Tanzania · Morogoro Region
Mikumi NP
444 species and 10,650 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: July and October, with up to 156 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
Southern Ground HornbillBucorvus leadbeateri
Yellow-throated LongclawMacronyx croceus
Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
Water Thick-kneeBurhinus vermiculatus
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
Red-necked SpurfowlPternistis afer
HamerkopScopus umbretta
White-backed VultureGyps africanus
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Long-tailed FiscalLanius cabanisi
White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali
Superb StarlingLamprotornis superbusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 444 species recorded here
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Zanzibar Red Bishop Euplectes nigroventris
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Northern Pied Babbler Turdoides hypoleuca
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Pale Batis Batis soror
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Eastern Black-headed Batis Batis minor
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Speckle-throated Woodpecker Campethera scriptoricauda
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Malagasy Pond Heron Ardeola idae
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua obtusa
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Cabanis's Bunting Emberiza cabanisi
- Rufous-bellied Tit Melaniparus rufiventris
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Böhm's Spinetail Neafrapus boehmi
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Ashy Starling Lamprotornis unicolor
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Stierling's Wren-Warbler Calamonastes stierlingi
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Shelley's Sunbird Cinnyris shelleyi
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis
- Brown-breasted Barbet Pogonornis melanopterus
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Wailing Cisticola Cisticola lais
- Southern Citril Crithagra hyposticta
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- Cuckoo-finch Anomalospiza imberbis
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Livingstone's Turaco Tauraco livingstonii
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Red-winged Prinia Prinia erythroptera
- Bare-faced Go-away-bird Crinifer personatus
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Swahili Sparrow Passer suahelicus
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Livingstone's Flycatcher Erythrocercus livingstonei
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Hildebrandt's Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- White-bellied Go-away-bird Crinifer leucogaster
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Grey-olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus cerviniventris
- Yellow-bellied Hyliota Hyliota flavigaster
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- White-tailed Crested Flycatcher Elminia albonotata
- Red-throated Wryneck Jynx ruficollis
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor
- Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas
- African Spotted Creeper Salpornis salvadori
- Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Churring Cisticola Cisticola njombe
- Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus
- East Coast Boubou Laniarius sublacteus
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Golden-backed Weaver Ploceus jacksoni
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis
- African Broadbill Smithornis capensis
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx montanus
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Fischer's Greenbul Phyllastrephus fischeri
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Yellow-browed Seedeater Crithagra whytii
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri
- Northern Brownbul Phyllastrephus strepitans
- Green-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Green-headed Oriole Oriolus chlorocephalus
- Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Kilombero Weaver Ploceus burnieri
- Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher Bias musicus
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- White-tailed Cisticola Cisticola anderseni
- Kilombero Cisticola Cisticola bakerorum
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Black-lored Cisticola Cisticola nigriloris
- Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei
- Green Malkoha Ceuthmochares australis
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Mikumi NP?
July and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 156 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Mikumi NP?
444 species, from 10,650 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Mikumi NP in November?
The most recorded in November: Blacksmith Lapwing, Southern Ground Hornbill, Yellow-throated Longclaw, Lilac-breasted Roller and Water Thick-knee.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.