Bird watching in Uganda

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BIRDWATCHING IN UGANDA ADVANTAGE SAFARIS AFRICA

Bird watching in Uganda is spectacular, the country is a gem for ornithologists and a birders’ ultimate destination. Uganda has more bird species per square kilometer than any other country of Africa and has a national list of over 1010 species. This figure represents more than half the bird species that can be found in the whole of Africa!The key to Uganda’s diversity is its variety of habitants: arid semi-dessert, rich savannahs, snow capped mountains, lowland and montane rainforests, vast wetlands, volcanoes and an Afro-alpine zone. Uganda covers an altitude from 650 to 5000 meters above sea level.

Forests:
Situated on the equator Uganda has an area contiguous with the great Guinea /Congo basin Rain forests on its western border. Subsequently there are a number of west and central African bird species occurring in Uganda that are not found else where in East Africa.The country boasts some of the best remaining natural forests in Africa and one particular region is the Albertine Rift Endemic area (ARE), which has 38 species of birds confined to Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Congo. Of these ARE’s Uganda has 25 mostly confined to the forests of Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Ichuya forest, and Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Parks in the southwest.