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.
