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Uganda Uganda Ramsar wetland

Lutembe Bay

372 bird species recorded; the most in May, in July and from October to November.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec255at the peak
Species recorded in each month · tap a month

MDK-MUSO · CC BY-SA 4.0

This month here

198 species in January.

The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.

Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopusWinter visitorJJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Common Sandpiper
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorChristoph Müller · CC BY-SA 4.0
Western Yellow Wagtail
Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaWinter visitorKathy2408 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Common Greenshank
Common GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCharles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0
Pied Kingfisher
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudisResidentCharles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0
Common Bulbul
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatusResidentDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0
Woodland Kingfisher
Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensisResidentBernard DUPONT from FRANCE · CC BY-SA 2.0
Red-eyed Dove
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquataResidentCharles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0
White-winged Tern
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusResidentZiegentom (www.fotocommunity.de) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Little Stint
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorKen Billington · CC BY-SA 3.0
Red-chested Sunbird
Red-chested SunbirdCinnyris erythrocercusResidentCharles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0
Village Weaver
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatusResidentCharles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0
Purple heron
Purple heronArdea purpureaResidentYathin S Krishnappa · CC BY-SA 3.0
Common Ringed Plover
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorAndreas Trepte · CC BY-SA 2.5
Eastern Plantain-eater
Eastern Plantain-eaterCrinifer zonurusResidentLouis Agassiz Fuertes · Public domain
Long-tailed Cormorant
Long-tailed CormorantMicrocarbo africanusResidentKnowledge and philosophy · CC BY-SA 4.0
Black Kite
Black KiteMilvus migransResidentYathin S Krishnappa · CC BY-SA 3.0
Speckled Mousebird
Speckled MousebirdColius striatusResidentTom Tarrant · CC BY-SA 3.0
African Fish Eagle
African Fish EagleHaliaeetus vociferResidentUnknown author · Public domain
Rüppell's Starling
Rüppell's StarlingLamprotornis purpuropteraResidentYoky · CC BY-SA 3.0
Grey Heron
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentVassilios Vescoukis · CC BY-SA 4.0
Palm-nut Vulture
Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensisResidentSchristia · CC BY 2.0
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusResidentAndreas Trepte · CC BY-SA 2.5
European Hobby
European HobbyFalco subbuteoWinter visitorMike Prince from Bangalore, India · CC BY 2.0
  • Resident all year
  • Summer visitor comes to breed
  • Winter visitor comes for the winter
  • Passage migrant in spring and autumn

In numbers

372 species, counted.

83out of 100

Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).

  • 372Speciesrecorded more than once
  • 106Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
  • 6ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
  • 25,391Recordsopen records within 6 km
  • 1,133 mAltitudeabove the sea
  • 30Raptors
  • 2Owls
  • 26Waders
  • 10Gulls & seabirds
  • 9Ducks & geese
  • 26Herons, ibises & grebes
  • 6Storks & cranes
  • 177Songbirds
  • 86Other birds

From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.

The checklist

All 372 species.

By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.

Raptors30 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Black KiteMilvus migrans
  • Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
  • African Fish EagleHaliaeetus vocifer
  • Lizard BuzzardKaupifalco monogrammicus
  • Long-crested EagleLophaetus occipitalis
  • African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorus
  • African Harrier-hawkPolyboroides typus
  • Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
  • Grey KestrelFalco ardosiaceus
  • OspreyPandion haliaetus
  • European HobbyFalco subbuteo
  • African hobbyFalco cuvierii
  • Wahlberg's EagleHieraaetus wahlbergi
  • Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
  • Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachusCR
  • Gabar GoshawkMicronisus gabar
  • Brown Snake EagleCircaetus cinereus
  • Western Banded Snake EagleCircaetus cinerascens
  • Common BuzzardButeo buteo
  • European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorus
  • Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
  • African Cuckoo HawkAviceda cuculoides
  • Bat HawkMacheiramphus alcinus
  • Steppe eagleAquila nipalensis
  • LannerFalco biarmicus
  • Rufous-breasted SparrowhawkAccipiter rufiventris
  • Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
  • Sooty FalconFalco concolorVU
  • African Hawk-EagleAquila spilogaster
  • Lesser kestrelFalco naumanni
Owls2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Wood OwlStrix woodfordii
  • Giant Eagle OwlBubo lacteus
Waders26 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • African JacanaActophilornis africanus
  • Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
  • Long-toed LapwingVanellus crassirostris
  • Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
  • Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
  • Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
  • Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
  • Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
  • Little StintCalidris minuta
  • RuffCalidris pugnax
  • Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
  • Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
  • African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
  • Water DikkopBurhinus vermiculatus
  • Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
  • Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
  • Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
  • Lesser Black-winged PloverVanellus lugubris
  • Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
  • Collared PratincoleGlareola pratincola
  • Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
  • African SnipeGallinago nigripennis
  • Lesser JacanaMicroparra capensis
  • Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusVU
  • Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
  • Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
Gulls & seabirds10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
  • Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
  • White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
  • Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
  • Slender-billed GullChroicocephalus genei
  • Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
  • African SkimmerRynchops flavirostris
  • Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
  • Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
  • European Herring GullLarus argentatus
Ducks & geese9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Yellow-billed DuckAnas undulata
  • Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
  • White-faced Whistling-duckDendrocygna viduata
  • Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensis
  • Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
  • GarganeySpatula querquedula
  • Fulvous Whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolor
  • Blue-billed TealSpatula hottentota
  • Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
Herons, ibises & grebes26 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • HadadaBostrychia hagedash
  • HamerkopScopus umbretta
  • Little EgretEgretta garzetta
  • Long-tailed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
  • Grey HeronArdea cinerea
  • Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
  • Purple heronArdea purpurea
  • Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
  • Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
  • Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
  • Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
  • Great White EgretArdea alba
  • Striated HeronButorides striata
  • Pink-backed PelicanPelecanus rufescens
  • Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
  • Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca
  • African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
  • Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
  • Goliath HeronArdea goliath
  • Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
  • Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
  • DarterAnhinga rufa
  • White-backed Night HeronGorsachius leuconotus
  • Rufous-bellied HeronArdeola rufiventris
  • Whale-headed StorkBalaeniceps rexVU
  • African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
Storks & cranes6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Openbill StorkAnastomus lamelligerus
  • Leptoptilos crumeniferLeptoptilos crumenifer
  • Grey Crowned CraneBalearica regulorum
  • Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
  • SaddlebillEphippiorhynchus senegalensisNT
  • Abdim's storkCiconia abdimii
Songbirds177 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
  • Rüppell's StarlingLamprotornis purpuroptera
  • Red-chested SunbirdCinnyris erythrocercus
  • Turdus peliosTurdus pelios
  • Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
  • Black-headed GonolekLaniarius erythrogaster
  • Winding CisticolaCisticola marginatus
  • Bronze MannikinLonchura cucullata
  • Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
  • Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
  • Swamp FlycatcherMuscicapa aquatica
  • Pied CrowCorvus albus
  • Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
  • Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus
  • Motacilla aguimpMotacilla aguimp
  • Western Black FlycatcherMelaenornis edolioides
  • Slender-billed WeaverPloceus pelzelni
  • Grey-capped WarblerEminia lepida
  • Sooty ChatMyrmecocichla nigra
  • Northern Brown-throated WeaverPloceus castanops
  • Splendid StarlingLamprotornis splendidus
  • Angolan SwallowHirundo angolensis
  • Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
  • Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
  • Barn swallowHirundo rustica
  • Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
  • Yellow-throated LongclawMacronyx croceus
  • Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
  • Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
  • Grey-backed FiscalLanius excubitoroides
  • Jackson's Golden-backed WeaverPloceus jacksoni
  • Red-shouldered WhydahEuplectes axillaris
  • Green White-eyeZosterops stuhlmanni
  • Vieillot's Black WeaverPloceus nigerrimus
  • Olive-bellied SunbirdCinnyris chloropygius
  • Yellow-throated LeafloveAtimastillas flavicollis
  • Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcherBias musicus
  • African Blue-flycatcherElminia longicauda
  • Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura
  • White-browed Robin-chatCossypha heuglini
  • Little GreenbulEurillas virens
  • African PipitAnthus cinnamomeus
  • Copper SunbirdCinnyris cupreus
  • Black-and-white MuniaLonchura bicolor
  • Grosbeak WeaverAmblyospiza albifrons
  • Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
  • Scarlet-spectacled Wattle-eyePlatysteira cyanea
  • Spectacled WeaverPloceus ocularis
  • Red-faced CisticolaCisticola erythrops
  • Papyrus GonolekLaniarius mufumbiriNT
  • African Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
  • Erythropygia leucophrysErythropygia leucophrys
  • Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
  • Snowy-headed Robin-ChatCossypha niveicapilla
  • Brimstone CanaryCrithagra sulphurata
  • Brown-crowned TchagraTchagra australis
  • White-headed SawwingPsalidoprocne albiceps
  • Erythropygia hartlaubiErythropygia hartlaubi
  • Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
  • Little WeaverPloceus luteolus
  • WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
  • Bronzy SunbirdNectarinia kilimensis
  • Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
  • White-chinned PriniaSchistolais leucopogon
  • Plain-backed PipitAnthus leucophrys
  • Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
  • Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinica
  • Marico SunbirdCinnyris mariquensis
  • Green-headed SunbirdCyanomitra verticalis
  • Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
  • Black-crowned WaxbillEstrilda nonnula
  • Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
  • Hylia prasinaHylia prasina
  • Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
  • Sand MartinRiparia riparia
  • Black-necked WeaverPloceus nigricollis
  • Mosque SwallowCecropis senegalensis
  • Northern PuffbackDryoscopus gambensis
  • Black-headed Paradise-flycatcherTerpsiphone rufiventer
  • Orange WeaverPloceus aurantius
  • Estrilda paludicolaEstrilda paludicola
  • Greater Swamp-WarblerAcrocephalus rufescens
  • Weyns's WeaverPloceus weynsi
  • Green CrombecSylvietta virens
  • African FirefinchLagonosticta rubricata
  • Wattled StarlingCreatophora cinerea
  • Red-shouldered CuckooshrikeCampephaga phoenicea
  • Baglafecht WeaverPloceus baglafecht
  • PiapiacPtilostomus afer
  • Carruthers's CisticolaCisticola carruthersi
  • Great Reed WarblerAcrocephalus arundinaceus
  • Lesser Masked WeaverPloceus intermedius
  • Lead-coloured FlycatcherMyioparus plumbeus
  • Yellow-breasted ApalisApalis flavida
  • Croaking CisticolaCisticola natalensis
  • Green-throated SunbirdChalcomitra rubescens
  • Slender-billed GreenbulStelgidillas gracilirostris
  • Grey-crowned NegrofinchNigrita canicapillus
  • Black-crowned TchagraTchagra senegalus
  • Lesser Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus gracilirostris
  • Trilling CisticolaCisticola woosnami
  • Red-headed BluebillSpermophaga ruficapilla
  • Marsh TchagraBocagia minuta
  • Greater Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chalybaeus
  • Black Rough-winged Swallow or Black Saw-wingPsalidoprocne pristoptera
  • Purple-banded SunbirdCinnyris bifasciatus
  • Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivacea
  • Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurio
  • Compact WeaverPloceus superciliosus
  • Western CitrilCrithagra frontalis
  • Violet-backed StarlingCinnyricinclus leucogaster
  • Golden-breasted BuntingEmberiza flaviventris
  • African Moustached WarblerMelocichla mentalis
  • Parus guineensisParus guineensis
  • Dusky FlycatcherMuscicapa adusta
  • Eurasian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus scirpaceus
  • Brown TwinspotClytospiza monteiri
  • African Golden WeaverPloceus xanthops
  • House SparrowPasser domesticus
  • Blue-throated Brown SunbirdCyanomitra cyanolaema
  • Northern Yellow White-eyeZosterops senegalensis
  • Crimson-rumped WaxbillEstrilda rhodopyga
  • Superb SunbirdCinnyris superbus
  • White-throated GreenbulPhyllastrephus albigularis
  • Western NicatorNicator chloris
  • Black Cuckoo-shrikeCampephaga flava
  • Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis
  • Red-capped RobinCossypha natalensis
  • Grey-winged RobinCossypha polioptera
  • Whistling CisticolaCisticola lateralis
  • Northern CrombecSylvietta brachyura
  • Tropical BoubouLaniarius major
  • White-breasted NegrofinchNigrita fusconotus
  • Grey-rumped SwallowPseudhirundo griseopyga
  • Lanius humeralisLanius humeralis
  • White-winged Black TitParus leucomelas
  • Red-headed QueleaQuelea erythrops
  • Rufous Flycatcher-thrushStizorhina fraseri
  • Grey-chinned SunbirdAnthreptes rectirostris
  • Toro Olive-GreenbulPhyllastrephus hypochloris
  • Purple-throated Cuckoo-shrikeCampephaga quiscalina
  • Lesser Blue-eared StarlingLamprotornis chloropterus
  • Bronze-tailed Glossy-StarlingLamprotornis chalcurus
  • White-browed Sparrow-weaverPlocepasser mahali
  • Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
  • Isabelline ShrikeLanius isabellinus
  • Red-faced CrombecSylvietta whytii
  • Magpie MuniaLonchura fringilloides
  • QuailfinchOrtygospiza atricollis
  • Black BishopEuplectes gierowii
  • Banded MartinRiparia cincta
  • Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
  • Yellow-whiskered GreenbulEurillas latirostris
  • Black-headed OrioleOriolus larvatus
  • Purple Glossy-starlingLamprotornis purpureus
  • Tree PipitAnthus trivialis
  • African StonechatSaxicola torquatus
  • Ashy FlycatcherMuscicapa caerulescens
  • Blue-shouldered Robin-ChatCossypha cyanocampter
  • Illadopsis fulvescensIlladopsis fulvescens
  • Illadopsis albipectusIlladopsis albipectus
  • Icterine warblerHippolais icterina
  • Green-winged PytiliaPytilia melba
  • Red-headed MalimbeMalimbus rubricollis
  • Yellow-mantled WeaverPloceus tricolor
  • Chinspot BatisBatis molitor
  • Western Black-headed BatisBatis erlangeri
  • Orange-breasted BushshrikeChlorophoneus sulfureopectus
  • Orange-tufted SunbirdCinnyris bouvieri
  • Grey-headed SunbirdDeleornis axillaris
  • Papyrus CanaryCrithagra koliensis
  • African Yellow WarblerIduna natalensis
  • Shrike-flycatcherMegabyas flammulatus
  • Red-breasted SwallowCecropis semirufa
  • Yellow-eyed BristlebillBleda ugandae
  • Cisticola ayresiiCisticola ayresii
  • Brown-chested AletheChamaetylas poliocephala
Other birds86 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
  • Eastern Plantain-eaterCrinifer zonurus
  • Woodland KingfisherHalcyon senegalensis
  • Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
  • Broad-billed RollerEurystomus glaucurus
  • Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
  • Great Blue TuracoCorythaeola cristata
  • Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
  • White-throated Bee-eaterMerops albicollis
  • Grey-cheeked HornbillBycanistes subcylindricus
  • Blue-headed CoucalCentropus monachus
  • Black CrakeAmaurornis flavirostra
  • African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
  • White-browed CoucalCentropus superciliosus
  • African Green-pigeonTreron calvus
  • Blue-breasted Bee-eaterMerops variegatus
  • Double-toothed BarbetLybius bidentatus
  • Blue-spotted Wood-doveTurtur afer
  • Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
  • Lady Ross's TuracoMusophaga rossae
  • Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
  • Yellow-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus chrysoconus
  • Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
  • Grey ParrotPsittacus erithacus
  • Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
  • Red-headed LovebirdAgapornis pullarius
  • Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
  • African Pygmy KingfisherIspidina picta
  • Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
  • Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
  • Speckled PigeonColumba guinea
  • Yellow-rumped TinkerbirdPogoniulus bilineatus
  • Crowned HornbillLophoceros alboterminatus
  • Tambourine DoveTurtur tympanistria
  • Meyer's ParrotPoicephalus meyeri
  • Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicuti
  • Scaly FrancolinPternistis squamatus
  • Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
  • Nubian WoodpeckerCampethera nubica
  • Rock DoveColumba livia
  • Little SwiftApus affinis
  • Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterMerops persicus
  • Olive Bee-eaterMerops superciliosus
  • African Grey WoodpeckerDendropicos goertae
  • Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
  • Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
  • White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
  • Blue-breasted KingfisherHalcyon malimbica
  • African Pied HornbillLophoceros fasciatus
  • Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx cupreus
  • Striped CuckooClamator levaillantii
  • Bee-eaterMerops apiaster
  • Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
  • Yellow-throated TinkerbirdPogoniulus subsulphureus
  • Scarce SwiftSchoutedenapus myoptilus
  • Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens
  • Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
  • Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
  • Lesser MoorhenGallinula angulata
  • Greater HoneyguideIndicator indicator
  • Lesser HoneyguideIndicator minor
  • Eastern Crested GuineafowlGuttera pucherani
  • Speckled TinkerbirdPogoniulus scolopaceus
  • Blue MalkohaCeuthmochares aereus
  • Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
  • Yellow-billed BarbetTrachyphonus purpuratus
  • White-spotted FlufftailSarothrura pulchra
  • European SwiftApus apus
  • Dusky Long-tailed CuckooCercococcyx mechowi
  • Fiery-necked NightjarCaprimulgus pectoralis
  • Freckled NightjarCaprimulgus tristigma
  • Allen's GallinulePorphyrio alleni
  • Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
  • Pardipicus caroliPardipicus caroli
  • Ortygornis sephaenaOrtygornis sephaena
  • Red-necked SpurfowlPternistis afer
  • Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata
  • European RollerCoracias garrulus
  • Speckle-breasted WoodpeckerDendropicos poecilolaemus
  • Black-throated BarbetTricholaema hirsuta
  • White-headed BarbetLybius leucocephalus
  • Vinaceous DoveStreptopelia vinacea
  • Great spotted cuckooClamator glandarius
  • Narina TrogonApaloderma narina
  • African Black CoucalCentropus grillii
  • Yellow-crested WoodpeckerChloropicus xantholophus

Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.

When to go

The most species in May, in July and from October to November.

Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.

  1. Jan19827°/22°86 mm
  2. Feb21727°/23°82 mm
  3. Mar22426°/22°175 mm
  4. Apr22125°/22°223 mm
  5. May25524°/22°176 mm
  6. Jun20324°/22°61 mm
  7. Jul24024°/21°49 mm
  8. Aug20525°/22°84 mm
  9. Sep21526°/22°108 mm
  10. Oct25525°/21°149 mm
  11. Nov25025°/21°185 mm
  12. Dec22926°/22°138 mm
  • Bar: species recorded that month.
  • Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Lutembe Bay.

Body of water

Lutembe Bay is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Uganda, 1,133 m above the sea.

372 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 25,391 open records.

The most recorded are the Pied Kingfisher, the Hadada and the Common Bulbul.

49 species come for the summer, 56 for the winter and 1 only pass through.

6 are threatened worldwide, including Curlew Sandpiper, Hooded Vulture and Whale-headed Stork.

The most species are recorded in May, in July and from October to November.

Enjoying cold breezes from Lutembe beach on Lake Victoria, Uganda
MDK-MUSO · CC BY-SA 4.0

Get there and watch

  • Nabinoonya Resort Beachcampsite · 5.5 km · 2 within 10 km
  • J&M Airport Hotelplace to stay · 4.1 km · 78 within 10 km
  • Kajansinearest town · 7.8 km in a straight line
  • Entebbe International Airport (EBB)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 19 km in a straight lineCar hire in KampalaDiscover Cars · sponsored link

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

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From above

The place and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.

Lutembe Bay seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 1observation towers within 6 kmZika Forest observation tower
  • 38car parks within 3 km
  • 5restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • 2campsites within 10 kmNabinoonya Resort Beach, Nabinoonya Resort Beach campground
  • 78places to stay within 10 kmJ&M Airport Hotel, Lake Victoria Serena Resort, Banana Village Guesthouse and 75 more
  • bird hides within 6 km
  • marked trails within 4 km
  • visitor centres within 6 km
  • viewpoints within 5 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

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Around Lutembe Bay.

The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.

Peakyas33 mountains within 25 km
Sekiunga · 3.7 kmMbazi · 14 kmMuyenga1,306 m · 16 kmMpunge · 17 kmMutungo · 20 kmKololo · 20 kmMulago1,260 m · 22 kmBuloba Hill1,268 m · 22 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Other places nearby.

Lutembe Bay

Uganda

  • 83Birdyas Score
  • 372Species
  • 106Migrants
  • 6Threatened

Mabamba Bay

Uganda · 27 km

  • 93Birdyas Score
  • 477Species
  • 136Migrants
  • 10Threatened

See the guide

Lake Nabugabo

Uganda · 94 km

  • 58Birdyas Score
  • 178Species
  • 66Migrants
  • 0Threatened

See the guide

Lake Nakuru

Kenya · 395 km

  • 93Birdyas Score
  • 508Species
  • 144Migrants
  • 11Threatened

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q15243147) · CC0
Birds25,391 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
See these recordsgbif.org
SpeciesGBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons
AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesPeakyas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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