Bird Watching in Uganda

Uganda is Africa’s most complete bird watching destination with more than 1000 species of birds, there are many areas in Uganda were specialist birding tours can be carried out especially in western Uganda where there are number of bird species.Uganda prime attraction is the presence of more than 100west African species at the most easterly and the most accessible to the extent of their range, this alluring list of forest birds include great blue turace,the raucous black, white cawed horn hill, as well as the gem like greenbraodbill and very many other species in the Albertine rift valley.Uganda is the best place to see what many rate as the sought after African bird that is the shoe bill and the most massive prehistoric looking dweller notable for its heavy clog shaped bill. Birdlife is prolific throughout Uganda in the western part of Uganda,bwindi impenetrable national park is commonly known for the Albertine rift endemics, queen Elizabeth national park for the peerless checklist of 600 species,semulki national park for Congo basin endemics,mabamba swamp near Entebbe for shoebill, the community guided trail through Bigobi wetland near kibale forest for great blue turace and other colorful forest birds and Murchison national park for savannah specialists such as ground horn bill, red throated bee eater and Denham’s bustard, a key birding location in eastern Uganda’s lake bisina,astronghold for the endemic fox weaver as well as the papyrus dwellers such as the shoebill and the papyrus gonolek.come and experience the unforgettable bird watching tours in Uganda. by Martin Isiko