Uganda Ramsar wetland
Rwenzori Mountains National Park
77 bird species recorded; the most in April.
Rafał Kozubek · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
12 species in January.1 species in February.12 species in March.59 species in April.34 species in May.17 species in June.31 species in July.35 species in August.3 species in September.2 species in October.2 species in November.6 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
77 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 77Speciesrecorded more than once
- 30Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 705Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 4,043 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 2Raptors
- 1Ducks & geese
- 60Songbirds
- 14Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 77 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Mountain BuzzardButeo oreophilusNT
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
Ducks & geese1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- African Black DuckAnas sparsa
Songbirds60 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Regal SunbirdCinnyris regius
- Blue-headed SunbirdCyanomitra alinae
- Starred RobinPogonocichla stellata
- Olive-breasted GreenbulArizelocichla kikuyuensis
- Streaky SeedeaterCrithagra striolata
- Green White-eyeZosterops stuhlmanni
- Rwenzori ApalisOreolais ruwenzorii
- Red-faced Woodland-warblerPhylloscopus laetus
- Rwenzori Hill BabblerPseudoalcippe atriceps
- Greater Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris afer
- Dusky CrimsonwingCryptospiza jacksoni
- Yellow-whiskered GreenbulEurillas latirostris
- White-browed CrombecSylvietta leucophrys
- Northern Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris reichenowi
- Rwenzori Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris stuhlmanni
- Brown Woodland-warblerPhylloscopus umbrovirens
- Bracken WarblerBradypterus cinnamomeus
- Strange WeaverPloceus alienus
- Red-throated AletheChamaetylas poliophrys
- Stripe-breasted TitParus fasciiventer
- Rwenzori BatisBatis diops
- White-necked RavenCorvus albicollis
- Archer's Ground RobinCossypha archeri
- Mountain Yellow WarblerIduna similis
- Abyssinian Ground ThrushGeokichla piaggiae
- Thick-billed SeedeaterCrithagra burtoni
- Mountain Sooty BoubouLaniarius poensis
- Black Rough-winged Swallow or Black Saw-wingPsalidoprocne pristoptera
- Dusky FlycatcherMuscicapa adusta
- Banded PriniaPrinia bairdii
- Illadopsis pyrrhopteraIlladopsis pyrrhoptera
- Chubb's CisticolaCisticola chubbi
- Black-faced Rufous WarblerBathmocercus rufus
- Purple-breasted SunbirdNectarinia purpureiventris
- Slender-billed StarlingOnychognathus tenuirostris
- Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
- Northern Yellow White-eyeZosterops senegalensis
- Chestnut-throated ApalisApalis porphyrolaema
- Grey-chested IlladopsisKakamega poliothorax
- Western CitrilCrithagra frontalis
- Abyssinian ThrushTurdus abyssinicus
- Luehder's Bush-shrikeLaniarius luehderi
- Forest Chestnut-winged StarlingOnychognathus fulgidus
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
- Mountain Masked ApalisApalis personata
- Red-headed BluebillSpermophaga ruficapilla
- Cameroon Scrub-warblerBradypterus lopezi
- Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivacea
- Sharpe's StarlingPoeoptera sharpii
- Grey-crowned NegrofinchNigrita canicapillus
- Cabanis's GreenbulPhyllastrephus cabanisi
- Black-tailed OrioleOriolus percivali
- Dusky TwinspotEuschistospiza cinereovinacea
- Malachite SunbirdNectarinia famosa
- Red-tufted SunbirdNectarinia johnstoni
- Bamboo WarblerBradypterus alfredi
- Brimstone CanaryCrithagra sulphurata
- Little GreenbulEurillas virens
- Green-headed SunbirdCyanomitra verticalis
- Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
Other birds14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Ruwenzori TuracoRuwenzorornis johnstoni
- Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melba
- Tambourine DoveTurtur tympanistria
- African Olive PigeonColumba arquatrix
- Western TinkerbirdPogoniulus coryphaea
- Scarce SwiftSchoutedenapus myoptilus
- Olive WoodpeckerDendropicos griseocephalus
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eaterMerops oreobates
- Yellow-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus bilineatus
- Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
- Black-billed TuracoTauraco schuettii
- African Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos goertae
- Grey-throated BarbetGymnobucco bonapartei
- Grey-cheeked HornbillBycanistes subcylindricus
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in April.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan26°/16°71 mm
- Feb27°/16°69 mm
- Mar26°/16°137 mm
- Apr25°/16°138 mm
- May24°/16°123 mm
- Jun24°/15°97 mm
- Jul25°/15°86 mm
- Aug25°/15°133 mm
- Sep25°/16°155 mm
- Oct24°/16°170 mm
- Nov24°/16°163 mm
- Dec24°/15°99 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Rwenzori Mountains National Park.
National park in Uganda
Rwenzori Mountains National Park is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Uganda, 4,043 m above the sea.
77 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 705 open records.
The most recorded are the Regal Sunbird, the Blue-headed Sunbird and the Starred Robin.
21 species come for the summer, 8 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in April.
Get there and watch
- Rubonicampsite · 10 km · 2 within 10 km
- John Matte Hutplace to stay · 2.9 km · 13 within 10 km
- Kilembenearest town · 24 km in a straight line
- Savannah Airstrip (KHX)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 127 km in a straight lineCar hire in KampalaDiscover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 1marked trails within 4 kmCentral Circuit
- 2campsites within 10 kmRuboni, Rwenzori Turaco View Camp
- 13places to stay within 10 kmJohn Matte Hut, Skull Cave, Rock Shelter and 10 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Rwenzori Mountains National Park.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas46 mountains within 25 kmMount Speke4,890 m · 6.4 km↗Mount Baker4,844 m · 6.9 km↗Margherita Peak5,109 m · 8.7 kmMount Stanley5,109 m · 8.8 km↗Alexandra4,974 m · 8.9 kmSella4,594 m · 9.8 kmMount Luigi di Savoia4,627 m · 10 kmOkusoma4,551 m · 12 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Rwenzori Mountains National Park
Uganda
- 44Birdyas Score
- 77Species
- 30Migrants
- 0Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q838928) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 705 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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