Bird AlbumTanzania · Mara Region
Serengeti NP – Visitor Center
392 species and 8,133 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January–February, April and November, with up to 127 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Grey-capped Social WeaverPseudonigrita arnaudi
Speckle-fronted WeaverSporopipes frontalis
Hildebrandt's StarlingLamprotornis hildebrandti
D'Arnaud's BarbetTrachyphonus darnaudii
Rüppell's StarlingLamprotornis purpuroptera
White-rumped SwiftApus caffer
Superb StarlingLamprotornis superbus
Purple GrenadierGranatina ianthinogaster
Dark Chanting GoshawkMelierax metabates
Northern Grey-headed SparrowPasser griseus
Fischer's LovebirdAgapornis fischeri
Red-throated Rock MartinPtyonoprogne rufigula
African Red-rumped SwallowCecropis melanocrissus
Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyuraSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Serengeti NP – Seronera1 km464 species
- Serengeti NP11 km487 species
- Serengeti NP – Serengeti Serena Safari Lodge15 km458 species
- Serengeti NP15 km460 species
- Serengeti NP – Serengeti Sopa Lodge23 km394 species
- Serengeti NP – Naabi Hill Gate47 km366 species
All 392 species recorded here
- Grey-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita arnaudi
- D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
- Hildebrandt's Starling Lamprotornis hildebrandti
- Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Fischer's Lovebird Agapornis fischeri
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Northern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus ruppelli
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
- Kenya Sparrow Passer rufocinctus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Silverbird Empidornis semipartitus
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Rufous-tailed Weaver Histurgops ruficauda
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- Swahili Sparrow Passer suahelicus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
- Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Grey-breasted Spurfowl Pternistis rufopictus
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Bare-faced Go-away-bird Crinifer personatus
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Double-banded Courser Smutsornis africanus
- Eastern Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos spodocephalus
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
- Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Red-throated Tit Melaniparus fringillinus
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
- Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill Tockus ruahae
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Banded Parisoma Curruca boehmi
- Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Steel-blue Whydah Vidua hypocherina
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Pectoral-patch Cisticola Cisticola brunnescens
- Cape Crow Corvus capensis
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Anteater Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
- Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi
- Speke's Weaver Ploceus spekei
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- Rosy-throated Longclaw Macronyx ameliae
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Horus Swift Apus horus
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
- Pangani Longclaw Macronyx aurantiigula
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Karamoja Apalis Apalis karamojae
- Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Nyanza Swift Apus niansae
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow Gymnoris pyrgita
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Straw-tailed Whydah Vidua fischeri
- Northern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
- Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus
- Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
- Black Bishop Euplectes gierowii
- Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Chestnut-banded Plover Anarhynchus pallidus
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- White-bellied Go-away-bird Crinifer leucogaster
- Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Hartlaub's Bustard Lissotis hartlaubii
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Hildebrandt's Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Grey-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Sooty Falcon Falco concolor
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Little Rock Thrush Monticola rufocinereus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Long-tailed Cisticola Cisticola angusticauda
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Red-chested Sunbird Cinnyris erythrocercus
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri
- Grey-crested Helmetshrike Prionops poliolophus
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Northern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus castanops
- Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- Ross's Turaco Tauraco rossae
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Somali Short-toed Lark Alaudala somalica
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphurata
- White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Red-breasted Swallow Cecropis semirufa
- Schalow's Turaco Tauraco schalowi
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Eastern Plantain-eater Crinifer zonurus
- Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Golden-winged Sunbird Drepanorhynchus reichenowi
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus
- Red-winged Francolin Scleroptila levaillantii
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- White-bellied Tit Melaniparus albiventris
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Serengeti NP – Visitor Center?
January–February, April and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 127 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Serengeti NP – Visitor Center?
392 species, from 8,133 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Serengeti NP – Visitor Center in November?
The most recorded in November: Grey-capped Social Weaver, Speckle-fronted Weaver, Hildebrandt's Starling, D'Arnaud's Barbet and Rüppell's Starling.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.