List of target birds found in the country broken down by locations. Target birds are those that are endemic, near-endemic, critically endangered or endangered according to the IUCN, best seen in this country, or always considered by us to be a target. Only countries for which we have data are used to determine if the species is best seen in this country. Hence, species listed as best seen in this country may also be seen in other countries for which we don't have any data. If no locale code is given, the species is only present in remote areas not included in our list of locales but is only in remote locales of other countries as well. A separate target list can be viewed for each location by clicking its sidebar link.*

1	Hartlaub's Duck	Pteronetta hartlaubii		BC
2	Nahan's Partridge	Ptilopachus nahani	Many	NE
3	Latham Francolin	Peliperdix lathami	BFR,MF	BC
4	Elgon Francolin	Scleroptera elgonensis		BC
5	Heuglin's Spurfowl	Pternistis icterorhynchus	Many	BC
6	Western Bronze-naped Pigeon	Columba iriditorques	Many	BC
7	White-naped Pigeon	Columba albinucha	BB,BR,KFNP TSWR	BC
8	Rwenzori Turaco	Gallirex johnstoni	Many	NE
9	Black-throated Coucal	Centropus leucogaster	BFR,MS,TSWR	BC
10	Yellow-throated Cuckoo	Chrysococcyx flavigularis	Many	BC
11	Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo	Cercococcyx mechowi	Many	BC
12	Bates's Nightjar	Caprimulgus batesi		BC
13	Cassin's Spinetail	Neafrapus cassini	Many	BC
14	Gray-throated Rail	Gallirallus oculeus	BR	BC
15	Nkulengu Rail	Himantornis haematopus		BC
16	Gray Crowned-Crane	Balearica regulorum	Many	EN
17	Spot-breasted Ibis	Bostrychia rara		BC
18	/Malagasy Pond-Heron/	Ardeola idae	LMNP	EN
19	Secretarybird	Sagittarius serpentarius	KVNP,MFNP	EN
20	White-headed Vulture	Trigonoceps occipitalis	Many	CR
21	Lappet-faced Vulture	Torgos tracheliotos	Many	EN
22	Hooded Vulture	Necrosyrtes monachus	Many	CR
23	Bateleur	Terathopius ecaudatus	Many	EN
24	Congo Snake-Eagle	Circaetus spectabilis	BB,BTN,TSWR	BC
25	Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle	Circaetus beaudouini	Many	BC
26	Martial Eagle	Polemaetus bellicosus	Many	EN
27	Long-tailed Hawk	Urotriorchis macrourus	TSWR	BC
28	Red-thighed Sparrowhawk	Tachyspiza erythropus	BRM	BC
29	/Grasshopper Buzzard/	Butastur rufipennis	Many	BC
30	Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill	Lophoceros camurus	KFNP,TSWR	BC
31	Congo Pied Hornbill	Lophoceros fasciatus	Many	BC
32	Eastern Long-tailed Hornbill	Horizocerus cassini	BTN,KFNP,QENP TSWR	BC
33	Eastern Dwarf Hornbill	Horizocerus granti	KFNP,TSWR	BC
34	Black-casqued Hornbill	Ceratogymna atrata	Many	BC
35	White-thighed Hornbill	Bycanistes albotibialis	Many	BC
36	Piping Hornbill	Bycanistes fistulator	Many	BC
37	Black Bee-eater	Merops gularis	Many	BC
38	Shining-blue Kingfisher	Alcedo quadribrachys	Many	BC
39	African Dwarf Kingfisher	Ispidina lecontei	Many	BC
40	Chocolate-backed Kingfisher	Halcyon badia	Many	BC
41	Blue-throated Roller	Eurystomus gularis	Many	BC
42	Speckled Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus scolopaceus	Many	BC
43	Red-rumped Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus atroflavus	Many	BC
44	Yellow-throated Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus subsulphureus	Many	BC
45	Black-breasted Barbet	Pogonornis rolleti	KVNP	BC
46	Zenker's Honeyguide	Melignomon zenkeri	KFNP	BC
47	Dwarf Honeyguide	Indicator pumilio	Many	NE
48	Willcocks's Honeyguide	Indicator willcocksi	Many	BC
49	Spotted Honeyguide	Indicator maculatus		BC
50	Lyre-tailed Honeyguide	Melichneutes robustus		BC
51	African Piculet	Verreauxia africana	TSWR	BC
52	Gabon Woodpecker	Dendropicos gabonensis	BB,BE,TSWR	BC
53	Black-collared Lovebird	Agapornis swindernianus		BC
54	Gray Parrot	Psittacus erithacus	Many	EN
55	Rufous-sided Broadbill	Smithornis rufolateralis	BB,BFR,BRM TSWR	BC
56	Grauer's Broadbill	Pseudocalyptomena graueri	BB,BMS,BR,BTN	BC
57	Green-breasted Pitta	Pitta reichenowi	BFR,KFNP	BC
58	Grauer's Cuckooshrike	Coracina graueri		BC
59	Blue Cuckooshrike	Cyanograucalus azureus		BC
60	Black-winged Oriole	Oriolus nigripennis	Many	BC
61	Ituri Batis	Batis ituriensis	Many	BC
62	Yellow-crested Helmetshrike	Prionops alberti		BC
63	Rufous-bellied Helmetshrike	Prionops rufiventris	BRM	BC
64	Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher	Bias musicus	Many	BC
65	Red-eyed Puffback	Dryoscopus senegalensis		BC
66	Lowland Sooty Boubou	Laniarius leucorhynchus	Many	BC
67	Fiery-breasted Bushshrike	Malaconotus cruentus		BC
68	Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher	Trochocercus nitens	KFNP,MF,QENP	BC
69	Emin's Shrike	Lanius gubernator		BC
70	Yellow Penduline-Tit	Anthoscopus parvulus		BC
71	Rufous-rumped Lark	Pinarocorys erythropygia		BC
72	Kidepo Lark	Corypha kidepoensis	KVNP	BC
73	Sun Lark	Galerida modesta		BC
74	Western Nicator	Nicator chloris	Many	BC
75	Yellow-throated Nicator	Nicator vireo	Many	BC
76	Lemon-bellied Crombec	Sylvietta denti	Many	BC
77	Yellow Longbill	Macrosphenus flavicans	Many	BC
78	Gray Longbill	Macrosphenus concolor	Many	BC
79	Rufous-crowned Eremomela	Eremomela badiceps	Many	BC
80	Red-winged Gray Warbler	Drymocichla incana	Many	BC
81	Yellow-browed Camaroptera	Camaroptera superciliaris	Many	BC
82	Black-capped Apalis	Apalis nigriceps	Many	BC
83	Masked Apalis	Apalis binotata	Many	BC
84	Karamoja Apalis	Apalis karamojae	KVNP	E
85	Red-pate Cisticola	Cisticola ruficeps	KVNP	BC
86	Lyne's Cisticola	Cisticola distinctus		BC
87	Bamboo Warbler	Locustella alfredi	BR,BTN,KR MGNP	BC
88	White-throated Blue Swallow	Hirundo nigrita	LMNP	BC
89	Yellow-eyed Bristlebill	Bleda ugandae	BRM,KFNP,MF TSWR	BC
90	Spotted Greenbul	Ixonotus guttatus	BFR,BRM,MMRD QENP	BC
91	Swamp Greenbul	Thescelocichla leucopleura	KFNP,TSWR	BC
92	Simple Greenbul	Chlorocichla simplex	BB,TSWR	BC
93	Eastern Bearded-Greenbul	Criniger chloronotus	MGNP	BC
94	Red-tailed Greenbul	Criniger calurus	Many	BC
95	White-throated Greenbul	Phyllastrephus albigularis	Many	BC
96	Xavier's Greenbul	Phyllastrephus xavieri	Many	BC
97	Icterine Greenbul	Phyllastrephus icterinus	Many	BC
98	Leaf-love	Phyllastrephus scandens	Many	BC
99	Sassi's Greenbul	Phyllastrephus lorenzi		BC
100	Tit-hylia	Pholidornis rushiae	Many	BC
101	Chestnut-capped Flycatcher	Erythrocercus mccallii	Many	BC
102	Puvel's Illadopsis	Illadopsis puveli	Many	BC
103	Capuchin Babbler	Turdoides atripennis		BC
104	Dusky Babbler	Turdoides tenebrosa	BE,MFNP	BC
105	Chestnut-winged Starling	Onychognathus fulgidus	Many	BC
106	Narrow-tailed Starling	Poeoptera lugubris	Many	BC
107	Purple-headed Starling	Lamprotornis purpureiceps	Many	BC
108	Bronze-tailed Starling	Lamprotornis chalcurus	Many	BC
109	Black-eared Ground-Thrush	Geokichla camaronensis	BB,KFNP	BC
110	Gray Ground-Thrush	Geokichla princei		BC
111	Oberlaender's Ground-Thrush	Geokichla oberlaenderi	BB,MGNP	NE
112	Yellow-footed Flycatcher	Muscicapa sethsmithi	BB,BFR	BC
113	Cassin's Flycatcher	Muscicapa cassini	Many	BC
114	Dusky-blue Flycatcher	Bradornis comitata	Many	BC
115	African Forest-Flycatcher	Fraseria ocreata	Many	BC
116	Gray-throated Tit-Flycatcher	Fraseria griseigularis	Many	BC
117	Chapin's Flycatcher	Fraseria lendu	Many	NE
118	Fire-crested Alethe	Alethe castanea	Many	BC
119	Forest Scrub-Robin	Tychaedon leucosticta		BC
120	Archer's Robin-Chat	Dessonornis archeri	Many	NE
121	Yellow-breasted Forest Robin	Stiphrornis mabirae	MF,MS	BC
122	Lowland Akalat	Sheppardia cyornithopsis		BC
123	Heuglin's Wheatear	Oenanthe heuglinii	KVNP	BC
124	Gray-headed Sunbird	Deleornis axillaris	Many	BC
125	Little Green Sunbird	Anthreptes seimundi	Many	BC
126	Blue-headed Sunbird	Cyanomitra alinae	Many	NE
127	Tiny Sunbird	Cinnyris minullus	Many	BC
128	Red-bellied Malimbe	Malimbus erythrogaster	Many	BC
129	Blue-billed Malimbe	Malimbus nitens	TSWR	BC
130	Crested Malimbe	Malimbus malimbicus	Many	BC
131	Strange Weaver	Ploceus alienus	Many	NE
132	Orange Weaver	Ploceus aurantius	EBG,LMNP,MF MS	BC
133	Heuglin's Masked-Weaver	Ploceus heuglini	BTN,MHRD,MMRD	BC
134	Fox's Weaver	Ploceus spekeoides		BC
135	Weyns's Weaver	Ploceus weynsi	Many	BC
136	Yellow-mantled Weaver	Ploceus tricolor	Many	BC
137	Maxwell's Black Weaver	Ploceus albinucha	BB,KFNP,TSWR	BC
138	Jameson's Antpecker	Parmoptila jamesoni	Many	BC
139	Pale-fronted Nigrita	Nigrita luteifrons	BB,KFNP,TSWR	BC
140	Chestnut-breasted Nigrita	Nigrita bicolor	BB,KFNP,QENP TSWR	BC
141	Gray-headed Oliveback	Delacourella capistrata	Many	BC
142	Grant's Bluebill	Spermophaga poliogenys	BE,BRM,TSWR	BC
143	Red-winged Pytilia	Pytilia phoenicoptera	Many	BC
144	Dybowski's Twinspot	Euschistospiza dybowskii		BC

 

 *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.

BIRDING LOCALES

• Budongo Forest Reserve (BFR)
• Budongo Royal Mile (BRM)
• Butiaba Escarpment (BE)
• Bwindi Impenetrable Forest - Buhoma (BB)
• Bwindi Impenetrable Forest - Mubwindi Swamp (BMS)
• Bwindi Impenetrable Forest - Rujiha (BR)
• Bwindi Impenetrable Forest - The Neck (BTN)
• Entebbe Botanical Gardens (EBG)
• Kampala-Masindi Road (KMRD)
• Kasenyi Road (KR)
• Kibale Forest National Park (KFNP)
• Kidepo Valley National Park (KVNP)
• Lake Mburo National Park (LMNP)
• Mabamba Swamp (MS)
• Mabira Forest (MF)
• Masindi Hotel (MH)
• Masindi-Hoima Road (MHRD)
• Masindi-Murchison Falls Road (MMRD)
• Mgahinga Gorilla National Park (MGNP)
• Murchison Falls National Park (MFNP)
• Queen Elizabeth National Park (QENP)
• Toro-Semliki Wildlife Reserve (TSWR)

REASON CODES

Code	Description	##
E	Endemic	2
NE	Near Endemic	12
CR	Critically Endangered	2
EN	Endangered	7
BC	Best Seen in This Country	121
AT	Always a Target	0

Reason codes indicate the reason a species is included on our target birds list.