Endemics and Specialities in Tanzania
Tanzania boasts a large number of unusual and endemic bird species, and a bird list which nearly exceeds that of neighboring Kenya and almost equals Uganda.
Endemic birds are those that have a restricted range in distribution, may usually be a native of a geographical region or country; while those found in one, two or three countries can be regarded as specialties or near endemics.
Below is a list of the Tanzanian endemics, near endemics, specialties and breeding birds.
| Tanzanian Endemics | Tanzania Near-Endemics | Birds Breeding in Tanzania |
| Iringa akalat | Abbott’s Starling | Abbott’s Starling |
| Rubeho akalat | African Tailorbird | Amani Sunbird |
| Usambara akalat | Amani Sunbird | Banded Sunbird |
| Uluguru bushshrike | Athi Short-toed Lark | Blue Swallow |
| Usambara eagle-owl | Babbling Starling | Dappled Mountain-Robin |
| Uhehe fiscal | Bertrand’s Weaver | Grey-Crested Helmet-shrike |
| Montane tiny greenbul | Black-lored Cisticola | Iringa Akalat |
| Uluguru greenbul | Broad-winged White-eye | Karamoja Apalis |
| Tanzanian red-billed hornbill | Brown-headed Apalis | Kilombero Weaver |
| Beesley’s lark | Buff-bellied Penduline Chat | Kungwe Apalis |
| Yellow-collared lovebird | Buff-shouldered Widowbird | Long-Billed Tailor-bird |
| Pemba scops owl | Chapin’s Apalis | Mrs. Moreau’s Warbler |
| Rubeho forest partridge | Chubb’s Cisticola | Sokoke Scops-Owl |
| Udzungwa forest partridge | Churring Cisticola | South Pare White-eye |
| Pemba green pigeon | Dapple-throat | Spotted Ground-Thrush |
| Pemba White eye | East Coast Akalat | Swynnerton’s Robin |
| Mbulu White eye | Eastern Double-collared Sunbird | Taita Falcon |
| Kilimanjaro White eye | Fire-fronted Bishop | Papyrus Yellow Warbler |
| South Pare White eye | Fischer’s Greenbul | Udzungwa Forest Partridge |
| Kipengere seedeater | Fischer’s Starling | Uluguru Bushshrike |
| Grey-breasted spurfowl | Fischer’s Turaco | Usambara Akalat |
| Banded green sunbird | Fuelleborn’s Boubou | Usambara Eagle-Owl |
| Loveridge’s sunbird | Golden-winged Sunbird | Usambara Weaver |
| Moreau’s sunbird | Grey-crested Helmetshrike | Wattled Crane |
| Pemba sunbird | Hartlaub’s Turaco | White-winged Apalis |
| Rufous-winged sunbird | Hildebrandt’s Starling | Rufous-winged Sunbird |
| Usambara thrush | Hunter’s Cisticola | Lesser Kestrel |
| Rubeho warbler | Jackson’s Widowbird | East Coast Akalat |
| Winifred’s warbler | Kenrick’s Starling | Sokoke Pipit |
| Kilombero weaver | Kenya Grosbeak-Canary | Corn Crake |
| Kilombero Cisticola | Kretschmar’s Longbill | Abbott’s Starling |
| White Tailed Cisticola | Kungwe Apalis | Amani Sunbird |
| Rufous-tailed weaver | Laura’s Wood-warbler | Banded Sunbird |
| Usambara weaver | Lesser Seedcracker | Blue Swallow |
| Ashy Starling | Long-billed Tailorbird | Dappled Mountain-Robin |
| Rufous Tailed Weaver | Long-tailed Fiscal | Grey-Crested Helmet-shrike |
| Malagasy Scops-Owl | Iringa Akalat | |
| Miomba Barbet | Karamoja Apalis | |
| Mombasa Woodpecker | Kilombero Weaver | |
| Moorland Chat | Kungwe Apalis | |
| Northern Pied-Babbler | Long-Billed Tailor-bird | |
| Olive-headed Weaver | Mrs. Moreau’s Warbler | |
| Olive-flanked Robin-Chat | Sokoke Scops-Owl | |
| Oustalet’s Sunbird | South Pare White-eye | |
| Pale Batis | Spotted Ground-Thrush | |
| Pangani Longclaw | Swynnerton’s Robin | |
| Plain-backed Sunbird | Taita Falcon | |
| Sharpe’s Akalat | Thin-billed FlycatcherWarbler | |
| Sharpe’s Greenbul | Udzungwa Forest Partridge | |
| Sharpe Pied-Babbler | Uluguru Bushshrike | |
| Short-tailed Batis | Usambara Akalat | |
| Sokoke Pipit | Usambara Eagle-Owl | |
| Sokoke Scops-Owl | Usambara Weaver | |
| Spot-throat | Wattled Crane | |
| Sterling’s Woodpecker | White-winged Apalis | |
| Stripe-cheeked Bulbul | Rufous-winged Sunbird | |
| Swahili Sparrow | Lesser Kestrel | |
| Swynnerton’s Robin | East Coast Akalat | |
| Taveta Golden-Weaver | Sokoke Pipit | |
| Tiny Greenbul | Corn Crake | |
| Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird | ||
| Usambiro Barbet | ||
| Violet-winged Sunbird | ||
| White-chested Alethe | ||
| White-headed Mousebird | ||
| White-winged Apalis | ||
| Yellow Flycatcher | ||
| Yellow-browed Seedeater | ||
| Zanzibar Bishop | ||
| Scaly Babbler | ||
| Scaly Chatterer | ||
| Scheffler’s Owlet | ||
| Red-throated Tit | ||
| Red-faced Barbet |