Dar es Salaam

African Dusky Flycatcher

Ashy Flycatcher

Swamp Flycatcher

Common Redstart

The Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) or just Redstart is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the Thrush family (Turdidae), but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher (Muscicapidae).

Spotted Ground-Thrush

Abyssinian Ground-Thrush

The Abyssinian Ground-thrush Zoothera piaggiae is a passerine bird native to north-east Africa. It lives at high altitude in montane forests.

Orange Ground-Thrush

The Orange Ground-thrush (Zoothera gurneyi) is a species of bird in the Turdidae family. It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin

Miombo Scrub-Robin

The Miombo Scrub-robin (Erythropygia barbata), formerly Cercotrichas barbata, is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia.

Brown-backed Scrub-Robin

The Brown-backed Scrub-robin (Erythropygia hartlaubi) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is moist savanna.

Bearded Scrub-Robin

Red-backed Scrub-Robin

Thrush Nightingale

The Thrush Nightingale, Luscinia luscinia (formerly colloquially known as Sprosser), is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae. It, and similar small European species, are often called chats.

Common Nightingale

The Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos), also known as Rufous and Common Nightingale, is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae. It belongs to a group of more terrestrial species, often called chats.

Collared Palmthrush

The Collared Palm-thrush (Cichladusa arquata) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in Botswana, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.

Spotted Morning-Thrush

The Spotted Morning-thrush (Cichladusa guttata) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.

Semicollared Flycatcher

The Semi-collared Flycatcher , Ficedula semitorquata, is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family, one of the four species of Western Palearctic black-and-white flycatchers. It breeds in the southeastern corner of Europe, the Middle East and southwestern Asia. It is migratory, wintering in Africa. It is a rare vagrant in western Europe.

Collared Flycatcher

Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush

The Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush or just Rock Thrush (Monticola saxatilis) is a member of the thrush family Turdidae.

Miombo Rock-Thrush

The Miombo Rock-thrush (Monticola angolensis) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.

Little Rock-Thrush

The Little Rock-thrush (Monticola rufocinereus) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Yemen. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

Red-tailed Ant-Thrush

The Red-tailed Ant-thrush (Neocossyphus rufus) is a species of bird in the Turdidae family. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

White-tailed Ant-Thrush

Groundscraper Thrush

The Groundscraper Thrush (Psophocichla litsitsirupa) is a passerine bird of southern and eastern Africa belonging to the thrush family Turdidae. It is the only member of the genus Psophocichla.

Southern Black Flycatcher

The Southern Black Flycatcher, Melaenornis pammelaina, is a small passerine bird of the genus Melaenornis in the flycatcher family Muscicapidae native to Africa.

Northern Black-Flycatcher

The Northern Black Flycatcher (Melaenornis edolioides) is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family Muscicapidae.

White-throated Robin

The White-throated Robin (Irania gutturalis) is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, family Muscicapidae. It, and similar small European species, are often called chats.

Forest Robin

Gray Tit-Flycatcher

Gray-throated Tit-Flycatcher

Familiar Chat

The Familiar Chat, Cercomela familiaris, is a small passerine bird of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is a common resident breeder in Africa south of the Sahara in rocky and mountainous habitat and around human habitation.

Moorland Chat

The moorland chat, Cercomela sordida, is a species of Cercomela also known as the Alpine or Hill chat. It is endemic to north-east Africa, and is common in this area. It lives at high altitudes on moors and grassland, usually above 3,400m (11,100ft), but can live as low as 2,100m (6,900ft). It has a short tail and long legs.

Lowland Akalat

Bocage's Akalat

The Bocage's Akalat (Sheppardia bocagei) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are boreal forests, subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

Iringa Akalat

The Iringa Akalat (Sheppardia lowei) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is endemic to Tanzania.

Usambara Akalat

The Usambara Akalat (Sheppardia montana), also known as the Usambara Alethe or Usambara Robin-chat, is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is endemic to Tanzania.

Sharpe's Akalat

The Sharpe's Akalat (Sheppardia sharpei) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are boreal forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

East Coast Akalat

The East Coast Akalat or Gunning's Robin (Sheppardia gunningi) is a small passerine bird which can be found in the east of Africa from Kenya to Mozambique, and is named after J. W. B. Gunning.

Silverbird

The Silverbird (Empidornis semipartitus) is a 7 in (180 mm) long passerine bird native to eastern Africa.

Swynnerton's Robin

The Swynnerton's Robin (Swynnertonia swynnertoni) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Swynnertonia. It is found in Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

White-starred Robin

Tacazze Sunbird

The Tacazze Sunbird (Nectarinia tacazze) is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family. It is found in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.

Malachite Sunbird

The Malachite Sunbird, Nectarinia famosa is a small nectivorous bird found in the southern part of the Southern African region.

Bronze Sunbird

The Bronze Sunbird (Nectarinia kilimensis) is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Red-tufted Sunbird

The Red-tufted Sunbird (Nectarinia johnstoni) is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family. It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.

Violet-backed Sunbird

Green Sunbird

The Green Sunbird (Anthreptes rectirostris) is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family. It is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.

Anchieta's Sunbird

The Anchieta's Sunbird (Anthreptes anchietae) is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family. It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia, and is named after José Alberto de Oliveira Anchieta.

Plain-backed Sunbird

Kenya Violet-backed Sunbird

The Kenya Violet-backed Sunbird (Anthreptes orientalis) is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family. It is found in Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. It is part of the Violet-backed Sunbird superspecies.

Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird

The Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird (Anthreptes neglectus) is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family. It is found in Kenya, Mozambique, and Tanzania. It is part of the Violet-backed Sunbird superspecies.

Banded Sunbird

The Banded Sunbird (Anthreptes rubritorques) is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family. It is endemic to Tanzania.

African Penduline-Tit

Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit

The Mouse-coloured Penduline-tit (Anthoscopus musculus) is a species of bird in the Remizidae family.

Grey Wagtail

Western Yellow Wagtail

The Yellow Wagtail, Motacilla flava, is a small passerine in the wagtail family Motacillidae, which also includes the pipits and longclaws.

Cape Wagtail

The Cape Wagtail (Motacilla capensis) is a small passerine bird in the family Motacillidae, which includes the wagtails, pipits and longclaws.

African Pied Wagtail

Mountain Wagtail

Plain-backed Pipit

The Plain Pipit (Anthus leucophrys) is a medium-sized passerine bird which is a resident breeder in Africa south of the Sahara Desert.

Tree Pipit

Tree Pipit, Anthus trivialis, is a small passerine bird which breeds across most of Europe and temperate western and central Asia. It is a long-distance migrant moving in winter to Africa and southern Asia.

Bush Pipit

The Bush Pipit (Anthus caffer) is a species of bird in the Motacillidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and dry savanna.

Striped Pipit

The Striped Pipit (Anthus lineiventris) is a species of bird in the Motacillidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.

Red-throated Pipit

The Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus) is a small passerine bird which breeds in the far north of Europe and Asia, with a foothold in northern Alaska. It is a long-distance migrant moving in winter to Africa, south and east Asia and west coast USA. It is a vagrant to western Europe.

Richard's Pipit

The Richard's Pipit (Anthus richardi) is a medium-sized passerine bird which breeds in open grasslands in northern Asia. It is a long-distance migrant moving to open lowlands in southern Asia. It is a rare but regular vagrant to western Europe. This bird was named after the French naturalist Monsieur Richard of Lunéville.

Short-tailed Pipit

Long-billed Pipit

The Long-billed Pipit or Brown Rock Pipit (Anthus similis) is a passerine bird which has a wide distribution. A number of subspecies have been created for the populations in Africa, through the Arabian peninsula and South Asia. The systematics of this complex is yet to be clarified. Most birds are residents or short distance migrants.

Buffy Pipit

The Buffy Pipit (Anthus vaalensis) is a species of bird in the Motacillidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

Sokoke Pipit

The Sokoke Pipit (Anthus sokokensis) is a species of bird in the Motacillidae family. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Crimson-rumped Waxbill

The Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga also known as Rosy-rumped Waxbill is a common species of estrildid finch found in north-eastern Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 830,000 km².

Fawn-breasted Waxbill

The Fawn-breasted Waxbill (Estrilda paludicola) is a common species of estrildid finch found in central Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 1,800,000 km². Estrilda paludicola, E. ochrogaster and E. poliopareia have been lumped into E. paludicola Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993).

Common Waxbill

The Common Waxbill (Estrilda astrild), also known as the St Helena Waxbill, is a small passerine bird belonging to the estrildid finch family. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa but has been introduced to many other regions of the world and now has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 10,000,000 km². It is popular and easy to keep in captivity.

Black-crowned Waxbill

The Black-crowned Waxbill (Estrilda nonnula) is a common species of estrildid finch found in western-central Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 1,000,000 km².

Black-cheeked Waxbill

The Black-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda erythronotos is a common species of estrildid finch found in southern Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 1,300,000 km².

Black-tailed Waxbill

The Black-tailed Waxbill Estrilda perreini is a common species of estrildid finch found in wetter land of Southern Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 670,000 km².

Chestnut Weaver

The Chestnut Weaver (Ploceus rubiginosus) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Namibia, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.

Vieillot's Weaver

Forest Weaver

The Forest Weaver (Ploceus bicolor) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Vitelline Masked-Weaver

Little Weaver

The Little Weaver (Ploceus luteolus) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family. It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda.

Black-headed Weaver

The Black-headed Weaver (Ploceus melanocephalus), also known as the Yellow-backed Weaver, is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family. It is found in savanna and similar habitats, typically near water, in West, Central and East Africa. It has also been introduced to Spain and Portugal.

Village Weaver

The Village Weaver (Ploceus cucullatus), also known as the Spotted-backed Weaver or Black-headed Weaver (the latter leading to easy confusion with P. melanocephalus), is a species of bird found in much of sub-Saharan Africa. It has also been introduced to Hispaniola, Mauritius and Réunion.

Speke's Weaver

Speke's Weaver, Ploceus spekei, is a familiar East African songbird.

Bertram's Weaver

Bertram's Weaver (Ploceus bertrandi), sometimes called Bertrand's Weaver, is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family. It is found in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia. It is named after Bertram Lutley Sclater, a captain in the British army who served in Africa in the late 19th century.

Baglafecht Weaver

Golden Palm Weaver

The Golden Palm Weaver (Ploceus bojeri) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania.

Weyns's Weaver

The Weyns's Weaver (Ploceus weynsi) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family. It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Uganda.

Taveta Golden-Weaver

The Taveta Golden Weaver (Ploceus castaneiceps) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania.

Southern Brown-throated Weaver

The Southern Brown-throated Weaver (Ploceus xanthopterus) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family. It is found in Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Holub's Golden-Weaver

The Holub's Golden-weaver (Ploceus xanthops) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Slender-billed Weaver

The Slender-billed Weaver (Ploceus pelzelni) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia.

Olive-headed Weaver

The Olive-headed Weaver (Ploceus olivaceiceps) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family. It is found in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Brown-capped Weaver

The Brown-capped Weaver (Ploceus insignis) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.

Black-necked Weaver

The Black-necked Weaver (Ploceus nigricollis) is a resident breeding bird species in much of tropical Africa from Senegal and northern Angola east to southern Sudan and Tanzania.

Orange Weaver

The Orange Weaver (Ploceus aurantius) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda. They are also commonly kept in aviculture.

Kilombero Weaver

The Kilombero Weaver (Ploceus burnieri) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family. It is endemic to Tanzania.

Northern Brown-throated Weaver

The Northern Brown-throated Weaver (Ploceus castanops) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family. It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda.

Golden-backed Weaver

The Golden-backed Weaver (Ploceus jacksoni), also known as Jackson's Weaver, is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family. It is found in Burundi, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.

African Golden-weaver

The African Golden-weaver (Ploceus subaureus) is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family. It is found in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, and Tanzania.

Spectacled Weaver