Uganda · Western Region
Queen Elizabeth NP – Ishasha Rd
430 species and 8,227 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: August, with up to 173 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Red-necked SpurfowlPternistis afer
Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Black-headed GonolekLaniarius erythrogaster
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Wahlberg's EagleHieraaetus wahlbergi
Croaking CisticolaCisticola natalensis
Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
Black-lored BabblerTurdoides sharpei
Marsh TchagraBocagia minuta
Verreaux's Eagle-OwlKetupa lactea
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
White-browed CoucalCentropus superciliosusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Queen Elizabeth II NP – Kazinga Channel Boat Trip5 km427 species
- Queen Elizabeth II NP7 km614 species
- Queen Elizabeth II NP – Mweya10 km488 species
- Queen Elizabeth II NP – Northern Sector10 km427 species
- Queen Elizabeth II NP – Kazinga Channel10 km421 species
- Queen Elizabeth II NP – Kazinga Channel Bridge13 km377 species
All 430 species recorded here
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Double-toothed Barbet Pogonornis bidentatus
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Marsh Tchagra Bocagia minuta
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga phoenicea
- Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus
- Red-chested Sunbird Cinnyris erythrocercus
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Ross's Turaco Tauraco rossae
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Compact Weaver Pachyphantes superciliosus
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Fan-tailed Grassbird Catriscus brevirostris
- Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
- Red-headed Lovebird Agapornis pullarius
- Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Bare-faced Go-away-bird Crinifer personatus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- African Blue Flycatcher Elminia longicauda
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Whistling Cisticola Cisticola lateralis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Western Nicator Nicator chloris
- Green Crombec Sylvietta virens
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Grey-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus
- Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Black Bee-eater Merops gularis
- Brown-chested Lapwing Vanellus superciliosus
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Scaly Spurfowl Pternistis squamatus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Papyrus Gonolek Laniarius mufumbiri
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- Western Black-headed Batis Batis erlangeri
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Black-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Eastern Plantain-eater Crinifer zonurus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Carruthers's Cisticola Cisticola carruthersi
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis
- Black Bishop Euplectes gierowii
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black-billed Turaco Tauraco schuettii
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Beaudouin's Snake Eagle Circaetus beaudouini
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
- Blue-breasted Bee-eater Merops variegatus
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Yellow-crested Woodpecker Chloropicus xantholophus
- Eastern Yellow-billed Barbet Trachylaemus purpuratus
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
- Mackinnon's Shrike Lanius mackinnoni
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Pale-throated Greenbul Atimastillas flavigula
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Yellow-bellied Hyliota Hyliota flavigaster
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- Grey Apalis Apalis cinerea
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- White-tailed Lark Mirafra albicauda
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher Bias musicus
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius
- Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus
- Black Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus aterrimus
- Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Velvet-mantled Drongo Dicrurus modestus
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki
- Northern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus castanops
- Narrow-tailed Starling Poeoptera lugubris
- Tiny Sunbird Cinnyris minullus
- Northern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris reichenowi
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Blue Quail Synoicus adansonii
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
- Red-headed Bluebill Spermophaga ruficapilla
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- Slender-billed Greenbul Stelgidillas gracilirostris
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Black-rumped Buttonquail Turnix nanus
- Fraser's Rufous Thrush Stizorhina fraseri
- White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra
- Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis
- Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator
- Golden-backed Weaver Ploceus jacksoni
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus
- Cassin's Hawk-Eagle Aquila africana
- Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Senegal Thick-knee Burhinus senegalensis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Dusky Tit Melaniparus funereus
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Cape Wagtail Motacilla capensis
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Sooty Flycatcher Artomyias fuliginosa
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema
- Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus
- Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi
- Heuglin's Spurfowl Pternistis icterorhynchus
- Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Blue-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra alinae
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Purple-headed Starling Hylopsar purpureiceps
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris
- Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri
- Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Shining-blue Kingfisher Alcedo quadribrachys
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata
- Ring-necked Francolin Scleroptila streptophora
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Green Hylia Hylia prasina
- White-chinned Prinia Schistolais leucopogon
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- White-tailed Blue Flycatcher Elminia albicauda
- Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Queen Elizabeth NP – Ishasha Rd?
August. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 173 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Queen Elizabeth NP – Ishasha Rd?
430 species, from 8,227 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Queen Elizabeth NP – Ishasha Rd in November?
The most recorded in November: Red-necked Spurfowl, Long-crested Eagle, Ring-necked Dove, Western Yellow Wagtail and Black-headed Gonolek.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.