Uganda Ramsar wetland
Lutembe Bay
372 bird species recorded; the most in May, in July and from October to November.
MDK-MUSO · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
198 species in January.217 species in February.224 species in March.221 species in April.255 species in May.203 species in June.240 species in July.205 species in August.215 species in September.255 species in October.250 species in November.229 species in December.
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- 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.
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
- 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
- Wood OwlStrix woodfordii
- Giant Eagle OwlBubo lacteus
Waders26 species
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Openbill StorkAnastomus lamelligerus
- Leptoptilos crumeniferLeptoptilos crumenifer
- Grey Crowned CraneBalearica regulorum
- Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
- SaddlebillEphippiorhynchus senegalensisNT
- Abdim's storkCiconia abdimii
Songbirds177 species
- 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
- 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.
- Jan27°/22°86 mm
- Feb27°/23°82 mm
- Mar26°/22°175 mm
- Apr25°/22°223 mm
- May24°/22°176 mm
- Jun24°/22°61 mm
- Jul24°/21°49 mm
- Aug25°/22°84 mm
- Sep26°/22°108 mm
- Oct25°/21°149 mm
- Nov25°/21°185 mm
- Dec26°/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.

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.

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.
In our other atlases
Around Lutembe Bay.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q15243147) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 25,391 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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