Birds of Pearl Of Africa
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The Term – Uganda the Pearl of Africa become popular by Winston Churchill in 1908, and I can add “the Pearl of African birds”. Mabamba swamp, not too far from Entebbe international airport, is the best place for the amazing monotype Shoebill.
198. Family #71: Shoebill (Balaenicipitidae) | Shoebill
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park was the place for African Broadbill. Semuliki National Park was the location for the third ticked family, Hyliotas (Yellow-bellied Hyliota).
Albertine Rift endemics species can be seen in the east parks.
199. Family #110: African and Green Broadbills (Calyptomenidae) | African Broadbill
200. Family #176: Hyliotas (Hyliotidae) | Yellow-bellied Hyliota
White-faced Whistling-Duck |
Dendrocygna viduata |
Mabamba to Mabarara |
Knob-billed Duck |
Sarkidiornis melanotos |
Mabamba to Mabarara * melanotos (Old World) |
Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca | Queen Elizabeth NP |
Spur-winged Goose |
Plectropterus gambensis |
Mabamba Swamp |
Yellow-billed Duck |
Anas undulata | Mabamba Swamp |
Helmeted Guineafowl |
Numida meleagris | Queen Elizabeth NP |
Crested Guineafowl |
Guttera pucherani | Queen Elizabeth NP verreauxi |
Crested Francolin |
Francolinus sephaena | Lake Mburo NP |
Heuglin’s Francolin |
Francolinus icterorhynchus |
Semuliki Forest Reserve |
Red-necked Francolin |
Francolinus afer | Lake Mburo NP |
Handsome Francolin |
Francolinus nobilis | Bwindi – Ruhija. Albertine Rift Endemic |
African Openbill |
Anastomus lamelligerus |
Entebbe to Mabamba |
Woolly-necked Stork |
Ciconia episcopus | from Mabarara to Ntungmo |
Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer |
Entebbe to Mabamba |
Yellow-billed Stork |
Mycteria ibis | Mabamba to Mabarara |
Long-tailed Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax africanus |
Mabamba Swamp. aka Reed Cormorant |
Pink-backed Pelican |
Pelecanus rufescens | Semuliki Forest Reserve |
Shoebill | Balaeniceps rex | Mabamba Swamp |
Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | Mabamba |
Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | Mabamba Swamp |
Black-headed Heron |
Ardea melanocephala | from Mabarara to Ntungmo |
Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | Mabamba Swamp |
Intermediate Egret |
Mesophoyx intermedia | Mabamba Swamp |
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | Mabamba Swamp |
Western Cattle Egret |
Bubulcus ibis | Mabamba Swamp |
Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | Mabamba Swamp |
Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus |
from Mabarara to Ntungmo |
Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | Entebbe to Mabamba |
Black-shouldered Kite |
Elanus caeruleus | Mabamba to Mabarara |
African Harrier-Hawk |
Polyboroides typus | Queen Elizabeth NP |
Palm-nut Vulture |
Gypohierax angolensis | Semuliki Forest Reserve |
European Honey-buzzard |
Pernis apivorus | Queen Elizabeth NP |
African Cuckoo-Hawk |
Aviceda cuculoides | Semuliki Forest Reserve |
Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus | Mabamba to Mabarara |
Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | Lake Mburo NP |
Beaudouin’s Snake-Eagle |
Circaetus beaudouini | Mabamba Swamps |
Black-breasted Snake-Eagle |
Circaetus pectoralis | |
Brown Snake-Eagle |
Circaetus cinereus | Queen Elizabeth NP |
Banded Snake-Eagle |
Circaetus cinerascens | from Mabarara to Ntungmo. aka Western B.S.E |
Crowned Hawk-Eagle |
Stephanoaetus coronatus |
Bwindi – Ruhija. aka African Crowned Eagle |
Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | Queen Elizabeth NP |
Long-crested Eagle |
Lophaetus occipitalis | Entebee to Mabamba |
Wahlberg’s Eagle |
Hieraaetus wahlbergi | from Mabarara to Ntungmo & @Semuliki Forest Reserve |
Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus |
Entebbe to Mabamba |
African Marsh-Harrier |
Circus ranivorus | Mabamba Swamps |
Shikra | Accipiter badius | Entebbe to Mabamba |
Yellow-billed Kite |
Milvus aegyptius | Mabamba Swamps.(split from Black Kite by me) |
African Fish-Eagle |
Haliaeetus vocifer | Queen Elizabeth NP |
Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur | from Mabarara to Ntungmo |
African Crake | Crecopsis egregia | Queen Elizabeth NP |
Black Crake | Amaurornis flavirostra |
Mabamba Swamp |
Eurasian Moorhen |
Gallinula chloropus | Mabamba Swamp |
Gray Crowned-Crane |
Balearica regulorum | Mabamba to Mabarara |
Water Thick-knee |
Burhinus vermiculatus | Lake Mburo NP |
Black-winged Stilt |
Himantopus himantopus | Semuliki Forest Reserve |
Long-toed Lapwing |
Vanellus crassirostris |
Mabamba Swamps |
Spur-winged Plover |
Vanellus spinosus | Semuliki Forest Reserve |
Senegal Lapwing |
Vanellus lugubris | Lake Mburo NP |
Wattled Lapwing |
Vanellus senegallus | Lake Mburo NP |
Brown-chested Lapwing |
Vanellus superciliosus |
Lake Mburo NP |
Three-banded Plover |
Charadrius tricollaris |
Queen Elizabeth NP |
African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus |
Mabamba Swamps |
Common Sandpiper |
Actitis hypoleucos | Mabamba Swamp |
Common Greenshank |
Tringa nebularia | Semuliki Forest Reserve |
Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | Mabamba Swamp |
African Snipe | Gallinago nigripennis | Mabamba Swamp |
Small Buttonquail |
Turnix sylvaticus | Queen Elizabeth NP. aka Kurrichane BQ |
White-winged Tern |
Chlidonias leucopterus |
Mabamba |
Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Mabamba to Mabarara |
Speckled Pigeon |
Columba guinea | Entebbe to Mabamba |
Rameron Pigeon | Columba arquatrix | Bwindi – Ruhija |
Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata |
Entebbe to Mabamba |
Ring-necked Dove |
Streptopelia capicola | Lake Mburo NP |
Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis |
Lake Mburo NP |
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove |
Turtur afer | Queen Elizabeth NP |
Tambourine Dove |
Turtur tympanistria | Bwindi – Buhoma |
African Green-Pigeon |
Treron calvus | Bwindi – Buhoma |
Great Blue Turaco |
Corythaeola cristata | Entebbe to Mabamba |
Black-billed Turaco |
Tauraco schuettii | Bwindi – Ruhija |
Bare-faced Go-away-bird |
Corythaixoides personatus |
Lake Mburo NP |
Eastern Plantain-eater |
Crinifer zonurus | Entebbe to Mabamba |
Red-chested Cuckoo |
Cuculus solitarius | Kibale NP |
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo |
Cercococcyx mechowi | Bwindi – Buhoma |
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo |
Cercococcyx olivinus | Bwindi – Buhoma (heard only) |
African Emerald Cuckoo |
Chrysococcyx cupreus | Bwindi – Buhoma |
Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | Mabamba Swamp |
Yellowbill | Ceuthmochares aereus | Semulike NP. aka Blue Malkoha |
White-browed Coucal |
Centropus superciliosus |
from Buhoma to Queen Elizabeth. NP *> [superciliosus Group] (White-brow |
Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl |
Bubo lacteus | Semuliki Forest Reserve |
Black-shouldered Nightjar |
Caprimulgus nigriscapularis |
Kalya Courts, Fort-Portal (heard only) |
Sabine’s Spinetail |
Rhaphidura sabini | Kibale NP |
Scarce Swift | Schoutedenapus myoptilus |
Bwindi – ‘the neck’ |
Alpine Swift | Apus melba | Kibale NP |
Little Swift | Apus affinis | |
White-rumped Swift |
Apus caffer | Mabamba to Mabarara |
African Palm-Swift |
Cypsiurus parvus | Entebbe to Mabamba |
Speckled Mousebird |
Colius striatus | Entebbe to Mabamba |
Blue-naped Mousebird |
Urocolius macrourus | Lake Mburo NP |
Bar-tailed Trogon |
Apaloderma vittatum | Bwindi – Buhoma |
Malachite Kingfisher |
Corythornis cristatus | Mabamba |
African Pygmy-Kingfisher |
Ispidina picta | from Buhoma to Queen Elizabeth NP |
Gray-headed Kingfisher |
Halcyon leucocephala | Mabamba Swamp |
Woodland Kingfisher |
Halcyon senegalensis | Entebbe to Mabamba |
Striped Kingfisher |
Halcyon chelicuti | Queen Elizabeth NP |
Pied Kingfisher |
Ceryle rudis | Mabamba |
Black Bee-eater |
Merops gularis | Bwindi – ‘the neck’ |
Red-throated Bee-eater |
Merops bulocki | Semuliki Forest Reserve |
Little Bee-eater |
Merops pusillus | Lake Mburo NP |
Blue-breasted Bee-eater |
Merops variegatus | Mabamba Swamp |
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater |
Merops oreobates | Bwindi – Ruhija |
White-throated Bee-eater |
Merops albicollis | Entebbe to Mabamba |
European Bee-eater |
Merops apiaster | from Mabarara to Ntungmo |
Lilac-breasted Roller |
Coracias caudatus | Mabamba to Mabarara |
Broad-billed Roller |
Eurystomus glaucurus | Mabamba to Mabarara |
Green Woodhoopoe |
Phoeniculus purpureus | Semuliki Forest Reserve |
White-headed Woodhoopoe |
Phoeniculus bollei | Bwindi – Ruhija |
Crowned Hornbill |
Tockus alboterminatus | Kibale NP |
African Pied Hornbill |
Tockus fasciatus | Semulike NP |
African Gray Hornbill |
Tockus nasutus | Lake Mburo NP |
Piping Hornbill |
Ceratogymna fistulator |
Semulike NP. ‘Eastern Piping H.’ B. f. sharpii |
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill |
Ceratogymna subcylindrica |
Entebbe to Mabamba |
Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill |
Bucorvus abyssinicus | Semuliki Forest Reserve |
Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet |
Trachyphonus purpuratus |
Semulike NP. purpuratus. splited to Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet |
Gray-throated Barbet |
Gymnobucco bonapartei | Bwindi – Ruhija |
Speckled Tinkerbird |
Pogoniulus scolopaceus |
Semulike NP |
Western Tinkerbird |
Pogoniulus coryphaea | Bwindi – Ruhija. aka Westren Green Tinkerbird |
Red-rumped Tinkerbird |
Pogoniulus atroflavus | Semulike NP |
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird |
Pogoniulus subsulphureus |
Bwindi – Buhoma |
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird |
Pogoniulus bilineatus | Lake Mburo NP |
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird |
Pogoniulus chrysoconus |
Queen Elizabeth NP |
Yellow-spotted Barbet |
Buccanodon duchaillui | Bwindi – Buhoma |
Hairy-breasted Barbet |
Tricholaema hirsuta | Semulike NP. splited to Sreaky-throated Barbet flavipunctata |
Black-billed Barbet |
Lybius guifsobalito | Semuliki Forest Reserve |
Double-toothed Barbet |
Lybius bidentatus | Mabamba to Mabarara & more |
Cassin’s Honeyguide |
Prodotiscus insignis | Bwindi – Buhoma. aka Cassin’s Honeybird |
Rufous-necked Wryneck |
Jynx ruficollis | from Buhoma to Queen Elizabeth NP |
Buff-spotted Woodpecker |
Campethera nivosa | Kibale NP |
Speckle-breasted Woodpecker |
Dendropicos poecilolaemus |
from Buhoma to Queen Elizabeth NP |
Elliot’s Woodpecker |
Dendropicos elliotii | Bwindi – Buhoma |
African Gray Woodpecker |
Dendropicos goertae | Entebbe to Mabamba |
Eurasian Kestrel |
Falco tinnunculus | from Mabarara to Ntungmo |
Gray Kestrel | Falco ardosiaceus | Lake Mburo NP |
Gray Parrot | Psittacus erithacus | Entebbe to Mabamba |
Meyer’s Parrot | Poicephalus meyeri | Mabamba to Mabarara |
African Broadbill |
Smithornis capensis | Bwindi – Buhoma |
Brown-throated Wattle-eye |
Platysteira cyanea | Bwindi – Buhoma |
Chestnut Wattle-eye |
Platysteira castanea | Bwindi – Buhoma |
Black-headed Batis |
Batis minor | Semuliki Forest Reserve. * erlangeri (Western) to be splited |
African Shrike-flycatcher |
Megabyas flammulatus | Bwindi – ‘the neck’ |
Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher |
Bias musicus | Bwindi – Buhoma. aka Vanga flycatcher |
Pink-footed Puffback |
Dryoscopus angolensis | Bwindi – Buhoma |
Marsh Tchagra | Tchagra minutus | from Mabarara to Ntungmo |
Black-crowned Tchagra |
Tchagra senegalus | Lake Mburo NP |
Brown-crowned Tchagra |
Tchagra australis | Lake Mburo NP |
Luehder’s Bushshrike |
Laniarius luehderi | Bwindi – Buhoma |
Tropical Boubou |
Laniarius aethiopicus | Lake Mburo NP. *> [aethiopicus Group] (Ethiopian) |
Black-headed Gonolek |
Laniarius erythrogaster |
Entebbe to Mabamba |
Papyrus Gonolek |
Laniarius mufumbiri | from Mabarara to Ntungmo |
Willard’s Sooty Boubou |
Laniarius willardi | Bwindi – Ruhija. |
Lowland Sooty Boubou |
Laniarius leucorhynchus |
Semulike NP |
Gray-green Bushshrike |
Telophorus bocagei | Bwindi – Buhoma. aka Bocage’s Bush-Shrike |
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike |
Telophorus sulfureopectus |
Lake Mburo NP |
Doherty’s Bushshrike |
Telophorus dohertyi | Bwindi – Ruhija (heard only) |
Gray Cuckooshrike |
Coracina caesia | Bwindi – Ruhija |
Black Cuckooshrike |
Campephaga flava | Queen Elizabeth NP |
Petit’s Cuckooshrike |
Campephaga petiti | Bwindi – Buhoma |
Gray-backed Fiscal |
Lanius excubitorius | Mabamba to Mabarara |
Mackinnon’s Shrike |
Lanius mackinnoni | from Mabarara to Ntungmo |
Northern Fiscal |
Lanius humeralis | from Mabarara to Ntungmo |
Western Black-headed Oriole |
Oriolus brachyrhynchus |
Kibale NP. aka Western Oriole |
Black-tailed Oriole |
Oriolus percivali | Bwindi – Ruhija. aka Mountain Oriole |
Fork-tailed Drongo |
Dicrurus adsimilis | Lake Mburo NP |
Velvet-mantled Drongo |
Dicrurus modestus | Kibale NP |
Blue-headed Crested-Flycatcher |
Trochocercus nitens | Semulike NP |
Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher |
Terpsiphone rufiventer |
Semulike NP. aka Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher |
African Paradise-Flycatcher |
Terpsiphone viridis | from Mabarara to Ntungmo |
Piapiac | Ptilostomus afer | Semuliki Forest Reserve |
Pied Crow | Corvus albus | Entebbe to Mabamba |
White-necked Raven |
Corvus albicollis | from Mabarara to Ntungmo |
Banded Martin | Riparia cincta | Mabamba Swamp |
Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | from Mabarara to Ntungmo |
Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | Entebbe to Mabamba |
Angola Swallow | Hirundo angolensis | Entebbe to Mabamba |
Lesser Striped-Swallow |
Cecropis abyssinica | from Mabarara to Ntungmo |
Mosque Swallow | Cecropis senegalensis | Mabamba Swamp |
Black Sawwing | Psalidoprocne pristoptera |
Bwindi – Ruhija |
African Blue-Flycatcher |
Elminia longicauda | Bwindi – ‘the neck’ |
White-tailed Blue-Flycatcher |
Elminia albicauda | Bwindi – Ruhija |
White-shouldered Black-Tit |
Melaniparus guineensis |
Semuliki Forest Reserve |
Dusky Tit | Melaniparus funereus | Bwindi – Buhoma |
Stripe-breasted Tit |
Melaniparus fasciiventer |
Bwindi – Ruhija. Albrtine Rift Endemic |
Slender-billed Greenbul |
Stelgidillas gracilirostris |
Bwindi – Ruhija |
Common Bristlebill |
Bleda syndactylus | Bwindi – Buhoma. aka Red tailed bristlebill |
Eastern Mountain-Greenbul |
Arizelocichla nigriceps |
Bwindi – Ruhija * kikuyuensis (Olive-breasted) aka O-b M-G. should be split |
Honeyguide Greenbul |
Baeopogon indicator | Bwindi – Buhoma |
Yellow-throated Greenbul |
Atimastillas flavicollis |
Semuliki Forest Reserve. aka Yellow-throated Leaflove. ssp soror |
Red-tailed Greenbul |
Criniger calurus | Bwindi – ‘the neck’ |
Plain Greenbul | Eurillas curvirostris | Kibale NP. aka Cameroon Sombre Greenbul |
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul |
Eurillas latirostris | from Mabarara to Ntungmo |
Little Greenbul |
Eurillas virens | Bwindi – Buhoma |
Toro Olive-Greenbul |
Phyllastrephus hypochloris |
Bwindi – Buhoma |
Xavier’s Greenbul |
Phyllastrephus xavieri |
Semulike NP |
White-throated Greenbul |
Phyllastrephus albigularis |
Bwindi – Buhoma |
Dark-capped Bulbul |
Pycnonotus tricolor | Entebbe to Mabamba tricolor |
Green Crombec | Sylvietta virens | Bwindi – Buhoma |
Lemon-bellied Crombec |
Sylvietta denti | Semulike NP |
White-browed Crombec |
Sylvietta leucophrys | Bwindi – Ruhija |
Northern Crombec |
Sylvietta brachyura | Semuliki Forest Reserve |
Moustached Grass-Warbler |
Melocichla mentalis | Lake Mburo NP. aka African Moustached Warbler |
Chestnut-capped Flycatcher |
Erythrocercus mccallii |
Semulike NP |
Neumann’s Warbler |
Urosphena neumanni | Bwindi – Buhoma. aka Short-tailed Warbler. Albertine Rift Endemic |
Red-faced Woodland-Warbler |
Phylloscopus laetus | Bwindi – Buhoma. Albertine Rift Endemic |
Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus |
Entebbe to Mabamba |
Mountain Yellow-Warbler |
Iduna similis | Bwindi – Ruhija |
Lesser Swamp-Warbler |
Acrocephalus gracilirostris |
Queen Elizabeth NP |
White-winged Swamp-Warbler |
Bradypterus carpalis | from Mabarara to Ntungmo (heard only) |
Ruwenzori Apalis |
Apalis ruwenzorii | Bwindi – Ruhija. Albertine Rift Endemic |
Masked Apalis | Apalis binotata | Bwindi – Ruhija. Albertine Rift Endemic.aka Mountain Masked Apalis. |
Black-faced Apalis |
Apalis personata | Bwindi – Ruhija. aka , Mountain Masked Apalis (heard only) |
Yellow-breasted Apalis |
Apalis flavida | Semuliki Forest Reserve |
Chestnut-throated Apalis |
Apalis porphyrolaema | Bwindi – Ruhija |
Green-backed Camaroptera |
Camaroptera brachyura | Queen Elizabeth NP. *> [brevicaudata Group] (Gray-backed |
Olive-green Camaroptera |
Camaroptera chloronota |
Bwindi – Buhoma |
White-chinned Prinia |
Schistolais leucopogon |
Bwindi – Buhoma |
Red-faced Cisticola |
Cisticola erythrops | from Buhoma to Queen Elizabeth NP |
Singing Cisticola |
Cisticola cantans | Queen Elizabeth NP |
Whistling Cisticola |
Cisticola lateralis | Semuliki Forest Reserve |
Trilling Cisticola |
Cisticola woosnami | Lake Mburo NP |
Chubb’s Cisticola |
Cisticola chubbi | Bwindi – Ruhija |
Rattling Cisticola |
Cisticola chiniana | Semuliki Forest Reserve |
Winding Cisticola |
Cisticola galactotes | Mabamba Swamp |
Carruthers’s Cisticola |
Cisticola carruthersi | from Mabarara to Ntungmo |
Croaking Cisticola |
Cisticola natalensis | Queen Elizabeth NP |
Tabora Cisticola |
Cisticola angusticauda |
Lake Mburo NP. aka long-tailed cisticola |
Zitting Cisticola |
Cisticola juncidis | Queen Elizabeth NP |
Gray-capped Warbler |
Eminia lepida | from Buhoma to Queen Elizabeth NP |
Black-faced Rufous-Warbler |
Bathmocercus rufus | Bwindi – Buhoma |
Buff-bellied Warbler |
Phyllolais pulchella | Mburo Lake & @Semuliki Forest Reserve |
Tawny-flanked Prinia |
Prinia subflava | Entebbe to Mabamba |
Banded Prinia | Prinia bairdii | Bwindi – Ruhija |
Green-backed Eremomela |
Eremomela canescens | Semuliki Forest Reserve |
African Hill Babbler |
Sylvia abyssinica | Bwindi – Ruhija * atriceps (Ruwenzori).Albertine Rift Endemic spp (IOC sp) |
African Yellow White-eye |
Zosterops senegalensis |
Bwindi – Ruhija |
Mountain Illadopsis |
Illadopsis pyrrhoptera |
Bwindi – Ruhija |
Scaly-breasted Illadopsis |
Illadopsis albipectus | Kibale NP |
Black-lored Babbler |
Turdoides sharpei | from Buhoma to Queen Elizabeth NP |
Brown Babbler | Turdoides plebejus | Semuliki Forest Reserve |
Arrow-marked Babbler |
Turdoides jardineii | Mabamba to Mabarara |
Yellow-bellied Hyliota |
Hyliota flavigaster | Semuliki Forest Reserve |
Pale Flycatcher |
Bradornis pallidus | Entebbe to Mabamba |
White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher |
Melaenornis fischeri | Bwindi – Ruhija. subsup: toruensis |
Northern Black-Flycatcher |
Melaenornis edolioides |
from Buhoma to Queen Elizabeth NP |
Spotted Flycatcher |
Muscicapa striata | Queen Elizabeth NP |
Swamp Flycatcher |
Muscicapa aquatica | Mabamba Swamp |
Chapin’s Flycatcher |
Muscicapa lendu | Bwindi – ‘the neck’ |
Cassin’s Flycatcher |
Muscicapa cassini | Bwindi – ‘the neck’ |
Gray Tit-Flycatcher |
Myioparus plumbeus | Semuliki Forest Reserve. aka Lead-colored Flycatcher |
Fire-crested Alethe |
Alethe diademata | Semulike NP (heard only) |
Brown-backed Scrub-Robin |
Cercotrichas hartlaubi |
Lake Mburo NP |
Red-backed Scrub-Robin |
Cercotrichas leucophrys |
Entebbe to Mabamba. aka white-browed scrub robin |
White-bellied Robin-Chat |
Cossyphicula roberti | Bwindi – Buhoma |
Archer’s Robin-Chat |
Cossypha archeri | Bwindi – Ruhija. Albrtine Rift Endemic. aka Archer’s Ground Robin |
Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat |
Cossypha cyanocampter | Semulike NP (heard only) |
Gray-winged Robin-Chat |
Cossypha polioptera | Bwindi – Buhoma |
White-browed Robin-Chat |
Cossypha heuglini | Entebbe to Mabamba |
Red-capped Robin-Chat |
Cossypha natalensis | Bwindi – Buhoma |
Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat |
Cossypha niveicapilla | Bwindi – Buhoma |
White-starred Robin |
Pogonocichla stellata | Bwindi – Ruhija |
Red-throated Alethe |
Pseudalethe poliophrys |
Bwindi – Buhoma. Albertine Rift Endemic |
Forest Robin | Stiphrornis erythrothorax |
Semulike NP |
Lowland Akalat | Sheppardia cyornithopsis |
Semulike NP |
Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | Queen Elizabeth NP |
African Stonechat |
Saxicola torquatus | from Mabarara to Ntungmo |
Sooty Chat | Myrmecocichla nigra | Mabamba to Mabarara |
Mocking Cliff-Chat |
Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris |
Queen Elizabeth NP |
Rufous Flycatcher-Thrush |
Neocossyphus fraseri | Bwindi – Buhoma. aka Fraser’s Rufous Thrush |
Red-tailed Ant-Thrush |
Neocossyphus rufus | Semulike NP |
White-tailed Ant-Thrush |
Neocossyphus poensis | Bwindi – Buhoma |
African Thrush | Turdus pelios | Entebbe to Mabamba |
Splendid Glossy-Starling |
Lamprotornis splendidus |
Entebbe to Mabamba |
Rueppell’s Glossy-Starling |
Lamprotornis purpuroptera |
Lake Mburo NP |
Purple-headed Glossy-Starling |
Lamprotornis purpureiceps |
Kibale NP |
Red-winged Starling |
Onychognathus morio | Kibale NP |
Slender-billed Starling |
Onychognathus tenuirostris |
Bwindi – Ruhija |
Waller’s Starling |
Onychognathus walleri | Bwindi – Buhoma |
Narrow-tailed Starling |
Poeoptera lugubris | Bwindi – Buhoma |
Stuhlmann’s Starling |
Poeoptera stuhlmanni | Bwindi – Buhoma |
Yellow-billed Oxpecker |
Buphagus africanus | Queen Elizabeth NP |
Gray-headed Sunbird |
Deleornis axillaris | Bwindi – Buhoma |
Green Sunbird | Anthreptes rectirostris |
Bwindi – Buhoma. aka Grey-chinned Sunbird |
Collared Sunbird |
Hedydipna collaris | Bwindi – Ruhija |
Green-headed Sunbird |
Cyanomitra verticalis | Bwindi – Buhoma |
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird |
Cyanomitra cyanolaema | Semulike NP |
Blue-headed Sunbird |
Cyanomitra alinae | Bwindi – Ruhija.Albertine Rift Endemic |
Green-throated Sunbird |
Chalcomitra rubescens | Bwindi – Buhoma |
Scarlet-chested Sunbird |
Chalcomitra senegalensis |
Bwindi – Buhoma |
Bronze Sunbird | Nectarinia kilimensis | Bwindi – Ruhija |
Northern Double-collared Sunbird |
Cinnyris reichenowi | Bwindi – Ruhija |
Regal Sunbird | Cinnyris regius | Bwindi – Ruhija. Albrtine Rift Endemic |
Beautiful Sunbird |
Cinnyris pulchellus | Semuliki Forest Reserve |
Red-chested Sunbird |
Cinnyris erythrocercus |
Entebbe to Mabamba |
Variable Sunbird |
Cinnyris venustus | Bwindi – Ruhija |
Copper Sunbird | Cinnyris cupreus | Semuliki Forest Reserve |
Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis | |
Gray Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | from Fort Portal to Semuliki Forest Reserve |
Mountain Wagtail |
Motacilla clara | Bwindi – ‘the neck’ |
African Pied Wagtail |
Motacilla aguimp | Mabamba Swamp |
African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | Mabamba Swamp |
Yellow-throated Longclaw |
Macronyx croceus | Mabamba Swamp |
Golden-breasted Bunting |
Emberiza flaviventris | Lake Mburo NP |
Yellow-crowned Canary |
Serinus flavivertex | Bwindi – Ruhija |
Yellow-fronted Canary |
Serinus mozambicus | Queen Elizabeth NP |
Western Citril | Serinus frontalis | from Mabarara to Ntungmo |
Papyrus Canary | Serinus koliensis | from Mabarara to Ntungmo |
Brimstone Canary |
Serinus sulphuratus | from Buhoma to Queen Elizabeth NP |
Streaky Seedeater |
Serinus striolatus | Bwindi – Ruhija |
Thick-billed Seedeater |
Serinus burtoni | Bwindi – Ruhija |
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow |
Passer griseus | from Mabarara to Ntungmo |
Crested Malimbe |
Malimbus malimbicus | Semulike NP |
Red-headed Malimbe |
Malimbus rubricollis | Entebbe to Mabamba |
Red-headed Weaver |
Anaplectes rubriceps | Lake Mburo NP |
Baglafecht Weaver |
Ploceus baglafecht | from Buhoma to Queen Elizabeth NP |
Slender-billed Weaver |
Ploceus pelzelni | Mabamba Swamp |
Black-necked Weaver |
Ploceus nigricollis | Bwindi – Buhoma |
Spectacled Weaver |
Ploceus ocularis | from Buhoma to Queen Elizabeth NP |
Strange Weaver | Ploceus alienus | Bwindi – Ruhija. Albertine Rift Endemic |
Holub’s Golden-Weaver |
Ploceus xanthops | from Mabarara to Ntungmo |
Orange Weaver | Ploceus aurantius | Mabamba Swamp |
Northern Brown-throated Weaver |
Ploceus castanops | Mabamba |
Lesser Masked-Weaver |
Ploceus intermedius | Lake Mburo NP |
Vitelline Masked-Weaver |
Ploceus vitellinus | Semuliki Forest Reserve |
Vieillot’s Weaver |
Ploceus nigerrimus | Bwindi – Buhoma. aka Vieillot’s Black Weaver |
Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus | Mabamba |
Weyns’s Weaver | Ploceus weynsi | Mabamba Swamp |
Yellow-mantled Weaver |
Ploceus tricolor | Kibale NP |
Brown-capped Weaver |
Ploceus insignis | Bwindi – Ruhija |
Red-billed Quelea |
Quelea quelea | Queen Elizabeth NP |
Northern Red Bishops |
Euplectes franciscanus |
Semuliki Forest Reserve. renamed by me to Northern R.B as splited |
Black Bishop | Euplectes gierowii | Semuliki Forest Reserve. aka Angola Black Bishop |
Yellow Bishop | Euplectes capensis | from Buhoma to Queen Elizabeth NP |
White-winged Widowbird |
Euplectes albonotatus | Queen Elizabeth NP |
Fan-tailed Widowbird |
Euplectes axillaris | |
Grosbeak Weaver |
Amblyospiza albifrons | Semulike NP aka Thick-billed Weaver |
Gray-headed Nigrita |
Nigrita canicapillus | Bwindi – Buhoma |
Red-faced Crimson-wing |
Cryptospiza reichenovii |
Bwindi – Ruhija. Albertine Rift Endemic |
Orange-cheeked Waxbill |
Estrilda melpoda | Semulike NP. New to Uganda 3 years ago |
Black-rumped Waxbill |
Estrilda troglodytes | Queen Elizabeth NP |
Black-crowned Waxbill |
Estrilda nonnula | Fort Portal |
Kandt’s Waxbill |
Estrilda kandti | Bwindi – Ruhija |
Black-cheeked Waxbill |
Estrilda erythronotos | Lake Mburo NP. aka Black-faced Waxbill |
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu |
Uraeginthus bengalus | Semuliki Forest Reserve |
Red-billed Firefinch |
Lagonosticta senegala | Mabamba |
Bronze Mannikin |
Spermestes cucullatus | Mabamba to Mabarara |
Black-and-white Mannikin |
Spermestes bicolor | Bwindi – Ruhija |
Pin-tailed Whydah |
Vidua macroura | Lake Mburo NP |