Tanzania · Pwani Region
Selous Game Reserve – North Sector
328 species and 5,345 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–November, with up to 124 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
Lappet-faced VultureTorgos tracheliotos
African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Southern Ground HornbillBucorvus leadbeateri
African Grey HornbillLophoceros nasutus
Tropical BoubouLaniarius major
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vociferSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 328 species recorded here
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Böhm's Bee-eater Merops boehmi
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus
- Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Southern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus xanthopterus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Speckle-throated Woodpecker Campethera scriptoricauda
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Eastern Black-headed Batis Batis minor
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Ruvu Weaver Ploceus holoxanthus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Grey Go-away-bird Crinifer concolor
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Brown-breasted Barbet Pogonornis melanopterus
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Zanzibar Red Bishop Euplectes nigroventris
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Pale Batis Batis soror
- Grey-olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus cerviniventris
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Racket-tailed Roller Coracias spatulatus
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- East Coast Boubou Laniarius sublacteus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Brown-necked Parrot Poicephalus fuscicollis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Coastal Cisticola Cisticola haematocephalus
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Livingstone's Flycatcher Erythrocercus livingstonei
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Southern Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus fasciolatus
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Livingstone's Turaco Tauraco livingstonii
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
- Bare-faced Go-away-bird Crinifer personatus
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Böhm's Spinetail Neafrapus boehmi
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Dusky Indigobird Vidua funerea
- Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill Tockus ruahae
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow Gymnoris superciliaris
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Hildebrandt's Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti
- Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Rock Pratincole Glareola nuchalis
- Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Short-winged Cisticola Cisticola brachypterus
- Northern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus ruppelli
- Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike Prionops scopifrons
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Lowland Tiny Greenbul Phyllastrephus debilis
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- 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 Selous Game Reserve – North Sector?
October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 124 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Selous Game Reserve – North Sector?
328 species, from 5,345 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Selous Game Reserve – North Sector in November?
The most recorded in November: Lilac-breasted Roller, Bateleur, Egyptian Goose, Lappet-faced Vulture and African Openbill.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.