Tarangire National Park Birds Checklist
Tarangire National Park Birds Checklist : Tarangire National Park is one of the most sought after Tanzania national parks in northern part of the country, famous for hosting large herds of elephants and baobab trees. On top of the diverse animals in Tarangire National Park are the over 500 bird species recorded to inhabit the park. Tarangire National Park harbours several dry-country bird species including among others the Northern Pied Babbler, Vulturine Guineafowl. Any avid bird watcher should look out flocks of dazzlingly colourful Yellow-collared Lovebird, Ashy Starling, among others. continue reading this article to get acquainted with our Tarangire national park birds checklist.
As you embark on your Tanzania bird watching adventure, including visiting Tarangire National Park, below is the Tarangire National Park birds checklist to consider!
Common Ostrich
White-faced Whistling Duck
Fulvous Whistling Duck
Maccoa Duck
Egyptian Goose
Southern Pochard
Garganey
Hottentot Teal
Northern Shoveler
Yellow-billed Duck
Cape Teal
Red-billed Teal
White-backed Duck
Spur-winged Goose
Comb Duck
African Pygmy Goose
Helmeted Guineafowl
Vulturine Guineafowl
Crested Guineafowl
Common Quail
Harlequin Quail
Hildebrandt’s Francolin
Scaly Francolin
Yellow-necked Spurfowl
Red-necked Spurfowl
Crested Francolin
Coqui Francolin
Red-winged Francolin
Shelley’s Francolin
Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo
Little Grebe
Black-necked Grebe
Speckled Pigeon
African Olive Pigeon
Dusky Turtle Dove
Mourning Collared Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
African Green Pigeon
Emerald-spotted Wood Dove
Blue-spotted Wood Dove
Tambourine Dove
Namaqua Dove
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
Black-faced Sandgrouse
European Nightjar
Donaldson Smith’s Nightjar
Freckled Nightjar
Slender-tailed Nightjar
Mozambique Nightjar
Mottled Spinetailed Swift
Scarce Swift
African Palm Swift
Alpine Swift
Mottled Swift
White-rumped Swift
Horus Swift
Little Swift
Nyanza Swift
African Swift
Common Swift
White-browed Coucal
African Black Coucal
Jacobin Cuckoo
Levaillant’s Cuckoo
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Klaas’s Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Diederick Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
African Cuckoo
African Rail
African Crake
Corncrake
Black Crake
Purple Swamphen
Allen’s Gallinule
Common Moorhen
Lesser Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
Grey Crowned Crane
Black-bellied Bustard
Hartlaub’s Bustard
Kori Bustard
Denham’s Bustard
Buff-crested Bustard
White-bellied Bustard
White-bellied Go-away-bird
Bare-faced Go-away-bird
Purple-crested Turaco
Schalow’s Turaco
Hartlaub’s Turaco
Marabou
Yellow-billed Stork
African Openbill
Black Stork
Abdim’s Stork
Woolly-necked Stork
European White Stork
Saddle-bill Stork
Great White Pelican
Pink-backed Pelican
Hamerkop
Little Bittern
Dwarf Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Striated Heron
Squacco Heron
Madagascar Pond Heron
Rufous-bellied Heron
Cattle Egret
Grey Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
Purple Heron
Great Egret
Intermediate Egret
Black Heron
Little Egret
African Sacred Ibis
African Spoonbill
Hadada Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Long-tailed Cormorant
Great Cormorant
African Darter
Water Thick-knee
Spotted Thick-knee
Pied Avocet
Black-winged Stilt
Common Ringed Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Kittlitz’s Plover
Three-banded Plover
Chestnut-banded Plover
Lesser Sand Plover
Greater Sand Plover
Caspian Plover
Long-toed Lapwing
Blacksmith Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Senegal Lapwing
Black-winged Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
African Wattled Lapwing
Greater Painted-snipe
African Jacana
Lesser Jacana
Black-tailed Godwit
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck’s Stint
Little Stint
Common Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Common Redshank
Wood Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Red-necked Phalarope
Common Buttonquail
Double-banded Courser
Heuglin’s Courser
Bronze-winged Courser
Temminck’s Courser
Collared Pratincole
Gray-hooded Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
Secretary-bird
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
European Honey Buzzard
African Harrier Hawk
Palm-nut Vulture
Egyptian Vulture
Bateleur
Short-toed Eagle
Black-chested Snake Eagle
Brown Snake Eagle
Western Banded Snake Eagle
White-headed Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Rüppell’s Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Bat Hawk
Crowned Eagle
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Eastern Imperial Eagle
Verreaux’s Eagle
African Hawk Eagle
Wahlberg’s Eagle
Booted Eagle
Ayres’s Eagle
Lizard Buzzard
Dark Chanting Goshawk
Eastern Chanting Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
Western Marsh Harrier
African Marsh Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu’s Harrier
African Goshawk
Shikra
Little Sparrowhawk
Ovambo Sparrowhawk
Black Sparrowhawk
African Fish Eagle
Black Kite
Grasshopper Buzzard
Augur Buzzard
Eurasian Buzzard
Mountain Buzzard
African Grass Owl
Common Barn Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
African Barred Owlet
African Scops Owl
Southern White-faced Owl
African Wood Owl
Spotted Eagle Owl
Verreaux’s Eagle Owl
Speckled Mousebird
White-headed Mousebird
Blue-naped Mousebird
Southern Ground Hornbill
Crowned Hornbill
African Grey Hornbill
Red-billed Hornbill
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Von der Decken’s Hornbill
Trumpeter Hornbill
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill
Common Hoopoe
Green Wood-hoopoe
Common Scimitarbill
Abyssinian Scimitarbill
Pallid Honeyguide
Lesser Honeyguide
Scaly-throated Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
Nubian Woodpecker
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
Green-backed Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
Bearded Woodpecker
Grey Woodpecker
Crested Barbet
Red-and-yellow Barbet
D’Arnaud’s Barbet
White-eared Barbet
Red-fronted Tinkerbird
Red-fronted Barbet
Spot-flanked Barbet
Black-throated Barbet
White-headed Barbet
White-fronted Bee-eater
White-throated Bee-eater
Northern Carmine Bee-eater
Olive Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
Little Bee-eater
Rufous-crowned Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
European Roller
Broad-billed Roller
African Pygmy Kingfisher
African Malachite Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Grey-headed Kingfisher
Brown-hooded Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
African Pygmy Falcon
Lesser Kestrel
Common Kestrel
Greater Kestrel
Grey Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Amur Falcon
Eleonora’s Falcon
Sooty Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
African Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Red-fronted Parrot
Brown-necked Parrot
Brown Parrot
Red-bellied Parrot
Fischer’s Lovebird
Yellow-collared Lovebird
African Broadbill
Grey Cuckooshrike
Black Cuckooshrike
Eastern Black-headed Oriole
Eurasian Golden Oriole
African Golden Oriole
Chinspot Batis
Pygmy Batis
White-crested Helmet-shrike
Grey-headed Bush-shrike
Black-backed Puffback
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brubru
Orange-breasted Bush-shrike
Slate-coloured Boubou
Tropical Boubou
Rosy-patched Bush-shrike
Fork-tailed Drongo
Magpie Shrike
White-rumped Shrike
Red-backed Shrike
Turkestan Shrike
Isabelline Shrike
Lesser Grey Shrike
Grey-backed Fiscal
Long-tailed Fiscal
Taita Fiscal
Northern Fiscal
Cape Crow
White-necked Raven
Pied Crow
African Paradise-flycatcher
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird
Collared Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Bronzy Sunbird
Malachite Sunbird
Eastern Double-collared Sunbird
Beautiful Sunbird
Mariqua Sunbird
Black-bellied Sunbird
Tsavo Purple-banded Sunbird
White-bellied Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
Red-billed Buffalo Weaver
White-headed Buffalo Weaver
White-browed Sparrow Weaver
Rufous-tailed Weaver
Speckle-fronted Weaver
Grey-headed Social Weaver
Grosbeak Weaver
Cardinal Quelea
Red-billed Quelea
Yellow-crowned Bishop
Black Bishop
Red-collared Widowbird
Black-winged Bishop
Southern Red Bishop
Yellow Bishop
Fan-tailed Widowbird
White-winged Widowbird
Baglafecht Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
Black-necked Weaver
Holub’s Weaver
Taveta Weaver
Lesser Masked Weaver
Vitelline Masked Weaver
Speke’s Weaver
Village Weaver
Golden-backed Weaver
Chestnut Weaver
Olive-headed Weaver
Red-headed Weaver
Red-billed Firefinch
Jameson’s Firefinch
African Firefinch
Green-winged Pytilia
Purple Grenadier
Blue-breasted Cordon-bleu
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu
Blue-capped Cordon-bleu
Crimson-rumped Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Black-faced Waxbill
Yellow-bellied Waxbill
Cut-throat Finch
African Quailfinch
Zebra Waxbill
Bronze Mannikin
Black-and-white Mannikin
Grey-headed Silverbill
African Silverbill
Pin-tailed Whydah
Eastern Paradise Whydah
Steel-blue Whydah
Straw-tailed Whydah
Village Indigobird
House Sparrow
Kordofan Sparrow
Northern Grey-headed Sparrow
Chestnut Sparrow
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow
Bushveld Pipit
Tree Pipit
Richard’s Pipit
African Pipit
Pangani Longclaw
Rosy-breasted Longclaw
Mountain Wagtail
Yellow Wagtail
African Wagtail
Oriole Finch
Southern Citril
Reichenow’s Canary
Yellow-fronted Canary
Southern Grosbeak Canary
White-bellied Canary
Streaky Canary
Yellow-crowned Canary
Golden-breasted Bunting
Somali Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
White-bellied Tit
Red-throated Tit
Grey Penduline Tit
Eastern Nicator
Chestnut-backed Sparrow Lark
Fischer’s Sparrow Lark
Pink-breasted Lark
Fawn-coloured Lark
Rufous-naped Lark
Flappet Lark
White-tailed Lark
Singing Bush Lark
Red-capped Lark
Northern Crombec
Red-faced Crombec
Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Green-capped Eremomela
Bar-throated Apalis
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Black-headed Apalis
Buff-bellied Warbler
Grey Wren Warbler
Grey-backed Camaroptera
Red-faced Cisticola
Singing Cisticola
Trilling Cisticola
Rattling Cisticola
Wailing Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Stout Cisticola
Croaking Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Desert Cisticola
Pectoral-patch Cisticola
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Red-faced Prinia
Olivaceous Warbler
Mountain Yellow Warbler
Upcher’s Warbler
Olive-tree Warbler
Icterine Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Lesser Swamp Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
Grey-rumped Swallow
Black Saw-wing
Northern House Martin
Lesser Striped Swallow
Mosque Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Barn Swallow
Angolan Swallow
Rock Martin
Banded Martin
Plain Martin
Sand Martin
Yellow-bellied Greenbul
Eastern Mountain Greenbul
Cabanis’s Greenbul
Common Bulbul
Willow Warbler
Eurasian Blackcap
Garden Warbler
Banded Parisoma
Common Whitethroat
Abyssinian White-eye
African Yellow White-eye
Broad-ringed White-eye
Rufous Chatterer
Scaly Chatterer
Black-lored Babbler
Arrow-marked Babbler
Northern Pied Babbler
Red-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Wattled Starling
Red-winged Starling
Hildebrandt’s Starling
Rüppell’s Glossy Starling
Ashy Starling
Golden-breasted Starling
Superb Starling
Fischer’s Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Amethyst Starling
Rufous Scrub Robin
White-browed Scrub Robin
Spotted Flycatcher
Ashy Flycatcher
African Dusky Flycatcher
Grey Tit Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
African Grey Flycatcher
White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher
Southern Black Flycatcher
Silverbird
Cape Robin Chat
White-browed Robin Chat
Collared Palm Thrush
Spotted Palm Thrush
White-throated Irania
Thrush Nightingale
Common Rock Thrush
Whinchat
African Stonechat
Sooty Chat
Northern Anteater Chat
Arnott’s Chat
Northern Wheatear
Capped Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Pied Wheatear
Familiar Chat
Abyssinian Wheatear
Mocking Cliff Chat
Ethiopian Thrush
Bare-eyed Thrush
