eBird Field Checklist
Lake Mburo NP
, Western, UG
ebird.org/hotspot/L922787
626 species (+45 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
Blue-billed Teal
African Black Duck
Yellow-billed Duck
Red-billed Duck
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Western Crested Guineafowl
Crested Francolin
Coqui Francolin
Ring-necked Francolin
Red-winged Francolin
Common Quail
Handsome Spurfowl
Scaly Spurfowl
Heuglin's Spurfowl
Red-necked Spurfowl
Flamingos
Lesser Flamingo
Grebes
Little Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Afep Pigeon
Rameron Pigeon
Columba sp.
Dusky Turtle-Dove
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Streptopelia sp.
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Black-billed Wood-Dove
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
Tambourine Dove
Namaqua Dove
African Green-Pigeon
Bustards
Denham's Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard
Turacos
Great Blue Turaco
Black-billed Turaco
Ross's Turaco
Bare-faced Go-away-bird
Eastern Plantain-eater
Cuckoos
Senegal Coucal
Blue-headed Coucal
White-browed Coucal
Black Coucal
Blue Malkoha
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Levaillant's Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Thick-billed Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
Yellow-throated Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
African Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
African/Common Cuckoo
Nightjars
Pennant-winged Nightjar
Eurasian Nightjar
Nubian Nightjar
Fiery-necked Nightjar
Montane Nightjar
Swamp Nightjar
Plain Nightjar
Freckled Nightjar
Long-tailed Nightjar
Slender-tailed Nightjar
Square-tailed Nightjar
Caprimulgus sp.
nightjar sp.
Swifts
Mottled Spinetail
Scarce Swift
Alpine Swift
Mottled Swift
Common Swift
African Swift
Little Swift
Horus Swift
White-rumped Swift
African Palm Swift
large swift sp.
Flufftails
White-spotted Flufftail
Buff-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
Striped Crake
Black Crake
Finfoots
African Finfoot
Cranes
Gray Crowned-Crane
Shorebirds
Spotted Thick-knee
Water Thick-knee
Senegal Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Common Ringed Plover
Three-banded Plover
Long-toed Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Senegal Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Wattled Lapwing
Brown-chested Lapwing
Kittlitz's Plover
plover sp.
Greater Painted-Snipe
Lesser Jacana
African Jacana
African Snipe
Common Snipe
snipe sp.
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Common Greenshank
Ruff
Little Stint
Small Buttonquail
Bronze-winged Courser
Temminck's Courser
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Gray-hooded Gull
African Skimmer
Gull-billed Tern
White-winged Tern
Storks
African Openbill
Abdim's Stork
African Woolly-necked Stork
White Stork
Saddle-billed Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
Cormorants and Anhingas
African Darter
Long-tailed Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Pelicans
Great White Pelican
Pink-backed Pelican
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
Malagasy Pond-Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Yellow-billed Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
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
White-backed Vulture/Rüppell's Griffon
Gyps sp.
Bateleur
Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Banded Snake-Eagle
snake-eagle sp.
Bat Hawk
Crowned Eagle
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
Grasshopper Buzzard
Western Marsh Harrier
African Marsh Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
harrier sp.
African Goshawk
Shikra
Little Sparrowhawk
Ovambo Sparrowhawk
Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk
Black Goshawk
Accipiter sp.
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Mountain Buzzard
Augur Buzzard
hawk sp.
eagle sp.
Owls
Barn Owl
African Scops-Owl
Spotted Eagle-Owl
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
African Wood-Owl
Mousebirds
Speckled Mousebird
Blue-naped Mousebird
mousebird sp.
Trogons and Quetzals
Narina Trogon
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills
Green Woodhoopoe
White-headed Woodhoopoe
Forest Scimitarbill
Black Scimitarbill
Common Scimitarbill
Hornbills
Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill
Crowned Hornbill
Congo Pied Hornbill
African Gray Hornbill
Eastern Long-tailed Hornbill
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill
Kingfishers
Shining-blue Kingfisher
Malachite Kingfisher
African Pygmy Kingfisher
African Dwarf Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Blue-breasted Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
kingfisher sp.
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Little Bee-eater
Blue-breasted Bee-eater
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater
White-throated Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
Madagascar Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
Northern Carmine Bee-eater
bee-eater sp.
European Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
Rufous-crowned Roller
Broad-billed Roller
Blue-throated Roller
Barbets and Toucans
Yellow-billed Barbet
Crested Barbet
Gray-throated Barbet
Speckled Tinkerbird
Western Tinkerbird
Red-rumped Tinkerbird
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Red-fronted Tinkerbird
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
tinkerbird sp.
Yellow-spotted Barbet
Hairy-breasted Barbet
Red-fronted Barbet
Spot-flanked Barbet
White-headed Barbet
Red-faced Barbet
Black-billed Barbet
Black-collared Barbet
Double-toothed Barbet
Honeyguides
Cassin's Honeyguide
Wahlberg's Honeyguide
Willcocks's Honeyguide
Least Honeyguide
Lesser Honeyguide
Scaly-throated Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
large honeyguide sp.
Woodpeckers
Rufous-necked Wryneck
Golden-crowned Woodpecker
Bearded Woodpecker
Speckle-breasted Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
African Gray Woodpecker
Olive Woodpecker
Brown-eared Woodpecker
Green-backed Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Eurasian Kestrel
Lesser/Eurasian Kestrel
Gray Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Sooty Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
African Hobby
Lanner Falcon
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Red-headed Lovebird
Gray Parrot
Brown-necked Parrot
Meyer's Parrot
parrot sp.
Cuckooshrikes
Gray Cuckooshrike
Black Cuckooshrike
Petit's Cuckooshrike
Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike
Purple-throated Cuckooshrike
african cuckooshrike sp.
Old World Orioles
Eurasian Golden Oriole
Western Black-headed Oriole
African Black-headed Oriole
Wattle-eyes and Batises
Brown-throated Wattle-eye
Jameson's Wattle-eye
Chinspot Batis
Western Black-headed Batis
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
White Helmetshrike
African Shrike-flycatcher
Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher
Bushshrikes and Allies
Brubru
Northern Puffback
Marsh Tchagra
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
tchagra sp.
Lühder's Bushshrike
Tropical Boubou
Black-headed Gonolek
Papyrus Gonolek
Slate-colored Boubou
Lowland Sooty Boubou
Gray-green Bushshrike
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
Many-colored Bushshrike
Doherty's Bushshrike
Drongos
Fork-tailed Drongo
Velvet-mantled Drongo
drongo sp.
Monarch Flycatchers
Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Red-backed Shrike
Red-tailed Shrike
Isabelline Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Gray-backed Fiscal
Mackinnon's Shrike
Northern Fiscal
shrike sp.
White-rumped Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Piapiac
Pied Crow
White-necked Raven
Fairy Flycatchers
African Blue Flycatcher
White-tailed Blue Flycatcher
Dusky Crested Flycatcher
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
White-shouldered Black-Tit
White-winged Black-Tit
Stripe-breasted Tit
Penduline-Tits and Verdin
African Penduline-Tit
Larks
Dusky Lark
Rufous-naped Lark
Flappet Lark
White-tailed 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
Green-backed Eremomela
Greencap Eremomela
Rufous-crowned Eremomela
White-chinned Prinia
Rwenzori Apalis
Green-backed Camaroptera
Yellow-browed Camaroptera
Olive-green Camaroptera
Buff-bellied Warbler
Black-throated Apalis
Black-faced Apalis
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Buff-throated Apalis
Chestnut-throated Apalis
Gray Apalis
apalis sp.
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Banded Prinia
prinia sp.
Gray-capped Warbler
Red-faced Cisticola
Singing Cisticola
Whistling Cisticola
Trilling Cisticola
Chubb's Cisticola
Rattling Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Carruthers's Cisticola
Stout Cisticola
Croaking Cisticola
Tabora Cisticola
Siffling Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Wing-snapping Cisticola
cisticola sp.
Reed Warblers and Allies
Papyrus Yellow-Warbler
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
African Yellow-Warbler
Icterine Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Lesser Swamp Warbler
Greater Swamp Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
Grassbirds and Allies
Fan-tailed Grassbird
Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler
White-winged Swamp Warbler
Highland Rush Warbler
Martins and Swallows
White-headed Sawwing
Black Sawwing
Gray-rumped Swallow
Banded Martin
Plain Martin
Bank Swallow
Rock Martin
Barn Swallow
Ethiopian Swallow
Angola Swallow
White-throated Blue Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Western House-Martin
Red-rumped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Rufous-chested Swallow
Mosque Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
Slender-billed Greenbul
Yellow-throated Greenbul
Honeyguide Greenbul
Shelley's Greenbul
Eastern Mountain Greenbul
Little Greenbul
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul
Gray Greenbul
White-throated Greenbul
Yellow-streaked Greenbul
Cabanis's Greenbul
Leaf-love
Common Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Wood Warbler
Willow Warbler
Red-faced Woodland-Warbler
Uganda Woodland-Warbler
Phylloscopus sp.
Hylias
Green Hylia
Sylviid Warblers
Eurasian Blackcap
Garden Warbler
Rwenzori Hill Babbler
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Green White-eye
Northern Yellow White-eye
Ground Babblers and Allies
Brown Illadopsis
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Brown Babbler
Arrow-marked Babbler
Black-lored Babbler
Argya/Turdoides sp.
Oxpeckers
Red-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Red-billed/Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Starlings and Mynas
Wattled Starling
Violet-backed Starling
Slender-billed Starling
Chestnut-winged Starling
Waller's Starling
Narrow-tailed 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
Abyssinian Thrush
African Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
African Dusky Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
Swamp Flycatcher
Sooty Flycatcher
Dusky-blue Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
Gray-throated Tit-Flycatcher
Gray Tit-Flycatcher
Ashy Flycatcher
Silverbird
Northern Black-Flycatcher
Southern Black-Flycatcher
White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher
Fire-crested Alethe
Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin
Brown-backed Scrub-Robin
Red-backed Scrub-Robin
scrub-robin sp.
Cape Robin-Chat
Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat
White-browed Robin-Chat
Red-capped Robin-Chat
Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat
Spotted Morning-Thrush
White-starred Robin
Yellow-breasted Forest Robin
Gray-winged Robin-Chat
Semicollared Flycatcher
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
Whinchat
African Stonechat
Mocking Cliff-Chat
Sooty Chat
Northern Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Familiar Chat
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Gray-headed Sunbird
Little Green Sunbird
Green Sunbird
Collared Sunbird
Green-headed Sunbird
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird
Blue-headed Sunbird
Olive Sunbird
Green-throated Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Purple-breasted Sunbird
Bronze Sunbird
Olive-bellied Sunbird
Northern Double-collared Sunbird
Beautiful Sunbird
Marico Sunbird
Red-chested Sunbird
Purple-banded Sunbird
Orange-tufted Sunbird
Superb Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
Copper Sunbird
sunbird sp.
Weavers and Allies
Speckle-fronted Weaver
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver
Red-headed Malimbe
Red-headed Weaver
Baglafecht Weaver
Little Weaver
Slender-billed Weaver
Black-necked Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
Black-billed 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
Brown-capped Weaver
Ploceus sp.
Compact Weaver
Cardinal Quelea
Red-headed Quelea
Red-billed Quelea
Northern Red Bishop
Southern Red Bishop
Black-winged Bishop
Black Bishop
Yellow Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Yellow-mantled Widowbird
Red-collared Widowbird
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Marsh Widowbird
Grosbeak Weaver
Estrildids
Bronze Mannikin
Black-and-white Mannikin
White-collared Oliveback
Yellow-bellied Waxbill
Green-backed Twinspot
Dusky Crimsonwing
Gray-headed Nigrita
Black-faced Waxbill
Black-crowned Waxbill
Fawn-breasted Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Black-rumped Waxbill
Crimson-rumped Waxbill
waxbill sp.
Quailfinch
Zebra Waxbill
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Black-bellied Seedcracker
Green-winged Pytilia
Red-winged Pytilia
Brown Twinspot
Red-billed Firefinch
African Firefinch
Black-bellied Firefinch
Black-faced Firefinch
firefinch sp.
Indigobirds and Whydahs
Pin-tailed Whydah
Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah
Village Indigobird
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Shelley's Rufous Sparrow
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Cape Wagtail
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
White Wagtail
African Pipit
Long-billed Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
Striped Pipit
Tree Pipit
pipit sp.
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Yellow-fronted Canary
Western Citril
Papyrus Canary
Black-throated Canary
Brimstone Canary
Streaky Seedeater
Thick-billed Seedeater
Yellow-crowned Canary
Old World Buntings
Brown-rumped Bunting
Cabanis's Bunting
Golden-breasted Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
Emberiza sp.
Others
passerine sp.