Pictures of birds in Uganda

Pictures of birdsbirds

Great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) in a treetop

Malachite Kingfisher (Alcedo cristata)

Yellow weavers at breakfast

Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus

Great White Pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus)

Great cormorants Pink-backed pelicans Great white pelicans on a Lake Edward/Kazinga Channel beach

African fish eagle

African fish eagle

Woodland kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis) perched on a branch

Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis perched on a tree stump

Pair of Grey crowned cranes "kissing"

Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex)

Pair of Helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris)

Cinnamon-chested bee-eater (Merops oreobates)

Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) drying its wings in the sun

Male Vieillot's black weaver (Ploceus nigerrimus) nest building

Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) with its mouth slightly agape

Pair of African crowned cranes (Balearica regulorum)

Hundreds of cormorants and pelicans gathered on a sanbar

African skimmers (Rhynchops flavirostris) on a beach along the Kazinga Channel

African fish eagle in flight

African fish eagle perched in a thorn bush

Woodland kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis) perched on a branch

Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala) atop a Euphorbia plant

Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis

African fish eagle Haliaeetus vocifer

Immature Black-headed heron

Crowned hornbill (Tockus alboterminatus)

Woodland kingfisher with Rwenzori mountains behind

Blue-headed coucal Centropus monachus

Woodland kingfisher

Egyptian Geese Alopochen aegyptiacus walking in the shallows of the Kazinga Channel

Egyptian Geese Alopochen aegyptiacus with pied kingfishers in the background

Sacred ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus)

Pied Kingfisher eating a minnow

Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) Pink-backed Pelican (Pelecanus rufescens) and Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)

Goliath heron Ardea goliath in Uganda

Buffalo pelicans cormorants on a sandbar in the Kazinga Channel

African fish eagle perched in a thorny bush

African fish eagle Haliaeetus vocifer in flight

Pair of African fish eagles Haliaeetus vocifer

Flock of Grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum) on the African savanna

Woodland kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis) perched on a branch

Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)

African skimmers on a beach along the Kazinga Channel

Flock of African skimmers (Rhynchops flavirostris) on the Kazinga Channel

Male orange weaver (Ploceus aurentius) on a papyrus stalk

Blue bird with a moderately long tail (African blue-flycatcher (Elminia longicauda)?)

Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta) wading in duckweed

Group of great cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo) on a beach of the Kazinga Channel

Variable sunbird (Cinnyris venusta) or Collared sunbird (Hedydipna collaris)

Grey-headed kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala on a Euphorbia plant

Grey-headed kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala

Black-headed heron (Ardea melanocephala) [headshot]

Pair of Cinnamon-chested bee-eaters (Merops oreobates)

Great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) in a treetop

African pied wagtail Motacilla aguimp singing

Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola

Sunbird on a red flower

Great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) in a treetop

Blue-headed coucal Centropus monachus

Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiacus in flight

Little Egret Egretta garzetta

Great cormorants Pink-backed pelicans Great white pelicans Little egret yellow-billed storks together on a Lake Edward/Kazinga Channel beach

Large numbers of waterbirds on the shore of Lake Edward

Egyptian Goose in greenish water

Pelicans cormorants and other birds on a sandbar in the Kazinga Channel

African White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) and Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotus) perched in a tree

Hadada ibis standing in reeds along the Kazinga Channel

Yellow-billed storks Great cormorants Pink-backed pelicans Great white pelicans Little egret together on a beach

African pied wagtail perched on a wall

Grey crowned cranes near a savanna waterhole

Blue-headed coucal Centropus monachus in a bush

Flock of Grey crowned cranes (Balearica regulorum) feeding near a waterhole

Yellow-billed storks

Woodland kingfisher perched in a tree

Gray-backed Fiscal

Great cormorants Pink-backed pelicans Great white pelicans Little egret yellow-billed storks

Great cormorants

Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis

Yellow-billed Stork along the Kazinga channel

Helmeted guineafowl

Pelicans and cormorants on the sandy shore of Lake Edward

Pair of Hadada ibis (Bostrychia hagedash) crossing a trail.

Reddish bird in Bwindi

Large flock of Red-billed quela (Quela quela) flying above the grass of the savanna

Great cormorants Pink-backed pelicans Great white pelicans Little egret yellow-billed storks on a beach

Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis atop a bush

Woodland kingfisher perched in a tree

Blue sunbird (species unknown)

African pied wagtail Motacilla aguimp (black and white bird with a long tail)

Red-necked Francolin (Francolinus afer)

Egyptian Geese Alopochen aegyptiacus

Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis along the Kazinga channel

Large flock of African skimmers (Rhynchops flavirostris) over the Kazinga Channel

Common buzzard (unknown identity?)

Pair of Pied Kingfishers Ceryle rudis arguing over a fish

Hadida ibis in a tree

Male orange weaver (Ploceus aurentius) on a papyrus plant

Flock of four Helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris)

Many waterbirds on the shore of Lake Edward

Orange weaver guarding its nest

African fish eagle Haliaeetus vocifer perched on Euphorbia

Goliath heron Ardea goliath

Helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris) hidden among savanna grass

Buffalo pelicans cormorants on a sandbar

Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) in flight

Unknown raptor in flight

Green-eyed great cormorant

Blue green and black sunbird (species unknown)

Black kite (Milvus migrans) perched on a dead tree stump

Blue-headed coucal Centropus monachus

Marabou stork flying overhead

Malachite Kingfisher (Alcedo cristata) on a papyrus plant

Helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris) running

Goliath heron Ardea goliath along the Kazinga Channel

Pair of Helmeted guineafowl on a dirt road

Hadada ibis getting fiesty in a tree

Grey-headed kingfisher from behind

Male Vieillot's black weaver (Ploceus nigerrimus) working on his nest

Vieillot's black weaver working on a nest

Gray bird with red beak and tall feathers on head (flycatcher?)

African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer

Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) a stork-like bird

Black-headed Heron on a Euphorbia tree

Brown bird perhaps a flycatcher

Female orange weaver (Ploceus aurentius) on a papyrus stalk

Black-headed heron (Ardea melanocephala) [immature]

Pair of African fish eagles

Cinnamon-chested bee-eater (Merops oreobates)

Gull-billed terns great cormorants great white pelicans and pink-backed pelicans

Ploceus aurantius guarding its nest

Male copper sunbird (Cinnyris cuprea) feeding on yellow flower

African blue-flycatcher (Elminia longicauda)

Black and white and gray bird

Great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata)

Male yellow-backed weaver (Ploceus melanocephalus)

Headshot of a pair of grey crowned cranes

Pair of orange weaver birds nesting

Woodland kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis) perched in a tree

Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis atop a Euphorbia plant

Great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) in a tree

Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis on a log

Pair of Helmeted guinea fowl walking on a dirt road

African crowned crane

Waterbirds with a Kazinga Channel village in the background

Blue bird with a moderately long tail (African blue-flycatcher?)

Grey-headed kingfisher in flight

Male orange weaver bird

Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides

Hadeda ibis (Bostrychia hagedash) in a tree

Male Yellow-backed weaver

Pair of Ploceus aurantius weaver birds nesting

Bird with black back red chest and heavy white beak (a type of seedcracker? Or barbet)

Bird with black back red chest and heavy white beak

Pied Kingfishers Ceryle rudis

Pair of Pied Kingfishers one taking flight

Pair of Pied Kingfishers Ceryle rudis sharing a fish

Grey-headed kingfisher flying

Crowned hornbill in treetop

Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta) wading in duckweed

Pair of Pied Kingfishers one holding a minnow in its beak

Red-billed quela (Quela quela) flock

Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis with a fish in its mouth

Woodland kingfisher with Rwenzoris in background

African crowned crane from East Africa

Great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) in a tree

Headshot of Shoebill

Malachite Kingfisher (Alcedo cristata) in a papyrus swamp

Shoebill in swamp

Malachite Kingfisher (Alcedo cristata) on a papyrus stalk

Male weaver bird building a nest in a papyrus plant

Male copper sunbird

Grey-headed kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala in flight

Immature blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata)

Male copper sunbird (Cinnyris cuprea)

Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides in the savanna

Male weaver building a nest in a papyrus plant

Cinnamon-chested bee-eater

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