The country bordering South Sudan to the south is Uganda. In Uganda over 1000 different species of birds have been identified. Does this same number exist in South Sudan? We think so. This will be a first of many safaris to identify the birds of South Sudan.
At the same time you will visit the tribes of Mundari,Toposa, Jie, and Dinka, and visit the great Sudd swamp
The town of Jonglei on the west bank of the Nile River (75 km north of Bor) where you will spend two days birding. This is the southern edge of the great Sudd swamp.
List of 62 Birds in South Sudan that have been identified to date-
Greyish Eagle-Owl
European Honey Buzzard
White-winged terns
Senegal thick-knees
Rock pratincoles
Abdim’s Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
Goliath Heron
African Fish Eagle
Golden Pipit
Hemprich’s Hornbill
Ostrich
Abyssinian Schmitarbill
Shoebill
Boran Cisticola
Rubus Chatterer
White-rumped Babbler
Kenya Violet-backed Sunbird
Rock Pratincoles
African white-backed Vultures
Long-crested Eagle
Marabou Stork
Wahlberg’s Eagle
Hooded Vulture
Abyssinian Roller
Hoepoe
Black-breasted Barbet
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Spur-winged Goose
African Openbill
White Stork
Saddle-billed Stork
African Sacred Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Cattle Egret
Squacco Heron
Sun Lark
Red-pate Cisticola
Foxy Cisticola
Red-winged Grey Warbler
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-weaver
Cinnamon Weaver
Red-winged Pytilia
Goliath Heron
Purple Heron
Great White Egret
Great White Pelican
Pink-back Pelican
Long-tailed Cormorant
Fox Kestral
Black Crowned-Crane
Red-throated Bee-Eater
Yellow-billed Strike
Ermin’s Strike
Piapiac
Purple Glossy-starling
Bronze-tailed Glossy-Starling
White-fronted Black Chat
Bush Petronia
Black-bellied Fire Finch
Black-rumped Waxbill
Abssynina Roller – Herbert Byaruhanga photo
Shoebill
Saddle-billed Stork