Serengeti National Park Birds
Serengeti national park birds are distributed across the open savannas of the endless plains of the park. The park has different habitats that have contributed to the wide range of bird species found at the park. Serengeti national park is one of the best birding destinations in Africa, with over 500 bird species recorded. Out of those 500 bird species, 34 of them are raptors, making it one of the protected areas with the highest number of raptors in the world. The different park habitats include: Swamps, Woodlands, thickets, forest galleries, open Savannah grasslands, Acacia trees and others.
The large size of the park is divided into four sectors: theNdutu area, which is near the Ngorongoro Conservation Area; the Seronera area; the Grumeti river area and the Mara area. These great sizes have contributed to the widespread of bird species at the park. The Serengeti national park birds enjoy the great privilege of peace and resting minds. The park hosts permanent residents and also receives some migratory birds across the globe that come for breeding at the park.
Serengeti national park birds are divided into different sections; those are Endemic species. The endemic species are birds that are only found in Tanzania. Some of these birds are found in Serengeti national park. For example, Fischer’s lovebird, Rufous-tailed weaver and Grey-breasted spurfowl. The other group is Near Endemic bird species they include: Grey-Crested helme-shrike, Usambiro barbet and Hildebrandt’s starlling.
Serengeti national park birds can be grouped according to their families. This helps for easy identification. Different Serengeti national park birds families stay in different habitats. For example, all web-legged birds live in water catchment areas, while the raptors live in open savannah grasslands. This is attributed to their feeding; each bird likes to live near where it can get its food from.
Serengeti national park birds checklists
Ducks
These include: White-faced whistling duck, Fulvous whistling-duck, Egyptian Goose, Knob-billed duck, Spur-winged goose, African pygmy goose, African black duck, Yellow-billed Duck, Cape teal duck, Red-billed duck, Maccoa duck and many more.
Ostriches
Serengeti national park birds include the Maasai ostrich. Their sex can be identified by their feather colors. The black Maasai ostrich is the male one and the grey Maasai ostrich is the female one. Serengeti national park birds
Flamingoes
Serengeti national park hosts bothspecies of Flamingoes those are Lesser flamingo and Greater flamingo.
Pigeons and doves
Some of the easily sighted Serengeti national park birds are the pigeon and dove family. They are distributed across all the inhabitants of the park. Some are easily even sighted in the compounds of the camps. They are the most friendly bird families in Serengeti national park. Some of the birds in this family include: Rock pigeon, Dusky Turtled-dove, Speckled pigeon, Mourning Collared-dove, Red-eyed dove, Laughing dove, Ring-necked dove, Emerald-spotted wood dove, Namaqua dove, African green pigeon, Tambourine dove and others.
Bastards
This is the family of the park birds that consists of the largest flying birds on earth. They include the Kori bustard, Denham’s bustard, the white-billed bustard, the buff-crested bustard, the black-bellied bustard, Hartlaub’s bustard, and many more.
Plovers and lapwings
These are birds that can survive both on water and on land. They have long, thin legs that make them easily walk on water or on land. Some of the examples are: Long-toed lapwing, Black-bellied plover, blacksmith lapwing, spur-winged lapwing, white-headed lapwing, Senegal lapwing, Black-winged lapwing, crowned lapwing, brown-chested lapwing, wattled lapwing, lesser sand plover, Caspian plover, Kittlitz’s plover, common ringed plover, three-banded plover, little ringed plover, white-fronted plover and chestnut-banded plover.
Sandpipers and Allies
These are the park birds that lie in this category: Whimbrel, Eurasian curlew, black-tailed Godwit, Ruddy turnstone, Curlew sandpiper, Temminck stint, Sanderling, Jack snipe, little Stint, Terek sandpiper, African Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Spotted redshank, Common, greenshank, Wood sanpiper, Marsh sandpiper and others.
Other Serengeti national park birds include: Common bulbul, African darter, Long-tailed Cormorant, Great Cormorant, Pink-backed pelican, hammerkop, Saddled-billed stork, White stork, Yellow-billed stork, Marabou stork, Black stork, Open billed stork, Abdim’s stork, Wooly-necked stork, Black-headed gull, Gray-headed gull, White-winged tern, African skimmer, gull-billed tern and many more
Guests can enjoy the long list of Serengeti national park birds through our long birding safaris. The birding safaris can be done all year round, though the most preferred period is around rainy season. The rainy season, also known as the green season, is the breeding season for birds. This is also the time the park is less congested, hence making it quieter, which is more convenient for the birders to enjoy.
