Harper College

Sunday, May 18 & Satuday, May 24, 2014: Uganda Is Rich in Biodiversity… May 18 and 24

And here is a short list of the creatures we were fortunate enough to see.

Entebbe Botanical Gardens — May 18

Birds:
Grey-crested crane

Pied kingfisher

Hammerkop

Marabou stork

Cattle egret

African Open-billed stork

Black-masqued weaver

White-throated bee-eater

Woodland kingfisher

Eastern grey plantain eater

Red-chested sunbird

African wattled lapwing

African jacana

Speckled mousebird

Black-casqued hornbill

Pied crow

 

Queen Elizabeth National Park — May 24
Birds:
African pied wagtail

Black-headed gonolek

Black-headed weaver

Helmeted guinea fowl

African fish eagle

Grey-crowned crane

Francolin

Hadada ibis

Nile or Egyptian goose

Yellow bill stork

Thick knee

Yellow-billed oxpecker

Malachite kingfisher

Goliath heron

African skimmer

White-winged black tern

Pink-backed pelican

Grey heron

Black-winged stilt

Common green shank

African jacana

African spoonbill

Great white egret

Madagascar bee-eater

Long-tailed cormorant

Yellow-backed weaver

Black crick

Red-chested sunbird

African wattled lapwing

Great cormorant

Grey-headed gull

Red bishop

 

Game:
Elephant

Hippopotamus

Water buck

Kob

Mongoose

Last Updated: 7/14/26