eBird Field Checklist
Murchison Falls NP--Northern Gate area
, Northern, UG
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328 species (+13 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Knob-billed Duck
Egyptian Goose
Spur-winged Goose
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Western Crested Guineafowl
Crested Francolin
Ring-necked Francolin
Heuglin's Spurfowl
Pigeons and Doves
Speckled Pigeon
Afep Pigeon
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Vinaceous Dove
Streptopelia sp.
Laughing Dove
Black-billed Wood-Dove
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
Tambourine Dove
Bruce's Green-Pigeon
African Green-Pigeon
Bustards
Denham's Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard
Turacos
White-crested Turaco
Ross's Turaco
Eastern Plantain-eater
Cuckoos
Senegal Coucal
Blue-headed Coucal
White-browed Coucal
Black Coucal
coucal sp.
Blue Malkoha
Levaillant's Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
Nightjars
Montane Nightjar
Swifts
Scarce Swift
Common Swift
Little Swift
White-rumped Swift
African Palm Swift
Flufftails
Buff-spotted Flufftail
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
African Crake
Allen's Gallinule
Black Crake
Cranes
Gray Crowned-Crane
Shorebirds
Spotted Thick-knee
Water Thick-knee
Senegal Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Common Ringed Plover
Three-banded Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Long-toed Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Black-headed Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Wattled Lapwing
Kittlitz's Plover
Greater Painted-Snipe
Lesser Jacana
African Jacana
Black-tailed Godwit
Common Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Ruff
Temminck's Stint
Small Buttonquail
Rock Pratincole
Collared Pratincole
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
White-winged Tern
Storks
African Openbill
Abdim's Stork
African Woolly-necked Stork
Saddle-billed Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
Cormorants and Anhingas
African Darter
Long-tailed Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Pelicans
Pink-backed Pelican
Shoebill and Hammerkop
Shoebill
Hamerkop
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Egret
Striated Heron
Squacco Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Yellow-billed Egret
Gray Heron
Purple Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
white egret sp.
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Palm-nut Vulture
European Honey-buzzard
White-headed Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Rüppell's Griffon
White-backed Vulture/Rüppell's Griffon
Bateleur
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Banded Snake-Eagle
snake-eagle sp.
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Wahlberg's Eagle
Ayres's Hawk-Eagle
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Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Lizard Buzzard
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk
Grasshopper Buzzard
Western Marsh Harrier
African Marsh Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Shikra
Little Sparrowhawk
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Red-necked Buzzard
Owls
Barn Owl
African Scops-Owl
Grayish Eagle-Owl
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
Mousebirds
Speckled Mousebird
Blue-naped Mousebird
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills
Green Woodhoopoe
Black Scimitarbill
Hornbills
Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill
Crowned Hornbill
African Gray Hornbill
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill
Kingfishers
Malachite Kingfisher
African Pygmy Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Blue-breasted Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
kingfisher sp.
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Red-throated Bee-eater
Little Bee-eater
Blue-breasted Bee-eater
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
Madagascar Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
Northern Carmine Bee-eater
Abyssinian Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
Broad-billed Roller
Barbets and Toucans
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
Spot-flanked Barbet
White-headed Barbet
Black-billed Barbet
Double-toothed Barbet
Black-breasted Barbet
Woodpeckers
Cardinal Woodpecker
African Gray Woodpecker
Brown-eared Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras
Gray Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Red-headed Lovebird
Meyer's Parrot
Old World Orioles
African Golden Oriole
Wattle-eyes and Batises
Brown-throated Wattle-eye
Western Black-headed Batis
batis sp.
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
White Helmetshrike
Bushshrikes and Allies
Brubru
Northern Puffback
Marsh Tchagra
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
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Tropical Boubou
Black-headed Gonolek
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
Gray-headed Bushshrike
Drongos
Fork-tailed Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Red-backed Shrike
Red-tailed Shrike
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
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
White-shouldered Black-Tit
Larks
Flappet Lark
Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies
Northern Crombec
Moustached Grass-Warbler
Cisticolas and Allies
Red-winged Gray Warbler
White-chinned Prinia
Green-backed Camaroptera
Buff-bellied Warbler
Black-throated Apalis
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Red-winged Prinia
Gray-capped Warbler
Red-faced Cisticola
Singing Cisticola
Whistling Cisticola
Rattling Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Carruthers's Cisticola
Croaking Cisticola
Siffling Cisticola
Foxy Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Wing-snapping Cisticola
cisticola sp.
Reed Warblers and Allies
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Grassbirds and Allies
Fan-tailed Grassbird
Highland Rush Warbler
Martins and Swallows
White-headed Sawwing
Plain Martin
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Ethiopian Swallow
Angola Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
Yellow-throated Greenbul
Common Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Willow Warbler
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Northern Yellow White-eye
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Brown Babbler
Arrow-marked Babbler
Oxpeckers
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Starlings and Mynas
Violet-backed Starling
Rüppell's Starling
Lesser Blue-eared Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Lamprotornis sp.
Thrushes
African Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
Spotted Flycatcher
Swamp Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
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Gray Tit-Flycatcher
Silverbird
Northern Black-Flycatcher
Brown-backed Scrub-Robin
Red-backed Scrub-Robin
scrub-robin sp.
White-browed Robin-Chat
Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat
Spotted Morning-Thrush
Whinchat
Sooty Chat
Northern Wheatear
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Collared Sunbird
Green-headed Sunbird
Olive Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Tacazze Sunbird
Beautiful Sunbird
Copper Sunbird
Weavers and Allies
Speckle-fronted Weaver
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver
Red-headed Weaver
Little Weaver
Slender-billed Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
Vitelline Masked-Weaver
Heuglin's Masked-Weaver
Village Weaver
Black-headed Weaver
Golden-backed Weaver
Ploceus sp.
Compact Weaver
Red-billed Quelea
Northern Red Bishop
Black Bishop
Yellow-mantled Widowbird
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Estrildids
Bronze Mannikin
Black-and-white Mannikin
Fawn-breasted Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Black-rumped Waxbill
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Red-winged Pytilia
Brown Twinspot
Red-billed Firefinch
African Firefinch
Black-bellied Firefinch
Bar-breasted Firefinch
Indigobirds and Whydahs
Pin-tailed Whydah
Old World Sparrows
Shelley's Rufous Sparrow
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
Long-billed Pipit
Tree Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
White-rumped Seedeater
Yellow-fronted Canary
Old World Buntings
Brown-rumped Bunting
Cabanis's Bunting
Golden-breasted Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
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