Uganda · Western Region
Bigodi Ecotourism Research Centre
361 species and 12,227 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February and December, with up to 152 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
African Blue FlycatcherElminia longicauda
Eastern Plantain-eaterCrinifer zonurus
Brown-throated Wattle-eyePlatysteira cyanea
Blue-spotted Wood DoveTurtur afer
White-spotted FlufftailSarothrura pulchra
Olive-bellied SunbirdCinnyris chloropygius
Double-toothed BarbetPogonornis bidentatus
Great Blue TuracoCorythaeola cristata
Bronze MannikinSpermestes cucullata
Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
Snowy-crowned Robin-ChatCossypha niveicapilla
Yellow-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus bilineatus92 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 361 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Bigodi Swamp1 km487 species
- Kibale NP10 km598 species
- Chimpanzee Forest Lodge13 km340 species
- Semuliki NP – Kirumya Trail55 km416 species
- Semuliki NP62 km575 species
- Queen Elizabeth II NP – Kasenyi Track65 km447 species
All 361 species recorded here
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- African Blue Flycatcher Elminia longicauda
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Double-toothed Barbet Pogonornis bidentatus
- Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra
- White-chinned Prinia Schistolais leucopogon
- Lühder's Bushshrike Laniarius luehderi
- Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Grey-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus
- Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Eastern Plantain-eater Crinifer zonurus
- Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher Bias musicus
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
- Green Hylia Hylia prasina
- Bocage's Bushshrike Chlorophoneus bocagei
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Purple-headed Starling Hylopsar purpureiceps
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Green Crombec Sylvietta virens
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
- Pale-throated Greenbul Atimastillas flavigula
- Slender-billed Greenbul Stelgidillas gracilirostris
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Toro Olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus hypochloris
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Eurillas latirostris
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus
- Ross's Turaco Tauraco rossae
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Red-headed Bluebill Spermophaga ruficapilla
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Speckle-breasted Woodpecker Dendropicos poecilolaemus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Mackinnon's Shrike Lanius mackinnoni
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Western Nicator Nicator chloris
- White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps
- Black-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Dusky-blue Flycatcher Bradornis comitatus
- Black Bishop Euplectes gierowii
- Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
- Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus
- Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus
- Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta
- Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis
- Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Cassin's Honeybird Prodotiscus insignis
- Western Citril Crithagra frontalis
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Compact Weaver Pachyphantes superciliosus
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- White-tailed Ant Thrush Neocossyphus poensis
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Shining-blue Kingfisher Alcedo quadribrachys
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Yellow-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes rectirostris
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus
- Joyful Greenbul Chlorocichla laetissima
- Leaf-love Phyllastrephus scandens
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Scaly Spurfowl Pternistis squamatus
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Yellow-crested Woodpecker Chloropicus xantholophus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra
- Grey-throated Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria griseigularis
- Lagden's Bushshrike Malaconotus lagdeni
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Grey-winged Robin-Chat Sheppardia polioptera
- Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster
- Black-billed Turaco Tauraco schuettii
- White-winged Swamp Warbler Bradypterus carpalis
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Many-colored Bushshrike Chlorophoneus multicolor
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Black Bee-eater Merops gularis
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Papyrus Gonolek Laniarius mufumbiri
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- Jameson's Wattle-eye Platysteira jamesoni
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis
- Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui
- Red-throated Wryneck Jynx ruficollis
- White-collared Oliveback Nesocharis ansorgei
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
- Least Honeyguide Indicator exilis
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Lowland Masked Apalis Apalis binotata
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
- Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea
- Black-bellied Seedcracker Pyrenestes ostrinus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Thick-billed Seedeater Crithagra burtoni
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Fraser's Rufous Thrush Stizorhina fraseri
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Red-chested Sunbird Cinnyris erythrocercus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Scaly-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis albipectus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Golden-backed Weaver Ploceus jacksoni
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus
- Green-breasted Pitta Pitta reichenowi
- Cabanis's Greenbul Phyllastrephus cabanisi
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Marsh Tchagra Bocagia minuta
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Blue-breasted Bee-eater Merops variegatus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Ring-necked Francolin Scleroptila streptophora
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Black-throated Apalis Apalis jacksoni
- Cassin's Hawk-Eagle Aquila africana
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Bates's Nightjar Caprimulgus batesi
- White-winged Black Tit Melaniparus leucomelas
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta
- Yellow-vented Eremomela Eremomela flavicrissalis
- Bare-faced Go-away-bird Crinifer personatus
- Grey-headed Sunbird Deleornis axillaris
- Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini
- Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Red-bellied Malimbe Malimbus erythrogaster
- Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey
- Maxwell's Black Weaver Ploceus albinucha
- Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus
- African Grass Owl Tyto capensis
- White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis
- Grey Apalis Apalis cinerea
- Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus
- Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata
- African Dwarf Kingfisher Ispidina lecontei
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Little Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Red-chested Owlet Glaucidium tephronotum
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor
- Grant's Bluebill Spermophaga poliogenys
- Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei
- Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Bigodi Ecotourism Research Centre?
February and December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 152 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Bigodi Ecotourism Research Centre?
361 species, from 12,227 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Bigodi Ecotourism Research Centre in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Bulbul, Speckled Mousebird, African Blue Flycatcher, Eastern Plantain-eater and Brown-throated Wattle-eye.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.