Birds In Ruaha National Park : Covering a surface area of about 20,226 square kilometers, Ruaha National Park was established in the year 1964 and known to be among the largest national parks in Tanzania.

Ruaha National Park is made up of by beautiful landscapes which consist the great Ruaha river, rocky escarpments, the rolling hills, with unique open plains dotted with African baobab trees hence making the destination a great home for various wildlife such as; zebras, hippos, leopards, hyenas, wild dog, greater kudu, lesser kudu, antelopes, lions, wildebeest, white rhinos and black rhinos and many others.

Ruaha National Park is also home to several bird species of over 450 bird species, which include;

STRUTHIONIFORMES: Struthionidae

Common Ostrich

ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae

White-faced Whistling Duck

Fulvous Whistling Duck

Egyptian Goose

Hottentot Teal

African Black Duck

Yellow-billed Duck

Red-billed Teal

Spur-winged Goose

Comb Duck

GALLIFORMES: Numididae

Helmeted Guineafowl

Crested Guineafowl

GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae

Common Quail

Harlequin Quail

Hildebrandt’s Francolin

Scaly Francolin

Yellow-necked Spurfowl

Red-necked Spurfowl

Crested Francolin

Coqui Francolin

Red-winged Francolin

Shelley’s Francolin

PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Podicipedidae

Little Grebe

COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae

Speckled Pigeon

Lemon Dove

Dusky Turtle Dove

Mourning Collared Dove

Red-eyed Dove

Ring-necked Dove

Laughing Dove

African Green Pigeon

Emerald-spotted Wood Dove

Blue-spotted Wood Dove

Tambourine Dove

Namaqua Dove

PTEROCLIFORMES: Pteroclidae

Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse

Yellow-throated Sandgrouse

Black-faced Sandgrouse

CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae

Fiery-necked Nightjar

Freckled Nightjar

Slender-tailed Nightjar

Mozambique Nightjar

Pennant-winged Nightjar

CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Apodidae

Mottled Spinetailed Swift

Böhm’s Spinetailed Swift

African Palm Swift

Alpine Swift

Mottled Swift

White-rumped Swift

Little Swift

African Swift

Common Swift

CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae

Senegal Coucal

Coppery-tailed Coucal

White-browed Coucal

African Black Coucal

Jacobin Cuckoo

Levaillant’s Cuckoo

Great Spotted Cuckoo

Thick-billed Cuckoo

Klaas’s Cuckoo

African Emerald Cuckoo

Diederick Cuckoo

Red-chested Cuckoo

Black Cuckoo

Common Cuckoo

African Cuckoo

GRUIFORMES: Rallidae

African Crake

Black Crake

Allen’s Gallinule

Common Moorhen

Lesser Moorhen

Red-knobbed Coot

GRUIFORMES: Sarothruridae

Buff-spotted Flufftail

GRUIFORMES: Gruidae

Grey Crowned Crane

OTIDIFORMES: Otididae

Black-bellied Bustard

Buff-crested Bustard

White-bellied Bustard

MUSOPHAGIFORMES: Musophagidae

White-bellied Go-away-bird

Bare-faced Go-away-bird

Grey Go-away-bird

Purple-crested Turaco

Schalow’s Turaco

PELECANIFORMES: Ciconiidae

Marabou

Yellow-billed Stork

African Openbill

Black Stork

Abdim’s Stork

Woolly-necked Stork

European White Stork

Saddle-bill Stork

PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae

Great White Pelican

Pink-backed Pelican

PELECANIFORMES: Scopidae

Hamerkop

PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae

Dwarf Bittern

White-backed Night Heron

Black-crowned Night Heron

Striated Heron

Squacco Heron

Madagascar Pond Heron

Rufous-bellied Heron

Cattle Egret

Grey Heron

Black-headed Heron

Goliath Heron

Purple Heron

Great Egret

Intermediate Egret

Black Heron

Little Egret

PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae

African Sacred Ibis

African Spoonbill

Hadada Ibis

Glossy Ibis

PELECANIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae

Long-tailed Cormorant

Great Cormorant

PELECANIFORMES: Anhingidae

African Darter

CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae

Water Thick-knee

Spotted Thick-knee

CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae

Black-winged Stilt

CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae

Common Ringed Plover

Kittlitz’s Plover

Three-banded Plover

Caspian Plover

Long-toed Lapwing

Blacksmith Lapwing

Spur-winged Lapwing

White-headed Lapwing

Senegal Lapwing

Crowned Lapwing

African Wattled Lapwing

CHARADRIIFORMES: Rostratulidae

Greater Painted-snipe

CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae

African Jacana

Lesser Jacana

CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae

Ruff

Little Stint

African Snipe

Great Snipe

Common Sandpiper

Green Sandpiper

Common Greenshank

Wood Sandpiper

Marsh Sandpiper

CHARADRIIFORMES: Turnicidae

Common Buttonquail

CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae

Double-banded Courser

Heuglin’s Courser

Bronze-winged Courser

Temminck’s Courser

Collared Pratincole

CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae

African Skimmer

Whiskered Tern

ACCIPITRIFORMES: Sagittariidae

Secretary-bird

ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae

Black-winged Kite

European Honey Buzzard

African Cuckoo Hawk

African Harrier Hawk

Palm-nut Vulture

Bateleur

Black-chested Snake Eagle

Brown Snake Eagle

Western Banded Snake Eagle

White-headed Vulture

Hooded Vulture

White-backed Vulture

Rüppell’s Vulture

Lappet-faced Vulture

Bat Hawk

Crowned Eagle

Martial Eagle

Long-crested Eagle

Lesser Spotted Eagle

Tawny Eagle

Steppe Eagle

Verreaux’s Eagle

African Hawk Eagle

Wahlberg’s Eagle

Booted Eagle

Ayres’s Eagle

Lizard Buzzard

Dark Chanting Goshawk

Eastern Chanting Goshawk

Gabar Goshawk

Western Marsh Harrier

African Marsh Harrier

Pallid Harrier

Montagu’s Harrier

African Goshawk

Shikra

Little Sparrowhawk

Ovambo Sparrowhawk

Black Sparrowhawk

African Fish Eagle

Black Kite

Augur Buzzard

Eurasian Buzzard

Mountain Buzzard

STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae

Common Barn Owl

STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae

Pearl-spotted Owlet

African Barred Owlet

African Scops Owl

Southern White-faced Owl

Marsh Owl

African Wood Owl

Cape Eagle Owl

Spotted Eagle Owl

Verreaux’s Eagle Owl

Pel’s Fishing Owl

COLIIFORMES: Coliidae

Speckled Mousebird

Blue-naped Mousebird

Birds In Ruaha National Park
Blue-naped Mousebird

BUCEROTIFORMES: Bucerotidae

Southern Ground Hornbill

Crowned Hornbill

Pale-billed Hornbill

African Grey Hornbill

Red-billed Hornbill

Von der Decken’s Hornbill

Trumpeter Hornbill

Silvery-cheeked Hornbill

BUCEROTIFORMES: Upupidae

Common Hoopoe

BUCEROTIFORMES: Phoeniculidae

Green Wood-hoopoe

Common Scimitarbill

Abyssinian Scimitarbill

PICIFORMES: Indicatoridae

Wahlberg’s Honeybird

Lesser Honeyguide

Scaly-throated Honeyguide

Greater Honeyguide

PICIFORMES: Picidae

Bennett’s Woodpecker

Nubian Woodpecker

Golden-tailed Woodpecker

Green-backed Woodpecker

Cardinal Woodpecker

Bearded Woodpecker

PICIFORMES: Ramphastidae

Crested Barbet

D’Arnaud’s Barbet

Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird

Red-fronted Tinkerbird

Spot-flanked Barbet

Black-collared Barbet

CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae

White-fronted Bee-eater

White-throated Bee-eater

Northern Carmine Bee-eater

Olive Bee-eater

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater

European Bee-eater

Swallow-tailed Bee-eater

Blue-breasted Bee-eater

Little Bee-eater

CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae

Rufous-crowned Roller

Racquet-tailed Roller

Lilac-breasted Roller

European Roller

Broad-billed Roller

CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae

African Pygmy Kingfisher

African Malachite Kingfisher

Giant Kingfisher

Pied Kingfisher

Grey-headed Kingfisher

Brown-hooded Kingfisher

Striped Kingfisher

Woodland Kingfisher

FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae

African Pygmy Falcon

Lesser Kestrel

Common Kestrel

Greater Kestrel

Grey Kestrel

Dickinson’s Kestrel

Red-necked Falcon

Red-footed Falcon

Amur Falcon

Eleonora’s Falcon

Sooty Falcon

Eurasian Hobby

African Hobby

Lanner Falcon

Peregrine Falcon

PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae

Brown-necked Parrot

Brown Parrot

Brown-headed Parrot

PSITTACIFORMES: Psittaculidae

Fischer’s Lovebird

Yellow-collared Lovebird

PASSERIFORMES: Calyptomenidae

African Broadbill

PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae

Black Cuckooshrike

PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae

Eastern Black-headed Oriole

Eurasian Golden Oriole

African Golden Oriole

PASSERIFORMES: Platysteiridae

Chinspot Batis

Black-throated Wattle-eye

PASSERIFORMES: Vangidae

White-crested Helmet-shrike

PASSERIFORMES: Malaconotidae

Grey-headed Bush-shrike

Black-backed Puffback

Blackcap Bush-shrike

Brown-crowned Tchagra

Black-crowned Tchagra

Brubru

Orange-breasted Bush-shrike

Slate-coloured Boubou

Tropical Boubou

PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae

Square-tailed Drongo

Fork-tailed Drongo

PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae

Magpie Shrike

White-rumped Shrike

Red-backed Shrike

Turkestan Shrike

Isabelline Shrike

Lesser Grey Shrike

Grey-backed Fiscal

Long-tailed Fiscal

Southern Fiscal

Northern Fiscal

PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae

White-necked Raven

Pied Crow

House Crow

PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae

African Paradise-flycatcher

PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae

Western Violet-backed Sunbird

Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird

Collared Sunbird

Green-headed Sunbird

Olive Sunbird

Amethyst Sunbird

Scarlet-chested Sunbird

Bronzy Sunbird

Malachite Sunbird

Miombo Double-collared Sunbird

Beautiful Sunbird

Mariqua Sunbird

Purple-banded Sunbird

Variable Sunbird

PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae

Red-billed Buffalo Weaver

White-headed Buffalo Weaver

White-browed Sparrow Weaver

Speckle-fronted Weaver

Grey-headed Social Weaver

Grosbeak Weaver

Cardinal Quelea

Red-headed Quelea

Red-billed Quelea

Yellow-crowned Bishop

Red-collared Widowbird

Black-winged Bishop

Southern Red Bishop

Yellow Bishop

Yellow-mantled Widowbird

Fan-tailed Widowbird

White-winged Widowbird

Baglafecht Weaver

Spectacled Weaver

Black-necked Weaver

African Golden Weaver

Holub’s Weaver

Southern Brown-throated Weaver

Lesser Masked Weaver

Tanzanian Masked Weaver

Vitelline Masked Weaver

Village Weaver

Black-headed Weaver

Golden-backed Weaver

Chestnut Weaver

Red-headed Weaver

PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae

Red-billed Firefinch

Jameson’s Firefinch

African Firefinch

Orange-winged Pytilia

Green-winged Pytilia

Purple Grenadier

Blue-breasted Cordon-bleu

Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu

Blue-capped Cordon-bleu

Fawn-breasted Waxbill

Crimson-rumped Waxbill

Common Waxbill

Black-faced Waxbill

Red-faced Crimson-wing

Cut-throat Finch

African Quailfinch

Zebra Waxbill

Bronze Mannikin

Grey-headed Silverbill

PASSERIFORMES: Viduidae

Pin-tailed Whydah

Eastern Paradise Whydah

Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah

Steel-blue Whydah

Dusky Indigobird

Village Indigobird

Purple Indigobird

PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae

House Sparrow

Kordofan Sparrow

Northern Grey-headed Sparrow

Southern Grey-headed Sparrow

Chestnut Sparrow

Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow

PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae

Striped Pipit

Richard’s Pipit

Woodland Pipit

African Pipit

Long-billed Pipit

Yellow-throated Longclaw

Golden Pipit

Yellow Wagtail

African Wagtail

PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae

Southern Citril

Reichenow’s Canary

Yellow-fronted Canary

White-bellied Canary

Brimstone Canary

Reichard’s Canary

Streaky Canary

Yellow-crowned Canary

PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae

Cabanis’s Bunting

Golden-breasted Bunting

Cinnamon-breasted Bunting

PASSERIFORMES: Paridae

White-bellied Tit

PASSERIFORMES: Remizidae

Grey Penduline Tit

PASSERIFORMES: Nicatoridae

Eastern Nicator

PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae

Fischer’s Sparrow Lark

Rufous-naped Lark

Flappet Lark

Red-capped Lark

PASSERIFORMES: Macrosphenidae

Red-faced Crombec

Long-billed Crombec

Moustached Grass Warbler

PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae

Green-capped Eremomela

Bar-throated Apalis

Yellow-breasted Apalis

Black-throated Apalis

Black-headed Apalis

Grey Apalis

Miombo Wren Warbler

Grey-backed Camaroptera

Red-faced Cisticola

Singing Cisticola

Trilling Cisticola

Rattling Cisticola

Wailing Cisticola

Winding Cisticola

Stout Cisticola

Croaking Cisticola

Short-winged Cisticola

Long-tailed Cisticola

Zitting Cisticola

Desert Cisticola

Wing-snapping Cisticola

Tawny-flanked Prinia

PASSERIFORMES: Acrocephalidae

Olivaceous Warbler

Icterine Warbler

Common Reed Warbler

Great Reed Warbler

PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae

Grey-rumped Swallow

White-headed Saw-wing

Black Saw-wing

Northern House Martin

Lesser Striped Swallow

Mosque Swallow

Red-rumped Swallow

Wire-tailed Swallow

Barn Swallow

Angolan Swallow

Rock Martin

Banded Martin

Plain Martin

Sand Martin

PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae

Sombre Greenbul

Yellow-bellied Greenbul

Grey-olive Greenbul

Common Bulbul

PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopidae

Willow Warbler

PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae

Garden Warbler

Banded Parisoma

Common Whitethroat

PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae

African Yellow White-eye

PASSERIFORMES: Pellorneidae

Pale-breasted Thrush Babbler

PASSERIFORMES: Leiothrichidae

Scaly Chatterer

Black-lored Babbler

Arrow-marked Babbler

PASSERIFORMES: Sittidae

African Salpornis

PASSERIFORMES: Buphagidae

Red-billed Oxpecker

Yellow-billed Oxpecker

PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae

Wattled Starling

Slender-billed Starling

Red-winged Starling

Kenrick’s Starling

Ashy Starling

Superb Starling

Lesser Blue-eared Starling

Greater Blue-eared Starling

Amethyst Starling

PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae

Eastern Bearded Scrub Robin

Miombo Bearded Scrub Robin

White-browed Scrub Robin

Spotted Flycatcher

Ashy Flycatcher

African Dusky Flycatcher

Grey Tit Flycatcher

Pale Flycatcher

African Grey Flycatcher

White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher

Southern Black Flycatcher

White-browed Robin Chat

Collared Palm Thrush

Spotted Palm Thrush

White-throated Irania

Thrush Nightingale

Common Rock Thrush

African Stonechat

Arnott’s Chat

Northern Wheatear

Capped Wheatear

Familiar Chat

Mocking Cliff Chat

PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae

Groundscraper Thrush

Bare-eyed Thrush

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