Site Report: Lake Mburo National Park
Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
Striated Heron (Butorides striata)
Ring-necked Dove (Streptopelia capicola)
Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)
Aurochs (Bos taurus)
Dwarf Mongoose (Helogale parvula)
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow (Passer griseus)
Wattled Lapwing (Vanellus senegallus)
Topi (Damaliscus lunatus)
Bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus)
Wahlberg's Eagle (Hieraaetus wahlbergi)
Rueppell's Starling (Lamprotornis purpuroptera)
Dideric Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx caprius)
Spot-flanked Barbet (Tricholaema lacrymosa)
Village Weaver (Ploceus cucullatus) - Male
Vieillot's Weaver (Ploceus nigerrimus)
African Finfoot (Podica senegalensis) - Female
Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta)
African Fish-Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer)
Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) - Juvenile
Rufous-chested Swallow (Cecropis semirufa)
African Pipit (Anthus cinnamomeus)
Yellow-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus africanus)
African Finfoot (Podica senegalensis) - Male
Trilling Cisticola (Cisticola woosnami)
Mariqua Sunbird (Cinnyris mariquensis)
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Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
Striated Heron (Butorides striata)
Ring-necked Dove (Streptopelia capicola)
Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)
Aurochs (Bos taurus)
Dwarf Mongoose (Helogale parvula)
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow (Passer griseus)
Wattled Lapwing (Vanellus senegallus)
Topi (Damaliscus lunatus)
Bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus)
Wahlberg's Eagle (Hieraaetus wahlbergi)
Rueppell's Starling (Lamprotornis purpuroptera)
Dideric Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx caprius)
Spot-flanked Barbet (Tricholaema lacrymosa)
Village Weaver (Ploceus cucullatus) - Male
Vieillot's Weaver (Ploceus nigerrimus)
African Finfoot (Podica senegalensis) - Female
Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta)
African Fish-Eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer)
Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) - Juvenile
Rufous-chested Swallow (Cecropis semirufa)
African Pipit (Anthus cinnamomeus)
Yellow-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus africanus)
African Finfoot (Podica senegalensis) - Male
Trilling Cisticola (Cisticola woosnami)
Mariqua Sunbird (Cinnyris mariquensis)
Savannah and lake.
Visits
- 2017-01-01: We arrived late in the afternoon, and we took a quick game drive through the park.
- 2017-01-02: We did a walking safari for a bit in the morning, and then mid-morning we headed over to the lake to look for the Finfoot where we found two of them.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (86 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(86 records)
Class: Birds
(72 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(2 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
- Yellow-billed Duck (Anas undulata)
- Order: Bucerotiformes
(1 record)
- Family: Hornbills
- African Gray Hornbill (Lophoceros nasutus)
- Order: Coliiformes
(1 record)
- Family: Mousebirds
- Speckled Mousebird (Colius striatus)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(3 records)
- Family: Cranes
- Gray Crowned-Crane (Balearica regulorum)
- Family: Finfoots
- African Finfoot (Podica senegalensis)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Black Crake (Zapornia flavirostra)
- Order: Cuckoos (2 records)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons (5 records)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (5 records)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(1 record)
- Family: Swifts
- Little Swift (Apus affinis)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(7 records)
- Family: Bee-eaters
- Little Bee-eater (Merops pusillus)
- European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Malachite Kingfisher (Corythornis cristatus)
- Woodland Kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis)
- Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)
- Order: Musophagiformes
(1 record)
- Family: Turacos
- Eastern Plantain-eater (Crinifer zonurus)
- Order: Parrots
(2 records)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Red-headed Lovebird (Agapornis pullarius)
- Brown-necked Parrot (Poicephalus fuscicollis)
- Order: Pelicans
(10 records)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Gray Kestrel (Falco ardosiaceus)
- Family: Hamerkops
- Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta)
- Family: Herons
- Goliath Heron (Ardea goliath)
- Western Cattle Egret (Ardea ibis)
- Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides)
- Striated Heron (Butorides striata)
- Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- Hadada Ibis (Bostrychia hagedash)
- African Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
- Order: Perching Birds
(26 records)
- Family: Bulbuls
- Common Bulbul (Pycnonotus barbatus)
- Family: Chickadees and Titmice
- White-winged Black-Tit (Melaniparus leucomelas)
- Family: Drongos
- Fork-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus adsimilis)
- Family: Gonoleks
- Black-headed Gonolek (Laniarius erythrogaster)
- Family: Indigobirds
- Pin-tailed Whydah (Vidua macroura)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Northern Gray-headed Sparrow (Passer griseus)
- Lesser Masked-Weaver (Ploceus intermedius)
- Village Weaver (Ploceus cucullatus)
- Vieillot's Weaver (Ploceus nigerrimus)
- African Firefinch (Lagonosticta rubricata)
- Bronze Mannikin (Spermestes cucullata)
- Family: Oxpeckers
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus africanus)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- Trilling Cisticola (Cisticola woosnami)
- Winding Cisticola (Cisticola marginatus)
- Family: Shrikes
- Gray-backed Fiscal (Lanius excubitoroides)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Rueppell's Starling (Lamprotornis purpuroptera)
- Family: Sunbirds
- Marico Sunbird (Cinnyris mariquensis)
- Family: Swallows
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Rufous-chested Swallow (Cecropis semirufa)
- Mosque Swallow (Cecropis senegalensis)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- White-browed Robin-Chat (Cossypha heuglini)
- Sooty Chat (Myrmecocichla nigra)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- African Pied Wagtail (Motacilla aguimp)
- Western Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
- African Pipit (Anthus cinnamomeus)
- Family: Weavers
- Fan-tailed Widowbird (Euplectes axillaris)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Plovers
- Wattled Lapwing (Vanellus senegallus)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(3 records)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Crested Francolin (Ortygornis sephaena)
- Red-necked Francolin (Pternistis afer)
- Family: Guineafowl
- Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(2 records)
- Family: African Barbets
- Spot-flanked Barbet (Tricholaema lacrymosa)
- Crested Barbet (Trachyphonus vaillantii)
Class: Mammals
(13 records)
- Order: Carnivorans
(1 record)
- Family: Herpestidae
- Dwarf Mongoose (Helogale parvula)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean (9 records)
- Family: Hippopotamidae
- Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
- Family: Suidae
- Common Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus)
- Order: Perissodactyla
(1 record)
- Family: Equidae
- Burchell's Zebra (Equus burchellii)
- Order: Primates
(2 records)
- Family: Old World Monkeys
- Anubis Baboon (Papio anubis)
- Tantalus Monkey (Chlorocebus tantalis)
Class: Reptiles
(1 record)
- Order: Alligators and Crocodiles
(1 record)
- Family: Crocodiles
- Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)