Lake Mburo National Park Birding Tour

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Lake Mburo National Park

Join us as we take on some of the best wetland birding in Uganda!

Close to the capital, Lake Mburo National Park usually serves for people who don’t have much time and want to go on safari. However, what most people don’t know, is it’s also one of Uganda’s best birding parks -a birding tour in Lake Mburo National Park is a must!

Over 310 bird species have been recorded at Lake Mburo National Park. The park is the best place in Uganda for acacia-dwelling birds. Forest species are also present in Rubanga Forest. A bonus for birders is the swamps, in which six papyrus endemics are resident, including the spectacular Papyrus Gonolek and the Blue-headed Coucal. Lake Mburo is also a place to find southern species at the northern limit of their range, including the Black-collared Barbet and our mascot the Southern Ground-hornbill. Migratory are also birds are present from November to April, which makes for a very nice count.

So join us on an unforgettable birding tour at Lake Mburo National Park!

Key Bird Species

Popular Species seen on this Lake Mburo National Park Birding Tour: Red-necked Spurfowl, Yellow-throated Longclaw, Verreaux’s Eagle Owl, Southern Red Bishop

Crested Francolin, Red-necked Spurfowl, Arrow-marked Babler, Emerald-spotted Wood-dove, Brown Parrot, Barefaced Go-away-bird. Blue-napped and Speckled Mousebird, Lilac-breasted and Broad-billed Roller, andGreen Wood-hoopoe, Common Scimitarbill, African Grey Hornbill, Spot-flanked Barbet, Nubian Woodpecker, Trilling Cisticola, Yellow-breasted Apalis, Northern Black Flycatcher, Chin-spot Batis, Greater Blue-eared Starling, Marico Sunbird, Coqui Francolin, Red-necked Spur fowl, Black-bellied Bustard, Temminck’s Courser, African Wattled Plover, Rufous-naped and Lapped Larks, Rufous-chested Swallow, Yellow-throated Longclaw and Southern Red Bishop, African Scops Owl, Verreaux’s Eagle Owl and Fiery-necked, White-tailed and Pennant-winged Nightjars