Festival of Wildlife - Tanzania 2024
April 6th to April 18th
We spent a night in Arusha before driving to Ngorogoro for three nights where we spent two whole days on safari in the creator. Then on our drive to Ndutu we stopped at Olduvai Gorge before staying for seven nights at Ndutu Lodge. Some of the photos are of a poor quality but serve as a record of species seen.
These pages detail the wildlife seen. If you wish to get an idea of what I saw during the trip please link here.
Birds


Common Ostrich
Struthio camelus
Common Ostrich
Struthio camelus


Common Ostrich
Struthio camelus
Spur-winged Goose
Plectroperus gambensis


Egyptian Goose
Alopochen aegyptiatica
Cape Teal
Anus capensis


Helmeted Guineafowl
Numida meleagris
Coqui Francolin
Peliperdix coqui


Coqui Francolin
Peliperdix coqui
Red-necked Spurfowl
Pternistis afer


Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseus
Greater Flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseus


Lesser Flamingo
Phoenicopterus minor
Lesser Flamingo
Phoenicopterus minor


Yellow-billed Stork
Mycteria ibis
Yellow-billed Stork
Mycteria ibis


White Stork
Ciconia ciconia
White Stork
Ciconia ciconia


Marabou Stork
Leptoptilos crumenifer
Marabou Stork
Leptoptilos crumenifer


African Sacred Ibis
Threskiornis aethiopicus
African Sacred Ibis
Threskiornis aethiopicus


African Spoonbill
Platalea alba
African Spoonbill
Platalea alba


Western Cattle Egret
Bulbulcus ibis
Black-headed Heron
Ardea melanocephala


Black-headed Heron
Ardea melanocephala
Black-headed Heron
Ardea melanocephala


Hamerkop
Scopus umbretta
Pink-backed Pelican
Pelecanus rufescens


Secretarybird
Sagitarius serpentarius
Secretarybird
Sagitarius serpentarius


Secretarybird
Sagitarius serpentarius
Secretarybird
Sagitarius serpentarius


Black-shouldered Kite
Elanus axillaris
Black-shouldered Kite
Elanus axillaris


White-backed Vulture
Gyps africanus
White-backed Vulture
Gyps africanus


Ruppell's Vulture
Gyps rueppelli
Lappet-faced Vulture
Torgos tracheliotos


Brown Snake Eagle
Circaetus cinereus
Brown Snake Eagle
Circaetus cinereus


Martial Eagle
Polemaetus bellicosus
Martial Eagle
Polemaetus bellicosus


Long-crested Eagle
Lophaetus occipitalis
Long-crested Eagle
Lophaetus occipitalis


Tawney Eagle
Aquila rapax
Tawney Eagle
Aquila rapax


Tawney Eagle
Aquila rapax
Tawney Eagle
Aquila rapax


Tawney Eagle
Aquila rapax
Steppe Eagle
Aquila nipalensis


Gabar Goshawk
Micronisus
Dark Chanting Goshawk
Melierax metabates


Augur Buzzard
Buteo augur
Lizard Buzzard
Kaupifalco monogrammicus


Kori Bustard
Ardeotis kori
Kori Bustard
Ardeotis kori


Kori Bustard
Ardeotis kori
Kori Bustard
Ardeotis kori


Kori Bustard
Ardeotis kori
White-bellied Bustard
Eupodotis senegalensis


Black-bellied Bustard
Lissotis melanogaster
Red-knobbed Coot
Fulica cristata


Grey-crowned Crane
Balearica regulorum
Spotted Thick-knee
Burhinus capensis


Pied Avocet
Recurvirostra avosetta
Long-toed Lapwing
Vanellus crassirostris


Blacksmith Lapwing
Vanellus armatus
Blacksmith Lapwing
Vanellus armatus


Spur-winged Lapwing
Vanellus spinosus
Crowned Lapwing
Vanellus coronatus


Three-banded Plover
Charadrius tricollaris
Three-banded Plover
Charadrius tricollaris


Greater Painted-snipe
Rostratula benghakensis
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanus


Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos


Double-banded Courser
Rhinoptilus africanus
Collared Pratincola
Glareola pratincola


Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse
Pterocles exustus
Red-eyed Dove
Streptopelia semitorquata


Laughing Dove
Streptopelia senegalensis
White-browed Coucal
Centropus superciliosus


Great Spotted Cuckoo
Clamator glandarius
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Clamator glandarius


Great Spotted Cuckoo
Clamator glandarius
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Clamator glandarius


Jacobin Cuckoo
Clamator jacobinus
Diederik Cuckoo
Chrysococcyx caprius


Spotted Eagle-owl
Bubu africanus
African Wood Owl
Strix woodfordii


African Wood Owl
Strix woodfordii
Lilac-breasted Roller
Coracias caudatus


European Roller
Coracias garrulus
Lilac-breasted Roller
Coracias caudatus


Lilac-breasted Roller
Coracias caudatus
European Roller
Coracias garrulus


Woodland Kingfisher
Halcyon senegalensis
Woodland Kingfisher
Halcyon senegalensis


Woodland Kingfisher
Halcyon senegalensis
Woodland Kingfisher
Halcyon senegalensis


Malachite Kingfisher
Corythornis cristatus
Little Bee-eater
Merops pusillus


Little Bee-eater
Merops pusillus
Eurasian Hoopoe
Upupa epops


Eurasian Hoopoe
Upupa epops
Van der Decken's Hornbill
Tockus deckeni


Usambiro Barbet
Trachyphonus usambiro
Usambiro Barbet
Trachyphonus usambiro


Usambiro Barbet
Trachyphonus usambiro
Black and white Cuckoo
Oxylophus jacobinus


Black-backed Barbet
Lybius torquatus
Pygmy Falcon
Polihierax semitorquatus


Greater Kestrel
Falco rupicoloides
Greater Kestrel
Falco rupicoloides


Fischer's Lovebird
Agapornis fischeri
Fischer's Lovebird
Agapornis fischeri


Fischer's Lovebird
Agapornis fischeri
Northern White-crowned Shrike
Eurocephalus ruppelli


Northern White-crowned Shrike
Eurocephalus ruppelli
Northern White-crowned Shrike
Eurocephalus ruppelli


Northern White-crowned Shrike
Eurocephalus ruppelli
Taita Fiscal
Lanius dorsalis


Taita Fiscal
Lanius dorsalis
Common Fiscal
Lanius collaris


Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
Fischer's Sparrow-lark
Eremopterix leucopareia


Barn Swallow
Ceratothherium simum simum
Zitting Cisticola
Cisticola juncidis


Green-backed Camaroptera
Camaroptera brachyura
Green-backed Camaroptera
Camaroptera brachyura


Wattled Starling
Creatophora cinera
Wattled Starling
Creatophora cinera


Superb Starling
Lamprotornis superbus
Superb Starling
Lamprotornis superbus


Superb Starling
Lamprotornis superbus
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Buphagus africanus


Anteater Chat
Myrmecocichla aethiops
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Chalcomitra senegalensis


Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Chalcomitra senegalensis
Beautiful Sunbird
Cinnyris pulchellus


Beautiful Sunbird
Cinnyris pulchellus
Variable Sunbird
Cinnyris venustus


Chestnut Sparrow
Passer eminibey
Red-billed Buffalo Weaver
Bubalornis niger


Rufous-tailed Weaver
Histurgops ruficauda
Lesser Masked Weaver
Ploceus intermedius


Lesser Masked Weaver
Ploceus intermedius
Lesser Masked Weaver
Ploceus intermedius


Lesser Masked Weaver
Ploceus intermedius
Viteline Masked Weaver
Ploceus vitellinus


Viteline Masked Weaver
Ploceus vitellinus
Red-billed Quelea
Quelea quelea


Red-billed Quelea
Quelea quelea
Southern Red Bishop
Euplectra orix


Southern Red Bishop
Euplectra orix
Jackson's Widowbird
Euplectes jacksoni


Jackson's Widowbird
Euplectes jacksoni
Pin-tailed Whydah
Vidua macroura


Straw-tailed Whydah
Vidula fischeri
Straw-tailed Whydah
Vidula fischeri


Rosy-throated Longclaw
Macronyx ameliae
Silverbird
Empidornis semipartitus


Speckled Mousebird
Colius striatus
Probably Eastern Chanting Goshawk
Melierax poliopterus
Animals


Africxn Elephant
Loxodonta africana
African Elephant
Loxodonta africana


African Elephant
Loxodonta africana
African Elephant
Loxodonta africana


African Elephant
Loxodonta africana
African Elephant
Loxodonta africana

Black Rhino
Diceros bicornis
Plains Zebra
Equus quagga


Plains Zebra
Equus quagga
Plains Zebra
Equus quagga



Blue Wildebeest
Connochaetes taurinus
Blue Wildebeest
Connochaetes taurinus


Blue Wildebeest
Connochaetes taurinus
Blue Wildebeest
Connochaetes taurinus


Blue Wildebeest
Connochaetes taurinus
Blue Wildebeest
Connochaetes taurinus


Cokes Hartebeest
Alcelaphus buselaphus
Cokes Hartebeest
Alcelaphus buselaphus


Cokes Hartebeest
Alcelaphus buselaphus
Cokes Hartebeest
Alcelaphus buselaphus


African Buffalo
Syncerus caffer
African Buffalo
Syncerus caffer


African Buffalo
Syncerus caffer
African Buffalo
Syncerus caffer


Impala
Aepyceros melampus
Impala
Aepyceros melampus


Impala
Aepyceros melampus
Impala
Aepyceros melampus


Impala
Aepyceros melampus
Kirk's Dikdik
Madoqua kirkii


Kirk's Dikdik
Madoqua kirkii
Kirk's Dikdik
Madoqua kirkii


Kirk's Dikdik
Madoqua kirkii
Thomson's Gazelle
Eudorcas thomsonii


Thomson's Gazelle
Eudorcas thomsonii
Grant's Gazelle
Nanger granti


Bohor Reedbuck
Redunca redunca
Eland
Tragelaphus oryx


Eland
Tragelaphus oryx
Eland
Tragelaphus oryx


Eland
Tragelaphus oryx
Masai Giraffe
Giraffa tippelskirchi


Masai Giraffe
Giraffa tippelskirchi
Masai Giraffe
Giraffa tippelskirchi


Masai Giraffe
Giraffa tippelskirchi
Hipopotamus
Hipopotamus amphibius


Hipopotamus
Hipopotamus amphibius
Common Genet
Genetta genetta


Banded Mongoose
Mungos mungo
Banded Mongoose
Mungos mungo


Spotted Hyena
Crocuta crocuta
Spotted Hyena
Crocuta crocuta


Spotted Hyena
Crocuta crocuta
Cheetah
Acinonyx jubatus


Cheetah
Acinonyx jubatus
Cheetah
Acinonyx jubatus


Cheetah
Acinonyx jubatus
Lion
Panthera leo


Lion
Panthera leo
Lion
Panthera leo


Lion
Panthera leo
Lion
Panthera leo


Lion
Panthera leo
Lion
Panthera leo


Lion
Panthera leo
Lion
Panthera leo


Lion
Panthera leo
Lion
Panthera leo


Lion
Panthera leo
Lion
Panthera leo


Lion
Panthera leo
Caracal
Caracal caracal


Caracal
Caracal caracal
Caracal
Caracal caracal


Caracal
Caracal caracal
Caracal
Caracal caracal


Caracal
Caracal caracal
Golden Jackal
Canis lupaster


Golden Jackal
Canis lupaster
Golden Jackal
Canis lupaster


Golden Jackal
Canis lupaster
Black-backed Jackal
Canissmesomelas


Black-backed Jackal
Canissmesomelas
Black-backed Jackal
Canissmesomelas


Bat-eared Fox
Otocyon megalotis
Bat-eared Fox
Otocyon megalotis


Bat-eared Fox
Otocyon megalotis
Bat-eared Fox
Otocyon megalotis


Bat-eared Fox
Otocyon megalotis
Black-faced Vervet
Chlorocebus pygerythrus


Yellow Baboon
Papio cynocephalus
Yellow Baboon
Papio cynocephalus


Yellow Baboon
Papio cynocephalus
Agama


Chameleon
Chameleon


Chameleon
Flat-necked Chameleon
Chamaeleo dilepis


Flat-necked Chameleon
Chamaeleo dilepis
Flat-necked Chameleon
Chamaeleo dilepis

Flat-necked Chameleon
Chamaeleo dilepis
Dung Beetle


Butterfly
Butterfly


Butterfly
Butterfly
Plants


















General photos may be viewed by using the link to Tanzania 2024.