Bird AlbumTanzania · Arusha Region
Engikaret Lark Plains – Acacia Scrub to South
312 species and 6,044 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–April and October–November, with up to 114 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
White-bellied Go-away-birdCrinifer leucogaster
Banded ParisomaCurruca boehmi
Buff-bellied WarblerPhyllolais pulchella
African Grey FlycatcherBradornis microrhynchus
BrubruNilaus afer
Beautiful SunbirdCinnyris pulchellus
Pygmy BatisBatis perkeo
Grey Wren-WarblerCalamonastes simplex
Fawn-colored LarkCalendulauda africanoides
Red-capped LarkCalandrella cinerea
Grey-capped Social WeaverPseudonigrita arnaudi
Fischer's Sparrow-LarkEremopterix leucopareia
Red-throated Rock MartinPtyonoprogne rufigula
Yellow-spotted Bush SparrowGymnoris pyrgitaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Engikaret Lark Plains4 km400 species
- Arusha NP21 km597 species
- Hatari Lodge & Hippo Pool24 km283 species
- Big and Small Momela Lakes27 km367 species
- Aga Khan University – Loilenok Hills and Fields31 km375 species
- Ngare Sero Mountain Lodge34 km384 species
All 312 species recorded here
- Banded Parisoma Curruca boehmi
- African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
- White-bellied Go-away-bird Crinifer leucogaster
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Kenya Sparrow Passer rufocinctus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Hildebrandt's Starling Lamprotornis hildebrandti
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- Southern Grosbeak-Canary Crithagra buchanani
- Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor
- Red-throated Tit Melaniparus fringillinus
- Grey Wren-Warbler Calamonastes simplex
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
- Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
- Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
- Abyssinian Wheatear Oenanthe lugubris
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni
- Beesley's Lark Chersomanes beesleyi
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Grey-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita arnaudi
- Bare-eyed Thrush Turdus tephronotus
- Pygmy Batis Batis perkeo
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata
- Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Short-tailed Lark Spizocorys fremantlii
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Rosy-patched Bushshrike Rhodophoneus cruentus
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Sentinel Lark Corypha athi
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Tiny Cisticola Cisticola nana
- Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow Gymnoris pyrgita
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- White-headed Mousebird Colius leucocephalus
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Somali Short-toed Lark Alaudala somalica
- Scaly Chatterer Argya aylmeri
- Fischer's Starling Lamprotornis fischeri
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Fischer's Lovebird Agapornis fischeri
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Little Rock Thrush Monticola rufocinereus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Ashy Cisticola Cisticola cinereolus
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Northern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus ruppelli
- Yellow-collared Lovebird Agapornis personatus
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Steel-blue Whydah Vidua hypocherina
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus
- Lynes's Cisticola Cisticola distinctus
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Southern Citril Crithagra hyposticta
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Mouse-colored Penduline Tit Anthoscopus musculus
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Somali Bunting Emberiza poliopleura
- Speke's Weaver Ploceus spekei
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Rufous-tailed Weaver Histurgops ruficauda
- Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis
- Pink-breasted Lark Calendulauda poecilosterna
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Nyanza Swift Apus niansae
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Golden-backed Weaver Ploceus jacksoni
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Green-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
- Grey-olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus cerviniventris
- Eastern Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos spodocephalus
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Pringle's Puffback Dryoscopus pringlii
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Black-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita cabanisi
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Swahili Sparrow Passer suahelicus
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Abyssinian Ground Thrush Geokichla piaggiae
- Sharpe's Starling Pholia sharpii
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Brown-breasted Barbet Pogonornis melanopterus
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Taveta Weaver Ploceus castaneiceps
- Hildebrandt's Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti
- Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Bare-faced Go-away-bird Crinifer personatus
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Rüppell's Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Pallid Honeyguide Indicator meliphilus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill Tockus ruahae
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Grey-breasted Spurfowl Pternistis rufopictus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus
- Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- Red-winged Lark Corypha hypermetra
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Engikaret Lark Plains – Acacia Scrub to South?
March–April and October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 114 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Engikaret Lark Plains – Acacia Scrub to South?
312 species, from 6,044 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Engikaret Lark Plains – Acacia Scrub to South in November?
The most recorded in November: White-bellied Go-away-bird, Banded Parisoma, Buff-bellied Warbler, African Grey Flycatcher and Brubru.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.