EAST AFRICAN BIRD LIST
Listed on this page are the families of bird species found in East Africa. The family headings are linked to the Wikipedia pages.
Listed under the family are birds that I have seen, and where I managed to get a picture of the bird, it is linked (underlined names).
If I didn't get a picture but have photographed the bird elsewhere, I have linked that too. Enjoy the visit!
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Helmeted Guineafowl
Crested Francolin
Scaly Francolin (en route to Kampala from Fort Portal)
Blue Quail (Semuliki Wilderness Reserve)
Fulvous Duck
White-faced Duck
African Pygmy-goose
Egyptian Goose
African Black Duck
Yellow-billed Duck
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Pink-backed Pelican
PHALACROCORACIDAE: Cormorants
White-breasted (Great) Cormorant
Reed (Long-tailed) Cormorant
African Darter
Shoebill
Little Bittern
Cattle Egret
Little Egret
Squacco Heron
Green-backed Heron
Yellow-billed Egret
Great Egret
Grey Heron
Purple Heron
Goliath Heron
Black-headed Heron
Hamerkop
African Sacred Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
Abdim's Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
African Openbill
Marabou Stork
Osprey
Black-shouldered Kite
Black Kite
Hooded Vulture
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Bateleur
African Harrier-Hawk
Western Marsh-Harrier
African Marsh-Harrier
Gabar Goshawk
African Goshawk
Shikra
Little Sparrowhawk
Black (Great) Sparrowhawk
Lizard Buzzard
Common Buzzard
Augur Buzzard
African Fish-Eagle
Palm-nut Vulture
Wahlberg's Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Peregrine Falcon
Red-necked Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
African Hobby
Grey Kestrel
Common Kestrel (Roadside)
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White-spotted Flufftail (Mabira)
Spotted Crake (Lake Bisina)
Black Crake
Allen's Gallinule
African Purple Swamphen
Common Moorhen
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Grey Crowned Crane
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Black-winged Stilt
Long-toed Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
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African Jacana
Lesser Jacana
Ruff
Marsh Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Wood Sandpiper
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Grey-headed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Common Tern
Whiskered Tern
African Skimmer
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African Green-Pigeon
Tambourine Dove
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
Black-billed Wood-Dove
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon
African Olive-Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Rock Dove
Red-eyed Dove
African Mourning Dove
Cape Turtle Dove
Laughing Dove
African Grey Parrot
Great Blue Turaco
Ross's Turaco
Black-billed Turaco
Eastern Grey Plantain-eater
Jacobin Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
African Cuckoo
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo (Mabira and Semuliki)
African Emerald Cuckoo
Yellow-throated Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
Diderick Cuckoo
Green Malkoha
White-browed Coucal
Black Coucal
Blue-headed Coucal
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Sabine's Spinetail
Cassin's Spinetail
Mottled Spinetail
Scarce Swift
African Palm-Swift
White-rumped Swift
Horus Swift
Little Swift
Speckled Mousebird
Blue-naped Mousebird
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Broad-billed Roller
Blue-throated Roller (Mabira)
Grey-headed Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Blue-breasted Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Malachite Kingfisher
African Pygmy Kingfisher
Dwarf Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Madagascar Bee-eater
White-throated Bee-eater
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
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Forest Wood-Hoopoe (Mabira)
Crowned Hornbill
African Pied Hornbill (Mabira, Kibale, Semuliki)
African Grey Hornbill
Piping (White-tailed) Hornbill
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill
White-thighed Hornbill (Semuliki)
Black-casqued Wattled Hornbill
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Grey-throated Barbet
Speckled Tinkerbird
Red-rumped Tinkerbird
Yellow-throated Tinkerbird
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird
Yellow-spotted Barbet
Hairy-breasted Barbet
White-headed Barbet
Black-billed Barbet
Yellow-billed Barbet
Double-toothed Barbet
Lesser Honeyguide
Thick-billed Honeyguide
Cassin's Honeybird
Nubian Woodpecker
Buff-spotted Woodpecker (Mabira)
Cardinal Woodpecker
Gabon Woodpecker (Semuliki)
Yellow-crested Woodpecker
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Shrike-flycatcher
Black-and-white Flycatcher
Chinspot Batis
Brown-throated Wattle-eye
Black-throated Wattle-eye
Chestnut Wattle-eye (Mt. Elgon)
Jameson's Wattle-eye
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Marsh Tchagra (Lake Bisina)
Bocage's Bush-Shrike
Luehder's Bush-Shrike
Tropical Boubou
Black-headed Gonolek
Papyrus Gonolek
Lowland Sooty Boubou (Mabira)
Northern Puffback
Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike
Petit's Cuckooshrike
Purple-throated Cuckooshrike
Grey Cuckooshrike
Mackinnon's Shrike
Grey-backed Fiscal
Common Fiscal
Black-headed Oriole
Mountain Oriole
Western Oriole (Mabira)
Fork-tailed Drongo
Velvet-mantled Drongo
African Blue Flycatcher
White-tailed Blue Flycatcher (Mt. Elgon)
Dusky Crested Flycatcher (Semuliki)
Blue-headed Crested Flycatcher (Semuliki)
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Red-bellied Paradise-Flycatcher
Pied Crow
White-shouldered Black Tit
White-bellied Tit (Mt. Elgon)
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Western Nicator
Little Grey Greenbul
Little Greenbul
Yellow-whiskered Greenbul
Slender-billed Greenbul
Toro Olive Greenbul
White-throated Greenbul
Honeyguide Greenbul
Joyful Greenbul
Yellow-throated Leaf-love
Common (Dark-capped) Bulbul
Red-tailed Bristlebill
Green-tailed Bristlebill (Mabira)
Red-tailed Greenbul
Banded Martin
Sand Martin
Wire-tailed Swallow
Barn Swallow
Angola Swallow
Mosque Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
White-headed Saw-wing
Black Saw-wing
Willow Warbler
African Reed-Warbler
Greater Swamp-Warbler (Lake Bisina)
Black-faced Rufous Warbler
Red-faced Cisticola
Chubb's Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Carruthers's Cisticola
Rattling Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Tawny-flanked Prinia
White-chinned Prinia
Grey-backed Camaroptera
Olive-green Camaroptera
Chestnut-throated Apalis
Buff-throated Apalis
Grey Apalis
Black-throated Apalis
Grey-capped Warbler
Brown Illadopsis (Mabira)
Scaly-breasted Illadopsis
White-winged Swamp-Warbler
Grey Longbill
Yellow Longbill
Northern Crombec (Semuliki Wildlife Reserve)
White-browed Crombec
Green Crombec (Mabira & Semuliki)
Uganda Woodland-Warbler (Mabira)
Green Hylia
African Yellow White-eye
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Narrow-tailed Starling
Red-winged Starling
Chestnut-winged Starling
Slender-billed Starling (Mt. Elgon)
Purple-headed Starling
Splendid Glossy Starling
Ruppell's Starling
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Fire-crested Alethe
Brown-chested Alethe (Semuliki)
Red-tailed Rufous Thrush
Fraser's Rufous Thrush
White-tailed Rufous Thrush
African Thrush (Mabamba)
African Dusky Flycatcher
Swamp Flycatcher
Cassin's Flycatcher
Ashy Flycatcher
Dusky-blue Flycatcher
White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher
Northern Black-Flycatcher (Mabamba)
Grey-throated Tit-Flycatcher
Eastern Forest Robin
Red-capped Robin-Chat
White-browed Robin-Chat
Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat
Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat
White-browed Scrub-Robin
Whinchat
Sooty Chat
Grey-headed Sunbird (Mabira)
Collared Sunbird
Little Green Sunbird
Olive Sunbird
Green-headed Sunbird
Green-throated Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
Olive-bellied Sunbird
Northern Double-collared Sunbird
Purple-banded Sunbird
Red-chested Sunbird
Copper Sunbird
Bronzy Sunbird
Northern Grey-headed Sparrow
House Sparrow
Thick-billed Weaver
Baglafecht Weaver
Slender-billed Weaver
Black-necked Weaver
Spectacled Weaver (Mt. Elgon)
Black-billed Weaver
Golden Weaver (Fort Portal)
Orange Weaver
Northern Brown-throated Weaver
Black-headed Weaver
Golden-backed Weaver
Lesser Masked Weaver
Village Weaver
Vieillot's Black Weaver
Weyns's Weaver
Yellow-mantled Weaver
Brown-capped Weaver (Kibale)
Crested Malimbe (Semuliki)
Red-headed Malimbe
Cardinal Quelea
Red-headed Quelea (Lake Bisina)
Yellow-crowned Bishop (Lake Bisina)
Black Bishop
Northern Red Bishop
Fan-tailed Widowbird (Lake Victoria)
Grey-headed Nigrita
White-breasted Nigrita
Black-bellied Seedcracker
Red-headed Bluebill
Red-billed Firefinch
Fawn-breasted Waxbill
Orange-cheeked Waxbill
Black-rumped Waxbill (Semuliki Wildlife Reserve)
Common Waxbill
Black-crowned Waxbill
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Bronze Mannikin
Black-and-white Mannikin
Pin-tailed Whydah (Kampala)
African Pied Wagtail
Cape Wagtail
Yellow Wagtail
Plain-backed Pipit
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Yellow-crowned Canary (Mt. Elgon)
African Citril
White-bellied Canary
Thick-billed Seedeater
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