Uganda Bird List, 19th February to 6th March 2005

GREBES
Little Grebe
  Tachybaptus ruficollis

PELICANS
Great White Pelican
  Pelecanus onocrotalus
Pink-backed Pelican
  Pelecanus rufescens

CORMORANTS
White-breasted (Great) Cormorant
  Phalacrocorax (carbo) lucidus
Long-tailed Cormorant
  Phalacrocorax africanus
HERONS & EGRETS
Grey Heron
  Ardea cinerea
Black-headed Heron
  Ardea melanocephala
Goliath Heron
  Ardea goliath
Purple Heron
  Ardea purpurea
Great Egret
  Casmerodius albus
Intermediate Egret
  Egretta intermedia
Little Egret
  Egretta garzetta
Squacco Heron
  Ardeola ralloides
Rufous-bellied Heron
  Ardeola rufiventris
Cattle Egret
  Bubulcus ibis
Striated Heron
  Butorides striatus
Black-crowned Night Heron
  Nycticorax nycticorax

HAMERKOP
Hamerkop
  Scopus umbretta

STORKS
Yellow-billed Stork
  Mycteria ibis
African Openbill
  Anastomus lamelligerus
Abdim's Stork
  Ciconia abdimii
Woolly-necked Stork
  Ciconia episcopus
Saddle-billed Stork
  Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
Marabou Stork
  Leptoptilos crumeniferus

SHOEBILL
 Shoebill
  Balaeniceps rex

IBISES
Sacred Ibis
  Threskiornis aethiopicus
Hadada Ibis
  Bostrychia hagedash

FLAMINGOS
Lesser Flamingo
  Phoeniconaias minor

DUCKS & GEESE
White-faced Whistling-Duck
  Dendrocygna viduata
Egyptian Goose
  Alopochen aegyptiacus
Spur-winged Goose
  Plectropterus gambensis
African Pygmy-goose
  Nettapus auritus
Yellow-billed Duck
  Anas undulata

ACCIPITRIDAE
Bat Hawk
  Macheiramphus alcinus
Black-shouldered Kite
  Elanus caeruleus
Black/Yellow-billed Kite
  Milvus migrans/aegyptius
African Fish Eagle
  Haliaeetus vocifer
Palm-nut Vulture
  Gypohierax angolensis
Hooded Vulture
  Necrosyrtes monachus
African White-backed Vulture
  Gyps africanus
Short-toed Eagle
  Circaetus gallicus
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
  Circaetus pectoralis
Brown Snake-Eagle
  Circaetus cinereus
Bateleur
  Terathopius ecaudatus
Eurasian Marsh Harrier
  Circus aeruginosus
African Marsh Harrier
  Circus ranivorus
Pallid Harrier
  Circus macrourus
Montagu's Harrier
  Circus pygargus
African Harrier-Hawk
  Polyboroides typus
Lizard Buzzard
  Kaupifalco monogrammicus
African Goshawk
  Accipiter tachiro
Great Goshawk
  Accipiter melanoleucus
Common Buzzard
  Buteo buteo
Augur Buzzard
  Buteo augur
Tawny Eagle
  Aquila rapax
Steppe Eagle
  Aquila nipalensis
Wahlberg's Eagle
  Aquila wahlbergi
Martial Eagle
  Polemaetus bellicosus
Long-crested Eagle
  Lophaetus occipitalis

FALCONS
 Eurasian Kestrel
  Falco tinnunculus
Grey Kestrel
  Falco ardosiaceus
African Hobby
  Falco cuvierii
Peregrine Falcon
  Falco peregrinus

FRANCOLINS
Red-necked Francolin
  Francolinus afer

GUINEAFOWL
Helmeted Guineafowl
  Numida meleagris
Crested Guineafowl
  Guttera pucherani

CRANES
Grey Crowned Crane
  Balearica regulorum

RAILS & RELATIVES
Red-chested Flufftail
  Sarothrura rufa
Black Crake
  Amaurornis flavirostris
Common Moorhen
  Gallinula chloropus

BUSTARDS
 Black-bellied Bustard
  Lissotis melanogaster

JACANAS
African Jacana
  Actophilornis africanus

STILTS & AVOCETS
Black-winged Stilt
  Himantopus himantopus
Pied Avocet
  Recurvirostra avosetta

THICK-KNEES
Water Thick-knee
  Burhinus vermiculatus

COURSERS & PRATINCOLES
Temminck's Courser
  Cursorius temminckii
Collared Pratincole
  Glareola pratincola

LAPWINGS & PLOVERS
Long-toed Lapwing
  Vanellus crassirostris
Spur-winged Plover
  Vanellus spinosus
Senegal Lapwing
  Vanellus lugubris
Crowned Lapwing
  Vanellus coronatus
Wattled Lapwing
  Vanellus senegallus
Common Ringed Plover
  Charadrius hiaticula
Kittlitz's Plover
  Charadrius pecuarius

SANDPIPERS & RELATIVES
Common Snipe
  Gallinago gallinago
Black-tailed Godwit
  Limosa limosa
Marsh Sandpiper
  Tringa stagnatilis
Common Greenshank
  Tringa nebularia
Green Sandpiper
  Tringa ochropus
Wood Sandpiper
  Tringa glareola
Common Sandpiper
  Actitis hypoleucos
Ruddy Turnstone
  Arenaria interpres
Little Stint
  Calidris minuta
Curlew Sandpiper
  Calidris ferruginea
Ruff
  Philomachus pugnax

GULLS & TERNS
 Lesser Black-backed Gull
  Larus fuscus
Grey-headed Gull
  Larus cirrocephalus
Gull-billed Tern
  Sterna nilotica
White-winged Tern
  Chlidonias leucopterus

SKIMMERS
African Skimmer
  Rynchops flavirostris

PIGEONS AND DOVES
Feral Pigeon
  Columba livia
Speckled Pigeon
  Columba guinea
Red-eyed Dove
  Streptopelia semitorquata
Ring-necked Dove
  Streptopelia capicola
Laughing Dove
  Streptopelia senegalensis
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
  Turtur afer
Tambourine Dove
  Turtur tympanistria
African Green-Pigeon
  Treron calva

PARROTS
Brown Parrot
  Poicephalus meyeri

TURACOS
Great Blue Turaco
  Corythaeola cristata
Ross's Turaco
  Musophaga rossae
Bare-faced Go-away-bird
  Corythaixoides personatus
Eastern Grey Plantain-eater
  Crinifer zonurus

CUCKOOS
Black-and-white Cuckoo
  Clamator jacobinus
Red-chested Cuckoo
  Cuculus solitarius
Black Cuckoo
  Cuculus clamosus
Common Cuckoo
  Cuculus canorus
Klaas's Cuckoo
  Chrysococcyx klaas
African Emerald Cuckoo
  Chrysococcyx cupreus
Diederik Cuckoo
  Chrysococcyx caprius
Yellowbill
  Ceuthmochares aereus
Blue-headed Coucal
  Centropus monachus
White-browed Coucal
  Centropus superciliosus

OWLS
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
  Bubo lacteus
African Wood-Owl
  Strix woodfordii

SWIFTS
Scarce Swift
  Schoutedenapus myoptilus
African Palm Swift
  Cypsiurus parvus
Alpine Swift
  Apus melba
Eurasian Swift

  Apus apus
Little Swift
  Apus affinis
White-rumped Swift
  Apus caffer

MOUSEBIRDS
Speckled Mousebird
  Colius striatus
Blue-naped Mousebird
  Urocolius macrourus

TROGONS
Bar-tailed Trogon
  Apaloderma vittatum

KINGFISHERS
Malachite Kingfisher
  Alcedo cristata
African Pygmy-Kingfisher

  Ispidina picta
Grey-headed Kingfisher
  Halcyon leucocephala
Woodland Kingfisher
  Halcyon senegalensis
Blue-breasted Kingfisher
  Halcyon malimbica
Striped Kingfisher
  Halcyon chelicuti
Pied Kingfisher
  Ceryle rudis

BEE-EATERS
Black Bee-eater
  Merops gularis
Red-throated Bee-eater
  Merops bulocki
Blue-breasted Bee-eater
  Merops variegatus
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
  Merops oreobates
White-throated Bee-eater
  Merops albicollis
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
  Merops persicus

ROLLERS
Lilac-breasted Roller
  Coracias caudata
Broad-billed Roller
  Eurystomus glaucurus

HOOPOES & WOODHOOPOES
(African)  Hoopoe
  Upupa (epops) africana
Green Wood-hoopoe
  Phoeniculus purpureus

HORNBILLS
Crowned Hornbill
  Tockus alboterminatus
African Pied Hornbill
  Tockus fasciatus
African Grey Hornbill
  Tockus nasutus
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill
  Ceratogymna subcylindricus
Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill
  Bucorvus abyssinicus

BARBETS & TINKERBIRDS
Grey-throated Barbet
  Gymnobucco bonapartei
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
  Pogoniulus bilineatus
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
  Pogoniulus chrysoconus
Yellow-spotted Barbet
  Buccanodon duchaillui
Hairy-breasted Barbet
  Tricholaema hirsuta
White-headed Barbet
  Lybius leucocephalus
Black-billed Barbet
  Lybius guifsobalito
Double-toothed Barbet
  Lybius bidentatus

HONEYGUIDES
Greater Honeyguide
  Indicator indicator

WOODPECKERS
Nubian Woodpecker
  Campethera nubica
Buff-spotted Woodpecker
  Campethera nivosa
Cardinal Woodpecker
  Dendropicos fuscescens
Golden-crowned Woodpecker
  Dendropicos xantholophus
Elliot's Woodpecker
  Dendropicos elliotii
Grey Woodpecker
  Dendropicos goertae

LARKS
Rufous-naped Lark
  Mirafra africana
Flappet Lark
  Mirafra rufocinnamomea
Red-capped Lark
  Calandrella cinerea

SWALLOWS & MARTINS
Sand Martin
  Riparia riparia
Rock Martin
  Hirundo fuligula
Barn Swallow
  Hirundo rustica
Angola Swallow
  Hirundo angolensis
Wire-tailed Swallow
  Hirundo smithii
Lesser Striped-Swallow
  Hirundo abyssinica
Rufous-chested Swallow
  Hirundo semirufa
Red-rumped Swallow
  Hirundo daurica
Common House Martin
  Delichon urbica
Black Sawwing
  Psalidoprocne holomelas

WAGTAILS AND PIPITS
African Pied Wagtail
  Motacilla aguimp
Cape Wagtail
  Motacilla capensis
Yellow Wagtail

  Motacilla flava
Yellow-throated Longclaw
  Macronyx croceus
Grassland Pipit
  Anthus cinnamomeus

CUCKOO-SHRIKES
Petit's Cuckoo-shrike
  Campephaga petiti
Red-shouldered Cuckoo-shrike
  Campephaga phoenicea

BULBULS
Common Bulbul
  Pycnonotus barbatus
Shelley's Greenbul
  Andropadus masukuensis
Little Greenbul
  Andropadus virens
Grey Greenbul
  Andropadus gracilis
Slender-billed Greenbul
  Andropadus gracilirostris
Yellow-throated Greenbul
  Chlorocichla flavicollis
Joyful Greenbul
  Chlorocichla laetissima
Leaf-love
  Phyllastrephus scandens
Western Nicator
   Nicator chloris
Red-tailed Greenbul
   Criniger calurus

THRUSHES, CHATS & RELATIVES
White-browed Robin-Chat
  Cossypha heuglini
Red-capped Robin-Chat
  Cossypha natalensis
Snowy-headed Robin-Chat
  Cossypha niveicapilla
Brown-backed Scrub-Robin
  Cercotrichas hartlaubi
Whinchat
  Saxicola rubetra
Common Stonechat
  Saxicola torquata
Northern Wheatear
  Oenanthe oenanthe
Sooty Chat
  Myrmecocichla nigra
Rufous Flycatcher-Thrush
  Neocossyphus fraseri
Olive Thrush
  Turdus olivaceus
African Thrush
  Turdus pelios

WARBLERS
Red-faced Cisticola
  Cisticola erythrops
Singing Cisticola
  Cisticola cantans
Chubb's Cisticola
  Cisticola chubbi
Winding Cisticola
  Cisticola galactotes
Croaking Cisticola
  Cisticola natalensis
Zitting Cisticola
  Cisticola juncidis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
  Prinia subflava
White-chinned Prinia
  Prinia leucopogon
Banded Prinia
  Prinia bairdii
Black-throated Apalis
  Apalis jacksoni
Buff-throated Apalis
  Apalis rufogularis
Grey-capped Warbler
  Eminia lepida
Green-backed Camaroptera
  Camaroptera brachyura
Olive-green Camaroptera
  Camaroptera chloronota
Black-faced Rufous-Warbler
  Bathmocercus rufus
Sedge Warbler
  Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
Eurasian Reed Warbler
  Acrocephalus scirpaceus
Greater Swamp Warbler
  Acrocephalus rufescens
Lesser Swamp Warbler
  Acrocephalus gracilirostris
Papyrus Yellow Warbler
  Chloropeta gracilirostris
Green Crombec
  Sylvietta virens
White-browed Crombec
  Sylvietta leucophrys
Northern Crombec
  Sylvietta brachyura
Red-faced Woodland-Warbler
  Phylloscopus laetus
Willow Warbler
  Phylloscopus trochilus
Yellow-bellied Hyliota
  Hyliota flavigaster
WATTLE-EYES, ETC
Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher
  Bias musicus
Brown-throated Wattle-eye
  Platysteira cyanea

FLYCATCHERS
Northern Black-Flycatcher
  Melaenornis edolioides
Swamp Flycatcher
  Muscicapa aquatica
Cassin's Grey Flycatcher
  Muscicapa cassini
African Dusky Flycatcher
  Muscicapa adusta
Dusky-blue Flycatcher
  Muscicapa comitata
Ashy Flycatcher
  Muscicapa caerulescens

MONARCH FLYCATCHERS
African Paradise-Flycatcher
  Terpsiphone viridis

BABBLERS
Black-lored Babbler
  Turdoides sharpei
Arrow-marked Babbler
  Turdoides jardineii

TITS
Dusky Tit
  Melaniparus funereus

SUNBIRDS
Collared Sunbird
  Hedydipna collaris
Green-headed Sunbird
  Cyanomitra verticalis
Blue-headed Sunbird
  Cyanomitra alinae
Olive Sunbird
  Cyanomitra olivacea
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
  Chalcomitra senegalensis
Bronze Sunbird
  Nectarinia kilimensis
Olive-bellied Sunbird
  Cinnyris chloropygius
Red-chested Sunbird
  Cinnyris erythrocerca

WHITE-EYES
African Yellow White-eye
  Zosterops senegalensis

ORIOLES
Western Black-headed Oriole
  Oriolus brachyrhynchus

SHRIKES
Grey-backed Fiscal
  Lanius excubitoroides
Mackinnon's Shrike
  Lanius mackinnoni
Common Fiscal
  Lanius collaris

BUSH-SHRIKES
Pink-footed Puffback
  Dryoscopus angolensis
Black-crowned Tchagra
  Tchagra senegala
Brown-crowned Tchagra
  Tchagra australis
Tropical Boubou
  Laniarius aethiopicus
Black-headed Gonolek
  Laniarius erythrogaster
Papyrus Gonolek
  Laniarius mufumbiri
Sulphur-breasted Bush-shrike
  Telophorus sulfureopectus

DRONGOS
Fork-tailed Drongo
  Dicrurus adsimilis

CROWS
Piapiac
  Ptilostomus afer
Pied Crow
  Corvus albus

STARLINGS
Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling
  Lamprotornis chalybaeus
Splendid Starling

  Lamprotornis splendidus
Rüppell's Long-tailed Starling
  Lamprotornis purpuropterus
Purple-headed Starling
  Lamprotornis purpureiceps
Violet-backed Starling
  Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
Stuhlmann's Starling
  Poeoptera stuhlmanni
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
  Buphagus africanus

WEAVERS & RELATIVES
Baglafecht Weaver
  Ploceus baglafecht
Slender-billed Weaver
  Ploceus pelzelni
Little Weaver
  Ploceus luteolus
Black-necked Weaver
  Ploceus nigricollis
Black-billed Weaver
  Ploceus melanogaster
Orange Weaver
  Ploceus aurantius
Northern Brown-throated Weaver
  Ploceus castanops
Black-headed (Village) Weaver
  Ploceus cucullatus
Vieillot's Black Weaver
  Ploceus nigerrimus
Weyns's Weaver
  Ploceus weynsi
Yellow-backed Weaver
  Ploceus melanocephalus
Golden-backed Weaver
  Ploceus jacksoni
Red-headed Weaver
  Anaplectes rubriceps
Red-billed Quelea
  Quelea quelea
Northern Red Bishop
  Euplectes franciscanus
Southern Red Bishop
  Euplectes orix
Fan-tailed Widowbird
  Euplectes axillaris
Red-collared Widowbird
  Euplectes ardens

WAXBILLS
White-breasted Negrofinch
  Nigrita fusconota
Grey-headed Negrofinch
  Nigrita canicapilla
African Firefinch
  Lagonosticta rubricata
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
  Uraeginthus bengalus
Fawn-breasted Waxbill
  Estrilda paludicola
Common Waxbill
  Estrilda astrild
Black-crowned Waxbill
  Estrilda nonnula
Black-faced Quail-Finch
  Ortygospiza atricollis
Bronze Mannikin
  Lonchura cucullata
Black-and-white Mannikin
  Lonchura bicolor
Magpie Mannikin
  Lonchura fringilloides

WHYDAHS
Pin-tailed Whydah
  Vidua macroura

CANARIES & RELATIVES
Cape Canary
  Serinus canicollis
African Citril
  Serinus citrinelloides
Yellow-fronted Canary
  Serinus mozambicus
Brimstone Canary
  Serinus sulphuratus
Streaky Seedeater
  Serinus striolatus
Thick-billed Seedeater
  Serinus burtoni

SPARROWS
Grey-headed Sparrow
  Passer griseus

 Mammal List

Chimpanzee
Gorilla
Guereza Colobus
Central African Red Colobus
Olive Baboon
Vervet Monkey
L’Hoest’s Monkey
Red-tailed Monkey
Boehm’s Squirrel
Common Striped Grass Mouse
Cane-rat sp.
Straw-coloured Fruit Bat
Egyptian Fruit Bat
African Elephant
Spot-necked Otter
Banded Mongoose
Marsh Mongoose
Spotted Hyaena
Lion
Common Zebra
Hippopotamus
Giant Hog
Common Warthog
African Buffalo
Bushbuck
Kob
Waterbuck
Impala
Topi