Endemic Pternistis rufopictus
A Serengeti endemic, and an easy one: pairs feed beside the road near Seronera every morning.
The Grey-breasted Spurfowl is found only in the Serengeti ecosystem, which makes it one of the easiest Tanzanian endemics to add to your list. It feeds on open ground near cover and is common around the Seronera lodges.
Most wildlife travellers drive past without noticing. Birders stop, and the guide who finds it for you will be as pleased as you are.
Central and western Serengeti, especially around Seronera and the Grumeti.
Guide’s tipCheck every spurfowl on the Serengeti roads. The orange-red face and grey breast separate it from the common Yellow-necked and Red-necked birds.
Sightings are never guaranteed: these are wild animals in wild places. What we can promise is a guide who knows where to look.
Destinations
The parks and reserves where our guides look for it, each with its own best season and safaris.
Vast plains, the Great Migration and big cats all year round.
Keep exploring
Chersomanes beesleyi
Fewer than a hundred birds left, all on one patch of plain north of Arusha. Nowhere else on earth.
Tauraco hartlaubi
A flash of crimson wings in the forest canopy. Arusha National Park is the easiest place to see one.
Tauraco fischeri
The coastal and Usambara forests’ turaco, with a red crest tipped white. A target bird for every East Usambara trip.
Sagittarius serpentarius
A raptor that hunts on foot, stamping snakes to death in the grass. Unmistakable striding across the plains.
Balearica regulorum
The golden crown, the dance and the bugling call. Endangered, but still a daily sight on the crater floor.
Ardeotis kori
The heaviest flying bird in the world, pacing the plains with its neck puffed up in display.
Phoeniconaias minor
Pink crowds on the soda lakes. Numbers rise and fall with the water, so your guide checks before you go.
Lamprotornis unicolor
Tanzania’s own starling: long-tailed, dusty grey and common around the baobabs of Tarangire.
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