Tanzania

SUB-REGION
East Africa

SIZE
947,300 km² including the Zanzibar and Mafia archipelagos

BIRDS AND BIRDING

SPECIES
Diversity
Strongly Afrotropical avifauna
Approximately 1,130 recorded species (3rd longest bird list of any country in the ABC region)

Birds best found in Tanzania but occurring more widely (BT), including ESS
Yellow-throated Sandgrouse
Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon | Delegorgue’s Pigeon
Dark Batis
Green-headed Oriole
Churring Cisticola | Njombe Cisticola (ESS njombe)
Maasai Apalis
Long-billed Forest Warbler | Long-billed Tailorbird (ESS moreaui) | Moreau’s Tailorbird
Red-capped Forest Warbler | African Tailorbird (ESS altus)
Mbulu White-eye
Tanzanian Illadopsis | Grey-breasted Illadopsis
Dapple-throat | Dappled Mountain Robin (ESS sanjei + amani)
Sharpe’s Akalat (ESS usambarae)
Gorgeous Sunbird
Swahili Sparrow

Birds best found in two territories but occurring in more (B2), including ESS
Eastern Crested Guineafowl | Kenya Crested Guineafowl
Ring-necked Francolin
Hildebrandt’s Spurfowl
Fischer’s Turaco (ESS zanzibaricus)
Hartlaub’s Turaco
Black-faced Sandgrouse
Dimorphic Egret
White-headed Mousebird
Mangrove Kingfisher
Böhm’s Bee-eater
Green Tinkerbird | Eastern Green Tinkerbird
Brown-breasted Barbet
Speckle-throated Woodpecker | Reichenow’s Woodpecker
Mombasa Woodpecker
Taita Falcon
Eastern Black-headed Batis
East Coast Boubou | Zanzibar Boubou
Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike
Long-tailed Fiscal
Fischer’s Sparrow-Lark
Red-winged Lark (hypermetra)
Plateau Lark | Blackish Lark | Ukinga Rufous-naped Lark (ESS nigrescens/nyikae)
Black-browed Mountain Greenbul | Southern Mountain Greenbul
Olive-headed Greenbul | Olive-headed Bulbul
Lowland Tiny Greenbul | Tiny Greenbul
Fischer’s Greenbul
Little Yellow Flycatcher | Yellow Flycatcher
Hunter’s Cisticola
Lynes’s Cisticola
Coastal Cisticola
Long-tailed Cisticola | Tabora Cisticola
White-winged Apalis
Chapin’s Apalis | Chestnut-headed Apalis (ESS chapini)
Miombo Wren-Warbler | Pale Wren-Warbler
Banded Parisoma | Banded Warbler
Scaly Chatterer (ESS mentalis)
Fischer’s Starling
White-chested Alethe
Olive-flanked Ground Robin | Olive-flanked Robin-Chat
Plain-backed Sunbird
Golden-winged Sunbird
Forest Double-collared Sunbird | Fülleborn’s Sunbird
Black-bellied Sunbird | Smaller Black-bellied Sunbird
Grey-capped Social Weaver | Grey-headed Social Weaver
Fire-fronted Bishop
Black Bishop
Zanzibar Red Bishop
Montane Widowbird | Buff-shouldered Widowbird
Red-cowled Widowbird | Red-naped Widowbird
Grey-headed Silverbill
Blue-capped Cordon-bleu
Steel-blue Whydah
Pangani Longclaw
Rosy-throated Longclaw | Rosy-breasted Longclaw
Reichenow’s Seedeater | Kenya Yellow-rumped Seedeater
Yellow-browed Seedeater

Zambezian endemics or near-endemics (Z) occurring in Tanzania, including ESS
Coppery-tailed Coucal (ESS songweensis)
Pale-billed Hornbill
Racket-tailed Roller
Böhm’s Bee-eater (B2)
Whyte’s Barbet (ESS terminata)
Miombo Pied Barbet | Miombo Barbet
Stierling’s Woodpecker
Dickinson’s Kestrel
Lilian’s Lovebird | Nyasa Lovebird
Souza’s Shrike
White-tailed Blue Flycatcher
Rufous-bellied Tit
Miombo Tit | Miombo Grey Tit
Angola Lark
Red-capped Crombec
Laura’s Woodland Warbler | Laura’s Warbler
Kilombero Cisticola (E)
White-tailed Cisticola (E)
Chirping Cisticola
Long-tailed Cisticola | Tabora Cisticola (B2)
Miombo Wren-Warbler | Pale Wren-Warbler (B2)
Stierling’s Wren-Warbler
Black-necked Eremomela | Black-collared Eremomela
Hartlaub’s Babbler
Sharp-tailed Starling | Sharp-tailed Glossy Starling
Babbling Starling | White-winged Starling
Kurrichane Thrush
Miombo Scrub Robin
Böhm’s Flycatcher
Bocage’s Akalat | Bocage’s Ground Robin (ESS ilyai)
Collared Palm Thrush
Miombo Rock Thrush
Ruaha Chat
Arnot’s Chat | White-headed Black Chat
Anchieta’s Sunbird | Red-and-blue Sunbird
Eastern Miombo Sunbird
Western Miombo Sunbird
Shelley’s Sunbird (ESS hofmanni)
Oustalet’s Sunbird | Angola White-bellied Sunbird
White-bellied Sunbird | White-breasted Sunbird
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Weaver | Chestnut-mantled Sparrow-Weaver
Kilombero Weaver (E)
Tanzanian Masked Weaver | Tanganyika Masked Weaver (1/2)
Olive-headed Weaver | Olive-headed Golden Weaver
Red-throated Twinspot | Peters’s Twinspot
Brown Firefinch
Zambezi Indigobird | Green Indigobird
Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah
Fülleborn’s Longclaw (ESS fuelleborni)
Reichard’s Seedeater
Black-eared Seedeater

Proposed new species or splits not yet accepted by IOC
Rubeho Forest Partridge | Rubeho Partridge (E)
Kirk’s Francolin
Crawshay’s Francolin
Schuett’s Spurfowl
Cranch’s Spurfowl (B2)
Black-shouldered Nightjar
Abyssinian Nightjar
Usambara Nightjar (B2)
Black-faced Go-away-bird (BT)
Eastern Black-billed Turaco | Green-rumped Turaco
Reichenow’s Turaco (BT)
Grey-breasted Green Pigeon
Steppe Whimbrel
White-breasted Cormorant
Mackinder’s Eagle-Owl
Usambara Eagle-Owl | Nduk Eagle-Owl | Vosseler’s Eagle-Owl (E)
Scheffler’s Owlet | Spot-fronted Owlet (B2)
Ngami Owlet
African Hoopoe
Grey-headed Barbet
White-lined Barbet (E)
Woodwards’ Barbet | Rondo Green Barbet (1/2)
Coastal Tinkerbird | Fischer’s Tinkerbird (1/2)
Eastern Yellow-spotted Barbet
Streaky-throated Barbet
Yellow-cheeked Barbet (E)
White-faced Barbet (Z)
Black-capped Barbet | Emin’s Barbet (E)
Northern Olive Woodpecker
Grey-headed Parrot
East African Pitta
Reichenow’s Batis (E)
Four-colored Bushshrike
Southern Rosy-patched Bushshrike (1/2)
Anchieta’s Tchagra
East Coast Puffback (B2)
Uhehe Fiscal (E)
“Usambara” Drongo (E)
Cinnamon-breasted Tit (B2)
Buff-bellied Penduline Tit (BT)
Foxy Lark | Abyssinian Lark
Singing Bush Lark
Northern Red-capped Lark (1/2)
Athi Short-toed Lark (1/2)
Stripe-faced Greenbul (BT)
Placid Greenbul (B2)
Dodson’s Bulbul
Dark-capped Bulbul
Eastern Saw-wing
Eastern Crombec
African Reed Warbler
Rufous-crowned Cisticola
Eastern Buff-throated Apalis
Tawny-breasted Camaroptera
Rubeho Warbler (E)
Miombo Blue-eared Starling (Z)
White-winged Scrub Robin (vulpina)
East Coast Flycatcher (B2 subalaris)
Rusty-flanked Robin-Chat | MacClounie’s Robin-Chat (BT)
Mbulu Robin-Chat (E)
Nguu Akalat (E)
Schalow’s Wheatear (1/2)
“Mafwemiro” Sunbird | “Gallardy’s” Sunbird (E)
Skye Sunbird | Rubeho Double-collared Sunbird (E)
Hofmann’s Sunbird (E)
Reichenow’s Weaver (B2)
Stuhlmann’s Weaver
Black-fronted Red Bishop
Red-backed Mannikin
Spectacled Quailfinch | African Quailfinch
Black-chinned Quailfinch
Usambara Bluebill (E)
Jackson’s Pipit
Nairobi Pipit (1/2)
Vincent’s Bunting | Southern Rock Bunting
Three-streaked Bunting

Other taxa of interest (see also under Birding Sites)
Cape Shoveler
Latham’s Francolin | Forest Francolin
Blue Quail
Forbes-Watson’s Swift
Denham’s Bustard (jacksoni)
Lesser Cuckoo | Asian Lesser Cuckoo
Madagascar Cuckoo | Madagascar Lesser Cuckoo
Chestnut-headed Flufftail
Striped Crake
Black-rumped Buttonquail
Forbes’s Plover
Black-headed Lapwing
Madagascar Pratincole
Tropical Shearwater
Cape Gannet
Red-footed Booby
Brown Booby
Eurasian Bittern | Great Bittern (capensis)
Western Reef Heron
Humblot’s Heron
Beaudouin’s Snake Eagle
Cassin’s Hawk-Eagle
Abyssinian Roller
African Dwarf Kingfisher
White-bellied Kingfisher
Shining-blue Kingfisher
Violet Wood Hoopoe (granti)
Black-billed Barbet
Yellow-crested Woodpecker | Golden-crowned Woodpecker
Speckle-breasted Woodpecker
Fox Kestrel
Grey Parrot
Western Black-headed Batis (erlangeri)
Three-streaked Tchagra
Piapiac
Dusky Crested Flycatcher
Southern Black Tit
Icterine Greenbul
Toro Olive Greenbul
Mascarene Martin
Pearl-breasted Swallow
Ethiopian Swallow
Greater Striped Swallow
Grey Longbill
Somali Crombec
Papyrus Yellow Warbler
White-winged Swamp Warbler
Chubb’s Cisticola
Pale Prinia
Chestnut-throated Apalis
Yellow-vented Eremomela
Magpie Starling
Spotted Ground Thrush (fischeri)
Grey-headed Sunbird
Little Green Sunbird
Blue-throated Brown Sunbird
White-billed Buffalo Weaver
Black-cheeked Waxbill (kiwanukae)
Black-rumped Waxbill
White-collared Oliveback
Jameson’s Antpecker
Bushveld Pipit | Bush Pipit (blayneyi)
Papyrus Canary

More widespread or common species, including more ESS
White-faced Whistling Duck
Fulvous Whistling Duck | Fulvous Duck
Spur-winged Goose (gambensis)
Knob-billed Duck
Egyptian Goose
Blue-billed Teal
Red-billed Teal | Red-billed Duck
Helmeted Guineafowl (reichenowi/mitratus)
Harlequin Quail (delegorguei)
Swamp Nightjar
Freckled Nightjar
African Palm Swift
Mottled Swift
African Black Swift | African Swift
Little Swift
Horus Swift
White-rumped Swift
Black-bellied Bustard
White-browed Coucal
Black Coucal
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Levaillant’s Cuckoo
Jacobin Cuckoo | Pied Cuckoo | Black-and-white Cuckoo
Diederik Cuckoo | Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas’s Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
African Cuckoo
Speckled Pigeon
Mourning Collared Dove | African Mourning Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood Dove
Blue-spotted Wood Dove
Tambourine Dove
Namaqua Dove
African Green Pigeon (gibberifrons/brevicera/wakefieldii)
African Finfoot
Red-chested Flufftail
African Rail | African Water Rail
African Crake
Lesser Moorhen
Common Moorhen | Eurasian Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
Allen’s Gallinule
African Swamphen
Black Crake
Baillon’s Crake
Little Grebe
Common Buttonquail | Small Buttonquail
Spotted Thick-knee
Water Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Three-banded Plover
Blacksmith Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Senegal Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
African Wattled Lapwing
Kittlitz’s Plover
Greater Painted-snipe
Lesser Jacana
African Jacana
Temminck’s Courser
Bronze-winged Courser | Violet-tipped Courser
Collared Pratincole
Gull-billed Tern
Whiskered Tern
Grey-headed Gull | Gray-hooded Gull
African Openbill
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
Abdim’s Stork
African Woolly-necked Stork
African Darter
Reed Cormorant | Long-tailed Cormorant
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
Glossy Ibis
African Spoonbill
Dwarf Bittern
Little Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Black Heron
Little Egret
White-backed Night Heron
Little Heron
Squacco Heron
Great Egret
Yellow-billed Egret
Western Cattle Egret
Grey Heron
Purple Heron
Black-headed Heron
Goliath Heron
Hamerkop
Pink-backed Pelican
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk | Gymnogene
Palm-nut Vulture | Vulturine Fish Eagle
African Cuckoo-Hawk | African Baza
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
White-headed Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Black-chested Snake Eagle
Brown Snake Eagle
Bateleur
Bat Hawk | Bat-eating Buzzard
Crowned Eagle
Martial Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Wahlberg’s Eagle
Ayres’s Hawk-Eagle
Tawny Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Lizard Buzzard
Gabar Goshawk
African Goshawk (sparsimfasciata)
Shikra
Little Sparrowhawk
Ovambo Sparrowhawk
Black Sparrowhawk | Black Goshawk
African Marsh Harrier
Yellow-billed Kite
African Fish Eagle
Augur Buzzard
Western Barn Owl
Pearl-spotted Owlet
African Scops Owl
Southern White-faced Owl
Marsh Owl
Spotted Eagle-Owl
Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl
African Wood Owl
Speckled Mousebird (mombassicus/kikuyensis/cinerascens/ESS affinis/berlepschi/kiwuensis)
Blue-naped Mousebird (pulcher/griseogularis/ESS massaicus)
Green Wood Hoopoe (marwitzi)
Common Scimitarbill (schalowi)
Crowned Hornbill
African Grey Hornbill (epirhinus)
Purple Roller | Rufous-crowned Roller (naevius)
Lilac-breasted Roller (caudatus)
Broad-billed Roller (suahelicus/glaucurus)
Grey-headed Kingfisher | Chestnut-bellied Kingfisher (leucocephala/hyacinthina/pallidiventris)
Brown-hooded Kingfisher (orientalis/prentissgrayi)
Striped Kingfisher (chelicuti)
Woodland Kingfisher | Senegal Kingfisher (senegalensis/cyanoleuca)
African Pygmy Kingfisher (picta/ferrugina/natalensis)
Malachite Kingfisher (cristatus)
Pied Kingfisher (rudis)
Little Bee-eater (meridionalis)
White-throated Bee-eater
Olive Bee-eater | Madagascar Bee-eater (superciliosus)
Brown-backed Honeybird | Wahlberg’s Honeyguide (regulus)
Lesser Honeyguide (teitensis)
Scaly-throated Honeyguide
Greater Honeyguide | Black-throated Honeyguide
Bearded Woodpecker (namaquus)
Cardinal Woodpecker (lepidus/massaicus/loandae/hartlaubii)
Common Kestrel (rufescens)
Rock Kestrel
Grey Kestrel
African Hobby
Lanner Falcon (biarmicus)
Peregrine Falcon (minor)
Chinspot Batis (puella/palliditergum)
Grey-headed Bushshrike (approximans/hypopyrrhus)
Orange-breasted Bushshrike | Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike (similis)
Brown-crowned Tchagra (emini/minor)
Black-crowned Tchagra (armenus/orientalis)
Black-backed Puffback (nairobiensis/hamatus)
Tropical Boubou (major/ambiguus/mossambicus)
Brubru (minor/massaicus/nigritemporalis)
White-crested Helmetshrike | White Helmetshrike (vinaceigularis/poliocephalus/talacoma)
Black Cuckooshrike
Black-headed Oriole | African Black-headed Oriole (rolleti/reichenowi/angolensis/tibicen)
African Golden Oriole (notatus)
Fork-tailed Drongo (fugax)
African Paradise Flycatcher (ferreti/kivuensis/suahelica/ESS ungujaensis/plumbeiceps)
Northern Fiscal (humeralis/capelli)
Pied Crow
White-necked Raven
Flappet Lark (torrida/kawirondensis/fischeri)
Grey-rumped Swallow (griseopyga)
Banded Martin (suahelica)
Brown-throated Martin | Plain Martin (ducis/paludicola)
Red-throated Rock Martin | Red-throated Crag Martin (rufigula)
Wire-tailed Swallow (smithii)
Lesser Striped Swallow (unitatis)
Mosque Swallow (monteiri)
Moustached Grass Warbler | African Moustached Warbler (amauroura/ESS incana/orientalis)
Red-faced Cisticola (sylvia/nyasa)
Rattling Cisticola (ESS fischeri/ukamba/victoria/heterophrys/ESS keithi/ESS mbeya/emendatus)
Winding Cisticola (suahelicus)
Croaking Cisticola (strangei/katanga/natalensis)
Short-winged Cisticola | Siffling Cisticola (reichenowi/ankole/katonae/isabellinus)
Zitting Cisticola (uropygialis/terrestris)
Tawny-flanked Prinia (tenella/melanorhyncha/affinis/mutatrix)
Yellow-breasted Apalis (golzi/neglecta)
Grey-backed Camaroptera (tincta/erlangeri/griseigula/intercalata)
Yellow-bellied Eremomela (griseoflava/abdominalis/polioxantha)
Arrow-marked Babbler (emini/kirkii)
Wattled Starling
Greater Blue-eared Starling (sycobius)
Violet-backed Starling (verreauxi)
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Red-billed Oxpecker
White-browed Scrub Robin | Red-backed Scrub Robin (brunneiceps/ESS sclateri/zambesiana)
Pale Flycatcher (murinus/griseus)
Grey Tit-Flycatcher | Lead-colored Flycatcher (plumbea/orientalis/catoleuca)
Ashy Flycatcher | Blue-grey Flycatcher (brevicauda/cinereola/impavida)
Southern Black Flycatcher (pamellaina)
White-browed Robin-Chat (heuglini/intermedia)
Familiar Chat | Red-tailed Chat (falkensteini)
Collared Sunbird (garguensis/elachior/zambesiana)
Amethyst Sunbird (kirkii)
Scarlet-chested Sunbird (lamperti/gutturalis)
Variable Sunbird (falkensteini/igneiventris)
Northern Grey-headed Sparrow (ugandae)
Thick-billed Weaver | Grosbeak Weaver (melanota/montana/unicolor)
Spectacled Weaver (crocatus/suahelicus)
Lesser Masked Weaver (intermedius/cabanisii)
Vitelline Masked Weaver (uluensis)
Village Weaver | Spotted-backed Weaver (bohndorffi/graueri/nigriceps)
Red-headed Weaver (leuconotos/rubriceps)
Red-billed Quelea (aethiopica/lathamii)
Yellow-crowned Bishop (ladoensis/taha)
Black-winged Red Bishop | Black-winged Bishop
Yellow Bishop (crassirostris)
Fan-tailed Widowbird (phoeniceus/zanzibaricus)
White-winged Widowbird (eques/albonotatus)
Bronze Mannikin (scutata)
Common Waxbill (adesma/massaica/minor/cavendishi)
Orange-breasted Waxbill | Zebra Waxbill (subflava/clarkei)
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu (brunneigularis/ugogensis)
Red-billed Firefinch (ruberrima)
African Firefinch | Blue-billed Firefinch (haematocephala)
Village Indigobird (centralis/amauropteryx)
Dusky Indigobird | Variable Indigobird (nigerrima)
Pin-tailed Whydah
Cuckoo-finch | Parasitic Weaver
Mountain Wagtail | Long-tailed Wagtail (torrentium)
African Pied Wagtail (vidua)
African Pipit | Grassland Pipit (annae/lacuum/spurium)
Yellow-fronted Canary (barbata/samaliyae/mozambica)
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Cinnamon-breasted Rock Bunting (tahapisi)
Golden-breasted Bunting (kalaharica)

Introduced species
Indian Peafowl
Rock Dove | Rock Pigeon
Rose-ringed Parakeet
House Crow
House Sparrow
Java Sparrow

MAIN HABITATS
Montane forest and grassland, swamps, savannas, miombo woodland, coastal forest

BIRD AREAS
Albertine Rift mountains Endemic Bird Area (EBA)
East African coastal forests EBA
Kenyan mountains EBA
Kilombero floodplain EBA
Pemba EBA
Serengeti plains EBA
Tanzania – Malawi mountains EBA
Dry woodlands west of Lake Victoria Secondary Area (SA)
Southwest Tanzanian swamps SA
80 Important Bird Areas

BIRDING SITES
Udzungwa, Rubeho, Uluguru, Usambara, Pare and other Eastern Arc Mountains for Tanzanian Eastern Arc endemics and near-endemics, Fraser’s Eagle-Owl (ESS vosseleri), White-eared Barbet (ESS leucogrammica), Southern Fiscal (ESS marwitzi), East Coast Akalat (ESS alticola), Whyte’s Double-collared Sunbird (ESS skye) and Red-headed Bluebill (ESS cana), Livingstone’s Turaco (reichenowi), Green Barbet (olivacea/ESS howelli), Forest Batis (mixta), Dark Batis, Fülleborn’s Boubou (ESS usambaricus/fuelleborni), East Coast Boubou, Green-headed Oriole (amani), Black-headed Mountain Greenbul (usambarae), Olive-headed Greenbul (striifacies), Fischer’s Greenbul, Yellow-streaked Greenbul (ESS uzungwensis), Kretschmer’s Longbill (ESS kretschmeri), Black-lored Cisticola, Churring Cisticola (ESS njombe), White-winged Apalis (macphersoni), Chapin’s Apalis (ESS chapini), Long-billed Forest Warbler (ESS moreaui), Red-capped Forest Warbler (ESS altus), Tanzanian Illadopsis, Dapple-throat (ESS amani + sanjei), Kenrick’s Starling (kenricki), Swynnerton’s Robin (ESS rodgersi), White-chested Alethe, Olive-flanked Ground Robin (ESS grotei), Sharpe’s Akalat (ESS usambarae/sharpei), Amani Sunbird, Forest Double-collared Sunbird (fuelleborni), Bertram’s Weaver, Montane Widowbird, Fülleborn’s Longclaw (ESS fuelleborni) and Yellow-browed Seedeater, as well as Eastern Crested Guineafowl, Common Quail (erlangeri), Scaly Spurfowl (schuetti), Montane Nightjar (guttifer), Scarce Swift, Green Malkoha, Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo, African Olive Pigeon, Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon, Lemon Dove (larvata), Dusky Turtle Dove, Buff-spotted Flufftail, Southern Banded Snake Eagle, Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk, Mountain Buzzard, African Grass Owl, Bar-tailed Trogon, Trumpeter Hornbill, Silvery-cheeked Hornbill, Half-collared Kingfisher, Moustached Tinkerbird, Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird (bilineatus), Spot-flanked Barbet (ruahae), White-headed Barbet (ESS lynesi), Black-collared Barbet (pumilio), Green-backed Honeybird (ellenbecki/zambesiae), Pallid Honeyguide, Olive Woodpecker (ESS kilimensis), African Broadbill (medianus/suahelicus), Black-throated Wattle-eye (cryptoleuca), Black-fronted Bushshrike (nigrifons), Marsh Tchagra (reichenowi/anchietae), Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher (changamwensis), Grey Cuckooshrike, Purple-throated Cuckooshrike (ESS muenzneri), Square-tailed Drongo, Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher (bivittatus), White-tailed Blue Flycatcher, White-tailed Crested Flycatcher (subcaerulea), White-winged Black Tit, White-bellied Tit, Eastern Nicator, Red-capped Lark (saturatior), Little Greenbul (zombensis), Grey-olive Greenbul (schoutedeni), Cabanis’s Greenbul (placidus), White-headed Saw-wing (albiceps), Black Saw-wing (massaica/orientalis), Blue Swallow, Angola Swallow, African Red-rumped Swallow (emini), Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler (minullus), Brown Woodland Warbler (ESS fugglescouchmani), African Yellow Warbler (massaica/natalensis), Mountain Yellow Warbler, Little Rush Warbler (tongensis), Fan-tailed Grassbird, Evergreen Forest Warbler (usambarae), Cinnamon Bracken Warbler, Singing Cisticola (pictipennis/muenzneri), Trilling Cisticola (woosnami), Wailing Cisticola (semifasciatus), Pale-crowned Cisticola, Bar-throated Apalis (ESS pareensis/murina/ESS uluguru), Black-headed Apalis (moschi), Brown-headed Apalis (alticola), Green-backed Camaroptera (fugglescouchmani), African Hill Babbler (stierlingi), Southern Yellow White-eye (stierlingi), Red-winged Starling (morio), Slender-billed Starling (theresae), Waller’s Starling (walleri), Sharpe’s Starling, Orange Ground Thrush (otomitra), Groundscraper Thrush (stierlingi), Abyssinian Thrush (nyikae), White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher (nyikensis), African Dusky Flycatcher (ESS fuelleborni), White-starred Robin (orientalis), Cape Robin-Chat (iolaema), African Stonechat (axillaris/promiscuus), Mocking Cliff Chat (subrufipennis), Green-headed Sunbird (viridisplendens), Olive Sunbird (alfredi), Bronze Sunbird (arturi), Malachite Sunbird (cupreonitens), Baglafecht Weaver (reichenowi/ESS sharpii), Holub’s Golden Weaver, Eastern Golden Weaver (aureoflavus), Dark-backed Weaver (kersteni/stictifrons), Red-collared Widowbird, Magpie Mannikin, Green Twinspot (chubbi), Yellow-bellied Waxbill (kilimensis/stuartirwini), Red-faced Crimsonwing (australis), Grey Waxbill (perreini), Fawn-breasted Waxbill (ESS marwitzi), Locust Finch, Lesser Seedcracker, Striped Pipit, Short-tailed Pipit (leggei), Oriole Finch (kilimensis), Southern Citril (hyposticta), Brimstone Canary (sharpii), Streaky Seedeater and Yellow-crowned Canary (sassii)
Kilimanjaro National Park (NP), Mount Meru and Ngurdoto Crater (Arusha NP), Monduli Forest Reserve (FR), Essimingor Nature Forest Reserve (NFR), Mount Hanang NFR, Mbulu Highlands (Nou FR and Hassama Hill FR), Crater Highlands (Ngorongoro Conservation Area) and Loliondo Highlands for Olive-flanked Ground Robin (ESS mbuluensis), Forest Batis (mixta), Red-capped Lark (williamsi), Black-headed Mountain Greenbul (nigriceps), Olive-headed Greenbul (striifacies), Mbulu White-eye, Broad-ringed White-eye, Kenrick’s Starling (kenricki), Abbott’s Starling, Eastern Double-collared Sunbird, Jackson’s Widowbird, Long-billed Pipit (chyuluensis) and Abyssinian Wheatear (schalowi), as well as Shelley’s Francolin (uluensis), Alpine Swift (africanus), Nyanza Swift (niansae), Schalow’s Turaco (ESS chalcolophus), Hartlaub’s Turaco, Kori Bustard (struthiunculus), Black-winged Lapwing, Bearded Vulture, Verreaux’s Eagle, White-headed Wood Hoopoe, Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater, Brown-breasted Barbet, Fine-banded Woodpecker (hausburgi), Eastern Grey Woodpecker (rhodeogaster), Brown-backed Woodpecker (ingens/ESS crateri), Red-fronted Parrot, Cape Crow, White-tailed Blue Flycatcher, Highland Rush Warbler (centralis), Hunter’s Cisticola, Lynes’s Cisticola, Pectoral-patch Cisticola (nakuruensis/hindii), Grey Apalis, Grey-capped Warbler, Northern Yellow White-eye (jacksoni), Abyssinian Ground Thrush (kilimensis/rowei), Rüppell’s Robin-Chat (intercedens), Little Rock Thrush, Moorland Chat (ESS olimotiensis + hypospodia), Anteater Chat (cryptoleuca), Tacazze Sunbird (jacksoni), Scarlet-tufted Sunbird (johnstoni), Golden-winged Sunbird (reichenowi), Speke’s Weaver, Brown-capped Weaver, Red-cowled Widowbird (suahelicus), Abyssinian Crimsonwing (kilimensis), Grey-headed Nigrita (diabolicus), Long-billed Pipit (hararensis) and Thick-billed Seedeater (kilimensis), also African Black Duck (leucostigma), Yellow-billed Duck (undulata), Eastern Crested Guineafowl, Common Quail, Scaly Spurfowl (maranensis), Montane Nightjar (poliocephalus), Scarce Swift, Green Malkoha, African Olive Pigeon, Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon, Lemon Dove, Dusky Turtle Dove, Striped Flufftail, Olive Ibis, Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk, Mountain Buzzard, Cape Eagle-Owl (mackinderi), Narina Trogon (narina), Bar-tailed Trogon, Silvery-cheeked Hornbill, White-eared Barbet (kilimensis), Moustached Tinkerbird, Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird (jacksoni), Spot-flanked Barbet (lacrymosa), Green-backed Honeybird (ellenbecki), Pallid Honeyguide, Golden-tailed Woodpecker (suahelica), Olive Woodpecker (ESS kilimensis), African Broadbill (medianus), Black-throated Wattle-eye (cryptoleuca), Black-fronted Bushshrike (nigrifons), Grey Cuckooshrike, Purple-throated Cuckooshrike (martini), Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher (bivittatus), White-tailed Crested Flycatcher (subcaerulea), Little Greenbul, Yellow-whiskered Greenbul (latirostris), Cabanis’s Greenbul (placidus), Black Saw-wing (massaica), African Red-rumped Swallow, Brown Woodland Warbler (mackenzianus/dorcadichroa), African Yellow Warbler (massaica), Mountain Yellow Warbler, Fan-tailed Grassbird, Evergreen Forest Warbler (mariae), Cinnamon Bracken Warbler, Singing Cisticola (pictipennis), Bar-throated Apalis (griseiceps), Black-headed Apalis (moschi), Brown-headed Apalis, African Hill Babbler (abyssinica), Brown Parisoma (jacksoni), Red-winged Starling, Slender-billed Starling, Waller’s Starling, Sharpe’s Starling, Orange Ground Thrush (otomitra), Abyssinian Thrush (abyssinicus/deckeni/ESS oldeani), White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher (fischeri), African Dusky Flycatcher (pumila/murina), White-starred Robin (intensa/guttifer/helleri), Cape Robin-Chat (iolaema), African Stonechat (axillaris), Green-headed Sunbird, Olive Sunbird (neglecta), Bronze Sunbird (kilimensis), Malachite Sunbird (cupreonitens), Baglafecht Weaver (reichenowi), Magpie Mannikin, Green Twinspot (chubbi), Yellow-bellied Waxbill (kilimensis), Red-faced Crimsonwing (australis), Striped Pipit, Oriole Finch (kilimensis), Southern Citril, Streaky Seedeater and Yellow-crowned Canary (flavivertex)
Momela Lakes (Arusha NP) for Cape Teal, Southern Pochard, Maccoa Duck, Greater Flamingo, Lesser Flamingo and Pied Avocet among other waterbirds, as well as Crested Francolin (grantii), Hildebrandt’s Spurfowl, Grey Crowned Crane, White-fronted Bee-eater, Sentinel Lark, Red-faced Crombec (jacksoni), Lesser Swamp Warbler (parvus), Trilling Cisticola (woosnami), Buff-bellied Warbler, Crimson-rumped Waxbill, Pangani Longclaw and Long-billed Pipit (chyuluensis)
Lake Longil (Arusha NP) for more waterbirds, including White-backed Duck (leuconotus), as well as Red-throated Tit, Broad-ringed White-eye and Taveta Weaver
Lake Duluti FR for Olive-headed Greenbul (striifacies) and Taveta Weaver as well as Hartlaub’s Turaco, Trumpeter Hornbill, Silvery-cheeked Hornbill, Giant Kingfisher, White-eared Barbet, Brown-breasted Barbet, Black-throated Wattle-eye, Sombre Greenbul (insularis), Little Greenbul, Grey-olive Greenbul, Pale White-eye, White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher, Rüppell’s Robin-Chat, Red-capped Robin-Chat, Olive Sunbird, Baglafecht Weaver, Golden-backed Weaver, Red-throated Twinspot, Southern Citril and waterbirds including Malagasy Pond Heron
Lariboro/Engikaret Lark Plains for Beesley’s Lark, Rosy-patched Bushshrike (cathemagmenus), Red-throated Tit, Sentinel Lark, Red-capped Lark (williamsi), Somali Short-toed Lark (athensis), Hildebrandt’s Starling, Gorgeous Sunbird, Kenya Sparrow and Southern Grosbeak-Canary, as well as Crested Francolin (grantii), Slender-tailed Nightjar, White-bellied Go-away-bird, Kori Bustard, Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse (olivascens), Eastern Chanting Goshawk, White-headed Mousebird (leucocephalus), Abyssinian Scimitarbill (cabanisi), Northern Red-billed Hornbill, Von der Decken’s Hornbill, Red-fronted Barbet (massaica), Black-throated Barbet (stigmatothorax), Nubian Woodpecker, Pygmy Falcon (castanonotus), Greater Kestrel (arthuri), Pygmy Batis, Slate-colored Boubou, Taita Fiscal, Mouse-colored Penduline Tit, Fischer’s Sparrow-Lark, Fawn-colored Lark (intercedens), Short-tailed Lark (delamerei), Northern Crombec (leucopsis), Red-faced Crombec (jacksoni), Ashy Cisticola, Tiny Cisticola, Desert Cisticola (tanganyika), Red-fronted Prinia (smithi), Buff-bellied Warbler, Grey Wren-Warbler, Banded Parisoma (boehmi), Pale White-eye, Scaly Chatterer (keniana), Superb Starling, Fischer’s Starling, Bare-eyed Thrush, African Grey Flycatcher (microrhynchus), Spotted Palm Thrush, Capped Wheatear (livingstonii), Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird, Marico Sunbird (suahelicus), Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow (pyrgita), Chestnut Sparrow, White-headed Buffalo Weaver (boehmi), White-browed Sparrow-Weaver (melanorhynchus), Grey-capped Social Weaver (arnaudi), Speckle-fronted Weaver (emini), Chestnut Weaver, Grey-headed Silverbill, Cut-throat Finch, Purple Grenadier, Blue-capped Cordon-bleu, Straw-tailed Whydah, White-bellied Canary and Somali Bunting
Zanzibar Archipelago for Pemba Green Pigeon, Pemba Scops Owl, Pemba White-eye and Pemba Sunbird as well as White-backed Duck, African Pygmy Goose, African Goshawk (ESS pembaensis), Dickinson’s Kestrel, Brown-headed Parrot, Black-bellied Starling (ESS vaughani) and Olive Sunbird (ESS granti) in Ngezi-Vumawimbi NFR (Pemba Island) and on Misali Island, Forest Batis (mixta) and Tanzanian Illadopsis, Eastern Crested Guineafowl, Fischer’s Turaco (ESS zanzibaricus), Green Malkoha, African Green Pigeon (ESS granti), Green Tinkerbird, Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird (fischeri), Little Spotted Woodpecker (cailliautii), Pale Batis, Black-backed Puffback (affinis), East Coast Boubou, Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher (bivittatus), Eastern Nicator, Sombre Greenbul, Little Greenbul (ESS zanzibarica), Green-backed Camaroptera (pileata), Black-bellied Starling (corusca), Red-tailed Ant Thrush (rufus), Bearded Scrub Robin (ESS greenwayi), Red-capped Robin-Chat, East Coast Akalat (sokokensis), Grey Sunbird (ESS zanzibarica), Olive Sunbird (changamwensis), Purple-banded Sunbird (microrhynchus), Eastern Golden Weaver, Dark-backed Weaver (kersteni), Zanzibar Red Bishop, Magpie Mannikin and Green Twinspot (chubbi) in or near Jozani-Chwaka Bay NP (Unguja Island), as well as for Square-tailed Nightjar (welwitschii), Tibetan Sand Plover, Greater Sand Plover, White-fronted Plover (mechowi), Eurasian Whimbrel (alboaxillaris), Red-necked Phalarope, Terek Sandpiper, Crab-plover, Brown Noddy, Lesser Noddy, Sooty Tern, Bridled Tern, Saunders’s Tern, Gull-billed Tern, Caspian Tern, Common Tern, White-cheeked Tern, Roseate Tern, Sandwich Tern, Lesser Crested Tern, Greater Crested Tern, Black-headed Gull, Sooty Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull (heuglini), White-tailed Tropicbird, Great Frigatebird, Lesser Frigatebird, Masked Booby, Dimorphic Egret, Malagasy Pond Heron, Mangrove Kingfisher, Lesser Swamp Warbler (leptorhynchus), Common Reed Warbler (suahelicus) and Southern Grey-headed Sparrow
Tanga area for waders/shorebirds as well as Crested Francolin (rovuma), Mangrove Kingfisher, Northern Carmine Bee-eater, Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird, Brown-breasted Barbet, Red-necked Falcon, Eastern Black-headed Batis, Black-backed Puffback (affinis), East Coast Boubou, Long-tailed Fiscal, Eastern Nicator, Sombre Greenbul, Northern Brownbul, Coastal Cisticola, Green-backed Camaroptera, Black-bellied Starling, Bearded Scrub Robin, Pale Flycatcher (subalaris), Red-capped Robin-Chat, Grey Sunbird, Purple-banded Sunbird, Eastern Golden Weaver, Red-headed Quelea and Yellow-throated Longclaw (tertius)
Kwamgumi-Segoma FR for Sokoke Scops Owl, Narina Trogon (littorale) and East Coast Akalat (sokokensis)
Kihuhwi-Sigi FR for Usambara Hyliota, Forest Batis, Tanzanian Illadopsis and Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird, as well as Square-tailed Nightjar, Mottled Spinetail (stictilaema), Böhm’s Spinetail (sheppardi), Fischer’s Turaco (fischeri), Green Malkoha, Thick-billed Cuckoo (validus), Giant Kingfisher, Green Tinkerbird, Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird (fischeri), Pallid Honeyguide, Mombasa Woodpecker, Little Spotted Woodpecker (cailliautii), Pale Batis, Retz’s Helmetshrike (graculinus), Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike (kirki), Lowland Tiny Greenbul (rabai), Grey-olive Greenbul, Fischer’s Greenbul, Little Yellow Flycatcher, Black-headed Apalis (melanocephala), Red-tailed Ant Thrush, Plain-backed Sunbird (yokanae) and Purple-banded Sunbird
Saadani NP and Msumbugwe FR for Forest Batis, Kretschmer’s Longbill (ESS kretschmeri), Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird and Sokoke Pipit as well as Eastern Crested Guineafowl, Crested Francolin (rovuma), Red-necked Spurfowl (humboldtii), Fiery-necked Nightjar (shelleyi), Square-tailed Nightjar, Böhm’s Spinetail (sheppardi), Livingstone’s Turaco (cabanisi), Green Malkoha, Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon, African Green Pigeon (ESS granti), Southern Banded Snake Eagle, Dark Chanting Goshawk, Narina Trogon, Southern Ground Hornbill, Von der Decken’s Hornbill, Pale-billed Hornbill, Trumpeter Hornbill, Mangrove Kingfisher, White-fronted Bee-eater, Northern Carmine Bee-eater, White-eared Barbet, Green Tinkerbird, Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird (fischeri), Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird (affinis), Spot-flanked Barbet (lacrymosa), Black-collared Barbet (irroratus), Brown-breasted Barbet, Pallid Honeyguide, Golden-tailed Woodpecker (suahelica), Little Spotted Woodpecker (cailliautii), Dickinson’s Kestrel, Red-necked Falcon, Brown-headed Parrot, Eastern Black-headed Batis, Pale Batis, Black-throated Wattle-eye (cryptoleuca), Gorgeous Bushshrike (nigricauda), Black-backed Puffback (affinis), East Coast Boubou, Retz’s Helmetshrike, Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike, Square-tailed Drongo, Long-tailed Fiscal, Eastern Nicator, Sombre Greenbul, Yellow-bellied Greenbul (centralis), Little Greenbul (zombensis), Lowland Tiny Greenbul, Terrestrial Brownbul (suahelicus), Northern Brownbul, Fischer’s Greenbul, Yellow-streaked Greenbul (tenuirostris), Red-faced Crombec (minima), Little Yellow Flycatcher, Coastal Cisticola, Red-winged Prinia, Black-headed Apalis, Green-backed Camaroptera (pileata), Black-bellied Starling, Red-tailed Ant Thrush, Orange Ground Thrush, Bearded Scrub Robin (quadrivirgata), Red-capped Robin-Chat, Collared Palm Thrush, Spotted Palm Thrush, Plain-backed Sunbird, Olive Sunbird (changamwensis), Grey Sunbird (fischeri), Purple-banded Sunbird, Black-necked Weaver (melanoxanthus), Eastern Golden Weaver, Dark-backed Weaver (kersteni), Zanzibar Red Bishop, Blue Waxbill, Green-winged Pytilia (grotei), Red-throated Twinspot, Long-tailed Paradise Whydah, Golden Pipit and Yellow-throated Longclaw (tertius), also White-fronted Plover and Dimorphic Egret among other waterbirds
Ruvu River floodplain and Bagamoyo area for Ruvu Weaver as well as waterbirds including African Pygmy Goose, African Skimmer and Malagasy Pond Heron
Dar es Salaam area (Botanical Garden, University Campus, Msasani Peninsula, Kunduchi Beach and Salt Flats, Bongoyo Island and Latham Island/Fungu Kizimkazi) for D’Arnaud’s Barbet (ESS emini) as well as Square-tailed Nightjar, Mottled Spinetail, Green Malkoha, Greater Flamingo, Tibetan Sand Plover, Greater Sand Plover, White-fronted Plover, Terek Sandpiper, Crab-plover, Brown Noddy, Sooty Tern, Lesser Crested Tern, Greater Crested Tern, Sooty Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull (heuglini), Masked Booby, Dimorphic Egret, Malagasy Pond Heron, Mangrove Kingfisher, Northern Carmine Bee-eater, Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird, Spot-flanked Barbet, Black-collared Barbet, Brown-breasted Barbet, Red-necked Falcon, Brown-headed Parrot, Eastern Black-headed Batis, Black-throated Wattle-eye, Black-backed Puffback (affinis), Marsh Tchagra (reichenowi), Eastern Nicator, Fischer’s Sparrow-Lark, Sombre Greenbul, Northern Brownbul, Red-faced Crombec (minima), Lesser Swamp Warbler, Common Reed Warbler (suahelicus), Coastal Cisticola, Red-winged Prinia, Green-backed Camaroptera (pileata), Rufous Chatterer, Black-bellied Starling, Collared Palm Thrush, Spotted Palm Thrush, Grey Sunbird, Purple-banded Sunbird, Eastern Golden Weaver, Golden-backed Weaver, Red-headed Quelea, Zanzibar Red Bishop, Red-collared Widowbird, Blue Waxbill, Green-winged Pytilia, Long-tailed Paradise Whydah and Yellow-throated Longclaw
Pugu-Kazimzumbwi NFR for Kretschmer’s Longbill (ESS kretschmeri), Tanzanian Illadopsis, Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird and Sokoke Pipit as well as Eastern Crested Guineafowl, Fiery-necked Nightjar (shelleyi), Livingstone’s Turaco (cabanisi), Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo, Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon, Narina Trogon, Trumpeter Hornbill, Green Tinkerbird, Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird (fischeri), Pallid Honeyguide, Golden-tailed Woodpecker, Little Spotted Woodpecker (cailliautii), African Broadbill (suahelicus), African Pitta (longipennis), Pale Batis, Gorgeous Bushshrike (nigricauda), East Coast Boubou, Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike, Square-tailed Drongo, Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher (bivittatus), Yellow-bellied Greenbul, Little Greenbul, Lowland Tiny Greenbul, Terrestrial Brownbul, Fischer’s Greenbul, Yellow-streaked Greenbul (tenuirostris), Black Saw-wing, Little Yellow Flycatcher, Black-headed Apalis, Southern Yellow White-eye, Red-tailed Ant Thrush, Bearded Scrub Robin (quadrivirgata), Red-capped Robin-Chat, East Coast Akalat, Plain-backed Sunbird, Olive Sunbird, Dark-backed Weaver (kersteni), Green Twinspot (chubbi) and Red-throated Twinspot
Serengeti NP, Ikorongo Game Reserve (GR), Grumeti GR, Maswa GR, Ngorongoro Conservation Area (Ndutu Plains, Lake Ndutu and Lake Masek, Olduvai Gorge and Sale Plains) and Loliondo Game Controlled Area (GCA) for Grey-breasted Spurfowl, Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill, Black-throated Barbet (ESS flavibuccalis) and Fischer’s Lovebird, Usambiro Barbet, Grey-crested Helmetshrike, Red-throated Tit, Grey Penduline Tit (sylviella/ESS sharpei), Red-capped Lark (williamsi), Maasai Apalis, Hildebrandt’s Starling, Gorgeous Sunbird, Kenya Sparrow, Swahili Sparrow and Rufous-tailed Weaver, as well as Common Ostrich (massaicus), Cape Teal, Crested Francolin (grantii), Coqui Francolin (hubbardi), Red-winged Francolin (kikuyuensis), Hildebrandt’s Spurfowl, Red-necked Spurfowl (cranchii), Sombre Nightjar, Slender-tailed Nightjar, Square-tailed Nightjar, Bare-faced Go-away-bird (leopoldi), Ross’s Turaco, Schalow’s Turaco (loitanus), Kori Bustard, White-bellied Bustard (erlangeri), Hartlaub’s Bustard, Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse, Yellow-throated Sandgrouse (saturatior), Black-faced Sandgrouse (loveridgei), Grey Crowned Crane, Black-necked Grebe (gurneyi), Pied Avocet, Long-toed Lapwing, Black-winged Lapwing, Brown-chested Lapwing, Caspian Plover, Chestnut-banded Plover, African Snipe, Double-banded Courser (gracilis), Three-banded Courser (emini), Saddle-billed Stork, Great White Pelican, Secretarybird, Egyptian Vulture, Rüppell’s Vulture, Western Banded Snake Eagle, Verreaux’s Eagle, Dark Chanting Goshawk, Abyssinian Scimitarbill, Southern Ground Hornbill, Von der Decken’s Hornbill, Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird, Red-fronted Barbet, Spot-flanked Barbet (radcliffei), White-headed Barbet (albicauda), Red-throated Wryneck, Nubian Woodpecker, Golden-tailed Woodpecker (kavirondensis), Little Spotted Woodpecker (nyansae), African Grey Woodpecker (goertae), Pygmy Falcon, Greater Kestrel, Meyer’s Parrot (saturatus), Slate-colored Boubou, Northern White-crowned Shrike, Magpie Shrike (aequatorialis), Grey-backed Fiscal (boehmi), Taita Fiscal, White-bellied Tit, Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark (madaraszi), Fischer’s Sparrow-Lark, Fawn-colored Lark (intercedens), Melodious Lark, White-tailed Lark, Rufous-naped Lark (tropicalis), Short-tailed Lark, White-headed Saw-wing, Angola Swallow, African Red-rumped Swallow, Red-breasted Swallow (gordoni), Red-faced Crombec (jacksoni), Rock-loving Cisticola (emini), Stout Cisticola (nuchalis), Long-tailed Cisticola, Desert Cisticola, Black-backed Cisticola, Pectoral-patch Cisticola (nakuruensis), Buff-bellied Warbler, Green-capped Eremomela (citriniceps), Banded Parisoma, Pale White-eye, Rufous Chatterer (ESS schnitzeri), Black-lored Babbler (sharpei), Rüppell’s Starling (purpuroptera), Superb Starling, Red-winged Starling, Northern Black Flycatcher (lugubris), Silverbird, African Grey Flycatcher, Mocking Cliff Chat, Sooty Chat, Capped Wheatear, Marico Sunbird, Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow, Chestnut Sparrow, Red-billed Buffalo Weaver (intermedius), White-headed Buffalo Weaver (boehmi), Grey-capped Social Weaver (dorsalis), Speckle-fronted Weaver, Little Weaver (kavirondensis), Holub’s Golden Weaver, Speke’s Weaver, Cardinal Quelea (cardinalis), Black Bishop (friederichseni), Yellow-mantled Widowbird (macroura), Grey-headed Silverbill, Black-faced Waxbill (delamerei), Crimson-rumped Waxbill, Cut-throat Finch, Purple Grenadier, Blue-capped Cordon-bleu, Green-winged Pytilia (percivali), Steel-blue Whydah, Straw-tailed Whydah, Long-tailed Paradise Whydah, Yellow-throated Longclaw (croceus), Rosy-throated Longclaw (wintoni), Plain-backed Pipit (goodsoni), White-bellied Canary (dorsostriata) and Brimstone Canary
Wembere Steppe for Black-throated Barbet (ESS flavibuccalis), Maasai Apalis and Swahili Sparrow
Lake Muchlur/Austin for White-backed Duck, Great Crested Grebe (infuscatus) and Black-necked Grebe
Lake Manyara NP for more waterbirds, including Cape Teal, Greater Flamingo, Lesser Flamingo, Pied Avocet, Long-toed Lapwing, Chestnut-banded Plover, Saddle-billed Stork and Great White Pelican, as well as Fischer’s Lovebird and Ashy Starling, Usambiro Barbet, Hildebrandt’s Starling, Gorgeous Sunbird, Swahili Sparrow and Rufous-tailed Weaver, also Common Ostrich, Eastern Crested Guineafowl, Crested Francolin (grantii), Hildebrandt’s Spurfowl, Red-necked Spurfowl, White-bellied Go-away-bird, Grey Crowned Crane, Double-banded Courser, Rüppell’s Vulture, Southern Ground Hornbill, Northern Red-billed Hornbill, Von der Decken’s Hornbill, Silvery-cheeked Hornbill, Giant Kingfisher, Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater, Red-and-yellow Barbet (erythrocephalus), Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird, Spot-flanked Barbet (ruahae), White-headed Barbet, Nubian Woodpecker, Slate-colored Boubou, Northern White-crowned Shrike, Magpie Shrike, Long-tailed Fiscal, Eastern Nicator, Fischer’s Sparrow-Lark, Yellow-bellied Greenbul, Black Saw-wing, Lesser Swamp Warbler (parvus), Buff-bellied Warbler, Banded Parisoma, Rufous Chatterer (heuglini), Superb Starling, Red-winged Starling, African Grey Flycatcher, Collared Palm Thrush, Spotted Palm Thrush, Mocking Cliff Chat, Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird, Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow, Chestnut Sparrow, Speckle-fronted Weaver, Baglafecht Weaver, Holub’s Golden Weaver, Golden-backed Weaver, Cardinal Quelea, Black Bishop, Crimson-rumped Waxbill, Purple Grenadier, Blue-capped Cordon-bleu, Green-winged Pytilia (percivali), Straw-tailed Whydah, Long-tailed Paradise Whydah and White-bellied Canary
Tarangire NP and Mkungunero GR for D’Arnaud’s Barbet (ESS emini), Fischer’s Lovebird, Yellow-collared Lovebird and Ashy Starling, Rosy-patched Bushshrike (cathemagmenus), Grey Penduline Tit (sylviella), Sentinel Lark, Northern Pied Babbler (hypoleuca), Hildebrandt’s Starling, Gorgeous Sunbird, Swahili Sparrow and Rufous-tailed Weaver, as well as Common Ostrich, Crested Francolin (grantii), Coqui Francolin (maharao), Hildebrandt’s Spurfowl, Yellow-necked Spurfowl, Red-necked Spurfowl, Slender-tailed Nightjar, Square-tailed Nightjar, Mottled Spinetail, Bare-faced Go-away-bird (leopoldi), White-bellied Go-away-bird, Kori Bustard, White-bellied Bustard, Buff-crested Bustard, Hartlaub’s Bustard, Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse, Yellow-throated Sandgrouse, Black-faced Sandgrouse (decoratus), Grey Crowned Crane, Long-toed Lapwing, Double-banded Courser, Three-banded Courser, Saddle-billed Stork, Rufous-bellied Heron, Great White Pelican, Secretarybird, Rüppell’s Vulture, Eastern Chanting Goshawk, Abyssinian Scimitarbill, Southern Ground Hornbill, Northern Red-billed Hornbill, Von der Decken’s Hornbill, Red-and-yellow Barbet, White-headed Barbet, Nubian Woodpecker, Eastern Grey Woodpecker, Pygmy Falcon, Meyer’s Parrot (matschiei), Red-bellied Parrot, Slate-colored Boubou, Northern White-crowned Shrike, Magpie Shrike, Long-tailed Fiscal, Fischer’s Sparrow-Lark, Fawn-colored Lark (intercedens), Red-faced Crombec (jacksoni), Desert Cisticola, Buff-bellied Warbler, Banded Parisoma, Pale White-eye, Superb Starling, Red-winged Starling, Bare-eyed Thrush, Silverbird, African Grey Flycatcher, Spotted Palm Thrush, Mocking Cliff Chat, Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird, Marico Sunbird, Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow, Chestnut Sparrow, Red-billed Buffalo Weaver, White-headed Buffalo Weaver, White-browed Sparrow-Weaver, Grey-capped Social Weaver (arnaudi), Speckle-fronted Weaver, Black-necked Weaver, Golden-backed Weaver, Chestnut Weaver, Cardinal Quelea, Black Bishop, African Silverbill, Black-faced Waxbill, Crimson-rumped Waxbill, Cut-throat Finch, Purple Grenadier, Blue-capped Cordon-bleu, Green-winged Pytilia (soudanensis), Steel-blue Whydah, Straw-tailed Whydah, Long-tailed Paradise Whydah, Pangani Longclaw and White-bellied Canary
Maasai Steppe and Mkomazi NP for Rosy-patched Bushshrike (cathemagmenus), Friedmann’s Lark, Hildebrandt’s Starling, Gorgeous Sunbird, Tsavo Sunbird and Southern Grosbeak-Canary, as well as Common Ostrich, Vulturine Guineafowl, Crested Francolin (grantii), Yellow-necked Spurfowl, Sombre Nightjar, Donaldson-Smith’s Nightjar, Plain Nightjar, Slender-tailed Nightjar, White-bellied Go-away-bird, White-bellied Bustard (canicollis), Buff-crested Bustard, Hartlaub’s Bustard, Secretarybird, Verreaux’s Eagle, Eastern Chanting Goshawk, Grasshopper Buzzard, White-headed Mousebird, Abyssinian Scimitarbill, Southern Ground Hornbill, Northern Red-billed Hornbill, Von der Decken’s Hornbill, Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill, Northern Carmine Bee-eater, Red-and-yellow Barbet, D’Arnaud’s Barbet (boehmi), Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird, Red-fronted Barbet, Black-throated Barbet (stigmatothorax), Nubian Woodpecker, Pygmy Falcon, Red-bellied Parrot, Eastern Black-headed Batis, Pygmy Batis, Pringle’s Puffback, Slate-colored Boubou, Northern White-crowned Shrike, Long-tailed Fiscal, Taita Fiscal, Acacia Tit, Mouse-colored Penduline Tit, Pink-breasted Lark, Northern Brownbul, Common Bulbul (dodsoni), Northern Crombec (leucopsis), Red-faced Crombec (minima), Ashy Cisticola, Tiny Cisticola, Desert Cisticola, Red-fronted Prinia, Buff-bellied Warbler, Brown-tailed Apalis (flavocincta), Grey Wren-Warbler, Banded Parisoma, Pale White-eye, Rufous Chatterer (heuglini), Scaly Chatterer (keniana), Golden-breasted Starling, Superb Starling, Shelley’s Starling, Fischer’s Starling, Bare-eyed Thrush, African Grey Flycatcher, Spotted Palm Thrush, Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird, Hunter’s Sunbird, Marico Sunbird, Black-bellied Sunbird, Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow, Parrot-billed Sparrow, Red-billed Buffalo Weaver, White-headed Buffalo Weaver, White-browed Sparrow-Weaver, Black-capped Social Weaver, Black-necked Weaver, Golden-backed Weaver, Chestnut Weaver, Fire-fronted Bishop, African Silverbill, Black-faced Waxbill, Crimson-rumped Waxbill, Cut-throat Finch, Purple Grenadier, Blue-capped Cordon-bleu, Green-winged Pytilia (soudanensis), Jameson’s Firefinch, Steel-blue Whydah, Straw-tailed Whydah, Long-tailed Paradise Whydah, Golden Pipit, Pangani Longclaw, White-bellied Canary (maculicollis) and Somali Bunting
Mikumi NP and Mikumi-Kilosa Road for Red-necked Spurfowl (humboldtii), Fiery-necked Nightjar (shelleyi), Square-tailed Nightjar, Böhm’s Spinetail, Southern Ground Hornbill, Pale-billed Hornbill, Racket-tailed Roller, Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird (extoni), Crested Barbet (suahelicus), Red-throated Wryneck, Speckle-throated Woodpecker, Golden-tailed Woodpecker (suahelica), Red-necked Falcon, Brown-headed Parrot, Eastern Black-headed Batis, Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher, White-breasted Cuckooshrike, Long-tailed Fiscal, Rufous-bellied Tit (pallidiventris), Grey Penduline Tit (robertsi), Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark, Red-faced Crombec (minima), Neddicky, Desert Cisticola, Stierling’s Wren-Warbler, Green-capped Eremomela (scotops), Pale White-eye, Northern Pied Babbler (ESS rufuensis), Yellow-bellied Hyliota (barbozae), Lesser Blue-eared Starling (elisabeth), Superb Starling, Kurrichane Thrush, Collared Palm Thrush, Arnot’s Chat, Capped Wheatear, Western Violet-backed Sunbird (nyassae), Western Miombo Sunbird, Shelley’s Sunbird (ESS hofmanni), Purple-banded Sunbird, Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow, Southern Grey-headed Sparrow, Red-billed Buffalo Weaver, White-browed Sparrow-Weaver (pectoralis), Cardinal Quelea (rhodesiae), Red-headed Quelea, Crimson-rumped Waxbill, Blue Waxbill, Green-winged Pytilia (grotei), Orange-winged Pytilia, Red-throated Twinspot, Jameson’s Firefinch, Purple Indigobird, Long-tailed Paradise Whydah, Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah, Yellow-throated Longclaw (tertius) and Black-eared Seedeater
Nyerere NP for Ruvu Weaver as well as Eastern Crested Guineafowl, Southern Crested Guineafowl (barbata), Crested Francolin (rovuma), Red-necked Spurfowl (humboldtii), Square-tailed Nightjar, Mottled Spinetail, Böhm’s Spinetail, Grey Go-away-bird, Purple-crested Turaco, Green Malkoha, Thick-billed Cuckoo, Long-toed Lapwing, White-crowned Lapwing, Rock Pratincole, African Skimmer, Saddle-billed Stork, Malagasy Pond Heron, Southern Banded Snake Eagle, Dark Chanting Goshawk, Pel’s Fishing Owl, Southern Ground Hornbill, Von der Decken’s Hornbill, Pale-billed Hornbill, Trumpeter Hornbill, Racket-tailed Roller, Giant Kingfisher, Swallow-tailed Bee-eater, Böhm’s Bee-eater, Northern Carmine Bee-eater, Crested Barbet, Green Tinkerbird, Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird, Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird, Spot-flanked Barbet (lacrymosa), Black-collared Barbet (zombae), Brown-breasted Barbet, Speckle-throated Woodpecker, Golden-tailed Woodpecker, Little Spotted Woodpecker (loveridgei), Dickinson’s Kestrel, Red-necked Falcon, Brown-headed Parrot, African Broadbill (suahelicus), Eastern Black-headed Batis, Pale Batis, Black-throated Wattle-eye (cryptoleuca), Retz’s Helmetshrike, Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher, Square-tailed Drongo, Long-tailed Fiscal, Eastern Nicator, Sombre Greenbul, Yellow-bellied Greenbul (centralis), Terrestrial Brownbul, Northern Brownbul, Livingstone’s Flycatcher (thomsoni), Red-faced Crombec (whytii), Coastal Cisticola, Red-winged Prinia, Lesser Blue-eared Starling (elisabeth), Black-bellied Starling, Bearded Scrub Robin (quadrivirgata), Red-capped Robin-Chat, Collared Palm Thrush, Mocking Cliff Chat, Arnot’s Chat, Olive Sunbird (changamwensis), Purple-banded Sunbird, Red-billed Buffalo Weaver, White-browed Sparrow-Weaver, Eastern Golden Weaver, Red-headed Quelea, Green-winged Pytilia, Blue Waxbill and Long-tailed Paradise Whydah
Kilombero Valley Ramsar Site for Kilombero Cisticola, White-tailed Cisticola and Kilombero Weaver as well as Coppery-tailed Coucal, White-crowned Lapwing, African Skimmer, Malagasy Pond Heron, White-fronted Bee-eater, Marsh Tchagra (reichenowi), Lesser Swamp Warbler (leptorhynchus), Common Reed Warbler (suahelicus), Little Rush Warbler (tongensis) and Zanzibar Red Bishop
Mafia Archipelago and Kilwa area for Crested Francolin (rovuma), Square-tailed Nightjar, Mottled Spinetail, Burchell’s Coucal, African Green Pigeon (ESS granti/delalandii), Red-faced Mousebird (pallidus), Mangrove Kingfisher, Northern Carmine Bee-eater, Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird, Brown-breasted Barbet, Eastern Black-headed Batis, Pale Batis, Black-backed Puffback (affinis), Long-tailed Fiscal, Sombre Greenbul (hypoxanthus), Red-faced Crombec (whytii), Black-bellied Starling, Red-capped Robin-Chat, Collared Palm Thrush, Grey Sunbird, Purple-banded Sunbird, Southern Grey-headed Sparrow, Eastern Golden Weaver, Zanzibar Red Bishop, Blue Waxbill and Yellow-throated Longclaw (tertius), as well as waders/shorebirds including White-fronted Plover and Crab-plover
Rondo NFR and Litipo FR for Forest Batis (ESS reichenowi), Green Barbet (woodwardi), Kretschmer’s Longbill (griseiceps) and Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird, as well as Southern Crested Guineafowl, Fiery-necked Nightjar (shelleyi), Livingstone’s Turaco (cabanisi), Green Malkoha, Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo, Thick-billed Cuckoo, Lemon Dove, African Green Pigeon (delalandii), Southern Banded Snake Eagle, Narina Trogon (littorale), Trumpeter Hornbill, Swallow-tailed Bee-eater, Böhm’s Bee-eater, Green Tinkerbird, Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird (bilineatus), Black-collared Barbet (zombae), Golden-tailed Woodpecker, Little Spotted Woodpecker (cailliautii), Brown-headed Parrot, African Broadbill (suahelicus), African Pitta (longipennis), Black-throated Wattle-eye (cryptoleuca), Gorgeous Bushshrike (nigricauda), Retz’s Helmetshrike (tricolor), Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike (scopifrons), Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher, Green-headed Oriole (amani), Square-tailed Drongo, Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher (bivittatus), Eastern Nicator, Yellow-bellied Greenbul, Little Greenbul, Lowland Tiny Greenbul (debilis), Terrestrial Brownbul, Fischer’s Greenbul, Yellow-streaked Greenbul (tenuirostris), Black Saw-wing (orientalis), Livingstone’s Flycatcher, Red-winged Prinia, Black-headed Apalis (ESS muhuluensis), Green-backed Camaroptera (pileata), Southern Yellow White-eye (anderssoni), Red-tailed Ant Thrush, Bearded Scrub Robin (quadrivirgata), Red-capped Robin-Chat, East Coast Akalat, Plain-backed Sunbird, Olive Sunbird (olivacina), Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow, Dark-backed Weaver (stictifrons), Green Twinspot, Green-winged Pytilia and Red-throated Twinspot
Lukwika-Lumesule GR for Crested Francolin (rovuma), Red-necked Spurfowl (humboldtii), Purple-crested Turaco, White-crowned Lapwing, Southern Banded Snake Eagle, Dark Chanting Goshawk, Trumpeter Hornbill, Swallow-tailed Bee-eater, White-fronted Bee-eater, Böhm’s Bee-eater, Black-collared Barbet, Golden-tailed Woodpecker, Dickinson’s Kestrel, Brown-headed Parrot, African Broadbill, Eastern Black-headed Batis, Black-backed Puffback (affinis), Retz’s Helmetshrike, Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher, Green-headed Oriole, Sombre Greenbul, Yellow-bellied Greenbul, Livingstone’s Flycatcher, Southern Yellow White-eye, Arnot’s Chat, Shelley’s Sunbird (shelleyi), Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow, White-browed Sparrow-Weaver, Southern Brown-throated Weaver, Blue Waxbill, Red-throated Twinspot, Jameson’s Firefinch and Striped Pipit
Songea area, CBCTC Likuyu Sekamaganga, Liparamba GR, Selous-Niassa Wildlife Corridor and Mwambesi NFR for Coqui Francolin (coqui), Shelley’s Francolin (shelleyi), Red-necked Spurfowl (humboldtii), Fiery-necked Nightjar (shelleyi), Square-tailed Nightjar, Pennant-winged Nightjar, Purple-crested Turaco, Thick-billed Cuckoo, Dark Chanting Goshawk, African Barred Owlet (ngamiense), Southern Ground Hornbill, Pale-billed Hornbill, Trumpeter Hornbill, Racket-tailed Roller, Half-collared Kingfisher, Swallow-tailed Bee-eater, Böhm’s Bee-eater, Whyte’s Barbet (whytii), Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird (extoni), Black-collared Barbet, Brown-breasted Barbet, Green-backed Honeybird (zambesiae), Speckle-throated Woodpecker, Little Spotted Woodpecker (loveridgei), Stierling’s Woodpecker, Dickinson’s Kestrel, Brown-headed Parrot, African Broadbill, Pale Batis, Black-throated Wattle-eye, Marsh Tchagra (anchietae), Retz’s Helmetshrike, White-breasted Cuckooshrike, Souza’s Shrike (burigi), White-tailed Blue Flycatcher, Rufous-bellied Tit (pallidiventris), Miombo Tit, Grey Penduline Tit, Eastern Nicator, Rufous-naped Lark (transvaalensis), Yellow-bellied Greenbul, Little Greenbul, Terrestrial Brownbul, Grey-olive Greenbul, Black Saw-wing (orientalis), Red-faced Crombec (whytii), Neddicky, Red-winged Prinia, Green-backed Camaroptera (bororensis), Stierling’s Wren-Warbler, Green-capped Eremomela (scotops), Southern Yellow White-eye (anderssoni), Yellow-bellied Hyliota, African Spotted Creeper (salvadori), Lesser Blue-eared Starling (elisabeth), Kurrichane Thrush, Bearded Scrub Robin, Miombo Scrub Robin, African Dusky Flycatcher, Miombo Rock Thrush, Arnot’s Chat, Western Violet-backed Sunbird, Western Miombo Sunbird, Shelley’s Sunbird (shelleyi), Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow, Olive-headed Weaver, Zanzibar Red Bishop, Red-collared Widowbird, Magpie Mannikin, Lesser Seedcracker, Blue Waxbill, Orange-winged Pytilia, Red-throated Twinspot, Jameson’s Firefinch, Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah, Yellow-throated Longclaw (tertius), Wood Pipit (nyassae), Striped Pipit, Reichard’s Seedeater, Black-eared Seedeater and Cape Bunting (vincenti)
Lake Nyasa for Square-tailed Nightjar, Lemon Dove, Giant Kingfisher, Böhm’s Bee-eater, Black-collared Barbet, Brown-breasted Barbet, Black-throated Wattle-eye, Sombre Greenbul, Black Saw-wing (orientalis), Lesser Swamp Warbler (winterbottomi), Little Rush Warbler (msiri), Bar-throated Apalis (murina), Southern Yellow White-eye (anderssoni), Red-capped Robin-Chat, Mocking Cliff Chat, White-bellied Sunbird, Purple-banded Sunbird, Southern Grey-headed Sparrow, Holub’s Golden Weaver, Southern Brown-throated Weaver, Blue Waxbill, Green-winged Pytilia, Long-tailed Paradise Whydah and Brimstone Canary
Matengo Highlands (Liwili-Kiteza FR), Kipengere Range/Livingstone Mountains (Mpanga-Kipengere GR and Mdando FR), Kitulo NP, Mount Rungwe NFR and Nkuka Forest, Uporoto Highlands (Poroto Ridge FR and Lake Ngosi), Umalila Mountains and Mbeya Range for Yellow-throated Mountain Greenbul, Iringa Akalat and Kipengere Seedeater, Montane Nightjar (guttifer), Livingstone’s Turaco (reichenowi), Green Barbet (ESS rungweensis), Dark Batis, Fülleborn’s Boubou (fuelleborni), Southern Fiscal (ESS marwitzi), Plateau Lark (ESS nigrescens/nyikae), Shelley’s Greenbul (ESS roehli/masukuensis), Black-browed Mountain Greenbul, Olive-headed Greenbul (olivaceiceps), Black-lored Cisticola, Churring Cisticola (ESS njombe), Chapin’s Apalis (strausae), Red-capped Forest Warbler (metopias), Spot-throat (pressa), Kenrick’s Starling (kenricki), White-chested Alethe, Olive-flanked Ground Robin (ESS grotei/macclounii), Sharpe’s Akalat (sharpei), Scarlet-tufted Sunbird (nyikensis), Forest Double-collared Sunbird (fuelleborni), Montane Widowbird and Yellow-browed Seedeater, as well as African Black Duck, Yellow-billed Duck, Red-winged Francolin (kikuyuensis), Common Quail (erlangeri), Scarce Swift, Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo, African Olive Pigeon, Lemon Dove, Dusky Turtle Dove, Striped Flufftail, Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk, Mountain Buzzard, Cape Eagle-Owl (mackinderi), Bar-tailed Trogon, Trumpeter Hornbill, Silvery-cheeked Hornbill, White-fronted Bee-eater, Moustached Tinkerbird, Olive Woodpecker (ruwenzori), African Broadbill (cryptoleucus), Black-throated Wattle-eye, Black-fronted Bushshrike, Grey Cuckooshrike, Square-tailed Drongo, White-tailed Crested Flycatcher (albonotata), White-bellied Tit, Red-capped Lark (saturatior), Little Greenbul, Grey-olive Greenbul, Cabanis’s Greenbul (placidus), White-headed Saw-wing, Black Saw-wing (orientalis), Blue Swallow, Angola Swallow, African Red-rumped Swallow, Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler (johnstoni), African Yellow Warbler (natalensis), Mountain Yellow Warbler, Evergreen Forest Warbler (usambarae), Cinnamon Bracken Warbler, Singing Cisticola (muenzneri), Wailing Cisticola (semifasciatus), Stout Cisticola (awemba), Wing-snapping Cisticola (ayresii), Bar-throated Apalis (murina), Brown-headed Apalis, African Hill Babbler, Brown Parisoma (ESS clara), Southern Yellow White-eye (stierlingi), Red-winged Starling, Slender-billed Starling, Waller’s Starling, Sharpe’s Starling, Orange Ground Thrush, Groundscraper Thrush, Abyssinian Thrush (nyikae), White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher (nyikensis), African Dusky Flycatcher (ESS fuelleborni/subadusta), White-starred Robin (orientalis), Cape Robin-Chat, African Stonechat (axillaris), Green-headed Sunbird, Olive Sunbird (alfredi), Bronze Sunbird, Malachite Sunbird, Baglafecht Weaver (ESS sharpii), Dark-backed Weaver (stictifrons), Yellow-mantled Widowbird (macroura), Yellow-bellied Waxbill (stuartirwini), Fawn-breasted Waxbill (ESS marwitzi), Locust Finch, Red-faced Crimsonwing, Fülleborn’s Longclaw (ESS fuelleborni), Buffy Pipit (marungensis), Oriole Finch, Southern Citril, Brimstone Canary and Yellow-crowned Canary (sassii)
Ruaha NP for Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill, D’Arnaud’s Barbet (ESS emini), Yellow-collared Lovebird and Ashy Starling, Grey Penduline Tit (sylviella), Gorgeous Sunbird and Swahili Sparrow, as well as Common Ostrich, Eastern Crested Guineafowl, Crested Francolin (grantii), Shelley’s Francolin (shelleyi), Hildebrandt’s Spurfowl, Red-necked Spurfowl (cranchii/humboldtii), Fiery-necked Nightjar (shelleyi), Square-tailed Nightjar, Pennant-winged Nightjar, Mottled Spinetail, Böhm’s Spinetail, Bare-faced Go-away-bird (leopoldi), White-bellied Go-away-bird, Purple-crested Turaco, White-bellied Bustard (erlangeri), Buff-crested Bustard, Senegal Coucal, Yellow-throated Sandgrouse, Black-faced Sandgrouse (loveridgei), Grey Crowned Crane, White-crowned Lapwing, Three-banded Courser, African Skimmer, Saddle-billed Stork, Rufous-bellied Heron, Great White Pelican, Western Banded Snake Eagle, Eastern Chanting Goshawk, Abyssinian Scimitarbill, Southern Ground Hornbill, Von der Decken’s Hornbill, Half-collared Kingfisher, Giant Kingfisher, Swallow-tailed Bee-eater, White-fronted Bee-eater, Southern Carmine Bee-eater, Crested Barbet, Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird, Bennett’s Woodpecker, Golden-tailed Woodpecker (abingoni), Pygmy Falcon, Red-necked Falcon, Meyer’s Parrot (matschiei), Slate-colored Boubou, Northern White-crowned Shrike, Magpie Shrike, Eastern Nicator, Fischer’s Sparrow-Lark, Rufous-naped Lark, Yellow-bellied Greenbul (occidentalis), Red-faced Crombec (jacksoni), Banded Parisoma, Southern Yellow White-eye (anderssoni), Scaly Chatterer (ESS mentalis), Superb Starling, Red-winged Starling, Bare-eyed Thrush, African Grey Flycatcher, Collared Palm Thrush, Mocking Cliff Chat, Ruaha Chat, Western Violet-backed Sunbird (angolensis), Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird, Marico Sunbird, Red-billed Buffalo Weaver, White-headed Buffalo Weaver, Grey-capped Social Weaver (dorsalis), Speckle-fronted Weaver, Black-necked Weaver, Golden-backed Weaver, Chestnut Weaver, Cardinal Quelea, Grey-headed Silverbill, Black-faced Waxbill, Crimson-rumped Waxbill, Cut-throat Finch, Purple Grenadier, Blue-capped Cordon-bleu, Green-winged Pytilia (percivali), Jameson’s Firefinch, Purple Indigobird, Steel-blue Whydah, Straw-tailed Whydah and Long-tailed Paradise Whydah
Itulu Hill NFR for Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill as well as Coqui Francolin (coqui), Shelley’s Francolin (shelleyi), Fiery-necked Nightjar (shelleyi), Böhm’s Spinetail, Bare-faced Go-away-bird (leopoldi), Purple-crested Turaco, Southern Ground Hornbill, Racket-tailed Roller, Crested Barbet, Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird, Spot-flanked Barbet, Black-collared Barbet, Bennett’s Woodpecker, Golden-tailed Woodpecker, Little Spotted Woodpecker (loveridgei), Meyer’s Parrot, Slate-colored Boubou, Retz’s Helmetshrike (tricolor), White-breasted Cuckooshrike, Northern White-crowned Shrike, Souza’s Shrike, White-bellied Tit, Rufous-bellied Tit (pallidiventris), Miombo Tit, Grey Penduline Tit (robertsi), White-headed Saw-wing, Trilling Cisticola, Long-tailed Cisticola, Miombo Wren-Warbler, Green-capped Eremomela (citriniceps), Black-lored Babbler, Yellow-bellied Hyliota, Babbling Starling (angusta), Kurrichane Thrush, Miombo Scrub Robin, Miombo Rock Thrush, Ruaha Chat, Western Violet-backed Sunbird (angolensis), Orange-winged Pytilia, Jameson’s Firefinch and Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah
Katavi NP, Mlele GCA, Rukwa, Lukwati and Uwanda GRs, Ufipa Plateau (Mbizi Forest/Lyambo Hills FR, Lake Kwela and Lake Sundu), Lwafi-Nkamba GR, Kalambo NFR, Lake (Tanganyika) Shore Lodge and Sassi River for Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill and Tanzanian Masked Weaver as well as African Pygmy Goose, Coqui Francolin (coqui), Shelley’s Francolin (shelleyi), Hildebrandt’s Spurfowl, Red-necked Spurfowl (cranchii/humboldtii), Fiery-necked Nightjar (shelleyi), Square-tailed Nightjar, Pennant-winged Nightjar, Bare-faced Go-away-bird (leopoldi), Purple-crested Turaco, Schalow’s Turaco (marungensis), Senegal Coucal, Coppery-tailed Coucal, Thick-billed Cuckoo, Streaky-breasted Flufftail, Grey Crowned Crane, Long-toed Lapwing, Saddle-billed Stork, Great White Pelican, Western Banded Snake Eagle, Red-faced Mousebird (mossambicus), Southern Ground Hornbill, Trumpeter Hornbill, Half-collared Kingfisher, Giant Kingfisher, Swallow-tailed Bee-eater, White-fronted Bee-eater, Böhm’s Bee-eater, Southern Carmine Bee-eater, Crested Barbet, Whyte’s Barbet (stresemanni), Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird (extoni), Miombo Pied Barbet, Black-collared Barbet, Black-backed Barbet (macclounii), Bennett’s Woodpecker, Golden-tailed Woodpecker, Dickinson’s Kestrel, Red-necked Falcon, Meyer’s Parrot, Slate-colored Boubou, Retz’s Helmetshrike, Northern White-crowned Shrike, Magpie Shrike, Grey-backed Fiscal, Souza’s Shrike, White-tailed Blue Flycatcher, White-winged Black Tit, White-bellied Tit, Rufous-bellied Tit (masukuensis), Miombo Tit, Grey Penduline Tit (rhodesiae), Dusky Lark, White-tailed Lark, Angola Lark (marungensis), Yellow-bellied Greenbul, Terrestrial Brownbul (rhodesiae), Grey-olive Greenbul, Leaf-love (orientalis), Sharpe’s Greenbul, Red-faced Crombec (jacksoni), Long-billed Crombec (adelphe), Red-capped Crombec (chubbi), Laura’s Woodland Warbler, Fan-tailed Grassbird, Trilling Cisticola (lufira), Black-lored Cisticola, Rock-loving Cisticola (nyika), Churring Cisticola (ESS njombe), Chirping Cisticola (congo), Levaillant’s Cisticola (shiwae), Long-tailed Cisticola, Miombo Wren-Warbler, Green-capped Eremomela (citriniceps), Black-necked Eremomela, Southern Yellow White-eye (anderssoni), Hartlaub’s Babbler, Black-lored Babbler, African Spotted Creeper, Lesser Blue-eared Starling (elisabeth), Sharp-tailed Starling, Kurrichane Thrush, Miombo Scrub Robin, African Grey Flycatcher, Böhm’s Flycatcher, Brown-chested Alethe (ufipae), Bocage’s Akalat (chapini), Collared Palm Thrush, Miombo Rock Thrush, Mocking Cliff Chat, Ruaha Chat, Capped Wheatear, Western Violet-backed Sunbird, Anchieta’s Sunbird, Eastern Miombo Sunbird, Western Miombo Sunbird, Oustalet’s Sunbird, Purple-banded Sunbird, Copper Sunbird (chalceus), Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow, Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Weaver, Holub’s Golden Weaver, Black-headed Weaver (duboisi), Yellow-mantled Widowbird (macroura), Marsh Widowbird (hartlaubi), Red-collared Widowbird, Blue Waxbill, Green-winged Pytilia (melba), Orange-winged Pytilia, Jameson’s Firefinch, Brown Firefinch, Long-tailed Paradise Whydah, Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah, Fülleborn’s Longclaw (ascensi), Wood Pipit, Western Citril, Black-throated Canary (lwenarum), Reichard’s Seedeater and Black-eared Seedeater, also African Black Duck, Yellow-billed Duck, Montane Nightjar, African Olive Pigeon, Lemon Dove, Dusky Turtle Dove, Great Crested Grebe, Mountain Buzzard, Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird (mfumbiri), Spot-flanked Barbet (ruahae), Olive Woodpecker (ruwenzori), Square-tailed Drongo, White-tailed Crested Flycatcher (albonotata), Red-capped Lark (saturatior), Yellow-whiskered Greenbul (ESS australis), Cabanis’s Greenbul (cabanisi), White-headed Saw-wing, Angola Swallow, African Red-rumped Swallow, African Yellow Warbler (natalensis), Little Rush Warbler (msiri), Evergreen Forest Warbler (ufipae), Cinnamon Bracken Warbler, Singing Cisticola (muenzneri), Wailing Cisticola (semifasciatus), Stout Cisticola (awemba), Bar-throated Apalis (youngi), African Hill Babbler (stierlingi), Red-winged Starling, Orange Ground Thrush, Groundscraper Thrush, African Thrush (stormsi), White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher, African Dusky Flycatcher, White-starred Robin, African Stonechat (stonei), Green-headed Sunbird, Olive Sunbird (ragazzii), Bronze Sunbird, Baglafecht Weaver (sharpii), Dark-backed Weaver (kigomaensis), Yellow-bellied Waxbill (stuartirwini), Fawn-breasted Waxbill, Locust Finch, Red-faced Crimsonwing, Rosy-throated Longclaw (altanus), Buffy Pipit (chobiensis), Plain-backed Pipit (bohndorffi), Striped Pipit, Oriole Finch and Brimstone Canary
Malagarasi-Muyovozi Wetlands Ramsar Site (Kigosi NP, Moyowosi GR, Lake Sagara, Ugalla River NP and Luganzo GR) for Wattled Crane and Shoebill among other waterbirds including African Pygmy Goose, Long-toed Lapwing, White-crowned Lapwing, Rock Pratincole, Saddle-billed Stork and Rufous-bellied Heron, as well as Coqui Francolin (coqui), Hildebrandt’s Spurfowl, Red-necked Spurfowl (cranchii), Fiery-necked Nightjar (shelleyi), Square-tailed Nightjar, Pennant-winged Nightjar, Böhm’s Spinetail (boehmi), Bare-faced Go-away-bird (leopoldi), Purple-crested Turaco, Schalow’s Turaco (marungensis), Senegal Coucal, Coppery-tailed Coucal, Grey Crowned Crane, Western Banded Snake Eagle, Dark Chanting Goshawk, Southern Ground Hornbill, Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill, Trumpeter Hornbill, Racket-tailed Roller, Swallow-tailed Bee-eater, Southern Carmine Bee-eater, Crested Barbet, Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird (chrysoconus), Spot-flanked Barbet, Black-collared Barbet, Bennett’s Woodpecker, Golden-tailed Woodpecker, Red-necked Falcon, Meyer’s Parrot, Marsh Tchagra (minuta), Slate-colored Boubou, Retz’s Helmetshrike, White-breasted Cuckooshrike, Northern White-crowned Shrike, Grey-backed Fiscal, Souza’s Shrike, Rufous-bellied Tit (pallidiventris), Red-faced Crombec (jacksoni), Trilling Cisticola (woosnami), Long-tailed Cisticola, Miombo Wren-Warbler, Green-capped Eremomela (citriniceps), Black-lored Babbler, Yellow-bellied Hyliota, Rüppell’s Starling, Babbling Starling, Kurrichane Thrush, Miombo Scrub Robin, Silverbird, Swamp Flycatcher (infulata), Collared Palm Thrush, Ruaha Chat, Capped Wheatear, Western Violet-backed Sunbird, Western Miombo Sunbird, Marico Sunbird, Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow, Swahili Sparrow, Holub’s Golden Weaver, Golden-backed Weaver, Yellow-mantled Widowbird (macroura), Crimson-rumped Waxbill, Blue Waxbill, Orange-winged Pytilia, Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah and Yellow-throated Longclaw (croceus)
Mahale Mountains NP for two Albertine Rift endemics, namely Kungwe Apalis and Regal Sunbird (ESS anderseni), as well as Western Crested Guineafowl (verreauxi), Hildebrandt’s Spurfowl, Pennant-winged Nightjar, Ross’s Turaco, Schalow’s Turaco (marungensis), Blue Malkoha, Thick-billed Cuckoo, Rock Pratincole, Pel’s Fishing Owl, Narina Trogon (narina), Trumpeter Hornbill, Blue-breasted Kingfisher, Half-collared Kingfisher, Giant Kingfisher, Blue-breasted Bee-eater, Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater, White-fronted Bee-eater, Southern Carmine Bee-eater, Grey-throated Barbet (cinereiceps), Black-collared Barbet, Golden-tailed Woodpecker (abingoni), Fine-banded Woodpecker (taeniolaema), Meyer’s Parrot, Yellow-bellied Wattle-eye (ESS kungwensis), Marsh Tchagra (minuta), Pink-footed Puffback (ESS kungwensis), Lühder’s Bushshrike, Retz’s Helmetshrike, White-breasted Cuckooshrike, Mountain Oriole, Grey Penduline Tit (ESS pallescens), Western Nicator, Slender-billed Greenbul (gracilirostris), Pale-throated Greenbul (flavigula), Kakamega Greenbul (ESS kungwensis), Leaf-love, Yellow-streaked Greenbul (ESS kungwensis), White-browed Crombec (chloronota), Yellow-throated Woodland Warbler (ESS ochrogularis), Bamboo Warbler (kungwensis), Trilling Cisticola (lufira), White-chinned Prinia, Green-capped Eremomela, Green White-eye, Brown Illadopsis (ugandae), Mountain Illadopsis (pyrrhoptera), Yellow-bellied Hyliota, Stuhlmann’s Starling, Kurrichane Thrush, African Thrush (graueri), Miombo Scrub Robin, Brown-chested Alethe (ESS kungwensis), Red-capped Robin-Chat, Short-tailed Akalat (ESS kungwensis), Bocage’s Akalat (ESS ilyai), Miombo Rock Thrush, Mocking Cliff Chat, Western Violet-backed Sunbird, Olive-bellied Sunbird (orphogaster), Western Miombo Sunbird, Copper Sunbird (cupreus), Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow, Holub’s Golden Weaver, Vieillot’s Black Weaver, Brown-capped Weaver, Yellow-mantled Widowbird, Green Twinspot (schlegeli), Grey-headed Nigrita (ESS candidus), Grey Waxbill (perreini), Red-headed Bluebill (ruficapilla), Red-throated Twinspot, Striped Pipit, Western Citril and Thick-billed Seedeater (kilimensis), also African Black Duck, Common Quail, Scaly Spurfowl (schuetti), Scarce Swift, African Olive Pigeon, Lemon Dove (jacksoni), Dusky Turtle Dove, Buff-spotted Flufftail, African Snipe, Mountain Buzzard, Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird (mfumbiri), Olive Woodpecker (ruwenzori), African Broadbill (albigularis), Black-throated Wattle-eye (mentalis), Grey Cuckooshrike, Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher (vivax), White-tailed Blue Flycatcher, Little Greenbul (virens), Yellow-whiskered Greenbul (latirostris), Cabanis’s Greenbul (cabanisi), Black Saw-wing (ruwenzori), Angola Swallow, African Red-rumped Swallow, African Yellow Warbler, Fan-tailed Grassbird, Singing Cisticola (belli), African Hill Babbler (ansorgei), Red-winged Starling, Waller’s Starling, Sharpe’s Starling, Orange Ground Thrush (otomitra), African Dusky Flycatcher (ESS fuelleborni), White-starred Robin (orientalis), African Stonechat (axillaris), Green-headed Sunbird, Olive Sunbird (ragazzii), Malachite Sunbird (cupreonitens), Baglafecht Weaver (stuhlmanni), Dark-backed Weaver (kigomaensis), Yellow-bellied Waxbill (kilimensis), Red-faced Crimsonwing (australis) and Oriole Finch (kilimensis)
Gombe NP for Scaly Spurfowl, Ross’s Turaco, Schalow’s Turaco, Blue Malkoha, Blue-breasted Kingfisher, Giant Kingfisher, Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater, Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird (mfumbiri), Little Spotted Woodpecker (nyansae), Olive Woodpecker (ruwenzori), African Broadbill (albigularis), Black-throated Wattle-eye (mentalis), Lühder’s Bushshrike, Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher (vivax), Kakamega Greenbul (kakamegae), Yellow-whiskered Greenbul (latirostris), Leaf-love, White-headed Saw-wing, Black Saw-wing, Sharpe’s Starling, Brown-chested Alethe, Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat, Red-capped Robin-Chat, Olive Sunbird, Vieillot’s Black Weaver, Green Twinspot, Red-headed Bluebill, Green-winged Pytilia (belli) and Red-throated Twinspot
Burigi-Chato NP for Coqui Francolin (coqui), Ring-necked Francolin, Red-winged Francolin, Shelley’s Francolin (shelleyi), Hildebrandt’s Spurfowl, Red-necked Spurfowl (harterti), Fiery-necked Nightjar (nigriscapularis), Bare-faced Go-away-bird (leopoldi), Ross’s Turaco, Shoebill, Narina Trogon, Southern Ground Hornbill, Swallow-tailed Bee-eater, Southern Carmine Bee-eater, Crested Barbet, Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird (chrysoconus), Spot-flanked Barbet (radcliffei), Red-faced Barbet, Black-backed Barbet (macclounii), Bennett’s Woodpecker, Little Spotted Woodpecker (nyansae), Meyer’s Parrot (saturatus), Red-headed Lovebird, Marsh Tchagra, Black-headed Gonolek, Retz’s Helmetshrike, Magpie Shrike, Grey-backed Fiscal, Souza’s Shrike, Rufous-bellied Tit (pallidiventris), Grey Penduline Tit (roccatii), Angola Swallow, Red-faced Crombec (jacksoni), Singing Cisticola (belli), Trilling Cisticola (woosnami), Long-tailed Cisticola, Miombo Wren-Warbler, Green-capped Eremomela (citriniceps), Black-lored Babbler, Rüppell’s Starling, Yellow-bellied Hyliota, Swamp Flycatcher, Collared Palm Thrush, Mocking Cliff Chat, Sooty Chat, Ruaha Chat, Western Violet-backed Sunbird, Marico Sunbird, Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow, Holub’s Golden Weaver, Orange-winged Pytilia, Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah, Yellow-throated Longclaw (croceus), Short-tailed Pipit (leggei) and Black-throated Canary (somereni)
Lake Victoria (Speke Bay, Lukuba Island, Saanane Island NP, Rubondo Island NP and Bukoba area) and Kagera Swamps for African Pygmy Goose, Eastern Plantain-eater, Ross’s Turaco, Blue-headed Coucal (fischeri), Long-toed Lapwing, Brown-chested Lapwing, White-fronted Plover, Rock Pratincole, Trumpeter Hornbill, Blue-breasted Bee-eater, Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird, Spot-flanked Barbet, White-headed Barbet (leucocephalus/ESS lynesi), Red-faced Barbet, Double-toothed Barbet, Nubian Woodpecker, Black-throated Wattle-eye (mentalis), Brown-throated Wattle-eye (nyansae), Marsh Tchagra (minuta), Slate-colored Boubou, Papyrus Gonolek, Black-headed Gonolek, Blue-mantled Crested Flycatcher (vivax/bivittatus), Grey-backed Fiscal, Pale-throated Greenbul, White-headed Saw-wing, Angola Swallow, African Red-rumped Swallow, Red-faced Crombec (jacksoni), Greater Swamp Warbler (ansorgei), Lesser Swamp Warbler (parvus), Common Reed Warbler (cinnamomeus), Highland Rush Warbler, Carruthers’s Cisticola, Wing-snapping Cisticola (entebbe), Buff-bellied Warbler, Grey-capped Warbler, Green White-eye, Black-lored Babbler, Splendid Starling, Rüppell’s Starling, Red-winged Starling, African Thrush (centralis), Silverbird, Swamp Flycatcher (infulata), Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat, Spotted Palm Thrush, Mocking Cliff Chat, Red-chested Sunbird, Purple-banded Sunbird, Copper Sunbird (cupreus), Slender-billed Weaver, Little Weaver, Holub’s Golden Weaver, Orange Weaver (rex), Northern Brown-throated Weaver, Black-headed Weaver (fischeri), Golden-backed Weaver, Cardinal Quelea (cardinalis), Red-headed Quelea, Yellow-mantled Widowbird (ESS conradsi), Purple Grenadier, Green-winged Pytilia (percivali), Straw-tailed Whydah, Cape Wagtail (wellsi), Yellow-throated Longclaw (croceus), Plain-backed Pipit (zenkeri), Western Citril, White-bellied Canary and Brimstone Canary
Minziro NFR for Western Crested Guineafowl, Red-necked Spurfowl (cranchii), Square-tailed Nightjar, Mottled Spinetail (sharpei), Great Blue Turaco, Eastern Plantain-eater, Ross’s Turaco, Black-billed Turaco (emini), Blue Malkoha, Blue-headed Coucal, Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo, Afep Pigeon, White-spotted Flufftail, Western Banded Snake Eagle, Narina Trogon, Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill (subquadratus), Blue-breasted Kingfisher, Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird (mfumbiri), Yellow-spotted Barbet (duchaillui), Hairy-breasted Barbet (ansorgii), Black-collared Barbet, Least Honeyguide, Buff-spotted Woodpecker, Brown-eared Woodpecker, Nubian Woodpecker, African Grey Woodpecker (goertae), Red-headed Lovebird, Chestnut Wattle-eye, Jameson’s Wattle-eye, Black-headed Gonolek, African Shrike-flycatcher (aequatorialis), Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher (musicus), Purple-throated Cuckooshrike (martini), Western Oriole, Red-bellied Paradise Flycatcher, Grey-backed Fiscal, Mackinnon’s Shrike, African Blue Flycatcher, White-winged Black Tit, Western Nicator, Slender-billed Greenbul, Red-tailed Bristlebill, Yellow-eyed Bristlebill, Pale-throated Greenbul, Spotted Greenbul, Red-tailed Greenbul, Little Greenbul (virens), Yellow-whiskered Greenbul (latirostris), Plain Greenbul, Little Grey Greenbul, Xavier’s Greenbul, Cabanis’s Greenbul (sucosus), White-headed Saw-wing, Black Saw-wing (ruwenzori), Blue Swallow, Angola Swallow, Yellow Longbill, Green Crombec, Green Hylia, African Yellow Warbler, Fan-tailed Grassbird, White-chinned Prinia, Buff-bellied Warbler, Lowland Masked Apalis, Black-throated Apalis (jacksoni), Buff-throated Apalis (nigrescens), Black-faced Rufous Warbler, Olive-green Camaroptera (toroensis), Brown Illadopsis, Pale-breasted Illadopsis (rufipennis), Scaly-breasted Illadopsis, Black-lored Babbler, Fraser’s Rufous Thrush, White-tailed Ant Thrush, African Thrush, Fire-crested Alethe (woosnami), Brown-backed Scrub Robin, Grey-throated Tit-Flycatcher (griseigularis), Yellow-breasted Forest Robin (mabirae), Brown-chested Alethe (carruthersi), Red-capped Robin-Chat, Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat (bartteloti), Lowland Akalat (lopezi), Grey-winged Robin-Chat (polioptera), African Stonechat, Sooty Chat, Grey-chinned Sunbird, Green-headed Sunbird, Olive Sunbird (ragazzii), Green-throated Sunbird, Bronze Sunbird, Olive-bellied Sunbird, Marico Sunbird, Superb Sunbird (buvuma), Copper Sunbird, Black-necked Weaver (nigricollis), Vieillot’s Black Weaver, Weyns’s Weaver, Compact Weaver, Red-headed Malimbe, Red-collared Widowbird, Black-and-white Mannikin (poensis), Green Twinspot, Grey-headed Nigrita (schistaceus), Black-crowned Waxbill, Fawn-breasted Waxbill (roseicrissa), Red-headed Bluebill (ruficapilla), Black-bellied Seedcracker, Yellow-throated Longclaw (croceus), Plain-backed Pipit and Western Citril
Rumanyika-Karagwe NP for Bare-faced Go-away-bird (leopoldi), Eastern Plantain-eater, Ross’s Turaco, Western Banded Snake Eagle, Nubian Woodpecker, Grey-backed Fiscal, Mackinnon’s Shrike, White-winged Black Tit, White-headed Saw-wing, Black Saw-wing, Green White-eye, Black-lored Babbler, Rüppell’s Starling, African Thrush (centralis), African Stonechat (axillaris), Bronze Sunbird (kilimensis), Purple-banded Sunbird, Copper Sunbird, Baglafecht Weaver (stuhlmanni) and Holub’s Golden Weaver
Ibanda-Kyerwa NP for Red-necked Spurfowl (harterti), Square-tailed Nightjar, Eastern Plantain-eater, Ross’s Turaco, Grey Crowned Crane, Western Banded Snake Eagle, Crested Barbet, Spot-flanked Barbet, Double-toothed Barbet, Nubian Woodpecker, Golden-tailed Woodpecker (kavirondensis), Meyer’s Parrot, Grey-backed Fiscal, White-winged Black Tit, White-headed Saw-wing, Black Saw-wing, Red-breasted Swallow (gordoni), Pale-throated Greenbul, Fan-tailed Grassbird, Singing Cisticola (belli), Trilling Cisticola, Long-tailed Cisticola, White-chinned Prinia, Grey-capped Warbler, Black-lored Babbler, Splendid Starling, Rüppell’s Starling, African Thrush (centralis), Swamp Flycatcher, Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat, Sooty Chat, Bronze Sunbird, Baglafecht Weaver (stuhlmanni), Holub’s Golden Weaver, Black-crowned Waxbill, Yellow-throated Longclaw (croceus), Long-billed Pipit (hararensis) and Plain-backed Pipit
Ngara area for Northern Puffback (erwini), White-tailed Blue Flycatcher, African Red-rumped Swallow, Grey Apalis, Abyssinian Thrush (bambusicola), African Dusky Flycatcher (pumila), Cape Robin-Chat (kivuensis), African Stonechat, Green-headed Sunbird, Bronze Sunbird, Baglafecht Weaver (stuhlmanni), Fawn-breasted Waxbill, Green-winged Pytilia (belli) and Western Citril

TIMING (Apr, Sep–Oct)
The north-west is best during the rains (Feb–May), when most birds breed
The mountains are best before the rains (Sep–Oct)
Avoid the main rains in the mountains (Nov–May)

RESOURCES
Apps
Birds of Africa (iOS or Android)
eGuide to Birds of East Africa

Field guides
Birds of East Africa by Terry Stevenson & John Fanshawe (2020)
Pocket Guide Birds of East Africa by Dave Richards (2016)
Birds of Eastern Africa by Ber Van Perlo (2009)
Kiongozi cha Ndege wa Tanzania by Maria A Mbilinyi, Furaha A Mbilinyi & Liz Baker (2007) is a pictorial guide to 291 bird species found in Tanzania written in Swahili and illustrated by Katie Boswell
Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania by Dale A Zimmerman, Donald A Turner & David J Pearson (2005) effectively covers some 90% of bird species known from Tanzania as a whole
Birds of the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Conservation Area by Adam Scott Kennedy (2014) is a photographic guide featuring more than 270 bird species most likely to be encountered in Serengeti NP and the NCA
Collins Traveller’s Guide to Wildlife of Kenya, Tanzania & Uganda by David Hosking & Martin Withers (2007) is a pocket-sized photographic guide covering over 475 commonly-seen species of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, insects, trees and flowers

Sounds
The Bird Song of Kenya and Tanzania: an Introductory Aid to Identification by John Hammick

Site guides
Birding around Arusha by James Wolstencroft (2006)
Birding in the Usambara Mountains, Tanzania by Eddie Williams (1997)
Birding in and around the East Usambaras, north-east Tanzania by Tom Evans, Alan Tye, Norbert Cordeiro & Nathalie Seddon (1997)

Atlases
Tanzania Bird Atlas

Checklists
Bird Checklists for Arusha National Park, Longido Game Controlled Area and Eluanata Dam
Checklist of the Birds of Selous Game Reserve by Neil Stronach (2003)
The Birds of the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania: an Annotated Checklist by Dieter Schmidl (1982)
The Birds of Zanzibar and Pemba: an Annotated Checklist by R H W Pakenham (1979)

Further reading
Tanzania by Neil E Baker & Liz M Baker in Important Bird Areas in Africa and Associated Islands: Priority Sites for Conservation edited by Lincoln D C Fishpool & Michael I Evans (2001)
Important Bird Areas in Tanzania: a First Inventory by Neil & Elizabeth Baker (2002)
Tanzania Waterbird Count: the First Coordinated Count on the Major Wetlands of Tanzania, January 1995 compiled by Neil E Baker (1997)
Waterbird Count of Zanzibar and Pemba Islands, Tanzania, January 1998 edited by Rienk Geene (2001)
Birds of Dar es Salaam: Common Birds of Coastal East Africa by Gudrun Wium-Andersen & Fiona Reid (2000)
Birds, Butterflies and Flowers of Mikumi National Park/Ndege, Vipepeo na Maua wa Hifadhi ya Taifa ya Mikumi by Alexandra Boswell, Leah Collett, Furaha Mbilinyi, Maria Mbilinyi & Colin Watkins (2010)
Udzungwa: Tales of Discovery in an East African Rainforest edited by Nikolaj Scharff, Francesco Rovero, Flemming Pagh Jensen & Steffen Brøgger-Jensen (2015)
Community-based Conservation in Tanzania edited by N Leader-Williams, J A Kayera & G L Overton (2011)
The Live Bird Trade in Tanzania edited by N Leader-Williams & R K Tibanyenda (1996)
A Biological and Human Impact Survey of the Lowland Forests, East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania by T D Evans, M Hague, A Hipkiss, J Kiure, A Makange, A Perkin, R Timmins & L Watson (1994)
A Wildlife Survey of the East Usambara and Ukaguru Mountains, Tanzania: the Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles, Butterflies, Fishes and Mammals edited by Tom D Evans & Guy Q A Anderson (1992)
Kamusi ya Ndege wa Tanzania by Musa Maimu (1982) is a glossary of birds of Tanzania written in Swahili
Birds of East Africa: Their Habitat, Status and Distribution edited by P L Britton (1980)
The Breeding Seasons of East African Birds by L H Brown & P L Britton (1980)
Articles in Scopus, Journal of East African Natural History, Bull. ABC, Kolokolo (Newsletter of Nature Tanzania), Miombo (Newsletter of WCST), The Arc Journal (Newsletter of TFCG), etc.

Websites
Tanzanian Birds & Butterflies
Tanzania Birds by Philip Stouffer
Coastal Forests of Kenya and Tanzania
UNESCO World Heritage List: Kilimanjaro National Park, Selous Game Reserve, Serengeti National Park and Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Blogs
Vagrant Mind: the Joys of Natural History by James Wolstencroft
Tanzania 2019-23 by Bukoba Steve
The Ruaha Notes: Birding in Ruaha (1994-2020) by Sue Stolberger
Safari Ecology (2011-2013) by Colin Beale & Ethan Kinsey
TZ Bird Atlas Blog (2009-2012) by Stein Nilsen
Tanzania – Africa at its Best – 10,000 Birds (2011) by Adam Riley
Birding Tanzania (2010-2011) by Derek Kverno

Facebook groups
Birding Tanzania is about everything birding in Tanzania, recent sightings, photos and general birding news
Tanzania Birders Community is a community organisation on Facebook
Images4Africa is a photo gallery of Riaan Marais

ORGANISATIONS

Nature Tanzania is the BirdLife Partner in Tanzania

The Ringing Scheme of Eastern Africa coordinates and promotes bird ringing (banding) throughout the East African region and beyond through issuing of rings to qualified ringers, curating ringing data and tracking ring recoveries

The East African Rarities Committee assesses records of new and very rare birds occurring in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi

Other bird or conservation organisations active in Tanzania include –
Wildlife Conservation Society of Tanzania (WCST)
Zanzibar Birdwatching Society (ZABISO)
Attraction Birds Conservation
Tanzania Forest Conservation Group (TFCG)
Eastern Arc Mountains Conservation Endowment Fund (EAMCEF)
Tanzania Environmental Conservation Society (TECOSO)
Maasai Pastoralists Development Organisation (MPDO-LARETO)
Gezaulole Cultural Tourism Group
Youth Vision of Kigamboni
Mvikubou Site Support Group (SSG)
Mvikuki SSG
Honeyguide
Tongwe Trust
Friends of Katavi Ecosystem (FoKE)
Friends of Usambara Society (FoU)
African Rainforest Conservancy (ARC)
Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA)
Blue Ventures
Seacology
Grumeti Fund
Dorobo Fund
PAMS Foundation
African People & Wildlife
Association pour le Développement des Aires Protégées (ADAP)
Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS)
WeForest
NABU
Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS)
Fauna & Flora International (FFI)
WWF Tanzania
WCS Tanzania
The Nature Conservancy (TNC)

The College of African Wildlife Management (CAWM), Mweka, is the leading institution in professional and technical training in wildlife and tourism management