Bird AlbumTanzania · Shinyanga Region
Serengeti NP – Serengeti Sopa Lodge
394 species and 8,243 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April, with up to 265 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Slate-colored BoubouLaniarius funebris
Superb StarlingLamprotornis superbus
Yellow-breasted ApalisApalis flavida
Grey-breasted SpurfowlPternistis rufopictus
Northern White-crowned ShrikeEurocephalus ruppelli
Rufous-naped LarkCorypha africana
Rufous-tailed WeaverHisturgops ruficauda
Crowned LapwingVanellus coronatus
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
White-headed Buffalo WeaverDinemellia dinemelli
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
Lilac-breasted RollerCoracias caudatus
Rüppell's StarlingLamprotornis purpuroptera
Bare-faced Go-away-birdCrinifer personatusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Serengeti NP15 km460 species
- Serengeti NP20 km487 species
- Serengeti NP – Visitor Center23 km392 species
- Serengeti NP – Seronera23 km464 species
- Serengeti NP – Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge24 km458 species
- Serengeti NP – Naabi Hill Gate44 km366 species
All 394 species recorded here
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- Bare-faced Go-away-bird Crinifer personatus
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Grey-breasted Spurfowl Pternistis rufopictus
- Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni
- Northern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus ruppelli
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Hildebrandt's Starling Lamprotornis hildebrandti
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Rufous-tailed Weaver Histurgops ruficauda
- Fischer's Lovebird Agapornis fischeri
- Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei
- Double-banded Courser Smutsornis africanus
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill Tockus ruahae
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Silverbird Empidornis semipartitus
- African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Red-throated Tit Melaniparus fringillinus
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Swahili Sparrow Passer suahelicus
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Grey-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita arnaudi
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Rosy-throated Longclaw Macronyx ameliae
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- White-tailed Lark Mirafra albicauda
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Kenya Sparrow Passer rufocinctus
- Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Speke's Weaver Ploceus spekei
- Pectoral-patch Cisticola Cisticola brunnescens
- Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis
- Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow Gymnoris pyrgita
- Grey-crested Helmetshrike Prionops poliolophus
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey
- Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Eastern Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos spodocephalus
- Hildebrandt's Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Hartlaub's Bustard Lissotis hartlaubii
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Anteater Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Banded Parisoma Curruca boehmi
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Nyanza Swift Apus niansae
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- White-bellied Go-away-bird Crinifer leucogaster
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps
- Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
- Steel-blue Whydah Vidua hypocherina
- Karamoja Apalis Apalis karamojae
- Long-tailed Cisticola Cisticola angusticauda
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Yellow-collared Lovebird Agapornis personatus
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Eastern Plantain-eater Crinifer zonurus
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Lynes's Cisticola Cisticola distinctus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Miombo Wren-Warbler Calamonastes undosus
- Short-tailed Lark Spizocorys fremantlii
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis
- Chestnut Weaver Ploceus rubiginosus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Golden-winged Sunbird Drepanorhynchus reichenowi
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Chestnut-banded Plover Anarhynchus pallidus
- Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Golden-backed Weaver Ploceus jacksoni
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
- Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- African Rail Rallus caerulescens
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus
- White-bellied Tit Melaniparus albiventris
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis
- Abyssinian Wheatear Oenanthe lugubris
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola
- African Snipe Gallinago nigripennis
- Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Red-chested Sunbird Cinnyris erythrocercus
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Serengeti NP – Serengeti Sopa Lodge?
April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 265 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Serengeti NP – Serengeti Sopa Lodge?
394 species, from 8,243 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Serengeti NP – Serengeti Sopa Lodge in November?
The most recorded in November: Slate-colored Boubou, Superb Starling, Yellow-breasted Apalis, Grey-breasted Spurfowl and Northern White-crowned Shrike.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.