Bird Species List

Dix and Tamwenya

Note:  * = Multiple sightings : Number = date in June  2012 of first sighting
Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens                         Kazinga Channel Bridge* 19
White-breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax lucidus              Queen Elizabeth NP* 18
Long-tailed Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus                    Murchison Falls NP* 11
African Darter Anhinga rufa                                                      Murchison Falls NP* 11
African Finfoot Podica senegalensis                           Boat trip atLake Mburo NP* 22
Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax                    Drive to Lake Mburo NP 22
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis                                                             Murchison Falls NP* 11
Common Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides        Boat trip at Murchison Falls NP* 11
Striated Heron Butorides striatus                         Boat trip at Murchison Falls NP* 11
Little Egret Egretta garzetta                                                       Murchison Falls NP* 11
Black Egret Egretta ardisiaca                                 Boat trip at Murchison Falls NP 11
Intermediate Egret Mesophoyx intermedia                          Queen Elizabeth NP* 18
Great Egret Casmerodius albus                                                 Murchison Falls NP* 11
Goliath Heron Ardea goliath                                        Boat trip in Kazinga Channel 18
Purple Heron Ardea purpura                                                      Murchison Falls NP* 11
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea                                                         Queen Elizabeth NP* 18
Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala            Drive to Murchison Falls NP* 10
Hamerkop Scopus umbretta                                       Drive to Murchison Falls NP* 10
Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis                             Boat trip at Muchison Falls NP* 11
Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopu                                    Drive to Murchison Falls NP 10
African Open-billed Stork Anastomus lamelligerus Drive to Murchison Falls NP 10
Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis                Drive to Semliki Forest NP 16
Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumeniferus           Kampala & most towns & cities* 10
Shoebill Balaeniceps rex                                              Boat trip atMabamba Swamp 24
Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus                                          Murchison Falls NP* 11
Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash                                      Drive to Murchison Falls* 11
African Spoonbill Platalea alba                                     Boat trip at Kazinga Channel 18
Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor                                       Queen Elizabeth NP 18
Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus             Boat trip at Murchison Falls NP* 11
Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus bambensis                        Murchison Falls NP* 11
Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos                                        Budongo Forest* 13
White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata                 Murchison Falls NP 11
Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor                                       Murchison Falls NP 11
Yellow-billed Duck Anas Undulata                                                      Lake Mburo NP* 23
Black Kite Milvus migran                                                      Drive to Murchison Falls* 10
Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus                                     Murchison Falls NP* 11
African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer                   Boat trip at Murchison Falls NP* 11
Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis                  Drive to Murchison Falls NP*10
Osprey Pandion haliaetus                                                     Drive to Kibale Forest NP 14
Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus           Drive to Bwindi Impenetrable NP 19
African White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus                         Queen Elizabeth NP 18
Ruppell’s Griffon Vulture Gyps ruppellii                                      Murchison Falls NP 19
Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotus         Drive to Bwindi Impenetrable NP 19
Western Banded Snake-Eagle Circaetus cinerascensDrive to Murchison Falls NP 10
Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates                            Murchison Falls NP 12
Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar                                                     Lake Mburo NP 15
Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus           Drive to Murchison Falls NP* 10
Shikra Accipiter badius                                                  Drive to Murchison Falls NP* 10
Little Sparrowhawk Accipiter minullus                                                 Lake Mburo NP 23
Great Sparrowhawk  Accipiter melanoleucus                  Bwindi Impenetrable NP 21
African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus                Court View Hotel in Masindi* 12
Augur Buzzard Buteo augur                                         Bwindi Impenetrable NP area 19
Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus                         Bwindi Impenetrable NP area 19
Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax                                                            Queen Elizabeth NP 18
Wahlberg’s Eagle Aquila wahlbergi                              Drive to Murchison Falls NP 10
Ayre’s Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii                      Bwindi Impenetrable NP area 19
Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus                                                Murchison Falls NP* 11
Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis                  Drive to Murchison Falls NP* 10
Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus                         Drive to Murchinson Falls NP* 10
African Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus                   Murchison Falls NP 12
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus                             Drive to Queen Elizabeth NP 17
Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus                                          Drive Murchison Falls NP 10
African Hobby Falco cuvieri                                                              Drive to Kampala 23
Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris                 Drive to Murchison Falls NP* 10
Handsome Francolin Francolinus nobilis                          Bwindi Impenetrable NP 22
Heuglin’s Francolin Francolinus  icterrhynchus               Drive toBudongo Forest 13
Crested Francolin Francolinus sephaena                                           Lake Mburo NP 22
Red-necked Spurfowl Francolinus afer                                              Queen Elizabeth NP* 18
Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostris                             Boat trip at Kazinga Channe 18
African Swamphen Prophyrio madagascarinesi     Boat trip at Mabamba Swamp 24
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus                                     Queen Elizabeth NP 18
African Jacana Actophilornis africanus                                     Murchison Falls NP* 11
Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum                              Murchison Falls NP* 11
Denham’s Bustard Neotis denhami                                             Murchison Falls NP 11
Black-bellied Bustard Eupodotis melanogaster                          Murchison Falls NP 11
Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus           Boat trip at Murchison Falls NP* 11
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola                      Boat trip at Kazingz Channel 18
Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis                         Boat trip at Murchison Falls NP*11
Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus                                    Murchison Falls NP 11
Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris              Boat trip at Murchison Falls NP 11
African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus                         Murchison Falls NP* 11
Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus                                      Murchison Falls NP* 11
Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris                                           Queen Elizabeth NP* 18
Grey-headed Gull Larus corrpcephus                        Boat trip at Murchison Falls* 11
Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica                                      Boat trip at Murchison Falls 11
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus                                 Mabamba Swamp 24
African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris                   Boat trip at Murchison Falls NP 11
African Green-Pigeon Treron calva                                 Drive to Kibale Forest NP* 14
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba irriditorques            Semiliki Forest NP* 16
Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea                                      Drive to Lake Mburo NP* 22
Afep Pigeon Columba unicinta                                          Drive to Queen Elizabeth 17
Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix                                                  Semliki Forest NP* 16
Feral Pigeon Columba livia                                                                              Kampala*10
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur chalcospilos                          Lake Mburo NP 22
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur afer                                      Murchison Falls NP* 12
Black-billed Wood-Dove Turtur abyssinicus                              Murchison Falls NP 11
Tambourine Dove  Turtur tympanistria                                      Murchison Falls NP 12
Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola                  Drive to Murchison Falls NP* 10
Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata                                              The Lodge* 10
African Mourning Dove Streptopelia decipiens                       Queen Elizabeth NP 18
Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea                                       Murchison Falls NP* 11
Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis                                Murchison Falls NP* 12
Brown Parrot Poicephalus meyeri                                                      Lake Mburo NP 23
Red-headed Lovebird Agapornis pullarius                                        Lake Mburo NP 23
Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata                            Drive to Kibale Forest NP 14
Ross’s Turaco Musophaga rossae                                    Drive to Semliki Forest NP 16
White-crested Turaco Tauraco leucolophus                            Murchison Falls NP* 10
Black-billed Turaco Tauraco schuetti                  Drive to Bwindi Impenetrable NP 12
Bare-faced Go-away-bird Corythaixoides personata                      Lake Mburo NP 23
Eastern Grey Plantain-eater Crinifer zonurus           Drive to Murchison Falls NP* 10
Levaillant’s Cuckoo Oxylophus levaillanti                                      Semliki Forest NP 16
Black-and-white Cuckoo Oxylophus jacobinus                          Murchison Falls NP 11
African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis                                                          Lake Mburo NP 23
Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitaries                         Drive to Murchison Falls NP 10
Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx montanus                   Bwindi Impenetrable NP 21
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi                     Murchison Falls NP 12
Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius                     Drive to Murchison Falls NP* 10
Klaas’s Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas                              Drive to Murchison Falls NP 10
African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus             Drive to Kibale Forest NP 14
Yellowbill Ceuthmochares aereus                                                   Semliki Forest NP 16
White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus                            Semliki Forest NP 16
Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus                Drive to Queen Elizabeth NP 17
Black Coucal Centropus grilli                                                       Queen Elizabeth NP 18
Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl Bubo lacteus                                           Murchison Falls NP* 12
Swamp Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis                                    Murchison Falls NP 11
Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus                                         Murchison Falls NP 10
Pennant-winged Nightjar Macrodipteryx vexillarius                Murchison Falls NP 11
White-rumped Swift Apus caffer                                Drive to Murchison Falls NP* 10
Mottled Swift  Apus aequatorialis                              Drive to Murchison Falls NP* 10
Alpine Swift Apus melba                                                      Drive to Kibale Forest NP 14
Scarce Swift Schooutedenapus myoptilus                                  Murchison Falls NP 12
African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parus                            Drive to Murchison Falls NP* 10
Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus                                          Murchison Falls NP* 11
Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus                  Drive to Kibale Forest NP 14
Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina                               Royal Mile-Budongo Forest 13
Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis                                   Boat trip at Murchison Falls NP* 11
Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti                             Drive to Murchison Falls NP 10
Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala        Drive to Murchison Falls NP* 10
Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis               Drive to Murchison Falls NP 10
Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica                          Royal Mile-Budongo Forest 13
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia               Royal Mile-Budongo Forest 13
Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata                                  Pond inBudongoForest 13
African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta                    Drive to Murchison Falls NP* 10
African Dwarf Kingfisher Ispidina lecontei                   Royal Mile-Budongo Forest 13
Shining-blue Kingfisher Alcedo quadribrachys                 Pond in Budongo Forest 13
Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus                                                          Lake Mburo NP 22
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates  Dr.to Bwindi Impenetrable NP 19
White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis                        Mabira Forest Reserve 25
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hurindineus                          Murchison Falls NP 11
Black Bee-eater Merops gularis                                                                     Kibale NP 15
Madagascar Bee-eater Merops supercilliosus                            Murchison Falls NP 12
Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki                                     Murchison Falls NP 10
Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus                        Murchison Falls NP* 11
Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus              Drive to Murchison Falls NP* 10
Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudate                                              Lake Mburo NP 23
Green Wood-hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus                  Drive to Lake Mburo NP 22
Forest Wood-hoopoe Phoeniculus castaneiceps                Mabira Forest Reserve 25
White-headed Wood-hoopoe Phoeniculus bollei            Bwindi Impenetrable NP 21
Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas                 Queen Elizabeth NP 18
African Grey Hornbill Tockus nasutus                                            Semliki Forest NP 16
Crowned Hornbill Tockus alboterminatus                        Drive to Kibale Forest NP 14
African Pied Hornbill Tockus fasciatus                                      Murchison Falls NP* 12
Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator                                               Semliki Forest NP16
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus Murchison Falls NP 10
White-thighted Hornbill Bycanistes albotibialis          Royal Mile-Budongo Forest 13
Black-casqued Wattled Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata                              Kibale NP 15
Abyssinian Ground-hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus                    Murchison Falls NP 11
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureous   Royal Mile-Budongo* 13
Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus                  Drive to Kibale Forest NP 14
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus    Dr. to Murchison Falls NP* 10
Grey-throated Barbet Gymnobucco bonapartei            Drive to Kibale Forest NP 14
Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa            Drive to Murchison Falls NP* 10
Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricolaema hirsute                                                    Kibale NP 15
Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon  duchail              Royal Mile-Budongo Forest  13
Black-billed Barbet Lybius guifsobalito                      Drive to Murchison Falls NP* 10
Red-faced Barbet Lybius rubrifacies                                                   Lake Mburo NP 23
Double-toothed Barbet Lybius bidentatus               Drive to Murchison Falls NP* 10
Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus                           Semliki Forest NP 16
Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator                                            Lake Mburo NP 23
Willcock’s Honeyguide Indicator willcocksi                  Royal Mile-Budongo Forest 13
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Campethera nivosa                  Mabira Forest Reserve 25
Nubian Woodpecked Campethera nubica                  Drive to Semliki Forest NP* 16
Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens                            Semliki Forest NP 16
Yellow-crested Woodpecker Dendropicos xantholophus         Semliki Forest NP 16
Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae                                        Semliki Forest NP 16
Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus             Bwindi Impenetrable NP 21
Green-breasted Pitt Pitta reichenowi                                                          Kibale NP 15
Rufous-naped Lark Mirafra Africana tropicalis                       Queen Elizabeth NP 18
Flappet Lark Mirafra rufocinnamomea                                      Murchison Falls NP 11
White-tailed Lark Mirafra albicauda                                         Queen Elizabeth NP 18
Rock Martin Hirundo fuligula                               Drive to Bwindi Impenetrable NP 19
Banded Martin Ripara cincta                                                      Murchison Falls NP* 11
Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica              Drive to Bwindi Impenetrable NP 19
Mosque Swallow Hirundo senegalensis                         Drive to Kibale Forest NP* 14
Rufous-chested Swallow Hirundo semirufa                              Queen Elizabeth NP 18
Lesser Striped Swallow Hirundo abyssinica             Drive to Murchison Falls NP* 10
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica                                                            Lake Mburo NP 24
Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis                                           Murchison Falls NP 12
Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii                            Drive to Murchison Falls NP 10
Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne holomelas                       Bwindi Impenetrable NP 20
White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps                     Murchison Falls NP 12
Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga                  Queen Elizabeth NP 18
African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp                                                      Kibale NP* 15
Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis                               Boat trip at Mabamba Swamp 24
Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus              Drive to Kibale Forest NP* 14
Jackson’s Pipit Anthus latistriatus                                               Queen Elizabeth NP 18
Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis                                                    Queen Elizabeth NP 18
Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys                                        Queen Elizabeth NP 18
Red-shouldered Cuckoo-shrike Campephaga phoenicea                          Lake Mburo NP 23
Petit’s Cuckoo-shrike Campephaga petiti         Drive to Bwindi Impenetrable NP 19
Grey Cuckoo-shrike Coracina caesia                                 Bwindi Impenetrable NP 21
Western Nicator Nicator chloris                                                                 Kabale NP* 15
Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus                                                               The Lodge * 10
Yellow –whiskered Greenbul Andropadus latirostris             Murchison Falls NP* 12
Little Greenbul Andropadus virens                                            Murchison Falls NP* 12
Mountain Greenbul Andropadus nigriceps                      Bwindi Impenetrable NP 21
Slender-billed Greenbul Andropadus gracilirostris    Royal Mile-Budongo Forest 13
Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastephus flavostriatusBwindi Impenetrable NP* 21
Little Grey Greenbul Andropadus gracilis                     Royal Mile-Budongo Forest 13
Toro Olive Greenbul Phyllastephus hypochloris                           Semliki Forest NP 16
Cameroon Sombre Greenbul Andropadus curvirostris              Semliki Forest NP 16
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactyla                                                             Kibale NP 15
Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger chloronotus                                     Semliki Forest NP 16
Yellow-throated Greenbul Chlorocichla flavicolis      Royal Mile-Budongo Forest 13
White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellate                      Bwindi Impenetrable NP 21
Fire-crested Alethe Alethe castanea                             Royal Mile-Budongo Forest 13
White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini                         Queen Elizabeth NP 18
Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis                             Murchison Falls NP 12
Archer’s Robin-Chat Cossypha archeri                              Bwindi Impenetrable NP 21
African Thrush Turdus pelios                Parking lot of Court View Hotel in Masindi 12
White-tailed Ant-Thrush Neocossyphus poensis                                         Kibale NP 15
Red-tailed Ant-Thrush Neocossyphus rufus                 Royal Mile-Budongo Forest 13
Rufous Flycatcher-Thrush Stizorhina fraseri               Royal Mile-Budongo Forest 13
Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra                                Drive to Murchison Falls NP* 10
African Stonechat Saxicola torquata                                 Bwindi Impenetrable NP 21
White-browed Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas leucophrys                     Lake Mburo NP 23
Brown-backed Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas hartlaubi              Royal Mile-Budongo Forest 13
Spotted Morning-Thrush Cichladusa guttata                             Murchison Falls NP 12
Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris    Kazinga Channel boat dock 18
White-winged Warbler Bradypterus carpalis                  Drive to Kibale Forest NP 14
Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais puchella                                            Lake Mburo NP 23
Green Hylia Hylia prasina                                                Royal Mile-Budongo Forest 13
White-browed Crombec Sylivetta leucophrys                 Bwindi Impenetrable NP 21
Green Crombec Sylivetta virens                                             Mabira Forest Reserve 25
Yellow Longbill Macrosphenus  flavicans                                   Murchison Falls NP 12
Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor                                  Mabira Forest Reserve 25
Northern Crombec Sylivetta brachyuran                     Royal Mile-Budongo Forest 13
Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops                Drive to Lake Mburo NP 22
Rufous-crowned Eremomela  Eremomela badiceps              Royal Mile-Budongo Forest 13
Black-faced Rufous Warbler Bathmocercus rufus    Drive to Queen Elizabeth NP 17
African Moustached Warbler Melocichla mentalis                   Murchison Falls NP 11
Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis                                                Murchison Falls NP* 11
Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii                        Drive to Semliki Forest NP 16
Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis                                       Murchison Falls NP* 11
Rufous-winged Cisticola Cisticola galactotes                     Boat trip atMabamba Swamp 24
Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops                       Drive to Queen Elizabeth NP 17
Chubb’s Cisticola Cisticola chubby                                      Bwindi Impenetrable NP 19
Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami                    Drive to Bwindi Impenetrable NP 19
Whistling Cisticola Cisticola lateralis                                            Murchison Falls NP 11
Siffling Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus                                       Murchison Falls NP 11
Foxy Cisticola Cisticola troglodytes                                              Murchison Falls NP 11
Tawny-flanked Prinia  Prinia subflava                         Drive to Murchison Falls NP 10
White-chinned Prinia Prinia leucopogon                   Drive to Queen Elizabeth NP 17
Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida                                              Semliki Forest NP 16
Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyuran                Lake Mburo NP 23
Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis                                 Mabira Forest Reserve 25
Collared Apalis Apalis ruwenzorii                                        Bwindi Impenetrable NP 21
Black-throated Apalis Apalis jacksoni                                Bwindi Impenetrable NP 21
Mountain Masked Apalis Apalis personata                      Bwindi Impenetrable NP 21
White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri          Bwindi Impenetrable NP 21
Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edoliodes                    Semliki Forest NP* 16
Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher Melaenornis ardesiacus   Bwindi Impenetrable NP 21
Pale Flycatcher Bradornis pallidus                                                      Lake Mburo NP 22
African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta            Drive to Queen Elizabeth NP 17
Lead-coloured Flycatcher Myioparus plumbeus        Royal Mile-Budongo Forest 13
Grey-throated Flycatcher Myioparus griseigularis    Royal Mile-Budongo Forest 13
Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatic                                                  Queen Elizabeth NP 18
Cassin’s Grey Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini                                                Kibale NP 15
Sooty Flycatcher Muscicapa infuscate                                                         Kibale NP 15
Forest Flycatcher Fraseria ocreata                                Royal Mile-Budongo Forest 13
Chin-spot Batis Batis molitor                                                        Queen Elizabeth NP 18
Black-headed Batis Batis minor                                                     Murchison Falls NP 11
Rwenzori Batis Batis diops                                                    Bwindi Impenetrable NP 21
African Shrike-flycatcher Megabias flammulatus              Mabira Forest Reserve 25
Black-and white Shrike-flycatcher Bias musicus                Trip to Kibale Forest NP 14
Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea                                        Mabamba 24
Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea                        Murchison Falls NP 12
Jameson’s Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia jamesoni              Mabira Forest Reserve 25
Africian Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis                     Murchison Falls NP* 11
Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer         Murchison Falls NP 12
Silverbird Empidornis semipartitus                                              Murchison Falls NP 11
Blue-headed Crested-flycatcher Trochocercus nitens                 Semliki Forest NP 16
African Blue-flycatcher Elminia longicauda                Drive to Murchison Falls NP 10
White-tailed Blue-flycatcher Elminia albicaudaDrive to Bwindi Impenetrable NP 19
Scaly-breasted Illadopsis albipectus                                                              Kibale NP 15
Puvel’s Illadopsis Illadopsis puveli                                                Murchison Falls NP 12
Rwenzori Hill-Babbler Pseudoalcippe abyssinica atricepsBwindi ImpenetrableNP21
Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii   Drive to Bwindi Impenetrable NP* 19
Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus                                                     Lake Mburo NP 23
Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpie                                           Semliki Forest NP 16
Dusky Tit Parus funereus                                                     Drive to Kibale Forest NP 14
White-shouldered Tit Parus guineensis                     Drive to Murchison Falls NP* 10
Stripe-breasted Tit Parus faciiventer                                 Bwindi Impenetrable NP 21
Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis                                                The Lodge* 10
Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis                                                       The Lodge* 10
Purple-breasted Sunbird Nectarinia purpureiventris      Bwindi Impenetrable NP 21
Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygia              Drive to Murchison Falls NP* 10
Regal Sunbird Cinnyris regia                                                Bwindi Impenetrable NP 21
Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens                        Semliki Forest NP 16
Green Sunbird Anthreptes rectirostris                                                          Kibale NP 15
Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea                            Royal Mile-Budongo Forest * 13
Little Green Sunbird Anthrepetes scimundi                                   Semliki Forest NP 16
Grey-headed Sunbird Deleornis axillaris                               Mabira Forest Reserve 25
Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cuprea                                                                The Lodge* 10
Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis                                                Lake Mburo NP 23
Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis     Dr.to Murchison Falls NP* 10
Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchella                                            Murchison Falls NP 11
Red-chested Sunbird Cinnyris erythrocerca                             Queen Elizabeth NP 18
Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venusta                                           Ataco Country Resort 14
Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris                            Drive to Murchison Falls NP 10
Common Fiscal Lanius collaris                                     Drive to Murchison Falls NP* 10
Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides                                  Murchison Falls NP 11
Mackinnon’s Fiscal Lanius mackinnoni                              Bwindi Impenetrable NP 21
Tropical Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus                                              Lake Mburo NP 23
Ludher’s Bush-shrike Laniarius ludheri                      Drive to Queen Elizabeth NP 17
Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster       Drive to Murchison Falls NP* 10
Papyrus Gonolek Laniarius mufumbiri                              Drive to Kibale Forest NP 14
Sooty Boubou Laniarius leucorhynchus                                Mabira Forest Reserve 25
Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis                     Bwindi Impenetrable NP 21
Pink-footed Puffback Dryoscopus angolensis           Drive to Queen Elizabeth NP 17
Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegala                                Murchison Falls NP 11
Sulphur-breasted Buch-shrike Malaconotus sulfureopectus Bwindi Impenet. NP 19
Bocage’s Bush-shrike Malaconotus bocagei                        Mabira Forest Reserve 25
Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis                                     Queen Elizabeth NP* 18
Velvet-mantled Drongo Dicrurus modestus                     Drive to Kibale Forest NP 14
Piapiac Ptilostomus afer                                               Drive to Murchison Falls NP* 10
Pied Crow Corvus albus                                               Drive to Murchison Falls NP* 10
White-naped Raven Corvus albicollis                                 Bwindi Impenetrable NP 20
Montane Oriole Oriolus percivali                                        Bwindi Impenetrable NP 21
Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrhynclus           Murchison Falls NP*12
Black-winged Oriole Oriolus nigripennis                                        Semliki Forest NP 16
Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus                           Murchison Falls NP* 11
Narrow-tailed Starling Poeoptera lugubris               Drive to Queen Elizabeth NP 17
Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgiduz        Bwindi Impenetrable NP 21
Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris            Drive to Queen Elizabeth NP 17
Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterusRoyal Mile-Budongo Fores 13
Ruppell’s Long-tailed Starling Lamprotornis purpuropterus                The Lodge* 10
Purple-headed Starling Lamprotornis purpureiceps             Royal Mile-Budongo Forest 13
Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus                                             The Lodge* 10
Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogasterDr. to Bwindi Impenetrable NP 19
Sharpe’s Starling Cinnyricinclus sharpie                            Bwindi Impenetrable NP 21
Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea                                   Drive to Queen Elizabeth NP 19
Shelley’s Sparrow Passer Shelleyi                                              Murchison Falls NP* 11
Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus                                      Murchison Falls NP* 11
Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis                           Murchison Falls NP 11
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali             Murchison Falls NP 11
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus  Murchison Falls 10
Grosbeak Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons                   Drive to Murchison Falls NP 10
Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus                              Drive to Murchison Falls NP* 10
Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius                            Queen Elizabeth NP 18
Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis                   Drive to Bwindi Impenetrable NP 19
Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis                   Drive to Queen Elizabeth NP 17
Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht stuhlmanni                   Bwindi Impenetrable NP 21
Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus                                                       Muchison Falls NP 11
Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni                                          Semliki Forest NP 16
Golden-backed Weaver Ploceus jacksoni                                  Queen Elizabeth NP 18
Yellow-backed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus                     Murchison Falls NP 11
Northern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus castanops  Drive to Kibale Forest NP 14
Compact Weaver Ploceus superciliosus                       Drive to Murchison Falls NP 10
Holub’s Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops                       Drive to Kibale Forest NP 14
Orange Weaver Ploceus aurantius                                                              Mabamba 24
Weyns’s Weaver Ploceus weynsi                                           Mabira Forest Reserve 25
Strange Weaver Ploceus alienus                                         Bwindi Impenetrable NP 21
Brown-capped Weaver Ploceus insignis                    Drive to Queen Elizabeth NP 17
Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor                   Drive to Queen Elizabeth NP 17
Black-billed Weaver Ploceus melanogaster                     Bwindi Impenetrable NP 21
Vieillot’s Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus                                Murchison Falls NP 12
Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea                                                 Murchison Falls NP 11
Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps                                       Lake Mburo NP 23
Red headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis                      Drive to Kibale Forest NP 14
Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus                                        Semliki Forest NP 16
Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens                                Murchison Falls NP 12
Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris                     Drive to Murchison Falls NP 10
Black Bishop Euplectes gierowii                                                  Murchison Falls NP* 12
Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis                                        Bwindi Impenetrable NP 21
Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macrourus                 Murchison Falls NP* 12
White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus           Drive to Murchison NP* 10
Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix                                               Semliki Forest NP 16
Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus                             Murchison Falls NP 11
Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus     Drive to Murchison Falls NP* 10
Grey-headed Negrofinch Nigrita canicapilla                                            Kibale Forest NP* 14
White-breasted Negrofinch Nigrita fusconata            Royal Mile-Budongo Forest 13
Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba                                             Queen Elizabeth NP 18
Red-winged Pytilia Pytilia phoenicoptera                                   Murchison Falls NP 12
Grey-headed Oliveback Nesocharis capistrata           Royal Mile-Budongo Forest 13
Green-backed Twinspot Mandingoa nitindula                          Murchison Falls NP 12
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus                 Murchison Falls NP* 12
Red-billed Firefinch Lagonostricta senegala                    Drive to Kibale Forest NP 14
African Firefinch Lagonostricta rubricate                                  Murchison Falls NP 11
Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonostricta rara                   Royal Mile-Budongo Forest 13
Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola                                       Lake Mburo NP 23
Black-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula                      Royal Mile-Budongo Forest 13
Black-headed Waxbill Estrilda atricapilla                          Bwindi Impenetrable NP 21
Bronze Mannikin Lonchura cucullata                                       Murchison Falls NP* 12
Black-and-white Mannikin Lonchura bicolor               Royal Mile-Budongo Forest 13
Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura                            Drive to Murchison Falls NP 10
Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeate                                           Murchison Falls NP 12
Brimstone Canary Serinus sulphuratus                                   Drive to Murchison Falls NP 10
Yellow-fronted Canary Serinus mozambicus                           Murchison Falls NP* 11
Yellow-crowned Canary Serinus sassii                                           Bwindi Impenetrable NP 21
Thick-billed Seedeater Serinus burtoni                              Bwindi Impenetrable NP 21
Western Citril Serinus frontalis                                     Drive to Murchison Falls NP 10
Streaky Seedeater Serinus striolatus                  Drive to Bwindi Impenetrable NP 19
Oriole-Finch Linurgus olivaceus                                          Bwindi Impenetrable NP 21
Cabanis’s Bunting Emberiza cabanisi                              Drive to Semliki Forest NP 16

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Mammal Species List

Chimpanzee Pann troglodytes – Kibale NP 15
Mountain Gorilla Gorilla gorilla beringei – Bwindi Impenetrable NP 20
Central African Red Colobus Piliocolobus oustaleti – Semliki Forest NP* 16
Black-and-white Colobus Colobus guereza – Murchison Falls NP* 12
Olive Baboon Papio Anubis – Murchison Falls NP* 11
Grey-cheeked Mangabey Lophocebus albigena – Kabale NP 15
Patas Monkey Cercopithecus patas – Murchison Falls NP 11
Vervet Monkey Cercopithecus pygerythrus –  Queen Elizabeth NP 18
L’Hoest’s Monkey Cercopithecus lhoesti – Bwindi Impenetrable NP 22
Blue Monkey Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni – Royal Mile-Budongo Forest * 13
Red-tailed Monkey Cercopithecus ascanilis – Murchison Falls NP* 12
Scrub Hare Lepus saxatilis – Drive to Murchison Falls NP* 10
Striped Ground Squirrel Xerus erychropus – Murchison Falls NP* 11
Red-legged Sun Squirrel Heliosciurus rugobrachium  – Kibale NP 15
Rwenzori Ground Squirrel Heliosciurus ruwenzorii – Bwindi Impenetrable NP 21
Alexandra’s Ground Squirrel Paraxerus alexandri – Royal Mile -Budongo Forest 13
African Civet Civetictis civetta  – Murchison Falls NP 10
Dwarf Mongoose Helogale parvula – Lake Mburo NP 23
Leopard Panthera pardus  – Queen Elizabeth NP 18
Lion Panthera leo  – Queen Elizabeth NP 18
African Elephant Loxodonta Africana                                        Murchison Falls NP* 11
Common Zebra Equus quagga – Lake Mburo NP 23
Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibious – Murchison Falls NP* 12
Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus – Murchison Falls NP* 10
Giant Forest Hog Hylochoerus meinertzhagenii – Queen Elizabeth NP 18
Rothschild’s Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis – Murchison Falls NP* 11
African Buffalo Syncerus caffer – Murchison Falls NP* 10
Bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus – Murchison Falls NP* 11
Black-fronted Duiker Cephalophus nigrifrons – Bwindi Impenetrable NP 20
Oribi Ourebia aurebi – Murchison Falls NP 11
Uganda Kob Kobus kob thomasi – Murchison Falls NP* 11
Defassa Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa- Murchison Falls NP 11
Impala Aepyceros melampus  – Lake Mburo NP 23
Tepi Damaliscus lunatus – Lake Mburo NP 23
Hartebeest Alcelaaphus buselapus – Murchison Falls NP* 11

Reptile List

Egyptian Cobra Naja Haja – Royal Mile-Budongo Forest 13
Striped Skink Mabuya striata   – Simba Safari Lodge near Queen Elizabeth NP 18
Nile Monitor Varanus niloticus – Boat ride at Kazinga Channel 18
Nile Crocodile Crocodylus niloticus – Murchison Falls NP 11

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