Uganda · Northern Region
Murchison Falls NP – Pakuba
398 species and 12,262 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March, June, August and December, with up to 146 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
PiapiacPtilostomus afer
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
SilverbirdEmpidornis semipartitus
Grey-backed FiscalLanius excubitoroides
Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
Northern Red BishopEuplectes franciscanus
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Grey KestrelFalco ardosiaceus
Rattling CisticolaCisticola chiniana
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Murchison Falls NP – North side5 km521 species
- Murchison Falls NP – Boat trip Paraa to Victoria Nile Delta11 km418 species
- Murchison Falls NP – Nile River12 km413 species
- Murchison Falls NP – Boat trip Paraa to Murchison Falls18 km403 species
- Budongo Forest Reserve – Royal Mile70 km530 species
All 398 species recorded here
- Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Silverbird Empidornis semipartitus
- Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Black-billed Barbet Lybius guifsobalito
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Heuglin's Spurfowl Pternistis icterorhynchus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Denham's Bustard Neotis denhami
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Shelley's Sparrow Passer shelleyi
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser superciliosus
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Eastern Plantain-eater Crinifer zonurus
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Red-winged Grey Warbler Drymocichla incana
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Beaudouin's Snake Eagle Circaetus beaudouini
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus
- Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- Heuglin's Masked Weaver Ploceus heuglini
- Carruthers's Cisticola Cisticola carruthersi
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Swamp Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Northern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis leucotis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Western Black-headed Batis Batis erlangeri
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus
- White-tailed Lark Mirafra albicauda
- Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- Blue-breasted Bee-eater Merops variegatus
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Whistling Cisticola Cisticola lateralis
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Shoebill Balaeniceps rex
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Brown-chested Lapwing Vanellus superciliosus
- Long-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus climacurus
- Scissor-tailed Kite Chelictinia riocourii
- Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Long-tailed Cisticola Cisticola angusticauda
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius
- Double-toothed Barbet Pogonornis bidentatus
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Marsh Tchagra Bocagia minuta
- Greyish Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- White-shouldered Black Tit Melaniparus guineensis
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Bruce's Green Pigeon Treron waalia
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota
- Foxy Cisticola Cisticola troglodytes
- Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- White-crested Turaco Tauraco leucolophus
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Black Bishop Euplectes gierowii
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Dusky Babbler Turdoides tenebrosa
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Brown Twinspot Clytospiza monteiri
- Pygmy Sunbird Hedydipna platura
- Common Swift Apus apus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Western Citril Crithagra frontalis
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus
- Bronze-tailed Starling Lamprotornis chalcurus
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Red-headed Lovebird Agapornis pullarius
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus
- Grey-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus
- Ross's Turaco Tauraco rossae
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Yellow-bellied Hyliota Hyliota flavigaster
- Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Red-winged Prinia Prinia erythroptera
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Golden-backed Weaver Ploceus jacksoni
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Black-faced Firefinch Lagonosticta larvata
- Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei
- Red-chested Sunbird Cinnyris erythrocercus
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea
- Red-pate Cisticola Cisticola ruficeps
- Northern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus castanops
- Scaly Spurfowl Pternistis squamatus
- Black-rumped Buttonquail Turnix nanus
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Standard-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus longipennis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Murchison Falls NP – Pakuba?
March, June, August and December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 146 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Murchison Falls NP – Pakuba?
398 species, from 12,262 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Murchison Falls NP – Pakuba in November?
The most recorded in November: Piapiac, Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu, Silverbird, Grey-backed Fiscal and Grey-headed Kingfisher.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.