Birds in Tanzania
110 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Tanzania has 110 bird species recorded regularly there: 45 residents, 47 summer visitors, 12 passage migrants and 6 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 1.2 million birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.
Birds to see in Tanzania in September
75 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.
Pied Crow
Resident
Fork-tailed Drongo
Resident
Egyptian Goose
Resident
Helmeted Guineafowl
Resident
Grey Heron
Resident
House Sparrow
Resident
Cattle Egret
Resident
Common Sandpiper
Summer visitor
Arriving in September: European Bee-eater, Willow Warbler, Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, House Martin, Whinchat, Cuckoo, Booted Eagle and 5 more.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Tanzania each month: most in February (98), fewest in June (50). Choose a month to see its birds.
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Showing 47–69 of 110 species
Crowned Eagle
Stephanoaetus coronatusNT
Recorded all year
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Golden Oriole
Oriolus oriolusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly Sep–May
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Lanner Falcon
Falco biarmicusLC
Recorded all year
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Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Aug–Jun
Whinchat
Saxicola rubetraLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
Monticola saxatilisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Blackcap
Sylvia atricapillaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Whitethroat
Curruca communisLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
African Marsh Harrier
Circus ranivorusLC
Recorded all year
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna bicolorLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Recorded all year
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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