Bird Checklist for Masindi: Everywhere in Rwanda is a perfect spot for birding and this doesn’t leave out some of the roads like Masindi-Murchison Falls Road which is also one of the most visited areas for travelers interested in birding in Uganda. A number of travelers that use the road are interested in the game drives in Murchison Falls National Park, the boat cruise in Murchison Falls National Park, the top of the falls hike which will lead you to the world’s most powerful waterfalls, the cultural tours around Murchison falls national park, visiting Ziwa rhino sanctuary for rhino tracking in Ziwa rhino sanctuary but it should also be noted that the road is the perfect spot to watch a number of bird species that are listed below for the most rewarding Uganda safari.
| Ducks: Anatidae | ||
| 1 | White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata |
| 2 | Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca |
| Guineafowl: Numididae | ||
| 3 | Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris |
| 4 | Western Crested Guineafowl | Guttera verreauxi |
| New World Quail: Odontophoridae | ||
| 5 | Nahan’s Partridge | Ptilopachus nahani |
| Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies: Phasianidae | ||
| 6 | Heuglin’s Spurfowl | Pternistis icterorhynchus |
| Pigeons and Doves: Columbidae | ||
| 7 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| 8 | Rameron Pigeon | Columba arquatrix |
| 9 | Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata |
| 10 | Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola |
| 11 | Vinaceous Dove | Streptopelia vinacea |
| 12 | Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis |
| 13 | Black-billed Wood-Dove | Turtur abyssinicus |
| 14 | Blue-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur afer |
| 15 | Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria |
| 16 | #Namaqua Dove# | Oena capensis |
| 17 | Bruce’s Green-Pigeon | Treron waalia |
| 18 | African Green-Pigeon | Treron calvus |
| Bustards: Otididae | ||
| 19 | Black-bellied Bustard | Lissotis melanogaster |
| Turacos: Musophagidae | ||
| 20 | Great Blue Turaco | Corythaeola cristata |
| 21 | Black-billed Turaco | Tauraco schuettii |
| 22 | White-crested Turaco | Tauraco leucolophus |
| 23 | Eastern Plantain-eater | Crinifer zonurus |
| Cuckoos: Cuculidae | ||
| 24 | Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius |
| 25 | Black Cuckoo | Cuculus clamosus |
| 26 | African Cuckoo | Cuculus gularis |
| 27 | Senegal Coucal | Centropus senegalensis |
| 28 | White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus |
| 29 | Blue Malkoha | Ceuthmochares aereus |
| 30 | (Pied Cuckoo) | Clamator jacobinus |
| 31 | Levaillant’s Cuckoo | Clamator levaillantii |
| 32 | Klaas’s Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas |
| 33 | African Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx cupreus |
| 34 | Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius |
| 35 | Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo | Cercococcyx mechowi |
| Nightjars and Allies: Caprimulgidae | ||
| 36 | \Pennant-winged Nightjar\ | Caprimulgus vexillarius |
| Swifts: Apodidae | ||
| 37 | Little Swift | Apus affinis |
| 38 | Horus Swift | Apus horus |
| 39 | White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer |
| 40 | African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus |
| Flufftails: Sarothruridae | ||
| 41 | White-spotted Flufftail | Sarothrura pulchra |
| Cranes: Gruidae | ||
| 42 | Gray Crowned-Crane | Balearica regulorum |
| Thick-knees: Burhinidae | ||
| 43 | Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis |
| Plovers and Lapwings: Charadriidae | ||
| 44 | Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus |
| 45 | Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus |
| 46 | Wattled Lapwing | Vanellus senegallus |
| Sandpipers and Allies: Scolopacidae | ||
| 47 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos |
| Pratincoles and Coursers: Glareolidae | ||
| 48 | Rock Pratincole | Glareola nuchalis |
| 49 | /Collared Pratincole/ | Glareola pratincola |
| Storks: Ciconiidae | ||
| 50 | African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus |
| 51 | /Abdim’s Stork/ | Ciconia abdimii |
| 52 | African Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia microscelis |
| 53 | Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer |
| 54 | Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis |
| Anhingas: Anhingidae | ||
| 55 | African Darter | Anhinga rufa |
| Cormorants and Shags: Phalacrocoracidae | ||
| 56 | Long-tailed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus |
| Shoebill: Balaenicipitidae | ||
| 57 | Shoebill | Balaeniceps rex |
| Hamerkop: Scopidae | ||
| 58 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta |
| Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns: Ardeidae | ||
| 59 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
| 60 | Western Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| 61 | Great Egret | Ardea alba |
| 62 | Yellow-billed Egret | Ardea brachyrhyncha |
| 63 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea |
| 64 | Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala |
| 65 | Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath |
| Ibises and Spoonbills: Threskiornithidae | ||
| 66 | African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus |
| 67 | Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash |
| Osprey: Pandionidae | ||
| 68 | /Osprey/ | Pandion haliaetus |
| Hawks, Eagles, and Kites: Accipitridae | ||
| 69 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus |
| 70 | African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus |
| 71 | Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos |
| 72 | White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus |
| 73 | Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus |
| 74 | Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis |
| 75 | Brown Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinereus |
| 76 | Banded Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinerascens |
| 77 | Crowned Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus |
| 78 | Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis |
| 79 | Wahlberg’s Eagle | Hieraaetus wahlbergi |
| 80 | Ayres’s Hawk-Eagle | Hieraaetus ayresii |
| 81 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax |
| 82 | Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus |
| 83 | Dark Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax metabates |
| 84 | Eastern Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax poliopterus |
| 85 | African Marsh Harrier | Circus ranivorus |
| 86 | /Montagu’s Harrier/ | Circus pygargus |
| 87 | African Goshawk | Accipiter toussenelii |
| 88 | Shikra | Accipiter badius |
| 89 | /Black Kite/ | Milvus migrans |
| 90 | /Common Buzzard/ | Buteo buteo |
| Owls: Strigidae | ||
| 91 | Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl | Ketupa lactea |
| Mousebirds: Coliidae | ||
| 92 | Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus |
| 93 | Blue-naped Mousebird | Urocolius macrourus |
| Trogons: Trogonidae | ||
| 94 | Narina Trogon | Apaloderma narina |
| Hoopoes: Upupidae | ||
| 95 | /Eurasian Hoopoe/ | Upupa epops |
| Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills: Phoeniculidae | ||
| 96 | Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus |
| Hornbills: Bucerotidae | ||
| 97 | Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill | Bucorvus abyssinicus |
| 98 | Crowned Hornbill | Lophoceros alboterminatus |
| 99 | Congo Pied Hornbill | Lophoceros fasciatus |
| 100 | African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus |
| 101 | Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill | Bycanistes subcylindrica |
| 102 | White-thighed Hornbill | Bycanistes albotibialis |
| Kingfishers: Alcedinidae | ||
| 103 | African Pygmy Kingfisher | Ispidina picta |
| 104 | African Dwarf Kingfisher | Ispidina lecontei |
| 105 | Chocolate-backed Kingfisher | Halcyon badia |
| 106 | Gray-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala |
| 107 | Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis |
| 108 | Blue-breasted Kingfisher | Halcyon malimbica |
| 109 | Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti |
| 110 | Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis |
| Bee-eaters: Meropidae | ||
| 111 | Red-throated Bee-eater | Merops bulocki |
| 112 | Blue-breasted Bee-eater | Merops variegatus |
| 113 | Swallow-tailed Bee-eater | Merops hirundineus |
| 114 | /White-throated Bee-eater/ | Merops albicollis |
| 115 | /European Bee-eater/ | Merops apiaster |
| 116 | /Northern Carmine Bee-eater/ | Merops nubicus |
| Rollers: Coraciidae | ||
| 117 | Abyssinian Roller | Coracias abyssinicus |
| 118 | Rufous-crowned Roller | Coracias naevius |
| 119 | Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus |
| African Barbets: Lybiidae | ||
| 120 | Yellow-billed Barbet | Trachyphonus purpuratus |
| 121 | Speckled Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus scolopaceus |
| 122 | Yellow-throated Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus subsulphureus |
| 123 | Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus bilineatus |
| 124 | Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus chrysoconus |
| 125 | Yellow-spotted Barbet | Buccanodon duchaillui |
| 126 | Hairy-breasted Barbet | Tricholaema hirsuta |
| 127 | Spot-flanked Barbet | Tricholaema lacrymosa |
| 128 | White-headed Barbet | Lybius leucocephalus |
| 129 | Black-billed Barbet | Lybius guifsobalito |
| Woodpeckers: Picidae | ||
| 130 | Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens |
| 131 | Brown-backed Woodpecker | Dendropicos obsoletus |
| 132 | African Gray Woodpecker | Dendropicos goertae |
| 133 | Golden-crowned Woodpecker | Chloropicus xantholophus |
| 134 | Brown-eared Woodpecker | Pardipicus caroli |
| Falcons and Caracaras: Falconidae | ||
| 135 | Gray Kestrel | Falco ardosiaceus |
| 136 | Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera |
| Parrots: Psittaculidae | ||
| 137 | Red-headed Lovebird | Agapornis pullarius |
| Parrots: Psittacidae | ||
| 138 | Meyer’s Parrot | Poicephalus meyeri |
| Cuckooshrikes: Campephagidae | ||
| 139 | Black Cuckooshrike | Campephaga flava |
| Old World Orioles: Oriolidae | ||
| 140 | Western Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus brachyrhynchus |
| 141 | African Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus |
| Wattle-eyes and Batises: Platysteiridae | ||
| 142 | Brown-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira cyanea |
| 143 | Chestnut Wattle-eye | Platysteira castanea |
| 144 | Western Black-headed Batis | Batis erlangeri |
| 145 | Ituri Batis | Batis ituriensis |
| Vangas, Helmetshrikes and Allies: Vangidae | ||
| 146 | White Helmetshrike | Prionops plumatus |
| Bushshrikes: Malaconotidae | ||
| 147 | Brubru | Nilaus afer |
| 148 | Northern Puffback | Dryoscopus gambensis |
| 149 | Marsh Tchagra | Tchagra minutus |
| 150 | Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus |
| 151 | Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis |
| 152 | Black-headed Gonolek | Laniarius erythrogaster |
| 153 | Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike | Telophorus sulfureopectus |
| Drongos: Dicruridae | ||
| 154 | Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis |
| 155 | Velvet-mantled Drongo | Dicrurus modestus |
| Monarch Flycatchers: Monarchidae | ||
| 156 | Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone rufiventer |
| 157 | African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis |
| Shrikes: Laniidae | ||
| 158 | /Isabelline Shrike/ | Lanius isabellinus |
| 159 | Gray-backed Fiscal | Lanius excubitoroides |
| Crows, Jays, and Magpies: Corvidae | ||
| 160 | Piapiac | Ptilostomus afer |
| 161 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus |
| Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice: Paridae | ||
| 162 | Stripe-breasted Tit | Melaniparus fasciiventer |
| Nicators: Nicatoridae | ||
| 163 | Western Nicator | Nicator chloris |
| African Warblers: Macrosphenidae | ||
| 164 | Green Crombec | Sylvietta virens |
| 165 | Lemon-bellied Crombec | Sylvietta denti |
| 166 | Northern Crombec | Sylvietta brachyura |
| 167 | Moustached Grass-Warbler | Melocichla mentalis |
| 168 | Yellow Longbill | Macrosphenus flavicans |
| 169 | Green Hylia | Hylia prasina |
| Cisticolas and Allies: Cisticolidae | ||
| 170 | Green-backed Eremomela | Eremomela canescens |
| 171 | Red-winged Gray Warbler | Drymocichla incana |
| 172 | Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura |
| 173 | Buff-bellied Warbler | Phyllolais pulchella |
| 174 | Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava |
| 175 | Gray-capped Warbler | Eminia lepida |
| 176 | Red-faced Cisticola | Cisticola erythrops |
| 177 | Singing Cisticola | Cisticola cantans |
| 178 | Whistling Cisticola | Cisticola lateralis |
| 179 | Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana |
| 180 | Winding Cisticola | Cisticola marginatus |
| 181 | Siffling Cisticola | Cisticola brachypterus |
| 182 | Foxy Cisticola | Cisticola troglodytes |
| Reed Warblers and Allies: Acrocephalidae | ||
| 183 | African Yellow-Warbler | Iduna natalensis |
| Swallows: Hirundinidae | ||
| 184 | White-headed Sawwing | Psalidoprocne albiceps |
| 185 | Gray-rumped Swallow | Pseudhirundo griseopyga |
| 186 | Banded Martin | Neophedina cincta |
| 187 | /Bank Swallow/ | Riparia riparia |
| 188 | Angola Swallow | Hirundo angolensis |
| 189 | Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii |
| 190 | Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica |
| 191 | Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica |
| 192 | Rufous-chested Swallow | Cecropis semirufa |
| 193 | Mosque Swallow | Cecropis senegalensis |
| Bulbuls: Pycnonotidae | ||
| 194 | Slender-billed Greenbul | Stelgidillas gracilirostris |
| 195 | Yellow-throated Greenbul | Atimastillas flavicollis |
| 196 | Spotted Greenbul | Ixonotus guttatus |
| 197 | Little Greenbul | Eurillas virens |
| 198 | Gray Greenbul | Eurillas gracilis |
| 199 | Xavier’s Greenbul | Phyllastrephus xavieri |
| 200 | Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus |
| Bush Warblers and Allies: Scotocercidae | ||
| 201 | Chestnut-capped Flycatcher | Erythrocercus mccallii |
| Fulvetta and Ground Babblers: Pellorneidae | ||
| 202 | Puvel’s Illadopsis | Illadopsis puveli |
| Laughingthrushes and Allies: Leiothrichidae | ||
| 203 | Brown Babbler | Turdoides plebejus |
| Oxpeckers: Buphagidae | ||
| 204 | Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus africanus |
| Starlings: Sturnidae | ||
| 205 | Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster |
| 206 | Rueppell’s Starling | Lamprotornis purpuroptera |
| 207 | Splendid Starling | Lamprotornis splendidus |
| 208 | Lesser Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chloropterus |
| 209 | Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus |
| 210 | Purple-headed Starling | Lamprotornis purpureiceps |
| 211 | Bronze-tailed Starling | Lamprotornis chalcurus |
| Thrushes and Allies: Turdidae | ||
| 212 | Rufous Flycatcher-Thrush | Stizorhina fraseri |
| 213 | Red-tailed Ant-Thrush | Neocossyphus rufus |
| 214 | African Thrush | Turdus pelios |
| Old World Flycatchers: Muscicapidae | ||
| 215 | Pale Flycatcher | Agricola pallidus |
| 216 | African Forest-Flycatcher | Fraseria ocreata |
| 217 | Gray-throated Tit-Flycatcher | Fraseria griseigularis |
| 218 | Silverbird | Melaenornis semipartitus |
| 219 | Northern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis edolioides |
| 220 | Brown-backed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas hartlaubi |
| 221 | Red-backed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys |
| 222 | White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini |
| 223 | Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat | Cossypha niveicapilla |
| 224 | Spotted Morning-Thrush | Cichladusa guttata |
| 225 | /Whinchat/ | Saxicola rubetra |
| 226 | Sooty Chat | Myrmecocichla nigra |
| Sunbirds and Spiderhunters: Nectariniidae | ||
| 227 | Western Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes longuemarei |
| 228 | Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris |
| 229 | Blue-throated Brown Sunbird | Cyanomitra cyanolaema |
| 230 | Green-throated Sunbird | Chalcomitra rubescens |
| 231 | Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis |
| 232 | Bronze Sunbird | Nectarinia kilimensis |
| 233 | Olive-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris chloropygius |
| 234 | Beautiful Sunbird | Cinnyris pulchellus |
| 235 | Marico Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis |
| 236 | Red-chested Sunbird | Cinnyris erythrocercus |
| 237 | Purple-banded Sunbird | Cinnyris bifasciatus |
| 238 | Superb Sunbird | Cinnyris superbus |
| 239 | Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus |
| 240 | Copper Sunbird | Cinnyris cupreus |
| Weavers and Allies: Ploceidae | ||
| 241 | Speckle-fronted Weaver | Sporopipes frontalis |
| 242 | White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali |
| 243 | Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser superciliosus |
| 244 | Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps |
| 245 | Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht |
| 246 | Little Weaver | Ploceus luteolus |
| 247 | Slender-billed Weaver | Ploceus pelzelni |
| 248 | Black-necked Weaver | Ploceus nigricollis |
| 249 | Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis |
| 250 | Vitelline Masked-Weaver | Ploceus vitellinus |
| 251 | Heuglin’s Masked-Weaver | Ploceus heuglini |
| 252 | Vieillot’s Black Weaver | Ploceus nigerrimus |
| 253 | Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus |
| 254 | Black-headed Weaver | Ploceus melanocephalus |
| 255 | Golden-backed Weaver | Ploceus jacksoni |
| 256 | Yellow-mantled Weaver | Ploceus tricolor |
| 257 | Compact Weaver | Pachyphantes superciliosus |
| 258 | &Cardinal Queleal | Quelea cardinalis |
| 259 | Red-headed Quelea | Quelea erythrops |
| 260 | &Red-billed Queleal | Quelea quelea |
| 261 | Northern Red Bishop | Euplectes franciscanus |
| 262 | Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix |
| 263 | Black-winged Bishop | Euplectes hordeaceus |
| 264 | Black Bishop | Euplectes gierowii |
| 265 | Yellow-mantled Widowbird | Euplectes macroura |
| 266 | Red-collared Widowbird | Euplectes ardens |
| 267 | Fan-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes axillaris |
| 268 | Grosbeak Weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons |
| Waxbills and Allies: Estrildidae | ||
| 269 | Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata |
| 270 | Black-and-white Mannikin | Spermestes bicolor |
| 271 | Zebra Waxbill | Amandava subflava |
| 272 | Gray-headed Nigrita | Nigrita canicapillus |
| 273 | White-breasted Nigrita | Nigrita fusconotus |
| 274 | Gray-headed Oliveback | Delacourella capistrata |
| 275 | Black-faced Waxbill | Brunhilda erythronotos |
| 276 | Black-crowned Waxbill | Estrilda nonnula |
| 277 | Fawn-breasted Waxbill | Estrilda paludicola |
| 278 | Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild |
| 279 | Black-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda troglodytes |
| 280 | Cut-throat | Amadina fasciata |
| 281 | Red-cheeked Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus bengalus |
| 282 | Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba |
| 283 | Red-winged Pytilia | Pytilia phoenicoptera |
| 284 | Brown Twinspot | Clytospiza monteiri |
| 285 | Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala |
| 286 | African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata |
| 287 | Black-bellied Firefinch | Lagonosticta rara |
| Indigobirds: Viduidae | ||
| 288 | Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura |
| 289 | Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata |
| Old World Sparrows: Passeridae | ||
| 290 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
| 291 | Shelley’s Rufous Sparrow | Passer shelleyi |
| 292 | Northern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus |
| Wagtails and Pipits: Motacillidae | ||
| 293 | /Western Yellow Wagtail/ | Motacilla flava |
| 294 | African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp |
| 295 | African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus |
| 296 | Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys |
| 297 | Yellow-throated Longclaw | Macronyx croceus |
| Finches, Euphonias, and Allies: Fringillidae | ||
| 298 | White-rumped Seedeater | Crithagra leucopygius |
| 299 | Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambicus |
| 300 | Western Citril | Crithagra frontalis |
| 301 | Brimstone Canary | Crithagra sulphuratus |
| Old World Buntings: Emberizidae | ||
| 302 | Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi |
| 303 | Golden-breasted Bunting | Emberiza flaviventris |
| 304 | Brown-rumped Bunting | Emberiza affinis |
| 305 | Cabanis’s Bunting | Emberiza cabanisi |
