Bird AlbumTanzania · Mjini Magharibi Region
Bwawani Wetland and Bay side
97 species and 5,250 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–April, with up to 53 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
House CrowCorvus splendens
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
African SwamphenPorphyrio madagascariensis
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Rock DoveColumba livia
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
Lesser Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus gracilirostris
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 97 species recorded here
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Crab-plover Dromas ardeola
- Sooty Gull Ichthyaetus hemprichii
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Mangrove Kingfisher Halcyon senegaloides
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Malagasy Pond Heron Ardeola idae
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Grey Sunbird Cyanomitra veroxii
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Bwawani Wetland and Bay side?
September–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 53 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Bwawani Wetland and Bay side?
97 species, from 5,250 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Bwawani Wetland and Bay side in November?
The most recorded in November: Reed Cormorant, Pied Kingfisher, House Crow, Common Sandpiper and Grey Heron.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.