Birds in Arusha National Park

Birds in Arusha National Park

Birds in Arusha National Park : Arusha national park is a tourism jewel in Tanzania situated in north-eastern Tanzania and situated in a distance of about 25 kilometers from Arusha, the park is a home to mount Meru the highest mountain in Africa and the second in Tanzania, numerous species of birds, wildlife and mind-blowing landscape which is made up of Meru crater in the west, the Ngurdoto crater in the south-east, Momella lakes in north-east and savannah grasslands. 

Arusha national park is one of the recognized birding areas in Tanzania hosting over 400 bird species, birds in the park include critically endangered species, endangered species, very rare species, vulnerable species and migratory bird species.  This article lists some of the bird species found in Arusha national park.

Ostriches 

• Common Ostrich  

Ducks 

• White-faced Whistling-Duck  
• White-backed Duck
• Egyptian Goose  
• Spur-winged Goose  
• Hottentot Teal  
• Yellow-billed Duck  
• Cape Teal  
• Red-billed Duck  
• Northern Pintail  
• Southern Pochard  
• Maccoa Duck
  

Guinea fowl 

• Helmeted Guinea fowl  

Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies

• Scaly Francolin  

 Flamingos 

• Greater Flamingo  
• Lesser Flamingo  

Grebes 

• Little Grebe  
• Great Crested Grebe  
• Eared Grebe 

Pigeons and Doves 

• Rameron Pigeon  
• Red-eyed Dove  
• Ring-necked Dove  
• Laughing Dove  
• Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove  
• Tambourine Dove   
• African Green-Pigeon  

 Turacos 

• Hartlaub’s Turaco  

Cuckoos 

• Red-chested Cuckoo  
• White-browed Coucal  
• Pied Cuckoo
• African Emerald Cuckoo  
• Dideric Cuckoo  

Nightjars and Allies 

• Abyssinian Nightjar 

Swifts 

• Scarce Swift  
• Alpine Swift  
• Mottled Swift  
• Common Swift 
• Nyanza Swift  
• African Swift  
• Little Swift  
• Horus Swift 
• White-rumped Swift
  

Rails, Gallinules, and Coots 

• Corn Crake 
• Red-knobbed Coot  
• Black Crake  

Cranes 

• Gray Crowned-Crane  

Thick-knees 

• Water Thick-knee 

Stilts and Avocets 

• Black-winged Stilt  
• Pied Avocet  

Plovers and Lapwings 

• Lapwing  
• Spur-winged Lapwing  
• Kittlitz’s Plover  
• Common Ringed Plover  
• Three-banded Plover  

Painted-Snipes 

• Greater Painted-Snipe 

Jacanas

• African Jacana  

Sandpipers and Allies 

• Little Stint
• Common Sandpiper  
• Green Sandpiper 
• Common Greenshank
• Marsh Sandpiper 
• Wood Sandpiper 

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers 

• White-winged Tern  

Storks 

• Black Stork 
• White Stork  
• Saddle-billed Stork  
• Marabou Stork  
• Yellow-billed Stork  

Cormorants and Shags 

• Long-tailed Cormorant  
• Great Cormorant 

Hamerkop 

• Hamerkop 

Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns 

• Gray Heron  
• Black-headed Heron  
• Great Egret  
• Little Egret  
• Cattle Egret  
• Squacco Heron  
• Madagascar Pond-Heron  
• Striated Heron  
• Black-crowned Night-Heron  
  

Ibises and Spoonbills 

• African Sacred Ibis  
• Hadada Ibis  
• African Spoonbill 

Hawks, Eagles, and Kites 

• Black-winged Kite  
• Bearded Vulture  
• White-backed Vulture  
• Bateleur  
• Crowned Eagle  
• Martial Eagle  
• Long-crested Eagle  
• Ayres’s Hawk-Eagle  
• Tawny Eagle  
• Verreaux’s Eagle  
• Lizard Buzzard  
• Dark Chanting-Goshawk  
• Gabar Goshawk  
• Eurasian Marsh-Harrier  
• African Marsh-Harrier  
• Montagu’s Harrier  
• Black Kite  
• Yellow-
• billed Kite 
• African Fish-Eagle  
• Mountain Buzzard  
• Augur Buzzard  

Barn-Owls 

• Barn Owl 

Owls 

• Spotted Eagle-Owl 

Mousebirds 

• Speckled Mousebird  

Trogons 

• Narina Trogon  
• Bar-tailed Trogon  

Hoopoes 

• African Hoopoe 

Hornbills 

• Crowned Hornbill  
• African Gray Hornbill  
• Von der Decken’s Hornbill  
• Silvery-cheeked Hornbill  

Kingfishers 

• African Pygmy-Kingfisher  
• ray-headed Kingfisher  
• Brown-hooded Kingfisher  
• Giant Kingfisher  

Bee-eaters 

• White-fronted Bee-eater  
• Little Bee-eater  
• Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater  
• European Bee-eater|  

Rollers 

• European Roller 

African Barbets

• White-eared Barbet  
• Moustached Tinker bird  
• Spot-flanked Barbet  
• White-headed Barbet  
• Brown-breasted Barbet  

Honeyguides 

• Green-backed Honeyguide  
• Pallid Honeyguide  

Woodpeckers 

• Cardinal Woodpecker  
• Mountain Gray Woodpecker 

Falcons and Caracaras 

• Pygmy Falcon
• Lesser Kestrel
• Eurasian Kestrel  
• Amur Falcon 
• Sooty Falcon 
• Eurasian Hobby 
• African Hobby  
• Peregrine Falcon  

Parrots 

• Red-fronted Parrot 

Cuckooshrikes 

• Cuckooshrike  

Old World Orioles 

• African Golden Oriole 

Wattle-eyes and Batises 

• Black-throated Wattle-eye  
• Chinspot Batis  

Vangas, Helmetshrikes and Allies 

• Retz’s Helmetshrike  

Bushshrikes 

• Brubru  
• Black-backed Puff back  
• Black-crowned Tchagra  
• Brown-crowned Tchagra    
• Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike  
• Black-fronted Bushshrike  

Drongos 

• Fork-tailed Drongo 

Monarch Flycatchers 

• African Paradise-Flycatcher 

Shrikes 

• Shrike 
• Long-tailed Fiscal  
• Taita Fiscal  
• Northern Fiscal  

Crows, Jays, and Magpies 

• Pied Crow  
• White-necked Raven  

Larks

• Foxy Lark  
• Rufous-naped Lark  

 African Warblers

• Red-faced Crombec  
• Moustached Grass-Warbler 

 Cisticolas and Allies 

• Gray-backed Camaroptera 
• Buff-bellied Warbler  
• Yellow-breasted Apalis  
• Black-headed Apalis  
• Tawny-flanked Prinia  
• Red-fronted Warbler  
• Singing Cisticola  
• Trilling Cisticola  
• Hunter’s Cisticola  
• Rattling Cisticola  
• Winding Cisticola 
• Siffling Cisticola  

Reed Warblers and Allies 

• African Yellow-Warbler  

Swallows 

Plain Martin  

• Bank Swallow
• Rock Martin  
• Barn Swallow
• Hirundo rustica
• Wire-tailed Swallow  
• Red-rumped Swallow  
• Lesser Striped Swallow  
• Common House-Martin 
• Black Sawwing  
• Gray-rumped Swallow
  

Bulbuls 

• Eastern Mountain Greenbul  
• Stripe-cheeked Greenbul  
• Yellow-bellied Greenbul  
• Little Greenbul  
• Northern Brownbul  
• Common Bulbul  

Leaf Warblers 

• Willow Warbler  
• Brown Woodland-Warbler  

Sylviid Warblers, Parrotbills, and Allies 

• Eurasian Blackcap
• Banded Parisoma  

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies 

• Pale White-eye 
• Kilimanjaro White-eye  

Oxpeckers 

• Red-billed Oxpecker  
• Yellow-billed Oxpecker  

Starlings 

• Violet-backed Starling  
• Red-winged Starling  
• Waller’s Starling  
• Sharpe’s Starling  
• Kenrick’s Starling  
• Superb Starling  

Thrushes and Allies 

• Abyssinian Thrush 

Old World Flycatchers 

• African Dusky Flycatcher  
• Spotted Flycatcher
• African Gray Flycatcher
• White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher
• Cape Robin-Chat
• White-browed Robin-Chat
• Spotted Morning-Thrush
• White-starred Robin
• Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
• African Stonechat
• Capped Wheatear
• Isabelline Wheatear 

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters 

• Collared Sunbird
• Olive Sunbird
• Amethyst Sunbird
• Scarlet-chested Sunbird
• Tacazze Sunbird
• Bronze Sunbird
• Malachite Sunbird
• Golden-winged Sunbird
• Eastern Double-collared Sunbird
• Variable Sunbird  

Weavers and Allies 

• Red-headed Weaver
• Baglafecht Weaver
• Spectacled Weaver  
• Taveta Golden-Weaver
• Speke’s Weaver
• Village Weaver
• Black-headed Weaver
• Golden-backed Weaver
• Red-billed Quelea
• Yellow Bishop
• Fan-tailed Widowbird
• Grosbeak Weaver  

Waxbills and Allies 

• Abyssinian Crimsonwing
• Crimson-rumped Waxbill
• Common Waxbill
• Peters’ Twinspot
• Red-billed Firefinch
• African Firefinch  
• Quailfinch  

Indigobirds 

• Pin-tailed Whydah 

Old World Sparrows 

• House Sparrow
• Northern Gray-headed Sparrow  

Wagtails and Pipits 

• Western Yellow Wagtail
• African Pied Wagtail
• African Pipit
• Long-billed Pipit
• Yellow-throated Longclaw
• Pangani Longclaw  
• Rosy-throated Longclaw  

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies 

• Yellow-fronted Canary  
• Southern Citril  
• Streaky Seedeater