Jonathan Onongo- Bachelor of Science Conservation Biology
- MSc Zoology (Wildlife Ecology and Management) at Makerere University
Jonathan Onongo
- Bachelor of Science Conservation Biology
- MSc Zoology (Wildlife Ecology and Management) at Makerere University
Currently studying MSc Zoology (Wildlife Ecology and Management) at Makerere University
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Introduction
Jonathan is an ornithologist working to document the ecology of the Fox's Weaver (Ploceus spekeoides) Uganda's only endemic bird species. Currently, I am studying MSc Zoology (Wildlife Ecology and Management) at Makerere University and working at the Environmental Conservation Trust of Uganda as a Project Officer under the Biodiversity Programme. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-8181-1413
Current institution
Additional affiliations
July 2024 - present
Environmental Conservation Trust of Uganda
Position
- Programme Officer – Murchison Biodiversity Programme
August 2023 - present
Position
- Master's Student
Description
- Currently studying MSc Zoology (Wildlife Ecology and Management) at Makerere University
January 2021 - November 2023
Nature Uganda
Position
- Project Officer
Description
- Jonathan supports the implementation of NatureUganda's research and conservation Projects and Programmes aimed at conserving priority bird species of conservation concern, biodiversity hotspots, and community livelihood enhancement to reduce their dependence on natural resources.
Education
August 2016 - May 2019
Makerere University
Field of study
- Conservation Biology
Publications
Publications (7)
IUCN Red List categorisation helps prioritise species conservation efforts. Fox’s Weaver Ploceus spekeoides is a little-known passerine endemic to eastern Uganda and categorised as Near Threatened. Historical records (1913–1996) of this bird span nine sub-counties in the country, but more recent evidence (1998–2024) from field surveys, citizen scie...
Sub-Saharan Africa is under-represented in global biodiversity datasets, particularly regarding the impact of land use on species’ population abundances. Drawing on recent advances in expert elicitation to ensure data consistency, 200 experts were convened using a modified-Delphi process to estimate ‘intactness scores’: the remaining proportion of...
The Karamoja Apalis (Apalis karamojae), is a poorly documented East African endemic warbler found in North-eastern Uganda, North-Central Tanzania and Southern Kenya. Despite the fact that the species is range restricted, new records have been made from areas outside its known distribution range in North-eastern Uganda.
In order to explain whether...
The distribution and range of the Fox’s Weaver, Uganda’s only endemic bird are not properly understood. For a long time, the basis of our understanding of the distribution of this rare range-restricted species has been that the species has only been recorded from the North- eastern part of Uganda, rather than a sound understanding of the habitat re...
This checklist documents the 685 bird species from the Teso – Karamoja region an area of 10,000 km² in North-eastern Uganda. This constitutes 60% of all the birds known in Uganda. The Teso - Karamoja Region has 34 bird species including the Fox’s Weaver, Uganda’s only endemic bird species and Karamoja Apalis, that are restricted to the Somali-Masai...
Birds have for a long time been used as indicators of the state of biodiversity and the environment, the context from which they are monitored in this study. The results, from the NatureUganda monitoring prgrammes so far have been able to show that although the National Parks and other protected areas are rich in bird species, many of the best spec...
