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	Western 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	Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo	Cercococcyx olivinus	Many	BC
14	Bates's Nightjar	Caprimulgus batesi		BC
15	Cassin's Spinetail	Neafrapus cassini	Many	BC
16	Gray-throated Rail	Gallirallus oculeus	BR	BC
17	Nkulengu Rail	Himantornis haematopus		BC
18	Gray Crowned-Crane	Balearica regulorum	Many	EN
19	Spot-breasted Ibis	Bostrychia rara		BC
20	/Malagasy Pond-Heron/	Ardeola idae	LMNP	EN
21	Secretarybird	Sagittarius serpentarius	KVNP,MFNP	EN
22	White-headed Vulture	Trigonoceps occipitalis	Many	CR
23	Lappet-faced Vulture	Torgos tracheliotos	Many	EN
24	Hooded Vulture	Necrosyrtes monachus	Many	CR
25	Bateleur	Terathopius ecaudatus	Many	EN
26	Congo Snake-Eagle	Circaetus spectabilis	BB,BTN,TSWR	BC
27	Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle	Circaetus beaudouini	Many	BC
28	Martial Eagle	Polemaetus bellicosus	Many	EN
29	Long-tailed Hawk	Urotriorchis macrourus	TSWR	BC
30	Red-thighed Sparrowhawk	Tachyspiza erythropus	BRM	BC
31	/Grasshopper Buzzard/	Butastur rufipennis	Many	BC
32	Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill	Lophoceros camurus	KFNP,TSWR	BC
33	Congo Pied Hornbill	Lophoceros fasciatus	Many	BC
34	Eastern Long-tailed Hornbill	Horizocerus cassini	BTN,KFNP,QENP TSWR	BC
35	Eastern Dwarf Hornbill	Horizocerus granti	KFNP,TSWR	BC
36	Black-casqued Hornbill	Ceratogymna atrata	Many	BC
37	White-thighed Hornbill	Bycanistes albotibialis	Many	BC
38	Piping Hornbill	Bycanistes fistulator	Many	BC
39	Black Bee-eater	Merops gularis	Many	BC
40	Shining-blue Kingfisher	Alcedo quadribrachys	Many	BC
41	White-bellied Kingfisher	Corythornis leucogaster	BFR,BR,KFNP QENP	BC
42	African Dwarf Kingfisher	Ispidina lecontei	Many	BC
43	Chocolate-backed Kingfisher	Halcyon badia	Many	BC
44	Blue-throated Roller	Eurystomus gularis	Many	BC
45	Speckled Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus scolopaceus	Many	BC
46	Red-rumped Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus atroflavus	Many	BC
47	Yellow-throated Tinkerbird	Pogoniulus subsulphureus	Many	BC
48	Black-breasted Barbet	Pogonornis rolleti	KVNP	BC
49	Zenker's Honeyguide	Melignomon zenkeri	KFNP	BC
50	Dwarf Honeyguide	Indicator pumilio	Many	NE
51	Willcocks's Honeyguide	Indicator willcocksi	Many	BC
52	Spotted Honeyguide	Indicator maculatus		BC
53	Lyre-tailed Honeyguide	Melichneutes robustus		BC
54	African Piculet	Verreauxia africana	TSWR	BC
55	Gabon Woodpecker	Dendropicos gabonensis	BB,BE,TSWR	BC
56	Black-collared Lovebird	Agapornis swindernianus		BC
57	Gray Parrot	Psittacus erithacus	Many	EN
58	Rufous-sided Broadbill	Smithornis rufolateralis	BB,BFR,BRM TSWR	BC
59	Grauer's Broadbill	Pseudocalyptomena graueri	BB,BMS,BR,BTN	BC
60	Green-breasted Pitta	Pitta reichenowi	BFR,KFNP	BC
61	Grauer's Cuckooshrike	Coracina graueri		BC
62	Blue Cuckooshrike	Cyanograucalus azureus		BC
63	Black-winged Oriole	Oriolus nigripennis	Many	BC
64	Ituri Batis	Batis ituriensis	Many	BC
65	Yellow-crested Helmetshrike	Prionops alberti		BC
66	Rufous-bellied Helmetshrike	Prionops rufiventris	BRM	BC
67	Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher	Bias musicus	Many	BC
68	Red-eyed Puffback	Dryoscopus senegalensis		BC
69	Lowland Sooty Boubou	Laniarius leucorhynchus	Many	BC
70	Fiery-breasted Bushshrike	Malaconotus cruentus		BC
71	Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher	Trochocercus nitens	KFNP,MF,QENP	BC
72	Emin's Shrike	Lanius gubernator		BC
73	Yellow Penduline-Tit	Anthoscopus parvulus		BC
74	Rufous-rumped Lark	Pinarocorys erythropygia		BC
75	Kidepo Lark	Corypha kidepoensis	KVNP	BC
76	Sun Lark	Galerida modesta		BC
77	Western Nicator	Nicator chloris	Many	BC
78	Yellow-throated Nicator	Nicator vireo	Many	BC
79	Lemon-bellied Crombec	Sylvietta denti	Many	BC
80	Yellow Longbill	Macrosphenus flavicans	Many	BC
81	Gray Longbill	Macrosphenus concolor	Many	BC
82	Rufous-crowned Eremomela	Eremomela badiceps	Many	BC
83	Red-winged Gray Warbler	Drymocichla incana	Many	BC
84	Yellow-browed Camaroptera	Camaroptera superciliaris	Many	BC
85	Black-capped Apalis	Apalis nigriceps	Many	BC
86	Masked Apalis	Apalis binotata	Many	BC
87	Karamoja Apalis	Apalis karamojae	KVNP	E
88	Red-pate Cisticola	Cisticola ruficeps	KVNP	BC
89	Lyne's Cisticola	Cisticola distinctus		BC
90	White-throated Blue Swallow	Hirundo nigrita	LMNP	BC
91	Yellow-eyed Bristlebill	Bleda ugandae	BRM,KFNP,MF TSWR	BC
92	Spotted Greenbul	Ixonotus guttatus	BFR,BRM,MMRD QENP	BC
93	Swamp Greenbul	Thescelocichla leucopleura	KFNP,TSWR	BC
94	Simple Greenbul	Chlorocichla simplex	BB,TSWR	BC
95	Eastern Bearded-Greenbul	Criniger chloronotus	MGNP	BC
96	Red-tailed Greenbul	Criniger calurus	Many	BC
97	White-throated Greenbul	Phyllastrephus albigularis	Many	BC
98	Xavier's Greenbul	Phyllastrephus xavieri	Many	BC
99	Icterine Greenbul	Phyllastrephus icterinus	Many	BC
100	Leaf-love	Phyllastrephus scandens	Many	BC
101	Sassi's Greenbul	Phyllastrephus lorenzi		BC
102	Tit-hylia	Pholidornis rushiae	Many	BC
103	Chestnut-capped Flycatcher	Erythrocercus mccallii	Many	BC
104	Puvel's Illadopsis	Illadopsis puveli	Many	BC
105	Capuchin Babbler	Turdoides atripennis		BC
106	Dusky Babbler	Turdoides tenebrosa	BE,MFNP	BC
107	Chestnut-winged Starling	Onychognathus fulgidus	Many	BC
108	Narrow-tailed Starling	Poeoptera lugubris	Many	BC
109	Purple-headed Starling	Lamprotornis purpureiceps	Many	BC
110	Bronze-tailed Starling	Lamprotornis chalcurus	Many	BC
111	Black-eared Ground-Thrush	Geokichla camaronensis	BB,KFNP	BC
112	Gray Ground-Thrush	Geokichla princei		BC
113	Oberlaender's Ground-Thrush	Geokichla oberlaenderi	BB,MGNP	NE
114	Yellow-footed Flycatcher	Muscicapa sethsmithi	BB,BFR	BC
115	Cassin's Flycatcher	Muscicapa cassini	Many	BC
116	Sooty Flycatcher	Artomyias infuscata	Many	BC
117	Dusky-blue Flycatcher	Bradornis comitata	Many	BC
118	African Forest-Flycatcher	Fraseria ocreata	Many	BC
119	Gray-throated Tit-Flycatcher	Fraseria griseigularis	Many	BC
120	Chapin's Flycatcher	Fraseria lendu	Many	NE
121	Fire-crested Alethe	Alethe castanea	Many	BC
122	Forest Scrub-Robin	Tychaedon leucosticta		BC
123	Archer's Robin-Chat	Dessonornis archeri	Many	NE
124	Yellow-breasted Forest Robin	Stiphrornis mabirae	MF,MS	BC
125	Lowland Akalat	Sheppardia cyornithopsis		BC
126	Heuglin's Wheatear	Oenanthe heuglinii	KVNP	BC
127	Gray-headed Sunbird	Deleornis axillaris	Many	BC
128	Little Green Sunbird	Anthreptes seimundi	Many	BC
129	Blue-headed Sunbird	Cyanomitra alinae	Many	NE
130	Tiny Sunbird	Cinnyris minullus	Many	BC
131	Red-bellied Malimbe	Malimbus erythrogaster	Many	BC
132	Blue-billed Malimbe	Malimbus nitens	TSWR	BC
133	Crested Malimbe	Malimbus malimbicus	Many	BC
134	Strange Weaver	Ploceus alienus	Many	NE
135	Orange Weaver	Ploceus aurantius	EBG,LMNP,MF MS	BC
136	Heuglin's Masked-Weaver	Ploceus heuglini	BTN,MHRD,MMRD	BC
137	Fox's Weaver	Ploceus spekeoides		BC
138	Weyns's Weaver	Ploceus weynsi	Many	BC
139	Yellow-mantled Weaver	Ploceus tricolor	Many	BC
140	Maxwell's Black Weaver	Ploceus albinucha	BB,KFNP,TSWR	BC
141	Jameson's Antpecker	Parmoptila jamesoni	Many	BC
142	Pale-fronted Nigrita	Nigrita luteifrons	BB,KFNP,TSWR	BC
143	Chestnut-breasted Nigrita	Nigrita bicolor	BB,KFNP,QENP TSWR	BC
144	Gray-headed Oliveback	Delacourella capistrata	Many	BC
145	Grant's Bluebill	Spermophaga poliogenys	BE,BRM,TSWR	BC
146	Red-winged Pytilia	Pytilia phoenicoptera	Many	BC
147	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 COUNTRIES IN 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	2
NE	Near Endemic	12
CR	Critically Endangered	2
EN	Endangered	7
BC	Best Seen in This Country	124
AT	Always a Target	0

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