Kibale Forest National Park is home to more than 335 bird species. There are a number of nature trails that one can take to ensure the gets most of the bird watching. Kanyanchu Visitor Centre allows is one of them that allows you to search some of the birds within its vicinity. Species such as scaly francolin, Yellow-spotted Barbet, Hairy-breasted Barbet, Yellow-billed Barbet, Western Nicator, marsh tchagara, the scarce grey-headed olive-back, fawn breasted black crowned wax-bills and green-backed twin spot, among others, can easily be spotted
Bigodi Wetland Sanctuary, located just outside the park, is another excellent place to see some of the special birds endemic to this habitat such as papyrus gonolek, white-winged warbler and papyrus canary among others
