Trip Report: Tanzania (2025-01-27 - 2025-02-16)
Straw-colored Fruit Bat (Eidolon helvum)
Birding by Motorbike by Barbara Carr
South Pare Church
Arusha Swamp by Barbara Carr
Arusha Waterfall by Barbara Carr
Small Momela Lake by Barbara Carr
Arusha Forest Clearing by Barbara Carr
Arusha Fig Tunnel by Barbara Carr
Snow-dusted Mount Meru
Amani Overlook by Barbara Carr
Lushoto Forest by Barbara Carr
Amboni Cave
Tanga Ferry by Barbara Carr
Scott and Cats
Stone Town Door by Barbara Carr
Pemba Sunset by Barbara Carr
Jozani Forest Boardwalk by Barbara Carr
Straw-colored Fruit Bat (Eidolon helvum)
Great Spotted Cuckoo (Clamator glandarius)
Pin-tailed Whydah (Vidua macroura)
Peacock Tree Frog (Leptopelis vermiculatus)
Gorgeous Sunbird (Cinnyris melanogastrus) - Male
Kilimanjaro White-eye (Zosterops eurycricotus)
White-headed Mousebird (Colius leucocephalus)
Greater Blue-eared Starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus)
Violet Dropwing (Trithemis annulata)
Pemba Scops-Owl (Otus pembaensis)
Masai Giraffe (Giraffa tippelskirchi)
Tips (Colotis)
Tsavo Sunbird (Cinnyris tsavoensis)
Brown-breasted Barbet (Pogonornis melanopterus)
Emperor Swallowtail (Papilio ophidicephalus)
Saddle-billed Stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)
Sentinel Lark (Corypha athi)
Blue Monkey (Cercopithecus mitis)
Purple Roller (Coracias naevius)
Hunter's Sunbird (Chalcomitra hunteri) - Male
Skimmer (Orthetrum sp)
Narina Trogon (Apaloderma narina)
Taveta Golden Weaver (Ploceus castaneiceps)
Pearl-spotted Owlet (Glaucidium perlatum)
Yellow-bellied Eremomela (Eremomela icteropygialis)
Abyssinian Scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus minor)
Blister Beetle (Hycleus sp)
White-starred Robin (Pogonocichla stellata)
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill (Bycanistes brevis)
East Usambara Pitted Pygmy Chameleon (Rhampholeon temporalis)
Brown House Snake (Boaedon fuliginosus)
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Straw-colored Fruit Bat (Eidolon helvum)
Birding by Motorbike by Barbara Carr
South Pare Church
Arusha Swamp by Barbara Carr
Arusha Waterfall by Barbara Carr
Small Momela Lake by Barbara Carr
Arusha Forest Clearing by Barbara Carr
Arusha Fig Tunnel by Barbara Carr
Snow-dusted Mount Meru
Amani Overlook by Barbara Carr
Lushoto Forest by Barbara Carr
Amboni Cave
Tanga Ferry by Barbara Carr
Scott and Cats
Stone Town Door by Barbara Carr
Pemba Sunset by Barbara Carr
Jozani Forest Boardwalk by Barbara Carr
Straw-colored Fruit Bat (Eidolon helvum)
Great Spotted Cuckoo (Clamator glandarius)
Pin-tailed Whydah (Vidua macroura)
Peacock Tree Frog (Leptopelis vermiculatus)
Gorgeous Sunbird (Cinnyris melanogastrus) - Male
Kilimanjaro White-eye (Zosterops eurycricotus)
White-headed Mousebird (Colius leucocephalus)
Greater Blue-eared Starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus)
Violet Dropwing (Trithemis annulata)
Pemba Scops-Owl (Otus pembaensis)
Masai Giraffe (Giraffa tippelskirchi)
Tips (Colotis)
Tsavo Sunbird (Cinnyris tsavoensis)
Brown-breasted Barbet (Pogonornis melanopterus)
Emperor Swallowtail (Papilio ophidicephalus)
Saddle-billed Stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)
Sentinel Lark (Corypha athi)
Blue Monkey (Cercopithecus mitis)
Purple Roller (Coracias naevius)
Hunter's Sunbird (Chalcomitra hunteri) - Male
Skimmer (Orthetrum sp)
Narina Trogon (Apaloderma narina)
Taveta Golden Weaver (Ploceus castaneiceps)
Pearl-spotted Owlet (Glaucidium perlatum)
Yellow-bellied Eremomela (Eremomela icteropygialis)
Abyssinian Scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus minor)
Blister Beetle (Hycleus sp)
White-starred Robin (Pogonocichla stellata)
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill (Bycanistes brevis)
East Usambara Pitted Pygmy Chameleon (Rhampholeon temporalis)
Brown House Snake (Boaedon fuliginosus)
A three-week trip exploring the mountains east of Arusha. The trip continues by ferry to Pemba and Zanzibar Islands.
Sites Visited
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (563 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(102 records)
Class: Arachnids
(5 records)
- Order: Spiders (5 records)
Class: Insects
(88 records)
- Order: Bees, Wasps, and Ants
(1 record)
- Family: Thread-waisted Wasps
- Thread-waisted Wasp (Sphex fumicatus)
- Order: Beetles
(16 records)
- Family: Blister Beetles
- Blister Beetle (Hycleus sp)
- Family: Darkling Beetles
- Darkling Beetle (Tenebrionidae sp)
- Family: General Beetles
- Beetle (Coleoptera sp)
- Beetle (Coleoptera sp)
- Family: Ground Beetles
- Africa-wide Caterpillar Hunter Beetle (Calosoma senegalense)
- Ground Beetle (Anthia hexasticta)
- Ground Beetle (Psecadius sp)
- Peaceful Giant Ground Beetle (Tefflus sp)
- Family: Longhorn Beetles
- Longhorn Beetle (Cerambycidae sp)
- Longhorn Beetle (Ceroplesis militaris)
- Teak Trunk Borer (Stromatium barbatum)
- Family: Net-winged Beetles
- Net-winged Beetle (Lycidae sp)
- Family: Scarabs
- Dung Beetle (Scarabaeinae sp)
- June Beetle (Melolonthinae sp)
- Family: Weevils
- Weevil (Pycnodactylopsis mitis)
- Weevil (Sipalinus sp)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths
(49 records)
- Family: Brush-footed Butterflies
- African Yellow Pansy (Junonia hierta)
- Blue-spot Pansy (Junonia Oenone)
- Common Bush Brown (Bicyclus safitza)
- Danaid Eggfly (Hypolimnas misippus)
- Darker Commodore (Precis antilope)
- Dry-leaf Commodore (Precis tugela)
- Gold-banded Forester (Euphaedra neophron)
- Natal Acraea (Stephenia natalica)
- Spotted Brown Pansy (Junonia natalica)
- Spotted Joker (Byblia ilithyia)
- Yellow-banded Pansy (Junonia elgiva)
- Family: Crambid Snout Moths
- Crambid Snout Moth (Crambidae sp)
- Crambid Snout Moth (Crambidae sp)
- Pearl Moth (Spilomelinae sp)
- Pearl Moth (Spilomelinae sp)
- Zebra Pyrale (Zebronia phenice)
- Family: Cutworm Moths and Allies
- Anyworm Moth (Spodoptera sp)
- Cutworm Moth (Noctuidae sp)
- Plusiine Looper Moth (Chrysodeixis sp)
- Family: Geometer Moths
- Angle Moth (Chiasmia sp)
- Geometer Moth (Geometridae sp)
- Geometer Moth (Geometridae sp)
- Geometer Moth (Geometridae sp)
- Geometer Moth (Idaea sp)
- Family: Jewel Caterpillar Moths
- Jewel Caterpillar Moth (Dalcerinae sp)
- Family: Lappet Moths
- Lappet Moth (Lasiocampidae sp)
- Family: Skippers
- Axehead (Acada sp)
- Skipper (Hesperiidae sp)
- Family: Sphinx Moths
- Common Striped Hawkmoth (Hippotion eson)
- Sphinx Moth (Sphingidae sp)
- Family: Swallowtails and Parnassians
- Citrus Swallowtail (Papilio demodocus)
- Emperor Swallowtail (Papilio ophidicephalus)
- Mocker Swallowtail (Papilio dardanus)
- Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio sp)
- Family: Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths
- Creamstriped Owl (Cyligramma latona)
- Erebid Moth (Cyligramma fluctuosa)
- Erebid Moth (Erebidae sp)
- Erebid Moth (Erebidae sp)
- Erebid Moth (Erebidae sp)
- Lichen Moth (Lithosiini sp)
- Poaphilini Moth (Achaea chrysopera)
- Red-dot Euproctis (Euproctis rufopunctata)
- Walker's Owl (Erebus walkeri)
- Family: Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs
- African Migrant (Catopsilia florella)
- False Dotted Border (Belenois thysa)
- Grass Yellow (Eurema sp)
- Tips (Colotis sp)
- Vagrant (Nepheronia sp)
- White (Dixeia sp)
- Order: Cockroaches and Termites
(1 record)
- Family: Giant Cockroaches
- Bright Porcelain Roach (Gyna lurida)
- Order: Dragonflies and Damselflies
(2 records)
- Family: Skimmers
- Skimmer (Orthetrum sp)
- Violet Dropwing (Trithemis annulata)
- Order: Flies
(1 record)
- Family: Nose Flies
- Nose Fly (Stomorhina sp)
- Order: Grasshoppers, Katydids and Crickets
(5 records)
- Family: Gaudy Grasshoppers
- Gaudy Grasshopper (Chrotogonus sp)
- Family: Katydid
- African Cone-head (Conocephalus conocephalus)
- Bark Katydid (Cymatomera viridimaculata)
- Family: King Crickets
- East African Weta (Tryposoma brachyurum)
- Family: Short-horned Grasshoppers
- Tanzanian Flag Grasshopper (Eupropacris pompalis)
- Order: Mantises (2 records)
- Order: Stick Insects
(1 record)
- Family: Common Walking Sticks
- Stick Insect (Diapheromeridae sp)
- Order: True Bugs
(10 records)
- Family: Assassin Bugs
- Assassin Bug (Oncocephalus sp)
- Assassin Bug (Platymeris sp)
- Family: Leaf-footed Bugs
- Leaf-footed Bug (Cletus ochraceus)
- Red Bug (Dysdercus intermedius)
- Family: Seed Bugs
- False Chinch Bug (Nysius sp)
- Family: Stink Bugs
- Stink Bug (Carbula sp)
- Family: True Spittlebugs
- Common Raintree Spittlebug (Ptyelus grossus)
- Family: Typical Leafhoppers
- Leafhopper (Batracomorphus sp)
- Leafhopper (Batracomorphus sp)
- Leafhopper (Cicadellidae sp)
Class: Malacostracans
(4 records)
- Order: Crabs
(4 records)
- Family: Land Crab
- Brown Land Crab (Cardisoma carnifex)
- Family: Sand Bubbler Crabs and Allies
- Army Crab (Dotilla fenestrata)
- Family: Sesarmid Marsh Crabs
- Marsh Crab (Parasesarma samawati)
- Family: Shore Crabs
- Green Rock Crab (Grapsus fourmanoiri)
Class: Millipedes
(5 records)
- Order: Cylindrical Millipedes
(1 record)
- Family: Flatplate Millipedes
- Giant African Millipede (Archispirostreptus gigas)
- Order: Flat-backed Millipedes
(2 records)
- Family: Flat-backed Millipedes
- Flat-backed Millipede (Gomphodesmidae sp)
- Flat-backed Millipede (Orodesminae sp)
- Order: Giant Pill Millipedes
(1 record)
- Family: Pill Millipedes
- Tanzanian Pill Bug Millipede (Arthrosphaera brandtii)
- Order: Iron Millipedes
(1 record)
- Family: Round-backed Millipedes
- Red-legged Millipede (Epibolus pulchripes)
Phylum: Chordates
(461 records)
Class: Amphibians
(3 records)
- Order: Toads and Frogs
(3 records)
- Family: Clawed Frogs
- Mueller's Platanna (Xenopus muelleri)
- Family: Squeakers
- Peacock Tree Frog (Leptopelis vermiculatus)
- Family: True Toads
- Guttural Toad (Sclerophrys gutturalis)
Class: Birds
(420 records)
- Order: Anseriformes (6 records)
- Order: Boobies
(1 record)
- Family: Boobies and Gannets
- Masked Booby (Sula dactylatra)
- Order: Bucerotiformes
(8 records)
- Family: Hoopoes
- Common Hoopoe (Upupa epops)
- Family: Hornbills
- African Gray Hornbill (Lophoceros nasutus)
- Crowned Hornbill (Lophoceros alboterminatus)
- Northern Red-billed Hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus)
- Silvery-cheeked Hornbill (Bycanistes brevis)
- Von der Decken's Hornbill (Tockus deckeni)
- Family: Scimitarbills
- Abyssinian Scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus minor)
- Family: Wood-hoopoes
- Green Woodhoopoe (Phoeniculus purpureus)
- Order: Coliiformes (3 records)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(5 records)
- Family: Bustards
- Buff-crested Bustard (Lophotis gindiana)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- African Crake (Crecopsis egregia)
- Allen's Gallinule (Porphyrio alleni)
- Black Crake (Zapornia flavirostra)
- Eurasian Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
- Order: Cuckoos
(9 records)
- Family: Coucals
- White-browed Coucal (Centropus superciliosus)
- Family: Cuckoos
- African Emerald Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus)
- Black Cuckoo (Cuculus clamosus)
- Dideric Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx caprius)
- Great Spotted Cuckoo (Clamator glandarius)
- Green Malkoha (Ceuthmochares australis)
- Klaas's Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx klaas)
- Pied Cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus)
- Red-chested Cuckoo (Cuculus solitarius)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(14 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- African Green-Pigeon (Treron calvus)
- Blue-spotted Wood-Dove (Turtur afer)
- Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon (Columba delegorguei)
- Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove (Turtur chalcospilos)
- Laughing Dove (Spilopelia senegalensis)
- Lemon Dove (Aplopelia larvata)
- Mourning Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decipiens)
- Namaqua Dove (Oena capensis)
- Pemba Green-Pigeon (Treron pembaensis)
- Red-eyed Dove (Streptopelia semitorquata)
- Ring-necked Dove (Streptopelia capicola)
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Speckled Pigeon (Columba guinea)
- Tambourine Dove (Turtur tympanistria)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(24 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- African Cuckoo-Hawk (Aviceda cuculoides)
- African Fish-Eagle (Icthyophaga vocifer)
- African Goshawk (Aerospiza tachiro)
- African Harrier-Hawk (Polyboroides typus)
- African Hawk-Eagle (Aquila spilogaster)
- African Marsh Harrier (Circus ranivorus)
- Augur Buzzard (Buteo augur)
- Ayres's Hawk-Eagle (Hieraaetus ayresii)
- Black-chested Snake-Eagle (Circaetus pectoralis)
- Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
- Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus)
- Booted Eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus)
- Brown Snake-Eagle (Circaetus cinereus)
- Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo)
- Crowned Eagle (Stephanoaetus coronatus)
- Eastern Chanting-Goshawk (Melierax poliopterus)
- European Honey-buzzard (Pernis apivorus)
- Gabar Goshawk (Micronisus gabar)
- Long-crested Eagle (Lophaetus occipitalis)
- Mountain Buzzard (Buteo oreophilus)
- Palm-nut Vulture (Gypohierax angolensis)
- Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis)
- Tawny Eagle (Aquila rapax)
- Wahlberg's Eagle (Hieraaetus wahlbergi)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (7 records)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(19 records)
- Family: Bee-eaters
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (Merops persicus)
- Boehm's Bee-eater (Merops boehmi)
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater (Merops oreobates)
- Little Bee-eater (Merops pusillus)
- Northern Carmine Bee-eater (Merops nubicus)
- White-fronted Bee-eater (Merops bullockoides)
- White-throated Bee-eater (Merops albicollis)
- Family: Kingfishers
- African Pygmy Kingfisher (Ispidina picta)
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher (Halcyon albiventris)
- Giant Kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima)
- Gray-headed Kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala)
- Malachite Kingfisher (Corythornis cristatus)
- Mangrove Kingfisher (Halcyon senegaloides)
- Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)
- Striped Kingfisher (Halcyon chelicuti)
- Family: Rollers
- Broad-billed Roller (Eurystomus glaucurus)
- European Roller (Coracias garrulus)
- Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracias caudatus)
- Purple Roller (Coracias naevius)
- Order: Musophagiformes (4 records)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(10 records)
- Family: Barn Owl and Grass-owls
- Western Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
- Family: Nighthawks and Nightjars
- Donaldson Smith's Nightjar (Caprimulgus donaldsoni)
- Montane Nightjar (Caprimulgus poliocephalus)
- Plain Nightjar (Caprimulgus inornatus)
- Square-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus fossii)
- Family: Typical Owls
- African Scops-owl (Otus senegalensis)
- African Wood-Owl (Strix woodfordii)
- Pearl-spotted Owlet (Glaucidium perlatum)
- Pemba Scops-Owl (Otus pembaensis)
- Spotted Eagle-Owl (Bubo africanus)
- Order: Parrots (4 records)
- Order: Pelicans
(42 records)
- Family: Anhingas
- African Darter (Anhinga rufa)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- African Hobby (Falco cuvierii)
- Dickinson's Kestrel (Falco dickinsoni)
- Eleonora's Falcon (Falco eleonorae)
- Eurasian Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
- Family: Flamingos
- Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)
- Family: Hamerkops
- Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta)
- Family: Herons
- Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala)
- Black Heron (Egretta ardesiaca)
- Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Little Bittern (Botaurus minutus)
- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
- Little Heron (Butorides atricapilla)
- Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides)
- Western Cattle-Egret (Ardea ibis)
- Yellow-billed Egret (Ardea brachyrhyncha)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- African Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
- Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)
- Hadada Ibis (Bostrychia hagedash)
- Family: Jacanas
- African Jacana (Actophilornis africanus)
- Family: Sandgrouse
- Black-faced Sandgrouse (Pterocles decoratus)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
- Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
- Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)
- Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)
- Eurasian Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
- Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
- Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)
- Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
- Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)
- Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
- Family: Storks
- Abdim's Stork (Ciconia abdimii)
- African Openbill (Anastomus lamelligerus)
- Saddle-billed Stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)
- White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)
- Yellow-billed Stork (Mycteria ibis)
- Order: Perching Birds (218 records)
- Family: Blue-flycatcher
- White-tailed Crested Flycatcher (Elminia albonotata)
- Family: Bulbuls
- Black-headed Mountain Greenbul (Arizelocichla nigriceps)
- Cabanis's Greenbul (Phyllastrephus cabanisi)
- Common Bulbul (Pycnonotus barbatus)
- Little Greenbul (Eurillas virens)
- Northern Brownbul (Phyllastrephus strepitans)
- Shelley's Greenbul (Arizelocichla masukuensis)
- Sombre Greenbul (Andropadus importunus)
- Usambara Greenbul (Phyllastrephus albigula)
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul (Chlorocichla flaviventris)
- Yellow-streaked Greenbul (Phyllastrephus flavostriatus)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Reichenow's Seedeater (Crithagra reichenowi)
- Southern Citril (Crithagra hyposticta)
- Streaky Seedeater (Crithagra striolata)
- Thick-billed Seedeater (Crithagra burtoni)
- White-bellied Canary (Crithagra dorsostriata)
- Yellow-fronted Canary (Crithagra mozambica)
- Family: Chickadees and Titmice
- Red-throated Tit (Melaniparus fringillinus)
- Family: Cuckoo-shrike
- Gray Cuckooshrike (Ceblepyris caesius)
- Family: Gonoleks
- Black-fronted Bushshrike (Chlorophoneus nigrifrons)
- Brubru (Nilaus afer)
- Slate-colored Boubou (Laniarius funebris)
- Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike (Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus)
- Tropical Boubou (Laniarius major)
- Zanzibar Boubou (Laniarius sublacteus)
- Family: Ground Babblers and Allies
- Tanzanian Illadopsis (Illadopsis distans)
- Family: Helmetshrikes
- Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike (Prionops scopifrons)
- Retz's Helmetshrike (Prionops retzii)
- Family: Indigobirds
- Dusky Indigobird (Vidua funerea)
- Eastern Paradise-Whydah (Vidua paradisaea)
- Pin-tailed Whydah (Vidua macroura)
- Steel-blue Whydah (Vidua hypocherina)
- Straw-tailed Whydah (Vidua fischeri)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Black-backed Puffback (Dryoscopus cubla)
- Black Cuckooshrike (Campephaga flava)
- Brown-crowned Tchagra (Tchagra australis)
- House Crow (Corvus splendens)
- Pied Crow (Corvus albus)
- White-necked Raven (Corvus albicollis)
- Yellow Flycatcher (Erythrocercus holochlorus)
- Family: Larks
- Beesley's Lark (Chersomanes beesleyi)
- Fawn-colored Lark (Calendulauda africanoides)
- Fischer's Sparrow-Lark (Eremopterix leucopareia)
- Pink-breasted Lark (Calendulauda poecilosterna)
- Rufous-naped Lark (Corypha africana)
- Sentinel Lark (Corypha athi)
- Family: Laughingthrushes
- Rufous Chatterer (Argya rubiginosa)
- Family: Leaf Warblers
- Brown Woodland-Warbler (Phylloscopus umbrovirens)
- Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
- Yellow-throated Woodland-Warbler (Phylloscopus ruficapilla)
- Family: Nicators
- Eastern Nicator (Nicator gularis)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Cabanis's Bunting (Emberiza cabanisi)
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting (Emberiza tahapisi)
- Somali Bunting (Emberiza poliopleura)
- Family: Old World Flycatchers
- African Gray Flycatcher (Bradornis microrhynchus)
- African Stonechat (Saxicola torquatus)
- Bearded Scrub-Robin (Tychaedon quadrivirgata)
- Capped Wheatear (Oenanthe pileata)
- Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina)
- Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
- Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka)
- Schalow's Wheatear (Oenanthe lugubris)
- Family: Old World Orioles
- African Black-headed Oriole (Oriolus larvatus)
- Green-headed Oriole (Oriolus chlorocephalus)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Abyssinian Crimsonwing (Cryptospiza salvadorii)
- African Firefinch (Lagonosticta rubricata)
- African Golden-Weaver (Ploceus subaureus)
- Baglafecht Weaver (Ploceus baglafecht)
- Black-and-white Mannikin (Spermestes bicolor)
- Black-capped Social-Weaver (Pseudonigrita cabanisi)
- Black-faced Waxbill (Brunhilda erythronotos)
- Black-necked Weaver (Ploceus nigricollis)
- Blue-capped Cordonbleu (Uraeginthus cyanocephalus)
- Bronze Mannikin (Spermestes cucullata)
- Chestnut Weaver (Ploceus rubiginosus)
- Common Waxbill (Estrilda astrild)
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill (Estrilda rhodopyga)
- Dark-backed Weaver (Ploceus bicolor)
- Golden-backed Weaver (Ploceus jacksoni)
- Gray-capped Social-Weaver (Pseudonigrita arnaudi)
- Green-winged Pytilia (Pytilia melba)
- Grosbeak Weaver (Amblyospiza albifrons)
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Lesser Masked-Weaver (Ploceus intermedius)
- Northern Gray-headed Sparrow (Passer griseus)
- Pangani Longclaw (Macronyx aurantiigula)
- Purple Grenadier (Granatina ianthinogaster)
- Red-billed Firefinch (Lagonosticta senegala)
- Red-billed Quelea (Quelea quelea)
- Red-cheeked Cordonbleu (Uraeginthus bengalus)
- Red-faced Crimsonwing (Cryptospiza reichenovii)
- Red-headed Quelea (Quelea erythrops)
- Red-headed Weaver (Anaplectes rubriceps)
- Speckle-fronted Weaver (Sporopipes frontalis)
- Spectacled Weaver (Ploceus ocularis)
- Speke's Weaver (Ploceus spekei)
- Swahili Sparrow (Passer suahelicus)
- Taveta Golden-Weaver (Ploceus castaneiceps)
- Usambara Weaver (Ploceus nicolli)
- Village Weaver (Ploceus cucullatus)
- Vitelline Masked-Weaver (Ploceus vitellinus)
- White-browed Sparrow-Weaver (Plocepasser mahali)
- Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow (Gymnoris pyrgita)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- African Hill Babbler (Sylvia abyssinica)
- African Tailorbird (Artisornis metopias)
- Arrow-marked Babbler (Turdoides jardineii)
- Banded Parisoma (Curruca boehmi)
- Buff-bellied Warbler (Phyllolais pulchella)
- Eurasian Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
- Evergreen-forest Warbler (Bradypterus lopezi)
- Garden Warbler (Sylvia borin)
- Green-capped Eremomela (Eremomela scotops)
- Long-billed Tailorbird (Artisornis moreaui)
- Yellow-bellied Eremomela (Eremomela icteropygialis)
- Family: Oxpeckers
- Red-billed Oxpecker (Buphagus erythroryncha)
- Family: Paradise-flycatcher
- African Paradise-Flycatcher (Terpsiphone viridis)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- Black-headed Apalis (Apalis melanocephala)
- Desert Cisticola (Cisticola aridulus)
- Gray Wren-Warbler (Calamonastes simplex)
- Green-backed Camaroptera (Camaroptera brachyura)
- Lynes's Cisticola (Cisticola distinctus)
- Rattling Cisticola (Cisticola chiniana)
- Red-faced Cisticola (Cisticola erythrops)
- Red-fronted Prinia (Prinia rufifrons)
- Singing Cisticola (Cisticola cantans)
- Tawny-flanked Prinia (Prinia subflava)
- Trilling Cisticola (Cisticola woosnami)
- Yellow-breasted Apalis (Apalis flavida)
- Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)
- Family: Reed Warblers and Allies
- African Yellow-Warbler (Iduna natalensis)
- Eastern Olivaceous Warbler (Iduna pallida)
- Family: Shrike-flycatchers
- Black-throated Wattle-eye (Platysteira peltata)
- Chinspot Batis (Batis molitor)
- Pale Batis (Batis soror)
- Pygmy Batis (Batis perkeo)
- Short-tailed Batis (Batis mixta)
- Family: Shrikes
- Isabelline Shrike (Lanius isabellinus)
- Northern Fiscal (Lanius humeralis)
- Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio)
- Taita Fiscal (Lanius dorsalis)
- White-rumped Shrike (Eurocephalus ruppelli)
- Family: Spot-throat, Dapple-throat, and Gray-chested Babbl
- Spot-throat (Modulatrix stictigula)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Abbott's Starling (Arizelopsar femoralis)
- Black-bellied Starling (Notopholia corusca)
- Greater Blue-eared Starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus)
- Hildebrandt's Starling (Lamprotornis hildebrandti)
- Kenrick's Starling (Poeoptera kenricki)
- Red-winged Starling (Onychognathus morio)
- Superb Starling (Lamprotornis superbus)
- Waller's Starling (Onychognathus walleri)
- Wattled Starling (Creatophora cinerea)
- Family: Sunbirds
- Amani Sunbird (Hedydipna pallidigaster)
- Amethyst Sunbird (Chalcomitra amethystina)
- Bronze Sunbird (Nectarinia kilimensis)
- Collared Sunbird (Hedydipna collaris)
- Eastern Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris mediocris)
- Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird (Anthreptes orientalis)
- Gorgeous Sunbird (Cinnyris melanogastrus)
- Hunter's Sunbird (Chalcomitra hunteri)
- Marico Sunbird (Cinnyris mariquensis)
- Mouse-colored Sunbird (Cyanomitra veroxii)
- Olive Sunbird (Cyanomitra olivacea)
- Pemba Sunbird (Cinnyris pembae)
- Purple-banded Sunbird (Cinnyris bifasciatus)
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird (Chalcomitra senegalensis)
- Tsavo Sunbird (Cinnyris tsavoensis)
- Usambara Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris usambaricus)
- Variable Sunbird (Cinnyris venustus)
- Family: Swallows
- African Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis melanocrissus)
- Banded Martin (Neophedina cincta)
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Black Sawwing (Psalidoprocne pristoptera)
- Lesser Striped Swallow (Cecropis abyssinica)
- Mosque Swallow (Cecropis senegalensis)
- Plain Martin (Riparia paludicola)
- Red-throated Crag-Martin (Ptyonoprogne rufigula)
- Western House-Martin (Delichon urbicum)
- Wire-tailed Swallow (Hirundo smithii)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- African Bare-eyed Thrush (Turdus tephronotus)
- African Dusky Flycatcher (Muscicapa adusta)
- Cape Robin-Chat (Dessonornis caffer)
- East Coast Akalat (Sheppardia gunningi)
- Pale Flycatcher (Agricola pallidus)
- Red-capped Robin-Chat (Cossypha natalensis)
- Red-tailed Ant-Thrush (Neocossyphus rufus)
- Rueppell's Robin-Chat (Cossypha semirufa)
- Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush (Monticola saxatilis)
- Southern Black-Flycatcher (Melaenornis pammelaina)
- Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
- Spotted Morning-Thrush (Cichladusa guttata)
- Usambara Akalat (Sheppardia montana)
- Usambara Thrush (Turdus roehli)
- White-browed Robin-Chat (Cossypha heuglini)
- White-browed Scrub-Robin (Cercotrichas leucophrys)
- White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher (Melaenornis fischeri)
- White-starred Robin (Pogonocichla stellata)
- White-throated Robin (Irania gutturalis)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- African Pied Wagtail (Motacilla aguimp)
- African Pipit (Anthus cinnamomeus)
- Gray Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
- Mountain Wagtail (Motacilla clara)
- Striped Pipit (Anthus lineiventris)
- Western Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)
- Family: Weavers
- Black-winged Bishop (Euplectes hordeaceus)
- Red-cowled Widowbird (Euplectes laticauda)
- White-winged Widowbird (Euplectes albonotatus)
- Yellow Bishop (Euplectes capensis)
- Zanzibar Red Bishop (Euplectes nigroventris)
- Family: White-eyes
- Kilimanjaro White-eye (Zosterops eurycricotus)
- Pale White-eye (Zosterops flavilateralis)
- Pemba White-eye (Zosterops vaughani)
- Southern Yellow White-eye (Zosterops anderssoni)
- South Pare White-eye (Zosterops winifredae)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(19 records)
- Family: Crab Plover
- Crab-Plover (Dromas ardeola)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus)
- Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
- Great Crested Tern (Thalasseus bergii)
- Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)
- Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
- Lesser Crested Tern (Thalasseus bengalensis)
- Sooty Gull (Ichthyaetus hemprichii)
- Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida)
- Family: Painted-Snipes
- Greater Painted-snipe (Rostratula benghalensis)
- Family: Plovers
- Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
- Blacksmith Lapwing (Vanellus armatus)
- Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
- Crowned Lapwing (Vanellus coronatus)
- Greater Sand-Plover (Anarhynchus leschenaultii)
- Senegal Lapwing (Vanellus lugubris)
- Spur-winged Lapwing (Vanellus spinosus)
- Three-banded Plover (Thinornis tricollaris)
- Family: Thick-knees
- Water Thick-knee (Burhinus vermiculatus)
- Order: Trogons (2 records)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(3 records)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Crested Francolin (Ortygornis sephaena)
- Scaly Spurfowl (Pternistis squamatus)
- Family: Guineafowl
- Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(22 records)
- Family: African Barbets
- Black-collared Barbet (Lybius torquatus)
- Black-throated Barbet (Tricholaema melanocephala)
- Brown-breasted Barbet (Pogonornis melanopterus)
- D'Arnaud's Barbet (Trachyphonus darnaudii)
- Green Barbet (Cryptolybia olivacea)
- Green Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus simplex)
- Moustached Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus leucomystax)
- Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus uropygialis)
- Red-and-yellow Barbet (Trachyphonus erythrocephalus)
- Red-fronted Barbet (Tricholaema diademata)
- Spot-flanked Barbet (Tricholaema lacrymosa)
- White-eared Barbet (Stactolaema leucotis)
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus bilineatus)
Class: Mammals
(25 records)
- Order: Bats (3 records)
- Order: Carnivorans
(1 record)
- Family: Canidae
- Side-striped Jackal (Lupulella adustus)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean (7 records)
- Family: Giraffidae
- Masai Giraffe (Giraffa tippelskirchi)
- Family: Suidae
- Common Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus)
- Order: Lagomorpha
(1 record)
- Family: Leporidae
- Cape Hare (Lepus capensis)
- Order: Macroscelidea
(1 record)
- Family: Macroscelididae
- Black-and-rufous Sengi (Rhynchocyon petersi)
- Order: Perissodactyla
(1 record)
- Family: Equidae
- Plains Zebra (Equus quagga)
- Order: Primates (8 records)
- Family: Old World Monkeys
- Angolan Colobus (Colobus angolensis)
- Anubis Baboon (Papio anubis)
- Blue Monkey (Cercopithecus mitis)
- Mount Kilimanjaro Guereza (Colobus caudatus)
- Vervet Monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus)
- Zanzibar Red Colobus Monkey (Piliocolobus kirkii)
- Order: Rodents
(3 records)
- Family: Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrels
- Derby's Anomalure (Anomalurus derbianus)
Class: Ray-finned Fish
(1 record)
- Order: Jacks, Flounders, Barracudas, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Billfishes
- Sailfish (Istiophorus platypterus)
Class: Reptiles
(12 records)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes (12 records)
- Family: Chameleons
- East Usambara Pitted Pygmy Chameleon (Rhampholeon temporalis)
- Wavy Chameleon (Trioceros deremensis)
- Family: Geckos
- Forest Gecko (Ancylodactylus sp)
- Painted Dwarf Gecko (Lygodactylus picturatus)
- Tropical House Gecko (Hemidactylus mabouia)
- Family: Lamprophiidae
- Brown House Snake (Boaedon fuliginosus)
- Family: Monitor
- Nile Monitor Lizard (Varanus niloticus)
- Family: Plated Lizards
- Rough-scaled Plated Lizard (Broadleysaurus major)