Mount Kilimanjaro National Park Bird Checklist
Mount Kilimanjaro National Park Bird Checklist: Mount Kilimanjaro National Park is famous for being home to Africa’s highest free-standing mountain with a snow-capped summit. Aside from being home to the tallest mountain, the park is famous for its bird species that can be seen when you participate in birding, and these can be seen by climbers when they embark on their hiking expeditions in the park. Continue with the list below for the different bird species that can be seen on your safari experience.
| Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies: Phasianidae | ||
| 1 | Scaly Spurfowl | Pternistis squamatus |
| 2 | Hildebrandt’s Spurfowl | Pternistis hildebrandti |
| Pigeons and Doves: Columbidae | ||
| 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 |
| Turacos: Musophagidae | ||
| 10 | Purple-crested Turaco | Gallirex porphyreolophus |
| 11 | Hartlaub’s Turaco | Tauraco hartlaubi |
| Cuckoos: Cuculidae | ||
| 12 | Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius |
| 13 | White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus |
| 14 | Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius |
| Nightjars and Allies: Caprimulgidae | ||
| 15 | Montane Nightjar | Caprimulgus poliocephalus |
| Swifts: Apodidae | ||
| 16 | Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba |
| 17 | African Swift | Apus barbatus |
| 18 | Little Swift | Apus affinis |
| Storks: Ciconiidae | ||
| 19 | Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumenifer |
| Ibises and Spoonbills: Threskiornithidae | ||
| 20 | African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus |
| 21 | Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash |
| Hawks, Eagles, and Kites: Accipitridae | ||
| 22 | Bearded Vulture | Gypaetus barbatus |
| 23 | /Lesser Spotted Eagle/ | Clanga pomarina |
| 24 | /Steppe Eagle/ | Aquila nipalensis |
| 25 | African Goshawk | Aerospiza toussenelii |
| 26 | Little Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza minullus |
| 27 | Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk | Accipiter rufiventris |
| 28 | Mountain Buzzard | Buteo oreophilus |
| 29 | Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur |
| Mousebirds: Coliidae | ||
| 30 | Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus |
| Trogons: Trogonidae | ||
| 31 | Bar-tailed Trogon | Apaloderma vittatum |
| Hoopoes: Upupidae | ||
| 32 | African Hoopoe** | Upupa africana |
| Hornbills: Bucerotidae | ||
| 33 | Southern Ground-Hornbill | Bucorvus leadbeateri |
| 34 | Crowned Hornbill | Lophoceros alboterminatus |
| 35 | Silvery-cheeked Hornbill | Bycanistes brevis |
| 36 | Trumpeter Hornbill | Bycanistes bucinator |
| Bee-eaters: Meropidae | ||
| 37 | Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus |
| 38 | Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater | Merops oreobates |
| 39 | |European Bee-eater| | Merops apiaster |
| Kingfishers: Alcedinidae | ||
| 40 | Gray-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala |
| 41 | Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Halcyon albiventris |
| Rollers: Coraciidae | ||
| 42 | Purple Roller | Coracias naevius |
| African Barbets: Lybiidae | ||
| 43 | White-eared Barbet | Stactolaema leucotis |
| 44 | Moustached Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus leucomystax |
| 45 | Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus bilineatus |
| 46 | Brown-breasted Barbet | Pogonornis melanopterus |
| Woodpeckers: Picidae | ||
| 47 | Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens |
| Cuckooshrikes: Campephagidae | ||
| 48 | Black Cuckooshrike | Campephaga flava |
| Old World Orioles: Oriolidae | ||
| 49 | /Eurasian Golden Oriole/ | Oriolus oriolus |
| Wattle-eyes and Batises: Platysteiridae | ||
| 50 | Short-tailed Batis | Batis mixta |
| 51 | Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor |
| Bushshrikes: Malaconotidae | ||
| 52 | Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus |
| 53 | Tropical Boubou | Laniarius major |
| 54 | Slate-colored Boubou | Laniarius funebris |
| Monarch Flycatchers: Monarchidae | ||
| 55 | African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis |
| Shrikes: Laniidae | ||
| 56 | Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis |
| Crows, Jays, and Magpies: Corvidae | ||
| 57 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus |
| 58 | White-necked Raven | Corvus albicollis |
| Penduline-Tits: Remizidae | ||
| 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 |
| Grassbirds and Allies: Locustellidae | ||
| 71 | Evergreen-forest Warbler | Bradypterus lopezi |
| 72 | Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler | Bradypterus cinnamomeus |
| 73 | Little Rush Warbler | Bradypterus baboecala |
| Swallows: Hirundinidae | ||
| 74 | Black Sawwing | Psalidoprocne pristoptera |
| 75 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica |
| 76 | /Western House-Martin/ | Delichon urbicum |
| Bulbuls: Pycnonotidae | ||
| 77 | Black-headed Mountain Greenbul | Arizelocichla nigriceps |
| 78 | Northern Brownbul | Phyllastrephus strepitans |
| 79 | Cabanis’s Greenbul | Phyllastrephus cabanisi |
| 80 | Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus |
| Leaf Warblers: Phylloscopidae | ||
| 81 | Brown Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus umbrovirens |
| Sylviid Warblers and Allies: Sylviidae | ||
| 82 | /Eurasian Blackcap/ | Sylvia atricapilla |
| 83 | African Hill Babbler | Sylvia abyssinica |
| White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies: Zosteropidae | ||
| 84 | Kilimanjaro White-eye | Zosterops eurycricotus |
| 85 | Southern Yellow White-eye | Zosterops anderssoni |
| Starlings: Sturnidae | ||
| 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 |
| Thrushes and Allies: Turdidae | ||
| 93 | Abyssinian Ground-Thrush | Geokichla piaggiae |
| 94 | African Bare-eyed Thrush | Turdus tephronotus |
| 95 | Abyssinian Thrush | Turdus abyssinicus |
| Old World Flycatchers: Muscicapidae | ||
| 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 | White-browed Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys |
| 102 | Cape Robin-Chat | Dessonornis 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 |
| Sunbirds and Spiderhunters: Nectariniidae | ||
| 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 | Gorgeous Sunbird | Cinnyris melanogastrus |
| 119 | Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus |
| Weavers and Allies: Ploceidae | ||
| 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 |
| Waxbills and Allies: Estrildidae | ||
| 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 |
| Indigobirds: Viduidae | ||
| 136 | Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura |
| 137 | Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata |
| Old World Sparrows: Passeridae | ||
| 138 | Kenya Rufous Sparrow | Passer rufocinctus |
| 139 | Northern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus |
| Wagtails and Pipits: Motacillidae | ||
| 140 | African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp |
| Finches, Euphonias, and Allies: Fringillidae | ||
| 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 |
| Old World Buntings: Emberizidae | ||
| 146 | Golden-breasted Bunting | Emberiza flaviventris |
