Birds to See in Tanzania in January
96 bird species on our list for Tanzania are recorded regularly in January
Of these, the most often recorded are Helmeted Guineafowl, Barn Swallow, Pied Crow, Fork-tailed Drongo and Egyptian Goose. New this month: Bar-tailed Godwit, Temminck's Stint and Spotted Redshank.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
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.
Other months
All 96 birds in January
96 birds
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentCommon53–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jan
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.78% in Jan
Pied CrowCorvus albusResidentCommon46–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jan
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jan
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Jan
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jan
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jan
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinicaResidentCommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Jan
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.46% in Jan
Common OstrichStruthio camelusResidentCommon210–275 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jan
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jan
Magpie ShrikeUrolestes melanoleucusResidentCommon35–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jan
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.34% in Jan
Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourusResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jan
SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentariusResidentUncommon112–150 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jan
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.31% in Jan
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.30% in Jan
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.29% in Jan
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentUncommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jan
African JacanaActophilornis africanusResidentUncommon23–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jan
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentUncommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.25% in Jan
Red-and-yellow BarbetTrachyphonus erythrocephalusResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jan
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.23% in Jan
Purple GrenadierGranatina ianthinogasterResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
White-bellied BustardEupodotis senegalensisResidentUncommon48–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Jan
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.21% in Jan
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.21% in Jan
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensisResidentUncommon75–115 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jan
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.18% in Jan
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Jan
African Pygmy-falconPolihierax semitorquatusResidentUncommon19–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.13% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Jan
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.13% in Jan
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.12% in Jan
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.12% in Jan
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Jan
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jan
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Jan
Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatusResidentUncommon80–99 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jan
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Jan
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicusResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.07% in Jan
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Jan
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Jan
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.06% in Jan
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.06% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Jan
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorusResidentUncommon44–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.05% in Jan
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentRare34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jan
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Jan
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Jan
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Jan
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.03% in Jan
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorRare52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixResidentUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.02% in Jan
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
Little WeaverPloceus luteolusSummer visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantRare50–60 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorRare24–28 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantRare29–31 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Jan
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.01% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorRare25–27 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
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