Bird list in Semuliki National Park : Semuliki National Park is the smallest and newly established national park in Uganda located in Bwamba County a small region of Bundibugyo district in western Uganda, the park stretches along the border of Democratic Republic of and Uganda.
The park is one of the Africa’s most ancient and bio-diverse forests and one of the surving the last ice age, 12-18,000 years.
Semuliki National Park hosts over 40% of all birds in Uganda is one of the few places hosting such huge populations which makes it one of the top birding destinations in Uganda.
Semuliki National Park is home to more than 441 recorded bird species including 23 Albertine Rift endemics.
ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
White-backed Duck
Knob-billed Duck
Egyptian Goose
Spur-winged Goose
African Pygmy-Goose
Garganey
Blue-billed Teal
African Black Duck
Yellow-billed Duck
Red-billed Duck
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
GALLIFORMES: Numididae
Helmeted Guineafowl
Western Crested Guineafowl
GALLIFORMES: Odontophoridae
Nahan’s Partridge
GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae
Crested Francolin
Coqui Francolin
Ring-necked Francolin
Red-winged Francolin
Blue Quail
Common Quail
Harlequin Quail
Handsome Spurfowl
Hildebrandt’s Spurfowl
Scaly Spurfowl
Heuglin’s Spurfowl
Red-necked Spurfowl
PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Phoenicopteridae
Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo
PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae
Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae
Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Afep Pigeon
Rameron Pigeon
Bronze-naped Pigeon
White-naped Pigeon
Lemon Dove
Dusky Turtle-Dove
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Vinaceous Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Black-billed Wood-Dove
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
Tambourine Dove
Namaqua Dove
African Green-Pigeon
OTIDIFORMES: Otididae
Denham’s Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard
MUSOPHAGIFORMES: Musophagidae
Great Blue Turaco
Black-billed Turaco
White-crested Turaco
Rwenzori Turaco
Ross’s Turaco
Bare-faced Go-away-bird
Eastern Plantain-eater
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae
Black-throated Coucal
Senegal Coucal
Blue-headed Coucal
White-browed Coucal
Black Coucal
Blue Malkoha
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Levaillant’s Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Thick-billed Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas’s Cuckoo
Yellow-throated Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
African Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae
Pennant-winged Nightjar
Nubian Nightjar
Fiery-necked Nightjar
Montane Nightjar
Swamp Nightjar
Plain Nightjar
Freckled Nightjar
Long-tailed Nightjar
Slender-tailed Nightjar
Square-tailed Nightjar
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Apodidae
Mottled Spinetail
Sabine’s Spinetail
Scarce Swift
Alpine Swift
Mottled Swift
Common Swift
African Swift
Little Swift
Horus Swift
White-rumped Swift
African Palm Swift
GRUIFORMES: Sarothruridae
White-spotted Flufftail
Buff-spotted Flufftail
Red-chested Flufftail
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae
African Rail
African Crake
Lesser Moorhen
Eurasian Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
Allen’s Gallinule
Black Crake
GRUIFORMES: Heliornithidae
African Finfoot
GRUIFORMES: Gruidae
Gray Crowned-Crane
CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae
Water Thick-knee
Eurasian Thick-knee
Senegal Thick-knee
Spotted Thick-knee
CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae
Black-bellied Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
Long-toed Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Black-headed Lapwing
Senegal Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Wattled Lapwing
Brown-chested Lapwing
Caspian Plover
Kittlitz’s Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Three-banded Plover
Forbes’s Plover
White-fronted Plover
CHARADRIIFORMES: Rostratulidae
Greater Painted-Snipe
CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae
Lesser Jacana
African Jacana
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae
Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Black-tailed Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck’s Stint
Sanderling
Little Stint
Jack Snipe
Great Snipe
Common Snipe
African Snipe
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
CHARADRIIFORMES: Turnicidae
Small Buttonquail
Black-rumped Buttonquail
CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae
Temminck’s Courser
Bronze-winged Courser
Collared Pratincole
Black-winged Pratincole
Rock Pratincole
Gray Pratincole
CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae
Slender-billed Gull
Gray-hooded Gull
Black-headed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
White-winged Tern
Whiskered Tern
Common Tern
African Skimmer
CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae
African Openbill
Abdim’s Stork
African Woolly-necked Stork
White Stork
Saddle-billed Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
SULIFORMES: Anhingidae
African Darter
SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae
Long-tailed Cormorant
Great Cormorant
PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae
Great White Pelican
Pink-backed Pelican
PELECANIFORMES: Balaenicipitidae
Shoebill
PELECANIFORMES: Scopidae
Hamerkop
PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae
Little Bittern
Dwarf Bittern
White-crested Bittern
Gray Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
Purple Heron
Great Egret
Intermediate Egret
Little Egret
Black Heron
Cattle Egret
Squacco Heron
Malagasy Pond-Heron
Rufous-bellied Heron
Striated Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
Eurasian Spoonbill
African Spoonbill
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Sagittariidae
Secretarybird
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae
Osprey
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Palm-nut Vulture
Egyptian Vulture
European Honey-buzzard
African Cuckoo-Hawk
White-headed Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Rüppell’s Griffon
Congo Serpent-Eagle
Bateleur
Short-toed Snake-Eagle
Beaudouin’s Snake-Eagle
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Banded Snake-Eagle
Bat Hawk
Crowned Eagle
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Wahlberg’s Eagle
Booted Eagle
Ayres’s Hawk-Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Cassin’s Hawk-Eagle
Verreaux’s Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Lizard Buzzard
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
Grasshopper Buzzard
Eurasian Marsh-Harrier
African Marsh-Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu’s Harrier
African Goshawk
Shikra
Little Sparrowhawk
Ovambo Sparrowhawk
Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk
Black Goshawk
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Mountain Buzzard
Augur Buzzard
STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae
African Grass-Owl
Barn Owl
STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae
African Scops-Owl
Grayish Eagle-Owl
Spotted Eagle-Owl
Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
Red-chested Owlet
African Wood-Owl
COLIIFORMES: Coliidae
Speckled Mousebird
Blue-naped Mousebird
TROGONIFORMES: Trogonidae
Narina Trogon
Bar-tailed Trogon
BUCEROTIFORMES: Upupidae
Eurasian Hoopoe
BUCEROTIFORMES: Phoeniculidae
Green Woodhoopoe
White-headed Woodhoopoe
Forest Scimitarbill
Black Scimitarbill
Common Scimitarbill
BUCEROTIFORMES: Bucorvidae
Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill
BUCEROTIFORMES: Bucerotidae
Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill
Crowned Hornbill
African Pied Hornbill
African Gray Hornbill
White-crested Hornbill
Black-casqued Hornbill
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill
White-thighed Hornbill
Piping Hornbill
CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae
Shining-blue Kingfisher
Malachite Kingfisher
White-bellied Kingfisher
African Pygmy Kingfisher
African Dwarf Kingfisher
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Blue-breasted Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae
Black Bee-eater
Red-throated Bee-eater
Little Bee-eater
Blue-breasted Bee-eater
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater
White-throated Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
Madagascar Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
Northern Carmine Bee-eater
Southern Carmine Bee-eater
CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae
European Roller
Abyssinian Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
Rufous-crowned Roller
Broad-billed Roller
Blue-throated Roller
PICIFORMES: Lybiidae
Yellow-billed Barbet
Crested Barbet
Gray-throated Barbet
Speckled Tinkerbird
Western Tinkerbird
Red-rumped Tinkerbird
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Red-fronted Tinkerbird
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
Yellow-spotted Barbet
Hairy-breasted Barbet
Red-fronted Barbet
Spot-flanked Barbet
White-headed Barbet
Black-billed Barbet
Double-toothed Barbet
PICIFORMES: Indicatoridae
Cassin’s Honeyguide
Wahlberg’s Honeyguide
Willcocks’s Honeyguide
Least Honeyguide
Lesser Honeyguide
Scaly-throated Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
PICIFORMES: Picidae
Rufous-necked Wryneck
Elliot’s Woodpecker
Speckle-breasted Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
Bearded Woodpecker
Golden-crowned Woodpecker
African Gray Woodpecker
Olive Woodpecker
Brown-eared Woodpecker
Buff-spotted Woodpecker
Green-backed Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae
Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Gray Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Sooty Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
African Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittaculidae
Red-headed Lovebird
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae
Gray Parrot
Brown-necked Parrot
Meyer’s Parrot
PASSERIFORMES: Calyptomenidae
African Broadbill
PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae
Black Cuckooshrike
Petit’s Cuckooshrike
Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike
PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae
African Golden Oriole
Western Black-headed Oriole
African Black-headed Oriole
PASSERIFORMES: Platysteiridae
Brown-throated Wattle-eye
Black-throated Wattle-eye
Chestnut Wattle-eye
Jameson’s Wattle-eye
Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye
Chinspot Batis
Western Black-headed Batis
PASSERIFORMES: Vangidae
White Helmetshrike
African Shrike-flycatcher
Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher
PASSERIFORMES: Malaconotidae
Brubru
Northern Puffback
Pink-footed Puffback
Marsh Tchagra
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Lühder’s Bushshrike
Tropical Boubou
Black-headed Gonolek
Papyrus Gonolek
Slate-colored Boubou
Lowland Sooty Boubou
Willard’s Sooty Boubou
Gray-green Bushshrike
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
Many-colored Bushshrike
Gray-headed Bushshrike
PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae
Fork-tailed Drongo
Velvet-mantled Drongo
PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae
Blue-headed Crested-Flycatcher
African Crested-Flycatcher
Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher
African Paradise-Flycatcher
PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae
Red-backed Shrike
Red-tailed Shrike
Isabelline Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Gray-backed Fiscal
Mackinnon’s Shrike
Northern Fiscal
Woodchat Shrike
White-rumped Shrike
PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae
Piapiac
Pied Crow
White-necked Raven
PASSERIFORMES: Hyliotidae
Yellow-bellied Hyliota
PASSERIFORMES: Stenostiridae
African Blue Flycatcher
White-tailed Blue Flycatcher
Dusky Crested-Flycatcher
White-bellied Crested-Flycatcher
PASSERIFORMES: Paridae
White-shouldered Black-Tit
White-winged Black-Tit
Dusky Tit
Stripe-breasted Tit
PASSERIFORMES: Remizidae
African Penduline-Tit
PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae
Dusky Lark
Fischer’s Sparrow-Lark
Rufous-naped Lark
Flappet Lark
White-tailed Lark
Red-capped Lark
PASSERIFORMES: Nicatoridae
Western Nicator
Yellow-throated Nicator
PASSERIFORMES: Macrosphenidae
Green Crombec
White-browed Crombec
Northern Crombec
Red-faced Crombec
Moustached Grass-Warbler
Yellow Longbill
Gray Longbill
Green Hylia
PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae
Yellow-vented Eremomela
Green-backed Eremomela
Greencap Eremomela
White-chinned Prinia
Green-backed Camaroptera
Yellow-browed Camaroptera
Olive-green Camaroptera
Buff-bellied Warbler
Black-capped Apalis
Black-throated Apalis
Masked Apalis
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Buff-throated Apalis
Gray Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Black-faced Rufous-Warbler
Gray-capped Warbler
Red-faced Cisticola
Singing Cisticola
Whistling Cisticola
Trilling Cisticola
Chubb’s Cisticola
Rattling Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Carruthers’s Cisticola
Stout Cisticola
Croaking Cisticola
Tabora Cisticola
Siffling Cisticola
Foxy Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Wing-snapping Cisticola
PASSERIFORMES: Acrocephalidae
Papyrus Yellow-Warbler
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
African Yellow-Warbler
Mountain Yellow-Warbler
Icterine Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Lesser Swamp Warbler
Greater Swamp Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
PASSERIFORMES: Locustellidae
Bamboo Warbler
Fan-tailed Grassbird
White-winged Swamp Warbler
Grauer’s Swamp Warbler
Highland Rush Warbler
PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae
Plain Martin
Bank Swallow
Banded Martin
Rock Martin
Barn Swallow
Ethiopian Swallow
Angola Swallow
White-throated Blue Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Rufous-chested Swallow
Mosque Swallow
Common House-Martin
White-headed Sawwing
Black Sawwing
Gray-rumped Swallow
PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae
Slender-billed Greenbul
Red-tailed Bristlebill
Simple Greenbul
Joyful Greenbul
Honeyguide Greenbul
Yellow-throated Greenbul
Spotted Greenbul
Red-tailed Greenbul
Gray Greenbul
Ansorge’s Greenbul
Plain Greenbul
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul
Little Greenbul
Leaf-love
Toro Olive-Greenbul
Cabanis’s Greenbul
Icterine Greenbul
Xavier’s Greenbul
White-throated Greenbul
Common Bulbul
PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopidae
Wood Warbler
Willow Warbler
Red-faced Woodland-Warbler
PASSERIFORMES: Scotocercidae
Chestnut-capped Flycatcher
PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae
Eurasian Blackcap
Garden Warbler
Greater Whitethroat
PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae
Green White-eye
Northern Yellow White-eye
PASSERIFORMES: Pellorneidae
Brown Illadopsis
Pale-breasted Illadopsis
Scaly-breasted Illadopsis
PASSERIFORMES: Leiothrichidae
Brown Babbler
Arrow-marked Babbler
Black-lored Babbler
PASSERIFORMES: Buphagidae
Red-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae
Wattled Starling
Violet-backed Starling
Slender-billed Starling
Chestnut-winged Starling
Waller’s Starling
Sharpe’s Starling
Narrow-tailed Starling
Stuhlmann’s Starling
Purple-headed Starling
Rüppell’s Starling
Splendid Starling
Lesser Blue-eared Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Purple Starling
PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae
Rufous Flycatcher-Thrush
Red-tailed Ant-Thrush
White-tailed Ant-Thrush
Abyssinian Thrush
African Thrush
PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae
African Dusky Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
Swamp Flycatcher
Cassin’s Flycatcher
Sooty Flycatcher
Dusky-blue Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
Gray-throated Tit-Flycatcher
Gray Tit-Flycatcher
Chapin’s Flycatcher
Ashy Flycatcher
Silverbird
Yellow-eyed Black-Flycatcher
Northern Black-Flycatcher
White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher
Fire-crested Alethe
Brown-backed Scrub-Robin
Red-backed Scrub-Robin
White-bellied Robin-Chat
Cape Robin-Chat
Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat
White-browed Robin-Chat
Red-capped Robin-Chat
Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat
Spotted Morning-Thrush
White-starred Robin
Brown-chested Alethe
Gray-winged Robin-Chat
Equatorial Akalat
Semicollared Flycatcher
Whinchat
African Stonechat
Mocking Cliff-Chat
Sooty Chat
Northern Wheatear
Capped Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Pied Wheatear
Familiar Chat
PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae
Western Violet-backed Sunbird
Little Green Sunbird
Green Sunbird
Collared Sunbird
Green-headed Sunbird
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird
Blue-headed Sunbird
Olive Sunbird
Green-throated Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Purple-breasted Sunbird
Bronze Sunbird
Olive-bellied Sunbird
Tiny Sunbird
Stuhlmann’s Sunbird
Northern Double-collared Sunbird
Beautiful Sunbird
Mariqua Sunbird
Red-chested Sunbird
Purple-banded Sunbird
Superb Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
Copper Sunbird
PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver
Speckle-fronted Weaver
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver
Crested Malimbe
Red-headed Malimbe
Red-headed Weaver
Baglafecht Weaver
Little Weaver
Slender-billed Weaver
Black-necked Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
Black-billed Weaver
Strange Weaver
Holub’s Golden-Weaver
Orange Weaver
Northern Brown-throated Weaver
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Vitelline Masked-Weaver
Heuglin’s Masked-Weaver
Vieillot’s Black Weaver
Village Weaver
Weyns’s Weaver
Black-headed Weaver
Golden-backed Weaver
Golden-naped Weaver
Yellow-mantled Weaver
Maxwell’s Black Weaver
Forest Weaver
Brown-capped Weaver
Compact Weaver
Cardinal Quelea
Red-headed Quelea
Red-billed Quelea
Northern Red Bishop
Southern Red Bishop
Black-winged Bishop
Black Bishop
Yellow-crowned Bishop
Yellow Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Yellow-mantled Widowbird
Red-collared Widowbird
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Marsh Widowbird
Grosbeak Weaver
PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae
Bronze Mannikin
Magpie Mannikin
Black-and-white Mannikin
White-collared Oliveback
Yellow-bellied Waxbill
Green-backed Twinspot
Jameson’s Antpecker
White-breasted Nigrita
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita
Gray-headed Nigrita
Black-faced Waxbill
Black-crowned Waxbill
Kandt’s Waxbill
Orange-cheeked Waxbill
Fawn-breasted Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Black-rumped Waxbill
Crimson-rumped Waxbill
Quailfinch
Cut-throat
Zebra Waxbill
Purple Grenadier
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Red-headed Bluebill
Black-bellied Seedcracker
Green-winged Pytilia
Red-winged Pytilia
Red-billed Firefinch
African Firefinch
Black-bellied Firefinch
Black-faced Firefinch
PASSERIFORMES: Viduidae
Pin-tailed Whydah
Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah
Village Indigobird
Parasitic Weaver
PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae
House Sparrow
Shelley’s Rufous Sparrow
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae
Cape Wagtail
Mountain Wagtail
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
White Wagtail
Richard’s Pipit
African Pipit
Long-billed Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
Tree Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
Short-tailed Pipit
Yellow-throated Longclaw
PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae
Yellow-fronted Canary
Western Citril
Papyrus Canary
Black-throated Canary
Reichenow’s Seedeater
Brimstone Canary
Streaky Seedeater
Thick-billed Seedeater
Yellow-crowned Canary
PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae
Golden-breasted Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
