Birds of Uganda

Birds of Uganda  : Uganda carrys out birding safaris in different national park where you  get to see numerous bird species from the numerous safari destinations in the country, as it is Uganda is the most reliable spotty place for birds globally.

Shoe bill is one of the most sought for bird in Uganda and it can easily sight at Mabamba wetland, in Uganda there are 34 important birding areas found in Uganda,  10 National Parks and 12 wildlife reserves all known to be great birding destinations.

Uganda has Diversity of bird species (over 1080 species) including 24 out of 27 Albertine rift endemic species.  There are over 1030 confirmed bird species in Uganda, making Uganda Birding Safari a must do for many seasoned birders.

These species are grouped into three categories, vagrants, Endemic and uncertain. Our list of birds in Uganda categorizes the birds according to their sub species and despite that the list is quite endless due to the fact that there is almost a new bird discovered on a daily in the country below are some of the birds in the country.

Lists of birds in Uganda

Common Ostrich

Somali Ostrich

Goliath heron

AFRICA JACANA

Grey crowned crested crane

Harmerkop

Eastern plaintain eater.

African green pegeon

 Whistling-Duck

Fulvous Whistling-Duck

White-backed Duck

Greater White-fronted Goose

Blue-winged Goose

Knob-billed Duck

Hartlaub’s Duck     e

Ruddy Shelduck

Common Shelduck

Spur-winged Goose

African Pygmy-Goose

Garganey     Spatula

Blue-billed Teal

Cape Shoveler

Northern Shoveler

Gadwall

Eurasian Wigeon

African Black Duck

Yellow-billed Duck

Mallard

Ring-necked Francolin

Red-winged Francolin

Moorland Francolin

Elgon Francolin

Orange River Francolin

Shelley’s Francolin

Whyte’s Francolin

Sand Partridge

Blue Quail

Common Quail

Harlequin Quail

Arabian Partridge

Handsome Spurfowl

Chestnut-naped Spurfowl

Erckel’s Spurfowl

Djibouti Spurfowl

Jackson’s Spurfowl

Red-billed Spurfowl

Natal Spurfowl

Hildebrandt’s Spurfowl

Scaly Spurfowl

Heuglin’s Spurfowl

Clapperton’s Spurfowl

Harwood’s Spurfowl

Swainson’s Spurfowl

Yellow-necked Spurfowl

Gray-breasted Spurfowl

Red-necked Spurfowl

Speckled Pigeon

White-collared Pigeon

Bronze-naped Pigeon

White-naped Pigeon

Lemon Dove

European Turtle-Dove

Dusky Turtle-Dove

Eurasian Collared-Dove

African Collared-Dove

White-winged Collared-Dove

Mourning Collared-Dove

Red-eyed Dove

Ring-necked Dove

Vinaceous Dove

Laughing Dove

Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove

Black-billed Wood-Dove

Blue-spotted Wood-Dove

Tambourine Dove

Namaqua Dove

Bruce’s Green-Pigeon

Pemba Green-Pigeon

African Green-Pigeon

Common Myna

Violet-backed Starling

Slender-billed Starling

Neumann’s Starling

Red-winged Starling

Chestnut-winged Starling

Waller’s Starling

Tristram’s Starling

White-billed Starling

Bristle-crowned Starling

Somali Starling

Babbling Starling

White-collared Starling

Magpie Starling

Sharpe’s Starling

Abbott’s Starling

Narrow-tailed Starling

Stuhlmann’s Starling

Kenrick’s Starling

Black-bellied Starling

Purple-headed Starling

Hildebrandt’s Starling

Shelley’s Starling

Burchell’s Starling

Rüppell’s Starling

Long-tailed Glossy Starling

Meves’s Starling

Ashy Starling

Splendid Starling

Golden-breasted Starling

Superb Starling

Chestnut-bellied Starling

African Pied Starling

White-crowned Starling

Fischer’s Starling

Lesser Blue-eared Starling

Sharp-tailed Starling

Greater Blue-eared Starling

Purple Starling

Cape Starling

Bronze-tailed Starling

 Oberländer’s Ground-Thrush

Abyssinian Ground-Thrush

Orange Ground-Thrush

Ethiopian Thrush

Groundscraper Thrush

Song Thrush

Abyssinian Thrush

Taita Thrush

Usambara Thrush

Eurasian Blackbird

Somali Thrush

African Bare-eyed Thrush

Kurrichane Thrush

Olive Thrush

African Thrush

Ring Ouzel

African Dusky Flycatcher

Yellow-footed Flycatcher

Spotted Flycatcher

Gambaga Flycatcher

Swamp Flycatcher

Cassin’s Flycatcher

Böhm’s Flycatcher

Sooty Flycatcher

Dusky-blue Flycatcher

Marico Flycatcher

African Gray Flycatcher

Pale Flycatcher

African Forest-Flycatcher

Gray-throated Tit-Flycatcher

Gray Tit-Flycatcher

Chapin’s Flycatcher

Ashy Flycatcher

Silverbird

Fiscal Flycatcher

Yellow-eyed Black-Flycatcher

Northern Black-Flycatcher

Southern Black-Flycatcher

White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher

Abyssinian Slaty-Flycatcher

White-tailed Alethe

Fire-crested Alethe

Forest Scrub-Robin

Brown Scrub-Robin

Bearded Scrub-Robin

Miombo Scrub-Robin

Black Scrub-Robin

Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin

Kalahari Scrub-Robin

Brown-backed Scrub-Robin

Red-backed Scrub-Robin

White-bellied Robin-Chat

Archer’s Robin-Chat

Olive-flanked Robin-Chat

Cape Robin-Chat

White-throated Robin-Chat

Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat

Rüppell’s Robin-Chat

White-browed Robin-Chat

Red-capped Robin-Chat

Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat

White-crowned Robin-Chat

Collared Palm-Thrush

Spotted Morning-Thrush

White-starred Robin

Swynnerton’s Robin

Brown-chested Alethe

Red-throated Alethe

Cholo Alethe

White-chested Alethe

Yellow-breasted Forest Robin

Gray-winged Robin-Chat

Short-tailed Akalat

Bocage’s Akalat

Lowland Akalat

Equatorial Akalat

Sharpe’s Akalat

East Coast Akalat

Usambara Akalat

Iringa Akalat

Rubeho Akalat

White-throated Robin

Thrush Nightingale

Common Nightingale

Bluethroat

Red-breasted Flycatcher

Semicollared Flycatcher

European Pied Flycatcher

Collared Flycatcher

Common Redstart

White-winged Redstart

Black Redstart

Little Rock-Thrush

Sentinel Rock-Thrush

Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush

Blue Rock-Thrush

Miombo Rock-Thrush

Cape Rock-Thrush

White-winged Cliff-Chat

Whinchat     Saxicola rubetra

European Stonechat

Siberian Stonechat

African Stonechat

Moorland Chat

Mocking Cliff-Chat

Sooty Chat

Northern Anteater-Chat

Southern Anteater-Chat

Mountain Wheatear

Rüppell’s Chat

Arnot’s Chat

Northern Wheatear

Capped Wheatear

Buff-breasted Wheatear

Rusty-breasted Wheatear

Isabelline Wheatear

Heuglin’s Wheatear

Hooded Wheatear

Desert Wheatear

Western Black-eared Wheatear

Cyprus Wheatear

Eastern Black-eared Wheatear

Pied Wheatear

White-fronted Black-Chat

Somali Wheatear

Blackstart

Familiar Chat

Sombre Rock Chat

Brown-tailed Chat

White-crowned Wheatear

Abyssinian Wheatear

Mourning Wheatear

Kurdish Wheatear

Persian

-throat          among many others