Birdwatching Trip Report from Uganda

The itinerary was based originally on two weeks family holiday, then a week birding in the Bwindi area at the end, hence the anti-clockwise route. Accommodation probably needs to be booked in advance for most places as Uganda is becoming increasingly popular. A day was wasted at the start doing the Botanical gardens and Lutembe, and another day in the Kibale area. One of these days could have been spent at Mgahinga, as finding Shelley's Crimsonwing may take 2 days. Or the 2 days could be used to go for Fox's Weaver and overnight at Mt Elgon. Doing Ruhizha before Bwindi, then driving the long way round to Mgahinga, when it is only a bumpy 22 km. from Ruhizha to Kisoro, (with a Papyrus Yellow Warbler site possibly still on the way?), was also probably wrong, although it did take 2 days to get the Broadbill. A better idea may be to follow the reverse of this itinerary. The following 20 day itinerary could be extended by 2 days at the end to include Fox's Weaver

Day 1    Lake Victoria grasslands and Kaaku swamp, overnight Lake Mburo
Day 2     Lake Mburo until early p.m. then straight to Kisoro. Overnight Kisoro
Day 3     Mgahinga all day Overnight Kisoro/Mgahinga
Day 4     Mgahinga a.m. Transfer Ruhizha. Overnight Ruhizha Bamboo zone in evening.
Day 5     Ruhizha Mubwindi Swamp trail all day. Overnight Ruhizha
Day 6     Bird via The Neck to Buhoma. Overnight Buhoma
Day 7     Buhoma - Bwindi Forest all day. Overnight Buhoma
Day 8     Buhoma - Bwindi Gorilla Trek. Overnight Buhoma
Day 9     Bwindi a.m. for anything missed, and then transfer to Q E Park Overnight Jacana Lodge.
Day 10   a.m. around lodge, then to Mweya for pm boat trip. Overnight Mweya
Day 11   a.m. game drive then transfer Fort Portal/ Sebitoli area for late pm birding
Day 12   Kibale Forest for Pitta a.m. Bigodi Swamp pm
Day 13   Kibale forest a.m. or straight to Butiaba escarpment then to Budongo. Overnight Nyabyeya College
Day 14   Budongo Forest all day. Royal Mile. Overnight Nyabyeya College
Day 15   Budongo Forest all day. Overnight Nyabyeya College (this day may be necessary if any dips
Day 16   Kaniyo Pabide a.m. Murchison top of Falls pm until dusk. Overnight Paraa Rest camp
Day 17   Boat trip to Delta a.m. game drive north of river p.m. Overnight Paraa Rest camp
Day 18   a.m. game drive north of river (if required) then transfer to Mabira. Overnight Mabira bandas
Day 19   Mabira forest all day. Overnight Mabira bandas
Day 20   Mabira Forest a.m. Entebbe Botanical Gardens for 2 hours before transfer to airport.

ACCOMMODATION

Originally a proposed family holiday, the family decided to remain in 6-star luxury in Dubai and Rome, kindly allowing GD to concentrate on his preferred dawn to dusk birding. This resulted in travelling alone with just driver and guide, so to keep costs down, accommodation was adjusted from game lodges and hotels to usually simple bandas. Advantages were that the costs were minimised, birding was more often at the doorstep, and the simplicity of the lifestyle had a certain appeal. However, the occasional comfort of en-suite bathroom, electricity and hot water was certainly appreciated, and I would recommend up-grading at Queen Elizabeth NP at least.

Day by Day Account with highlights

27th July: Late arrival at Entebbe from Dubai on Emirates Airways via Nairobi. Stayed at Central Inn.

28th July: visited Lutembe Swamp in morning, just north of Entebbe. Good range of waterbirds seen and Blue-breasted Bee-eater, but no Shoebill. Hired a fisherman's canoe from the beach down the road to the left of the entrance gate for the Lutembe Paradise Beach Resort. (Mbamba swamp is a much better bet for Shoebill I believe, but so is the boat trip at Murchison.) Then back to Entebbe Botanical Gardens (opens 8 or 8.30 a.m.), essential for Orange Weaver and probably best site for Golden-backed Weaver, before driving via Kampala to Mabira, where birded in evening and stayed at simple bandas right in the forest. Ate at the NP centre on platform overlooking the forest.

29th July: Whole day at Mabira working both sides of the road. Night in banda near NP Headquarters, eating at HQ.

Species seen at Mabira included Crowned Eagle, White-spotted Flufftail taped in along stream across road from the centre, Brown and Grey Parrots at dawn/dusk, Black-billed Turaco, Sabine's and Mottled Spinetails, Forest Wood-hoopoe, White-thighed and African Pied Hornbills, Least Honeyguide and Cassin's Honeybird, White-shouldered Black Tit, Scaly-breasted and Brown Illadopsis, Green-tailed Bristlebill, Forest Robin, Fire-crested Alethe all around centre clearing and bandas, Black-throated Apalis, Yellow-browed Camaroptera, Grey and Yellow Longbills taped in, Tit Hylia and Green Hylia, Dusky Blue and Grey-throated and Lead-coloured Flycatchers, Black-throated Wattle-eye, Sooty Boubou, Purple-throated Cuckoo-shrike, Little Green Sunbird and Weyn's Weaver.

30th July: Early morning birding at Mabira, then drove to Masindi for lunch, then on to Budongo forest pm but heavy rain from 2 pm put a stop to birding the Busingiro camp site trail where others saw Nahan's Francolin, and preventing visit to the pool there where Shining Blue Kingfisher seen. In the clearing next to the camp found Superb Sunbird. Checked in at Nyabyeya College where other birders also staying. Weather cleared in early evening for walk in nearby fields for White-thighed Hornbill, seed-eaters, and heard Black-shouldered Nightjar.

31st July: All day at Budongo, working the Royal Mile all morning. Species included Chocolate-backed and African Dwarf Kingfishers, Cassin's Spinetail, Cassin's Honeybird, Red-tailed Bristlebill, Icterine and Xavier's Greenbuls, Black-capped Apalis, Brown-crowned Erememola, elusive Ituri Batis, Uganda Woodland Warbler, Lemon-bellied Crombec, Forest and Chestnut-capped Flycatchers, Olive Sunbird, Crested and Red-headed Malimbes, Brown Twinspot, White-breasted Negro-finch and Black-bellied Seedcracker. Then birded the main road at Busingiro where added Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo, returning in evening to fields to try for Cabanis's Bunting, although dipped. Spectacular evening roosting flights of Black-and-White Casqued Hornbills and Grey Parrots.

1st August: Early departure to via Masindi to Kaniyo Pabide (driver missed obvious turn on Gullu road, costing us one hour). This is the site for Puvel's Illadopsis, and despite damp, dripping conditions and its complete lack of response to the tape, two fairly easily seen next to trail. Searched in vain for Rufous-sided Broadbill, but Afep Pigeon flushed off road on drive-in. After 2 hours, left for Murchison proper, seeing Yellow-bellied Hyliota at the Park Gate, checked in to the almost empty Sambiya River Lodge, then drove to top of Murchison Falls, seeing only Heuglin's Francolin and Cabanis's Bunting of the trip at the first puddle outside the lodge, and good numbers of Rock Pratincoles on the semi-submerged islands. Searched below the Falls along a steep trail for Pel's Fishing Owl at the fairly regular stake-out, but dipped, the owl possibly disturbed by two tourists hiking ahead of us. Giant Kingfisher seen. Found Red-winged Grey Warbler at camp-site entrance, bur no expected ptylias. Drove down to Paraa Rest Camp, where we should have stayed, so that we could book the boat trip to the delta for the next morning, then returned after dark to "nightjar" back to Sambiya, seeing Pennant-winged, Square-tailed (Gabon) and White-tailed (Swamp) Nightjars, with Spotted Eagle Owls flushed off the road.

2nd August: Murchison NP all day. Accidentally locked out of the vehicle, we lost an hour, then drove to Paraa Rest Camp, checked in, saw species like Silverbird before crossing the river Nile on the ferry and birded on foot, while William got a slow puncture fixed. Found Grey-headed Oliveback and Dusky Babbler in first bushes, (new site ?), then walked up to Paraa Lodge for drinks. The vehicle finally arrived, and we set off on the planned game drive in north Murchison down towards the delta. Alfred believed I didn't need Shoebill, and we missed it, not seeing any along the shore of Lake Albert. We should have seen more birds on this drive such as Ground Hornbill, Red-necked Falcon, Senegal Thick-knee etc, but our late start meant it was hot, and there were few if any ticks for me, so we didn't put in the extra effort. We did see species like Spotted Thick-knee, Nubian Woodpecker, Dark Chanting Goshawk and some other dry country specialities. Other birders saw 3 Shoebills from the morning boat trip that I should have been on! Re-crossing the river, White-rumped Seedeaters were found beyond the camp on the overgrown football field on the left beyond the Paraa camp. We then returned to the top of the falls, staying to dusk to watch the spectacle of Bat Hawk, Grey Kestrel and Wahlberg's Eagle taking bats that poured out of the caves, Bruce's Green Pigeon flying in to roost over falls. Then "nightjarred" back to Paraa Camp, immediately seeing Long-tailed in the first 100 metres, then Slender-tailed, together with species from night before. A few deserved beers.

3rd August: Left Paraa before dawn for the long drive to Kibale, stopping at the Butiaba escarpment We intended to spend 2 to 3 hours, but only spent one hour (hungover?) walking up the valley. Foxy Cisticola was quite easy, and Black-bellied Firefinch, but Red-winged Ptylia again eluded us. Also seen, Cliff Chat, Green-backed Erememola, Northern Crombec, Yellow-bellied Hyliota and Golden-breasted Bunting. Late afternoon checked in to simple but hospitable Sebitoli Tourist Camp by the main road through Kibale Forest. The shower arrangement was certainly interesting. Tiny Sunbird was in the clearing and next to main road... Walked back to the right along main road to a bridge/stream, where African Black Duck and Cassin's Flycatcher staked out, with Many-coloured and Luhder's Bush-shrikes in roadside vegetation and Uganda Spotted Woodpecker also seen. A possible White-naped Pigeon flew over, and the first Blue-throated Rollers performed at dusk.

4th August: birded around Sebitoli on a forest trail, seeing little new apart from Black Bee-eater (later seen at Bwindi) then Kihingami wetland (little new seen) and around Sebitoli in evening. Stayed Sebitoli Tourist Camp again. In retrospect, this was a wasted day on the itinerary.

5th August: Birded Kibale Forest from the Chimp tracking centre. One of the rangers here, Harriet, had seen a Pitta the day before, and after a frustrating wait to 8 a.m. for the park to open, she took us with two armed rangers straight to the spot, flushing Crested Guineafowl on route. Alfred soon found two birds that gave excellent close views. The birds were silent, and flew low when approached. Tipped Harriet and she will keep a look-out for the Pittas. Also seen: Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo, Hairy-breasted Barbet, Speckled Tinkerbird, Yellow-billed Barbet, Masked and Black-throated Apalis, Black-faced Rufous Warbler, White-browed Crombec, Pink-footed Puffback, Waller's and Narrow-tailed Starlings and Variable Sunbird.

Then to Bigodi Swamp where after some effort, saw Papyrus Gonolek, White-winged Warbler and White-collared Oliveback. Shining Blue Kingfisher dipped again. Then checked in the peaceful Lake Nkuruba Cottage in Crater Lakes country, notable for Bamboo Warblers at dusk on the approach road, and Little Grebe and Giant Kingfisher on the lake.

6th August: early start to Semliki, stopping to bird grassy habitat just above main cultivation altitude, seeing Orange-cheeked Waxbill, then on to Hot Springs area for afternoon birding with the ranger, Rose. Chestnut-flanked Goshawk, Red-billed and Piping Hornbills, Western Bronze-naped Pigeon and Swamp Palm Bulbuls seen, but birding very quiet in palm forest. Checked in to Rainbow Hotel in Bundibugyo, but only place in town to eat was Vanilla Hotel, where should have stayed in first place, as slightly more up-market. Watched Spy Kids 2 on satellite TV at Rainbow Hotel, a strange contrast to the evident poverty and pitch darkness all around.

7th August: early start for Kirumia trail, meeting Rose at the entrance. Flushed a Bates' Nightjar off the path at the entrance to the trail. The trail starts in good secondary growth, and then passes through a wet area with grassy clearings and abandoned banana plots. This can be flooded and slow going, but it was quite passable. We were following an Elephant, with dung still steaming and freshly broken grass: apparently they favour these clearings. The Elephant did not cross the bridged stream just before a short ascent into terra firme forest where Rufous-sided Broadbill was displaying. A second area of drier forest was later reached, with potential camping. At mid-day we were still about 5 km from the river when men carrying fish passed us, and we turned around.

Highlights included Western Bronze-naped Pigeon, Yellow-throated Cuckoo (taped in), Black-throated Coucal only heard, Shining-blue Kingfisher, Black-casqued Wattled Hornbill, all previous day's hornbills plus White-crested Hornbill (always near feeding monkeys), Red-rumped Tinkerbird, Rufous-sided Broadbill, Gabon Woodpecker, Red-tailed Ant-Thrush, Yellow-throated Nicator, Icterine and Xavier's Greenbuls, Dusky Crested Flycatcher, Chestnut-breasted and Pale-fronted Negrofinches and Red-fronted Ant-pecker. The main dip was African Piculet which is usually seen, but there were several other possibilities such as Lowland Akalat, Red-bellied and Blue-billed Malimbes, and one half-day did not do it justice. If more time was spent in the Semliki area, then another day on the trail, and the road north of the Hot Springs would be worth exploring, as the river is only about 2 km from the settlement there, with possibly a chance of White-throated Blue Swallow or Hartlaub's Duck. Of course, a trip to Cameroon would get these species.

Then drove to Fort Portal and stayed in the comfortable Travellers Inn, but unfortunately it was Saturday night, and an all-night disco some distance away was clearly audible from my room, and after the quiet of the forest, prevented sleep.

8th August: after getting a tyre fixed, we drove to the Mweya entrance to Queen Elizabeth NP, and birded the opposite side of the main road towards Kasenyi, a crater lake where salt is extracted Near here the burned ground had a first flush of green grass shoots from local rain. This was the habitat of Brown-chested (and Senegal) Plovers, and after a short search, at least 20 of the former were found by the roadside. This was fortunate, as the favoured Lake Mburo site was later found to be very dry, and no birds were seen there. After a game/bird drive, checked in to the rather basic Ecological Hostel, (a small and dismal room with no power point, but friendly Warthogs and Mongoose), and booked the afternoon Kazinga Channel cruise. Another unproductive game/bird drive followed, looking for the Skimmers that sometimes roost to the left of the jetty, viewable from the camp site loop. However they had gone down the channel to the right, as we found when we took the boat trip. This was pleasant and relaxing, with close views of Hippo and Buffalo, with Giant Forest Hogs coming to drink, and photo opportunities for a good range of waterbirds. African Crake was seen running between bushes and the Skimmers were at the mouth of the channel on the beach with Grey-headed Gulls and pelicans. Later we drove out about 8 km along the channel and parked up waiting for dusk. Verreaux's Eagle Owl perched above the car, and a Black-shouldered Nightjar was torched on a branch before we set off back in the dark, encountering a family of Spotted Hyena on the way. Night game drives are prohibited. Looking for nightjars did not seem to be a problem if you leave the lodge for a late afternoon game drive but delay coming back until after dark (as at Murchison). Dinner in Mweya staff canteen.

9th August: left at dawn and drove to the virtually empty Jacana River Lodge, where just one family of tourists who had been on the same cruise were staying. Lovely location and facilities, and pleasant buffet breakfast. A little surprised we weren't really birding the Maramagambo forest, but maybe there was little we needed. It then became clear when Alfred called to show me a Shining Blue Kingfisher by the swimming pool..a stake-out. The grass was much longer here, and we flushed a Blue Quail on the drive out. Then a bumpy drive with a puncture to Ishasha, with Red-headed Lovebird and White-winged Black Tit on the way. We booked in at the primitive hostel (the banda was full) and ordered dinner. A game drive to the Lake Edward flats found huge herds of elephants, and Red-capped Lark, while in a dry area we found Temminck's Coursers and Collared Pratincoles. After a siesta another drive and we found two lions, one in a tree and one ill, but no new birds, although we checked the small papyrus swamp where Shoebill can occur, and grass for Harlequin Quail. Collared Palm Thrush has been seen here (once?). Three species of nightjar were seen around the camp in the evening.

10th August: left early to get tyre fixed again, and buy food for next two nights, then drove via The Gap to Ruhizha, a long drive. Birded before the Gap in open farmland just after the Buhoma turn. Alfred immediately found Red-throated Wryneck, Levaillant's Cuckoo, Scaly-throated Honeyguide and Black-throated Seed-eater. At The Neck, Black Bee-eaters were perched above the road; Cassin's Flycatcher and White-bellied Robin-Chat were seen at the bridge stake-out. As rain threatened to fall, the highest area of forest along the right side of the road held Dusky Tit, Chestnut-throated Apalis, McKinnon's Fiscal, Blue-headed, Purple-breasted and Regal Sunbirds. The last slow 15 km of boulder road was painfully slow. In the evening as the rain cleared we birded along the road near the centre and after checking in at NP HQ to collect a guard, drove about 10 km up into the bamboo zone. New birds came thick and fast.

Highlights were: Handsome Francolin on road after rain, Western Green Tinkerbird, Stripe-breasted Tit, Grey-chested and Mountain Illadopsis, Mountain Greenbul, Red-throated Alethe, Archer's Robin-Chat (only heard today), White-starred Forest Robin, Cinnamon Bracken, Mountain Yellow and Red-faced Woodland Warblers, Rwenzori Batis, Bocage's Bush-shrike, Petit's Cuckoo-shrike, Narrow-tailed Starling and Dusky Crimsonwing.

Stayed in the large hostel which we had to ourselves, and the cook we had hired from NP HQ prepared the food we had brought with us. During the night, Red-chested Owlets were heard.

11th August: while the driver mended a slow puncture with superglue, we checked in at the NP HQ to collect our armed ranger, and then set off on the steep Mubwindi Swamp trail, that takes about 2 hours mostly downhill, the site for Grauer's Green Broadbill. It had nested using moss very near to the swamp two month's earlier, but had now departed It feeds in the brown-leaved trees on the steep slopes above the swamp. Despite searching until after mid-day, we didn't see any, and left before the afternoon rains arrived. Lagden's Bush-Shrike was heard above the swamp, but did not show. Otherwise the birding was good, especially the bottom of the hill just above the swamp, where most of the birds were seen. Birds seen on the higher part of the trail followed by (u).

Highlights: Scarce Swift, Black-billed Turaco (u), Dwarf Honeyguide, Fine-banded Woodpecker (u), Rwenzori Hill-Babbler*, Kivu Ground Thrush, Archer's Robin-Chat, Black-throated, Black-faced and Collared Apalis, Black-faced Rufous, Evergreen Forest, Grauer's Rush (easy), Grauer's Warblers, White-browed Crombec. Yellow-eyed, White-eyed Slaty, White-tailed Blue and White-tailed Crested Flycatchers, Montane Sooty Boubou, Doherty's Bush-Shrike (u) (second clearing on way down), Montane Oriole (u), Waller's and Stuhlmann's Starlings (u), Strange and Brown-capped Weavers.

Torching in the evening, had excellent views of two African Wood Owls, and brief views of a Rwenzori Nightjar that would not respond to the tape.

12th August: changed our plans and instead of leisurely birding The Neck on the way to Buhoma, we did the Mubwindi Swamp trail again for Green Broadbill, walking faster to get there earlier. Saw nearly all the previous day's birds except Kivu Ground Thrush and Doherty's Bush-shrike, and Lagden's were not even calling, but added Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo (u) and Bar-tailed Trogon near the swamp. For at least three hours, there was no sign, and so we reluctantly set off back, but about 300 metres back up the slope, Alfred heard the thin sip flight call some way off to the right, and we clambered off-trail until the bird was in front of us. Decision justified, we got back in time for the afternoon rain that persisted all the way to Buhoma where it was pouring down. Checked in to the simple but comfortable Bwindi View bandas, ordered a three-course dinner, and birded the entrance road after the rains, alive with secondary growth species. Magpie Mannikin was roosting in the tree in front of the restaurant, (and later others seen in the tree outside the NP entrance where the guards sit).

13th August: spent the morning with three armed rangers walking the wide main Bwindi trail, until we got a thorough soaking from a mid-day downpour, and beat a retreat. Birding was slow at first, partly because there were few new ones, but these did gradually accumulate. Some proved elusive.Red-chested Owlets were not responding, Yellow-footed Flycatcher was not on its usual snag or Willcock's Honeyguide calling from the top of its usual tree. Buff-spotted Flufftail called right next to the path, and movement seen in the dark undergrowth caused a flutter of excitement until we could discern that we were looking at a mouse. The rangers kept out of the way for the most part, but did choose that moment to clump up to us, and the Flufftail stopped calling.

Highlights were: Western Bronze-naped Pigeon, Olive-Long-tailed Cuckoo (after playing tapes all morning to no avail), Scarce Swift, Bar-tailed Trogon, Blue-throated Roller, African Broadbill, Ansorge's Greenbul, Red-throated Alethe, Equatorial Akalat, White-bellied Robin-Chat, Grauer's Warbler, Short-tailed Warbler, Chapin's Flycatcher, Red-faced Antpecker, Oriole Finch.

14th August: repeated yesterday's walk along the Bwindi main trail to find the few missed yesterday, but turned left to do a loop along the stream. After playing tapes for some time, had two frustratingly brief views of Red-chested Owlets: perhaps they are getting tired of responding. We decided to leave early for the fairly straightforward but long drive to Kisoro and Mgahinga, getting a new inner tube on the way. On one of the higher passes, stopped by a weedy field for Dusky Twinspot and these ridges were good for raptors, with Cassin's Hawk Eagle finally being seen. There ought to be Short-tailed Pipit here? One of the papyrus swamps on route, a previous stake-out for Papyrus Yellow Warbler, was now 100% Irish potatoes, although Grey Crowned Cranes clearly liked the habitat. Overnight at the Traveller's Rest, ("Dianne Fossey's second home"), $35 B&B and very comfortable.

15th August: about 40 minutes very bumpy drive to the Mgahinga NP entrance, where admission is 8 a.m. Augur Buzzards, Streaky Seed-eaters and Golden-breasted Bunting in the car park. Accompanied by four armed rangers, set off in search of remaining higher altitude endemics. Almost immediately identified the larger and fairly common Rwenzori Double-collared Sunbird (Stuhlmann's), and Rwenzori Turaco seen in the first trees among the bamboo. Then spent a frustrating few hours searching for Crimsonwings, with Red-faced Crimsonwing heard, but Mgahinga was extremely dry, and the grasses and short bamboo around 2000 to 2200 metres favoured by Shelley's Crimsonwing were not flowering or seeding. Additions to the list included Mountain Buzzard and Cape Robin Chat, with Western Green Tinkerbird only the second of the trip. By early afternoon we were on our way but a one hour stop in Kisoro for yet another tyre change meant we arrived in pitch black at 8 p.m. As we had changed the itinerary, our booking had not arrived, but there was a spare tent and the lakeside restaurant was still serving fish and chips. The 20 metre trip to the toilet behind the tent was an adventure, with both Hippo and Buffalo encountered by torchlight. A real African night in the bush, and good night's sleep.

16th August: awoken by the dawn chorus, and birded around the Lake Mburo campsite on foot until the NP office opened at 8 a.m. to pay for permits. If facing towards the lake, looking to the right from the office scanning treetops in a hollow, we picked out two Red-faced Barbets that then flew right over us, the buildings and out of sight. Target species seen, we headed down for breakfast. A quick scan with the scope under the overhanging vegetation to the left of the restaurant, before the first launch reached and scared them, found two African Finfoot. Lake Mburo was extremely dry, and already it was getting hot. We drove round, and walked about, for several hours seeing very little of note except a snared Zebra that keeled over in front of our eyes. Other birds included Coqui Francolin (heard), Emerald-spotted Wood Dove (only site in Uganda?), Red-headed Lovebird, White-winged Black Tit, Long-tailed (Tabora) Cisticola, White-tailed Crested Flycatcher and Marico Sunbird. We looked in vain for Miombo Wren-Warbler (Stierling's Barred Warbler) that has been recorded here. On the way out back to the main road we finally flushed a Harlequin Quail from an area of short dry grass also favoured by Wattled Plovers.

After a short stop at a roadside swamp, we then spent until nearly dusk at Kaaku Swamp. This area ought to be made a reserve, with bird hides, compensation to local villagers etc. Almost immediately we got out the car, Alfred picked up a distant bird gradually descending from the sky. It was a Shoebill.what a strange flight silhouette. It slowly descended and dropped into the papyrus and out of sight. What a relief, but also what now to do tomorrow instead of Mbamba Swamp? Anyway, back to birding: working towards the left end of the swamp, despite reed-cutters and cattle grazers, the number of birds increased. Kaaku is separately listed in the day by day account so a fuller list is there, but highlights included:

Rufous-bellied Heron (4), African Pygmy-goose, Knob-billed Duck, Lesser Jacana, Lilac-breasted Roller.

We then drove on to Masaka, where a quick scan of the swamp revealed two Sitatunga. We turned right towards Tanzania, and stayed in the next large town.

17th August: early start heading south for about 20 km, then turned left onto dirt towards Lake Victoria, and stopped after 15 km? after crossing a river, then some forest and dead trees on the right, birding damp grassland before a ridge to the right. (This site should be in Rossouw?). Once the sun came up, the target Blue Swallows were found hawking around cattle with a few Barn Swallows and Banded Martins. Red-winged Francolin, Afep Pigeon, Red-headed Lovebird, Yellow-crested Woodpecker, Yellow-throated Leaflove, Broad-tailed and African Moustached Warblers and White-collared Oliveback was present, but we had to leave before we had time to search for Red-billed Quailfinch, in order for Alfred to meet up with the Birdquest group. I returned to Entebbe Botanical Gardens for Jackson's Golden-backed Weaver, also adding African Water Rail and Lesser Moorhen along the shoreline of Lake Victoria.

MAMMALS

African Lion (2 at Ishasha)
Chimpanzee (3 along Royal Mile)
Olive Baboon
Grey-cheeked Mangabey
Guereza Colobus
Central African Red Colobus
Vervet Monkey
Red-tailed Monkey
Gentle (Blue) Monkey
Gentle (Golden) Monkey
De Brazza's Monkey
L'Hoest's Monkey
Yellow-winged Bat
Checkered Elephant-Shrew
Western Tree Hyrax
African Elephant
Common Warthog
Giant Hog
(Kazinga and Ishasha)
Jameson's Hartebeeste
Oribi
Kob
Waterbuck
Bushbuck
Impala
Topi
Kongoni
Sitatunga
Rwenzori Red Duiker
Common Zebra
Giraffe
Hippopotamus
African Buffalo
Banded Mongoose
Spot-necked Otter
(river near Sebitoli)
African Clawless Otter
(below Falls at Murchison)
Uganda Grass-Hare
Scrub Hare
Striped Ground Squirrel
Alexander's Dwarf Squirrel
Boehm's Squirrel

REFERENCES

I used just the one bird book:
Field Guide to the Birds of East Africa, 2001, by Terry Stevenson and John Fanshawe. Poyser £29.95

Also had access to:
The Kingdom Field Guide to African Mammals, 1997, by Jonathan Kingdom. Natural World £29.95
African Bird Sounds, Volume 2, by C Chappuis. 11 CD set, includes nearly all Albertine endemics.

Other books larger groups would take are:

Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania, 1996, by Dale Zimmerman, Don Turner, et al. Helm £50
This gives more detail for most species encountered in Uganda, and could be carried by someone in a larger group.

Where to watch birds in Uganda, 1998, by Jonathan Rossouw and Marco Sacchi. This site guide would be essential if birding without a guide, and useful in planning the itinerary.

REPORTS

Uganda Birding plus Gorillas in Rwanda. J Hornbuckle 25th July - 17th August 2001 Worldtwitch
Uganda July 2002 Jan Vermuelen. Birdtours.co.uk
Uganda 5th-26th August 2002. Sam Woods Birdtours.co.uk

Daily log: Nomenclature as in Stephenson and Fanshawe: sequence down-loaded from a web-site to save time, and contained some errors. One on Avibase is more comprehensive, with Latin names. Appeared to be loosely based on Clements.

Species List Uganda July 28th to August 17th 2004

Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
Long-tailed Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus
Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
African Darter Anhinga rufa
Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Green-backed Heron Butorides striatus
Great Egret Casmerodius albus
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Yellow-billed Egret Mesophoyx intermedia
Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Shoebill Balaeniceps rex
Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
African Open-billed Stork Anastomus lamelligerus
Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus
Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumeniferus
Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
African Spoonbill Platalea alba
White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
Egyptian Goose Alapochen aegyptiacus
Hottentot Teal Anas hottentota
African Black Duck Anas sparsa
Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
African Pygmy-goose Nettapus auritus
Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotus
Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
African White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
Ruppell's Vulture Gyps ruepellii
Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
Beaudouin's Snake Eagle Circaetus beaudouni
Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
Shikra Accipiter badius
Chestnut-flanked Goshawk Accipiter castanilius
Great Sparrowhawk Accipiter melanoleucus
Little Sparrowhawk Accipiter minullus
Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
African Goshawk Accipiter tachiro
Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
Wahlberg's Eagle Aquila wahlbergi
Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus
Cassin's Hawk Eagle Hieraaetus africanus
Ayres's Hawk Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
African Hawk Eagle Hieraaetus spilogaster
Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
African Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer
Black Kite Milvus migrans
Yellow-billed Kite Milvus parasiticus
Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus
Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
Blue Quail Coturnix adansonii
Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
Red-necked Spurfowl Francolinus afer
Coqui Francolin Francolinus coqui
Heuglin's Francolin Francolinus icterorhynchus
Red-winged Francolin Francolinus levaillantii
Handsome Francolin Francolinus nobilis
Crested Francolin Francolinus sephaena
Scaly Francolin Francolinus squamatus
Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
African Crake Crex egregia
Lesser Moorhen Gallinula angulata
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostris
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio
African Water Rail Rallus caerulescens
Buff-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura elegans
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra
African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
Black-bellied Bustard Eupodotis melanogaster
African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius
Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris
Crowned Plover Vanellus coronatus
Long-toed Plover Vanellus crassirostris
Senegal Plover Vanellus lugubris
African Wattled Plover Vanellus senegallus
Spur-winged Plover Vanellus spinosus
Brown-chested Plover Vanellus superciliosus
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
Grey-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica
African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
Feral Pigeon Columba livia
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques
Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta
Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
African Mourning Dove Streptopelia decipiens
Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis
Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
African Green Pigeon Treron calva
Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
Red-headed Lovebird Agapornis pullarius
Brown Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus
Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata
Bare-faced Go-away Bird Corythaixoides personata
Eastern Grey Plantain-eater Crinifer zonurus
Ross's Turaco Musophaga rossae
Ruwenzori Turaco Tauraco johnstoni
White-crested Turaco Tauraco leucolophus
Black-billed Turaco Tauraco schuettii
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi
Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx montanus
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus
Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
Yellow-throated Green Cuckoo Chrysococcyx flavogularis
Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
Levaillant's Cuckoo Oxylophus levaillantii
African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
Yellowbill Ceuthmochares aereus
Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster
Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
Spotted Eagle Owl Bubo africanus
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Bubo lacteus
African Wood Owl Ciccaba woodfordii
Red-chested Owlet Glaucidium tephronotum
African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
Bate's Nightjar Caprimulgus batesi
Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus
Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
Gabon Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
African White-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis
Pennant-winged Nightjar Macrodipteryx vexillarius
Black-shouldered Nightjar Caprimulgus nigriscapularis
Ruwenzori Nightjar Caprimulgus ruwenzorii
Little Swift Apus affinis
Eurasian Swift Apus apus
African Black Swift Apus barbatus
White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
Alpine Swift Apus melba
African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus
Cassin's Spinetail Neafrapus cassini
Sabine's Spinetail Rhaphidura sabini
Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum
Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata
Shining-blue Kingfisher Alcedo quadribrachys
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia
Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
African Dwarf Kingfisher Ispidina lecontei
African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki
Black Bee-eater Merops gularis
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
Madagascar Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
Blue-breasted Bee-eater Merops variegatus
Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudata
Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis
White-headed Wood-Hoopoe Phoeniculus bollei
Forest Wood-Hoopoe Phoeniculus castaneiceps
Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
Green Wood-Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
White-thighed Hornbill Bycanistes albotibialis
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus
Black-casqued Wattled Hombill Ceratogymna atrata
Crowned Hornbill Tockus alboterminatus
Red-billed Dwarf Hombill Tockus camurus
Piping Hornbill Bycanistes fistulator
African Pied Hornbill Tockus fasciatus
African Grey Hornbill Tockus nasutus
White-crested Hornbill Tropicranus albocristatus
Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui
Grey-throated Barbet Gymnobucco bonapartei
Double-toothed Barbet Lybius bidentatus
Black-billed Barbet Lybius guifsobalito
Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta
Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lachrymosa
Red-faced Barbet Lybius rubrifacies
Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogonilius atroflavus
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
Western Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus coryphaeus
Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus
Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus
Least Honeyguide Indicator exilis
Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
Dwarf Honeyguide Indicator pumilio
Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
Willcocks' Honeyguide Indicator willcocksii
Cassin's Honeybird Prodotiscus insignis
African Green Broadbill Pseudocalyptomena graueri
African Broadbill Smithornis capensis
Rufous-sided Broadbill Smithornis rufolateralis
Green-breasted Pitta Pitta reichenowi
Red-throated Wryneck Jynx ruficollis
Brown-eared Woodpecker Campethera caroli
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Campethera nivosa
Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
Fine-banded Woodpecker Campethera tullbergi
Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
Gabon Woodpecker Dendropicos gabonensis
Uganda Spotted Woodpecker Dendropicos poecilolaemus
Elliot's Woodpecker Dendropicos elliotii
Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus
Yellow-crested Woodpecker Dendropicos xantholophus
Brown-backed Woodpecker Picoides obsoletus
Bearded Woodpecker Dendropicos namaquus
Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
Rufous-naped Lark Mirafra africana
White-tailed Lark Mirafra albicauda
Flappet Lark Mirafra rufocinnamomea
Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
Grassland Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
Lesser Striped Swallow Hirundo abyssinica
Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
Blue Swallow Hirundo atrocaerulea
Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica
Rock Martin Hirundo fuligula
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Rufous-chested Swallow Hirundo semirufa
Mosque Swallow Hirundo senegalensis
Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps
Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne holomelas
Banded Martin Riparia cincta
Plain Martin Riparia paludicola
Stripe-breasted Tit Parus fasciiventer
Dusky Tit Parus funereus
White-winged Black Tit Parus leucomelas
White-shouldered Black Tit Parus guineensis
African Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
Ruwenzori Hill Babbler Pseudoalcippe atriceps ***
Grey-chested Illadopsis Kagamega poliothorax
Scaly-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis albipectus
Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens
Puvel's Illadopsis Illadopsis puveli
Mountain Illadopsis Illadopsis pyrrhoptera
Pale-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis rufipennis
Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei
Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
Dusky Babbler Turdoides tenebrosus
Cameroon Sombre Greenbul Andropadus curvirostris
Slender-billed Greenbul Andropadus gracilirostris
Little Grey Greenbul Andropadus gracilis
Ansorge's Greenbul Andropadus ansorgei
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Andropadus latirostris
Shelley's Greenbul Andropadus masukuensis
Mountain Greenbul Andropadus nigriceps
Little Greenbul Andropadus virens
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator
Green-tailed Bristlebill Bleda eximia
Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactyla
Yellow-throated Leaf-love Chlorocichla flavicollis
Joyful Greenbul Chlorocichla laetissima
Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus
Spotted Greenbul Ixonotus guttatus
Western Nicator Nicator chloris
Yellow-throated Nicator Nicator vireo
White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis
Toro Olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus hypochloris
Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus
Icterine Greenbul Phyllastrephus icterinus
Cabanis's Greenbul Phyllastrephus cabanisi
Xavier's Greenbul Phyllastrephus xavieri
Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
Swamp Palm Greenbul Thescelocichla leucopleura
Fire-crested Alethe Alethe diademata
Brown-chested Alethe Alethe poliocephala
Red-throated Alethe Alethe poliophrys
Brown-backed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas hartlaubi
White-browed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas leucophrys
Spotted Morning Thrush Cichladusa guttata
Cape Robin-Chat Cossypha caffra
Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat Cossypha cyanocampter
White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
Red-capped Robin Chat Cossypha natalensis
Snowy-headed Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
White-bellied Robin-Chat Cossyphicula roberti
Archer's Robin-Chat Cossypha archeri
Grey-winged Ground Robin Cossypha polioptera
Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra
White-tailed Ant Thrush Neocossyphus poensis
Red-tailed Ant Thrush Neocossyphus rufus
White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata
African Stonechat Saxicola torquata **
Equatorial Akalat Sheppardia aequatorialis
Forest Robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax
Rufous Thrush Stizorhina fraseri
Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
African Thrush Turdus pelios
Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus
Kivu Ground Thrush Zoothera tanganjicae
African Reed Warbler Acrocephalus baedicatus
Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
Masked Apalis Apalis binotata
Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
Black-throated Apalis Apalis jacksoni
Black-capped Apalis Apalis nigriceps
Black-faced Apalis Apalis personata
Chestnut-throated Apalis Apalis porphyrolaema
Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis
Collared Apalis Apalis ruwenzori
Black-faced Rufous Warbler Bathmocercus rufus
Bamboo Warbler Bradypterus alfredi
Evergreen Forest Warbler Bradypyerus lopezi
White-winged Warbler Bradypterus carpalis
Cinnamon Bracken Warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus
Grauer's Rush Warbler Bradypterus graueri
Grauer's Warbler Graueria vittata
Grey-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota
Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris
Brown-crowned Eremomela Eremomela badiceps
Green-backed Eremomela Eremomela pusilla
Dark-capped Yellow Warbler Chloropeta natalensis
Mountain Yellow Warbler Chloropeta similis
Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
Siffling Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
Carruthers's Cisticola Cisticola carruthersi
Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami
Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi
Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
Whistling Cisticola Cisticola lateralis
Long-tailed Cisticola Cisticola angusticaudus
Winding Cisticola Cisticola galactotes
Foxy Cisticola Cisticola troglodytes
Yellow-bellied Hyliota Hyliota flavigaster
Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor
Yellow Longbill Macrosphenus flavicans
Tit Hylia Pholidornis rushiae
Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
Uganda Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus budongoensis
Red-faced Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus laetus
Green Hylia Hylia prasina
Short-tailed Warbler Hemitesia neumanni
Brown Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens
Banded Prinia Prinia bairdii
White-chinned Prinia Prinia leucopogon
Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
Broad-tailed Warbler Schoenicola brevirostris
African Moustached Warbler Melocichla mentalis
Red-winged Grey Warbler Drymocichla incana
Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
Lemon-bellied Crombec Sylvietta denti
White-browed Crombec Sylvietta leucophrys
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens
Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
Sooty Flycatcher Muscicapa infuscata
Pale Flycatcher Bradornis pallidus
Silverbird Empidornis semipartitus
Forest Flycatcher Fraseria ocreata
Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher Melaenornis ardesiacus
White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri
Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
Ashy Flycatcher Muscicapa caerulescens
Cassin's Grey Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini
Dusky Blue Flycatcher Muscicapa comitata
Grey-throated Flycatcher Myioparus griseigularis
Chapin's Flycatcher Muscicapa lendu
Lead-coloured Flycatcher Myioparus plumbeus
Ruwenzori Batis Batis diops
Ituri Batis Batis ituriensis
Black-headed Batis Batis minor
Chin-spot Batis Batis molitor
African Shrike-Flycatcher Bias flammulatus
Black-and-white Flycatcher Bias musicus
Common Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
Jameson's Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia jamesoni
Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea
White-tailed Blue Flycatcher Elminia albicauda
African Blue Flycatcher Elminia longicauda
Chestnut-capped Flycatcher Erythrocercus mccallii
Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
White-bellied Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus albiventris
White-tailed Crested Flycatcher Trococercus albonotatus
Dusky Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus nigromitratus
Pink-footed Puffback Dryoscopus angolensis
Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster
Papyrus Gonolek Laniarius mufumbiri
Tropical Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus
Sooty Boubou Laniarius leucorhynchus
Montane Sooty Boubou Laniarius poensis
Lühder's Bush Shrike Laniarius luehderi
Grey-headed Bush Shrike Malaconotus blanchoti
Bocage's Bush Shrike Malaconotus bocagei
Doherty's Bush Shrike Malaconotus dohertyi
Many-coloured Bush Shrike Malaconotus multicolor
Sulphur-breasted Bush Shrike Malaconotus sulfureopectus
Brubru Nilaus afer
Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
Marsh Tchagra Tchagra minuta
Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegala
Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
Common Fiscal Lanius collaris
Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
Mackinnon's Fiscal Lanius mackinnoni
Black Cuckoo-Shrike Campephaga flava
Petit's Cuckoo-Shrike Campephaga petiti
Red-shouldered Cuckoo-Shrike Campephaga phoenicea
Purple-throated Cuckoo-Shrike Campephaga quiscalina
Grey Cuckoo-Shrike Coracina caesia
Common Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
Velvet-mantled Drongo Dicrurus modestus
Western Black-headed Oriole Oriolus brachyrhynchus
Montane Oriole Oriolus percivali
Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
White-naped Raven Corvus albicollis
Pied Crow Corvus albus
Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
Purple-headed Starling Lamprotornis purpureiceps
Rüppell's Long-tailed Starling Lamprotornis purpuropterus
Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri
Narrow-tailed Starling Poeoptera lugubris
Stuhlmann's Starling Poeoptera stuhlmanni
Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
Collared Sunbird Anthreptes collaris
Grey-headed Sunbird Anthreptes axillaris
Green Sunbird Anthreptes rectirostris
Blue-headed Sunbird Nectarinia alinae
Purple-banded Sunbird Nectarinia bifasciata
Olive-bellied Sunbird Nectarinia chloropygia
Copper Sunbird Nectarinia cuprea
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Nectarinia cyanolaema
Red-chested Sunbird Nectarinia erythrocerca
Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
Marico Sunbird Nectarinia mariquensis
Tiny Sunbird Nectarinia minulla
Olive Sunbird Nectarinia olivacea
Northern Double-collared Sunbird Nectarinia preussi
Ruwenzori Double-collared Sunbird Nectarinia stuhlmanni
Purple-breasted Sunbird Nectarinia purpureiventris
Regal Sunbird Nectarinia regia
Green-throated Sunbird Nectarinia rubescens
Little Green Sunbird Nectarinia seimundi
Scarlet-chested Sunbird Nectarinia senegalensis
Superb Sunbird Nectarinia superba
Variable Sunbird Nectarinia venusta
Green-headed Sunbird Nectarinia verticalis
Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
Grosbeak-Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
Black Bishop Euplectes gierowii
Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macrourus
Hartlaub's Marsh Widowbird Euplectes hartlaubi
Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus
Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis
Strange Weaver Ploceus alienus
Orange Weaver Ploceus aurantius
Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor
Northern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus castanops
Black-headed Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
Brown-capped Weaver Ploceus insignis
Jackson's Golden-backed Weaver Ploceus jacksoni
Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
Yellow-backed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
Black-billed Weaver Ploceus melanogaster
Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
Compact Weaver Ploceus superciliosus
Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor
Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus velatus
Weyn's Weaver Ploceus weynsi
Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis
Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus
Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminebey
Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
Dusky Twinspot Euschistopiza cinereovinacea
Green-backed Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
Brown Twinspot Clytospiza monteiri
Dusky Crimson-wing Cryptospiza jacksoni
Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
Black-headed Waxbill Estrilda atricapilla
Yellow-bellied Waxbill Estrilda quartinia
Black-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula
Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola
Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
White-collared Olive-back Nesocharis ansorgei
Grey-headed Olive-back Nesocharis capistrata
Chestnut-breasted Negrofinch Negrita bicolor
Grey-headed Negrofinch Nigrita canicapilla
White-breasted Negrofinch Nigrita fusconota
Pale-fronted Negrofinch Nigrita luteifrons
Red-fronted Ant-pecker Parmoptila rubifrons
Black-bellied Seed-cracker Pyrenestes ostrinus
Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
Red-headed Bluebill Spermophaga ruficapilla
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
Black-and-white Mannikin Lonchura bicolor
Bronze Mannikin Lonchura cucullata
Magpie Mannikin Lonchura fringilloides
Cabanis's Bunting Emberiza cabanisi
Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
Oriole-finch Linurgus olivaceus
Thick-billed Seed-eater Serinus burtoni
Yellow-crowned Canary Serinus canicollis
African Citril Serinus citrinelloides
White-rumped Seed-eater Serinus leucopygius
Yellow-fronted Canary Serinus mozambicus
Black-throated Seed-eater Serinus atrogularis
Streaky Seed-eater Serinus striolatus
Brimstone Canary Serinus sulphuratus

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