Checklist for Tanzania

eBird Field Checklist

Tanzania

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583 species (+23 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

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

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon

Speckled 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

White-browed Coucal

Black Coucal

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

Swifts

Scarce Swift

Mottled Swift

Nyanza Swift

African Swift

Little Swift

Horus Swift

White-rumped Swift

African Palm Swift

swift sp.

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

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

Senegal Lapwing

Black-winged Lapwing

Crowned Lapwing

Wattled Lapwing

Kittlitz's Plover

Chestnut-banded Plover

White-fronted Plover

Greater Painted-Snipe

African Jacana

Whimbrel

Common Greenshank

Little Stint

Small Buttonquail

Crab-Plover

Bronze-winged Courser

Double-banded Courser

Temminck's Courser

Collared Pratincole

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Gray-hooded Gull

Sooty Gull

Gull-billed Tern

Whiskered 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

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

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

Bat Hawk

Crowned Eagle

Martial Eagle

Long-crested Eagle

Wahlberg's Eagle

Ayres's Hawk-Eagle

Tawny 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

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

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

Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater

White-throated Bee-eater

Madagascar Bee-eater

Lilac-breasted Roller

Rufous-crowned Roller

Broad-billed Roller

Barbets and Toucans

Red-and-yellow Barbet

D'Arnaud's Barbet

Green Barbet

White-eared Barbet

Moustached Tinkerbird

Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird

Red-fronted Tinkerbird

tinkerbird sp.

Red-fronted Barbet

Miombo Barbet

Spot-flanked Barbet

Black-throated Barbet

Black-collared Barbet

Brown-breasted Barbet

Double-toothed Barbet

Honeyguides

Green-backed Honeyguide

Lesser Honeyguide

Scaly-throated Honeyguide

Greater Honeyguide

large honeyguide sp.

honeyguide sp.

Woodpeckers

Bearded Woodpecker

Cardinal Woodpecker

Mountain Gray Woodpecker

Olive Woodpecker

Green-backed Woodpecker

Nubian Woodpecker

Reichenow's Woodpecker

Golden-tailed Woodpecker

woodpecker sp.

Falcons and Caracaras

Pygmy Falcon

Eurasian Kestrel

Greater Kestrel

Gray Kestrel

African Hobby

Lanner Falcon

Peregrine Falcon

Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies

Fischer's Lovebird

Yellow-collared Lovebird

lovebird sp.

Red-fronted Parrot

Meyer's Parrot

Red-bellied Parrot

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

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

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 Crested Flycatcher

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

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

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

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

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

Evergreen-forest Warbler

Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler

Little Rush Warbler

Martins and Swallows

White-headed Sawwing

Black Sawwing

Banded Martin

Plain Martin

Rock Martin

Angola Swallow

Wire-tailed Swallow

Red-rumped Swallow

Lesser Striped Swallow

Mosque Swallow

swallow sp.

Bulbuls

Sombre Greenbul

Yellow-bellied Greenbul

Shelley's Greenbul

Eastern Mountain Greenbul

Stripe-cheeked Greenbul

Little 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

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

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

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

Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird

Uluguru Violet-backed 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

Red-tufted Sunbird

Golden-winged 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

Slender-billed Weaver

Black-necked Weaver

Olive-naped/Black-necked Weaver

Spectacled Weaver

African 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

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

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