
- Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo
- Red-chested Cuckoo
- Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo
- Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo
- Nubian Nightjar
- Pennant-winged Nightjar
- Fiery-necked Nightjar
- Swamp Nightjar
- Plain Nightjar
- Square-tailed Nightjar
- Mottled Spinetail
- Sabine’s Spinetail
- Cassin’s Spinetail
- Scarce Swift
- Alpine Swift
- Mottled Swift
- Common Swift
- Little Swift
- Horus Swift
- White-rumped Swift
- White-spotted Flufftail
- Buff-spotted Flufftail
- African Rail
- African Crake
- Eurasian Moorhen
- Red-knobbed Coot
- Black Crake
- African Finfoot
- Gray Crowned-Crane
- Water Thick-knee
- Water Thick-knee
- Black-winged Stilt
- Black-winged Stilt
- Little Ringed Plover
- Long-toed Lapwing
- Spur-winged Lapwing
- Senegal Lapwing
- Crowned Lapwing
- Wattled Lapwing
- Brown-chested Lapwing
- Black-headed Gull
- Gray-hooded Gull
- African Skimmer
- Gull-billed Tern
- Whiskered Tern
- White-winged Tern
- Collared Pratincole
- Hadada Ibis
- African Spoonbill
- Dwarf Bittern
- Little Bittern
- Black-crowned Night Heron
- Black Heron
- Little Egret
- White-backed Night Heron
- Rufous-bellied Heron
- Western Cattle-Egret
- Yellow-billed Egret
- Squacco Heron
- Village Weaver
- Little Weaver
- Yellow-crowned Bishop
- White-winged Widowbird
- Grosbeak Weaver
- Oriole Finch
- Western Citril
- African Openbill
- African Darter
- Reed Cormorant
- Great Cormorant
- Great Crested Grebe
- Little Grebe
- Yellow-billed Stork
- African Sacred Ibis
- Blue-throated Brown Sunbird
- Olive Sunbird
- Green-throated Sunbird
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird
- White-headed Buffalo-Weaver
- Speckle-fronted Weaver
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
- Gray-headed Sunbird
- Western Violet-backed Sunbird
- Little Green Sunbird
- Little Green Sunbird
- Collared Sunbird
- Green-headed Sunbird
- Red-bellied Malimbe
- Yellow-fronted Canary
- Streaky Seedeater
- Yellow-crowned Canary
- Streaky Seedeater
- Golden-breasted Bunting
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
- Marabou Stork
- Saddle-billed Stork
- African Woolly-necked Stork
- Abdim’s Stork
- Kittlitz’s Plover
- African Jacana
- Common Sandpiper
- Green Sandpiper
- Wood Sandpiper
- Common Greenshank
- Ruff
- Little Stint
- Greater Flamingo
