Uganda birds’ Secrets

Birds in Africa are very Unique and interesting to look at because of the different colors that they display. May of them have legendary stories attached to them. Let me be particular: the Uganda birds. Locally these birds wake up early in the morning and sing to who every listen, work together through out the day. Later in the evening, they return to there nest to rest. Others spend the entire night just clung to a tree branch.

Through out the day, they sing in crazy tones that blend together produce the wild ensemble. This keeps the wilderness especially the green wood ringing. This chorus of birds transforms into a verdant echo-chamber of birdsong. Wow what an African Adventure with birds.

Below are some of the birds that you may have a glance on when you take a Uganda Birding safari.
English Name Scientific Name
Grey Heron /Ardea cinerea
Black-headed Heron /Ardea melanocephala
Goliath Heron /Ardea goliath
Purple Heron /Ardea purpurea
Great Egret /Ardea alba
Black Heron /Egretta ardesiaca
Intermediate Egret /Egretta intermedia
Little Egret /Egretta garzetta
Squacco Heron /Ardeola ralloides
Madagascar Pond- Heron /Ardeola idae
Rufous-bellied Heron /Ardeola rufiventris
Cattle Egret /Bubulcus ibis
Striated Heron /Butorides striata
Black-crowned Night-heron /Nycticorax nycticorax
White-backed Night-heron /Gorsachius leuconotus
Dwarf Bittern /Ixobrychus sturmii
Great Bittern /Botaurus stellaris
Yellow-billed Stork /Mycteria ibis
African Openbill /Anastomus lamelligerus
Black Stork /Ciconia nigra
Abdim’s Stork /Ciconia abdimii
Woolly-necked Stork /Ciconia episcopus
White Stork /Ciconia ciconia
Saddle-billed Stork /Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
Marabou Stork /Leptoptilos crumeniferus
Fulvous Whistling-Duck /Dendrocygna bicolor
White-faced Whistling-Duck /Dendrocygna viduata
White-backed Duck /Thalassornis leuconotus
Egyptian Goose /Alopochen aegyptiacus
Spur-winged Goose /Plectropterus gambensis
Comb Duck /Sarkidiornis melanotos
Hartlaub’s Duck /Pteronetta hartlaubii
African Pygmy-goose /Nettapus auritus
African Black Duck /Anas sparsa
Eurasian Wigeon /Anas penelope
Eurasian Teal /Anas crecca
Cape Teal /Anas capensis
Yellow-billed Duck / Anas undulata
Northern Pintail /Anas acuta
Red-billed Duck /Anas erythrorhyncha
Hottentot Teal /Anas hottentota
Garganey /Anas querquedula
Northern Shoveler /Anas clypeata
Southern Pochard /Netta erythrophthalma
Common Pochard /Aythya ferina
Ferruginous Pochard /Aythya nyroca
Tufted Duck / Aythya fuligula (A)
Maccoa Duck /Oxyura maccoa
Discover the great African beauties by taking a Uganda birding tour
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