Mkomazi National Park Bird Checklist : Mkomazi national park is located in the Northeastern part of Tanzania in Lushoto district. This national park was first gazette as a game reserve in 1951 and later it was officially established as a national park in 2006 with the main purpose of protecting all the wildlife animals and birds in the country. Mkomazi national park shares boarders with other countries like Kenya and it covers a total surface area of about 3,234 square kilometers and under the management of Tanzania National park Authority who have a major role of protecting all the national parks in the country. In addition, this national park is seen as a good birding destination because it harbours around 400 birds, which all mentioned in the list below;
Ostriches: Struthionidae
Common Ostrich
Ducks: Anatidae
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Knob-billed Duck
Egyptian Goose
Spur-winged Goose
Blue-billed Teal
Red-billed Duck
Guineafowl: Numididae
Helmeted Guineafowl
Vulturine Guineafowl
Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies: Phasianidae
Crested Francolin
Shelley’s Francolin
(Common Quail)
Harlequin Quail
Hildebrandt’s Spurfowl
Yellow-necked Spurfowl
Flamingos: Phoenicopteridae
<Lesser Flamingo>
Grebes: Podicipedidae
Little Grebe
Pigeons and Doves: Columbidae
Rock Pigeon
Speckled Pigeon
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Blue-spotted Wood-Dove
Tambourine Dove
Namaqua Dove
African Green-Pigeon
Sandgrouse: Pteroclidae
Black-faced Sandgrouse
Bustards: Otididae
Kori Bustard
White-bellied Bustard
Buff-crested Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard
Hartlaub’s Bustard
Turacos: Musophagidae
White-bellied Go-away-bird
Cuckoos: Cuculidae
Red-chested Cuckoo
/Common Cuckoo/
African Cuckoo
White-browed Coucal
Pied Cuckoo
Levaillant’s Cuckoo
/Great Spotted Cuckoo/
Klaas’s Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Nightjars and Allies: Caprimulgidae
/Eurasian Nightjar/
Sombre Nightjar
/Plain Nightjar/
Slender-tailed Nightjar
Square-tailed Nightjar
Swifts: Apodidae
Alpine Swift
Mottled Swift
|Common Swift|
African Swift
Little Swift
White-rumped Swift
African Palm Swift
Rails, Gallinules, and Coots: Rallidae
|Corn Crake|
Lesser Moorhen
Eurasian Moorhen
Black Crake
Thick-knees: Burhinidae
Water Thick-knee
Spotted Thick-knee
Stilts and Avocets: Recurvirostridae
Black-winged Stilt
Plovers and Lapwings: Charadriidae
Blacksmith Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Three-banded Plover
Jacanas: Jacanidae
African Jacana
Sandpipers and Allies: Scolopacidae
/Common Sandpiper/
/Green Sandpiper/
/Marsh Sandpiper/
/Wood Sandpiper/
Buttonquail: Turnicidae
Small Buttonquail
Pratincoles and Coursers: Glareolidae
Temminck’s Courser
Three-banded Courser
Collared Pratincole
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers: Laridae
/White-winged Tern/
Whiskered Tern
Storks: Ciconiidae
African Openbill
/Abdim’s Stork/
African Woolly-necked Stork
/White Stork/
Saddle-billed Stork
Cormorants and Shags: Phalacrocoracidae
Great Cormorant
Pelicans: Pelecanidae
Pink-backed Pelican
Shoebill: Balaenicipitidae
Shoebill
Hamerkop: Scopidae
Hamerkop
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns: Ardeidae
Dwarf Bittern
Gray Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
Great Egret
Intermediate Egret
Little Egret
Cattle Egret
Striated Heron
Ibises and Spoonbills: Threskiornithidae
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
Secretary-bird: Sagittariidae
Secretarybird
Hawks, Eagles, and Kites: Accipitridae
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Palm-nut Vulture
African Cuckoo-Hawk
Lappet-faced Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Rueppell’s Griffon
Bateleur
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Crowned Eagle
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
/Lesser Spotted Eagle/
Wahlberg’s Eagle
/Booted Eagle/
Tawny Eagle
/Steppe Eagle/
Verreaux’s Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Lizard Buzzard
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
/Grasshopper Buzzard/
/Eurasian Marsh-Harrier/
African Marsh-Harrier
Montagu’s Harrier
African Goshawk
Shikra
Little Sparrowhawk
Black Goshawk
/Black Kite/
|Common Buzzard|
Mountain Buzzard
Augur Buzzard
Barn-Owls: Tytonidae
Barn Owl
Owls: Strigidae
African Scops-Owl
Spotted Eagle-Owl
Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
African Wood-Owl
Mousebirds: Coliidae
Speckled Mousebird
White-headed Mousebird
Blue-naped Mousebird
Hoopoes: Upupidae
/Eurasian Hoopoe/
African Hoopoe**
Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills: Phoeniculidae
Green Woodhoopoe
Common Scimitarbill
Abyssinian Scimitarbill
Hornbills: Bucerotidae
Southern Ground-Hornbill
Crowned Hornbill
African Gray Hornbill
Northern Red-billed Hornbill
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill
Von der Decken’s Hornbill
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill
Trumpeter Hornbill
Kingfishers: Alcedinidae
Malachite Kingfisher
African Pygmy Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Brown-hooded Kingfisher
Striped Kingfisher
Giant Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Bee-eaters: Meropidae
Little Bee-eater
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
/White-throated Bee-eater/
/Blue-cheeked Bee-eater/
\Madagascar Bee-eater\
|European Bee-eater|
/Northern Carmine Bee-eater/
Rollers: Coraciidae
/European Roller/
Lilac-breasted Roller
Rufous-crowned Roller
Broad-billed Roller
African Barbets: Lybiidae
Red-and-yellow Barbet
D’Arnaud’s Barbet
White-eared Barbet
Red-fronted Tinkerbird
Red-fronted Barbet
Spot-flanked Barbet
Black-throated Barbet
White-headed Barbet
Brown-breasted Barbet
Honeyguides: Indicatoridae
Wahlberg’s Honeyguide
Pallid Honeyguide
Lesser Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide
Woodpeckers: Picidae
Cardinal Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras: Falconidae
Pygmy Falcon
/Eurasian Kestrel/
|Amur Falcon|
/Eurasian Hobby/
Lanner Falcon
Parrots: Psittacidae
Red-bellied Parrot
Cuckooshrikes: Campephagidae
Black Cuckooshrike
Old World Orioles: Oriolidae
/Eurasian Golden Oriole/
#African Golden Oriole#
African Black-headed Oriole
Wattle-eyes and Batises: Platysteiridae
Chinspot Batis
Western Black-headed Batis
Eastern Black-headed Batis
Pygmy Batis
Vangas, Helmetshrikes and Allies: Vangidae
White Helmetshrike
Bushshrikes: Malaconotidae
Brubru
Pringle’s Puffback
Black-backed Puffback
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Three-streaked Tchagra
Tropical Boubou
Slate-colored Boubou
Rosy-patched Bushshrike
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
Gray-headed Bushshrike
Drongos: Dicruridae
Fork-tailed Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers: Monarchidae
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes: Laniidae
/Red-backed Shrike/
/Isabelline Shrike/
|Lesser Gray Shrike|
Long-tailed Fiscal
Taita Fiscal
Northern Fiscal
White-rumped Shrike
Crows, Jays, and Magpies: Corvidae
House Crow
Pied Crow
White-necked Raven
Penduline-Tits: Remizidae
Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit
Larks: Alaudidae
<Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark>
Fischer’s Sparrow-Lark
Pink-breasted Lark
Horsfield’s Bushlark
White-tailed Lark
Friedmann’s Lark
Red-winged Lark
Rufous-naped Lark
Flappet Lark
Nicators: Nicatoridae
Eastern Nicator
African Warblers: Macrosphenidae
Northern Crombec
Red-faced Crombec
Cisticolas and Allies: Cisticolidae
Gray Wren-Warbler
Green-backed Camaroptera
Buff-bellied Warbler
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Brown-headed Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Red-fronted Warbler
Singing Cisticola
Trilling Cisticola
Rattling Cisticola
Ashy Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Croaking Cisticola
Siffling Cisticola
Tiny Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Desert Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies: Acrocephalidae
/Eastern Olivaceous Warbler/
Mountain Yellow-Warbler
/Upcher’s Warbler/
Lesser Swamp Warbler
Swallows: Hirundinidae
Plain Martin
Banded Martin
Rock Martin
/Barn Swallow/
Wire-tailed Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
/Common House-Martin/
Black Sawwing
Bulbuls: Pycnonotidae
Sombre Greenbul
Yellow-bellied Greenbul
Northern Brownbul
Common Bulbul
Leaf Warblers: Phylloscopidae
/Willow Warbler/
Sylviid Warblers, Parrotbills, and Allies: Sylviidae
/Garden Warbler/
Banded Parisoma
/Greater Whitethroat/
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies: Zosteropidae
Pale White-eye
Southern Yellow White-eye
Laughingthrushes and Allies: Leiothrichidae
Rufous Chatterer
Scaly Chatterer
Northern Pied-Babbler
Oxpeckers: Buphagidae
Red-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Starlings: Sturnidae
Wattled Starling
Violet-backed Starling
Red-winged Starling
Hildebrandt’s Starling
<Shelley’s Starling>
Golden-breasted Starling
Superb Starling
Fischer’s Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling
Thrushes and Allies: Turdidae
African Bare-eyed Thrush
Old World Flycatchers: Muscicapidae
African Dusky Flycatcher
|Spotted Flycatcher|
African Gray Flycatcher
Pale Flycatcher
Gray Tit-Flycatcher
Southern Black-Flycatcher
Red-backed Scrub-Robin
Rueppell’s Robin-Chat
White-browed Robin-Chat
Red-capped Robin-Chat
Spotted Morning-Thrush
|Thrush Nightingale|
/Common Nightingale/
/Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush/
/Whinchat/
African Stonechat
Mocking Cliff-Chat
/Northern Wheatear/
/Isabelline Wheatear/
/Pied Wheatear/
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters: Nectariniidae
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird
Collared Sunbird
Olive Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Hunter’s Sunbird
Eastern Double-collared Sunbird
Beautiful Sunbird
Mariqua Sunbird
Black-bellied Sunbird
Purple-banded Sunbird
Tsavo Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
Weavers and Allies: Ploceidae
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Red-headed Weaver
Baglafecht Weaver
Black-necked Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
African Golden-Weaver
Taveta Golden-Weaver
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Vitelline Masked-Weaver
Village Weaver
<Golden-backed Weaver>
<Chestnut Weaver>
<Cardinal Quelea>
<Red-billed Quelea>
Southern Red Bishop
Zanzibar Red Bishop
Black-winged Bishop
<Yellow-crowned Bishop>
<Fire-fronted Bishop>
Yellow Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Grosbeak Weaver
Waxbills and Allies: Estrildidae
Black-and-white Mannikin
African Silverbill
Zebra Waxbill
Black-faced Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Crimson-rumped Waxbill
<Cut-throat>
Purple Grenadier
Southern Cordonbleu
Gray-headed Silverbill
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Blue-capped Cordonbleu
Green-winged Pytilia
Peters’s Twinspot
Red-billed Firefinch
African Firefinch
Jameson’s Firefinch
Indigobirds: Viduidae
Pin-tailed Whydah
Eastern Paradise-Whydah
Steel-blue Whydah
Straw-tailed Whydah
Village Indigobird
Variable Indigobird
Old World Sparrows: Passeridae
House Sparrow
Kenya Rufous Sparrow
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
Parrot-billed Sparrow
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits: Motacillidae
African Pied Wagtail
African Pipit
Golden Pipit
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Pangani Longclaw
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies: Fringillidae
Southern Citril
Reichenow’s Seedeater
White-bellied Canary
Southern Grosbeak-Canary
Old World Buntings: Emberizidae
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting
Somali Bunting
