Birding Ruhija Sector in Bwindi Impenetrable national park
Ruhija sector in Bwindi Impenetrable national Park is famous for birding safaris and tours. Bwindi is home to over 330 bird species and this is one of the biggest birding areas in Uganda specie wise. This area is home to about 25 restricted bird species and about 23 of these are endemic to the Albertine rift. Ruhija is also home to the mountain gorillas that are endangered and highly sought after.
Here are some of the bird species recorded in Ruhija Sector Bwindi Impenetrable national park:
Blue Spotted wood dove
Tambourine dove
Helmeted guinea fowl
Sooty Falcon
Great Blue Turaco
African Wood-owl
African pygmy kingfisher
Double-toothed Barbet
Yellow-whiskered
Ross’s Turaco
Jameson’s Antpecker
African Olive-pigeon
Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo
Buff-spotted Woodpecker
Yellow-rumped Tinker bird
Crested Guinea fowl
Ruwenzori Batis
Pettit’s Cuckoo-shrike
White-headed Saw-wing
Ansorge’s Greenbul
Klaas’s Cuckoo
White-throated Greenbul
Regal sunbird
Palm nut vulture
Brown snake eagle
Lizard buzzard
Little sparrow hawk
European honey buzzard
Eurasian Hobby
Dusky Turtle dove
African Paradise flycatcher
Cape Wagtail
Dusky Twin spot
Brown-capped Weaver
Mountain Wagtail
Vieillot’s Black Weaver
Mackinnon’s Shrike
Black Bee-eater
African Dusky Flycatcher
Grey-cheeked Hornbill
Broadbill
African Citril
Doherty’s Bush-shrike
White –eyed Slaty-flycatcher
Angolan Swallow
Scaly francolin
White spotted fluff tail
Red chested fluff tail
Buff spotted fluff tail
Black crake
White tailed-crested Flycatcher
Cinnamon-chested bee-eater
Western Green Tinker bird
Red-faced woodland Warbler
Handsome francolin
Purple-breasted sunbird
Afed pigeon
Peregrine falcon
Ayres Hawk eagle
African Hawk eagle
Marabou stork
Woolly necked stork
Cattle egret
Little grebe
Black headed heron
Pink backed pelican
Equatorial akalat
Forest robin
Brown chested alethe
Archers Robin chat
Hadada Ibis
Hottentot Teal
Northern pin tail
Southern pochard
Shikra
Red knobbed coot
Common sand piper
African Jacana
Olive long tailed cuckoo
Died Erik cuckoo
Black swift
Mottled swift
Horus swift
Alpine swift
Scarce swift
Speckled mouse bird
Bar Tailed tragon
Narina tragon
Thick billed honey guide
Dwarf honey guide
Red throated Wryneck
Buff spotted wood pecker
Elliot’s wood pecker
Grassland pipit
Carruthers Cisticola
Chestnut throated apalis
Tiny sunbird
Oriole Finch
Pin tailed Whydah
Rock Martin
Red rumped swallow
Plain backed pipit
Black cuckoo shrike
Red capped robin chat
Oberlaenders ground thrush
White tailed anti thrush
Green Hylia
Chapin’s flycatcher
Brown Illadopsis
Arrow marked babbler
Stripe breasted Tit
Tit Hylia
White winged Tit
Bronze sunbird
Magpie Manikin
Zebra Waxbill
Other Activities to do in Ruhija sector after birding
Ruhija Area is also home to the Batwa Pygmies. You will have chance to explore the norms of these people, the cooking, hunting, dances and many other things associated with the pygmy culture.
Where to stay Ruhija sector during your birding safari
There are a number of budget, midrange and luxury accommodation facilities in Ruhija sector, and if you are on a birding expedition as part of your safari, stay at Gift of Nature Lodge, Broadbill Forest Camp, Ruhija Safari Lodge, Ruhija Community Rest Camp, Agandi Uganda Eco-Lodge, Cuckooland Tented Lodge Gorilla Mist Camp, Bakiga Lodge, to mention but a few.
