Bird Checklist for Mabira Forest: As part of your safari experience in Uganda, visiting Mabira forest will give you a rewarding adventure because of its rich biodiversity and activities that you can participate in to explore the hidden gem that is most times explored as a stopover for travelers making their way to the source of the River Nile in Jinja. The forest boasts about 312 tree species, which act as a habitat for the bird species that can be seen by travelers interested in birding in Uganda. Some of the different bird species that can be seen in the forest include;

Bird Checklist for Mabira Forest
1Nahan’s PartridgePtilopachus nahani
2Sabine’s SpinetailRhaphidura sabini
3Cassin’s SpinetailNeafrapus cassini
4Gray Crowned-CraneBalearica regulorum
5African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis
6ShoebillBalaeniceps rex
7#Egyptian Vulture#Neophron percnopterus
8Lappet-faced VultureTorgos tracheliotos
9Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus
10White-backed VultureGyps africanus
11Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatus
12Martial EaglePolemaetus bellicosus
13Tawny EagleAquila rapax
14Forest ScimitarbillRhinopomastus castaneiceps
15/European Bee-eater/Merops apiaster
16Red-necked FalconFalco chicquera
17Gray ParrotPsittacus erithacus
18Lowland Sooty BoubouLaniarius leucorhynchus
19Yellow LongbillMacrosphenus flavicans
20Gray LongbillMacrosphenus concolor
21Tabora CisticolaCisticola angusticauda
22African Yellow-WarblerIduna natalensis
23Yellow-streaked GreenbulPhyllastrephus flavostriatus
24Uganda Woodland-WarblerPhylloscopus budongoensis
25Tit-hyliaPholidornis rushiae
26Red-tailed Ant-ThrushNeocossyphus rufus
27Superb SunbirdCinnyris superbus
28Orange WeaverPloceus aurantius
29Marsh WidowbirdEuplectes hartlaubi
30Magpie MannikinSpermestes fringilloides

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