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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.

406
All-Time Species
55
Sightings (14 days)
Central
Region
Uganda
Country

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Trailing 14 Days
Species
Date Spotted
Count
White-faced Whistling-DuckDendrocygna viduata
Nov 1, 2026
9
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolor
Nov 1, 2026
4
Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata
Nov 1, 2026
2
African SwamphenPorphyrio madagascariensis
Nov 1, 2026
2
Black CrakeZapornia flavirostra
Nov 1, 2026
2
Long-toed LapwingVanellus crassirostris
Nov 1, 2026
2
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
Nov 1, 2026
3
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
Nov 1, 2026
1
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Nov 1, 2026
5
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
Nov 1, 2026
2
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Nov 1, 2026
2
ShoebillBalaeniceps rex
Nov 1, 2026
1
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Nov 1, 2026
1
African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorus
Nov 1, 2026
1
Crowned HornbillLophoceros alboterminatus
Nov 1, 2026
1
Blue-breasted Bee-eaterMerops variegatus
Nov 1, 2026
2
Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
Nov 1, 2026
2
Greater Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus rufescens
Nov 1, 2026
1
Angola SwallowHirundo angolensis
Nov 1, 2026
5
Swamp FlycatcherMuscicapa aquatica
Nov 1, 2026
2
Nov 1, 2026
9
Fan-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes axillaris
Nov 1, 2026
8
Bronze MannikinSpermestes cucullata
Nov 1, 2026
4
Black-and-white MannikinSpermestes bicolor
Nov 1, 2026
2
Blue-headed CoucalCentropus monachus
Nov 1, 2026
2
Eurasian MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Nov 1, 2026
2
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
Nov 1, 2026
7
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Nov 1, 2026
4
Yellow-billed EgretArdea brachyrhyncha
Nov 1, 2026
2
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Nov 1, 2026
7
Common Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
Nov 1, 2026
3
Levaillant's CuckooClamator levaillantii
Oct 31, 2026
1
Winding CisticolaCisticola marginatus
Oct 31, 2026
2
Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
Oct 31, 2026
1
Gray Crowned-CraneBalearica regulorum
Oct 31, 2026
2
Gray-hooded GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
Oct 31, 2026
6
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
Oct 31, 2026
2
Oct 31, 2026
19
Gray ParrotPsittacus erithacus
Oct 31, 2026
1
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
Oct 31, 2026
4
Mosque SwallowCecropis senegalensis
Oct 31, 2026
3
Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus
Oct 31, 2026
4
HamerkopScopus umbretta
Oct 29, 2026
2
Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
Oct 29, 2026
1
Gray-capped WarblerEminia lepida
Oct 28, 2026
2
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
Oct 28, 2026
9
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
Oct 25, 2026
3
Eastern Plantain-eaterCrinifer zonurus
Oct 25, 2026
2
Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
Oct 25, 2026
1
Carruthers's CisticolaCisticola carruthersi
Oct 25, 2026
3
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Oct 25, 2026
1
Lesser Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus gracilirostris
Oct 25, 2026
1
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Oct 25, 2026
1
Weyns's WeaverPloceus weynsi
Oct 25, 2026
2
Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
Oct 25, 2026
1

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