Bird AlbumTanzania · Arusha Region
Ngorongoro Conservation Area – Olduvai Gorge
360 species and 6,712 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February and April, with up to 122 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Little SwiftApus affinis
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Capped WheatearOenanthe pileata
Purple GrenadierGranatina ianthinogaster
Speckle-fronted WeaverSporopipes frontalis
Fischer's Sparrow-LarkEremopterix leucopareia
Red-capped LarkCalandrella cinerea
White-bellied CanaryCrithagra dorsostriata
Superb StarlingLamprotornis superbus
Vitelline Masked WeaverPloceus vitellinus
Kenya SparrowPasser rufocinctus
Slate-colored BoubouLaniarius funebris
Speckled MousebirdColius striatus77 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 360 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 – Ngorongoro Serena Safari Lodge28 km355 species
- Ngorongoro Conservation Area – Lake Magadi30 km357 species
- Ngorongoro Conservation Area – Ngorongoro Crater31 km614 species
- Ngorongoro Conservation Area – Ndutu37 km461 species
- Ngorongoro Conservation Area – Ndutu Safari Lodge39 km450 species
- Ngorongoro Conservation Area – Lake Ndutu39 km407 species
All 360 species recorded here
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Swahili Sparrow Passer suahelicus
- Kenya Sparrow Passer rufocinctus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Black Bishop Euplectes gierowii
- Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia
- Southern Grosbeak-Canary Crithagra buchanani
- Hildebrandt's Starling Lamprotornis hildebrandti
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata
- African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Banded Parisoma Curruca boehmi
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Northern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus ruppelli
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Short-tailed Lark Spizocorys fremantlii
- Speke's Weaver Ploceus spekei
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus
- Nyanza Swift Apus niansae
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Double-banded Courser Smutsornis africanus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
- Steel-blue Whydah Vidua hypocherina
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Anteater Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Silverbird Empidornis semipartitus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Rufous-tailed Weaver Histurgops ruficauda
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii
- Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Fischer's Lovebird Agapornis fischeri
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Grey-breasted Spurfowl Pternistis rufopictus
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Pectoral-patch Cisticola Cisticola brunnescens
- White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Bare-faced Go-away-bird Crinifer personatus
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Abyssinian Wheatear Oenanthe lugubris
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- White-bellied Go-away-bird Crinifer leucogaster
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Yellow-crowned Canary Serinus flavivertex
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow Gymnoris pyrgita
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Grey-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita arnaudi
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- White-headed Mousebird Colius leucocephalus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Eastern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris mediocris
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Pangani Longclaw Macronyx aurantiigula
- Red-throated Tit Melaniparus fringillinus
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Ashy Starling Lamprotornis unicolor
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Eastern Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos spodocephalus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Jackson's Widowbird Euplectes jacksoni
- Hildebrandt's Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti
- Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Golden-winged Sunbird Drepanorhynchus reichenowi
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Schalow's Turaco Tauraco schalowi
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Yellow-collared Lovebird Agapornis personatus
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill Tockus ruahae
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Rosy-throated Longclaw Macronyx ameliae
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Southern Citril Crithagra hyposticta
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Lynes's Cisticola Cisticola distinctus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Chestnut-banded Plover Anarhynchus pallidus
- Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri
- Rock Kestrel Falco rupicolus
- White-tailed Lark Mirafra albicauda
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri
- Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus
- Grey-crested Helmetshrike Prionops poliolophus
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey
- Grey-olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus cerviniventris
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Pygmy Batis Batis perkeo
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri
- Somali Short-toed Lark Alaudala somalica
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Ngorongoro Conservation Area – Olduvai Gorge?
February and April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 122 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Ngorongoro Conservation Area – Olduvai Gorge?
360 species, from 6,712 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Ngorongoro Conservation Area – Olduvai Gorge in November?
The most recorded in November: House Sparrow, Little Swift, Common Bulbul, Capped Wheatear and Purple Grenadier.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.