Semliki National Park is a 220 km² park is an extension of the Ituri Forest and is one of Africa’s youngest national parks.  It has more than 400 species of birds, including nine different species of hornbill, make it one of the best sites for forest birding in Africa. Located along the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the extreme western portion of the country, Semuliki National Park is a birding destination not to be missed.

The forested areas of the park offer you an opportunity of birding the endemics while the marshy areas will reward you with variety of other bird species available.

The key species here are:

• Spot-breasted Ibis
• Long-tailed Hawk
• Nkulengu Rail
• Western Bronze-naped Pigeon
• Yellow-throated Cuckoo
• Black-throated Coucal
• White-bellied Kingfisher
• Piping Hornbill
• Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill
• Black Dwarf Hornbill
• White-crested Hornbill
• White-thighed Hornbill
• Black-Casqued wattled Hornbill
• Red-rumped Tinkerbird
• Lyre-tailed Honey Guide
• African Piculet
• Gabon Woodpecker
• Rufous-sided Broadbill
• Yellow-throated Nicator
• Icterine Greenbul
• Xavier’s Greenbul
• Leaf-love
• Green-tailed Bristlebill
• Swamp palm Bulbul
• Fire-crested Alethe
• Northern Bearded Scrub Robin
• Blue-headed Crested-flycatcher
• Maxwell’s Black Weaver
• Crested Malimbe
• Red-bellied Malimbe
• Blue-billed Malimbe
• Chestnut-breasted Negrofinch
• Grant’s Bluebill
• Orange-Cheeked Waxbill