Bird Watching safaris in Uganda – Adventure the pearl of Africa with Acacia Safaris Limited

Bird Watching safaris in Uganda are famous on most travelers bucket lists when planning to visit the pearl of Africa. Uganda is home to over 1090 bird species making it a superb destination for bird-watching safaris in Africa. One of the reasons why you should do a bird-watching safari in Uganda is that the country’s bird population makes up 10% of the world’s total bird species population wow!! Acacia Bird watching adventure safaris in Uganda allow travelers to unfold the country’s hidden birding paradise spots, with opportunities to see some rare species and the endemic ones.

Uganda hosts up to 24 of the Albertine rift endemic bird species with the rest found in DR Congo, Rwanda, and Burundi. Uganda’s conducive climate all year round, abundant water sources, and diverse vegetation cover have played a significant role in attracting many bird species into the country. Having both resident and migratory bird species makes the pearl of Africa a must-visit destination for bird-watching safaris.

Several bird species fly in from all over the world throughout the year thus great numbers in several birding destinations in the country. Bird-watching safari in Uganda with us will take you to several National Parks, forests, wetlands, grasslands, woodlands papyrus swamps, forests, Savannah, agricultural lands, woodlands, rocky ridges, and Afro-pine moorland. Bird-watching safaris in Uganda can be done on Boat safaris, particularly near the banks of several water bodies, and on nature-guided walks in the forest and wetland.

our bird-watching safari packages range from budget to top luxury safari packages. Our expert birding safari guides have a lot of knowledge about different bird species in the country and will help you identify several birds while on a birding safari with us.

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Species to expect on a Bird Watching safari in Uganda – Commonly spotted Bird species in Uganda

Uganda has a rich number of bird species, with up to 1090 registered in the country. Some of the commonly spotted on birding safaris in Uganda include; Thick-knees Shoebill, Rails, gallinules, and coots, Finfoots, Cranes, Egyptian plover, Stilts and avocets, Oystercatchers, Plovers and lapwings, Painted-snipes, Jacanas, Sandpipers and allies, Buttonquails, Ostriches, Ducks, geese, and waterfowl, Guineafowl, New World quail, Pheasants, grouse, and allies, Flamingos, Grebes, Pigeons and doves, Sandgrouse, Bustards, Turacos, Cuckoos, Nightjars and allies, Swifts, Pratincoles and coursers, Gulls, terns, and skimmers, Shearwaters and petrels, Storks, Anhingas, Cormorants and shags, Pelicans, , Hamerkop, Herons, egrets, and bitterne, Ibises and spoonbills, Secretarybird, Osprey, Hawks, eagles, and kites, Barn-owls, Owls, Mousebirds, Trogons, Hoopoes, Woodhoopoes and scimitarbills, Ground-hornbills, Hornbills, Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Rollers, African barbets, Honeyguides, Woodpeckers, Falcons and caracaras, Old World parrots, African and New World parrots, African and green broadbills.

Asian and Grauer’s broadbills, Pittas, Cuckooshrikes, Old World orioles, Wattle-eyes and batises, Vangas, helmetshrikes, and allies, Bushshrikes and allies, Drongos, Monarch flycatchers, Shrikes, Crows, jays, and magpies, Hyliotas, Fairy flycatchers, Tits, chickadees, and titmice, Penduline-tits, Larks, Nicators, African warblers, Cisticolas and allies, Reed warblers and allies, Grassbirds and allies, Swallows, Bulbuls, Leaf warblers, Bush warblers and allies, Sylviid warblers, parrotbills, and allies, White-eyes, yuhinas, and allies, Ground babblers and allies, Laughingthrushes and allies, Treecreepers, Oxpeckers, Starlings, Thrushes and allies, Old World flycatchers, Dapple-throat and allies, Sunbirds and spiderhunters, Weavers and allies, Waxbills and allies, Indigobirds, Old World sparrows, Wagtails and pipits, Finches, euphonias, and allies, Old World buntings. All the above birdlife resides within the country’s wetlands, forests, grasslands, and woodlands.

What is the best time to conduct bird-watching safaris in Uganda?

Due to the favorable climatic conditions in Uganda, bird-watching safaris can be done all year round, however specific periods of the year may be more favorable compared to the others. The best birding time is often between dawn and 11  a.m. when birds are most active. Choose us for your bird-watching safaris in Uganda and have the best safari experiences.