Most- Sought- After Birds in Queen Elizabeth National Park.
Most- Sought- After Birds in Queen Elizabeth National Park: Queen Elizabeth National Park is a paradise for bird watching and nature lovers, celebrated for hosting the highest number of bird species in Uganda. It’s located in the western part of the country, and it’s one of the largest parks. Queen Elizabeth National Park is one of the most visited national parks in Uganda due to its rich birdlife and biodiversity. It’s home to a mix of ecosystems like swamps, woodlands, tropical forests, crater lakes and open savannah grasslands, which provide habitats to various bird species. The park is home to over 600 bird species, making it a top bird watching destination in Uganda. These birds include water birds, savannah birds, migratory birds, forest birds, and the park’s residents. Birding is done in different places, like Kazinga Channel, Maramagambo Forest, Mweya Peninsula, Kasenyi Plains, and areas around the Ishasha River. All of which provide equal chances of encountering unique bird species.
Most- Sought- After Birds in Queen Elizabeth National Park.
- Hamerkop
- Sacred Ibis
- White-faced Whistling Duck
- Knob-billed Duck
- African Pygmy Goose
- Bateleur
- African Skimmer
- Malachite Kingfisher
- Pied Kingfisher
- Giant Kingfisher
- 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
- Woodland Kingfisher
- African Spoonbill
- Hadada Ibis
- African Openbill
- Spur-winged Goose
- Egyptian 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
- 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
- Greater Blue-eared Starling
- Red-billed Oxpecker
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker
- Village Weaver
- Black-headed Weaver
- Spectacled Weaver
Other most- sought- after birds in Queen Elizabeth National Park include Nubian Nightjar, Common Cuckoo, Red-chested Cuckoo, Pied Cuckoo, Freckled Nightjar, Black-bellied Bustard, 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, 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, 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, Ruddy Turnstone, Great Snipe, Lesser Jacana, Dunlin, Black-rumped Buttonquail, Rock Pratincole, Black-winged Pratincole.
