Tanzania · Arusha Region
Ngorongoro Conservation Area – Lake Magadi
357 species and 7,481 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February, with up to 136 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Lesser FlamingoPhoeniconaias minor
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
Grey Crowned CraneBalearica regulorum
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
Red-billed TealAnas erythrorhyncha
Red-knobbed CootFulica cristata
Common OstrichStruthio camelus
Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
Kori BustardArdeotis kori
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Cape TealAnas capensis
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Ngorongoro Conservation Area – Ngorongoro Crater4 km614 species
- Ngorongoro Conservation Area – Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge7 km355 species
- Gibbs Farm19 km403 species
- Ngorongoro Conservation Area – Olduvai Gorge30 km360 species
- Lake Manyara NP41 km585 species
- Ngorongoro Conservation Area – Ndutu61 km461 species
All 357 species recorded here
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Anteater Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Rufous-tailed Weaver Histurgops ruficauda
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Speke's Weaver Ploceus spekei
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Rosy-throated Longclaw Macronyx ameliae
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Chestnut-banded Plover Anarhynchus pallidus
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Hildebrandt's Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Hildebrandt's Starling Lamprotornis hildebrandti
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Abyssinian Wheatear Oenanthe lugubris
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Kenya Sparrow Passer rufocinctus
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Pectoral-patch Cisticola Cisticola brunnescens
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Lynes's Cisticola Cisticola distinctus
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Nyanza Swift Apus niansae
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Southern Citril Crithagra hyposticta
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Eastern Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos spodocephalus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Hunter's Cisticola Cisticola hunteri
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- White-bellied Go-away-bird Crinifer leucogaster
- Rüppell's Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Jackson's Widowbird Euplectes jacksoni
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Schalow's Turaco Tauraco schalowi
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Eastern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris mediocris
- Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Cape Shoveler Spatula smithii
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
- Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- White-tailed Lark Mirafra albicauda
- African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Tacazze Sunbird Nectarinia tacazze
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Golden-winged Sunbird Drepanorhynchus reichenowi
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus
- Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Yellow-crowned Canary Serinus flavivertex
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Ashy Starling Lamprotornis unicolor
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
- Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
- Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Grey-breasted Spurfowl Pternistis rufopictus
- Scaly Spurfowl Pternistis squamatus
- Northern Pied Babbler Turdoides hypoleuca
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Brown-headed Apalis Apalis alticola
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Black-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita cabanisi
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Fan-tailed Grassbird Catriscus brevirostris
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Black Bishop Euplectes gierowii
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Fischer's Lovebird Agapornis fischeri
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii
- Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Silverbird Empidornis semipartitus
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Ethiopian White-eye Zosterops poliogastrus
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Brown Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens
- Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Yellow-collared Lovebird Agapornis personatus
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow Gymnoris pyrgita
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Hartlaub's Bustard Lissotis hartlaubii
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Ngorongoro Conservation Area – Lake Magadi?
February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 136 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Ngorongoro Conservation Area – Lake Magadi?
357 species, from 7,481 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Ngorongoro Conservation Area – Lake Magadi in November?
The most recorded in November: Lesser Flamingo, Egyptian Goose, Blacksmith Lapwing, Grey Crowned Crane and Greater Flamingo.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.