Animal Checklist Uganda

Here is a List of Uganda's animals and wild life, Animals and birds of Uganda. comprehensive list of Uganda's animals, birds or insects you might see with Real Africa Adventures

Uganda is still untouched by mass tourism parks and reserves are ideal for the discerning tourist looking for some thing different. Here is a checklist of animals that can be seen in Uganda. The bonus for any visitor is the opportunity to see some rare and endangered animals including the Mountain Gorilla plus many Birds and Mammals.
Uganda is home to more than 1,000 species and deserves its reputation as "Birders' Eden". Any other does not equal it.

Mammals, Bats, Primates, Apes and monkeys,

Mammals:
(Insectivora)
Four –toed Hedgehog
Giant elephant Shrew
Rufous Elephant shrew
Short-snouted Elephant Shrew
Short –nosed Elephant Shrew
Ruwenzori Golden Mole
Otter Shrew
Bats:

Straw coloured fruit Bat
Pale-bellied fruit bat
Hammer –headed fruit Bat
Mouse-tailed bat
White-belied Tomb Bat
Hollow-faced Bat
False vampire Bat
Yellow-winged Bat
Lesser leaf-nosed bat
Banana Bat
Yellow-bellied bat
Angola free tailed Bat
White belied free tailed Bat

Primates:

Greater Galago
Lesser Galago
Demidoff’s Galago
Potto

Apes and monkeys

Olive baboon
Grey-checked Mangabey
Red-Tailed Monkey
Patas Monkey
Blue monkey
Golden Monkey
Debrazza’s Monkey
L’Hoest’s Monkey
Black faced velvet monkey
Ruwenzori Colobus
Black and white Colobus
Red Colobus
Mountain Gorilla
Chimpanzee

Aardvarks:

Aardvarks

Pangolins:
Long tailed pangolin
White belied pangolin
Giant ground pangolin
Temmincks ground pangolin
Carnivores, Hyraxes, Elephants:

Hunting dog
Side striped Jackal
Black backed Jackal
Bat0eared fox
Asiatic-Jackal
White napped weasel
Striped polecat
Ratel or Honey badger
Zorilla
Spotted- necked otter
Cape clawless Otter
Congo clawless otter
Small spotted Genet
Large spotted Genet
Giant Genet
Seraline Genet
Two spotted palm civet
Egyptian Mongoose
Slender Mongoose
Marsh Mongoose
Banded Mongoose
Black-footed mongoose
White tailed Mongoose
Eastern dwarf mongoose
Striped Hyena
Spteed Hyena
Lion
Leopard
Cheetah
Caracal
Serval
African Wild cat
Golden cat

Hyraxes:
Tree Hyrax
Rock hyrax
Cape rock Hyrax

Elephants:

African elephant
Hares and Rabbits, Rodents,

Cape hare
Whyte’s hare
Bunyoro Rabbit

Odd Toed Ungulates:

Burchell’s Zebra
Black rhinoceros

Even Toed Ungulates:

Bush pig
Giant Forest Hog
Wathog
Hippopotamus
Rothschild’s Giraffe
Red flaked Duiker
Blue Duiker
Common Duiker
Bates’ Dwarf antelope
Kirk’s Did-Dik
Oribi
Klipspringer
Bushbuck
Sitatunga
Lesser kedu
Greater kedu
Dafassa waterbuck
Uganda Kob
Jackson’s hartebeest
Topi
Impala
African Buffalo

Rodents:

Alexander’s bush Squirrel
Boehm’s Bush squirrel
Mountain tree squirrel
Unstripped ground squirrel
Stripped ground Squirrel
Giant Forest squirrel
Mountain sun Squirrel
Gambian sun Squirrel
Red-legged sun Squirrel
Cuvier’s fire-footed squirrel
Thomas’s tree Squirrel
Lord Darby’s Flying squirrel
Little Flying squirrel
Beecroft’s Flying Squirrel
Zenker’s Flying Squirrel
African Bush Tailed Porcupine
South African crested Porcupine
North African crested Porcupine
Giant Gambian Rat
Emin’s Giant rat
Maned rat
Cane rat
Lesser Cane Rat
Kenya Mole rat
Reptiles and Amphibians,

Common Python
West African Python
House Snake
Blanding’s tree snake
Boom slang
Forest cobra
Tree Cobra
Jameson’s Mamba
Olive green Night Adder
Carpet viper
Gabon Viper
Puff adder
House Gecko
Chameleon
Two Stripped Skink
Red headed Agama Lizard
Nile Monitor
Long Nosed Crocodile
Broad Nosed crocodile
Nile Crocodile
Nile Soft shelled Turtle
Leopard Tortoise
Eastern burrowing Bullfrog
Caecilians
Uganda Bird Checklists

Ostriches Ostrich

Grebes Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Black – necked Grebe

Cormorants White – breasted Cormorant
Reed Cormorant

Darters Darter

Pelicans Great White Pelican
Pink – backed Pelican

Herons White – backed Night Heron
Black – crowned Night Heron
Squacco Heron
Madagascar Squacco Heron
Rufous – bellied Heron
Green – backed Heron
Reef Heron
Purple Heron
Goliath Heron

Egrets Great White Egret
Yellow – billed Egret
Little Egret
Black Egret
Cattle Egret

Bittern Great Bittern
Little Bittern
Dwarf Bittern

Hamerkop Harmerkop

Storks Yellow – billed Stork
Open – billed Stork
Black Stork
Abdim’s Stock
Woolly – necked Stork
White Stork
Saddle – billed Stork
Marabou Stork
Shoebill Stork
Ibises Glossy Ibis
African Green Ibis
Hadada Ibis
Sacred Ibis
Spot – breasted Ibis

Spoonbill European Spoonbill
African Spoonbill

Flamingos Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo

Ducks & Geese Fulvous Tree Duck
White – faced Tree Duck
White – backed Duck
Hartlaub’s Duck
Knob – billed Duck
Eurasian Wigeon
Teal
Cape Wigeon
Yellow – billed Duck
African Black Duck
Northern Pintail
Red – billed Teal
Egyptian Goose
Spur – winged Goose
Hottentot Teal
Garganey
Northern Shoveler
Southern Porchard
Porchard
Ferruginous Duck
Tufted Duck
Maccoa Duck

Vultures, Hawks, Buzzards, Eagles and Osprey
Osprey
African Cuckoo
Honey Buzzard
Bat Hawk
Black-shouldered Kite
Swallow – tailed Kite
Black Kite
African Fish – Eagle
Palm-nut Vulture
Lammergeier
Egyptian Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Ruppell’s Griffon
Lappet – faced Vulture
White Headed Vulture
Short – toed Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Western Banded Snake Eagle
Bateleur
Congo Serpent Eagle
African Gymnogene
Pallid Harrier
Montagu’s Harrier
African Marsh Harrier
Eurasian Marsh Harrier
Gabar Goshawk
Dark Chanting Goshing
Pale Chanting Goshing
African Goshawk
Shikra
Levant Sparrowhawk
Western Little Sparrowhawk
Little Sparrowhawk
Ovampo Sparrowhawk
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk
Black Goshawk
Long-tailed Hawk
Grasshopper Buzzard
Lizard Buzzard
Steppe Buzzard
Mountain Buzzard
Long-legged Buzzard
Red-necked Buzzard
Jackal Buzzard
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Greater Spotted Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Wahlberg’s Eagle
Verreaux’s eagle
African Hawk Eagle
Booted Eagle
Ayres’ Hawk Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Cassin’s Hawk Eagle
Crowned Eagle
Martial Eagle
Secretary birds Secretary bird

Falcons Pygmy falcon
Lesser Kestrel
Common Kestrel
Greater Kestrel
Fox Kestrel
Grey Kestrel
Red – necked Falcon
Western Red – footed Falcon
Eastern Red – footed Falcon
Eleonora’s Falcon
Sooty Falcon
European Hobby
African Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Saker Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Taita Falcon

Guineafowl Crested Guineafowl
Vulturine Guineafowl
Helmeted Guineafowl

Quail and Francolins Common Quail
Blue Quail
Harlequin Quail
Stone Partridge
Forest Francolin
Coqui Francolin
Ring-necked Francolin
Red-wing Francolin
Shelley’s Francolin
Moorland Francolin
Orange River Francolin
Crested Francolin
Scary Francolin
Nahan’s Francolin
Heuglin’s Francolin
Clapperton’s Francolin
Handsome Francolin
Jackson’s Francolin
Red-necked Spurfowl
Yellow-necked Spurfowl
Button-quail and Quail-plover Quail Plover
Kurrichane Button-Quail
Black-rumped Button-Quail

Rails Nkulengu Rail
Grey-throated Rail
White-spotted Flufftail
Buff-spotted Flufftail
Red-chested Flufftail
Streaky-breasted Flufftail
African Crake
Corncrake
African Water Rail
Little Crake
Baillon’s Crake
Spotted Crake
Striped Crake
Black Crake
Allen’s Gallinule
Purple Gallinule
Moorhen
Lesser Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
Northern Crowned Crane
Southern Crowned Crane

Finfoot African Finfoot

Bustards Stanley Bustard
Kori Bustard
Red-crested Bustard
White-bellied Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard
Hartlaub’s Bustard

Jacanas African Jacana
Lesser Jacana

Painted-snipe Painted-Snipe

Oystercatchers European Oystercatcher
Black-winged Stilt
Avocet

Thick-knees Stone Curlew
Senegal Thick-knee
Water Dikkop
Spotted Dikkop

Coursers and Pratincoles Egyptian Plover
Temminck’s Courser
Three-banded Courser
Bronze-winged Courser
Common Pratincole
Black-winged Courser
Rock Pratincole

Plovers Little Ringed Plover
Ringed Plover
Kittlitz’s Plover
White-fronted Plover
Mongolian Plover
Sand-Plover
Caspian Plover
Grey Plover
Wattled Plover
Black-headed Plover
Spur-winged Plover
Brown-chested Plover
Lesser Black-winged Plover
Crowned Plover
Long-toed Plover

Sandpipers Sanderling
Little Stint
Tmminck’s Stint
Curlew Sandpiper
Dunlin
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Ruff
Jack Snipe
Common Snipe
Ethiopian Snipe
Great Snipe
Black-tailed Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwit
Whimbrel
Curlew
Spotted Redshank
Marsh Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Turnstone
Red-necked Phalarope

Gulls and Terns Great Black-headed Gull
Grey-headed Gull
Black-headed Gull
Slender-billed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Herring Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Lesser Crested Tern
Common Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern

Skimmers African Skimmer

Sandgrouse Black-faced Sandgrouse
Lichtenstein’s Sandgrouse
Four-banded Sandgrouse

Pigeons & Ducks African green Pigeon
Bruce’s Green Pigeon
Tambourine
Blue-spotted Wood Dove
Black-billed Wood Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood Dove
Namaqua Dove
Western Bronze-naped Pigeon
Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon
Lemon Dove
African Olive Pigeon
White-naped Pigeon
Afep Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Rock Dove
Red-eyed Dove
African Mourning Dove
Vinaceous Dove
European Turtle Dove
Pink-breasted Turtle Dove
Laughing Dove

Parrots & Lovebirds Grey parrot
Brown-necked Parrot
Red-fronted Parrot
Meyer’s Parrot
Red-headed Lovebird
Black-collared Lovebird
Rose-ringed Parakeet

Turacos Great Blue Turaco
Black-billed Turaco
White-crested Turaco
Hartlaub’s Turaco
Purple-chested Turaco
Rwenzori Turaco
Ross’s Turaco
Bare-faced Go-away Bird
White-bellied Go-away Bird
Eastern Grey Plantain-eater

Cuckoos & Coucals Jacobin Cuckoo
Levaillant’s Cuckoo
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Thick-billed Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
African Cuckoo
Madagascar Lesser Cuckoo
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo
Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo
Emerald Cuckoo
Yellow-throated Green Cuckoo
Klaas’s Cuckoo
Didric Cuckoo
Green Coucal
Black-throated Coucal
White-browed Coucal
Black Coucal
Senegal Coucal
Blue-headed Coucal

Owls Grass Owl
Barn Owl
European Scops Owl
White-faced Scops Owl
Cape Eagle-Owl
Spotted Eagle-Owl
Fraser’s Eagle-Owl
Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl
Pel’s Fishing-Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
Red-chested Owlet
Barred Owlet
African Wood Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Marsh Owl

Nightjars Bates’s Nightjar
Swamp Nightjar
Long-tailed Nightjar
Slender-tailed Nightjar
Square-tailed Nightjar
Black-shouldered Nightjar
Mountain Nightjar
Rwenzori Nightjar
Plain Nightjar
Freckled Nightjar
Dusky Nightjar
European Nightjar
Standard-winged Nightjar
Pennant-winged Nightjar

Honeyguides Cassin’s Honeyguide
Brown-backed Honeyguide
Zenker’s Honeyguide
Lyre-tailed Honeyguide
Spotted Honeyguide
Scaly-throated Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
Lesser Honeyguide
Thick-billed Honeyguide
Western Least Honeyguide
Willcocks’s Honeyguide
Dwarf Honeyguide
Eastern Least Honeyguide

Woodpeckers & Wrynecks European Wryneck
Red-throated Wryneck
Piculet
Nubian Woodpecker
Bennett’s Woodpecker
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
Little Spotted Woodpecker
Tullberg’s Woodpecker
Buff-spotted Woodpecker
Brown-eared Woodpecker
Uganda Spotted Woodpecker
Gabon Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
Bearded Woodpecker
Yellow-crested Woodpecker
Elliot’s Woodpecker
Grey Woodpecker
Olive Woodpecker
Brown-backed Woodpecker

Broadbills African Green Broadbill
Rufous-sided Broadbill
African Broadbill

Pittas Green-breasted Pitta
African Pitta

Larks Singing Bush-Lark
White-tailed Bush-lark
Rufous-naped Lark
Red-winged Bush-Lark
Flappet Lark
Fawn-coloured Lark
Pink-breasted Lark
Rufous-rumped Lark
Red-capped Lark
Sun Lark
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark
Fisher’s Sparrow-Lark

Swallows & Martins Black Saw-wing
White-headed Saw-wing
African Sand Martin
European Sand Martin
Banded Martin
Grey-rumped Swallow
Red-breasted Swallow
Mosque Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
Rock Martin
Blue Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
White-throated Blue Swallow
Ethiopian Swallow
Angola Swallow
Barn Swallow
House Martin

Wagtails, Pipits and Longclaws Yellow Wagtail
Cape Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
Mountain Wagtail