Mount Elgon National Park is a wilderness that’s just begging to be explored!
Join us on a Mount Elgon National Park Birding Tour as we go in search of regional and local bird specialities, with unparalleled scenery to match!
Mount Elgon National Park is home to over 300 bird species, including 40 restricted range species. 56 of the 87 Afrotropical highland biome species are found here, notably the Moorland Francolin, Moustached Green Tinkerbird and Alpine Chat. Restricted species in Mount Elgon include the Jackson’s Francolin and Black-collared Apalis. Among those limited to just a few mountains in eastern Uganda are the Black-shouldered Kite and Tacazze Sunbird. Mount Elgon is one of the few places in Uganda where the endangered Lammergeyer can be seen, soaring above the caldera and Suam Gorge.
Join us on an unforgettable Sustainable Birding Tour at Mount Elgon National Park!
Key Bird Species
Popular Species seen on this Mount Elgon National Park Birding Tour: Lammergeyer, Tacazze Sunbird, African Blue Flycatcher, Chinspot Batis, Hartlaub’s Turaco
African Goshawk; Chubb’s Cisticola, White-chinned Prinia, African Blue Flycatcher, Chinspot Batis, Mackinnon’s Fiscal, Dohertys and Luhders Bush-shrikes, Baglafecht Weaver, Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater, Moustached Tinkerbird, Hartlaub`s Turaco, Tacazze Sunbird, Black Kite, Lammergeyer, Jackson’s Francolin, Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon, and Black-collared Apalis.
Mt Elgon National Park
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