Uganda Ramsar wetland
Mabamba Bay
477 bird species recorded; the most from July to August and in November.
Mabamba · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
304 species in January.319 species in February.271 species in March.291 species in April.297 species in May.310 species in June.363 species in July.350 species in August.295 species in September.324 species in October.352 species in November.326 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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VUVUVUVU- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
477 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).
- 477Speciesrecorded more than once
- 136Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 10ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 85,635Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 1,135 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 45Raptors
- 5Owls
- 26Waders
- 9Gulls & seabirds
- 14Ducks & geese
- 26Herons, ibises & grebes
- 8Storks & cranes
- 231Songbirds
- 113Other 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 477 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors45 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- African Fish EagleHaliaeetus vocifer
- Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Lizard BuzzardKaupifalco monogrammicus
- African Harrier-hawkPolyboroides typus
- Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Wahlberg's EagleHieraaetus wahlbergi
- Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachusCR
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Grey KestrelFalco ardosiaceus
- Brown Snake EagleCircaetus cinereus
- Western Banded Snake EagleCircaetus cinerascens
- African hobbyFalco cuvierii
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Black-chested Snake EagleCircaetus pectoralis
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Bat HawkMacheiramphus alcinus
- Tawny EagleAquila rapaxVU
- White-backed VultureGyps africanusCR
- European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
- Beaudouin's Snake EagleCircaetus beaudouiniVU
- Gabar GoshawkMicronisus gabar
- African Cuckoo HawkAviceda cuculoides
- LannerFalco biarmicus
- Ayres's Hawk-EagleHieraaetus ayresii
- Lesser spotted eagleAquila pomarina
- BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
- White-headed VultureTrigonoceps occipitalisCR
- Martial eaglePolemaetus bellicosus
- Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargus
- Augur BuzzardButeo augur
- Dark Chanting-GoshawkMelierax metabates
- Steppe eagleAquila nipalensis
- Egyptian vultureNeophron percnopterus
- Pallid HarrierCircus macrourusNT
- Booted eagleHieraaetus pennatus
- Eastern Chanting GoshawkMelierax poliopterus
- Rüppell's VultureGyps rueppelliiCR
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Sooty FalconFalco concolorVU
- African Hawk-EagleAquila spilogaster
Owls5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Wood OwlStrix woodfordii
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- African Scops-owlOtus senegalensis
- Southern White-faced OwlPtilopsis granti
- Spotted Eagle-OwlBubo africanus
Waders26 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- African JacanaActophilornis africanus
- Long-toed LapwingVanellus crassirostris
- Lesser JacanaMicroparra capensis
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Lesser Black-winged PloverVanellus lugubris
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
- Water DikkopBurhinus vermiculatus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- African SnipeGallinago nigripennis
- Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
- Brown-chested LapwingVanellus superciliosus
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
- Rock PratincoleGlareola nuchalis
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Crowned lapwingVanellus coronatus
Gulls & seabirds9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- African SkimmerRynchops flavirostris
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
Ducks & geese14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata
- White-faced Whistling-duckDendrocygna viduata
- Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
- Pygmy GooseNettapus auritus
- White-backed DuckThalassornis leuconotus
- Blue-billed TealSpatula hottentota
- Fulvous Whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolor
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Red-billed TealAnas erythrorhyncha
- Southern PochardNetta erythrophthalma
- African Black DuckAnas sparsa
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Herons, ibises & grebes26 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Whale-headed StorkBalaeniceps rexVU
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Long-tailed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
- Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- HamerkopScopus umbretta
- HadadaBostrychia hagedash
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Goliath HeronArdea goliath
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Rufous-bellied HeronArdeola rufiventris
- Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- DarterAnhinga rufa
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
- African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
- White-backed Night HeronGorsachius leuconotus
Storks & cranes8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Openbill StorkAnastomus lamelligerus
- Leptoptilos crumeniferLeptoptilos crumenifer
- Grey Crowned CraneBalearica regulorum
- SaddlebillEphippiorhynchus senegalensisNT
- Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
- Abdim's storkCiconia abdimii
- African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
Songbirds231 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Winding CisticolaCisticola marginatus
- Northern Brown-throated WeaverPloceus castanops
- Swamp FlycatcherMuscicapa aquatica
- Red-shouldered WhydahEuplectes axillaris
- Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
- Motacilla aguimpMotacilla aguimp
- Red-chested SunbirdCinnyris erythrocercus
- Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Bronze MannikinLonchura cucullata
- Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
- Angolan SwallowHirundo angolensis
- Slender-billed WeaverPloceus pelzelni
- Vieillot's Black WeaverPloceus nigerrimus
- Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus
- Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
- Sooty ChatMyrmecocichla nigra
- Pied CrowCorvus albus
- Rüppell's StarlingLamprotornis purpuroptera
- Yellow-throated LongclawMacronyx croceus
- Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
- Splendid StarlingLamprotornis splendidus
- Turdus peliosTurdus pelios
- Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
- Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
- Weyns's WeaverPloceus weynsi
- Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
- Green White-eyeZosterops stuhlmanni
- Papyrus GonolekLaniarius mufumbiriNT
- Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
- Black-headed GonolekLaniarius erythrogaster
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis
- Scarlet-spectacled Wattle-eyePlatysteira cyanea
- Grey-capped WarblerEminia lepida
- Greater Swamp-WarblerAcrocephalus rufescens
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Mosque SwallowCecropis senegalensis
- African Blue-flycatcherElminia longicauda
- Yellow-throated LeafloveAtimastillas flavicollis
- Black-and-white MuniaLonchura bicolor
- Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
- Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcherBias musicus
- Western Black FlycatcherMelaenornis edolioides
- Carruthers's CisticolaCisticola carruthersi
- Grosbeak WeaverAmblyospiza albifrons
- Olive-bellied SunbirdCinnyris chloropygius
- Black-necked WeaverPloceus nigricollis
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
- Copper SunbirdCinnyris cupreus
- Red-faced CisticolaCisticola erythrops
- Jackson's Golden-backed WeaverPloceus jacksoni
- Banded MartinRiparia cincta
- African PipitAnthus cinnamomeus
- White-headed SawwingPsalidoprocne albiceps
- Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
- Grey-crowned NegrofinchNigrita canicapillus
- Superb SunbirdCinnyris superbus
- Brimstone CanaryCrithagra sulphurata
- Black-headed Paradise-flycatcherTerpsiphone rufiventer
- Red-shouldered CuckooshrikeCampephaga phoenicea
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Orange WeaverPloceus aurantius
- Red-breasted SwallowCecropis semirufa
- Hylia prasinaHylia prasina
- Blue SwallowHirundo atrocaerulea
- Croaking CisticolaCisticola natalensis
- Little GreenbulEurillas virens
- Grey-rumped SwallowPseudhirundo griseopyga
- Spectacled WeaverPloceus ocularis
- White-browed Robin-chatCossypha heuglini
- African Moustached WarblerMelocichla mentalis
- Black-crowned WaxbillEstrilda nonnula
- Marsh TchagraBocagia minuta
- White-chinned PriniaSchistolais leucopogon
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
- Grey-backed FiscalLanius excubitoroides
- African Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
- Lesser Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus gracilirostris
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
- Dusky FlycatcherMuscicapa adusta
- Green-throated SunbirdChalcomitra rubescens
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Little WeaverPloceus luteolus
- Northern PuffbackDryoscopus gambensis
- Erythropygia hartlaubiErythropygia hartlaubi
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
- Lesser Masked WeaverPloceus intermedius
- Green CrombecSylvietta virens
- Brown-crowned TchagraTchagra australis
- White-winged Swamp WarblerBradypterus carpalis
- Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
- Plain-backed PipitAnthus leucophrys
- Snowy-headed Robin-ChatCossypha niveicapilla
- Baglafecht WeaverPloceus baglafecht
- Western NicatorNicator chloris
- African FirefinchLagonosticta rubricata
- Marico SunbirdCinnyris mariquensis
- African Sand MartinRiparia paludicola
- Green-headed SunbirdCyanomitra verticalis
- Western CitrilCrithagra frontalis
- Erythropygia leucophrysErythropygia leucophrys
- Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivacea
- White-breasted NegrofinchNigrita fusconotus
- Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Marsh WidowbirdEuplectes hartlaubi
- Yellow-breasted ApalisApalis flavida
- Compact WeaverPloceus superciliosus
- Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
- Golden-breasted BuntingEmberiza flaviventris
- Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
- Papyrus CanaryCrithagra koliensis
- Lanius humeralisLanius humeralis
- PiapiacPtilostomus afer
- Slender-billed GreenbulStelgidillas gracilirostris
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- Purple-banded SunbirdCinnyris bifasciatus
- Lead-coloured FlycatcherMyioparus plumbeus
- Parus guineensisParus guineensis
- Black Rough-winged Swallow or Black Saw-wingPsalidoprocne pristoptera
- Estrilda paludicolaEstrilda paludicola
- Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
- Trilling CisticolaCisticola woosnami
- Bronzy SunbirdNectarinia kilimensis
- Red-headed MalimbeMalimbus rubricollis
- Whistling CisticolaCisticola lateralis
- Garden WarblerSylvia borin
- Sharpe's Pied-BabblerTurdoides sharpei
- Illadopsis fulvescensIlladopsis fulvescens
- Black-throated CanaryCrithagra atrogularis
- African Golden WeaverPloceus xanthops
- Black BishopEuplectes gierowii
- Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
- White-throated GreenbulPhyllastrephus albigularis
- Grey Penduline TitAnthoscopus caroli
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Red-faced CrombecSylvietta whytii
- Purple-headed StarlingHylopsar purpureiceps
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Yellow-mantled WeaverPloceus tricolor
- Red-headed WeaverAnaplectes rubriceps
- Grey-chinned SunbirdAnthreptes rectirostris
- African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
- Red-capped RobinCossypha natalensis
- Singing CisticolaCisticola cantans
- Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
- Red-headed QueleaQuelea erythrops
- Tropical BoubouLaniarius major
- Purple Glossy-starlingLamprotornis purpureus
- Black-throated Wattle-eyePlatysteira peltata
- Northern CrombecSylvietta brachyura
- Red-tailed LeaflovePhyllastrephus scandens
- Black Cuckoo-shrikeCampephaga flava
- White-winged Black TitParus leucomelas
- Fan-tailed GrassbirdSchoenicola brevirostris
- Yellow-mantled WhydahEuplectes macroura
- Shrike-flycatcherMegabyas flammulatus
- Toro Olive-GreenbulPhyllastrephus hypochloris
- Black-headed OrioleOriolus larvatus
- Lesser Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chloropterus
- Northern Yellow White-eyeZosterops senegalensis
- Crimson-rumped WaxbillEstrilda rhodopyga
- Green-winged PytiliaPytilia melba
- Olive-green CamaropteraCamaroptera chloronota
- Rock MartinPtyonoprogne fuligula
- Little Green SunbirdAnthreptes seimundi
- Wattled StarlingCreatophora cinerea
- Ashy FlycatcherMuscicapa caerulescens
- Black-throated ApalisApalis jacksoni
- Buff-throated ApalisApalis rufogularis
- Magpie MuniaLonchura fringilloides
- Black-bellied SeedcrackerPyrenestes ostrinus
- Red-headed BluebillSpermophaga ruficapilla
- White-winged WidowbirdEuplectes albonotatus
- Ethiopian SwallowHirundo aethiopica
- Red-tailed BristlebillBleda syndactylus
- Blue-throated Brown SunbirdCyanomitra cyanolaema
- Purple-throated Cuckoo-shrikeCampephaga quiscalina
- Pale FlycatcherBradornis pallidus
- Siffling CisticolaCisticola brachypterus
- Illadopsis albipectusIlladopsis albipectus
- Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida
- Chestnut Wattle-eyeDyaphorophyia castanea
- Western OrioleOriolus brachyrynchus
- Yellow-whiskered GreenbulEurillas latirostris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- White-browed Sparrow-weaverPlocepasser mahali
- Arrow-marked BabblerTurdoides jardineii
- Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
- Rattling CisticolaCisticola chiniana
- Violet-backed SunbirdAnthreptes longuemarei
- BrubruNilaus afer
- Cardinal QueleaQuelea cardinalis
- Vitelline Masked WeaverPloceus vitellinus
- Orange BishopEuplectes franciscanus
- Black-winged Red BishopEuplectes hordeaceus
- Rufous Flycatcher-thrushStizorhina fraseri
- Fire-crested AletheAlethe castanea
- Dusky Blue FlycatcherMuscicapa comitata
- Stout CisticolaCisticola robustus
- Brown TwinspotClytospiza monteiri
- Red-tailed GreenbulCriniger calurus
- Chinspot BatisBatis molitor
- Papyrus Yellow WarblerCalamonastides gracilirostrisVU
- Honeyguide GreenbulBaeopogon indicator
- Bronze-tailed Glossy-StarlingLamprotornis chalcurus
- Grey-throated FlycatcherMyioparus griseigularis
- Half-collared FlycatcherFicedula semitorquata
- Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
- Velvet-mantled DrongoDicrurus modestus
- Red-collared WhydahEuplectes ardens
- Yellow-billed ShrikeCorvinella corvina
- Orange-tufted SunbirdCinnyris bouvieri
- African Yellow WarblerIduna natalensis
- Plain GreenbulEurillas curvirostris
- Icterine GreenbulPhyllastrephus icterinus
- Eurasian Golden OrioleOriolus oriolus
- African Golden OrioleOriolus auratus
- Yellow-billed OxpeckerBuphagus africanus
- Jameson's Wattle-eyePlatysteira jamesoni
- Woodchat ShrikeLanius senatorNT
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- Little Rock-ThrushMonticola rufocinereus
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Western Black-headed BatisBatis erlangeri
- Orange-breasted BushshrikeChlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Beautiful SunbirdCinnyris pulchellus
- Yellow-eyed BristlebillBleda ugandae
Other birds113 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Blue-breasted Bee-eaterMerops variegatus
- Black CrakeAmaurornis flavirostra
- Blue-headed CoucalCentropus monachus
- Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
- Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
- Eastern Plantain-eaterCrinifer zonurus
- Grey-cheeked HornbillBycanistes subcylindricus
- Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
- Great Blue TuracoCorythaeola cristata
- African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
- Blue-spotted Wood-doveTurtur afer
- African Green-pigeonTreron calvus
- Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
- Red-headed LovebirdAgapornis pullarius
- Crowned HornbillLophoceros alboterminatus
- Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
- Grey ParrotPsittacus erithacus
- Little SwiftApus affinis
- Olive Bee-eaterMerops superciliosus
- Yellow-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus bilineatus
- Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
- Lady Ross's TuracoMusophaga rossae
- Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicuti
- White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
- Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata
- Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
- African Pygmy KingfisherIspidina picta
- White-browed CoucalCentropus superciliosus
- Tambourine DoveTurtur tympanistria
- Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
- African Pied HornbillLophoceros fasciatus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
- Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus chrysoconus
- Double-toothed BarbetLybius bidentatus
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Lesser MoorhenGallinula angulata
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- White-spotted FlufftailSarothrura pulchra
- Allen's GallinulePorphyrio alleni
- Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx cupreus
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
- Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
- Meyer's ParrotPoicephalus meyeri
- African Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos goertae
- Blue MalkohaCeuthmochares aereus
- Striped CuckooClamator levaillantii
- Scaly FrancolinPternistis squamatus
- Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
- Fiery-necked NightjarCaprimulgus pectoralis
- Bare-faced Go-away BirdCorythaixoides personatus
- Blue-breasted KingfisherHalcyon malimbica
- Speckled TinkerbirdPogoniulus scolopaceus
- Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourus
- Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
- Yellow-throated TinkerbirdPogoniulus subsulphureus
- European SwiftApus apus
- Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
- African RailRallus caerulescens
- Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
- Red-chested FlufftailSarothrura rufa
- Ortygornis sephaenaOrtygornis sephaena
- African CrakeCrex egregia
- Nubian WoodpeckerCampethera nubica
- Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
- Red-necked SpurfowlPternistis afer
- African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
- European RollerCoracias garrulus
- Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
- White-headed BarbetLybius leucocephalus
- African Black CoucalCentropus grillii
- Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens
- Spot-flanked BarbetTricholaema lacrymosa
- Natal NightjarCaprimulgus natalensis
- Lesser HoneyguideIndicator minor
- African Grey CuckooCuculus gularis
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eaterMerops hirundineus
- Dusky Long-tailed CuckooCercococcyx mechowi
- Afep PigeonColumba unicincta
- Dwarf KingfisherIspidina lecontei
- Scarce SwiftSchoutedenapus myoptilus
- Cassin's HoneybirdProdotiscus insignis
- Grey-throated BarbetGymnobucco bonapartei
- Black-throated BarbetTricholaema hirsuta
- Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea
- Common Scimitar-billRhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Black CuckooCuculus clamosus
- Black-billed TuracoTauraco schuettii
- Yellow-spotted BarbetBuccanodon duchaillui
- Red-fronted BarbetTricholaema diademata
- Green WoodhoopoePhoeniculus purpureus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Campocolinus coquiCampocolinus coqui
- Harlequin QuailCoturnix delegorguei
- White-crested TuracoTauraco leucolophus
- Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicus
- Mottled SpinetailTelacanthura ussheri
- Yellow-billed BarbetTrachyphonus purpuratus
- Narina TrogonApaloderma narina
- Square-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus fossii
- Freckled NightjarCaprimulgus tristigma
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Blue-throated RollerEurystomus gularis
- Greater HoneyguideIndicator indicator
- Black-throated CoucalCentropus leucogaster
- Pennant-winged NightjarCaprimulgus vexillarius
- Yellow-crested WoodpeckerChloropicus xantholophus
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species from July to August and in November.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan27°/22°86 mm
- Feb27°/23°82 mm
- Mar26°/22°175 mm
- Apr25°/22°223 mm
- May24°/22°176 mm
- Jun24°/22°61 mm
- Jul24°/21°49 mm
- Aug25°/22°84 mm
- Sep26°/22°108 mm
- Oct25°/21°149 mm
- Nov25°/21°185 mm
- Dec26°/22°138 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Mabamba Bay.
Body of water
Mabamba Bay is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Uganda, 1,135 m above the sea.
477 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 85,635 open records.
The most recorded are the Whale-headed Stork, the African Jacana and the Yellow-billed Duck.
55 species come for the summer, 77 for the winter and 4 only pass through.
10 are threatened worldwide, including Whale-headed Stork, Hooded Vulture and Tawny Eagle.
The most species are recorded from July to August and in November.
Get there and watch
- Sam Kanabi Campsitecampsite · 6.0 km · 1 within 10 km
- Nkima Forest Lodgeplace to stay · 2.4 km · 3 within 10 km
- Kasanjenearest town · 11 km in a straight line
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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
- 2visitor centres within 6 kmTourism Office - Community Based, Park Shoebill reception
- 2viewpoints within 5 km
- 1campsites within 10 kmSam Kanabi Campsite
- 3places to stay within 10 kmNkima Forest Lodge, Park Shoebill, Bunonko Lodge - Explorer’s Hut
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 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 Mabamba Bay.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas2 mountains within 25 kmWasozi · 24 kmSekiunga · 24 km
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.
Mabamba Bay
Uganda
- 93Birdyas Score
- 477Species
- 136Migrants
- 10Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q15243329) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 85,635 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 | Peakyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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