Birding in Mabamba swamp
Mabamba Bay is a short drive away from Kampala, and is a birders paradise hosting the rare shoe bill, Great Blue Turaco, Blue swallow, White-winged Warbler, Papyrus Gonolek, Yellow-backed Weaver, Northern Brown-throated Weaver, Blue-headed Coucal and papyrus yellow warbler, Black Headed Gonolek, White-faced Whistling-duck, Fulvous Whistling-duck, Goliath Heron, Slender-billed and, Common Squacco Heron Gull.
Birding at Botanical Gardens Entebbe
The botanical gardens are found in Entebbe a few minutes drive from the Airport and 40 km from Kampala. The gardens host a range of bird species that include; Pied Kingfisher, Black Cuckooshrike, Great Blue and Ross’s Turacos, Red Chested, Copper and Collard sunbird, Ashy Flycatcher, Klaas’s, Diederik Cuckoo, Slender Billed Winding and Red Faced Cisticola, Sedge, Eurasian , Great Reed Warbler, Fain Tailed Widow bird, Striped, Malachite, Giant, Woodland, Pygmy Kingfishers, Black Bishop, Grey Woodpecker, Olive, Olive bellied and Red chested, Malachite Kingfisher and Woodland Kingfisher.
Birding in Queen Elizabeth National park
Besides the high record of mammals, the park is also best known for a good record of the species making it a right destination for bird lovers. The main birding Hot spots in Queen Elizabeth include; Katwe Area, Maramagambo forest, along Ishasha Sector, Kazinga Channel, Kasenyi Area, Mweya Peninsula, Kyabura gorge, Lake Kikorongo and Katunguru Bridge area.
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The major and special birds found in Queen Elizabeth National some include; Martial Eagle, African Broadbill, White-winged Warbler, Black-rumped Buttonquail, African Skimmer, Chapin’s Flycatcher, Pink backed Pelican, Verreaux’s Eagle Owl, Black Bee-eater, White-tailed Lark, Papyrus Gonolek, Papyrus Canary, Corncrake, Lesser Greater Flamingo, Shoebill and Bar-tailed Godwit.
Birding in Bwindi Impenetrable National park
The park offers an attractive birding watching activity in Uganda and hosts threatened species of birds Africa as a whole. The forest hosts about 350 species of birds.
Birding in Bwindi is best done at the Buhoma waterfall Trail, along the bamboo Zone and Bwindi Swamp trail in Ruhija.
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Easily identified bird species found in the forest are Common Bulbul, African Emerald, African Blue, white-tailed blue flycatchers, red-headed blue bill, Shelley’s Crimsonwing, Rwenzori Nightjar, Bar-tailed Trogon, African Wood Owl, Archer’s Robin-Chat, African Green Broadbill, Western Green Tinker bird, Dwarf Honey guide, Yellow-streaked Greenbul, Shelly’s Greenbul, Dusky Crimsonwing, Grauer’s Rush Warbler, Kivu Ground-Thrush, Handsome Francolin, Mountain Masked Apalis, Red-faced Woodland Warbler, Mountain Yellow Warbler, Black Bee-eater, Short tailed Warbler, Dusky Twinspot and Black-faced Rufous Warbler.
Birding in Kibale Forest National Park
The major birding areas in Kibale Forest National Park are Kanyanchu and Bigodi Swamp.
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African Pitta, Shoebill, Green-breasted Pitta, Afep Pigeon, White-naped Pigeon, Crowned Eagle, Red-chested Owlet, Black Bee-eater, Western Nicator, Yellow-rumped Tinker bird, Little Greenbul, Brown-chested Alethe, Blue-breasted Kingfisher, African Grey Parrot, Scaly-breasted Illadopsis ,Brown Illadopsis, Black-capped Apalis, Blue-headed Sunbird, Collared Apalis, Dusky Crimsonwing, Purple-breasted Sunbird, Red-faced Woodland Warbler, Yellow Spotted Nicator.
Birding at Mount Elgon
Best birding opportunities are at Kapkwai Forest Exploration Centre, in the secondary forest and thick shrub along the loop trails extended to cover Cheptui Falls.
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This area supports the following bird species among others; Chubb’s Cisticola, African Goshawk,Black-collared Apalis, Black Kite, White-chinned, Prinia, African Blue Fly-catcher, Tacazze Sunbird, Moustached, Chinspot Batis, Mackinnon’s Fiscal, Doherty’s and Luhders Bush-shrikes, Baglafecht Weaver, Tinker bird, Hartloub`s Turaco, Olive- and Bronze-naped pigeons.
Birding in Semuliki National Park
Biring in Semliki National park is done at Sempaya Hot spring, Kirumia River, Ntandi and part of Lake Albert.
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At this point, the most commonly viewed bird species is the Shoe bill. Other bird species in the park are Nkulengu Rail, Spot-breasted Ibis, Western Bronze-naped Pigeon, Black-throated Coucal, White-crested Hornbill, Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill, Yellow-throated Cuckoo, Long-tailed Hawk, Red-rumped Tinker bird, White-bellied Kingfisher, White-thighed Hornbill, Gabon Woodpecker, Piping Hornbill, Black Dwarf Hornbill, Northern Bearded Scrub Robin, Blue-headed Crested-flycatcher, Swamp palm Bulbul.
Birding in Murchison falls national park
Biring in Murchison Falls National Park is normally done out all year around and most preferably done along with most game drives and boat ride. It is also carried out in Budongo forest, Kaniyo Pabidi forest, Robongo forest and at Para.
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Shoebill, Yellow-billed Stork, White-fronted Black Chat ,African Darter, Goliath Heron, Grey-crowned Crane ,Abdim’s Stork, Martial Eagle, Senegal Thick-knee, Bar-breasted Fire finch, Spotted Thick-knee, Secretary Bird, Black-Sunbird ,headed Plover, Chestnut-crowned Sparrow Weaver, White-rumped Seedeater ,Giant Kingfisher,Long-toed Plover, Black-billed Wood-Dove, Pennant-winged Nightjar Standard-winged Nightjar, Northern Carmine Bee-eater, Malachite Kingfisher, Yellow-fronted Tinker bird, Speckle-fronted Weaver, Black Scimitar bill, Swallow-tailed Bee-eater, Black-faced Waxbill, Beautiful, Pied Kingfisher, Red-throated Bee-eater, Black-billed Barbet and White-browed Sparrow Weaver.
Birding in Kidepo Valley National Park
In Kidepo valley national park, Birding is done on the fringes of the Namamukweny Valleys and Narus.
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The most interesting bird seen in the forest is Abyssinian Roller, Abyssinian Ground Hornbill, purple Heron and Clapperton’s Francolin.