Key Biodiversity Areas

Queen Elizabeth National Park and Lake George (7047)
Uganda, Africa

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List categoryYearKBA criteria
AvesGyps rueppelliRüppell's VultureCR2024A1clink-icon
AvesTorgos tracheliotosLappet-faced VultureEN2024A1clink-icon
AvesRynchops flavirostrisAfrican SkimmerLC2024D1alink-icon
MammaliaLoxodonta africanaAfrican Elephant2024A1a, A1clink-icon
CycadopsidaEncephalartos whitelockiiMuhureCR2024A1alink-icon

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesBuccanodon duchailluiYellow-spotted Barbet2001link-icon
AvesTrachyphonus purpuratus_oldYellow-billed Barbet2001link-icon
AvesLaniarius mufumbiriPapyrus GonolekNT2001link-icon
AvesBradornis comitatusDusky-blue FlycatcherLC2001link-icon
AvesHylopsar purpureicepsPurple-headed StarlingLC2001link-icon
AvesSylvietta virensGreen CrombecLC2001link-icon
AvesDeleornis fraseri_oldScarlet-tufted Sunbird2001link-icon
AvesPloceus castanopsNorthern Brown-throated WeaverLC2001link-icon
AvesStiphrornis erythrothorax_old2Forest Robin2001link-icon
AvesAgapornis swindernianusBlack-collared LovebirdLC2001link-icon
AvesRhaphidura sabiniSabine's SpinetailLC2001link-icon
AvesPardipicus caroliBrown-eared WoodpeckerLC2001link-icon
AvesDendropicos xantholophusYellow-crested WoodpeckerLC2001link-icon
AvesPogoniulus scolopaceusSpeckled TinkerbirdLC2001link-icon
AvesColumba unicinctaAfep PigeonLC2001link-icon
AvesColumba albinuchaWhite-naped PigeonLC2001link-icon
AvesSarothrura pulchraWhite-spotted FlufftailLC2001link-icon
AvesGallinago mediaGreat SnipeNT2001link-icon
AvesGlareola nordmanniBlack-winged PratincoleNT2001link-icon
AvesSterna nilotica_oldGull-billed Tern2001link-icon
AvesAquila africanaCassin's Hawk-eagleLC2001link-icon
AvesFalco naumanniLesser KestrelLC2011link-icon
AvesPelecanus onocrotalusGreat White PelicanLC2001link-icon
AvesOriolus brachyrynchusWestern Black-headed OrioleLC2001link-icon
AvesCampephaga petitiPetit's CuckooshrikeLC2001link-icon
AvesElminia nigromitrataDusky Crested-flycatcherLC2001link-icon
AvesChlorophoneus bocageiBocage's Bush-shrikeLC2001link-icon
AvesCossypha cyanocampterBlue-shouldered Robin-chatLC2001link-icon
AvesPoeoptera lugubrisNarrow-tailed StarlingLC2001link-icon
AvesMelaniparus funereusDusky TitLC2001link-icon
AvesEurillas gracilisGrey GreenbulLC2001link-icon
AvesEurillas curvirostrisPlain GreenbulLC2001link-icon
AvesBaeopogon indicatorHoneyguide GreenbulLC2001link-icon
AvesPhyllastrephus hypochlorisToro Olive GreenbulLC2001link-icon
AvesPhyllastrephus xavieriXavier's GreenbulLC2001link-icon
AvesBleda syndactylusRed-tailed BristlebillLC2001link-icon
AvesPloceus nigerrimus_oldVieillot's Black Weaver2001link-icon
AvesMalimbus malimbicusCrested MalimbeLC2001link-icon
AvesMalimbus rubricollisRed-headed MalimbeLC2001link-icon
AvesParmoptila woodhouseiWoodhouse's AntpeckerLC2001link-icon
AvesNigrita fusconotusWhite-breasted NigritaLC2001link-icon
AvesNigrita bicolorChestnut-breasted NigritaLC2001link-icon
AvesNesocharis ansorgeiWhite-collared OlivebackLC2001link-icon
AvesCrithagra koliensisPapyrus CanaryLC2001link-icon
AvesTerpsiphone rufiventer_old2001link-icon
AvesTricholaema hirsutaHairy-breasted BarbetLC2001link-icon
AvesBycanistes subcylindricusGrey-cheeked HornbillLC2001link-icon
AvesBycanistes cylindricusBrown-cheeked HornbillVU2001link-icon
AvesEurystomus gularisBlue-throated RollerLC2001link-icon
AvesCorythornis leucogasterWhite-bellied KingfisherLC2001link-icon
AvesIspidina leconteiAfrican Dwarf-kingfisherLC2001link-icon
AvesHalcyon badiaChocolate-backed KingfisherLC2001link-icon
AvesMerops gularisBlack Bee-eaterLC2001link-icon
AvesCercococcyx mechowiDusky Long-tailed Cuckoo2001link-icon
AvesChrysococcyx flavigularisYellow-throated CuckooLC2001link-icon
AvesPsittacus erithacus_old2001link-icon
AvesGlaucidium tephronotumRed-chested OwletLC2001link-icon
AvesMegabyas flammulatusAfrican Shrike-flycatcherLC2001link-icon
AvesDyaphorophyia castanea_oldChestnut Wattle-eye2001link-icon
AvesDyaphorophyia jamesoniJameson's Wattle-eyeLC2001link-icon
AvesStizorhina fraseri_oldRufous Flycatcher-thrush2001link-icon
AvesNeocossyphus poensisWhite-tailed Ant-thrushLC2001link-icon
AvesFraseria ocreataAfrican Forest-flycatcherLC2001link-icon
AvesArtomyias fuliginosaSooty FlycatcherLC2001link-icon
AvesMuscicapa cassiniCassin's FlycatcherLC2001link-icon
AvesFraseria griseigularisGrey-throated Tit-flycatcherLC2001link-icon
AvesNicator chlorisWestern NicatorLC2001link-icon
AvesCriniger calurusRed-tailed GreenbulLC2001link-icon
AvesCisticola carruthersiCarruthers's CisticolaLC2001link-icon
AvesApalis rufogularisBuff-throated ApalisLC2001link-icon
AvesCamaroptera chloronota_oldOlive-green Camaroptera2001link-icon
AvesBradypterus carpalisWhite-winged Swamp-warblerLC2001link-icon
AvesCalamonastides gracilirostris_oldPapyrus Yellow Warbler2011link-icon
AvesHylia prasinaGreen HyliaLC2001link-icon
AvesPhylloscopus budongoensisUganda Woodland-warblerLC2001link-icon
AvesIlladopsis albipectusScaly-breasted IlladopsisLC2001link-icon
AvesIlladopsis fulvescensBrown IlladopsisLC2001link-icon
AvesTurdoides sharpeiBlack-lored BabblerLC2001link-icon
AvesAnthreptes rectirostris_oldGreen Sunbird2001link-icon
AvesAnthreptes seimundiLittle Green SunbirdLC2001link-icon
AvesCyanomitra cyanolaemaBlue-throated Brown SunbirdLC2001link-icon
AvesChalcomitra rubescensGreen-throated SunbirdLC2001link-icon
AvesCinnyris erythrocercusRed-chested SunbirdLC2001link-icon
AvesCinnyris superbusSuperb SunbirdLC2001link-icon
MammaliaAllochrocebus lhoestiL'Hoest's MonkeyVU2011link-icon
MammaliaPan troglodytesChimpanzeeEN2011link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Queen Elizabeth National Park and Lake George. 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 15, 2025.