Bird Watching In Uganda

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Uganda, one of the famous African countries, is a perfect place to visit this vacation. As Uganda is geographically positioned in the equatorial zone, the country is blessed with endless species of birds, plants and animals. You will never find such a wide diversity anywhere else in Africa. The huge variety of habitats consists arid semi deserts, montane rain forests, rich savannahs, lowlands, wetlands, afro-alpine range and volcanic mountains, and the altitudes for these geographical set ups varies from 650 m to 5000 m. Bird watching is the main tourist activity here. Tourists from the entire world come here to see several species of birds and the most astonishing reality is that you will enjoy watching greatest number of birds in every square kilometer area in Uganda as compared to any other African country. It is indeed pleasure watching several hundred species of birds here. Uganda which is almost 235,000 square kilometers area has the greatest number of bird species, nearly, 1008 species of birds can be watched in this country.

Uganda is known for rich dense forests which provide shelter to wildlife, endless species ...
... of plants and birds. This oncredible African country proves its capacity for providing natural home for thousands of species of birds, animals and plants. Thus, if you don't enjoy bird-watching in Uganda, your trip is incomplete. You will really miss this different activity in Uganda which is never experienced anywhere else in the world. With the great Congo basin to its west, Uganda is a home to western and central African species of birds which are not seen anywhere in East Africa. Uganda has almost 700 forest reserves.

The ARE-Albertine Rift Endemic region confines around 38 species of birds in Uganda, the Congo, Rwanda and Burundi. Bwindi National park and Mgahinga forests itself confine nearly 25 species of birds alone.

Wetlands: 30,000 kilometer area is covered by wetlands in Uganda. You will be astonished to know that there are higher than 210 species of birds and few of the welll-known birds seen in this region are Shoebill, African Skimmer and Endemic Fox's weaver. Here you will also find several species of Papyrus like the Papyrus Canary, Papyrus Gonolek, Papyrus Yellow warbler and White-winged Warbler. In the Entebbe area, also called as Lutembe bay, you will observe a White winged Black-Tern roost of 2 million-3 million birds!
Savannahs: The savannahs in Uganda include Karamoja in the north-eastern region which is remote with semi-dessert and dry thorn scrub area. To the western rift valley, savannahs are rich and fertile. The Queen Elizabeth National Park which is located in this area confines around 604 species of birds and is the greatest number for any restricted region in Africa.
People truly enjoy bird watching in Uganda as there are thousands of different birds worth enjoying. You can really experience nature in your arms. You cant complete your adventurous journey in Uganda without the exciting bird watching activity. Now that you are ready to enjoy the bird watching activity in Uganda, you can decide a expedition to Uganda this vacation and actually sense the real beauty of nature.

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