TANZANIA TARGET BIRDS LIST
AFRICA
TANZANIA
Area (SqMi): | 365,755 |
# Species: | 1123 |
# Excl Vagrants: | 1090 |
# Endemics: | 31 |
# Near Endemics: | 31 |
Species/1000 SqMi: | 3.0 |
List of target birds found in the country broken down by locations. Target birds are those that are endemic, near endemic, critically endangered or endangered according to the IUCN, best seen in this country, or always considered by us to be a target. Only countries for which we have data are used to determine if the species is best seen in this country. Hence, species listed as best seen in this country may also be seen in other countries for which we don't have any data. If no locale code is given, the species is only present in remote areas not included in our list of locales but is only in remote locales of other countries as well. A separate target list can be viewed for each location by clicking its sidebar link.*
1 | Maccoa Duck | Oxyura maccoa | Many | EN |
2 | Eastern Crested Guineafowl | Guttera pucherani | Many | NE |
3 | Udzungwa Partridge | Xenoperdix udzungwensis | UMNP | E |
4 | Gray-breasted Spurfowl | Pternistis rufopictus | Many | E |
5 | Pemba Green-Pigeon | Treron pembaensis | BC | |
6 | Fischer's Turaco | Tauraco fischeri | EUM,WUM | BC |
7 | Forbes-Watson's Swift | Apus berliozi | BC | |
8 | Chestnut-headed Flufftail | Sarothrura lugens | BC | |
9 | Gray Crowned-Crane | Balearica regulorum | Many | EN |
10 | \Malagasy Pond-Heron\ | Ardeola idae | Many | EN |
11 | Spot-breasted Ibis | Bostrychia rara | BC | |
12 | Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius | Many | EN |
13 | White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis | Many | CR |
14 | Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos | Many | EN |
15 | Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus | Many | CR |
16 | Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | Many | EN |
17 | Fasciated Snake-Eagle | Circaetus fasciolatus | EUM,SLRG,WUM | BC |
18 | Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | Many | EN |
19 | /Grasshopper Buzzard/ | Butastur rufipennis | Many | BC |
20 | Sokoke Scops-Owl | Otus ireneae | EUM | NE |
21 | Pemba Scops-Owl | Otus pembaensis | BC | |
22 | Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus ruahae | Many | E |
23 | Usambiro Barbet** | Trachyphonus usambiro | SB,SNP | NE |
24 | Green Barbet | Cryptolybia olivacea | EUM,UM,UMNP WUM | BC |
25 | White-eared Barbet | Stactolaema leucotis | Many | BC |
26 | Green Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus simplex | EUM,SLRG,WUM | BC |
27 | Brown-breasted Barbet | Pogonornis melanopterus | Many | BC |
28 | Stierling's Woodpecker | Dendropicos stierlingi | SLRG | BC |
29 | Reichenow's Woodpecker | Campethera scriptoricauda | SLRG | BC |
30 | Mombasa Woodpecker | Campethera mombassica | EUM,WUM | BC |
31 | Yellow-collared Lovebird | Agapornis personatus | Many | E |
32 | Brown-headed Parrot | Poicephalus cryptoxanthus | SLRG,SNP | BC |
33 | Green-headed Oriole | Oriolus chlorocephalus | EUM,SLRG,UM UMNP | BC |
34 | Short-tailed Batis | Batis mixta | Many | NE |
35 | Dark Batis | Batis crypta | UM,UMNP | NE |
36 | Pale Batis | Batis soror | EUM,SLRG | BC |
37 | Eastern Black-headed Batis | Batis minor | EUM,MKNP,SLRG WUM | BC |
38 | Gray-crested Helmetshrike | Prionops poliolophus | NSNP,SNP,SSNP | NE |
39 | Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike | Prionops scopifrons | EUM,SLRG | BC |
40 | Zanzibar Boubou | Laniarius sublacteus | Many | NE |
41 | Fuelleborn's Boubou | Laniarius fuelleborni | EUM,UM,UMNP WUM | BC |
42 | Four-colored Bushshrike | Telophorus viridis | SLRG | BC |
43 | Uluguru Bushshrike | Malaconotus alius | UM,UMNP | E |
44 | Usambara Drongo** | Dicrurus sp. | WUM | E |
45 | Usambara Hyliota | Hyliota usambara | EUM | E |
46 | Red-throated Tit | Melaniparus fringillinus | Many | NE |
47 | Beesley's Lark** | Chersomanes beesleyi | LP,NGC | E |
48 | Angola Lark | Mirafra angolensis | BC | |
49 | Kretschmer's Longbill | Macrosphenus kretschmeri | EUM,SLRG,UMNP WUM | BC |
50 | African Tailorbird | Artisornis metopias | EUM,UM,UMNP WUM | NE |
51 | Long-billed Tailorbird | Artisornis moreaui | EUM | NE |
52 | White-winged Apalis | Apalis chariessa | UM,UMNP | BC |
53 | Brown-headed Apalis | Apalis alticola | Many | BC |
54 | Mrs. Moreau's Warbler | Scepomycter winifredae | UM,UMNP | E |
55 | Kilombero Cisticola | Cisticola baerorum | BC | |
56 | Churring Cisticola | Cisticola njombe | UMNP | BC |
57 | Coastal Cisticola | Cisticola haematocephala | EUM,WUM | BC |
58 | White-tailed Cisticola | Cisticola anderseni | SNP | E |
59 | Uluguru Mountain Greenbul | Arizelocichla neumanni | UM,UMNP | E |
60 | Stripe-cheeked Greenbul | Arizelocichla milanjensis | Many | BC |
61 | Black-browed Mountain Greenbul | Arizelocichla fusciceps | UM | BC |
62 | Yellow-throated Mountain Greenbul | Arizelocichla chlorigula | UM,UMNP | E |
63 | Tiny Greenbul | Phyllastrephus debilis | EUM,SLRG,WUM | BC |
64 | Placid Greenbul** | Phyllastrephus placidus | WUM | BC |
65 | Usambara Greenbul | Phyllastrephus albigula | EUM,UM,UMNP WUM | BC |
66 | Fischer's Greenbul | Phyllastrephus fischeri | EUM,SLRG,WUM | BC |
67 | Yellow-throated Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus ruficapilla | EUM,UM,UMNP WUM | BC |
68 | Yellow Flycatcher | Erythrocercus holochlorus | EUM | BC |
69 | Mbulu White-eye | Zosterops mbuluensis | Many | NE |
70 | Kilimanjaro White-eye | Zosterops eurycricotus | Many | E |
71 | South Pare White-eye | Zosterops winifredae | SPM | E |
72 | Pemba White-eye | Zosterops vaughani | BC | |
73 | Tanzanian Illadopsis | Illadopsis distans | EUM,UM,UMNP WUM | NE |
74 | Northern Pied-Babbler | Turdoides hypoleuca | Many | NE |
75 | Abbott's Starling | Poeoptera femoralis | ANP,KNP | NE |
76 | Kenrick's Starling | Poeoptera kenricki | Many | NE |
77 | Hildebrandt's Starling | Lamprotornis hildebrandti | Many | NE |
78 | Ashy Starling | Lamprotornis unicolor | Many | NE |
79 | Spotted Ground-Thrush | Geokichla guttata | BC | |
80 | Usambara Thrush | Turdus roehli | EUM,SPM,WUM | E |
81 | Olive-flanked Robin-Chat | Cossypha anomala | UM,UMNP | BC |
82 | Swynnerton's Robin | Swynnertonia swynnertoni | EUM,UMNP | BC |
83 | White-chested Alethe | Chamaetylas fuelleborni | Many | BC |
84 | Short-tailed Akalat | Sheppardia poensis | BC | |
85 | East Coast Akalat | Sheppardia gunningi | EUM | BC |
86 | Usambara Akalat | Sheppardia montana | WUM | E |
87 | Iringa Akalat | Sheppardia lowei | UMNP | E |
88 | Rubeho Akalat | Sheppardia aurantiithorax | BC | |
89 | Plain-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes reichenowi | EUM | BC |
90 | Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes neglectus | EUM,SLRG,UM UMNP | BC |
91 | Banded Sunbird | Anthreptes rubritorques | EUM,UMNP,WUM | E |
92 | Amani Sunbird | Hedydipna pallidigaster | EUM,WUM | NE |
93 | Mouse-colored Sunbird | Cyanomitra veroxii | EUM | BC |
94 | Western Miombo Sunbird | Cinnyris gertrudis | EUM,WUM | BC |
95 | Eastern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris mediocris | Many | NE |
96 | Usambara Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris usambaricus | EUM,SPM,WUM | NE |
97 | Moreau's Sunbird | Cinnyris moreaui | UM,UMNP | E |
98 | Loveridge's Sunbird | Cinnyris loveridgei | UM,UMNP | E |
99 | Tsavo Sunbird | Cinnyris tsavoensis | MKNP,SPM,TGNP | NE |
100 | Pemba Sunbird | Cinnyris pembae | BC | |
101 | Rufous-winged Sunbird | Cinnyris rufipennis | UMNP | E |
102 | Rufous-tailed Weaver | Histurgops ruficauda | Many | NE |
103 | Ruvu Weaver | Ploceus holoxanthus | BC | |
104 | African Golden-Weaver | Ploceus subaureus | Many | BC |
105 | Taveta Golden-Weaver | Ploceus castaneiceps | Many | NE |
106 | Kilombero Weaver | Ploceus burnieri | BC | |
107 | Tanganyika Masked-Weaver | Ploceus reichardi | BC | |
108 | Olive-headed Weaver | Ploceus olivaceiceps | SLRG | BC |
109 | Usambara Weaver | Ploceus nicolli | EUM,UM,UMNP WUM | E |
110 | Zanzibar Red Bishop | Euplectes nigroventris | Many | BC |
111 | Buff-shouldered Widowbird | Euplectes psammacromius | BC | |
112 | Jackson's Widowbird | Euplectes jacksoni | Many | NE |
113 | Lesser Seedcracker | Pyrenestes minor | SLRG,UMNP | BC |
114 | Kenya Rufous Sparrow | Passer rufocinctus | Many | NE |
115 | Swahili Sparrow | Passer suahelicus | Many | NE |
116 | Sokoke Pipit | Anthus sokokensis | BC | |
117 | Southern Grosbeak-Canary | Crithagra buchanani | Many | NE |
118 | Yellow-browed Seedeater | Crithagra whytii | SNP,UMNP | BC |
119 | Tanzania Seedeater | Crithagra melanochrous | UMNP | E |
120 | Spot-throat | Modulatrix stictigula | EUM,UM,UMNP WUM | NE |
121 | Dapple-throat | Arcanator orostruthus | EUM,UMNP | 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.
OTHER COUNTRIESIN AFRICA
BIRDING LOCALES
REASON CODES
Code | Description | ## |
E | Endemic | 31 |
NE | Near Endemic | 31 |
CR | Critically Endangered | 2 |
EN | Endangered | 7 |
BC | Best Seen in This Country | 50 |
AT | Always a Target | 0 |
Reason codes indicate the reason a species is included on our target birds list.