Uganda  -  List of birds seen , 1st to 16th February 2004

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

ANHINGAS

African Darter
  Anhinga melanogaster

HERONS, EGRETS & BITTERNS

Grey Heron
  Ardea cinerea

Black-headed Heron
  Ardea melanocephala

Goliath Heron
  Ardea goliath

Purple Heron
  Ardea purpurea

Great Egret
  Casmerodius albus

Black Egret
  Egretta ardesiaca

Intermediate Egret
  Egretta intermedia

Little Egret
  Egretta garzetta

Common Squacco Heron
  Ardeola ralloides

Cattle Egret
  Bubulcus ibis

Green-backed (Striated) Heron
  Butorides striatus

Black-crowned Night-Heron
  Nycticorax nycticorax

Little Bittern
  Ixobrychus minutus

HAMERKOP

Hamerkop
  Scopus umbretta

SHOEBILL

Shoebill
  Balaeniceps rex

STORKS

Yellow-billed Stork
  Mycteria ibis

African Openbill
  Anastomus lamelligerus

Abdim's Stork
  Ciconia abdimii

Saddle-billed Stork
  Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis

Marabou Stork
  Leptoptilos crumeniferus 

IBISES & SPOONBILLS

Sacred Ibis
  Threskiornis aethiopicus

Hadada Ibis
  Bostrychia hagedash

Glossy Ibis
  Plegadis falcinellus

DUCKS & GEESE

White-faced Whistling-Duck
  Dendrocygna viduata

Egyptian Goose
  Alopochen aegyptiacus

Knob-billed Duck
  Sarkidiornis melanotos

African Pygmy Goose
  Nettapus auritus

Yellow-billed Duck
  Anas undulata

OSPREY

Osprey
  Pandion haliaetus

HAWKS, EAGLES & KITES

Black-shouldered Kite
  Elanus caeruleus

Black Kite
  Milvus migrans

Yellow-billed Kite
  Milvus aegyptius

African Fish-Eagle
  Haliaeetus vocifer

Palm-nut Vulture
  Gypohierax angolensis

Hooded Vulture
  Necrosyrtes monachus

White-backed Vulture
  Gyps africanus

Black-breasted Snake Eagle
  Circaetus pectoralis

Brown Snake Eagle
  Circaetus cinereus

Western Banded Snake Eagle
  Circaetus cinerascens

Bateleur
  Terathopius ecaudatus

European Marsh Harrier
  Circus aeruginosus

African Marsh-Harrier
    Circus ranivorus

Pallid Harrier
  Circus macrourus

Montagu's Harrier
  Circus pygargus

Lizard Buzzard
  Kaupifalco monogrammicus

Dark Chanting-Goshawk
  Melierax metabates

African Goshawk
  Accipiter tachiro

Little Sparrowhawk
  Accipiter minullus

Great (Black) Sparrowhawk
  Accipiter melanoleucus

Common Buzzard
  Buteo buteo

Augur Buzzard
  Buteo augur

Steppe Eagle
  Aquila nipalensis

Wahlberg's Eagle
  Aquila wahlbergi

African Hawk-Eagle
  Aquila spilogaster

Martial Eagle
  Polemaetus bellicosus

Long-crested Eagle
  Lophaetus occipitalis

Crowned Hawk-Eagle
  Stephanoaetus coronatus

FALCONS

Common Kestrel
  Falco tinnunculus

Grey Kestrel
  Falco ardosiaceus

Peregrine Falcon
  Falco peregrinus

QUAILS & FRANCOLINS

Crested Francolin
  Francolinus sephaena

Red-necked Spurfowl
  Francolinus afer

GUINEAFOWL

Crested Guineafowl
  Guttera pucherani

Helmeted Guineafowl
  Numida meleagris

CRANES

Grey Crowned-Crane
  Balearica regulorum

RAILS & CRAKES

Black Crake
  Amaurornis flavirostris

Purple Swamphen
   Porphyrio porphyrio

BUSTARDS

Black-bellied Bustard
  Lissotis melanogaster

JACANAS

African Jacana
  Actophilornis africanus

SHOREBIRDS

Black-winged Stilt
  Himantopus himantopus

Long-toed Lapwing
  Vanellus crassirostris

Spur-winged Plover
  Vanellus spinosus

Crowned Lapwing
  Vanellus coronatus

Wattled Lapwing
  Vanellus senegallus

Common Ringed Plover
  Charadrius hiaticula

Kittlitz's Plover
  Charadrius pecuarius

Caspian Plover
  Charadrius asiaticus

African Snipe
  Gallinago nigripennis

Common Snipe
  Gallinago gallinago

Black-tailed Godwit
  Limosa limosa

Spotted Redshank
  Tringa erythropus

Marsh Sandpiper
  Tringa stagnatilis

Common Greenshank
  Tringa nebularia

Wood Sandpiper
  Tringa glareola

Common Sandpiper
  Actitis hypoleucos

Little Stint
  Calidris minuta

Curlew Sandpiper
  Calidris ferruginea

Ruff
  Philomachus pugnax

THICK-KNEES

Senegal Thick-knee
   Burhinus senegalensis

 Water Thick-knee
  Burhinus vermiculatus

PRATINCOLES & COURSERS

Temminck's Courser
  Cursorius temminckii

Collared Pratincole
  Glareola pratincola

Rock Pratincole
    Glareola nuchalis

GULLS, TERNS & SKIMMER

Grey-headed Gull
  Larus cirrocephalus

Gull-billed Tern
  Sterna nilotica

Whiskered Tern
  Chlidonias hybridus

White-winged Tern
  Chlidonias leucopterus

African Skimmer
  Rynchops flavirostris

PIGEONS & DOVES

Rock Dove
  Columba livia

Speckled Pigeon
  Columba guinea

African Mourning Dove
  Streptopelia decipiens

Red-eyed Dove
  Streptopelia semitorquata

Ring-necked Dove
  Streptopelia capicola

Vinaceous Dove
  Streptopelia vinacea

Laughing Dove
  Streptopelia senegalensis

Black-billed Wood-Dove
  Turtur abyssinicus

Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
  Turtur afer

Tambourine Dove
  Turtur tympanistria

Namaqua Dove
  Oena capensis

Bruce's Green-Pigeon
  Treron waalia

African Green-Pigeon
  Treron calva

PARROTS

Red-headed Lovebird
  Agapornis pullarius

Grey Parrot
  Psittacus erithacus

Brown (Meyer's) Parrot
  Poicephalus meyeri

TURACOS

Great Blue Turaco
  Corythaeola cristata

Black-billed Turaco
  Tauraco schuettii

White-crested Turaco
  Tauraco leucolophus

Ross's Turaco
  Musophaga rossae

GO-AWAY-BIRDS & PLANTAINEATER

Bare-faced Go-away-bird
  Corythaixoides personatus

Eastern Grey Plantain-eater
  Crinifer zonurus

CUCKOOS & COUCALS

Black-and-white Cuckoo
  Oxylophus jacobinus

Levaillant's Cuckoo
  Oxylophus levaillantii

Red-chested Cuckoo
  Cuculus solitarius

Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo
  Cercococcyx mechowi

Klaas's Cuckoo
  Chrysococcyx klaas

African Emerald Cuckoo
  Chrysococcyx cupreus

Diederik Cuckoo
  Chrysococcyx caprius

Yellowbill
  Ceuthmochares aereus

Blue-headed Coucal
  Centropus monachus

Senegal Coucal
  Centropus senegalensis

White-browed Coucal
  Centropus superciliosus

OWLS

Pearl-spotted Owlet
  Glaucidium perlatum

NIGHTJARS

Square-tailed (Gabon) Nightjar
  Caprimulgus fossii

SWIFTS

Sabine's Spinetail
  Rhaphidura sabini

African Palm-Swift
  Cypsiurus parvus

Alpine Swift
  Apus melba

Common Swift
  Apus apus

Little Swift
  Apus affinis

White-rumped Swift
  Apus caffer

MOUSEBIRDS

Speckled Mousebird
  Colius striatus

Blue-naped Mousebird
  Urocolius macrourus

TROGONS

Narina Trogon
  Apaloderma narina

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

Giant Kingfisher
  Megaceryle maxima

Pied Kingfisher
  Ceryle rudis

BEE-EATERS

Black Bee-eater
  Merops gularis

Red-throated Bee-eater
  Merops bulocki

Little Bee-eater
  Merops pusillus

Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
  Merops oreobates

Swallow-tailed Bee-eater
  Merops hirundineus

White-throated Bee-eater
  Merops albicollis

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
  Merops persicus

European Bee-eater
  Merops apiaster

ROLLERS

Lilac-breasted Roller
  Coracias caudata

Broad-billed Roller
  Eurystomus glaucurus

Blue-throated Roller
  Eurystomus gularis

HOOPOES & WOOD-HOOPOES

African Hoopoe
  Upupa africana

White-headed Wood-hoopoe
  Phoeniculus bollei

HORNBILLS

Crowned Hornbill
  Tockus alboterminatus

African Pied Hornbill
  Tockus fasciatus

African Gray Hornbill
  Tockus nasutus

Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill
  Bycanistes subcylindricus

White-thighed Hornbill
  Bycanistes albotibialis

Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill
  Bucorvus abyssinicus

BARBETS

Grey-throated Barbet
  Gymnobucco bonapartei

Speckled Tinkerbird
    Pogoniulus scolopaceus

Yellow-throated Tinkerbird
  Pogoniulus subsulphureus

Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
  Pogoniulus bilineatus

Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
  Pogoniulus chrysoconus

Yellow-spotted Barbet
  Buccanodon duchaillui

Hairy-breasted Barbet
  Tricholaema hirsuta

Spot-flanked Barbet
  Tricholaema lachrymosa

Black-billed Barbet
  Lybius guifsobalito

Double-toothed Barbet
  Lybius bidentatus

HONEYGUIDES

Least Honeyguide
  Indicator exilis

WOODPECKERS

Cardinal Woodpecker
    Dendropicos fuscescens

Yellow-crested Woodpecker
  Dendropicos xantholophus

Olive Woodpecker
  Dendropicos griseocephalus

LARKS

Rufous-naped Lark
  Mirafra africana

Red-capped Lark
  Calandrella cinerea

SWALLOWS

Sand Martin
  Riparia riparia

Plain (Brown-throated) Martin
  Riparia paludicola

Banded Martin
  Riparia cincta

Barn Swallow
  Hirundo rustica

Angola Swallow
  Hirundo angolensis

Wire-tailed Swallow
  Hirundo smithii

Lesser Striped-Swallow
  Hirundo abyssinica

Red-rumped Swallow
  Hirundo daurica

White-headed Saw-wing
  Psalidoprocne albiceps

Black Saw-wing
  Psalidoprocne holomelas

WAGTAILS, PIPITS, ETC

African Pied Wagtail
  Motacilla aguimp

Cape Wagtail
  Motacilla capensis

Yellow Wagtail
  Motacilla flava

Yellow-throated Longclaw
  Macronyx croceus

African Pipit
  Anthus cinnamomeus

CUCKOO-SHRIKES

Petit's Cuckoo-shrike
  Campephaga petiti

BULBULS

Common Bulbul
  Pycnonotus barbatus

Shelley's Greenbul
  Andropadus masukuensis

Little Greenbul
  Andropadus virens

Slender-billed Greenbul
  Andropadus gracilirostris

Yellow-whiskered Bulbul
  Andropadus latirostris

Spotted Greenbul
  Ixonotus guttatus

Yellow-throated (Leaflove) Greenbul
  Chlorocichla flavicollis

Joyful Greenbul
  Chlorocichla laetissima

White-throated Greenbul
  Phyllastrephus albigularis

Red-tailed Greenbul
  Criniger calurus

THRUSHES, ROBINS, CHATS, ETC

Rufous Flycatcher-Thrush
   Stizorhina fraseri

Equatorial Akalat
  Sheppardia aequatorialis

White-browed Robin-Chat
  Cossypha heuglini

Brown-backed Scrub-Robin
  Cercotrichas hartlaubi

Whinchat
  Saxicola rubetra

African Stonechat
  Saxicola torquata

Northern Wheatear
  Oenanthe oenanthe

Sooty Chat
  Myrmecocichla nigra

(Mocking) Cliff Chat
    Myrmecocichla cinnamomeiventris

 White-tailed Ant-Thrush
  Neocossyphus poensis

African Thrush
  Turdus pelios

Red-throated Alethe
  Alethe poliophrys

SYLVIIDAE

Red-faced Cisticola
  Cisticola erythrops

Trilling Cisticola
  Cisticola woosnami

Chubb's Cisticola
  Cisticola chubbi

Winding Cisticola
  Cisticola galactotes

Croaking Cisticola
  Cisticola natalensis

Siffling Cisticola
  Cisticola brachypterus

Zitting Cisticola
  Cisticola juncidis

Tawny-flanked Prinia
  Prinia subflava

White-chinned Prinia
  Prinia leucopogon

Banded Prinia
  Prinia bairdii

Black-throated Apalis
  Apalis jacksoni

Mountain Masked Apalis
  Apalis personata

Buff-throated Apalis
  Apalis rufogularis

Grey Apalis
  Apalis cinerea

Grey-capped Warbler
  Eminia lepida

Grey-backed Camaroptera
  Camaroptera brachyura

Olive-green Camaroptera
  Camaroptera chloronota

Black-faced Rufous-Warbler
  Bathmocercus rufus

African Moustached Warbler
  Melocichla mentalis

White-winged Warbler
  Bradypterus carpalis

Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
  Hippolais pallida

Green Crombec
  Sylvietta virens

White-browed Crombec
  Sylvietta leucophrys

Northern Crombec
  Sylvietta brachyura

Green Hylia
  Hylia prasina

Willow Warbler
  Phylloscopus trochilus

Garden Warbler
  Sylvia borin

FLYCATCHERS, BATISES, ETC

Silverbird
  Empidornis semipartitus

White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher
  Melaenornis fischeri

Northern Black Flycatcher
  Melaenornis edolioides

Yellow-eyed Black-Flycatcher
  Melaenornis ardesiacus

Forest Flycatcher
  Fraseria ocreata

Swamp Flycatcher
  Muscicapa aquatica

Chapins's Flycatcher
  Muscicapa lendu

African Dusky Flycatcher
  Muscicapa adusta

Dusky-blue Flycatcher
  Muscicapa comitata

Cassin's Grey Flycatcher
  Muscicapa cassini

Ashy Flycatcher
  Muscicapa caerulescens

African Shrike-flycatcher
  Megabyas flammulatus

Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher
  Bias musicus

Brown-throated Wattle-eye
  Platysteira cyanea

Chestnut Wattle-eye
  Platysteira castanea

Rwenzori Batis
  Batis diops

Chinspot Batis
  Batis molitor

African Blue-flycatcher
  Elminia longicauda

White-tailed Blue-flycatcher
  Elminia albicauda

Dusky Crested-flycatcher
  Trococerchus nigromitratus

Black-headed Paradise-flycatcher
  Terpsiphone rufiventer

African Paradise-flycatcher
  Terpsiphone viridis

BABBLERS

Brown Illadopsis
  Illadopsis fulvescens

Black-lored Babbler
  Turdoides sharpei

Arrow-marked Babbler
  Turdoides jardineii

TITS & WHITE-EYE

Dusky Tit
  Parus funereus

Yellow White-eye
  Zosterops senegalensis

SUNBIRDS

Green Sunbird
  Anthreptes rectirostris

Collared Sunbird
  Hedydipna collaris

Green-headed Sunbird
  Cyanomitra verticalis

Blue-throated Brown Sunbird
  Cyanomitra cyanolaema

Olive Sunbird
  Cyanomitra olivacea

Green-throated Sunbird
  Chalcomitra rubescens

Scarlet-chested Sunbird
  Chalcomitra senegalensis

Bronze Sunbird
  Nectarinia kilimensis

Olive-bellied Sunbird
  Cinnyris chloropygia

Regal Sunbird
  Cinnyris regia

Beautiful Sunbird
  Cinnyris pulchella

Marico Sunbird
  Cinnyris mariquensis

Red-chested Sunbird
  Cinnyris erythrocerca

Orange-tufted Sunbird
  Cinnyris bouvieri

Superb Sunbird
  Cinnyris superba

Variable Sunbird
  Cinnyris venusta

Copper Sunbird
   Cinnyris cuprea

ORIOLES

Western Black-headed Oriole
  Oriolus brachyrhynchus

African Black-headed Oriole
  Oriolus larvatus

Montane Oriole
  Oriolus percivali

SHRIKES, BUSH-SHRIKES, ETC

Grey-backed Fiscal
  Lanius excubitoroides

Mackinnon's Fiscal
  Lanius mackinnoni

Common Fiscal
  Lanius collaris

Woodchat Shrike
  Lanius senator

Pink-footed Puffback
  Dryoscopus angolensis

Marsh Tchagra
  Tchagra minuta

Black-crowned Tchagra
  Tchagra senegala

Brown-crowned Tchagra
  Tchagra australis

Lühder's Bush-shrike
  Laniarius luehderi

Tropical Boubou
  Laniarius aethiopicus

Black-headed Gonolek
  Laniarius erythrogaster

Papyrus Gonolek
  Laniarius mufumbiri

Bocage’s Bush-shrike
  Telophorus bocagei

Sulphur-breasted Bush-shrike
  Telophorus sulfureopectus

DRONGOS

Fork-tailed Drongo
  Dicrurus adsimilis

CROWS

Piapiac
  Ptilostomus afer

Pied Crow
  Corvus albus

STARLINGS

Greater Blue-eared Starling
  Lamprotornis chalybaeus

Lesser Blue-eared Starling
  Lamprotornis chloropterus

Splendid Starling
  Lamprotornis splendidus

Rüppell's Long-tailed Starling
  Lamprotornis purpuropterus

Superb Starling
  Lamprotornis superbus

Violet-backed Starling
  Cinnyricinclus leucogaster

Narrow-tailed Starling
  Poeoptera lugubris

Stuhlmann's Starling
  Poeoptera stuhlmanni

Yellow-billed Oxpecker
   Buphagus africanus

WEAVERS, ETC

Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver
  Plocepasser superciliosus

Baglafecht Weaver
  Ploceus baglafecht

Slender-billed Weaver
  Ploceus pelzelni

Little Weaver
  Ploceus luteolus

Lesser Masked Weaver
  Ploceus intermedius

Spectacled Weaver
  Ploceus ocularis

Black-necked Weaver
  Ploceus nigricollis

Black-billed Weaver
  Ploceus melanogaster

Holub's Golden-Weaver
  Ploceus xanthops

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

Brown-capped Weaver
  Ploceus insignis

Red-headed Malimbe
  Malimbus rubricollis

Cardinal Quelea
  Quelea cardinalis

Red-billed Quelea
  Quelea quelea

Grosbeak Weaver
  Amblyospiza albifrons

WIDOWBIRDS & BISHOPS

Southern Red Bishop
  Euplectes orix

Fan-tailed Widowbird
  Euplectes axillaris

Red-collared Widowbird
  Euplectes ardens

WAXBILLS, FIREFINCHES, ETC

White-breasted Negrofinch
  Nigrita fusconota

Grey-headed Negrofinch
  Nigrita canicapilla

White-collared Oliveback
  Nesocharis ansorgei

Red-billed Firefinch
  Lagonosticta senegala

African Firefinch
  Lagonosticta rubricata

Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
  Uraeginthus bengalus

Fawn-breasted Waxbill
   Estrilda paludicola

Common Waxbill
  Estrilda astrild

Black-crowned Waxbill
  Estrilda nonnula

Bronze Mannikin
  Lonchura cucullata

Black-and-white Mannikin
  Lonchura bicolor

WHYDAHS & INDIGOBIRDS

Pin-tailed Whydah
  Vidua macroura

SEEDEATERS & CANARIES

Yellow-fronted Canary
  Serinus mozambicus

Streaky Seedeater
  Serinus striolatus

Thick-billed Seedeater
  Serinus burtoni

BUNTINGS

African Golden-breasted Bunting
  Emberiza flaviventris

SPARROWS

Grey-headed Sparrow
   Passer griseus

Species seen - 369

The following 22 species were heard only:

Nahan’s Francolin
  Francolinus nahani

Scaly Francolin
  Francolinus squamatus

Afep Pigeon
  Columba unicincta

Western Bronze-naped Pigeon
  Columba iriditorques

Black Cuckoo
  Cuculus clamosus

Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo
  Cercococcyx olivinus

African Wood Owl
  Strix woodfordii

Chocolate-backed Kingfisher
  Halcyon badia

Greater Honeyguide
  Indicator indicator

Red-tailed (Common) Bristlebill
  Bleda syndactyla

Honeyguide Greenbul
  Baeopogon indicator

Western (Yellow-spotted) Nicator
  Nicator chloris

Forest Robin
  Stiphrornis erythrothorax

Brown-chested Alethe
  Alethe poliocephala

Fire-crested Alethe
  Alethe diademata

Spotted Morning-Thrush
  Cichladusa guttata

Eurasian Reed Warbler
  Acrocephalus scirpaceus

Whistling Cisticola
  Cisticola lateralis

Short-tailed Warbler
  Hemitesia neumanni

Grey-throated Flycatcher
  Myioparus griseigularis

Scaly-breasted Illadopsis
    Illadopsis albipectus

Doherty’s Bush-shrike
  Malaconotus dohertyi

List of Mammals seen