Pictures of wildlife in Uganda

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Male waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) Uganda kob "kissing" Red duiker in the Bwindi rainforest Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) in the Kazinga Channel Colorful butterflies feeding on minerals in a dirt road Black and yellow butterfly Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) feeding on canopy fruit Large African elephant (Loxodonta africana) Elephant with baby emerging from vegetation African elephant charging toward us Swarms of lake flies in a garden near Lake Victoria Silverback Bwindi gorilla Silverback Bwindi gorilla (headshot) Eastern gorilla (Gorilla gorilla sp) in Bwindi Pair of Helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris) Large hippo Charging hippo Malachite Kingfisher (Alcedo cristata)

Woodland kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis) perched on a branch Tree climbing lion (Panthera leo) Climbing tree lion of Ishasha Headshot of the colorful blue-headed tree agama (Acanthocerus atricollis) Juvenile Elliott's Chameleon Blue-headed tree agama (Acanthocerus atricollis) Female Blue-headed Tree Agama (Acanthocerus atricollis) Banded mongoose (Mungos mungo) in a group of mongoose Warthog feeding from its knees Warthog running African fish eagle Long-crested Eagle, Lophaetus occipitalis, perched on a tree stump African fish eagle Green bush viper (Atheris species) Ancient Leopard Tortoise (Geochelone pardalis) 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 Young vervet monkey standing upright Serval cat (Leptailurus serval) Red wasp feeding on white flowers Male vervet monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops) Great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) in a treetop Cinnamon-chested bee-eater (Merops oreobates) Eastern Black and White Colobus Monkeys

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