BIRDING SAFARIS

Enjoy the sights and sounds of Uganda's Capital - Tour code: ODKCT

For avid Ornithologists a longer stay will provide the trip of a lifetime:

The greatest number of bird sightings presently recorded is in the West of the country in the Queen Elizabeth National Park (approximately 612). Queen Elizabeth alone is home to 11 types of Kingfishers.  

Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park offers the enthusiast the opportunity to view 23 of the 24 birds endemic to the Albertine Rift Valley together with another 14 species found nowhere else in Uganda, including the African Green Broadbill. Endangered species of butterfly can also be found at Bwindi.

An outstanding number of birds of prey are found in the far North-East corner of the Country at Kidepo Valley National Park. Of the 58 species recorded, 14 are believed to be endemic to the Park and the wider Karamoja region. Four species of hornbills have been recorded and the red-billed, yellow-billed and Jackson’s hornbill are peculiar to Kidepo and the giant Abyssinia ground hornbill is also common. 

Semliki National Park offers an extraordinary diverse flora and fauna and is the only moist semi-deciduous tropical lowland forest in East Africa. A number of Central African species (approximately 46) cannot be seen anywhere else in East Africa, including the Dwarf Honey Guide and Purple-breasted Sunbird, which are endemic to the Albertine Rift. Five others found in Semliki are endemic to the Eastern Congo lowlands. Globally threatened species in the park include the Great Snipe, White-napped Pigeon, Sass’s Olive Green bull, Papyrus Green bull and the Forest Ground Thrush. 

The southern end of Lake Albert is an important breeding area and thus an abundance of water birds can be found here. Approximately 370 different species of butterflies and moths have also been identified, including 46 species of forest swallowtails and charaxes (75% of Uganda’s total) and at least 235 species of large moths, of which 12 species have been classified as restricted.

(add a list of birds for all parks. chrck uwa brochure, mweya/paraa literature, iucn, etc kel)