Uganda Ramsar wetland
Lake Nabugabo
178 bird species recorded; the most in February.
SharonDawn · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
105 species in January.126 species in February.56 species in March.86 species in April.42 species in May.104 species in June.30 species in July.13 species in August.12 species in September.8 species in October.18 species in November.38 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
178 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 178Speciesrecorded more than once
- 66Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 1,373Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 1,138 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 13Raptors
- 1Owls
- 8Waders
- 3Gulls & seabirds
- 4Ducks & geese
- 18Herons, ibises & grebes
- 6Storks & cranes
- 73Songbirds
- 52Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 178 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
- African Fish EagleHaliaeetus vocifer
- African Harrier-hawkPolyboroides typus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorus
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
- Grey KestrelFalco ardosiaceus
- Lizard BuzzardKaupifalco monogrammicus
- Steppe eagleAquila nipalensis
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Wood OwlStrix woodfordii
Waders8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Lesser Black-winged PloverVanellus lugubris
- African JacanaActophilornis africanus
- Long-toed LapwingVanellus crassirostris
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- Little StintCalidris minuta
Gulls & seabirds3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
Ducks & geese4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata
- Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
Herons, ibises & grebes18 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- HadadaBostrychia hagedash
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- HamerkopScopus umbretta
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Long-tailed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Rufous-bellied HeronArdeola rufiventris
- DarterAnhinga rufa
Storks & cranes6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Leptoptilos crumeniferLeptoptilos crumenifer
- Grey Crowned CraneBalearica regulorum
- African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis
- SaddlebillEphippiorhynchus senegalensisNT
- Openbill StorkAnastomus lamelligerus
- Abdim's storkCiconia abdimii
Songbirds73 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Rüppell's StarlingLamprotornis purpuroptera
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
- Sooty ChatMyrmecocichla nigra
- Yellow-throated LongclawMacronyx croceus
- Motacilla aguimpMotacilla aguimp
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
- Turdus peliosTurdus pelios
- Angolan SwallowHirundo angolensis
- Splendid StarlingLamprotornis splendidus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- African PipitAnthus cinnamomeus
- Pied CrowCorvus albus
- Green White-eyeZosterops stuhlmanni
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
- Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
- Plain-backed PipitAnthus leucophrys
- Black-necked WeaverPloceus nigricollis
- Red-shouldered WhydahEuplectes axillaris
- Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
- Red-chested SunbirdCinnyris erythrocercus
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
- Bronze MannikinLonchura cucullata
- Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
- Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
- Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
- Black-headed GonolekLaniarius erythrogaster
- Northern Brown-throated WeaverPloceus castanops
- Vieillot's Black WeaverPloceus nigerrimus
- Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus
- Olive-bellied SunbirdCinnyris chloropygius
- Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
- Grey-backed FiscalLanius excubitoroides
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Marsh WidowbirdEuplectes hartlaubi
- Grey-crowned NegrofinchNigrita canicapillus
- Black-headed Paradise-flycatcherTerpsiphone rufiventer
- African Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
- Black-headed OrioleOriolus larvatus
- Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcherBias musicus
- Scarlet-spectacled Wattle-eyePlatysteira cyanea
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Lesser Masked WeaverPloceus intermedius
- Banded MartinRiparia cincta
- Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
- Little GreenbulEurillas virens
- Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
- Marico SunbirdCinnyris mariquensis
- Green-headed SunbirdCyanomitra verticalis
- Mosque SwallowCecropis senegalensis
- Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
- Purple Glossy-starlingLamprotornis purpureus
- White-headed SawwingPsalidoprocne albiceps
- Lead-coloured FlycatcherMyioparus plumbeus
- Dusky FlycatcherMuscicapa adusta
- Lesser Grey ShrikeLanius minor
- Green CrombecSylvietta virens
- Black-and-white MuniaLonchura bicolor
- Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
- Spectacled WeaverPloceus ocularis
- Weyns's WeaverPloceus weynsi
- Slender-billed WeaverPloceus pelzelni
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivacea
- Brimstone CanaryCrithagra sulphurata
- Western OrioleOriolus brachyrynchus
- Yellow-throated LeafloveAtimastillas flavicollis
- Copper SunbirdCinnyris cupreus
- Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
- Green-throated SunbirdChalcomitra rubescens
- Grey-rumped SwallowPseudhirundo griseopyga
Other birds52 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey-cheeked HornbillBycanistes subcylindricus
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Eastern Plantain-eaterCrinifer zonurus
- Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
- Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
- Crowned HornbillLophoceros alboterminatus
- Lady Ross's TuracoMusophaga rossae
- Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
- African Green-pigeonTreron calvus
- Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
- Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
- Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
- White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
- Grey ParrotPsittacus erithacus
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
- Great Blue TuracoCorythaeola cristata
- Blue-breasted Bee-eaterMerops variegatus
- Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicuti
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
- Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx cupreus
- White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Scaly FrancolinPternistis squamatus
- Yellow-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus bilineatus
- Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
- Red-necked SpurfowlPternistis afer
- Meyer's ParrotPoicephalus meyeri
- Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
- Blue MalkohaCeuthmochares aereus
- Fiery-necked NightjarCaprimulgus pectoralis
- Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
- European SwiftApus apus
- Tambourine DoveTurtur tympanistria
- Blue-spotted Wood-doveTurtur afer
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
- African Pied HornbillLophoceros fasciatus
- Black CrakeAmaurornis flavirostra
- Black-bellied KorhaanLissotis melanogaster
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
- African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
- African Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos goertae
- Double-toothed BarbetLybius bidentatus
- Red-headed LovebirdAgapornis pullarius
- Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
- Blue-breasted KingfisherHalcyon malimbica
- Afep PigeonColumba unicincta
- White-browed CoucalCentropus superciliosus
- Blue-headed CoucalCentropus monachus
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in February.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan27°/21°79 mm
- Feb27°/22°86 mm
- Mar26°/21°150 mm
- Apr25°/21°169 mm
- May24°/21°145 mm
- Jun24°/20°36 mm
- Jul25°/20°35 mm
- Aug26°/21°65 mm
- Sep26°/21°93 mm
- Oct25°/21°125 mm
- Nov25°/20°150 mm
- Dec26°/21°105 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Lake Nabugabo.
Lake in Uganda
Lake Nabugabo is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Uganda, 1,138 m above the sea.
178 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 1,373 open records.
The most recorded are the Grey-cheeked Hornbill, the Hadada and the Pied Kingfisher.
29 species come for the summer, 33 for the winter and 4 only pass through.
The most species are recorded in February.
Get there and watch
- Nabugabo Holiday Centreplace to stay · 3.2 km · 3 within 10 km
- Masakanearest town · 19 km in a straight line
- Entebbe International Airport (EBB)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 76 km in a straight lineCar hire in KampalaDiscover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 3places to stay within 10 kmNabugabo Holiday Centre, Terrace View Beach, Sand Beach Resort
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Lake Nabugabo.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Lake Nabugabo
Uganda
- 58Birdyas Score
- 178Species
- 66Migrants
- 0Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q1962096) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 1,373 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Lakeyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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