Mammals found in Murchison Falls National Park

Mammals found in Murchison Falls National Park- The park features 76 species of mammals including the big 4, you can encounter all the big five by passing through Ziwa rhino sanctuary on your way to Murchison falls national park. In Murchison Falls National park, you can best see mammals especially when you’re on a boat cruise on the Nile and taking safaris game drives. While on these activities in Murchison falls national park, you will encounter different mammals such as elephants, buffaloes, giraffes, hippos, leopards, lions, bushbucks, warthogs,   hyenas, and  Oribi among others. The park also features reptiles majorly Nile crocodiles that can be cited while on the boat cruise safaris on river Nile within the park.

Visitors will get a chance to see the big cats such as lions and leopards as well as hyenas if they move very early on morning game drives or evening or night game drives. This is because these animals don’t wonder well when the sunshine is heavy or strong and therefore it is important to get them before the sunshine is too hot for them to hide. Murchison falls national park also features primates such as baboons, white and blue monkeys, vervet monkeys, and chimpanzees which are found in Kaniyo Pabidi forested areas. Most of these Mammals found in Murchison Falls National Park stay longer and mover in larger group/herd which gives the travelers a chance to stay longer while interacting with these animals and this has made this park suitable for wildlife viewing safaris.

Birds found in Murchison Falls National Park

Murchison falls national park harbors 451 species of documented birds and this has made the park to be an interesting destination for birders interested in bird watching species. The park provides countless birding areas right from the guest lodges to savannah grasslands, alongside the river Nile and in forested areas of Kaniyo Pabidi. Some of the birds are residents while others are migratory birds. The common birds that you can explore include northern red bishop, beautiful sunbird, African skimmer, black-billed barbet, goliath heron, shoebill,  and papyrus Gonolek to mention but a few. Other species include white-faced whistling duck, weaver birds, swamp flycatcher, veracious Dove, spotted owl, sandpipers, secretary bird, red-winged grey warbler, silver bird, and standard winged Nightjar.