Tanzania · Mwanza Region
Speke Bay Lodge
342 species and 13,857 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February, with up to 190 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Slender-billed WeaverPloceus pelzelni
Mourning Collared DoveStreptopelia decipiens
Spotted Palm ThrushCichladusa guttata
Red-chested SunbirdCinnyris erythrocercus
African Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone viridis
Swamp FlycatcherMuscicapa aquatica
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Northern Brown-throated WeaverPloceus castanops
African Fish EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Black-headed GonolekLaniarius erythrogaster
Speckled MousebirdColius striatus
African Palm SwiftCypsiurus parvusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 342 species recorded here
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
- Swamp Flycatcher Muscicapa aquatica
- Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Red-chested Sunbird Cinnyris erythrocercus
- Black-headed Gonolek Laniarius erythrogaster
- Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
- Northern Brown-throated Weaver Ploceus castanops
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
- Silverbird Empidornis semipartitus
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Grey-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Golden-backed Weaver Ploceus jacksoni
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Grey-breasted Spurfowl Pternistis rufopictus
- African Thrush Turdus pelios
- Rüppell's Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Grey-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita arnaudi
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
- White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens
- Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
- Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- Northern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus ruppelli
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Fischer's Lovebird Agapornis fischeri
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- Swahili Sparrow Passer suahelicus
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- African Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Brown-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira cyanea
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Common Swift Apus apus
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Black Bishop Euplectes gierowii
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Bare-faced Go-away-bird Crinifer personatus
- Rufous-naped Lark Corypha africana
- Eastern Plantain-eater Crinifer zonurus
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Black-billed Barbet Lybius guifsobalito
- Double-banded Courser Smutsornis africanus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Icterine Warbler Hippolais icterina
- Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Lesser Moorhen Paragallinula angulata
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
- Semicollared Flycatcher Ficedula semitorquata
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- Double-toothed Barbet Pogonornis bidentatus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
- Bronze-winged Courser Rhinoptilus chalcopterus
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Rufous Chatterer Argya rubiginosa
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Rüppell's Vulture Gyps rueppelli
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus
- Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
- Rosy-throated Longclaw Macronyx ameliae
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- African Darter Anhinga rufa
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- African Scops Owl Otus senegalensis
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata
- Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Cape Teal Anas capensis
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis
- Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus regulus
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Speke Bay Lodge?
February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 190 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Speke Bay Lodge?
342 species, from 13,857 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Speke Bay Lodge in November?
The most recorded in November: Pied Kingfisher, Slender-billed Weaver, Mourning Collared Dove, Spotted Palm Thrush and Red-chested Sunbird.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.