Birds to See in Tanzania in February
98 bird species on our list for Tanzania are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Helmeted Guineafowl, Egyptian Goose, Fork-tailed Drongo and Cattle Egret. New this month: Sedge Warbler, Egyptian Vulture and Black-headed Gull.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
From Tanzania’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 98 birds in February
98 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.98% in Feb
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentCommon53–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Feb
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Feb
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Feb
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Feb
Common OstrichStruthio camelusResidentCommon210–275 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Feb
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinicaResidentCommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Feb
Magpie ShrikeUrolestes melanoleucusResidentCommon35–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Feb
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.42% in Feb
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.41% in Feb
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.40% in Feb
Pied CrowCorvus albusResidentCommon46–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Feb
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentUncommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Feb
SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentariusResidentUncommon112–150 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Feb
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.35% in Feb
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Feb
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Feb
Purple GrenadierGranatina ianthinogasterResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Feb
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentUncommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Feb
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.26% in Feb
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Feb
Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourusResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Feb
African Pygmy-falconPolihierax semitorquatusResidentUncommon19–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Feb
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.23% in Feb
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.22% in Feb
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.22% in Feb
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.21% in Feb
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensisResidentUncommon75–115 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
African JacanaActophilornis africanusResidentUncommon23–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.20% in Feb
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.19% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Feb
White-bellied BustardEupodotis senegalensisResidentUncommon48–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Feb
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.19% in Feb
Red-and-yellow BarbetTrachyphonus erythrocephalusResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Feb
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Feb
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Feb
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.13% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.13% in Feb
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Feb
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Feb
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Feb
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.09% in Feb
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicusResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Feb
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Feb
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Feb
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatusResidentUncommon80–99 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Feb
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Feb
African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorusResidentUncommon44–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorRare25–27 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.05% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Feb
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Feb
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Feb
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Feb
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Feb
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorRare24–28 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentRare34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenusPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorRare52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Little WeaverPloceus luteolusSummer visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixResidentUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.01% in Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantRare50–60 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusPassage migrantRare55–65 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantRare29–31 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusPassage migrantRare38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Feb
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.00% in Feb
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.00% in Feb
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made