The lately trendy Uganda birding destination is our unexplored Karamoja region. Our Kara-Tunga gudie Brian took Mr. Crammy Wanyama of Avian Safaris and his clients for a day of birding around Mount Moroto Central Forest Reserve along the Kenyan border.
During the Birding tour they sighted 95 birds, including the Tiny Cisticola, and the above photo is a Red-fronted Tinkerbird, a woodland dweller of a drier country by Uganda’s standards.
Motorbike Safari through Uganda’s Karamoja land – The Dutch couple Mandy and Peter travelled a week through Karamoja land and drove their motorbikes through the savannah planes and volcanic ranges. We had the pleasure to guide them through our homeland and gave them a taste of our untouched culture and true African wilderness.
We just returned from mapping a trail through Kenya’s West-Pokot County. The trail is meant for the Warrior Nomad Trail initiative to guide travelers through East Africa’s least travelled areas. West-Pokot is located across the borders of Uganda’s Karamoja sub-region. It’s easy accessible by road from Amudat District. The main attractions are Mount Mtelo, Lake …
There are many things people don’t know about Paul Sherwen. Many in the cycling world don’t know about his life in Africa and his work with Bicycles for Humanity, the Ugandan Karamoja area and animal conservation. Most people in Africa have no idea of his status in Europe, America and Australia.
Sustainable tourism is no longer enough. The people of Karamoja have embraced regenerative tourism to create a better world through travel. Since tourism in Uganda’s Karamoja sub-region is still in its infancy, it is incredibly important to raise awareness and to set expectations and guidelines now. Karamoja is the first place in East Africa where …
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95 Birds in 1 Day Birding Mount Moroto Karamoja Uganda
The lately trendy Uganda birding destination is our unexplored Karamoja region. Our Kara-Tunga gudie Brian took Mr. Crammy Wanyama of Avian Safaris and his clients for a day of birding around Mount Moroto Central Forest Reserve along the Kenyan border.
During the Birding tour they sighted 95 birds, including the Tiny Cisticola, and the above photo is a Red-fronted Tinkerbird, a woodland dweller of a drier country by Uganda’s standards.
Book your birding tour and learn more about birding in Uganda’s Northeastern Karamoja region, Uganda’s upcoming birding destination.
Birding in the woodlands along the foothills of Mountain Moroto
Lanscape photo by: Brian Lokutae
Bird photo by: Crammy Wanyama
Karamoja Uganda Birding Checklist
1. Crested Francolin
2. Red-eyed Dove
3. Ring-necked Dove
4. Laughing Dove
5. Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
6. Namaqua Dove
7. African Green-Pigeon
8. Buff-crested Bustard
9. White-bellied Go-away-bird
10. White-browed Coucal
11. Dideric Cuckoo
12. Long-crested Eagle
13. Dark Chanting-Goshawk
14. Augur Buzzard
15. Pearl-spotted Owlet
16. Speckled Mousebird
17. Blue-naped Mousebird
18. Green Woodhoopoe
19. Hemprich’s Hornbill
20.African Gray Hornbill
21. Northern Red-billed Hornbill
22. African Pygmy-Kingfisher
23. Gray-headed Kingfisher
24. Striped Kingfisher
25. Little Bee-eater
26.Abyssinian Roller
27. Lilac-breasted Roller
28. Red-and-yellow Barbet
29 D’Arnaud’s Barbet
30. Red-fronted Tinkerbird
31. Red-fronted Barbet
32. Greater Honeyguide
33. Nubian Woodpecker
34. Pygmy Falcon
35. Fox Kestrel
36. Lanner Falcon
37. African Black-headed Oriole
38. Black-crowned Tchagra
39. Three-streaked Tchagra
40. Slate-colored Boubou
41. Fork-tailed Drongo
42. African Paradise-Flycatcher
43. Gray-backed Fiscal
44. Pied Crow
45. White-bellied Tit
46. Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit
47.Red-faced Crombec
48.Yellow-bellied Eremomela
49. Green-backed Camaroptera
50.Buff-bellied Warbler
51. Yellow-breasted Apalis
52. Boran Cisticola
53.Rattling Cisticola
54. Tiny Cisticola
55. Barn Swallow
56. Red-rumped Swallow
57. Lesser Striped Swallow
58. White-headed Sawwing
59. Common Bulbul
60. African Yellow White-eye
61. Rufous Chatterer
62. Red-billed Oxpecker
63. Yellow-billed Oxpecker
64. Violet-backed Starling
65. Red-winged Starling
66. Rüppell’s Starling
67. Greater Blue-eared Starling
68. Bronze-tailed Starling
69. African Gray Flycatcher
70. Red-backed Scrub-Robin
71. Spotted Morning-Thrush
72. Little Rock-Thrush
73. Mocking Cliff-Chat
74. Familiar Chat
75. Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird
76.Amethyst Sunbird
77. Beautiful Sunbird
78. Mariqua Sunbird
79. Purple-banded Sunbird
80. White-headed Buffalo-Weaver
81. White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
82. Chestnut Weaver
83. Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
84. Purple Grenadier
85. Orange-winged Pytilia
86. Eastern Paradise
87. Straw-tailed Whydah
88. Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
89. Chestnut Sparrow
90. Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow/Petronia
91. African Pied Wagtail
92. Plain-backed Pipit
93. Yellow-fronted Canary
94. Reichenow’s Seedeater
95. Cabanis’s Bunting
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