The Serengeti Is A True Birder’s Paradise : A Bird Checklist To Look Out For : Although the Serengeti is well known for hosting the biggest land animal migration in the entire world, this vast area is also a great place to go ornithologically. The Serengeti National Park is home to hundreds of unusual birds, and the best part is that you can go bird watching almost all year long. Consequently, for ardent birders, September through April are the best months to visit the Serengeti. Have you prepared your nature camera and binoculars? The following species can be found in this incredible birder’s paradise:

Ostriches: Struthionidae

The world’s largest bird, the ostrich, is born from an egg the size of a football and is typically black in color. The southern and northern Serengeti plains are frequented by the ostrich, a resident of the open savannah who is flightless.

Ducks: Anatidae

Duck is the most widely used name for many members of the waterfall family Anatidae, which also includes swans and geese. The family Anatidae divides them up into various subfamilies. White-faced whistling ducks, fulvous whistling ducks, Egyptian geese, knob-billed ducks, spur-winged ducks, Cape teals, Hottentot teals, Eurasian wigeons, African pygmy-gooses, red-billed ducks, yellow-billed ducks, northern pintails, southern pochards, and Maccoa ducks are among the common ducks in the Serengeti.

Guinea Fowl: Numididae

The helmeted guinea fowl, a somewhat frantic white-speckled gray bird with a blue head and ivory casque, is a local resident of the Serengeti, as is the related crested guinea fowl with blackhead feathers.

Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies: Phasianidae

There have been numerous sightings of francolins, which are Africa’s equivalent of chickens and pheasants, in the Serengeti. Harlequin quail, scaly francolin, Hildebrandt’s francolin, yellow-necked francolin, gray-breasted francolin, crested francolin, coqui francolin, red-winged francolin, and Shelley’s francolin are a few of the birds that have been observed.

Flamingos: Phoenicopteridae

Flamingos are among the most well-known wading birds in East Africa and belong to the Phoenicopteridae family. They are primarily found in the northern Serengeti, the Serengeti Grumeti Area, the Ndutu Area, and the southern Serengeti Plains.

The Serengeti Is A True Birder’s Paradise
Ndutu Region

Grebe: Podicipedidae

The grebes are a family of swimming and diving birds that are related to loons but distinct from other waterfowl like swans, geese, ducks, and loons. The ability to swim in water gives grebes an advantage over walking on land, and they use their wings to propel themselves underwater in search of food. Here you can find the little grebe, great crested grebe, and eared grebe.

The Serengeti Is A True Birder’s Paradise : Pigeons and Doves: Columbidae

The Columbidae are a family of birds that includes doves and pigeons. They are large-bodied birds with short necks and short, slender bills. The dove is one of the unmistakable sounds of the African bush and feeds on seeds, fruits, and plants. In the Serengeti plains, you can find the rock pigeon, speckled pigeon, dusky turtle-dove, laughing dove, emerald-spotted wood-dove, tambourine dove, Namaqua dove, and African green pigeon.

The Serengeti Is A True Birder’s Paradise : Kori Bustard: Otididae

The Kori bustard, which has brown wings, a noticeable backward crest, a speckled white belly, and a ponderous gait, is the heaviest flying bird in the world.

The Serengeti Is A True Birder’s Paradise : Sandgrouse: Pteroclidae

Any of the 16 species of sandgrouse found in Asian or African deserts have short legs, gray or brown plumage, pointed wings, and a central tail feather that resembles a pin. They are known to walk and fly quickly. The southern Serengeti plains, Ndutu area, northern Serengeti, and Grumeti region are home to the chestnut-bellied sandgrouse, yellow-throated sandgrouse, and black-faced sandgrouse.

Cuckoos: Cuculidae

The majority of the cuckoos are unlikely to be seen unless actively sought after. They are highly vocal but also ventriloquially. One of the most well-known sounds of the African bush is the cuckoo. The southern Serengeti plains, Ndutu region, and northern Serengeti areas are home to the red-chested cuckoo, black cuckoo, common cuckoo, African cuckoo, black coucal, white-browed cuckoo, pied cuckoo, Levaillant’s cuckoo, great spotted cuckoo, Klay’s cuckoo, and Diderick cuckoo.

Storks: Ciconiidae

The three migrants, especially the Eurasian species, are among Tanzania’s eight stork species. The Serengeti is home to the saddle-billed stork, a handsome pied giant with a red and yellow bill. The southern Serengeti plains, the Ndutu area, the northern Serengeti, and the Grumeti Area are also home to a number of stork species, including the African openbill, black stork, Abdim’s stork, woolly-necked stork, white stork, marabou stork, and yellow-billed stork.

 TO CONCLUDE:

Choosing a Serengeti camp where it is simpler to spot birds even from inside your tent is the best option if you want to visit the Serengeti to see what the birder’s paradise has to offer. Organize your Serengeti birding trip with us right away.

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