Species
Country checklist and status
You can download and print a checklist for Uganda.
The Uganda Bird Atlas was published in 2005. The maps of most species show that there are almost endless possibilities of adding to what we know!
Please send in any records that are unusual including commoner species from places that most people do not usually visit. Localities given as exactly as possible are preferred. GPS data is best but otherwise keep a note of odometer readings at key points. A record such as 'Piapiac, a flock of six at 37 km from Kampala on the road to Masindi' is OK. Please add your name and address, and the date, of course.
New species are still being added to the Uganda list, as well as some
interesting updates - recently, for example, there was an Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius by the Nile at Paraa, the first Ugandan record since 1913! Most such firsts are reviewed by the east African Rarities committee and published in the journal Scopus.
We do not in general want day lists (just the highlights, but all records are welcome at the National Biodiversity Data Bank nbdb@muienr.mak.ac.ug. All records are vetted for accuracy before entry into the data bank.
Endemic species
| Stuhlmann's Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris stuhlmanni |
| Fox's Weaver | Ploceus spekeoides |
Near endemic species (found only in 2 or 3 adjacent countries)
| Nahan's Francolin | Francolinus nahani |
| Handsome Francolin | Francolinus nobilis |
| Jackson's Francolin | Francolinus jacksoni |
| Hartlaub's Turaco | Tauraco hartlaubi |
| Rwenzori Turaco | Ruwenzorornis johnstoni |
| Rwenzori Nightjar | Caprimulgus ruwenzorii |
| Red-faced Barbet | Lybius rubrifacies |
| Dwarf Honeyguide | Indicator pumilio |
| African Green Broadbill | Pseudocalyptomena graueri |
| Grauer's Cuckoo-Shrike | Coracina graueri |
| Archer's Robin-Chat | Cossypha archeri |
| Red-throated Alethe | Alethe poliophrys |
| Oberlaender's Ground-Thrush | Zoothera oberlaenderi |
| Neumann's Warbler | Hemitesia neumanni |
| Grauer's Swamp-Warbler | Bradypterus graueri |
| Grauer's Warbler | Graueria vittata |
| Turner's Eremomela | Eremomela turneri |
| Red-faced Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus laetus |
| Uganda Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus budongoensis |
| Rwenzori Apalis | Apalis ruwenzorii |
| Karamoja Apalis | Apalis karamojae |
| Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher | Melaenornis ardesiacus |
| Chapin's Flycatcher | Muscicapa lendu |
| Rwenzori Batis | Batis diops |
| Sharpe's Pied-Babbler | Turdoides sharpei |
| Stripe-breasted Tit | Parus fasciiventer |
| Blue-headed Sunbird | Cyanomitra alinae |
| Purple-breasted Sunbird | Nectarinia purpureiventris |
| Golden-winged Sunbird | Nectarania reichenowi |
| Regal Sunbird | Cinnyris regius |
| Strange Weaver | Ploceus alienus |
| Shelley's Crimsonwing | Cryptospiza shelleyi |
| Dusky Crimsonwing | Cryptospiza jacksoni |
| Grant's Bluebill | Spermophaga poliogenys |
Threatened species
| Madagascar Pond Heron | Ardeola idae | Vulnerable |
| Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotus | Vulnerable |
| Greater Spotted Eagle | Aquila clanga | Vulnerable |
| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | Vulnerable |
| Corncrake | Crex crex | Vulnerable |
| Nahan's Francolin | Francolinus nahani | Endangered |
| African Green Broadbill | Pseudocalyptomena graueri | Vulnerable |
| Blue Swallow | Hirundo atrocaerulea | Vulnerable |
| Karamoja Apalis | Apalis karamojae | Vulnerable |
| Grauer's Swamp Warbler | Bradypterus graueri | Endangered |
| Papyrus Yellow Warbler | Chloropeta gracilirostris | Vulnerable |
| Turner's Eremomela | Eremomela turneri | Endangered |
| Chapin's Flycatcher | Muscicapa lendu | Vulnerable |
| Shelley's Crimsonwing | Cryptospiza shelleyi | Vulnerable |
The lists of endemic, near endemic and threatened species have been compiled from a number of sources including the African Bird Club, BirdLife International, and Birds of the World Version 2.0 ® 1994-1996, Dr. Charles Sibley and Thayer Birding Software, Ltd. For further information on Uganda's threatened species, see BirdLife International.
Last page update 1st March 2007
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