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Mabamba Swamp

Located in the Uganda area, Mabamba Swamp is a popular birding destination. Recently, birders have spotted Yellow-billed Duck, African Green-Pigeon, Eurasian Moorhen in the area.

509
All-Time Species
61
Sightings (14 days)
Central
Region
Uganda
Country

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Trailing 14 Days
Species
Date Spotted
Count
Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata
Sep 21, 2026
3
Sep 21, 2026
1
Eurasian MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Sep 21, 2026
3
Black CrakeZapornia flavirostra
Sep 21, 2026
1
Long-toed LapwingVanellus crassirostris
Sep 21, 2026
3
Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca
Sep 21, 2026
1
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
Sep 21, 2026
2
Yellow-billed EgretArdea brachyrhyncha
Sep 21, 2026
3
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Sep 21, 2026
2
ShoebillBalaeniceps rex
Sep 21, 2026
3
Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
Sep 21, 2026
1
African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorus
Sep 21, 2026
1
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Sep 21, 2026
1
Blue-breasted Bee-eaterMerops variegatus
Sep 21, 2026
3
Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
Sep 21, 2026
7
Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
Sep 21, 2026
1
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Sep 21, 2026
5
African Blue FlycatcherElminia longicauda
Sep 21, 2026
1
Winding CisticolaCisticola marginatus
Sep 21, 2026
1
Greater Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus rufescens
Sep 21, 2026
1
Angola SwallowHirundo angolensis
Sep 21, 2026
4
Mosque SwallowCecropis senegalensis
Sep 21, 2026
1
Rüppell's StarlingLamprotornis purpuroptera
Sep 21, 2026
4
Swamp FlycatcherMuscicapa aquatica
Sep 21, 2026
1
Sep 21, 2026
2
Fan-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes axillaris
Sep 21, 2026
1
White-faced Whistling-DuckDendrocygna viduata
Sep 13, 2026
10
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolor
Sep 13, 2026
4
Blue-headed CoucalCentropus monachus
Sep 13, 2026
3
Little SwiftApus affinis
Sep 13, 2026
4
African SwamphenPorphyrio madagascariensis
Sep 13, 2026
1
Lesser JacanaMicroparra capensis
Sep 13, 2026
2
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
Sep 13, 2026
55
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
Sep 13, 2026
2
Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer
Sep 13, 2026
1
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Sep 13, 2026
14
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
Sep 13, 2026
4
Sep 13, 2026
16
Great EgretArdea alba
Sep 13, 2026
1
Gray HeronArdea cinerea
Sep 13, 2026
1
HamerkopScopus umbretta
Sep 13, 2026
1
Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
Sep 13, 2026
1
Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
Sep 13, 2026
1
Marsh TchagraBocagia minuta
Sep 13, 2026
1
Carruthers's CisticolaCisticola carruthersi
Sep 13, 2026
1
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Sep 13, 2026
28
Wattled StarlingCreatophora cinerea
Sep 13, 2026
6
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
Sep 13, 2026
10
Sep 13, 2026
12
Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis
Sep 13, 2026
1
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Sep 12, 2026
1
Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
Sep 12, 2026
2
African SnipeGallinago nigripennis
Sep 12, 2026
1
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Sep 12, 2026
7
European Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
Sep 12, 2026
9
African Gray WoodpeckerDendropicos goertae
Sep 12, 2026
1
Vieillot's Black WeaverPloceus nigerrimus
Sep 12, 2026
10
Weyns's WeaverPloceus weynsi
Sep 12, 2026
25
Red-cheeked CordonbleuUraeginthus bengalus
Sep 12, 2026
2
African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
Sep 12, 2026
3
Yellow-throated LongclawMacronyx croceus
Sep 12, 2026
2

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