Species
Long-billed Tailorbird Orthotomus moreaui
A critically endangered species
East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania
Photo: Bill Newmark
Country checklist and status
You can download and print a checklist for Tanzania.
The Tanzania Bird Atlas is under development but already contains a large number of excellent distribution maps produced from a database of sightings across the whole of Tanzania.
Endemic species
Grey-breasted Spurfowl Francolinus rufopictus
Endemic to northern Tanzania
Ndutu Lodge, Serengeti, Tanzania
Photo: Stein Nilsen
| Grey-breasted Spurfowl | Francolinus rufopictus |
| Udzungwa Forest Partridge | Xenoperdix udzungwensis |
| Pemba Green Pigeon | Treron pembaensis |
| Fischer's Lovebird | Agapornis fischeri |
| Pemba Scops Owl | Otus pembaensis |
| Usambara Eagle Owl | Bubo vosseleri |
| Usambara Akalat | Sheppardia montana |
| Iringa Akalat | Sheppardia lowei |
| Mrs Moreau`s Warbler | Bathmocercus winifredae |
| Banded Sunbird | Anthreptes rubritorques |
| Loveridge`s Sunbird | Cinnyris loveridgei |
| Pemba Sunbird | Cinnyris pembae |
| Moreau's Sunbird | Cinnyris moreaui |
| Rufous-winged Sunbird | Cinnyris rufipennis |
| Pemba White-eye | Zosterops vaughani |
| Uluguru Bush-Shrike | Malaconotus alius |
| Ashy Starling | Lamprotornis unicolor |
| Rufous-tailed Weaver | Histurgops ruficauda |
| Kilombero Weaver | Ploceus burnieri |
| Usambara Weaver | Ploceus nicolli |
| Tanzania Seedeater | Serinus melanochrous |
A new species of akalat, endemic to the Eastern Arc montane forests in Tanzania, has been described recently. It has been named Rubeho Akalat Sheppardia aurantiithorax – ABC Bulletin Vol 11 No 2 August 2004, p 93.
Near endemic species (found in 3 or less African countries)
| Fischer's Turaco | Tauraco fischeri |
| Hartlaub's Turaco | Tauraco hartlaubi |
| Sokoke Scops Owl | Otus ireneae |
| Red-faced Barbet | Lybius rubrifacies |
| Mombasa Woodpecker | Campethera mombassica |
| Sterling's Woodpecker | Dendropicos stierlingi |
| Friedmann's Lark | Mirafra pulpa |
| Sokoke Pipit | Anthus sokokensis |
| Pangani Longclaw | Macronyx aurantiigula |
| Swynnerton's Robin | Swynnertonia swynnertoni |
| Sharpe's Akalat | Sheppardia sharpei |
| East Coast Akalat | Sheppardia gunningi |
| Kretschmer's Longbill | Macrosphenus kretschmeri |
| Long-billed Tailorbird | Orthotomus moreaui |
| African Tailorbird | Orthotomus metopias |
| Hunter's Cisticola | Cisticola hunteri |
| Black-lored Cisticola | Cisticola nigriloris |
| Churring Cisticola | Cisticola njombe |
| White-winged Apalis | Apalis chariessa |
| Chapin's Apalis | Apalis chapini |
| Karamoja Apalis | Apalis karamojae |
| Little Yellow Flycatcher | Erythrocercus holochlorus |
| Forest Batis | Batis mixta |
| Sharpe's Pied Babbler | Turdoides sharpei |
| Northern Pied-Babbler | Turdoides hypoleuca |
| Spot-throat | Modulatrix stictigula |
| Dappled Mountain-Robin | Arcanator orostruthus |
| Red-throated Tit | Parus fringillinus |
| Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes neglectus |
| Amani Sunbird | Hedydipna pallidigastra |
| Long-tailed Fiscal | Lanius cabanisi |
| Fulleborn's Boubou | Laniarius fuelleborni |
| Grey-crested Helmet-Shrike | Prionops poliolophus |
| Kenrick's Starling | Poeoptera kenricki |
| Hildebrandt's Starling | Lamprotornis hildebrandti |
| Abbott's Starling | Pholia femoralis |
| Swahili Sparrow | Passer suahelicus |
| Taveta Golden-Weaver | Ploceus castaneiceps |
| Tanzania Masked Weaver | Ploceus reichardi |
| Zanzibar Bishop | Euplectes nigroventris |
| Fire-fronted Bishop | Euplectes diadematus |
| Mountain Marsh Widowbird | Euplectes psammocromius |
| Jackson's Widowbird | Euplectes jacksoni |
| Southern Grosbeak-Canary | Serinus buchanani |
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Threatened species
| Cape Gannet | Sula capensis | Vulnerable |
| Madagascar Pond Heron | Ardeola idae | Endangered |
| Shoebill | Balaeniceps rex | Vulnerable |
| Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotus | Vulnerable |
| Greater Spotted Eagle | Aquila clanga | Vulnerable |
| Eastern Imperial Eagle | Aquila heliaca | Vulnerable |
| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | Vulnerable |
| Udzungwa Forest Partridge | Xenoperdix udzungwensis | Endangered |
| Wattled Crane | Bugeranus carunculatus | Vulnerable |
| Madagascar Pratincole | Glareola ocularis | Vulnerable |
| Pemba Green Pigeon | Treron pembaensis | Vulnerable |
| Pemba Scops Owl | Otus pembaensis | Vulnerable |
| Sokoke Scops Owl | Otus ireneae | Endangered |
| Usambara Eagle Owl | Bubo vosseleri | Vulnerable |
| Blue Swallow | Hirundo atrocaerulea | Vulnerable |
| Sokoke Pipit | Anthus sokokensis | Endangered |
| Uluguru Bush-Shrike | Malaconotus alius | Critical |
| Spotted Ground-Thrush | Zoothera guttata | Endangered |
| Swynnerton's Robin | Swynnertonia swynnertoni | Vulnerable |
| East Coast Akalat | Sheppardia gunningi | Vulnerable |
| Usambara Akalat | Sheppardia montana | Endangered |
| Iringa Akalat | Sheppardia lowei | Vulnerable |
| Dappled Mountain-Robin | Arcanator orostruthus | Vulnerable |
| White-winged Apalis | Apalis chariessa | Vulnerable |
| Karamoja Apalis | Apalis karamojae | Vulnerable |
| Long-billed Tailorbird | Orthotomus moreaui | Critical |
| Mrs Moreau's Warbler | Bathmocercus winifredae | Vulnerable |
| Basra Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus griseldis | Endangered |
| Papyrus Yellow Warbler | Chloropeta gracilirostris | Vulnerable |
| Usambara Hyliota | Hyliota usambarae | Endangered |
| Amani Sunbird | Hedydipna pallidigastra | Endangered |
| Banded Sunbird | Anthreptes rubritorques | Vulnerable |
| Rufous-winged Sunbird | Cinnyris rufipennis | Vulnerable |
| Abbott's Starling | Pholia femoralis | Vulnerable |
| Kilombero Weaver | Ploceus burnieri | Vulnerable |
| Usambara Weaver | Ploceus nicolli | Endangered |
The lists of endemic, near endemic and threatened species have been compiled from a number of sources including the African Bird Club, BirdLife International, and Birds of the World Version 2.0 ® 1994-1996, Dr. Charles Sibley and Thayer Birding Software, Ltd.
Last page update 1st March 2007
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