Tanzania · Iringa Region
Ruaha NP
438 species and 12,083 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February and July, with up to 184 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Ashy StarlingLamprotornis unicolor
Tanzanian Red-billed HornbillTockus ruahae
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Red-necked SpurfowlPternistis afer
Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos
Beautiful SunbirdCinnyris pulchellus
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Bare-faced Go-away-birdCrinifer personatus
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Slate-colored BoubouLaniarius funebris
Von der Decken's HornbillTockus deckeni
Northern White-crowned ShrikeEurocephalus ruppelliSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Tungamalenga50 km368 species
All 438 species recorded here
- Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill Tockus ruahae
- Ashy Starling Lamprotornis unicolor
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Bare-faced Go-away-bird Crinifer personatus
- Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Yellow-collared Lovebird Agapornis personatus
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Northern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus ruppelli
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Grey-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita arnaudi
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
- Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Swahili Sparrow Passer suahelicus
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei
- Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Hildebrandt's Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Böhm's Spinetail Neafrapus boehmi
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Miombo Wren-Warbler Calamonastes undosus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Golden-backed Weaver Ploceus jacksoni
- Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- White-bellied Go-away-bird Crinifer leucogaster
- Yellow-browed Seedeater Crithagra whytii
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Steel-blue Whydah Vidua hypocherina
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Banded Parisoma Curruca boehmi
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
- Shelley's Francolin Scleroptila shelleyi
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis
- Wood Pipit Anthus nyassae
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Long-tailed Cisticola Cisticola angusticauda
- White-bellied Tit Melaniparus albiventris
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Marsh Tchagra Bocagia minuta
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Black-headed Apalis Apalis melanocephala
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis
- Purple Indigobird Vidua purpurascens
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Cabanis's Bunting Emberiza cabanisi
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis
- Scaly Spurfowl Pternistis squamatus
- Wailing Cisticola Cisticola lais
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Malagasy Pond Heron Ardeola idae
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Wing-snapping Cisticola Cisticola ayresii
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Pel's Fishing Owl Scotopelia peli
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni
- Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua obtusa
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- African Broadbill Smithornis capensis
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus
- Southern White-faced Owl Ptilopsis granti
- Double-banded Courser Smutsornis africanus
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Slender-billed Starling Onychognathus tenuirostris
- Bare-eyed Thrush Turdus tephronotus
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Copper Sunbird Cinnyris cupreus
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey
- Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Reichard's Seedeater Crithagra reichardi
- Southern Citril Crithagra hyposticta
- Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura
- Great Snipe Gallinago media
- Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
- Western Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris gertrudis
- White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- African Spotted Creeper Salpornis salvadori
- Tanzanian Masked Weaver Ploceus reichardi
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Ruaha NP?
February and July. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 184 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Ruaha NP?
438 species, from 12,083 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Ruaha NP in November?
The most recorded in November: Ashy Starling, Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill, Ring-necked Dove, Little Bee-eater and Egyptian Goose.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.