Birdwatching Checklist for Lake Mburo National Park.
A birdwatching checklist for Lake Mburo National Park is an essential companion for ornithologists and bird lovers exploring the park’s rich avian life, located in southwestern Uganda. It is one of the best birding destinations in the country, famous for hosting acacia dwelling birds. It hosts over 340 unique bird species, including forest birds, water birds, savannah birds, migratory birds, woodland species, and the park’s endemic species. The park’s unique ecosystems like savannah grasslands, woodlands, lakes, swamps support a wide variety of birds and wildlife species. This checklist will help birders to systematically identify and record species encountered along game drive tracks, nature walks, lake shores, and papyrus swamps, enhancing both the enjoyment and accuracy of birding experiences. The park has specific sites with rich bird life like Rubanga Forest, Warukiri, areas around Lake Mburo and Miriti mashes. All provide equal opportunities of spotting various bird species.
Birdwatching Checklist for Lake Mburo National Park.
PICIFORMES: Lybiidae
Crested Barbet (Trachyphonus vaillantii)
Gray-throated Barbet (Gymnobucco bonapartei)
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus bilineatus)
Western Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus coryphaea)
Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet (Trachylaemus purpuratus)
Red-faced Barbet (Lybius rubrifacies)
Spot-flanked Barbet (Tricholaema lacrymosa)
Hairy-breasted Barbet (Tricholaema hirsuta)
Black-collared Barbet ( Lybius torquatus)
GALLIFORMES: Numididae
Western Crested Guineafowl ( Guttera verreauxi)
Helmeted Guineafowl ( Numida meleagris)
PELECANIFORMES: Balaenicipitidae
Shoebill ( Balaeniceps rex)
ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae
White-faced Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna viduata)
White-backed Duck (Thalassornis leuconotus)
Fulvous Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna bicolor)
Knob-billed Duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos)
Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
Spur-winged Goose (Plectropterus gambensis)
African Pygmy-Goose (Nettapus auritus)
Blue-billed Teal (Spatula hottentota)
Yellow-billed Duck (Spatula hottentota)
Red-billed Duck(Anas erythrorhyncha)
GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae
Crested Francolin ( Ortygornis sephaena)
Ring-necked Francolin (Scleroptila streptophora)
Red-winged Francolin ( Scleroptila levaillantii)
Handsome Spurfowl ( Pternistis nobilis)
Red-necked Spurfowl ( Pternistis afer)
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae
Speckled Pigeon (Columba guinea)
Rameron Pigeon (Columba arquatrix)
White-naped Pigeon (Columba albinucha)
Dusky Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia lugens)
Mourning Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decipiens)
Red-eyed Dove ( Streptopelia semitorquata)
Ring-necked Dove (Streptopelia capicola)
Vinaceous Dove (Streptopelia vinacea)
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove ( Turtur afer)
Black-billed Wood-Dove (Turtur abyssinicus)
African Green-Pigeon ( Treron calvus)
Tambourine Dove (Turtur tympanistria)
African Green-Pigeon (Treron calvus)
OTIDIFORMES: Otididae
Black-bellied Bustard (Lissotis melanogaster)
MUSOPHAGIFORMES: Musophagidae
Great Blue Turaco ( Corythaeola cristata)
Bare-faced Go-away-bird (Crinifer personatus)
Eastern Plantain-eater (Crinifer zonurus)
Rwenzori Turaco ( Gallirex johnstoni)
Ross’s Turaco (Tauraco rossae)
Black-billed Turaco (Tauraco schuettii)
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae
Black-throated Coucal (Centropus leucogaster)
Senegal Coucal (Centropus senegalensis)
Blue-headed Coucal ( Centropus monachus)
White-browed Coucal ( Centropus superciliosus)
Black Coucal (Centropus grillii)
Blue Malkoha (Ceuthmochares aereus)
Great Spotted Cuckoo (Clamator glandarius)
Levaillant’s Cuckoo (Clamator levaillantii)
Dideric Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx caprius)
African Emerald Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx cupreus)
Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Pied Cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus)
Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo (Cercococcyx montanus)
APODIFORMES: Apodidae
Mottled Spinetail (Telacanthura ussheri)
Sabine’s Spinetail ( Rhaphidura sabini)
Scarce Swift ( Schoutedenapus myoptilus)
Alpine Swift (Tachymarptis melba)
Mottled Swift (Tachymarptis aequatorialis)
Common Swift (Apus apus)
African Palm Swift (Cypsiurus parvus)
White-rumped Swift (Apus caffer)
Horus Swift (Apus horus)
CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae
African Openbill (Anastomus lamelligerus)
Black Stork (Ciconia nigra)
Abdim’s Stork (Ciconia abdimii)
African Woolly-necked Stork ( Ciconia microscelis)
Saddle-billed Stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)
Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer)
Yellow-billed Stork (Mycteria ibis)
SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Reed Cormorant (Microcarbo africanus)
PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae
Dwarf Bittern (Botaurus sturmii)
Little Bittern (Botaurus minutus)
Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
White-backed Night Heron ( Calherodius leuconotus)
Goliath Heron (Ardea goliath)
Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae
Palm-nut Vulture (Gypohierax angolensis)
White-headed Vulture (Trigonoceps occipitalis)
Bateleur (Terathopius ecaudatus)
African Harrier-Hawk (Polyboroides typus)
Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotos)
CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae
Abyssinian Roller (Coracias abyssinicus)
Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracias caudatus)
Purple Roller (Coracias naevius)
Blue-throated Roller (Eurystomus gularis)
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae
Pennant-winged Nightjar (Caprimulgus vexillarius)
Standard-winged Nightjar (Caprimulgus longipennis)
Fiery-necked Nightjar (Caprimulgus pectoralis)
Swamp Nightjar (Caprimulgus natalensis)
Plain Nightjar (Caprimulgus natalensis)
Freckled Nightjar (Caprimulgus tristigma)
