Bird AlbumUganda · Western Region
Murchison Falls NP – Boat trip Paraa to Victoria Nile Delta
418 species and 9,141 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: July, with up to 173 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
African DarterAnhinga rufa
Goliath HeronArdea goliath
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
Blue-headed CoucalCentropus monachus
Black KiteMilvus migrans
African Harrier-HawkPolyboroides typus
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Murchison Falls NP – Nile River5 km413 species
- Murchison Falls NP – North side9 km521 species
- Murchison Falls NP – Boat trip Paraa to Murchison Falls10 km403 species
- Murchison Falls NP – Pakuba11 km398 species
- Budongo Forest Reserve – Royal Mile61 km530 species
All 418 species recorded here
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Eastern Plantain-eater Crinifer zonurus
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Shoebill Balaeniceps rex
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Black-billed Barbet Lybius guifsobalito
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Papyrus Gonolek Laniarius mufumbiri
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Pale-throated Greenbul Atimastillas flavigula
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Double-toothed Barbet Pogonornis bidentatus
- Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Carruthers's Cisticola Cisticola carruthersi
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
- Northern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus castanops
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Highland Rush Warbler Bradypterus centralis
- Silverbird Empidornis semipartitus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Red-winged Grey Warbler Drymocichla incana
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- White-crested Turaco Tauraco leucolophus
- Dusky Babbler Turdoides tenebrosa
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- White-winged Swamp Warbler Bradypterus carpalis
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Red-chested Sunbird Cinnyris erythrocercus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Blue-breasted Bee-eater Merops variegatus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Western Black-headed Batis Batis erlangeri
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Shelley's Sparrow Passer shelleyi
- Green Crombec Sylvietta virens
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Denham's Bustard Neotis denhami
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Golden-backed Weaver Ploceus jacksoni
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- Foxy Cisticola Cisticola troglodytes
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Brown-rumped Bunting Emberiza affinis
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Compact Weaver Pachyphantes superciliosus
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Heuglin's Spurfowl Pternistis icterorhynchus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis
- Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Purple-headed Starling Hylopsar purpureiceps
- Red-headed Lovebird Agapornis pullarius
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Marsh Tchagra Bocagia minuta
- Standard-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longipennis
- Swamp Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Beaudouin's Snake Eagle Circaetus beaudouini
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Black-rumped Buttonquail Turnix nanus
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- White-rumped Seedeater Crithagra leucopygia
- Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- Brown Twinspot Clytospiza monteiri
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei
- Greyish Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens
- Speckle-breasted Woodpecker Dendropicos poecilolaemus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Black-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula
- Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Eurillas latirostris
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Egyptian Plover Pluvianus aegyptius
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea
- Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Shining-blue Kingfisher Alcedo quadribrachys
- White-fronted Black Chat Oenanthe albifrons
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Ituri Batis Batis ituriensis
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
- Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini
- Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus
- Leaf-love Phyllastrephus scandens
- Heuglin's Masked Weaver Ploceus heuglini
- Red-winged Pytilia Pytilia phoenicoptera
- Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Grauer's Swamp Warbler Bradypterus graueri
- White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri
- Black Bishop Euplectes gierowii
- Yellow-browed Camaroptera Camaroptera superciliaris
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Grey-throated Barbet Gymnobucco bonapartei
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
- White-tailed Lark Mirafra albicauda
- Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus
- Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus
- Sabine's Spinetail Rhaphidura sabini
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Fine-banded Woodpecker Campethera taeniolaema
- Yellow-crested Woodpecker Chloropicus xantholophus
- Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli
- Bare-faced Go-away-bird Crinifer personatus
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Afep Pigeon Columba unicincta
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Murchison Falls NP – Boat trip Paraa to Victoria Nile Delta?
July. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 173 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Murchison Falls NP – Boat trip Paraa to Victoria Nile Delta?
418 species, from 9,141 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Murchison Falls NP – Boat trip Paraa to Victoria Nile Delta in November?
The most recorded in November: African Darter, Goliath Heron, African Fish Eagle, Pied Kingfisher and Egyptian Goose.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.