Birds of Arusha National Park: Birding is a top safari activity in most national parks in East Africa and this is the main reason why sightseers travel from far and near to come to East Africa to carry out birding safaris and one of the best birding destinations in Arusha National Park is located in the Northeastern region of Tanzania.
Arusha national park is a small national park but known for its thousands of attractions such as; cape buffalos, zebras, leopards, warthogs, giraffes, kirk’s dik dik, shy red duikers and primate species like; blue monkeys, black and white colobus monkeys and many others.
Birds of Arusha National Park: It also harbours a large population of about 400 bird species, which include the following;
STRUTHIONIFORMES: Struthionidae
Common Ostrich
ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae
White-faced Whistling Duck
Fulvous Whistling Duck
Maccoa Duck
Egyptian Goose
Southern Pochard
Tufted Duck
Garganey
Hottentot Teal
Northern Shoveler
African Black Duck
Yellow-billed Duck
Cape Teal
Red-billed Teal
Northern Pintail
Common Teal
White-backed Duck
Spur-winged Goose
Comb Duck
GALLIFORMES: Numididae
Helmeted Guineafowl
Vulturine Guineafowl
Crested Guineafowl
GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae
Common Quail
Hildebrandt’s Francolin
Scaly Francolin
Yellow-necked Spurfowl
Grey-breasted Spurfowl
Red-necked Spurfowl
Crested Francolin
Coqui Francolin
Shelley’s Francolin
PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Phoenicopteridae
Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo
PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Podicipedidae
Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Black-necked Grebe
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae
Speckled Pigeon
African Olive Pigeon
Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon
Lemon Dove
Dusky Turtle Dove
Mourning Collared Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
African Green Pigeon
Emerald-spotted Wood Dove
Blue-spotted Wood Dove
Tambourine Dove
Namaqua Dove
PTEROCLIFORMES: Pteroclidae
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
Black-faced Sandgrouse
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae
European Nightjar
Sombre Nightjar
Montane Nightjar
Slender-tailed Nightjar
Mozambique Nightjar
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Apodidae
Mottled Spinetailed Swift
Scarce Swift
African Palm Swift
Alpine Swift
Mottled Swift
White-rumped Swift
Horus Swift
Little Swift
Nyanza Swift
African Swift
Common Swift
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae
White-browed Coucal
African Black Coucal
Yellowbill
Jacobin Cuckoo
Levaillant’s Cuckoo
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Klaas’s Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Diederick Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
African Cuckoo
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae
African Rail
Corncrake
Black Crake
Purple Swamphen
Allen’s Gallinule
Common Moorhen
Lesser Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
GRUIFORMES: Sarothruridae
Red-chested Flufftail
GRUIFORMES: Gruidae
Grey Crowned Crane
OTIDIFORMES: Otididae
Black-bellied Bustard
Hartlaub’s Bustard
Kori Bustard
Buff-crested Bustard
White-bellied Bustard
MUSOPHAGIFORMES: Musophagidae
White-bellied Go-away-bird
Bare-faced Go-away-bird
Purple-crested Turaco
Schalow’s Turaco
Hartlaub’s Turaco
PELECANIFORMES: Ciconiidae
Marabou
Yellow-billed Stork
African Openbill
Black Stork
Abdim’s Stork
Woolly-necked Stork
European White Stork
Saddle-bill Stork
PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae
Great White Pelican
Pink-backed Pelican
PELECANIFORMES: Scopidae
Hamerkop
PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae
Little Bittern
Dwarf Bittern
White-backed Night Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Striated Heron
Squacco Heron
Madagascar Pond Heron
Cattle Egret
Grey Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
Purple Heron
Great Egret
Intermediate Egret
Black Heron
Little Egret
PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae
African Sacred Ibis
African Spoonbill
Hadada Ibis
Glossy Ibis
PELECANIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae
Long-tailed Cormorant
Great Cormorant
PELECANIFORMES: Anhingidae
African Darter
CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae
Water Thick-knee
Spotted Thick-knee
CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae
Pied Avocet
Black-winged Stilt
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae
Grey Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Kittlitz’s Plover
Three-banded Plover
Chestnut-banded Plover
Lesser Sand Plover
Greater Sand Plover
Long-toed Lapwing
Blacksmith Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Senegal Lapwing
Black-winged Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
African Wattled Lapwing
CHARADRIIFORMES: Rostratulidae
Greater Painted-snipe
CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae
African Jacana
Lesser Jacana
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae
Whimbrel
Eurasian Curlew
Black-tailed Godwit
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck’s Stint
Little Stint
African Snipe
Common Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Common Redshank
Wood Sandpiper
Marsh Sandpiper
CHARADRIIFORMES: Turnicidae
Common Buttonquail
CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae
Double-banded Courser
Temminck’s Courser
Collared Pratincole
CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae
African Skimmer
Black-headed Gull
Gray-hooded Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Gull-billed Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Sagittariidae
Secretary-bird
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae
Osprey
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae
Black-winged Kite
European Honey Buzzard
Oriental Honey Buzzard
African Cuckoo Hawk
African Harrier Hawk
Palm-nut Vulture
Bearded Vulture
Egyptian Vulture
Bateleur
Short-toed Eagle
Black-chested Snake Eagle
Brown Snake Eagle
Western Banded Snake Eagle
White-headed Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Rüppell’s Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Bat Hawk
Crowned Eagle
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Verreaux’s Eagle
African Hawk Eagle
Wahlberg’s Eagle
Booted Eagle
Ayres’s Eagle
Lizard Buzzard
Dark Chanting Goshawk
Eastern Chanting Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
Western Marsh Harrier
African Marsh Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu’s Harrier
African Goshawk
Shikra
Little Sparrowhawk
Ovambo Sparrowhawk
Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk
Black Sparrowhawk
African Fish Eagle
Black Kite
Grasshopper Buzzard
Augur Buzzard
Eurasian Buzzard
Mountain Buzzard
STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae
Common Barn Owl
STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae
Pearl-spotted Owlet
Marsh Owl
African Wood Owl
Spotted Eagle Owl
Verreaux’s Eagle Owl
COLIIFORMES: Coliidae
Speckled Mousebird
White-headed Mousebird
Blue-naped Mousebird
TROGONIFORMES: Trogonidae
Narina’s Trogon
Bar-tailed Trogon
BUCEROTIFORMES: Bucerotidae
Southern Ground Hornbill
Crowned Hornbill
African Grey Hornbill
Red-billed Hornbill
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Von der Decken’s Hornbill
Trumpeter Hornbill
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill
BUCEROTIFORMES: Upupidae
Common Hoopoe
BUCEROTIFORMES: Phoeniculidae
Green Wood-hoopoe
White-headed Wood-hoopoe
Common Scimitarbill
Abyssinian Scimitarbill
PICIFORMES: Indicatoridae
Green-backed Honeybird
Wahlberg’s Honeybird
Pallid Honeyguide
Lesser Honeyguide
Scaly-throated Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
PICIFORMES: Picidae
Nubian Woodpecker
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
Bearded Woodpecker
Grey Woodpecker
Olive Woodpecker
PICIFORMES: Ramphastidae
Red-and-yellow Barbet
D’Arnaud’s Barbet
White-eared Barbet
Moustached Green Tinkerbird
Red-fronted Tinkerbird
Red-fronted Barbet
Spot-flanked Barbet
Black-throated Barbet
White-headed Barbet
Brown-breasted Barbet
CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae
White-fronted Bee-eater
White-throated Bee-eater
Olive Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
European Bee-eater
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
Little Bee-eater
CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae
Rufous-crowned Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
European Roller
Broad-billed Roller
CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae
African Pygmy Kingfisher
African Malachite Kingfisher
Half-collared Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Grey-headed Kingfisher
Brown-hooded Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae
African Pygmy Falcon
Lesser Kestrel
Common Kestrel
Greater Kestrel
Grey Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
Amur Falcon
Sooty Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
African Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae
Red-fronted Parrot
Brown Parrot
Red-bellied Parrot
PSITTACIFORMES: Psittaculidae
Fischer’s Lovebird
Yellow-collared Lovebird
PASSERIFORMES: Calyptomenidae
African Broadbill
PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae
Grey Cuckooshrike
Black Cuckooshrike
Purple-throated Cuckooshrike
PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae
Eastern Black-headed Oriole
Eurasian Golden Oriole
African Golden Oriole
PASSERIFORMES: Platysteiridae
Forest Batis
Chinspot Batis
Pygmy Batis
Brown-throated Wattle-eye
Black-throated Wattle-eye
PASSERIFORMES: Vangidae
White-crested Helmet-shrike
Retz’s Helmet-shrike
PASSERIFORMES: Malaconotidae
Grey-headed Bush-shrike
Black-backed Puffback
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brubru
Black-fronted Bush-shrike
Orange-breasted Bush-shrike
Slate-coloured Boubou
Tropical Boubou
Rosy-patched Bush-shrike
PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae
Fork-tailed Drongo
PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae
Magpie Shrike
White-rumped Shrike
Red-backed Shrike
Turkestan Shrike
Isabelline Shrike
Lesser Grey Shrike
Grey-backed Fiscal
Long-tailed Fiscal
Taita Fiscal
Northern Fiscal
PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae
Cape Crow
White-necked Raven
Pied Crow
PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae
Blue-mantled Paradise-flycatcher
African Paradise-flycatcher
PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird
Collared Sunbird
Green-headed Sunbird
Olive Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Tacazze Sunbird
Bronzy Sunbird
Malachite Sunbird
Scarlet-tufted Sunbird
Golden-winged Sunbird
Eastern Double-collared Sunbird
Beautiful Sunbird
Mariqua Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae
Red-billed Buffalo Weaver
White-headed Buffalo Weaver
White-browed Sparrow Weaver
Rufous-tailed Weaver
Speckle-fronted Weaver
Grey-headed Social Weaver
Grosbeak Weaver
Cardinal Quelea
Red-billed Quelea
Yellow-crowned Bishop
Black Bishop
Red-collared Widowbird
Black-winged Bishop
Southern Red Bishop
Yellow Bishop
Yellow-mantled Widowbird
Fan-tailed Widowbird
White-winged Widowbird
Jackson’s Widowbird
Baglafecht Weaver
Little Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
Black-necked Weaver
African Golden Weaver
Holub’s Weaver
Taveta Weaver
Lesser Masked Weaver
Vitelline Masked Weaver
Speke’s Weaver
Village Weaver
Golden-backed Weaver
Chestnut Weaver
Red-headed Weaver
PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae
Red-billed Firefinch
Jameson’s Firefinch
African Firefinch
Green-winged Pytilia
Peters’s Twinspot
Purple Grenadier
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu
Blue-capped Cordon-bleu
Crimson-rumped Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Black-faced Waxbill
Green-backed Twinspot
Red-faced Crimson-wing
Ethiopian Crimson-wing
Yellow-bellied Waxbill
Grey-headed Negrofinch
Cut-throat Finch
African Quailfinch
Zebra Waxbill
Bronze Mannikin
Black-and-white Mannikin
Grey-headed Silverbill
African Silverbill
PASSERIFORMES: Viduidae
Pin-tailed Whydah
Eastern Paradise Whydah
Steel-blue Whydah
Straw-tailed Whydah
Dusky Indigobird
Village Indigobird
Parasitic Weaver
PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae
House Sparrow
Kordofan Sparrow
Northern Grey-headed Sparrow
Chestnut Sparrow
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow
PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae
Bushveld Pipit
Tree Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
Striped Pipit
Richard’s Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
African Pipit
Long-billed Pipit
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Pangani Longclaw
Rosy-breasted Longclaw
Golden Pipit
Mountain Wagtail
Yellow Wagtail
African Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
White Wagtail
PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae
Oriole Finch
Southern Citril
Reichenow’s Canary
Yellow-fronted Canary
Southern Grosbeak Canary
White-bellied Canary
Brimstone Canary
Streaky Canary
Thick-billed Canary
Yellow-crowned Canary
PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae
Golden-breasted Bunting
Somali Bunting
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
PASSERIFORMES: Stenostiridae
Blue-and-white Crested-flycatcher
PASSERIFORMES: Paridae
White-bellied Tit
Red-throated Tit
PASSERIFORMES: Remizidae
Mouse-coloured Penduline Tit
Grey Penduline Tit
PASSERIFORMES: Nicatoridae
Eastern Nicator
PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae
Fischer’s Sparrow Lark
Fawn-coloured Lark
Rufous-naped Lark
Red-winged Lark
Flappet Lark
White-tailed Lark
Singing Bush Lark
Somali Short-toed Lark
Red-capped Lark
Short-tailed Lark
PASSERIFORMES: Macrosphenidae
Northern Crombec
Red-faced Crombec
Moustached Grass Warbler
PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae
Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Bar-throated Apalis
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Black-headed Apalis
Grey Apalis
Buff-bellied Warbler
Grey Wren Warbler
Grey-backed Camaroptera
Grey-capped Warbler
Red-faced Cisticola
Singing Cisticola
Trilling Cisticola
Hunter’s Cisticola
Rattling Cisticola
Ashy Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Stout Cisticola
Croaking Cisticola
Tiny Cisticola
Short-winged Cisticola
Long-tailed Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Pectoral-patch Cisticola
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Red-faced Prinia
PASSERIFORMES: Locustellidae
Fan-tailed Grassbird
Little Rush Warbler
Evergreen-forest Warbler
Bracken Warbler
PASSERIFORMES: Acrocephalidae
Olivaceous Warbler
Dark-capped Yellow Warbler
Mountain Yellow Warbler
Olive-tree Warbler
Icterine Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Marsh Warbler
Common Reed Warbler
Lesser Swamp Warbler
Great Reed Warbler
PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae
Grey-rumped Swallow
White-headed Saw-wing
Black Saw-wing
Northern House Martin
Lesser Striped Swallow
Mosque Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Barn Swallow
Rock Martin
Banded Martin
Plain Martin
Sand Martin
PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae
Sombre Greenbul
Yellow-bellied Greenbul
Stripe-cheeked Greenbul
Eastern Mountain Greenbul
Little Greenbul
Northern Brownbul
Grey-olive Greenbul
Cabanis’s Greenbul
Yellow-streaked Greenbul
Common Bulbul
PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopidae
Willow Warbler
Brown Woodland Warbler
PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae
Eurasian Blackcap
Garden Warbler
African Hill Babbler
Banded Parisoma
Brown Parisoma
Common Whitethroat
PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae
Abyssinian White-eye
African Yellow White-eye
Broad-ringed White-eye
PASSERIFORMES: Leiothrichidae
Rufous Chatterer
Black-lored Babbler
Arrow-marked Babbler
Northern Pied Babbler
PASSERIFORMES: Buphagidae
Red-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae
Wattled Starling
Red-winged Starling
Waller’s Starling
Sharpe’s Starling
Kenrick’s Starling
Abbott’s Starling
Hildebrandt’s Starling
Rüppell’s Glossy Starling
Ashy Starling
Superb Starling
Fischer’s Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Amethyst Starling
PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae
White-browed Scrub Robin
Spotted Flycatcher
Ashy Flycatcher
African Dusky Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
African Grey Flycatcher
White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher
Southern Black Flycatcher
Silverbird
Cape Robin Chat
White-browed Robin Chat
Rüppell’s Robin Chat
Red-capped Robin Chat
White-starred Robin
Collared Palm Thrush
Spotted Palm Thrush
Thrush Nightingale
Common Nightingale
Little Rock Thrush
Common Rock Thrush
Whinchat
African Stonechat
Moorland Chat
Northern Anteater Chat
Northern Wheatear
Capped Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Pied Wheatear
Familiar Chat
Abyssinian Wheatear
Mocking Cliff Chat
PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae
Ethiopian Thrush
Bare-eyed Thrush
This concludes the list of birds of Arusha National Park
