Mountain Illadopsis
Photo © Rafael Würtemberger
Photo © Rafael Würtemberger — CC BY 4.0 — Source: iNaturalist #222243360The mountain illadopsis (Illadopsis pyrrhoptera) is a species of bird in the family Pellorneidae. It is found in the Albertine Rift montane forests, Kenya, northern Malawi and western Tanzania. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Kanyashogi, Uganda
+603 birds+26 mammals
Steep ridges cloaked in montane forest rise from Uganda's southwestern borderlands, where the landscape grows so dense and tangled that early explorers named it impenetrable. At…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKVolcanoes National Park
Musanze District, Uganda
+152 birds+6 mammals
Where volcanic cones rise sharply above the montane forests of northern Uganda, Volcanoes National Park protects one of East Africa's most dramatic high-altitude ecosystems. The park's…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMgahinga Gorilla National Park
Cyanika, Uganda
+429 birds+6 mammals
Where the Virunga Mountains rise steeply from the Uganda–Rwanda–Democratic Republic of Congo frontier, montane forest cloaks the volcanic slopes in a dense, moisture-laden embrace. Mgahinga Gorilla…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMount Elgon National Park
Matumbei ward, Kenya
+164 birds+7 mammals
Where the volcanic slopes of Mount Elgon rise above the Trans-Nzoia landscape, a montane wilderness unfolds across multiple ecological zones, each harbouring distinct communities adapted to…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSaiwa Swamp National Park
Sinyerere ward, Kenya
+255 birds+4 mammals
Where papyrus and sedge marshes stretch across a highland plateau in western Kenya, Saiwa Swamp National Park shelters one of East Africa's most productive freshwater wetland…
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