Bird AlbumUganda · Central Region
Mabamba Swamp
494 species and 52,018 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: July–August, with up to 254 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata
Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorus
Long-toed LapwingVanellus crassirostris
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Winding CisticolaCisticola marginatus
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Blue-breasted Bee-eaterMerops variegatus
ShoebillBalaeniceps rex
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
Northern Brown-throated WeaverPloceus castanops
Fan-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes axillaris203 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 494 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Mabamba Swamp – Main channel1 km386 species
- Entebbe Botanical Garden14 km510 species
- Uganda Wildlife Education Centre14 km282 species
- Lutembe Bay Ramsar Site26 km321 species
All 494 species recorded here
- Shoebill Balaeniceps rex
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Northern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus castanops
- Blue-breasted Bee-eater Merops variegatus
- Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Red-chested Sunbird Cinnyris erythrocercus
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
- Eastern Plantain-eater Crinifer zonurus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Weyns's Weaver Ploceus weynsi
- Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Papyrus Gonolek Laniarius mufumbiri
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Red-headed Lovebird Agapornis pullarius
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- African Blue Flycatcher Elminia longicauda
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- Carruthers's Cisticola Cisticola carruthersi
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Pale-throated Greenbul Atimastillas flavigula
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Golden-backed Weaver Ploceus jacksoni
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Ross's Turaco Tauraco rossae
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus
- Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Blue Swallow Hirundo atrocaerulea
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Orange Weaver Ploceus aurantius
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Double-toothed Barbet Pogonornis bidentatus
- Marsh Tchagra Bocagia minuta
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Black-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula
- Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher Bias musicus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- White-chinned Prinia Schistolais leucopogon
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Grey-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- White-winged Swamp Warbler Bradypterus carpalis
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Western Citril Crithagra frontalis
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Marsh Widowbird Euplectes hartlaubi
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- Papyrus Canary Crithagra koliensis
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami
- Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Green Crombec Sylvietta virens
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Bare-faced Go-away-bird Crinifer personatus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Scaly Spurfowl Pternistis squamatus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Compact Weaver Pachyphantes superciliosus
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Green Hylia Hylia prasina
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Purple-headed Starling Hylopsar purpureiceps
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
- White-shouldered Black Tit Melaniparus guineensis
- White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Beaudouin's Snake Eagle Circaetus beaudouini
- Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus
- Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis
- Slender-billed Greenbul Stelgidillas gracilirostris
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Brown-chested Lapwing Vanellus superciliosus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Whistling Cisticola Cisticola lateralis
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Yellow-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes rectirostris
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Western Nicator Nicator chloris
- Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Fan-tailed Grassbird Catriscus brevirostris
- African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus
- Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Black Bishop Euplectes gierowii
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Leaf-love Phyllastrephus scandens
- Western Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus
- Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Eurillas latirostris
- Grey-throated Barbet Gymnobucco bonapartei
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Red-headed Bluebill Spermophaga ruficapilla
- Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi
- White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Black-bellied Seedcracker Pyrenestes ostrinus
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- White-winged Black Tit Melaniparus leucomelas
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Fraser's Rufous Thrush Stizorhina fraseri
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Toro Olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus hypochloris
- Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta
- Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis
- Yellow-breasted Forest Robin Stiphrornis xanthogaster
- Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens
- Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris
- Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator
- Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus
- Papyrus Yellow Warbler Calamonastides gracilirostris
- Purple-throated Cuckooshrike Campephaga quiscalina
- Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus
- Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis
- White-crested Turaco Tauraco leucolophus
- Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus
- Cassin's Honeybird Prodotiscus insignis
- Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Black-billed Turaco Tauraco schuettii
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Sooty Flycatcher Artomyias fuliginosa
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Dusky-blue Flycatcher Bradornis comitatus
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Yellow Longbill Macrosphenus flavicans
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Western Black-headed Batis Batis erlangeri
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii
- Little Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis
- Lowland Sooty Boubou Laniarius leucorhynchus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Black-billed Barbet Lybius guifsobalito
- Jameson's Wattle-eye Platysteira jamesoni
- Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Yellow-bellied Hyliota Hyliota flavigaster
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Least Honeyguide Indicator exilis
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Dusky Crested Flycatcher Elminia nigromitrata
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Heuglin's Masked Weaver Ploceus heuglini
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Yellow-crested Woodpecker Chloropicus xantholophus
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- African Dwarf Kingfisher Ispidina lecontei
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Orange-tufted Sunbird Cinnyris bouvieri
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Brown Twinspot Clytospiza monteiri
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Swamp Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Scaly-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis albipectus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- White-tailed Ant Thrush Neocossyphus poensis
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Grey-throated Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria griseigularis
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Mabamba Swamp?
July–August. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 254 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Mabamba Swamp?
494 species, from 52,018 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Mabamba Swamp in November?
The most recorded in November: African Jacana, Yellow-billed Duck, Malachite Kingfisher, African Marsh Harrier and Long-toed Lapwing.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.