Site Report: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest - Buhoma

Collared Sunbird (Hedydipna collaris)

Eastern Gorilla (Gorilla berengei)

Rwenzori Sun Squirrel (Heliosciurus ruwenzorii)

Brown-throated Wattle-eye (Platysteira cyanea)

Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher (Bias musicus) - Female

Red-tailed Monkey (Cercopithecus ascanius)

Black-necked Weaver (Ploceus nigricollis) - Male

Luehder's Bushshrike (Laniarius luehderi)

Collared Sunbird (Hedydipna collaris) - Male

Slender-billed Greenbul (Stelgidillas gracilirostris)

Blue Malkoha (Ceuthmochares aereus)

Golden-crowned Woodpecker (Dendropicos xantholophus)

Bar-tailed Trogon (Apaloderma vittatum) - Female

Levaillant's Cuckoo (Clamator levaillantii)

Blue-throated Roller (Eurystomus gularis)

Bronze-naped Pigeon (Columba iriditorques)

White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher (Melaenornis fischeri)

African Wood-Owl (Strix woodfordii)

Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher (Bias musicus) - Male

Tambourine Dove (Turtur tympanistria)

Weyns's Duiker (Cephalophus weynsi)

Petit's Cuckooshrike (Campephaga petiti) - Male

Rufous Flycatcher-Thrush (Neocossyphus fraseri)

Vieillot's Weaver (Ploceus nigerrimus)

Gray-headed Nigrita (Nigrita canicapillus)

Waller's Starling (Onychognathus walleri)

Purple-headed Starling (Hylopsar purpureiceps)

Gray-headed Sunbird (Deleornis axillaris)

Ansorge's Greenbul (Eurillas ansorgei)

Shelley's Greenbul (Arizelocichla masukuensis)

Cabanis's Greenbul (Phyllastrephus cabanisi)

Little Greenbul (Eurillas virens)

White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher (Melaenornis fischeri)

Buff-throated Apalis (Apalis rufogularis)

Lesser Striped-Swallow (Cecropis abyssinica)

Dusky-blue Flycatcher (Bradornis comitatus)

Red-headed Malimbe (Malimbus rubricollis)

White-tailed Ant-Thrush (Neocossyphus poensis)

Olive-bellied Sunbird (Cinnyris chloropygius)

Bwindi is a higher elevation forest in Southwestern Uganda which is famous for its Mountain Gorillas.

Visits

2017-01-06: We arrived in the afternoon after a multitude of car troubles. First off, our car died with a bad alternator. After waiting all morning, we were arranged a ride with some local guy with a car. I knew we were in trouble when he started pumping up one of the tires with a broken bicycle pump. About halfway to Buhoma, the tire blew out. Luckily, another man (who like the AC!) came by and gave us a lift to Buhoma. On the way there, some boy with a stick whacked the car. It was fun to watch our middle-aged driver try to chase him down.
2017-01-07: Walked on the road deep into the forest where we also saw a few red-tailed monkeys. On the way back to the hotel, we nearly stepped on Gorillas that happened to be hanging out next the road. The rangers were not happy that we saw free gorillas...
2017-01-08: We took an early morning walk along the road hoping to find some forest birds before all the people came along. Instead, we were interrupted by a parade of road gorillas. After some time, the wildlife authority came and yelled at us for walking on the road...

Species Seen

Kingdom: Animals (82 records)

Phylum: Chordates (82 records)

Class: Birds (76 records)

Order: Bucerotiformes (2 records)
- Family: Hornbills
- Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill (Bycanistes subcylindricus)
- Family: Wood-hoopoes
- White-headed Woodhoopoe (Phoeniculus bollei)

Order: Cuckoos (2 records)
- Family: Cuckoos
- Levaillant's Cuckoo (Clamator levaillantii)
- Blue Malkoha (Ceuthmochares aereus)

Order: Doves and Pigeons (4 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Bronze-naped Pigeon (Columba iriditorques)
- Red-eyed Dove (Streptopelia semitorquata)
- Blue-spotted Wood-Dove (Turtur afer)
- Tambourine Dove (Turtur tympanistria)

Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Mountain Buzzard (Buteo oreophilus)

Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (2 records)
- Family: Bee-eaters
- Black Bee-eater (Merops gularis)
- Family: Rollers
- Blue-throated Roller (Eurystomus gularis)

Order: Musophagiformes (2 records)
- Family: Turacos
- Black-billed Turaco (Tauraco schuettii)
- Great Blue Turaco (Corythaeola cristata)

Order: Owls And Nightjars (1 record)
- Family: Typical Owls
- African Wood-Owl (Strix woodfordii)

Order: Pelicans (1 record)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- Hadada Ibis (Bostrychia hagedash)

Order: Perching Birds (54 records)
- Family: African Warblers
- Green Crombec (Sylvietta virens)
- Family: Chickadees and Titmice
- Dusky Tit (Melaniparus funereus)
- Family: Gonoleks
- Luehder's Bushshrike (Laniarius luehderi)
- Gray-green Bushshrike (Chlorophoneus bocagei)
- Family: Ground Babblers and Allies
- Scaly-breasted Illadopsis (Illadopsis albipectus)
- Family: Hylias
- Green Hylia (Hylia prasina)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Petit's Cuckooshrike (Campephaga petiti)
- Pink-footed Puffback (Dryoscopus angolensis)
- Family: Old World Flycatchers
- Dusky-blue Flycatcher (Bradornis comitatus)
- Family: Paradise-flycatcher
- African Paradise-Flycatcher (Terpsiphone viridis)
- Family: Shrike-flycatchers
- Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher (Bias musicus)
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye (Platysteira cyanea)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Waller's Starling (Onychognathus walleri)
- Purple-headed Starling (Hylopsar purpureiceps)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- African Pied Wagtail (Motacilla aguimp)

Order: Trogons (1 record)
- Family: Trogons
- Bar-tailed Trogon (Apaloderma vittatum)

Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides (6 records)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Golden-crowned Woodpecker (Chloropicus xantholophus)
- Elliot's Woodpecker (Dendropicos elliotii)

Class: Mammals (6 records)

Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean (1 record)
- Family: Bovids
- Weyns's Duiker (Cephalophus weynsi)

Order: Primates (3 records)
- Family: Hominidae
- Eastern Gorilla (Gorilla beringei)
- Family: Old World Monkeys
- Red-tailed Monkey (Cercopithecus ascanius)
- Blue Monkey (Cercopithecus mitis)

Order: Rodents (2 records)
- Family: Squirrels
- Rwenzori Sun Squirrel (Heliosciurus ruwenzorii)
- Boehm's Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus boehmi)

Lifelists

Trips

Uganda and stops between