Rwenzori Mountains National Park Bird CheckList
Rwenzori Mountains National Park Bird Check List is one of the scenic Uganda safari destination stretching along the foot hills Rwenzori Mountains – the mountains of the moon, the park is located on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Rwenzori Mountain National Park is renowned for her richness birdlife with more than 217 species of birds with 17 species that can only be found in the Rwenzori Mountains.
Here is a list of birds found in Rwenzori Mountains National Park
ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae
African Black Duck
GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae
Latham’s Francolin
Red-winged Francolin
Handsome Spurfowl
Scaly Spurfowl
PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae
Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae
Speckled Pigeon
Afep Pigeon
Rameron Pigeon
White-naped Pigeon
Lemon Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Laughing Dove
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
Tambourine Dove
African Green-Pigeon
MUSOPHAGIFORMES: Musophagidae
Great Blue Turaco
Black-billed Turaco
Rwenzori Turaco
Ross’s Turaco
Eastern Plantain-eater
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae
Blue-headed Coucal
White-browed Coucal
Levaillant’s Cuckoo
Klaas’s Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae
Montane Nightjar
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Apodidae
Scarce Swift
Alpine Swift
African Swift
Little Swift
White-rumped Swift
African Palm Swift
GRUIFORMES: Sarothruridae
White-spotted Flufftail
Buff-spotted Flufftail
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae
Red-knobbed Coot
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae
Long-toed Lapwing
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae
Common Sandpiper
CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae
Marabou Stork
PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae
Gray Heron
Black-headed Heron
Little Egret
Cattle Egret
PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Palm-nut Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Brown Snake-Eagle
Crowned Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Cassin’s Hawk-Eagle
Lizard Buzzard
African Marsh-Harrier
Shikra
Black Goshawk
Black Kite
Mountain Buzzard
Augur Buzzard
STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae
Barn Owl
STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae
African Wood-Owl
COLIIFORMES: Coliidae
Speckled Mousebird
BUCEROTIFORMES: Bucorvidae
Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill
BUCEROTIFORMES: Bucerotidae
Crowned Hornbill
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill
Piping Hornbill
CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae
Malachite Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae
Little Bee-eater
Blue-breasted Bee-eater
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
PICIFORMES: Lybiidae
Yellow-billed Barbet
Gray-throated Barbet
Speckled Tinkerbird
Western Tinkerbird
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
PICIFORMES: Indicatoridae
Cassin’s Honeyguide
Dwarf Honeyguide
Least Honeyguide
Scaly-throated Honeyguide
PICIFORMES: Picidae
Cardinal Woodpecker
Golden-crowned Woodpecker
African Gray Woodpecker
Olive Woodpecker
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae
Eurasian Kestrel
African Hobby
Peregrine Falcon
PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae
Gray Cuckooshrike
PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae
Black-tailed Oriole
PASSERIFORMES: Platysteiridae
Brown-throated Wattle-eye
Black-throated Wattle-eye
Chestnut Wattle-eye
Rwenzori Batis
Chinspot Batis
PASSERIFORMES: Vangidae
African Shrike-flycatcher
PASSERIFORMES: Malaconotidae
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Lühder’s Bushshrike
Tropical Boubou
Lowland Sooty Boubou
Albertine Boubou
Doherty’s Bushshrike
PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae
Blue-headed Crested-Flycatcher
African Crested-Flycatcher
Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher
African Paradise-Flycatcher
PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae
Gray-backed Fiscal
Mackinnon’s Shrike
Northern Fiscal
PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae
Pied Crow
White-necked Raven
PASSERIFORMES: Stenostiridae
African Blue Flycatcher
White-tailed Blue Flycatcher
White-bellied Crested-Flycatcher
White-tailed Crested-Flycatcher
PASSERIFORMES: Paridae
White-winged Black-Tit
Dusky Tit
Stripe-breasted Tit
PASSERIFORMES: Remizidae
African Penduline-Tit
PASSERIFORMES: Macrosphenidae
Green Crombec
White-browed Crombec
Yellow Longbill
Green Hylia
PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae
White-chinned Prinia
Rwenzori Apalis
Green-backed Camaroptera
Black-capped Apalis
Masked Apalis
Black-faced Apalis
Chestnut-throated Apalis
Gray Apalis
Banded Prinia
Black-faced Rufous-Warbler
Gray-capped Warbler
Red-faced Cisticola
Singing Cisticola
Trilling Cisticola
Chubb’s Cisticola
Stout Cisticola
PASSERIFORMES: Acrocephalidae
Mountain Yellow-Warbler
PASSERIFORMES: Locustellidae
Evergreen-forest Warbler
Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler
PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae
Plain Martin
Rock Martin
Barn Swallow
Angola Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Mosque Swallow
Black Sawwing
PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae
Slender-billed Greenbul
Eastern Mountain Greenbul
Honeyguide Greenbul
Yellow-throated Greenbul
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul
Little Greenbul
Toro Olive-Greenbul
Cabanis’s Greenbul
Yellow-streaked Greenbul
Common Bulbul
PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopidae
Willow Warbler
Brown Woodland-Warbler
Red-faced Woodland-Warbler
PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae
Rwenzori Hill Babbler
PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae
Green White-eye
Northern Yellow White-eye
PASSERIFORMES: Pellorneidae
Mountain Illadopsis
Scaly-breasted Illadopsis
PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae
Slender-billed Starling
Chestnut-winged Starling
Sharpe’s Starling
Narrow-tailed Starling
Stuhlmann’s Starling
Rüppell’s Starling
PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae
Abyssinian Ground-Thrush
Abyssinian Thrush
African Thrush
PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae
African Dusky Flycatcher
Dusky-blue Flycatcher
Gray Tit-Flycatcher
Ashy Flycatcher
Northern Black-Flycatcher
White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher
Archer’s Robin-Chat
Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat
Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat
White-starred Robin
Red-throated Alethe
African Stonechat
PASSERIFORMES: Modulatricidae
Gray-chested Babbler
PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae
Gray-headed Sunbird
Collared Sunbird
Green-headed Sunbird
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird
Blue-headed Sunbird
Olive Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Purple-breasted Sunbird
Bronze Sunbird
Malachite Sunbird
Red-tufted Sunbird
Olive-bellied Sunbird
Stuhlmann’s Sunbird
Northern Double-collared Sunbird
Regal Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
Copper Sunbird
PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae
Red-headed Malimbe
Baglafecht Weaver
Black-necked Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
Strange Weaver
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Village Weaver
Black-headed Weaver
Brown-capped Weaver
Black Bishop
PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae
Bronze Mannikin
Black-and-white Mannikin
Yellow-bellied Waxbill
Shelley’s Crimsonwing
Dusky Crimsonwing
Red-faced Crimsonwing
Gray-headed Nigrita
Black-crowned Waxbill
Fawn-breasted Waxbill
Red-headed Bluebill
Black-bellied Seedcracker
Red-billed Firefinch
PASSERIFORMES: Viduidae
Pin-tailed Whydah
PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae
Cape Wagtail
Mountain Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
White Wagtail
PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae
Western Citril
Streaky Seedeater
Thick-billed Seedeater
Yellow-crowned Canary
