🇺🇬Animals recorded in Uganda

Which animals have been recorded in Uganda? 98,709 occurrence records cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 212 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Agent of intestinal schistosomiasis, Common Bulbul, Typical Lemniscomys.

• 98,709 records
• 1,200+ species
• 24 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include Agent of intestinal schistosomiasis, Common Bulbul, Typical Lemniscomys. Use the country list as evidence of recorded wildlife, then open a species to compare its records across other countries and months. It is not a complete habitat or population census.

Most-recorded animals in Uganda

	Animal	Group	Records
	Agent of intestinal schistosomiasis Schistosoma mansoni	Trematoda Schistosomatidae	2,099
	Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus	Aves Pycnonotidae	1,556
	Typical Lemniscomys Lemniscomys striatus	Mammalia Muridae	905
	Jackson's Praomys Praomys jacksoni	Mammalia Muridae	887
	Rwenzori Brush-furred Rat Lophuromys stanleyi	Mammalia Muridae	820
	Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura	Aves Cisticolidae	744
	African Arvicanthis Arvicanthis niloticus	Mammalia Muridae	736
	Coucha Rat Mastomys natalensis	Mammalia Muridae	683
	Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus	Aves Lybiidae	646
	Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus	Aves Coliidae	571
	Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria	Aves Columbidae	510
	Stella Hylomyscus Hylomyscus stella	Mammalia Muridae	505
	Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata	Aves Columbidae	503
	African elephant Loxodonta africana	Mammalia Elephantidae	498
	Little Greenbul Eurillas virens	Aves Pycnonotidae	470
	kob Kobus kob	Mammalia Bovidae	451
	Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius	Aves Cuculidae	439
	Blue-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur afer	Aves Columbidae	430
	Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster	Aves Malaconotidae	420
	African Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis	Aves Monarchidae	410
	Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea	Aves Nectariniidae	398
	Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava	Aves Cisticolidae	384
	Bronze mannikin Lonchura cucullata	Aves Estrildidae	349
	Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash	Aves Threskiornithidae	348
	Speckled Tinkerbird Pogoniulus scolopaceus	Aves Lybiidae	348
	African giant shrew Crocidura olivieri	Mammalia Soricidae	341
	Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica	Aves Hirundinidae	334
	Woosnam's Brush-furred Rat Lophuromys woosnami	Mammalia Muridae	328
	Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops	Aves Cisticolidae	328
	African Fish-Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer	Aves Accipitridae	324
	chimpanzee Pan troglodytes	Mammalia Hominidae	323
	Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola	Aves Columbidae	321
	Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Eurillas latirostris	Aves Pycnonotidae	318
	Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava	Aves Motacillidae	309
	African Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis	Aves Zosteropidae	308
	Black-billed Turaco Tauraco schuettii	Aves Musophagidae	305
	Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis	Aves Alcedinidae	303
	White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus	Aves Cuculidae	297
	Green Hylia Hylia prasina	Aves Cettiidae	297
	Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Bycanistes subcylindricus	Aves Bucerotidae	290
	Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus	Aves Malaconotidae	288
	Ethiopian Epauletted Fruit Bat Epomophorus labiatus	Mammalia Pteropodidae	284
	Noack's Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros ruber	Mammalia Hipposideridae	279
	Chubb's Cisticola Cisticola chubbi	Aves Cisticolidae	277
	Black Kite Milvus migrans	Aves Accipitridae	277
	Franquet's Epauletted Bat Epomops franqueti	Mammalia Pteropodidae	276
	Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus	Aves Ploceidae	273
	African Thrush Turdus pelios	Aves Turdidae	273
	Yellow-billed Barbet Trachyphonus purpuratus	Aves Lybiidae	272
	Regal Sunbird Cinnyris regius	Aves Nectariniidae	272
	Vieillot's Weaver Ploceus nigerrimus	Aves Ploceidae	267
	olive baboon Papio anubis	Mammalia Cercopithecidae	264
	Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus	Aves Pycnonotidae	262
	Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera	Aves Sturnidae	262
	Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht	Aves Ploceidae	260
	Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus	Aves Charadriidae	258
	Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis	Aves Cisticolidae	258
	Ethiopian Boubou Laniarius aethiopicus	Aves Malaconotidae	251
	Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus	Aves Ploceidae	249
	Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica	Aves Alcedinidae	248