Birding Checklist For Mabira Forest : Mabira forest is the most rewarding forest for travellers that are interested in the wildlife safaris in Uganda. A number of travellers that make their way to Jinja to watch the source of River Nile as a stopover. Once you make your way to Mabira forest there are a number of attractions from the different primate species, a number of exceptional views. Among the most notable attractions that can be seen in Mabira forest, the different bird species are the most rewarding attractions for travellers interested in birding in Uganda. Among the different bird species that can be seen in Uganda include;
1 | Nahan’s Partridge | Ptilopachus nahani |
2 | Sabine’s Spinetail | Rhaphidura sabini |
3 | Cassin’s Spinetail | Neafrapus cassini |
4 | Gray Crowned-Crane | Balearica regulorum |
5 | African Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia microscelis |
6 | Shoebill | Balaeniceps rex |
7 | #Egyptian Vulture# | Neophron percnopterus |
8 | Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos |
9 | Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus |
10 | White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus |
11 | Crowned Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus |
12 | Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus |
13 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax |
14 | Forest Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus castaneiceps |
15 | /European Bee-eater/ | Merops apiaster |
16 | Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera |
17 | Gray Parrot | Psittacus erithacus |
18 | Lowland Sooty Boubou | Laniarius leucorhynchus |
19 | Yellow Longbill | Macrosphenus flavicans |
20 | Gray Longbill | Macrosphenus concolor |
21 | Tit-hylia | Pholidornis rushiae |
22 | Tabora Cisticola | Cisticola angusticauda |
23 | African Yellow-Warbler | Iduna natalensis |
24 | Yellow-streaked Greenbul | Phyllastrephus flavostriatus |
25 | Uganda Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus budongoensis |
26 | Red-tailed Ant-Thrush | Neocossyphus rufus |
27 | Superb Sunbird | Cinnyris superbus |
28 | Orange Weaver | Ploceus aurantius |
29 | Marsh Widowbird | Euplectes hartlaubi |
30 | Magpie Mannikin | Spermestes fringilloides |
“Let us take you on an adventure to one of the most memorable forests in Uganda as you participate in birding in Mabira forest which will lead you to a number of different bird species”