Tanzania safari 2007 - birds
 

 

Some birds seen in Northern Tanzania in November 2007

Even with my own personal safari guide, birds were not a priority. Every time I spotted something interesting, I had politely to ask the driver to stop. The guide was apparently not accustomed to guests interersted in feathered creatures, and did not stop for any birds except ostriches.

Several of the poor-quality photos shown here were merely posted for my own sake, to remember the bird diversity in the region and which species I managed to get photos of. I had a Nikon D70 camera with a 300 mm lens. The camera broke when going to Tarangire, so I missed many photo opportunities the last days. On later safari trips I always brought 2 camera bodies, and recommend everyone to do the same.

 

  
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Hooded Vulture, Serengeti NP

  

Black Kite, Ngorongoro Conservation Area

 

Kori Bustard, Ngorongoro Conservation Area

  

Crowned Lapwing, Tarangire NP
 

Black-bellied Bustard, Serengeti NP

  

White-bellied Bustard, Serengeti NP
 

Hamerkop, Tarangire NP

  

Speckled Pigeon, Manyara
 

Von der Decken's Hornbill, male, Tarangire NP
  

Von der Decken's Hornbill, female, Tarangire NP
 

Yellow-billed Stork, Lake Manyara NP

  

Ostrich pair, Serengeti NP
 

Southern Ground Hornbill, Serengeti NP

  

Grey Crowned Crane, Ngorongoro Conservation Area
 

African Fish Eagle, Lake Manyara NP

  

Grey-headed Kingfisher, Lake Manyara NP
 

African White-backed Vulture, Serengeti NP

  

Many species in one tree: Lappet-faced Vulture, Rueppell's Griffon Vulture, African White-backed Vulture, Hooded Vulture and Tawny Eagle, Tarangire NP
 

African Open-billed Stork, Tarangire NP

  

Black-headed Heron and Sacred Ibis, Serengeti NP
 

Bateleur Eagle, Tarangire NP

  

Yellow-billed Oxpecker, Serengeti NP
 

Saddel-billed Stork, Ngorongoro Conservation Area

  

Secretary Bird, Ngorongoro Crater
 

White-bellied Go-away-bird, Tarangire NP

  


Red and Yellow Barbet, Tarangire NP
 

Lake Natron

  

Lake Natron
 

Lesser Flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor), Lake Magadi, Ngorongoro Conservation Area

 

  

Lake Natron is the main breeding area for the Lesser Flamingo. An impressive 1.5-2.5 million Lesser Flamingo (Near Threatened) depend on this single lake during the breeding season – that’s 75% of the world’s population
 

Black-winged Stilt, Serengeti NP

  

Black-winged Stilt, Serengeti NP
 

Little Stint, Serengeti NP

  

Little Stint, Serengeti NP
 

Red-billed Teal, Serengeti NP

  

Black-chested Snake Eagle, Serengeti NP
 

Fishers Lovebird, Lake Manyara NP

  

Magpie Shrike, Serengeti NP
 

Superb Starling, Serengeti NP

  

Red-cheeked Cordonbleu, Serengeti NP
       
 

Black-winged Kite, Serengeti NP

  

Rufous-tailed Weaver, Ngorongoro Crater

 

Glossy Ibis, Ngorongoro Conservation Area

  

Long-tailed Cormorant, Ngorongoro Conservation Area
 

Speke's Weaver, Ngorongoro Conservation Area

  

Common Moorhen, Ngorongoro Conservation Area
 

Hadada Ibis, Serengeti NP

  

Helmeted Guineafowl, Ngorongoro Conservation Area
 

Southern Fiscal, Serengeti NP

  

Yellow-throated Sandgrouse, Serengeti NP
 

Thought this might be a Steppe Eagle due to the gape, but it could be just another Tawny Eagle, Serengeti NP

  

White-headed Buffalo Weaver, Tarangire NP
 

Lilac-breasted Roller, Tarangire NP

  

Yellow-necked Spurfowl, Tarangire NP
 

Red-billed Hornbill, Tarangire NP

  

Probably a sleeping Tawny Eagle, Tarangire NP
 

Water Thick-knee, Tarangire NP

  

Green Sandpiper, Tarangire NP
 

House Crow

  

Egyptian Goose, Ngorongoro Conservation Area
 

Wire-tailed Swallow, Lake Eyasi

  

Silvery-cheecked Hornbill, Lake Manyara NP
       
 

Great White Pelican, Lake Manyara NP

  

Yellow-billed Stork and Great White Pelican, Lake Manyara NP
 

Red-billed Firefinch

  

Malachite Kingfisher
 

Hildebrant's Starling, Tarangire NP

  

Marabou Stork, Manyara
 

Ashy Starling, Tarangire NP

  

Little Bee-eater, Lake Manyara NP
 

African Wattled Lapwing, Serengeti NP

  

White-browed Coucal, Tarangire NP
 

Northern White-crowned Shrike, Serengeti NP

  

Black-crowned Night-heron, Ngorongoro Conservation Area

 
       
       
       
  Number Species Latin name 
  1 African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer
  2 African Grey Hornbill Tockus nasutus
  3 African Hawk-eagle Aquila (Hieraaetus) spilogaster
  4 African Hoopoe Upupa africana
  5 African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
  6 African Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
  7 African Open-billed Stork Anastomus lamelligerus
  8 African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
  9 African Spoonbill Platalea alba
  10 African Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
  11 African White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
  12 Amur fFalcon Falco amurensis
  13 Ashy Starling Lamprotornis unicolor
  14 Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
  15 Bare-faced Go-away-bird Corythaixoides personatus
  16 Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
  17 Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
  18 Black Egret Egretta ardesiaca
  19 Black Kite Milvus migrans
  20 Black Stork Ciconia nigra
  21 Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
  22 Black-chested Snake-eagle Circaetus pectoralis
  23 Black-crowned Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax
  24 Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus
  25 Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
  26 Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
  27 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
  28 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
  29 Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
  30 Blue-capped Cordonblue Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
  31 Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus
  32 Brown Snake-eagle Circaetus cinereus
  33 Cape Crow Corvus capensis
  34 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
  35 Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
  36 Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
  37 Common Fiscal Lanius collaris
  38 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
  39 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
  40 Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
  41 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
  42 Coqui francolin Peliperdix coqui
  43 Crested francolin Dendroperdix sephaena
  44 Crowned lapwing Vanellus coronatus
  45 Dark-chanting goshawk Melierax metabates
  46 Egyptian goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
  47 Emerald-spotted wood-dove Turtur chalcospilos
  48 Fisher's lovebird Agapornis fischeri
  49 Fork-tailed drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
  50 Glossy ibis Plegadis falcinellus
  51 Great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
  52 Great egret Ardea alba
  53 Great white pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
  54 Greater blue-eared starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
  55 Greater flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
  56 Green wood-hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
  57 Grey heron Ardea cinerea
  58 Grey-crested helmet-shrike Prionops poliolophus
  59 Grey-crowned crane Balearica regulorum
  60 Grey-headed gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
  61 Hadada ibis Bostrychia hagedash
  62 Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
  63 Helmeted guineafowl Numida meleagris
  64 Hildebrandt's starling Lamprotornis hildebrandti
  65 Hooded vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
  66 House crow Corvus splendens
  67 Kori bustard Ardeotis kori
  68 Lappet-faceed vulture Torgos tracheliotos
  69 Lesser black-backed gull Larus fuscus
  70 Lesser flamingo Phoeniconaias minor
  71 Lilac-breasted roller Coracias caudatus
  72 Little bee-eater Merops pusillus
  73 Little egret Egretta garzetta
  74 Little stint Calidris minuta
  75 Long-tailed cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus
  76 Magpie shrike Urolestes melanoleucus
  77 Marabou stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
  78 Montagu's harrier Circus pygargus
  79 Northern House Martin Delichon urbicum
  80 Northern white-crowned shrike Eurocephalus rueppelli
  81 Pied crow Corvus albus
  82 Red and yellow barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
  83 Red-billed firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
  84 Red-billed hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
  85 Red-billed teal Anas erythrorhyncha
  86 Red-cheeked cordon-blue Uraeginthus bengalus
  87 Red-knobbed coot Fulica cristata
  88 Ring-necked dove Streptopelia capicola
  89 Rufous sparrow Passer rufocinctus
  90 Rufous-tailed weaver Histurgops ruficauda
  91 Ruppell's griffon vulture Gyps rueppelli
  92 Saddle-billed stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
  93 Secretary bird Sagittarius serpentarius
  94 Silvery-cheeked hornbill Bycanistes brevis
  95 Southern ground-hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
  96 Speckled pigeon Columba guinea
  97 Specled mousebird Colius striatus
  98 Speke's weaver Ploceus spekei
  99 Spotted morning trush Cichladusa guttata
  100 Spotted thick-knee Burhinus capensis
  101 Steppe eagle Aquila nipalensis
  102 Striated heron Butorides striata
  103 Superb starling Lamprotornis superbus
  104 Swahili sparrow Passer suahelicus
  105 Tawny eagle Aquila rapax
  106 Vitelline masked weaver Ploceus vitellinus
  107 Von der Decken's hornbill Tockus deckeni
  108 Water thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
  109 Whiskered tern Chlidonias hybrida
  110 White-bellied bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
  111 White-bellied go-away-bird? Criniferoides leucogaster
  112 White-browed coucal Centropus superciliosus
  113 White-headed buffalo weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
  114 White-headed vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
  115 Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
  116 Wood sandpiper Tringa glareola
  117 Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
  118 Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
  119 Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
  120 Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus