Tanzania
Below is a list of species that are possible to photograph on this tour. This list is a culmination of my photographic opportunities I have experienced over the years while operating this tour. This list is solely to provide you with a general idea but does not guarantee photographic opportunities. Every year is different and exciting!
SPECIES:
Knob-billed Duck
Blue-billed Teal
Cape Teal
Red-billed Duck
Yellow-billed Duck
Maccoa Duck
Little Grebe
Spotted Thick-knee
Water Thick-knee
Pied Avocet
Three-banded Plover
Long-toed Lapwing
Blacksmith Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Black-winged Lapwing
Kittlitz’s Plover
Chestnut-banded Plover
African Jacana
Double-banded Courser
Three-banded Courser
Bronze-winged Courser
Temminck’s Courser
Great Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo
Hamerkop
African Woolly-necked Stork
Saddle-billed Stork
Abdim’s Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
Gray Crowned Crane
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
Dwarf Bittern
Black Heron
Rufous-bellied Heron
Purple Heron
Goliath Heron
Black-headed Heron
Black Crake
Common Ostrich
Kori Bustard
White-bellied Bustard
Buff-crested Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard
Helmeted Guineafowl
Vulturine Guineafowl
Coqui Francolin
Crested Francolin
Hildebrandt’s Spurfowl
Scaly Spurfowl
Yellow-necked Spurfowl
Red-necked Spurfowl
Gray-breasted Spurfowl
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
Black-faced Sandgrouse
Speckled Pigeon
Mourning Collared Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald Spotted Wood Dove
Namaqua Dove
Secretarybird
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier Hawk
White-headed Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Ruppells Griffon
Baetleur
Black-chested Snake Eagle
Brown Snake Eagle
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Wahlbergs Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Gabar Goshawk
Dark Chanting Goshawk
Eastern Chanting Goshawk
Lizard Buzzard
Black Hawk
African Fish Eagle
Augur Buzzard
Common Buzzard
Pygmy Falcon
Lesser Kestrel
Greater Kestrel
Gray Kestrel
African Scops Owl
Spotted Eagle Owl
Verreaux’s Eagle Owl
Pearl Spotted Owlet
Little Swift
Wire-tailed Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Rufous-chested Swallow
Mosque Swallow
Eastern Red-rumped Swallow
Bare-faced Go-Away-Bird
White-bellied Go-Away-Bird
Eastern Plantain Eater
Purple-crested Turaco
Schalow’s Turaco
Hartlaub’s Turaco
White-browed Coucal
Black Coucal
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Levaillant’s Cuckoo
Pied Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas’s Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
African Cuckoo
Fischer’s Lovebird
Yellow-collared Lovebird
Meyer’s Parrot
Red-bellied Parrot
Narina Trogon
Bar-tailed Trogon
European Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
Purple Roller
Broad-billed Roller
White-fronted Bee-eater
Little Bee-eater
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater
Northern Carmine Bee-eater
Malachite Kingfisher
African Pygmy Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Eurasian Hoopoe
Green Woodhoopoe
Abyssinian Scimitarbill
Speckled Mousebird
White-headed Mousebird
Blue-naped Mousebird
Southern Ground Hornbill
Crowned Hornbill
African Gray Hornbill
Von der Decken’s Hornbill
Northern Red-billed Hornbill
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill
Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill
Red-and-yellow Barbet
D’Arnaud’s Barbet
Mustached Tinkerbird
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird
Red-fronted Barbet
Spot-flanked Barbet
Black-throated Barbet
Brown-breasted Barbet
Bearded Woodpecker
Cardinal Woodpecker
African Gray Woodpecker
Mountain Gray Woodpecker
Brown-backed Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
Pied Crow
White-necked Raven
African Dusky Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
African Gray Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
Silverbird
White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher
Cape Robin-Chat
Ruppell’s Robin-Chat
White-browned Robin-Chat
Spotted Morning Thrush
Whinchat
African Stonechat
Northern Anteater-Chat
Capped Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Abyssinian Wheatear
African Paradise Flycatcher
White-crested Helmetshrike
Gray-crested Helmetshrike
Chinspot Batis
Pale Batis
Pygmy Batis
Brubru
Black-backed Puffback
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Tropical Boubou
Slate-colored Boubou
Rosy-patched Bushshrike
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
Magpie Shrike
Red-backed Shrike
Red-tailed Shrike
Isabelline Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Gray-backed Fiscal
Long-tailed Fiscal
Taita Fiscal
Northern Fiscal
White-rumped Shrike
African Bare-eyed Thrush
African Thrush
Common Bulbul
Rufous Chatterer
Scaly Chatterer
Arrow-marked Babbler
Black-lored Babbler
Northern Pied Babbler
Red-throated Tit
Red-faced Crombec
Mustached Grass Warbler
Yellow-bellied Eremomela
Green-backed Camaroptera
Buff-bellied Warbler
Yellow-breasted Apples
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Red-fronted Prinia
Gray-capped Warbler
Red-faced Cisticola
Singing Cisticola
Trilling Cisticola
Hunter’s Cisticola
Rattling Cisticola
Asy Cisticola
Wailing Cisticola
Stout Cisticola
Croaking Cisticola
Tiny Cisticola
Pectoral-patch Cisticola
Banded Parisoma
Pale White-eye
Collared Sunbird
Green-headed Sunbird
Olive Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Hunter’s Sunbird
Tacazze Sunbird
Bronze Sunbird
Golden-winged Sunbird
Malachite Sunbird
Eastern Double-collared Sunbird
Beautiful Sunbird
Marico Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Pangani Longclaw
Rosy-throated Longclaw
Spike-heeled Lark
Fischer’s Sparrow-Lark
Fawn-colored Lark
Rufous-naped Lark
Red-capped Lark
Flappet Lark
Short-tailed Lark
Somali-short Toed Lark
Kenya Rufous Sparrow
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
Red-billed Buffalo Weaver
White-headed Buffalo Weaver
Speckle-fronted Weaver
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Rufous-tailed Weaver
Gray-capped Social-Weaver
Baglafecht Weaver
African Golden Weaver
Lesser Masked Weaver
Vitelline Masked Weaver
Speke’s Weaver
Village Weaver
Golden-backed Weaver
Chestnut Weaver
Grosbeak Weaver
Cardinal Quelea
Red-billed Quelea
Southern Red Bishop
Black-winged Bishop
Black Bishop
Yellow-crowned Bishop
Fire-fronted Bishop
Yellow Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Yellow-mantled Widowbird
Red-cowled Widowbird
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Jackson’s Widowbird
Pin-tailed Whydah
Eastern Paradise Whydah
Steel-blue Whydah
Straw-tailed Whydah
Village Indigobird
Gray-headed Silverbill
Bronze Mannikin
Black-and-white Mannikin
Common Waxbill
Crimson-rumped Waxbill
Cut-throat
Purple Grenadier
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Blue-capped Cordonbleu
Green-winged Pytilia
Red-throated Twinspot
Red-billed Firefinch
African Firefinch
Yellow-fronted Canary
Southern Citril
Reichenow’s Seedeater
White-bellied Canary
Streaky Seedeater
Thick-billed Seedeater
Wattled Starling
Hildebrandt’s Starling
Superb Starling
Ruppell’s Starling
Golden-breasted Starling
Ashy Starling
Red-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Fork-tailed Drongo