Tanzania · Arusha Region
Hatari Lodge & Hippo Pool
283 species and 7,722 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: July–August, with up to 112 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Rattling CisticolaCisticola chiniana
White-browed CoucalCentropus superciliosus
Spot-flanked BarbetTricholaema lacrymosa
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
Northern FiscalLanius humeralis
Bronze SunbirdNectarinia kilimensis
Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Yellow-billed EgretArdea brachyrhyncha
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura82 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 283 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Big and Small Momela Lakes5 km367 species
- Arusha NP11 km597 species
- Ngare Sero Mountain Lodge15 km384 species
- Lake Duluti20 km376 species
- Batini near USA River21 km340 species
- Kilimanjaro Golf & Wildlife Estate23 km320 species
All 283 species recorded here
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Sentinel Lark Corypha athi
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Eastern Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos spodocephalus
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Red-throated Tit Melaniparus fringillinus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Southern Citril Crithagra hyposticta
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus
- Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Golden-backed Weaver Ploceus jacksoni
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Abyssinian Wheatear Oenanthe lugubris
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Brown-breasted Barbet Pogonornis melanopterus
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Speke's Weaver Ploceus spekei
- Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Pangani Longclaw Macronyx aurantiigula
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
- Kenya Sparrow Passer rufocinctus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Rüppell's Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Malagasy Pond Heron Ardeola idae
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Golden-winged Sunbird Drepanorhynchus reichenowi
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Ethiopian White-eye Zosterops poliogastrus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Hartlaub's Turaco Tauraco hartlaubi
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Ashy Cisticola Cisticola cinereolus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Fischer's Lovebird Agapornis fischeri
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus
- Little Rock Thrush Monticola rufocinereus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Bare-eyed Thrush Turdus tephronotus
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- White-eared Barbet Stactolaema leucotis
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis
- Pringle's Puffback Dryoscopus pringlii
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Abyssinian Crimsonwing Cryptospiza salvadorii
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Green-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae
- Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata
- Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
- Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa
- Kenrick's Starling Poeoptera kenricki
- Moustached Tinkerbird Pogoniulus leucomystax
- Red-fronted Parrot Poicephalus gulielmi
- Scaly Spurfowl Pternistis squamatus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus
- Black-headed Apalis Apalis melanocephala
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Evergreen Forest Warbler Bradypterus lopezi
- Thick-billed Seedeater Crithagra burtoni
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Cabanis's Greenbul Phyllastrephus cabanisi
- Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
- Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Black-headed Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla nigriceps
- Olive-headed Greenbul Arizelocichla striifacies
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba delegorguei
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Grey Wren-Warbler Calamonastes simplex
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Brown Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Hatari Lodge & Hippo Pool?
July–August. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 112 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Hatari Lodge & Hippo Pool?
283 species, from 7,722 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Hatari Lodge & Hippo Pool in November?
The most recorded in November: Egyptian Goose, Rattling Cisticola, White-browed Coucal, Spot-flanked Barbet and Hadada Ibis.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.