Birding Checklist for Mgahinga National Park               

Birding Checklist for Mgahinga National Park : Mgahinga national park is famous for housing the mountain gorillas in Uganda which will lead you to the habituated mountain gorillas which are the most notable attractions that can be seen in the wild as you hike along the Virunga mountains in Uganda. While participating in the different activities in Mgahinga national park, you will have the opportunity to watch a number of attractions in the wild like the different bird species from the migratory species, the Albertine endemic species and many other attractions. However, once you make your way to park you will get the chance to watch about 100 bird species that will make birding in Uganda quite memorable

For travellers interested in birding here are some of the bird species that you will get to watch in Uganda for a memorable safari experience;

1	Handsome Spurfowl	Pternistis nobilis
2	Rameron Pigeon	Columba arquatrix
3	Rwenzori Turaco	Gallirex johnstoni
4	African Swift	Apus barbatus
5	Red-knobbed Coot	Fulica cristata
6	Gray Crowned-Crane	Balearica regulorum
7	Shoebill	Balaeniceps rex
8	#Egyptian Vulture#	Neophron percnopterus
9	Lappet-faced Vulture	Torgos tracheliotos
10	Hooded Vulture	Necrosyrtes monachus
11	White-backed Vulture	Gyps africanus
12	Bateleur	Terathopius ecaudatus
13	Crowned Eagle	Stephanoaetus coronatus
14	Martial Eagle	Polemaetus bellicosus
15	Tawny Eagle	Aquila rapax
16	/Steppe Eagle/	Aquila nipalensis
17	Dark Chanting-Goshawk	Melierax metabates
18	Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk	Accipiter rufiventris
19	Mountain Buzzard	Buteo oreophilus
20	Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater	Merops oreobates
21	/European Bee-eater/	Merops apiaster
22	Western Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus coryphaea
23	Wahlberg’s Honeyguide	Prodotiscus regulus
24	Dwarf Honeyguide	Indicator pumilio
25	Willcocks’s Honeyguide	Indicator willcocksi
26	Elliot’s Woodpecker	Dendropicos elliotii
27	Petit’s Cuckooshrike	Campephaga petiti
28	Rwenzori Batis	Batis diops
29	Papyrus Gonolek	Laniarius mufumbiri
30	Lowland Sooty Boubou	Laniarius leucorhynchus
31	Willard’s Sooty Boubou	Laniarius willardi
32	Albertine Boubou	Laniarius holomelas
33	Many-colored Bushshrike	Telophorus multicolor
34	Doherty’s Bushshrike	Telophorus dohertyi
35	Lagden’s Bushshrike	Malaconotus lagdeni
36	White-tailed Blue Flycatcher	Elminia albicauda
37	White-tailed Crested Flycatcher	Elminia albonotata
38	Stripe-breasted Tit	Melaniparus fasciiventer
39	White-browed Crombec	Sylvietta leucophrys
40	Grauer’s Warbler	Graueria vittata
41	Rwenzori Apalis	Oreolais ruwenzorii
42	Masked Apalis	Apalis binotata
43	Black-faced Apalis	Apalis personata
44	Chestnut-throated Apalis	Apalis porphyrolaema
45	Papyrus Yellow-Warbler	Calamonastides gracilirostris
46	African Yellow-Warbler	Iduna natalensis
47	Mountain Yellow-Warbler	Iduna similis
48	Bamboo Warbler	Locustella alfredi
49	Evergreen-forest Warbler	Bradypterus lopezi
50	Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler	Bradypterus cinnamomeus
51	Highland Rush Warbler	Bradypterus centralis
52	Shelley’s Greenbul	Arizelocichla masukuensis
53	Eastern Bearded-Greenbul	Criniger chloronotus
54	Yellow-streaked Greenbul	Phyllastrephus flavostriatus
55	Brown Woodland-Warbler	Phylloscopus umbrovirens
56	Red-faced Woodland-Warbler	Phylloscopus laetus
57	Rwenzori Hill Babbler	Sylvia atriceps
58	Yellow-billed Oxpecker	Buphagus africanus
59	Slender-billed Starling	Onychognathus tenuirostris
60	Oberlaender’s Ground-Thrush	Geokichla oberlaenderi
61	Abyssinian Ground-Thrush	Geokichla piaggiae
62	Yellow-eyed Black-Flycatcher	Melaenornis ardesiacus
63	White-bellied Robin-Chat	Cossyphicula roberti
64	Archer’s Robin-Chat	Cossypha archeri
65	Cape Robin-Chat	Cossypha caffra
66	Red-throated Alethe	Chamaetylas poliophrys
67	Blue-headed Sunbird	Cyanomitra alinae
68	Purple-breasted Sunbird	Nectarinia purpureiventris
69	Malachite Sunbird	Nectarinia famosa
70	Red-tufted Sunbird	Nectarinia johnstoni
71	Golden-winged Sunbird	Drepanorhynchus reichenowi
72	Stuhlmann’s Sunbird	Cinnyris stuhlmanni
73	Northern Double-collared Sunbird	Cinnyris reichenowi
74	Regal Sunbird	Cinnyris regius
75	Superb Sunbird	Cinnyris superbus
76	Strange Weaver	Ploceus alienus
77	Dusky Crimsonwing	Cryptospiza jacksoni
78	Abyssinian Crimsonwing	Cryptospiza salvadorii
79	Red-faced Crimsonwing	Cryptospiza reichenovii
80	Kandt’s Waxbill	Estrilda kandti
81	Dusky Twinspot	Euschistospiza cinereovinacea
82	Oriole Finch	Linurgus olivaceus
83	Papyrus Canary	Crithagra koliensis
84	Yellow-crowned Canary	Serinus flavivertex
85	Gray-chested Babbler	Kakamega poliothorax

Let us take you on a fun filled adventure in Mgahinga national park as you participate in birding in Mgahinga National Park.