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Big and Small Momela Lakes

Located in the Tanzania area, Big and Small Momela Lakes is a popular birding destination. Recently, birders have spotted Cape Teal, Black-winged Stilt, Greater Flamingo in the area.

420
All-Time Species
51
Sightings (14 days)
Arusha
Region
Tanzania
Country

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Trailing 14 Days
Species
Date Spotted
Count
Cape TealAnas capensis
Jul 26, 2026
6
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Jul 26, 2026
3
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Jul 26, 2026
50
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Jul 26, 2026
70
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Jul 26, 2026
20
African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
Jul 26, 2026
2
Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash
Jul 26, 2026
1
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Jul 26, 2026
1
Great EgretArdea alba
Jul 26, 2026
1
Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
Jul 26, 2026
1
Palm-nut VultureGypohierax angolensis
Jul 26, 2026
2
Little SparrowhawkTachyspiza minulla
Jul 26, 2026
1
African Fish-EagleIcthyophaga vocifer
Jul 26, 2026
1
White-fronted Bee-eaterMerops bullockoides
Jul 26, 2026
1
Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
Jul 26, 2026
2
Northern FiscalLanius humeralis
Jul 26, 2026
3
Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
Jul 26, 2026
2
Baglafecht WeaverPloceus baglafecht
Jul 26, 2026
10
Southern PochardNetta erythrophthalma
Jul 21, 2026
7
Scaly SpurfowlPternistis squamatus
Jul 21, 2026
4
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata
Jul 21, 2026
2
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
Jul 21, 2026
2
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Jul 21, 2026
2
African Harrier-HawkPolyboroides typus
Jul 21, 2026
1
Spot-flanked BarbetTricholaema lacrymosa
Jul 21, 2026
1
Chinspot BatisBatis molitor
Jul 21, 2026
2
Brown-crowned TchagraTchagra australis
Jul 21, 2026
3
Sulphur-breasted BushshrikeChlorophoneus sulfureopectus
Jul 21, 2026
2
Trilling CisticolaCisticola woosnami
Jul 21, 2026
4
Winding CisticolaCisticola marginatus
Jul 21, 2026
4
Yellow BishopEuplectes capensis
Jul 21, 2026
3
Emerald-spotted Wood-DoveTurtur chalcospilos
Jul 15, 2026
2
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Jul 15, 2026
1
African Marsh HarrierCircus ranivorus
Jul 15, 2026
1
Brown-hooded KingfisherHalcyon albiventris
Jul 15, 2026
1
Red-faced CrombecSylvietta whytii
Jul 15, 2026
2
Green-backed CamaropteraCamaroptera brachyura
Jul 15, 2026
1
Rattling CisticolaCisticola chiniana
Jul 15, 2026
1
African Dusky FlycatcherMuscicapa adusta
Jul 15, 2026
1
Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis
Jul 15, 2026
1
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus
Jul 15, 2026
6
Crested FrancolinOrtygornis sephaena
Jul 15, 2026
2
Black-bellied BustardLissotis melanogaster
Jul 15, 2026
1
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
Jul 15, 2026
2
Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
Jul 15, 2026
2
Yellow-billed EgretArdea brachyrhyncha
Jul 15, 2026
1
Gray HeronArdea cinerea
Jul 15, 2026
2
Sentinel LarkCorypha athi
Jul 15, 2026
2
Plain MartinRiparia paludicola
Jul 15, 2026
2
Black-and-white MannikinSpermestes bicolor
Jul 15, 2026
6
Pangani LongclawMacronyx aurantiigula
Jul 15, 2026
2

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