Birding of Queen Elizabeth National Park

Birding of Queen Elizabeth National Park : Queen Elizabeth national park is one of the birder haven destination in that offers thrilling birding experience in the Pearl of Africa. The park is home to over 600 populations of birds which is one of the reasons why it has been ranked the number one avian-life spot that hosts the largest bird checklist in the entire East Africa. Despite being the largest protected area after Murchison falls national park , Queen Elizabeth national park covers an area of about 1978 square kilometers.

The park is dominated by distinctive vegetation that is home to colorful bird species where some are endemic to the Albertine region. Some of the bird species in the park are found in the forest trees, savannah, wetlands, bushes and woodlands. Depending on which type of bird that you are interested in sighting, you have to visit the above locations so you meet favorite bird while on a birding adventure trip in Queen Elizabeth National Park.

Birds of Queen Elizabeth national park

Here are some of the birds  in the park are listed uncommon and they include; Western banded snake eagle, Rufous bellied heron, Papyrus gonolek, yellow bellied wattle-eye, Great white pelican, Grey-winged robin-chat, Common sand martin, Heuglin’s gull, Crab-plover, Black Bee-eater, African skimmer, Ayres’s hawk eagle, Collared pratincole, Little grebe, Great blue Turaco, Great blue Turaco, Hooded vulture, Caspian Plover among others.

Other bird species in the park include; Yellow-billed stork, African crake, White browed robin chat, yellow backed weaver, White pelican, African fish eagle, Black-bellied bustard, Spurwinged lapwing, Marabou stork, Helmeted guinea fowl, Marsh Harrier, Honeyguide greenbul, Red-billed firefinch, Saddle-billed stork, Great egret, Crown cranes, Pied kingfisher, Rupell’s long-tailed sterling, Angola swallow, Cattle egret, Lesser flamingos, Northern carmine bee-eater, White breasted cormorants, White breasted cormorants, Malachite kingfisher, Swamp fly-catcher, Eurasian Marsh Harrier, African Jacana, Hadada ibis, Grey kestrel, Hammerkops, Carruthers’s cisticola, Spurwinged lapwing, Yellow fronted canary, Red-billed firefinch, Goliath Heron among others.

Best time to watch the birds of queen Elizabeth National park

Queen Elizabeth national harbors a wide range of majestic bird species throughout the year and the park is also open to tourists year round regardless of your purpose of travel to this amazing jungle. The best time for birding in queen Elizabeth national park is during the wet season in the months of March, April, May and November. During this time the plant trees in the park are flowering thus there is plenty of food for various birds in the park thus you get an opportunity to high chances of sighting almost all your favorite without taking a long search. The months of November to April are awesome months to spot the beautiful immigrant birds that have just arrived in the park like the flamingoes.

In synopsis birding in Uganda has become one of the key rewarding safari activity that offers a thrilling adventure experience to all birders. It important to note that in Uganda there are over 33 birding destinations and queen Elizabeth national park is one of the astounding birders haven that offers you an extremely unique experience about birding. To book with us a Uganda birding adventure trip, contact our friendly and experienced reservation team on info@gorillaugandasafaribookings.com or call us directly on +256-775630809 or +256-701343598  to speak directly to our reservations team.