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Mabamba Swamp--Main channel

Located in the Uganda area, Mabamba Swamp--Main channel is a popular birding destination. Recently, birders have spotted White-faced Whistling-Duck, Fulvous Whistling-Duck, Yellow-billed Duck in the area.

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Species
Date Spotted
Count
White-faced Whistling-DuckDendrocygna viduata
Sep 21, 2026
3
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolor
Sep 21, 2026
2
Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata
Sep 21, 2026
4
Blue-headed CoucalCentropus monachus
Sep 21, 2026
2
Eurasian MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Sep 21, 2026
2
African SwamphenPorphyrio madagascariensis
Sep 21, 2026
3
Long-toed LapwingVanellus crassirostris
Sep 21, 2026
2
Lesser JacanaMicroparra capensis
Sep 21, 2026
1
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
Sep 21, 2026
2
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
Sep 21, 2026
27
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
Sep 21, 2026
2
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Sep 21, 2026
5
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
Sep 21, 2026
4
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
Sep 21, 2026
2
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Sep 21, 2026
2
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
Sep 21, 2026
2
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Sep 21, 2026
4
Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
Sep 21, 2026
5
ShoebillBalaeniceps rex
Sep 21, 2026
2
African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorus
Sep 21, 2026
1
African Fish-EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Sep 21, 2026
1
Blue-breasted Bee-eaterMerops variegatus
Sep 21, 2026
2
Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
Sep 21, 2026
2
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Sep 21, 2026
7
Winding CisticolaCisticola marginatus
Sep 21, 2026
3
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
Sep 21, 2026
3
Swamp FlycatcherMuscicapa aquatica
Sep 21, 2026
2
Sep 21, 2026
1
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
Sep 21, 2026
2
Fan-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes axillaris
Sep 21, 2026
1
Grosbeak WeaverAmblyospiza albifrons
Sep 21, 2026
3
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Sep 21, 2026
2
White-browed CoucalCentropus superciliosus
Sep 21, 2026
1
Black CrakeZapornia flavirostra
Sep 21, 2026
1
African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
Sep 21, 2026
1
Sep 21, 2026
1
Great EgretArdea alba
Sep 21, 2026
2
Yellow-billed EgretArdea brachyrhyncha
Sep 21, 2026
9
HamerkopScopus umbretta
Sep 21, 2026
1
Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
Sep 21, 2026
1
Slender-billed WeaverPloceus pelzelni
Sep 21, 2026
2
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Sep 18, 2026
2
Sep 18, 2026
2
Eastern Plantain-eaterCrinifer zonurus
Sep 18, 2026
2
Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
Sep 18, 2026
1
Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
Sep 18, 2026
1
Saddle-billed StorkEphippiorhynchus senegalensis
Sep 18, 2026
1
African Blue FlycatcherElminia longicauda
Sep 18, 2026
3
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Sep 18, 2026
5
Mosque SwallowCecropis senegalensis
Sep 18, 2026
2
Green White-eyeZosterops stuhlmanni
Sep 18, 2026
1
Vieillot's Black WeaverPloceus nigerrimus
Sep 18, 2026
8
Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus
Sep 18, 2026
4
Little SwiftApus affinis
Sep 13, 2026
2
Gray HeronArdea cinerea
Sep 13, 2026
1
Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
Sep 13, 2026
1
Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
Sep 13, 2026
1
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Sep 13, 2026
1
Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
Sep 13, 2026
3
Marsh TchagraBocagia minuta
Sep 13, 2026
1
Carruthers's CisticolaCisticola carruthersi
Sep 13, 2026
1
Greater Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus rufescens
Sep 13, 2026
1
Angola SwallowHirundo angolensis
Sep 13, 2026
1
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Sep 13, 2026
2
Wattled StarlingCreatophora cinerea
Sep 13, 2026
6
Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis
Sep 13, 2026
1

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