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Albertine Rift Endemics in Semuliki National Park
Albertine Rift Endemics in Semuliki National Park – Uganda birding safari for Albertinee rift endemics.
In Semuliki National Park’s Albertine rift endemics, Nkulengu Rail, Yellow -throated cuckoo, piping Hornbill, Red billed Dwarf Hornbill, Black Dwarf Hornbill, White-crested Hornbill, Black-casqued wattled Hornbill, Red rumped Tinkerbird, African piculet, White throat Blue swallow, Yellow – Throated Nictor, Love of leaves, swamp palm bulbul, The black weaver Maxwell’s lemon-bellied Crombec, Orange checkered Waxbill; crested malimbe, red-bellied malimbe, blue-bellied malimbe, chestnut-breasted Negrofinch. Long-tailed hawk, serpent eagle from the Congo, Guide for Lyre-tailed Honey, Ituri Batis, Shrikes, Red-billed Helmet, Red-eyed Puff-back, Black-winged Starling
Other main birdwatching sites in Uganda.
Birding in the inaccessible national park of Bwindi.
Short tailed warblers, Blue headed sunbirds, and the park also contains 7 birds on the IUCN list; Bwindi is a rich environment for forest birding in Uganda; the national park houses 350 bird species documented including 23 Albertine rift endemics (90% of all the Albertine rift endemics). Main paths of Munyaga in northern Bwindi impenetrable national park of Buhoma and mubwindi wetland in eastern Bwindi region of Ruhija are birding sites.
Birding at Mgahinga Gorilla National Park.
The greatest birding in Mgahinga also takes in some of its most magnificent landscapes – in the valley between MT’s Gahinga and Sabyinyo, through the bamboo forest, and in the montane forest, where the uncommon Rwenzori Turaco may be seen.
Birding in Rwenzori.
There are 217 bird species in this national park, some of which are the Rwenzori Turaco. Birds found in the 1800m forest zone range from the Rwenzori Turaco, Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo, Long-eared Owl, Handsome Francolin, Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater, Archers’ Robin-chat, White-starred Robin, Rwenzori Batis, Montane Sooty Boubou, Lagden’s Bush Shrike, Slender-billed Starling, blue headed sun bird, golden winged sunbird, strange weaver.
birdwatching from Budongo Royal Mile.
With so many west and central African bird species and a range of sought-after key species, this is a great birding site. Mostly consisting of wet, medium-altitude, semi-deciduous forest, the region has some savanna and woodland.
Birding Mount Elgon.
There are forty limited range species of birds on the mountain. Of the 87 Afro tropical highland biome species, 56 dwell here, most famously include the Moorland Francolin, Moustached Green Tinkerbird, and Alpine Chat. The Jackson’s Francolin and Black-collared Apalis are among the birds whose Ugandan range is restricted to Mount Elgon.
Birding in the National Park of Kibale Forest.
Kibale is the dream come true for bird watchers. There are more than 370 known species, many of which are forest specialists like the much-loved African pitta. Other National parks of Uganda have not documented four bird species: Cassin’s spinetail, blue-headed bee-eater, Nahan’s francolin and masked apalis. To visit the albertine rift endemics in Semuliki National Park, call Monumental Expeditions and Safaris to arrange a bird viewing safaris in Uagnda.