Great Lakes

Monday 2 to Tuesday 3 July 2001

Species seen in Murchison Falls NP

Purple Heron Ardea purpurea purpurea
Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
Shoebill Balaeniceps rex
African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer
African Goshawk Accipiter tachiro sparsimfasciatus
Shikra Accipiter badius sphenurus
Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris meleagris
Crested Francolin Francolinus sephaena granti
Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
Black-billed Wood Dove Turtur abyssinicus
Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea
White-crested Turaco Tauraco leucolophus
White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus loandae
Black Coucal Centropus grillii
Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis senegalensis
Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myioptilus chapini
Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus griseogularis
Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus kivuensis
Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis senegalensis
Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristata galerita
Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki frenatus
Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus suahelicus
Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bucorvus abyssinicus
African Grey Hornbill Tockus nasutus nasutus
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus chrysoconus
Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lachrymose lachrymose
Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens lepidus
White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps albiceps
Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
Black Cuckoo-Shrike Campephaga flava
Black-eyed Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus tricolor
White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini heuglini
Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis intensa
Spotted Palm-Thrush Cichladusa guttata guttata
White-browed Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas leucophrys zambesiana
Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra
Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops sylvia
Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami woosnami
Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava melanorhyncha
* Red-winged Grey Warbler Drymocichla incana
Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida flavocincta
Bleating Warbler Camaroptera brachyura abessinica
* Gambaga Flycatcher Muscicapa gambagae
Black-headed Batis Batis minor erlangeri
Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii emini
Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchella pulchella
Fiscal Shrike Lanius collaris smithii
Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina affinis
Grey-headed Bush-Shrike Malaconotus blanchoti catharoxanthus
Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis emini
Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis divaricatus
Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster verreauxi
Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus ugandae
Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis cinerascens
Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus kavirondensis
Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis crocatus
Fire-crowned Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus craspedopterus
Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus franciscanus
Yellow-mantled Widow-bird Euplectes macrourus macrocercus
* Brown Twinspot Clytospiza monteiri ugandensis
Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola paludicola
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus schoanus
Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
Yellow-eyed Canary Serinus mozambicus barbatus