Uganda - Shoebills to Gorillas

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Naturetrek Tour Report 1 - 12 November 2018

Report compiled by Jude Ainomugisha

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Tour Report Uganda - Shoebills to Gorillas

Tour participants: Jude Ainomugisha and Gerald Tumwekwase (leaders) with 10 Naturetrek clients

Summary

The November Nature trek trip covered the following areas: Mabamba swamp, Lake Mburo National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park, and Kibale National Park as well. In addition, some clients extended their trip as far as Murchison Falls National Park (Budongo Forest) and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park for those who were interested in Gorilla Trekking.

Pre-tour Extension Monday 29th October – Thursday 1st November

Four group members took this extension to the Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. After an overnight flight, they visited Entebbe Botanical Gardens before flying on to Bwindi. The tour included a day’s Gorilla Trekking, as well as birding in the area.

Main Tour Day 1 Wednesday 31st October In flight from the UK.

Day 2 Thursday 1st November

The main group arrived in Entebbe and visited Entebbe Botanical Gardens, before meeting those who had been on the pre-tour extension.

Day 3 Friday 2nd November

The trip started with Mabamba swamp continuing to Lake Mburo National Park. In Mabamba, as usual, we were there as early as 8am in search of the mighty Shoebill which was the bird of the trip. Within 30 minutes the guests were ready taking pictures of the ‘whale bird’. It was not only the Shoebill that was seen in the Mabamba swamp, but many other species were seen as well. These included: Yellow-billed Ducks, Swamp Flycatcher, Palm-nut Vulture, Long-crested Eagle, Common Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper, Northern Brown-throated Weaver, Long- toed Lapwing, Ring-necked Dove and African Green Pigeon among others.

Thereafter we travelled on to Lake Mburo National Park with a lunch stop at the Equator.

En route to Lake Mburo the following species were recorded: Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill, Black Kite, Western Banded Snake Eagle, Helmeted Guineafowl, Red-eyed Dove, Village Weavers, Red-billed Firefinch and Bronze Mannikin, among others.

Later in the evening we checked in at Rwakobo Rock hotel for our overnight stay.

Day 4 Saturday 3rd November

While in Lake Mburo we saw a lot of species of birds which included: Broad-billed Roller, Giant Kingfisher, Little Egret, Common Ringed Plover, African Jacana, Spot-flanked Barbet, African Finfoot, Red-chested

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Sunbird, Back-headed Gonolek, Crested Francolin, Common Bulbul, Yellow Wagtail, Speckled Mousebird, Black-winged Kite, Ross’s Turaco, Eastern Plantain-eater, Blue-naped Mousebird, Southern Red Bishop, Cardinal Woodpecker, African Stonechat, African Wattled Lapwing, Malachite Kingfisher, Senegal Lapwing, Little Bee- eater, Lilac-breasted Roller, Crowned Hornbill, Double-toothed Barbet, Nubian Woodpecker, Lesser Striped Swallow and Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird, among others.

We saw the following Mammals while in Lake Mburo National Park: Buffalos, Common Warthogs, Zebras, Giraffes, Impalas, Olive Baboons, Ground Squirrels, Bushbucks, Antelopes, Hippopotamus, Topis among others, together with Nile Crocodiles.

Day 5 Sunday 4th November

From Lake Mburo we proceeded to Queen Elizabeth National Park. We went birding along the way and the following bird species were seen: Emerald-spotted Wood Dove, Bare-faced Go-away-bird, Trilling Cisticola, Grey-headed Kingfisher, White-throated Bee-eater, European Bee-eater, African Paradise Flycatcher, Grey Kestrel, Papyrus Gonolek, White-winged Swamp Warbler, Black-headed Heron and Woolly-necked Stork.

Day 6 Monday 5th November

We were in Queen Elizabeth National Park for two days and the following bird species were recorded: Brown Snake Eagle, Red Necked Spurfowl, Northern Flycatcher, Ban Swallows, Great Cormorant, African Openbill (also known as Open-billed Stork), African Spoonbill, Black Crake, Rufous-naped Lark, Common Waxbill, Yellow-throated Longclaw, Crowned Lapwing, Saddle-billed Stork, Hamerkop, Black-chested Snake Eagle, Lesser Flamingos, African Harrier-Hawk, Zitting Cisticola, Flappet Lark, White-headed Vulture, Crested Francolin, Red-throated Bee-eater, Ruff, Croaking Cisticola, Common Ringed Plover, Yellow-billed Stork, Pied Kingfisher and African Crake, among others.

Mammals were also seen while in Queen Elizabeth National Park. These included: Vervet Monkeys, Olive Baboons, Lions, African Elephant, Giant Forest Hog, Banded Mangoose, Uganda Kob, and Hippopotamus.

Day 7 Tuesday 6th November

From Queen Elizabeth National Park, we headed to Kibale National Park. Along the way, the following bird species were seen: Grassland Warbler, African Crake, Red-necked Spurfowl, Pied Crow, Black-headed Heron, Black Bishop, Southern Red Bishop, Long-crested Eagle, African Harrier-Hawk, Lizard Buzzard, Black Kite, Marabou Stork, African Pied Wagtail, Common Bulbul, Speckled Mousebird, Collared Pratincole, African Wattled Plover, Kittlitz’s Plover, Willow Warbler, Sooty Chat, Grey-backed Fiscal, Grey-capped Warbler and Brown-throated Wattle-eye, among others.

Day 8 Wednesday 7th November

While in Kibale National Park we saw the following bird species; Yellow-spotted Barbet, Narina Trogon, Green- headed Sunbird, Hairy-breasted Barbet, Western Nicator, Honeyguide Greenbul, Toro Olive Greenbul, Grey- throated Greenbul, Black billed Turaco, Speckled Tinkerbird, Black-and-white Mannikins, Common Waxbills,

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Thick-billed Weavers, Vieillot’s Black Weavers, Black-and-white Shrike-Flycatcher, White-headed Saw-wing, Great Blue Turaco, Tambourine Dove, Superb Sunbird, Fan-tailed Widowbird, Red-headed Malimbe, Black- billed Weaver, Golden-backed Weaver, Thick-billed (also known as Grosbeak) Weaver, Grey-headed Sparrow, House Sparrow, Ruppell’s Starling, Purple-headed Starling, Western Black-headed Oriole, Black-crowned Tchagara, Northern Puffback, Black-headed Gonolek, Grey-backed Shrike, Common Fiscal, Variable Sunbird, Collared Sunbird, Scarlet-chested Sunbird, Olive Sunbird, Little Green Sunbird and Olive-bellied Sunbird, among others.

Kibale National Park being the home of many Primates, we were able to see a number of them, like the Chimpanzees, Baboons, Guereza Colobus, Red-tailed Monkey, Red Colobus and Grey-cheeked Mangabey.

Day 9/10 Thursday 8th/Friday 9th November

After Kibale, a group of six headed back to Entebbe International Airport, to start the long journey home to the UK, arriving on the Friday morning after an exciting holiday in Uganda.

Post-tour Extension Thursday 8th – Tuesday 13th November

The other four group members had an extension to Budongo Forest, including the Murchison Falls National Park. We started with the southern part of Budongo Forest, commonly known as The Royal Mile.

We were able to see the following bird species; White-thighed Hornbill, Plain Greenbul (also known as Cameroon Sombre Greenbul), Grey Longbill, Green Crombec, Chestnut-capped Flycatcher, Ituri Batis, Chocolate-backed Kingfisher, Red-headed Malimbe, Fraser’s Rufous Thrush (also called Rufous Flycatcher- Thrush), Rufous-crowned Eremomela, African Pied Hornbill, Lemon-bellied Crombec, Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher, Fraser’s Forest Flycatcher, White-spotted Flufftail and Yellow-crested Woodpecker.

Before crossing River Nile again, we birded the northern part of Budongo Forest commonly known as Kanio Pabidi. We were able to record the following species: African Pygmy Flycatcher, Fraser’s Rufous Thrush, Fraser’s Forest Flycatcher, Narina Trogon, Tambourine Dove, African Green Pigeon, Dwarf Kingfisher, Puvel’s Iladopusis, Yellow-throated Tinkerbird, Brown-throated Wattle-eye, Yellow-crested Woodpecker, Brown-eared Woodpecker, Grey-headed Sunbird, Green-headed Sunbird, Yellow White-eye, Little Green Sunbird, Western Olive Sunbird, Copper Sunbird, Scarlet-chested Sunbird, Variable Sunbird, Crested Francolin, Blue-spotted Wood Dove, Ruppell’s Staring, Dark Chanting Goshawk and Common Buzzard among many others.

In the northern part of Murchision Falls National Park, being a grassland Savanna with swamps, woodland and habitats we were able able to see the following as we were winding up the with trip: Red-throated Bee-eater, Eastern Grey Plantain-eater, Piapiac, Grey-backed Fiscal, Black-belled Bustard, Black-bellied Firefinch, Red- necked Falcon, Bateleur, Grey Kestrel, Black-headed Gonolek, Spotted Palm Thrush (also called Spotted Morning Thrush), Tawny Eagle, Water Thick-knee, Spur-winged Lapwing, Western Cattle Egret, Little Egret, African Palm Swift, Silverbird, Zitting Cistola, White-backed Vulture, Martial Eagle, African Fish Eagle, Pied Kingfisher, Black-headed Lapwing, Saddle-billed Stork, Denham’s Bustard, Intermediate Egret, Northern Wheatear, Sooty Chat, Malachite Kingfisher, Hadada Ibis, African Harrier-Hawk, Swallow-tailed Bee-eater and Helmeted Guineafowl, among others.

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We then returned to Entebbe for overnight flights home, arriving in the UK on the Tuesday morning, having enjoyed a wonderful selection of birds and mammals in Uganda.

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Species Lists

Birds (✓=recorded but not counted; H = heard only) November Common name Scientific name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ 1 Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 2 Crested Francolin Dendroperdix sephaena ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 3 Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 4 White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata ✓ 5 Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis ✓ 6 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 7 Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 8 Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor ✓ 9 Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis ✓ ✓ ✓ 10 African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus ✓ 11 Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii ✓ 12 Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus ✓ ✓ 13 Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis ✓ ✓ ✓ 14 Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 15 African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus ✓ ✓ ✓ 16 Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 17 African Spoonbill Platalea alba ✓ ✓ 18 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 19 Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 20 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea ✓ ✓ 21 Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 22 Goliath Heron Ardea goliath ✓ 23 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea ✓ 24 Great Egret Ardea alba ✓ ✓ ✓ 25 Striated Heron Butorides striata ✓ ✓ ✓ 26 Intermediate Egret Mesophoyx intermedia ✓ ✓ ✓ 27 Little Egret Egretta garzetta ✓ ✓ ✓ 28 Hamerkop Scopus umbretta ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 29 Shoebill Balaeniceps rex ✓

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November Common name Scientific name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ 30 Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus ✓ 31 Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens ✓ ✓ 32 Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 33 White-breasted Cormorant Phalacrocorax lucidus ✓ ✓ 34 African Darter Anhinga rufa ✓ 35 Western Osprey Pandion haliaetus ✓ ✓ 36 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus ✓ ✓ ✓ 37 African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 38 Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 39 Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus ✓ ✓ 40 White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus ✓ ✓ ✓ 41 White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis ✓ ✓ 42 Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos ✓ ✓ 43 Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis ✓ 44 Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus ✓ ✓ ✓ 45 Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens ✓ 46 Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 47 Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus ✓ ✓ 48 Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 49 Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax ✓ ✓ ✓ 50 Wahlberg's Eagle Aquila wahlbergi ✓ ✓ ✓ 51 Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 52 Shikra Accipiter badius ✓ ✓ 53 Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates ✓ 54 Black Sparrowhawk Accipiter melanoleucus ✓ 55 Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus ✓ 56 African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus ✓ ✓ 57 Black Kite Milvus migrans ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 58 African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 59 Common Buzzard Buteo buteo ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 60 Augur Buzzard Buteo augur ✓ 61 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus ✓ ✓ ✓

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November Common name Scientific name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ 62 Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 63 Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera ✓ 64 Denham's Bustard Neotis denhami ✓ 65 Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster ✓ 66 White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra ✓ 67 African Finfoot Podica senegalensis ✓ 68 African Crake Crex egregia ✓ ✓ ✓ 69 Black Crake Amaurornis flavirostra ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 70 Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum ✓ ✓ ✓ 71 Water Thick-Knee Burhinus vermiculatus ✓ ✓ ✓ 72 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus ✓ ✓ ✓ 73 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta ✓ ✓ 74 Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris ✓ ✓ 75 Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus ✓ ✓ 76 Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus ✓ 77 Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris ✓ ✓ 78 Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus ✓ 79 African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 80 Brown-chested Lapwing Vanellus superciliosus ✓ ✓ 81 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula ✓ 82 Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius ✓ 83 Greater Painted-Snipe Rostratula benghalensis ✓ 84 African Jacana Actophilornis africanus ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 85 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa ✓ ✓ 86 Ruddy Turnstone ✓ 87 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus ✓ 88 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis ✓ ✓ 89 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia ✓ 90 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus ✓ ✓ ✓ 91 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 92 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos ✓ ✓ 93 Little Stint Calidris minuta ✓

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November Common name Scientific name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ 94 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea ✓ 95 Ruff Philomachus pugnax ✓ 96 Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii ✓ 97 Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola ✓ 98 Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis ✓ 99 Black Headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus ✓ 100 Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus ✓ 101 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus ✓ 102 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica ✓ 103 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida ✓ 104 White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus ✓ ✓ 105 Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 106 Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 107 Ring-necked Dove Steptopelia capicola ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 108 Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 109 Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 110 Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer ✓ 111 Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 112 African Green Pigeon Treron calvus ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 113 Red-headed Lovebird Agapornis pullarius ✓ ✓ 114 Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus ✓ ✓ 115 Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 116 Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 117 Black-billed Turaco Tauraco schuettii ✓ 118 Ross's Turaco Musophaga rossae ✓ ✓ 119 Bare-faced Go-away-Bird Corythaixoides personatus ✓ 120 Eastern Plantain-Eater Crinifer zonurus ✓ ✓ ✓ 121 Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus ✓ ✓ 122 White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 123 Yellowbill Ceuthmochares aereus ✓ ✓ 124 Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii ✓ ✓ ✓ 125 Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius ✓

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November Common name Scientific name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ 126 Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas ✓ ✓ 127 Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi H H 128 Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius H ✓ ✓ ✓ H 129 Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Bubo lacteus ✓ 130 Sabine's Spinetail Rhaphidura sabini ✓ ✓ 131 African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 132 African Black Swift Apus barbatus ✓ ✓ 133 Little Swift Apus affinis ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 134 Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 135 Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 136 Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina ✓ ✓ 137 Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus ✓ ✓ 138 Blue-throated Roller Eurystomus gularis ✓ 139 Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 140 Chocolate-backed Kingfisher Halcyon badia ✓ 141 Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 142 Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti ✓ ✓ 143 African Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx lecontei ✓ 144 Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 145 African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta ✓ ✓ ✓ 146 Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 147 Shining-blue Kingfisher Alcedo quadribrachys ✓ 148 Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima ✓ 149 Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 150 Little Bee-Eater Merops pusillus ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 151 Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops tectus ✓ 152 Cinnamon-chested Bee-Eater Merops oreobates ✓ ✓ 153 Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki ✓ 154 White-throated Bee-Eater Merops albicollis ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 155 European Bee-Eater Merops apiaster ✓ 156 African Hoopoe Upupa africanas ✓ 157 Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus ✓

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November Common name Scientific name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ 158 Crowned Hornbill Tockus alboterminatus ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 159 African Pied Hornbill Tockus fasciatus ✓ ✓ 160 African Grey Hornbill Tockus nasutus ✓ ✓ ✓ 161 White-thighed Hornbill Bycanistes albotibialis ✓ 162 Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus ✓ 163 Black-casqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata ✓ ✓ H 164 Grey-throated Barbet Gymnobucco bonapartei ✓ 165 Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus ✓ ✓ 166 Yellow-throated Tinkerbird Pogoniulus subsulphureus ✓ ✓ ✓ 167 Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus ✓ ✓ ✓ 168 Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus ✓ 169 Yellow-spotted Barbet Buccanodon duchaillui ✓ ✓ 170 Hairy-breasted Barbet Tricholaema hirsuta ✓ 171 Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa ✓ H ✓ ✓ 172 Double-toothed Barbet Lybius bidentatus ✓ ✓ 173 Cassin's Honeybird Prodotiscus insignis ✓ 174 Brown-eared Woodpecker Campethera caroli ✓ ✓ ✓ 175 Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens ✓ 176 Yellow-crested Woodpecker Dendropicos xantholophus ✓ ✓ ✓ 177 African Shrike-Flycatcher Megabyas flammulatus ✓ 178 Ituri Batis Batis ituriensis ✓ 179 Chinspot Batis Batis molitor ✓ 180 Brown-throated Wattle-Eye Platysteira cyanea ✓ 181 Chestnut Wattle-Eye Platysteira castanea ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 182 Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus ✓ 183 Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis ✓ ✓ 184 Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus ✓ ✓ 185 Tropical Boubou Laniarius major ✓ ✓ ✓ 186 Papyrus Gonolek Laniarius mufumbiri H H ✓ 187 Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 188 Common Fiscal Lanius collaris ✓ ✓ ✓ 189 Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio ✓ ✓

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November Common name Scientific name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ 190 Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus ✓ 191 Mackinnon's Shrike Lanius mackinnoni ✓ 192 Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 193 Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus ✓ 194 Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 195 Velvet-mantled Drongo Dicrurus modestus ✓ 196 Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer ✓ ✓ ✓ 197 African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 198 African Blue Flycatcher Elminia longicauda ✓ 199 Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher Bias Musicus ✓ 200 Piapiac Ptilostomus afer ✓ 201 Pied Crow Corvus albus ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 202 Western Nicator Nicator chloris ✓ ✓ 203 Rufous-naped Lark Mirafra africana ✓ 204 Flappet Lark Mirafra rufocinnamomea ✓ ✓ ✓ 205 Common Bulbul Pycnonotus tricolor ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 206 Slender-billed Greenbul Stelgidillas gracilirostris ✓ 207 Little Greenbul Eurillas virens ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 208 Little Grey Greenbul Eurillas gracilis ✓ 209 Plain Greenbul Eurillas curvirostris ✓ ✓ 210 Honeyguide Greenbul Baeopogon indicator 211 Spotted Greenbul Ixonotus guttatus ✓ 212 Yellow-throated Leaflove Atimastillas flavicollis ✓ 213 Toro Olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus hypochloris 214 White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis ✓ ✓ ✓ 215 Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus ✓ ✓ 216 White-headed Saw-Wing Psalidoprocne albiceps ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 217 Sand Martin Riparia riparia ✓ ✓ ✓ 218 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 219 Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula ✓ 220 Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica ✓ ✓ 221 Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis ✓ ✓ ✓

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November Common name Scientific name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ 222 African Moustached Warbler Melocichla mentalis ✓ 223 Grey Longbill Macrosphenus concolor ✓ 224 Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii ✓ ✓ 225 Green Crombec Sylvietta virens ✓ 226 Lemon-bellied Crombec Sylvietta denti ✓ 227 Chestnut-capped Flycatcher Erythrocercus mccallii ✓ 228 Green Hylia Hylia prasina ✓ ✓ 229 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus ✓ ✓ ✓ 230 White-winged Swamp Warbler Bradypterus carpalis ✓ 231 Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans ✓ 232 Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami ✓ ✓ 233 Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi ✓ 234 Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus ✓ 235 Carruthers's Cisticola Cisticola carruthersi ✓ 236 Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis ✓ 237 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis ✓ ✓ 238 Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 239 Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella ✓ 240 Buff-throated Apalis Apalis rufogularis ✓ ✓ 241 Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida ✓ 242 Grey-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brevicaudata ✓ ✓ ✓ 243 Rufous-crowned Eremomela Eremomela badiceps ✓ 244 Puvel's Illadopsis Illadopsis puveli ✓ 245 Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei ✓ 246 Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 247 African Yellow White-Eye Zosterops senegalensis ✓ 248 Purple-headed Starling Lamprotornis purpureiceps ✓ ✓ 249 Splendid Starling Lamprotornis splendidus ✓ ✓ 250 Purple Starling Lamprotornis purpureus ✓ ✓ 251 Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 252 Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus ✓ 253 White-tailed Ant Thrush Neocossyphus poensis ✓

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November Common name Scientific name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ 254 Fraser's Rufous Thrush Stizorhina fraseri ✓ ✓ 255 African Thrush Turdus pelios ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 256 Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata ✓ 257 Fire-crested Alethe Alethe castanea ✓ ✓ 258 White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri ✓ ✓ 259 Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides ✓ ✓ 260 Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat Cossypha cyanocampter ✓ 261 White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 262 Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis ✓ 263 Brown-backed Scrub Robin Erythropygia hartlaubi ✓ ✓ ✓ 264 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra ✓ ✓ ✓ 265 African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus ✓ 266 Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe ✓ 267 Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina ✓ 268 Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 269 Fraser's Forest Flycatcher Fraseria ocreata ✓ 270 Pale Flycatcher Bradornis pallidus ✓ 271 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 272 Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 273 Cassin's Flycatcher Muscicapa cassini ✓ 274 Brown-chested Alethe Chamaetylas poliocephala ✓ 275 Grey-throated Tit-Flycatcher Myioparus griseigularis ✓ ✓ ✓ 276 Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata ✓ 277 Silverbird Empidornis semipartitus ✓ 278 Grey-headed Sunbird Deleornis axillaris ✓ 279 Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris ✓ ✓ 280 Bronzy Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 281 Red-chested Sunbird Cinnyris erythrocercus ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 282 Olive-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris chloropygia ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 283 Scarlet-chested sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis ✓ ✓ ✓ 284 Green-throated Sunbird Chalcomitra rubescens ✓ 285 Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

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November Common name Scientific name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ 286 Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticas ✓ 287 Western Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea ✓ ✓ 288 Little Green Sunbird Anthreptes seimundi ✓ ✓ 289 Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis ✓ 290 Superb Sunbird Cinnyris superbus ✓ ✓ ✓ 291 Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus ✓ ✓ 292 House Sparrow Passer domesticus ✓ 293 Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 294 Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons ✓ ✓ ✓ 295 Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni ✓ ✓ ✓ 296 Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis ✓ 297 Northern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus castanops ✓ 298 Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius ✓ ✓ ✓ 299 Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 300 Vieillot's Black Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 301 Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus ✓ ✓ ✓ 302 Golden-backed Weaver Ploceus jacksoni ✓ 303 Yellow-mantled Weaver Ploceus tricolor ✓ 304 Red-headed Malimbe Malimbus rubricollis ✓ 305 Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis ✓ 306 Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops ✓ 307 Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea ✓ ✓ ✓ 308 Black Bishop Euplectes gierowii ✓ 309 Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus ✓ 310 Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix ✓ ✓ ✓ 311 Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 312 White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus ✓ 313 Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macrourus ✓ 314 White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus ✓ 315 Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba ✓ ✓ 316 Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara ✓ ✓ 317 Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓

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November Common name Scientific name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ 318 African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata ✓ 319 Red-cheeked Cordon-Bleu Uraeginthus bengalus ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 320 Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild ✓ ✓ 321 Black-headed Waxbill Estrilda atricapilla ✓ 322 Black-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula ✓ 323 Bronze Mannikin Lonchura cucullata ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 324 Black-and-white Mannikin Lonchura bicolor ✓ ✓ ✓ 325 Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata ✓ ✓ ✓ 326 Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 327 Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 328 African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 329 Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 330 African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 331 Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys ✓ 332 African Citril Serinus citrinelloides ✓ 333 Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 334 Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris ✓ ✓

Mammals 1 Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes ✓ ✓ 2 Central African Red Colobus Piliocolobus oustaleti ✓ 3 Guereza Colobus Colobus guereza ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 4 Olive Baboon Papio anubis ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 5 Grey-cheeked Mangabey Lophocebus albigena ✓ ✓ ✓ 6 Vervet Monkey Cercopithecus (a.) pygerythrus ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 7 Gentle (Blue) Monkey Cercopithecus mitis ✓ 8 Red-tailed Monkey Cercopithecus (c.) ascanius ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 9 Yellow-winged Bat Lavia frons ✓ 10 Uganda Grass-Hare Poelagus marjorita ✓ 11 Striped Ground Squirrel Euxerus erythropus ✓ 12 Boehm's Squirrel Paraxerus boehmi ✓ ✓ ✓ 13 Red-legged Sun Squirrel Heliosciurus rufobrachium ✓ ✓

Uganda - Shoebills to Gorillas Tour Report

November Common name Scientific name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ 14 Banded Mongoose Mungos mungo ✓ 15 Dwarf Mongoose Helogale parvula ✓ ✓ 16 Lion Panthera leo ✓ 17 African Elephant Loxondonta africana ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 18 Burchell's Zebra Equus quagga ✓ ✓ 19 Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius ✓ ✓ ✓ 20 Giant Forest Hog Hylochoerus meinertzhageni ✓ 21 Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 22 Rothschild's Giraffe Giraffe camelopardalis ✓ ✓ 23 African Buffalo Syncerus caffer ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 24 Bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 25 Blue Duiker Philatomba monticola ✓ ✓ 26 Bush Duiker Sylvicapra grimmia ✓ 27 Uganda Kob Kobus kob thomasi ✓ ✓ ✓ 28 Defassa Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 29 Impala Aepyceros melampus ✓ 30 Topi Damaliscus lunatus ✓

Reptiles 1 Striped Skink Trachylepsis striata ✓ 2 Nile Crocdile Crocodylus niloticu ✓ ✓ ✓ 3 Red-headed Rock Agama Agama agama ✓ 4 Blue-headed Tree Agama Acanthocercus atricollis ✓ ✓ 5 Nile Monitor Varanus niloticus ✓ ✓ ✓