TANZANIA BIRD CHECKLIST
Remote Species
AFRICA TANZANIA
| Area (SqMi): | 365,755 |
| # Species: | 1119 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 1086 |
| # Endemics: | 31 |
| # Near Endemics: | 35 |
| Species/1000 SqMi: | 3.0 |
BIRDING LOCALES
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 17 |
| V | Vulnerable | 11 |
| EN | Endangered | 7 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 1 |
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.
List of species in the country occurring in remote locales not typically visited by birding tours. Table indicates 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. See sidebar for meaning of location codes and symbols associated with common names.*
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| 1 | /Gadwall/ | Mareca strepera | ||
| 2 | /Tufted Duck/ | Aythya fuligula | ||
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| 3 | Udzungwa Partridge | Xenoperdix udzungwensis | UMNP | |
| 4 | Latham Francolin | Peliperdix lathami | ||
| 5 | Ring-necked Francolin | Scleroptera streptophorus | ||
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| 6 | Great Blue Turaco | Corythaeola cristata | ||
| 7 | Black-billed Turaco | Tauraco schuettii | ||
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| 8 | \Madagascar Cuckoo\ | Cuculus rochii | ||
| 9 | Blue-headed Coucal | Centropus monachus | SB | |
| 10 | Coppery-tailed Coucal | Centropus cupreicaudus | ||
| 11 | Senegal Coucal | Centropus senegalensis | ||
| 12 | Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo | Cercococcyx mechowi | ||
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| 13 | Rufous-cheeked Nightjar | Caprimulgus rufigena | ||
| 14 | /Nubian Nightjar/ | Caprimulgus nubicus | ||
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| 15 | /Forbes-Watson's Swift/ | Apus berliozi | ||
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| 16 | /Spotted Crake/ | Porzana porzana | ||
| 17 | \Striped Crake\ | Aenigmatolimnas marginalis | ||
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| 18 | White-spotted Flufftail | Sarothrura pulchra | ||
| 19 | Chestnut-headed Flufftail | Sarothrura lugens | ||
| 20 | \Streaky-breasted Flufftail\ | Sarothrura boehmi | ||
| 21 | Striped Flufftail | Sarothrura affinis | ||
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| 22 | African Finfoot | Podica senegalensis | SLRG | |
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| 23 | Wattled Crane | Grus carunculatus | ||
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| 24 | /Eurasian Oystercatcher/ | Haematopus ostralegus | ||
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| 25 | Black-rumped Buttonquail | Turnix nanus | ||
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| 26 | Rock Pratincole | Glareola nuchalis | SLRG | |
| 27 | \Madagascar Pratincole\ | Glareola ocularis | ||
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| 28 | Spot-breasted Ibis | Bostrychia rara | ||
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| 29 | Eurasian Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | ||
| 30 | Western Reef-Heron | Egretta gularis | ||
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| 31 | Scissor-tailed Kite | Chelictinia riocourii | ||
| 32 | Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle | Circaetus beaudouini | ||
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| 33 | Northern White-faced Owl | Ptilopsis leucotis | ||
| 34 | Cape Eagle-Owl | Bubo capensis | ||
| 35 | Pel's Fishing-Owl | Scotopelia peli | SLRG,UMNP | |
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| 36 | Red-faced Mousebird | Urocolius indicus | ||
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| 37 | Violet Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus damarensis | ||
| 38 | Forest Scimitarbill | Rhinopomastus castaneiceps | ||
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| 39 | Congo Pied Hornbill | Lophoceros fasciatus | ||
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| 40 | Blue-breasted Bee-eater | Merops variegatus | ||
| 41 | \Southern Carmine Bee-eater\ | Merops nubicoides | ||
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| 42 | Shining-blue Kingfisher | Alcedo quadribrachys | ||
| 43 | Blue-breasted Kingfisher | Halcyon malimbica | SB | |
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| 44 | Gray-throated Barbet | Gymnobucco bonapartei | ||
| 45 | Whyte's Barbet | Stactolaema whytii | SLRG | |
| 46 | Yellow-spotted Barbet | Buccanodon duchaillui | ||
| 47 | Hairy-breasted Barbet | Tricholaema hirsuta | ||
| 48 | Red-faced Barbet | Lybius rubrifacies | ||
| 49 | Black-billed Barbet | Lybius guifsobalito | SB | |
| 50 | Black-backed Barbet | Pogonornis minor | ||
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| 51 | Least Honeyguide | Indicator exilis | ||
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| 52 | Golden-crowned Woodpecker | Chloropicus xantholophus | ||
| 53 | Stierling's Woodpecker | Dendropicos stierlingi | SLRG | |
| 54 | Brown-eared Woodpecker | Pardipicus caroli | ||
| 55 | Buff-spotted Woodpecker | Pardipicus nivosa | ||
| 56 | Fine-banded Woodpecker | Campethera taeniolaema | ||
| 57 | Speckle-throated Woodpecker | Campethera scriptoricauda | SLRG | |
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| 58 | Taita Falcon | Falco fasciinucha | ||
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| 59 | Red-headed Lovebird | Agapornis pullarius | ||
| 60 | Lilian's Lovebird | Agapornis lilianae | ||
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| 61 | Gray Parrot | Psittacus erithacus | ||
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| 62 | African Pitta | Pitta angolensis | SLRG | |
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| 63 | White-breasted Cuckooshrike | Ceblepyris pectoralis | SB,SLRG | |
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| 64 | Western Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus brachyrhynchus | ||
| 65 | Black-tailed Oriole | Oriolus percivali | ||
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| 66 | Chestnut Wattle-eye | Dyaphorophyia castanea | ||
| 67 | Jameson's Wattle-eye | Platysteira jamesoni | ||
| 68 | Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye | Platysteira concreta | ||
| 69 | Rwenzori Batis | Batis diops | ||
| 70 | Pale Batis | Batis soror | EUM,SLRG | |
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| 71 | Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike | Prionops scopifrons | EUM,SLRG | |
| 72 | African Shrike-flycatcher | Megabyas flammulatus | ||
| 73 | Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher | Bias musicus | EUM,SLRG | |
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| 74 | Pink-footed Puffback | Dryoscopus angolensis | ||
| 75 | Three-streaked Tchagra | Tchagra jamesi | MKNP,SPM | |
| 76 | Luehder's Bushshrike | Laniarius luehderi | ||
| 77 | Papyrus Gonolek | Laniarius mufumbiri | ||
| 78 | Fuelleborn's Boubou | Laniarius fuelleborni | EUM,UM,UMNP,WUM | |
| 79 | Four-colored Bushshrike | Telophorus viridis | SLRG | |
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| 80 | Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone rufiventer | ||
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| 81 | Mackinnon's Shrike | Lanius mackinnoni | ||
| 82 | Souza's Shrike | Lanius souzae | ||
| 83 | /Woodchat Shrike/ | Lanius senator | ||
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| 84 | Yellow-bellied Hyliota | Hyliota flavigaster | SLRG | |
| 85 | Usambara Hyliota | Hyliota usambara | EUM | |
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| 86 | African Blue Flycatcher | Elminia longicauda | ||
| 87 | Dusky Crested Flycatcher | Elminia nigromitrata | ||
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| 88 | White-winged Black-Tit | Melaniparus leucomelas | SLRG | |
| 89 | Southern Black-Tit | Melaniparus niger | ||
| 90 | Rufous-bellied Tit | Melaniparus rufiventris | SLRG | |
| 91 | Somali Tit | Melaniparus thruppi | ||
| 92 | Miombo Tit | Melaniparus griseiventris | KNP | |
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| 93 | Dusky Lark | Pinarocorys nigricans | SLRG | |
| 94 | Friedmann's Lark | Mirafra pulpa | MKNP | |
| 95 | Angola Lark | Amirafra angolensis | ||
| 96 | Plateau Lark | Corypha nigrescens | ||
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| 97 | Western Nicator | Nicator chloris | SLRG | |
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| 98 | Green Crombec | Sylvietta virens | ||
| 99 | White-browed Crombec | Sylvietta leucophrys | ||
| 100 | Red-capped Crombec | Sylvietta ruficapilla | ||
| 101 | Long-billed Crombec | Sylvietta rufescens | ||
| 102 | Yellow Longbill | Macrosphenus flavicans | ||
| 103 | Gray Longbill | Macrosphenus concolor | ||
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| 104 | White-chinned Prinia | Schistolais leucopogon | ||
| 105 | Long-billed Tailorbird | Artisornis moreaui | EUM | |
| 106 | Black-throated Apalis | Apalis jacksoni | ||
| 107 | Masked Apalis | Apalis binotata | UMNP | |
| 108 | Kungwe Apalis | Apalis argentea | ||
| 109 | Chestnut-throated Apalis | Apalis porphyrolaema | KNP | |
| 110 | Mrs. Moreau's Warbler | Scepomycter winifredae | UM,UMNP | |
| 111 | Black-faced Rufous-Warbler | Bathmocercus rufus | ||
| 112 | Chubb's Cisticola | Cisticola chubbi | ||
| 113 | Black-lored Cisticola | Cisticola nigriloris | UMNP | |
| 114 | Kilombero Cisticola | Cisticola baerorum | ||
| 115 | Churring Cisticola | Cisticola njombe | UMNP | |
| 116 | Chirping Cisticola | Cisticola pipiens | ||
| 117 | Carruthers's Cisticola | Cisticola carruthersi | SB | |
| 118 | Levaillant's Cisticola | Cisticola tinniens | ||
| 119 | Piping Cisticola | Cisticola fulvicapilla | SLRG | |
| 120 | Black-backed Cisticola | Cisticola eximius | ||
| 121 | Pale-crowned Cisticola | Cisticola cinnamomeus | ||
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| 122 | Aquatic Warbler | Acrocephalus paludicola | ||
| 123 | /Basra Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus griseldis | ||
| 124 | Greater Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus rufescens | ||
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| 125 | Bamboo Warbler | Locustella alfredi | ||
| 126 | White-winged Swamp Warbler | Bradypterus carpalis | ||
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| 127 | (Montane Blue Swallow) | Hirundo atrocaerulea | ||
| 128 | Pearl-breasted Swallow | Hirundo dimidiata | ||
| 129 | \Greater Striped Swallow\ | Cecropis cucullata | SLRG | |
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| 130 | Slender-billed Greenbul | Stelgidillas gracilirostris | ||
| 131 | Red-tailed Bristlebill | Bleda syndactylus | ||
| 132 | Pale-throated Greenbul | Atimastillas flavigula | UM,UMNP | |
| 133 | Spotted Greenbul | Ixonotus guttatus | ||
| 134 | \Joyful Greenbul\ | Chlorocichla laetissima | ||
| 135 | Honeyguide Greenbul | Baeopogon indicator | ||
| 136 | Yellow-throated Mountain Greenbul | Arizelocichla chlorigula | UM,UMNP | |
| 137 | Yellow-whiskered Greenbul | Eurillas latirostris | ||
| 138 | Plain Greenbul | Eurillas curvirostris | ||
| 139 | Gray Greenbul | Eurillas gracilis | ||
| 140 | Usambara Greenbul | Phyllastrephus albigula | EUM,UM,UMNP,WUM | |
| 141 | Xavier's Greenbul | Phyllastrephus xavieri | ||
| 142 | Icterine Greenbul | Phyllastrephus icterinus | ||
| 143 | Leaf-love | Phyllastrephus scandens | ||
| 144 | Toro Olive-Greenbul | Phyllastrephus hypochloris | ||
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| 145 | /Common Chiffchaff/ | Phylloscopus collybita | ||
| 146 | Laura's Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus laurae | ||
| 147 | Uganda Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus budongoensis | ||
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| 148 | Green Hylia | Hylia prasina | ||
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| 149 | Livingstone's Flycatcher | Erythrocercus livingstonei | SLRG | |
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| 150 | South Pare White-eye | Zosterops winifredae | SPM | |
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| 151 | Brown Illadopsis | Illadopsis fulvescens | ||
| 152 | Pale-breasted Illadopsis | Illadopsis rufipennis | ||
| 153 | Tanzanian Illadopsis | Illadopsis distans | EUM,UM,UMNP,WUM | |
| 154 | Mountain Illadopsis | Illadopsis pyrrhoptera | ||
| 155 | Scaly-breasted Illadopsis | Illadopsis albipectus | ||
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| 156 | Brown Babbler | Turdoides plebejus | ||
| 157 | Hartlaub's Babbler | Turdoides hartlaubii | ||
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| 158 | Chestnut-winged Starling | Onychognathus fulgidus | ||
| 159 | Babbling Starling | Neocichla gutturalis | ||
| 160 | Magpie Starling | Speculipastor bicolor | ||
| 161 | Stuhlmann's Starling | Poeoptera stuhlmanni | ||
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| 162 | Rufous Flycatcher-Thrush | Stizorhina fraseri | ||
| 163 | White-tailed Ant-Thrush | Neocossyphus poensis | ||
| 164 | \Spotted Ground-Thrush\ | Geokichla guttata | ||
| 165 | Groundscraper Thrush | Turdus litsitsirupa | ||
| 166 | Usambara Thrush | Turdus roehli | EUM,SPM,WUM | |
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| 167 | Boehm's Bee-eater | Myopornis boehmi | EUM,SLRG | |
| 168 | Sooty Flycatcher | Artomyias infuscata | ||
| 169 | Boehm's Flycatcher | Bradornis boehmi | ||
| 170 | Gray-throated Tit-Flycatcher | Fraseria griseigularis | ||
| 171 | Miombo Scrub-Robin | Tychaedon barbata | KNP,SLRG | |
| 172 | /Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin/ | Cercotrichas galactotes | ||
| 173 | Brown-backed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas hartlaubi | ||
| 174 | Olive-flanked Robin-Chat | Dessonornis anomala | UM,UMNP | |
| 175 | Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat | Cossypha cyanocampter | ||
| 176 | Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat | Cossypha niveicapilla | ||
| 177 | Swynnerton's Robin | Swynnertonia swynnertoni | EUM,UMNP | |
| 178 | Brown-chested Alethe | Chamaetylas poliocephala | ||
| 179 | Gray-winged Robin-Chat | Sheppardia polioptera | ||
| 180 | Short-tailed Akalat | Sheppardia poensis | ||
| 181 | Bocage's Akalat | Sheppardia bocagei | ||
| 182 | Lowland Akalat | Sheppardia cyornithopsis | ||
| 183 | Usambara Akalat | Sheppardia montana | WUM | |
| 184 | Iringa Akalat | Sheppardia lowei | UMNP | |
| 185 | Rubeho Akalat | Sheppardia aurantiithorax | ||
| 186 | /Semicollared Flycatcher/ | Ficedula semitorquata | ||
| 187 | /Common Redstart/ | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | ||
| 188 | Miombo Rock-Thrush | Monticola angolensis | SLRG | |
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| 189 | Plain-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes reichenowi | EUM | |
| 190 | Anchieta's Sunbird | Anthreptes anchietae | ||
| 191 | Little Green Sunbird | Anthreptes seimundi | ||
| 192 | Gray-chinned Sunbird | Anthreptes rectirostris | ||
| 193 | Blue-throated Brown Sunbird | Cyanomitra cyanolaema | ||
| 194 | Green-throated Sunbird | Chalcomitra rubescens | ||
| 195 | Western Miombo Sunbird | Cinnyris gertrudis | EUM,WUM | |
| 196 | Miombo Sunbird | Cinnyris manoensis | ||
| 197 | Regal Sunbird | Cinnyris regius | ||
| 198 | Forest Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris fuelleborni | ||
| 199 | Moreau's Sunbird | Cinnyris moreaui | UM,UMNP | |
| 200 | Shelley's Sunbird | Cinnyris shelleyi | SLRG,UMNP | |
| 201 | Superb Sunbird | Cinnyris superbus | ||
| 202 | Rufous-winged Sunbird | Cinnyris rufipennis | UMNP | |
| 203 | White-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris talatala | ||
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| 204 | Black-billed Weaver | Ploceus melanogaster | ||
| 205 | Ruvu Weaver | Ploceus holoxanthus | ||
| 206 | Orange Weaver | Ploceus aurantius | ||
| 207 | Golden Palm Weaver | Ploceus bojeri | ||
| 208 | Southern Brown-throated Weaver | Ploceus xanthopterus | ||
| 209 | Northern Brown-throated Weaver | Ploceus castanops | SB | |
| 210 | Kilombero Weaver | Ploceus burnieri | ||
| 211 | Southern Masked-Weaver | Ploceus velatus | SLRG | |
| 212 | Tanganyika Masked-Weaver | Ploceus reichardi | ||
| 213 | <Weyns's Weaver> | Ploceus weynsi | ||
| 214 | Brown-capped Weaver | Ploceus insignis | ||
| 215 | Olive-headed Weaver | Ploceus olivaceiceps | SLRG | |
| 216 | Compact Weaver | Pachyphantes superciliosus | ||
| 217 | <Fire-fronted Bishop> | Euplectes diadematus | MKNP | |
| 218 | Marsh Widowbird | Euplectes hartlaubi | KNP,UMNP | |
| 219 | Buff-shouldered Widowbird | Euplectes psammacromius | ||
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| 220 | Magpie Mannikin | Spermestes fringilloides | EUM,SLRG,UM,UMNP WUM | |
| 221 | White-collared Oliveback | Nesocharis ansorgei | ||
| 222 | Jameson's Antpecker | Parmoptila jamesoni | ||
| 223 | White-breasted Nigrita | Nigrita fusconotus | ||
| 224 | Black-tailed Waxbill | Glaucestrilda perreini | SB,SLRG | |
| 225 | Locustfinch | Paludipasser locustella | ||
| 226 | Lesser Seedcracker | Pyrenestes minor | SLRG,UMNP | |
| 227 | Black-bellied Seedcracker | Pyrenestes ostrinus | ||
| 228 | Brown Firefinch | Lagonosticta nitidula | ||
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| 229 | Green Indigobird | Vidua codringtoni | ||
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| 230 | Woodland Pipit | Anthus nyassae | SLRG | |
| 231 | Buffy Pipit | Anthus vaalensis | SLRG | |
| 232 | Short-tailed Pipit | Anthus brachyurus | ||
| 233 | Sokoke Pipit | Anthus sokokensis | ||
| 234 | Fuelleborn's Longclaw | Macronyx fuelleborni | ||
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| 235 | Western Citril | Crithagra frontalis | UM,UMNP | |
| 236 | Papyrus Canary | Crithagra koliensis | ||
| 237 | Kipengere Seedeater | Crithagra melanochrous | UMNP | |
| 238 | Black-eared Seedeater | Crithagra mennelli | ||
| 239 | Reichard's Seedeater | Crithagra reichardi | SLRG,UMNP | |
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| 240 | Dapple-throat | Arcanator orostruthus | EUM,UMNP | |
*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.