Bird Watching on Mount Moroto

$30,00 / per person

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.

Prices per person 1 pax 2 pax 3 pax 4+ pax
Half day $ 35 $ 30 $ 25 $ 25
1 Day $ 55 $ 35 $ 30 $ 25

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.

Prices
Prices per person 1 pax 2 pax 3 pax 4+ pax
Half day $ 35 $ 30 $ 25 $ 25
1 Day $ 55 $ 35 $ 30 $ 25

 

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
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