Ruaha National Park Bird Checklist : The national park is also inhabited by birds of prey such as Pel’s fishing owl, the African hawk, the Bateleur, and Eagles such as the Long-crested, Martial and Snake eagles
Ruaha national park is located in the South central region of Tanzania within the western region of Iringa town standing at elevated area of about 2,500 to 5,200 meters above the sea level. In addition, it covers a total surface area of about 5,000 square kilometers. Ruaha national park is considered as one of the best destinations to travel to while on a Tanzania birding safari in the country because it is well known to be a home to over 450 bird species whereby some of them are endemic such as; yellow collared lovebird, and some are residents which include; green-wood hoopoes among others.
STRUTHIONIFORMES: Struthionidae
Common Ostrich
ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae
White-faced Whistling Duck
Fulvous Whistling Duck
Egyptian Goose
Hottentot Teal
African Black Duck
Yellow-billed Duck
Red-billed Teal
Spur-winged Goose
Comb Duck
GALLIFORMES: Numididae
Helmeted Guineafowl
Crested Guineafowl
GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae
Common Quail
Harlequin Quail
Hildebrandt’s Francolin
Scaly Francolin
Yellow-necked Spur fowl
Red-necked Spur fowl
Crested Francolin
Coqui Francolin
Red-winged Francolin
Shelley’s Francolin
PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Podicipedidae
Little Grebe
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae
Speckled Pigeon
Lemon Dove
Dusky Turtle Dove
Mourning Collared Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
African Green Pigeon
Emerald-spotted Wood Dove
Blue-spotted Wood Dove
Tambourine Dove
Namaqua Dove
PTEROCLIFORMES: Pteroclidae
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
Black-faced Sandgrouse
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae
Fiery-necked Nightjar
Freckled Nightjar
Slender-tailed Nightjar
Mozambique Nightjar
Pennant-winged Nightjar
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Apodidae
Mottled Spine tailed Swift
Boehm’s Spine tailed Swift
African Palm Swift
Alpine Swift
Mottled Swift
White-rumped Swift
Little Swift
African Swift
Common Swift
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae
Senegal Coucal
Coppery-tailed Coucal
White-browed Coucal
African Black Coucal
Jacobin Cuckoo
Levaillant’s Cuckoo
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Thick-billed Cuckoo
Klaas’s Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Diederick Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
African Cuckoo
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae
African Crake
Black Crake
Allen’s Gallinule
Common Moorhen
Lesser Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
GRUIFORMES: Sarothruridae
Buff-spotted Flufftail
GRUIFORMES: Gruidae
Grey Crowned Crane
OTIDIFORMES: Otididae
Black-bellied Bustard
Buff-crested Bustard
White-bellied Bustard
MUSOPHAGIFORMES: Musophagidae
White-bellied Go-away-bird
Barefaced Go-away-bird
Grey Go-away-bird
Purple-crested Turaco
Schalow’s Turaco
PELECANIFORMES: Ciconiidae
Marabou
Yellow-billed Stork
African Open bill
Black Stork
Abdim’s Stork
Woolly-necked Stork
European White Stork
Saddle-bill Stork
PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae
Great White Pelican
Pink-backed Pelican
PELECANIFORMES: Scopidae
Hamerkop
PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae
Dwarf Bittern
White-backed Night Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Striated Heron
Squacco Heron
Madagascar Pond Heron
Rufous-bellied Heron
Cattle Egret
Grey Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
Purple Heron
Great Egret
Intermediate Egret
Black Heron
Little Egret
PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae
African Sacred Ibis
African Spoonbill
Hadada Ibis
Glossy Ibis
PELECANIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae
Long-tailed Cormorant
Great Cormorant
PELECANIFORMES: Anhingidae
African Darter
CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae
Water Thick-knee
Spotted Thick-knee
CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae
Black-winged Stilt
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae
Common Ringed Plover
Kittlitz’s Plover
Three-banded Plover
Caspian Plover
Long-toed Lapwing
Blacksmith Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
White-headed Lapwing
Senegal Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
African Wattled Lapwing
CHARADRIIFORMES: Rostratulidae
Greater Painted-snipe
CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae
African Jacana
Lesser Jacana
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae
Ruff
Little Stint
African Snipe
Great Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Common Greenshank
Wood Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
CHARADRIIFORMES: Turnicidae
Common Buttonquail
CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae
Double-banded Courser
Heuglin’s Courser
Bronze-winged Courser
Temminck’s Courser
Collared Pratincole
CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae
African Skimmer
Whiskered Tern
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Sagittariidae
Secretary-bird
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae
Black-winged Kite
European Honey Buzzard
African Cuckoo Hawk
African Harrier Hawk
Palm-nut Vulture
Bateleur
Black-chested Snake Eagle
Brown Snake Eagle
Western Banded Snake Eagle
White-headed Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Rüppell’s Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Bat Hawk
Crowned Eagle
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Lesser-Spotted Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Verreaux’s Eagle
African Hawk Eagle
Wahlberg’s Eagle
Booted Eagle
Ayres’s Eagle
Lizard Buzzard
Dark Chanting Goshawk
Eastern Chanting Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
Western Marsh Harrier
African Marsh Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu’s Harrier
African Goshawk
Shikra
Little Sparrowhawk
Ovambo Sparrowhawk
Black Sparrowhawk
African Fish Eagle
Black Kite
Augur Buzzard
Eurasian Buzzard
Mountain Buzzard
STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae
Common Barn Owl
STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae
Pearl-spotted Owlet
African Barred Owlet
African Scops Owl
Southern White-faced Owl
Marsh Owl
African Wood Owl
Cape Eagle Owl
Spotted Eagle Owl
Verreaux’s Eagle Owl
Pel’s Fishing Owl
COLIIFORMES: Coliidae
Speckled Mouse bird
Blue-napped Mouse bird
BUCEROTIFORMES: Bucerotidae
Southern Ground Hornbill
Crowned Hornbill
Pale-billed Hornbill
African Grey Hornbill
Red-billed Hornbill
Von der Decken’s Hornbill
Trumpeter Hornbill
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill
BUCEROTIFORMES: Upupidae
Common Hoopoe
BUCEROTIFORMES: Phoeniculidae
Green Wood-hoopoe
Common Scimitarbill
Abyssinian Scimitarbill
PICIFORMES: Indicatoridae
Wahlberg’s Honeybird
Lesser Honeyguide
Scaly-throated Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
PICIFORMES: Picidae
Bennett’s Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
Green-backed Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
Bearded Woodpecker
PICIFORMES: Ramphastidae
Crested Barbet
D’Arnaud’s Barbet
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Red-fronted Tinkerbird
Spot-flanked Barbet
Black-collared Barbet
CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae
White-fronted Bee-eater
White-throated Bee-eater
Northern Carmine Bee-eater
Olive Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
Swallow-tailed Bee-eater
Blue-breasted Bee-eater
Little Bee-eater
CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae
Rufous-crowned Roller
Racquet-tailed Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
European Roller
Broad-billed Roller
CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae
African Pygmy Kingfisher
African Malachite Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Grey-headed Kingfisher
Brown-hooded Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae
African Pygmy Falcon
Lesser Kestrel
Common Kestrel
Greater Kestrel
Grey Kestrel
Dickinson’s Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Red-footed Falcon
Amur Falcon
Eleonora’s Falcon
Sooty Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
African Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae
Brown-necked Parrot
Brown Parrot
Brown-headed Parrot
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittaculidae
Fischer’s Lovebird
Yellow-collared Lovebird
PASSERIFORMES: Calyptomenidae
African Broadbill
PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae
Black Cuckooshrike
PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae
Eastern Black-headed Oriole
Eurasian Golden Oriole
African Golden Oriole
PASSERIFORMES: Platysteiridae
Chinspot Batis
Black-throated Wattle-eye
PASSERIFORMES: Vangidae
White-crested Helmet-shrike
PASSERIFORMES: Malaconotidae
Grey-headed Bush-shrike
Black-backed Puffback
Blackcap Bush-shrike
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brubru
Orange-breasted Bush-shrike
Slate-coloured Boubou
Tropical Boubou
PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae
Square-tailed Drongo
Fork-tailed Drongo
PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae
Magpie Shrike
White-rumped Shrike
Red-backed Shrike
Turkestan Shrike
Isabelline Shrike
Lesser Grey Shrike
Grey-backed Fiscal
Long-tailed Fiscal
Southern Fiscal
Northern Fiscal
PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae
White-necked Raven
Pied Crow
House Crow
PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae
African Paradise-flycatcher
PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae
Western Violet-backed Sunbird
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird
Collared Sunbird
Green-headed Sunbird
Olive Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Bronzy Sunbird
Malachite Sunbird
Miombo Double-collared Sunbird
Beautiful Sunbird
Mariqua Sunbird
Purple-banded Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae
Red-billed Buffalo Weaver
White-headed Buffalo Weaver
White-browed Sparrow Weaver
Speckle-fronted Weaver
Grey-headed Social Weaver
Grosbeak Weaver
Cardinal Quelea
Red-headed Quelea
Red-billed Quelea
Yellow-crowned Bishop
Red-collared Widowbird
Black-winged Bishop
Southern Red Bishop
Yellow Bishop
Yellow-mantled Widowbird
Fan-tailed Widowbird
White-winged Widowbird
Baglafecht Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
Black-necked Weaver
African Golden Weaver
Holub’s Weaver
Southern Brown-throated Weaver
Lesser Masked Weaver
Tanzanian Masked Weaver
Vitelline Masked Weaver
Village Weaver
Black-headed Weaver
Golden-backed Weaver
Chestnut Weaver
Red-headed Weaver
PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae
Red-billed Fire finch
Jameson’s Fire finch
African Fire finch
Orange-winged Pytilia
Green-winged Pytilia
Purple Grenadier
Blue-breasted Cordon-bleu
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu
Blue-capped Cordon-bleu
Fawn-breasted Waxbill
Crimson-rumped Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Black-faced Waxbill
Red-faced Crimson-wing
Cut-throat Finch
African Quailfinch
Zebra Waxbill
Bronze Mannikin
Grey-headed Silverbill
PASSERIFORMES: Viduidae
Pin-tailed Whydah
Eastern Paradise Whydah
Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah
Steel-blue Whydah
Dusky Indigobird
Village Indigobird
Purple Indigobird
PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae
House Sparrow
Kordofan Sparrow
Northern Grey-headed Sparrow
Southern Grey-headed Sparrow
Chestnut Sparrow
Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow
PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae
Striped Pipit
Richard’s Pipit
Woodland Pipit
African Pipit
Long-billed Pipit
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Golden Pipit
Yellow Wagtail
African Wagtail
PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae
Southern Citril
Reichenow’s Canary
Yellow-fronted Canary
White-bellied Canary
Brimstone Canary
Reichard’s Canary
Streaky Canary
Yellow-crowned Canary
PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae
Cabanis’s Bunting
Golden-breasted Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
PASSERIFORMES: Paridae
White-bellied Tit
PASSERIFORMES: Remizidae
Grey Penduline Tit
PASSERIFORMES: Nicatoridae
Eastern Nicator
PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae
Fischer’s Sparrow Lark
Rufous-naped Lark
Flappet Lark
Red-capped Lark
PASSERIFORMES: Macrosphenidae
Red-faced Crombec
Long-billed Crombec
Moustached Grass Warbler
PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae
Green-capped Eremomela
Bar-throated Apalis
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Black-throated Apalis
Black-headed Apalis
Grey Apalis
Miombo Wren Warbler
Grey-backed Camaroptera
Red-faced Cisticola
Singing Cisticola
Trilling Cisticola
Rattling Cisticola
Wailing Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Stout Cisticola
Croaking Cisticola
Short-winged Cisticola
Long-tailed Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Desert Cisticola
Wing-snapping Cisticola
Tawny-flanked Prinia
PASSERIFORMES: Acrocephalidae
Olivaceous Warbler
Icterine Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae
Grey-rumped Swallow
White-headed Saw-wing
Black Saw-wing
Northern House Martin
Lesser Striped Swallow
Mosque Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Barn Swallow
Angolan Swallow
Rock Martin
Banded Martin
Plain Martin
Sand Martin
PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae
Sombre Greenbul
Yellow-bellied Greenbul
Grey-olive Greenbul
Common Bulbul
PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopidae
Willow Warbler
PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae
Garden Warbler
Banded Parisoma
Common Whitethroat
PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae
African Yellow White-eye
PASSERIFORMES: Pellorneidae
Pale-breasted Thrush Babbler
PASSERIFORMES: Leiothrichidae
Scaly Chatterer
Black-lored Babbler
Arrow-marked Babbler
PASSERIFORMES: Sittidae
African Salpornis
PASSERIFORMES: Buphagidae
Red-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae
Wattled Starling
Slender-billed Starling
Red-winged Starling
Kenrick’s Starling
Ashy Starling
Superb Starling
Lesser Blue-eared Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Amethyst Starling
PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae
Eastern Bearded Scrub Robin
Miombo Bearded Scrub Robin
White-browed Scrub Robin
Spotted Flycatcher
Ashy Flycatcher
African Dusky Flycatcher
Grey Tit Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
African Grey Flycatcher
White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher
Southern Black Flycatcher
White-browed Robin Chat
Collared Palm Thrush
Spotted Palm Thrush
White-throated Irania
Thrush Nightingale
Common Rock Thrush
African Stonechat
Arnott’s Chat
Northern Wheatear
Capped Wheatear
Familiar Chat
Mocking Cliff Chat
PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae
Groundscraper Thrush
Bare-eyed Thrush
