Uganda birds checklist
Uganda is Africa’s best destination for bird species with over 1,000 species to have been discovered compared to Great Britain. There are 100 West African forest species like the Great Blue Turaco,raucous Black and white Casqued Hornbill, Gem-like Green Broadbill and 23 other species being endemic to the Albertine Rift.
Uganda is the best place to see the shoebill stork which is a huge swamp bird famous for its heavy clog-shaped bill. The birds can be found in every part of the country like in the west wherethey can be found in Bwindi National Park for Albertine Rift endemics, Queen Elizabeth National Park has over 600 bird species, Semliki park has Congo Basin endemics, Mabamba swamp in Entebbe is famous for the Shoebill stork, Bigodi wetland near Kibale Forest is famous for the Great Blue Tuyraco,Murchison Falls park is famous for the savannah species like Abyssinian Ground Hornbill, Red-Throated Bee-Eater and Denham’s Bustard. The main area in Eastern Uganda for birds is Lake Bisina famous for the Papyrus Gonolek and the Shoebill.
The bird species in Uganda include,
Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinica
Abdim’s Stork Ciconia abdimii
African Blue Fly Catcher Llminia lomgicauda
African Crake Crex egregia
African Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coranotus
African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
African Cuckoo
Hawk Avicda cuculoides
African Dwarf Kingfisher Ispidina lecontei
African Emerald Cuckoo Chysococcyx cupreus
African Fin foot Podica senegalensis
African Fire finch Lagonosticta rubricata
African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer
African Goshawk Accipter tachiro
African Green Pigeon
Trero Calva
African Grey Horn bill Tockus nasutus
African Harrier Hawk Polyboroides typus
African Hawk Eagle Hierrdaetus spilogaster
African Hobby Falco Cavieri
African Jacana Actophilornis africanas
African Mourning Dove Streptopelia decipiens
African Mustached W arbler Melocichla mentalis
African Palm swift Cypsiurus parvus
African Paradise Fly Catcher Terpsiphone viridis
African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
African Reed Warbler Acrocephalus baeticatus
African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
African Shrike
Fly catcher Megabias flammulatus
African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
African Spoonbill Platalea alba
African Thrush Tardus pelios
African Water Rail Rallus Caerulescens
African Wattled Plover Vanellus senegallus
African White backed Vulture Gyps africanus
African Wood Owl Strix woodfondii
Alpine Swift Apus melba
Arrow marked Babbler Turdoides jardinii
Ashy Flycatcher Muscicapa caerulescens
Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
Ayres’ Hawk Eagle Hieraatus ayresii
Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
Banded Martin Riparia cincta
Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus
Barn owl Tyto alba
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Bat Hawk macheiramphus alcinus
Bat tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
Black and white Casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus
Black and W hite Flycatcher M egabias musicus
Black Bee eater M erops gularis
Blackbellied Bustard Eupodotismelanogaster
Black Bishop Euplectes gierowii
Black Coucal Centropus grillii
Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostris
Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
Black Cuckoo Shrike Campephaga flava
Black Headed Gomolek Laniarius erythirogaster
Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
Black Kite Milvus migrams
Black Saw wing Psalidoprocne holomelas
Black Stork Ciconia nigra
Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
Common Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
Common Teal Anas crecca
Compact W eaver Plocerus superciliosus
Copper Sunbird Cinnrys cuprea
Crested Guinea fowl Guttera pucherani
Crimson rumped W axbill Estrilda rhodopyga
Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
Crowned Hornbill Tockus alboterminatus
Curfew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
Denham’s Bustard Noetis denhami
Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
Double toothed Barbet Lybius bidentatus
Dwaft Bittern Ixobrychus sturmii
Eastern Grey Plantain Eater Crinifer zonurus
Eastern Violet backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis
Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus
Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopia
Eurasian Beeeater Merops apiaster
Eurasian Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
Eurasian Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
Eurasian Marsh Harrier Circus aerugimosus
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
Eurasian Reed W arbler Acrocephalus seixpaceus
Eurasian Roller Coracias garrulus
Eurasian Swift Apus apus
Fantailed W idowbird Euuplectes axillaris
Flappet Lark M irafra rufocinnamomea
Forest Robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax
Fulvous W histling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
Gabar Goshawk M acronisus gabar
Gabon Nightjar Caprimulgus fosii
Garden W arbler Sylvia borin
Garganey Anas querquedula
Giant Kingfisher M egacerle maxima
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
Golden breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
Grassland Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
Great Snipe
Gallmango media Feral pigon Columba livia
Great Sparrow hawk Accipiter melanoleucus
Great W hite Pelican Pelecanus anocrotalus
Greater Blueeared Starling Lamprotornis haclybaeuus
Greater Honey Guide Indicator indicator
Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
Green headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
Green Sandpiper Tringa achropus
Green Sunbird Anthreptes rectirostris
Green W ood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
Green backed Twinspot M andingoa nitidula
Green winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
Grey Kestrel Falco ardsiaceus
Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus
Grey W oodpecker Dendropicos goertae
Grey backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
Grey backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
Grey headed BushShrike M alacomotus blanchoti
Grey headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus
Grey Headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucoephala
Grey headed Negrofinch Nigrita canicapilla
Grey headed Sunbird Delearnis axillaris
Grosbeak W eaver Amblyospiza albifrons
Gull billed Tern Sterna nilotica
Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
Harlequin Quail Cornix delegorguei
Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
Hoopoe Upupa africana
Horus Swift Apus horus
Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
Narina’s Trogon Apalodermia norma
Nightingale Euscinia megarhynchos
Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
Northern Brown throated W eaver Ploceus castanops
Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
Northern Pintail Anas acuta
Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
Northern W heatear Oenanthe oenanthe
Nubian W oodpecker Campethera nubica
Olivaceous W arbler Hippolais paffida
Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacca
Olive bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygia
Olive green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronata
Osprey Pandion hahaetus
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
Paprus Canary Serinus koliensis
Papyrus Gonolek Laniarius mufumbiri
Pearl spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
Pennant winged Nightjar M acrodipteryx vexillarius
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra
Pied Crow Corvus albus
Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
Red chested Sunbird Nectarinia erythrocerca
Red Collared W idowbird Euplectes ardens
Red eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
Red faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
Red faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
Redheaded Lovebird Agapornis pullarius
Red headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
Red headed W eaver Anaplectes rubriceps
Red knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
Red necked Falcon Falco chiquera
Redumped Swallow Hirundo daurica
Redshank Tringa totanus
Red shouldered Cuckoo Shrike Cumpephaga phoenicea
Red tailed Shrike Lanius isabellinus
Red throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
Red winged Grey W arbler Drymocichla incana
Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Ring necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
River W arbler Locustella fluviatilis
Rock M artin Hirundo fuligula
Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
Ross’s Turaco M usophaga ross’s
Ruppeli’s Long tailed Glossy Starling Lamprotornis purpuropterus
Ruppell’s Vulture Gyps rueppellii
Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopucus
Saddle billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
Sand M artin Riparia riparia
Scaly Francolin Francolinus squamatus
Scarlet throated Honey guide Indicator variegatus
Scarlet Chested sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
Secretary Bird Segittarius serpentarius
Sedge W arbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Senegal Plover Vanellus lugubris
Shikra Accipiter badius
Shining blue Kingfisher Alcedo quadribrachys
Shoebill Balaeniceps rex
Short toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
Siffling Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
Slender billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
Snowy headed Robin Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
Sooty Chat M yrmecocichla nigra
Sooty Falcon Falco comcolor
Speckled M ousebird Calius Striatus
Spectacled W eaver Ploceus ocularis
Spotted Eagle Owl Bubo africanus
Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
Spur winged Plover Vanellus spinosus
Squacco Heron Andeola ralloides
Standard winged Nightjar M acrodipteryx longipennis
Streaky breasted flufftail Sarothrura boehmi
Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
Sulphur breasted Bush Shrike M alacomotus sulfureopectus
Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
Tambourine Dove Turtur tymnpanistria
Tawny flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
Temminck’s Courser Cursorius temminckia
Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami
Tropical Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus
Verreaux’s Eagle Owl Bubo lacteus
Vieillot’s Black W eaver Placeus nigerrimus
Village Indigobird Vidua chalybaeta
Violet backed Starling Cinnyricinculus leucogaster
Vitelline M asked W eaver Ploceus velatus
W ater Thick knee Burhinus vermiculatus
W attled Starling Creataphora cinerea
W himbrel Numenius phacopus
W hiskered Tern Chilidimias hybridus
White Stork Ciconia ciconia
W hite browed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas feucophrys
W hite browed Sparrow Weaver Plocepasser mahali
W hitefronted plover Charadrius margmatus
W hite headed Barbet Lybius feucocephalus
W hite headed Vulture Trigonoceps accipitalis
W hite rumped Swift Apus caffer
White Spotted flufftail Sarothrura pulchra
W hite throated Beeeater Merops afbicollis
W hitetighed Hornbill Bycanistes cylindricus
W hitewinged Tern Childonias feucopterus
W hitewinged W arbler Bradypterus carpalis
W illow W arbler Phylloscopus trochilus
W inding Cisticola Cisticola galactotes
W ing napping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii
W ire tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
W oodchat Shrike Lanius senator
W oodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalenses
W oolly necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
Yellow W agtail M otacilla flava
Yellow W hite eye Zosterops senegalensis
Yellowbacked Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
Yellowbellied Hyliota Hyliota flavigaster
Yellowbilled Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
Yellowbilled Stork M ycteria ibis
Yellow breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
Yellow fronted Canary Serinus mozambicus
Yellow fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysocomus
Yellow mantled W idowbird Euplectes macrourus
Yellow throated Longclaw M acronyx croccus
Zebra Waxbill Amandava subflava
Zitting Cisticola Cisticola funcidis