Check list of Birds of Tandala Tented Camp and Safaris and the Surroundings
HERONS & EGRETS
Cattle Egret
Large White Egret
BEE-EATERS
Little bee-eater
European bee-eater
PIGEONS & DOVES
Speckled Pigeon
Lemon Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood Dove
African Mourning Dove
Black-billed Wood Dove
CUCKOOS
Red-chested Cuckoo
Common cuckoo
African Cuckoo
Barred long-tailed Cuckoo
Diederik Cuckoo
WAGTAILS
African Pied Wagtail
BULBULS
Yellow-vented Bulbul
EAGLES & HAWKS
Black-shouldered Kite
Brown Snake Eagle
African Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
Long-crested Eagle
Fish Eagle
FINCH
Melba Finch or
Green-winged Pytilia
SHRIKES
Black-fronted Bush Shrike
Speckled Mousebird
OWLS
African Wood Owl
ROLLERS
Eurasian Roller
Broad Tailed Roller
Lilac Breasted Roller
HORN BILLS
Crowned Hornbill
Red-billed Hornbill
Ground Hornbill
CROWS & RAVENS
Pied Crow
WEAVERS & WIDOWBIRDS
Red-billed Oxpecker
Grey-headed Sparrow
White-headed Buffalo Weaver
Red-headed Weaver
Red-belied Buffalo Weaver
CAMAROTERA
Grey Backed Camaroptera
FRANCOLINS & QUAILS
Red Chestnut Napped Francolin
Red Necked Francolin
BABLER
Arrow-marked Babler
APALIS
Bar-throated Apalis
Yellow-breasted Apalis
HONEY GUIDES
Lesser Honey Guide
SWIFT
Little Swift
BUSTARDS
Black-bellied Bustard
WOODPECKERS
Olive Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker
WARBLERS
Red-faced Crombec
Wing-snapping Cisticola
Singing Cisticola
Black-breasted Cisticola
PARROTS
Yellow-collared Lovebird
Red-parched Cordon Bleu
Red Cordon Bleu
Fischer’s Lovebird
KINGFISHERS
Chestnut-bellied Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Mangrove Kingfisher
FLYCATCHERS
White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher
African Paradise Flycatcher
Collared Flycatcher
Southern Black Flycatcher
GUINEA FOWL
Helmeted Guinea Fowl
Crested Guinea Fowl
SWALLOWS & MARTINS
White-headed Roughwing
Red-rumped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
STARLINGS
Red-winged Staling
Ash Starlin
WAXBILLS
Yellow-bellied Waxbill
Common Waxbill
SUNBIRDS
Collared Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
Malachite Sunbird
Scarlet-tufted Malachite
BARBET
Spot-flanked Barbet
CANARIES & SEEDEATERS
East African Citril
This is a preliminary check list of birds found in and around the Tandala Tented Camp. So far, about 450 species have been recorded in the Ruaha National Park.
