TANZANIA SPECIALTY BIRDS LIST
Accessible Species
AFRICA
TANZANIA
| Area (SqMi): | 365,755 |
| # Species: | 1123 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 1090 |
| # Endemics: | 31 |
| # Near Endemics: | 31 |
| Species/1000 SqMi: | 3.0 |
OTHER COUNTRIES
IN AFRICA
BIRDING LOCALES
DISTRIBUTION CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| E | Endemic | 15 |
| LC | Local | 34 |
| NE | Near Endemic | 26 |
| RR | Restricted Range | 133 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 27 |
| V | Vulnerable | 14 |
| EN | Endangered | 17 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 4 |
Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.
List of all specialty birds in the country occurring in locales typically visited by birding tours. Specialties include endemics and globally threatened, vulnerable or endangered. Table indicates whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country. See sidebar for meaning of location codes and symbols associated with common names.*
| 1 | Cape Teal | Anas capensis | RR | |
| 2 | Maccoa Duck | Oxyura maccoa | RR | EN |
| 3 | Vulturine Guineafowl | Acryllium vulturinum | RR | |
| 4 | Eastern Crested Guineafowl | Guttera pucherani | NE | |
| 5 | Red-winged Francolin | Scleroptera levaillantii | RR | |
| 6 | Shelley's Francolin | Scleroptera shelleyi | RR | |
| 7 | Gray-breasted Spurfowl | Pternistis rufopictus | E | |
| 8 | Red-necked Spurfowl | Pternistis afer | LC | |
| 9 | <Lesser Flamingo> | Phoenicoparrus minor | V | |
| 10 | Dusky Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia lugens | RR | |
| 11 | Blue-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur afer | RR | |
| 12 | Pemba Green-Pigeon | Treron pembaensis | E | V |
| 13 | Kori Bustard | Ardeotis kori | NT | |
| 14 | Denham's Bustard | Neotis denhami | NT | |
| 15 | Livingstone's Turaco | Tauraco livingstonii | RR | |
| 16 | Schalow's Turaco | Tauraco schalowi | RR | |
| 17 | Fischer's Turaco | Tauraco fischeri | RR | NT |
| 18 | Hartlaub's Turaco | Tauraco hartlaubi | RR | |
| 19 | Ross's Turaco | Musophaga rossae | RR | |
| 20 | Gray Go-away-bird | Crinifer concolor | RR | |
| 21 | Eastern Plantain-eater | Crinifer zonurus | RR | |
| 22 | Black Coucal | Centropus grillii | LC | |
| 23 | Blue-headed Coucal | Centropus monachus | RR | |
| 24 | Blue Malkoha | Ceuthmochares aereus | RR | |
| 25 | Montane Nightjar | Caprimulgus poliocephalus | RR | |
| 26 | Swamp Nightjar | Caprimulgus natalensis | RR | |
| 27 | Mottled Spinetail | Telacanthura ussheri | LC | |
| 28 | Bat-like Spinetail | Neafrapus boehmi | LC | |
| 29 | Scarce Swift | Schoutedenapus myoptilus | RR | |
| 30 | African Swift | Apus barbatus | RR | |
| 31 | (Horus Swift) | Apus horus | RR | |
| 32 | (African Crake) | Crex egregia | LC | |
| 33 | Chestnut-headed Flufftail | Sarothrura lugens | RR | |
| 34 | Gray Crowned-Crane | Balearica regulorum | EN | |
| 35 | Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | LC | |
| 36 | White-crowned Lapwing | Vanellus albiceps | RR | |
| 37 | Black-winged Lapwing | Vanellus melanopterus | RR | |
| 38 | Lesser Jacana | Microparra capensis | LC | |
| 39 | /Eurasian Curlew/ | Numenius arquata | NT | |
| 40 | /Bar-tailed Godwit/ | Limosa lapponica | NT | |
| 41 | /Black-tailed Godwit/ | Limosa limosa | NT | |
| 42 | /Great Snipe/ | Gallinago media | NT | |
| 43 | /Broad-billed Sandpiper/ | Calidris falcinellus | RR | |
| 44 | /Curlew Sandpiper/ | Calidris ferruginea | NT | |
| 45 | Bronze-winged Courser | Rhinoptilus chalcopterus | LC | |
| 46 | Double-banded Courser | Smutsornis africanus | LC | |
| 47 | |Black-winged Pratincole| | Glareola nordmanni | RR | NT |
| 48 | African Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia microscelis | NT | |
| 49 | Shoebill | Balaeniceps rex | RR | V |
| 50 | Rufous-bellied Heron | Ardeola rufiventris | LC | |
| 51 | \Malagasy Pond-Heron\ | Ardeola idae | EN | |
| 52 | Olive Ibis | Bostrychia olivacea | RR | |
| 53 | Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius | EN | |
| 54 | Bearded Vulture | Gypaetus barbatus | RR | NT |
| 55 | Egyptian Vulture | Neophron percnopterus | EN | |
| 56 | White-headed Vulture | Trigonoceps occipitalis | CR | |
| 57 | Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos | EN | |
| 58 | Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus | CR | |
| 59 | White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | CR | |
| 60 | Rueppell's Griffon | Gyps rueppelli | CR | |
| 61 | Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | EN | |
| 62 | Fasciated Snake-Eagle | Circaetus fasciolatus | NT | |
| 63 | Banded Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinerascens | RR | |
| 64 | Crowned Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus | NT | |
| 65 | Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | EN | |
| 66 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | V | |
| 67 | /Steppe Eagle/ | Aquila nipalensis | EN | |
| 68 | /Imperial Eagle/ | Aquila heliaca | RR | V |
| 69 | /Pallid Harrier/ | Circus macrourus | NT | |
| 70 | Little Sparrowhawk | Accipiter minullus | LC | |
| 71 | Rufous-chested Sparrowhawk | Accipiter rufiventris | RR | |
| 72 | Mountain Buzzard | Buteo oreophilus | NT | |
| 73 | /Long-legged Buzzard/ | Buteo rufinus | RR | |
| 74 | African Grass-Owl | Tyto capensis | LC | |
| 75 | Sokoke Scops-Owl | Otus ireneae | NE | EN |
| 76 | Pemba Scops-Owl | Otus pembaensis | E | V |
| 77 | Fraser's Eagle-Owl | Ketupa poensis | RR | |
| 78 | Pel's Fishing-Owl | Scotopelia peli | RR | |
| 79 | White-headed Mousebird | Colius leucocephalus | RR | |
| 80 | White-headed Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus bollei | RR | |
| 81 | Southern Ground-Hornbill | Bucorvus leadbeateri | LC | V |
| 82 | Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus ruahae | E | |
| 83 | Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill | Bycanistes subcylindrica | RR | |
| 84 | Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima | LC | |
| 85 | Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater | Merops oreobates | RR | |
| 86 | /Northern Carmine Bee-eater/ | Merops nubicus | RR | |
| 87 | Rufous-crowned Roller | Coracias naevius | LC | |
| 88 | Usambiro Barbet** | Trachyphonus usambiro | NE | |
| 89 | White-eared Barbet | Stactolaema leucotis | RR | |
| 90 | Miombo Barbet | Tricholaema frontata | RR | |
| 91 | Black-collared Barbet | Lybius torquatus | LC | |
| 92 | Double-toothed Barbet | Pogonornis bidentatus | RR | |
| 93 | Green-backed Honeyguide | Prodotiscus zambesiae | LC | |
| 94 | Wahlberg's Honeyguide | Prodotiscus regulus | LC | |
| 95 | Rufous-necked Wryneck | Jynx ruficollis | RR | |
| 96 | African Gray Woodpecker | Dendropicos goertae | RR | |
| 97 | Mountain Gray Woodpecker | Dendropicos spodocephalus | RR | |
| 98 | Bearded Woodpecker | Chloropicus namaquus | LC | |
| 99 | Bennett's Woodpecker | Campethera bennettii | LC | |
| 100 | Mombasa Woodpecker | Campethera mombassica | RR | |
| 101 | Fox Kestrel | Falco alopex | RR | |
| 102 | Red-necked Falcon | Falco chicquera | NT | |
| 103 | |Red-footed Falcon| | Falco vespertinus | V | |
| 104 | |Sooty Falcon| | Falco concolor | V | |
| 105 | Fischer's Lovebird | Agapornis fischeri | NT | |
| 106 | Yellow-collared Lovebird | Agapornis personatus | E | |
| 107 | Red-fronted Parrot | Poicephalus gulielmi | RR | |
| 108 | African Broadbill | Smithornis capensis | LC | |
| 109 | Purple-throated Cuckooshrike | Campephaga quiscalina | RR | |
| 110 | Brown-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira cyanea | RR | |
| 111 | Short-tailed Batis | Batis mixta | NE | |
| 112 | Dark Batis | Batis crypta | NE | |
| 113 | Pale Batis | Batis soror | LC | |
| 114 | Western Black-headed Batis | Batis erlangeri | RR | |
| 115 | Pygmy Batis | Batis perkeo | RR | |
| 116 | Gray-crested Helmetshrike | Prionops poliolophus | NE | NT |
| 117 | Northern Puffback | Dryoscopus gambensis | RR | |
| 118 | Pringle's Puffback | Dryoscopus pringlii | RR | |
| 119 | Three-streaked Tchagra | Tchagra jamesi | RR | |
| 120 | Zanzibar Boubou | Laniarius sublacteus | NE | |
| 121 | Black-headed Gonolek | Laniarius erythrogaster | RR | |
| 122 | Rosy-patched Bushshrike | Rhodophoneus cruentus | RR | |
| 123 | Uluguru Bushshrike | Malaconotus alius | E | EN |
| 124 | Cape Crow | Corvus capensis | RR | |
| 125 | White-tailed Blue Flycatcher | Elminia albicauda | RR | |
| 126 | Red-throated Tit | Melaniparus fringillinus | NE | |
| 127 | Beesley's Lark** | Chersomanes beesleyi | E | |
| 128 | Pink-breasted Lark | Calendulauda poecilosterna | RR | |
| 129 | Friedmann's Lark | Mirafra pulpa | RR | |
| 130 | Red-winged Lark | Mirafra hypermetra | RR | |
| 131 | Angola Lark | Mirafra angolensis | RR | |
| 132 | Red-capped Lark | Calandrella cinerea | RR | |
| 133 | <Short-tailed Lark> | Pseudalaemon fremantlii | RR | |
| 134 | Somali Short-toed Lark | Alaudala somalica | RR | |
| 135 | Northern Crombec | Sylvietta brachyura | RR | |
| 136 | Somali Crombec | Sylvietta isabellina | RR | |
| 137 | Kretschmer's Longbill | Macrosphenus kretschmeri | RR | |
| 138 | African Tailorbird | Artisornis metopias | NE | |
| 139 | Olive-green Camaroptera | Camaroptera chloronota | RR | |
| 140 | White-winged Apalis | Apalis chariessa | RR | NT |
| 141 | Buff-throated Apalis | Apalis rufogularis | RR | |
| 142 | Chapin's Apalis | Apalis chapini | RR | |
| 143 | Gray Apalis | Apalis cinerea | RR | |
| 144 | Brown-headed Apalis | Apalis alticola | RR | |
| 145 | Karamoja Apalis | Apalis karamojae | RR | V |
| 146 | Gray-capped Warbler | Eminia lepida | RR | |
| 147 | Rock-loving Cisticola | Cisticola aberrans | RR | |
| 148 | Ashy Cisticola | Cisticola cinereolus | RR | |
| 149 | Wailing Cisticola | Cisticola lais | RR | |
| 150 | White-tailed Cisticola | Cisticola anderseni | E | |
| 151 | Stout Cisticola | Cisticola robustus | RR | |
| 152 | Wing-snapping Cisticola | Cisticola ayresii | RR | |
| 153 | Gray-rumped Swallow | Pseudhirundo griseopyga | LC | |
| 154 | Ethiopian Swallow | Hirundo aethiopica | RR | |
| 155 | Rufous-chested Swallow | Cecropis semirufa | RR | |
| 156 | Uluguru Mountain Greenbul | Arizelocichla neumanni | E | |
| 157 | Stripe-cheeked Greenbul | Arizelocichla milanjensis | NT | |
| 158 | Northern Brownbul | Phyllastrephus strepitans | RR | |
| 159 | /Wood Warbler/ | Phylloscopus sibilatrix | RR | |
| 160 | Brown Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus umbrovirens | RR | |
| 161 | Yellow Flycatcher | Erythrocercus holochlorus | RR | |
| 162 | Brown Parisoma | Curruca lugens | RR | |
| 163 | Mbulu White-eye | Zosterops mbuluensis | NE | |
| 164 | Kilimanjaro White-eye | Zosterops eurycricotus | E | |
| 165 | Pemba White-eye | Zosterops vaughani | E | |
| 166 | Northern Pied-Babbler | Turdoides hypoleuca | NE | |
| 167 | African Spotted Creeper | Salpornis salvadori | RR | |
| 168 | Slender-billed Starling | Onychognathus tenuirostris | RR | |
| 169 | Sharpe's Starling | Pholia sharpii | RR | |
| 170 | Abbott's Starling | Poeoptera femoralis | NE | EN |
| 171 | Kenrick's Starling | Poeoptera kenricki | NE | |
| 172 | Hildebrandt's Starling | Lamprotornis hildebrandti | NE | |
| 173 | <Shelley's Starling> | Lamprotornis shelleyi | RR | |
| 174 | Ashy Starling | Lamprotornis unicolor | NE | |
| 175 | Splendid Starling | Lamprotornis splendidus | RR | |
| 176 | Golden-breasted Starling | Lamprotornis regius | RR | |
| 177 | Fischer's Starling | Lamprotornis fischeri | RR | |
| 178 | Sharp-tailed Starling | Lamprotornis acuticaudus | RR | |
| 179 | Abyssinian Ground-Thrush | Geokichla piaggiae | RR | |
| 180 | African Thrush | Turdus pelios | RR | |
| 181 | Swamp Flycatcher | Muscicapa aquatica | RR | |
| 182 | Northern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis edolioides | RR | |
| 183 | Rueppell's Robin-Chat | Cossypha semirufa | RR | |
| 184 | East Coast Akalat | Sheppardia gunningi | LC | NT |
| 185 | Little Rock-Thrush | Monticola rufocinereus | RR | |
| 186 | Moorland Chat | Pinarochroa sordida | RR | |
| 187 | Northern Anteater-Chat | Myrmecocichla aethiops | RR | |
| 188 | Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris | LC | |
| 189 | Plain-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes reichenowi | RR | NT |
| 190 | Banded Sunbird | Anthreptes rubritorques | E | V |
| 191 | Amani Sunbird | Hedydipna pallidigaster | NE | EN |
| 192 | Mouse-colored Sunbird | Cyanomitra veroxii | RR | |
| 193 | Hunter's Sunbird | Chalcomitra hunteri | RR | |
| 194 | Tacazze Sunbird | Nectarinia tacazze | RR | |
| 195 | Red-tufted Sunbird | Nectarinia johnstoni | RR | |
| 196 | Golden-winged Sunbird | Drepanorhynchus reichenowi | RR | |
| 197 | Olive-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris chloropygius | RR | |
| 198 | Eastern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris mediocris | NE | |
| 199 | Usambara Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris usambaricus | NE | NT |
| 200 | Loveridge's Sunbird | Cinnyris loveridgei | E | EN |
| 201 | Red-chested Sunbird | Cinnyris erythrocercus | RR | |
| 202 | Black-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris nectarinioides | RR | |
| 203 | Tsavo Sunbird | Cinnyris tsavoensis | NE | |
| 204 | Pemba Sunbird | Cinnyris pembae | E | |
| 205 | Copper Sunbird | Cinnyris cupreus | RR | |
| 206 | Speckle-fronted Weaver | Sporopipes frontalis | LC | |
| 207 | Rufous-tailed Weaver | Histurgops ruficauda | NE | |
| 208 | Black-capped Social-Weaver | Pseudonigrita cabanisi | RR | |
| 209 | Red-headed Malimbe | Malimbus rubricollis | RR | |
| 210 | Little Weaver | Ploceus luteolus | LC | |
| 211 | Slender-billed Weaver | Ploceus pelzelni | RR | |
| 212 | Taveta Golden-Weaver | Ploceus castaneiceps | NE | |
| 213 | Vieillot's Black Weaver | Ploceus nigerrimus | RR | |
| 214 | Usambara Weaver | Ploceus nicolli | E | NT |
| 215 | Black Bishop | Euplectes gierowii | LC | |
| 216 | Jackson's Widowbird | Euplectes jacksoni | NE | NT |
| 217 | Java Sparrow | Padda oryzivora | EN | |
| 218 | Green-backed Twinspot | Mandingoa nitidula | LC | |
| 219 | Abyssinian Crimsonwing | Cryptospiza salvadorii | RR | |
| 220 | Gray-headed Nigrita | Nigrita canicapillus | RR | |
| 221 | Black-crowned Waxbill | Estrilda nonnula | RR | |
| 222 | Fawn-breasted Waxbill | Estrilda paludicola | RR | |
| 223 | Black-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda troglodytes | RR | |
| 224 | Orange-winged Pytilia | Pytilia afra | LC | |
| 225 | Peters's Twinspot | Hypargos niveoguttatus | LC | |
| 226 | Jameson's Firefinch | Lagonosticta rhodopareia | LC | |
| 227 | Purple Indigobird | Vidua purpurascens | RR | |
| 228 | Kenya Rufous Sparrow | Passer rufocinctus | NE | |
| 229 | Parrot-billed Sparrow | Passer gongonensis | RR | |
| 230 | Swahili Sparrow | Passer suahelicus | NE | |
| 231 | Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis | RR | |
| 232 | /White Wagtail/ | Motacilla alba | RR | |
| 233 | Bush Pipit | Anthus caffer | LC | |
| 234 | Rosy-throated Longclaw | Macronyx ameliae | RR | |
| 235 | Oriole Finch | Linurgus olivaceus | LC | |
| 236 | Black-throated Canary | Crithagra atrogularis | RR | |
| 237 | Southern Grosbeak-Canary | Crithagra buchanani | NE | |
| 238 | Yellow-browed Seedeater | Crithagra whytii | RR | |
| 239 | Spot-throat | Modulatrix stictigula | NE |
*Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.