Tanzania · Arusha Region
Engikaret Lark Plains
400 species and 14,793 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February–March, May, October and December, with up to 149 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Beesley's LarkChersomanes beesleyi
Capped WheatearOenanthe pileata
Crowned LapwingVanellus coronatus
Red-capped LarkCalandrella cinerea
Taita FiscalLanius dorsalis
African PipitAnthus cinnamomeus
Fawn-colored LarkCalendulauda africanoides
Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellina
Chestnut-bellied SandgrousePterocles exustus
Short-tailed LarkSpizocorys fremantlii
Yellow-bellied EremomelaEremomela icteropygialis
Sentinel LarkCorypha athi
Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
Fischer's Sparrow-LarkEremopterix leucopareiaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Engikaret Lark Plains – Acacia Scrub to South4 km312 species
- Arusha NP24 km597 species
- Hatari Lodge & Hippo Pool26 km283 species
- Big and Small Momela Lakes29 km367 species
- Aga Khan University – Loilenok Hills and Fields35 km375 species
- Ngare Sero Mountain Lodge37 km384 species
All 400 species recorded here
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Beesley's Lark Chersomanes beesleyi
- Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia
- Short-tailed Lark Spizocorys fremantlii
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Banded Parisoma Curruca boehmi
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Rosy-patched Bushshrike Rhodophoneus cruentus
- African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
- White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- White-bellied Go-away-bird Crinifer leucogaster
- Somali Short-toed Lark Alaudala somalica
- Kenya Sparrow Passer rufocinctus
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Sentinel Lark Corypha athi
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Southern Grosbeak-Canary Crithagra buchanani
- Hildebrandt's Starling Lamprotornis hildebrandti
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Grey Wren-Warbler Calamonastes simplex
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
- Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Red-throated Tit Melaniparus fringillinus
- Grey-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita arnaudi
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata
- Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
- Bare-eyed Thrush Turdus tephronotus
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Pygmy Batis Batis perkeo
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
- Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Abyssinian Wheatear Oenanthe lugubris
- Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Fischer's Starling Lamprotornis fischeri
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Tiny Cisticola Cisticola nana
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow Gymnoris pyrgita
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- White-headed Mousebird Colius leucocephalus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Ashy Cisticola Cisticola cinereolus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Scaly Chatterer Argya aylmeri
- Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis
- Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Northern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus ruppelli
- Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Common Swift Apus apus
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Speke's Weaver Ploceus spekei
- Steel-blue Whydah Vidua hypocherina
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Fischer's Lovebird Agapornis fischeri
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- Mouse-colored Penduline Tit Anthoscopus musculus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Little Rock Thrush Monticola rufocinereus
- Nyanza Swift Apus niansae
- Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill Tockus ruahae
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Lynes's Cisticola Cisticola distinctus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- Eastern Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos spodocephalus
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Red-winged Lark Corypha hypermetra
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- White-tailed Lark Mirafra albicauda
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Yellow-crowned Canary Serinus flavivertex
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Rufous-tailed Weaver Histurgops ruficauda
- Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa
- Pink-breasted Lark Calendulauda poecilosterna
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Yellow-collared Lovebird Agapornis personatus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Bare-faced Go-away-bird Crinifer personatus
- Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis
- White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Swahili Sparrow Passer suahelicus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Double-banded Courser Smutsornis africanus
- Northern Pied Babbler Turdoides hypoleuca
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Somali Bunting Emberiza poliopleura
- Golden-backed Weaver Ploceus jacksoni
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- Pringle's Puffback Dryoscopus pringlii
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- White-eared Barbet Stactolaema leucotis
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida
- Ashy Starling Lamprotornis unicolor
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Scaly Spurfowl Pternistis squamatus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Anteater Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Silverbird Empidornis semipartitus
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Bushveld Pipit Anthus caffer
- Pectoral-patch Cisticola Cisticola brunnescens
- Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Buff-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura elegans
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Taveta Weaver Ploceus castaneiceps
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Southern Citril Crithagra hyposticta
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis
- Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Pangani Longclaw Macronyx aurantiigula
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Black-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita cabanisi
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus
- Red-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Brown-breasted Barbet Pogonornis melanopterus
- Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii
- Tacazze Sunbird Nectarinia tacazze
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Fox Kestrel Falco alopex
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Golden-breasted Starling Lamprotornis regius
- Donaldson Smith's Nightjar Caprimulgus donaldsoni
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Ethiopian White-eye Zosterops poliogastrus
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Hildebrandt's Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Engikaret Lark Plains?
February–March, May, October and December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 149 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Engikaret Lark Plains?
400 species, from 14,793 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Engikaret Lark Plains in November?
The most recorded in November: Beesley's Lark, Capped Wheatear, Crowned Lapwing, Red-capped Lark and Taita Fiscal.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.