Bird Species In The Serengeti Plains-Serenor : Serenora is a settlement located in Serengeti national park that is the largest national park in Tanzania. The park is famous for its vast savannah that is home to a number of over 1.5 mammal species including the big five animals in Tanzania that can be seen during the annual wildebeest migration and a number of different animal species that can be found in the different sectors of the park the nota le oen being serenora which is famous for its  bird species that travellers can get to watch participating in birding in serengeti national park plains in serenora. Amon the different bird species that can be seen inlcude;

Bird Species In The Serengeti Plains-Serenor
1 Common Ostrich Struthio camelus
2 White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata
3 White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus
4 Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
5 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
6 Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
7 Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota
8 /Northern Shoveler/ Spatula clypeata
9 /Eurasian Wigeon/ Mareca penelope
10 Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata
11 Red-billed Duck Anas erythrorhyncha
12 /Northern Pintail/ Anas acuta
13 Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris
14 Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena
15 Coqui Francolin Campocolinus coqui
16 Red-winged Francolin Scleroptera levaillantii
17 Shelley’s Francolin Scleroptera shelleyi
18 (Common Quail) Coturnix coturnix
19 Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei
20 Scaly Spurfowl Pternistis squamatus
21 Hildebrandt’s Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti
22 Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus
23 Gray-breasted Spurfowl Pternistis rufopictus
24 Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer
25 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
26 <Lesser Flamingo> Phoenicoparrus minor
27 Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
28 Rock Pigeon Columba livia
29 Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea
30 Dusky Turtle-Dove Streptopelia lugens
31 Mourning Collared-Dove Streptopelia decipiens
32 Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
33 Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
34 Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
35 Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur chalcospilos
36 Namaqua Dove Oena capensis
37 African Green-Pigeon Treron calvus
38 Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus
39 Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis
40 Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus
41 Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori
42 White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis
43 Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster
44 Ross’s Turaco Musophaga rossae
45 Bare-faced Go-away-bird Crinifer personatus
46 White-bellied Go-away-bird Crinifer leucogaster
47 Eastern Plantain-eater Crinifer zonurus
48 Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
49 Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
50 African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
51 Black Coucal Centropus grillii
52 White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
53 Pied Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
54 /Great Spotted Cuckoo/ Clamator glandarius
55 African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
56 Dideric Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
57 Sombre Nightjar Caprimulgus fraenatus
58 Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus
59 Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma
60 Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus
61 Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis
62 |Common Swift| Apus apus
63 Nyanza Swift Apus niansae
64 African Swift Apus barbatus
65 Little Swift Apus affinis
66 (Horus Swift) Apus horus
67 White-rumped Swift Apus caffer
68 African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus
69 Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
70 Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
71 Gray Crowned-Crane Balearica regulorum
72 Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis
73 Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
74 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
75 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
76 /Common Ringed Plover/ Charadrius hiaticula
77 Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris
78 Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
79 Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus
80 Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
81 Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris
82 Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus
83 Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus
84 Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus
85 /Brown-chested Lapwing/ Vanellus superciliosus
86 /Caspian Plover/ Anarhynchus asiaticus
87 Kittlitz’s Plover Anarhynchus pecuarius
88 Chestnut-banded Plover Anarhynchus pallidus
89 <Greater Painted-Snipe> Rostratula benghalensis
90 African Jacana Actophilornis africanus
91 /Common Snipe/ Gallinago gallinago
92 /Common Sandpiper/ Actitis hypoleucos
93 /Green Sandpiper/ Tringa ochropus
94 /Marsh Sandpiper/ Tringa stagnatilis
95 /Wood Sandpiper/ Tringa glareola
96 /Common Greenshank/ Tringa nebularia
97 /Ruff/ Calidris pugnax
98 /Curlew Sandpiper/ Calidris ferruginea
99 /Temminck’s Stint/ Calidris temminckii
100 /Little Stint/ Calidris minuta
101 Small Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
102 Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus
103 Double-banded Courser Smutsornis africanus
104 Temminck’s Courser Cursorius temminckii
105 /Black-headed Gull/ Chroicocephalus ridibundus
106 Gray-hooded Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
107 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
108 /Gull-billed Tern/ Gelochelidon nilotica
109 /White-winged Tern/ Chlidonias leucopterus
110 African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus
111 /Abdim’s Stork/ Ciconia abdimii
112 African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
113 /White Stork/ Ciconia ciconia
114 Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis
115 Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
116 Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
117 African Darter Anhinga rufa
118 Long-tailed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
119 Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
120 Shoebill Balaeniceps rex
121 Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
122 Dwarf Bittern Ixobrychus sturmii
123 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
124 Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca
125 Little Egret Egretta garzetta
126 Striated Heron Butorides striata
127 Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris
128 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides
129 \Malagasy Pond-Heron\ Ardeola idae
130 Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
131 Great Egret Ardea alba
132 Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha
133 Gray Heron Ardea cinerea
134 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
135 Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
136 Goliath Heron Ardea goliath
137 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
138 African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
139 Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
140 African Spoonbill Platalea alba
141 Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius
142 /Osprey/ Pandion haliaetus
143 Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
144 African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
145 Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus
146 Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus
147 African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides
148 White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis
149 Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos tracheliotos
150 Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
151 White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus
152 Rueppell’s Griffon Gyps rueppelli
153 Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus
154 Black-chested Snake-Eagle Circaetus pectoralis
155 Brown Snake-Eagle Circaetus cinereus
156 Banded Snake-Eagle Circaetus cinerascens
157 Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
158 Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus
159 Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
160 Wahlberg’s Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
161 /Booted Eagle/ Hieraaetus pennatus
162 Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax
163 /Steppe Eagle/ Aquila nipalensis
164 /Imperial Eagle/ Aquila heliaca
165 Verreaux’s Eagle Aquila verreauxii
166 African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster
167 Dark Chanting-Goshawk Melierax metabates
168 Eastern Chanting-Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
169 Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar
170 /Western Marsh Harrier/ Circus aeruginosus
171 /Pallid Harrier/ Circus macrourus
172 Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus
173 Ovambo Sparrowhawk Accipiter ovampensis
174 /Black Kite/ Milvus migrans
175 Yellow-billed Kite** Milvus aegyptius
176 African Fish-Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer
177 |Common Buzzard| Buteo buteo
178 Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
179 African Scops-Owl Otus senegalensis
180 Spotted Eagle-Owl Bubo africanus
181 Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl Ketupa lactea
182 Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum
183 Marsh Owl Asio capensis
184 Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
185 Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
186 /Eurasian Hoopoe/ Upupa epops
187 African Hoopoe** Upupa africana
188 Green Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus
189 Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas
190 Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor
191 Southern Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
192 Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
193 African Gray Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
194 Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus
195 Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill Tockus ruahae
196 Von der Decken’s Hornbill Tockus deckeni
197 Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis
198 Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus
199 African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta
200 Gray-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
201 Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis
202 Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti
203 Giant Kingfisher Megaceryle maxima
204 Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
205 White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides
206 Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
207 Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
208 /White-throated Bee-eater/ Merops albicollis
209 |European Bee-eater| Merops apiaster
210 /European Roller/ Coracias garrulus
211 Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
212 Rufous-crowned Roller Coracias naevius
213 Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus
214 D’Arnaud’s Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii
215 Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
216 Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus
217 Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata
218 Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa
219 White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus
220 Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
221 Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator
222 Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
223 African Gray Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae
224 Mountain Gray Woodpecker Dendropicos spodocephalus
225 Bearded Woodpecker Chloropicus namaquus
226 Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera cailliautii
227 Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
228 Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni
229 Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus
230 /Lesser Kestrel/ Falco naumanni
231 /Eurasian Kestrel/ Falco tinnunculus
232 Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides
233 Gray Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus
234 African Hobby Falco cuvierii
235 Lanner Falcon Falco biarmicus
236 Fischer’s Lovebird Agapornis fischeri
237 Red-fronted Parrot Poicephalus gulielmi
238 Meyer’s Parrot Poicephalus meyeri
239 Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
240 African Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus
241 Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
242 Gray-crested Helmetshrike Prionops poliolophus
243 Brubru Nilaus afer
244 Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
245 Marsh Tchagra Tchagra minutus
246 Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
247 Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
248 Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
249 Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike Telophorus sulfureopectus
250 Gray-headed Bushshrike Malaconotus blanchoti
251 Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis
252 African Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
253 /Isabelline Shrike/ Lanius isabellinus
254 |Lesser Gray Shrike| Lanius minor
255 Gray-backed Fiscal Lanius excubitoroides
256 Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi
257 Magpie Shrike Lanius melanoleuca
258 Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis
259 Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
260 White-rumped Shrike Eurocephalus ruppelli
261 Cape Crow Corvus capensis
262 Pied Crow Corvus albus
263 White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
264 White-bellied Tit Melaniparus albiventris
265 Red-throated Tit Melaniparus fringillinus
266 Fischer’s Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia
267 Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides
268 Rufous-naped Lark Mirafra africana
269 Flappet Lark Mirafra rufocinnamomea
270 Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea
271 <Short-tailed Lark> Pseudalaemon fremantlii
272 Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii
273 Moustached Grass-Warbler Melocichla mentalis
274 Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
275 Greencap Eremomela Eremomela scotops
276 Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
277 Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
278 Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
279 Karamoja Apalis Apalis karamojae
280 Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
281 Gray-capped Warbler Eminia lepida
282 Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops
283 Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola aberrans
284 Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
285 Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus
286 Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus
287 Croaking Cisticola Cisticola natalensis
288 Tabora Cisticola Cisticola angusticauda
289 Tiny Cisticola Cisticola nana
290 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
291 Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus
292 Pectoral-patch Cisticola Cisticola brunnescens
293 /Eastern Olivaceous Warbler/ Iduna pallida
294 /Icterine Warbler/ Hippolais icterina
295 /Sedge Warbler/ Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
296 /Common Reed Warbler/ Acrocephalus scirpaceus
297 Fan-tailed Grassbird Catriscus brevirostris
298 White-headed Sawwing Psalidoprocne albiceps
299 Black Sawwing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
300 Gray-rumped Swallow Pseudhirundo griseopyga
301 Banded Martin Neophedina cincta
302 Plain Martin Riparia paludicola
303 /Bank Swallow/ Riparia riparia
304 Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
305 /Barn Swallow/ Hirundo rustica
306 Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis
307 Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
308 /Western House-Martin/ Delichon urbicum
309 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
310 Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
311 Rufous-chested Swallow Cecropis semirufa
312 Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
313 Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
314 /Willow Warbler/ Phylloscopus trochilus
315 /Garden Warbler/ Sylvia borin
316 Banded Parisoma Curruca boehmi
317 /Greater Whitethroat/ Curruca communis
318 Arrow-marked Babbler Turdoides jardineii
319 Black-lored Babbler Turdoides sharpei
320 Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythrorynchus
321 Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus africanus
322 Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea
323 Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
324 Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
325 Hildebrandt’s Starling Lamprotornis hildebrandti
326 Rueppell’s Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera
327 Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
328 Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
329 African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
330 |Spotted Flycatcher| Muscicapa striata
331 African Gray Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
332 Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus
333 Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
334 Silverbird Melaenornis semipartitus
335 Northern Black-Flycatcher Melaenornis edolioides
336 Southern Black-Flycatcher Melaenornis pammelaina
337 Red-backed Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas leucophrys
338 White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
339 Spotted Morning-Thrush Cichladusa guttata
340 /Common Nightingale/ Luscinia megarhynchos
341 Little Rock-Thrush Monticola rufocinereus
342 /Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush/ Monticola saxatilis
343 Mocking Cliff-Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
344 Sooty Chat Myrmecocichla nigra
345 Northern Anteater-Chat Myrmecocichla aethiops
346 /Northern Wheatear/ Oenanthe oenanthe
347 Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
348 /Isabelline Wheatear/ Oenanthe isabellina
349 /Pied Wheatear/ Oenanthe pleschanka
350 Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris
351 Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
352 Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis
353 Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
354 Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
355 Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
356 Marico Sunbird Cinnyris mariquensis
357 Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
358 Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver Bubalornis niger
359 White-headed Buffalo-Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli
360 Speckle-fronted Weaver Sporopipes frontalis
361 White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali
362 Rufous-tailed Weaver Histurgops ruficauda
363 Gray-headed Social-Weaver Pseudonigrita arnaudi
364 Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
365 Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
366 Little Weaver Ploceus luteolus
367 Slender-billed Weaver Ploceus pelzelni
368 Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis
369 Holub’s Golden-Weaver Ploceus xanthops
370 Lesser Masked-Weaver Ploceus intermedius
371 Vitelline Masked-Weaver Ploceus vitellinus
372 Speke’s Weaver Ploceus spekei
373 Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
374 Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus
375 <Golden-backed Weaver> Ploceus jacksoni
376 <Cardinal Quelea> Quelea cardinalis
377 <Red-billed Quelea> Quelea quelea
378 Black-winged Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus
379 White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
380 Yellow-mantled Widowbird Euplectes macroura
381 Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris
382 Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
383 African Silverbill Euodice cantans
384 Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos
385 Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola
386 Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
387 Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
388 Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
389 Red-cheeked Cordonbleu Uraeginthus bengalus
390 Blue-capped Cordonbleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
391 Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
392 Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
393 African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
394 Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
395 Eastern Paradise-Whydah Vidua paradisaea
396 Steel-blue Whydah Vidua hypocherina
397 Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
398 House Sparrow Passer domesticus
399 Kenya Rufous Sparrow Passer rufocinctus
400 Northern Gray-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
401 Swahili Sparrow Passer suahelicus
402 Chestnut Sparrow Passer eminibey
403 Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow Gymnornis pyrgita
404 African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
405 African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
406 Long-billed Pipit Anthus similis
407 Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys
408 Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus
409 Pangani Longclaw Macronyx aurantiigula
410 Rosy-throated Longclaw Macronyx ameliae
411 Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambicus
412 Reichenow’s Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
413 White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriatus
414 Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphuratus
415 Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolatus
416 Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris

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