Site Report: Road to Mburo
Equator
Gray Crowned-Crane (Balearica regulorum)
Little Swift (Apus affinis)
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Equator
Gray Crowned-Crane (Balearica regulorum)
Little Swift (Apus affinis)
The road to the southwest of Uganda.
Visits
- 2017-01-01: After dealing with no Shoebill and a pricing scam at Mabamba Swamp, I was determined to find a Shoebill elsewhere. So, we stopped at every swamp on the way to Mburo National Park where we also did not see a Shoebill.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (17 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(17 records)
Class: Birds
(17 records)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Cranes
- Gray Crowned-Crane (Balearica regulorum)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Speckled Pigeon (Columba guinea)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
- Long-crested Eagle (Lophaetus occipitalis)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(1 record)
- Family: Swifts
- Little Swift (Apus affinis)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(1 record)
- Family: Rollers
- Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracias caudatus)
- Order: Pelicans
(6 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Reed Cormorant (Microcarbo africanus)
- Family: Jacanas
- African Jacana (Actophilornis africanus)
- Family: Storks
- African Openbill (Anastomus lamelligerus)
- Saddle-billed Stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)
- Order: Perching Birds
(5 records)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Pied Crow (Corvus albus)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Village Weaver (Ploceus cucullatus)
- Family: Shrikes
- Gray-backed Fiscal (Lanius excubitoroides)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Splendid Starling (Lamprotornis splendidus)
- Family: Swallows
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)