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TANZANIA

Area (SqMi):365,755
# Species:1123
# Excl Vagrants:1090
# Endemics:31
# Near Endemics:31
Species/1000 SqMi:3.0

List of species that are endemic (E), near endemic (NE), have restricted ranges in the country (RR), or occur only locally (LC) in the country excluding vagrants and accidentals. Table also shows species with globally threatened or endangered status according to the IUCN.*

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1Cape TealAnas capensisRR 
2Maccoa DuckOxyura maccoaRREN
3Vulturine GuineafowlAcryllium vulturinumRR 
4Eastern Crested GuineafowlGuttera pucheraniNE 
5Udzungwa PartridgeXenoperdix udzungwensisEEN
6Red-winged FrancolinScleroptera levaillantiiRR 
7Ring-necked FrancolinScleroptera streptophorusLCNT
8Shelley's FrancolinScleroptera shelleyiRR 
9Gray-breasted SpurfowlPternistis rufopictusE 
10Red-necked SpurfowlPternistis aferLC 
11<Lesser Flamingo>Phoenicoparrus minor V
12Dusky Turtle-DoveStreptopelia lugensRR 
13Blue-spotted Wood-DoveTurtur aferRR 
14Pemba Green-PigeonTreron pembaensisEV
15Kori BustardArdeotis kori NT
16Denham's BustardNeotis denhami NT
17Great Blue TuracoCorythaeola cristataRR 
18Livingstone's TuracoTauraco livingstoniiRR 
19Schalow's TuracoTauraco schalowiRR 
20Black-billed TuracoTauraco schuettiiRR 
21Fischer's TuracoTauraco fischeriRRNT
22Hartlaub's TuracoTauraco hartlaubiRR 
23Ross's TuracoMusophaga rossaeRR 
24Gray Go-away-birdCrinifer concolorRR 
25Eastern Plantain-eaterCrinifer zonurusRR 
26Black CoucalCentropus grilliiLC 
27Blue-headed CoucalCentropus monachusRR 
28Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensisRR 
29Blue MalkohaCeuthmochares aereusRR 
30Dusky Long-tailed CuckooCercococcyx mechowiRR 
31Montane NightjarCaprimulgus poliocephalusRR 
32Swamp NightjarCaprimulgus natalensisRR 
33Mottled SpinetailTelacanthura ussheriLC 
34Bat-like SpinetailNeafrapus boehmiLC 
35Scarce SwiftSchoutedenapus myoptilusRR 
36African SwiftApus barbatusRR 
37/Forbes-Watson's Swift/Apus berlioziRR 
38(Horus Swift)Apus horusRR 
39(African Crake)Crex egregiaLC 
40White-spotted FlufftailSarothrura pulchraRR 
41Chestnut-headed FlufftailSarothrura lugensRR 
42\Streaky-breasted Flufftail\Sarothrura boehmiRR 
43Striped FlufftailSarothrura affinisRR 
44Gray Crowned-CraneBalearica regulorum EN
45Wattled CraneBugeranus carunculatusRRV
46Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaLC 
47/Eurasian Oystercatcher/Haematopus ostralegus NT
48White-crowned LapwingVanellus albicepsRR 
49Black-winged LapwingVanellus melanopterusRR 
50Lesser JacanaMicroparra capensisLC 
51/Eurasian Curlew/Numenius arquata NT
52/Bar-tailed Godwit/Limosa lapponica NT
53/Black-tailed Godwit/Limosa limosa NT
54/Great Snipe/Gallinago media NT
55/Broad-billed Sandpiper/Calidris falcinellusRR 
56/Curlew Sandpiper/Calidris ferruginea NT
57Black-rumped ButtonquailTurnix nanusLC 
58Bronze-winged CourserRhinoptilus chalcopterusLC 
59Double-banded CourserSmutsornis africanusLC 
60Rock PratincoleGlareola nuchalisRR 
61|Black-winged Pratincole|Glareola nordmanniRRNT
62\Madagascar Pratincole\Glareola ocularis NT
63African Woolly-necked StorkCiconia microscelis NT
64ShoebillBalaeniceps rexRRV
65Great BitternBotaurus stellarisLC 
66Rufous-bellied HeronArdeola rufiventrisLC 
67\Malagasy Pond-Heron\Ardeola idae EN
68Olive IbisBostrychia olivaceaRR 
69Spot-breasted IbisBostrychia raraLC 
70SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentarius EN
71Scissor-tailed KiteChelictinia riocourii V
72Bearded VultureGypaetus barbatusRRNT
73Egyptian VultureNeophron percnopterus EN
74White-headed VultureTrigonoceps occipitalis CR
75Lappet-faced VultureTorgos tracheliotos EN
76Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachus CR
77White-backed VultureGyps africanus CR
78Rueppell's GriffonGyps rueppelli CR
79BateleurTerathopius ecaudatus EN
80Beaudouin's Snake-EagleCircaetus beaudouini V
81Fasciated Snake-EagleCircaetus fasciolatus NT
82Banded Snake-EagleCircaetus cinerascensRR 
83Crowned EagleStephanoaetus coronatus NT
84Martial EaglePolemaetus bellicosus EN
85Tawny EagleAquila rapax V
86/Steppe Eagle/Aquila nipalensis EN
87/Imperial Eagle/Aquila heliacaRRV
88/Pallid Harrier/Circus macrourus NT
89Little SparrowhawkAccipiter minullusLC 
90Rufous-chested SparrowhawkAccipiter rufiventrisRR 
91Mountain BuzzardButeo oreophilus NT
92/Long-legged Buzzard/Buteo rufinusRR 
93African Grass-OwlTyto capensisLC 
94Sokoke Scops-OwlOtus ireneaeNEEN
95Pemba Scops-OwlOtus pembaensisEV
96Cape Eagle-OwlBubo capensisRR 
97Fraser's Eagle-OwlKetupa poensisRR 
98Pel's Fishing-OwlScotopelia peliRR 
99White-headed MousebirdColius leucocephalusRR 
100Red-faced MousebirdUrocolius indicusRR 
101Violet WoodhoopoePhoeniculus damarensisRR 
102White-headed WoodhoopoePhoeniculus bolleiRR 
103Forest ScimitarbillRhinopomastus castaneicepsRR 
104Southern Ground-HornbillBucorvus leadbeateriLCV
105Tanzanian Red-billed HornbillTockus ruahaeE 
106Black-and-white-casqued HornbillBycanistes subcylindricaRR 
107Shining-blue KingfisherAlcedo quadribrachysRR 
108Blue-breasted KingfisherHalcyon malimbicaRR 
109Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maximaLC 
110Cinnamon-chested Bee-eaterMerops oreobatesRR 
111/Northern Carmine Bee-eater/Merops nubicusRR 
112Rufous-crowned RollerCoracias naeviusLC 
113Usambiro Barbet**Trachyphonus usambiroNE 
114Gray-throated BarbetGymnobucco bonaparteiRR 
115White-eared BarbetStactolaema leucotisRR 
116Whyte's BarbetStactolaema whytiiLC 
117Yellow-spotted BarbetBuccanodon duchailluiRR 
118Hairy-breasted BarbetTricholaema hirsutaRR 
119Miombo BarbetTricholaema frontataRR 
120Red-faced BarbetLybius rubrifaciesRRNT
121Black-billed BarbetLybius guifsobalitoRR 
122Black-collared BarbetLybius torquatusLC 
123Black-backed BarbetPogonornis minorRR 
124Double-toothed BarbetPogonornis bidentatusRR 
125Green-backed HoneyguideProdotiscus zambesiaeLC 
126Wahlberg's HoneyguideProdotiscus regulusLC 
127Least HoneyguideIndicator exilisRR 
128Rufous-necked WryneckJynx ruficollisRR 
129Stierling's WoodpeckerDendropicos stierlingiLCNT
130African Gray WoodpeckerDendropicos goertaeRR 
131Mountain Gray WoodpeckerDendropicos spodocephalusRR 
132Golden-crowned WoodpeckerChloropicus xantholophusRR 
133Bearded WoodpeckerChloropicus namaquusLC 
134Brown-eared WoodpeckerPardipicus caroliRR 
135Buff-spotted WoodpeckerPardipicus nivosaRR 
136Fine-banded WoodpeckerCampethera taeniolaemaRR 
137Bennett's WoodpeckerCampethera bennettiiLC 
138Mombasa WoodpeckerCampethera mombassicaRR 
139Fox KestrelFalco alopexRR 
140Red-necked FalconFalco chicquera NT
141|Red-footed Falcon|Falco vespertinus V
142|Sooty Falcon|Falco concolor V
143Taita FalconFalco fasciinucha V
144Red-headed LovebirdAgapornis pullariusRR 
145Fischer's LovebirdAgapornis fischeri NT
146Yellow-collared LovebirdAgapornis personatusE 
147Lilian's LovebirdAgapornis lilianaeRRNT
148Gray ParrotPsittacus erithacusRREN
149Red-fronted ParrotPoicephalus gulielmiRR 
150African BroadbillSmithornis capensisLC 
151Purple-throated CuckooshrikeCampephaga quiscalinaRR 
152Western Black-headed OrioleOriolus brachyrhynchusRR 
153Black-tailed OrioleOriolus percivaliRR 
154Brown-throated Wattle-eyePlatysteira cyaneaRR 
155Chestnut Wattle-eyePlatysteira castaneaRR 
156Jameson's Wattle-eyePlatysteira jamesoniRR 
157Yellow-bellied Wattle-eyePlatysteira concretaRR 
158Short-tailed BatisBatis mixtaNE 
159Dark BatisBatis cryptaNE 
160Rwenzori BatisBatis diopsRR 
161Pale BatisBatis sororLC 
162Western Black-headed BatisBatis erlangeriRR 
163Pygmy BatisBatis perkeoRR 
164Gray-crested HelmetshrikePrionops poliolophusNENT
165African Shrike-flycatcherMegabyas flammulatusRR 
166Northern PuffbackDryoscopus gambensisRR 
167Pringle's PuffbackDryoscopus pringliiRR 
168Pink-footed PuffbackDryoscopus angolensisRR 
169Three-streaked TchagraTchagra jamesiRR 
170Luehder's BushshrikeLaniarius luehderiRR 
171Zanzibar BoubouLaniarius sublacteusNE 
172Black-headed GonolekLaniarius erythrogasterRR 
173Papyrus GonolekLaniarius mufumbiriRRNT
174Rosy-patched BushshrikeRhodophoneus cruentusRR 
175Four-colored BushshrikeTelophorus viridisRR 
176Uluguru BushshrikeMalaconotus aliusEEN
177Usambara Drongo**Dicrurus sp.E 
178Black-headed Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone rufiventerRR 
179Mackinnon's ShrikeLanius mackinnoniRR 
180Souza's ShrikeLanius souzaeRR 
181/Woodchat Shrike/Lanius senator NT
182Cape CrowCorvus capensisRR 
183Usambara HyliotaHyliota usambaraEEN
184African Blue FlycatcherElminia longicaudaRR 
185White-tailed Blue FlycatcherElminia albicaudaRR 
186Dusky Crested FlycatcherElminia nigromitrataRR 
187Southern Black-TitMelaniparus nigerRR 
188Red-throated TitMelaniparus fringillinusNE 
189Somali TitMelaniparus thruppiRR 
190Beesley's Lark**Chersomanes beesleyiE 
191Dusky LarkPinarocorys nigricansRR 
192Pink-breasted LarkCalendulauda poecilosternaRR 
193Friedmann's LarkMirafra pulpaRR 
194Red-winged LarkMirafra hypermetraRR 
195Angola LarkMirafra angolensisRR 
196Red-capped LarkCalandrella cinereaRR 
197<Short-tailed Lark>Pseudalaemon fremantliiRR 
198Somali Short-toed LarkAlaudala somalicaRR 
199Western NicatorNicator chlorisRR 
200Green CrombecSylvietta virensRR 
201White-browed CrombecSylvietta leucophrysRR 
202Northern CrombecSylvietta brachyuraRR 
203Red-capped CrombecSylvietta ruficapillaRR 
204Somali CrombecSylvietta isabellinaRR 
205Cape CrombecSylvietta rufescensRR 
206Yellow LongbillMacrosphenus flavicansRR 
207Gray LongbillMacrosphenus concolorRR 
208Kretschmer's LongbillMacrosphenus kretschmeriRR 
209Green HyliaHylia prasinaRR 
210White-chinned PriniaSchistolais leucopogonRR 
211African TailorbirdArtisornis metopiasNE 
212Long-billed TailorbirdArtisornis moreauiNECR
213Olive-green CamaropteraCamaroptera chloronotaRR 
214Black-throated ApalisApalis jacksoniRR 
215White-winged ApalisApalis chariessaRRNT
216Masked ApalisApalis binotataRR 
217Buff-throated ApalisApalis rufogularisRR 
218Chestnut-throated ApalisApalis porphyrolaemaRR 
219Chapin's ApalisApalis chapiniRR 
220Gray ApalisApalis cinereaRR 
221Brown-headed ApalisApalis alticolaRR 
222Karamoja ApalisApalis karamojaeRRV
223Mrs. Moreau's WarblerScepomycter winifredaeENT
224Black-faced Rufous-WarblerBathmocercus rufusRR 
225Gray-capped WarblerEminia lepidaRR 
226Chubb's CisticolaCisticola chubbiRR 
227Black-lored CisticolaCisticola nigrilorisRR 
228Kilombero CisticolaCisticola baerorumE 
229Rock-loving CisticolaCisticola aberransRR 
230Ashy CisticolaCisticola cinereolusRR 
231Wailing CisticolaCisticola laisRR 
232Churring CisticolaCisticola njombeRR 
233White-tailed CisticolaCisticola anderseniE 
234Chirping CisticolaCisticola pipiensRR 
235Carruthers's CisticolaCisticola carruthersiRR 
236Levaillant's CisticolaCisticola tinniensRR 
237Stout CisticolaCisticola robustusRR 
238Black-backed CisticolaCisticola eximiusRR 
239Pale-crowned CisticolaCisticola cinnamomeusRR 
240Wing-snapping CisticolaCisticola ayresiiRR 
241Aquatic WarblerAcrocephalus paludicola V
242/Basra Reed Warbler/Acrocephalus griseldis EN
243Greater Swamp WarblerAcrocephalus rufescensRR 
244Bamboo WarblerLocustella alfrediRR 
245White-winged Swamp WarblerBradypterus carpalisRR 
246Gray-rumped SwallowPseudhirundo griseopygaLC 
247(Montane Blue Swallow)Hirundo atrocaerulea V
248Pearl-breasted SwallowHirundo dimidiataRR 
249Ethiopian SwallowHirundo aethiopicaRR 
250Rufous-chested SwallowCecropis semirufaRR 
251Slender-billed GreenbulStelgidillas gracilirostrisRR 
252Red-tailed BristlebillBleda syndactylusRR 
253Yellow-throated GreenbulAtimastillas flavicollisRR 
254Honeyguide GreenbulBaeopogon indicatorRR 
255Uluguru Mountain GreenbulArizelocichla neumanniE 
256Stripe-cheeked GreenbulArizelocichla milanjensis NT
257Yellow-throated Mountain GreenbulArizelocichla chlorigulaE 
258Yellow-whiskered GreenbulEurillas latirostrisRR 
259Plain GreenbulEurillas curvirostrisRR 
260Gray GreenbulEurillas gracilisRR 
261Usambara GreenbulPhyllastrephus albigula NT
262Xavier's GreenbulPhyllastrephus xavieriRR 
263Northern BrownbulPhyllastrephus strepitansRR 
264Leaf-lovePhyllastrephus scandensRR 
265Toro Olive-GreenbulPhyllastrephus hypochlorisRR 
266/Wood Warbler/Phylloscopus sibilatrixRR 
267Brown Woodland-WarblerPhylloscopus umbrovirensRR 
268Laura's Woodland-WarblerPhylloscopus lauraeRR 
269Uganda Woodland-WarblerPhylloscopus budongoensisRR 
270Yellow FlycatcherErythrocercus holochlorusRR 
271Livingstone's FlycatcherErythrocercus livingstoneiLC 
272Brown ParisomaCurruca lugensRR 
273Mbulu White-eyeZosterops mbuluensisNE 
274Kilimanjaro White-eyeZosterops eurycricotusE 
275South Pare White-eyeZosterops winifredaeENT
276Pemba White-eyeZosterops vaughaniE 
277Brown IlladopsisIlladopsis fulvescensRR 
278Pale-breasted IlladopsisIlladopsis rufipennisRR 
279Tanzanian IlladopsisIlladopsis distansNE 
280Mountain IlladopsisIlladopsis pyrrhopteraRR 
281Scaly-breasted IlladopsisIlladopsis albipectusRR 
282Brown BabblerTurdoides plebejusRR 
283Hartlaub's BabblerTurdoides hartlaubiiRR 
284Northern Pied-BabblerTurdoides hypoleucaNE 
285African Spotted CreeperSalpornis salvadoriRR 
286Slender-billed StarlingOnychognathus tenuirostrisRR 
287Chestnut-winged StarlingOnychognathus fulgidusRR 
288Magpie StarlingSpeculipastor bicolorRR 
289Sharpe's StarlingPholia sharpiiRR 
290Abbott's StarlingPoeoptera femoralisNEEN
291Stuhlmann's StarlingPoeoptera stuhlmanniRR 
292Kenrick's StarlingPoeoptera kenrickiNE 
293Hildebrandt's StarlingLamprotornis hildebrandtiNE 
294<Shelley's Starling>Lamprotornis shelleyiRR 
295Ashy StarlingLamprotornis unicolorNE 
296Splendid StarlingLamprotornis splendidusRR 
297Golden-breasted StarlingLamprotornis regiusRR 
298Fischer's StarlingLamprotornis fischeriRR 
299Sharp-tailed StarlingLamprotornis acuticaudusRR 
300Rufous Flycatcher-ThrushStizorhina fraseriRR 
301White-tailed Ant-ThrushNeocossyphus poensisRR 
302\Spotted Ground-Thrush\Geokichla guttataRRV
303Abyssinian Ground-ThrushGeokichla piaggiaeRR 
304Groundscraper ThrushTurdus litsitsirupaRR 
305Usambara ThrushTurdus roehliENT
306African ThrushTurdus peliosRR 
307Swamp FlycatcherMuscicapa aquaticaRR 
308Boehm's FlycatcherBradornis boehmiRR 
309Sooty FlycatcherBradornis infuscataRR 
310Northern Black-FlycatcherMelaenornis edolioidesRR 
311Miombo Scrub-RobinCercotrichas barbataRR 
312/Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin/Cercotrichas galactotesRR 
313Brown-backed Scrub-RobinCercotrichas hartlaubiRR 
314Olive-flanked Robin-ChatCossypha anomalaRRNT
315Blue-shouldered Robin-ChatCossypha cyanocampterRR 
316Rueppell's Robin-ChatCossypha semirufaRR 
317Snowy-crowned Robin-ChatCossypha niveicapillaRR 
318Swynnerton's RobinSwynnertonia swynnertoniRRV
319Brown-chested AletheChamaetylas poliocephalaRR 
320Gray-winged Robin-ChatSheppardia poliopteraLC 
321Bocage's AkalatSheppardia bocageiRR 
322Lowland AkalatSheppardia cyornithopsisRR 
323East Coast AkalatSheppardia gunningiLCNT
324Usambara AkalatSheppardia montanaEEN
325Iringa AkalatSheppardia loweiEV
326Rubeho AkalatSheppardia aurantiithoraxEEN
327/Common Redstart/Phoenicurus phoenicurusRR 
328Little Rock-ThrushMonticola rufocinereusRR 
329Miombo Rock-ThrushMonticola angolensisLC 
330Moorland ChatPinarochroa sordidaRR 
331Northern Anteater-ChatMyrmecocichla aethiopsRR 
332Familiar ChatOenanthe familiarisLC 
333Plain-backed SunbirdAnthreptes reichenowiRRNT
334Anchieta's SunbirdAnthreptes anchietaeRR 
335Little Green SunbirdAnthreptes seimundiRR 
336Green SunbirdAnthreptes rectirostrisRR 
337Banded SunbirdAnthreptes rubritorquesEV
338Amani SunbirdHedydipna pallidigasterNEEN
339Blue-throated Brown SunbirdCyanomitra cyanolaemaRR 
340Mouse-colored SunbirdCyanomitra veroxiiRR 
341Green-throated SunbirdChalcomitra rubescensRR 
342Hunter's SunbirdChalcomitra hunteriRR 
343Tacazze SunbirdNectarinia tacazzeRR 
344Red-tufted SunbirdNectarinia johnstoniRR 
345Golden-winged SunbirdDrepanorhynchus reichenowiRR 
346Olive-bellied SunbirdCinnyris chloropygiusRR 
347Regal SunbirdCinnyris regiusRR 
348Eastern Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris mediocrisNE 
349Usambara Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris usambaricusNENT
350Moreau's SunbirdCinnyris moreauiENT
351Loveridge's SunbirdCinnyris loveridgeiEEN
352Shelley's SunbirdCinnyris shelleyiRR 
353Red-chested SunbirdCinnyris erythrocercusRR 
354Black-bellied SunbirdCinnyris nectarinioidesRR 
355Tsavo SunbirdCinnyris tsavoensisNE 
356Pemba SunbirdCinnyris pembaeE 
357Superb SunbirdCinnyris superbusRR 
358Rufous-winged SunbirdCinnyris rufipennisEV
359White-breasted SunbirdCinnyris talatalaRR 
360Copper SunbirdCinnyris cupreusRR 
361Speckle-fronted WeaverSporopipes frontalisLC 
362Rufous-tailed WeaverHisturgops ruficaudaNE 
363Black-capped Social-WeaverPseudonigrita cabanisiRR 
364Red-headed MalimbeMalimbus rubricollisRR 
365Little WeaverPloceus luteolusLC 
366Slender-billed WeaverPloceus pelzelniRR 
367Black-billed WeaverPloceus melanogasterRR 
368Ruvu WeaverPloceus holoxanthusE 
369Orange WeaverPloceus aurantiusRR 
370Golden Palm WeaverPloceus bojeriRR 
371Taveta Golden-WeaverPloceus castaneicepsNE 
372Southern Brown-throated WeaverPloceus xanthopterusLC 
373Northern Brown-throated WeaverPloceus castanopsRR 
374Kilombero WeaverPloceus burnieriEV
375Tanganyika Masked-WeaverPloceus reichardiNE 
376Vieillot's Black WeaverPloceus nigerrimusRR 
377<Weyns's Weaver>Ploceus weynsiRR 
378Brown-capped WeaverPloceus insignisRR 
379Olive-headed WeaverPloceus olivaceicepsRRNT
380Usambara WeaverPloceus nicolliENT
381Compact WeaverPachyphantes superciliosusRR 
382Black BishopEuplectes gierowiiLC 
383<Fire-fronted Bishop>Euplectes diadematusRR 
384Marsh WidowbirdEuplectes hartlaubiRR 
385Buff-shouldered WidowbirdEuplectes psammacromiusRR 
386Jackson's WidowbirdEuplectes jacksoniNENT
387Magpie MannikinSpermestes fringilloidesLC 
388Java SparrowPadda oryzivora EN
389White-collared OlivebackNesocharis ansorgeiRR 
390Green-backed TwinspotMandingoa nitidulaLC 
391Abyssinian CrimsonwingCryptospiza salvadoriiRR 
392Jameson's AntpeckerParmoptila jamesoniRR 
393Gray-headed NigritaNigrita canicapillusRR 
394White-breasted NigritaNigrita fusconotusRR 
395Black-tailed WaxbillGlaucestrilda perreiniRR 
396Black-crowned WaxbillEstrilda nonnulaRR 
397Fawn-breasted WaxbillEstrilda paludicolaRR 
398Black-rumped WaxbillEstrilda troglodytesRR 
399LocustfinchPaludipasser locustellaRR 
400Red-headed BluebillSpermophaga ruficapillaRR 
401Lesser SeedcrackerPyrenestes minorLC 
402Black-bellied SeedcrackerPyrenestes ostrinusRR 
403Orange-winged PytiliaPytilia afraLC 
404Peters's TwinspotHypargos niveoguttatusLC 
405Jameson's FirefinchLagonosticta rhodopareiaLC 
406Brown FirefinchLagonosticta nitidulaRR 
407Purple IndigobirdVidua purpurascensRR 
408Green IndigobirdVidua codringtoniRR 
409Kenya Rufous SparrowPasser rufocinctusNE 
410Parrot-billed SparrowPasser gongonensisRR 
411Swahili SparrowPasser suahelicusNE 
412Cape WagtailMotacilla capensisRR 
413/White Wagtail/Motacilla albaRR 
414Woodland PipitAnthus nyassaeRR 
415Bush PipitAnthus cafferLC 
416Sokoke PipitAnthus sokokensisNEEN
417Fuelleborn's LongclawMacronyx fuelleborniRR 
418Rosy-throated LongclawMacronyx ameliaeRR 
419Oriole FinchLinurgus olivaceusLC 
420Papyrus CanaryCrithagra koliensisRR 
421Black-throated CanaryCrithagra atrogularisRR 
422Southern Grosbeak-CanaryCrithagra buchananiNE 
423Yellow-browed SeedeaterCrithagra whytiiRR 
424Tanzania SeedeaterCrithagra melanochrousE 
425Black-eared SeedeaterCrithagra mennelliLC 
426Spot-throatModulatrix stictigulaNE 
427Dapple-throatArcanator orostruthusNENT

 

 *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.

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BIRDING LOCALES

DISTRIBUTION CODES

CodeDescription##
EEndemic31
LCLocal47
NENear Endemic31
RRRestricted Range277

STATUS CODES

CodeDescription##
NTNear Threatened22
VVulnerable13
ENEndangered12
CRCritically Endangered1

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.