ASIEH NAMDAR, CNN ANCHOR: Here's a little bit of trivia for you.</s>RALPH WENGE, CNN ANCHOR: I can't wait.</s>NAMDAR: Uganda has the greatest diversity of birds than any other country in Africa. Did you know that?</s>WENGE: Birds.</s>NAMDAR: It is home to more than one thousand different species.</s>WENGE: Now let me tell you something. With its rich mixture of wetlands, forests and highlands, Uganda provides a perfect habitat for birds, and that makes it quite a haven for birdwatchers, as well. The story now from Uganda's WBS TV.</s>YUSUF KALYANGO JR., WBS TV (voice-over): The words of Sawist Unjudgi (ph), who described Uganda as the Part (ph) of Africa have never been disputed by anyone who has set foot on this land. One of the</s>GEORGE WILLIAM ELABU, BIRD OBSERVATORY PROJECT: There are some birds</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Forest birds, you've got your leg birds, you've got your</s>KALYANGO: Uganda has a record, over one 1,100 species of bird, rated second in the world with the highest number of different bird species in one concentration.</s>ELABU: But I've seen we have some birds here which have not been identified. Now, like, out of he 570, we have some migrants. By this, I mean they are birds which have been bred in Europe and only come here during some</s>KALYANGO: For bird watcher, new</s>JANET OKWEL, TOUR GUIDE: Probably my interest, what I enjoy is the watching birds. Yes, I like birds, actually. I'm a bird watcher. That is the most interesting thing I see along the</s>KALYANGO: Queen Elizabeth National Park, for example, holds the world record for one-day species count. That is at 397 bird species count in just one day. I am Jusef Kalyango Jr. reporting for CNN WORLD REPORT.
Birds Thrive in Uganda's National Parks