Trade Lead Description:
The great “Mountains of The Moon" is snow-covered, equatorial peaks rising to height of 5110 m. and is accessible to hikers with magnificent scenery.
Bird species to lookout include:- Albertine Rift endemics like; Handsome Francolin, Rwenzori Turaco, Montane (Rwenzori) Nightjar, Dwarf Honeyguide, Archer's Robin-Chat, Red-throated Alethe, Kivu Ground Thrush, Red-faced Woodland Warbler, Montane Masked and Collared Apalises, Stripe-breast Tit, Rwenzori Batis, (Grauer's Cuckoo-shrike), Blue-headed, Regal and Purple-breasted Sunbirds, Strange Weaver, Dusky and Shelley's Crimsonwings, Lammergeiger, Red-thighed Sparrowhawk, Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo, African Long-eared Owl, Western Green Tinkerbird, Olive Woodpecker, Grey-chested Illadopsis, Grey-winged Robin.
Others are; Evergreen Forest and Bamboo Warblers, Lagden's Bush-Shrike, Montane Sooty Boubou, Golden-winged and Scarlet-tufted Malachite Sunbirds, White-collared Olive-back, Red-faced Crimsonwing, Oriole-Finch.
Posted from Uganda - Kampala on 2 June, 2008
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