Uluguru Mountain Bird Checklist
Uluguru Mountain Bird Checklist: For a traveler interested in visiting serene spaces, the Uluguru Mountains are famous for their incredible biodiversity, including different vegetation types and zones that attract a number of attractions, including the bird species, such as the unique endemic species like the Uluguru violet, which is among the most sought-after bird species in the mountains. Continue with the list below for a number of different bird species that make the mountain one of the most unique spots for birding in Tanzania.
| Ducks: Anatidae | ||
| 1 | African Black Duck | Anas sparsa |
| 2 | Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata |
| Guineafowl: Numididae | ||
| 3 | Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris |
| Pigeons and Doves: Columbidae | ||
| 4 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| 5 | Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea |
| 6 | Rameron Pigeon | Columba arquatrix |
| 7 | Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata |
| 8 | Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola |
| 9 | Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos |
| 10 | Blue-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur afer |
| 11 | Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria |
| 12 | Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis |
| 13 | African Green-Pigeon | Treron calvus |
| Turacos: Musophagidae | ||
| 14 | Purple-crested Turaco | Gallirex porphyreolophus |
| 15 | Livingstone’s Turaco | Tauraco livingstonii |
| Cuckoos: Cuculidae | ||
| 16 | Red-chested Cuckoo | Cuculus solitarius |
| 17 | White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus |
| 18 | Blue Malkoha | Ceuthmochares aereus |
| 19 | Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus |
| 20 | Klaas’s Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas |
| 21 | African Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx cupreus |
| 22 | \Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo\ | Cercococcyx montanus |
| Nightjars and Allies: Caprimulgidae | ||
| 23 | Montane Nightjar | Caprimulgus poliocephalus |
| Swifts: Apodidae | ||
| 24 | Scarce Swift | Schoutedenapus myoptilus |
| 25 | Mottled Swift | Tachymarptis aequatorialis |
| 26 | African Swift | Apus barbatus |
| 27 | Little Swift | Apus affinis |
| 28 | White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer |
| 29 | African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus |
| Sandpipers and Allies: Scolopacidae | ||
| 30 | /Common Greenshank/ | Tringa nebularia |
| Storks: Ciconiidae | ||
| 31 | African Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia microscelis |
| Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns: Ardeidae | ||
| 32 | Western Cattle-Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| 33 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea |
| 34 | Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala |
| Hamerkop: Scopidae | ||
| 35 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta |
| Shoebill: Balaenicipitidae | ||
| 36 | Shoebill | Balaeniceps rex |
| Hawks, Eagles, and Kites: Accipitridae | ||
| 37 | Palm-nut Vulture | Gypohierax angolensis |
| 38 | Wahlberg’s Eagle | Hieraaetus wahlbergi |
| 39 | African Hawk-Eagle | Aquila spilogaster |
| 40 | Dark Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax metabates |
| 41 | Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus |
| 42 | African Goshawk | Aerospiza toussenelii |
| 43 | Black Goshawk | Astur melanoleucus |
| 44 | /Western Marsh Harrier/ | Circus aeruginosus |
| 45 | /Black Kite/ | Milvus migrans |
| 46 | |Common Buzzard| | Buteo buteo |
| 47 | Mountain Buzzard | Buteo oreophilus |
| 48 | Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur |
| Owls: Strigidae | ||
| 49 | African Wood-Owl | Strix woodfordii |
| Mousebirds: Coliidae | ||
| 50 | Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus |
| Trogons: Trogonidae | ||
| 51 | Bar-tailed Trogon | Apaloderma vittatum |
| Hornbills: Bucerotidae | ||
| 52 | Silvery-cheeked Hornbill | Bycanistes brevis |
| 53 | Trumpeter Hornbill | Bycanistes bucinator |
| Bee-eaters: Meropidae | ||
| 54 | Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus |
| 55 | Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater | Merops oreobates |
| 56 | |European Bee-eater| | Merops apiaster |
| Kingfishers: Alcedinidae | ||
| 57 | Gray-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala |
| 58 | Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Halcyon albiventris |
| 59 | Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti |
| 60 | Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maxima |
| Rollers: Coraciidae | ||
| 61 | /European Roller/ | Coracias garrulus |
| 62 | Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus |
| African Barbets: Lybiidae | ||
| 63 | Green Barbet | Cryptolybia olivacea |
| 64 | Moustached Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus leucomystax |
| 65 | Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus bilineatus |
| 66 | Brown-breasted Barbet | Pogonornis melanopterus |
| Woodpeckers: Picidae | ||
| 67 | Red-throated Wryneck | Jynx ruficollis |
| 68 | Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens |
| 69 | Olive Woodpecker | Dendropicos griseocephalus |
| 70 | Green-backed Woodpecker | Campethera cailliautii |
| 71 | Nubian Woodpecker | Campethera nubica |
| Falcons and Caracaras: Falconidae | ||
| 72 | /Eurasian Kestrel/ | Falco tinnunculus |
| 73 | Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus |
| African and Green Broadbill: Calyptomenidae | ||
| 74 | African Broadbill | Smithornis capensis |
| Cuckooshrikes: Campephagidae | ||
| 75 | Gray Cuckooshrike | Ceblepyris caesia |
| 76 | Black Cuckooshrike | Campephaga flava |
| Old World Orioles: Oriolidae | ||
| 77 | #African Golden Oriole# | Oriolus auratus |
| 78 | Green-headed Oriole | Oriolus chlorocephalus |
| 79 | African Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus |
| Wattle-eyes and Batises: Platysteiridae | ||
| 80 | Black-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira peltata |
| 81 | Short-tailed Batis | Batis mixta |
| 82 | Dark Batis | Batis crypta |
| 83 | Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor |
| Vangas, Helmetshrikes and Allies: Vangidae | ||
| 84 | Retz’s Helmetshrike | Prionops retzii |
| Bushshrikes: Malaconotidae | ||
| 85 | Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla |
| 86 | Marsh Tchagra | Tchagra minutus |
| 87 | Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegalus |
| 88 | Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis |
| 89 | Tropical Boubou | Laniarius major |
| 90 | Zanzibar Boubou | Laniarius sublacteus |
| 91 | Slate-colored Boubou | Laniarius funebris |
| 92 | Fuelleborn’s Boubou | Laniarius fuelleborni |
| 93 | Black-fronted Bushshrike | Chlorophoneus nigrifrons |
| 94 | Gray-headed Bushshrike | Malaconotus blanchoti |
| 95 | Uluguru Bushshrike | Malaconotus alius |
| Drongos: Dicruridae | ||
| 96 | Square-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus ludwigii |
| 97 | Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis |
| Monarch Flycatchers: Monarchidae | ||
| 98 | African Crested Flycatcher | Trochocercus cyanomelas |
| 99 | African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis |
| Crows, Jays, and Magpies: Corvidae | ||
| 100 | House Crow | Corvus splendens |
| 101 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus |
| 102 | White-necked Raven | Corvus albicollis |
| Fairy Flycatchers: Stenostiridae | ||
| 103 | White-tailed Blue Flycatcher | Elminia albicauda |
| 104 | White-tailed Crested Flycatcher | Elminia albonotata |
| Nicators: Nicatoridae | ||
| 105 | Eastern Nicator | Nicator gularis |
| African Warblers: Macrosphenidae | ||
| 106 | Moustached Grass-Warbler | Melocichla mentalis |
| Cisticolas and Allies: Cisticolidae | ||
| 107 | African Tailorbird | Artisornis metopias |
| 108 | Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura |
| 109 | Bar-throated Apalis | Apalis thoracica |
| 110 | White-winged Apalis | Apalis chariessa |
| 111 | Buff-throated Apalis | Apalis rufogularis |
| 112 | Chapin’s Apalis | Apalis chapini |
| 113 | Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava |
| 114 | Mrs. Moreau’s Warbler | Scepomycter winifredae |
| 115 | Trilling Cisticola | Cisticola woosnami |
| 116 | Rock-loving Cisticola | Cisticola aberrans |
| 117 | Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana |
| 118 | Winding Cisticola | Cisticola marginatus |
| 119 | Wing-snapping Cisticola | Cisticola ayresii |
| Reed Warblers and Allies: Acrocephalidae | ||
| 120 | /Eastern Olivaceous Warbler/ | Iduna pallida |
| 121 | African Yellow-Warbler | Iduna natalensis |
| 122 | /Common Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus scirpaceus |
| Grassbirds and Allies: Locustellidae | ||
| 123 | Evergreen-forest Warbler | Bradypterus lopezi |
| 124 | Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler | Bradypterus cinnamomeus |
| Swallows: Hirundinidae | ||
| 125 | Black Sawwing | Psalidoprocne pristoptera |
| 126 | Southern Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula |
| 127 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica |
| 128 | Angola Swallow | Hirundo angolensis |
| 129 | /Western House-Martin/ | Delichon urbicum |
| 130 | African Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis melanocrissus |
| 131 | Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica |
| 132 | Mosque Swallow | Cecropis senegalensis |
| Bulbuls: Pycnonotidae | ||
| 133 | Sombre Greenbul | Andropadus importunus |
| 134 | Pale-throated Greenbul | Atimastillas flavigula |
| 135 | Yellow-bellied Greenbul | Chlorocichla flaviventris |
| 136 | Shelley’s Greenbul | Arizelocichla masukuensis |
| 137 | Uluguru Mountain Greenbul | Arizelocichla neumanni |
| 138 | Olive-headed Greenbul | Arizelocichla striifacies |
| 139 | Black-browed Mountain Greenbul | Arizelocichla fusciceps |
| 140 | Yellow-throated Mountain Greenbul | Arizelocichla chlorigula |
| 141 | Little Greenbul | Eurillas virens |
| 142 | Usambara Greenbul | Phyllastrephus albigula |
| 143 | Yellow-streaked Greenbul | Phyllastrephus flavostriatus |
| 144 | Northern Brownbul | Phyllastrephus strepitans |
| 145 | Gray-olive Greenbul | Phyllastrephus cerviniventris |
| 146 | Cabanis’s Greenbul | Phyllastrephus cabanisi |
| 147 | Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus |
| Leaf Warblers: Phylloscopidae | ||
| 148 | /Willow Warbler/ | Phylloscopus trochilus |
| 149 | Brown Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus umbrovirens |
| 150 | Yellow-throated Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus ruficapilla |
| Sylviid Warblers and Allies: Sylviidae | ||
| 151 | African Hill Babbler | Sylvia abyssinica |
| White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies: Zosteropidae | ||
| 152 | Northern Yellow White-eye | Zosterops senegalensis |
| 153 | Southern Yellow White-eye | Zosterops anderssoni |
| Fulvetta and Ground Babblers: Pellorneidae | ||
| 154 | Tanzanian Illadopsis | Illadopsis distans |
| Oxpeckers: Buphagidae | ||
| 155 | Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus africanus |
| Starlings: Sturnidae | ||
| 156 | Slender-billed Starling | Onychognathus tenuirostris |
| 157 | Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio |
| 158 | Waller’s Starling | Onychognathus walleri |
| 159 | Kenrick’s Starling | Poeoptera kenricki |
| 160 | Lesser Blue-eared Starling | Lamprotornis chloropterus |
| Thrushes and Allies: Turdidae | ||
| 161 | Orange Ground-Thrush | Geokichla gurneyi |
| 162 | Abyssinian Thrush | Turdus abyssinicus |
| Old World Flycatchers: Muscicapidae | ||
| 163 | African Dusky Flycatcher | Muscicapa adusta |
| 164 | African Gray Flycatcher | Bradornis microrhynchus |
| 165 | Southern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis pammelaina |
| 166 | White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher | Melaenornis fischeri |
| 167 | Olive-flanked Robin-Chat | Dessonornis anomala |
| 168 | Cape Robin-Chat | Dessonornis caffra |
| 169 | White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini |
| 170 | Red-capped Robin-Chat | Cossypha natalensis |
| 171 | Collared Palm-Thrush | Cichladusa arquata |
| 172 | Spotted Morning-Thrush | Cichladusa guttata |
| 173 | White-starred Robin | Pogonocichla stellata |
| 174 | White-chested Alethe | Chamaetylas fuelleborni |
| 175 | Sharpe’s Akalat | Sheppardia sharpei |
| 176 | /Whinchat/ | Saxicola rubetra |
| 177 | African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus |
| 178 | Mocking Cliff-Chat | Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris |
| 179 | Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata |
| 180 | Familiar Chat | Oenanthe familiaris |
| Sunbirds and Spiderhunters: Nectariniidae | ||
| 181 | Western Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes longuemarei |
| 182 | Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes neglectus |
| 183 | Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris |
| 184 | Olive Sunbird | Cyanomitra olivacea |
| 185 | Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis |
| 186 | Moreau’s Sunbird | Cinnyris moreaui |
| 187 | Loveridge’s Sunbird | Cinnyris loveridgei |
| 188 | Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus |
| Weavers and Allies: Ploceidae | ||
| 189 | Bertram’s Weaver | Ploceus bertrandi |
| 190 | Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht |
| 191 | Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis |
| 192 | African Golden-Weaver | Ploceus subaureus |
| 193 | Lesser Masked-Weaver | Ploceus intermedius |
| 194 | Vitelline Masked-Weaver | Ploceus vitellinus |
| 195 | Speke’s Weaver | Ploceus spekei |
| 196 | Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus |
| 197 | Black-headed Weaver | Ploceus melanocephalus |
| 198 | Dark-backed Weaver | Ploceus bicolor |
| 199 | Usambara Weaver | Ploceus nicolli |
| 200 | Southern Red Bishop | Euplectes orix |
| 201 | Zanzibar Red Bishop | Euplectes nigroventris |
| 202 | Black-winged Bishop | Euplectes hordeaceus |
| 203 | Yellow Bishop | Euplectes capensis |
| 204 | White-winged Widowbird | Euplectes albonotatus |
| 205 | Red-cowled Widowbird | Euplectes laticauda |
| 206 | Red-collared Widowbird | Euplectes ardens |
| 207 | Grosbeak Weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons |
| Waxbills and Allies: Estrildidae | ||
| 208 | Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullata |
| 209 | Black-and-white Mannikin | Spermestes bicolor |
| 210 | Magpie Mannikin | Spermestes fringilloides |
| 211 | Yellow-bellied Waxbill | Coccopygia quartinia |
| 212 | Red-faced Crimsonwing | Cryptospiza reichenovii |
| 213 | Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild |
| 214 | Southern Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus angolensis |
| 215 | Orange-winged Pytilia | Pytilia afra |
| 216 | Red-throated Twinspot | Hypargos niveoguttatus |
| 217 | African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata |
| 218 | Jameson’s Firefinch | Lagonosticta rhodopareia |
| Indigobirds: Viduidae | ||
| 219 | Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura |
| 220 | Eastern Paradise-Whydah | Vidua paradisaea |
| 221 | Steel-blue Whydah | Vidua hypocherina |
| 222 | Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata |
| 223 | Purple Indigobird | Vidua purpurascens |
| Old World Sparrows: Passeridae | ||
| 224 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
| 225 | Northern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus |
| Wagtails and Pipits: Motacillidae | ||
| 226 | Mountain Wagtail | Motacilla clara |
| 227 | African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp |
| 228 | Striped Pipit | Anthus lineiventris |
| Finches, Euphonias, and Allies: Fringillidae | ||
| 229 | Oriole Finch | Linurgus olivaceus |
| 230 | Yellow-fronted Canary | Crithagra mozambicus |
| 231 | Western Citril | Crithagra frontalis |
| 232 | Southern Citril | Crithagra hypostictus |
| Thrush-Tanager: Rhodinocichlidae | ||
| 233 | Spot-throat | Modulatrix stictigula |
| Old World Buntings: Emberizidae | ||
| 234 | Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi |
| 235 | Cabanis’s Bunting | Emberiza cabanisi |
