Birds to See in Tanzania in November
98 bird species on our list for Tanzania are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Barn Swallow, Fork-tailed Drongo, Helmeted Guineafowl, Pied Crow and Egyptian Goose. New this month: Red-backed Shrike, Blackcap, Whitethroat and Nightingale and 3 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
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 98 birds in November
98 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.79% in Nov
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Nov
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentCommon53–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Nov
Pied CrowCorvus albusResidentCommon46–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Nov
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentCommon63–73 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Nov
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.49% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Nov
Lesser Striped SwallowCecropis abyssinicaResidentCommon15–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Nov
Common OstrichStruthio camelusResidentCommon210–275 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Nov
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.41% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Nov
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.38% in Nov
Magpie ShrikeUrolestes melanoleucusResidentCommon35–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Nov
Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourusResidentUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Nov
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.32% in Nov
African JacanaActophilornis africanusResidentUncommon23–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentUncommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Nov
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.28% in Nov
Purple GrenadierGranatina ianthinogasterResidentUncommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentariusResidentUncommon112–150 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.25% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
White-bellied BustardEupodotis senegalensisResidentUncommon48–61 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.23% in Nov
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusResidentUncommon120–145 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentUncommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.21% in Nov
Red-and-yellow BarbetTrachyphonus erythrocephalusResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.21% in Nov
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.19% in Nov
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorUncommon51–57 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Nov
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
Spur-winged GoosePlectropterus gambensisResidentUncommon75–115 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloidesResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.15% in Nov
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.14% in Nov
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Lanner FalconFalco biarmicusResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
African Pygmy-falconPolihierax semitorquatusResidentUncommon19–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Nov
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorUncommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Nov
Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatusResidentUncommon80–99 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.09% in Nov
Montagu's HarrierCircus pygargusSummer visitorUncommon43–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Nov
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.08% in Nov
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.08% in Nov
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Nov
BlackcapSylvia atricapillaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Nov
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentUncommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Alpine SwiftTachymarptis melbaResidentUncommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorusResidentUncommon44–52 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorUncommon48–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
European Honey-buzzardPernis apivorusSummer visitorRare52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorResidentUncommon45–53 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Barn OwlTyto albaResidentUncommon33–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentUncommon54–58 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorRare25–27 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.03% in Nov
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.03% in Nov
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusResidentUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentRare34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Marsh WarblerAcrocephalus palustrisSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.02% in Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusSummer visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.01% in Nov
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Garden WarblerSylvia borinSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisSummer visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixResidentUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.01% in Nov
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorRare24–28 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Little WeaverPloceus luteolusSummer visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantRare29–31 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusPassage migrantRare40–45 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusPassage migrantRare38–44 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.00% in Nov
Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterusPassage migrantRare55–65 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
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