Mount Elgon National Park (7068)
Uganda, Africa

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria

Taxonomic group	Scientific name	Common name	IUCN Red List category	Year	KBA criteria
Malpighiales	Hypericum bequaertii		LC	2024	B1

Asterales	Helichrysum amblyphyllum			2024	B1

Mammalia	Otomys barbouri	Barbour’s Vlei Rat	EN	2024	A1a, A1e, B1

Other species not triggering KBA criteria

Taxonomic group	Scientific name	Common name	IUCN Red List Category	Year
Poales	Carpha eminii		VU	2018

Amphibia	Arthroleptides dutoiti	Du Toit's Torrent Frog	CR	2018

Poales	Carex phragmitoides		VU	2018

Aves	Buccanodon duchaillui	Yellow-spotted Barbet		2001

Aves	Tauraco hartlaubi	Hartlaub's Turaco	LC	2001

Aves	Oriolus percivali	Mountain Oriole	LC	2001

Aves	Locustella alfredi	Bamboo Warbler	LC	2001

Aves	Nectarinia kilimensis	Bronze Sunbird	LC	2001

Aves	Ploceus baglafecht	Baglafecht Weaver	LC	2001

Aves	Malimbus rubricollis	Red-headed Malimbe	LC	2001

Aves	Crithagra burtoni	Thick-billed Seedeater	LC	2001

Asterales	Bothriocline auriculata		CR	2018

Rosales	Rubus friesiorum		LC	2018

Gentianales	Pentas zanzibarica		LC	2018

Aves	Pogoniulus scolopaceus	Speckled Tinkerbird	LC	2001

Aves	Pogoniulus leucomystax	Moustached Green Tinkerbird	LC	2001

Aves	Pogoniulus subsulphureus	Yellow-throated Tinkerbird	LC	2001

Aves	Trachyphonus purpuratus_old	Yellow-billed Barbet		2001

Aves	Bycanistes subcylindricus	Grey-cheeked Hornbill	LC	2001

Aves	Rhinopomastus castaneiceps	Forest Scimitarbill	LC	2001

Aves	Apaloderma vittatum	Bar-tailed Trogon	LC	2001

Aves	Merops oreobates	Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater	LC	2001

Aves	Glaucidium tephronotum	Red-chested Owlet	LC	2001

Aves	Telophorus dohertyi	Doherty's Bush-shrike	LC	2001

Aves	Batis diops	Rwenzori Batis	LC	2001

Aves	Dyaphorophyia castanea_old	Chestnut Wattle-eye		2001

Aves	Dyaphorophyia jamesoni	Jameson's Wattle-eye	LC	2001

Aves	Monticola rufocinereus	Little Rock-thrush	LC	2001

Aves	Geokichla piaggiae_old			2001

Aves	Alethe diademata_old			2001

Aves	Melaenornis ardesiacus	Yellow-eyed Black-flycatcher	LC	2001

Aves	Pogonocichla stellata	White-starred Robin	LC	2001

Aves	Sheppardia aequatorialis	Equatorial Akalat	LC	2001

Aves	Phylloscopus budongoensis	Uganda Woodland-warbler	LC	2001

Aves	Phylloscopus umbrovirens	Brown Woodland-warbler	LC	2001

Aves	Illadopsis albipectus	Scaly-breasted Illadopsis	LC	2001

Aves	Illadopsis fulvescens	Brown Illadopsis	LC	2001

Aves	Illadopsis pyrrhoptera	Mountain Illadopsis	LC	2001

Aves	Sylvia abyssinica_old	African Hill Babbler		2001

Aves	Kakamega poliothorax	Grey-chested Kakamega	LC	2001

Aves	Curruca lugens	Brown Warbler	LC	2001

Aves	Anthreptes rectirostris_old	Green Sunbird		2001

Aves	Cinnyris reichenowi	Northern Double-collared Sunbird	LC	2001

Aves	Nectarinia tacazze	Tacazze Sunbird	LC	2001

Aves	Drepanorhynchus reichenowi	Golden-winged Sunbird	LC	2001

Aves	Terpsiphone rufiventer_old			2001

Aves	Stiphrornis erythrothorax_old2	Forest Robin		2001

Aves	Schoutedenapus myoptilus_old	Scarce Swift		2001

Aves	Rhaphidura sabini	Sabine's Spinetail	LC	2001

Aves	Apus niansae	Nyanza Swift	LC	2001

Aves	Francolinus psilolaemus_old	Moorland Francolin		2001

Aves	Campethera tullbergi_old	Tullberg's Woodpecker		2001

Aves	Pardipicus nivosus	Buff-spotted Woodpecker	LC	2001

Aves	Pardipicus caroli	Brown-eared Woodpecker	LC	2001

Aves	Dendropicos xantholophus	Yellow-crested Woodpecker	LC	2001

Aves	Caprimulgus poliocephalus_old	Montane Nightjar		2001

Aves	Streptopelia lugens	Dusky Turtle-dove	LC	2001

Aves	Sarothrura pulchra	White-spotted Flufftail	LC	2001

Aves	Buteo oreophilus_old	Mountain Buzzard		2001

Aves	Oriolus brachyrynchus	Western Black-headed Oriole	LC	2001

Aves	Ceblepyris caesius	Grey Cuckooshrike	LC	2001

Aves	Elminia nigromitrata	Dusky Crested-flycatcher	LC	2001

Aves	Elminia albonotata	White-tailed Crested-flycatcher	LC	2001

Aves	Laniarius leucorhynchus	Lowland Sooty Boubou	LC	2001

Aves	Cossypha cyanocampter	Blue-shouldered Robin-chat	LC	2001

Aves	Pinarochroa sordida	Moorland Chat	LC	2001

Aves	Poeoptera stuhlmanni	Stuhlmann's Starling	LC	2001

Aves	Onychognathus walleri	Waller's Starling	LC	2001

Aves	Onychognathus tenuirostris	Slender-billed Starling	LC	2001

Aves	Hylopsar purpureiceps	Purple-headed Starling	LC	2001

Aves	Pholia sharpii	Sharpe's Starling	LC	2001

Aves	Melaniparus funereus	Dusky Tit	LC	2001

Aves	Arizelocichla masukuensis	Shelley's Greenbul	LC	2001

Aves	Eurillas gracilis	Grey Greenbul	LC	2001

Aves	Eurillas curvirostris	Plain Greenbul	LC	2001

Aves	Andropadus nigriceps_old			2001

Aves	Baeopogon indicator	Honeyguide Greenbul	LC	2001

Aves	Chlorocichla laetissima	Joyful Greenbul	LC	2001

Aves	Phyllastrephus hypochloris	Toro Olive Greenbul	LC	2001

Aves	Phyllastrephus albigularis_old	White-throated Greenbul		2001

Aves	Bleda syndactylus	Red-tailed Bristlebill	LC	2001

Aves	Nicator chloris	Western Nicator	LC	2001

Aves	Criniger calurus	Red-tailed Greenbul	LC	2001

Aves	Cisticola chubbi_old	Chubb's Cisticola		2001

Aves	Cisticola hunteri	Hunter's Cisticola	LC	2018

Aves	Oreolais pulcher	Black-collared Apalis	LC	2001

Aves	Apalis binotata	Masked Apalis	LC	2001

Aves	Apalis personata	Black-faced Apalis	LC	2001

Aves	Apalis rufogularis	Buff-throated Apalis	LC	2001

Aves	Apalis porphyrolaema	Chestnut-throated Apalis	LC	2001

Aves	Camaroptera chloronota_old	Olive-green Camaroptera		2001

Aves	Sylvietta leucophrys	White-browed Crombec	LC	2001

Aves	Bradypterus cinnamomeus	Cinnamon Bracken-warbler	LC	2001

Aves	Iduna similis	Mountain Yellow Warbler	LC	2001

Aves	Sylvietta virens	Green Crombec	LC	2001

Aves	Hylia prasina	Green Hylia	LC	2001

Aves	Ploceus melanogaster	Black-billed Weaver	LC	2001

Aves	Ploceus nigerrimus_old	Vieillot's Black Weaver		2001

Aves	Ploceus insignis	Brown-capped Weaver	LC	2001

Aves	Nigrita fusconotus	White-breasted Nigrita	LC	2001

Aves	Cryptospiza salvadorii	Abyssinian Crimsonwing	LC	2001

Aves	Coccopygia melanotis_old	Swee Waxbill		2001

Aves	Crithagra frontalis	Yellow-browed Citril	LC	2001

Aves	Serinus striolatus_old			2001

Aves	Linurgus olivaceus	Oriole Finch	LC	2001

Recommended citation

Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Mount Elgon 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 12, 2025.

Mount Elgon National Park (7068)Uganda, Africa

Biodiversity elements triggering KBA criteria

Other species not triggering KBA criteria

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Mount Elgon National Park (7068)
Uganda, Africa