Uganda · Central Region
Lutembe Bay Ramsar Site
321 species and 9,678 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and October, with up to 145 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata
Long-toed LapwingVanellus crassirostris
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus108 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 321 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Entebbe Botanical Garden14 km510 species
- Uganda Wildlife Education Centre15 km282 species
- Mabamba Swamp – Main channel26 km386 species
- Mabamba Swamp26 km494 species
- Mabira Forest56 km418 species
- Nabukosi74 km210 species
All 321 species recorded here
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Red-chested Sunbird Cinnyris erythrocercus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Eastern Plantain-eater Crinifer zonurus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Northern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus castanops
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata
- Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Blue-breasted Bee-eater Merops variegatus
- Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Double-toothed Barbet Pogonornis bidentatus
- Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Papyrus Gonolek Laniarius mufumbiri
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Golden-backed Weaver Ploceus jacksoni
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Red-headed Lovebird Agapornis pullarius
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Pale-throated Greenbul Atimastillas flavigula
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Ross's Turaco Tauraco rossae
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- African Blue Flycatcher Elminia longicauda
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Black-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Scaly Spurfowl Pternistis squamatus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- White-chinned Prinia Schistolais leucopogon
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Carruthers's Cisticola Cisticola carruthersi
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher Bias musicus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
- Green Crombec Sylvietta virens
- Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Orange Weaver Ploceus aurantius
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Compact Weaver Pachyphantes superciliosus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Weyns's Weaver Ploceus weynsi
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Brown Twinspot Clytospiza monteiri
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Marsh Tchagra Bocagia minuta
- Toro Olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus hypochloris
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Shoebill Balaeniceps rex
- Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Green Hylia Hylia prasina
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- White-winged Black Tit Melaniparus leucomelas
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus
- Papyrus Canary Crithagra koliensis
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Whistling Cisticola Cisticola lateralis
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Shining-blue Kingfisher Alcedo quadribrachys
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Dusky-blue Flycatcher Bradornis comitatus
- Speckle-breasted Woodpecker Dendropicos poecilolaemus
- Scaly-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis albipectus
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Yellow-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes rectirostris
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Pink-footed Puffback Dryoscopus angolensis
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Grey-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Grey-winged Robin-Chat Sheppardia polioptera
- Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat Cossypha cyanocampter
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- White-crested Turaco Tauraco leucolophus
- Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Eurillas latirostris
- Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor
- Western Citril Crithagra frontalis
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Lutembe Bay Ramsar Site?
May and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 145 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Lutembe Bay Ramsar Site?
321 species, from 9,678 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Lutembe Bay Ramsar Site in November?
The most recorded in November: Black-winged Stilt, Little Egret, African Jacana, Common Ringed Plover and Reed Cormorant.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.