Site Report: Mgahinga National Park
Golden Monkey (Cercopithecus kandti)
Northern Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris reichenowi)
Chubb's Cisticola (Cisticola chubbi)
Streaky Seedeater (Crithagra striolatus)
Variable Sunbird (Cinnyris venustus)
Variable Sunbird (Cinnyris venustus) - Female
Eastern Mountain-Greenbul (Arizelocichla nigriceps)
Kandt's Waxbill (Estrilda kandti)
Golden Monkey (Cercopithecus kandti)
Golden Monkey (Cercopithecus kandti)
Eastern Gorilla (Gorilla berengei)
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Golden Monkey (Cercopithecus kandti)
Northern Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris reichenowi)
Chubb's Cisticola (Cisticola chubbi)
Streaky Seedeater (Crithagra striolatus)
Variable Sunbird (Cinnyris venustus)
Variable Sunbird (Cinnyris venustus) - Female
Eastern Mountain-Greenbul (Arizelocichla nigriceps)
Kandt's Waxbill (Estrilda kandti)
Golden Monkey (Cercopithecus kandti)
Golden Monkey (Cercopithecus kandti)
Eastern Gorilla (Gorilla berengei)
Mgahinga is a park known for expensive Mountain Gorilla tracking in the far southwest of Uganda. It is also possible to get to some higher elevations here (which I skipped due to time constraints)
Visits
- 2003-03-17: We stayed two nights at the park... just enough to do the mountain gorilla tracking.
- 2017-01-03: We got an early start from Kisoro to do a trek into the mountains in search of the Golden Monkeys. This is one of the few places left where the monkeys can be found. The hike was up a steep volcano, and I was pretty worn out by the end of five hours. Somehow, it was uphill both ways.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (25 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(25 records)
Class: Birds
(22 records)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Dusky Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia lugens)
- Red-eyed Dove (Streptopelia semitorquata)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Mountain Buzzard (Buteo oreophilus)
- Augur Buzzard (Buteo augur)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(1 record)
- Family: Bee-eaters
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater (Merops oreobates)
- Order: Perching Birds (17 records)
- Family: Bulbuls
- Common Bulbul (Pycnonotus barbatus)
- Kikuyu Mountain Greenbul (Arizelocichla kikuyuensis)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Streaky Seedeater (Crithagra striolata)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Pied Crow (Corvus albus)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Kandt's Waxbill (Estrilda kandti)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler (Bradypterus cinnamomeus)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- Chubb's Cisticola (Cisticola chubbi)
- Family: Shrike-flycatchers
- Ruwenzori Batis (Batis diops)
- Family: Sunbirds
- Variable Sunbird (Cinnyris venustus)
- Northern Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris reichenowi)
- Regal Sunbird (Cinnyris regius)
- Family: Swallows
- Angola Swallow (Hirundo angolensis)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- White-starred Robin (Pogonocichla stellata)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- African Pied Wagtail (Motacilla aguimp)
- Family: White-eyes
- Green White-eye (Zosterops stuhlmanni)
Class: Mammals
(3 records)
- Order: Primates
(3 records)
- Family: Hominidae
- Eastern Gorilla (Gorilla beringei)
- Human (Homo sapiens)
- Family: Old World Monkeys
- Golden Monkey (Cercopithecus kandti)