eBird Field Checklist
Mt Meru Forest Reserve
, Arusha, TZ
ebird.org/hotspot/L2736673
351 species (+7 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Ostriches
Common Ostrich
Waterfowl
White-faced Whistling-Duck
Egyptian Goose
African Black Duck
Cape Teal
Southern Pochard
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Vulturine Guineafowl
Crested Francolin
Common Quail
Hildebrandt's Spurfowl
Scaly Spurfowl
Yellow-necked Spurfowl
Gray-breasted Spurfowl
Red-necked Spurfowl
Flamingos
Greater Flamingo
Lesser Flamingo
Grebes
Little Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Speckled Pigeon
Rameron Pigeon
Delegorgue's Pigeon
Lemon Dove
Mourning Collared-Dove
Red-eyed Dove
Ring-necked Dove
Laughing Dove
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove
Tambourine Dove
Namaqua Dove
African Green-Pigeon
pigeon/dove sp.
Sandgrouse
Black-faced Sandgrouse
Turacos
Hartlaub's Turaco
Bare-faced Go-away-bird
White-bellied Go-away-bird
Cuckoos
White-browed Coucal
Green Malkoha
Dideric Cuckoo
Klaas's Cuckoo
African Emerald Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
African Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
Nightjars
Square-tailed Nightjar
Swifts
Scarce Swift
Alpine Swift
Mottled Swift
Little Swift
Horus Swift
White-rumped Swift
African Palm Swift
swift sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Eurasian Moorhen
Red-knobbed Coot
Black Crake
Shorebirds
Water Thick-knee
Black-winged Stilt
Three-banded Plover
Blacksmith Lapwing
Spur-winged Lapwing
Senegal Lapwing
Black-winged Lapwing
Crowned Lapwing
Greater Painted-Snipe
African Jacana
Common Snipe
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Little Stint
Three-banded Courser
Collared Pratincole
Storks
Black Stork
Abdim's Stork
White Stork
Saddle-billed Stork
Marabou Stork
Yellow-billed Stork
Cormorants and Anhingas
Long-tailed Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Pelicans
Pink-backed Pelican
Shoebill and Hammerkop
Hamerkop
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Little Egret
Striated Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Yellow-billed Egret
Gray Heron
Black-headed Heron
Glossy Ibis
African Sacred Ibis
Hadada Ibis
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Secretarybird
Black-winged Kite
African Harrier-Hawk
Bearded Vulture
Lappet-faced Vulture
Hooded Vulture
White-backed Vulture
Rüppell's Griffon
Gyps sp.
Bateleur
Black-chested Snake-Eagle
Brown Snake-Eagle
Crowned Eagle
Long-crested Eagle
Lesser Spotted Eagle
Wahlberg's Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Steppe Eagle
African Hawk-Eagle
Lizard Buzzard
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk
Gabar Goshawk
Western Marsh Harrier
African Marsh Harrier
African Goshawk
Little Sparrowhawk
Ovambo Sparrowhawk
Rufous-breasted Sparrowhawk
Black Goshawk
Black Kite
African Fish-Eagle
Common Buzzard
Mountain Buzzard
Augur Buzzard
hawk sp.
Owls
African Scops-Owl
Spotted Eagle-Owl
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
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Mousebirds
Speckled Mousebird
Trogons and Quetzals
Narina Trogon
Bar-tailed Trogon
Woodhoopoes and Scimitarbills
Green Woodhoopoe
Hornbills
Southern Ground-Hornbill
Crowned Hornbill
African Gray Hornbill
Von der Decken's Hornbill
Northern Red-billed Hornbill
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill
Trumpeter Hornbill
Kingfishers
African Pygmy Kingfisher
Gray-headed Kingfisher
Woodland 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
European Bee-eater
European Roller
Lilac-breasted Roller
Rufous-crowned Roller
Broad-billed Roller
Barbets and Toucans
Red-and-yellow Barbet
D'Arnaud's Barbet
White-eared Barbet
Moustached Tinkerbird
Red-fronted Tinkerbird
Spot-flanked Barbet
Black-throated Barbet
Brown-breasted Barbet
Honeyguides
Green-backed Honeyguide
Wahlberg's Honeyguide
Pallid Honeyguide
Lesser Honeyguide
Scaly-throated Honeyguide
Woodpeckers
Bearded Woodpecker
Olive Woodpecker
Nubian Woodpecker
Golden-tailed Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras
Lesser Kestrel
Eurasian Kestrel
Sooty Falcon
Eurasian Hobby
Lanner Falcon
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Fischer's Lovebird
Yellow-collared Lovebird
Red-fronted Parrot
Red-bellied Parrot
Cuckooshrikes
Black Cuckooshrike
Old World Orioles
African Black-headed Oriole
Wattle-eyes and Batises
Black-throated Wattle-eye
Short-tailed Batis
Chinspot Batis
Vangas, Helmetshrikes, and Allies
Retz's Helmetshrike
Bushshrikes and Allies
Brubru
Black-backed Puffback
Black-crowned Tchagra
Brown-crowned Tchagra
Tropical Boubou
Black-fronted Bushshrike
Drongos
Fork-tailed Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
African Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Gray-backed Fiscal
Long-tailed Fiscal
Taita Fiscal
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Northern Fiscal
White-rumped Shrike
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Pied Crow
White-necked Raven
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
White-bellied Tit
Penduline-Tits and Verdin
Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit
Larks
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-Lark
Rufous-naped Lark
Crombecs, Longbills, and Allies
Red-faced Crombec
Moustached Grass-Warbler
Cisticolas and Allies
Green-backed Camaroptera
Buff-bellied Warbler
Bar-throated Apalis
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Black-headed Apalis
Brown-headed Apalis
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Red-faced Cisticola
Singing Cisticola
Trilling Cisticola
Hunter's Cisticola
Rattling Cisticola
Winding Cisticola
Siffling Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
African Yellow-Warbler
Mountain Yellow-Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Grassbirds and Allies
Evergreen-forest Warbler
Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler
Little Rush Warbler
Martins and Swallows
Black Sawwing
Gray-rumped Swallow
Plain Martin
Bank Swallow
Rock Martin
Barn Swallow
Wire-tailed Swallow
Red-rumped Swallow
Lesser Striped Swallow
Mosque Swallow
Bulbuls
Sombre Greenbul
Yellow-bellied Greenbul
Eastern Mountain Greenbul
Stripe-cheeked Greenbul
Little Greenbul
Gray-olive Greenbul
Cabanis's Greenbul
greenbul sp.
Common Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Willow Warbler
Brown Woodland-Warbler
Sylviid Warblers
Eurasian Blackcap
African Hill Babbler
Banded Parisoma
Brown Parisoma
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Pale White-eye
Kilimanjaro White-eye
Zosterops sp.
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Arrow-marked Babbler
Northern Pied-Babbler
Oxpeckers
Red-billed Oxpecker
Yellow-billed Oxpecker
Starlings and Mynas
Violet-backed Starling
Red-winged Starling
Waller's Starling
Sharpe's Starling
Abbott's Starling
Kenrick's Starling
Hildebrandt's Starling
Ashy Starling
Superb Starling
Thrushes
Abyssinian Thrush
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African Bare-eyed Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
African Dusky Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
African Gray Flycatcher
Gray Tit-Flycatcher
Ashy Flycatcher
Southern Black-Flycatcher
White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher
Cape Robin-Chat
Rüppell's Robin-Chat
White-browed Robin-Chat
White-starred Robin
Whinchat
African Stonechat
Mocking Cliff-Chat
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
Collared Sunbird
Green-headed Sunbird
Olive Sunbird
Amethyst Sunbird
Scarlet-chested Sunbird
Tacazze Sunbird
Bronze Sunbird
Malachite Sunbird
Golden-winged Sunbird
Eastern Double-collared Sunbird
Beautiful Sunbird
Variable Sunbird
Weavers and Allies
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver
White-headed Buffalo-Weaver
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
Rufous-tailed Weaver
Red-headed Weaver
Baglafecht Weaver
Spectacled Weaver
Taveta Golden-Weaver
Lesser Masked-Weaver
Speke's Weaver
Village Weaver
Golden-backed Weaver
Southern Red Bishop
Yellow Bishop
White-winged Widowbird
Red-cowled Widowbird
Fan-tailed Widowbird
Grosbeak Weaver
Estrildids
Bronze Mannikin
Black-and-white Mannikin
Yellow-bellied Waxbill
Green-backed Twinspot
Abyssinian Crimsonwing
Red-faced Crimsonwing
Gray-headed Nigrita
Common Waxbill
Crimson-rumped Waxbill
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Blue-capped Cordonbleu
Green-winged Pytilia
Peters's Twinspot
Red-billed Firefinch
African Firefinch
Indigobirds and Whydahs
Pin-tailed Whydah
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Kenya Rufous Sparrow
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow
Swahili Sparrow
Chestnut Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Mountain Wagtail
Gray Wagtail
African Pied Wagtail
African Pipit
Long-billed Pipit
Tree Pipit
Bush Pipit
Yellow-throated Longclaw
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Oriole Finch
Yellow-fronted Canary
Southern Citril
Reichenow's Seedeater
White-bellied Canary
Streaky Seedeater
Thick-billed Seedeater
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Yellow-crowned Canary
Serinus sp.
Old World Buntings
Golden-breasted Bunting
Somali Bunting
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