Uganda · Central Region
Uganda Wildlife Education Centre
282 species and 13,663 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May–June, September and November–December, with up to 108 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
Eastern Plantain-eaterCrinifer zonurus
Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus
White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
Black-headed GonolekLaniarius erythrogaster
HamerkopScopus umbretta
Black-and-white-casqued HornbillBycanistes subcylindricus
African ThrushTurdus pelios
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus97 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 282 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Entebbe Botanical Garden1 km510 species
- Mabamba Swamp – Main channel14 km386 species
- Mabamba Swamp14 km494 species
- Lutembe Bay Ramsar Site15 km321 species
- Mabira Forest70 km418 species
All 282 species recorded here
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Eastern Plantain-eater Crinifer zonurus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
- Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Red-chested Sunbird Cinnyris erythrocercus
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- Pale-throated Greenbul Atimastillas flavigula
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygius
- Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer
- Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus
- Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Green Crombec Sylvietta virens
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Ross's Turaco Tauraco rossae
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Double-toothed Barbet Pogonornis bidentatus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher Bias musicus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Northern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus castanops
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Orange Weaver Ploceus aurantius
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Golden-backed Weaver Ploceus jacksoni
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Shoebill Balaeniceps rex
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Grey-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- White-chinned Prinia Schistolais leucopogon
- Congo Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus
- African Blue Flycatcher Elminia longicauda
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Western Citril Crithagra frontalis
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Dusky-blue Flycatcher Bradornis comitatus
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Green Hylia Hylia prasina
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
- Red-headed Lovebird Agapornis pullarius
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Eurillas latirostris
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Slender-billed Greenbul Stelgidillas gracilirostris
- Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Cyanomitra cyanolaema
- Leaf-love Phyllastrephus scandens
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Blue-breasted Bee-eater Merops variegatus
- Brown Babbler Turdoides plebejus
- Whistling Cisticola Cisticola lateralis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus
- Chestnut Wattle-eye Dyaphorophyia castanea
- Black-billed Barbet Lybius guifsobalito
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Black-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula
- African Dwarf Kingfisher Ispidina lecontei
- Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Western Nicator Nicator chloris
- Toro Olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus hypochloris
- Piapiac Ptilostomus afer
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Purple-headed Starling Hylopsar purpureiceps
- Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara
- Yellow-chinned Sunbird Anthreptes rectirostris
- White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus
- Fraser's Rufous Thrush Stizorhina fraseri
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- African Shrike-flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- White-shouldered Black Tit Melaniparus guineensis
- White-winged Black Tit Melaniparus leucomelas
- Brown-backed Woodpecker Dendropicos obsoletus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus
- Cuckoo-finch Anomalospiza imberbis
- Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus
- White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Uganda Wildlife Education Centre?
May–June, September and November–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 108 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Uganda Wildlife Education Centre?
282 species, from 13,663 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Uganda Wildlife Education Centre in November?
The most recorded in November: Egyptian Goose, Woodland Kingfisher, Common Bulbul, Hadada Ibis and Pied 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.