 Pair of Helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris)
 Malachite Kingfisher (Alcedo cristata)
 Woodland kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis) perched on a branch
 African fish eagle
 Long-crested Eagle, Lophaetus occipitalis, perched on a tree stump
 African fish eagle
 Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex)
 Pair of Grey crowned cranes "kissing"
 Great White Pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
 Great cormorants, Pink-backed pelicans, Great white pelicans on a Lake Edward/Kazinga Channel beach
 Egyptian Goose, Alopochen aegyptiacus
 Yellow weavers at breakfast
 Great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) in a treetop
 Cinnamon-chested bee-eater (Merops oreobates)
 Woodland kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis) perched on a branch
 African fish eagle in flight
 African fish eagle perched in a thorn bush
 African fish eagle, Haliaeetus vocifer
 Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala) atop a Euphorbia plant
 Pair of African crowned cranes (Balearica regulorum)
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 Yellow-billed Stork, Mycteria ibis
 African skimmers (Rhynchops flavirostris) on a beach along the Kazinga Channel
 Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) drying its wings in the sun
 Hundreds of cormorants and pelicans gathered on a sanbar
 Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) with its mouth slightly agape
 Male Vieillot's black weaver (Ploceus nigerrimus) nest building
 Crowned hornbill (Tockus alboterminatus)
 Woodland kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis) perched on a branch
 Woodland kingfisher
 Woodland kingfisher with Rwenzori mountains behind
 Grey-headed kingfisher, Halcyon leucocephala, on a Euphorbia plant
 Pied Kingfisher eating a minnow
 Pair of African fish eagles, Haliaeetus vocifer
 African fish eagle perched in a thorny bush
 African fish eagle, Haliaeetus vocifer, in flight
 Flock of Grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum) on the African savanna
 Flock of African skimmers (Rhynchops flavirostris) on the Kazinga Channel
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 Sacred ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
 Goliath heron, Ardea goliath, in Uganda
 Egyptian Geese, Alopochen aegyptiacus, with pied kingfishers in the background
 African skimmers on a beach along the Kazinga Channel
 Group of great cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo) on a beach of the Kazinga Channel
 Buffalo, pelicans, cormorants on a sandbar in the Kazinga Channel
 Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
 Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus), Pink-backed Pelican (Pelecanus rufescens), and Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
 Egyptian Geese, Alopochen aegyptiacus, walking in the shallows of the Kazinga Channel
 Immature Black-headed heron
 Male weaverbird working on building a nest in the early evening
 Male orange weaver (Ploceus aurentius) on a papyrus stalk
 Blue bird with a moderately long tail (African blue-flycatcher (Elminia longicauda)?)
 Blue-headed coucal, Centropus monachus
 Variable sunbird (Cinnyris venusta) or Collared sunbird (Hedydipna collaris)
 Rueppell's Glossy-Starling (Lamprotornis purpuropterus)
 Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta) wading in duckweed
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