Wildlife in Uganda

Uganda is not your ordinary safari destination, it isduiker, Forest duiker, beate's pygmy antelope,
a country very rich in fauna and flora which areklipspringer, Oribi and Guenther's dirk dirk
seen in the 12 national parks in the country.Other herbivores found in the country include the
Uganda has both large and small animal specieselephant, the world's larges t animals and the
which include primate, carnivores, and herbivoresmost intelligent and entertaining to watch.
which include antelopes; both large and smallRhinoceros, Hippopotamus, African buffalo,
antelopes.Giraffe, burchell's zebra, warthog, Hyraxes to
Primates are exceptionally well represented inmention but a few.
Uganda and these include the gorilla that is theBird life in Uganda is so great no wonder it is said
mountain gorillas, the chimpanzee. The chimpanzeeto be the paradise of birds having over 1000 bird
is closely related to humans than any other livingspecies including;  African Skimmer, Black
creatures, monkeys. These fall into categories ofRumped Button Quail, Verreaux's Eagle Owl, Red
five namely; baboons, patas monkey, vervetFooted Falcon, Lesser Flamingoes, Grey Capped
monkeys, blue monkeys, red tailed monkeys, deWarbler, White's and Abdim's Storks , Amur
braza's monkeys. L'Hoest's monkey, grey checkedFalcon, Ovampo Sparrow hawk, Wooly-necked
mangabey, black and white colobus, and redand Saddle-billed Storks, Vultures and Plovers the
colobus.Great White and Pink-backed Pelicans, Great and
The lion, the largest African carnivore, the leopardLong-tailed Cormorants, Open-billed Stork, African
commonly sighted in Kidepo national park andJacana, Malachite and Pied Kingfishers.  Bwindi
Murchison falls national park, cheetah also seen Forest is a home to 350 bird species, 23 bird
more often in the wildest Kidepo national park.species endemic to the Albertine Rift, and at least
Uganda has also small cats including; caracal,14 bird species recorded nowhere else in the
African wild cat, canids, Jackals, bat eared fox,country, among them the African green broadbill,
African hunting dog. Other carnivores found inwhite-tailed blue flycatcher, brown-necked parrot,
Uganda are, spotted hyena, African civet, genets,white- bellied robin chat and Frazer's eagle owl
otters, mongooses and ratel, Uganda also has reptiles namely; the amazing
Uganda has 29 antelopes species namely;huge rock-Python, Puffadders, Spitting Cobras,
common eland, greater kudu, hartebeest, defessaGabon Rippers, Green Mambas, Turtles and the
waterbuck, roan antelope, Uganda kob, bushbuck,Nile Crocodiles which are the largest crocodile
sitantunga  commonly found in swampy areas,Africa has left.
lesser kudu, grant's gazelle, reedbuck, Impala, grey