Budongo Forest Reserve (7059)
Uganda, Africa

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria

Taxonomic group	Scientific name	Common name	IUCN Red List category	Year	KBA criteria
Mammalia	Pan troglodytes	Chimpanzee	EN	2024	A1c

Aves	Ptilopachus nahani	Nahan's Partridge	VU	2024	A1b, B1

Other species not triggering KBA criteria

Taxonomic group	Scientific name	Common name	IUCN Red List Category	Year
Aves	Bycanistes fistulator_old	Piping Hornbill		2001

Aves	Stiphrornis erythrothorax_old2	Forest Robin		2001

Aves	Agapornis swindernianus	Black-collared Lovebird	LC	2001

Aves	Rhaphidura sabini	Sabine's Spinetail	LC	2001

Aves	Neafrapus cassini	Cassin's Spinetail	LC	2001

Aves	Peliperdix lathami	Forest Francolin	LC	2001

Aves	Indicator willcocksi	Willcocks's Honeyguide	LC	2001

Aves	Prodotiscus insignis	Cassin's Honeybird	LC	2001

Aves	Pardipicus nivosus	Buff-spotted Woodpecker	LC	2001

Aves	Pardipicus caroli	Brown-eared Woodpecker	LC	2001

Aves	Dendropicos poecilolaemus	Speckle-breasted Woodpecker	LC	2001

Aves	Dendropicos xantholophus	Yellow-crested Woodpecker	LC	2001

Aves	Columba unicincta	Afep Pigeon	LC	2001

Aves	Sarothrura pulchra	White-spotted Flufftail	LC	2001

Aves	Aquila africana	Cassin's Hawk-eagle	LC	2001

Aves	Pitta reichenowi	Green-breasted Pitta	LC	2001

Aves	Smithornis rufolateralis	Rufous-sided Broadbill	LC	2001

Aves	Ptilostomus afer	Piapiac	LC	2001

Aves	Oriolus brachyrynchus	Western Black-headed Oriole	LC	2001

Aves	Erythrocercus mccallii	Chestnut-capped Flycatcher	LC	2001

Aves	Elminia nigromitrata	Dusky Crested-flycatcher	LC	2001

Aves	Poeoptera lugubris	Narrow-tailed Starling	LC	2001

Aves	Onychognathus fulgidus	Chestnut-winged Starling	LC	2001

Aves	Hylopsar purpureiceps	Purple-headed Starling	LC	2001

Aves	Lamprotornis purpureus	Purple Starling	LC	2001

Aves	Lamprotornis chalcurus	Bronze-tailed Starling	LC	2001

Aves	Melaniparus funereus	Dusky Tit	LC	2001

Aves	Eurillas gracilis	Grey Greenbul	LC	2001

Aves	Eurillas curvirostris	Plain Greenbul	LC	2001

Aves	Baeopogon indicator	Honeyguide Greenbul	LC	2001

Aves	Ixonotus guttatus	Spotted Greenbul	LC	2001

Aves	Pyrrhurus scandens	Leaf-love	LC	2001

Aves	Phyllastrephus hypochloris	Toro Olive Greenbul	LC	2001

Aves	Phyllastrephus albigularis_old	White-throated Greenbul		2001

Aves	Phyllastrephus icterinus_old	Icterine Greenbul		2001

Aves	Phyllastrephus xavieri	Xavier's Greenbul	LC	2001

Aves	Bleda syndactylus	Red-tailed Bristlebill	LC	2001

Aves	Plocepasser superciliosus	Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-weaver	LC	2001

Aves	Ploceus nigerrimus_old	Vieillot's Black Weaver		2001

Aves	Ploceus tricolor	Yellow-mantled Weaver	LC	2001

Aves	Malimbus malimbicus	Crested Malimbe	LC	2001

Aves	Malimbus rubricollis	Red-headed Malimbe	LC	2001

Aves	Parmoptila woodhousei	Woodhouse's Antpecker	LC	2001

Aves	Nigrita fusconotus	White-breasted Nigrita	LC	2001

Aves	Nigrita bicolor	Chestnut-breasted Nigrita	LC	2001

Aves	Delacourella capistrata	Grey-headed Oliveback	LC	2001

Aves	Lagonosticta rara	Black-bellied Firefinch	LC	2001

Aves	Emberiza affinis	Brown-rumped Bunting	LC	2001

Aves	Terpsiphone rufiventer_old			2001

Aves	Pogoniulus scolopaceus	Speckled Tinkerbird	LC	2001

Aves	Pogoniulus subsulphureus	Yellow-throated Tinkerbird	LC	2001

Aves	Buccanodon duchaillui	Yellow-spotted Barbet		2001

Aves	Tricholaema hirsuta	Hairy-breasted Barbet	LC	2001

Aves	Trachyphonus purpuratus_old	Yellow-billed Barbet		2001

Aves	Tockus fasciatus_old	African Pied Hornbill		2001

Aves	Bycanistes subcylindricus	Grey-cheeked Hornbill	LC	2001

Aves	Bycanistes cylindricus	Brown-cheeked Hornbill	VU	2001

Aves	Eurystomus gularis	Blue-throated Roller	LC	2001

Aves	Ispidina lecontei	African Dwarf-kingfisher	LC	2001

Aves	Halcyon badia	Chocolate-backed Kingfisher	LC	2001

Aves	Cercococcyx mechowi	Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo		2001

Aves	Cercococcyx olivinus	Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo	LC	2001

Aves	Psittacus erithacus_old			2001

Aves	Tauraco leucolophus	White-crested Turaco	LC	2001

Aves	Glaucidium tephronotum	Red-chested Owlet	LC	2001

Aves	Caprimulgus nigriscapularis	Black-shouldered Nightjar		2001

Aves	Megabyas flammulatus	African Shrike-flycatcher	LC	2001

Aves	Batis ituriensis	Ituri Batis	LC	2001

Aves	Dyaphorophyia castanea_old	Chestnut Wattle-eye		2001

Aves	Dyaphorophyia jamesoni	Jameson's Wattle-eye	LC	2001

Aves	Stizorhina fraseri_old	Rufous Flycatcher-thrush		2001

Aves	Neocossyphus poensis	White-tailed Ant-thrush	LC	2001

Aves	Geokichla camaronensis	Black-eared Ground-thrush	LC	2001

Aves	Alethe diademata_old			2001

Aves	Fraseria ocreata	African Forest-flycatcher	LC	2001

Aves	Artomyias fuliginosa	Sooty Flycatcher	LC	2001

Aves	Muscicapa sethsmithi	Yellow-footed Flycatcher	LC	2001

Aves	Bradornis comitatus	Dusky-blue Flycatcher	LC	2001

Aves	Muscicapa cassini	Cassin's Flycatcher	LC	2001

Aves	Fraseria griseigularis	Grey-throated Tit-flycatcher	LC	2001

Aves	Sheppardia cyornithopsis	Lowland Akalat	LC	2001

Aves	Nicator chloris	Western Nicator	LC	2001

Aves	Criniger calurus	Red-tailed Greenbul	LC	2001

Aves	Drymocichla incana	Red-winged Grey Warbler	LC	2001

Aves	Apalis rufogularis	Buff-throated Apalis	LC	2001

Aves	Camaroptera superciliaris	Yellow-browed Camaroptera	LC	2001

Aves	Camaroptera chloronota_old	Olive-green Camaroptera		2001

Aves	Eremomela badiceps	Rufous-crowned Eremomela	LC	2001

Aves	Sylvietta virens	Green Crombec	LC	2001

Aves	Sylvietta denti	Lemon-bellied Crombec	LC	2001

Aves	Macrosphenus flavicans	Yellow Longbill	LC	2001

Aves	Macrosphenus concolor	Grey Longbill	LC	2001

Aves	Hylia prasina	Green Hylia	LC	2001

Aves	Phylloscopus budongoensis	Uganda Woodland-warbler	LC	2001

Aves	Illadopsis albipectus	Scaly-breasted Illadopsis	LC	2001

Aves	Illadopsis fulvescens	Brown Illadopsis	LC	2001

Aves	Deleornis fraseri_old	Scarlet-tufted Sunbird		2001

Aves	Anthreptes rectirostris_old	Green Sunbird		2001

Aves	Anthreptes seimundi	Little Green Sunbird	LC	2001

Aves	Cyanomitra cyanolaema	Blue-throated Brown Sunbird	LC	2001

Aves	Chalcomitra rubescens	Green-throated Sunbird	LC	2001

Aves	Cinnyris superbus	Superb Sunbird	LC	2001

Recommended citation

Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Budongo Forest Reserve. 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 18, 2025.

Budongo Forest Reserve (7059)Uganda, Africa

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria

Other species not triggering KBA criteria

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Budongo Forest Reserve (7059)
Uganda, Africa