Thursday 29 August 2024

Uganda for Bird's Wildlife & Nature - Day 14 - 2nd August 2024

Breakfast at the Papyrus with the White-browed Robin-Chats and the off down to the nearby Entebbe Botanical Gardens.  We had the place to ourselves and had a very pleasant few hours wandering the trails. Egyptian Geese and Cattle Egrets fed on the short grass and Scarlet Chested and Olive Bellied Sunbirds were vocal and showing well along with a Collared, Little Green and Blue-throated Brown while Woodland and Pygmy Kingfishers hunted from boughs over the bushes.  An African Grey Flycatcher perched up on top and Grey-headed Nigritas were busy feasting on small fruit on one of the palms with Little Greenbuls for company.




Scarlet Chested Sunbird 

Green Hylia


Olive-bellied Sunbird 

Grey Backed Camaroptera

Grey-headed Nigrita - Angie Merrick

Egyptian Goose 

Cattle Egret

Cattle Egret

Cattle Egret

African Grey Flycatcher


One huge fruiting Fig was host to Eastern Plantain Eaters, Black and White Casqued and Crowned Hornbills, gangs of Great Blue Turacos and African Grey Parrots but at that stage we could not find the Ross’s Turacos.

Crowned Hornbills

African Grey Parrot

Eastern Plantain Eaters

The tree above us was home to a pair of Bat Hawks that were attempting to build a nest and gave excellent views.  They were strange looking birds with bodies somewhere between a large falcon and a small kite but with huge yellow eyes and when they flew they resembled very robust heavy falcons.  It would have been great to have seen them actively hunt.

Bat Hawks

Bat Hawk

Bat Hawk

There were many other raptors with Yellow-billed Kites and Fish Eagles perched up, Palm Nut Vultures, African Goshawks and Lizard Buzzards drifting over and a Gabor Goshawk that made a serious attempt to take out a dove.

Yellow-billed Kite

Palm Nut Vulture


African Fish Eagle

Palm Nut Vulture

Down at the edge of Lake Victoria we scanned for Terns but only found a couple of Grey-headed Gulls and the only birds diving in were Pied Kingfishers – some of which were a long way out over the tranquil waters.





Marabous, Open-billed Storks, Egrets and Hadada Ibis fed unconcerned around us but the colony of Golden Backed Weavers had deserted their nests in bushes in the shallows which Paul said is not unusual for this nomadic species.  Behind us we could see flocks of Splendid, Wattled and Ruppell’s Starling moving determinedly through the tree tops and they seemed to be on a mission.



Hadada Ibis 

Hadada Ibis 

Open-billed Stork

Open-billed Stork

Marabou Stork

Splendid Starlings

We continued our loop seeing Grey Capped Warbler and Green Crombec and finding a pair of Black and White Casqued Hornbills attending a nest.  It was not clear whether they were feeding young or inspecting a prospective hole.

Black and White Casqued Hornbill

Black and White Casqued Hornbills

Black and White Casqued Hornbill

A juvenile Diederik Cuckoo was being attended by Northern Black Flycatchers


Just beyond them a fig tree above a café at last gave us our desired Ross’s Turacos decked out in rich velvety purple, vivid red wings and red and yellow head gear.   The trees around this area were liberally decked out with the huge webs of giant Orb Weavers and I would have been very worried if I was a Sunbird or smaller moving between the trees. Slightly less intimidating were the troops of Black and White Colobus clambering around the arboretum (don’t get them in Kew gardens!).

Ross’s Turaco - Angie Merrick

Ross’s Turacos - Angie Merrick

Ross’s Turaco

Giant Orb

Giant Orb

and a giant Bumble Bee


Red Footed Sun Squirrel


Giant Millipede

Black and White Colobus

Black and White Colobus

Black and White Colobus

All too soon it was time to head back to the hotel. Paul stayed with us till lunch time and we then bid him fair well as he took Roman and Jules to the airport so that he could at last wend his own way home. 



This left Angie, Rubina and I to have a relaxed afternoon back at the hotel watching the world go by and being visited by no less than four more Ross’s Turacos.  Dusk fell, dinner was taken and then the long journey home began with a midnight flight but this time with only two planes to catch.  Thankfully it all went without a hitch and Norwich airport greeted us on a grey but warm morning.  Every time I go away on a big trip I think it can’t be equalled and every time I am wrong.


A

SPECIES      

SCIENTIFIC NAME

1

White-faced Whistling Duck

Dendrocygna viduata

2

Spur-winged Goose

Plectropterus gambensis

3

Egyptian Goose

Alopochen aegyptiaca

4

Yellow-billed Duck

Anas undulata

5

Helmeted Guineafowl

Numida meleagris

6

Crested Francolin

Dendroperdix sephaena

7

Scaly Spurfowl

Pternistis squamatus

8

Heuglin’s Spurfowl

Pternistis icterorhynchus

9

Red-necked Spurfowl

Pternistis afer

10

Square-tailed Nightjar

Caprimulgus fossii

11

Pennant-winged Nightjar

Caprimulgus vexillarius

12

Black-shouldered Nightjar

Caprimulgus nigriscapularis

13

Freckled Nightjar

Caprimulgus tristigma

14

Rwenzori Nightjar

Caprimulgus ruwenzorii

15

Slender Tailed Nightjar

Caprimulgus clarus

16

Mottled Spinetail

Telacanthura ussheri

17

African Palm Swift

Cypsiurus parvus

18

Alpine Swift

Tachymarptis melba

19

Mottled Swift

Tachymarptis aequatorialis

20

Little Swift

Apus affinis

21

White-rumped Swift

Apus caffer

22

Scarce Swift

Schoutedenapus myopilus

23

Great Blue Turaco

Corythaeola cristata

24

Bare-faced Go-away-bird

Crinifer personatus

25

Eastern Plantain-eater

Crinifer zonurus

26

Ross’s Turaco

Musophaga rossae

27

White-crested Turaco

Tauraco leucolophus

28

Black-billed Turaco  

Tauraco schuettii

29

Denham's Bustard

Neotis denhami

30

Black-bellied Bustard

Lissotis melanogaster

31

Senegal Coucal

Centropus senegalensis

32

White-browed Coucal

Centropus superciliosus

33

Blue Malkoha / Chattering Yellowbill

Ceuthmochares aereus

34

Levaillant's Cuckoo

Clamator levaillantii

35

Jacobin Cuckoo

Clamator jacobinus

36

Diederik Cuckoo

Chrysococcyx caprius

37

Klaas’s Cuckoo

Chrysococcyx klaas

38

African Emerald Cuckoo

Chrysococcyx cupreus

39

Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo

Cercococcyx mechowi

40

Red-chested Cuckoo

Cuculus solitarius

41

Feral Pigeon (Table Pigeon in Uganda!)

Columba livia

42

Speckled Pigeon

Columba guinea

43

Afep Pigeon

Columba unicincta

44

White-naped Pigeon

Columba albinucha

45

African Olive Pigeon

Columba arquatrix

46

Lemon Dove

Columba larvata

47

Mourning Collared Dove

Streptopelia decipiens

48

Red-eyed Dove

Streptopelia semitorquata

49

Ring-necked Dove

Streptopelia capicola

50

Vinaceous Dove

Streptopelia vinacea

51

Laughing Dove

Spilopelia senegalensis

52

Emerald-spotted Wood Dove

Turtur chalcospilos

53

Black-billed Wood Dove

Turtur abyssinicus

54

Blue-spotted Wood Dove

Turtur afer

55

Tambourine Dove

Turtur tympanistria

56

African Green Pigeon

Treron calvus

57

African Finfoot

Podica senegalensis

58

White-spotted Flufftail

Sarothrura pulchra

59

Common Moorhen

Gallinula chloropus

60

African Rail

Rallus caerulscens

61

Black Crake

Amaurornis flavirostra

62

Grey Crowned Crane

Balearica regulorum

63

Little Grebe

Tachybaptus ruficollis

64

Spotted Thick-knee

Burhinus capenis

65

Senegal Thick-knee

Burhinus senegalensis

66

Water Thick-knee

Burhinus vermiculatus

67

Black-winged Stilt

Himantopus himantopus

68

Long-toed Lapwing

Vanellus crassirostris

69

Spur-winged Lapwing

Vanellus spinosus

70

Senegal Lapwing

Vanellus lugubris

71

Crowned Lapwing 

Vanellus coronatus

72

African Wattled Lapwing

Vanellus senegallus

73

Brown-chested Lapwing  

Vanellus superciliosus

74

Kittlitz’s Plover

Charadrius pecuarius

75

Common Sandpiper

Actitis hypeleucos

76

Common Greenshank

Tringa nebularia

77

Ruff

Calidris pugnax

78

Lesser Jacana

Microparra capensis

79

African Jacana

Actophilornis africanus

80

Temminck's Courser

Cursorius temminckii

81

Black-winged Pratincole

Glareola nordmanni

82

Rock Pratincole

Glareola nuchalis

83

African Skimmer

Rynchops flavirostris

84

Grey-headed Gull

Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus

85

Yellow-billed Stork

Mycteria ibis

86

African Openbill

Anastomus lamelligerus

87

African Woolly-necked Stork

Ciconia microscelis

88

Saddle-billed Stork

Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis

89

Marabou Stork

Leptoptilos crumenifer

90

African Darter

Anhinga rufa

91

Reed / Long-tailed Cormorant

Microcarbo africanus

92

White-breasted Cormorant

Phalacrocorax lucidus

93

African Sacred Ibis

Threskiornis aethiopicus

94

Glossy Ibis

Plegadis falcinellus

95

Hadada Ibis

Bostrychia hagedash

96

Little Bittern

Ixobrychus minutus

97

White-backed Night-Heron

Gorsachius leuconotus

98

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

99

Striated Heron

Butorides striata

100

Squacco Heron

Ardeola ralloides

101

Rufous-bellied Heron

Ardeola rufiventris

102

Western Cattle Egret

Bubulcus ibis

103

Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea

104

Black-headed Heron

Ardea melanocephala

105

Goliath Heron

Ardea goliath

106

Purple Heron

Ardea purpurea

107

Great Egret

Ardea alba

108

Yellow-billed Egret

Ardea brachyrhyncha

109

Little Egret

Egretta garzetta

110

Hamerkop

Scopus umbretta

111

Shoebill

Balaeniceps rex

112

Great White Pelican

Pelecanus onocrotalus

113

Pink-backed Pelican

Pelecanus rufescens

114

Black-winged Kite 

Elanus caeruleus

115

African Harrier-Hawk

Polyboroides typus

116

Palm-nut Vulture 

Gypohierax angolensis

117

Hooded Vulture

Necrosyrtes monachus

118

White-backed Vulture

Gyps africanus

119

Rüppell’s Vulture

Gyps rueppelli

120

Lappet-faced Vulture

Torgos tracheliotus

121

Black-chested Snake-Eagle

Circaetus pectoralis

122

Brown Snake-Eagle

Circaetus cinereus

123

Western Banded Snake-Eagle

Circaetus cinerascens

124

Bateleur

Terathopius ecaudatus

125

Bat Hawk

Macheiramphus alcinus

126

Martial Eagle

Polemaetus bellicosus

127

Long-crested Eagle

Lophaetus occipitalis

128

Wahlberg’s Eagle

Hieraaetus wahlbergi

129

Cassin’s Hawk-Eagle

Aquila africana

130

Tawny Eagle

Aquila rapax

131

Lizard Buzzard

Kaupifalco monogrammicus

132

Dark Chanting Goshawk

Melierax metabates

133

Mountain Buzzard

Buteo oreophilus

134

Augur Buzzard

Buteo augur

135

European Honey-Buzzard

Pernis apivorus

136

African Cuckoo-Hawk

Aviceda cuculoides

137

Gabar Goshawk

Micronisus gabar

138

Shikra

Accipiter badius

139

African Goshawk

Accipiter tachiro

140

Little Sparrowhawk

Accipiter minullus

141

Black Sparrowhawk

Accipiter melanoleucus

142

African Marsh Harrier

Circus ranivorus

143

Western Marsh Harrier

Circus aeruginosus

144

Yellow-billed Kite

Milvus aegyptius

145

Osprey

Pandion haliaetus

146

African Fish Eagle

Haliaeetus vocifer

147

Barn Owl

Tyto alba

148

Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl

Bubo lacteus

149

African Wood Owl

Strix woodfordii

150

Pearl-spotted Owlet

Glaucidium perlatum

151

Speckled Mousebird

Colius striatus

152

Blue-naped Mousebird

Urocolius macrourus

153

Narina Trogon

Apaloderma narina

154

White-headed Wood Hoopoe

Phoeniculus bollei

155

Green Wood Hoopoe

Phoeniculus purpureus

156

Common Scimitarbill

Rhinopomastus cyanomelas

157

Abyssinian Ground Hornbill

Bucorvus abyssinicus

158

Crowned Hornbill

Lophoceros alboterminatus

159

Congo Pied Hornbill

Lophoceros fasciatus

160

African Grey Hornbill

Lophoceros nasutus

161

White-thighed Hornbill

Bycanistes albotibialis

162

Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill

Bycanistes subcylindricus

163

Lilac-breasted Roller

Coracias caudatus

164

Broad-billed Roller

Eurystomus glaucurus

165

Chocolate-backed Kingfisher

Halcyon badia

166

Grey-headed Kingfisher

Halcyon leucocephala

167

Striped Kingfisher

Halcyon chelicuti

168

Woodland Kingfisher

Halcyon senegalensis

169

African Dwarf Kingfisher

Ispidina lecontei

170

African Pygmy Kingfisher

Ispidina picta

171

Malachite Kingfisher

Corythornis cristatus

172

Giant Kingfisher

Megaceryle maxima

173

Pied Kingfisher

Ceryle rudis

174

African Hoopoe

Upupa africana

175

Black Bee-eater

Merops gularis

176

Swallow-tailed Bee-eater

Merops hirundineus

177

Little Bee-eater

Merops pusillus

178

Blue-breasted Bee-eater

Merops variegatus

179

Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater

Merops oreobates

180

Red-throated Bee-eater

Merops bulocki

181

Madagascar Bee-eater 

Merops superciliosus

182

Northern Carmine Bee-eater

Merops nubicus

183

White-throated Bee-eater

Merops albiollis

185

Grey-headed (throated) Barbet

Gymnobucco bonapartei

186

Speckled Tinkerbird

Pogoniulus scolopaceus

187

Western Green Tinkerbird 

Pogoniulus coryphaei

188

Yellow-throated Tinkerbird

Pogoniulus subsulphureus

189

Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird

Pogoniulus bilineatus

190

Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird

Pogoniulus chrysoconus

191

Yellow-spotted Barbet

Buccanodon duchaillui

192

Hairy-breasted Barbet

Tricholaema hirsuta

193

Spot-flanked Barbet

Tricholaema lacrymosa

184

White-headed Barbet

Lybius leucocephalus

194

Black-billed Barbet

Lybius guifsobalito

195

Black-collared Barbet

Lybius torquatus

196

Double-toothed Barbet

Lybius bidentatus

197

Yellow-billed Barbet

Trachyphonus purpuratus

198

Crested Barbet

Trachyphonus vaillantii

199

Willcocks’s Honeyguide

Indicator willcocksi

200

Lesser Honeyguide

Indicator minor

201

Greater Honeyguide

Indicator indicator

202

Dwarf Honeyguide

Indicator pumulio

203

Brown-eared Woodpecker

Pardipicus caroli

204

Nubian Woodpecker

Campethera nubica

205

Little Spotted Woodpecker

Campethera cailliautii

206

Fine-banded Woodpecker

Campethera taeniolaema

207

Yellow-crested Woodpecker

Chloropicus xantholophus

208

Bearded Woodpecker

Dendropicos namaquus

209

Brown-backed Woodpecker

Dendropicos obsoletus

210

Speckle-breasted Woodpecker

Dendropicos poecilolaemus

211

Cardinal Woodpecker

Dendropicos fuscescens

212

African Grey Woodpecker

Dendropicos goertae

213

African Hobby

Falco cuvierii

214

Common Kestrel

Falco tinnunculus

215

Grey Kestrel

Falco ardosiaceus

216

Red-necked Falcon

Falco chicquera

217

Lanner Falcon

Falco biarmicus

218

African Grey Parrot

Psittacus erithacus

219

Meyer’s Parrot

Poicephalus meyeri

220

Red-headed Lovebird

Agapornis pullarius

221

Grauer’s Broadbill

Pseudocalyptomena graueri

222

Green-breasted Pitta

Pitta reichenowi

223

Rwenzori Batis

Batis diops

224

Chinspot Batis

Batis molitor

225

Western Black-headed Batis

Batis erlanger

226

Chestnut Wattle-eye

Platysteira castanea

227

Brown-throated Wattle-eye

Platysteira cyanea

228

Grey-headed Bushshrike

Malaconotus blanchoti

229

Lagden's Bushshrike

Malaconotus lagdeni

230

Bocage’s Bushshrike

Chlorophoneus bocagei

231

Orange-breasted Bushshrike

Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus

232

Marsh Tchagra 

Bocagia minuta

233

Brown-crowned Tchagra

Tchagra australis

234

Black-crowned Tchagra

Tchagra senegalus

235

Pink-footed Puffback

Dryoscopus angolensis

236

Northern Puffback

Dryoscopus gambensis

237

Albertine Sooty Boubou

Laniarius poensis

238

Lühder’s Bushshrike

Laniarius luehderi

239

Tropical Boubou

Laniarius major

240

Papyrus Gonolek

Laniarius mufumbiri

241

Black-headed Gonolek

Laniarius erythrogaster

242

Brubru

Nilaus afer

243

African Shrike-flycatcher

Megabyas flammulatus

244

Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher

Bias musicus

245

Grey Cuckooshrike

Coracina caesia

246

Petit’s Cuckooshrike

Campephaga petiti

247

Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike

Campephaga phoenicea

248

Mackinnon’s Shrike

Lanius mackinnoni

249

Grey-backed Fiscal

Lanius excubitoroides

250

Northern Fiscal

Lanius humeralis

251

Western Black Headed Oriole

Oriolus brachyrhynchus

252

African Black Headed Oriole

Oriolus larvatus

253

Mountain Oriole

Oriolus percivali

254

Fork-tailed Drongo 

Dicrurus adsimilis

255

Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher

Terpsiphone rufiventer

256

African Paradise Flycatcher

Terpsiphone viridis

257

Piapiac

Ptilostomus afer

258

Pied Crow

Corvus albus

259

White-necked Raven

Corvus albicollis

260

African Blue Flycatcher

Elminia longicauda

261

White-tailed Blue Flycatcher

Elminia albicauda

262

White-bellied Crested Flycatcher

Elminia albiventris

263

Stripe-breasted Tit

Melaniparus fasciiventer

264

White-winged Black Tit

Melaniparus leucomelas

265

White-shouldered Black Tit

Parus guineensis

266

Western Nicator

Nicator chloris

267

Rufous-naped Lark

Mirafra africana

268

Flappet Lark

Mirafra rufocinnamomea

269

White-tailed Lark

Mirafra albicauda

270

Slender-billed Greenbul

Stelgidillas gracilirostris

271

Red-tailed Bristlebill

Bleda syndactylus

272

Pale-throated Leaflove

Atimastillas flavigula

273

Joyful Greenbul

Chlorocichla laetissima

274

Olive-breasted Greenbul (fka E Mountain)

Arizelocichla kikuyuensis

275

Little Greenbul

Eurillas virens

276

Yellow-whiskered Greenbul

Eurillas latirostris

277

Plain Greenbul

Eurillas curvirostris

278

Little Grey Greenbul

Eurillas gracilis

279

Ansorge’s Greenbul

Eurillas ansorgei

280

Toro Olive Greenbul

Phyllastrephus hypochloris

281

Yellow-streaked Greenbul

Phyllastrephus flavostriatus

282

Silverbird

Empiodornis semipartitus

283

Dark-capped Bulbul

Pycnonotus tricolor

284

Black Saw-wing

Psalidoprocne holomelas

285

White-headed Saw-wing

Psalidoprocne albiceps

286

African Plain Martin

Riparia paludicola

287

Grey-rumped Swallow

Pseudhirundo griseopyga

288

Rock Martin

Ptyonoprogne fuligula

289

Wire-tailed Swallow

Hirundo smithii

290

Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica

291

Angolan Swallow

Hirundo angolensis

292

Rufous Chested Swallow

Cecropis semirufa

293

Mosque Swallow

Cecropis senegalensis

294

Lesser Striped Swallow

Cecropis abyssinica

295

Red-rumped Swallow

Cecropis daurica

296

Moustached Grass Warbler

Melocichla mentalis

297

Grey Longbill

Macrosphenus concolor

298

Northern Crombec

Sylvietta brachyura

299

Green Crombec

Sylvietta virens

300

Red-faced Crombec

Sylvietta whytii

301

Lemon-bellied Crombec

Sylvietta denti

302

Chestnut-capped Flycatcher

Erythrocercus mccallii

303

Green Hylia

Hylia prasina

304

Red-faced Woodland Warbler

Phylloscopus laetus

305

Uganda Woodland Warbler

Phylloscopus budongoensis

306

Grauer’s Warbler

Graueria vittata

307

Lesser Swamp Warbler

Acrocephalus gracilirostris

308

Mountain Yellow Warbler

Iduna similis

309

Highland Rush Warbler

Iduna similis

310

Cinnamon Bracken Warbler

Bradypterus cinnamomeus

311

White-winged Swamp Warbler

Bradypterus carpalis

312

Red-faced Cisticola

Cisticola erythrops

313

Singing Cisticola

Cisticola cantans

314

Whistling Cisticola

Cisticola lateralis

315

Trilling Cisticola

Cisticola woosnami

316

Chubb’s Cisticola

Cisticola chubbi

317

Rattling Cisticola

Cisticola chiniana

318

Winding Cisticola

Cisticola marginatus

319

Carruthers’s Cisticola

Cisticola carruthersi

320

Croaking Cisticola

Cisticola natalensis

321

Black-backed Cisticola

Cisticola eximius

322

Stout Cisticola

Cisticola robustus

323

Siffling / Short-winged Cisticola

Cisticola brachypterus

324

Foxy Cisticola

Cisticola troglodytes

325

Zitting Cisticola 

Cisticola juncidis

326

Tabora / Long-tailed Cisticola

Cisticola angusticauda

327

Wing-snapping Cisticola

Cisticola ayressi

328

Tawny-flanked Prinia

Prinia subflava

329

Banded Prinia

Prinia melanops

330

White-chinned Prinia

Prinia leucopogon

331

Red-winged Prinia

Prinia erythroptera

332

Ruwenzori Apalis

Oreolais ruwenzorii

333

Buff-bellied Warbler

Phyllolais pulchella

334

Yellow-breasted Apalis

Apalis flavida

335

Lowland Masked Apalis 

Apalis binotata

336

Mountain Masked Apalis

Apalis personata

337

Black-throated Apalis

Apalis jacksoni

338

Chestnut-throated Apalis

Apalis porphyrolaema

339

Buff-throated Apalis

Apalis rufogularis

340

Grey Apalis

Apalis cinerea

341

Grey-capped Warbler

Eminia lepida

342

Grey-backed Camaroptera

Camaroptera brevicaudata

343

Olive-green Camaroptera

Camaroptera chloronota

344

Black-faced Rufous Warbler

Bathmocercus rufus

345

Rufous-crowned Eremomela

Eremomela badiceps

346

Rwenzori Hill Babbler

Sylvia atriceps

347

Green White-eye

Zosterops stuhlmanni

348

Northern White-eye

Zosterops senegalensis

349

Mountain Illadopsis

Illadopsis pyrrhoptera

350

Scaly-breasted Illadopsis

Illadopsis albipectus

351

Grey Chested Babbler

Kakamega poliothorax

352

Brown Babbler

Turdoides plebejus

353

Arrow-marked Babbler

Turdoides jardineii

354

Black-lored Babbler

Turdoides sharpei

355

Wattled Starling

Creatophora cinerea

356

Purple-headed Starling

Lamprotornis purpureiceps

357

Splendid Starling

Lamprotornis splendidus

358

Rüppell’s Starling

Lamprotornis purpuroptera

360

Greater Blue-eared Starling

Lamprotornis chalybaeus

361

Lesser Blue-eared Starling

Lamprotornis chlroropterus

359

Violet-backed Starling

Cinnyricinclus leucogaster

362

Slender-billed Starling

Onychognathus tenuirostris

363

Chestnut-winged Starling

Onychognathus fulgidus

364

Narrow-tailed Starling

Poeoptera lugubris

365

Sharpe’s Starling

Poeoptera sharpii

366

Yellow-billed Oxpecker

Buphagus africanus

367

Fraser's Rufous Thrush

Stizorhina fraseri

368

White-tailed Ant Thrush

Neocossyphus poensis

369

Abyssinian Thrush

Turdus abyssinicus

370

African Thrush

Turdus pelios

371

Brown-backed Scrub Robin

Erythropygia hartlaubi

372

White-browed Scrub Robin

Erythropygia leucophrys

373

Grey-throated (Tit) Flycatcher

Myioparus griseigularis

374

Plumbeous (Grey-Tit) Flycatcher

Myioparus plumbeus

375

White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher

Dioptrornis fischeri

376

Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher

Melaenornis ardesiacus

377

Northern Black Flycatcher

Melaenornis edolioides

378

Southern Black Flycatcher

Melaenornis pammelaina

379

Ashy Flycatcher

Muscicapa caerulescens

380

Swamp Flycatcher

Muscicapa aquatica

381

Pale Flycatcher

Bradornis pallidus

382

African Grey Flycatcher

Bradornis microrhynchus

383

Cassin’s Flycatcher

Muscicapa cassini

384

African Dusky Flycatcher

Muscicapa adusta

385

Dusky-blue Flycatcher

Muscicapa comitata

386

Sooty Flycatcher

Muscicapa infuscata

387

Fire-crested Alethe

Alethe castanea

388

Brown-chested Alethe

Chamaetylas poliocephala

389

Archer's Robin-Chat

Cossypha archeri

390

White-browed Robin-Chat

Cossypha heuglini

391

White-starred Robin

Pogonocichla stellata

392

Equatorial Akalat

Sheppardia aequatorialis

393

Spotted Palm Thrush

Cichladusa guttata

394

Mocking Cliff Chat

Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris

395

African Stonechat

Saxicola torquatus

396

Sooty Chat

Myrmecocichla nigra

397

Grey-headed Sunbird

Deleornis axillaris

398

Little Green Sunbird

Anthreptes seimundi

399

Grey-chinned Sunbird

Anthreptes rectirostris

400

Collared Sunbird

Hedydipna collaris

401

Green-headed Sunbird

Cyanomitra verticalis

402

Blue-throated Brown Sunbird

Cyanomitra cyanolaema

403

Blue-headed Sunbird

Cyanomitra alinae

404

Olive Sunbird

Cyanomitra olivacea

405

Green-throated Sunbird

Chalcomitra rubescens

406

Scarlet-chested Sunbird

Chalcomitra senegalensis

407

Bronzy Sunbird 

Nectarinia kilimensis

408

Olive-bellied Sunbird

Cinnyris chloropygius

409

Northern Double-collared Sunbird

Cinnyris reichenowi

410

Regal Sunbird

Cinnyris regius

411

Beautiful Sunbird

Cinnyris pulchellus

412

Red-chested Sunbird

Cinnyris erythrocercus

413

Superb Sunbird

Cinnyris superbus

414

Variable Sunbird

Cinnyris venustus

415

Copper Sunbird

Cinnyris cupreus

416

Marico Sunbird

Cinnyris mariquensis

417

Purple-banded Sunbird

Cinnyris bifasciatus

418

Tiny Sunbird

Cinnyris minullus

419

Shelley’s Sparrow

Passer shelleyi

420

Northern Grey-headed Sparrow

Passer griseus

421

House Sparrow 

Passer domesticus

422

White-browed Sparrow-Weaver

Plocepasser mahali

423

Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver

Plocepasser superciliosus

424

Speckle-fronted Weaver

Sporopipes frontalis

425

Grosbeak Weaver

Amblyospiza albifrons

426

Baglafecht Weaver

Ploceus baglafecht

427

Slender-billed Weaver

Ploceus pelzelni

428

Little Weaver

Ploceus luteolus

429

Spectacled Weaver

Ploceus ocularis

430

Black-necked Weaver

Ploceus nigricollis

431

Strange Weaver

Ploceus alienus

432

Black-billed Weaver

Ploceus melanogaster

433

Holub’s Golden Weaver

Ploceus xanthops

434

Northern Brown-throated Weaver

Ploceus castanops

435

Lesser Masked Weaver

Ploceus intermedius

436

Vitelline Masked Weaver

Ploceus vitellinus

437

Village Weaver

Ploceus cucullatus

438

Vieillot’s Black Weaver

Ploceus nigerrimus

439

Black-headed Weaver 

Ploceus melanocephalus

440

Golden-backed Weaver

Ploceus jacksoni

441

Compact Weaver

Ploceus superciliosus

442

Brown-capped Weaver

Ploceus insignis

443

Red-headed Weaver

Anaplectes rubriceps

444

Red-billed Quelea

Quelea quelea

445

Black Bishop

Euplectes gierowii

446

Black-winged Red Bishop

Euplectes hordeaceus

447

Southern Red Bishop

Euplectes orix

448

Northern Red Bishop

Euplectes franciscanus

449

Fan-tailed Widowbird

Euplectes axillaris

450

Yellow-mantled Widowbird

Euplectes macroura

451

Marsh Widowbird

Euplectes hartlaubi

452

Red-collared Widowbird

Euplectes ardens

453

Yellow-shouldered Widowbird

Euplectes macrocercus

454

White-winged Widowbird

Euplectes albonotatus

455

Bronze Mannikin

Spermestes cucullata

456

Magpie Mannikin

Spermestes fringilloides

457

Black-and-white Mannikin

Spermestes bicolor

458

Dusky Crimsonwing

Cryptospiza jacksoni

459

White-breasted Nigrita 

Nigrita fusconotus

460

Grey-headed Nigrita

Nigrita canicapillus

461

Cut-throat Finch

Amadina fasciata

462

Black-crowned Waxbill

Estrilda nonnula

463

Black-faced Waxbill

Estrilda erythronotos

464

Fawn-breasted Waxbill

Estrilda paludicola

465

Black-rumped Waxbill

Estrilda troglodytes

466

Common Waxbill

Estrilda astrild

467

Yellow-bellied Waxbill

Coccopygia quartinia

468

Black Faced Quailfinch

Ortygospiza atricollis

469

Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu

Uraeginthus bengalus

470

Red-headed Bluebill

Spermophaga ruficapilla

471

Black-bellied Seedcracker

Pyrenestes ostrinus

472

Green-winged Pytilia

Pytilia melba

473

Red-billed Firefinch

Lagonosticta senegala

474

Black-bellied Firefinch

Lagonosticta rara

475

Bar-breasted Firefinch

Lagonosticta rufopicta

476

African Firefinch

Lagonosticta rubricata

477

Village Indigobird

Vidua chalybeata

478

Pin-tailed Whydah

Vidua macroura

479

Cape Wagtail

Motacilla capensis

480

Mountain Wagtail

Motacilla clara

481

African Pied Wagtail

Motacilla aguimp

482

Yellow-throated Longclaw

Macronyx croceus

483

African Pipit

Anthus cinnamomeus

484

Plain-backed Pipit

Anthus leucophrys

485

Striped Pipit

Anthus lineiventris

486

Western Citril

Crithagra frontalis

487

Yellow-fronted Canary

Crithagra mozambica

488

Brimstone Canary

Crithagra sulphuratus

489

Black-throated Canary

Crithagra atrogularis

490

Thick-billed Seedeater

Crithagra burtoni

491

Streaky Seedeater

Crithagra striolatus

492

Cinnamon-breasted Bunting

Emberiza tahapisi

493

Golden-breasted Bunting

Emberiza flaviventris

494

Cabanis’s Bunting

Emberiza cabanisi

 

 

 

 

Other sightings

 

1

Eastern Mountain Gorilla

Gorilla beringei

2

Chimpanzee

Pan troglodytes

3

Black-and-white Colobus

Colobus guereza

4

Ugandan Red Colobus

Piliocolobus tephrosceles

5

Olive Baboon

Papio anubis

6

Vervet Monkey

Chlorocebus pygerythrus

7

L’Hoest’s Monkey

Allochrocebus lhoesti

8

Patas Monkey

Erythrocebus patas

9

Grey-cheeked Mangabey

Lophocebus albigena

10

Red-tailed Monkey

Cercopithecus ascanius

11

Blue Monkey

Cercopithecus mitis

12

African Elephant

Loxodonta africana

13

African Lion

Panthera leo

14

Spotted Hyaena

Crocuta crocuta

15

Common Dwarf Mongoose

Helogale parvula

16

Egyptian Mongoose

Herpestes ichneumon

17

Banded Mongoose

Mungos mungo

18

Marsh Mongoose

Atilax paludinosus

19

Burchell's Plains Zebra

Equus quagga burchellii

20

Common Warthog

Phacochoerus africanus

21

Rothschild’s Reticulated Giraffe

Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi

22

Impala 

Aepyceros melampus

23

Jackson’s Hartebeest

Alcelaphus buselaphus

24

Common Bush Duiker

Sylvicapra grimmia

25

Black-fronted Duiker

Cephalophus nigrifrons

26

Ugandan Topi

Damaliscus lunatus ugandae

27

Waterbuck

Kobus ellipsiprymnus

28

Kob

Kobus kob

29

Oribi

Ourebia ourebi

30

Cape Buffalo 

Syncerus caffer

31

Bushbuck

Tragelaphus scriptus

32

Hippopotamus

Hippopotamus amphibius

33

Side-striped Ground Squirrel

Xerus erythropus

34

Carruther's Mountain Squirrel

Funisciurus carruthersi

35

Boehm’s Bush Squirrel

Paraxerus boehmi

36

Red-legged Sun Squirrel

Heliosciurus rufobrachium

37

African Straw-coloured Fruit Bat

Eidolon helvum

38

Wahlberg's Epauletted Fruit Bat

Epomophorus wahlbergi

39

Brown Rat

Rattus norvegicus

40

White Rhinoceros

Ceratotherium simum

41

Nile Crocodile

Crocodylus niloticus

42

Tropical House Gecko

Hemidactylus mabouia

43

Southern Blue-headed Tree Agama

Acanthocercus atricollis

44

Speckle Lipped Skink

Trachylepis maculilabris 

45

Nile Water Monitor

Varanus niloticus

46

Finch's Agama

Agama finchi


2 comments:

  1. Sounds like a truly amazing trip - not sure how you are going to better this one! Well done to you and Angie for all the excellent photos! Hazel C

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  2. What an amazing trip and an inspiring read. Who knew Uganda had so many birds. Great photos from you and Angie, thanks for sharing. Neil C

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