Tanzania · Arusha Region
Ngare Sero Mountain Lodge
384 species and 15,269 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February, April and November, with up to 144 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maxima
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvus
African Black DuckAnas sparsa
Taveta WeaverPloceus castaneiceps
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
White-eared BarbetStactolaema leucotis
Thick-billed WeaverAmblyospiza albifrons
Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris
Silvery-cheeked HornbillBycanistes brevis
Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyuraSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Lake Duluti6 km376 species
- Batini near USA River7 km340 species
- Kilimanjaro Golf & Wildlife Estate8 km320 species
- Arusha NP14 km597 species
- Hatari Lodge & Hippo Pool15 km283 species
- Big and Small Momela Lakes16 km367 species
All 384 species recorded here
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- White-eared Barbet Stactolaema leucotis
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Taveta Weaver Ploceus castaneiceps
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Rüppell's Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- Kenrick's Starling Poeoptera kenricki
- Grey-olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus cerviniventris
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Brown-breasted Barbet Pogonornis melanopterus
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Southern Citril Crithagra hyposticta
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Malagasy Pond Heron Ardeola idae
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Green-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Cabanis's Greenbul Phyllastrephus cabanisi
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Golden-backed Weaver Ploceus jacksoni
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Black-headed Apalis Apalis melanocephala
- Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Northern Brownbul Phyllastrephus strepitans
- Ethiopian White-eye Zosterops poliogastrus
- Green Malkoha Ceuthmochares australis
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Olive-headed Greenbul Arizelocichla striifacies
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Nyanza Swift Apus niansae
- Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- White-bellied Go-away-bird Crinifer leucogaster
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Hartlaub's Turaco Tauraco hartlaubi
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba delegorguei
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Sentinel Lark Corypha athi
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Pallid Honeyguide Indicator meliphilus
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Northern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus ruppelli
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus
- Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- Bare-eyed Thrush Turdus tephronotus
- Forest Batis Batis mixta
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Silverbird Empidornis semipartitus
- Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Thick-billed Seedeater Crithagra burtoni
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Black-fronted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus nigrifrons
- Pangani Longclaw Macronyx aurantiigula
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Black-headed Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla nigriceps
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Speke's Weaver Ploceus spekei
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Yellow-collared Lovebird Agapornis personatus
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Fan-tailed Grassbird Catriscus brevirostris
- Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Rufous-tailed Weaver Histurgops ruficauda
- Hildebrandt's Starling Lamprotornis hildebrandti
- Ashy Starling Lamprotornis unicolor
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Moustached Tinkerbird Pogoniulus leucomystax
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Black Bishop Euplectes gierowii
- Mountain Yellow Warbler Iduna similis
- African Yellow Warbler Iduna natalensis
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus
- Sharpe's Starling Pholia sharpii
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Yellow-crowned Canary Serinus flavivertex
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- African Finfoot Podica senegalensis
- Eastern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris mediocris
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus
- Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill Tockus ruahae
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
- Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa
- Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
- Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Golden-winged Sunbird Drepanorhynchus reichenowi
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Red-fronted Parrot Poicephalus gulielmi
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata
- Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Red-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris
- Banded Parisoma Curruca boehmi
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Highland Rush Warbler Bradypterus centralis
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- African Hill Babbler Sylvia abyssinica
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Tacazze Sunbird Nectarinia tacazze
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Grey-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Grey Apalis Apalis cinerea
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Bare-faced Go-away-bird Crinifer personatus
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Ngare Sero Mountain Lodge?
February, April and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 144 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Ngare Sero Mountain Lodge?
384 species, from 15,269 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Ngare Sero Mountain Lodge in November?
The most recorded in November: Reed Cormorant, Common Moorhen, Little Grebe, Giant Kingfisher and Common Bulbul.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.