Murchison Falls National Park is Uganda’s largest national park, covering approximately 4,000 km2, and is unique in the fact that it is Uganda’s only national park that is home to all of Africa’s “big five” game species (elephants, rhino*, buffalo, lion, and leopard). Located in northwestern Uganda, the varied habitats of this park make it home to a variety of superb birds as well.
The national park has varied habitats including the forests of Budongo and Kaniyo Pabidi, water birds in the marshy areas of the Nile Delta and the savannah species in the northern banks of the Nile in Wankwar area.
The key species of Murchison Falls National Park include:
- African Darter
- Goliath Heron
- Yellow-billed Stork
- Abdim’s Stork
- Shoebill
- White-faced Whistling Duck
- Secretary Bird
- Osprey
- Dark Chanting-Goshawk
- Martial Eagle
- Hugli’s Francolin
- Denham’s Bustard
- Spotted Thick-knee
- Senegal Thick-knee
- Rock Pratincole
- Black-headed Plover
- Long-toed Plover
- Black-billed Wood-Dove
- Veracious Dove
- Long Tailed Nightjar
- Standard-winged Nightjar
- Pennant-winged Nightjar
- Blue-naped Moosebird
- Giant Kingfisher
- Pied Kingfisher
- Malachite Kingfisher
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater
- Red-throated Bee-eater
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater
- Black Scimitarbill
- Abyssinian Ground Hornbill
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
- Black-billed Barbet
- White-fronted Black Chat
- Silverbird
- Beautiful Sunbird
- Piapiac
- Speckle-fronted Weaver
- White-browed Sparrow Weaver
- Chestnut-crowned Sparrow Weaver
- Vaseline Masked Weaver
- Bar-breasted Firefinch
- White-rumped Seedeater
- Saddle-billed Stork
- Sacred Ibis
- Spur-winger Geese
- Black Crake
- Grey-crowned Crane
- Blue-naped Moosebird
- Spotted Morning Thrush
- Nothern Crombec
- Red-winged Grey Warbler
- Black-headed Batis
- Black-headed Gondola
- Grey-headed Bush Shrike
- Double-toothed Barbet
- Yellow-throated Greenbul
- Whistling Cisticola
- Black-lored Babbler
- Sulphur-breasted Bush Shrike
- Fawn-breasted Waxbill
- Black-faced Waxbill
