ARUSHA AREA
TANZANIA
LOCALE
| Altitude (m): | 1400 |
| # Species*: | 162 |
| # Excl Vagrants*: | 162 |
| # Endemics*: | 1 |
| # Near Endemics*: | 4 |
| *Based on partial or incomplete data. | |
| Habitat: City, savanna | |
BIRD CHECKLIST
The table below lists species recorded at this locale but does not indicate frequency of occurrence there. It does indicate whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country. The list is based on available data and may be incomplete.*
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| 1 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| 2 | Mourning Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decipiens |
| 3 | Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata |
| 4 | Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola |
| 5 | Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos |
| 6 | Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria |
| 7 | African Green-Pigeon | Treron calvus |
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| 8 | Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori |
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| 9 | Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius |
| 10 | White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus |
| 11 | African Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx cupreus |
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| 12 | Montane Nightjar | Caprimulgus poliocephalus |
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| 13 | Mottled Swift | Tachymarptis aequatorialis |
| 14 | Little Swift | Apus affinis |
| 15 | African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus |
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| 16 | Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus |
| 17 | Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra |
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| 18 | Gray Crowned-Crane | Balearica regulorum |
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| 19 | Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus |
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| 20 | <Greater Painted-Snipe> | Rostratula benghalensis |
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| 21 | Double-banded Courser | Smutsornis africanus |
| 22 | Temminck's Courser | Cursorius temminckii |
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| 23 | Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis |
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| 24 | African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus |
| 25 | Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash |
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| 26 | Little Heron | Butorides atricapilla |
| 27 | Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala |
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| 28 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta |
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| 29 | Bearded Vulture | Gypaetus barbatus |
| 30 | Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos |
| 31 | Black-chested Snake-Eagle | Circaetus pectoralis |
| 32 | Brown Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinereus |
| 33 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax |
| 34 | /Steppe Eagle/ | Aquila nipalensis |
| 35 | Bat Hawk | Macheiramphus alcinus |
| 36 | Eastern Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax poliopterus |
| 37 | Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus |
| 38 | Black Kite | Milvus migrans |
| 39 | |Common Buzzard| | Buteo buteo |
| 40 | Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur |
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| 41 | Verreaux's Eagle-Owl | Ketupa lactea |
| 42 | African Wood-Owl | Strix woodfordii |
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| 43 | Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus |
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| 44 | Crowned Hornbill | Lophoceros alboterminatus |
| 45 | African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus |
| 46 | Northern Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus erythrorhynchus |
| 47 | Von der Decken's Hornbill | Tockus deckeni |
| 48 | Silvery-cheeked Hornbill | Bycanistes brevis |
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| 49 | White-fronted Bee-eater | Merops bullockoides |
| 50 | Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus |
| 51 | |European Bee-eater| | Merops apiaster |
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| 52 | Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Halcyon albiventris |
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| 53 | Red-and-yellow Barbet | Trachyphonus erythrocephalus |
| 54 | White-eared Barbet | Stactolaema leucotis |
| 55 | Moustached Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus leucomystax |
| 56 | Brown-breasted Barbet | Pogonornis melanopterus |
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| 57 | Brown-backed Honeybird | Prodotiscus regulus |
| 58 | Pallid Honeyguide | Indicator meliphilus |
| 59 | Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor |
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| 60 | Mountain Gray Woodpecker | Dendropicos spodocephalus |
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| 61 | Greater Kestrel | Falco rupicoloides |
| 62 | /Eurasian Hobby/ | Falco subbuteo |
| 63 | African Hobby | Falco cuvierii |
| 64 | Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus |
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| 65 | Black Cuckooshrike | Campephaga flava |
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| 66 | African Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus |
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| 67 | Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla |
| 68 | Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis |
| 69 | Tropical Boubou | Laniarius major |
| 70 | Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike | Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus |
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| 71 | Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis |
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| 72 | African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis |
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| 73 | /Isabelline Shrike/ | Lanius isabellinus |
| 74 | |Lesser Gray Shrike| | Lanius minor |
| 75 | Long-tailed Fiscal | Lanius cabanisi |
| 76 | Taita Fiscal | Lanius dorsalis |
| 77 | Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis |
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| 78 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus |
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| 79 | Beesley's Lark | Chersomanes beesleyi |
| 80 | Fischer's Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix leucopareia |
| 81 | Pink-breasted Lark | Calendulauda poecilosterna |
| 82 | Fawn-colored Lark | Calendulauda africanoides |
| 83 | Singing Bushlark | Mirafra javanica |
| 84 | White-tailed Lark | Mirafra albicauda |
| 85 | Flappet Lark | Amirafra rufocinnamomea |
| 86 | Sentinel Lark | Corypha athi |
| 87 | <Short-tailed Lark> | Pseudalaemon fremantlii |
| 88 | Red-capped Lark | Calandrella cinerea |
| 89 | Somali Short-toed Lark | Alaudala somalica |
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| 90 | Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura |
| 91 | Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida |
| 92 | Red-faced Cisticola | Cisticola erythrops |
| 93 | Singing Cisticola | Cisticola cantans |
| 94 | Rock-loving Cisticola | Cisticola aberrans |
| 95 | Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana |
| 96 | Winding Cisticola | Cisticola marginatus |
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| 97 | /Common Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus scirpaceus |
| 98 | Lesser Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus gracilirostris |
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| 99 | Southern Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula |
| 100 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica |
| 101 | Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii |
| 102 | /Western House-Martin/ | Delichon urbicum |
| 103 | African Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis melanocrissus |
| 104 | Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica |
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| 105 | Sombre Greenbul | Andropadus importunus |
| 106 | Yellow-bellied Greenbul | Chlorocichla flaviventris |
| 107 | Gray-olive Greenbul | Phyllastrephus cerviniventris |
| 108 | Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus |
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| 109 | Pale White-eye | Zosterops flavilateralis |
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| 110 | Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythroryncha |
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| 111 | Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea |
| 112 | Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster |
| 113 | Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio |
| 114 | Superb Starling | Lamprotornis superbus |
| 115 | Fischer's Starling | Lamprotornis fischeri |
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| 116 | African Gray Flycatcher | Bradornis microrhynchus |
| 117 | White-browed Scrub Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys |
| 118 | Cape Robin-Chat | Dessonornis caffra |
| 119 | Rueppell's Robin-Chat | Cossypha semirufa |
| 120 | White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini |
| 121 | Spotted Morning-Thrush | Cichladusa guttata |
| 122 | /Northern Wheatear/ | Oenanthe oenanthe |
| 123 | Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata |
| 124 | /Isabelline Wheatear/ | Oenanthe isabellina |
| 125 | Abyssinian Wheatear | Oenanthe lugubris |
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| 126 | Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris |
| 127 | Amethyst Sunbird | Chalcomitra amethystina |
| 128 | Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis |
| 129 | Bronze Sunbird | Nectarinia kilimensis |
| 130 | Golden-winged Sunbird | Drepanorhynchus reichenowi |
| 131 | Gorgeous Sunbird | Cinnyris melanogastrus |
| 132 | Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus |
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| 133 | White-headed Buffalo-Weaver | Dinemellia dinemelli |
| 134 | Gray-capped Social-Weaver | Pseudonigrita arnaudi |
| 135 | Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps |
| 136 | Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht |
| 137 | Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis |
| 138 | Taveta Golden-Weaver | Ploceus castaneiceps |
| 139 | Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus |
| 140 | <Golden-backed Weaver> | Ploceus jacksoni |
| 141 | <Chestnut Weaver> | Ploceus rubiginosus |
| 142 | <Red-billed Quelea> | Quelea quelea |
| 143 | Black Bishop | Euplectes gierowii |
| 144 | Yellow Bishop | Euplectes capensis |
| 145 | White-winged Widowbird | Euplectes albonotatus |
| 146 | Grosbeak Weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons |
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| 147 | Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata |
| 148 | Black-and-white Mannikin | Spermestes bicolor |
| 149 | Black-faced Waxbill | Brunhilda erythronotos |
| 150 | Crimson-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda rhodopyga |
| 151 | Red-throated Twinspot | Hypargos niveoguttatus |
| 152 | Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala |
| 153 | African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata |
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| 154 | Northern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus |
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| 155 | African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp |
| 156 | African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus |
| 157 | Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys |
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| 158 | Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambicus |
| 159 | Southern Citril | Crithagra hypostictus |
| 160 | Southern Grosbeak-Canary | Crithagra buchanani |
| 161 | Streaky Seedeater | Crithagra striolatus |
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| 162 | Somali Bunting | Emberiza poliopleura |
*Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.
OTHER LOCALES
PRESENCE CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| // | Boreal Visitor | 8 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 3 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 0 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 5 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 0 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 0 |
| [] | Accidental | 0 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 2 |
| V | Vulnerable | 1 |
| EN | Endangered | 3 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 0 |
Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.
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