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Uganda

Where bird photos, recordings, and videos are documented in Uganda.

Snapshot: 20 Sept 2026Metadata onlyNot bird abundance
Catalog media assets
197,219
+347 since previous
Species represented
1,191
-310 since previous
Audio recordings
7,918
4.0% of country media
Dated records
99.3%
195,751 of 197,219 dated

How the media archive grew

Cumulative catalog metadata for Uganda by field year since 2000. A record is counted under the year its subject was observed, not the year it was uploaded.

Media archive over time

Cumulative catalog metadata by observation year
Uganda
Earliest dated record from 1958. Peak completed field year: 2025 (48,562 media records).

What’s in the archive?

Catalog media by modality
Photos
186,89594.8%
Audio
7,9184.0%
Video
2,4061.2%

Sound recordings by field year

Annual audio metadata from 2000 onward
Complete field years2026 (partial)
7,163 sound records in the chart window90.5% of 7,918 country audio records; the remainder predates 2000 or lacks a usable field year · 2026 is partial

Bioacoustic spotlight

#3 of 9 by sound records in East Africa
18.4%
Regional sound share
23.6 : 1
Photo-to-audio ratio

For every sound recording, there are 23.6 photos. Field audio provides vital acoustic documentation.

Latest snapshot through 20 Sept 2026.

Species and field years

Which species the country's catalog covers most, and when those records were made.

Most documented species (5)

Ranked by catalog media records in Uganda
  1. 1

    Shoebill

    Balaeniceps rex

    3,116
  2. 2

    Pied Kingfisher

    Ceryle rudis

    2,129
  3. 3

    African Fish-Eagle

    Icthyophaga vocifer

    2,058
  4. 4

    Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill

    Bycanistes subcylindricus

    1,682
  5. 5

    Gray Crowned-Crane

    Balearica regulorum

    1,609
Frequently photographed species may dominate. Counts reflect documentation effort, not bird abundance.

Recent field years

Latest 10 field years represented
20177.3K
201810.9K
201912.3K
20202.9K
20219.2K
202220.4K
202317.4K
202421.7K
202548.6K
2026partial19.9K
2026 is incomplete; records counted through 20 Sept 2026.

Who made the recordings

Contributors behind Uganda's audio, and where the recordings themselves can be played.

Top audio contributors (8)

Most recordings this snapshot
01JO
Jonathan Onongo248 species
1,211audio
02JM
Judith Mirembe262 species
1,134audio
03DM
Davis M Barya263 species
755audio
04PB
Peter Boesman291 species
675audio
05PR
Pam Rasmussen224 species
359audio
06MS
Mary Sue Waser16 species
234audio
07TZ
Tumuheise Zephaniah67 species
175audio
08GS
G. Stuart Keith89 species
171audio

Uganda on eBird

The recordings and photographs themselves

This page reports the catalog metadata. The media files live in the Macaulay Library and are browsable by country on eBird.

eBird & Macaulay Library · collected 20 Sept 2026 · metadata only

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