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Overview
Although most famous for its mammals the Serengeti is also one of the best birding areas in East rica with more than 520 species recorded. The park covers more than 14,700km2 and adjoins Kenya's Masai Mara to the north. The main habitat in the park is open grassy plains with large rocky outcrops but there are also large areas of wooded savanna, scrub and riverine woodland.
Birds
Notable Species
Three Tanzanian endemics can be seen in the park: Grey-breasted Spurfowl, Fischer's Lovebird and Rufous-tailed Weaver as well as localised species such as Usambiro Barbet, Red-throated Tit and Somali Short-toed Lark. Other plains specialities include Black-winged Lapwing, Yellow-throated Sandgrouse and Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse, White-bellied Bustard and other bustards, Abyssinian Scimitarbill and both oxpeckers. Saddle-billed Stork, Hadada Ibis and Sacred Ibis, Goliath Heron and Black-headed Heron and various ducks and kingfishers are among the many birds attracted to the rivers and pools. Raptors are numerous and around 50 species with Secretary Bird, Bateleur, Tawny Eagle and Martial Eagle among the most frequently seen.
Check-list
Birds you can see here include:
Ostrich, Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Black-necked Grebe, Pink-backed Pelican, Great Cormorant, African Darter, Dwarf Bittern, Grey Heron, Goliath Heron, Black-headed Heron, Purple Heron, Squacco Heron, Madagascar Squacco Heron, Cattle Egret, Green-backed Heron, Great White Egret, Black Heron, Intermediate Egret, Black-crowned Night Heron, African Open-bill Stork, Abdim's Stork, White Stork, Saddle-billed Stork, Marabou Stork, Yellow-billed Stork, Hadada Ibis, Glossy Ibis, Sacred Ibis, African Spoonbill, Lesser Flamingo, Greater Flamingo, Fulvous Whistling Duck, White-faced Whistling-Duck, Egyptian Goose, Northern Pintail, Cape Wigeon, Northern Shoveler, Common Teal, Red-billed Teal, Hottentot Teal, Eurasian Wigeon, Garganey, African Black Duck, Yellow-billed Duck, Southern Pochard, African Pygmy-Goose, Maccoa Duck, Spur-winged Goose, Knob-billed Duck, Secretary Bird, African White-backed Vulture, Ruppell's Vulture, Hooded Vulture, Egyptian Vulture, Lappet-faced Vulture, White-headed Vulture, Lammergeier, Eurasian Marsh Harrier, African Marsh Harrier, Pallid Harrier, Montagu's Harrier, African Harrier Hawk, Brown Snake Eagle, Short-toed Eagle, Bateleur Eagle, Shikra, Ovampo Sparrowhawk, Great Sparrowhawk, Little Sparrowhawk, Greater Spotted Eagle, Lesser Spotted Eagle, Eastern Imperial Eagle, Tawny Eagle, Verreaux's Eagle, Wahlberg's Eagle, Augur Buzzard, Common Buzzard, Ayre's Hawk Eagle, African Hawk Eagle, Lizard Buzzard, Long-crested Eagle, Gabar Goshawk, Dark Chanting-Goshawk, Pale Chanting-Goshawk, Martial Eagle, Crowned Eagle, African Fish-Eagle, Black Kite, African Cuckoo-Hawk, Black-shouldered Kite, Bat Hawk, Osprey, Fox Kestrel, Amur Falcon, Grey Kestrel, Lanner Falcon, Red-necked Falcon, Dickinson's Kestrel, Eleonora's Falcon, Lesser Kestrel, Peregrine Falcon, Greater Kestrel, African Hobby, Northern Hobby, Common Kestrel, African Pygmy Falcon, Common Quail, Harlequin Quail, Red-necked Spurfowl, Coqui Francolin, Hildebrandt's Francolin, Yellow-necked Spurfowl, Red-winged Francolin, Grey-breasted Francolin, Crested Francolin, Shelley's Francolin, Scaly Francolin, Crested Guineafowl, Helmeted Guineafowl, Little Buttonquail, Crowned Crane, African Crake, Lesser Moorhen, Common Moorhen, African Black Crake, Allen's Gallinule, Purple Swamphen, Crested Coot, Black-bellied Bustard, Buff-crested Bustard, White-bellied Bustard, Denham's Bustard, Kori Bustard, African Jacana, Greater Painted Snipe, Black-winged Stilt, Pied Avocet, Spotted Thick-knee, Stone-curlew, Water Thick-knee, Temminck's Courser, Two-banded Courser, Violet-tipped Courser, Heuglin's Courser, Collared Pratincole, Little Ringed Plover, Ringed Plover, Lesser Sand Plover, Chestnut-banded Plover, Kittlitz's Sand Plover, Three-banded Plover, Grey Plover, White-headed Lapwing, Blacksmith Lapwing, Crowned Lapwing, Long-toed Lapwing, Senegal Lapwing, Black-winged Lapwing, Wattled Lapwing, Spur-winged Lapwing, Brown-chested Wattled Plover, Common Sandpiper, Spotted Redshank, Common Redshank, Greenshank, Wood Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Marsh Sandpiper, Terek Sandpiper, Common Snipe, African Snipe, Jack Snipe, Sanderling, Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint, Black-tailed Godwit, Ruff, Turnstone, Red-necked Phalarope, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Black-headed Gull, Gull-billed Tern, Whiskered Tern, White-winged Tern, African Skimmer, Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse, Yellow-throated Sandgrouse, Namaqua Dove, Ring-necked Dove, African Mourning Dove, Red-eyed Dove, Laughing Dove, Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove, Tambourine Dove, Speckled Pigeon, African Green Pigeon, Fischer's Lovebird, Brown Parrot, Didric Cuckoo, African Emerald Cuckoo, Klaas' Cuckoo, Great Spotted Cuckoo, Black-and-White Cuckoo, Levaillant's Cuckoo, Common Cuckoo, Black Cuckoo, African Cuckoo, Red-chested Cuckoo, Black Coucal, Blue-headed Coucal, White-browed Coucal, Barn Owl, African Marsh Owl, Spotted Eagle Owl, Verreaux's Eagle Owl, African Wood Owl, African Barred Owlet, Pearl-spotted Owlet, White-faced Scops Owl, African Scops Owl, Slender-tailed Nightjar, Gabon Nightjar, Dusky Nightjar, Freckled Nightjar, Pennant-winged Nightjar, Little Swift, Common Swift, Black Swift, White-rumped Swift, Horus Swift, Alpine Swift, African Palm Swift, Scarce Swift, Speckled Mousebird, Blue-naped Mousebird, Giant Kingfisher, Pied Kingfisher, Malachite Kingfisher, Brown-hooded Kingfisher, Striped Kingfisher, Chestnut-bellied Kingfisher, Woodland Kingfisher, African Pygmy Kingfisher, White-throated Bee-eater, European Bee-eater, Swallow-tailed Bee-eater, Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater, Blue-cheeked Bee-eater, Little Bee-eater, Madagascar Bee-eater, Lilac-breasted Roller, European Roller, Rufous-crowned Roller, Abyssinian Roller, African Broad-billed Roller, Hoopoe, Scimitarbill, Violet Wood Hoopoe, Abyssinian Scimitarbill, Green Wood Hoopoe, Black-and-White-casqued Hornbill, Crowned Hornbill, Von der Decken's Hornbill, Red-billed Hornbill, African Grey Hornbill, Ground Hornbill, Double-toothed Barbet, Red-fronted Barbet, Spotted-flanked Barbet, White-headed Barbet, Brown-throated Barbet, Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird, Red-fronted Tinkerbird, Red-and-Yellow Barbet, Usambiro Barbet, Black-throated Honeyguide, Lesser Honeyguide, Scaly-throated Honeyguide, Wahlberg's Honeyguide, Little Spotted Woodpecker, Nubian Woodpecker, Cardinal Woodpecker, Grey Woodpecker, Bearded Woodpecker, Red-capped Lark, Fischer's Finch-Lark, Chestnut-backed Finch-Lark, Short-tailed Lark, Rufous-naped Lark, Fawn-coloured Lark, Northern White-tailed Bush-Lark, Singing Bush Lark, Flappet Lark, Somali Short-toed Lark, House Martin, Striped Swallow, Angola Swallow, Red-rumped Swallow, African Rock Martin, Grey-rumped Swallow, Barn Swallow, Rufous-chested Swallow, Mosque Swallow, Wire-tailed Swallow, White-headed Saw-wing Swallow, Black Saw-wing Swallow, African Sand Martin, Sand Martin, Square-tailed Drongo, African Golden Oriole, Black-headed Oriole, Eurasian Golden Oriole, Pied Crow, Cape Rook, White-bellied Tit, Red-throated Tit, African Penduline Tit, Arrow-marked Babbler, Black-lobed Babbler, Rufous Chatterer, Black Cuckoo-Shrike, Purple-throated Cuckoo-Shrike, Grey Cuckoo-Shrike, Grey-olive Greenbul, Fischer's Greenbul, Common Bulbul, Red-tailed Chat, White-browed Scrub Robin, Spotted Morning Thrush, White-browed Robin Chat, Red-capped Robin Chat, White-throated Robin, Nightingale, Little Rock Thrush, Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush, Anteater Chat, Sooty Chat, Isabelline Wheatear, Mourning Wheatear, Northern Wheatear, Capped Wheatear, Pied Wheatear, Whinchat, Cliff Chat, Kurrichane Thrush, Lesser Swamp Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Moustached Warbler, Yellow-breasted Apalis, Grey-backed Camaroptera, Yellow Warbler, Rock-loving Cisticola, Desert Cisticola, Wing-snapping Cisticola, Pectoral-patch Cisticola, Rattling Cisticola, Tabora, Winding Cisticola, Zitting Cisticola, Croaking Cisticola, Grey-capped Warbler, Yellow-bellied Eremomela, Green-capped Eremomela, Eastern Olivaceous Warbler, Banded Parisoma, Buff-bellied Warbler, Wood Warbler, Willow Warbler, Tawny-flanked Prinia, Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Red-faced Crombec, African Grey Flycatcher, Pale Flycatcher, Silverbird, Black Flycatcher, Southern Black Flycatcher, African Dusky Flycatcher, Swamp Flycatcher, Ashy Flycatcher, Spotted Flycatcher, Boehm's Flycatcher, Black-headed Batis, Chin-spot Batis, Wattle-eye, African Paradise Flycatcher, Black-headed Paradise Flycatcher, Bush Pipit, Red-throated Pipit, Plain-backed Pipit, Grassland Pipit, Long-billed Pipit, Tree Pipit, Rosy-breasted Longclaw, Yellow-throated Longclaw, African Pied Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, Black-headed Gonolek, Tropical Boubou Shrike, Slate-coloured Boubou Shrike, Grey-headed Bush-Shrike, Sulphur-breasted Bush-Shrike, Brubru Shrike, Brown-headed Tchagra Shrike, Marsh Tchagra Shrike, Black-headed Tchagra Shrike, Magpie Shrike, Fiscal Shrike, Red-backed Shrike, Taita Fiscal Shrike, Grey-backed Fiscal Shrike, Isabelline Shrike, Lesser Grey Shrike, White-crowned Shrike, Helmet Shrike, Grey-crested Helmet Shrike, Straight-crested Helmet Shrike, Violet-backed Starling, Wattled Starling, Blue-eared Glossy Starling, Ruppell's Long-tailed Glossy Starling, Red-winged Starling, Waller's Chestnut-winged Starling, Hildebrandt's Starling, Superb Starling, Yellow-billed Oxpecker, Red-billed Oxpecker, Collared Sunbird, Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird, Amethyst Sunbird, Little Purple-banded Sunbird, Red-chested Sunbird, Mariqua Sunbird, Beautiful Sunbird, Golden-winged Sunbird, Scarlet-chested Sunbird, Variable Sunbird, Green-headed Sunbird, Yellow White-eye, Grosbeak, Red-headed Weaver, Parasitic Weaver, White-winged Widowbird, Red-naped Widowbird, Fan-tailed Widowbird, Yellow, Black Bishop, Black-winged Red, Yellow-mantled Widowbird, Yellow-shouldered Widowbird, Jackson's Widowbird, Southern Red Bishop, Black-headed Weaver, Masked Weaver, Golden-backed Weaver, Black-necked Weaver, Spectacled Weaver, Chestnut Weaver, Speke's Weaver, Vitelline Masked Weaver, Holub's Golden Weaver, Cardinal Quelea, Red-headed Quelea, Red-billed Quelea, Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver, Rufous-tailed Weaver, White-browed Sparrow-Weaver, Grey-headed Social Weaver, Chestnut Sparrow, Grey-headed Sparrow, Rufous Sparrow, Yellow-spotted Petronia, Speckle-fronted Weaver, Village Indigobird, Purple Indigobird, Straw-tailed Whydah, Steel-blue Whydah, Pin-tailed Whydah, Paradise Whydah, Zebra Waxbill, Common Waxbill, Black-cheeked Waxbill, Yellow-bellied Waxbill, Crimson-rumped Waxbill, African Firefinch, Red-billed Firefinch, Quailfinch, Green-winged Pytilia, Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu, Blue-capped Cordon-bleu, Purple Grenadier, Cut-throat Finch, Black-and-White Mannikin, Bronze Mannikin, Grey-headed Silverbill, African Silverbill, Cinnamon-breasted Rock Bunting, Yellow-rumped Seedeater, White-bellied Canary, Yellow-fronted Canary, Streaky Seedeater, Brimstone Canary
Other Wildlife
Most visitors to the Serengeti come to see the largest concentration of large mammals anywhere on earth. More than a million Zebra, Wildebeest, Gazelle and other antelopes can be seen and these attract Lion, Leopard, Cheetah and Hyena in large numbers. These are the most viewable large predators in the world and bring many thousands of visitors to the park.
Site Information
Areas of Interest
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Access and Facilities
Accommodation with all facilities can be found at Seronera, Lobo and Ndutu Lodges and there are also campsites within the park.
Contact Details
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External Links
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