The Entebbe Botanical Garden is on the shore of Lake Victoria almost right on the equator.
It has a mix of indigenous forest and cultivated areas and hosts many bird species. It is a good introduction to Ugandan birds.
Hadada ibis, Bostrychia hagedash
Spur-winged lapwing, Vanelllus spinosus
Egpytian goose, Alopochen aegyptiaca
Grey parrot, Psittacus enthacus
Common bulbul, Pycnonotus barbatus
White-throated greenbul, Phyllastreohus albigularis
Sunbirds
Western violet-backed sunbird, Anthreptes ionguemarei
Eastern double-collared sunbird, Cinnyris mediocris
Collared sunbird, Hedydipna collaris
Starlings
Greater blue-eared starling, Lamprotornis chalybaeus
Ruppell's starling, Lamprotornis purpuroptera
African openbill, Anastomus lamelligerus. This stork eats snails.
Long-tailed cormorant, Microcarbo africanus
Little egret, Egretta garzetta
Striated heron, Butorides striata
Red-eyed dove, Streptopelia semitorquata
Broad-billed roller, Eurystomus glaucurus
Eastern plantain-eater, Corythaixoides personatus
Hamerkop, Scopus umbretta
Raptors
African fish-eagle, Haliaeetus vocifer
Black kite, Milvus migrans
Eastern chanting-goshawk, Melierax poliopterus
Grey kestrel, Falco ardosiaceus
Kingfishers
African pygmy kingfisher, Ispidina picta
Woodland kingfisher, Halcyon senegalensis
Pied kingfisher, Ceryle rudis
Hornbills
Black-and-white-casqued hornbill, Bycanistes subcylindricus
Crowned hornbill, Lophoceros alboterminatus
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