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Uganda

Biodiversity occurrence records, collection methods, and contributing datasets.

Occurrence records
2,926,789
Published records, not wildlife abundance
Species represented
22,766
Distinct species keys in this country
Datasets
1,080
Contributing source datasets
Publishers
322
Institutions publishing these records

Country biodiversity & collection breakdown

Taxonomic groups, collection methods, and sources for Uganda.

🇺🇬UG
Uganda
1690–2026
Catalogue facets, collection methods, and major dataset sources for snapshot 2026-10-01-api.
Occurrences
2,926,789
+1,527 (0.1% this month)
Datasets
1,080
+7 new this month
Publishers
322
Species Keys
22,766
+28 new this month

Primary Contributing Datasets

1,080 individual dataset archives contribute to Uganda's GBIF occurrence catalogue. The top 3 datasets account for 76.8% of all recorded observations.

Top Sources
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Showing 1–10 of 1,080 datasets
#1EOD – eBird Observation DatasetBird Surveys
Cornell Lab of OrnithologyUUID: 4fa7b334…049e
2,048,298
70.0% share
GBIF
#2VectorBase (Bioinformatics Resource for Invertebrate Vectors of Human Pathogens)Field Research
VectorBase.orgUUID: c3969d4c…7a0c
132,515
4.5% share
GBIF
#3iNaturalist Research-grade ObservationsCitizen Science
iNaturalist.orgUUID: 50c9509d…f4a7
66,419
2.3% share
GBIF
#4National Biodiversity Data Bank. Observation records, 1900-2014Field Research
National Biodiversity Data BankUUID: 026af01f…6a2b
57,218
2.0% share
GBIF
#5Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew - Herbarium SpecimensHerbarium & Botany
Royal Botanic Gardens, KewUUID: cd6e21c8…69e5
53,601
1.8% share
GBIF
#6Observation.org, Nature data from around the WorldField Research
Observation.orgUUID: 8a863029…1165
49,513
1.7% share
GBIF
#7ZMUT Insecta collections of Turku UniversityEntomology
University of Turku - Biodiversity UnitUUID: c75091f9…7931
38,038
1.3% share
GBIF
#8Natural History Museum (London) Collection SpecimensMuseum Collection
Natural History MuseumUUID: 7e380070…5e9a
35,510
1.2% share
GBIF
#9Data from EIAs and other studies coordinated by the national forestry authority of UgandaCitizen Science
National Biodiversity Data BankUUID: f26cab28…45b2
14,897
0.5% share
GBIF
#10The ATRAP project: citizens scientists reporting snail intermediate host occurrence in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the CongoCitizen Science
Royal Museum for Central Africa, BelgiumUUID: 1b001cca…9f69
14,383
0.5% share
GBIF

Snapshot 2026-10-01-api · source data through 2026-10-01T08:10:08.032646Z