SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK
TANZANIA
LOCALE
| Area (SqKm): | 14,763 |
| Altitude (m): | 1500-1800 |
| # Species: | 670 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 669 |
| # Endemics: | 5 |
| # Near Endemics: | 19 |
| Species/100 SqKm: | 4.5 |
| Habitat: Grassland, woodland, wetlands, lakes, kopjes | |
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 | Red-winged Francolin | Scleroptera levaillantii | RR | |
| 5 | Shelley's Francolin | Scleroptera shelleyi | RR | |
| 6 | Gray-breasted Spurfowl | Pternistis rufopictus | E | |
| 7 | Red-necked Spurfowl | Pternistis afer | LC | |
| 8 | Dusky Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia lugens | RR | |
| 9 | Blue-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur afer | RR | |
| 10 | Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori | NT | |
| 11 | Denham's Bustard | Neotis denhami | NT | |
| 12 | Gray Go-away-bird | Crinifer concolor | RR | |
| 13 | Eastern Plantain-eater | Crinifer zonurus | RR | |
| 14 | Ross's Turaco | Tauraco rossae | RR | |
| 15 | Schalow's Turaco | Tauraco schalowi | RR | |
| 16 | Hartlaub's Turaco | Tauraco hartlaubi | RR | |
| 17 | Black Coucal | Centropus grillii | LC | |
| 18 | Montane Nightjar | Caprimulgus poliocephalus | RR | |
| 19 | Swamp Nightjar | Caprimulgus natalensis | RR | |
| 20 | Mottled Spinetail | Telacanthura ussheri | LC | |
| 21 | Scarce Swift | Schoutedenapus myoptilus | RR | |
| 22 | African Swift | Apus barbatus | RR | |
| 23 | (Horus Swift) | Apus horus | RR | |
| 24 | (African Crake) | Crecopsis egregia | LC | |
| 25 | Gray Crowned-Crane | Balearica regulorum | EN | |
| 26 | Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | LC | |
| 27 | White-crowned Lapwing | Vanellus albiceps | RR | |
| 28 | Black-winged Lapwing | Vanellus melanopterus | RR | |
| 29 | /Eurasian Curlew/ | Numenius arquata | NT | |
| 30 | /Black-tailed Godwit/ | Limosa limosa | NT | |
| 31 | /Broad-billed Sandpiper/ | Calidris falcinellus | RR | |
| 32 | /Curlew Sandpiper/ | Calidris ferruginea | NT | |
| 33 | Double-banded Courser | Smutsornis africanus | LC | |
| 34 | Bronze-winged Courser | Rhinoptilus chalcopterus | LC | |
| 35 | <Lesser Flamingo> | Phoenicoparrus minor | V | |
| 36 | African Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia microscelis | NT | |
| 37 | Rufous-bellied Heron | Ardeola rufiventris | LC | |
| 38 | \Malagasy Pond-Heron\ | Ardeola idae | EN | |
| 39 | Shoebill | Balaeniceps rex | RR | V |
| 40 | Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius | EN | |
| 41 | Bearded Vulture | Gypaetus barbatus | RR | NT |
| 42 | Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | EN | |
| 43 | White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis | CR | |
| 44 | Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos | EN | |
| 45 | Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus | CR | |
| 46 | White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | CR | |
| 47 | Rueppell's Griffon | Gyps rueppelli | CR | |
| 48 | Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | EN | |
| 49 | Western Banded Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinerascens | RR | |
| 50 | Crowned Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus | NT | |
| 51 | Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | EN | |
| 52 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | V | |
| 53 | /Steppe Eagle/ | Aquila nipalensis | EN | |
| 54 | /Imperial Eagle/ | Aquila heliaca | RR | V |
| 55 | Little Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza minullus | LC | |
| 56 | Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk | Accipiter rufiventris | RR | |
| 57 | /Pallid Harrier/ | Circus macrourus | NT | |
| 58 | Mountain Buzzard | Buteo oreophilus | NT | |
| 59 | /Long-legged Buzzard/ | Buteo rufinus | RR | |
| 60 | African Grass-Owl | Tyto capensis | LC | |
| 61 | White-headed Mousebird | Colius leucocephalus | RR | |
| 62 | Southern Ground-Hornbill | Bucorvus leadbeateri | LC | V |
| 63 | Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus ruahae | E | |
| 64 | Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill | Bycanistes subcylindrica | RR | |
| 65 | Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater | Merops oreobates | RR | |
| 66 | /Northern Carmine Bee-eater/ | Merops nubicus | RR | |
| 67 | Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima | LC | |
| 68 | Purple Roller | Coracias naevius | LC | |
| 69 | White-eared Barbet | Stactolaema leucotis | RR | |
| 70 | Miombo Barbet | Tricholaema frontata | RR | |
| 71 | Double-toothed Barbet | Pogonornis bidentatus | RR | |
| 72 | Brown-backed Honeybird | Prodotiscus regulus | LC | |
| 73 | Bearded Woodpecker | Chloropicus namaquus | LC | |
| 74 | African Gray Woodpecker | Dendropicos goertae | RR | |
| 75 | Mountain Gray Woodpecker | Dendropicos spodocephalus | RR | |
| 76 | Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera | NT | |
| 77 | |Red-footed Falcon| | Falco vespertinus | V | |
| 78 | |Sooty Falcon| | Falco concolor | V | |
| 79 | Fischer's Lovebird | Agapornis fischeri | NT | |
| 80 | Yellow-collared Lovebird | Agapornis personatus | E | |
| 81 | Red-fronted Parrot | Poicephalus gulielmi | RR | |
| 82 | Purple-throated Cuckooshrike | Campephaga quiscalina | RR | |
| 83 | Brown-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira cyanea | RR | |
| 84 | Western Black-headed Batis | Batis erlangeri | RR | |
| 85 | Gray-crested Helmetshrike | Prionops poliolophus | NE | NT |
| 86 | Northern Puffback | Dryoscopus gambensis | RR | |
| 87 | Zanzibar Boubou | Laniarius sublacteus | NE | |
| 88 | Black-headed Gonolek | Laniarius erythrogaster | RR | |
| 89 | Rosy-patched Bushshrike | Rhodophoneus cruentus | RR | |
| 90 | Square-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus ludwigii | E | |
| 91 | Cape Crow | Corvus capensis | RR | |
| 92 | White-tailed Blue Flycatcher | Elminia albicauda | RR | |
| 93 | Red-throated Tit | Melaniparus fringillinus | NE | |
| 94 | Pink-breasted Lark | Calendulauda poecilosterna | RR | |
| 95 | Sentinel Lark | Corypha athi | NE | |
| 96 | <Short-tailed Lark> | Pseudalaemon fremantlii | RR | |
| 97 | Red-capped Lark | Calandrella cinerea | RR | |
| 98 | Somali Short-toed Lark | Alaudala somalica | RR | |
| 99 | Northern Crombec | Sylvietta brachyura | RR | |
| 100 | Olive-green Camaroptera | Camaroptera chloronota | RR | |
| 101 | Maasai Apalis | Apalis stronachi | NE | V |
| 102 | Gray-capped Warbler | Eminia lepida | RR | |
| 103 | Rock-loving Cisticola | Cisticola aberrans | RR | |
| 104 | Ashy Cisticola | Cisticola cinereolus | RR | |
| 105 | Wailing Cisticola | Cisticola lais | RR | |
| 106 | White-tailed Cisticola | Cisticola anderseni | E | |
| 107 | Stout Cisticola | Cisticola robustus | RR | |
| 108 | Wing-snapping Cisticola | Cisticola ayresii | RR | |
| 109 | Gray-rumped Swallow | Pseudhirundo griseopyga | LC | |
| 110 | Rufous-chested Swallow | Cecropis semirufa | RR | |
| 111 | Black-headed Mountain Greenbul | Arizelocichla nigriceps | NE | |
| 112 | /Wood Warbler/ | Phylloscopus sibilatrix | RR | |
| 113 | Brown Parisoma | Curruca lugens | RR | |
| 114 | Mbulu White-eye | Zosterops mbuluensis | NE | |
| 115 | Northern Pied-Babbler | Turdoides hypoleuca | NE | |
| 116 | Kenrick's Starling | Poeoptera kenricki | NE | |
| 117 | Hildebrandt's Starling | Lamprotornis hildebrandti | NE | |
| 118 | Ashy Starling | Lamprotornis unicolor | NE | |
| 119 | Splendid Starling | Lamprotornis splendidus | RR | |
| 120 | Fischer's Starling | Lamprotornis fischeri | RR | |
| 121 | Sharp-tailed Starling | Lamprotornis acuticaudus | RR | |
| 122 | African Thrush | Turdus pelios | RR | |
| 123 | Swamp Flycatcher | Muscicapa aquatica | RR | |
| 124 | Northern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis edolioides | RR | |
| 125 | Rueppell's Robin-Chat | Cossypha semirufa | RR | |
| 126 | Little Rock-Thrush | Monticola rufocinereus | RR | |
| 127 | Northern Anteater-Chat | Myrmecocichla aethiops | RR | |
| 128 | Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris | LC | |
| 129 | Tacazze Sunbird | Nectarinia tacazze | RR | |
| 130 | Red-tufted Sunbird | Nectarinia johnstoni | RR | |
| 131 | Golden-winged Sunbird | Drepanorhynchus reichenowi | RR | |
| 132 | Olive-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris chloropygius | RR | |
| 133 | Eastern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris mediocris | NE | |
| 134 | Gorgeous Sunbird | Cinnyris melanogastrus | NE | |
| 135 | Red-chested Sunbird | Cinnyris erythrocercus | RR | |
| 136 | Speckle-fronted Weaver | Sporopipes frontalis | LC | |
| 137 | Rufous-tailed Weaver | Histurgops ruficauda | NE | |
| 138 | Black-capped Social-Weaver | Pseudonigrita cabanisi | RR | |
| 139 | Red-headed Malimbe | Malimbus rubricollis | RR | |
| 140 | Little Weaver | Ploceus luteolus | LC | |
| 141 | Slender-billed Weaver | Ploceus pelzelni | RR | |
| 142 | Vieillot's Black Weaver | Ploceus nigerrimus | RR | |
| 143 | Black Bishop | Euplectes gierowii | LC | |
| 144 | Jackson's Widowbird | Euplectes jacksoni | NE | NT |
| 145 | Gray-headed Nigrita | Nigrita canicapillus | RR | |
| 146 | Black-crowned Waxbill | Estrilda nonnula | RR | |
| 147 | Fawn-breasted Waxbill | Estrilda paludicola | RR | |
| 148 | Jameson's Firefinch | Lagonosticta rhodopareia | LC | |
| 149 | Purple Indigobird | Vidua purpurascens | RR | |
| 150 | Kenya Rufous Sparrow | Passer rufocinctus | NE | |
| 151 | Parrot-billed Sparrow | Passer gongonensis | RR | |
| 152 | Swahili Sparrow | Passer suahelicus | NE | |
| 153 | Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis | RR | |
| 154 | /White Wagtail/ | Motacilla alba | RR | |
| 155 | Bush Pipit | Anthus caffer | LC | |
| 156 | Rosy-throated Longclaw | Macronyx ameliae | RR | |
| 157 | Black-throated Canary | Crithagra atrogularis | RR | |
| 158 | Southern Grosbeak-Canary | Crithagra buchanani | NE | |
| 159 | Yellow-browed Seedeater | Crithagra whytii | RR |
*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.
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DISTRIBUTION CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| E | Endemic | 31 |
| LC | Local | 47 |
| NE | Near Endemic | 35 |
| RR | Restricted Range | 276 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 14 |
| V | Vulnerable | 8 |
| 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.
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