↑AFRICA">
AFRICA↑

CHECKLIST">
TARGETS

UGANDA SPECIALTY BIRDS LIST

AFRICA
UGANDA

# Species:1047
# Excl Vagrants:1013
# Endemics:1
# Near Endemics:11

List of species that are endemic (E), near endemic (NE), have restricted ranges in the country (RR), or occur only locally (LC) in the country excluding vagrants and accidentals. Table also shows species with globally threatened or endangered status according to the IUCN.*

color codes

1/Common Pochard/Aythya ferina V
2Stone PartridgePtilopachus petrosusRR 
3Nahan's PartridgePtilopachus nahaniNEV
4Coqui FrancolinCampocolinus coquiRR 
5Ring-necked FrancolinScleroptera streptophorus NT
6Orange River FrancolinScleroptera levaillantoidesRR 
7Elgon FrancolinScleroptera elgonensisNENT
8Shelley's FrancolinScleroptera shelleyiRR 
9Handsome SpurfowlPternistis nobilisRR 
10Lesser FlamingoPhoenicoparrus minor V
11Rameron PigeonColumba arquatrixRR 
12Delegorgue's PigeonColumba delegorgueiRR 
13White-naped PigeonColumba albinucha NT
14Black-faced SandgrousePterocles decoratusRR 
15Lichtenstein's SandgrousePterocles lichtensteiniiRR 
16Kori BustardArdeotis kori NT
17Denham's BustardNeotis denhami NT
18Hartlaub's TuracoTauraco hartlaubiRR 
19Purple-crested TuracoGallirex porphyreolophusRR 
20Rwenzori TuracoGallirex johnstoniNE 
21Black-throated CoucalCentropus leucogasterRR 
22Thick-billed CuckooPachycoccyx audebertiRR 
23Sombre NightjarCaprimulgus fraenatusRR 
24Nubian NightjarCaprimulgus nubicusRR 
25Star-spotted NightjarCaprimulgus stellatusRR 
26Bates's NightjarCaprimulgus batesiRR 
27Sabine's SpinetailRhaphidura sabiniRR 
28Cassin's SpinetailNeafrapus cassiniRR 
29African SwiftApus barbatusRR 
30Gray-throated RailGallirallus oculeusRR 
31Lesser MoorhenGallinula angulataRR 
32Red-knobbed CootFulica cristataRR 
33Nkulengu RailHimantornis haematopusRR 
34/Little Crake/Zapornia parvaRR 
35\Streaky-breasted Flufftail\Sarothrura boehmiRR 
36Gray Crowned-CraneBalearica regulorum EN
37Black Crowned-CraneBalearica pavoninaRRV
38Spotted Thick-kneeBurhinus capensisRR 
39Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensisRR 
40Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus NT
41Forbes's PloverCharadrius forbesiRR 
42/Eurasian Curlew/Numenius arquata NT
43/Black-tailed Godwit/Limosa limosa NT
44/Great Snipe/Gallinago media NT
45/Curlew Sandpiper/Calidris ferruginea NT
46Three-banded CourserRhinoptilus cinctusRR 
47|Black-winged Pratincole|Glareola nordmanni NT
48African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis NT
49ShoebillBalaeniceps rex V
50/Malagasy Pond-Heron/Ardeola idae EN
51Olive IbisBostrychia olivaceaRR 
52Spot-breasted IbisBostrychia raraRR 
53SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentarius EN
54Scissor-tailed KiteChelictinia riocouriiRRV
55Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatus NT
56#Egyptian Vulture#Neophron percnopterusRREN
57White-headed VultureTrigonoceps occipitalis CR
58Lappet-faced VultureTorgos tracheliotos EN
59Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus CR
60White-backed VultureGyps africanus CR
61Rueppell's GriffonGyps rueppelli CR
62Congo Serpent-EagleDryotriorchis spectabilisRR 
63BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus EN
64Beaudouin's Snake-EagleCircaetus beaudouini V
65Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatus NT
66Martial EaglePolemaetus bellicosus EN
67Tawny EagleAquila rapax V
68/Steppe Eagle/Aquila nipalensis EN
69Verreaux's EagleAquila verreauxiiRR 
70Dark Chanting-GoshawkMelierax metabatesRR 
71Eastern Chanting-GoshawkMelierax poliopterusRR 
72/Pallid Harrier/Circus macrourus NT
73Red-thighed SparrowhawkAccipiter erythropusRR 
74Rufous-chested SparrowhawkAccipiter rufiventrisRR 
75Long-tailed HawkUrotriorchis macrourusRR 
76Mountain BuzzardButeo oreophilus NT
77/Long-legged Buzzard/Buteo rufinusRR 
78Cape Eagle-OwlBubo capensisRR 
79Grayish Eagle-OwlBubo cinerascensRR 
80Fraser's Eagle-OwlKetupa poensisRR 
81Pel's Fishing-OwlScotopelia peliRR 
82Red-chested OwletGlaucidium tephronotumRR 
83Abyssinian OwlAsio abyssinicusRR 
84Forest ScimitarbillRhinopomastus castaneicepsRR 
85Abyssinian Ground-HornbillBucorvus abyssinicusRRV
86Southern Ground-HornbillBucorvus leadbeateriRRV
87Red-billed Dwarf HornbillLophoceros camurusRR 
88Hemprich's HornbillLophoceros hemprichiiRR 
89Jackson's HornbillTockus jacksoniRR 
90Eastern Long-tailed HornbillHorizocerus cassiniRR 
91Eastern Dwarf HornbillHorizocerus grantiRR 
92White-thighed HornbillBycanistes albotibialisRR 
93Chocolate-backed KingfisherHalcyon badiaRR 
94Black Bee-eaterMerops gularisRR 
95Cinnamon-chested Bee-eaterMerops oreobatesRR 
96Swallow-tailed Bee-eaterMerops hirundineusRR 
97African Green Bee-eaterMerops viridissimusRR 
98/European Bee-eater/Merops apiasterRR 
99/Northern Carmine Bee-eater/Merops nubicusRR 
100Crested BarbetTrachyphonus vaillantiiRR 
101Moustached TinkerbirdPogoniulus leucomystaxRR 
102Western TinkerbirdPogoniulus coryphaeaRR 
103Red-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus pusillusRR 
104Red-faced BarbetLybius rubrifacies NT
105Wahlberg's HoneyguideProdotiscus regulusRR 
106Dwarf HoneyguideIndicator pumilioNE 
107Willcocks's HoneyguideIndicator willcocksiRR 
108Pallid HoneyguideIndicator meliphilusRR 
109Lyre-tailed HoneyguideMelichneutes robustusRR 
110African PiculetVerreauxia africanaRR 
111Gabon WoodpeckerDendropicos gabonensisRR 
112Elliot's WoodpeckerDendropicos elliotiiRR 
113Greater KestrelFalco rupicoloidesRR 
114Fox KestrelFalco alopexRR 
115Red-necked FalconFalco chicquera NT
116|Red-footed Falcon|Falco vespertinus V
117|Sooty Falcon|Falco concolor V
118Taita FalconFalco fasciinuchaRRV
119Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriRR 
120Black-collared LovebirdAgapornis swindernianusRR 
121Gray ParrotPsittacus erithacus EN
122Brown-necked ParrotPoicephalus fuscicollisRR 
123Grauer's BroadbillPseudocalyptomena graueri V
124Grauer's CuckooshrikeCoracina graueriNE 
125Petit's CuckooshrikeCampephaga petitiRR 
126Blue CuckooshrikeCyanograucalus azureusRR 
127Black-winged OrioleOriolus nigripennisRR 
128Yellow-bellied Wattle-eyePlatysteira concretaRR 
129Rwenzori BatisBatis diopsRR 
130Gray-headed BatisBatis orientalisRR 
131Pygmy BatisBatis perkeoRR 
132Ituri BatisBatis ituriensisRR 
133Yellow-crested HelmetshrikePrionops albertiNEV
134Rufous-bellied HelmetshrikePrionops rufiventrisRR 
135Red-eyed PuffbackDryoscopus senegalensisRR 
136Three-streaked TchagraTchagra jamesiRR 
137Papyrus GonolekLaniarius mufumbiri NT
138Slate-colored BoubouLaniarius funebrisRR 
139Lowland Sooty BoubouLaniarius leucorhynchusRR 
140Willard's Sooty BoubouLaniarius willardiRR 
141Albertine BoubouLaniarius holomelasRR 
142Many-colored BushshrikeTelophorus multicolorRR 
143Doherty's BushshrikeTelophorus dohertyiRR 
144Fiery-breasted BushshrikeMalaconotus cruentusRR 
145Lagden's BushshrikeMalaconotus lagdeniRRNT
146African Crested FlycatcherTrochocercus cyanomelasRR 
147Emin's ShrikeLanius gubernatorRR 
148Souza's ShrikeLanius souzaeLC 
149/Woodchat Shrike/Lanius senator NT
150White-rumped ShrikeEurocephalus ruppelliRR 
151Cape CrowCorvus capensisRR 
152White-tailed Blue FlycatcherElminia albicaudaRR 
153White-tailed Crested FlycatcherElminia albonotataRR 
154White-bellied TitMelaniparus albiventrisRR 
155Stripe-breasted TitMelaniparus fasciiventerRR 
156Somali TitMelaniparus thruppiRR 
157<Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark>Eremopterix leucotisRR 
158Fischer's Sparrow-LarkEremopterix leucopareiaRR 
159Fawn-colored LarkCalendulauda africanoidesRR 
160Red-winged LarkMirafra hypermetraRR 
161Yellow-throated NicatorNicator vireoRR 
162Lemon-bellied CrombecSylvietta dentiRR 
163White-browed CrombecSylvietta leucophrysRR 
164Yellow LongbillMacrosphenus flavicansRR 
165Gray LongbillMacrosphenus concolorRR 
166Grauer's WarblerGraueria vittataRR 
167Tit-hyliaPholidornis rushiaeRR 
168Turner's EremomelaEremomela turneriRRNT
169Black-collared ApalisOreolais pulcherRR 
170Rwenzori ApalisOreolais ruwenzoriiRR 
171Miombo Wren-WarblerCalamonastes undosusRR 
172Gray Wren-WarblerCalamonastes simplexRR 
173Masked ApalisApalis binotataRR 
174Black-faced ApalisApalis personataRR 
175Chestnut-throated ApalisApalis porphyrolaemaRR 
176Karamoja ApalisApalis karamojaeRRV
177Pale PriniaPrinia somalicaRR 
178Red-fronted WarblerPrinia rufifronsRR 
179Hunter's CisticolaCisticola hunteriRR 
180Rock-loving CisticolaCisticola aberransRR 
181Boran CisticolaCisticola bodessaLC 
182Red-pate CisticolaCisticola ruficepsRR 
183Wailing CisticolaCisticola laisRR 
184Tabora CisticolaCisticola angusticaudaRR 
185Black-backed CisticolaCisticola eximiusRR 
186Papyrus Yellow-WarblerCalamonastides gracilirostrisRRV
187African Yellow-WarblerIduna natalensisRR 
188Mountain Yellow-WarblerIduna similisRR 
189|Basra Reed Warbler|Acrocephalus griseldis EN
190Bamboo WarblerLocustella alfrediRR 
191Evergreen-forest WarblerBradypterus lopeziRR 
192Cinnamon Bracken-WarblerBradypterus cinnamomeusRR 
193Grauer's Swamp WarblerBradypterus graueriRRV
194Highland Rush WarblerBradypterus centralisRR 
195\Montane Blue Swallow\Hirundo atrocaerulea V
196Ethiopian SwallowHirundo aethiopicaRR 
197White-throated Blue SwallowHirundo nigritaRR 
198Swamp GreenbulThescelocichla leucopleuraRR 
199Simple GreenbulChlorocichla simplexRR 
200Shelley's GreenbulArizelocichla masukuensisRR 
201Eastern Bearded-GreenbulCriniger chloronotusRR 
202Ansorge's GreenbulEurillas ansorgeiRR 
203Yellow-streaked GreenbulPhyllastrephus flavostriatusRR 
204Icterine GreenbulPhyllastrephus icterinusRR 
205Cabanis's GreenbulPhyllastrephus cabanisiRR 
206Sassi's GreenbulPhyllastrephus lorenziRR 
207/Common Chiffchaff/Phylloscopus collybitaRR 
208Brown Woodland-WarblerPhylloscopus umbrovirensRR 
209Red-faced Woodland-WarblerPhylloscopus laetusRR 
210Uganda Woodland-WarblerPhylloscopus budongoensisRR 
211Chestnut-capped FlycatcherErythrocercus mccalliiRR 
212Neumann's WarblerHemitesia neumanniRR 
213African Hill BabblerSylvia abyssinicaRR 
214Rwenzori Hill BabblerSylvia atricepsRR 
215Brown ParisomaCurruca lugensRR 
216Puvel's IlladopsisIlladopsis puveliRR 
217Red-collared Mountain-BabblerTurdoides rufocinctusRR 
218Red-billed OxpeckerBuphagus erythrorynchusRR 
219Yellow-billed OxpeckerBuphagus africanusRR 
220Slender-billed StarlingOnychognathus tenuirostrisRR 
221Bristle-crowned StarlingOnychognathus salvadoriiRR 
222Red-tailed Ant-ThrushNeocossyphus rufusRR 
223Black-eared Ground-ThrushGeokichla camaronensisRR 
224Gray Ground-ThrushGeokichla princeiRR 
225Oberlaender's Ground-ThrushGeokichla oberlaenderiNENT
226Abyssinian Ground-ThrushGeokichla piaggiaeRR 
227Yellow-footed FlycatcherMuscicapa sethsmithiRR 
228Gambaga FlycatcherMuscicapa gambagaeRR 
229Chapin's FlycatcherFraseria lenduNEV
230Yellow-eyed Black-FlycatcherMelaenornis ardesiacusRR 
231Southern Black-FlycatcherMelaenornis pammelainaRR 
232Forest Scrub-RobinCercotrichas leucostictaRR 
233/Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin/Cercotrichas galactotesRR 
234White-bellied Robin-ChatCossyphicula robertiRR 
235Archer's Robin-ChatCossypha archeriNE 
236Cape Robin-ChatCossypha caffraRR 
237Collared Palm-ThrushCichladusa arquataRR 
238Red-throated AletheChamaetylas poliophrysRR 
239Moorland ChatPinarochroa sordidaRR 
240Arnot's ChatMyrmecocichla arnottiRR 
241Familiar ChatOenanthe familiarisRR 
242Blue-headed SunbirdCyanomitra alinaeNE 
243Amethyst SunbirdChalcomitra amethystinaRR 
244Hunter's SunbirdChalcomitra hunteriRR 
245Purple-breasted SunbirdNectarinia purpureiventrisRR 
246Tacazze SunbirdNectarinia tacazzeRR 
247Malachite SunbirdNectarinia famosaRR 
248Red-tufted SunbirdNectarinia johnstoniRR 
249Golden-winged SunbirdDrepanorhynchus reichenowiRR 
250Tiny SunbirdCinnyris minullusRR 
251Stuhlmann's SunbirdCinnyris stuhlmanniRR 
252Northern Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris reichenowiRR 
253Regal SunbirdCinnyris regiusRR 
254Palestine SunbirdCinnyris oseaRR 
255Superb SunbirdCinnyris superbusRR 
256Gray-headed Social-WeaverPseudonigrita arnaudiRR 
257Red-bellied MalimbeMalimbus erythrogasterRR 
258Blue-billed MalimbeMalimbus nitensRR 
259Crested MalimbeMalimbus malimbicusRR 
260Strange WeaverPloceus alienusNE 
261Orange WeaverPloceus aurantiusRR 
262Fox's WeaverPloceus spekeoidesENT
263Chestnut WeaverPloceus rubiginosusRR 
264Maxwell's Black WeaverPloceus albinuchaRR 
265Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes aferRR 
266Marsh WidowbirdEuplectes hartlaubiRR 
267Magpie MannikinSpermestes fringilloidesRR 
268African SilverbillEuodice cantansRR 
269Shelley's CrimsonwingCryptospiza shelleyiRREN
270Dusky CrimsonwingCryptospiza jacksoniRR 
271Abyssinian CrimsonwingCryptospiza salvadoriiRR 
272Red-faced CrimsonwingCryptospiza reichenoviiRR 
273Jameson's AntpeckerParmoptila jamesoniRR 
274Pale-fronted NigritaNigrita luteifronsRR 
275Chestnut-breasted NigritaNigrita bicolorRR 
276Black-headed WaxbillEstrilda atricapillaRR 
277Kandt's WaxbillEstrilda kandtiRR 
278QuailfinchOrtygospiza atricollisRR 
279Cut-throatAmadina fasciataRR 
280Gray-headed SilverbillOdontospiza griseicapillaRR 
281Grant's BluebillSpermophaga poliogenysRR 
282Orange-winged PytiliaPytilia afraRR 
283Dusky TwinspotEuschistospiza cinereovinaceaRR 
284Steel-blue WhydahVidua hypocherinaRR 
285Straw-tailed WhydahVidua fischeriRR 
286Parasitic WeaverAnomalospiza imberbisRR 
287Yellow-spotted Bush SparrowGymnornis pyrgitaRR 
288Sahel Bush SparrowGymnornis dentataRR 
289Golden PipitTmetothylacus tenellusRR 
290Oriole FinchLinurgus olivaceusRR 
291White-rumped SeedeaterCrithagra leucopygiusRR 
292Papyrus CanaryCrithagra koliensisRR 
293Reichenow's SeedeaterCrithagra reichenowiRR 
294White-bellied CanaryCrithagra dorsostriatusRR 
295Reichard's SeedeaterCrithagra reichardiRR 
296Yellow-crowned CanarySerinus flavivertexRR 
297Gray-chested BabblerKakamega poliothoraxRR 
298Somali BuntingEmberiza poliopleuraRR 

 

 *Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.

OTHER COUNTRIES
IN AFRICA

BIRDING LOCALES

DISTRIBUTION CODES

CodeDescription##
EEndemic1
LCLocal2
NENear Endemic11
RRRestricted Range244

STATUS CODES

CodeDescription##
NTNear Threatened5
VVulnerable11
ENEndangered2
CRCritically Endangered0

Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.