Randilen WMA · Tanzania · Bird checklist
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A field guide to the birds marked as seen on Q’s Lodge property in the supplied Birds of Randilen WMA checklist. Photos are illustrative species references, not evidence of a local sighting.
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Ducks and allies
2 birds
Cormorants and allies
1 bird
Grebes
1 bird
Gulls, skimmers and terns
1 bird
Thickknees, stilts and avocets
2 birds
Plovers
1 bird
Lapwings
2 birds
Hamerkop
1 bird
Storks and allies
4 birds
Cranes
1 bird
Herons and allies
4 birds
Bustards and korhaans
2 birds
Coursers and pratincoles
2 birds
Grouse, quail and allies
7 birds
Helmeted guineafowlSeen on property · 01 · credit incomplete
Crested francolinSeen on property · 02 · credit incomplete
Coqui francolinSeen on property · 03 · credit incomplete
Common quailSeen on property · 04 · credit incomplete
Common buttonquailSeen on property · 05 · credit incomplete
Yellow-necked spurfowlSeen on property · 06 · credit incomplete
Red-necked spurfowlSeen on property · 07 · credit incompleteSandgrouse
3 birds
Pigeons and doves
9 birds
Speckled pigeonSeen on property · 01 · credit incomplete
African green pigeonSeen on property · 02 · credit incomplete
Rock doveSeen on property · 03 · credit recorded
African mourning collared doveSeen on property · 04 · credit incomplete
Red-eyed doveSeen on property · 05 · credit incomplete
Ring-necked doveSeen on property · 06 · credit incomplete
Laughing doveSeen on property · 07 · credit incomplete
Emerald-spotted wood-doveSeen on property · 08 · credit incomplete
Namaqua doveSeen on property · 09 · credit incompleteVultures
1 bird
Eagles, buzzards and allies
11 birds
SecretarybirdSeen on property · 01 · credit incomplete
BateleurSeen on property · 02 · credit incomplete
Black-chested snake-eagleSeen on property · 03 · credit incomplete
Brown snake-eagleSeen on property · 04 · credit incomplete
African hawk eagleSeen on property · 05 · credit incomplete
Tawny eagleSeen on property · 06 · credit incomplete
African harrier-hawkSeen on property · 07 · credit incomplete
Gabar goshawkSeen on property · 08 · credit incomplete
Eastern chanting goshawkSeen on property · 09 · credit incomplete
Little sparrowhawkSeen on property · 10 · credit incomplete
Pallid harrierSeen on property · 11 · credit incompleteCrows and allies
1 bird
Falcons and allies
2 birds
Owls
6 birds
Western barn owlSeen on property · 01 · credit incomplete
African scops owlSeen on property · 02 · credit incomplete
Southern white-faced owlSeen on property · 03 · credit incomplete
Verreaux’s eagle-owlSeen on property · 04 · credit incomplete
Pearl-spotted owletSeen on property · 05 · credit incomplete
African barred owletSeen on property · 06 · credit incompleteNightjars
2 birds
Swifts and allies
3 birds
Swallows and allies
1 bird
Turacos
2 birds
Cuckoos and allies
5 birds
Parrots and allies
3 birds
Rollers
1 bird
Bee-eaters
3 birds
Wood-hoopoes and scimitarbills
2 birds
Mousebirds
1 bird
Hornbills
4 birds
Barbets and tinkerbirds
1 bird
Woodpeckers
1 bird
Honeyguides and allies
2 birds
Old world flycatchers
2 birds
Monarch flycatchers
1 bird
Robins, chats and allies
4 birds
Batises and wattle-eyes
1 bird
Tchagras
1 bird
Boubous
1 bird
Bush shrikes and allies
4 birds
Helmetshrikes
1 bird
Shrikes
3 birds
Thrushes
2 birds
Bulbuls and allies
1 bird
Babblers and chatterers
2 birds
Crombecs
1 bird
Warblers and allies
3 birds
Apalises
1 bird
Cisticolas
1 bird
White-eyes
1 bird
Sunbirds
4 birds
Wagtails
1 bird
Larks
1 bird
Sparrows
2 birds
Weavers and allies
6 birds
Red-billed buffalo-weaverSeen on property · 01 · credit incomplete
White-headed buffalo-weaverSeen on property · 02 · credit incomplete
White-browed sparrow-weaverSeen on property · 03 · credit incomplete
Rufous-tailed weaverSeen on property · 04 · credit incomplete
Southern red bishopSeen on property · 05 · credit incomplete
Red-billed queleaSeen on property · 06 · credit incompleteWhydahs and indigobirds
3 birds
Finches and allies
1 bird
Waxbills and allies
6 birds
Black-faced waxbillSeen on property · 01 · credit incomplete
Common waxbillSeen on property · 02 · credit incomplete
Crimson-rumped waxbillSeen on property · 03 · credit incomplete
Red-cheeked cordon-bleuSeen on property · 04 · credit incomplete
Blue-capped cordon-bleuSeen on property · 05 · credit incomplete
Reichenow’s seedeaterSeen on property · 06 · credit incompleteOrioles
2 birds
Starlings and allies
6 birds
Violet-backed starlingSeen on property · 01 · credit incomplete
Red-winged starlingSeen on property · 02 · credit incomplete
Hildebrandt’s starlingSeen on property · 03 · credit incomplete
Ashy starlingSeen on property · 04 · credit incomplete
Superb starlingSeen on property · 05 · credit incompleteGreater blue-eared starlingSeen on property · 06 · credit incompleteOxpeckers
2 birds
Drongos
1 bird
Source: “Birds of Randilen WMA,” supplied 3 November 2026. The document reports 222 species seen across the WMA and 160 seen on Q’s Lodge property. Its broader checklist is described as theoretical in part; only asterisk-marked species are shown here. Sightings may vary, and are never guaranteed. The checklist provides common names and property sightings, but no scientific names or individual field descriptions.