Tanzania · Iringa Region
Tungamalenga
368 species and 8,290 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May, with up to 252 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
Emerald-spotted Wood DoveTurtur chalcospilos
Yellow-breasted ApalisApalis flavida
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Green-winged PytiliaPytilia melba
Orange-breasted BushshrikeChlorophoneus sulfureopectus
Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
Brown-crowned TchagraTchagra australis
HamerkopScopus umbrettaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Ruaha NP50 km438 species
All 368 species recorded here
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
- Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
- Ashy Starling Lamprotornis unicolor
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- Orange-breasted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
- Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
- Black-collared Barbet Lybius torquatus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Swahili Sparrow Passer suahelicus
- Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
- Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill Tockus ruahae
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
- Bare-faced Go-away-bird Crinifer personatus
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
- Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
- Banded Parisoma Curruca boehmi
- Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
- Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
- D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii
- Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris
- Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
- Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
- Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Grey-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
- Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
- Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
- White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus
- Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Bare-eyed Thrush Turdus tephronotus
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus
- Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus
- Grey-capped Social Weaver Pseudonigrita arnaudi
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
- Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni
- Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
- Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
- Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
- Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha
- Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
- African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
- Brubru Nilaus afer
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Golden-backed Weaver Ploceus jacksoni
- Northern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus ruppelli
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting Emberiza tahapisi
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Black-winged Red Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
- Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea
- Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Miombo Wren-Warbler Calamonastes undosus
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
- Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli
- Western Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Purple Roller Coracias naevius
- Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei
- Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Green Malkoha Ceuthmochares australis
- Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
- Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana
- Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
- Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- African Spotted Creeper Salpornis salvadori
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Holub's Golden Weaver Ploceus xanthops
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Reichard's Seedeater Crithagra reichardi
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens
- Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
- Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis
- Böhm's Spinetail Neafrapus boehmi
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
- Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Lesser Masked Weaver Ploceus intermedius
- Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
- African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Yellow Bishop Euplectes capensis
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
- Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
- Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii
- White-bellied Tit Melaniparus albiventris
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops
- Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
- African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
- White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps
- Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
- Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
- African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
- White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus
- Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Thrush Nightingale Luscinia luscinia
- Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
- Madagascar Cuckoo Cuculus rochii
- Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani
- Dark Chanting Goshawk Melierax metabates
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
- Crested Barbet Trachyphonus vaillantii
- Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Olive-flanked Ground Robin Dessonornis anomalus
- Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
- Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii
- Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
- Vitelline Masked Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
- Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
- White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus
- White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
- Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus
- Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Double-banded Courser Smutsornis africanus
- African Grass Owl Tyto capensis
- Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua obtusa
- Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
- Wailing Cisticola Cisticola lais
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Marsh Owl Asio capensis
- Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
- Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii
- Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
- Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalornis niger
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Bearded Scrub Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata
- Collared Palm Thrush Cichladusa arquata
- African Marsh Harrier Circus ranivorus
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
- Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus
- Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Temminck's Courser Cursorius temminckii
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Hildebrandt's Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Scaly Chatterer Argya aylmeri
- Cuckoo-finch Anomalospiza imberbis
- African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
- Kittlitz's Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
- Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
- Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucotis
- Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens
- Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
- African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
- African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis
- African Fish Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
- African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Groundscraper Thrush Turdus litsitsirupa
- Flappet Lark Amirafra rufocinnamomea
- Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
- White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
- Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
- Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
- Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus
- Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- White-throated Robin Irania gutturalis
- European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
- Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- African Crake Crecopsis egregia
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Orange Ground Thrush Geokichla gurneyi
- African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus
- African Spoonbill Platalea alba
- Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus
- Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx montanus
- Red-winged Prinia Prinia erythroptera
- Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
- Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- Red-winged Francolin Scleroptila levaillantii
- Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla arnotti
- African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
- White-crowned Lapwing Vanellus albiceps
- Western Miombo Sunbird Cinnyris gertrudis
- Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
- Grey Tit-Flycatcher Fraseria plumbea
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris pectoralis
- Yellow-browed Seedeater Crithagra whytii
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Tungamalenga?
May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 252 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Tungamalenga?
368 species, from 8,290 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Tungamalenga in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Bulbul, Ring-necked Dove, Little Bee-eater, Emerald-spotted Wood Dove and Yellow-breasted Apalis.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.