Bird Uganda Safaris

Size: 560 sqkms, Elevation: 1110 to 1590m above sea level, Birds recorded: 340 species
Habitat: The forested section 77% of the park is covered by medium altitude moist evergreen forest in the north and medium altitude semi-deciduous forest at lower altitude in the south. The remaining 23% consists of grassland, swamps and some plantations with exotic conifers.

Kibale National Park is an extensive national park, protecting a large block of rainforest that offers excellent flora and fauna. With lush tropical rain forest and fascinating diversity, it is one of the most beautiful and stunning forests in Uganda. It harbours the greatest variety and concentration of primates found anywhere in East Africa. It is a home to the largest number in Uganda to the endangered Chimpanzee as well as the Red Colobus.

Kibale has 82 species of the Guinea Congo forest biome and 32 species of the Afro tropical highland biome and shares some of the rare species with the highland sites. These include the Bar-tailed Trogon and Fine-banded woodpecker, White-bellied Crested Flycatcher and Red-faced Crimson-wing; each found in two other important Bird Areas. The site also has 5 of 32 restricted range species in Uganda, and 5 of the 12 Ugandan species of the Lake Victoria biome.

In Kibale, birdwatchers look out for the Nahan's Francolin, an endangered species found in three other forest reserves, the Forest ground thrush recorded in only two other IBAs. Other interesting species include Yellow-spotted Nictor, Yellow- ramped Tinker bird, Little Greenbul, Gree-breated Pitta, the African Pitta, White-thighed hornbill and the Black bee-eater.