Uganda · Western Region
Bwindi-Impenetrable NP – 'The Neck'
414 species and 13,813 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: July, with up to 220 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black Saw-wingPsalidoprocne pristoptera
Black Bee-eaterMerops gularis
Tambourine DoveTurtur tympanistria
Black-faced Rufous WarblerBathmocercus rufus
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Mountain WagtailMotacilla clara
Brown-throated Wattle-eyePlatysteira cyanea
Northern Yellow White-eyeZosterops senegalensis
Yellow-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus bilineatus
Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivacea
Northern Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris reichenowi
Cassin's FlycatcherMuscicapa cassini
White-chinned PriniaSchistolais leucopogon
Red-headed MalimbeMalimbus rubricollisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Bwindi-Impenetrable Forest NP – Buhoma7 km516 species
- Bwindi-Impenetrable Forest NP – Entrance Road8 km357 species
- Bwindi-Impenetrable Forest NP – Waterfall Walk9 km379 species
- Bwindi-Impenetrable Forest NP – Buhoma Track9 km321 species
- Bwindi-Impenetrable NP – Ruhija13 km539 species
- Bwindi-Impenetrable Forest NP – Ruhija to Broadbill Walk14 km353 species
All 414 species recorded here
- Black Bee-eater Merops gularis
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus
- Black-faced Rufous Warbler Bathmocercus rufus
- Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
- Banded Prinia Prinia bairdii
- Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Dusky-blue Flycatcher Bradornis comitatus
- Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis
- White-chinned Prinia Schistolais leucopogon
- Grey-throated Barbet Gymnobucco bonapartei
- Slender-billed Greenbul Stelgidillas gracilirostris
- Petit's Cuckooshrike Campephaga petiti
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus
- Black-throated Apalis Apalis jacksoni
- Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi
- Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Eurillas latirostris
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Grey Apalis Apalis cinerea
- Mountain Oriole Oriolus percivali
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi
- Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui
- Lühder's Bushshrike Laniarius luehderi
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Black-billed Turaco Tauraco schuettii
- Dusky Tit Melaniparus funereus
- Yellow-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes rectirostris
- Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata
- Brown-capped Weaver Ploceus insignis
- Pink-footed Puffback Dryoscopus angolensis
- Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi
- Ansorge's Greenbul Eurillas ansorgei
- Bocage's Bushshrike Chlorophoneus bocagei
- Black-billed Weaver Ploceus melanogaster
- Green Hylia Hylia prasina
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Grey-headed Sunbird Deleornis axillaris
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher Bias musicus
- Narrow-tailed Starling Poeoptera lugubris
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Elliot's Woodpecker Dendropicos elliotii
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea
- Grey-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Shelley's Greenbul Arizelocichla masukuensis
- Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi
- Fraser's Rufous Thrush Stizorhina fraseri
- White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri
- Mackinnon's Shrike Lanius mackinnoni
- Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Red-faced Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus laetus
- Grey-throated Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria griseigularis
- Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
- Toro Olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus hypochloris
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris
- Many-colored Bushshrike Chlorophoneus multicolor
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Stuhlmann's Starling Poeoptera stuhlmanni
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- White-tailed Blue Flycatcher Elminia albicauda
- Scaly-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis albipectus
- Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
- White-browed Crombec Sylvietta leucophrys
- Chapin's Flycatcher Fraseria lendu
- Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota
- African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus
- Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta
- Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba iriditorques
- Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata
- Thick-billed Seedeater Crithagra burtoni
- Chestnut-throated Apalis Apalis porphyrolaema
- Purple-headed Starling Hylopsar purpureiceps
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Purple-breasted Sunbird Nectarinia purpureiventris
- Regal Sunbird Cinnyris regius
- Kikuyu Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla kikuyuensis
- Cabanis's Greenbul Phyllastrephus cabanisi
- Mountain Masked Apalis Apalis personata
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Dwarf Honeyguide Indicator pumilio
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Green Crombec Sylvietta virens
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Fine-banded Woodpecker Campethera taeniolaema
- Cassin's Honeybird Prodotiscus insignis
- Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- White-headed Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus bollei
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus
- Rwenzori Batis Batis diops
- Western Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus
- Tiny Sunbird Cinnyris minullus
- Western Citril Crithagra frontalis
- Yellow-crested Woodpecker Chloropicus xantholophus
- Cassin's Hawk-Eagle Aquila africana
- Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus
- Willcocks's Honeyguide Indicator willcocksi
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat Cossypha cyanocampter
- Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius
- Grauer's Warbler Graueria vittata
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Blue-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra alinae
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Rwenzori Hill Babbler Sylvia atriceps
- Little Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Strange Weaver Ploceus alienus
- Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
- Doherty's Bushshrike Telophorus dohertyi
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- Equatorial Akalat Sheppardia aequatorialis
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus
- Jameson's Antpecker Parmoptila jamesoni
- Pale-throated Greenbul Atimastillas flavigula
- Stripe-breasted Tit Melaniparus fasciiventer
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- African Blue Flycatcher Elminia longicauda
- Dusky Twinspot Euschistospiza cinereovinacea
- Western Tinkerbird Pogoniulus coryphaea
- Rwenzori Apalis Oreolais ruwenzorii
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- White-tailed Ant Thrush Neocossyphus poensis
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Least Honeyguide Indicator exilis
- Mountain Illadopsis Illadopsis pyrrhoptera
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Black-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Red-headed Bluebill Spermophaga ruficapilla
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus
- Yellow-crowned Canary Serinus flavivertex
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Grey-winged Robin-Chat Sheppardia polioptera
- Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus
- Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
- Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis
- Lagden's Bushshrike Malaconotus lagdeni
- African Broadbill Smithornis capensis
- Red-tailed Ant Thrush Neocossyphus rufus
- Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus
- Chestnut-winged Starling Onychognathus fulgidus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Ross's Turaco Tauraco rossae
- Double-toothed Barbet Pogonornis bidentatus
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Sooty Flycatcher Artomyias fuliginosa
- Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx montanus
- Red-throated Alethe Chamaetylas poliophrys
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Red-throated Wryneck Jynx ruficollis
- Rwenzori Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris stuhlmanni
- Lowland Masked Apalis Apalis binotata
- Kandt's Waxbill Estrilda kandti
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus
- Sharpe's Starling Pholia sharpii
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- White-bellied Robin-Chat Cossyphicula roberti
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher Melaenornis ardesiacus
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Tit Hylia Pholidornis rushiae
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Black Bishop Euplectes gierowii
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Dusky Crested Flycatcher Elminia nigromitrata
- Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Archer's Ground Robin Dessonornis archeri
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Shining-blue Kingfisher Alcedo quadribrachys
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
- Dusky Crimsonwing Cryptospiza jacksoni
- Willard's Sooty Boubou Laniarius willardi
- Handsome Spurfowl Pternistis nobilis
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Cinnamon Bracken Warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Grauer's Broadbill Pseudocalyptomena graueri
- Mountain Yellow Warbler Iduna similis
- Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Highland Rush Warbler Bradypterus centralis
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Leaf-love Phyllastrephus scandens
- Congo Serpent Eagle Circaetus spectabilis
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- White-winged Black Tit Melaniparus leucomelas
- Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Scaly Spurfowl Pternistis squamatus
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Fraser's Forest Flycatcher Fraseria ocreata
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Grauer's Swamp Warbler Bradypterus graueri
- Red-bellied Malimbe Malimbus erythrogaster
- Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Eastern Plantain-eater Crinifer zonurus
- Xavier's Greenbul Phyllastrephus xavieri
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- Heuglin's Masked Weaver Ploceus heuglini
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Buff-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura elegans
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea
- White-bellied Crested Flycatcher Elminia albiventris
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Red-headed Lovebird Agapornis pullarius
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Yellow-breasted Forest Robin Stiphrornis xanthogaster
- White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra
- Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus
- White-thighed Hornbill Bycanistes albotibialis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Papyrus Gonolek Laniarius mufumbiri
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Red-chested Sunbird Cinnyris erythrocercus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus
- Bare-faced Go-away-bird Crinifer personatus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Albertine Sooty Boubou Laniarius holomelas
- Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- African Dwarf Kingfisher Ispidina lecontei
- Crested Malimbe Malimbus malimbicus
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli
- Marsh Tchagra Bocagia minuta
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Neumann's Warbler Hemitesia neumanni
- Grey-chested Babbler Kakamega poliothorax
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Orange-tufted Sunbird Cinnyris bouvieri
- White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus
- Black-winged Oriole Oriolus nigripennis
- Brown-chested Lapwing Vanellus superciliosus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Carruthers's Cisticola Cisticola carruthersi
- Abyssinian Ground Thrush Geokichla piaggiae
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Western Long-tailed Hornbill Horizocerus albocristatus
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Black-bellied Seedcracker Pyrenestes ostrinus
- Bamboo Warbler Locustella alfredi
- Purple-throated Cuckooshrike Campephaga quiscalina
- Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Bwindi-Impenetrable NP – 'The Neck'?
July. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 220 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Bwindi-Impenetrable NP – 'The Neck'?
414 species, from 13,813 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Bwindi-Impenetrable NP – 'The Neck' in November?
The most recorded in November: Black Saw-wing, Black Bee-eater, Tambourine Dove, Black-faced Rufous Warbler and Common Bulbul.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.