Bird AlbumTanzania · Tanga Region
West Usambara Mountains – Old Sawmill Track
234 species and 7,572 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November, with up to 91 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Usambara Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris usambaricus
White-starred RobinPogonocichla stellata
Hartlaub's TuracoTauraco hartlaubi
Evergreen Forest WarblerBradypterus lopezi
Black-headed Mountain GreenbulArizelocichla nigriceps
Black Saw-wingPsalidoprocne pristoptera
Olive-headed GreenbulArizelocichla striifacies
Bar-throated ApalisApalis thoracica
Black-fronted BushshrikeChlorophoneus nigrifrons
Fülleborn's BoubouLaniarius fuelleborni
Silvery-cheeked HornbillBycanistes brevis
Usambara ThrushTurdus roehli
Northern Yellow White-eyeZosterops senegalensis
Red-capped Forest WarblerArtisornis metopias91 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 234 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- East Usambara Mountains – Amani Nature Reserve59 km351 species
All 234 species recorded here
- Usambara Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris usambaricus
- Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
- Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
- Hartlaub's Turaco Tauraco hartlaubi
- Black-headed Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla nigriceps
- Red-capped Forest Warbler Artisornis metopias
- Fülleborn's Boubou Laniarius fuelleborni
- White-tailed Crested Flycatcher Elminia albonotata
- White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata
- Evergreen Forest Warbler Bradypterus lopezi
- Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus ruficapilla
- Usambara Thrush Turdus roehli
- Cape Robin-Chat Dessonornis caffer
- Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
- Black-fronted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus nigrifrons
- Olive-headed Greenbul Arizelocichla striifacies
- African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
- Cinnamon Bracken Warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus
- Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
- Moustached Tinkerbird Pogoniulus leucomystax
- Waller's Starling Onychognathus walleri
- Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis
- Northern Yellow White-eye Zosterops senegalensis
- Spot-throat Modulatrix stictigula
- Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba delegorguei
- Usambara Akalat Sheppardia montana
- African Hill Babbler Sylvia abyssinica
- Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii
- Usambara Weaver Ploceus nicolli
- Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum
- Shelley's Greenbul Arizelocichla masukuensis
- Southern Citril Crithagra hyposticta
- Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
- Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus
- Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
- Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
- Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
- Sharpe's Starling Pholia sharpii
- African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
- African Olive Pigeon Columba arquatrix
- White-chested Alethe Chamaetylas fuelleborni
- Black-headed Apalis Apalis melanocephala
- Cabanis's Greenbul Phyllastrephus cabanisi
- Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
- Red-throated Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula
- Forest Batis Batis mixta
- Montane Tiny Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigula
- Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
- Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
- Kenrick's Starling Poeoptera kenricki
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
- African Black Duck Anas sparsa
- Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx montanus
- Green Barbet Cryptolybia olivacea
- Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus
- White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
- Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolata
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- African Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis melanocrissus
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
- Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
- African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata
- Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor
- Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
- Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii
- Pied Crow Corvus albus
- African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
- Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
- Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
- Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
- African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro
- Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara
- African Black Swift Apus barbatus
- Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Black Sparrowhawk Astur melanoleucus
- Little Swift Apus affinis
- Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
- Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus
- African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
- Dusky Turtle Dove Streptopelia lugens
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- East Coast Boubou Laniarius sublacteus
- Green-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae
- Orange Ground Thrush Geokichla gurneyi
- Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus
- Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla
- Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
- Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
- Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri
- Abyssinian White-eye Zosterops abyssinicus
- Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
- African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
- Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
- White-eared Barbet Stactolaema leucotis
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
- Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus
- Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
- White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
- Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
- Grey-olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus cerviniventris
- Böhm's Spinetail Neafrapus boehmi
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
- Lowland Tiny Greenbul Phyllastrephus debilis
- Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
- Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Scaly Spurfowl Pternistis squamatus
- Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
- Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Little Greenbul Eurillas virens
- Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
- Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer
- Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Cabanis's Bunting Emberiza cabanisi
- Eastern Golden Weaver Ploceus subaureus
- Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
- African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
- Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
- Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
- Pallid Honeyguide Indicator meliphilus
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
- African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
- African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus
- Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris
- Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas
- Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
- White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
- Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
- Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor
- Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
- Pale-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis rufipennis
- Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Red-tailed Ant Thrush Neocossyphus rufus
- Brown Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens
- Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
- Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
- Olive Ibis Bostrychia olivacea
- Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
- Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
- Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea
- Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
- Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
- African Hobby Falco cuvierii
- Fischer's Greenbul Phyllastrephus fischeri
- African Green Pigeon Treron calvus
- Mombasa Woodpecker Campethera mombassica
- Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
- Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
- Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
- Fraser's Eagle-Owl Ketupa poensis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
- Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus
- Southern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
- Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus simplex
- Garden Warbler Sylvia borin
- Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
- Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
- Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
- Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
- Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
- Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
- Eastern Black-headed Batis Batis minor
- Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata
- Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
- Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
- Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
- Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa
- Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata
- African Broadbill Smithornis capensis
- Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis
- African Grey Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris
- Half-collared Kingfisher Alcedo semitorquata
- Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher Bias musicus
- Thick-billed Seedeater Crithagra burtoni
- White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
- Green Malkoha Ceuthmochares australis
- Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina
- Verreaux's Eagle Aquila verreauxii
- Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii
- Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris
- Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca
- Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at West Usambara Mountains – Old Sawmill Track?
November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 91 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at West Usambara Mountains – Old Sawmill Track?
234 species, from 7,572 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at West Usambara Mountains – Old Sawmill Track in November?
The most recorded in November: Usambara Double-collared Sunbird, White-starred Robin, Hartlaub's Turaco, Evergreen Forest Warbler and Black-headed Mountain Greenbul.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.