The Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary was established in 1997 as a means to help protect the endangered rhinocerous in Uganda and function as a reserve for other Ugandan wildlife species. While the rhino is the Sanctuary’s main attraction, it is also home to a variety of birds and is a great spot for avid birders interested in finding those rare African species.
Many clients who have birded with us enjoyed their experience and were able to spot a number of spectacular bird species, including the Shoebill, with the help of our two experienced bird guides.
Birding tours on the sanctuary are approximately five hours depending on the guests’ schedule.
The cost of a birding tour is USD15 per person.
Below is a list of the bird species that can be found in the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary.
- Abdim’s Stork
- Abyssinian Ground Hornbill
- African Black Crake
- African Black-headed Oriole
- African Blue Flycatcher
- African Broad Bill
- African Citril
- African Crowned Eagle
- African Darter
- African Fish Eagle
- African Golden-breasted Bunting
- African Golden Oriole
- African Goshawk
- African Green Pigeon
- African Grey (domestic)
- African Grey Hornbill
- African Hawk Eagle
- African Hoopoe
- African Jacana
- African Marsh Harrier
- African Morning Dove
- African Open-billed Stork
- African Paradise Flycatcher
- African Pied Wagtail
- African Pygmy Kingfisher
- African Scop’s Owl
- Augur Buzzard
- Bare-faced Go-away Bird
- Barn Swallow
- Barred Warbler
- Bat Hawk
- Bateleur
- Black-and-white Shrike Flycatcher
- Black-and-white Casqued Hornbill
- Black-and-white Cuckoo
- Black-and-white Manikini
- Black-bellied Bustard
- Black-crowned Tchagra
- Black-crowned Waxbill
- Black Cuckoo
- Black-headed Gonolek
- Black-headed Heron
- Black-headed Weaver
- Black Kite
- Black-shouldered Kite
- Black-winged Bishop
- Black-winged Stilt
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
- Blue-naped Mouse Bird
- Blue-spotted Dove
- Booted Eagle
- Broad-billed Roller
- Bronze Manikini
- Brown-backed Srub Robin
- Brown-crowned Tchagra
- Brown Parrot
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye
- Buff-spotted Flufftail
- Cardinal Woodpecker
- Cattle Egret
- Chinspot Batis
- Common Bulbul
- Common Chat
- Common Fiscal Shrike
- Common Greenhawk
- Common House Martin
- Common Kestrel
- Common Ringed Plover
- Common Waxbill
- Coqui Francolin
- Crested Francolin
- Crowned Hornbill
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Dark-caped Yellow Warbler
- Double-toothed Barbet
- Dusky Tit
- Eastern Grey Plantain Eater
- Egyptian Goose
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove
- Eurasian Hobby
- Eurasian Nightjar
- European Bee-eater
- Fan-tailed Widow Bird
- Flappet Lark
- Fork-tailed Drongo
- Foxes Weaver
- Giant Kingfisher
- Goliath Heron
- Grassland Pipit
- Great Blue Turaco
- Great Egret
- Great Reed Warbler
- Great Sparrow Hawk
- Greater Blue-eared Starling
- Greater Honey Guide
- Green Crombec
- Green Wood Hoopoe
- Grey-backed Camaroptera
- Grey-backed Fiscal Shrike
- Grey-crowned Crane
- Grey-headed Kingfisher
- Grey-headed Sparrow
- Grey Heron
- Grey Kestrel
- Grey Woodpecker
- Hadada Ibis
- Hammerkop
- Helmeted Guineafowl
- Heuglin’s Francolin
- Intermediate Egret
- Isabelline Shrike
- Klass’s Cuckoo
- Knob-bellied Duck
- Large Brown Snake Eagle
- Laughing Dove
- Lemon Dove
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling
- Lesser Honey Guide
- Lesser Kestrel
- Lesser Masked Weaver
- Lesser Striped Swallow
- Levaillant’s Cuckoo
- Little Bittern
- Little Egret
- Little Grebe
- Little Sparrow Hawk
- Little Swift
- Little Weaver
- Lizard Buzzard
- Long-crested Eagle
- Long-tailed Cormorant
- Long-toed Lapwing
- Malachite Kingfisher
- Marabou Stork
- Marico Sunbird
- Martial Eagle
- Namaqua Dove
- Northern Black Flycatcher
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater
- Northern Wheater
- Nubian Woodpecker
- Olive Sunbird
- Pallid Harrier
- Pearl-spotted Owlet
- Piapiac
- Pied Crow
- Pied Kingfisher
- Pin-tailed whydah
- Plain Martin
- Purple Heron
- Puvel’s Illadopsis
- Red-billed Fire Finch
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu
- Red-chested Cuckoo
- Red-eyed Dove
- Red-faced Crombec
- Red-headed Bluebill
- Red-headed Malimbe
- Red-headed Weaver
- Red-knobbed Coot
- Red-rumped Swallow
- Red-throated Wryneck
- Red-winged Starling
- Red-necked Falcon
- Ring-necked Dove
- Ross’s Turaco
- Ruff
- Rufus-billed Heron
- Rupell’s Long-tailed Starling
- Sacred Ibis
- Saddle-billed Stork
- Sand Martin
- Scaly-throated Honey Guide
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird
- Sedge Warbler
- Semi-coloured Flycatcher
- Senegal Coucal
- Shikra
- Shoebill Stork
- Soot Chat
- Sooty Falcon
- Speckled Pigeon
- Speckled Mouse Bird
- Speckled Weaver
- Spotted Eagle Owl
- Spur-winged Lapwing
- Spur-winged Goose
- Standard-winged Nightjar
- Steppe Eagle
- Sulphur-breasted Bush Shrike
- Superb Starling
- Tambourine Dove
- Tawny Eagle
- Tawny-flanked Prinia
- Thick-billed Honey Guide
- Tree Pipit
- Variable Sunbird
- Village Indigobird
- Vinaceous Dove
- Violet-tipped Courser
- Wahlberg’s Eagle
- Wattled Lapwing
- Western Banded Snake Eagle
- Western Black-headed Oriole
- White-backed Night Heron
- White-bellied Tit
- White-browed Coucal
- White-browed Robin Chat
- White-browed Srub Robin
- White-chinned Prinia
- White-crested Turaco
- White-faced Scop’s Owl
- White-faced Whistling Duck
- White-fronted Bee-eater
- White-headed Barbet
- White-headed Mouse Bird
- White-headed Saw Wing
- White-rumped Swift
- White Stork
- White-winged Tern
- Willow Warbler
- Wood Sandpiper
- Woodland Kingfisher
- Woolly-necked Stork
- Yellow-backed Weaver
- Yellow-billed Shrike
- Yellow-billed Stork
- Yellow-breasted Apalis
- Yellow-fronted Canary
- Yellow-rumped Tinker Bird
- Yellow-throated Longclaw
- Yellow Wagtail