Most Sought-After Birds in Kibale National Park.
Most Sought-After Birds in Kibale National Park: Kibale Forest National Park is widely celebrated not only for its rich primate species but also as one of the top birding destinations in East Africa. It’s home to over 370 bird species, including forest birds, migratory birds, water birds, Albertine Rift endemics and the park’s endemic species. The park’s mix of natural systems, such as tropical rainforests, grasslands, and swamps, provides habitats to various bird species. This blog will list some of the most sought-after bird species in Kibale Forest National Park, which bird lovers can encounter on their bird watching safaris.
Most Sought-After Birds in Kibale National Park.
- White-faced Whistling-Duck
- Fulvous Whistling-Duck
- African Pitta
- Green-breasted Pitta
- Regal Sunbird
- Western Bronze-naped Pigeon
- Purple-banded Sunbird
- Purple-breasted Sunbird
- Hamerkop
- Shoebill
- Osprey
- Pink-backed Pelican
- Great White Pelican
- Copper Sunbird
- Orange-tufted Sunbird
- 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
- 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
- Kittlitz’s Plover
- African Jacana
- Common Sandpiper
- Green Sandpiper
- Wood Sandpiper
- Common Greenshank
- Ruff
- Little Stint
- Greater Flamingo
- 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
- Purple Heron
- Goliath Heron
- Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver
- Crested Malimbe
- Strange Weaver
- Holub’s Golden-Weaver
- Village Weaver
- Little Weaver
- Yellow-crowned Bishop
- White-winged Widowbird
- Grosbeak Weaver
- Oriole Finch
- Western Citril
- African Openbill
- African Darter
- 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
- 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
