Bird Checklist In Kidepo Valley National Park : Kidepo Valley National Park is the most remote national park in Uganda round in the north bordering Kenya and Sudan between the hills of Karamoja and Nagoya Valley in the district of Kotido, the park covers an area of 1,442 square kilometers alies at an altitude range of 1,220 – 2,750 meters.

Thepark consists of shallow valley systems with dry mountain terrain, Narus Valley in the south-west bordered by the Napore range to the north-west, Morungole range in the South and Mount Lotuke in north of the park and in North Sudan.

Kidepo Valley National Park is home to over 480 species of birds including 28 species of the Somali – Masai and Sudan – Guinea Savannah biomes. Kidepo Valley National Park hosts the second – highest bird record of any protected area in Uganda coming second only to Queen Elizabeth national park, the park is also home to some of the rarest bird species in Uganda such as black – breasted Barbet and Karamoja Apalis.

Below are the bird species in Kidepo Valley National Park

STRUTHIONIFORMES: Struthionidae

Common Ostrich

ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae

White-faced Whistling-Duck

Fulvous Whistling-Duck

White-backed Duck

Knob-billed Duck

Spur-winged Goose

GALLIFORMES: Numididae

Helmeted Guineafowl

Western Crested Guineafowl

GALLIFORMES: Odontophoridae

Stone Partridge

GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae

Crested Francolin

Ring-necked Francolin

Orange River Francolin

Blue Quail

Common Quail

Harlequin Quail

Heuglin’s Spurfowl

Clapperton’s Spurfowl

Yellow-necked Spurfowl

PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae

Little Grebe

COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae

Speckled Pigeon

Afep Pigeon

Dusky Turtle-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

Bruce’s Green-Pigeon

African Green-Pigeon

PTEROCLIFORMES: Pteroclidae

Four-banded Sandgrouse

OTIDIFORMES: Otididae

Denham’s Bustard

White-bellied Bustard

Buff-crested Bustard

Black-bellied Bustard

Hartlaub’s Bustard

MUSOPHAGIFORMES: Musophagidae

White-crested Turaco

White-bellied Go-away-bird

Eastern Plantain-eater

CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae

Senegal Coucal

Blue-headed Coucal

White-browed Coucal

Black Coucal

Great Spotted Cuckoo

Levaillant’s Cuckoo

Pied Cuckoo

Dideric Cuckoo

Klaas’s Cuckoo

Black Cuckoo

Red-chested Cuckoo

African Cuckoo

CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae

Pennant-winged Nightjar

Standard-winged Nightjar

Eurasian Nightjar

Fiery-necked Nightjar

Swamp Nightjar

Plain Nightjar

Freckled Nightjar

Long-tailed Nightjar

Slender-tailed Nightjar

CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Apodidae

Scarce Swift

Mottled Swift

Common Swift

Nyanza Swift

African Swift

Little Swift

Horus Swift

White-rumped Swift

African Palm Swift

GRUIFORMES: Rallidae

African Rail

African Crake

Lesser Moorhen

Allen’s Gallinule

African Swamphen

Black Crake

GRUIFORMES: Gruidae

Gray Crowned-Crane

Black Crowned-Crane

CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae

Water Thick-knee

Spotted Thick-knee

CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae

Black-winged Stilt

CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae

Black-headed Lapwing

Crowned Lapwing

Wattled Lapwing

CHARADRIIFORMES: Rostratulidae

Greater Painted-Snipe

CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae

Lesser Jacana

African Jacana

CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae

Curlew Sandpiper

Common Sandpiper

Green Sandpiper

Common Greenshank

Wood Sandpiper

CHARADRIIFORMES: Turnicidae

Small Buttonquail

Black-rumped Buttonquail

CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae

Temminck’s Courser

Bronze-winged Courser

CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae

White-winged Tern

CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae

African Openbill

Black Stork

Abdim’s Stork

African Woolly-necked Stork

White Stork

Saddle-billed Stork

Marabou Stork

Yellow-billed Stork

PELECANIFORMES: Scopidae

Hamerkop

PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae

Little Bittern

Dwarf Bittern

Gray Heron

Black-headed Heron

Purple Heron

Great Egret

Intermediate Egret

Little Egret

Cattle Egret

Squacco Heron

Striated Heron

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Bird Checklist In Kidepo Valley National Park
Black-crowned Night-Heron

PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae

Glossy Ibis

Hadada Ibis

ACCIPITRIFORMES: Sagittariidae

Secretarybird

ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae

Black-winged Kite

African Harrier-Hawk

Palm-nut Vulture

Egyptian Vulture

African Cuckoo-Hawk

White-headed Vulture

Lappet-faced Vulture

Hooded Vulture

White-backed Vulture

Rüppell’s Griffon

Bateleur

Black-chested Snake-Eagle

Brown Snake-Eagle

Banded Snake-Eagle

Martial Eagle

Long-crested Eagle

Lesser Spotted Eagle

Wahlberg’s Eagle

Tawny Eagle

Steppe Eagle

African Hawk-Eagle

Lizard Buzzard

Dark Chanting-Goshawk

Eastern Chanting-Goshawk

Gabar Goshawk

Grasshopper Buzzard

Eurasian Marsh-Harrier

Pallid Harrier

Montagu’s Harrier

Shikra

Little Sparrowhawk

Black Goshawk

Black Kite

African Fish-Eagle

Common Buzzard

Augur Buzzard

STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae

Barn Owl

STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae

African Scops-Owl

Northern White-faced Owl

Grayish Eagle-Owl

Spotted Eagle-Owl

Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl

Pearl-spotted Owlet

COLIIFORMES: Coliidae

Speckled Mousebird

Blue-naped Mousebird

BUCEROTIFORMES: Upupidae

Eurasian Hoopoe

BUCEROTIFORMES: Phoeniculidae

Green Woodhoopoe

Black Scimitarbill

Abyssinian Scimitarbill

BUCEROTIFORMES: Bucorvidae

Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill

BUCEROTIFORMES: Bucerotidae

Crowned Hornbill

African Gray Hornbill

Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill

Jackson’s Hornbill

Northern Red-billed Hornbill

CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae

Malachite Kingfisher

African Pygmy Kingfisher

Gray-headed Kingfisher

Woodland Kingfisher

Striped Kingfisher

Giant Kingfisher

Pied Kingfisher

CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae

Red-throated Bee-eater

Little Bee-eater

Swallow-tailed Bee-eater

White-throated Bee-eater

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater

Madagascar Bee-eater

European Bee-eater

CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae

European Roller

Abyssinian Roller

Rufous-crowned Roller

Broad-billed Roller

PICIFORMES: Lybiidae

Red-and-yellow Barbet

D’Arnaud’s Barbet

Yellow-throated Tinkerbird

Red-fronted Tinkerbird

Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird

Red-fronted Barbet

Spot-flanked Barbet

White-headed Barbet

Black-billed Barbet

Double-toothed Barbet

Black-breasted Barbet

PICIFORMES: Indicatoridae

Lesser Honeyguide

Scaly-throated Honeyguide

Greater Honeyguide

PICIFORMES: Picidae

Eurasian Wryneck

Cardinal Woodpecker

Bearded Woodpecker

Brown-backed Woodpecker

African Gray Woodpecker

Brown-eared Woodpecker

Nubian Woodpecker

FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae

Pygmy Falcon

Lesser Kestrel

Eurasian Kestrel

Greater Kestrel

Fox Kestrel

Gray Kestrel

Red-necked Falcon

Sooty Falcon

Eurasian Hobby

African Hobby

Lanner Falcon

Peregrine Falcon

PSITTACIFORMES: Psittaculidae

Rose-ringed Parakeet

PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae

Meyer’s Parrot

PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae

Gray Cuckooshrike

White-breasted Cuckooshrike

Black Cuckooshrike

Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike

PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae

African Golden Oriole

Western Black-headed Oriole

African Black-headed Oriole

PASSERIFORMES: Platysteiridae

Brown-throated Wattle-eye

Chinspot Batis

Gray-headed Batis

Western Black-headed Batis

Pygmy Batis

PASSERIFORMES: Vangidae

White Helmetshrike

PASSERIFORMES: Malaconotidae

Brubru

Northern Puffback

Marsh Tchagra

Black-crowned Tchagra

Brown-crowned Tchagra

Three-streaked Tchagra

Tropical Boubou

Black-headed Gonolek

Slate-colored Boubou

Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike

Gray-headed Bushshrike

PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae

Fork-tailed Drongo

Glossy-backed Drongo

PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae

African Paradise-Flycatcher

PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae

Red-backed Shrike

Isabelline Shrike

Emin’s Shrike

Lesser Gray Shrike

Gray-backed Fiscal

Yellow-billed Shrike

Taita Fiscal

Northern Fiscal

White-rumped Shrike

PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae

Piapiac

Pied Crow

Fan-tailed Raven

PASSERIFORMES: Hyliotidae

Yellow-bellied Hyliota

PASSERIFORMES: Paridae

White-shouldered Black-Tit

White-bellied Tit

PASSERIFORMES: Remizidae

Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit

African Penduline-Tit

PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae

Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark

Red-winged Lark

Rufous-naped Lark

Flappet Lark

White-tailed Lark

Horsfield’s Bushlark

PASSERIFORMES: Macrosphenidae

Northern Crombec

Red-faced Crombec

Moustached Grass-Warbler

PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae

Yellow-vented Eremomela

Yellow-bellied Eremomela

Green-backed Camaroptera

Buff-bellied Warbler

Yellow-breasted Apalis

Karamoja Apalis

Tawny-flanked Prinia

Pale Prinia

Red-fronted Prinia

Gray-capped Warbler

Red-faced Cisticola

Singing Cisticola

Whistling Cisticola

Boran Cisticola

Rattling Cisticola

Red-pate Cisticola

Winding Cisticola

Carruthers’s Cisticola

Croaking Cisticola

Siffling Cisticola

Foxy Cisticola

Zitting Cisticola

Black-backed Cisticola

Wing-snapping Cisticola

PASSERIFORMES: Acrocephalidae

Eastern Olivaceous Warbler

Sedge Warbler

Common Reed Warbler

PASSERIFORMES: Locustellidae

Fan-tailed Grassbird

Highland Rush Warbler

PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae

Plain Martin

Bank Swallow

Banded Martin

Rock Martin

Barn Swallow

Ethiopian Swallow

Angola Swallow

Wire-tailed Swallow

Red-rumped Swallow

Lesser Striped Swallow

Rufous-chested Swallow

Mosque Swallow

Common House-Martin

White-headed Sawwing

Black Sawwing

PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae

Northern Brownbul

Common Bulbul

PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae

Garden Warbler

PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae

Green White-eye

Northern Yellow White-eye

PASSERIFORMES: Leiothrichidae

Rufous Chatterer

Brown Babbler

PASSERIFORMES: Buphagidae

Red-billed Oxpecker

Yellow-billed Oxpecker

PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae

Wattled Starling

Violet-backed Starling

Red-winged Starling

Rüppell’s Starling

Splendid Starling

Superb Starling

Lesser Blue-eared Starling

Greater Blue-eared Starling

Purple Starling

Bronze-tailed Starling

PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae

African Thrush

PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae

African Dusky Flycatcher

Spotted Flycatcher

African Gray Flycatcher

Pale Flycatcher

Gray Tit-Flycatcher

Silverbird

Northern Black-Flycatcher

Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin

Brown-backed Scrub-Robin

Red-backed Scrub-Robin

White-browed Robin-Chat

Spotted Morning-Thrush

Common Redstart

Little Rock-Thrush

Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush

Whinchat

Mocking Cliff-Chat

Sooty Chat

Northern Wheatear

Isabelline Wheatear

Heuglin’s Wheatear

White-fronted Black-Chat

Familiar Chat

PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae

Western Violet-backed Sunbird

Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird

Pygmy Sunbird

Amethyst Sunbird

Scarlet-chested Sunbird

Tacazze Sunbird

Beautiful Sunbird

Mariqua Sunbird

Purple-banded Sunbird

Copper Sunbird

PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae

White-billed Buffalo-Weaver

White-headed Buffalo-Weaver

Speckle-fronted Weaver

White-browed Sparrow-Weaver

Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver

Gray-headed Social-Weaver

Red-headed Weaver

Baglafecht Weaver

Little Weaver

Slender-billed Weaver

Black-necked Weaver

Spectacled Weaver

Vitelline Masked-Weaver

Heuglin’s Masked-Weaver

Village Weaver

Black-headed Weaver

Chestnut Weaver

Cardinal Quelea

Red-headed Quelea

Red-billed Quelea

Northern Red Bishop

Black-winged Bishop

Black Bishop

White-winged Widowbird

Yellow-mantled Widowbird

PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae

Bronze Mannikin

African Silverbill

Green-backed Twinspot

Black-faced Waxbill

Black-cheeked Waxbill

Black-crowned Waxbill

Fawn-breasted Waxbill

Common Waxbill

Black-rumped Waxbill

Crimson-rumped Waxbill

Quailfinch

Cut-throat

Zebra Waxbill

Purple Grenadier

Red-cheeked Cordonbleu

Green-winged Pytilia

Orange-winged Pytilia

Red-winged Pytilia

Red-billed Firefinch

African Firefinch

Black-bellied Firefinch

PASSERIFORMES: Viduidae

Pin-tailed Whydah

Eastern Paradise-Whydah

Steel-blue Whydah

Village Indigobird

Parasitic Weaver

PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae

House Sparrow

Shelley’s Rufous Sparrow

Northern Gray-headed Sparrow

Chestnut Sparrow

Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow

PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae

Western Yellow Wagtail

African Pied Wagtail

White Wagtail

African Pipit

Long-billed Pipit

Plain-backed Pipit

Tree Pipit

Red-throated Pipit

Yellow-throated Longclaw

PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae

White-rumped Seedeater

Yellow-fronted Canary

Reichenow’s Seedeater

White-bellied Canary

PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae

Brown-rumped Bunting

Golden-breasted Bunting

Cinnamon-breasted Bunting

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