Lake Mburo National Park

🇺🇬 Uganda

🦌 Impala Herds Roam Lake Mburo

🌍 #37 Global · 4.7 ★★★★★ ★★★★★ #25 in Africa #26 in Savanna & Grassland

East Africa, Uganda 1217 spp. recorded

Lake Mburo National Park sits in southwestern Uganda as a protected expanse of rolling hills, grassy valleys, and acacia woodlands. Unlike the dense rainforests or vast open savannahs found elsewhere in East Africa, this compact landscape features calm lakes and papyrus swamps that shape a distinct home for local wildlife.

-0.632° S 30.987° E

Wildlife

⭐ Iconic Species

Impala

Aepyceros melampus

70–80% · Very likely

Plains Zebra

Equus quagga

60–70% · Likely

Northern Giraffe

Giraffa camelopardalis

60–70% · Likely

Common Eland

Taurotragus oryx

60–70% · Likely

📊 Most Spotted

Rüppell's Glossy-starling

Lamprotornis purpuroptera

80–90% · Very likely

Common Warthog

Phacochoerus africanus

70–80% · Very likely

Damaliscus korrigum

Damaliscus korrigum

70–80% · Very likely

Cape Turtle Dove

Streptopelia capicola

60–70% · Likely

Speckled Mousebird

Colius striatus

60–70% · Likely

Waterbuck

Kobus ellipsiprymnus

60–70% · Likely

Trilling Cisticola

Cisticola woosnami

60–70% · Likely

Olive Baboon

Papio anubis

60–70% · Likely

Common Bulbul

Pycnonotus barbatus

60–70% · Likely

Common Dwarf Mongoose

Helogale parvula

50–60% · Likely

Bare-Faced Go-Away-Bird

Corythaixoides personatus

50–60% · Likely

Northern Bushbuck

Tragelaphus scriptus

50–60% · Likely

⭐ Iconic Species

Impala

Aepyceros melampus

70–80% · Very likely

Plains Zebra

Equus quagga

60–70% · Likely

Northern Giraffe

Giraffa camelopardalis

60–70% · Likely

Common Eland

Taurotragus oryx

60–70% · Likely

📊 Most Spotted

Common Warthog

Phacochoerus africanus

70–80% · Very likely

Damaliscus korrigum

Damaliscus korrigum

70–80% · Very likely

Waterbuck

Kobus ellipsiprymnus

60–70% · Likely

Olive Baboon

Papio anubis

60–70% · Likely

Common Dwarf Mongoose

Helogale parvula

50–60% · Likely

Northern Bushbuck

Tragelaphus scriptus

50–60% · Likely

Common Hippopotamus

Hippopotamus amphibius

50–60% · Likely

Vervet Monkey

Chlorocebus pygerythrus

50–60% · Likely

African Buffalo

Syncerus caffer

40–50% · Likely

Brown Greater Galago

Otolemur crassicaudatus

20–30% · Possible

Yellow-winged Bat

Lavia frons

20–30% · Possible

Banded Mongoose

Mungos mungo

20–30% · Possible

📊 Most Spotted

Rüppell's Glossy-starling

Lamprotornis purpuroptera

80–90% · Very likely

Cape Turtle Dove

Streptopelia capicola

60–70% · Likely

Speckled Mousebird

Colius striatus

60–70% · Likely

Trilling Cisticola

Cisticola woosnami

60–70% · Likely

Common Bulbul

Pycnonotus barbatus

60–70% · Likely

Bare-Faced Go-Away-Bird

Corythaixoides personatus

50–60% · Likely

Woodland Kingfisher

Halcyon senegalensis

50–60% · Likely

Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove

Turtur chalcospilos

50–60% · Likely

Little Bee-eater

Merops pusillus

50–60% · Likely

Red-necked Francolin

Pternistis afer

50–60% · Likely

Blue-naped Mousebird

Urocolius macrourus

50–60% · Likely

Black-headed Gonolek

Laniarius erythrogaster

50–60% · Likely

📊 Most Spotted

Nile Crocodile

Crocodylus niloticus

40–50% · Likely

African Striped Skink

Trachylepis striata

20–30% · Possible

Speckle-lipped Mabuya

Trachylepis maculilabris

20–30% · Possible

Tropical House Gecko

Hemidactylus mabouia

Insufficient data

Black-necked Spitting Cobra

Naja nigricollis

Insufficient data

Black Mamba

Dendroaspis polylepis

Insufficient data

African Rock Python

Python sebae

Insufficient data

Uganda blue-headed tree agama

Acanthocercus ugandaensis

Insufficient data

Green Night Adder

Causus resimus

Insufficient data

Neumann's Marsh Terrapin

Pelomedusa neumanni

Insufficient data

Hemidactylus platycephalus

Hemidactylus platycephalus

Insufficient data

📊 Most Spotted

Bocage's Tree Frog

Leptopelis bocagii

Insufficient data

Senegal Kassina

Kassina senegalensis

Insufficient data

Mwanza Frog

Xenopus victorianus

Insufficient data

Animal Events

🐦

Topi Rutting and Territorial Displays

Feb

During February, male topi engage in dramatic rutting rituals, stamping the ground and clashing horns to establish dominance.

🐦

Plains Zebra Migration and Calving

Jun

In June, plains zebra herds move to the lake’s floodplains, where females give birth to foals amid the lush grasses.

🐦

Northern Giraffe Courtship and Browsing Shifts

Mar

March sees northern giraffes performing courtship necking while shifting their browsing to newly sprouted acacia leaves after the short rains.

Sighting Calendar

Chance of spotting each species, month by month

Species Total

60–70

60–70

60–70

50–60

40–50

60–70

60–70

60–70

60–70

60–70

60–70

60–70

80–90

80–90

70–80

60–70

70–80

80–90

50–60

70–80

80–90

70–80

70–80

70–80

60–70

60–70

60–70

70–80

60–70

80–90

50–60

60–70

70–80

60–70

60–70

60–70

Northern Giraffe

60–70

50–60

70–80

50–60

60–70

70–80

70–80

60–70

50–60

30–40

70–80

50–60

40–50

70–80

60–70

70–80

30–40

70–80

60–70

60–70

60–70

40–50

70–80

30–40

Rüppell's Glossy-starling

80–90

80–90

70–80

70–80

60–70

70–80

80–90

80–90

80–90

80–90

80–90

80–90

70–80

80–90

70–80

70–80

40–50

70–80

70–80

70–80

80–90

80–90

70–80

70–80

Damaliscus korrigum

70–80

70–80

40–50

70–80

30–40

70–80

70–80

70–80

70–80

40–50

70–80

50–60

Cape Turtle Dove

70–80

60–70

40–50

60–70

50–60

70–80

70–80

60–70

70–80

60–70

70–80

60–70

Speckled Mousebird

60–70

60–70

60–70

60–70

40–50

60–70

60–70

60–70

70–80

70–80

70–80

70–80

60–70

70–80

70–80

30–40

50–60

70–80

50–60

50–60

50–60

60–70

50–60

40–50

Trilling Cisticola

70–80

60–70

70–80

40–50

50–60

50–60

50–60

30–40

60–70

60–70

60–70

70–80

40–50

50–60

50–60

50–60

30–40

40–50

70–80

50–60

60–70

60–70

70–80

60–70

50–60

50–60

70–80

50–60

40–50

60–70

60–70

60–70

70–80

60–70

50–60

30–40

Common Dwarf Mongoose

40–50

70–80

60–70

50–60

30–40

40–50

40–50

70–80

70–80

40–50

60–70

50–60

Bare-Faced Go-Away-Bird

50–60

50–60

50–60

40–50

40–50

40–50

60–70

60–70

50–60

50–60

50–60

50–60

Northern Bushbuck

40–50

70–80

50–60

30–40

30–40

30–40

50–60

50–60

50–60

50–60

40–50

80–90

Animal Events

🐦 Topi Rutting and Territorial Displays

🐦 Plains Zebra Migration and Calving

🐦 Northern Giraffe Courtship and Browsing Shifts

Sighting Zones

Warm areas are where all species together are recorded most, so they track where people go as much as where animals are. For one species, see the map on its own page.

0.0 ★★★★★ ★★★★★ World-class

🦌 Impala Herds Roam Lake Mburo

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Biodiversity

Good

How rich is the wildlife?

4.3 Global avg

4.2 ★★★★★ ★★★★★

Species by taxon

🦅 Birds

878

🐒 Mammals

198

🦎 Reptiles

109

🐸 Amphibians

32

1217 Total Species

841 Global average across 280 parks

33 Threatened 5 Endemic

🔭

Sighting

Excellent

How likely to see animals?

3.6 Global avg

4.8 ★★★★★ ★★★★★

🎯

Top-12 Avg Probability

62% Global avg

68%

📊

Coverage (257 species at ≥5% of 1217 in the inventory)

24% Global avg

21%

🔀

Taxon variety in top 12 (8 mammal, 4 bird)

47% Global avg

59%

🌟

Iconic-group species (≥15%) (every species from the 19 iconic groups — monkeys, cats, toucans, macaws, sloths, crocodilians… — not just the 4 highlighted above)

14 Global avg

24

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High-prob species (>40%)

26 Global avg

43

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