African Majestic Adventures

African Birds

Eagles, flamingos, turacos and hundreds more — Tanzania's birdlife by family.

Spotted Thick-knee
Thick-knees & Stone-curlews

Spotted Thick-knee

Habitat: Open savanna and stony ground, cryptic nocturnal wader with big yellow eyes.

Water Thick-knee
Thick-knees & Stone-curlews

Water Thick-knee

Habitat: Riverbanks and lake shores, greyish thick-knee bold around water at dusk.

Narina Trogon
Trogons

Narina Trogon

Habitat: Mature forest and dense riverine woodland, crimson-bellied trogon with a haunting call.

Great Blue Turaco
Turacos

Great Blue Turaco

Habitat: Lowland rainforest canopy, huge blue turaco with a yellow casque and crimson wing-patch.

Livingstone's Turaco
Turacos

Livingstone's Turaco

Habitat: Forest and dense woodland, green turaco with white face and tall crimson crest.

Ross's Turaco
Turacos

Ross's Turaco

Habitat: Riverine forests and woodland, vivid purple bird with red crest.

Schalow's Turaco
Turacos

Schalow's Turaco

Habitat: Montane and riverine forests, bright green turaco with crimson flight feathers.

Violet Turaco
Turacos

Violet Turaco

Habitat: Forest canopy and riverine woodland of West Africa, brilliant violet-blue turaco with crim...

Hooded Vulture
Vultures

Hooded Vulture

Habitat: Savanna, towns and refuse sites, small slim vulture with a bare grey head.

Lappet-faced Vulture
Vultures

Lappet-faced Vulture

Habitat: Arid savanna and open plains, Africa's largest vulture with fleshy head folds.

Rüppell's Griffon
Vultures

Rüppell's Griffon

Habitat: Mountain cliffs and open plains, high-flying griffon often seen at kills below.

White-backed Vulture
Vultures

White-backed Vulture

Habitat: Savanna and wooded plains, commonest large African vulture gathering at carcasses.

African Pied Wagtail
Wagtails & Pipits

African Pied Wagtail

Habitat: Waterways, lawns and urban areas, black-and-white wagtail that bobs its long tail.

Black-headed Weaver
Weavers, Waxbills & Finches

Black-headed Weaver

Habitat: Wetlands, reedbeds and lakeshores, yellow weaver with a black hood, nesting in colonies.

Common Waxbill
Weavers, Waxbills & Finches

Common Waxbill

Habitat: Grassland, reedbeds and gardens, tiny finch with a mask-like red eye-line and wax-red bill...

Pin-tailed Whydah
Weavers, Waxbills & Finches

Pin-tailed Whydah

Habitat: Savanna and gardens, breeding male a black-and-white bird with two enormously long tail fe...

Southern Red Bishop
Weavers, Waxbills & Finches

Southern Red Bishop

Habitat: Grassland and wetlands, breeding male a brilliant flame-red-and-black weaver.

Village Weaver
Weavers, Waxbills & Finches

Village Weaver

Habitat: Reedbeds, farmland and villages, noisy yellow weaver building woven nests in colonies.

Common Scimitarbill
Wood Hoopoes & Scimitarbills

Common Scimitarbill

Habitat: Acacia savanna and woodland, slender dark bird with a sickled black bill.

Green Wood Hoopoe
Wood Hoopoes & Scimitarbills

Green Wood Hoopoe

Habitat: Savanna and woodland, glossy dark bird that probes tree crevices with a long curved bill.

Bearded Woodpecker
Woodpeckers

Bearded Woodpecker

Habitat: Forest and dense woodland, olive woodpecker with a black-flecked moustache.

Cardinal Woodpecker
Woodpeckers

Cardinal Woodpecker

Habitat: Woodland and gardens, tiny red-capped woodpecker that taps on slender branches.

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