Albertine Rift Endemic Birds Uganda Tour Spot
Uganda has one endemic bird Species; The Fox’s Weaver which is found in Districts of Kumi and Soroti, 25 species endemic to the Albertine Rift and a number of different biomes’ species including; the Sudan–Guinea Savanna biome, Guinea–Congo forests biome, Afro-tropical highlands biome, Somali–Masai biome and the Lake Victoria Basin biome. The Endemic Bird Areas include; Albertine Rift mountains EBA, Kenyan mountains EBA, Eastern DR Congo lowlands EBA.
ALBERTINE RIFT ENDEMIC BIRDS OF UGANDA
Species Name | IUCN Category |
Handsome Francolin (Francolinus nobilis) | LC |
Rwenzori Turaco (Tauraco Johnston) | LC |
Willard’s Sooty Boubou (Laniarius willardi) | |
Stripe-breasted Tit (Parus fasciiventer) | LC |
Grauer’s Broadbill (Pseudocalyptomena graueri) | VU |
Red-throated Alethe (Alethe poliophrys) | LC |
Dwarf Honeyguide (Indicator pumilio) | NT |
Black-faced Apalis (Apalis personata) | LC |
Rwenzori Apalis (Apalis ruwenzori) | LC |
Grauer’s Swamp Warbler (Bradypterus graueri) | EN |
Grauer’s Warbler (Graueria vittata) | LC |
Neumann’s Warbler (Hemitesia neumanni) | LC |
Red-faced Woodland Warbler (Phylloscopus laetus) | LC |
Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher (Melaenornis ardesiacus) | LC |
Rwenzori Batis (Batis diops) | LC |
Purple-breasted Sunbird (Nectarinia purpureiventris) | LC |
Regal Sunbird (Cinnyris regia) | LC |
Stuhlmann’s Sunbird (Cinnyris stuhlmanni) | NR |
Strange Weaver (Ploceus alienus) | LC |
Dusky Crimson-wing (Cryptospiza jacksoni) | LC |
Shelley’s Crimson-wing (Cryptospiza shelleyi_ | VU |
Archer’s Robin-Chat (Cossypha anomala) | LC |
Blue-headed Sunbird (Cyanomitra alinae) | LC |
Yellow-crested Helmet Shrike (Prionops alberti) VU