Bird Watching on Mount Moroto

Bird Watching on Mount Moroto and the surroundings is a truly unique birding Environment’ due to the magnificent scenery, remarkable tribal cultures, birds and wildlife that you won’t see elsewhere in Uganda.

Birders have featured the Karamoja region as ‘Undiscovered Outback of Uganda‘, ‘Uganda’s Trending Birding Destination’, ‘Uganda Off-The-Beaten-Track Birding’ and ‘Wonderful birds in Uganda’s Northeastern frontier‘.

Testimonials of Bird Watching trips on Mount Moroto

Read the testimonials and experiences of Uganda’s prominent bird watchers with us on Mount Moroto.

Karamoja’s bird habitat is Unique for Uganda

They favour an impressive collection of the Somali-Masai biome bird species. Birding this area is a whole new adventure for one who has only covered the traditional Uganda birding tour that traverses the central, southwestern and western parts of the country. While exploring Mountain Moroto’s southern rocky slopes, acacia and broad-leaved woodlands, we added a couple of incredible birds that included the Orange River (Archer’s) Francolin, Wahlberg’s Honeyguide, Grey Wren-warbler, Uncommon Hemprich’s Hornbill and The restricted-range African Citril.”

Best Time for Bird Watching on Mount Moroto

The birdlife on Mount Moroto is good year-round, but at its best in March and September. October to March have the least rain while April to May and July to September has the most. Heavy rains might interfere with your bird-watching time. The main nesting season is in May and June, with food being abundant from late May through September.

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Photo credits

• Crammy Wanyama (Avian Safaris)
• Herbert Byaruhanga (Bird Uganda)
• David Yekutiel (Private)

Mount Moroto resident bird population

1. Amethyst Sunbird
2. Boran Cisticola
3. Buff-crested Bustard
4. Cinnamon-Breasted Rock Bunting
5. Cinnamon-Chested Bee-Eater
6. Fox Kestrel
7. Grey Wren-warbler
8. Hemprich’s Hornbill
9. Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit
10. Orange River (Archer’s) Francolin
11. Purple Grenadier
12. Purple-banded Sunbird
13. Red-and-yellow Barbet
14. Restricted-range African Citril
15. Reichenow’s Seedeater / yellow-rumbed seedeater
16. Shining Sunbird
17. Straw-tailed Whydah
18. Stone Partride
19. Striped Breasted Seedeater
20. The infamous Boran Cisticola
21. Three-streaked Tchagra
22. Tiny Cisticola
23. Uncommon Hemprich’s Hornbill
24. Verroux’s Eagle
25. White-bellied Canary

Checklist: Bird Watching on Mount Moroto

1. Abyssinian Roller
2. African Black-headed Oriole
3. African Gray Flycatcher
4. African Gray Hornbill
5. African Green-Pigeon
6. African Hill-babbler
7. African Open-billed stork
8. African Palm swift
9. African Paradise-Flycatcher
10. African Pied Wagtail
11. African Pygmy-Kingfisher
12. African Yellow White-eye
13. Amethyst Sunbird
14. Augur Buzzard
15. Barn Swallow
16. Beautiful Sunbird
17. Black Kite
18. Black-crowned Tchagra
19. Black-headed Heron
20. Black-headed Weaver
21. Black-winged Kite
22. Blue-naped Mousebird
23. Boran Cisticola
24. Bronze-tailed Starling
25. Buff-bellied Warbler
26. Buff-crested Bustard
27. Cabanis’s Bunting
28. Carruther’s Cisticola
29. Cattle Egret
30. Chestnut Sparrow
31. Chestnut Weaver
32. Cinnamon-Breasted Rock Bunting 
33. Cinnamon-Chested Bee-Eater 
34. Common Bulbul / Dark Capped Bulbul
35. Common Kestrel
36. Common Rock Thrush
37. Crested Francolin
38. D’Arnaud’s Barbet
39. Dark Chanting-Goshawk
40. Dideric Cuckoo
41. Eastern Chanting-Goshawk
42. Eastern Paradise Whydah
43. Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird
44. Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
45. Familiar Chat
46. Fork-tailed Drongo
47. Fox Kestrel
48. Gray-backed Fiscal
49. Gray-headed Kingfisher
50. Greater Blue-eared Starling
51. Greater Honeyguide
52. Green Woodhoopoe
53. Green-backed Camaroptera
54. Grey Wren-warbler
55. Hemprich’s Hornbill
56. Lanner Falcon
57. Laughing Dove
58. Less-blue Eared Starling
59. Lesser Striped Swallow
60. Lilac-breasted Roller
61. Little Bee-eater
62. Little Egret
63. Little Rock-Thrush
64. Little Weaver
65. Long-crested Eagle
66. Mariqua Sunbird
67. Mocking Cliff-chat
68. Morning Collard Dove
69. Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit
70. Namaqua Dove
71. Northern Fiscal
72. Northern Grey-headed Sparrow
73. Northern Red-billed Hornbill
74. Nubian Woodpecker
75. Orange River (Archer’s) Francolin
76. Orange-winged Pytilia
77. Pearl-spotted Owlet
78. Peregrine Falcon
79. Pia Piac
80. Pied Crow
81. Plain-backed Pipit
82. Purple Grenadier
83. Purple-banded Sunbird
84. Pygmy Falcon
85. Rattling Cisticola
86. Red-and-yellow Barbet
87. Red-backed Scrub-Robin
88. Red-billed Oxpecker
89. Red-cheecked Cordonbleu
90. Red-Chested Sunbird
91. Red-eyed Dove
92. Red-faced Crombec
93. Red-fronted Barbet
94. Red-fronted Tinkerbird
95. Red-rumped Swallow
96. Red-winged Starling
97. Restricted-range African Citril
98. Reichenow’s Seedeater / yellow-rumbed seedeater
99. Ring-necked Dove
100. Rock Pigeon
101. Ross’s Turaco
102. Rufous Chatterer
103. Rüppell’s Starling
104. Shining Sunbird
105. Silverbird
106. Slate-colored Boubou
107. Speckled Mousebird
108. Speckled Pigeon
109. Spotted Morning-Thrush
110. Straw-tailed Whydah
111. Striped Kingfisher
112. Stone Partride
113. Striped Breasted Seedeater
114. Superb Starling
115. Swamp Flycatcher
116. The infamous Boran Cisticola
117. Three-streaked Tchagra
118. Tiny Cisticola
119. Uncommon Hemprich’s Hornbill
120. Verroux’s Eagle
121. Violet-backed Starling
122. Wahlberg’s Honeyguide
123. White Crested Turaco
124. White-bellied Canary
125. White-bellied Go-away-bird
126. White-bellied Tit
127. White-browed Coucal
128. White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
129. White-crested Helmet-shrike
130. White-headed Buffalo-Weaver
131. White-headed Sawwing
132. White-winged Swamp Warbler
133. Yellow-bellied Eremomela
134. Yellow-billed Oxpecker
135. Yellow-breasted Apalis
136. Yellow-fronted Canary
137. Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow/Petronia