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Bird / general collection

Tanzania is among the African countries with the highest number of resident bird species, and the country has more than 80 so-called Important Bird Areas (IBA).
The Eastern Arc forests are particularly rich in endemics, with both strict and near-endemic species. Most of these forests have been recognized as IBAs and they all require conservation action if they are to last.
Further information on Tanzania birdlife is available at several sites, for example:


 Bird Life International - Tanzania
Tanzania Bird Atlas - Distribution and Seasonality
Wildlife Conservation Society of Tanzania
For more information, please contact Professor, Dr. scient., Jon Fjeldså or assistant curator Jan Bolding Kristensen.

Please note, by clicking the thumbnail to the right, you will find: additional information, distribution maps and large images of the specimens (best view with IE 1280 x 1024 px).
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1 Passeriformes Fringillidae  Linurgus olivaceus (Fraser, 1842) Current name used Material
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2 Passeriformes Campephagidae  Campephaga phoenicea flava Vieillot, 1817 Current name used Material
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3 Passeriformes Campephagidae  Campephaga quiscalina martini Jackson, 1912 Current name used Material
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4 Passeriformes Campephagidae  Campephaga quiscalina munzneri Reichenow, 1915 Current name used Material
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5 Passeriformes Campephagidae  Coracina caesia pura (Sharpe, 1891) Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
6 Passeriformes Campephagidae  Coracina pectoralis (Jardine & Selby, 1828) Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
7 Passeriformes Motacillidae  Motacilla aguimp vidua Sundvall, 1850 Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
8 Passeriformes Motacillidae  Motacilla cinerea cinerea Tunstall, 1771 Current name used Materia Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
9 Passeriformes Motacillidae  Motacilla clara torrentium Ticehurst, 1940 Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
10 Passeriformes Motacillidae  Motacilla flava lutea (S.G.Gmelin, 1774) Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
11 Passeriformes Motacillidae  Macronyx aurantiigula Reichenow, 1891 Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
12 Passeriformes Motacillidae  Macronyx croceus (Vieillot, 1816) Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
13 Passeriformes Motacillidae  Tmetothylacus tenellus (Cabanis, 1878) Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
14 Passeriformes Motacillidae  Anthus caffer blayneyi Someren, 1919 Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
15 Passeriformes Motacillidae  Anthus lineiventris Sundevall, 1850 Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
16 Passeriformes Motacillidae  Anthus trivialis trivialis Linnaeus, 1758 Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
17 Passeriformes Motacillidae  Anthus similis hararensis Neumann, 1906 Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
18 Piciformes Lybiidae  Buccanodon duchaillui Cassin, 1855 Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
19 Piciformes Lybiidae  Lybius bidentatus aequatorialis Shelley, 1889 Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
20 Piciformes Lybiidae  Lybius leucocephalus albicauda (Shelley, 1881) Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
21 Piciformes Lybiidae  Lybius leucocephalus leucocephalus Filippi, 1853 Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
22 Piciformes Lybiidae  Lybius leucocephalus senex Reichenow, 1855 Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
23 Piciformes Lybiidae  Lybius melanopterus Peters, W, 1854 Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
24 Piciformes Lybiidae  Lybius minor macclouniis Shelley, 1889 Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
25 Piciformes Lybiidae  Lybius torquatus irroratus (Cabanis, 1878) Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
26 Piciformes Lybiidae  Lybius torquatus pumilio Grote, 1927 Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
27 Piciformes Lybiidae  Lybius torquatus zombae (Shelley, 1893) Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
28 Piciformes Lybiidae  Trachyphonus darnaudii boehmi Fischer & Reichenow, 1884 Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
29 Piciformes Lybiidae  Trachyphonus erythrocephalus erythrocephalus Cabanis, 1878 Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
30 Piciformes Lybiidae  Trachyphonus vaillantii boehmi Reichenow, 1887 Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
31 Piciformes Lybiidae  Gymnobucco bonapartei cinereiceps Sharpe, 1891 Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
32 Piciformes Lybiidae  Pogoniulus chrysoconus extoni Sharpe, 1891 Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
33 Piciformes Lybiidae  Pogoniulus pusillus affinis (Reichenow, 1879) Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
34 Piciformes Lybiidae  Stactolaema leucotis kilimensis (Shelley, 1889) Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
35 Piciformes Lybiidae  Stactolaema whytii whytii (Shelley, 1893) Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
36 Piciformes Lybiidae  Tricholaema diademata massaica Reichenow, 1887 Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
37 Piciformes Lybiidae  Tricholaema hirsuta ansorgei Shelley, 1895 Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
38 Piciformes Lybiidae  Tricholaema lacrymosa lacrymosa Cabanis, 1878 Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
39 Piciformes Lybiidae  Tricholaema melanocephala stigmatothorax Cabanis, 1878 Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
40 Piciformes Indicatoridae  Indicator meliphilus meliphilus Oberholser, 1905 Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
41 Piciformes Indicatoridae  Indicator minor teitensis Neumann, 1900 Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
42 Coraciiformes Meropidae  Merops albicollis Vieliot, 1817 Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
43 Coraciiformes Meropidae  Merops boehmi Reichenow, 1882 Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
44 Coraciiformes Meropidae  Merops hirundineus furcatus Stanley, 1814 Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
45 Coraciiformes Meropidae  Merops superciliosus superciliosus Linnaeus, 1766 Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
46 Coraciiformes Meropidae  Merops bullockoides Smith, A, 1934 Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
47 Coraciiformes Meropidae  Merops oreobates (Sharpe, 1892) Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
48 Coraciiformes Meropidae  Merops apiaster Linnaeus, 1758 Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
49 Coraciiformes Meropidae  Merops pusillus meridionalis (Sharpe, 1892) Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
50 Coliiformes Coliidae  Colius leucocephalus leucocephalus Reichenow, 1879 Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
51 Coliiformes Coliidae  Colius striatus affinis Shelley, 1885 Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
52 Coliiformes Coliidae  Colius striatus kikuyensis Someren, 1919 Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
53 Coliiformes Coliidae  Urocolius indicus pallidus Reichenow, 1896 Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
54 Coliiformes Coliidae  Urocolius macrourus pulcher Neumann, 1900 Current name used Material Click for additional information, large images, distribution maps and other data
     Birds: Approx. 650 species more to come (under construction)      

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