203
Bird Species
Northern Uganda
Region
Semi-arid savanna & valley
Habitat
Bird Species Checklist (203 species)
| # | Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris |
| 2 | Stone Partridge | Ptilopachus petrosus |
| 3 | Clapperton's Spurfowl | Pternistis clappertoni |
| 4 | Mourning Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decipiens |
| 5 | Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata |
| 6 | Vinaceous Dove | Streptopelia vinacea |
| 7 | Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis |
| 8 | Black-billed Wood-Dove | Turtur abyssinicus |
| 9 | Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis |
| 10 | White-bellied Go-away-bird | Crinifer leucogaster |
| 11 | Eastern Plantain-eater | Crinifer zonurus |
| 12 | White-crested Turaco | Tauraco leucolophus |
| 13 | White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus |
| 14 | Levaillant's Cuckoo | Clamator levaillantii |
| 15 | Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius |
| 16 | African Cuckoo | Cuculus gularis |
| 17 | Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba |
| 18 | Common Swift | Apus apus |
| 19 | White- rumped Swift | Apus caffer |
| 20 | African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus |
| 21 | Senegal Thick-knee | Burhinus senegalensis |
| 22 | Wattled Lapwing | Vanellus senegallus |
| 23 | Saddle-billed Stork | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis |
| 24 | Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer |
| 25 | Reed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus |
| 26 | Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash |
| 27 | Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides |
| 28 | Western Cattle-Egret | Ardea ibis |
| 29 | Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala |
| 30 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta |
| 31 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus |
| 32 | African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus |
| 33 | Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos |
| 34 | Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus |
| 35 | White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus |
| 36 | Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus |
| 37 | Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis |
| 38 | Wahlberg's Eagle | Hieraaetus wahlbergi |
| 39 | Dark Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax metabates |
| 40 | Black Kite | Milvus migrans |
| 41 | Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus |
| 42 | Blue- naped Mousebird | Urocolius macrourus |
| 43 | Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus |
| 44 | Black Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus aterrimus |
| 45 | Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill | Bucorvus abyssinicus |
| 46 | Hemprich's Hornbill | Lophoceros hemprichii |
| 47 | African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus |
| 48 | Jackson's Hornbill | Tockus jacksoni |
| 49 | Northern Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus erythrorhynchus |
| 50 | Olive Bee-eater | Merops superciliosus |
| 51 | Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus |
| 52 | European Roller | Coracias garrulus |
| 53 | Abyssinian Roller | Coracias abyssinicus |
| 54 | Purple Roller | Coracias naevius |
| 55 | D'Arnaud's Barbet | Trachyphonus darnaudii |
| 56 | Spot-flanked Barbet | Tricholaema lacrymosa |
| 57 | White-headed Barbet | Lybius leucocephalus |
| 58 | Black-billed Barbet | Lybius guifsobalito |
| 59 | Black-breasted Barbet | Pogonornis rolleti |
| 60 | Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator |
| 61 | Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri |
| 62 | Meyer's Parrot | Poicephalus meyeri |
| 63 | African Golden Oriole | Oriolus auratus |
| 64 | Western Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus brachyrynchus |
| 65 | African Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus |
| 66 | Western Black-headed Batis | Batis erlangeri |
| 67 | White-crested Helmetshrike | Prionops plumatus |
| 68 | Brubru | Nilaus afer |
| 69 | Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus |
| 70 | Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis |
| 71 | Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis |
| 72 | Yellow-billed Shrike | Corvinella corvina |
| 73 | Lesser Gray Shrike | Lanius minor |
| 74 | Gray-backed Fiscal | Lanius excubitoroides |
| 75 | Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis |
| 76 | White- rumped Shrike | Eurocephalus ruppelli |
| 77 | Piapiac | Ptilostomus afer |
| 78 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus |
| 79 | Fan-tailed Raven | Corvus rhipidurus |
| 80 | White-bellied Tit | Melaniparus albiventris |
| 81 | Flappet Lark | Amirafra rufocinnamomea |
| 82 | Kidepo Lark | Corypha kidepoensis |
| 83 | Northern Crombec | Sylvietta brachyura |
| 84 | Red-faced Crombec | Sylvietta whytii |
| 85 | Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis |
| 86 | Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura |
| 87 | Buff-bellied Warbler | Phyllolais pulchella |
| 88 | Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida |
| 89 | Karamoja Apalis | Apalis karamojae |
| 90 | Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava |
| 91 | Boran Cisticola | Cisticola bodessa |
| 92 | Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana |
| 93 | Red-pate Cisticola | Cisticola ruficeps |
| 94 | Croaking Cisticola | Cisticola natalensis |
| 95 | Foxy Cisticola | Cisticola troglodytes |
| 96 | Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis |
| 97 | Highland Rush Warbler | Bradypterus centralis |
| 98 | Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica |
| 99 | Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus |
| 100 | Northern Yellow White-eye | Zosterops senegalensis |
| 101 | Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythroryncha |
| 102 | Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus africanus |
| 103 | Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster |
| 104 | Rüppell's Starling | Lamprotornis purpuroptera |
| 105 | Superb Starling | Lamprotornis superbus |
| 106 | Lesser Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chloropterus |
| 107 | Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus |
| 108 | Bronze-tailed Starling | Lamprotornis chalcurus |
| 109 | African Gray Flycatcher | Bradornis microrhynchus |
| 110 | Silverbird | Empidornis semipartitus |
| 111 | White-browed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys |
| 112 | Sooty Chat | Myrmecocichla nigra |
| 113 | Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris |
| 114 | Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis |
| 115 | Marico Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis |
| 116 | White-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis albirostris |
| 117 | White-headed Buffalo-Weaver | Dinemellia dinemelli |
| 118 | Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus |
| 119 | Northern Red Bishop | Euplectes franciscanus |
| 120 | Black-winged Bishop | Euplectes hordeaceus |
| 121 | Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata |
| 122 | Red-cheeked Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus bengalus |
| 123 | Black-bellied Firefinch | Lagonosticta rara |
| 124 | Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura |
| 125 | Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata |
| 126 | Northern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus |
| 127 | Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow | Gymnoris pyrgita |
| 128 | Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys |
| 129 | Yellow-throated Longclaw | Macronyx croceus |
| 130 | Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambica |
| 131 | Brown- rumped Bunting | Emberiza affinis |
| 132 | Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi |
| 133 | Common Ostrich | Struthio camelus |
| 134 | Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos |
| 135 | White-bellied Bustard | Eupodotis senegalensis |
| 136 | Abyssinian Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus minor |
| 137 | Red-and-yellow Barbet | Trachyphonus erythrocephalus |
| 138 | Pygmy Falcon | Polihierax semitorquatus |
| 139 | Northern Puffback | Dryoscopus gambensis |
| 140 | White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali |
| 141 | Chestnut-crowned Sparrow- Weaver | Plocepasser superciliosus |
| 142 | Purple Grenadier | Granatina ianthinogaster |
| 143 | Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum |
| 144 | Pale Flycatcher | Agricola pallidus |
| 145 | Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes orientalis |
| 146 | Speckle-fronted Weaver | Sporopipes frontalis |
| 147 | Crested Francolin | Ortygornis sephaena |
| 148 | Orange River Francolin | Scleroptila gutturalis |
| 149 | Yellow-necked Spurfowl | Pternistis leucoscepus |
| 150 | Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea |
| 151 | Bruce's Green-Pigeon | Treron waalia |
| 152 | African Green-Pigeon | Treron calvus |
| 153 | Black-bellied Bustard | Lissotis melanogaster |
| 154 | Black Coucal | Centropus grillii |
| 155 | Freckled Nightjar | Caprimulgus tristigma |
| 156 | Black-headed Lapwing | Vanellus tectus |
| 157 | Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus |
| 158 | African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus |
| 159 | Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus |
| 160 | White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis |
| 161 | Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus |
| 162 | Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops |
| 163 | Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus |
| 164 | Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis |
| 165 | Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus uropygialis |
| 166 | Red-fronted Barbet | Tricholaema diademata |
| 167 | Fox Kestrel | Falco alopex |
| 168 | Black Cuckooshrike | Campephaga flava |
| 169 | Pygmy Batis | Batis perkeo |
| 170 | Tropical Boubou | Laniarius major |
| 171 | Black-headed Gonolek | Laniarius erythrogaster |
| 172 | Slate-colored Boubou | Laniarius funebris |
| 173 | Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike | Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus |
| 174 | African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis |
| 175 | White-tailed Lark | Mirafra albicauda |
| 176 | Moustached Grass-Warbler | Melocichla mentalis |
| 177 | Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica |
| 178 | Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus |
| 179 | Rufous Chatterer | Argya rubiginosa |
| 180 | Brown Babbler | Turdoides plebejus |
| 181 | Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio |
| 182 | Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata |
| 183 | White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini |
| 184 | Spotted Morning-Thrush | Cichladusa guttata |
| 185 | Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra |
| 186 | Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe |
| 187 | Heuglin's Wheatear | Oenanthe heuglinii |
| 188 | Copper Sunbird | Cinnyris cupreus |
| 189 | Gray-capped Social-Weaver | Pseudonigrita arnaudi |
| 190 | Little Weaver | Ploceus luteolus |
| 191 | Chestnut Weaver | Ploceus rubiginosus |
| 192 | Black- rumped Waxbill | Estrilda troglodytes |
| 193 | Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba |
| 194 | Shelley's Rufous Sparrow | Passer shelleyi |
| 195 | Senegal Coucal | Centropus senegalensis |
| 196 | Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis |
| 197 | African Scops -Owl | Otus senegalensis |
| 198 | Spotted Eagle-Owl | Bubo africanus |
| 199 | Singing Cisticola | Cisticola cantans |
| 200 | Eastern Paradise-Whydah | Vidua paradisaea |
| 201 | Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle | Circaetus beaudouini |
| 202 | Gray Kestrel | Falco ardosiaceus |
| 203 | Chestnut Sparrow | Passer eminibey |
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