Serengeti Plains – Seronera Bird Checklist : The Seronera plains of Serengeti National Park is the most visited area in the park located in the central part the park, this area is famously known for numerous wildlife species including predators and many bird life.
Seronera area of Serengeti National Park is home to 460 recorded species including 2 endemic species and 6 near endemic species, globally threatened, rare, accident and migratory species.
Here is the bird checklist in Serengeti Plains – Seronera.
Ostriches: Struthionidae
Common Ostrich
Ducks: Anatidae
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Knob-billed Duck
Egyptian Goose
Spur-winged Goose
Blue-billed Teal
Yellow-billed Duck
Cape Teal
Red-billed Duck
Guineafowl: Numididae
Helmeted Guineafowl
Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies: Phasianidae
Crested Francolin
Coqui Francolin
Red-winged Francolin
Shelley’s Francolin
(Common Quail)
Harlequin Quail
Hildebrandt’s Spurfowl
Yellow-necked Spurfowl
Gray-breasted Spurfowl
Red-necked Spurfowl
Flamingos: Phoenicopteridae
Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo
Grebes: Podicipedidae
Little Grebe
Eared Grebe
Pigeons and Doves: Columbidae
Speckled Pigeon
Dusky Turtle-Dove
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Tambourine Dove
Namaqua Dove
African Green-Pigeon
Sandgrouse: Pteroclidae
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
Black-faced Sandgrouse
Bustards: Otididae
Kori Bustard
White-bellied Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard
Hartlaub’s Bustard
Turacos: Musophagidae
Schalow’s Turaco
Bare-faced Go-away-bird
White-bellied Go-away-bird
Eastern Plantain-eater
Cuckoos: Cuculidae
Red-chested Cuckoo
/Common Cuckoo/
African Cuckoo
Black Coucal
White-browed Coucal
Pied Cuckoo
Levaillant’s Cuckoo
/Great Spotted Cuckoo/
Klaas’s Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Nightjars and Allies: Caprimulgidae
Freckled Nightjar
Slender-tailed Nightjar
Square-tailed Nightjar
Swifts: Apodidae
Mottled Swift
|Common Swift|
Nyanza Swift
African Swift
Little Swift
(Horus Swift)
White-rumped Swift
African Palm Swift
Rails, Gallinules, and Coots: Rallidae
(African Crake)
Lesser Moorhen
Eurasian Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
Black Crake
Baillon’s Crake
Cranes: Gruidae
Gray Crowned-Crane
Thick-knees: Burhinidae
Water Thick-knee
Spotted Thick-knee
Stilts and Avocets: Recurvirostridae
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Plovers and Lapwings: Charadriidae
Long-toed Lapwing
Blacksmith Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Senegal Lapwing
Black-winged Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Wattled Lapwing
/Caspian Plover/
Kittlitz’s Plover
/Common Ringed Plover/
Three-banded Plover
Chestnut-banded Plover
Painted-Snipes: Rostratulidae
<Greater Painted-Snipe>
Jacanas: Jacanidae
African Jacana
Sandpipers and Allies: Scolopacidae
/Eurasian Curlew/
/Ruff/
/Curlew Sandpiper/
/Temminck’s Stint/
/Little Stint/
/Common Snipe/
African Snipe
/Common Sandpiper/
/Green Sandpiper/
/Spotted Redshank/
/Common Greenshank/
/Marsh Sandpiper/
/Wood Sandpiper/
Buttonquail: Turnicidae
Small Buttonquail
Pratincoles and Coursers: Glareolidae
Temminck’s Courser
Double-banded Courser
Three-banded Courser
Bronze-winged Courser
Collared Pratincole
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers: Laridae
Gray-hooded Gull
/Black-headed Gull/
Lesser Black-backed Gull
/Gull-billed Tern/
/White-winged Tern/
Whiskered Tern
Storks: Ciconiidae
African Openbill
/Black Stork/
/Abdim’s Stork/
African Woolly-necked Stork
/White Stork/
Saddle-billed Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
Cormorants and Shags: Phalacrocoracidae
Long-tailed Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Pelicans: Pelecanidae
Great White Pelican
Shoebill: Balaenicipitidae
Shoebill
Hamerkop: Scopidae
Hamerkop
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns: Ardeidae
Dwarf Bittern
Gray Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
Purple Heron
Great Egret
Intermediate Egret
Little Egret
Cattle Egret
Squacco Heron
Rufous-bellied Heron
Striated Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Ibises and Spoonbills: Threskiornithidae
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
Secretary-bird: Sagittariidae
Secretarybird
Hawks, Eagles, and Kites: Accipitridae
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Palm-nut Vulture
Egyptian Vulture
/European Honey-buzzard/
African Cuckoo-Hawk
White-headed Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Rueppell’s Griffon
Bateleur
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Banded Snake-Eagle
Crowned Eagle
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
/Lesser Spotted Eagle/
Wahlberg’s Eagle
/Booted Eagle/
Tawny Eagle
/Steppe Eagle/
Verreaux’s Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Lizard Buzzard
Dark Chanting-Goshawk
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
/Eurasian Marsh-Harrier/
African Marsh-Harrier
/Pallid Harrier/
Montagu’s Harrier
African Goshawk
/Levant Sparrowhawk/
Little Sparrowhawk
Ovambo Sparrowhawk
/Black Kite/
Yellow-billed Kite**
African Fish-Eagle
|Common Buzzard|
Augur Buzzard
Barn-Owls: Tytonidae
Barn Owl
Owls: Strigidae
African Scops-Owl
Spotted Eagle-Owl
Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
Marsh Owl
Mousebirds: Coliidae
Speckled Mousebird
Blue-naped Mousebird
Hoopoes: Upupidae
/Eurasian Hoopoe/
African Hoopoe**
Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills: Phoeniculidae
Green Woodhoopoe
Common Scimitarbill
Abyssinian Scimitarbill
Hornbills: Bucerotidae
Southern Ground-Hornbill
Crowned Hornbill
African Gray Hornbill
Northern Red-billed Hornbill
Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill
Von der Decken’s Hornbill
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill
Kingfishers: Alcedinidae
Malachite Kingfisher
African Pygmy Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Bee-eaters: Meropidae
Little Bee-eater
/White-throated Bee-eater/
/Blue-cheeked Bee-eater/
\Madagascar Bee-eater\
|European Bee-eater|
Rollers: Coraciidae
/European Roller/
Lilac-breasted Roller
Rufous-crowned Roller
Broad-billed Roller
African Barbets: Lybiidae
Red-and-yellow Barbet
D’Arnaud’s Barbet
Red-fronted Tinkerbird
Red-fronted Barbet
Spot-flanked Barbet
White-headed Barbet
Double-toothed Barbet
Honeyguides: Indicatoridae
Pallid Honeyguide
Lesser Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
Woodpeckers: Picidae
Cardinal Woodpecker
Bearded Woodpecker
African Gray Woodpecker
Mountain Gray Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras: Falconidae
Pygmy Falcon
/Lesser Kestrel/
/Eurasian Kestrel/
Greater Kestrel
Gray Kestrel
Red-necked Falcon
|Amur Falcon|
|Sooty Falcon|
/Eurasian Hobby/
African Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Parrots: Psittaculidae
Fischer’s Lovebird
Parrots: Psittacidae
Meyer’s Parrot
Cuckooshrikes: Campephagidae
Black Cuckooshrike
Old World Orioles: Oriolidae
#African Golden Oriole#
African Black-headed Oriole
Wattle-eyes and Batises: Platysteiridae
Brown-throated Wattle-eye
Chinspot Batis
Vangas, Helmetshrikes and Allies: Vangidae
Gray-crested Helmetshrike
Bushshrikes: Malaconotidae
Brubru
Black-backed Puffback
Marsh Tchagra
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Tropical Boubou
Slate-colored Boubou
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
Gray-headed Bushshrike
Drongos: Dicruridae
Fork-tailed Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers: Monarchidae
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes: Laniidae
/Red-backed Shrike/
/Isabelline Shrike/
|Lesser Gray Shrike|
Gray-backed Fiscal
Long-tailed Fiscal
Magpie Shrike
Taita Fiscal
Northern Fiscal
White-rumped Shrike
Crows, Jays, and Magpies: Corvidae
Cape Crow
Pied Crow
White-necked Raven
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice: Paridae
White-bellied Tit
Red-throated Tit
Penduline-Tits: Remizidae
African Penduline-Tit
Larks: Alaudidae
Fischer’s Sparrow-Lark
Fawn-colored Lark
White-tailed Lark
Rufous-naped Lark
Flappet Lark
Red-capped Lark
<Short-tailed Lark>
Somali Short-toed Lark
African Warblers: Macrosphenidae
Red-faced Crombec
Moustached Grass-Warbler
Cisticolas and Allies: Cisticolidae
Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Green-backed Camaroptera
Buff-bellied Warbler
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Karamoja Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Gray-capped Warbler
Red-faced Cisticola
Singing Cisticola
Rattling Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Stout Cisticola
Croaking Cisticola
Tabora Cisticola
Tiny Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Desert Cisticola
Pectoral-patch Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies: Acrocephalidae
/Eastern Olivaceous Warbler/
/Upcher’s Warbler/
/Icterine Warbler/
/Sedge Warbler/
/Marsh Warbler/
/Common Reed Warbler/
Grassbirds and Allies: Locustellidae
Fan-tailed Grassbird
Swallows: Hirundinidae
Plain Martin
/Bank Swallow/
Banded Martin
Rock Martin
/Barn Swallow/
Angola Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Rufous-chested Swallow
Mosque Swallow
/Common House-Martin/
White-headed Sawwing
Gray-rumped Swallow
Bulbuls: Pycnonotidae
Common Bulbul
Leaf Warblers: Phylloscopidae
/Willow Warbler/
Sylviid Warblers, Parrotbills, and Allies: Sylviidae
/Eurasian Blackcap/
Banded Parisoma
/Greater Whitethroat/
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies: Zosteropidae
Southern Yellow White-eye
Laughingthrushes and Allies: Leiothrichidae
Rufous Chatterer
Arrow-marked Babbler
Black-lored Babbler
Oxpeckers: Buphagidae
Red-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Starlings: Sturnidae
Wattled Starling
Violet-backed Starling
Red-winged Starling
Hildebrandt’s Starling
Rueppell’s Starling
Superb Starling
Sharp-tailed Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Thrushes and Allies: Turdidae
Kurrichane Thrush
Old World Flycatchers: Muscicapidae
African Dusky Flycatcher
|Spotted Flycatcher|
African Gray Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
Ashy Flycatcher
Silverbird
Northern Black-Flycatcher
Southern Black-Flycatcher
White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher
Red-backed Scrub-Robin
White-browed Robin-Chat
Spotted Morning-Thrush
/Common Nightingale/
Little Rock-Thrush
/Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush/
/Whinchat/
African Stonechat
Mocking Cliff-Chat
Sooty Chat
Northern Anteater-Chat
/Northern Wheatear/
Capped Wheatear
/Isabelline Wheatear/
/Pied Wheatear/
Familiar Chat
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters: Nectariniidae
Amethyst Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Bronze Sunbird
Golden-winged Sunbird
Beautiful Sunbird
Mariqua Sunbird
Red-chested Sunbird
Purple-banded Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
Weavers and Allies: Ploceidae
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver
Speckle-fronted Weaver
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Rufous-tailed Weaver
Gray-headed Social-Weaver
Red-headed Weaver
Baglafecht Weaver
Little Weaver
Slender-billed Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
Holub’s Golden-Weaver
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Vitelline Masked-Weaver
Speke’s Weaver
Village Weaver
Black-headed Weaver
<Golden-backed Weaver>
<Chestnut Weaver>
<Cardinal Quelea>
<Red-billed Quelea>
Southern Red Bishop
Black-winged Bishop
Black Bishop
<Yellow-crowned Bishop>
White-winged Widowbird
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Waxbills and Allies: Estrildidae
Bronze Mannikin
African Silverbill
Zebra Waxbill
Black-faced Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Crimson-rumped Waxbill
Quailfinch
<Cut-throat>
Purple Grenadier
Gray-headed Silverbill
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Blue-capped Cordonbleu
Green-winged Pytilia
Red-billed Firefinch
African Firefinch
Indigobirds: Viduidae
Pin-tailed Whydah
Eastern Paradise-Whydah
Steel-blue Whydah
Straw-tailed Whydah
Village Indigobird
Old World Sparrows: Passeridae
House Sparrow
Kenya Rufous Sparrow
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
Swahili Sparrow
Chestnut Sparrow
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits: Motacillidae
/Western Yellow Wagtail/
African Pied Wagtail
African Pipit
Long-billed Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
/Tree Pipit/
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Pangani Longclaw
Rosy-throated Longclaw
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies: Fringillidae
Yellow-fronted Canary
Reichenow’s Seedeater
White-bellied Canary
Brimstone Canary
Streaky Seedeater
Old World Buntings: Emberizidae
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
Golden-breasted Bunting
