NGORONGORO CRATER
TANZANIA
LOCALE
| Altitude (m): | 1675-2285 |
| # Species: | 605 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 605 |
| # Endemics: | 5 |
| # Near Endemics: | 16 |
| Habitat: Savanna, swamp, woodland, forest, alkaline lake | |
SPECIALTY BIRDS LIST
List of species at this locale that are endemic (E), near endemic (NE), have restricted ranges in the country (RR), or that occur only locally (LC) in the country excluding vagrants and accidentals. Table also shows species with globally threatened or endangered status according to the IUCN.*
| 1 | Cape Teal | Anas capensis | RR | |
| 2 | Maccoa Duck | Oxyura maccoa | RR | EN |
| 3 | Eastern Crested Guineafowl | Guttera pucherani | NE | |
| 4 | Shelley's Francolin | Scleroptera shelleyi | RR | |
| 5 | Gray-breasted Spurfowl | Pternistis rufopictus | E | |
| 6 | Red-necked Spurfowl | Pternistis afer | LC | |
| 7 | Dusky Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia lugens | RR | |
| 8 | Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori | NT | |
| 9 | Schalow's Turaco | Tauraco schalowi | RR | |
| 10 | Hartlaub's Turaco | Tauraco hartlaubi | RR | |
| 11 | Black Coucal | Centropus grillii | LC | |
| 12 | Montane Nightjar | Caprimulgus poliocephalus | RR | |
| 13 | Mottled Spinetail | Telacanthura ussheri | LC | |
| 14 | Scarce Swift | Schoutedenapus myoptilus | RR | |
| 15 | African Swift | Apus barbatus | RR | |
| 16 | (Horus Swift) | Apus horus | RR | |
| 17 | (African Crake) | Crecopsis egregia | LC | |
| 18 | Gray Crowned-Crane | Balearica regulorum | EN | |
| 19 | Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | LC | |
| 20 | Black-winged Lapwing | Vanellus melanopterus | RR | |
| 21 | /Eurasian Curlew/ | Numenius arquata | NT | |
| 22 | /Black-tailed Godwit/ | Limosa limosa | NT | |
| 23 | /Curlew Sandpiper/ | Calidris ferruginea | NT | |
| 24 | Double-banded Courser | Smutsornis africanus | LC | |
| 25 | Bronze-winged Courser | Rhinoptilus chalcopterus | LC | |
| 26 | |Black-winged Pratincole| | Glareola nordmanni | RR | NT |
| 27 | &Lesser Flamingol | Phoenicoparrus minor | V | |
| 28 | African Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia microscelis | NT | |
| 29 | Rufous-bellied Heron | Ardeola rufiventris | LC | |
| 30 | \Malagasy Pond-Heron\ | Ardeola idae | EN | |
| 31 | Shoebill | Balaeniceps rex | RR | V |
| 32 | Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius | EN | |
| 33 | Bearded Vulture | Gypaetus barbatus | RR | NT |
| 34 | Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | EN | |
| 35 | White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis | CR | |
| 36 | Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos | EN | |
| 37 | Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus | CR | |
| 38 | White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | CR | |
| 39 | Rueppell's Griffon | Gyps rueppelli | CR | |
| 40 | Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | EN | |
| 41 | Western Banded Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinerascens | RR | |
| 42 | Crowned Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus | NT | |
| 43 | Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | EN | |
| 44 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | V | |
| 45 | /Steppe Eagle/ | Aquila nipalensis | EN | |
| 46 | /Imperial Eagle/ | Aquila heliaca | RR | V |
| 47 | Little Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza minullus | LC | |
| 48 | Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk | Accipiter rufiventris | RR | |
| 49 | /Pallid Harrier/ | Circus macrourus | NT | |
| 50 | Mountain Buzzard | Buteo oreophilus | NT | |
| 51 | /Long-legged Buzzard/ | Buteo rufinus | RR | |
| 52 | White-headed Mousebird | Colius leucocephalus | RR | |
| 53 | White-headed Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus bollei | RR | |
| 54 | Southern Ground-Hornbill | Bucorvus leadbeateri | LC | V |
| 55 | Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus ruahae | E | |
| 56 | Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater | Merops oreobates | RR | |
| 57 | Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima | LC | |
| 58 | Purple Roller | Coracias naevius | LC | |
| 59 | White-eared Barbet | Stactolaema leucotis | RR | |
| 60 | Green-backed Honeybird | Prodotiscus zambesiae | LC | |
| 61 | Brown-backed Honeybird | Prodotiscus regulus | LC | |
| 62 | African Gray Woodpecker | Dendropicos goertae | RR | |
| 63 | Mountain Gray Woodpecker | Dendropicos spodocephalus | RR | |
| 64 | Bearded Woodpecker | Chloropicus namaquus | LC | |
| 65 | Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera | NT | |
| 66 | |Sooty Falcon| | Falco concolor | V | |
| 67 | Fischer's Lovebird | Agapornis fischeri | NT | |
| 68 | Yellow-collared Lovebird | Agapornis personatus | E | |
| 69 | Red-fronted Parrot | Poicephalus gulielmi | RR | |
| 70 | Purple-throated Cuckooshrike | Campephaga quiscalina | RR | |
| 71 | Rosy-patched Bushshrike | Rhodophoneus cruentus | RR | |
| 72 | Cape Crow | Corvus capensis | RR | |
| 73 | White-tailed Blue Flycatcher | Elminia albicauda | RR | |
| 74 | Red-throated Tit | Melaniparus fringillinus | NE | |
| 75 | Beesley's Lark | Chersomanes beesleyi | E | |
| 76 | Pink-breasted Lark | Calendulauda poecilosterna | RR | |
| 77 | Red-winged Lark | Corypha hypermetra | RR | |
| 78 | &Short-tailed Larkl | Pseudalaemon fremantlii | RR | |
| 79 | Red-capped Lark | Calandrella cinerea | RR | |
| 80 | Somali Short-toed Lark | Alaudala somalica | RR | |
| 81 | Northern Crombec | Sylvietta brachyura | RR | |
| 82 | Gray Apalis | Apalis cinerea | RR | |
| 83 | Brown-headed Apalis | Apalis alticola | RR | |
| 84 | Gray-capped Warbler | Eminia lepida | RR | |
| 85 | Wailing Cisticola | Cisticola lais | RR | |
| 86 | Stout Cisticola | Cisticola robustus | RR | |
| 87 | Gray-rumped Swallow | Pseudhirundo griseopyga | LC | |
| 88 | Black-headed Mountain Greenbul | Arizelocichla nigriceps | NE | |
| 89 | Northern Brownbul | Phyllastrephus strepitans | RR | |
| 90 | Brown Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus umbrovirens | RR | |
| 91 | Brown Parisoma | Curruca lugens | RR | |
| 92 | Mbulu White-eye | Zosterops mbuluensis | NE | |
| 93 | Kilimanjaro White-eye | Zosterops eurycricotus | E | |
| 94 | Northern Pied-Babbler | Turdoides hypoleuca | NE | |
| 95 | Sharpe's Starling | Pholia sharpii | RR | |
| 96 | Kenrick's Starling | Poeoptera kenricki | NE | |
| 97 | Hildebrandt's Starling | Lamprotornis hildebrandti | NE | |
| 98 | Ashy Starling | Lamprotornis unicolor | NE | |
| 99 | Fischer's Starling | Lamprotornis fischeri | RR | |
| 100 | Abyssinian Ground-Thrush | Geokichla piaggiae | RR | |
| 101 | Rueppell's Robin-Chat | Cossypha semirufa | RR | |
| 102 | Little Rock-Thrush | Monticola rufocinereus | RR | |
| 103 | Moorland Chat | Pinarochroa sordida | RR | |
| 104 | Northern Anteater-Chat | Myrmecocichla aethiops | RR | |
| 105 | Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris | LC | |
| 106 | Tacazze Sunbird | Nectarinia tacazze | RR | |
| 107 | Golden-winged Sunbird | Drepanorhynchus reichenowi | RR | |
| 108 | Eastern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris mediocris | NE | |
| 109 | Gorgeous Sunbird | Cinnyris melanogastrus | NE | |
| 110 | Speckle-fronted Weaver | Sporopipes frontalis | LC | |
| 111 | Rufous-tailed Weaver | Histurgops ruficauda | NE | |
| 112 | Black-capped Social-Weaver | Pseudonigrita cabanisi | RR | |
| 113 | Little Weaver | Ploceus luteolus | LC | |
| 114 | Taveta Golden-Weaver | Ploceus castaneiceps | NE | |
| 115 | Black Bishop | Euplectes gierowii | LC | |
| 116 | Jackson's Widowbird | Euplectes jacksoni | NE | NT |
| 117 | Abyssinian Crimsonwing | Cryptospiza salvadorii | RR | |
| 118 | Gray-headed Nigrita | Nigrita canicapillus | RR | |
| 119 | Red-throated Twinspot | Hypargos niveoguttatus | LC | |
| 120 | Jameson's Firefinch | Lagonosticta rhodopareia | LC | |
| 121 | Kenya Rufous Sparrow | Passer rufocinctus | NE | |
| 122 | Swahili Sparrow | Passer suahelicus | NE | |
| 123 | /White Wagtail/ | Motacilla alba | RR | |
| 124 | Bush Pipit | Anthus caffer | LC | |
| 125 | Rosy-throated Longclaw | Macronyx ameliae | RR | |
| 126 | Oriole Finch | Linurgus olivaceus | LC | |
| 127 | Southern Grosbeak-Canary | Crithagra buchanani | NE |
*Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.
OTHER LOCALES
PRESENCE CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| // | Boreal Visitor | 19 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 4 |
| || | Transient | 3 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 0 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 5 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 3 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 4 |
| [] | Accidental | 4 |
DISTRIBUTION CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| E | Endemic | 31 |
| LC | Local | 47 |
| NE | Near Endemic | 36 |
| RR | Restricted Range | 276 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 13 |
| V | Vulnerable | 6 |
| EN | Endangered | 9 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 4 |
Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.