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LIST July 29 – August 7, 2016 Sunrise Birding LLC www.sunrisebirding.com UGANDA Leader: Julian Hough & local guides SPECIES LIST July 29 – August 7, 2016 BIRDS Scientific Name 1 White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata 2 Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis 3 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 4 African Black Duck Anas sparsa 5 Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata 6 Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris 7 Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani 8 Crested Francolin Dendroperdix sephaena 9 Handsome Francolin Pternistis nobilis 10 Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer 11 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 12 Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis 13 African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus 14 Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus 15 Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer 16 African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus 17 Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash 18 White-backed Night Heron Gorsachius leuconotus 19 Striated Heron Butorides striata 20 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 21 Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris 22 Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 23 Gray Heron Ardea cinerea 24 Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala 25 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 26 Great Egret Ardea alba 27 Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia 28 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 29 Hamerkop Scopus umbretta 30 Shoebill Balaeniceps rex 31 Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens 32 Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus 33 White-breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax lucidus 34 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus 35 African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus 36 Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis 37 Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus 38 White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus 39 Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli Sunrise Birding LLC – UGANDA SPECIES LIST 2016 - 1 40 White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis 41 Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus 42 Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus 43 Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus 44 Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis 45 Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi 46 Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax 47 Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus 48 Great (Black) Sparrowhawk Accipiter melanoleucus 49 African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus 50 African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer 51 Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus 52 Augur Buzzard Buteo augur 53 African Finfoot Podica senegalensis 54 Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostra 55 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 56 Gray Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum 57 Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus 58 Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus 59 Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris 60 Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus 61 Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris 62 Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus 63 Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis 64 African Jacana Actophilornis africanus 65 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 66 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 67 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 68 Gray-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus 69 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica 70 White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 71 Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea 72 African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix 73 Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens 74 Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata 75 Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola 76 Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis 77 Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos 78 Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer 79 Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria 80 African Green Pigeon Treron calvus 81 Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata 82 Black-billed Turaco Tauraco schuettii 83 Ross's Turaco Musophaga rossae 84 Bare-faced Go-away-bird Corythaixoides personatus 85 Eastern Plantain-eater Crinifer zonurus 86 White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus 87 Black Coucal Centropus grillii 88 Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii Sunrise Birding LLC – UGANDA SPECIES LIST 2016 - 2 89 Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius 90 Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas 91 African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus 92 Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius 93 Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Bubo lacteus 94 African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii 95 Ruwenzori Nightjar Caprimulgus ruwenzorii 96 Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma 97 Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus 98 African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus 99 Little Swift Apus affinis 100 White-rumped Swift Apus caffer 101 Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus 102 Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus 103 Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum 104 Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus 105 Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus 106 Gray-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala 107 Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti 108 Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis 109 African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta 110 Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus 111 Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis 112 Black Bee-eater Merops gularis 113 Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus 114 Blue-breasted Bee-eater Merops variegatus 115 Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates 116 White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis 117 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus 118 Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus 119 White-headed Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus bollei 120 Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus 121 African Pied Hornbill Lophoceros fasciatus 122 African Gray Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus 123 White-thighed Hornbill Bycanistes albotibialis 124 Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus 125 Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata 126 Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus 127 Western (Green) Tinkerbird Pogoniulus coryphaea 128 Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus 129 Gray-throated Barbet Gymnobucco bonapartei 130 Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui 131 Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa 132 Double-toothed Barbet Lybius bidentatus 133 Yellow-billed Barbet Trachyphonus purpuratus 134 Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor 135 Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens 136 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 137 Gray Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus Sunrise Birding LLC – UGANDA SPECIES LIST 2016 - 3 138 African Hobby Falco cuvierii 139 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 140 Gray Parrot Psittacus erithacus 141 Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri 142 Red-headed Lovebird Agapornis pullarius 143 Grauer's (African Green) Broadbill Pseudocalyptomena graueri 144 Ruwenzori Batis Batis diops 145 Chinspot Batis Batis molitor 146 Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea 147 Bocage's Bushshrike Chlorophoneus bocagei 148 Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis 149 Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus 150 Pink-footed Puffback Dryoscopus angolensis 151 Northern Puffback Dryoscopus gambensis 152 Lühder's Bushshrike Laniarius luehderi 153 Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster 154 Brubru Nilaus afer 155 Gray Cuckooshrike Coracina caesia 156 Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava 157 Mackinnon's Shrike Lanius mackinnoni 158 Gray-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides 159 Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis 160 Western Oriole Oriolus brachyrynchus 161 Mountain Oriole Oriolus percivali 162 Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis 163 Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer 164 African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis 165 Piapiac Ptilostomus afer 166 Pied Crow Corvus albus 167 White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis 168 White-tailed Blue Flycatcher Elminia albicauda 169 White-bellied Crested Flycatcher Elminia albiventris 170 White-winged Black Tit Melaniparus leucomelas 171 Dusky Crimsonwing Cryptospiza jacksoni 172 Dusky Tit Melaniparus funereus 173 Stripe-breasted Tit Melaniparus fasciiventer 174 Rufous-naped Lark Mirafra africana 175 Flappet Lark Mirafra rufocinnamomea 176 Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla nigriceps 177 Yellow-throated Greenbul Arizelocichla chlorigula 178 Slender-billed Greenbul Stelgidillas gracilirostris 179 Little Greenbul Eurillas virens 180 Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Eurillas latirostris 181 Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator 182 Joyful Greenbul Chlorocichla laetissima 183 Cabanis's Greenbul Phyllastrephus cabanisi 184 White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis 185 Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus 186 White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps Sunrise Birding LLC – UGANDA SPECIES LIST 2016 - 4 187 Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera 188 Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola 189 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 190 Angolan Swallow Hirundo angolensis 191 Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula 192 Common House Martin Delichon urbicum 193 Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica 194 Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa 195 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 196 Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis 197 White-browed Crombec Sylvietta leucophrys 198 Green Hylia Hylia prasina 199 Red-faced Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus laetus 200 Uganda Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus budongoensis 201 Greater Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus rufescens 202 Mountain Yellow Warbler Iduna similis 203 Grauer's Swamp-warbler Bradypterus graueri 204 Whistling Cisticola Cisticola lateralis 205 Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami 206 Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi 207 Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus 208 Carruthers's Cisticola Cisticola carruthersi 209 Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus 210 Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis 211 Tambara Long-tailed Cisticola Cisticola angusticauda 212 Short-winged/SifflingCisticola Cisticola brachypterus 213 Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava 214 Banded Prinia Prinia bairdii 215 White-chinned Prinia Schistolais leucopogon 216 Black-collared Apalis Oreolais pulcher 217 Mountain Masked Apalis Apalis personata 218 Chestnut-throated Apalis Apalis porphyrolaema 219 Black-throated Apalis Apalis jacksoni 220 Gray-backed
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