This 220 km2 park is an extension of the Ituri Forest and is one of Africa’s youngest national parks. Its more than 400 species of birds, including nine different species of hornbill, make it one of the best sites for forest birding in Africa. Located along the border with the Deomcratic Republic of the Congo in the extreme western portion of the country, Semuliki National Park is a birding destination not to be missed.
The key species here are:
Spot-breasted Ibis
Long-tailed Hawk
Nkulengu Rail
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon
Yellow-throated Cuckoo
Black-throated Coucal
White-bellied Kingfisher
Piping Hornbill
Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill
Black Dwarf Hornbill
White-crested Hornbill
White-thighed Hornbill
Black-Casqued wattled Hornbill
Red-rumped Tinkerbird
Lyre-tailed Honey Guide
African Piculet
Gabon Woodpecker
Rufous-sided Broadbill
Yellow-throated Nicator
Icterine Greenbul
Xavier’s Greenbul
Leaf-love
Green-tailed Bristlebill
Swamp palm Bulbul
Fire-crested Alethe
Northern Bearded Scrub Robin
Blue-headed Crested-flycatcher
Maxwell’s Black Weaver
Crested Malimbe
Red-bellied Malimbe
Blue-billed Malimbe
Chestnut-breasted Negrofinch
Grant’s Bluebill
Orange-Cheeked Waxbill