eBird Field Checklist
Mabamba Swamp
, Central, UG
ebird.org/gbbc/hotspot/L921939
500 species (+35 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
White-backed Duck
Knob-billed Duck
Egyptian Goose
Spur-winged Goose
African Pygmy-Goose
Garganey
Blue-billed Teal
Northern Shoveler
African Black Duck
Yellow-billed Duck
Red-billed Duck
Southern Pochard
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Western Crested Guineafowl
Crested Francolin
Coqui Francolin
Scaly Spurfowl
Red-necked Spurfowl
Grebes
Little Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Afep Pigeon
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Vinaceous Dove
Streptopelia sp.
Laughing Dove
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
Tambourine Dove
Namaqua Dove
African Green-Pigeon
Turacos
Great Blue Turaco
Black-billed Turaco
White-crested Turaco
Ross's Turaco
Bare-faced Go-away-bird
Eastern Plantain-eater
Cuckoos
Black-throated Coucal
Senegal Coucal
Blue-headed Coucal
White-browed Coucal
Black Coucal
coucal sp.
Blue Malkoha
Levaillant's Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
African Cuckoo
Nightjars
Pennant-winged Nightjar
Fiery-necked Nightjar
Swamp Nightjar
Swifts
Mottled Spinetail
Scarce Swift
Common Swift
Little Swift
White-rumped Swift
Apus/Tachymarptis sp.
African Palm Swift
swift sp.
Flufftails
White-spotted Flufftail
Red-chested Flufftail
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
African Rail
African Crake
Lesser Moorhen
Eurasian Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
Allen's Gallinule
African Swamphen
Black Crake
Finfoots
African Finfoot
Cranes
Gray Crowned-Crane
Shorebirds
Water Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Common Ringed Plover
Three-banded Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Long-toed Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Senegal Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Wattled Lapwing
Brown-chested Lapwing
Caspian Plover
Greater Painted-Snipe
Lesser Jacana
African Jacana
Eurasian Curlew
Black-tailed Godwit
Great Snipe
African Snipe
Common Snipe
snipe sp.
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Ruff
Temminck's Stint
Sanderling
Little Stint
Temminck's Courser
Rock Pratincole
Collared Pratincole
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Slender-billed Gull
Black-headed Gull
Gray-hooded Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
gull sp.
African Skimmer
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias sp.
Sterna sp.
tern sp.
Storks
African Openbill
Abdim's Stork
African Woolly-necked Stork
White Stork
Saddle-billed Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
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Cormorants and Anhingas
African Darter
Long-tailed Cormorant
Great Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Pelicans
Great White Pelican
Pink-backed Pelican
pelican sp.
Shoebill and Hammerkop
Shoebill
Hamerkop
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Dwarf Bittern
Little Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Black Heron
Little Egret
White-backed Night Heron
Striated Heron
Rufous-bellied Heron
Squacco Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Yellow-billed Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
white egret sp.
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Palm-nut Vulture
Egyptian Vulture
European Honey-buzzard
African Cuckoo-Hawk
White-headed Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Rüppell's Griffon
Bateleur
Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Banded Snake-Eagle
Bat Hawk
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Wahlberg's Eagle
Booted Eagle
Ayres's Hawk-Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Lizard Buzzard
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
Western Marsh Harrier
African Marsh Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
harrier sp.
African Goshawk
Shikra
Little Sparrowhawk
Ovambo Sparrowhawk
Black Goshawk
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Augur Buzzard
eagle sp.
Owls
African Scops-Owl
Southern White-faced Owl
African Wood-Owl
Mousebirds
Speckled Mousebird
Blue-naped Mousebird
mousebird sp.
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Trogons and Quetzals
Narina Trogon
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills
Green Woodhoopoe
Common Scimitarbill
Hornbills
Crowned Hornbill
Congo Pied Hornbill
African Gray Hornbill
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill
Kingfishers
Malachite Kingfisher
African Pygmy Kingfisher
African Dwarf Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Blue-breasted Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Little Bee-eater
Blue-breasted Bee-eater
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater
White-throated Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
Madagascar Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
bee-eater sp.
European Roller
Abyssinian Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
roller sp.
Broad-billed Roller
Blue-throated Roller
Barbets and Toucans
Yellow-billed Barbet
Gray-throated Barbet
Speckled Tinkerbird
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
Yellow-spotted Barbet
Hairy-breasted Barbet
Spot-flanked Barbet
White-headed Barbet
Black-billed Barbet
Double-toothed Barbet
Honeyguides
Cassin's Honeyguide
Least Honeyguide
Lesser Honeyguide
Woodpeckers
Golden-crowned Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
African Gray Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras
Eurasian Kestrel
Gray Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
African Hobby
Lanner Falcon
falcon sp.
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Red-headed Lovebird
Gray Parrot
Meyer's Parrot
Cuckooshrikes
Black Cuckooshrike
Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike
Purple-throated Cuckooshrike
Old World Orioles
African Golden Oriole
Western Black-headed Oriole
African Black-headed Oriole
Wattle-eyes and Batises
Brown-throated Wattle-eye
Black-throated Wattle-eye
Chestnut Wattle-eye
Jameson's Wattle-eye
Chinspot Batis
Western Black-headed Batis
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
African Shrike-flycatcher
Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher
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Bushshrikes and Allies
Brubru
Northern Puffback
Marsh Tchagra
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
tchagra sp.
Tropical Boubou
Black-headed Gonolek
Papyrus Gonolek
Lowland Sooty Boubou
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
Drongos
Fork-tailed Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Red-backed Shrike
Red-tailed/Isabelline Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Gray-backed Fiscal
Yellow-billed Shrike
Northern Fiscal
Woodchat Shrike
shrike sp.
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Piapiac
Pied Crow
Hyliotas
Yellow-bellied Hyliota
Fairy Flycatchers
African Blue Flycatcher
Dusky Crested Flycatcher
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
White-shouldered Black-Tit
White-winged Black-Tit
Penduline-Tits and Verdin
African Penduline-Tit
Larks
Rufous-naped Lark
Flappet Lark
Red-capped Lark
Nicators
Western Nicator
Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies
Green Crombec
Northern Crombec
Red-faced Crombec
Moustached Grass-Warbler
Yellow Longbill
Gray Longbill
Cisticolas and Allies
White-chinned Prinia
Green-backed Camaroptera
Olive-green Camaroptera
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Buff-throated Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Gray-capped Warbler
Red-faced Cisticola
Singing Cisticola
Whistling Cisticola
Trilling Cisticola
Rattling Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Carruthers's Cisticola
Stout Cisticola
Croaking Cisticola
Siffling Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Wing-snapping Cisticola
cisticola sp.
Reed Warblers and Allies
Papyrus Yellow-Warbler
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
African Yellow-Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Lesser Swamp Warbler
Greater Swamp Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus sp.
Grassbirds and Allies
Fan-tailed Grassbird
White-winged Swamp Warbler
Martins and Swallows
White-headed Sawwing
Black Sawwing
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Gray-rumped Swallow
Banded Martin
Plain Martin
Bank Swallow
Rock Martin
Montane Blue Swallow
Barn Swallow
Ethiopian Swallow
Angola Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Western House-Martin
Red-rumped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Rufous-chested Swallow
Mosque Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
Slender-billed Greenbul
Red-tailed Bristlebill
Yellow-throated Greenbul
Honeyguide Greenbul
Red-tailed Greenbul
Little Greenbul
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul
Plain Greenbul
Gray Greenbul
White-throated Greenbul
Leaf-love
Toro Olive-Greenbul
greenbul sp.
Common Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Willow Warbler
Hylias
Green Hylia
Sylviid Warblers
Garden Warbler
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Green White-eye
Northern Yellow White-eye
Ground Babblers and Allies
Brown Illadopsis
Scaly-breasted Illadopsis
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Arrow-marked Babbler
Black-lored Babbler
Oxpeckers
Red-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Starlings and Mynas
Wattled Starling
Violet-backed Starling
Purple-headed Starling
Rüppell's Starling
Splendid Starling
Lesser Blue-eared Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Purple Starling
Bronze-tailed Starling
Lamprotornis sp.
Thrushes
Rufous Flycatcher-Thrush
White-tailed Ant-Thrush
African Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
African Dusky Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
Swamp Flycatcher
Muscicapa sp.
Sooty Flycatcher
Dusky-blue Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
Gray-throated Tit-Flycatcher
Gray Tit-Flycatcher
Ashy Flycatcher
Northern Black-Flycatcher
Brown-backed Scrub-Robin
Red-backed Scrub-Robin
scrub-robin sp.
White-browed Robin-Chat
Red-capped Robin-Chat
Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat
Yellow-breasted Forest Robin
Common Nightingale
Semicollared Flycatcher
Whinchat
African Stonechat
Sooty Chat
Northern Wheatear
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Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Western Violet-backed Sunbird
Little Green Sunbird
Green Sunbird
Collared Sunbird
Green-headed Sunbird
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird
Olive Sunbird
Green-throated Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Bronze Sunbird
Olive-bellied Sunbird
Marico Sunbird
Red-chested Sunbird
Purple-banded Sunbird
Orange-tufted Sunbird
Superb Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
Copper Sunbird
sunbird sp.
Weavers and Allies
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Red-headed Malimbe
Red-headed Weaver
Baglafecht Weaver
Little Weaver
Slender-billed Weaver
Black-necked Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
Holub's Golden-Weaver
Orange Weaver
Northern Brown-throated Weaver
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Vitelline Masked-Weaver
Vieillot's Black Weaver
Village Weaver
Weyns's Weaver
Black-headed Weaver
Golden-backed Weaver
Yellow-mantled Weaver
Ploceus sp.
Compact Weaver
Cardinal Quelea
Red-headed Quelea
Red-billed Quelea
Black-winged Bishop
Black Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Yellow-mantled Widowbird
Red-collared Widowbird
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Marsh Widowbird
Grosbeak Weaver
Estrildids
Bronze Mannikin
Magpie Mannikin
Black-and-white Mannikin
White-breasted Nigrita
Gray-headed Nigrita
Black-faced Waxbill
Black-crowned Waxbill
Fawn-breasted Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Crimson-rumped Waxbill
waxbill sp.
Zebra Waxbill
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Red-headed Bluebill
Black-bellied Seedcracker
Green-winged Pytilia
Brown Twinspot
Red-billed Firefinch
African Firefinch
Black-bellied Firefinch
firefinch sp.
estrildid finch sp.
Indigobirds and Whydahs
Pin-tailed Whydah
Village Indigobird
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Cape Wagtail
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
White Wagtail
wagtail sp.
African Pipit
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Plain-backed Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Yellow-fronted Canary
Western Citril
Papyrus Canary
Black-throated Canary
Brimstone Canary
Old World Buntings
Golden-breasted Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
Others
passerine sp.
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