Mgahinga National Park Bird Checklist: Mgahinga National Park is famous for being home to the endangered mountain gorillas. For travelers interested in gorilla trekking in Uganda, travelers will get the chance to watch the species along the Virunga mountains as they go about their daily activities in the wild. Although hiking and the primate safaris are the most popular activities in the park, birding is also carried out in the park, and for travelers interested in watching the Albertine endemic species and other bird species in the country, visiting the park will give you access to over 50 bird species, which include;
| 1 | Handsome Spurfowl | Pternistis nobilis |
| 2 | Rameron Pigeon | Columba arquatrix |
| 3 | Rwenzori Turaco | Gallirex johnstoni |
| 4 | African Swift | Apus barbatus |
| 5 | Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata |
| 6 | Gray Crowned-Crane | Balearica regulorum |
| 7 | Shoebill | Balaeniceps rex |
| 8 | #Egyptian Vulture# | Neophron percnopterus |
| 9 | Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos |
| 10 | Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus |
| 11 | White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus |
| 12 | Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus |
| 13 | Crowned Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus |
| 14 | Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus |
| 15 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax |
| 16 | /Steppe Eagle/ | Aquila nipalensis |
| 17 | Dark Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax metabates |
| 18 | Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk | Accipiter rufiventris |
| 19 | Mountain Buzzard | Buteo oreophilus |
| 20 | Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater | Merops oreobates |
| 21 | /European Bee-eater/ | Merops apiaster |
| 22 | Western Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus coryphaea |
| 23 | Brown-backed Honeybird | Prodotiscus regulus |
| 24 | Dwarf Honeyguide | Indicator pumilio |
| 25 | Willcocks’s Honeyguide | Indicator willcocksi |
| 26 | Elliot’s Woodpecker | Dendropicos elliotii |
| 27 | Petit’s Cuckooshrike | Campephaga petiti |
| 28 | Rwenzori Batis | Batis diops |
| 29 | Papyrus Gonolek | Laniarius mufumbiri |
| 30 | Lowland Sooty Boubou | Laniarius leucorhynchus |
| 31 | Willard’s Sooty Boubou | Laniarius willardi |
| 32 | Albertine Boubou | Laniarius holomelas |
| 33 | Doherty’s Bushshrike | Telophorus dohertyi |
| 34 | Many-colored Bushshrike | Chlorophoneus multicolor |
| 35 | Lagden’s Bushshrike | Malaconotus lagdeni |
| 36 | White-tailed Blue Flycatcher | Elminia albicauda |
| 37 | White-tailed Crested Flycatcher | Elminia albonotata |
| 38 | Stripe-breasted Tit | Melaniparus fasciiventer |
| 39 | White-browed Crombec | Sylvietta leucophrys |
| 40 | Grauer’s Warbler | Graueria vittata |
| 41 | Rwenzori Apalis | Oreolais ruwenzorii |
| 42 | Masked Apalis | Apalis binotata |
| 43 | Black-faced Apalis | Apalis personata |
| 44 | Chestnut-throated Apalis | Apalis porphyrolaema |
| 45 | Papyrus Yellow-Warbler | Calamonastides gracilirostris |
| 46 | African Yellow-Warbler | Iduna natalensis |
| 47 | Mountain Yellow-Warbler | Iduna similis |
| 48 | Bamboo Warbler | Locustella alfredi |
| 49 | Evergreen-forest Warbler | Bradypterus lopezi |
| 50 | Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler | Bradypterus cinnamomeus |
| 51 | Highland Rush Warbler | Bradypterus centralis |
| 52 | Shelley’s Greenbul | Arizelocichla masukuensis |
| 53 | Eastern Bearded-Greenbul | Criniger chloronotus |
| 54 | Yellow-streaked Greenbul | Phyllastrephus flavostriatus |
| 55 | Brown Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus umbrovirens |
| 56 | Red-faced Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus laetus |
| 57 | Rwenzori Hill Babbler | Sylvia atriceps |
| 58 | Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus africanus |
| 59 | Slender-billed Starling | Onychognathus tenuirostris |
| 60 | Oberlaender’s Ground-Thrush | Geokichla oberlaenderi |
| 61 | Abyssinian Ground-Thrush | Geokichla piaggiae |
| 62 | Yellow-eyed Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis ardesiacus |
| 63 | White-bellied Robin-Chat | Cossyphicula roberti |
| 64 | Archer’s Robin-Chat | Dessonornis archeri |
| 65 | Cape Robin-Chat | Dessonornis caffra |
| 66 | Red-throated Alethe | Chamaetylas poliophrys |
| 67 | Blue-headed Sunbird | Cyanomitra alinae |
| 68 | Purple-breasted Sunbird | Nectarinia purpureiventris |
| 69 | Malachite Sunbird | Nectarinia famosa |
| 70 | Red-tufted Sunbird | Nectarinia johnstoni |
| 71 | Golden-winged Sunbird | Drepanorhynchus reichenowi |
| 72 | Stuhlmann’s Sunbird | Cinnyris stuhlmanni |
| 73 | Northern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris reichenowi |
| 74 | Regal Sunbird | Cinnyris regius |
| 75 | Superb Sunbird | Cinnyris superbus |
| 76 | Strange Weaver | Ploceus alienus |
| 77 | Dusky Crimsonwing | Cryptospiza jacksoni |
| 78 | Abyssinian Crimsonwing | Cryptospiza salvadorii |
| 79 | Red-faced Crimsonwing | Cryptospiza reichenovii |
| 80 | Kandt’s Waxbill | Estrilda kandti |
| 81 | Dusky Twinspot | Euschistospiza cinereovinacea |
| 82 | Oriole Finch | Linurgus olivaceus |
| 83 | Papyrus Canary | Crithagra koliensis |
| 84 | Yellow-crowned Canary | Serinus flavivertex |
| 85 | Gray-chested Babbler | Kakamega poliothorax |

