Lake Mburo National Park Birdcheck list : Lake Mburo National Park is an amazing Uganda safari destination and a great birding destination, the park is the only park in Uganda situated close to Kampala- the capital city and is found in western Uganda.
At a size of 370 square kilometers, Lake Mburo National Park is composed of a chain of lakes with 5 lakes situated inside the park and Lake Mburu is the largest of all.
Lake Mburo National Park is one of the great birding destinations in Uganda with a wide range of bird habitats ranging from wetlands and swamps, savannah plains and forests. The park is home to over 135 bird species including forest birds, water birds and savannah birds.
Here is list of birds in Lake Mburo National Park.
ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae
White-faced Whistling-Duck
White-backed Duck
Knob-billed Duck
Egyptian Goose
Spur-winged Goose
Yellow-billed Duck
Red-billed Duck
GALLIFORMES: Numididae
Helmeted Guineafowl
GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae
Crested Francolin
Coqui Francolin
Ring-necked Francolin
Red-winged Francolin
Handsome Spurfowl
Scaly Spurfowl
Red-necked Spurfowl
PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae
Little Grebe
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae
Speckled Pigeon
Dusky Turtle-Dove
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Vinaceous Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
Tambourine Dove
Namaqua Dove
African Green-Pigeon
OTIDIFORMES: Otididae
Black-bellied Bustard
MUSOPHAGIFORMES: Musophagidae
Great Blue Turaco
Black-billed Turaco
Ross’s Turaco
Bare-faced Go-away-bird
Eastern Plantain-eater
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae
Blue-headed Coucal
White-browed Coucal
Black Coucal
Blue Malkoha
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Levaillant’s Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas’s Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
African Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae
Pennant-winged Nightjar
Fiery-necked Nightjar
Swamp Nightjar
Freckled Nightjar
Slender-tailed Nightjar
Square-tailed Nightjar
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Apodidae
Common Swift
African Swift
Little Swift
Horus Swift
White-rumped Swift
African Palm Swift
GRUIFORMES: Sarothruridae
White-spotted Flufftail
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae
African Crake
Eurasian Moorhen
Black Crake
GRUIFORMES: Heliornithidae
African Finfoot
GRUIFORMES: Gruidae
Gray Crowned-Crane
CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae
Water Thick-knee
Senegal Thick-knee
CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae
Long-toed Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Senegal Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Wattled Lapwing
Brown-chested Lapwing
Common Ringed Plover
Three-banded Plover
CHARADRIIFORMES: Rostratulidae
Greater Painted-Snipe
CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae
African Jacana
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae
Whimbrel
Temminck’s Stint
African Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae
Bronze-winged Courser
CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae
African Skimmer
CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae
African Openbill
Black Stork
Abdim’s Stork
African Woolly-necked Stork
Saddle-billed Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae
Long-tailed Cormorant
Great Cormorant
PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae
Pink-backed Pelican
PELECANIFORMES: Balaenicipitidae
Shoebill
PELECANIFORMES: Scopidae
Hamerkop
PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae
Little Bittern
Gray Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
Purple Heron
Great Egret
Intermediate Egret
Little Egret
Cattle Egret
Squacco Heron
Rufous-bellied Heron
Striated Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
White-backed Night-Heron
PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae
Osprey
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Palm-nut Vulture
European Honey-buzzard
White-headed Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Rüppell’s Griffon
Bateleur
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Banded Snake-Eagle
Bat Hawk
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Wahlberg’s Eagle
Booted Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Cassin’s Hawk-Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Lizard Buzzard
Gabar Goshawk
Eurasian Marsh-Harrier
African Marsh-Harrier
Montagu’s Harrier
African Goshawk
Shikra
Little Sparrowhawk
Ovambo Sparrowhawk
Black Goshawk
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Augur Buzzard
STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae
Barn Owl
STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae
African Scops-Owl
Southern White-faced Owl
Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
African Wood-Owl
COLIIFORMES: Coliidae
Speckled Mousebird
Blue-naped Mousebird
TROGONIFORMES: Trogonidae
Narina Trogon
BUCEROTIFORMES: Upupidae
Eurasian Hoopoe
BUCEROTIFORMES: Phoeniculidae
Green Woodhoopoe
Black Scimitarbill
Common Scimitarbill
BUCEROTIFORMES: Bucerotidae
Crowned Hornbill
African Pied Hornbill
African Gray Hornbill
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill
CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae
Malachite Kingfisher
White-bellied Kingfisher
African Pygmy Kingfisher
African Dwarf Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae
Little Bee-eater
Blue-breasted Bee-eater
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
White-throated Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae
Lilac-breasted Roller
Broad-billed Roller
PICIFORMES: Lybiidae
Crested Barbet
Western Tinkerbird
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
Yellow-spotted Barbet
Red-fronted Barbet
Spot-flanked Barbet
White-headed Barbet
Red-faced Barbet
Black-billed Barbet
Black-collared Barbet
Double-toothed Barbet
PICIFORMES: Indicatoridae
Wahlberg’s Honeyguide
Lesser Honeyguide
Scaly-throated Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
PICIFORMES: Picidae
Rufous-necked Wryneck
Cardinal Woodpecker
Bearded Woodpecker
Brown-backed Woodpecker
African Gray Woodpecker
Green-backed Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae
Eurasian Kestrel
Gray Kestrel
Eurasian Hobby
Lanner Falcon
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittaculidae
Red-headed Lovebird
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae
Brown-necked Parrot
Meyer’s Parrot
PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae
Gray Cuckooshrike
Black Cuckooshrike
Petit’s Cuckooshrike
Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike
PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae
Western Black-headed Oriole
African Black-headed Oriole
PASSERIFORMES: Platysteiridae
Brown-throated Wattle-eye
Chinspot Batis
Western Black-headed Batis
PASSERIFORMES: Vangidae
White Helmetshrike
PASSERIFORMES: Malaconotidae
Brubru
Northern Puffback
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Tropical Boubou
Black-headed Gonolek
Papyrus Gonolek
Slate-colored Boubou
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae
Fork-tailed Drongo
PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae
Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher
African Paradise-Flycatcher
PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae
Red-backed Shrike
Isabelline Shrike
Gray-backed Fiscal
Mackinnon’s Shrike
Northern Fiscal
PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae
Piapiac
Pied Crow
White-necked Raven
PASSERIFORMES: Stenostiridae
African Blue Flycatcher
PASSERIFORMES: Paridae
White-shouldered Black-Tit
White-winged Black-Tit
Dusky Tit
PASSERIFORMES: Remizidae
African Penduline-Tit
PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae
Rufous-naped Lark
Flappet Lark
PASSERIFORMES: Macrosphenidae
Northern Crombec
Red-faced Crombec
Moustached Grass-Warbler
PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae
Greencap Eremomela
White-chinned Prinia
Green-backed Camaroptera
Buff-bellied Warbler
Black-capped Apalis
Black-throated Apalis
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Buff-throated Apalis
Gray Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Gray-capped Warbler
Red-faced Cisticola
Singing Cisticola
Whistling Cisticola
Trilling Cisticola
Chubb’s Cisticola
Rattling Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Carruthers’s Cisticola
Stout Cisticola
Croaking Cisticola
Tabora Cisticola
Siffling Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
PASSERIFORMES: Acrocephalidae
African Yellow-Warbler
Icterine Warbler
Lesser Swamp Warbler
Greater Swamp Warbler
PASSERIFORMES: Locustellidae
White-winged Swamp Warbler
PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae
Plain Martin
Bank Swallow
Rock Martin
Barn Swallow
Ethiopian Swallow
Angola Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Rufous-chested Swallow
Mosque Swallow
Common House-Martin
White-headed Sawwing
Black Sawwing
PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae
Slender-billed Greenbul
Eastern Mountain Greenbul
Yellow-throated Greenbul
Leaf-love
White-throated Greenbul
Common Bulbul
PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopidae
Wood Warbler
Willow Warbler
Red-faced Woodland-Warbler
PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae
Green White-eye
PASSERIFORMES: Leiothrichidae
Brown Babbler
Arrow-marked Babbler
Black-lored Babbler
PASSERIFORMES: Buphagidae
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae
Wattled Starling
Violet-backed Starling
Rüppell’s Starling
Splendid Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae
African Thrush
PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae
African Dusky Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
Swamp Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
Gray-throated Tit-Flycatcher
Gray Tit-Flycatcher
Ashy Flycatcher
Silverbird
Northern Black-Flycatcher
Southern Black-Flycatcher
White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher
Brown-backed Scrub-Robin
Red-backed Scrub-Robin
Archer’s Robin-Chat
White-browed Robin-Chat
Red-capped Robin-Chat
Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat
Spotted Morning-Thrush
Gray-winged Robin-Chat
Semicollared Flycatcher
Whinchat
African Stonechat
Sooty Chat
Familiar Chat
PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae
Collared Sunbird
Green-headed Sunbird
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird
Blue-headed Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Bronze Sunbird
Olive-bellied Sunbird
Stuhlmann’s Sunbird
Northern Double-collared Sunbird
Mariqua Sunbird
Red-chested Sunbird
Purple-banded Sunbird
Superb Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
Copper Sunbird
PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae
Speckle-fronted Weaver
Red-headed Weaver
Baglafecht Weaver
Little Weaver
Slender-billed Weaver
Black-necked Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
Black-billed Weaver
Holub’s Golden-Weaver
Northern Brown-throated Weaver
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Vieillot’s Black Weaver
Village Weaver
Black-headed Weaver
Golden-backed Weaver
Yellow-mantled Weaver
Maxwell’s Black Weaver
Cardinal Quelea
Red-billed Quelea
Southern Red Bishop
Yellow Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Grosbeak Weaver
PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae
Bronze Mannikin
Black-and-white Mannikin
Gray-headed Nigrita
Black-faced Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Crimson-rumped Waxbill
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Black-bellied Seedcracker
Green-winged Pytilia
Red-winged Pytilia
Brown Twinspot
Red-billed Firefinch
African Firefinch
PASSERIFORMES: Viduidae
Pin-tailed Whydah
PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae
House Sparrow
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae
Cape Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
African Pipit
Long-billed Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
Striped Pipit
Yellow-throated Longclaw
PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae
Yellow-fronted Canary
Western Citril
Brimstone Canary
Streaky Seedeater
PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae
Golden-breasted Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
