Birding Checklist For Mabamba Swamp : Mamba swamp in Uganda is considered as one of the important birding destinations in Uganda that travellers can get to visit to participate in birding in Uganda. The swamp is located on the outer shores of Lake Victoria the freshest water body in Uganda. The swamp is highly visited by people interested in fishing especially the local however for travellers that make their way to the swamp are interested in watching the numerous bird species and in this birding checklist for mabamba swamp, here are some of the different bird species that you will get to explore aside from the endangered shoe bill stork that will make your birding safaris in Uganda quite fulfilling.

1 | Coqui Francolin | Campocolinus coqui |
2 | Black-throated Coucal | Centropus leucogaster |
3 | Lesser Moorhen | Gallinula angulata |
4 | Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata |
5 | Gray Crowned-Crane | Balearica regulorum |
6 | /Black-tailed Godwit/ | Limosa limosa |
7 | /Great Snipe/ | Gallinago media |
8 | African Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia microscelis |
9 | Shoebill | Balaeniceps rex |
10 | #Egyptian Vulture# | Neophron percnopterus |
11 | White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis |
12 | Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos |
13 | Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus |
14 | White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus |
15 | Rueppell’s Griffon | Gyps rueppelli |
16 | Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus |
17 | Beaudouin’s Snake-Eagle | Circaetus beaudouini |
18 | Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus |
19 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax |
20 | /Steppe Eagle/ | Aquila nipalensis |
21 | Dark Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax metabates |
22 | Eastern Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax poliopterus |
23 | /Pallid Harrier/ | Circus macrourus |
24 | Swallow-tailed Bee-eater | Merops hirundineus |
25 | /European Bee-eater/ | Merops apiaster |
26 | Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera |
27 | Gray Parrot | Psittacus erithacus |
28 | Papyrus Gonolek | Laniarius mufumbiri |
29 | Lowland Sooty Boubou | Laniarius leucorhynchus |
30 | /Woodchat Shrike/ | Lanius senator |
31 | Yellow Longbill | Macrosphenus flavicans |
32 | Gray Longbill | Macrosphenus concolor |
33 | Papyrus Yellow-Warbler | Calamonastides gracilirostris |
34 | African Yellow-Warbler | Iduna natalensis |
35 | Ethiopian Swallow | Hirundo aethiopica |
36 | \Montane Blue Swallow\ | Hirundo atrocaerulea |
37 | Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythrorynchus |
38 | Superb Sunbird | Cinnyris superbus |
39 | Orange Weaver | Ploceus aurantius |
40 | Marsh Widowbird | Euplectes hartlaubi |
41 | Papyrus Canary | Crithagra koliensis |
‘’Visit mabamba swamp and get to watch a number of rare bird species as you enjoy the boat rides as you hunt for the different bird species in the wild.’’
