TANZANIA SPECIALTY BIRDS LIST
Accessible Species
AFRICA TANZANIA
| Area (SqMi): | 365,755 |
| # Species: | 1119 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 1086 |
| # Endemics: | 31 |
| # Near Endemics: | 35 |
| Species/1000 SqMi: | 3.0 |
OTHER COUNTRIES IN AFRICA
BIRDING LOCALES
DISTRIBUTION CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| E | Endemic | 16 |
| LC | Local | 33 |
| NE | Near Endemic | 29 |
| RR | Restricted Range | 130 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 27 |
| V | Vulnerable | 14 |
| EN | Endangered | 17 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 4 |
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 all specialty birds in the country occurring in locales typically visited by birding tours. Specialties include endemics and globally threatened, vulnerable or endangered. 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.*
| 1 | Cape Teal | Anas capensis | RR | |
| 2 | Maccoa Duck | Oxyura maccoa | RR | EN |
| 3 | Vulturine Guineafowl | Acryllium vulturinum | RR | |
| 4 | Eastern Crested Guineafowl | Guttera pucherani | NE | |
| 5 | Red-winged Francolin | Scleroptera levaillantii | RR | |
| 6 | Shelley's Francolin | Scleroptera shelleyi | RR | |
| 7 | Gray-breasted Spurfowl | Pternistis rufopictus | E | |
| 8 | Red-necked Spurfowl | Pternistis afer | LC | |
| 9 | Dusky Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia lugens | RR | |
| 10 | Blue-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur afer | RR | |
| 11 | Pemba Green-Pigeon | Treron pembaensis | E | V |
| 12 | Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori | NT | |
| 13 | Denham's Bustard | Neotis denhami | NT | |
| 14 | Gray Go-away-bird | Crinifer concolor | RR | |
| 15 | Eastern Plantain-eater | Crinifer zonurus | RR | |
| 16 | Ross's Turaco | Tauraco rossae | RR | |
| 17 | Schalow's Turaco | Tauraco schalowi | RR | |
| 18 | Hartlaub's Turaco | Tauraco hartlaubi | RR | |
| 19 | Fischer's Turaco | Tauraco fischeri | RR | NT |
| 20 | Livingstone's Turaco | Tauraco livingstonii | RR | |
| 21 | Black Coucal | Centropus grillii | LC | |
| 22 | Blue Malkoha | Ceuthmochares aereus | RR | |
| 23 | Montane Nightjar | Caprimulgus poliocephalus | RR | |
| 24 | Swamp Nightjar | Caprimulgus natalensis | RR | |
| 25 | Mottled Spinetail | Telacanthura ussheri | LC | |
| 26 | Scarce Swift | Schoutedenapus myoptilus | RR | |
| 27 | African Swift | Apus barbatus | RR | |
| 28 | (Horus Swift) | Apus horus | RR | |
| 29 | (African Crake) | Crecopsis egregia | LC | |
| 30 | Chestnut-headed Flufftail | Sarothrura lugens | RR | |
| 31 | Gray Crowned-Crane | Balearica regulorum | EN | |
| 32 | Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | LC | |
| 33 | White-crowned Lapwing | Vanellus albiceps | RR | |
| 34 | Black-winged Lapwing | Vanellus melanopterus | RR | |
| 35 | Lesser Jacana | Microparra capensis | LC | |
| 36 | /Eurasian Curlew/ | Numenius arquata | NT | |
| 37 | /Bar-tailed Godwit/ | Limosa lapponica | NT | |
| 38 | /Black-tailed Godwit/ | Limosa limosa | NT | |
| 39 | /Great Snipe/ | Gallinago media | NT | |
| 40 | /Broad-billed Sandpiper/ | Calidris falcinellus | RR | |
| 41 | /Curlew Sandpiper/ | Calidris ferruginea | NT | |
| 42 | Double-banded Courser | Smutsornis africanus | LC | |
| 43 | Bronze-winged Courser | Rhinoptilus chalcopterus | LC | |
| 44 | |Black-winged Pratincole| | Glareola nordmanni | RR | NT |
| 45 | &Lesser Flamingol | Phoenicoparrus minor | V | |
| 46 | African Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia microscelis | NT | |
| 47 | Olive Ibis | Bostrychia olivacea | RR | |
| 48 | Rufous-bellied Heron | Ardeola rufiventris | LC | |
| 49 | \Malagasy Pond-Heron\ | Ardeola idae | EN | |
| 50 | Shoebill | Balaeniceps rex | RR | V |
| 51 | Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius | EN | |
| 52 | Bearded Vulture | Gypaetus barbatus | RR | NT |
| 53 | Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | EN | |
| 54 | White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis | CR | |
| 55 | Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos | EN | |
| 56 | Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus | CR | |
| 57 | White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | CR | |
| 58 | Rueppell's Griffon | Gyps rueppelli | CR | |
| 59 | Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | EN | |
| 60 | Western Banded Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinerascens | RR | |
| 61 | Southern Banded Snake-Eagle | Circaetus fasciolatus | NT | |
| 62 | Crowned Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus | NT | |
| 63 | Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | EN | |
| 64 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | V | |
| 65 | /Steppe Eagle/ | Aquila nipalensis | EN | |
| 66 | /Imperial Eagle/ | Aquila heliaca | RR | V |
| 67 | Little Sparrowhawk | Tachyspiza minullus | LC | |
| 68 | Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk | Accipiter rufiventris | RR | |
| 69 | /Pallid Harrier/ | Circus macrourus | NT | |
| 70 | Mountain Buzzard | Buteo oreophilus | NT | |
| 71 | /Long-legged Buzzard/ | Buteo rufinus | RR | |
| 72 | African Grass-Owl | Tyto capensis | LC | |
| 73 | Sokoke Scops-Owl | Otus ireneae | NE | EN |
| 74 | Pemba Scops-Owl | Otus pembaensis | E | V |
| 75 | Fraser's Eagle-Owl | Ketupa poensis | RR | |
| 76 | White-headed Mousebird | Colius leucocephalus | RR | |
| 77 | White-headed Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus bollei | RR | |
| 78 | Southern Ground-Hornbill | Bucorvus leadbeateri | LC | V |
| 79 | Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus ruahae | E | |
| 80 | Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill | Bycanistes subcylindrica | RR | |
| 81 | Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater | Merops oreobates | RR | |
| 82 | /Northern Carmine Bee-eater/ | Merops nubicus | RR | |
| 83 | Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima | LC | |
| 84 | Purple Roller | Coracias naevius | LC | |
| 85 | White-eared Barbet | Stactolaema leucotis | RR | |
| 86 | Miombo Barbet | Tricholaema frontata | RR | |
| 87 | Black-collared Barbet | Lybius torquatus | LC | |
| 88 | Double-toothed Barbet | Pogonornis bidentatus | RR | |
| 89 | Green-backed Honeybird | Prodotiscus zambesiae | LC | |
| 90 | Brown-backed Honeybird | Prodotiscus regulus | LC | |
| 91 | Red-throated Wryneck | Jynx ruficollis | RR | |
| 92 | Bearded Woodpecker | Chloropicus namaquus | LC | |
| 93 | African Gray Woodpecker | Dendropicos goertae | RR | |
| 94 | Mountain Gray Woodpecker | Dendropicos spodocephalus | RR | |
| 95 | Bennett's Woodpecker | Campethera bennettii | LC | |
| 96 | Mombasa Woodpecker | Campethera mombassica | RR | |
| 97 | Fox Kestrel | Falco alopex | RR | |
| 98 | Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera | NT | |
| 99 | |Red-footed Falcon| | Falco vespertinus | V | |
| 100 | |Sooty Falcon| | Falco concolor | V | |
| 101 | Fischer's Lovebird | Agapornis fischeri | NT | |
| 102 | Yellow-collared Lovebird | Agapornis personatus | E | |
| 103 | Red-fronted Parrot | Poicephalus gulielmi | RR | |
| 104 | African Broadbill | Smithornis capensis | LC | |
| 105 | Purple-throated Cuckooshrike | Campephaga quiscalina | RR | |
| 106 | Brown-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira cyanea | RR | |
| 107 | Short-tailed Batis | Batis mixta | NE | |
| 108 | Dark Batis | Batis crypta | NE | |
| 109 | Pale Batis | Batis soror | LC | |
| 110 | Western Black-headed Batis | Batis erlangeri | RR | |
| 111 | Pygmy Batis | Batis perkeo | RR | |
| 112 | Gray-crested Helmetshrike | Prionops poliolophus | NE | NT |
| 113 | Northern Puffback | Dryoscopus gambensis | RR | |
| 114 | Pringle's Puffback | Dryoscopus pringlii | RR | |
| 115 | Three-streaked Tchagra | Tchagra jamesi | RR | |
| 116 | Zanzibar Boubou | Laniarius sublacteus | NE | |
| 117 | Black-headed Gonolek | Laniarius erythrogaster | RR | |
| 118 | Rosy-patched Bushshrike | Rhodophoneus cruentus | RR | |
| 119 | Uluguru Bushshrike | Malaconotus alius | E | EN |
| 120 | Square-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus ludwigii | E | |
| 121 | Cape Crow | Corvus capensis | RR | |
| 122 | White-tailed Blue Flycatcher | Elminia albicauda | RR | |
| 123 | Red-throated Tit | Melaniparus fringillinus | NE | |
| 124 | Beesley's Lark | Chersomanes beesleyi | E | |
| 125 | Pink-breasted Lark | Calendulauda poecilosterna | RR | |
| 126 | Friedmann's Lark | Mirafra pulpa | RR | |
| 127 | Angola Lark | Amirafra angolensis | RR | |
| 128 | Sentinel Lark | Corypha athi | NE | |
| 129 | Red-winged Lark | Corypha hypermetra | RR | |
| 130 | &Short-tailed Larkl | Pseudalaemon fremantlii | RR | |
| 131 | Red-capped Lark | Calandrella cinerea | RR | |
| 132 | Somali Short-toed Lark | Alaudala somalica | RR | |
| 133 | Northern Crombec | Sylvietta brachyura | RR | |
| 134 | Somali Crombec | Sylvietta isabellina | RR | |
| 135 | Kretschmer's Longbill | Macrosphenus kretschmeri | RR | |
| 136 | African Tailorbird | Artisornis metopias | NE | |
| 137 | Olive-green Camaroptera | Camaroptera chloronota | RR | |
| 138 | White-winged Apalis | Apalis chariessa | RR | NT |
| 139 | Buff-throated Apalis | Apalis rufogularis | RR | |
| 140 | Chapin's Apalis | Apalis chapini | RR | |
| 141 | Gray Apalis | Apalis cinerea | RR | |
| 142 | Brown-headed Apalis | Apalis alticola | RR | |
| 143 | Maasai Apalis | Apalis stronachi | NE | V |
| 144 | Gray-capped Warbler | Eminia lepida | RR | |
| 145 | Rock-loving Cisticola | Cisticola aberrans | RR | |
| 146 | Ashy Cisticola | Cisticola cinereolus | RR | |
| 147 | Wailing Cisticola | Cisticola lais | RR | |
| 148 | White-tailed Cisticola | Cisticola anderseni | E | |
| 149 | Stout Cisticola | Cisticola robustus | RR | |
| 150 | Wing-snapping Cisticola | Cisticola ayresii | RR | |
| 151 | Gray-rumped Swallow | Pseudhirundo griseopyga | LC | |
| 152 | Ethiopian Swallow | Hirundo aethiopica | RR | |
| 153 | Rufous-chested Swallow | Cecropis semirufa | RR | |
| 154 | Uluguru Mountain Greenbul | Arizelocichla neumanni | E | |
| 155 | Black-headed Mountain Greenbul | Arizelocichla nigriceps | NE | |
| 156 | Olive-headed Greenbul | Arizelocichla striifacies | NT | |
| 157 | Northern Brownbul | Phyllastrephus strepitans | RR | |
| 158 | /Wood Warbler/ | Phylloscopus sibilatrix | RR | |
| 159 | Brown Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus umbrovirens | RR | |
| 160 | Yellow Flycatcher | Erythrocercus holochlorus | RR | |
| 161 | Brown Parisoma | Curruca lugens | RR | |
| 162 | Mbulu White-eye | Zosterops mbuluensis | NE | |
| 163 | Kilimanjaro White-eye | Zosterops eurycricotus | E | |
| 164 | Pemba White-eye | Zosterops vaughani | E | |
| 165 | Northern Pied-Babbler | Turdoides hypoleuca | NE | |
| 166 | African Spotted Creeper | Salpornis salvadori | RR | |
| 167 | Slender-billed Starling | Onychognathus tenuirostris | RR | |
| 168 | Sharpe's Starling | Pholia sharpii | RR | |
| 169 | Abbott's Starling | Poeoptera femoralis | NE | EN |
| 170 | Kenrick's Starling | Poeoptera kenricki | NE | |
| 171 | Hildebrandt's Starling | Lamprotornis hildebrandti | NE | |
| 172 | &Shelley's Starlingl | Lamprotornis shelleyi | RR | |
| 173 | Ashy Starling | Lamprotornis unicolor | NE | |
| 174 | Splendid Starling | Lamprotornis splendidus | RR | |
| 175 | Golden-breasted Starling | Lamprotornis regius | RR | |
| 176 | Fischer's Starling | Lamprotornis fischeri | RR | |
| 177 | Sharp-tailed Starling | Lamprotornis acuticaudus | RR | |
| 178 | Abyssinian Ground-Thrush | Geokichla piaggiae | RR | |
| 179 | African Thrush | Turdus pelios | RR | |
| 180 | Swamp Flycatcher | Muscicapa aquatica | RR | |
| 181 | Northern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis edolioides | RR | |
| 182 | Rueppell's Robin-Chat | Cossypha semirufa | RR | |
| 183 | East Coast Akalat | Sheppardia gunningi | LC | NT |
| 184 | Little Rock-Thrush | Monticola rufocinereus | RR | |
| 185 | Moorland Chat | Pinarochroa sordida | RR | |
| 186 | Northern Anteater-Chat | Myrmecocichla aethiops | RR | |
| 187 | Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris | LC | |
| 188 | Plain-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes reichenowi | RR | NT |
| 189 | Banded Sunbird | Anthreptes rubritorques | E | V |
| 190 | Amani Sunbird | Hedydipna pallidigaster | NE | EN |
| 191 | Mouse-colored Sunbird | Cyanomitra veroxii | RR | |
| 192 | Hunter's Sunbird | Chalcomitra hunteri | RR | |
| 193 | Tacazze Sunbird | Nectarinia tacazze | RR | |
| 194 | Red-tufted Sunbird | Nectarinia johnstoni | RR | |
| 195 | Golden-winged Sunbird | Drepanorhynchus reichenowi | RR | |
| 196 | Olive-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris chloropygius | RR | |
| 197 | Eastern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris mediocris | NE | |
| 198 | Usambara Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris usambaricus | NE | NT |
| 199 | Loveridge's Sunbird | Cinnyris loveridgei | E | EN |
| 200 | Gorgeous Sunbird | Cinnyris melanogastrus | NE | |
| 201 | Red-chested Sunbird | Cinnyris erythrocercus | RR | |
| 202 | Black-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris nectarinioides | RR | |
| 203 | Tsavo Sunbird | Cinnyris tsavoensis | NE | |
| 204 | Pemba Sunbird | Cinnyris pembae | E | |
| 205 | Copper Sunbird | Cinnyris cupreus | RR | |
| 206 | Speckle-fronted Weaver | Sporopipes frontalis | LC | |
| 207 | Rufous-tailed Weaver | Histurgops ruficauda | NE | |
| 208 | Black-capped Social-Weaver | Pseudonigrita cabanisi | RR | |
| 209 | Red-headed Malimbe | Malimbus rubricollis | RR | |
| 210 | Little Weaver | Ploceus luteolus | LC | |
| 211 | Slender-billed Weaver | Ploceus pelzelni | RR | |
| 212 | Taveta Golden-Weaver | Ploceus castaneiceps | NE | |
| 213 | Vieillot's Black Weaver | Ploceus nigerrimus | RR | |
| 214 | Usambara Weaver | Ploceus nicolli | E | NT |
| 215 | Black Bishop | Euplectes gierowii | LC | |
| 216 | Jackson's Widowbird | Euplectes jacksoni | NE | NT |
| 217 | Java Sparrow | Padda oryzivora | EN | |
| 218 | Green-backed Twinspot | Mandingoa nitidula | LC | |
| 219 | Abyssinian Crimsonwing | Cryptospiza salvadorii | RR | |
| 220 | Gray-headed Nigrita | Nigrita canicapillus | RR | |
| 221 | Black-crowned Waxbill | Estrilda nonnula | RR | |
| 222 | Fawn-breasted Waxbill | Estrilda paludicola | RR | |
| 223 | Black-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda troglodytes | RR | |
| 224 | Orange-winged Pytilia | Pytilia afra | LC | |
| 225 | Red-throated Twinspot | Hypargos niveoguttatus | LC | |
| 226 | Jameson's Firefinch | Lagonosticta rhodopareia | LC | |
| 227 | Purple Indigobird | Vidua purpurascens | RR | |
| 228 | Kenya Rufous Sparrow | Passer rufocinctus | NE | |
| 229 | Parrot-billed Sparrow | Passer gongonensis | RR | |
| 230 | Swahili Sparrow | Passer suahelicus | NE | |
| 231 | Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis | RR | |
| 232 | /White Wagtail/ | Motacilla alba | RR | |
| 233 | Bush Pipit | Anthus caffer | LC | |
| 234 | Rosy-throated Longclaw | Macronyx ameliae | RR | |
| 235 | Oriole Finch | Linurgus olivaceus | LC | |
| 236 | Black-throated Canary | Crithagra atrogularis | RR | |
| 237 | Southern Grosbeak-Canary | Crithagra buchanani | NE | |
| 238 | Yellow-browed Seedeater | Crithagra whytii | RR | |
| 239 | Spot-throat | Modulatrix stictigula | NE |
*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.