Tanzania · Arusha Region
Aga Khan University – Loilenok Hills and Fields
375 species and 18,344 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January–April and October, with up to 146 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Yellow BishopEuplectes capensis
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Augur BuzzardButeo augur
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava
Brown-crowned TchagraTchagra australis
Northern FiscalLanius humeralis
Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
Winding CisticolaCisticola marginatus
White-fronted Bee-eaterMerops bullockoides
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Yellow-necked SpurfowlPternistis leucoscepusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Arusha NP21 km597 species
- Lake Duluti21 km376 species
- Ngare Sero Mountain Lodge26 km384 species
- Batini near USA River30 km340 species
- Engikaret Lark Plains – Acacia Scrub to South31 km312 species
- Hatari Lodge & Hippo Pool31 km283 species
All 375 species recorded here
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus
- Sentinel Lark Corypha athi
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Black Bishop Euplectes gierowii
- Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Southern Citril Crithagra hyposticta
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
- Golden-backed Weaver Ploceus jacksoni
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Nyanza Swift Apus niansae
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Pangani Longclaw Macronyx aurantiigula
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Abyssinian Wheatear Oenanthe lugubris
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Speke's Weaver Ploceus spekei
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Sombre Nightjar Caprimulgus fraenatus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Kenya Sparrow Passer rufocinctus
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi
- Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- White-bellied Go-away-bird Crinifer leucogaster
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Brown-breasted Barbet Pogonornis melanopterus
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Eastern Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos spodocephalus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Fischer's Lovebird Agapornis fischeri
- Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Hildebrandt's Starling Lamprotornis hildebrandti
- African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Golden-winged Sunbird Drepanorhynchus reichenowi
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Rüppell's Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Yellow-collared Lovebird Agapornis personatus
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
- White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri
- Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
- Hildebrandt's Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Banded Parisoma Curruca boehmi
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Northern Pied Babbler Turdoides hypoleuca
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Lynes's Cisticola Cisticola distinctus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Bare-eyed Thrush Turdus tephronotus
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Pallid Honeyguide Indicator meliphilus
- Fischer's Starling Lamprotornis fischeri
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
- Swahili Sparrow Passer suahelicus
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Pygmy Batis Batis perkeo
- White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Red-throated Tit Melaniparus fringillinus
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
- Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Levant Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza brevipes
- Rufous-tailed Weaver Histurgops ruficauda
- Tacazze Sunbird Nectarinia tacazze
- Green-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae
- African Hill Babbler Sylvia abyssinica
- Pectoral-patch Cisticola Cisticola brunnescens
- Somali Short-toed Lark Alaudala somalica
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Hartlaub's Turaco Tauraco hartlaubi
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
- Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis
- Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana
- White-tailed Lark Mirafra albicauda
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
- Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor
- Double-banded Courser Smutsornis africanus
- Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Mouse-colored Penduline Tit Anthoscopus musculus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Bushveld Pipit Anthus caffer
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Rosy-patched Bushshrike Rhodophoneus cruentus
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Short-tailed Lark Spizocorys fremantlii
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Aga Khan University – Loilenok Hills and Fields?
January–April and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 146 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Aga Khan University – Loilenok Hills and Fields?
375 species, from 18,344 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Aga Khan University – Loilenok Hills and Fields in November?
The most recorded in November: Helmeted Guineafowl, Yellow Bishop, Common Bulbul, Augur Buzzard and Pied Crow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.