Tanzania · Arusha Region
Lake Duluti
376 species and 9,462 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February–March, May and July, with up to 95 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Malachite KingfisherCorythornis cristatus
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Taveta WeaverPloceus castaneiceps
HamerkopScopus umbretta
Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Thick-billed WeaverAmblyospiza albifrons
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
White-eared BarbetStactolaema leucotis
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Ngare Sero Mountain Lodge6 km384 species
- Batini near USA River9 km340 species
- Kilimanjaro Golf & Wildlife Estate10 km320 species
- Arusha NP15 km597 species
- Hatari Lodge & Hippo Pool20 km283 species
- Aga Khan University – Loilenok Hills and Fields21 km375 species
All 376 species recorded here
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Taveta Weaver Ploceus castaneiceps
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- White-eared Barbet Stactolaema leucotis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Grey-olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus cerviniventris
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Rüppell's Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
- Brown-breasted Barbet Pogonornis melanopterus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- Hartlaub's Turaco Tauraco hartlaubi
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Southern Citril Crithagra hyposticta
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Golden-backed Weaver Ploceus jacksoni
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Olive-headed Greenbul Arizelocichla striifacies
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Black-headed Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla nigriceps
- Malagasy Pond Heron Ardeola idae
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Cabanis's Greenbul Phyllastrephus cabanisi
- Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Northern Brownbul Phyllastrephus strepitans
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Green Malkoha Ceuthmochares australis
- Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- Speke's Weaver Ploceus spekei
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Abyssinian Crimsonwing Cryptospiza salvadorii
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata
- White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Green-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae
- Black-fronted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus nigrifrons
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Mountain Yellow Warbler Iduna similis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Ethiopian White-eye Zosterops poliogastrus
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Bare-eyed Thrush Turdus tephronotus
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Kenya Sparrow Passer rufocinctus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Grey Wren-Warbler Calamonastes simplex
- Tacazze Sunbird Nectarinia tacazze
- Grey-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita arnaudi
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Evergreen Forest Warbler Bradypterus lopezi
- Brown Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- White-bellied Go-away-bird Crinifer leucogaster
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- African Hill Babbler Sylvia abyssinica
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
- Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus
- Somali Bunting Emberiza poliopleura
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri
- Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey
- Scaly Spurfowl Pternistis squamatus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Pectoral-patch Cisticola Cisticola brunnescens
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Pangani Longclaw Macronyx aurantiigula
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Red-winged Lark Corypha hypermetra
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba delegorguei
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- Red-fronted Parrot Poicephalus gulielmi
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow Gymnoris pyrgita
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Cinnamon Bracken Warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
- Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus
- White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Swahili Sparrow Passer suahelicus
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Pallid Honeyguide Indicator meliphilus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- Thick-billed Seedeater Crithagra burtoni
- Eastern Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos spodocephalus
- Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
- Moustached Tinkerbird Pogoniulus leucomystax
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Schalow's Turaco Tauraco schalowi
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- White-bellied Tit Melaniparus albiventris
- Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata
- Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Rufous-tailed Weaver Histurgops ruficauda
- Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Ashy Starling Lamprotornis unicolor
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Hildebrandt's Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Ashy Cisticola Cisticola cinereolus
- Yellow-collared Lovebird Agapornis personatus
- Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Bare-faced Go-away-bird Crinifer personatus
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis
- Pygmy Batis Batis perkeo
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- White-headed Mousebird Colius leucocephalus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Lake Duluti?
February–March, May and July. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 95 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Lake Duluti?
376 species, from 9,462 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Lake Duluti in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Cormorant, Malachite Kingfisher, Reed Cormorant, Little Egret and Taveta Weaver.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.