Uganda has a total of about 1061 bird species which amounts to about half of the total birds species in Africa making Uganda one of the best birding destinations in Africa.
Uganda Wildlife Conservation Education Centre (UWEC) is a home to over 250 bird species.
The four ecosystems at UWEC; Forest, Savannah, wetland and open fresh water provide varied habitats for the diversity of birds at the Centre.
Uganda Wildlife Conservation Education Center shelters ¼ of Uganda’s bird spices which include aquatic , terrestrial, migratory and native birds.
With the strategic location, diverse ecosystems, expert bird guides and documentation ,UWEC is a very commendable birding destination that gives you an opportunity to sight over 250 bird species that captive and free ranging bird species on the 72 hectares.
Below are some of the must see birds as you visit the Centre.
- Black open billed stork
2) Marabou stork
3) Shoebill
4) Hadada ibis
5) Sacred ibis
6) Little egret
7) Grey Heron
8) Black headed heron
9) Cattle egret
10) Grey crowned crane
11) Black headed weaver
12) Yellow backed weaver
13) Slender billed weaver
14) Little weaver
15) vieillolet’s black weaver
16) Gross beaked weaver
17) Orange weaver
18) Spectacled weaver
19) Black necked weaver
20) Northern grey headed sparrow
21) Black headed gonolek
22) African fire finch
23) Red billed fire finch
24) Bronze manikin
25) Pied manikin
26) Red cheeked cordon bleu
27) Black and white casqued hornbill
28) Crowned hornbill
29) Speckled pigeon
30) African green pigeon
31) Tambourine dove
32) Ring necked dove
33) Red eyed dove
34) Blue spotted dove
35) Mourning dove
36) African thrush
37) White browed robin-chat
38) Snowy capped robin-chat
39) Willow warbler
40) Black faced rufous warbler
41) Dark capped yellow warbler
42) African paradise fly
43) Northern black fly
44) Red bellied paradise fly catcher
45) Pied kingfisher
46) Pygmy kingfisher
47) Blue breasted kingfisher
48) Woodland kingfisher
49) Giant kingfisher
50) Malachite kingfisher
51) Hooded vulture
52) Palm nut vulture
53) Black kite
54) Yellow billed kite
55) Lizard buzzard
56) African harrier hawk
57) African fish eagle
58) Veroxis’ eagle owl
59) Pied crow
60) Egyptian geese
61) Yellow billed duck
62) Knob billed duck
63) Ross’ turaco
64) Great blue turaco
65) Eastern grey plantain
66) Yellow fronted tinker bird
67) Yellow ramped tinker bird
68) Double toothed
69) Little bee-eater
70) White throated bee-eater
71) Blue cheeked bee-eater
72) Scarlet chested
73) Bronze sun bird
74) Red chested sunbird
75) Green headed sunbird
76) Common bulbul
77) Little green bull
78) White throated green bull
79) Yellow throated green bull
80) Senegal coucal
81) White broad coucal
82) Black and white cuckoo
83) Diedrik cuckoo
84) Klass’ cuckoo
85) Grey woodpecker
86) Cardinal woodpecker
87) Broad billed roller
88) Common fiscal
90) Pied wagtail
91) Yellow wagtail
92) Spur winged plover
93) Banded plover
94) Little ringed plover
95) Common ringed plover
96) Black winged stilt
97) Common sand piper
98) Wood sandpiper
99) Little stint
100) Grey headed gull
101) Common black headed gull
102) Black crake
103) Common green shank
104) Gull billed tern
105) White winged tern
106) Brown throated wattle eye
107) Yellow white eye
108) Long tailed cameloptera
109) Grey backed camelopera
110) Angola swallow
111) Barn swallow
112) Lesser striped swallow
113) Palm swift
114) Pink backed pelican
115) Great white pelican
116) Rupell’s long tailed starling
117) Glossy starling
118) Violet backed starling
119) White chinned prinia
120) Tawny-flanked prinia
121) Helmeted guinea fowl
122) African Grey parrot
125)brown throated wattle eye
126)Senegal coucal
127)African emerland coukoo
128)olive bellied sunbird
129)Colored sunbird
200)Blue breasted bee eater
201)Little bee eater
202)White throated bee eater
204)Double toothed barbet
205)Yellow white eye
206)Northern brown throated weaver
207)Green stone canary
208)Green plover
209)yellow ramped tinker bird
210)variable sunbird 211)Grey caped warbler
212)Grey winged robin chart
213)Marsh tchagra
214)white Fronted plover
215 yellow throated tinker bird.
