Top Bird Species to See in Kidepo Valley National Park.
Kidepo Valley National Park is one of the top bird watching sites in Uganda, located in the northeastern region of the country. It’s one of the least visited safari destinations with an impressive number of bird species. This blog will outline the top bird species to see in Kidepo Valley National Park, to encounter on your bird watching safari in the park. It hosts up to 480 bird species, including water birds, savannah birds, migratory birds, birds of prey, and the park’s endemic species. Birding in Kidepo is done at any time of the day, depending on the individual’s interests. The park experiences two seasons: the dry and wet seasons, both of which provide exceptional bird watching experiences. Birding is best done on game drives, nature walks and walking safaris.
Top Bird Species to See in Kidepo Valley National Park.
- Egyptian Goose
- Garganey
- Ring-necked Francolin
- Orange River Francolin
- Blue Quail
- Common Ostrich
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill
- Olive Bee-eater
- Common Reed Warbler
- White-throated Bee-eater
- White-faced Whistling-Duck
- Harlequin Quail
- Secretary Birds
- Northern Camine bee-eaters
- Abyssinian Scimitarbill
- Purple Heron
- Clapperton’s Francolin
- Fulvous Whistling-Duck
- African Pygmy-Goose
- Knob-billed Duck
- Spur-winged Goose
- Helmeted Guineafowl
- Western Crested Guineafowl
- Stone Partridge
- Crested Francolin
- Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill
- Crowned Hornbill
- African Gray Hornbill
- Jackson’s Hornbill
- Common Quail
- Clapperton’s Spurfowl
- Red-necked Spurfowl
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl
- Speckled Pigeon
- Mourning Collared-Dove
- Lemon Dove
- Dusky Turtle-Dove
- Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
- Vinaceous Dove
- Laughing Dove
- Ring-necked Dove
- Black-billed Wood-Dove
- Namaqua Dove
- Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
- Little Swift
- Common Swift
- Horus Swift
- African Palm Swift
- Buff-spotted Flufftail
- White-spotted Flufftail
- African Rail
- Lesser Moorhen
- Allen’s Gallinule
- Black Crake
- Eurasian Moorhen
- African Crake
- Lesser Moorhen
- Gray Crowned-Crane
- Black Crowned-Crane
- Senegal Thick-knee
- Water Thick-knee
- Spotted Thick-knee
- Pied Avocet
- Black-winged Stilt
- Black-winged Stilt
- Black-headed Lapwing
- Three-banded Plover
- Long-toed Lapwing, Wattled Lapwing
- Crowned Lapwing
- Spur-winged Lapwing
- Little Ringed Plover
- Greater Painted-Snipe
- Lesser Jacana
- African Jacana
- Marsh Sandpiper
- Common Sandpiper
- African Snipe
- Green Sandpiper
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Small Buttonquail
- Black-rumped Buttonquail
- Bronze-winged Courser
- Temminck’s Courser
- Gull-billed Tern
- Purple Heron
- Yellow-billed Egret
- Hamerkop
- Pink-backed Pelican
- Osprey
- Bruce’s Green-Pigeon
- Four-banded Sandgrouse, Denham’s Bustard
- White-bellied Bustard
- Hartlaub’s Bustard
- Black-bellied Bustard
- Buff-crested Bustard
- Great Blue Turaco
- White-bellied Go-away-bird
- Bare-faced Go-away-bird
- White-winged Tern
- Little Grebe
- African Openbill
- African Woolly-necked Stork
- Black-crowned Night Heron
- Dwarf Bittern
- Western Cattle-Egret
- Black-headed Heron
- Gray Heron
- Western Cattle-Egret
- Little Bittern
- Ross’s Turaco
- Eastern Plantain-eater
- Black-throated Coucal
- Senegal Coucal
- Great Spotted Cuckoo
- Red-chested Cuckoo
- Pied Cuckoo
- Levaillant’s Cuckoo
- Standard-winged Nightjar
- Fiery-necked Nightjar
- Pennant-winged Nightjar
- Long-tailed Nightjar
- Freckled Nightjar
- Swamp Nightjar
- White-rumped Swift
- Mottled Swift
- Scarce Swift
- Alpine Swift
- Nyanza Swift
- African Swift
- African Cuckoo-Hawk
- African Harrier-Hawk
- Black-winged Kite
- White-headed Vulture
- Lappet-faced Vulture
- Bateleur
- Rüppell’s Griffon
- Beaudouin’s Snake-Eagle
- Eastern Chanting-Goshawk
- African Marsh Harrier
- Black Kite
- Western Marsh Harrier
- Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk
- Black Goshawk
- Pallid Harrier
- Grasshopper Buzzard
- Common Buzzard
- African Fish-Eagle
- Western Barn Owl,
- Southern White-faced Owl
- Lesser Spotted Eagle
- Wahlberg’s Eagle
- Martial Eagle
- Martial Eagle
- African Hawk-Eagle
- Long-crested Eagle
- Brown Snake-Eagle
- Lizard Buzzard
- Yellow-billed Stork
- Saddle-billed Stork
- Abdim’s Stork
- Black Stork
- Reed Cormorant
- African Sacred Ibis
- Hadada Ibis
- African Sacred Ibis
- Northern White-faced Owl
- Pearl-spotted Owlet
- Pearl-spotted Owlet
- Grayish Eagle-Owl
- African Wood-Owl
- Blue-naped Mousebird
- Speckled Mousebird
- Common Hoopoe
- Bearded Vulture
- European Honey-buzzard
- Verreaux’s Eagle
