Size: 1145 sq.km, Elevation: 1640 to 4320m above sea level, Birds recorded: 300 species
Habitat: Mixed montane forest (less than 2500m) low canopy montane forest, with bamboo (2400-3000m), montane health (3000-3500m) and moorland (greater than 3500m)

Mt. Elgon is a huge dormant volcano on the Kenya-Uganda border. It is highest peak in Kenya is Koitoboss at 4,155m. Elgon is a Masai word, "ol doinyo ilgoon" for "mountain shaped like human breast".
The park has rich, unspoiled, botanical diversity of tropical moist forests, bamboo, and moorlands containing stands of some of the most rare and threatened species like the great Podos, Elgon Teak, and Cedars. The many streams, waterfalls, rivers, cliffs and diverse habitats are ideal habitats for a variety of mammals and over 240 species of birds. You will also encounter the dense scrubs and brilliant everlasting wild flowers that will add to your Mt. Elgon adventure.

Birding in Mount Elgon National Park
Bird lovers will enjoy about 300 bird species including the endangered Lammergeiers, the rare Jacksons Francolin, Guinea fowls, Sunbirds, Black and White Casqued hornbills, Redheaded parrots and Turacos.
Mt. Elgon represents the western range limits of some species or races that occur in the highlands of Kenya and northern Tanzania such as Hunter's Cisticola and Jackson's Francolin. These two specie belong to the Kenya Highlands Endemic Bird Areas.

The park has 55 of the 86 Afrotropical highland biome species, notably Moorland Francolin, Moustached Green Tinkerbird and Alpine Chat, only known for this site amongst the sites. Other interesting highland species include Montane Nightjar, Oriole Finch and Abyssinian Crimson-wing. There is an endemic race of the White-starred Forest Robin. Jackson's Francolin, Moustached Green Tinkerbird and Black-collared Apalis are all forest dependent species known only from Mt. Elgon in the Ugandan part of their ranges. Guinea-Congo forest biome species are numerous, with 43 on the list, although most of them are well represented in other sites, especially in Western Uganda. There are three Lake Victoria biome species and seven Sudan and Guinea Savanna biome species.