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Uganda 2001

List of Birds Observed

Jon Hornbuckle

Trip Report

Capital letters = Albertine Rift endemics JH T Mab-ira Enteb-be Bud-ongo Murc Falls Kib-ale QENP Mga-hinga Ruhiza Buh-oma L Mburo Kaaku
F=few, C=common, X=present, H=heard DATE 26-28 28-29 30-1 1-3 4-5 6-7 8-9 10-12 12-14 15-17 17
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus 15
Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens 30 1 30 20
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo F 1 200
Long-tailed Cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus 20 1
Darter Anhinga melanogaster 10
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 6
Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala 10 2 2 F F 1 6 F
Goliath Heron Ardea goliath 2 3 1
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 2 2
Great Egret Ardea alba 2 1
Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia 1
Little Egret Egretta garzetta 10 1 1
Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 10 2 2 3
Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris 1 1
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis C 500 F 2 F
Striated Heron Butorides striatus 2 2 1
Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus 1
Hamerkop Scopus umbretta 4 10 3 20 F F
Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis 4 1
African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus 5 10 1 1 20
Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus 2
Saddle-billed Stork Ephippio- rhynchus senegalensis 1 3 2
Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumeniferus C C 20 10 C
Shoebill Balaeniceps rex 1 2 2
Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus 10 4 2 5
Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash 10 5 10 10 3 3 F F
Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 2
African Spoonbill Platalea alba 4
White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata 10 1 10
Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus 30
Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis 4 10 4
Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos 11 2 10
African Pygmy-goose Nettapus auritus 6
Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata 20 15 20
Hottentot Teal Anas hottentota 4
Osprey Pandion haliaetus 1 1 1
Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus 2
Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus 2 1 2 2 1 4 2
Black Kite Milvus migrans 10 C 6 10 10 C 5 10 10
African Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer 5 10 10 5 10
Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis 1 3 2 2
Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus 15 C 5 10 2 10
White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus 3 20 10
Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotus 1
White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis 1
Black-breasted Snake-Eagle Circaetus pectoralis 2
Brown Snake-Eagle Circaetus cinereus 1 3 10 2 1 1
Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus 5 5 5
Western Marsh-Harrier Circus aeruginosus 1
African Marsh-Harrier Circus ranivorus 3 1 1 2 1 4
African Harrier-Hawk (Gymnogene) Polyboroides typus 4 2 1 3 4
Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco mono-grammicus 1 1 1
Dark Chanting-Goshawk Melierax metabates 1
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk Melierax poliopterus 1
Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar 1
African Goshawk Accipiter tachiro 1
Shikra Accipiter badius 1 1 2
Little Sparrowhawk Accipiter minullus 1
Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris 1
Black Goshawk Accipiter melanoleucus 1 1 1
Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus 2 3
Augur Buzzard Buteo augur 3 4 10
Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax 1 5 1
Wahlberg's Eagle Aquila wahlbergi 1 1
Ayres' Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii 2
Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus 1 1
Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis 1 2 3 2 5
Crowned Hawk-Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus 1 1
Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus 1 1
African Hobby Falco cuvierii 1
Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus 1
Coqui Francolin Francolinus coqui 2
Crested Francolin Francolinus sephaena 20 2 5
NAHAN'S FRANCOLIN Francolinus nahani [1] H H
Heuglin's Francolin Francolinus icterorhynchus 1 2 4
Red-necked Francolin Francolinus afer 40 10
HANDSOME FRANCOLIN Francolinus nobilis 1 3 H 1
Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei 3
Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris 10 6 50 20
Small Buttonquail Turnix sylvatica 2
Grey Crowned-Crane Balearica regulorum 1 4 2 150 100 5 F
White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra 1+5H 1
Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa H
African Crake Crecopsis egregia 2
Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostris 10 4 3 5
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio 5 1
Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni 1 1
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 2 1
Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata 2
Stanley Bustard Neotis denhami 1
Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster 2 2 5
African Jacana Actophilornis africanus 20 20 10 20
Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis 1
Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus 12 10
Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis 4
Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis 150
Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris 10 20 5
Spur-winged Plover Vanellus spinosus 30 30 1
Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus 6
Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris 1 4 5 10
Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus 20
Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus 20 20 6
Brown-chested Lapwing Vanellus superciliosus 10
Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius 30
Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris 2
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis 1
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 2
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 1 2 2 1
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 1 5 2
Little Stint Calidris minuta 3
Grey-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus 30
Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica 2 4
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 200 30 5
Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea 5 F 1
Rameron Pigeon Columba arquatrix 25
White-naped Pigeon Columba albinucha 1 1
Dusky Turtle-Dove Streptopelia lugens F
Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata C C 50 C 10 F 20 F
Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola 1 F 5 C 10 F
Laughing Dove Streptopelia senegalensis 1 10
Emerald- spotted Wood-Dove Turtur chalcospilos 2 2
Black-billed Wood-Dove Turtur abyssinicus 1 F
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur afer 2+ 3 2 2
Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria 2 2 1 1
African Green-Pigeon Treron calva 20 2 F 2
Red-headed Lovebird Agapornis pullarius 20 2 3
Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus 10 2
Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus robustus 2H
Meyer's (Brown) Parrot Poicephalus meyeri 6 6
Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata 12 2 4 11
Black-billed Turaco Tauraco schuettii 1 2 8
White-crested Turaco Tauraco leucolophus 1 1
RUWENZORI TURACO Ruwenzorornis johnstoni 1 1
Ross' Turaco Musophaga rossae 1 1
Bare-faced Go-away-bird Corythaixoides personatus 1 8 F
Eastern Plantain-eater Crinifer zonurus 2 10 1 1 2 2
Pied (Jacobin) Cuckoo Clamator (Oxylophus) jacobinus 1
Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator (Oxylophus) levaillantii 2 2
Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius 2 H 4 H H
Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus 1 H 1
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi 1 1 1 H 1+2H
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus [1] 2H
Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx montanus 1 1
Klaas' Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas 1 1 1 2 1
African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus H 2 H 2 1
Dideric Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius H 1
Yellowbill Ceuthmochares aereus 1 2 2
Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus 3 2
Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis 2
White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus 2 1 2 15 6 C
Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus 2
African Wood-Owl Strix woodfordii H
Red-chested Owlet Glaucidium tephronotum 1 1
Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus ruwenzorii 1
Swamp Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis 1
Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus 6
Pennant-winged Nightjar Macrodipteryx vexillarius 60 2 1
Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus 20
Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri 10
Sabine's Spinetail Rhaphidura sabini 10
African Palm-Swift Cypsiurus parvus 1 F C
African Swift Apus barbatus 2 50
Little Swift Apus affinis 20 20 20 F 20 C
Horus Swift Apus horus 40
White-rumped Swift Apus caffer 10 F F 100 C
Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus 5 10 F C 10 10 C
Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus 8 20 20 20
Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina H
Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum 1 1 1
Malachite Kingfisher Alcedo cristata C 1 10 2 1
African Pygmy-Kingfisher Ispidina picta 1 2 1
Dwarf Kingfisher Ispidina lecontei 2
Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia 1 1
Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala 4 5
Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis 3 2 2 3
Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica 1+3H H
Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti 1 1 3
Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis 100 20 100 C F
Black Bee-eater Merops gularis 7
Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki 30
Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus F 6 F
Blue-breasted Bee-eater Merops variegatus 10
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates 10 2 10 F
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus 4
White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis 4 6
Madagascar Bee-eater Merops superciliosus F 2
Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus 20
Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudata 2 2 2
Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus 5 5
Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis 1 1
Green Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus 15
White-headed Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus bollei 10
Forest Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus castaneiceps 1 5
Common Scimitar-bill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas 2
Crowned Hornbill Tockus alboterminatus 4 1 6 2
African Pied Hornbill Tockus fasciatus 4 2
African Grey Hornbill Tockus nasutus 5 10 5
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna subcylindricus 6 10 20 6 2 2
White-thighed Hornbill Ceratogymna albotibialis 1 4
Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus 18
grey-throated Barbet Gymnobucco bonapartei 10 3 1 5 5
Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus 3 1 1
Western Tinkerbird Pogoniulus coryphaeus 2
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus 1 1
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus 1 1 1 5 3 1
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus 1
Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui H 2 1
Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta 1 1 H
Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lachrymosa 1
White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus 2 2 1
Double-toothed Barbet Lybius bidentatus 1
Yellow-billed Barbet Trachyphonus purpuratus H H H
Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator 1
Willcock's Honeyguide Indicator willcocksi 1 1 1
Least Honeyguide Indicator exilis 1 1
DWARF HONEYGUIDE Indicator pumilio 1 1 2
Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica 1
Tullberg's (Fine-banded) Woodpecker Campethera tullbergi 1 1
Buff-spotted Woodpecker Campethera nivosa 1 1
Brown-eared Woodpecker Campethera caroli 2
Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens 1 1 2
Bearded Woodpecker Dendropicos namaquus 1
Elliot's Woodpecker Dendropicos elliotii 2 1
Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae 1 1
Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus 3
GRAUER'S BROADBILL Pseudocalypto- mena graueri 1 2
Green-breasted Pitta Pitta reichenowi 1 1
Singing Bushlark Mirafra cantillans 1
Rufous-naped Lark Mirafra africana 4
Flappet Lark Mirafra rufocinnamomea 6
Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea 10
Plain Martin Riparia paludicola 1 200 F
Banded Martin Riparia cincta 1
Grey-rumped Swallow Hirundo griseopyga 20 F
Rock Martin Hirundo fuligula 20
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 2 6 2 C
Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis 20 5 10 F F F 20
Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii 10
Lesser Striped-Swallow Hirundo abyssinica F 2 F
Mosque Swallow Hirundo senegalensis 3 2 4 6
White-headed Sawwing Psalidoprocne albiceps 50 2 F F
Black Sawwing Psalidoprocne holomelas 10 4 20 30 F
African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp 8 2 2 6 F F F F 10
Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis 2 2
Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara 1
Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus 2 6 2 10
Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys 1
African (*Jackson's) Pipit A. (*latristriatus) cinnamomeus *2 1
Grey Cuckoo-shrike Coracina caesia 4
Petit's Cuckoo-shrike Campephaga petiti 1 2
Black Cuckoo-shrike Campephaga flava 1 1 5
Red-shouldered Cuckoo-shrike Campephaga phoenicea 1
Purple-throated Cuckoo-shrike Campephaga quiscalina 1 1
Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus C C C C C C C C C C C
Shelley's Greenbul Andropadus masukuensis 1 4 1
Little Greenbul Andropadus virens C C F C F F
Plain Greenbul Andropadus curvirostris 1 1
Slender-billed Greenbul Andropadus gracilirostris 4 1 2 5
Yellow-whiskered Bulbul Andropadus latirostris 2 1 4 H
Eastern Mountain-Greenbul Andropadus nigriceps 1 2 F
Ansorge's Greenbul Andropadus ansorgei 2 2
Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator 2 1 H
Spotted Greenbul Ixonotus guttatus 1
Yellow-throated Greenbul (Leaf-love) Chlorocichla flavicollis 2 3 F 4
Cabanis' Greenbul Phyllastrephus cabanisi 1 H 2
Toro Olive-Greenbul Phyllastrephus hypochloris 1 2
Yellow-streaked Bulbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus 4
White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis 2+ 1 2
Common Bristlebill Bleda syndactyla 3 H
Green-tailed Bristlebill Bleda eximia 2
Yellow-spotted Nicator Nicator chloris 1+1H 2 H H
Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus 2+ 1 1 4
Rufous Flycatcher-Thrush Neocossyphus fraseri 1+ 2 3
Red-tailed Ant-Thrush Neocossyphus rufus 1 1
White-tailed Ant-Thrush Neocossyphus poensis 5
KIVU GROUND-THRUSH Zoothera tanganjicae [1] H
Olive Thrush Turdus olivaceus 1 1 1 1 2
African Thrush Turdus pelios 1 1 1
Brown-chested Alethe Alethe poliocephala 1
RED- THROATED ALETHE Alethe poliophrys 1 1 2
Fire-crested Alethe Alethe diademata (castanea) 1 H
Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops 1 1 F
Whistling Cisticola Cisticola lateralis 2 1
Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami C
Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi 2 5 C 1
Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana 6 4 F 2
Winding Cisticola Cisticola galactotes C F
Carruthers' Cisticola Cisticola carruthersi 1
Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus 1
Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis 10
Foxy Cisticola Cisticola troglodytes 1 2
Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis 10 F
Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava 2 1 2 2
White-chinned Prinia Prinia leucopogon 1 2 2
Banded Prinia Prinia bairdii 3
Red-winged Grey Warbler Drymocichla incana 2
RUWENZORI (Collared) APALIS Apalis ruwenzori 2 4
Black-throated Apalis Apalis jacksoni 1
Masked Apalis Apalis binotata 2
BLACK-FACED (Mountain Masked) APALIS Apalis personata 1 4 1
Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida 1 1 1
Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis 10 2 F F
Chestnut-throated Apalis Apalis porphyrolaema 5
Grey Apalis Apalis cinerea 3
Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida 2 1 H
Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura F 1 2 1 1 1 4
Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris 1
Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota 1 H
White-winged Scrub-Warbler Bradypterus carpalis 1 4H 2 2
GRAUER'S SCRUB (Rush)-WARBLER Bradypterus graueri 1 3
Cameroon Scrub (Evergreen Forest)-Warbler Bradypterus lopezi 1
Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus 1 1
Black-faced Rufous-Warbler Bathmocercus rufus 1 1
Moustached Grass-Warbler Melocichla mentalis 4
Greater Swamp-Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens 2
Lesser Swamp-Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris 1 1
African Yellow Warbler Chloropeta natalensis 1
Mountain Yellow Warbler Chloropeta similis 2 2 4
Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella 1 3
GRAUER'S WARBLER Graueria vittata 1 1 H
Green-backed Eremomela Eremomela canescens 1 1
Greencap Eremomela Eremomela scotops 1 1
Rufous-crowned Eremomela Eremomela badiceps 6
Green Crombec Sylvietta virens 2 2
White-browed Crombec Sylvietta leucophrys 2 2
Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii 1 3
NEUMANN'S (Short-tailed) WARBLER Hemitesia neumanni 1 2
Yellow Longbill Macrosphenus flavicans 1 1
Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor 1 2+
Green Hylia Hylia prasina H H 1
RED-FACED WOODLAND-WARBLER Phylloscopus laetus 2 10 F 6
Uganda Wood-Warbler Phylloscopus budongoensis 1
Silverbird Empidornis semipartitus 1 6
Pale Flycatcher Bradornis pallidus 2
White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri 3 5 2 2
Northern Black-Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides 4 1 4
YELLOW-EYED BLACK-FLYCATCHER Melaenornis ardesiacus 1 2
African Forest-Flycatcher Fraseria ocreata 4
Sooty Flycatcher Muscicapa infuscata 4 2
Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica C 2 1 10
CHAPINS' FLYCATCHER Muscicapa lendu 1 3
African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta 3 1 4 4 2
Dusky-blue Flycatcher Muscicapa comitata 1 4 2
Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini 1
Ashy Flycatcher Muscicapa caerulescens 1 1 2
Grey-throated Tit-Flycatcher Myioparus griseigularis 1 2 1 H
Grey Tit-Flycatcher Myioparus plumbeus 1 1
White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata 3
Forest Robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax 1 1
Equatorial Akalat Sheppardia aequatorialis 2
White-bellied Robin-Chat Cossyphicula roberti 1 3
ARCHER'S ROBIN-CHAT Cossypha archeri 1 1 1
Blue- shouldered Robin-Chat Cossypha cyanocampter 1
Grey-winged Robin-Chat Cossypha polioptera 1
White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini 1 3 4 3
Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis H
Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla 3 1 1 2
Spotted Morning-Thrush Cichladusa guttata 2
Brown-backed Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas hartlaubi 1 H
African Stonechat Saxicola axillaris 2 5 2 2 2
Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra 6 2