Birds of Serengeti National Park

Birds of Serengeti National Park: Serengeti national park is a great eco-system situated in the northern region of Tanzania in the Serengeti ecosystem, the park covers an area of 14,750 square kilometers which is dominated by grassland plains, savanna riverine forest and woodlands.

Serengeti national park is a great habitat for birds with over 500 recorded bird species, Serengeti national park lies in the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem which is regarded as one of Africa’s Endemic Bird Area. Among birds in Serengeti there is endemic species, restricted-range bird species, rare species and near – endemic species. Birds found in Serengeti national park include

Ostriches

Common Ostrich

Ducks

White-faced Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Knob-billed Duck
Egyptian Goose
Spur-winged Goose
African Pygmy-Goose
Garganey
Hottentot Teal
Northern Shoveler
Eurasian Wigeon African Black Duck
Yellow-billed Duck
Cape Teal
Red-billed Duck
Northern Pintail
Eurasian Teal
Southern Pochard
Maccoa Duck

Guinea fowl

Helmeted Guinea fowl
Crested Guinea fowl

Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies

Harlequin Quail
Scaly Francolin
Hildebrandt’s Francolin
Yellow-necked Francolin
Gray-breasted Francolin
Red-necked Francolin
Crested Francolin
Coqui Francolin
Red-winged Francolin
Shelley’s Francolin

Flamingos

Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo

Grebes

Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Eared Grebe

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Dusky Turtle-Dove
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Tambourine Dove
Namaqua Dove
African Green-Pigeon

Bustards

Kori Bustard
Denham’s Bustard
White-bellied Bustard
Buff-crested Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard
Hartlaub’s Bustard

Sand grouse

Chestnut-bellied Sand grouse
Yellow-throated Sand grouse
Black-faced Sand grouse

Turacos

Schalow’s Turaco
Hartlaub’s Turaco
Ross’s Turaco
Bare-faced Go-away-bird
White-bellied Go-away-bird
Eastern Plantain-eater

Cuckoos

Red-chested Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
African Cuckoo
Black Coucal
White-browed Coucal
Pied Cuckoo
Levaillant’s Cuckoo
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Klaas’s Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo

Nightjars and Allies

Pennant-winged Nightjar
Sombre Nightjar
Freckled Nightjar
Slender-tailed Nightjar
Square-tailed Nightjar

Swifts

Scarce Swift
Alpine Swift
Mottled Swift
Common Swift
Nyanza Swift
African Swift
Little Swift
Horus Swift
White-rumped Swift
African Palm-Swift

Rails, Gallinules and Coots

African Crake
Lesser Moorhen
Eurasian Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
Allen’s Gallinule
African Swamp hen
Black Crake

Cranes

Gray Crowned-Crane

Thick-knees

Water Thick-knee
Spotted Thick-knee

Stilts and Avocets

Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet

Plovers and Lapwings

Black-bellied Plover
Long-toed Lapwing
Blacksmith Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
White-headed Lapwing
Senegal Lapwing
Black-winged Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Wattled Lapwing
Brown-chested Lapwing
Lesser Sand-Plover
Caspian Plover
Kittlitz’s Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Three-banded Plover
White-fronted Plover
Chestnut-banded Plover

Painted-Snipes

Greater Painted-Snipe

Jacanas

African Jacana

Sandpipers and Allies

Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Black-tailed Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck’s Stint
Sanderling
Little Stint
Jack Snipe
Terek Sandpiper
Common Snipe
African Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank

Pratincoles and Coursers

Temminck’s Courser
Double-banded Courser
Three-banded Courser
Collared Pratincole

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Gray-hooded Gull
Black-headed Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
White-winged Tern
Whiskered Tern
African Skimmer

Storks

African Open bill
Black Stork
Abdim’s Stork
Woolly-necked Stork
White Stork
Saddle-billed Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork

Anhingas

African Darter

Cormorants and Shags

Long-tailed Cormorant
Great Cormorant

Pelicans

Great White Pelican
Pink-backed Pelican

Hamerkop

Hamerkop

Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns

Little Bittern
Dwarf Bittern
Gray Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
Purple Heron
Great Egret
Intermediate Egret
Little Egret
Black Heron
Cattle Egret
Squacco Heron
Striated Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron

Ibises and Spoonbills

Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill

Secretary-bird

Secretary bird

Osprey

Osprey

Hawks, Eagles, and Kites

Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Bearded Vulture
Egyptian Vulture
African Cuckoo-Hawk
White-headed Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Rueppell’s Griffon
Bateleur
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Bat Hawk
Crowned Eagle
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Wahlberg’s Eagle
Ayres’s Hawk-Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Imperial Eagle
Verreaux’s Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Lizard Buzzard
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
Eurasian Marsh-Harrier
African Marsh-Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu’s Harrier
Shikra Accipiter
Little Sparrow hawk
Ovambo Sparrow hawk
Black Goshawk
Black Kite
Yellow-billed Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Augur Buzzard

Barn-Owls

Barn Owl

Owls

African Scops-Owl
Southern White-faced Owl
Spotted Eagle-Owl
Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
African Barred Owlet
African Wood-Owl
Marsh Owl

Mouse birds

Speckled Mousebird
Blue-naped Mousebird

Trogons

Narina Trogon

Hoopoes

Eurasian Hoopoe
African Hoopoe

Wood hoopoes and Scimitar bills

Green Wood hoopoe
Common Scimitar bill
Abyssinian Scimitar bill

Hornbills

Southern Ground-Hornbill
Crowned Hornbill
African Gray Hornbill
Northern Red-billed Hornbill
Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill
Von der Decken’s Hornbill
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill

Kingfishers

Malachite Kingfisher

African Pygmy-Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Brown-hooded Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher

Bee-eaters

Little Bee-eater
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater
White-throated Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
Madagascar Bee-eater
European Bee-eater

Rollers

European Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
Rufous-crowned Roller
Broad-billed Roller

African Barbets

Red-and-yellow Barbet
D’Arnaud’s Barbet
Usambiro Barbet
Yellow-rumped Tinker bird
Red-fronted Tinker bird
Red-fronted Barbet
Spot-flanked Barbet
White-headed Barbet
Double-toothed Barbet

Honeyguides

Wahlberg’s Honeyguide
Lesser Honeyguide
Scaly-throated Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide

Woodpeckers

Cardinal Woodpecker
Bearded Woodpecker
African Gray Woodpecker
Mountain Gray Woodpecker
Green-backed Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker
Golden-tailed Woodpecker

Falcons and Caracaras

Pygmy Falcon
Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Greater Kestrel
Gray Kestrel
Dickinson’s Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Red-footed Falcon
Eleonora’s Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
African Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Peregrine Falcon

Parrots

Fischer’s Lovebird
Red-fronted Parrot
Meyer’s Parrot
Red-bellied Parrot

Cuckoo shrikes

Gray Cuckoo shrike
Black Cuckoo shrike
Purple-throated Cuckoo shrike

Old World Orioles

Eurasian Golden Oriole
African Golden Oriole
African Black-headed Oriole

Wattle-eyes and Batises

Brown-throated Wattle-eye
Black-throated Wattle-eye
Chin spot Batis Batis
Western Black-headed Batis

Vangas, Helmet shrikes and Allies

White Helmet shrike
Gray-crested Helmet shrike

Bush shrikes

Brubru Nilaus
Black-backed Puff back
Marsh Tchagra Tchagra
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Tropical Boubou
Black-headed Gonolek
Slate-colored Boubou
Sulphur-breasted Bush shrike
Gray-headed Bush shrike

Drongos

Common Square-tailed
Fork-tailed Drongo

Monarch Flycatchers

African Paradise-Flycatcher

Shrikes

Red-backed Shrike
Isabelline Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Gray-backed Fiscal
Long-tailed Fiscal
Taita Fiscal
Northern Fiscal
Magpie Shrike
White-rumped Shrike

Crows, Jays, and Magpies

Cape Crow
Pied Crow
White-necked Raven

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

White-bellied Tit
Red-throated Tit
Penduline-Tits
African Penduline-Tit

Larks

Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark
Fischer’s Sparrow-Lark
Foxy Lark
Singing Bush lark
White-tailed Lark
Rufous-naped Lark
Flappet Lark
Red-capped Lark
Short-tailed Lark

African Warblers

Red-faced Crombec
Moustached Grass-Warbler

Cisticolas and Allies

Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Green cap Eremomela
Miombo Wren-Warbler
Gray-backed Camaroptera
Buff-bellied Warbler
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Karamoja Apalis Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Gray-capped Warbler
Singing Cisticola Cisticola
Rock-loving Cisticola
Rattling Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Croaking Cisticola
Tabora Cisticola Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola Cisticola
Desert Cisticola Cisticola
Pectoral-patch Cisticola

Reed Warblers and Allies

Eastern Olivaceous Warbler
Mountain Yellow-Warbler
Icterine Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Eurasian Reed Warbler
African Reed Warbler
Lesser Swamp Warbler
Great Reed Warbler

Grass birds and Allies

Fan-tailed Grass bird

Swallows

Plain Martin
Bank Swallow
Banded Martin
Rock Martin
Barn Swallow
Angola Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Rufous-chested Swallow
Mosque Swallow
Common House-Martin
White-headed Sawwing
Black Sawwing
Gray-rumped Swallow

Bulbuls

Gray-olive Greenbul
Common Bulbul

Leaf Warblers

Wood Warbler
Willow Warbler

Sylviid Warblers, Parrot bills, and Allies

Eurasian Blackcap
Garden Warbler
Banded Parisoma
Greater Whitethroat

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

African Yellow White-eye

Laughing thrushes and Allies

Rufous Chatterer
Black-lored Babbler
Arrow-marked Babbler

Oxpeckers

Red-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Oxpecker

Starlings

Wattled Starling
Violet-backed Starling
Red-winged Starling
Waller’s Starling
Hildebrandt’s Starling
Rueppell’s Starling
Superb Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling

Thrushes and Allies

Kurrichane Thrush

Old World Flycatchers

Spotted Flycatcher
Swamp Flycatcher
African Gray Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
Ashy Flycatcher Silverbird
Northern Black-Flycatcher
Southern Black-Flycatcher
Red-backed Scrub-Robin
White-browed Robin-Chat
Red-capped Robin-Chat
Spotted Morning-Thrush
White-throated Robin
Common Nightingale
Little Rock-Thrush
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
Whinchat
Mocking Cliff-Chat
Sooty Chat
Northern Anteater-Chat
Northern Wheatear
Capped Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Pied Wheatear
Abyssinian Wheatear

Sunbirds and Spider hunters

Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird
Collared Sunbird
Green-headed Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Bronze Sunbird
Golden-winged Sunbird
Beautiful Sunbird
Mariqua Sunbird
Red-chested Sunbird
Purple-banded Sunbird
Variable Sunbird

Weavers and Allies

Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver
Speckle-fronted Weaver
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Rufous-tailed Weaver
Gray-headed Social-Weaver
Red-headed Weaver
Baglafecht Weaver
Little Weaver
Black-necked Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
Holub’s Golden-Weaver
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Vitelline Masked-Weaver
Speke’s Weaver
Village Weaver
Black-headed Weaver
Golden-backed Weaver
Chestnut Weaver
Cardinal Quelea Quelea
Red-headed Quelea
Red-billed Quelea
Southern Red Bishop
Black-winged Bishop
Black Bishop
Yellow Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Yellow-mantled Widowbird
Red-collared Widowbird
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Jackson’s Widowbird
Grosbeak Weaver

Waxbills and Allies

Yellow-bellied Waxbill
Crimson-rumped Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Black-faced Waxbill
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Blue-capped Cordonbleu
Purple Grenadier
Green-winged Pytilia
Red-billed Fire finch
African Fire finch
Jameson’s Fire finch
Cut-throat
Zebra Waxbill
Quail finch
Gray-headed Silver bill
Bronze Mannikin
Black-and-white Mannikin
African Silver bill

Indigo birds

Pin-tailed Whydah
Eastern Paradise-Whydah
Steel-blue Whydah
Straw-tailed Whydah
Village Indigo bird
Parasitic Weaver

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow
Kenya Rufous Sparrow
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
Swahili Sparrow
Chestnut Sparrow
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow

Wagtails and Pipits

Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
African Pipit
Long-billed Pipit
Tawny Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
Tree Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
Yellow-throated Long claw
Pangani Long claw
Rosy-throated Long claw

Finches, Euphonias and Allies

Yellow-fronted Canary
Reichenow’s Seedeater
White-bellied Canary
Southern Grosbeak-Canary
Brimstone Canary
Streaky Seedeater

Old World Buntings

Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
Golden-breasted Bunting