Rwenzori Birds
Uganda is known for its rich bird life, and the Rwenzoris even more so. Stephen Trickett, our chief birder, ably supported by Lorna, Piers, Ela, Stephen Carrott and others, identified 78 types of birds, ranging from the ever present city slicker marabou stork to the ‘found only at altitudes over 4000m’ Scarlet Tufted Sunbird, an unusually large and strikingly beautiful feathered friend.
This list represents the definitely identified birds...
No
Name
Location
1
African Darter
Gen
2
Hamerkop
Gen
3
Black Headed Heron
Elg
4
Little Egret
Gen
5
Cattle Egret
Gen
6
African Spoonbill
Gen
7
Glossy Ibis
Gen
8
Marabou Stork
Gen
9
Yellow Billed Kite
Gen
10
Hooded Vulture
Gen
11
African Goshawk
Elg
12
Common Steppe Buzzard
Rwenz
13
Long Crested Eagle
Gen
14
African Olive Pigeon
Elg
15
Tambourine Dove
Elg
16
Great Blue Turaco
Gen
17
Rwenzori Turaco
Rwenz
18
Hartlaub's Turaco
Elg
19
Eastern Grey Plantain Eater
Gen
20
Barn Owl
Rwenz
21
Alpine Swift
Rwenz
22
Speckled Mousebird
Elg
23
African Pygmy Kingfisher
Elg
24
Woodland Kingfisher
Rwenz
25
Pied kingfisher
Gen
26
Broad Billed Roller
Gen
27
Black and White Casqued Hornbill
Rwenz
28
Yellow Rumped Tinkerbird
Elg
29
Cardinal Woodpecker
Elg
30
Rock Martin
Rwenz
31
White Headed Saw Wing
Elg
32
Black Saw Wing
Rwenz
33
Barn Swallow
Gen
34
Ethiopean Swallow
Elg
35
Lesser Striped Swallow
Gen
36
African Pied Wagtail
Gen
37
Grey Cuckooshrike
Elg
38
Pied Crow
Gen
39
White Necked Raven
Both R and E
40
Stripe Breasted Tit
Rwenz
41
Dark Capped Bulbul
Gen
42
Olive Breasted Mountain Greenbul
Both R and E
43
Abyssinian Ground Thrush
Elg
44
Mountain Thrush
Elg
45
White Starred Robin
Both R and E
46
Moorland Chat
Elg
47
Sooty Chat
Gen
48
Cinnamon Bracken Warbler
Rwenz
49
Willow Warbler
Gen
50
Red Faced Woodland Warbler
Rwenz
51
Brown Woodland Warbler
Both R and E
52
Rwenzori Apalis
Rwenz
53
African Dusky Flycatcher
Both R and E
54
White Tailed Elminia
Both R and E
55
Rwenzori Batis
Rwenz
56
Grey Backed Fiscal
Rwenz
57
Brown Crowned Tchagra
Elg
58
Tropical Boubou
Gen
59
Violet Backed Starling
Gen
60
Slender Billed Starling
Rwenz
61
Golden Winged Sunbird
Elg
62
Scarlet Tufted Sunbird
Rwenz
63
Bronzy Sunbird
Both R and E
64
Grey Headed Sunbird
Rwenz
65
Regal Sunbird
Rwenz
66
Northern Double Collared Sunbird
Rwenz
67
African Yellow White Eye
Gen
68
Northern Grey Headed Sparrow
Elg
69
Village Weaver
Gen
70
Baglafecht Weaver
Elg
71
Brown Capped Weaver
Rwenz
72
Vieillot's Black Weaver
Gen
73
Red Billed Quelea
Elg
74
African Firefinch
Elg
75
Bronze Mannikin
Elg
76
Black Crowned Waxbill
Rwenz
77
Black Headed Waxbill
Elg
78
Streaky Seed Eater
Elg