Kilimanjaro National Park Bird Checklist: Kilimanjaro National Park is known for its exceptional attractions including Mount Kilimanjaro the home to the highest mountain in Africa famous for its snow-capped peak.  While participating in your Tanzania safari, visiting the park will lead you to a number of different attractions from the animal species like; the elephants, buffaloes, dik dik, bushbucks, a number of different primates all of which can be seen during your safari experience participating in activities like the game drives in Kilimanjaro national park, the nature walks and for travellers interested in birding, they can participate in birding in Kilimanjaro national park and below here are some of the different bird species in Kilimanjaro that can be seen to make your safari experience quite memorable.

Kilimanjaro National Park Bird Checklist
1 Scaly Spurfowl Pternistis squamatus
2 Hildebrandt’s Spurfowl Pternistis hildebrandti
3 Rameron Pigeon Columba arquatrix
4 Dusky Turtle-Dove Streptopelia lugens
5 Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
6 Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola
7 Blue-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur afer
8 Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
9 African Green-Pigeon Treron calvus
10 Hartlaub’s Turaco Tauraco hartlaubi
11 Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus
12 Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
13 White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
14 Dideric Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
15 Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus
16 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba
17 African Swift Apus barbatus
18 Little Swift Apus affinis
19 Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer
20 African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
21 Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
22 Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus
23 Lesser Spotted Eagle/ Clanga pomarina
24 Steppe Eagle/ Aquila nipalensis
25 African Goshawk Accipiter toussenelii
26 Little Sparrowhawk Accipiter minullus
27 Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris
28 Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus
29 Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
30 Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus
31 Bar-tailed Trogon Apaloderma vittatum
32 African Hoopoe** Upupa africana
33 Southern Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
34 Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
35 Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis
36 Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
37 Gray-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala
38 Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris
39 Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
40 Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
41 |European Bee-eater| Merops apiaster
42 Rufous-crowned Roller Coracias naevius
43 White-eared Barbet Stactolaema leucotis
44 Moustached Tinkerbird Pogoniulus leucomystax
45 Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus
46 Brown-breasted Barbet Pogonornis melanopterus
47 Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens
48 Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
49 /Eurasian Golden Oriole/ Oriolus oriolus
50 Short-tailed Batis Batis mixta
51 Chinspot Batis Batis molitor
52 Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus
53 Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
54 Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris
55 African Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
56 Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
57 Pied Crow Corvus albus
58 White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis
59 African Penduline-Tit Anthoscopus caroli
Cisticolas and Allies: Cisticolidae
60 Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis
61 Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella
62 Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
63 Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida
64 Chestnut-throated Apalis Apalis porphyrolaema
65 Black-headed Apalis Apalis melanocephala
66 Brown-headed Apalis Apalis alticola
67 Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
68 Trilling Cisticola Cisticola woosnami
69 Hunter’s Cisticola Cisticola hunteri
70 Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
71 Evergreen-forest Warbler Bradypterus lopezi
72 Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus
73 Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala
74 Black Sawwing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
75 /Barn Swallow/ Hirundo rustica
76 /Western House-Martin/ Delichon urbicum
77 Eastern Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla nigriceps
78 Northern Brownbul Phyllastrephus strepitans
79 Cabanis’s Greenbul Phyllastrephus cabanisi
80 Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
81 Brown Woodland-Warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens
82 /Eurasian Blackcap/ Sylvia atricapilla
83 African Hill Babbler Sylvia abyssinica
84 Kilimanjaro White-eye Zosterops eurycricotus
85 Southern Yellow White-eye Zosterops anderssoni
86 Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
87 Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
88 Waller’s Starling Onychognathus walleri
89 Abbott’s Starling Poeoptera femoralis
90 Kenrick’s Starling Poeoptera kenricki
91 Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
92 Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus
93 Abyssinian Ground-Thrush Geokichla piaggiae
94 Abyssinian Thrush Turdus abyssinicus
95 African Bare-eyed Thrush Turdus tephronotus
96 African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
97 |Spotted Flycatcher| Muscicapa striata
98 African Gray Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
99 Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens
100 White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher Melaenornis fischeri
101 Red-backed Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas leucophrys
102 Cape Robin-Chat Cossypha caffra
103 Rueppell’s Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa
104 White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
105 Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis
106 White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata
107 African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
108 Moorland Chat Pinarochroa sordida
109 Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata
110 Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
111 Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
112 Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
113 Tacazze Sunbird Nectarinia tacazze
114 Bronze Sunbird Nectarinia kilimensis
115 Malachite Sunbird Nectarinia famosa
116 Red-tufted Sunbird Nectarinia johnstoni
117 Eastern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris mediocris
118 Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus
119 Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
120 Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps
121 Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
122 Taveta Golden-Weaver Ploceus castaneiceps
123 Speke’s Weaver Ploceus spekei
124 Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
125 &Golden-backed Weaverl Ploceus jacksoni
126 &Red-billed Queleal Quelea quelea
127 Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
128 Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
129 Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
130 Abyssinian Crimsonwing Cryptospiza salvadorii
131 Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii
132 Gray-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus
133 Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
134 Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
135 African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
136 Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
137 Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata
138 Kenya Rufous Sparrow Passer rufocinctus
139 Northern Gray-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
140 African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
141 Oriole Finch Linurgus olivaceus
142 Southern Citril Crithagra hypostictus
143 Reichenow’s Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
144 Streaky Seedeater Crithagra striolatus
145 Yellow-crowned Canary Serinus flavivertex
146 Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris

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