Bird AlbumTanzania · Arusha Region
Ngorongoro Conservation Area – Ndutu Safari Lodge
450 species and 15,635 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February, with up to 209 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Superb StarlingLamprotornis superbus
Grey-breasted SpurfowlPternistis rufopictus
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Fischer's LovebirdAgapornis fischeri
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Rufous-tailed WeaverHisturgops ruficauda
Hildebrandt's StarlingLamprotornis hildebrandti
Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
Blue-capped Cordon-bleuUraeginthus cyanocephalus
Swahili SparrowPasser suahelicus
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Slate-colored BoubouLaniarius funebris
Red-billed Buffalo WeaverBubalornis niger
Wattled StarlingCreatophora cinerea128 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 450 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Ngorongoro Conservation Area – Lake Ndutu2 km407 species
- Ngorongoro Conservation Area – Ndutu3 km461 species
- Serengeti NP – Naabi Hill Gate21 km366 species
- Ngorongoro Conservation Area – Olduvai Gorge39 km360 species
- Serengeti NP56 km487 species
- Ngorongoro Conservation Area – Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge57 km355 species
All 450 species recorded here
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Fischer's Lovebird Agapornis fischeri
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Northern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus ruppelli
- Grey-breasted Spurfowl Pternistis rufopictus
- Hildebrandt's Starling Lamprotornis hildebrandti
- Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
- Rufous-tailed Weaver Histurgops ruficauda
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata
- Swahili Sparrow Passer suahelicus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Silverbird Empidornis semipartitus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Double-banded Courser Smutsornis africanus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Chestnut-banded Plover Anarhynchus pallidus
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Banded Parisoma Curruca boehmi
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey
- Grey-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita arnaudi
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis
- African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Eastern Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos spodocephalus
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Red-throated Tit Melaniparus fringillinus
- Kenya Sparrow Passer rufocinctus
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Steel-blue Whydah Vidua hypocherina
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Bare-faced Go-away-bird Crinifer personatus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Pectoral-patch Cisticola Cisticola brunnescens
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Speke's Weaver Ploceus spekei
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Somali Short-toed Lark Alaudala somalica
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Black Bishop Euplectes gierowii
- Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Rosy-throated Longclaw Macronyx ameliae
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Hildebrandt's Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Golden-backed Weaver Ploceus jacksoni
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Nyanza Swift Apus niansae
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Short-tailed Lark Spizocorys fremantlii
- Fischer's Starling Lamprotornis fischeri
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Southern Grosbeak-Canary Crithagra buchanani
- Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow Gymnoris pyrgita
- Anteater Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Eastern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris mediocris
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Yellow-collared Lovebird Agapornis personatus
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Pangani Longclaw Macronyx aurantiigula
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill Tockus ruahae
- White-tailed Lark Mirafra albicauda
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Abyssinian Wheatear Oenanthe lugubris
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Southern Citril Crithagra hyposticta
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Jackson's Widowbird Euplectes jacksoni
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus
- Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Hunter's Cisticola Cisticola hunteri
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Golden-winged Sunbird Drepanorhynchus reichenowi
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Cinnamon Bracken Warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Green-headed Sunbird Cyanomitra verticalis
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Yellow-crowned Canary Serinus flavivertex
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata
- Red-winged Lark Corypha hypermetra
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Grey Wren-Warbler Calamonastes simplex
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Sentinel Lark Corypha athi
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- White-tailed Blue Flycatcher Elminia albicauda
- White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
- Hartlaub's Bustard Lissotis hartlaubii
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Grey Apalis Apalis cinerea
- Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri
- Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Golden Pipit Tmetothylacus tenellus
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- White-bellied Go-away-bird Crinifer leucogaster
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Schalow's Turaco Tauraco schalowi
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Brown Parisoma Curruca lugens
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami
- Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Northern Brownbul Phyllastrephus strepitans
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus
- Rüppell's Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa
- White-eared Barbet Stactolaema leucotis
- Northern Pied Babbler Turdoides hypoleuca
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Lynes's Cisticola Cisticola distinctus
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Brown-breasted Barbet Pogonornis melanopterus
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Little Rock Thrush Monticola rufocinereus
- Black-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita cabanisi
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Ngorongoro Conservation Area – Ndutu Safari Lodge?
February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 209 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Ngorongoro Conservation Area – Ndutu Safari Lodge?
450 species, from 15,635 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Ngorongoro Conservation Area – Ndutu Safari Lodge in November?
The most recorded in November: Superb Starling, Grey-breasted Spurfowl, Ring-necked Dove, Fischer's Lovebird and Helmeted Guineafowl.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.