eBird Field Checklist
Serengeti NP--Simba Kopjes
, Shinyanga, TZ
ebird.org/hotspot/L16295835
281 species (+4 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Ostriches
Common Ostrich
Waterfowl
Egyptian Goose
Spur-winged Goose
Cape Teal
Red-billed Duck
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Coqui Francolin
Harlequin Quail
Hildebrandt's Spurfowl
Yellow-necked Spurfowl
Gray-breasted Spurfowl
Red-necked Spurfowl
Flamingos
Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo
Grebes
Little Grebe
Eared Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Speckled Pigeon
Dusky Turtle-Dove
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Namaqua Dove
African Green-Pigeon
Sandgrouse
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
Bustards
Kori Bustard
White-bellied Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard
Hartlaub's Bustard
Turacos
Schalow's Turaco
Bare-faced Go-away-bird
Cuckoos
White-browed Coucal
Black Coucal
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
African Cuckoo
African/Common Cuckoo
Swifts
Common Swift
Little Swift
Horus Swift
White-rumped Swift
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Eurasian Moorhen
Black Crake
Cranes
Gray Crowned-Crane
Shorebirds
Spotted Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Three-banded Plover
Blacksmith Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Senegal Lapwing
Black-winged Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Caspian Plover
Kittlitz's Plover
Chestnut-banded Plover
African Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Little Stint
Double-banded Courser
Temminck's Courser
Collared Pratincole
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Gull-billed Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
Storks
African Openbill
Abdim's Stork
African Woolly-necked Stork
White Stork
Saddle-billed Stork
Marabou Stork
Shoebill and Hammerkop
Hamerkop
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Black-crowned Night Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Gray Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
African Sacred Ibis
African Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Secretarybird
Black-winged Kite
White-headed Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Rüppell's Griffon
White-backed Vulture/Rüppell's Griffon
Bateleur
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Crowned Eagle
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Wahlberg's Eagle
Booted Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
African Marsh Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu's Harrier
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Augur Buzzard
eagle sp.
Owls
African Grass-Owl
African Scops-Owl
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
Mousebirds
Speckled Mousebird
Blue-naped Mousebird
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills
Green Woodhoopoe
Hornbills
African Gray Hornbill
Von der Decken's Hornbill
Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill
Trumpeter Hornbill
Kingfishers
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Little Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
European Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
Rufous-crowned Roller
Barbets and Toucans
Red-and-yellow Barbet
D'Arnaud's Barbet
White-eared Barbet
Red-fronted Tinkerbird
Red-fronted Barbet
White-headed Barbet
Woodpeckers
Bearded Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
African Gray Woodpecker
Mountain Gray Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras
Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Greater Kestrel
Gray Kestrel
African Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Fischer's Lovebird
Meyer's Parrot
Cuckooshrikes
Black Cuckooshrike
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
Gray-crested Helmetshrike
Bushshrikes and Allies
Brubru
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Tropical Boubou
Slate-colored Boubou
Drongos
Fork-tailed Drongo
Shrikes
Red-backed Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Gray-backed Fiscal
Long-tailed Fiscal
Magpie Shrike
Taita Fiscal
Northern Fiscal
Southern Fiscal
White-rumped Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
House Crow
Cape Crow
Pied Crow
White-necked Raven
Larks
Fischer's Sparrow-Lark
Rufous-naped Lark
Flappet Lark
White-tailed Lark
Red-capped Lark
Short-tailed Lark
lark sp.
Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies
Red-faced Crombec
Cisticolas and Allies
Green-backed Camaroptera
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Hunter's Cisticola
Rattling Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Croaking Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Desert Cisticola
Pectoral-patch Cisticola
Martins and Swallows
Banded Martin
Plain Martin
Bank Swallow
Rock Martin
Barn Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Bulbuls
Eastern Mountain Greenbul
Common Bulbul
Sylviid Warblers
Banded Parisoma
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Northern Yellow White-eye
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Arrow-marked Babbler
Black-lored Babbler
Oxpeckers
Red-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Starlings and Mynas
Wattled Starling
Red-winged Starling
Hildebrandt's Starling
Rüppell's Starling
Ashy Starling
Superb Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Thrushes
African Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
African Dusky Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
African Gray Flycatcher
Silverbird
Red-backed Scrub-Robin
Cape Robin-Chat
Rüppell's Robin-Chat
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush
Whinchat
African Stonechat
Sooty Chat
Northern Anteater-Chat
Northern Wheatear
Capped Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Tacazze Sunbird
Bronze Sunbird
Golden-winged Sunbird
Eastern Double-collared Sunbird
Beautiful Sunbird
Red-chested Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
Weavers and Allies
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver
Speckle-fronted Weaver
Rufous-tailed Weaver
Gray-headed Social-Weaver
Red-headed Weaver
Baglafecht Weaver
Vitelline Masked-Weaver
Speke's Weaver
Southern Red Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Yellow-mantled Widowbird
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Grosbeak Weaver
Estrildids
Gray-headed Silverbill
Black-and-white Mannikin
Crimson-rumped Waxbill
Quailfinch
Purple Grenadier
Southern Cordonbleu
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Blue-capped Cordonbleu
Indigobirds and Whydahs
Pin-tailed Whydah
Steel-blue Whydah
Straw-tailed Whydah
Village Indigobird
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Kenya Rufous Sparrow
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
Swahili Sparrow
Chestnut Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
African Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Pangani Longclaw
Rosy-throated Longclaw
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Yellow-fronted Canary
Reichenow's Seedeater
White-bellied Canary
Streaky Seedeater
Yellow-crowned Canary
Old World Buntings
Golden-breasted Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting