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Birding in Murchison Falls National Park
Birding in Murchison Falls National Park Murchison Falls National Park is Uganda’s largest national park, covering approximately 4,000 km2. The Park supports a remarkable 451 species of birds. Birding in Murchison Falls National Park has the main birding attraction being the Shoebill, best sighted in the dry season from January-March. The commonest species found in the…
Read MoreOf the Special Birds of Semliki National Park, Birding in Semliki
In the Semliki Basin there are 441 bird species including 46 Guinea-Congo Biome species found nowhere else in East Africa, and 5 species endemic to the Albertine Rift Valley only. These are spot-breasted ibis, Hartlaub’s duck, Congo Serpent Eagle, chestnut-flanked goshawk, red-thighed sparrowhawk, long-tailed hawk, Nkulengu rail, black-throated coucal, chestnut owlet, Bates’s nightjar, black-wattled hornbill,…
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