Key Biodiversity Areas

Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (7044)
Uganda, Africa

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesMelaniparus fasciiventerStripe-breasted TitLC2018B2link-icon
AvesHemitesia neumanniNeumann's WarblerLC2018B2link-icon
ReptiliaLeptosiaphos hackarsiHackars' Five-toed SkinkEN2024A1alink-icon
MammaliaCrocidura stenocephalaEN2024A1alink-icon
AvesFraseria lenduChapin's FlycatcherVU2024A1blink-icon
MammaliaGorilla beringeiEastern GorillaCR2024A1a, A1clink-icon
AvesPseudocalyptomena graueriGrauer's BroadbillVU2024A1blink-icon
AvesBradypterus graueriGrauer's Swamp-warblerVU2024A1alink-icon
AvesCryptospiza shelleyiShelley's CrimsonwingEN2024A1alink-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AmphibiaHyperolius castaneus2011link-icon
AvesCercococcyx mechowiDusky Long-tailed Cuckoo2001link-icon
AvesOriolus brachyrynchusWestern Black-headed OrioleLC2001link-icon
AvesDessonornis archeriArcher's Robin-chatLC2011link-icon
AvesSylvietta virensGreen CrombecLC2001link-icon
AsteralesSolanecio gynuroidesVU2011link-icon
AmphibiaAfrixalus orophilusKivu Banana FrogLC2011link-icon
AmphibiaHyperolius discodactylusLC2011link-icon
AmphibiaHyperolius frontalisBushoho Reed FrogLC2011link-icon
AmphibiaPhrynobatrachus versicolorRwanda River FrogLC2011link-icon
AmphibiaAmietia ruwenzoricaRuwenzori River FrogLC2011link-icon
AvesPogoniulus coryphaeaWestern Green TinkerbirdLC2001link-icon
AvesPogoniulus subsulphureusYellow-throated TinkerbirdLC2001link-icon
AvesBuccanodon duchailluiYellow-spotted Barbet2001link-icon
AvesTricholaema hirsutaHairy-breasted BarbetLC2001link-icon
AvesTrachyphonus purpuratus_oldYellow-billed Barbet2001link-icon
AvesBycanistes subcylindricusGrey-cheeked HornbillLC2001link-icon
AvesBycanistes cylindricusBrown-cheeked HornbillVU2001link-icon
AvesRhinopomastus castaneicepsForest ScimitarbillLC2001link-icon
AvesApaloderma vittatumBar-tailed TrogonLC2001link-icon
AvesEurystomus gularisBlue-throated RollerLC2001link-icon
AvesMerops gularisBlack Bee-eaterLC2001link-icon
AvesMerops oreobatesCinnamon-chested Bee-eaterLC2001link-icon
AvesCercococcyx olivinusOlive Long-tailed CuckooLC2001link-icon
AvesPsittacus erithacus_old2001link-icon
AvesBubo poensis_oldFraser's Eagle-owl2001link-icon
AvesGlaucidium tephronotumRed-chested OwletLC2001link-icon
AvesCaprimulgus nigriscapularisBlack-shouldered Nightjar2001link-icon
AvesHylia prasinaGreen HyliaLC2001link-icon
AvesPhylloscopus laetusRed-faced Woodland-warblerLC2011link-icon
AvesIlladopsis albipectusScaly-breasted IlladopsisLC2001link-icon
AvesIlladopsis fulvescensBrown IlladopsisLC2001link-icon
AvesIlladopsis pyrrhopteraMountain IlladopsisLC2001link-icon
AvesAgapornis swindernianusBlack-collared LovebirdLC2001link-icon
AvesSchoutedenapus myoptilus_oldScarce Swift2001link-icon
AvesIndicator willcocksiWillcocks's HoneyguideLC2001link-icon
AvesIndicator pumilioDwarf HoneyguideLC2011link-icon
AvesProdotiscus insignisCassin's HoneybirdLC2001link-icon
AvesCampethera tullbergi_oldTullberg's Woodpecker2001link-icon
AvesPardipicus nivosusBuff-spotted WoodpeckerLC2001link-icon
AvesPardipicus caroliBrown-eared WoodpeckerLC2001link-icon
AvesDendropicos xantholophusYellow-crested WoodpeckerLC2001link-icon
AvesPogoniulus scolopaceusSpeckled TinkerbirdLC2001link-icon
AvesCaprimulgus poliocephalus_oldMontane Nightjar2001link-icon
AvesCaprimulgus ruwenzoriiRuwenzori Nightjar2011link-icon
AvesColumba unicinctaAfep PigeonLC2001link-icon
AvesStreptopelia lugensDusky Turtle-doveLC2001link-icon
AvesSarothrura pulchraWhite-spotted FlufftailLC2001link-icon
AvesAquila africanaCassin's Hawk-eagleLC2001link-icon
AvesButeo oreophilus_oldMountain Buzzard2001link-icon
AvesPitta reichenowiGreen-breasted PittaLC2001link-icon
AvesOriolus percivaliMountain OrioleLC2001link-icon
AvesCeblepyris caesiusGrey CuckooshrikeLC2001link-icon
AvesCampephaga petitiPetit's CuckooshrikeLC2001link-icon
AvesElminia nigromitrataDusky Crested-flycatcherLC2001link-icon
AvesElminia albiventrisWhite-bellied Crested-flycatcherLC2001link-icon
AvesElminia albonotataWhite-tailed Crested-flycatcherLC2001link-icon
AvesLaniarius leucorhynchusLowland Sooty BoubouLC2001link-icon
AvesLaniarius poensis_oldMountain Boubou2001link-icon
AvesChlorophoneus bocageiBocage's Bush-shrikeLC2001link-icon
AvesTelophorus dohertyiDoherty's Bush-shrikeLC2001link-icon
AvesMalaconotus lagdeniLagden's Bush-shrikeNT2001link-icon
AvesPrionops caniceps_oldRed-billed Helmet-shrike2001link-icon
AvesMegabyas flammulatusAfrican Shrike-flycatcherLC2001link-icon
AvesBatis diopsRwenzori BatisLC2011link-icon
AvesDyaphorophyia castanea_oldChestnut Wattle-eye2001link-icon
AvesDyaphorophyia jamesoniJameson's Wattle-eyeLC2001link-icon
AvesNeocossyphus poensisWhite-tailed Ant-thrushLC2001link-icon
AvesZoothera tanganjicae_old2011link-icon
AvesGeokichla oberlaenderiOberländer's Ground-thrushNT2011link-icon
AvesGeokichla camaronensisBlack-eared Ground-thrushLC2001link-icon
AvesChamaetylas poliophrysRed-throated AletheLC2011link-icon
AvesAlethe diademata_old2001link-icon
AvesMelaenornis fischeriWhite-eyed Slaty-flycatcherLC2001link-icon
AvesMelaenornis ardesiacusYellow-eyed Black-flycatcherLC2011link-icon
AvesArtomyias fuliginosaSooty FlycatcherLC2001link-icon
AvesBradornis comitatusDusky-blue FlycatcherLC2001link-icon
AvesMuscicapa cassiniCassin's FlycatcherLC2001link-icon
AvesFraseria griseigularisGrey-throated Tit-flycatcherLC2001link-icon
AvesPogonocichla stellataWhite-starred RobinLC2001link-icon
AvesSheppardia aequatorialisEquatorial AkalatLC2001link-icon
AvesCossyphicula robertiWhite-bellied Robin-chatLC2001link-icon
AvesCossypha cyanocampterBlue-shouldered Robin-chatLC2001link-icon
AvesPoeoptera stuhlmanniStuhlmann's StarlingLC2001link-icon
AvesPoeoptera lugubrisNarrow-tailed StarlingLC2001link-icon
AvesOnychognathus walleriWaller's StarlingLC2001link-icon
AvesOnychognathus tenuirostrisSlender-billed StarlingLC2001link-icon
AvesHylopsar purpureicepsPurple-headed StarlingLC2001link-icon
AvesPholia sharpiiSharpe's StarlingLC2001link-icon
AvesMelaniparus funereusDusky TitLC2001link-icon
AvesArizelocichla masukuensisShelley's GreenbulLC2001link-icon
AvesEurillas gracilisGrey GreenbulLC2001link-icon
AvesEurillas curvirostrisPlain GreenbulLC2001link-icon
AvesAndropadus nigriceps_old2001link-icon
AvesBaeopogon indicatorHoneyguide GreenbulLC2001link-icon
AvesChlorocichla laetissimaJoyful GreenbulLC2001link-icon
AvesPhyllastrephus hypochlorisToro Olive GreenbulLC2001link-icon
AvesPhyllastrephus icterinus_oldIcterine Greenbul2001link-icon
AvesBleda syndactylusRed-tailed BristlebillLC2001link-icon
AvesNicator chlorisWestern NicatorLC2001link-icon
AvesCriniger calurusRed-tailed GreenbulLC2001link-icon
AvesCisticola chubbi_oldChubb's Cisticola2001link-icon
AvesCisticola carruthersiCarruthers's CisticolaLC2001link-icon
AvesOreolais ruwenzoriiRwenzori ApalisLC2011link-icon
AvesApalis personataBlack-faced ApalisLC2011link-icon
AvesApalis rufogularisBuff-throated ApalisLC2001link-icon
AvesApalis porphyrolaemaChestnut-throated ApalisLC2001link-icon
AvesCamaroptera superciliarisYellow-browed CamaropteraLC2001link-icon
AvesCamaroptera chloronota_oldOlive-green Camaroptera2001link-icon
AvesSylvietta leucophrysWhite-browed CrombecLC2001link-icon
AvesBradypterus carpalisWhite-winged Swamp-warblerLC2001link-icon
AvesIduna similisMountain Yellow WarblerLC2001link-icon
AvesEremomela turneriTurner's EremomelaNT2001link-icon
AvesPloceus baglafechtBaglafecht WeaverLC2001link-icon
AvesPloceus melanogasterBlack-billed WeaverLC2001link-icon
AvesPloceus alienusStrange WeaverLC2011link-icon
AvesPloceus nigerrimus_oldVieillot's Black Weaver2001link-icon
AvesPloceus tricolorYellow-mantled WeaverLC2001link-icon
AvesSylvia abyssinica_oldAfrican Hill Babbler2001link-icon
AvesKakamega poliothoraxGrey-chested KakamegaLC2001link-icon
AvesPhyllanthus atripennis_oldCapuchin Babbler2001link-icon
AvesDeleornis fraseri_oldScarlet-tufted Sunbird2001link-icon
AvesAnthreptes rectirostris_oldGreen Sunbird2001link-icon
AvesAnthreptes seimundiLittle Green SunbirdLC2001link-icon
AvesCyanomitra alinaeBlue-headed SunbirdLC2011link-icon
AvesCyanomitra cyanolaemaBlue-throated Brown SunbirdLC2001link-icon
AvesChalcomitra rubescensGreen-throated SunbirdLC2001link-icon
AvesCinnyris reichenowiNorthern Double-collared SunbirdLC2001link-icon
AvesCinnyris regiusRegal SunbirdLC2011link-icon
AvesNectarinia purpureiventrisPurple-breasted SunbirdLC2011link-icon
AvesNectarinia kilimensisBronze SunbirdLC2001link-icon
AvesCinnyris superbusSuperb SunbirdLC2001link-icon
AvesPloceus insignisBrown-capped WeaverLC2001link-icon
AvesMalimbus rubricollisRed-headed MalimbeLC2001link-icon
AvesParmoptila woodhouseiWoodhouse's AntpeckerLC2001link-icon
AvesNigrita fusconotusWhite-breasted NigritaLC2001link-icon
AvesNesocharis ansorgeiWhite-collared OlivebackLC2001link-icon
AvesCryptospiza reichenoviiRed-faced CrimsonwingLC2001link-icon
AvesCryptospiza salvadoriiAbyssinian CrimsonwingLC2001link-icon
AvesCryptospiza jacksoniDusky CrimsonwingLC2011link-icon
AvesEuschistospiza cinereovinaceaDusky TwinspotLC2001link-icon
AvesCoccopygia melanotis_oldSwee Waxbill2001link-icon
AvesCrithagra frontalisYellow-browed CitrilLC2001link-icon
AvesSerinus striolatus_old2001link-icon
AvesCrithagra burtoniThick-billed SeedeaterLC2001link-icon
AvesLinurgus olivaceusOriole FinchLC2001link-icon
AvesTerpsiphone rufiventer_old2001link-icon
MammaliaAllochrocebus lhoestiL'Hoest's MonkeyVU2011link-icon
MammaliaLophuromys medicaudatusMedium-tailed Brush-furred RatVU2011link-icon
MammaliaLoxodonta africanaAfrican Elephant2011link-icon
MammaliaPraomys degraaffiDe Graaff's PraomysLC2011link-icon
MammaliaCrocidura tarellaUgandan ShrewEN2011link-icon
MammaliaSylvisorex lunarisMoon Forest ShrewNT2011link-icon
MammaliaRhinolophus ruwenzoriiRuwenzori Horseshoe BatEN2011link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park. Extracted from the World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas. Developed by the Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership: BirdLife International, IUCN, American Bird Conservancy, Amphibian Survival Alliance, Conservation International, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Global Environment Facility, Re:wild, NatureServe, Rainforest Trust, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservation Society. Downloaded from https://keybiodiversityareas.org/ on Dec 13, 2025.