Queen Elizabeth National Park

National Park · Uganda

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Photo © Robert Weinkove using Minolta Dynax 4 camera

Photo © Robert Weinkove using Minolta Dynax 4 camera — CC BY-SA 4.0 — Source: Wikimedia Commons

Across the southwestern escarpment of Uganda, where the Western Rift Valley descends through ancient volcanic terrain, Queen Elizabeth National Park sprawls across more than 8,300 square kilometres of astonishingly diverse landscape. Crater lakes stipple the northern plateau, their steep caldera walls rising abruptly from papyrus swamps and acacia woodland, while the park's southern reaches give way to dense miombo and riverine forest along the Kazinga Channel—a natural waterway that concentrates wildlife and light in ways few African parks can match. This ecological patchwork, stitched together by altitude, water, and soil type, creates distinct niches for large herbivores and their predators, for waterfowl and waders along the channel and lake margins, for insectivores and seed-eating birds in the woodland canopy, and for small mammals in the understory and forest floor. The park's position straddling highland and lowland zones means its fauna reflects both savanna and forest lineages, a confluence that explains the extraordinary richness observers encounter at every turn.

For wildlife photographers seeking the marriage of dramatic light and concentrated game, the Kazinga Channel alone justifies the journey—dawn mist rises from calm water while aquatic and terrestrial birds move between vegetation and open water, and the channel's banks host some of the park's densest congregation of large mammals. The dry season, from June to August, intensifies these gatherings as water sources shrink and wildlife converges on permanent wetlands; the green season transforms the landscape and brings migratory waders and passage raptors to the plateau. Accessibility is straightforward, with established roads threading the main habitats and a motorboat cruise on the channel offering an entirely different vantage on the park's fauna. Few places in East Africa offer such variety in a single protected area, where a morning's drive can shift from woodland to crater rim to papyrus margin, each transition revealing new wildlife communities and photographic opportunities shaped by the park's intricate topography.

Website ugandawildlife.org/explore-our-parks/parks-by-name-a-z/queen-elizabeth-national-park

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Balaeniceps rex

Great Blue Turaco

Corythaeola cristata

African Fish Eagle

Icthyophaga vocifer

Pycnonotus barbatus

Pied Kingfisher

Palm-nut Vulture

Gypohierax angolensis

Long-crested Eagle

Lophaetus occipitalis

Slender-billed Weaver

Ploceus pelzelni

African Sacred Ibis

Threskiornis aethiopicus

White-backed Vulture

Red-chested Sunbird

Cinnyris erythrocercus

Black-headed Heron

Ardea melanocephala

Grey Crowned Crane

Balearica regulorum

Butorides atricapilla

African Spoonbill

Collared Pratincole

Glareola pratincola

African Harrier-Hawk

Polyboroides typus

Lesser Flamingo

Phoeniconaias minor

Mourning Collared Dove

Streptopelia decipiens

Common Greenshank

Tringa nebularia

Red-necked Spurfowl

Pternistis afer

Pink-backed Pelican

Pelecanus rufescens

Spur-winged Lapwing

Vanellus spinosus

Helmeted Guineafowl

Numida meleagris

Speckled Mousebird

Colius striatus

Microcarbo africanus

Great Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo

Black-winged Kite

Elanus caeruleus

Northern Grey-headed Sparrow

Verreaux's Eagle-Owl

Spilopelia senegalensis

Ring-necked Dove

Streptopelia capicola

Double-toothed Barbet

Pogonornis bidentatus

Crowned Hornbill

Lophoceros alboterminatus

Lesser Masked Weaver

Ploceus intermedius

African Pygmy Kingfisher

Streptopelia semitorquata

Blue-spotted Wood Dove

Blue-naped Mousebird

Urocolius macrourus

Grey-capped Warbler

Butorides striata

White-headed Saw-wing

Psalidoprocne albiceps

Fork-tailed Drongo

Dicrurus adsimilis

Swamp Flycatcher

Muscicapa aquatica

Red-throated Bee-eater

White-winged Tern

Chlidonias leucopterus

Wire-tailed Swallow

Hirundo smithii

White-throated Bee-eater

Merops albicollis

Olive Bee-eater

Merops superciliosus

White-rumped Swift

Yellow-billed Stork

White-browed Coucal

Centropus superciliosus

Yellow-billed Oxpecker

Buphagus africanus

African Wattled Lapwing

Vanellus senegallus

Water Thick-knee

Burhinus vermiculatus

Leptoptilos crumenifer

Alopochen aegyptiaca

Bostrychia hagedash

Lesser Striped Swallow

Cecropis abyssinica

Scopus umbretta

Pin-tailed Whydah

African Pied Wagtail

Motacilla aguimp

Black-headed Weaver

Ploceus melanocephalus

Black-headed Gonolek

Laniarius erythrogaster

Yellow-throated Longclaw

Macronyx croceus

Grey-backed Fiscal

Lanius excubitoroides

Rüppell's Starling

Lamprotornis purpuroptera

Malachite Kingfisher

Corythornis cristatus

Actophilornis africanus

Brown Snake Eagle

Circaetus cinereus

Woodland Kingfisher

Halcyon senegalensis

African Skimmer

Rynchops flavirostris

Rufous-naped Lark

Corypha africana

Ardeola ralloides

Black-winged Stilt

Himantopus himantopus

Great White Pelican

Pelecanus onocrotalus

Senegal Lapwing

Vanellus lugubris

Croaking Cisticola

Cisticola natalensis

Grey-headed Kingfisher

Halcyon leucocephala

Black-bellied Bustard

Lissotis melanogaster

Common Sandpiper

Actitis hypoleucos

Little Bee-eater

Merops pusillus

Terathopius ecaudatus

Polemaetus bellicosus

Red-billed Firefinch

Lagonosticta senegala

African Openbill

Anastomus lamelligerus

Papyrus Gonolek

Laniarius mufumbiri

Southern Red Bishop

Saddle-billed Stork

Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis

Long-toed Lapwing

Vanellus crassirostris

Red-billed Quelea

Falco ardosiaceus

White-browed Robin-Chat

Cossypha heuglini

Crowned Lapwing

Vanellus coronatus

Egretta garzetta

Grey-headed Gull

Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus

Diederik Cuckoo

Chrysococcyx caprius

Hirundo rustica

Kittlitz's Plover

Anarhynchus pecuarius

Myrmecocichla nigra

Wahlberg's Eagle

Hieraaetus wahlbergi

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater

Merops persicus

Black-lored Babbler

Turdoides sharpei

Amirafra rufocinnamomea

Gull-billed Tern

Gelochelidon nilotica

Western Yellow Wagtail

Motacilla flava

Tringa glareola

Anthus cinnamomeus

Broad-billed Roller

Eurystomus glaucurus

Arrow-marked Babbler

Turdoides jardineii

Lappet-faced Vulture

Torgos tracheliotos

Bronze Mannikin

Spermestes cucullata

Western Banded Snake Eagle

Circaetus cinerascens

Northern Fiscal

Lanius humeralis

Crecopsis egregia

Plain-backed Pipit

Anthus leucophrys

Temminck's Courser

Cursorius temminckii

Zitting Cisticola

Cisticola juncidis

Moustached Grass Warbler

Melocichla mentalis

White-faced Whistling Duck

Dendrocygna viduata

Knob-billed Duck

Sarkidiornis melanotos

Blue-billed Teal

Spatula hottentota

Western Crested Guineafowl

Guttera verreauxi

Crested Francolin

Ortygornis sephaena

Harlequin Quail

Coturnix delegorguei

Pternistis squamatus

Caprimulgus natalensis

Square-tailed Nightjar

Caprimulgus fossii

African Palm Swift

Cypsiurus parvus

Eastern Plantain-eater

Crinifer zonurus

Centropus senegalensis

Centropus grillii

Great Spotted Cuckoo

Clamator glandarius

Levaillant's Cuckoo

Clamator levaillantii

Clamator jacobinus

Chrysococcyx klaas

African Emerald Cuckoo

Chrysococcyx cupreus

Cuculus clamosus

Red-chested Cuckoo

Cuculus solitarius

Cuculus gularis

Emerald-spotted Wood Dove

Turtur chalcospilos

African Green Pigeon

Tachybaptus ruficollis

Common Buttonquail

Turnix sylvaticus

Recurvirostra avosetta

Pluvialis squatarola

Common Ringed Plover

Charadrius hiaticula

Brown-chested Lapwing

Vanellus superciliosus

Anarhynchus asiaticus

Greater Painted-snipe

Rostratula benghalensis

Black-tailed Godwit

Gallinago nigripennis

Marsh Sandpiper

Tringa stagnatilis

Ruddy Turnstone

Arenaria interpres

Calidris pugnax

Curlew Sandpiper

Calidris ferruginea

Calidris minuta

Black-headed Gull

Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Ciconia abdimii

African Woolly-necked Stork

Ciconia microscelis

Plegadis falcinellus

Black-crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Egretta ardesiaca

Yellow-billed Egret

Ardea brachyrhyncha

Pandion haliaetus

African Cuckoo-Hawk

Aviceda cuculoides

Black-chested Snake Eagle

Circaetus pectoralis

Lesser Spotted Eagle

Clanga pomarina

Ayres's Hawk-Eagle

Hieraaetus ayresii

Hieraaetus pennatus

Micronisus gabar

Kaupifalco monogrammicus

Tachyspiza badia

Montagu's Harrier

Circus pygargus

Western Marsh Harrier

Circus aeruginosus

African Marsh Harrier

Circus ranivorus

Pearl-spotted Owlet

Glaucidium perlatum

Spotted Eagle-Owl

Apaloderma narina

Green Wood Hoopoe

Phoeniculus purpureus

Common Scimitarbill

Rhinopomastus cyanomelas

African Grey Hornbill

Lophoceros nasutus

White-thighed Hornbill

Bycanistes albotibialis

Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill

Bycanistes subcylindricus

European Roller

Coracias garrulus

Striped Kingfisher

Halcyon chelicuti

Blue-breasted Kingfisher

Halcyon malimbica

Shining-blue Kingfisher

Alcedo quadribrachys

Blue-breasted Bee-eater

Merops variegatus

Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater

Merops oreobates

European Bee-eater

Merops apiaster

Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet

Trachylaemus purpuratus

Trachyphonus vaillantii

Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird

Pogoniulus chrysoconus

Spot-flanked Barbet

Tricholaema lacrymosa

White-headed Barbet

Lybius leucocephalus

Lesser Honeyguide

Indicator minor

Red-throated Wryneck

Jynx ruficollis

Buff-spotted Woodpecker

Pardipicus nivosus

Brown-eared Woodpecker

Pardipicus caroli

Nubian Woodpecker

Campethera nubica

Yellow-crested Woodpecker

Chloropicus xantholophus

Speckle-breasted Woodpecker

Dendropicos poecilolaemus

Cardinal Woodpecker

Dendropicos fuscescens

African Grey Woodpecker

Dendropicos goertae

Red-necked Falcon

Falco chicquera

Peregrine Falcon

Falco peregrinus

Red-headed Lovebird

Agapornis pullarius

Western Black-headed Batis

Batis erlangeri

Chestnut Wattle-eye

Dyaphorophyia castanea

Brown-throated Wattle-eye

Platysteira cyanea

Orange-breasted Bushshrike

Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus

Brown-crowned Tchagra

Tchagra australis

Black-crowned Tchagra

Tchagra senegalus

Tropical Boubou

Laniarius major

Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike

Campephaga phoenicea

Oriolus brachyrynchus

Black-headed Oriole

Oriolus larvatus

Lesser Grey Shrike

Red-backed Shrike

Lanius collurio

African Blue Flycatcher

Elminia longicauda

Pale-throated Greenbul

Atimastillas flavigula

Neophedina cincta

Riparia riparia

Hirundo angolensis

African Red-rumped Swallow

Cecropis melanocrissus

Northern Crombec

Sylvietta brachyura

Phylloscopus trochilus

Lesser Swamp Warbler

Acrocephalus gracilirostris

Red-faced Cisticola

Cisticola erythrops

Trilling Cisticola

Cisticola woosnami

Winding Cisticola

Cisticola marginatus

Carruthers's Cisticola

Cisticola carruthersi

Stout Cisticola

Cisticola robustus

Short-winged Cisticola

Cisticola brachypterus

Tawny-flanked Prinia

Prinia subflava

Buff-bellied Warbler

Phyllolais pulchella

Yellow-breasted Apalis

Wattled Starling

Creatophora cinerea

Greater Blue-eared Starling

Lamprotornis chalybaeus

Splendid Starling

Lamprotornis splendidus

Violet-backed Starling

Cinnyricinclus leucogaster

Brown-backed Scrub Robin

Cercotrichas hartlaubi

White-browed Scrub Robin

Cercotrichas leucophrys

Grey Tit-Flycatcher

Fraseria plumbea

Spotted Flycatcher

Muscicapa striata

Brown-chested Alethe

Chamaetylas poliocephala

Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat

Cossypha niveicapilla

Red-capped Robin-Chat

Cossypha natalensis

Saxicola rubetra

Northern Wheatear

Oenanthe oenanthe

Isabelline Wheatear

Oenanthe isabellina

Oenanthe pleschanka

Green-headed Sunbird

Cyanomitra verticalis

Green-throated Sunbird

Chalcomitra rubescens

Scarlet-chested Sunbird

Chalcomitra senegalensis

Nectarinia kilimensis

Northern Double-collared Sunbird

Cinnyris reichenowi

Cinnyris mariquensis

Purple-banded Sunbird

Cinnyris bifasciatus

Passer domesticus

Thick-billed Weaver

Amblyospiza albifrons

Spectacled Weaver

Ploceus ocularis

Holub's Golden Weaver

Ploceus xanthops

Northern Brown-throated Weaver

Ploceus castanops

Vieillot's Black Weaver

Ploceus nigerrimus

Cardinal Quelea

Quelea cardinalis

Red-headed Quelea

Quelea erythrops

Pachyphantes superciliosus

Euplectes gierowii

Black-winged Red Bishop

Euplectes hordeaceus

Fan-tailed Widowbird

Euplectes axillaris

White-winged Widowbird

Euplectes albonotatus

Red-collared Widowbird

Euplectes ardens

Fawn-breasted Waxbill

Estrilda paludicola

Estrilda astrild

Crimson-rumped Waxbill

Estrilda rhodopyga

Ortygospiza atricollis

Green-winged Pytilia

African Firefinch

Lagonosticta rubricata

Black-bellied Firefinch

Lagonosticta rara

Village Indigobird

Vidua chalybeata

Anomalospiza imberbis

Yellow-fronted Canary

Crithagra mozambica

Brimstone Canary

Crithagra sulphurata

Cinnamon-breasted Bunting

Emberiza tahapisi

Golden-breasted Bunting

Emberiza flaviventris

Greater Swamp Warbler

Acrocephalus rufescens

Fulvous Whistling Duck

Dendrocygna bicolor

White-backed Duck

Thalassornis leuconotus

Spur-winged Goose

Plectropterus gambensis

African Pygmy Goose

Nettapus auritus

Spatula querquedula

African Black Duck

Yellow-billed Duck

Red-billed Teal

Anas erythrorhyncha

Coqui Francolin

Campocolinus coqui

Red-winged Francolin

Scleroptila levaillantii

Coturnix coturnix

Handsome Spurfowl

Pternistis nobilis

Heuglin's Spurfowl

Pternistis icterorhynchus

Fiery-necked Nightjar

Caprimulgus pectoralis

Caprimulgus inornatus

Freckled Nightjar

Caprimulgus tristigma

Long-tailed Nightjar

Caprimulgus climacurus

Slender-tailed Nightjar

Caprimulgus clarus

Pennant-winged Nightjar

Caprimulgus vexillarius

Mottled Spinetail

Telacanthura ussheri

Tachymarptis melba

African Black Swift

White-crested Turaco

Tauraco leucolophus

Black-billed Turaco

Tauraco schuettii

Denham's Bustard

Blue-headed Coucal

Centropus monachus

Ceuthmochares aereus

Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo

Cercococcyx mechowi

Cuculus canorus

Speckled Pigeon

Columba unicincta

African Olive Pigeon

Columba arquatrix

White-naped Pigeon

Columba albinucha

Western Bronze-naped Pigeon

Columba iriditorques

Aplopelia larvata

Dusky Turtle Dove

Streptopelia lugens

Streptopelia vinacea

Black-billed Wood Dove

Turtur abyssinicus

Tambourine Dove

Turtur tympanistria

African Finfoot

Podica senegalensis

White-spotted Flufftail

Sarothrura pulchra

Rallus caerulescens

Paragallinula angulata

Gallinula chloropus

Red-knobbed Coot

Fulica cristata

Allen's Gallinule

Porphyrio alleni

Great Crested Grebe

Podiceps cristatus

Greater Flamingo

Phoenicopterus roseus

Black-rumped Buttonquail

Spotted Thick-knee

Burhinus capensis

Senegal Thick-knee

Burhinus senegalensis

Black-headed Lapwing

Vanellus tectus

Microparra capensis

Gallinago gallinago

Green Sandpiper

Tringa ochropus

Common Redshank

Spotted Redshank

Tringa erythropus

Temminck's Stint

Calidris temminckii

Bronze-winged Courser

Rhinoptilus chalcopterus

Rock Pratincole

Glareola nuchalis

Black-winged Pratincole

Glareola nordmanni

Chlidonias hybrida

Slender-billed Gull

Chroicocephalus genei

Ciconia ciconia

White-backed Night Heron

Calherodius leuconotus

Rufous-bellied Heron

Ardeola rufiventris

Malagasy Pond Heron

Egyptian Vulture

Neophron percnopterus

European Honey Buzzard

Pernis apivorus

White-headed Vulture

Trigonoceps occipitalis

Necrosyrtes monachus

Beaudouin's Snake Eagle

Circaetus beaudouini

Short-toed Snake Eagle

Circaetus gallicus

Macheiramphus alcinus

Stephanoaetus coronatus

Aquila nipalensis

Cassin's Hawk-Eagle

Aquila africana

African Hawk-Eagle

Aquila spilogaster

Dark Chanting Goshawk

Melierax metabates

Eastern Chanting Goshawk

Melierax poliopterus

Ovambo Sparrowhawk

Accipiter ovampensis

Circus macrourus

Mountain Buzzard

Buteo oreophilus

Western Barn Owl

African Scops Owl

Otus senegalensis

Southern White-faced Owl

Ptilopsis granti

Greyish Eagle-Owl

Bubo cinerascens

African Wood Owl

Strix woodfordii

Bar-tailed Trogon

Apaloderma vittatum

White-headed Wood Hoopoe

Phoeniculus bollei

Black Scimitarbill

Rhinopomastus aterrimus

Abyssinian Ground Hornbill

Bucorvus abyssinicus

Congo Pied Hornbill

Lophoceros fasciatus

Piping Hornbill

Bycanistes fistulator

Black-casqued Hornbill

Ceratogymna atrata

Eastern Long-tailed Hornbill

Horizocerus cassini

Lilac-breasted Roller

Coracias caudatus

Blue-throated Roller

Eurystomus gularis

Chocolate-backed Kingfisher

African Dwarf Kingfisher

Ispidina lecontei

Giant Kingfisher

Megaceryle maxima

Swallow-tailed Bee-eater

Merops hirundineus

Northern Carmine Bee-eater

Grey-throated Barbet

Gymnobucco bonapartei

Speckled Tinkerbird

Pogoniulus scolopaceus

Red-rumped Tinkerbird

Pogoniulus atroflavus

Yellow-throated Tinkerbird

Pogoniulus subsulphureus

Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird

Pogoniulus bilineatus

Yellow-spotted Barbet

Buccanodon duchaillui

Hairy-breasted Barbet

Tricholaema hirsuta

Red-fronted Barbet

Tricholaema diademata

Black-billed Barbet

Lybius guifsobalito

Cassin's Honeybird

Prodotiscus insignis

Brown-backed Honeybird

Prodotiscus regulus

Scaly-throated Honeyguide

Indicator variegatus

Greater Honeyguide

Indicator indicator

Golden-tailed Woodpecker

Campethera abingoni

Green-backed Woodpecker

Campethera maculosa

Bearded Woodpecker

Chloropicus namaquus

Elliot's Woodpecker

Dendropicos elliotii

Olive Woodpecker

Dendropicos griseocephalus

Falco tinnunculus

Falco biarmicus

Psittacus erithacus

Brown-necked Parrot

Poicephalus fuscicollis

Poicephalus meyeri

Black-throated Wattle-eye

Platysteira peltata

Jameson's Wattle-eye

Platysteira jamesoni

Grey-headed Bushshrike

Malaconotus blanchoti

Many-colored Bushshrike

Chlorophoneus multicolor

Bocage's Bushshrike

Chlorophoneus bocagei

Pink-footed Puffback

Dryoscopus angolensis

Northern Puffback

Dryoscopus gambensis

Albertine Sooty Boubou

Laniarius holomelas

Willard's Sooty Boubou

Laniarius willardi

Slate-colored Boubou

Laniarius funebris

Lühder's Bushshrike

Laniarius luehderi

African Shrike-flycatcher

Megabyas flammulatus

Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher

Black Cuckooshrike

Campephaga flava

Petit's Cuckooshrike

Campephaga petiti

African Golden Oriole

Oriolus auratus

Eurasian Golden Oriole

Oriolus oriolus

Velvet-mantled Drongo

Dicrurus modestus

Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher

Terpsiphone rufiventer

African Paradise Flycatcher

Terpsiphone viridis

Mackinnon's Shrike

Lanius mackinnoni

Woodchat Shrike

Isabelline Shrike

Lanius isabellinus

Ptilostomus afer

White-necked Raven

Corvus albicollis

White-tailed Blue Flycatcher

Elminia albicauda

White-bellied Crested Flycatcher

Elminia albiventris

White-shouldered Black Tit

Melaniparus guineensis

White-winged Black Tit

Melaniparus leucomelas

Melaniparus funereus

Stripe-breasted Tit

Melaniparus fasciiventer

Grey Penduline Tit

Anthoscopus caroli

Western Nicator

Nicator chloris

Slender-billed Greenbul

Stelgidillas gracilirostris

Red-tailed Bristlebill

Bleda syndactylus

Joyful Greenbul

Chlorocichla laetissima

Simple Greenbul

Chlorocichla simplex

Honeyguide Greenbul

Baeopogon indicator

Red-tailed Greenbul

Criniger calurus

Little Greenbul

Eurillas virens

Yellow-whiskered Greenbul

Eurillas latirostris

Eurillas curvirostris

Little Grey Greenbul

Eurillas gracilis

Ansorge's Greenbul

Eurillas ansorgei

White-throated Greenbul

Phyllastrephus albigularis

Cabanis's Greenbul

Phyllastrephus cabanisi

Phyllastrephus scandens

Yellow-streaked Greenbul

Phyllastrephus flavostriatus

Psalidoprocne pristoptera

Grey-rumped Swallow

Pseudhirundo griseopyga

Brown-throated Martin

Riparia paludicola

Red-throated Rock Martin

Ptyonoprogne rufigula

Ethiopian Swallow

Hirundo aethiopica

White-bibbed Swallow

Hirundo nigrita

Western House Martin

Delichon urbicum

Cecropis senegalensis

Red-faced Crombec

Sylvietta whytii

Red-faced Woodland Warbler

Phylloscopus laetus

Great Reed Warbler

Acrocephalus arundinaceus

Acrocephalus schoenobaenus

Common Reed Warbler

Acrocephalus scirpaceus

African Yellow Warbler

Iduna natalensis

Eastern Olivaceous Warbler

Icterine Warbler

Hippolais icterina

Fan-tailed Grassbird

Catriscus brevirostris

Cinnamon Bracken Warbler

Bradypterus cinnamomeus

White-winged Swamp Warbler

Bradypterus carpalis

Grauer's Swamp Warbler

Bradypterus graueri

Singing Cisticola

Cisticola cantans

Whistling Cisticola

Cisticola lateralis

Chubb's Cisticola

Cisticola chubbi

Rattling Cisticola

Cisticola chiniana

Wing-snapping Cisticola

Cisticola ayresii

White-chinned Prinia

Schistolais leucopogon

Black-throated Apalis

Apalis jacksoni

Buff-throated Apalis

Apalis rufogularis

Yellow-browed Camaroptera

Camaroptera superciliaris

Olive-green Camaroptera

Camaroptera chloronota

Black-faced Rufous Warbler

Bathmocercus rufus

Green-backed Eremomela

Eremomela canescens

Eurasian Blackcap

Sylvia atricapilla

Green White-eye

Zosterops stuhlmanni

Northern Yellow White-eye

Zosterops senegalensis

Brown Illadopsis

Illadopsis fulvescens

Scaly-breasted Illadopsis

Illadopsis albipectus

Turdoides plebejus

Yellow-bellied Hyliota

Hyliota flavigaster

Purple-headed Starling

Hylopsar purpureiceps

Lesser Blue-eared Starling

Lamprotornis chloropterus

Purple Starling

Lamprotornis purpureus

Slender-billed Starling

Onychognathus tenuirostris

Chestnut-winged Starling

Onychognathus fulgidus

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

Red-tailed Ant Thrush

Neocossyphus rufus

Abyssinian Thrush

Turdus abyssinicus

Fire-crested Alethe

Alethe castanea

Pale Flycatcher

Agricola pallidus

Grey-throated Tit-Flycatcher

Fraseria griseigularis

Ashy Flycatcher

Fraseria caerulescens

White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher

Melaenornis fischeri

Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher

Melaenornis ardesiacus

Southern Black Flycatcher

Melaenornis pammelaina

Dusky-blue Flycatcher

Bradornis comitatus

African Dusky Flycatcher

Muscicapa adusta

Cassin's Flycatcher

Muscicapa cassini

White-starred Robin

Pogonocichla stellata

White-bellied Robin-Chat

Cossyphicula roberti

Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat

Cossypha cyanocampter

Spotted Palm Thrush

Cichladusa guttata

Cape Robin-Chat

Dessonornis caffer

Grey-winged Robin-Chat

Sheppardia polioptera

Semicollared Flycatcher

Ficedula semitorquata

African Stonechat

Saxicola torquatus

Mocking Cliff Chat

Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris

Oenanthe familiaris

Grey-headed Sunbird

Deleornis axillaris

Western Violet-backed Sunbird

Anthreptes longuemarei

Little Green Sunbird

Anthreptes seimundi

Grey-chinned Sunbird

Anthreptes tephrolaemus

Collared Sunbird

Hedydipna collaris

Blue-throated Brown Sunbird

Cyanomitra cyanolaema

Blue-headed Sunbird

Cyanomitra alinae

Cyanomitra olivacea

Purple-breasted Sunbird

Nectarinia purpureiventris

Malachite Sunbird

Nectarinia famosa

Cinnyris minullus

Rwenzori Double-collared Sunbird

Cinnyris stuhlmanni

Cinnyris regius

Beautiful Sunbird

Cinnyris pulchellus

Cinnyris superbus

Variable Sunbird

Cinnyris venustus

Shelley's Sparrow

Passer shelleyi

White-browed Sparrow-Weaver

Plocepasser mahali

Ploceus luteolus

Black-necked Weaver

Ploceus nigricollis

Ploceus alienus

Black-billed Weaver

Ploceus melanogaster

Ploceus aurantius

Heuglin's Masked Weaver

Ploceus heuglini

Vitelline Masked Weaver

Ploceus vitellinus

Golden-backed Weaver

Ploceus jacksoni

Yellow-mantled Weaver

Ploceus tricolor

Brown-capped Weaver

Ploceus insignis

Red-headed Malimbe

Malimbus rubricollis

Crested Malimbe

Malimbus malimbicus

Red-headed Weaver

Anaplectes rubriceps

Northern Red Bishop

Euplectes franciscanus

Euplectes capensis

Yellow-mantled Widowbird

Euplectes macroura

Marsh Widowbird

Euplectes hartlaubi

Magpie Mannikin

Spermestes fringilloides

Black-and-white Mannikin

Spermestes bicolor

White-collared Oliveback

Nesocharis ansorgei

Yellow-bellied Waxbill

Coccopygia quartinia

Mandingoa nitidula

Dusky Crimsonwing

Cryptospiza jacksoni

White-breasted Nigrita

Nigrita fusconotus

Grey-headed Nigrita

Nigrita canicapillus

Black-faced Waxbill

Brunhilda erythronotos

Black-crowned Waxbill

Estrilda nonnula

Orange-cheeked Waxbill

Estrilda melpoda

Black-rumped Waxbill

Estrilda troglodytes

Orange-breasted Waxbill

Amandava subflava

Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu

Uraeginthus bengalus

Red-headed Bluebill

Spermophaga ruficapilla

Black-bellied Seedcracker

Pyrenestes ostrinus

Red-winged Pytilia

Pytilia phoenicoptera

Bar-breasted Firefinch

Lagonosticta rufopicta

Motacilla capensis

Motacilla cinerea

Mountain Wagtail

Motacilla clara

Long-billed Pipit

Anthus trivialis

Red-throated Pipit

Anthus cervinus

Linurgus olivaceus

Crithagra frontalis

Crithagra koliensis

Black-throated Canary

Crithagra atrogularis

Reichenow's Seedeater

Crithagra reichenowi

Thick-billed Seedeater

Crithagra burtoni

Streaky Seedeater

Crithagra striolata

Yellow-crowned Canary

Serinus flavivertex

Thick-billed Cuckoo

Pachycoccyx audeberti

Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo

Cercococcyx montanus

Buff-spotted Flufftail

Sarothrura elegans

Red-chested Flufftail

Sarothrura rufa

Eurasian Whimbrel

Numenius phaeopus

Northern Red-billed Hornbill

Tockus erythrorhynchus

Coracias naevius

Red-faced Barbet

Lybius rubrifacies

Grey Cuckooshrike

Ceblepyris caesius

Black-capped Apalis

Apalis nigriceps

Common Nightingale

Luscinia megarhynchos

Pan troglodytes

Panthera pardus

African Savanna Elephant

Loxodonta africana

Syncerus caffer

Phacochoerus africanus

Tantalus Monkey

Chlorocebus tantalus

Colobus guereza

African Savanna Hare

Leptailurus serval

L'Hoest's Monkey

Allochrocebus lhoesti

Northern Giraffe

Giraffa camelopardalis

Ugandan Crested Mangabey

Lophocebus ugandae

Common Hippopotamus

Hippopotamus amphibius

Ashy Red Colobus

Piliocolobus tephrosceles

Red-tailed Monkey

Cercopithecus ascanius

Northern Bushbuck

Tragelaphus scriptus

Cercopithecus mitis

Damaliscus lunatus

Giant Forest Hog

Hylochoerus meinertzhageni

Crocuta crocuta

African Grass Rat

Arvicanthis niloticus

Mauritian Tomb Bat

Taphozous mauritianus

Egyptian Rousette

Rousettus aegyptiacus

Yellow-winged False-vampire

Egyptian Mongoose

Herpestes ichneumon

Southern Bushbuck

Tragelaphus sylvaticus

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