268
Bird Species
Western Uganda
Region
Forest & floodplain
Habitat
Bird Species Checklist (268 species)
| # | Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crested Francolin | Ortygornis sephaena |
| 2 | Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata |
| 3 | Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola |
| 4 | Blue-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur afer |
| 5 | Great Blue Turaco | Corythaeola cristata |
| 6 | Ross's Turaco | Tauraco rossae |
| 7 | Black-billed Turaco | Tauraco schuettii |
| 8 | White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus |
| 9 | African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus |
| 10 | White-spotted Flufftail | Sarothrura pulchra |
| 11 | Black-headed Lapwing | Vanellus tectus |
| 12 | Senegal Lapwing | Vanellus lugubris |
| 13 | Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash |
| 14 | Palm-nut Vulture | Gypohierax angolensis |
| 15 | Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus |
| 16 | Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo |
| 17 | Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus |
| 18 | Blue- naped Mousebird | Urocolius macrourus |
| 19 | Crowned Hornbill | Lophoceros alboterminatus |
| 20 | Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill | Bycanistes subcylindricus |
| 21 | White-throated Bee-eater | Merops albicollis |
| 22 | African Dwarf Kingfisher | Ispidina lecontei |
| 23 | Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis |
| 24 | Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus chrysoconus |
| 25 | Black-billed Barbet | Lybius guifsobalito |
| 26 | Brown-eared Woodpecker | Pardipicus caroli |
| 27 | Nubian Woodpecker | Campethera nubica |
| 28 | Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor |
| 29 | Black-headed Gonolek | Laniarius erythrogaster |
| 30 | Gray-green Bushshrike | Chlorophoneus bocagei |
| 31 | Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike | Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus |
| 32 | Flappet Lark | Amirafra rufocinnamomea |
| 33 | Western Nicator | Nicator chloris |
| 34 | Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura |
| 35 | Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava |
| 36 | Croaking Cisticola | Cisticola natalensis |
| 37 | Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica |
| 38 | Slender-billed Greenbul | Stelgidillas gracilirostris |
| 39 | Red-tailed Bristlebill | Bleda syndactylus |
| 40 | Little Greenbul | Eurillas virens |
| 41 | Leaf-love | Phyllastrephus scandens |
| 42 | Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus |
| 43 | Green Hylia | Hylia prasina |
| 44 | Scaly-breasted Illadopsis | Illadopsis albipectus |
| 45 | Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster |
| 46 | Northern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis edolioides |
| 47 | Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat | Cossypha niveicapilla |
| 48 | Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra |
| 49 | Sooty Chat | Myrmecocichla nigra |
| 50 | Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris |
| 51 | Olive Sunbird | Cyanomitra olivacea |
| 52 | Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis |
| 53 | Crimson- rumped Waxbill | Estrilda rhodopyga |
| 54 | Red-cheeked Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus bengalus |
| 55 | Yellow-throated Longclaw | Macronyx croceus |
| 56 | Brimstone Canary | Crithagra sulphurata |
| 57 | Western Crested Guineafowl | Guttera verreauxi |
| 58 | Black-bellied Bustard | Lissotis melanogaster |
| 59 | Eastern Plantain-eater | Crinifer zonurus |
| 60 | Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius |
| 61 | African Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia microscelis |
| 62 | Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer |
| 63 | African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus |
| 64 | White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis |
| 65 | White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus |
| 66 | Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus |
| 67 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax |
| 68 | Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus |
| 69 | Blue-cheeked Bee-eater | Merops persicus |
| 70 | Double-toothed Barbet | Pogonornis bidentatus |
| 71 | Honeyguide Greenbul | Baeopogon indicator |
| 72 | Northern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus |
| 73 | Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria |
| 74 | Red-necked Spurfowl | Pternistis afer |
| 75 | Rameron Pigeon | Columba arquatrix |
| 76 | Western Bronze- naped Pigeon | Columba iriditorques |
| 77 | Congo Pied Hornbill | Lophoceros fasciatus |
| 78 | Eastern Dwarf Hornbill | Horizocerus granti |
| 79 | Black-casqued Hornbill | Ceratogymna atrata |
| 80 | Gray-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala |
| 81 | Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti |
| 82 | Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus |
| 83 | Red- rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus atroflavus |
| 84 | African Gray Woodpecker | Dendropicos goertae |
| 85 | African Broadbill | Smithornis capensis |
| 86 | Northern Puffback | Dryoscopus gambensis |
| 87 | Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone rufiventer |
| 88 | African Blue Flycatcher | Elminia longicauda |
| 89 | Northern Crombec | Sylvietta brachyura |
| 90 | Yellow-browed Camaroptera | Camaroptera superciliaris |
| 91 | Red-faced Cisticola | Cisticola erythrops |
| 92 | Carruthers's Cisticola | Cisticola carruthersi |
| 93 | Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis |
| 94 | White-headed Sawwing | Psalidoprocne albiceps |
| 95 | Red-tailed Greenbul | Criniger calurus |
| 96 | Yellow-whiskered Greenbul | Eurillas latirostris |
| 97 | Plain Greenbul | Eurillas curvirostris |
| 98 | Xavier's Greenbul | Phyllastrephus xavieri |
| 99 | Black- lored Babbler | Turdoides sharpei |
| 100 | Splendid Starling | Lamprotornis splendidus |
| 101 | Rufous Flycatcher-Thrush | Stizorhina fraseri |
| 102 | African Thrush | Turdus pelios |
| 103 | Swamp Flycatcher | Muscicapa aquatica |
| 104 | Olive-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris chloropygius |
| 105 | Grant's Bluebill | Spermophaga poliogenys |
| 106 | African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata |
| 107 | African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp |
| 108 | Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys |
| 109 | Blue Malkoha | Ceuthmochares aereus |
| 110 | Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas |
| 111 | Swamp Nightjar | Caprimulgus natalensis |
| 112 | White- rumped Swift | Apus caffer |
| 113 | African Wood-Owl | Strix woodfordii |
| 114 | Narina Trogon | Apaloderma narina |
| 115 | European Bee-eater | Merops apiaster |
| 116 | Shining-blue Kingfisher | Alcedo quadribrachys |
| 117 | Blue-breasted Kingfisher | Halcyon malimbica |
| 118 | Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet | Trachylaemus purpuratus |
| 119 | Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher | Bias musicus |
| 120 | African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis |
| 121 | Whistling Cisticola | Cisticola lateralis |
| 122 | Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica |
| 123 | White-tailed Ant-Thrush | Neocossyphus poensis |
| 124 | Pale Flycatcher | Agricola pallidus |
| 125 | Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata |
| 126 | Gray-headed Nigrita | Nigrita canicapillus |
| 127 | Black Cuckoo | Cuculus clamosus |
| 128 | African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus |
| 129 | Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor |
| 130 | Western Black-headed Batis | Batis erlangeri |
| 131 | Moustached Grass-Warbler | Melocichla mentalis |
| 132 | Yellow Longbill | Macrosphenus flavicans |
| 133 | Brown Illadopsis | Illadopsis fulvescens |
| 134 | Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat | Cossypha cyanocampter |
| 135 | Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus |
| 136 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta |
| 137 | African Cuckoo-Hawk | Aviceda cuculoides |
| 138 | Western Banded Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinerascens |
| 139 | Scaly-throated Honeyguide | Indicator variegatus |
| 140 | Black Cuckooshrike | Campephaga flava |
| 141 | Buff-bellied Warbler | Phyllolais pulchella |
| 142 | Purple-banded Sunbird | Cinnyris bifasciatus |
| 143 | Northern Brown-throated Weaver | Ploceus castanops |
| 144 | Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura |
| 145 | Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii |
| 146 | Rüppell's Starling | Lamprotornis purpuroptera |
| 147 | Little Weaver | Ploceus luteolus |
| 148 | Wattled Lapwing | Vanellus senegallus |
| 149 | Brown-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira cyanea |
| 150 | Gray-winged Robin-Chat | Sheppardia polioptera |
| 151 | Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps |
| 152 | Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus |
| 153 | Northern Red Bishop | Euplectes franciscanus |
| 154 | Black-winged Bishop | Euplectes hordeaceus |
| 155 | Common Quail | Coturnix coturnix |
| 156 | African Green-Pigeon | Treron calvus |
| 157 | Rufous-chested Swallow | Cecropis semirufa |
| 158 | Gray Tit-Flycatcher | Fraseria plumbea |
| 159 | Fawn-breasted Waxbill | Estrilda paludicola |
| 160 | Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris |
| 161 | Pennant-winged Nightjar | Caprimulgus vexillarius |
| 162 | Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops |
| 163 | Cardinal Quelea | Quelea cardinalis |
| 164 | Mountain Wagtail | Motacilla clara |
| 165 | Brown-backed Woodpecker | Dendropicos obsoletus |
| 166 | Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis |
| 167 | Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana |
| 168 | White-breasted Nigrita | Nigrita fusconotus |
| 169 | Gray Kestrel | Falco ardosiaceus |
| 170 | White-shouldered Black-Tit | Melaniparus guineensis |
| 171 | Heuglin's Spurfowl | Pternistis icterorhynchus |
| 172 | Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus |
| 173 | Yellow-bellied Hyliota | Hyliota flavigaster |
| 174 | Green-headed Sunbird | Cyanomitra verticalis |
| 175 | Compact Weaver | Pachyphantes superciliosus |
| 176 | Black-bellied Firefinch | Lagonosticta rara |
| 177 | Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambica |
| 178 | Cabanis's Bunting | Emberiza cabanisi |
| 179 | Scaly Spurfowl | Pternistis squamatus |
| 180 | African Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx cupreus |
| 181 | Square-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus fossii |
| 182 | Brown Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinereus |
| 183 | African Pygmy Kingfisher | Ispidina picta |
| 184 | Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens |
| 185 | Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike | Campephaga phoenicea |
| 186 | Little Green Sunbird | Anthreptes seimundi |
| 187 | Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis |
| 188 | Piapiac | Ptilostomus afer |
| 189 | Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus africanus |
| 190 | Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius |
| 191 | Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus |
| 192 | Black-bellied Seedcracker | Pyrenestes ostrinus |
| 193 | Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala |
| 194 | Little Swift | Apus affinis |
| 195 | Brown Babbler | Turdoides plebejus |
| 196 | Green-throated Sunbird | Chalcomitra rubescens |
| 197 | Orange-cheeked Waxbill | Estrilda melpoda |
| 198 | African Grass-Owl | Tyto capensis |
| 199 | Hairy-breasted Barbet | Tricholaema hirsuta |
| 200 | Red-headed Quelea | Quelea erythrops |
| 201 | Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix |
| 202 | Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo | Cercococcyx mechowi |
| 203 | Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| 204 | Blue Quail | Synoicus adansonii |
| 205 | Levaillant's Cuckoo | Clamator levaillantii |
| 206 | Fiery-necked Nightjar | Caprimulgus pectoralis |
| 207 | Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis |
| 208 | Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus |
| 209 | Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild |
| 210 | Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia |
| 211 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata |
| 212 | Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle | Circaetus beaudouini |
| 213 | Fan-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes axillaris |
| 214 | White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata |
| 215 | African Crake | Crecopsis egregia |
| 216 | Buff-spotted Flufftail | Sarothrura elegans |
| 217 | Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala |
| 218 | Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos |
| 219 | Crowned Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus |
| 220 | Yellow- rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus bilineatus |
| 221 | White-crested Helmetshrike | Prionops plumatus |
| 222 | Tropical Boubou | Laniarius major |
| 223 | Purple-headed Starling | Hylopsar purpureiceps |
| 224 | Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea |
| 225 | Marsh Tchagra | Bocagia minuta |
| 226 | Yellow-throated Nicator | Nicator vireo |
| 227 | Purple Starling | Lamprotornis purpureus |
| 228 | Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo |
| 229 | Black Kite | Milvus migrans |
| 230 | Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas galactotes |
| 231 | Black-and-white Mannikin | Spermestes bicolor |
| 232 | Mackinnon's Shrike | Lanius mackinnoni |
| 233 | Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus |
| 234 | Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba |
| 235 | Western Cattle-Egret | Ardea ibis |
| 236 | Mosque Swallow | Cecropis senegalensis |
| 237 | African Goshawk | Aerospiza tachiro |
| 238 | Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata |
| 239 | Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava |
| 240 | Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens |
| 241 | Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola |
| 242 | Red-capped Robin-Chat | Cossypha natalensis |
| 243 | Vieillot's Black Weaver | Ploceus nigerrimus |
| 244 | Mourning Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decipiens |
| 245 | Eurasian Golden Oriole | Oriolus oriolus |
| 246 | Grasshopper Buzzard | Butastur rufipennis |
| 247 | Spotted Eagle-Owl | Bubo africanus |
| 248 | Verreaux's Eagle-Owl | Ketupa lactea |
| 249 | Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill | Bucorvus abyssinicus |
| 250 | White-headed Barbet | Lybius leucocephalus |
| 251 | Green Crombec | Sylvietta virens |
| 252 | Saddle-billed Stork | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis |
| 253 | Standard-winged Nightjar | Caprimulgus longipennis |
| 254 | Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis |
| 255 | African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus |
| 256 | African Shrike-flycatcher | Megabyas flammulatus |
| 257 | Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis |
| 258 | Lesser Masked-Weaver | Ploceus intermedius |
| 259 | Yellow-throated Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx flavigularis |
| 260 | African Scops -Owl | Otus senegalensis |
| 261 | Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill | Lophoceros camurus |
| 262 | Willcocks's Honeyguide | Indicator willcocksi |
| 263 | Swamp Greenbul | Thescelocichla leucopleura |
| 264 | Icterine Greenbul | Phyllastrephus icterinus |
| 265 | Red-tailed Ant-Thrush | Neocossyphus rufus |
| 266 | Yellow-breasted Forest Robin | Stiphrornis mabirae |
| 267 | Brown-chested Lapwing | Vanellus superciliosus |
| 268 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus |
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