EAST USAMBARA MOUNTAINS
TANZANIALOCALE
Altitude (m): | 800-2440 |
# Species: | 411 |
# Excl Vagrants: | 411 |
# Endemics: | 7 |
# Near Endemics: | 14 |
SPECIALTY BIRDS LIST
List of species at this locale that are endemic (E), near endemic (NE), have restricted ranges in the country (RR), or that 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.*
1 | Eastern Crested Guineafowl | Guttera pucherani | NE | |
2 | Dusky Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia lugens | RR | |
3 | Blue-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur afer | RR | |
4 | Fischer's Turaco | Tauraco fischeri | RR | NT |
5 | Hartlaub's Turaco | Tauraco hartlaubi | RR | |
6 | Montane Nightjar | Caprimulgus poliocephalus | RR | |
7 | Mottled Spinetail | Telacanthura ussheri | LC | |
8 | Bat-like Spinetail | Neafrapus boehmi | LC | |
9 | Scarce Swift | Schoutedenapus myoptilus | RR | |
10 | African Swift | Apus barbatus | RR | |
11 | (Horus Swift) | Apus horus | RR | |
12 | African Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia microscelis | NT | |
13 | Shoebill | Balaeniceps rex | RR | V |
14 | Olive Ibis | Bostrychia olivacea | RR | |
15 | Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | EN | |
16 | White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | CR | |
17 | Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | EN | |
18 | Fasciated Snake-Eagle | Circaetus fasciolatus | NT | |
19 | Crowned Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus | NT | |
20 | Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | EN | |
21 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | V | |
22 | Little Sparrowhawk | Accipiter minullus | LC | |
23 | Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk | Accipiter rufiventris | RR | |
24 | Mountain Buzzard | Buteo oreophilus | NT | |
25 | Sokoke Scops-Owl | Otus ireneae | NE | EN |
26 | Fraser's Eagle-Owl | Ketupa poensis | RR | |
27 | White-headed Mousebird | Colius leucocephalus | RR | |
28 | Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima | LC | |
29 | Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater | Merops oreobates | RR | |
30 | White-eared Barbet | Stactolaema leucotis | RR | |
31 | Black-collared Barbet | Lybius torquatus | LC | |
32 | Green-backed Honeyguide | Prodotiscus zambesiae | LC | |
33 | Wahlberg's Honeyguide | Prodotiscus regulus | LC | |
34 | Mombasa Woodpecker | Campethera mombassica | RR | |
35 | African Broadbill | Smithornis capensis | LC | |
36 | Short-tailed Batis | Batis mixta | NE | |
37 | Pale Batis | Batis soror | LC | |
38 | Pringle's Puffback | Dryoscopus pringlii | RR | |
39 | Zanzibar Boubou | Laniarius sublacteus | NE | |
40 | Rosy-patched Bushshrike | Rhodophoneus cruentus | RR | |
41 | Usambara Drongo** | Dicrurus sp. | E | |
42 | Usambara Hyliota | Hyliota usambara | E | EN |
43 | Kretschmer's Longbill | Macrosphenus kretschmeri | RR | |
44 | African Tailorbird | Artisornis metopias | NE | |
45 | Long-billed Tailorbird | Artisornis moreaui | NE | CR |
46 | Rock-loving Cisticola | Cisticola aberrans | RR | |
47 | Stripe-cheeked Greenbul | Arizelocichla milanjensis | NT | |
48 | Usambara Greenbul | Phyllastrephus albigula | NT | |
49 | Northern Brownbul | Phyllastrephus strepitans | RR | |
50 | Yellow Flycatcher | Erythrocercus holochlorus | RR | |
51 | Kilimanjaro White-eye | Zosterops eurycricotus | E | |
52 | Tanzanian Illadopsis | Illadopsis distans | NE | |
53 | Sharpe's Starling | Pholia sharpii | RR | |
54 | Kenrick's Starling | Poeoptera kenricki | NE | |
55 | Hildebrandt's Starling | Lamprotornis hildebrandti | NE | |
56 | Usambara Thrush | Turdus roehli | E | NT |
57 | Rueppell's Robin-Chat | Cossypha semirufa | RR | |
58 | Swynnerton's Robin | Swynnertonia swynnertoni | RR | V |
59 | East Coast Akalat | Sheppardia gunningi | LC | NT |
60 | Usambara Akalat | Sheppardia montana | E | EN |
61 | Plain-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes reichenowi | RR | NT |
62 | Banded Sunbird | Anthreptes rubritorques | E | V |
63 | Amani Sunbird | Hedydipna pallidigaster | NE | EN |
64 | Mouse-colored Sunbird | Cyanomitra veroxii | RR | |
65 | Golden-winged Sunbird | Drepanorhynchus reichenowi | RR | |
66 | Usambara Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris usambaricus | NE | NT |
67 | Black-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris nectarinioides | RR | |
68 | Speckle-fronted Weaver | Sporopipes frontalis | LC | |
69 | Taveta Golden-Weaver | Ploceus castaneiceps | NE | |
70 | Usambara Weaver | Ploceus nicolli | E | NT |
71 | Magpie Mannikin | Spermestes fringilloides | LC | |
72 | Green-backed Twinspot | Mandingoa nitidula | LC | |
73 | Red-headed Bluebill | Spermophaga ruficapilla | RR | |
74 | Peters's Twinspot | Hypargos niveoguttatus | LC | |
75 | Jameson's Firefinch | Lagonosticta rhodopareia | LC | |
76 | Purple Indigobird | Vidua purpurascens | RR | |
77 | Parrot-billed Sparrow | Passer gongonensis | RR | |
78 | Oriole Finch | Linurgus olivaceus | LC | |
79 | Spot-throat | Modulatrix stictigula | NE | |
80 | Dapple-throat | Arcanator orostruthus | NE | NT |
*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 | 19 |
\\ | Austral Visitor | 4 |
|| | Transient | 3 |
## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 0 |
<> | Erratic/Irregular | 5 |
() | Breeding Season Only | 3 |
{} | Casual/Vagrant | 4 |
[] | Accidental | 4 |
DISTRIBUTION CODES
Code | Description | ## |
E | Endemic | 31 |
LC | Local | 47 |
NE | Near Endemic | 31 |
RR | Restricted Range | 277 |
STATUS CODES
Code | Description | ## |
NT | Near Threatened | 13 |
V | Vulnerable | 4 |
EN | Endangered | 7 |
CR | Critically Endangered | 2 |
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.