PEMBA ISLAND
TANZANIA
LOCALE
| # Species*: | 141 |
| # Excl Vagrants*: | 141 |
| # Endemics*: | 4 |
| # Near Endemics*: | 0 |
| *Based on partial or incomplete data. | |
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 | White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata |
| 2 | White-backed Duck | Thalassornis leuconotus |
| 3 | &African Pygmy-Goosel | Nettapus auritus |
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| 4 | Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris |
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| 5 | &Blue Quaill | Synoicus adansonii |
| 6 | Harlequin Quail | Coturnix delegorguei |
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| 7 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| 8 | Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata |
| 9 | Blue-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur afer |
| 10 | Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria |
| 11 | Pemba Green-Pigeon | Treron pembaensis |
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| 12 | Fischer's Turaco | Tauraco fischeri |
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| 13 | White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus |
| 14 | Green Malkoha | Ceuthmochares australis |
| 15 | Klaas's Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas |
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| 16 | Square-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus fossii |
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| 17 | Mottled Spinetail | Telacanthura ussheri |
| 18 | Little Swift | Apus affinis |
| 19 | White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer |
| 20 | African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus |
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| 21 | Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus |
| 22 | Allen's Gallinule | Porphyrio alleni |
| 23 | Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra |
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| 24 | Buff-spotted Flufftail | Sarothrura elegans |
| 25 | Red-chested Flufftail | Sarothrura rufa |
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| 26 | Water Thick-knee | Burhinus vermiculatus |
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| 27 | /Black-bellied Plover/ | Pluvialis squatarola |
| 28 | /Common Ringed Plover/ | Charadrius hiaticula |
| 29 | Senegal Lapwing | Vanellus lugubris |
| 30 | /Tibetan Sand-Plover/ | Anarhynchus atrifrons |
| 31 | /Greater Sand-Plover/ | Anarhynchus leschenaultii |
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| 32 | &Greater Painted-Snipel | Rostratula benghalensis |
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| 33 | African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus |
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| 34 | /Whimbrel/ | Numenius phaeopus |
| 35 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos |
| 36 | /Marsh Sandpiper/ | Tringa stagnatilis |
| 37 | /Wood Sandpiper/ | Tringa glareola |
| 38 | /Spotted Redshank/ | Tringa erythropus |
| 39 | /Common Greenshank/ | Tringa nebularia |
| 40 | /Ruddy Turnstone/ | Arenaria interpres |
| 41 | /Curlew Sandpiper/ | Calidris ferruginea |
| 42 | /Little Stint/ | Calidris minuta |
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| 43 | Small Buttonquail | Turnix sylvaticus |
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| 44 | Crab-Plover | Dromas ardeola |
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| 45 | Sooty Gull | Ichthyaetus hemprichii |
| 46 | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus |
| 47 | Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus |
| 48 | /Saunders's Tern/ | Sternula saundersi |
| 49 | /Gull-billed Tern/ | Gelochelidon nilotica |
| 50 | &Roseate Ternl | Sterna dougallii |
| 51 | /Common Tern/ | Sterna hirundo |
| 52 | White-cheeked Tern | Sterna repressa |
| 53 | /Lesser Crested Tern/ | Thalasseus bengalensis |
| 54 | Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii |
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| 55 | Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus |
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| 56 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis |
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| 57 | African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus |
| 58 | African Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia microscelis |
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| 59 | Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra |
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| 60 | Reed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus |
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| 61 | African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus |
| 62 | Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash |
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| 63 | Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| 64 | Black Heron | Egretta ardesiaca |
| 65 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
| 66 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata |
| 67 | Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides |
| 68 | \Malagasy Pond-Heron\ | Ardeola idae |
| 69 | Western Cattle-Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| 70 | Great Egret | Ardea alba |
| 71 | Yellow-billed Egret | Ardea brachyrhyncha |
| 72 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea |
| 73 | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea |
| 74 | Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala |
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| 75 | /Osprey/ | Pandion haliaetus |
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| 76 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus |
| 77 | African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus |
| 78 | Palm-nut Vulture | Gypohierax angolensis |
| 79 | Bat Hawk | Macheiramphus alcinus |
| 80 | African Goshawk | Aerospiza toussenelii |
| 81 | Black Goshawk | Astur melanoleucus |
| 82 | /Black Kite/ | Milvus migrans |
| 83 | Yellow-billed Kite** | Milvus aegyptius |
| 84 | Mountain Buzzard | Buteo oreophilus |
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| 85 | Western Barn Owl | Tyto alba |
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| 86 | Pemba Scops-Owl | Otus pembaensis |
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| 87 | Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus |
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| 88 | Crowned Hornbill | Lophoceros alboterminatus |
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| 89 | /Blue-cheeked Bee-eater/ | Merops persicus |
| 90 | \Olive Bee-eater\ | Merops superciliosus |
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| 91 | Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus |
| 92 | African Pygmy Kingfisher | Ispidina picta |
| 93 | Gray-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala |
| 94 | Mangrove Kingfisher | Halcyon senegaloides |
| 95 | Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti |
| 96 | Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis |
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| 97 | /European Roller/ | Coracias garrulus |
| 98 | Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus |
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| 99 | Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus bilineatus |
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| 100 | Dickinson's Kestrel | Falco dickinsoni |
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| 101 | Brown-headed Parrot | Poicephalus cryptoxanthus |
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| 102 | /Eurasian Golden Oriole/ | Oriolus oriolus |
| 103 | #African Golden Oriole# | Oriolus auratus |
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| 104 | African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis |
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| 105 | House Crow | Corvus splendens |
| 106 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus |
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| 107 | Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura |
| 108 | Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida |
| 109 | Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis |
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| 110 | /Common Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus scirpaceus |
| 111 | Lesser Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus gracilirostris |
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| 112 | \Mascarene Martin\ | Phedina borbonica |
| 113 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica |
| 114 | Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii |
| 115 | Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica |
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| 116 | Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus |
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| 117 | Pemba White-eye | Zosterops vaughani |
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| 118 | Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster |
| 119 | Black-bellied Starling | Notopholia corusca |
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| 120 | |Spotted Flycatcher| | Muscicapa striata |
| 121 | White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini |
| 122 | /Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush/ | Monticola saxatilis |
| 123 | /Northern Wheatear/ | Oenanthe oenanthe |
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| 124 | Olive Sunbird | Cyanomitra olivacea |
| 125 | Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis |
| 126 | Pemba Sunbird | Cinnyris pembae |
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| 127 | Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus |
| 128 | Zanzibar Red Bishop | Euplectes nigroventris |
| 129 | Black-winged Bishop | Euplectes hordeaceus |
| 130 | Grosbeak Weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons |
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| 131 | Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata |
| 132 | Black-and-white Mannikin | Spermestes bicolor |
| 133 | Java Sparrow | Padda oryzivora |
| 134 | Green-backed Twinspot | Mandingoa nitidula |
| 135 | Zebra Waxbill | Amandava subflava |
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| 136 | Parasitic Weaver | Anomalospiza imberbis |
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| 137 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
| 138 | Northern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus |
| 139 | Southern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer diffusus |
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| 140 | African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp |
| 141 | African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus |
*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 | 26 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 3 |
| || | Transient | 1 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 1 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 4 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 0 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 0 |
| [] | Accidental | 0 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 4 |
| V | Vulnerable | 2 |
| EN | Endangered | 2 |
| 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.