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