Bird AlbumUganda · Western Region
Queen Elizabeth II NP – Kazinga Channel Boat Trip
427 species and 25,252 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January, July and November, with up to 162 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
Water Thick-kneeBurhinus vermiculatus
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
HamerkopScopus umbrettaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Queen Elizabeth NP – Ishasha Rd5 km430 species
- Queen Elizabeth II NP – Northern Sector6 km427 species
- Queen Elizabeth II NP6 km614 species
- Queen Elizabeth II NP – Mweya7 km488 species
- Queen Elizabeth II NP – Kazinga Channel8 km421 species
- Queen Elizabeth II NP – Kazinga Channel Bridge11 km377 species
All 427 species recorded here
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Red-chested Sunbird Cinnyris erythrocercus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Double-toothed Barbet Pogonornis bidentatus
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- African Blue Flycatcher Elminia longicauda
- Papyrus Gonolek Laniarius mufumbiri
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens
- Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Common Swift Apus apus
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Northern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus castanops
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- White-winged Swamp Warbler Bradypterus carpalis
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Western Citril Crithagra frontalis
- Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Golden-backed Weaver Ploceus jacksoni
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Western Black-headed Batis Batis erlangeri
- Eastern Plantain-eater Crinifer zonurus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus
- Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola
- Red-headed Lovebird Agapornis pullarius
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Shining-blue Kingfisher Alcedo quadribrachys
- Brown-chested Lapwing Vanellus superciliosus
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi
- Ring-necked Francolin Scleroptila streptophora
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Scaly Spurfowl Pternistis squamatus
- Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Blue-breasted Bee-eater Merops variegatus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Compact Weaver Pachyphantes superciliosus
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Mackinnon's Shrike Lanius mackinnoni
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Pale-throated Greenbul Atimastillas flavigula
- Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- Carruthers's Cisticola Cisticola carruthersi
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Bare-faced Go-away-bird Crinifer personatus
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Black Bishop Euplectes gierowii
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- White-tailed Lark Mirafra albicauda
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Narrow-tailed Starling Poeoptera lugubris
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Ross's Turaco Tauraco rossae
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Beaudouin's Snake Eagle Circaetus beaudouini
- Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Papyrus Yellow Warbler Calamonastides gracilirostris
- White-headed Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus bollei
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Black Bee-eater Merops gularis
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Speckle-breasted Woodpecker Dendropicos poecilolaemus
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
- Pink-footed Puffback Dryoscopus angolensis
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus
- Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
- Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis
- Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill Lophoceros camurus
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- African Dwarf Kingfisher Ispidina lecontei
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis
- Grey-throated Barbet Gymnobucco bonapartei
- Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Lühder's Bushshrike Laniarius luehderi
- Black-billed Weaver Ploceus melanogaster
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus
- Marsh Tchagra Bocagia minuta
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea
- Black-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula
- Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
- Green Hylia Hylia prasina
- Red-throated Wryneck Jynx ruficollis
- Purple-breasted Sunbird Nectarinia purpureiventris
- Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus
- Slender-billed Greenbul Stelgidillas gracilirostris
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Joyful Greenbul Chlorocichla laetissima
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Fraser's Rufous Thrush Stizorhina fraseri
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Western Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator
- Fan-tailed Grassbird Catriscus brevirostris
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- Long-tailed Cisticola Cisticola angusticauda
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Black-billed Turaco Tauraco schuettii
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Blue Quail Synoicus adansonii
- White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Grey Pratincole Glareola cinerea
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Shoebill Balaeniceps rex
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Queen Elizabeth II NP – Kazinga Channel Boat Trip?
January, July and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 162 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Queen Elizabeth II NP – Kazinga Channel Boat Trip?
427 species, from 25,252 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Queen Elizabeth II NP – Kazinga Channel Boat Trip in November?
The most recorded in November: Yellow-billed Stork, Pied Kingfisher, Egyptian Goose, African Fish Eagle and Pink-backed Pelican.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.