Uganda is an ornithologist's paradise as well as a natural habit for innumerable plants, from the luxuriant growths of the rain forest to tiny alpine flowers on the mountains. Although a comparatively small country, Uganda has over a thousand different species of birds from great eagles and rare shoebill storks to tiny iridescent sunbirds. This immense volume and diversity occurs miraculously in a space which keen birders can cover in a relatively short visit.