Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

National Park · Uganda

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Photo © Giles Laurent

Photo © Giles Laurent — CC BY-SA 4.0 — Source: Wikimedia Commons

Steep ridges cloaked in montane forest rise from Uganda's southwestern borderlands, where the landscape grows so dense and tangled that early explorers named it impenetrable. At elevations between 1,160 and 2,607 metres, Bwindi's primordial woodland creates a world of perpetual green—a cathedral of ancient trees, twisted lianas, and ferns that seem to belong to an earlier geological epoch. The forest's layered canopy supports an extraordinary diversity of life adapted to shade, humidity, and the cool mountain air. Ground-dwelling mammals move through the understory, insectivorous birds flit between branches, and forest raptors hunt from the high crown. Streams cascade down ravines, their banks lined with moisture-loving plants that feed a web of amphibians and aquatic insects. The park's isolation on the Uganda-Democratic Republic of Congo border has allowed its wildlife communities to evolve with minimal human interference, creating ecological refugia where forest specialists thrive in numbers seen nowhere else in the wider region.

For wildlife observers, Bwindi demands patience and rewards it with encounters that feel genuinely rare. The forest's topography—precipitous valleys and ridge systems—means that sightings often come after sustained, guided walks through challenging terrain, but therein lies the authentic appeal. The soft morning light filtering through the canopy at dawn creates ethereal conditions for photography, while the season from December to February brings clearer skies and drier underfoot conditions that aid movement through dense woodland. Birdwatchers will find themselves tracking forest specialists and highland endemics through the mid-story and canopy; the sheer diversity of avian life—from raptors to woodland songbirds to frugivores—demands both keen optics and patient observation. The park's restricted access and permit system ensure that visitor numbers remain low, preserving both the wilderness character and the genuine tranquility that makes Bwindi a destination for travelers seeking immersion in an untamed montane realm rather than easy sightings.

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Great Blue Turaco

Corythaeola cristata

White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher

Melaenornis fischeri

Streaky Seedeater

Crithagra striolata

Northern Double-collared Sunbird

Cinnyris reichenowi

Green White-eye

Zosterops stuhlmanni

Mountain Wagtail

Motacilla clara

Ploceus cucullatus

Mackinnon's Shrike

Lanius mackinnoni

African Stonechat

Saxicola torquatus

Tropical Boubou

Laniarius major

Pale-throated Greenbul

Atimastillas flavigula

Variable Sunbird

Cinnyris venustus

White-headed Wood Hoopoe

Phoeniculus bollei

Brown-throated Wattle-eye

Platysteira cyanea

Long-crested Eagle

Lophaetus occipitalis

Grey Crowned Crane

Balearica regulorum

Pied Kingfisher

White-necked Raven

Corvus albicollis

Red-chested Sunbird

Cinnyris erythrocercus

Streptopelia semitorquata

Northern Grey-headed Sparrow

Black-headed Heron

Ardea melanocephala

Grey-throated Barbet

Gymnobucco bonapartei

African Blue Flycatcher

Elminia longicauda

African Sacred Ibis

Threskiornis aethiopicus

Great Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo

Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird

Pogoniulus bilineatus

African Harrier-Hawk

Polyboroides typus

Black-billed Turaco

Tauraco schuettii

African Olive Pigeon

Columba arquatrix

Cardinal Woodpecker

Dendropicos fuscescens

Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill

Bycanistes subcylindricus

Palm-nut Vulture

Gypohierax angolensis

Olive-bellied Sunbird

Cinnyris chloropygius

Handsome Spurfowl

Pternistis nobilis

Little Greenbul

Eurillas virens

Red-necked Spurfowl

Pternistis afer

Slender-billed Weaver

Ploceus pelzelni

Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat

Cossypha niveicapilla

Helmeted Guineafowl

Numida meleagris

Crowned Hornbill

Lophoceros alboterminatus

Green-backed Camaroptera

Camaroptera brachyura

Black-faced Rufous Warbler

Bathmocercus rufus

Tambourine Dove

Turtur tympanistria

Speckled Tinkerbird

Pogoniulus scolopaceus

Pink-footed Puffback

Dryoscopus angolensis

Bocage's Bushshrike

Chlorophoneus bocagei

Chestnut-throated Apalis

Apalis porphyrolaema

Rwenzori Apalis

Oreolais ruwenzorii

Cyanomitra olivacea

Buff-throated Apalis

Apalis rufogularis

Nectarinia kilimensis

Baglafecht Weaver

Ploceus baglafecht

African Paradise Flycatcher

Terpsiphone viridis

Red-billed Firefinch

Lagonosticta senegala

African Pied Wagtail

Motacilla aguimp

Pin-tailed Whydah

Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater

Merops oreobates

Lesser Striped Swallow

Cecropis abyssinica

Pycnonotus barbatus

African Dusky Flycatcher

Muscicapa adusta

Golden-breasted Bunting

Emberiza flaviventris

Malachite Kingfisher

Corythornis cristatus

Lühder's Bushshrike

Laniarius luehderi

Yellow-whiskered Greenbul

Eurillas latirostris

Black-billed Weaver

Ploceus melanogaster

Myrmecocichla nigra

Crithagra frontalis

Black-necked Weaver

Ploceus nigricollis

Brown-capped Weaver

Ploceus insignis

Petit's Cuckooshrike

Campephaga petiti

Black-crowned Waxbill

Estrilda nonnula

White-tailed Blue Flycatcher

Elminia albicauda

Bostrychia hagedash

Cinnyris regius

White-browed Robin-Chat

Cossypha heuglini

Mountain Masked Apalis

Apalis personata

Green-headed Sunbird

Cyanomitra verticalis

Kikuyu Mountain Greenbul

Arizelocichla kikuyuensis

Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher

Melaenornis ardesiacus

Swamp Flycatcher

Muscicapa aquatica

Hirundo angolensis

White-throated Bee-eater

Merops albicollis

Black-headed Weaver

Ploceus melanocephalus

Dusky-blue Flycatcher

Bradornis comitatus

Collared Sunbird

Hedydipna collaris

Abyssinian Thrush

Turdus abyssinicus

Black Bee-eater

Bronze Mannikin

Spermestes cucullata

Red-tailed Greenbul

Criniger calurus

Blue-headed Sunbird

Cyanomitra alinae

Mountain Oriole

Oriolus percivali

Red-faced Woodland Warbler

Phylloscopus laetus

Slender-billed Greenbul

Stelgidillas gracilirostris

Brimstone Canary

Crithagra sulphurata

Black-throated Apalis

Apalis jacksoni

White-chinned Prinia

Schistolais leucopogon

Holub's Golden Weaver

Ploceus xanthops

Thick-billed Seedeater

Crithagra burtoni

Grauer's Broadbill

Pseudocalyptomena graueri

Yellow-throated Longclaw

Macronyx croceus

African Red-rumped Swallow

Cecropis melanocrissus

Red-throated Rock Martin

Ptyonoprogne rufigula

Stripe-breasted Tit

Melaniparus fasciiventer

Grey-headed Nigrita

Nigrita canicapillus

Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher

Grey-backed Fiscal

Lanius excubitoroides

Cape Robin-Chat

Dessonornis caffer

White-breasted Nigrita

Nigrita fusconotus

Ceuthmochares aereus

Levaillant's Cuckoo

Clamator levaillantii

Chrysococcyx klaas

African Emerald Cuckoo

Chrysococcyx cupreus

Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo

Cercococcyx mechowi

Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo

Cercococcyx montanus

Red-chested Cuckoo

Cuculus solitarius

Cuculus gularis

Cuculus canorus

Speckled Pigeon

Western Bronze-naped Pigeon

Columba iriditorques

Blue-spotted Wood Dove

African Green Pigeon

Rallus caerulescens

Tachybaptus ruficollis

Green Sandpiper

Tringa ochropus

African Woolly-necked Stork

Ciconia microscelis

African Spoonbill

European Honey Buzzard

Pernis apivorus

Wahlberg's Eagle

Hieraaetus wahlbergi

Ayres's Hawk-Eagle

Hieraaetus ayresii

Cassin's Hawk-Eagle

Aquila africana

Red-chested Owlet

Glaucidium tephronotum

African Wood Owl

Strix woodfordii

Apaloderma narina

Green Wood Hoopoe

Phoeniculus purpureus

Blue-throated Roller

Eurystomus gularis

Woodland Kingfisher

Halcyon senegalensis

African Pygmy Kingfisher

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater

Merops persicus

Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet

Trachylaemus purpuratus

Yellow-spotted Barbet

Buccanodon duchaillui

Hairy-breasted Barbet

Tricholaema hirsuta

Double-toothed Barbet

Pogonornis bidentatus

Cassin's Honeybird

Prodotiscus insignis

Lesser Honeyguide

Indicator minor

African Piculet

Verreauxia africana

Buff-spotted Woodpecker

Pardipicus nivosus

Fine-banded Woodpecker

Campethera taeniolaema

Yellow-crested Woodpecker

Chloropicus xantholophus

Speckle-breasted Woodpecker

Dendropicos poecilolaemus

Olive Woodpecker

Dendropicos griseocephalus

African Broadbill

Smithornis capensis

Western Black-headed Batis

Batis erlangeri

Chestnut Wattle-eye

Dyaphorophyia castanea

Black-throated Wattle-eye

Platysteira peltata

Many-colored Bushshrike

Chlorophoneus multicolor

Doherty's Bushshrike

Telophorus dohertyi

Brown-crowned Tchagra

Tchagra australis

Albertine Sooty Boubou

Laniarius holomelas

Willard's Sooty Boubou

Laniarius willardi

African Shrike-flycatcher

Megabyas flammulatus

Black Cuckooshrike

Campephaga flava

Black-headed Oriole

Oriolus larvatus

Velvet-mantled Drongo

Dicrurus modestus

White-bellied Crested Flycatcher

Elminia albiventris

Melaniparus funereus

Red-tailed Bristlebill

Bleda syndactylus

Eurillas curvirostris

Ansorge's Greenbul

Eurillas ansorgei

Cabanis's Greenbul

Phyllastrephus cabanisi

Yellow-streaked Greenbul

Phyllastrephus flavostriatus

White-headed Saw-wing

Psalidoprocne albiceps

Sylvietta virens

African Yellow Warbler

Iduna natalensis

Mountain Yellow Warbler

Cinnamon Bracken Warbler

Bradypterus cinnamomeus

Grauer's Swamp Warbler

Bradypterus graueri

Carruthers's Cisticola

Cisticola carruthersi

Olive-green Camaroptera

Camaroptera chloronota

Rwenzori Hill Babbler

Sylvia atriceps

Mountain Illadopsis

Illadopsis pyrrhoptera

Scaly-breasted Illadopsis

Illadopsis albipectus

Purple-headed Starling

Hylopsar purpureiceps

Waller's Starling

Onychognathus walleri

Stuhlmann's Starling

Poeoptera stuhlmanni

Narrow-tailed Starling

Poeoptera lugubris

Sharpe's Starling

Fraser's Rufous Thrush

Stizorhina fraseri

White-tailed Ant Thrush

Neocossyphus poensis

White-browed Scrub Robin

Cercotrichas leucophrys

Grey-throated Tit-Flycatcher

Fraseria griseigularis

Northern Black Flycatcher

Melaenornis edolioides

Sooty Flycatcher

Artomyias fuliginosa

Cassin's Flycatcher

Muscicapa cassini

White-bellied Robin-Chat

Cossyphicula roberti

Red-throated Alethe

Chamaetylas poliophrys

Grey-winged Robin-Chat

Sheppardia polioptera

Grey-headed Sunbird

Deleornis axillaris

Grey-chinned Sunbird

Anthreptes tephrolaemus

Blue-throated Brown Sunbird

Cyanomitra cyanolaema

Purple-breasted Sunbird

Nectarinia purpureiventris

Ploceus alienus

Vieillot's Black Weaver

Ploceus nigerrimus

Red-headed Malimbe

Malimbus rubricollis

Black-and-white Mannikin

Spermestes bicolor

Dusky Crimsonwing

Cryptospiza jacksoni

Kandt's Waxbill

Estrilda kandti

Estrilda astrild

Red-headed Bluebill

Spermophaga ruficapilla

Anthus cinnamomeus

Linurgus olivaceus

Pternistis squamatus

Montane Nightjar

Caprimulgus poliocephalus

Evergreen Forest Warbler

Bradypterus lopezi

White-faced Whistling Duck

Dendrocygna viduata

Fulvous Whistling Duck

Dendrocygna bicolor

White-backed Duck

Thalassornis leuconotus

Knob-billed Duck

Sarkidiornis melanotos

Alopochen aegyptiaca

Blue-billed Teal

Spatula hottentota

Yellow-billed Duck

Red-billed Teal

Anas erythrorhyncha

Crested Francolin

Ortygornis sephaena

Fiery-necked Nightjar

Caprimulgus pectoralis

Caprimulgus natalensis

Square-tailed Nightjar

Caprimulgus fossii

Pennant-winged Nightjar

Caprimulgus vexillarius

Mottled Spinetail

Telacanthura ussheri

African Palm Swift

Cypsiurus parvus

Tachymarptis melba

African Black Swift

White-rumped Swift

Bare-faced Go-away-bird

Crinifer personatus

Eastern Plantain-eater

Crinifer zonurus

Black-bellied Bustard

Lissotis melanogaster

Centropus senegalensis

Blue-headed Coucal

Centropus monachus

White-browed Coucal

Centropus superciliosus

Centropus grillii

Great Spotted Cuckoo

Clamator glandarius

Clamator jacobinus

Diederik Cuckoo

Chrysococcyx caprius

Columba unicincta

White-naped Pigeon

Columba albinucha

Aplopelia larvata

Dusky Turtle Dove

Streptopelia lugens

Mourning Collared Dove

Streptopelia decipiens

Ring-necked Dove

Streptopelia capicola

Streptopelia vinacea

Spilopelia senegalensis

Emerald-spotted Wood Dove

Turtur chalcospilos

Black-billed Wood Dove

Turtur abyssinicus

African Finfoot

Podica senegalensis

White-spotted Flufftail

Sarothrura pulchra

Buff-spotted Flufftail

Sarothrura elegans

Red-chested Flufftail

Sarothrura rufa

Crecopsis egregia

Gallinula chloropus

Red-knobbed Coot

Fulica cristata

Common Buttonquail

Turnix sylvaticus

Water Thick-knee

Burhinus vermiculatus

Senegal Thick-knee

Burhinus senegalensis

Black-winged Stilt

Himantopus himantopus

Common Ringed Plover

Charadrius hiaticula

Long-toed Lapwing

Vanellus crassirostris

Spur-winged Lapwing

Vanellus spinosus

Senegal Lapwing

Vanellus lugubris

Crowned Lapwing

Vanellus coronatus

African Wattled Lapwing

Vanellus senegallus

Brown-chested Lapwing

Vanellus superciliosus

Actophilornis africanus

Common Sandpiper

Actitis hypoleucos

Marsh Sandpiper

Tringa stagnatilis

Tringa glareola

Common Greenshank

Tringa nebularia

Temminck's Stint

Calidris temminckii

Temminck's Courser

Cursorius temminckii

Collared Pratincole

Glareola pratincola

African Skimmer

Rynchops flavirostris

Gull-billed Tern

Gelochelidon nilotica

Grey-headed Gull

Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus

African Openbill

Anastomus lamelligerus

Leptoptilos crumenifer

Yellow-billed Stork

Saddle-billed Stork

Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis

Ciconia abdimii

Microcarbo africanus

Plegadis falcinellus

Black-crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Egretta ardesiaca

Egretta garzetta

Ardeola ralloides

Yellow-billed Egret

Ardea brachyrhyncha

Scopus umbretta

Balaeniceps rex

Great White Pelican

Pelecanus onocrotalus

Pink-backed Pelican

Pelecanus rufescens

Black-winged Kite

Elanus caeruleus

African Cuckoo-Hawk

Aviceda cuculoides

White-headed Vulture

Trigonoceps occipitalis

Lappet-faced Vulture

Torgos tracheliotos

Necrosyrtes monachus

White-backed Vulture

Terathopius ecaudatus

Western Banded Snake Eagle

Circaetus cinerascens

Black-chested Snake Eagle

Circaetus pectoralis

Brown Snake Eagle

Circaetus cinereus

Stephanoaetus coronatus

Polemaetus bellicosus

Lesser Spotted Eagle

Clanga pomarina

Hieraaetus pennatus

African Hawk-Eagle

Aquila spilogaster

Micronisus gabar

Kaupifalco monogrammicus

Ovambo Sparrowhawk

Accipiter ovampensis

Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk

Accipiter rufiventris

Montagu's Harrier

Circus pygargus

Western Marsh Harrier

Circus aeruginosus

African Marsh Harrier

Circus ranivorus

African Fish Eagle

Icthyophaga vocifer

Mountain Buzzard

Buteo oreophilus

Western Barn Owl

Spotted Eagle-Owl

Verreaux's Eagle-Owl

Blue-naped Mousebird

Urocolius macrourus

Common Scimitarbill

Rhinopomastus cyanomelas

Congo Pied Hornbill

Lophoceros fasciatus

African Grey Hornbill

Lophoceros nasutus

White-thighed Hornbill

Bycanistes albotibialis

Black-casqued Hornbill

Ceratogymna atrata

Lilac-breasted Roller

Coracias caudatus

European Roller

Coracias garrulus

Broad-billed Roller

Eurystomus glaucurus

Chocolate-backed Kingfisher

Grey-headed Kingfisher

Halcyon leucocephala

Striped Kingfisher

Halcyon chelicuti

Blue-breasted Kingfisher

Halcyon malimbica

African Dwarf Kingfisher

Ispidina lecontei

Shining-blue Kingfisher

Alcedo quadribrachys

Giant Kingfisher

Megaceryle maxima

Swallow-tailed Bee-eater

Merops hirundineus

Little Bee-eater

Merops pusillus

Blue-breasted Bee-eater

Merops variegatus

Red-throated Bee-eater

Olive Bee-eater

Merops superciliosus

European Bee-eater

Merops apiaster

Trachyphonus vaillantii

Green Tinkerbird

Pogoniulus simplex

Red-rumped Tinkerbird

Pogoniulus atroflavus

Yellow-throated Tinkerbird

Pogoniulus subsulphureus

Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird

Pogoniulus chrysoconus

Spot-flanked Barbet

Tricholaema lacrymosa

White-headed Barbet

Lybius leucocephalus

Red-faced Barbet

Lybius rubrifacies

Black-billed Barbet

Lybius guifsobalito

Brown-backed Honeybird

Prodotiscus regulus

Spotted Honeyguide

Indicator maculatus

Scaly-throated Honeyguide

Indicator variegatus

Greater Honeyguide

Indicator indicator

Red-throated Wryneck

Jynx ruficollis

Brown-eared Woodpecker

Pardipicus caroli

Nubian Woodpecker

Campethera nubica

Golden-tailed Woodpecker

Campethera abingoni

Green-backed Woodpecker

Campethera maculosa

Bearded Woodpecker

Chloropicus namaquus

African Grey Woodpecker

Dendropicos goertae

Falco tinnunculus

Falco ardosiaceus

Falco biarmicus

Peregrine Falcon

Falco peregrinus

Psittacus erithacus

Brown-necked Parrot

Poicephalus fuscicollis

Poicephalus meyeri

Red-headed Lovebird

Agapornis pullarius

Pitta angolensis

Jameson's Wattle-eye

Platysteira jamesoni

Grey-headed Bushshrike

Malaconotus blanchoti

Orange-breasted Bushshrike

Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus

Black-crowned Tchagra

Tchagra senegalus

Slate-colored Boubou

Laniarius funebris

Papyrus Gonolek

Laniarius mufumbiri

Black-headed Gonolek

Laniarius erythrogaster

Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike

Campephaga phoenicea

Oriolus brachyrynchus

Black-winged Oriole

Oriolus nigripennis

African Golden Oriole

Oriolus auratus

Fork-tailed Drongo

Dicrurus adsimilis

Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher

Trochocercus cyanomelas

Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher

Terpsiphone rufiventer

Lesser Grey Shrike

Woodchat Shrike

Red-backed Shrike

Lanius collurio

Ptilostomus afer

White-tailed Crested Flycatcher

Elminia albonotata

White-shouldered Black Tit

Melaniparus guineensis

White-winged Black Tit

Melaniparus leucomelas

Grey Penduline Tit

Anthoscopus caroli

Western Nicator

Nicator chloris

Red-capped Lark

Calandrella cinerea

Joyful Greenbul

Chlorocichla laetissima

Simple Greenbul

Chlorocichla simplex

Little Grey Greenbul

Eurillas gracilis

White-throated Greenbul

Phyllastrephus albigularis

Icterine Greenbul

Phyllastrephus icterinus

Phyllastrephus scandens

Grey-rumped Swallow

Pseudhirundo griseopyga

Neophedina cincta

Brown-throated Martin

Riparia paludicola

Riparia riparia

Hirundo rustica

Wire-tailed Swallow

Hirundo smithii

Western House Martin

Delichon urbicum

Red-breasted Swallow

Cecropis semirufa

Cecropis senegalensis

Moustached Grass Warbler

Melocichla mentalis

Northern Crombec

Sylvietta brachyura

Red-faced Crombec

Sylvietta whytii

Pholidornis rushiae

Phylloscopus trochilus

Brown Woodland Warbler

Phylloscopus umbrovirens

Greater Swamp Warbler

Acrocephalus rufescens

Lesser Swamp Warbler

Acrocephalus gracilirostris

Great Reed Warbler

Acrocephalus arundinaceus

Common Reed Warbler

Acrocephalus scirpaceus

Eastern Olivaceous Warbler

Fan-tailed Grassbird

Catriscus brevirostris

White-winged Swamp Warbler

Bradypterus carpalis

Red-faced Cisticola

Cisticola erythrops

Singing Cisticola

Cisticola cantans

Whistling Cisticola

Cisticola lateralis

Trilling Cisticola

Cisticola woosnami

Rattling Cisticola

Cisticola chiniana

Winding Cisticola

Cisticola marginatus

Stout Cisticola

Cisticola robustus

Croaking Cisticola

Cisticola natalensis

Short-winged Cisticola

Cisticola brachypterus

Zitting Cisticola

Cisticola juncidis

Wing-snapping Cisticola

Cisticola ayresii

Tawny-flanked Prinia

Prinia subflava

Buff-bellied Warbler

Phyllolais pulchella

Yellow-breasted Apalis

Black-capped Apalis

Apalis nigriceps

Grey-capped Warbler

Yellow-browed Camaroptera

Camaroptera superciliaris

Yellow-bellied Eremomela

Eremomela icteropygialis

Green-backed Eremomela

Eremomela canescens

Eurasian Blackcap

Sylvia atricapilla

Northern Yellow White-eye

Zosterops senegalensis

Brown Illadopsis

Illadopsis fulvescens

Turdoides plebejus

Arrow-marked Babbler

Turdoides jardineii

Black-lored Babbler

Turdoides sharpei

Yellow-bellied Hyliota

Hyliota flavigaster

Wattled Starling

Creatophora cinerea

Greater Blue-eared Starling

Lamprotornis chalybaeus

Lesser Blue-eared Starling

Lamprotornis chloropterus

Bronze-tailed Starling

Lamprotornis chalcurus

Splendid Starling

Lamprotornis splendidus

Purple Starling

Lamprotornis purpureus

Rüppell's Starling

Lamprotornis purpuroptera

Violet-backed Starling

Cinnyricinclus leucogaster

Slender-billed Starling

Onychognathus tenuirostris

Chestnut-winged Starling

Onychognathus fulgidus

Yellow-billed Oxpecker

Buphagus africanus

Red-tailed Ant Thrush

Neocossyphus rufus

Abyssinian Ground Thrush

Geokichla piaggiae

Fire-crested Alethe

Alethe castanea

Brown-backed Scrub Robin

Cercotrichas hartlaubi

Pale Flycatcher

Agricola pallidus

Fraser's Forest Flycatcher

Fraseria ocreata

Grey Tit-Flycatcher

Fraseria plumbea

Ashy Flycatcher

Fraseria caerulescens

Southern Black Flycatcher

Melaenornis pammelaina

Empidornis semipartitus

Yellow-footed Flycatcher

Muscicapa sethsmithi

Spotted Flycatcher

Muscicapa striata

Brown-chested Alethe

Chamaetylas poliocephala

Red-capped Robin-Chat

Cossypha natalensis

Spotted Palm Thrush

Cichladusa guttata

Semicollared Flycatcher

Ficedula semitorquata

Saxicola rubetra

Myrmecocichla arnotti

Oenanthe familiaris

Western Violet-backed Sunbird

Anthreptes longuemarei

Little Green Sunbird

Anthreptes seimundi

Malachite Sunbird

Nectarinia famosa

Scarlet-tufted Sunbird

Nectarinia johnstoni

Cinnyris minullus

Rwenzori Double-collared Sunbird

Cinnyris stuhlmanni

Beautiful Sunbird

Cinnyris pulchellus

Cinnyris mariquensis

Purple-banded Sunbird

Cinnyris bifasciatus

Cinnyris superbus

Cinnyris cupreus

Passer domesticus

Thick-billed Weaver

Amblyospiza albifrons

Ploceus luteolus

Spectacled Weaver

Ploceus ocularis

Ploceus aurantius

Heuglin's Masked Weaver

Ploceus heuglini

Northern Brown-throated Weaver

Ploceus castanops

Lesser Masked Weaver

Ploceus intermedius

Golden-backed Weaver

Ploceus jacksoni

Yellow-mantled Weaver

Ploceus tricolor

Dark-backed Weaver

Ploceus bicolor

Red-headed Weaver

Anaplectes rubriceps

Red-headed Quelea

Quelea erythrops

Red-billed Quelea

Pachyphantes superciliosus

Euplectes gierowii

Black-winged Red Bishop

Euplectes hordeaceus

Southern Red Bishop

Fan-tailed Widowbird

Euplectes axillaris

Yellow-mantled Widowbird

Euplectes macroura

White-winged Widowbird

Euplectes albonotatus

Red-collared Widowbird

Euplectes ardens

Magpie Mannikin

Spermestes fringilloides

White-collared Oliveback

Nesocharis ansorgei

Mandingoa nitidula

Red-faced Crimsonwing

Cryptospiza reichenovii

Black-faced Waxbill

Brunhilda erythronotos

Fawn-breasted Waxbill

Estrilda paludicola

Black-rumped Waxbill

Estrilda troglodytes

Crimson-rumped Waxbill

Estrilda rhodopyga

Ortygospiza atricollis

Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu

Uraeginthus bengalus

Black-bellied Seedcracker

Pyrenestes ostrinus

Green-winged Pytilia

African Firefinch

Lagonosticta rubricata

Black-bellied Firefinch

Lagonosticta rara

Village Indigobird

Vidua chalybeata

Western Yellow Wagtail

Motacilla flava

Motacilla cinerea

Long-billed Pipit

Plain-backed Pipit

Anthus leucophrys

Anthus trivialis

Crithagra koliensis

Black-throated Canary

Crithagra atrogularis

Yellow-fronted Canary

Crithagra mozambica

Cinnamon-breasted Bunting

Emberiza tahapisi

Spur-winged Goose

Plectropterus gambensis

Spatula querquedula

Butorides striata

Mountain Gorilla

Gorilla beringei beringei

L'Hoest's Monkey

Allochrocebus lhoesti

Boehm's Bush Squirrel

Paraxerus boehmi

Red-tailed Monkey

Cercopithecus ascanius

Carruther's Mountain Squirrel

Funisciurus carruthersi

Cercopithecus mitis

Damaliscus lunatus

Ruwenzori Sun Squirrel

Heliosciurus ruwenzorii

Colobus guereza

Cephalophorus kivuensis

Red-legged Sun Squirrel

Heliosciurus rufobrachium

Pan troglodytes

White-bellied Pangolin

Phataginus tricuspis

Northern Bushbuck

Tragelaphus scriptus

Cephalophorus weynsi

Spectacled Lesser Galago

Galago matschiei

Alexander's Bush Squirrel

Paraxerus alexandri

Forest Giant Squirrel

Protoxerus stangeri

Lord Derby's Anomalure

Anomalurus derbianus

Side-striped Jackal

Lupulella adusta

Civettictis civetta

African Palm Civet

Nandinia binotata

Tragelaphus spekii

African Forest Elephant

Loxodonta cyclotis

Ruwenzori Horseshoe Bat

Rhinolophus ruwenzorii

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