Ngorongoro Crater Bird Checklist : Ngorongoro Crater also known as the Ngorongoro Conservation Area is one of great bird habitats in Tanzania hosting over 550 bird species including resident and migratory bird species. Birds in Ngorongoro crater include 2 endemics and 8 near endemic species.
Birds in Ngorongoro Crater include the following as listed below
Ostriches: Struthionidae
Common Ostrich
Ducks: Anatidae
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Egyptian Goose
Spur-winged Goose
Garganey
Blue-billed Teal
Northern Shoveler
African Black Duck
Yellow-billed Duck
Cape Teal
Red-billed Duck
Southern Pochard

Guineafowl: Numididae
Helmeted Guineafowl
Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies: Phasianidae
Harlequin Quail
Scaly Francolin
Hildebrandt’s Francolin
Flamingos: Phoenicopteridae
Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo
Grebes: Podicipedidae
Little Grebe
Pigeons and Doves: Columbidae
Speckled Pigeon
Rameron Pigeon
Dusky Turtle-Dove
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Namaqua Dove
African Green-Pigeon
Sandgrouse: Pteroclidae
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
Bustards: Otididae
Kori Bustard
White-bellied Bustard
Black-bellied Bustard
Hartlaub’s Bustard
Turacos: Musophagidae
Schalow’s Turaco
Cuckoos: Cuculidae
White-browed Coucal
Pied Cuckoo
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Klaas’s Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Dideric Cuckoo
Nightjars and Allies: Caprimulgidae
Abyssinian Nightjar
Swifts: Apodidae
Common Swift
Nyanza Swift
African Swift
Little Swift
Rails, Gallinules, and Coots: Rallidae
Eurasian Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
Black Crake
Cranes: Gruidae
Gray Crowned-Crane
Stilts and Avocets: Recurvirostridae
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Plovers and Lapwings: Charadriidae
Long-toed Lapwing
Blacksmith Lapwing
Black-winged Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Kittlitz’s Plover
Three-banded Plover
Chestnut-banded Plover
Jacanas: Jacanidae
African Jacan

Sandpipers and Allies: Scolopacidae
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Eurasian Curlew
Ruff
Curlew Sandpiper
Little Stint
Common Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Pratincoles and Coursers: Glareolidae
Double-banded Courser
Collared Pratincole
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers: Laridae
Gray-hooded Gull
Gull-billed Tern
White-winged Tern
Whiskered Tern
Storks: Ciconiidae
Abdim’s Stork
White Stork
Saddle-billed Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
Anhingas: Anhingidae
African Darter
Cormorants and Shags: Phalacrocoracidae
Long-tailed Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Pelicans: Pelecanidae
Great White Pelican
Pink-backed Pelican
Hamerkop: Scopidae
Hamerkop
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns: Ardeidae
Gray Heron
Black-headed Heron
Purple Heron
Great Egret
Intermediate Egret
Little Egret
Black Heron
Cattle Egret
Squacco Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Ibises and Spoonbills: Threskiornithidae
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Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
African Spoonbill
Secretary-bird: Sagittariidae
Secretarybird
Hawks, Eagles, and Kites: Accipitridae
Black-winged Kite
White-headed Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Rueppell’s Griffon
Bateleur
Brown Snake-Eagle
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
Gabar Goshawk
Eurasian Marsh-Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Montagu’s Harrier
Black Kite
Yellow-billed Kite
Common Buzzard
Mountain Buzzard
Augur Buzzard
Owls: Strigidae
Pearl-spotted Owlet
Mousebirds: Coliidae
Speckled Mousebird
Hoopoes: Upupidae
African Hoopoe
Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills: Phoeniculidae
Green Woodhoopoe
Hornbills: Bucerotidae
African Gray Hornbill
Von der Decken’s Hornbill
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill
Kingfishers: Alcedinidae
Malachite Kingfisher
Woodland Kingfisher
Bee-eaters: Meropidae
Little Bee-eater
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater
Rollers: Coraciidae
European Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
African Barbets: Lybiidae
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
White-headed Barbet
Honeyguides: Indicatoridae
Green-backed Honeyguide
Pallid Honeyguide
Woodpeckers: Picidae
Cardinal Woodpecker
Bearded Woodpecker

Mountain Gray Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras: Falconidae
Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Greater Kestrel
Lanner Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Wattle-eyes and Batises: Platysteiridae
Chinspot Batis
Bushshrikes: Malaconotidae
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Tropical Boubou
Drongos: Dicruridae
Fork-tailed Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers: Monarchidae
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes: Laniidae
Isabelline Shrike
Lesser Gray Shrike
Long-tailed Fiscal
Northern Fiscal
White-rumped Shrike
Crows, Jays, and Magpies: Corvidae
Cape Crow
White-necked Raven
Fairy Flycatchers: Stenostiridae
White-tailed Blue Flycatcher
Larks: Alaudidae
Fischer’s Sparrow-Lark
White-tailed Lark
Rufous-naped Lark
Flappet Lark Red-capped Lark
African Warblers: Macrosphenidae
Red-faced Crombec
Cisticolas and Allies: Cisticolidae
Gray-backed Camaroptera
Buff-bellied Warbler
Bar-throated Apalis
Brown-headed Apalis
Gray-capped Warbler
Red-faced Cisticola
Singing Cisticola
Hunter’s Cisticola
Rattling Cisticola
Wailing Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Zitting Cisticola
Desert Cisticola
Pectoral-patch Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies: Acrocephalidae
Mountain Yellow-Warbler
African Reed Warbler
Lesser Swamp Warbler
Grassbirds and Allies: Locustellidae
Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler
Swallows: Hirundinidae
Plain Martin
Bank Swallow
Banded Martin
Rock Martin
Barn Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
Mosque Swallow
Common House-Martin
Black Sawwing
Bulbuls: Pycnonotidae
Eastern Mountain Greenbul
Common Bulbul
Leaf Warblers: Phylloscopidae
Willow Warbler
Brown Woodland-Warbler
Sylviid Warblers, Parrotbills, and Allies: Sylviidae
Eurasian Blackcap
African Hill Babbler
Brown Parisoma
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies: Zosteropidae
Pale White-eye
Kilimanjaro White-eye
Laughingthrushes and Allies: Leiothrichidae
Black-lored Babbler
Oxpeckers: Buphagidae
Red-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Starlings: Sturnidae
Wattled Starling
Red-winged Starling
Waller’s Starling
Kenrick’s Starling
Hildebrandt’s Starling
Superb Starling
Thrushes and Allies: Turdidae
Abyssinian Thrush
Old World Flycatchers: Muscicapidae
African Dusky Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
African Gray Flycatcher
Silverbird
White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher
Cape Robin-Chat
Rueppell’s Robin-Chat
White-starred Robin
White-throated Robin
Whinchat
African Stonechat
Moorland Chat
Northern Anteater-Chat
Northern Wheatear
Capped Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Abyssinian Wheatear
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters: Nectariniidae
Amethyst Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Tacazze Sunbird
Bronze Sunbird
Malachite Sunbird
Golden-winged Sunbird
Eastern Double-collared Sunbird
Beautiful Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
Weavers and Allies: Ploceidae
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver
Rufous-tailed Weaver
Baglafecht Weaver
African Golden-Weaver
Holub’s Golden-Weaver
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Vitelline Masked-Weaver
Speke’s Weaver
Red-billed Quelea
Southern Red Bishop
Yellow-crowned Bishop
Yellow Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Red-collared Widowbird
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Jackson’s Widowbird
Grosbeak Weaver
Waxbills and Allies: Estrildidae
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Bronze Mannikin
Yellow-bellied Waxbill
Common Waxbill
Purple Grenadier
Blue-capped Cordonbleu
Red-billed Firefinch
African Firefinch
Indigobirds: Viduidae
Pin-tailed Whydah
Eastern Paradise-Whydah
Village Indigobird
Old World Sparrows: Passeridae
House Sparrow
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
Swahili Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits: Motacillidae
Gray Wagtail
Western Yellow Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
African Pipit
Long-billed Pipit
Plain-backed Pipit
Tree Pipit
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Rosy-throated Longclaw
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies: Fringillidae
Yellow-fronted Canary
Southern Citril
Southern Grosbeak-Canary
Streaky Seedeater
Thick-billed Seedeater
Yellow-crowned Canary
Old World Buntings: Emberizidae
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting