Checklist for Tanzania

eBird Field Checklist

Tanzania

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648 species (+28 other taxa) -

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Ostriches

Common Ostrich

Waterfowl

White-faced Whistling-Duck

Fulvous Whistling-Duck

White-backed Duck

Knob-billed Duck

Egyptian Goose

Spur-winged Goose

African Pygmy-Goose

Blue-billed Teal

Eurasian Wigeon

African Black Duck

Yellow-billed Duck

Cape Teal

Red-billed Duck

Southern Pochard

Maccoa Duck

Grouse, Quail, and Allies

Helmeted Guineafowl

Eastern Crested Guineafowl

Crested Francolin

Coqui Francolin

Red-winged Francolin

Common Quail

Harlequin Quail

Hildebrandt's Spurfowl

Scaly Spurfowl

Yellow-necked Spurfowl

Gray-breasted Spurfowl

Red-necked Spurfowl

francolin/spurfowl sp.

Flamingos

Greater Flamingo

Lesser Flamingo

Grebes

Little Grebe

Eared Grebe

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon

Speckled Pigeon

Afep Pigeon

Rameron Pigeon

Delegorgue's Pigeon

Lemon Dove

Dusky Turtle-Dove

Mourning Collared-Dove

Red-eyed Dove

Ring-necked Dove

Laughing Dove

Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove

Blue-spotted Wood-Dove

Tambourine Dove

Namaqua Dove

African Green-Pigeon

Sandgrouse

Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse

Yellow-throated Sandgrouse

Black-faced Sandgrouse

Bustards

Kori Bustard

White-bellied Bustard

Buff-crested Bustard

Black-bellied Bustard

Hartlaub's Bustard

Turacos

Great Blue Turaco

Schalow's Turaco

Fischer's Turaco

Hartlaub's Turaco

Purple-crested Turaco

Ross's Turaco

Bare-faced Go-away-bird

White-bellied Go-away-bird

Eastern Plantain-eater

Cuckoos

Senegal Coucal

Blue-headed Coucal

White-browed Coucal

Black Coucal

Blue Malkoha

Green Malkoha

Great Spotted Cuckoo

Pied Cuckoo

Dideric Cuckoo

Klaas's Cuckoo

African Emerald Cuckoo

Red-chested Cuckoo

African Cuckoo

Nightjars

Pennant-winged Nightjar

Montane Nightjar

Freckled Nightjar

Slender-tailed Nightjar

Square-tailed Nightjar

nightjar sp.

Swifts

Bat-like Spinetail

Scarce Swift

Alpine Swift

Mottled Swift

Nyanza Swift

African Swift

Little Swift

Horus Swift

White-rumped Swift

African Palm Swift

large swift sp.

swift sp.

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

African Rail

Lesser Moorhen

Eurasian Moorhen

Red-knobbed Coot

Allen's Gallinule

African Swamphen

Black Crake

Cranes

Gray Crowned-Crane

Shorebirds

Spotted Thick-knee

Water Thick-knee

Black-winged Stilt

Pied Avocet

Three-banded Plover

Long-toed Lapwing

Blacksmith Lapwing

Spur-winged Lapwing

White-crowned Lapwing

Senegal Lapwing

Black-winged Lapwing

Crowned Lapwing

Wattled Lapwing

Kittlitz's Plover

Chestnut-banded Plover

White-fronted Plover

Greater Painted-Snipe

Lesser Jacana

African Jacana

Whimbrel

Common Greenshank

Curlew Sandpiper

Little Stint

Small Buttonquail

Crab-Plover

Bronze-winged Courser

Three-banded Courser

Double-banded Courser

Temminck's Courser

Collared Pratincole

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Gray-hooded Gull

Sooty Gull

African Skimmer

Gull-billed Tern

Whiskered Tern

White-winged Tern

Common Tern

Great Crested Tern

tern sp.

Storks

African Openbill

African Woolly-necked Stork

White Stork

Saddle-billed Stork

Marabou Stork

Yellow-billed Stork

Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets

Masked Booby

Cormorants and Anhingas

African Darter

Long-tailed Cormorant

Great Cormorant

Pelicans

Great White Pelican

Pink-backed Pelican

Shoebill and Hammerkop

Hamerkop

Herons, Ibis, and Allies

Dwarf Bittern

Little Bittern

Black-crowned Night Heron

Black Heron

Little Egret

Striated Heron

Rufous-bellied Heron

Squacco Heron

Western Cattle Egret

Great Egret

Yellow-billed Egret

Gray Heron

Purple Heron

Black-headed Heron

Goliath Heron

white egret sp.

Glossy Ibis

African Sacred Ibis

Hadada Ibis

African Spoonbill

Vultures, Hawks, and Allies

Secretarybird

Black-winged Kite

African Harrier-Hawk

Palm-nut Vulture

Egyptian Vulture

African Cuckoo-Hawk

White-headed Vulture

Lappet-faced Vulture

Hooded Vulture

White-backed Vulture

Rüppell's Griffon

White-backed Vulture/Rüppell's Griffon

Bateleur

Black-chested Snake-Eagle

Brown Snake-Eagle

Fasciated Snake-Eagle

Banded Snake-Eagle

Bat Hawk

Crowned Eagle

Martial Eagle

Long-crested Eagle

Wahlberg's Eagle

Ayres's Hawk-Eagle

Tawny Eagle

Verreaux's Eagle

African Hawk-Eagle

Lizard Buzzard

Dark Chanting-Goshawk

Eastern Chanting-Goshawk

Gabar Goshawk

African Marsh Harrier

African Goshawk

Shikra

Little Sparrowhawk

Black Goshawk

Black Kite

African Fish-Eagle

Mountain Buzzard

Augur Buzzard

Owls

Barn Owl

African Scops-Owl

Southern White-faced Owl

Spotted Eagle-Owl

Verreaux's Eagle-Owl

Pearl-spotted Owlet

African Wood-Owl

Marsh Owl

Mousebirds

Speckled Mousebird

White-headed Mousebird

Blue-naped Mousebird

Trogons and Quetzals

Narina Trogon

Bar-tailed Trogon

Hoopoes

Eurasian Hoopoe

Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills

Green Woodhoopoe

Common Scimitarbill

Abyssinian Scimitarbill

Hornbills

Southern Ground-Hornbill

Crowned Hornbill

African Gray Hornbill

Pale-billed Hornbill

Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill

Von der Decken's Hornbill

Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill

Northern Red-billed Hornbill

Silvery-cheeked Hornbill

Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill

Trumpeter Hornbill

hornbill sp.

Kingfishers

Half-collared Kingfisher

Malachite Kingfisher

African Pygmy Kingfisher

Gray-headed Kingfisher

Woodland Kingfisher

Mangrove Kingfisher

Brown-hooded Kingfisher

Striped Kingfisher

Giant Kingfisher

Pied Kingfisher

Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies

White-fronted Bee-eater

Little Bee-eater

Blue-breasted Bee-eater

Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater

Swallow-tailed Bee-eater

White-throated Bee-eater

Böhm's Bee-eater

Madagascar Bee-eater

Lilac-breasted Roller

Rufous-crowned Roller

Broad-billed Roller

Barbets and Toucans

Crested Barbet

Red-and-yellow Barbet

D'Arnaud's Barbet

Green Barbet

White-eared Barbet

Green Tinkerbird

Moustached Tinkerbird

Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird

Red-fronted Tinkerbird

tinkerbird sp.

Red-fronted Barbet

Miombo Barbet

Spot-flanked Barbet

Black-throated Barbet

White-headed Barbet

Black-collared Barbet

Brown-breasted Barbet

Double-toothed Barbet

Honeyguides

Green-backed Honeyguide

small honeyguide sp.

Lesser Honeyguide

Scaly-throated Honeyguide

Greater Honeyguide

large honeyguide sp.

honeyguide sp.

Woodpeckers

Golden-crowned Woodpecker

Bearded Woodpecker

Speckle-breasted Woodpecker

Cardinal Woodpecker

African Gray Woodpecker

Mountain Gray Woodpecker

Olive Woodpecker

Green-backed Woodpecker

Nubian Woodpecker

Reichenow's Woodpecker

Golden-tailed Woodpecker

Mombasa Woodpecker

woodpecker sp.

Falcons and Caracaras

Pygmy Falcon

Eurasian Kestrel

Greater Kestrel

Gray Kestrel

Dickinson's Kestrel

African Hobby

Lanner Falcon

Peregrine Falcon

diurnal raptor sp.

Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies

Fischer's Lovebird

Yellow-collared Lovebird

lovebird sp.

Red-fronted Parrot

Meyer's Parrot

Brown-headed Parrot

Red-bellied Parrot

African and Green Broadbills

African Broadbill

Cuckooshrikes

Gray Cuckooshrike

Black Cuckooshrike

Old World Orioles

African Golden Oriole

Green-headed Oriole

African Black-headed Oriole

Wattle-eyes and Batises

Brown-throated Wattle-eye

Black-throated Wattle-eye

Short-tailed Batis

Chinspot Batis

Pale Batis

Eastern Black-headed Batis

Pygmy Batis

Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies

White Helmetshrike

Gray-crested Helmetshrike

Retz's Helmetshrike

Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike

Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher

Bushshrikes and Allies

Brubru

Pringle's Puffback

Black-backed Puffback

Black-crowned Tchagra

Brown-crowned Tchagra

Tropical Boubou

Zanzibar Boubou

Black-headed Gonolek

Slate-colored Boubou

Fülleborn's Boubou

Rosy-patched Bushshrike

Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike

Black-fronted Bushshrike

Four-colored Bushshrike

Gray-headed Bushshrike

bushshrike sp.

Drongos

Square-tailed Drongo

Fork-tailed Drongo

Monarch Flycatchers

African Crested Flycatcher

African Paradise-Flycatcher

Shrikes

Gray-backed Fiscal

Long-tailed Fiscal

Magpie Shrike

Taita Fiscal

Mackinnon's Shrike

Northern Fiscal

Southern Fiscal

Northern/Southern Fiscal (Common Fiscal)

shrike sp.

White-rumped Shrike

Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens

House Crow

Cape Crow

Pied Crow

White-necked Raven

Hyliotas

Usambara Hyliota

Fairy Flycatchers

White-tailed Blue Flycatcher

White-tailed Crested Flycatcher

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

White-winged Black-Tit

White-bellied Tit

Somali Tit

Red-throated Tit

Penduline-Tits and Verdin

Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit

Larks

Spike-heeled Lark

Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark

Fischer's Sparrow-Lark

Pink-breasted Lark

Fawn-colored Lark

Rufous-naped Lark

Flappet Lark

White-tailed Lark

Red-capped Lark

Somali Short-toed Lark

Short-tailed Lark

Nicators

Western Nicator

Eastern Nicator

Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies

Northern Crombec

Red-faced Crombec

Moustached Grass-Warbler

Kretschmer's Longbill

Cisticolas and Allies

Yellow-bellied Eremomela

Greencap Eremomela

White-chinned Prinia

African Tailorbird

Long-billed Tailorbird

Miombo Wren-Warbler

Gray Wren-Warbler

Green-backed Camaroptera

Buff-bellied Warbler

Bar-throated Apalis

Yellow-breasted Apalis

Black-headed Apalis

Gray Apalis

Brown-headed Apalis

Karamoja Apalis

Tawny-flanked Prinia

Red-fronted Prinia

Gray-capped Warbler

Red-faced Cisticola

Singing Cisticola

Trilling Cisticola

Hunter's Cisticola

Black-lored Cisticola

Rattling Cisticola

Ashy Cisticola

Coastal Cisticola

Winding Cisticola

Stout Cisticola

Croaking Cisticola

Tabora Cisticola

Siffling Cisticola

Tiny Cisticola

Zitting Cisticola

Desert Cisticola

Black-backed Cisticola

Pectoral-patch Cisticola

cisticola sp.

Reed Warblers and Allies

African Yellow-Warbler

Mountain Yellow-Warbler

Common Reed Warbler

Lesser Swamp Warbler

Grassbirds and Allies

Fan-tailed Grassbird

Evergreen-forest Warbler

Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler

Little Rush Warbler

Martins and Swallows

White-headed Sawwing

Black Sawwing

Gray-rumped Swallow

Banded Martin

Plain Martin

Bank Swallow

Rock Martin

Angola Swallow

Wire-tailed Swallow

Red-rumped Swallow

Lesser Striped Swallow

Mosque Swallow

swallow sp.

Bulbuls

Sombre Greenbul

Slender-billed Greenbul

Yellow-throated Greenbul

Spotted Greenbul

Yellow-bellied Greenbul

Shelley's Greenbul

Eastern Mountain Greenbul

Stripe-cheeked Greenbul

Little Greenbul

Gray Greenbul

Tiny Greenbul

Usambara Greenbul

Terrestrial Brownbul

Northern Brownbul

Gray-olive Greenbul

Fischer's Greenbul

Cabanis's Greenbul

Common Bulbul

Leaf Warblers

Brown Woodland-Warbler

Yellow-throated Woodland-Warbler

Bush Warblers and Allies

Yellow Flycatcher

Sylviid Warblers

African Hill Babbler

Banded Parisoma

Brown Parisoma

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

Pale White-eye

Mbulu White-eye

Kilimanjaro White-eye

South Pare White-eye

Southern Yellow White-eye

Ground Babblers and Allies

Tanzanian Illadopsis

Laughingthrushes and Allies

Rufous Chatterer

Scaly Chatterer

Arrow-marked Babbler

Black-lored Babbler

Northern Pied-Babbler

Oxpeckers

Red-billed Oxpecker

Yellow-billed Oxpecker

Red-billed/Yellow-billed Oxpecker

Starlings and Mynas

Wattled Starling

Violet-backed Starling

Red-winged Starling

Waller's Starling

Sharpe's Starling

Kenrick's Starling

Black-bellied Starling

Hildebrandt's Starling

Rüppell's Starling

Ashy Starling

Splendid Starling

Golden-breasted Starling

Superb Starling

Fischer's Starling

Greater Blue-eared Starling

Thrushes

Red-tailed Ant-Thrush

Abyssinian Ground-Thrush

Orange Ground-Thrush

Abyssinian Thrush

Usambara Thrush

African Bare-eyed Thrush

Kurrichane Thrush

African Thrush

Old World Flycatchers

African Dusky Flycatcher

African Gray Flycatcher

Pale Flycatcher

Gray Tit-Flycatcher

Ashy Flycatcher

Silverbird

Northern Black-Flycatcher

Southern Black-Flycatcher

White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher

Bearded Scrub-Robin

Red-backed Scrub-Robin

Cape Robin-Chat

Rüppell's Robin-Chat

White-browed Robin-Chat

Red-capped Robin-Chat

Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat

robin-chat sp.

Collared Palm-Thrush

Spotted Morning-Thrush

White-starred Robin

White-chested Alethe

Sharpe's Akalat

East Coast Akalat

Usambara Akalat

African Stonechat

Moorland Chat

Mocking Cliff-Chat

Sooty Chat

Northern Anteater-Chat

Capped Wheatear

Familiar Chat

Abyssinian Wheatear

Dapple-throats

Spot-throat

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters

Plain-backed Sunbird

Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird

Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird

Green Sunbird

Banded Sunbird

Collared Sunbird

Amani Sunbird

Green-headed Sunbird

Olive Sunbird

Mouse-colored Sunbird

Amethyst Sunbird

Scarlet-chested Sunbird

Hunter's Sunbird

Tacazze Sunbird

Bronze Sunbird

Malachite Sunbird

Red-tufted Sunbird

Golden-winged Sunbird

Olive-bellied Sunbird

Eastern Double-collared Sunbird

Usambara Double-collared Sunbird

Beautiful Sunbird

Marico Sunbird

Black-bellied Sunbird

Purple-banded Sunbird

Tsavo Sunbird

Variable Sunbird

sunbird sp.

Weavers and Allies

Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver

White-headed Buffalo-Weaver

Speckle-fronted Weaver

White-browed Sparrow-Weaver

Rufous-tailed Weaver

Gray-headed Social-Weaver

Red-headed Weaver

Baglafecht Weaver

Little Weaver

Slender-billed Weaver

Black-necked Weaver

Olive-naped/Black-necked Weaver

Spectacled Weaver

African Golden-Weaver

Holub's Golden-Weaver

Taveta Golden-Weaver

Lesser Masked-Weaver

Vitelline Masked-Weaver

Speke's Weaver

Vieillot's Black Weaver

Village Weaver

Golden-backed Weaver

Chestnut Weaver

Forest Weaver

Usambara Weaver

Compact Weaver

Cardinal Quelea

Red-billed Quelea

Southern Red Bishop

Zanzibar Red Bishop

Black-winged Bishop

Black Bishop

Yellow Bishop

White-winged Widowbird

Yellow-mantled Widowbird

Red-cowled Widowbird

Fan-tailed Widowbird

Grosbeak Weaver

Estrildids

Gray-headed Silverbill

Bronze Mannikin

Magpie Mannikin

Black-and-white Mannikin

Yellow-bellied Waxbill

Red-faced Crimsonwing

Gray-headed Nigrita

Black-faced Waxbill

Black-crowned Waxbill

Common Waxbill

Crimson-rumped Waxbill

waxbill sp.

Quailfinch

Cut-throat

Purple Grenadier

Southern Cordonbleu

Red-cheeked Cordonbleu

Blue-capped Cordonbleu

cordonbleu sp.

Green-winged Pytilia

Peters's Twinspot

Red-billed Firefinch

African Firefinch

Jameson's Firefinch

firefinch sp.

Indigobirds and Whydahs

Pin-tailed Whydah

Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah

Eastern Paradise-Whydah

Straw-tailed Whydah

Village Indigobird

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow

Kenya Rufous Sparrow

Northern Gray-headed Sparrow

Parrot-billed Sparrow

Swahili Sparrow

Chestnut Sparrow

Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow

Wagtails and Pipits

Cape Wagtail

Mountain Wagtail

African Pied Wagtail

African Pipit

Long-billed Pipit

Plain-backed Pipit

pipit sp.

Yellow-throated Longclaw

Pangani Longclaw

Rosy-throated Longclaw

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Oriole Finch

Yellow-fronted Canary

Southern Citril

Black-throated Canary

Reichenow's Seedeater

White-bellied Canary

Southern Grosbeak-Canary

Brimstone Canary

Streaky Seedeater

Thick-billed Seedeater

Yellow-crowned Canary

Old World Buntings

Golden-breasted Bunting

Somali Bunting

Cinnamon-breasted Bunting