Birding Checklist For Lake Victoria : Lake Victoria is shared among three different countries Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. For travellers interested in watching a number of difeferent bird species that can be seen for travellers interested in birding in Africa. during your birding expedition around Lake Victoria you will have the chance to watch a number of water birds, a number of migratory species that will make your safari experience quite memorable. The different bird species that you will get to watch along Lake Victoria include;
| 1 | Common Ostrich | Struthio camelus |
| 2 | White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata |
| 3 | Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor |
| 4 | Knob-billed Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos |
| 5 | Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiaca |
| 6 | Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis |
| 7 | Blue-billed Teal | Spatula hottentota |
| 8 | Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata |
| 9 | Red-billed Duck | Anas erythrorhyncha |
| 10 | \Southern Pochard\ | Netta erythrophthalma |
| 11 | Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris |
| 12 | Red-necked Spurfowl | Pternistis afer |
| 13 | Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus |
| 14 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis |
| 15 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| 16 | Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea |
| 17 | Mourning Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decipiens |
| 18 | Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata |
| 19 | Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola |
| 20 | Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis |
| 21 | Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos |
| 22 | Blue-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur afer |
| 23 | Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria |
| 24 | Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis |
| 25 | African Green-Pigeon | Treron calvus |
| 26 | Ross’s Turaco | Musophaga rossae |
| 27 | Bare-faced Go-away-bird | Crinifer personatus |
| 28 | Eastern Plantain-eater | Crinifer zonurus |
| 29 | Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius |
| 30 | /Common Cuckoo/ | Cuculus canorus |
| 31 | Blue-headed Coucal | Centropus monachus |
| 32 | White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus |
| 33 | Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus |
| 34 | Levaillant’s Cuckoo | Clamator levaillantii |
| 35 | /Great Spotted Cuckoo/ | Clamator glandarius |
| 36 | Klaas’s Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas |
| 37 | Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius |
| 38 | /Eurasian Nightjar/ | Caprimulgus europaeus |
| 39 | Swamp Nightjar | Caprimulgus natalensis |
| 40 | Mottled Swift | Tachymarptis aequatorialis |
| 41 | |Common Swift| | Apus apus |
| 42 | Nyanza Swift | Apus niansae |
| 43 | Little Swift | Apus affinis |
| 44 | White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer |
| 45 | African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus |
| 46 | African Rail | Rallus caerulescens |
| 47 | African Crake | Crex egregia |
| 48 | Lesser Moorhen | Gallinula angulata |
| 49 | Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus |
| 50 | Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata |
| 51 | Allen’s Gallinule | Porphyrio alleni |
| 52 | African Swamphen | Porphyrio madagascariensis |
| 53 | Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra |
| 54 | Red-chested Flufftail | Sarothrura rufa |
| 55 | Gray Crowned-Crane | Balearica regulorum |
| 56 | Spotted Thick-knee | Burhinus capensis |
| 57 | Water Thick-knee | Burhinus vermiculatus |
| 58 | /Eurasian Thick-knee/ | Burhinus oedicnemus |
| 59 | Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus |
| 60 | /Common Ringed Plover/ | Charadrius hiaticula |
| 61 | Three-banded Plover | Charadrius tricollaris |
| 62 | /Little Ringed Plover/ | Charadrius dubius |
| 63 | Long-toed Lapwing | Vanellus crassirostris |
| 64 | Blacksmith Lapwing | Vanellus armatus |
| 65 | Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus |
| 66 | Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus |
| 67 | Wattled Lapwing | Vanellus senegallus |
| 68 | Kittlitz’s Plover | Anarhynchus pecuarius |
| 69 | African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus |
| 70 | /Whimbrel/ | Numenius phaeopus |
| 71 | /Black-tailed Godwit/ | Limosa limosa |
| 72 | /Great Snipe/ | Gallinago media |
| 73 | /Common Snipe/ | Gallinago gallinago |
| 74 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos |
| 75 | /Green Sandpiper/ | Tringa ochropus |
| 76 | /Marsh Sandpiper/ | Tringa stagnatilis |
| 77 | /Wood Sandpiper/ | Tringa glareola |
| 78 | /Spotted Redshank/ | Tringa erythropus |
| 79 | /Common Greenshank/ | Tringa nebularia |
| 80 | /Ruff/ | Calidris pugnax |
| 81 | /Curlew Sandpiper/ | Calidris ferruginea |
| 82 | /Temminck’s Stint/ | Calidris temminckii |
| 83 | /Little Stint/ | Calidris minuta |
| 84 | Rock Pratincole | Glareola nuchalis |
| 85 | Collared Pratincole | Glareola pratincola |
| 86 | /Black-headed Gull/ | Chroicocephalus ridibundus |
| 87 | Gray-hooded Gull | Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus |
| 88 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus |
| 89 | African Skimmer | Rynchops flavirostris |
| 90 | /Gull-billed Tern/ | Gelochelidon nilotica |
| 91 | /Caspian Tern/ | Hydroprogne caspia |
| 92 | Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida |
| 93 | /White-winged Tern/ | Chlidonias leucopterus |
| 94 | African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus |
| 95 | /Abdim’s Stork/ | Ciconia abdimii |
| 96 | /White Stork/ | Ciconia ciconia |
| 97 | Saddle-billed Stork | Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis |
| 98 | Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer |
| 99 | Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis |
| 100 | African Darter | Anhinga rufa |
| 101 | Long-tailed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus |
| 102 | Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo |
| 103 | Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus |
| 104 | Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens |
| 105 | Shoebill | Balaeniceps rex |
| 106 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta |
| 107 | Dwarf Bittern | Ixobrychus sturmii |
| 108 | Little Bittern | Ixobrychus minutus |
| 109 | Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| 110 | Black Heron | Egretta ardesiaca |
| 111 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
| 112 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata |
| 113 | Rufous-bellied Heron | Ardeola rufiventris |
| 114 | Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides |
| 115 | \Malagasy Pond-Heron\ | Ardeola idae |
| 116 | Western Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| 117 | Great Egret | Ardea alba |
| 118 | Yellow-billed Egret | Ardea brachyrhyncha |
| 119 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea |
| 120 | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea |
| 121 | Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala |
| 122 | Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath |
| 123 | Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus |
| 124 | African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus |
| 125 | Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash |
| 126 | African Spoonbill | Platalea alba |
| 127 | /Osprey/ | Pandion haliaetus |
| 128 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus |
| 129 | African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus |
| 130 | Palm-nut Vulture | Gypohierax angolensis |
| 131 | /European Honey-buzzard/ | Pernis apivorus |
| 132 | Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus |
| 133 | White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus |
| 134 | Banded Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinerascens |
| 135 | Bat Hawk | Macheiramphus alcinus |
| 136 | Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis |
| 137 | /Lesser Spotted Eagle/ | Clanga pomarina |
| 138 | Wahlberg’s Eagle | Hieraaetus wahlbergi |
| 139 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax |
| 140 | Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus |
| 141 | Dark Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax metabates |
| 142 | Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar |
| 143 | /Western Marsh Harrier/ | Circus aeruginosus |
| 144 | African Marsh Harrier | Circus ranivorus |
| 145 | /Pallid Harrier/ | Circus macrourus |
| 146 | Montagu’s Harrier | Circus pygargus |
| 147 | African Goshawk | Accipiter toussenelii |
| 148 | Shikra | Accipiter badius |
| 149 | Little Sparrowhawk | Accipiter minullus |
| 150 | Black Goshawk | Accipiter melanoleucus |
| 151 | /Black Kite/ | Milvus migrans |
| 152 | Yellow-billed Kite** | Milvus aegyptius |
| 153 | African Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga vocifer |
| 154 | |Common Buzzard| | Buteo buteo |
| 155 | Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur |
| 156 | African Scops-Owl | Otus senegalensis |
| 157 | Grayish Eagle-Owl | Bubo cinerascens |
| 158 | Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl | Ketupa lactea |
| 159 | Marsh Owl | Asio capensis |
| 160 | Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus |
| 161 | Blue-naped Mousebird | Urocolius macrourus |
| 162 | /Eurasian Hoopoe/ | Upupa epops |
| 163 | Abyssinian Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus minor |
| 164 | African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus |
| 165 | Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus |
| 166 | African Pygmy Kingfisher | Ispidina picta |
| 167 | Gray-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala |
| 168 | Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis |
| 169 | Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti |
| 170 | Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima |
| 171 | Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis |
| 172 | White-fronted Bee-eater | Merops bullockoides |
| 173 | Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus |
| 174 | Blue-breasted Bee-eater | Merops variegatus |
| 175 | /White-throated Bee-eater/ | Merops albicollis |
| 176 | /Blue-cheeked Bee-eater/ | Merops persicus |
| 177 | \Madagascar Bee-eater\ | Merops superciliosus |
| 178 | |European Bee-eater| | Merops apiaster |
| 179 | Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus |
| 180 | Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus |
| 181 | Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus bilineatus |
| 182 | Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus chrysoconus |
| 183 | Spot-flanked Barbet | Tricholaema lacrymosa |
| 184 | White-headed Barbet | Lybius leucocephalus |
| 185 | Black-billed Barbet | Lybius guifsobalito |
| 186 | Double-toothed Barbet | Pogonornis bidentatus |
| 187 | Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor |
| 188 | Scaly-throated Honeyguide | Indicator variegatus |
| 189 | Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator |
| 190 | /Eurasian Wryneck/ | Jynx torquilla |
| 191 | Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens |
| 192 | African Gray Woodpecker | Dendropicos goertae |
| 193 | Nubian Woodpecker | Campethera nubica |
| 194 | /Lesser Kestrel/ | Falco naumanni |
| 195 | /Eurasian Kestrel/ | Falco tinnunculus |
| 196 | Gray Kestrel | Falco ardosiaceus |
| 197 | |Amur Falcon| | Falco amurensis |
| 198 | |Eleonora’s Falcon| | Falco eleonorae |
| 199 | |Sooty Falcon| | Falco concolor |
| 200 | /Eurasian Hobby/ | Falco subbuteo |
| 201 | African Hobby | Falco cuvierii |
| 202 | Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus |
| 203 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus |
| 204 | Red-headed Lovebird | Agapornis pullarius |
| 205 | Fischer’s Lovebird | Agapornis fischeri |
| 206 | Meyer’s Parrot | Poicephalus meyeri |
| 207 | Black Cuckooshrike | Campephaga flava |
| 208 | |Eurasian Golden Oriole| | Oriolus oriolus |
| 209 | Brown-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira cyanea |
| 210 | Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor |
| 211 | Northern Puffback | Dryoscopus gambensis |
| 212 | Marsh Tchagra | Tchagra minutus |
| 213 | Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus |
| 214 | Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis |
| 215 | Tropical Boubou | Laniarius major |
| 216 | Black-headed Gonolek | Laniarius erythrogaster |
| 217 | Papyrus Gonolek | Laniarius mufumbiri |
| 218 | Slate-colored Boubou | Laniarius funebris |
| 219 | Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike | Telophorus sulfureopectus |
| 220 | Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis |
| 221 | African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis |
| 222 | /Red-backed Shrike/ | Lanius collurio |
| 223 | /Isabelline Shrike/ | Lanius isabellinus |
| 224 | |Lesser Gray Shrike| | Lanius minor |
| 225 | Gray-backed Fiscal | Lanius excubitoroides |
| 226 | Mackinnon’s Shrike | Lanius mackinnoni |
| 227 | Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis |
| 228 | /Woodchat Shrike/ | Lanius senator |
| 229 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus |
| 230 | African Blue Flycatcher | Elminia longicauda |
| 231 | White-bellied Tit | Melaniparus albiventris |
| 232 | African Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus caroli |
| 233 | Fischer’s Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix leucopareia |
| 234 | Red-faced Crombec | Sylvietta whytii |
| 235 | Moustached Grass-Warbler | Melocichla mentalis |
| 236 | White-chinned Prinia | Schistolais leucopogon |
| 237 | Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura |
| 238 | Buff-bellied Warbler | Phyllolais pulchella |
| 239 | Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava |
| 240 | Red-winged Prinia | Prinia erythroptera |
| 241 | Gray-capped Warbler | Eminia lepida |
| 242 | Red-faced Cisticola | Cisticola erythrops |
| 243 | Singing Cisticola | Cisticola cantans |
| 244 | Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana |
| 245 | Winding Cisticola | Cisticola marginatus |
| 246 | Carruthers’s Cisticola | Cisticola carruthersi |
| 247 | Siffling Cisticola | Cisticola brachypterus |
| 248 | Papyrus Yellow-Warbler | Calamonastides gracilirostris |
| 249 | /Eastern Olivaceous Warbler/ | Iduna pallida |
| 250 | /Sedge Warbler/ | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus |
| 251 | /Common Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus scirpaceus |
| 252 | Lesser Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus gracilirostris |
| 253 | Greater Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus rufescens |
| 254 | /Great Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus arundinaceus |
| 255 | White-winged Swamp Warbler | Bradypterus carpalis |
| 256 | Highland Rush Warbler | Bradypterus centralis |
| 257 | White-headed Sawwing | Psalidoprocne albiceps |
| 258 | Gray-rumped Swallow | Pseudhirundo griseopyga |
| 259 | Banded Martin | Neophedina cincta |
| 260 | Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola |
| 261 | /Bank Swallow/ | Riparia riparia |
| 262 | #Montane Blue Swallow# | Hirundo atrocaerulea |
| 263 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica |
| 264 | Angola Swallow | Hirundo angolensis |
| 265 | Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii |
| 266 | /Western House-Martin/ | Delichon urbicum |
| 267 | Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica |
| 268 | Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica |
| 269 | Rufous-chested Swallow | Cecropis semirufa |
| 270 | Mosque Swallow | Cecropis senegalensis |
| 271 | Yellow-throated Greenbul | Atimastillas flavicollis |
| 272 | Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus |
| 273 | /Willow Warbler/ | Phylloscopus trochilus |
| 274 | /Eurasian Blackcap/ | Sylvia atricapilla |
| 275 | /Garden Warbler/ | Sylvia borin |
| 276 | /Greater Whitethroat/ | Curruca communis |
| 277 | Northern Yellow White-eye | Zosterops senegalensis |
| 278 | Brown Babbler | Turdoides plebejus |
| 279 | Arrow-marked Babbler | Turdoides jardineii |
| 280 | Black-lored Babbler | Turdoides sharpei |
| 281 | Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythrorynchus |
| 282 | Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster |
| 283 | Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio |
| 284 | Rueppell’s Starling | Lamprotornis purpuroptera |
| 285 | Superb Starling | Lamprotornis superbus |
| 286 | Greater Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus |
| 287 | African Thrush | Turdus pelios |
| 288 | |Spotted Flycatcher| | Muscicapa striata |
| 289 | Swamp Flycatcher | Muscicapa aquatica |
| 290 | African Gray Flycatcher | Bradornis microrhynchus |
| 291 | Silverbird | Melaenornis semipartitus |
| 292 | Northern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis edolioides |
| 293 | White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini |
| 294 | /Common Redstart/ | Phoenicurus phoenicurus |
| 295 | /Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush/ | Monticola saxatilis |
| 296 | /Whinchat/ | Saxicola rubetra |
| 297 | /Northern Wheatear/ | Oenanthe oenanthe |
| 298 | /Isabelline Wheatear/ | Oenanthe isabellina |
| 299 | Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris |
| 300 | Green-headed Sunbird | Cyanomitra verticalis |
| 301 | Amethyst Sunbird | Chalcomitra amethystina |
| 302 | Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis |
| 303 | Bronze Sunbird | Nectarinia kilimensis |
| 304 | Golden-winged Sunbird | Drepanorhynchus reichenowi |
| 305 | Olive-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris chloropygius |
| 306 | Beautiful Sunbird | Cinnyris pulchellus |
| 307 | Marico Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis |
| 308 | Red-chested Sunbird | Cinnyris erythrocercus |
| 309 | Purple-banded Sunbird | Cinnyris bifasciatus |
| 310 | Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus |
| 311 | Copper Sunbird | Cinnyris cupreus |
| 312 | White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali |
| 313 | Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps |
| 314 | Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht |
| 315 | Little Weaver | Ploceus luteolus |
| 316 | Slender-billed Weaver | Ploceus pelzelni |
| 317 | Black-necked Weaver | Ploceus nigricollis |
| 318 | Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis |
| 319 | Holub’s Golden-Weaver | Ploceus xanthops |
| 320 | Northern Brown-throated Weaver | Ploceus castanops |
| 321 | Lesser Masked-Weaver | Ploceus intermedius |
| 322 | Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus |
| 323 | Black-headed Weaver | Ploceus melanocephalus |
| 324 | <Golden-backed Weaver> | Ploceus jacksoni |
| 325 | <Chestnut Weaver> | Ploceus rubiginosus |
| 326 | <Cardinal Quelea> | Quelea cardinalis |
| 327 | Red-headed Quelea | Quelea erythrops |
| 328 | <Red-billed Quelea> | Quelea quelea |
| 329 | Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix |
| 330 | Black-winged Bishop | Euplectes hordeaceus |
| 331 | Black Bishop | Euplectes gierowii |
| 332 | <Fire-fronted Bishop> | Euplectes diadematus |
| 333 | Yellow Bishop | Euplectes capensis |
| 334 | White-winged Widowbird | Euplectes albonotatus |
| 335 | Yellow-mantled Widowbird | Euplectes macroura |
| 336 | Red-cowled Widowbird | Euplectes laticauda |
| 337 | Fan-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes axillaris |
| 338 | Grosbeak Weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons |
| 339 | Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata |
| 340 | Black-and-white Mannikin | Spermestes bicolor |
| 341 | Zebra Waxbill | Amandava subflava |
| 342 | Black-crowned Waxbill | Estrilda nonnula |
| 343 | Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild |
| 344 | Crimson-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda rhodopyga |
| 345 | Purple Grenadier | Granatina ianthinogaster |
| 346 | Red-cheeked Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus bengalus |
| 347 | Red-headed Bluebill | Spermophaga ruficapilla |
| 348 | Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala |
| 349 | African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata |
| 350 | Bar-breasted Firefinch | Lagonosticta rufopicta |
| 351 | Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura |
| 352 | Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata |
| 353 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
| 354 | Northern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus |
| 355 | Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow | Gymnornis pyrgita |
| 356 | /Western Yellow Wagtail/ | Motacilla flava |
| 357 | African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp |
| 358 | /White Wagtail/ | Motacilla alba |
| 359 | African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus |
| 360 | Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys |
| 361 | /Red-throated Pipit/ | Anthus cervinus |
| 362 | Yellow-throated Longclaw | Macronyx croceus |
| 363 | Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambicus |
| 364 | African Citril | Crithagra citrinelloides |
| 365 | Papyrus Canary | Crithagra koliensis |
| 366 | Reichenow’s Seedeater | Crithagra reichenowi |
| 367 | White-bellied Canary | Crithagra dorsostriatus |
| 368 | Brimstone Canary | Crithagra sulphuratus |
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