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Shambarai Swamp

Located in the Tanzania area, Shambarai Swamp is a popular birding destination. Recently, birders have spotted Blue-billed Teal, Red-billed Duck, Crested Francolin in the area.

370
All-Time Species
93
Sightings (14 days)
Manyara
Region
Tanzania
Country

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Trailing 14 Days
Species
Date Spotted
Count
Blue-billed TealSpatula hottentota
Jul 18, 2026
6
Red-billed DuckAnas erythrorhyncha
Jul 18, 2026
1
Crested FrancolinOrtygornis sephaena
Jul 18, 2026
1
Mourning Collared-DoveStreptopelia decipiens
Jul 18, 2026
1
Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola
Jul 18, 2026
1
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis
Jul 18, 2026
2
Emerald-spotted Wood-DoveTurtur chalcospilos
Jul 18, 2026
2
Namaqua DoveOena capensis
Jul 18, 2026
1
White-bellied Go-away-birdCrinifer leucogaster
Jul 18, 2026
2
White-browed CoucalCentropus superciliosus
Jul 18, 2026
1
Eurasian MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Jul 18, 2026
2
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Jul 18, 2026
5
Three-banded PloverThinornis tricollaris
Jul 18, 2026
10
Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus
Jul 18, 2026
3
Spur-winged LapwingVanellus spinosus
Jul 18, 2026
3
Crowned LapwingVanellus coronatus
Jul 18, 2026
2
African JacanaActophilornis africanus
Jul 18, 2026
2
Gray-hooded GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
Jul 18, 2026
2
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
Jul 18, 2026
2
African OpenbillAnastomus lamelligerus
Jul 18, 2026
1
Marabou StorkLeptoptilos crumenifer
Jul 18, 2026
1
Yellow-billed StorkMycteria ibis
Jul 18, 2026
1
Reed CormorantMicrocarbo africanus
Jul 18, 2026
3
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Jul 18, 2026
1
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
Jul 18, 2026
2
African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
Jul 18, 2026
4
African SpoonbillPlatalea alba
Jul 18, 2026
1
Black HeronEgretta ardesiaca
Jul 18, 2026
2
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Jul 18, 2026
2
Squacco HeronArdeola ralloides
Jul 18, 2026
2
Jul 18, 2026
2
Great EgretArdea alba
Jul 18, 2026
1
Yellow-billed EgretArdea brachyrhyncha
Jul 18, 2026
1
Gray HeronArdea cinerea
Jul 18, 2026
1
Black-headed HeronArdea melanocephala
Jul 18, 2026
3
African Harrier-HawkPolyboroides typus
Jul 18, 2026
1
White-headed MousebirdColius leucocephalus
Jul 18, 2026
2
Blue-naped MousebirdUrocolius macrourus
Jul 18, 2026
2
Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillus
Jul 18, 2026
1
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
Jul 18, 2026
5
Northern Red-fronted TinkerbirdPogoniulus uropygialis
Jul 18, 2026
1
Black-throated BarbetTricholaema melanocephala
Jul 18, 2026
2
Cardinal WoodpeckerDendropicos fuscescens
Jul 18, 2026
1
Nubian WoodpeckerCampethera nubica
Jul 18, 2026
1
Pygmy FalconPolihierax semitorquatus
Jul 18, 2026
1
Jul 18, 2026
1
Pringle's PuffbackDryoscopus pringlii
Jul 18, 2026
1
Brown-crowned TchagraTchagra australis
Jul 18, 2026
1
Gray-headed BushshrikeMalaconotus blanchoti
Jul 18, 2026
1
Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilis
Jul 18, 2026
2
White-rumped ShrikeEurocephalus ruppelli
Jul 18, 2026
2
Pied CrowCorvus albus
Jul 18, 2026
2
Somali TitMelaniparus thruppi
Jul 18, 2026
2
Pink-breasted LarkCalendulauda poecilosterna
Jul 18, 2026
1
Northern CrombecSylvietta brachyura
Jul 18, 2026
2
Gray Wren-WarblerCalamonastes simplex
Jul 18, 2026
1
Buff-bellied WarblerPhyllolais pulchella
Jul 18, 2026
2
Jul 18, 2026
1
Red-fronted PriniaPrinia rufifrons
Jul 18, 2026
8
Rattling CisticolaCisticola chiniana
Jul 18, 2026
2
Winding CisticolaCisticola marginatus
Jul 18, 2026
1
African Red-rumped SwallowCecropis melanocrissus
Jul 18, 2026
3
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus
Jul 18, 2026
2
Banded ParisomaCurruca boehmi
Jul 18, 2026
2
Scaly ChattererArgya aylmeri
Jul 18, 2026
10
African Bare-eyed ThrushTurdus tephronotus
Jul 18, 2026
1
African Gray FlycatcherBradornis microrhynchus
Jul 18, 2026
1
Southern Black-FlycatcherMelaenornis pammelaina
Jul 18, 2026
2
White-browed Scrub-RobinCercotrichas leucophrys
Jul 18, 2026
2
Spotted Morning-ThrushCichladusa guttata
Jul 18, 2026
2
Eastern Violet-backed SunbirdAnthreptes orientalis
Jul 18, 2026
2
Tsavo SunbirdCinnyris tsavoensis
Jul 18, 2026
2
Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus
Jul 18, 2026
2
White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali
Jul 18, 2026
2
Vitelline Masked-WeaverPloceus vitellinus
Jul 18, 2026
2
Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea
Jul 18, 2026
15
Black-faced WaxbillBrunhilda erythronotos
Jul 18, 2026
3
Crimson-rumped WaxbillEstrilda rhodopyga
Jul 18, 2026
13
Purple GrenadierGranatina ianthinogaster
Jul 18, 2026
4
Blue-capped CordonbleuUraeginthus cyanocephalus
Jul 18, 2026
3
Jul 18, 2026
2
Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
Jul 18, 2026
2
Eastern Paradise-WhydahVidua paradisaea
Jul 18, 2026
1
Straw-tailed WhydahVidua fischeri
Jul 18, 2026
2
Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata
Jul 18, 2026
1
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Jul 18, 2026
3
Jul 18, 2026
3
Chestnut SparrowPasser eminibey
Jul 18, 2026
5
Jul 18, 2026
1
African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp
Jul 18, 2026
6
Reichenow's SeedeaterCrithagra reichenowi
Jul 18, 2026
2
White-bellied CanaryCrithagra dorsostriata
Jul 18, 2026
1
Southern Grosbeak-CanaryCrithagra buchanani
Jul 18, 2026
5

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