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The African Grey Crowned Crane, Uganda's national bird (Uganda Wildlife Education Center (zoo) near Kampala).

A family of wild baboons sitting along the road from Mbale to Kampala.

Chimpanzee (Uganda Wildlife Education Center (zoo) near Kampala).

Red and black thorn spider.

Rhinoceros (Uganda Wildlife Education Center (zoo) near Kampala).

A more typical compound with thatched rondavels (huts) built of stick frames packed with mud (or sometimes with bricks faced with mud) and covered with a straw or reed roof.

Mount Elgon is an extinct shield volcano on the border with Kenya. Two national parks, one on either side of the border, protect the area around the mountain.

Impala (Uganda Wildlife Education Center (zoo) near Kampala).

African violet flowers.

A hotel beach front along Lake Victoria.

A frame for a rondavel (house) usually only 3 to 5 meters in diameter.

A small compound usually consisting of an extended family clan: the patriarch and his children and their spouses. The families each have their own houses, but they cooperatively farm the surrounding land. These are nicer homes with painted metal roofs.

Marabou Storks have one of the largest wingspans of any land bird.

A sign outside a Chinese restaurant in Jinja, near the Nile.

Guinea birds are ubiquitous; it is difficult to know whether they are wild or domesticated.

Close up of Bujagali Falls on the Nile, about 15 minutes from Jinja.

Hanging blossoms.

Male lion (Uganda Wildlife Education Center (zoo) near Kampala).

Bujagali Falls on the Nile, about 15 minutes from Jinja.

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Media source: CIA World Factbook (2020) — Public Domain