Murchison Falls National Park bird species and along Kampala-Masindi road are the bird species that travelers taking up this route, to Murchison Falls National Park, can spot. Keen birders can spot different birds along the way, as you drive to the park. With a keen birding guide, you shall be able to spot a great number of these birds. Be sure to have a good pair of binoculars that you can see even far off birds.

Birds along the Kampala-Masindi Road-To Murchison Falls Road
1 | Gray Crowned-Crane | Balearica regulorum |
2 | Shoebill | Balaeniceps rex |
3 | Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus |
4 | Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus |
5 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax |
6 | Dark Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax metabates |
7 | Eastern Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax poliopterus |
8 | Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill | Bucorvus abyssinicus |
9 | /European Bee-eater/ | Merops apiaster |
10 | Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera |
11 | Yellow-crowned Bishop | Euplectes afer |
12 | Marsh Widowbird | Euplectes hartlaubi |
Murchison Falls National Park Birds

1 | Denham’s Bustard | Neotis denhami |
2 | African Swift | Apus barbatus |
3 | Gray Crowned-Crane | Balearica regulorum |
4 | Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis |
5 | Senegal Thick-knee | Burhinus senegalensis |
6 | /Eurasian Curlew/ | Numenius arquata |
7 | African Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia microscelis |
8 | Shoebill | Balaeniceps rex |
9 | Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius |
10 | White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis |
11 | Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos |
12 | Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus |
13 | White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus |
14 | Rueppell’s Griffon | Gyps rueppelli |
15 | Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus |
16 | Beaudouin’s Snake-Eagle | Circaetus beaudouini |
17 | Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus |
18 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax |
19 | /Steppe Eagle/ | Aquila nipalensis |
20 | Dark Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax metabates |
21 | Eastern Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax poliopterus |
22 | /Pallid Harrier/ | Circus macrourus |
23 | Grayish Eagle-Owl | Bubo cinerascens |
24 | Pel’s Fishing-Owl | Scotopelia peli |
25 | Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill | Bucorvus abyssinicus |
26 | Swallow-tailed Bee-eater | Merops hirundineus |
27 | /European Bee-eater/ | Merops apiaster |
28 | /Northern Carmine Bee-eater/ | Merops nubicus |
29 | Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera |
30 | Papyrus Gonolek | Laniarius mufumbiri |
31 | Many-colored Bushshrike | Telophorus multicolor |
32 | /Woodchat Shrike/ | Lanius senator |
33 | White-rumped Shrike | Eurocephalus ruppelli |
34 | White-browed Crombec | Sylvietta leucophrys |
35 | Masked Apalis | Apalis binotata |
36 | Ethiopian Swallow | Hirundo aethiopica |
37 | Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythrorynchus |
38 | Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus africanus |
39 | White-bellied Robin-Chat | Cossyphicula roberti |
40 | Magpie Mannikin | Spermestes fringilloides |
41 | Quailfinch | Ortygospiza atricollis |
42 | White-rumped Seedeater | Crithagra leucopygius |
43 | Yellow-crowned Canary | Serinus flavivertex |
With the above bird checklist, look out to see the different bird species whilst on your drive to Murchison Falls National Park, as well as while in Murchison Falls National Park. Reach out to your trusted Uganda birding tour operator for a comprehensive Uganda birding safari to spot some of the above bird species.
