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

OTHER COUNTRIESIN AFRICA

• Angola
• Botswana
• Egypt
• Ethiopia
• Kenya
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Morocco
• Namibia
• Rwanda
• South Africa
• Tanzania
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe

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	1
NE	Near Endemic	11
CR	Critically Endangered	2
EN	Endangered	7
BC	Best Seen in This Country	122
AT	Always a Target	0

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