Tanzania · Mara Region
Serengeti NP – Northern Serengeti
384 species and 7,326 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: July–August, with up to 155 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Rüppell's StarlingLamprotornis purpuroptera
Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
African Green PigeonTreron calvus
Tawny EagleAquila rapax
White-backed VultureGyps africanus
African Wattled LapwingVanellus senegallus
Striped KingfisherHalcyon chelicuti
Grey-breasted SpurfowlPternistis rufopictus
Grey-rumped SwallowPseudhirundo griseopyga
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus
Grey-headed KingfisherHalcyon leucocephala
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris18 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 384 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Maasai Mara NR – Central section17 km400 species
- Maasai Mara NR19 km480 species
- Maasai Mara NR – Mara Triangle23 km466 species
- Maasai Mara NR – Eastern Section27 km372 species
- Maasai Mara NR – Talek Plains29 km354 species
- Angama Lodge37 km365 species
All 384 species recorded here
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Bare-faced Go-away-bird Crinifer personatus
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
- Northern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus ruppelli
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Hildebrandt's Starling Lamprotornis hildebrandti
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Silverbird Empidornis semipartitus
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Grey-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita arnaudi
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
- African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Anteater Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Rufous-tailed Weaver Histurgops ruficauda
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps
- Grey-breasted Spurfowl Pternistis rufopictus
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi
- Fischer's Lovebird Agapornis fischeri
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Long-tailed Cisticola Cisticola angusticauda
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata
- Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow Gymnoris pyrgita
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Pectoral-patch Cisticola Cisticola brunnescens
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- White-bellied Tit Melaniparus albiventris
- Swahili Sparrow Passer suahelicus
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Rosy-throated Longclaw Macronyx ameliae
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Red-throated Tit Melaniparus fringillinus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Miombo Wren-Warbler Calamonastes undosus
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- White-bellied Go-away-bird Crinifer leucogaster
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Kenya Sparrow Passer rufocinctus
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Eastern Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos spodocephalus
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Tiny Cisticola Cisticola nana
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill Tockus ruahae
- Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Hildebrandt's Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Pangani Longclaw Macronyx aurantiigula
- Ross's Turaco Tauraco rossae
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Little Rock Thrush Monticola rufocinereus
- Banded Parisoma Curruca boehmi
- Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Double-banded Courser Smutsornis africanus
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Sombre Nightjar Caprimulgus fraenatus
- Jackson's Widowbird Euplectes jacksoni
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Hartlaub's Bustard Lissotis hartlaubii
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
- Speke's Weaver Ploceus spekei
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- Short-tailed Lark Spizocorys fremantlii
- Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Black-billed Barbet Lybius guifsobalito
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
- Red-winged Francolin Scleroptila levaillantii
- Brown-chested Lapwing Vanellus superciliosus
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Fan-tailed Grassbird Catriscus brevirostris
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Nyanza Swift Apus niansae
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Malagasy Pond Heron Ardeola idae
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Chestnut-banded Plover Anarhynchus pallidus
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Eastern Plantain-eater Crinifer zonurus
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Cuckoo-finch Anomalospiza imberbis
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Serengeti NP – Northern Serengeti?
July–August. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 155 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Serengeti NP – Northern Serengeti?
384 species, from 7,326 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Serengeti NP – Northern Serengeti in November?
The most recorded in November: Rüppell's Starling, Lilac-breasted Roller, Little Bee-eater, African Green Pigeon and Tawny Eagle.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.