Birdwatching Safaris Ngorongoro Tanzania

Birdwatching Safaris Ngorongoro Tanzania

Due to the fact that Ngorongoro has both resident birds and migrant birds, then what one views of bird life varies depending mainly on the season of the year. Some of the resident birds that you are likely to spot throughout the year include; bustards, plovers and ostriches, while there are other birds from Europe that shift to this crater during the wet season and these include; White storks, swallows, yellow wag tails among others. Meanwhile, its not only birds from Europe that migrate to the crater, but the local birds too shift to the crater depending on the state of the lake and ponds. Some of the local migrants are the ducks, flamingos plus storks. It is important to note that the migrants pass through from November through May, coinciding with the rains in Africa and the winter in Eurasia.

The carter also shelters so many other birds, for example; Anteater Chat, Fiscal shrike, verreaux’s Eagle, Stonechat, Schalow’s Wheatear, plus Augur Buzzards.




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