Ngorongoro Crater Bird Checklist : Ngorongoro crater is a well-protected area, which is located in the Northern region of Tanzania, which is under the management of the Ngororongoro conservation Area Authority, and it covers a total surface area of about 8,292 square kilometers. Ngorongoro crater was established in 1959 and it is a UNESCO World Heritage site, which is situated in a distance of about 180 kilometers from Arusha city. In addition, it a good Tanzania safari destination, which is being surrounded with, cool vegetation such as; savanna grasslands, woodlands, forests, alkaline lakes which all act as good natural habitats to many wildlife species and birds. More this national park commonly visited because it is a home to the big five animals which are seen as one of the top attractions which include; elephants, lions, leopards, buffalos and Rhinos. However, it is known to be a good birding destination because it harbours around 270 birds, which include the following below;
Ostriches: Struthionidae
Common Ostrich
Ducks: Anatidae
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
White-backed Duck
Knob-billed Duck
Egyptian Goose
Spur-winged Goose
<African Pygmy-Goose>
/Garganey/
Blue-billed Teal
/Northern Shoveler/
/Eurasian Wigeon/
African Black Duck
Yellow-billed Duck
Cape Teal
Red-billed Duck
/Northern Pintail/
/Eurasian Teal/
\Southern Pochard\
Maccoa Duck
Guineafowl: Numididae
Helmeted Guineafowl
Eastern Crested Guineafowl
Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies: Phasianidae
Crested Francolin
Coqui Francolin
Shelley’s Francolin
(Common Quail)
Harlequin Quail
Scaly Spurfowl
Hildebrandt’s Spurfowl
Yellow-necked Spurfowl
Gray-breasted Spurfowl
Red-necked Spurfowl
Flamingos: Phoenicopteridae
Greater Flamingo
<Lesser Flamingo>
Grebes: Podicipedidae
Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Eared Grebe
Pigeons and Doves: Columbidae
Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Rameron Pigeon
Delegorgue’s Pigeon
Lemon Dove
Dusky Turtle-Dove
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Tambourine Dove
Namaqua Dove
African Green-Pigeon
Sandgrouse: Pteroclidae
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
Black-faced Sandgrouse
Bustards: Otididae
Kori Bustard
White-bellied Bustard
Buff-crested Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard
Hartlaub’s Bustard
Turacos: Musophagidae
Schalow’s Turaco
Hartlaub’s Turaco
Purple-crested Turaco
Bare-faced Go-away-bird
White-bellied Go-away-bird
Cuckoos: Cuculidae
Red-chested Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
/Common Cuckoo/
African Cuckoo
Black Coucal
White-browed Coucal
Pied Cuckoo
Levaillant’s Cuckoo
/Great Spotted Cuckoo/
Klaas’s Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Nightjars and Allies: Caprimulgidae
/Eurasian Nightjar/
Montane Nightjar
Freckled Nightjar
Slender-tailed Nightjar
Swifts: Apodidae
Mottled Spinetail
Scarce Swift
Alpine Swift
Mottled Swift
|Common Swift|
Nyanza Swift
African Swift
Little Swift
(Horus Swift)
White-rumped Swift
African Palm Swift
Rails, Gallinules, and Coots: Rallidae
African Rail
(African Crake)
Lesser Moorhen
Eurasian Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
Allen’s Gallinule
African Swamphen
Black Crake
Cranes: Gruidae
Gray Crowned-Crane
Thick-knees: Burhinidae
Water Thick-knee
Spotted Thick-knee
Stilts and Avocets: Recurvirostridae
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Plovers and Lapwings: Charadriidae
/Black-bellied Plover/
Long-toed Lapwing
Blacksmith Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Senegal Lapwing
Black-winged Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Wattled Lapwing
/Lesser Sand-Plover/
/Caspian Plover/
Kittlitz’s Plover
/Common Ringed Plover/
/Little Ringed Plover/
Three-banded Plover
Chestnut-banded Plover
Painted-Snipes: Rostratulidae
<Greater Painted-Snipe>
Jacanas: Jacanidae
African Jacana
Sandpipers and Allies: Scolopacidae
/Whimbrel/
/Eurasian Curlew/
/Black-tailed Godwit/
/Ruff/
/Curlew Sandpiper/
/Temminck’s Stint/
/Sanderling/
/Little Stint/
/Terek Sandpiper/
/Common Snipe/
African Snipe
/Common Sandpiper/
/Green Sandpiper/
/Spotted Redshank/
/Common Greenshank/
/Marsh Sandpiper/
/Wood Sandpiper/
Buttonquail: Turnicidae
Small Buttonquail
Pratincoles and Coursers: Glareolidae
Temminck’s Courser
Double-banded Courser
Three-banded Courser
Bronze-winged Courser
Collared Pratincole
|Black-winged Pratincole|
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers: Laridae
Gray-hooded Gull
/Black-headed Gull/
Lesser Black-backed Gull
/Gull-billed Tern/
/White-winged Tern/
Whiskered Tern
African Skimmer
Storks: Ciconiidae
African Openbill
/Black Stork/
/Abdim’s Stork/
African Woolly-necked Stork
/White Stork/
Saddle-billed Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
Anhingas: Anhingidae
African Darter
Cormorants and Shags: Phalacrocoracidae
Long-tailed Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Pelicans: Pelecanidae
Great White Pelican
Pink-backed Pelican
Shoebill: Balaenicipitidae
Shoebill
Hamerkop: Scopidae
Hamerkop
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns: Ardeidae
Little Bittern
Dwarf Bittern
Gray Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
Purple Heron
Great Egret
Intermediate Egret
Little Egret
Black Heron
Cattle Egret
Squacco Heron
\Malagasy Pond-Heron\
Rufous-bellied Heron
Striated Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
White-backed Night-Heron
Ibises and Spoonbills: Threskiornithidae
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
Secretary-bird: Sagittariidae
Secretarybird
Osprey: Pandionidae
/Osprey/
Hawks, Eagles, and Kites: Accipitridae
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Palm-nut Vulture
Bearded Vulture
Egyptian Vulture
/European Honey-buzzard/
African Cuckoo-Hawk
White-headed Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Rueppell’s Griffon
Bateleur
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Banded Snake-Eagle
Crowned Eagle
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
/Lesser Spotted Eagle/
Wahlberg’s Eagle
/Booted Eagle/
Ayres’s Hawk-Eagle
Tawny Eagle
/Steppe Eagle/
/Imperial Eagle/
Verreaux’s Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Lizard Buzzard
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
/Grasshopper Buzzard/
/Eurasian Marsh-Harrier/
African Marsh-Harrier
/Pallid Harrier/
Montagu’s Harrier
African Goshawk
Shikra
Little Sparrowhawk
Ovambo Sparrowhawk
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk
Black Goshawk
/Black Kite/
African Fish-Eagle
|Common Buzzard|
Mountain Buzzard
/Long-legged Buzzard/
Augur Buzzard
Barn-Owls: Tytonidae
Barn Owl
Owls: Strigidae
African Scops-Owl
Spotted Eagle-Owl
Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
African Wood-Owl
Marsh Owl
Mousebirds: Coliidae
Speckled Mousebird
White-headed Mousebird
Blue-naped Mousebird
Trogons: Trogonidae
Narina Trogon
Bar-tailed Trogon
Hoopoes: Upupidae
/Eurasian Hoopoe/
Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills: Phoeniculidae
Green Woodhoopoe
White-headed Woodhoopoe
Common Scimitarbill
Abyssinian Scimitarbill
Hornbills: Bucerotidae
Southern Ground-Hornbill
Crowned Hornbill
African Gray Hornbill
Northern Red-billed Hornbill
Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill
Von der Decken’s Hornbill
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill
Trumpeter Hornbill
Kingfishers: Alcedinidae
Malachite Kingfisher
African Pygmy Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Brown-hooded Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Bee-eaters: Meropidae
White-fronted Bee-eater
Little Bee-eater
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
/White-throated Bee-eater/
/Blue-cheeked Bee-eater/
\Madagascar Bee-eater\
|European Bee-eater|
Rollers: Coraciidae
/European Roller/
Lilac-breasted Roller
Rufous-crowned Roller
Broad-billed Roller
African Barbets: Lybiidae
Red-and-yellow Barbet
D’Arnaud’s Barbet
White-eared Barbet
Moustached Tinkerbird
Red-fronted Tinkerbird
Red-fronted Barbet
Spot-flanked Barbet
Black-throated Barbet
White-headed Barbet
Honeyguides: Indicatoridae
Green-backed Honeyguide
Wahlberg’s Honeyguide
Pallid Honeyguide
Lesser Honeyguide
Scaly-throated Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
Woodpeckers: Picidae
Cardinal Woodpecker
Bearded Woodpecker
Brown-backed Woodpecker
African Gray Woodpecker
Mountain Gray Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras: Falconidae
Pygmy Falcon
/Lesser Kestrel/
/Eurasian Kestrel/
Greater Kestrel
Gray Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
|Amur Falcon|
|Sooty Falcon|
/Eurasian Hobby/
African Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Parrots: Psittaculidae
Fischer’s Lovebird
Yellow-collared Lovebird
Parrots: Psittacidae
Red-fronted Parrot
Meyer’s Parrot
Red-bellied Parrot
Cuckooshrikes: Campephagidae
Gray Cuckooshrike
Black Cuckooshrike
Purple-throated Cuckooshrike
Old World Orioles: Oriolidae
/Eurasian Golden Oriole/
#African Golden Oriole#
African Black-headed Oriole
Wattle-eyes and Batises: Platysteiridae
Black-throated Wattle-eye
Chinspot Batis
Vangas, Helmetshrikes and Allies: Vangidae
White Helmetshrike
Retz’s Helmetshrike
Bushshrikes: Malaconotidae
Brubru
Black-backed Puffback
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Tropical Boubou
Slate-colored Boubou
Rosy-patched Bushshrike
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
Black-fronted Bushshrike
Gray-headed Bushshrike
Drongos: Dicruridae
Fork-tailed Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers: Monarchidae
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes: Laniidae
/Red-backed Shrike/
/Isabelline Shrike/
|Lesser Gray Shrike|
Gray-backed Fiscal
Long-tailed Fiscal
Magpie Shrike
Taita Fiscal
Northern Fiscal
White-rumped Shrike
Crows, Jays, and Magpies: Corvidae
Cape Crow
Pied Crow
White-necked Raven
Fairy Flycatchers: Stenostiridae
White-tailed Blue Flycatcher
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice: Paridae
White-bellied Tit
Red-throated Tit
Larks: Alaudidae
Beesley’s Lark**
<Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark>
Fischer’s Sparrow-Lark
Pink-breasted Lark
Fawn-colored Lark
White-tailed Lark
Red-winged Lark
Rufous-naped Lark
Flappet Lark
Red-capped Lark
<Short-tailed Lark>
Somali Short-toed Lark
African Warblers: Macrosphenidae
Northern Crombec
Red-faced Crombec
Moustached Grass-Warbler
Cisticolas and Allies: Cisticolidae
Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Green-backed Camaroptera
Buff-bellied Warbler
Bar-throated Apalis
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Black-headed Apalis
Gray Apalis
Brown-headed Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Red-fronted Warbler
Gray-capped Warbler
Red-faced Cisticola
Singing Cisticola
Trilling Cisticola
Hunter’s Cisticola
Rattling Cisticola
Wailing Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Stout Cisticola
Croaking Cisticola
Tabora Cisticola
Siffling Cisticola
Tiny Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Desert Cisticola
Pectoral-patch Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies: Acrocephalidae
/Eastern Olivaceous Warbler/
African Yellow-Warbler
Mountain Yellow-Warbler
|Olive-tree Warbler|
/Sedge Warbler/
/Marsh Warbler/
/Common Reed Warbler/
Lesser Swamp Warbler
/Great Reed Warbler/
Grassbirds and Allies: Locustellidae
Fan-tailed Grassbird
Evergreen-forest Warbler
Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler
Swallows: Hirundinidae
Plain Martin
/Bank Swallow/
Banded Martin
Rock Martin
/Barn Swallow/
Wire-tailed Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Mosque Swallow
/Common House-Martin/
White-headed Sawwing
Black Sawwing
Gray-rumped Swallow
Bulbuls: Pycnonotidae
Eastern Mountain Greenbul
Yellow-bellied Greenbul
Northern Brownbul
Cabanis’s Greenbul
Common Bulbul
Leaf Warblers: Phylloscopidae
/Willow Warbler/
Brown Woodland-Warbler
Sylviid Warblers, Parrotbills, and Allies: Sylviidae
/Eurasian Blackcap/
/Garden Warbler/
African Hill Babbler
Banded Parisoma
Brown Parisoma
/Greater Whitethroat/
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies: Zosteropidae
Pale White-eye
Mbulu White-eye
Kilimanjaro White-eye
Laughingthrushes and Allies: Leiothrichidae
Rufous Chatterer
Scaly Chatterer
Arrow-marked Babbler
Black-lored Babbler
Northern Pied-Babbler
Oxpeckers: Buphagidae
Red-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Starlings: Sturnidae
Wattled Starling
Violet-backed Starling
Red-winged Starling
Waller’s Starling
Sharpe’s Starling
Kenrick’s Starling
Hildebrandt’s Starling
Rueppell’s Starling
Ashy Starling
Superb Starling
Fischer’s Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Thrushes and Allies: Turdidae
Abyssinian Ground-Thrush
Abyssinian Thrush
African Bare-eyed Thrush
Old World Flycatchers: Muscicapidae
African Dusky Flycatcher
|Spotted Flycatcher|
African Gray Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
Gray Tit-Flycatcher
Ashy Flycatcher
Silverbird
Southern Black-Flycatcher
White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher
Red-backed Scrub-Robin
Cape Robin-Chat
Rueppell’s Robin-Chat
White-browed Robin-Chat
Red-capped Robin-Chat
Collared Palm-Thrush
Spotted Morning-Thrush
White-starred Robin
/White-throated Robin/
|Thrush Nightingale|
Little Rock-Thrush
/Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush/
/Whinchat/
African Stonechat
Moorland Chat
Mocking Cliff-Chat
Northern Anteater-Chat
/Northern Wheatear/
Capped Wheatear
/Isabelline Wheatear/
/Pied Wheatear/
Familiar Chat
Abyssinian Wheatear
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters: Nectariniidae
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird
Collared Sunbird
Green-headed Sunbird
Olive Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Tacazze Sunbird
Bronze Sunbird
Malachite Sunbird
Golden-winged Sunbird
Eastern Double-collared Sunbird
Beautiful Sunbird
Mariqua Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
Weavers and Allies: Ploceidae
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver
Speckle-fronted Weaver
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Rufous-tailed Weaver
Gray-headed Social-Weaver
Black-capped Social-Weaver
Red-headed Weaver
Baglafecht Weaver
Little Weaver
Black-necked Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
Holub’s Golden-Weaver
Taveta Golden-Weaver
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Vitelline Masked-Weaver
Speke’s Weaver
Village Weaver
<Golden-backed Weaver>
<Chestnut Weaver>
<Cardinal Quelea>
<Red-billed Quelea>
Southern Red Bishop
Black-winged Bishop
Black Bishop
<Yellow-crowned Bishop>
Yellow Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Red-cowled Widowbird
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Jackson’s Widowbird
Grosbeak Weaver
Waxbills and Allies: Estrildidae
Bronze Mannikin
Black-and-white Mannikin
African Silverbill
Yellow-bellied Waxbill
Zebra Waxbill
Abyssinian Crimsonwing
Red-faced Crimsonwing
Gray-headed Nigrita
Black-faced Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Crimson-rumped Waxbill
Quailfinch
<Cut-throat>
Purple Grenadier
Gray-headed Silverbill
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Blue-capped Cordonbleu
Green-winged Pytilia
Peters’s Twinspot
Red-billed Firefinch
African Firefinch
Jameson’s Firefinch
Indigobirds: Viduidae
Pin-tailed Whydah
Eastern Paradise-Whydah
Steel-blue Whydah
Straw-tailed Whydah
Village Indigobird
Variable Indigobird
Parasitic Weaver
Old World Sparrows: Passeridae
House Sparrow
Kenya Rufous Sparrow
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
Swahili Sparrow
Chestnut Sparrow
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits: Motacillidae
Mountain Wagtail
/Gray Wagtail/
/Western Yellow Wagtail/
African Pied Wagtail
/White Wagtail/
African Pipit
Long-billed Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
Striped Pipit
/Tree Pipit/
/Red-throated Pipit/
Bush Pipit
Golden Pipit
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Pangani Longclaw
Rosy-throated Longclaw
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies: Fringillidae
Oriole Finch
Yellow-fronted Canary
Southern Citril
Reichenow’s Seedeater
White-bellied Canary
Southern Grosbeak-Canary
Brimstone Canary
Streaky Seedeater
Thick-billed Seedeater
Yellow-crowned Canary
Old World Buntings: Emberizidae
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
Golden-breasted Bunting
