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Avibase Page 1Of 6 Avibase Page 1of 6 Col Location Date Start time Duration Distance Avibase - Bird Checklists of the World 1 Country or region: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 2 Number of species: 588 3 Number of endemics: 0 4 Number of breeding endemics: 0 5 Number of introduced species: 1 Recommended citation: Lepage, D. 2021. Checklist of the birds of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Avibase, the world bird database. Retrieved from .https://avibase.bsc- eoc.org/checklist.jsp?lang=EN&region=ug04uu01&list=howardmoore&format=2 [12/05/2021]. Make your observations count! Submit your data to ebird.org - Legend: [x] accidental [ex] extirpated [EX] extinct [EW] extinct in the wild [E] endemic [e] endemic (country/region) Egyptian Goose Tambourine Dove Black Cuckoo Hottentot Teal Namaqua Dove African Cuckoo African Black Duck Montane Nightjar African Crake Red-billed Teal Mottled Spinetailed Swift Black Crake Comb Duck Cassin's Spinetailed Swift White-spotted Flufftail Helmeted Guineafowl Scarce Swift Buff-spotted Flufftail Crested Guineafowl African Palm Swift Red-chested Flufftail Blue Quail Alpine Swift African Finfoot Scaly Francolin Mottled Swift Grey Crowned Crane Red-necked Spurfowl White-rumped Swift Great Blue Turaco Handsome Francolin Horus Swift Eastern Grey Plantain-eater Crested Francolin Little Swift Bare-faced Go-away-bird Ring-necked Francolin African Swift Ruwenzori Turaco Little Grebe Common Swift Black-billed Turaco Speckled Pigeon Blue-headed Coucal Ross's Turaco Afep Pigeon White-browed Coucal Marabou African Olive Pigeon African Black Coucal African Openbill White-naped Pigeon Yellowbill Abdim's Stork Western Bronze-naped Pigeon Jacobin Cuckoo Woolly-necked Stork Lemon Dove Levaillant's Cuckoo European White Stork Dusky Turtle Dove Yellow-throated Cuckoo Saddle-bill Stork Red-eyed Dove Klaas's Cuckoo Pink-backed Pelican Ring-necked Dove African Emerald Cuckoo Hamerkop Vinaceous Dove Diederick Cuckoo Black-crowned Night Heron Laughing Dove Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cattle Egret African Green Pigeon Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Grey Heron Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo Black-headed Heron Blue-spotted Wood Dove Red-chested Cuckoo Purple Heron Avibase Page 2of 6 Great Egret Ayres's Eagle Golden-tailed Woodpecker Little Egret Lizard Buzzard Green-backed Woodpecker African Sacred Ibis Gabar Goshawk Tullberg's Woodpecker African Spoonbill Western Marsh Harrier Buff-spotted Woodpecker Hadada Ibis African Goshawk Brown-eared Woodpecker Great Cormorant Shikra Speckle-breasted Woodpecker Water Thick-knee Little Sparrowhawk Cardinal Woodpecker Three-banded Plover Ovambo Sparrowhawk Gabon Woodpecker Senegal Lapwing Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk Bearded Woodpecker African Wattled Lapwing Black Sparrowhawk Yellow-crested Woodpecker Brown-chested Lapwing African Fish Eagle Elliot's Woodpecker Greater Painted-snipe Black Kite Grey Woodpecker African Jacana Augur Buzzard Olive Woodpecker Temminck's Stint Eurasian Buzzard Crested Barbet Green Sandpiper Mountain Buzzard Yellow-spotted Barbet Wood Sandpiper Red-chested Owlet Grey-throated Barbet Temminck's Courser African Scops Owl Speckled Tinkerbird Gray-hooded Gull African Wood Owl Eastern Green Tinkerbird White-winged Tern Spotted Eagle Owl Western Green Tinkerbird Black-winged Kite Fraser's Eagle Owl Red-rumped Tinkerbird European Honey Buzzard Speckled Mousebird Yellow-throated Tinkerbird African Cuckoo Hawk Blue-naped Mousebird Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird African Harrier Hawk Narina's Trogon Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Palm-nut Vulture Bar-tailed Trogon Hairy-breasted Barbet Egyptian Vulture Crowned Hornbill Red-fronted Barbet Congo Serpent Eagle African Pied Hornbill Spot-flanked Barbet Bateleur African Grey Hornbill White-headed Barbet Black-chested Snake Eagle Black-casqued Hornbill Red-faced Barbet Brown Snake Eagle Piping Hornbill Double-toothed Barbet Western Banded Snake Eagle White-thighed Hornbill Yellow-billed Barbet White-headed Vulture Grey-cheeked Hornbill Red-throated Bee-eater Hooded Vulture Green Wood-hoopoe White-throated Bee-eater White-backed Vulture White-headed Wood-hoopoe Olive Bee-eater Rüppell's Vulture Forest Wood-hoopoe Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Bat Hawk Common Scimitarbill European Bee-eater Crowned Eagle Cassin's Honeybird Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Martial Eagle Wahlberg's Honeybird Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Long-crested Eagle Dwarf Honeyguide Blue-breasted Bee-eater Lesser Spotted Eagle Willcocks's Honeyguide Little Bee-eater Steppe Eagle Least Honeyguide Black Bee-eater African Hawk Eagle Lesser Honeyguide Lilac-breasted Roller Cassin's Hawk Eagle Scaly-throated Honeyguide European Roller Wahlberg's Eagle Greater Honeyguide Blue-throated Roller Booted Eagle Rufous-breasted Wryneck Broad-billed Roller Avibase Page 3of 6 African Dwarf Kingfisher Lagden's Bush-shrike Purple-breasted Sunbird African Pygmy Kingfisher Pink-footed Puffback Bronzy Sunbird African Malachite Kingfisher Northern Puffback Malachite Sunbird Shining-blue Kingfisher Blackcap Bush-shrike Golden-winged Sunbird Giant Kingfisher Brown-crowned Tchagra Olive-bellied Sunbird Pied Kingfisher Black-crowned Tchagra Tiny Sunbird Grey-headed Kingfisher Many-coloured Bush-shrike Ruwenzori Double-collared Sunbird Striped Kingfisher Grey-green Bush-shrike Northern Double-collared Sunbird Blue-breasted Kingfisher Orange-breasted Bush-shrike Regal Sunbird Woodland Kingfisher Lowland Sooty Boubou Mariqua Sunbird Common Kestrel Mountain Sooty Boubou Red-chested Sunbird Grey Kestrel Albertine Sooty Boubou Purple-banded Sunbird Sooty Falcon [x] Slate-coloured Boubou Orange-tufted Sunbird Eurasian Hobby Lühder's Bush-shrike Superb Sunbird African Hobby Tropical Boubou Variable Sunbird Lanner Falcon Black-headed Gonolek Copper Sunbird Grey Parrot Papyrus Gonolek Grosbeak Weaver Brown-necked Parrot Doherty's Bush-shrike Red-headed Quelea Brown Parrot Fork-tailed Drongo Red-billed Quelea Red-headed Lovebird Velvet-mantled Drongo Black Bishop Grauer's Broadbill White-rumped Shrike Northern Red Bishop African Broadbill Red-backed Shrike Red-collared Widowbird Rufous-sided Broadbill Mackinnon's Shrike Southern Red Bishop Grey Cuckooshrike Lesser Grey Shrike Yellow Bishop Black Cuckooshrike Grey-backed Fiscal Yellow-mantled Widowbird Petit's Cuckooshrike Northern Fiscal Fan-tailed Widowbird Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Piapiac White-winged Widowbird Purple-throated Cuckooshrike White-necked Raven Baglafecht Weaver Western Black-headed Oriole Pied Crow Slender-billed Weaver Eastern Black-headed Oriole Blue-mantled Paradise-flycatcher Little Weaver Mountain Oriole African Paradise-flycatcher Spectacled Weaver Black-winged Oriole Red-bellied Paradise-flycatcher Black-necked Weaver African Golden Oriole Thrush-babbler Strange Weaver Ruwenzori Batis Fraser's Sunbird Black-billed Weaver Chinspot Batis Western Violet-backed Sunbird Holub's Weaver Chestnut Wattle-eye Little Green Sunbird Heuglin's Masked Weaver Jameson's Wattle-eye Grey-chinned Sunbird Northern Brown-throated Weaver Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye Collared Sunbird Lesser Masked Weaver Brown-throated Wattle-eye Green-headed Sunbird Vitelline Masked Weaver Black-throated Wattle-eye Blue-throated Brown Sunbird Village Weaver White-crested Helmet-shrike Blue-headed Sunbird Vieillot's Weaver Red-eyed Shrike-flycatcher Olive Sunbird Weyns's Weaver Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher Green-throated Sunbird Black-headed Weaver Grey-headed Bush-shrike Scarlet-chested Sunbird Golden-backed Weaver Avibase Page 4of 6 Yellow-mantled Weaver Cape Wagtail Chestnut-throated Apalis Maxwell's Weaver Yellow Wagtail Buff-throated Apalis Compact Weaver African Wagtail Grey Apalis Dark-backed Weaver Grey Wagtail Grey-backed Camaroptera Brown-capped Weaver White Wagtail Yellow-browed Camaroptera Red-headed Malimbe Oriole Finch Olive-green Camaroptera Red-bellied Malimbe Western Citril Grauer's Warbler Red-headed Weaver Black-throated Canary Grey-capped Warbler Black-bellied Firefinch Reichenow's Canary Red-faced Cisticola Bar-breasted Firefinch Yellow-fronted Canary Singing Cisticola Red-billed Firefinch Brimstone Canary Whistling Cisticola African Firefinch Streaky Canary Trilling Cisticola Brown Twinspot Thick-billed Canary Chubb's Cisticola Dusky Twinspot Yellow-crowned Canary Rattling Cisticola Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Cabanis's Bunting Winding Cisticola Red-headed Bluebill Golden-breasted Bunting Carruthers's Cisticola Black-bellied Seedcracker Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Stout Cisticola Fawn-breasted Waxbill Dusky Crested-flycatcher Croaking Cisticola Crimson-rumped Waxbill White-tipped Crested-flycatcher Short-winged Cisticola Common Waxbill White-bellied Crested-flycatcher Long-tailed Cisticola Black-crowned Waxbill Blue Crested-flycatcher Zitting Cisticola Black-headed Waxbill Blue-and-white Crested-flycatcher Wing-snapping Cisticola Green-backed Twinspot Northern Black Tit Black-faced Rufous Warbler Red-faced Crimson-wing White-shouldered Black Tit Tawny-flanked Prinia Dusky Crimson-wing Dusky Tit Banded Prinia Yellow-bellied Waxbill Stripe-breasted Tit Grauer's Swamp Warbler White-breasted Negrofinch Grey Penduline Tit Eastern Rush Warbler Chestnut-breasted Negrofinch Western Nicator Evergreen-forest Warbler Pale-fronted Negrofinch Rufous-naped Lark Bracken Warbler Grey-headed Negrofinch Flappet Lark Bamboo Warbler Jameson's Antpecker Red-faced Crombec Papyrus Yellow Warbler Zebra Waxbill Green Crombec Olivaceous Warbler Bronze Mannikin White-browed Crombec Dark-capped Yellow Warbler Black-and-white Mannikin 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