Bird AlbumTanzania · Manyara Region
Lake Manyara NP
410 species and 6,068 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November, with up to 146 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Silvery-cheeked HornbillBycanistes brevis
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourus
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Superb StarlingLamprotornis superbus
African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
Speckled MousebirdColius striatusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Tarangire NP – Entrance Gate13 km374 species
- Tarangire NP – River Loop17 km326 species
- Tarangire NP – Tarangire Safari Lodge19 km402 species
- Lake Manyara NP30 km585 species
- Tarangire NP35 km525 species
- Tarangire NP – Silale Swamp45 km395 species
All 410 species recorded here
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Black Bishop Euplectes gierowii
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Northern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus ruppelli
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Double-banded Courser Smutsornis africanus
- African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Hildebrandt's Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Hildebrandt's Starling Lamprotornis hildebrandti
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Yellow-collared Lovebird Agapornis personatus
- Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Silverbird Empidornis semipartitus
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- White-bellied Go-away-bird Crinifer leucogaster
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Swahili Sparrow Passer suahelicus
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Golden-backed Weaver Ploceus jacksoni
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow Gymnoris pyrgita
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Chestnut-banded Plover Anarhynchus pallidus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata
- Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Bare-faced Go-away-bird Crinifer personatus
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Ashy Starling Lamprotornis unicolor
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Fischer's Lovebird Agapornis fischeri
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- White-bellied Tit Melaniparus albiventris
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Rufous-tailed Weaver Histurgops ruficauda
- Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- Eastern Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos spodocephalus
- Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Speke's Weaver Ploceus spekei
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Grey-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita arnaudi
- Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus
- Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
- Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Highland Rush Warbler Bradypterus centralis
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Southern Citril Crithagra hyposticta
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Banded Parisoma Curruca boehmi
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Kenya Sparrow Passer rufocinctus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Steel-blue Whydah Vidua hypocherina
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Black-headed Apalis Apalis melanocephala
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Abyssinian Wheatear Oenanthe lugubris
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey
- Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis
- Eastern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris mediocris
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Red-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
- Kenrick's Starling Poeoptera kenricki
- Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
- Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Cabanis's Greenbul Phyllastrephus cabanisi
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Golden-breasted Starling Lamprotornis regius
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Hartlaub's Bustard Lissotis hartlaubii
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi
- Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Golden-winged Sunbird Drepanorhynchus reichenowi
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Northern Pied Babbler Turdoides hypoleuca
- Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Pangani Longclaw Macronyx aurantiigula
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Pygmy Batis Batis perkeo
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris
- Scaly Chatterer Argya aylmeri
- Rüppell's Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Nyanza Swift Apus niansae
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Lake Manyara NP?
November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 146 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Lake Manyara NP?
410 species, from 6,068 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Lake Manyara NP in November?
The most recorded in November: African Sacred Ibis, Yellow-billed Stork, Egyptian Goose, Silvery-cheeked Hornbill and Blacksmith Lapwing.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.