FACTS:
Several bird species world wide have been identified as endemics to some places. Here are the lists for the East African countries Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda.
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Here are the checklists of the Birds of East Africa.
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Information on endemics and specialities is derived from Sibley & Monroe checklists and bird distribution lists in Thayer’s Birder’s Diary – Version 2.05, supplemented by material found in Where to Watch Birds in Africa – by Nigel Wheatley. African speciality birds, while not endemic, are those that can only be found in three or less countries of Africa. Information on endangered birds is derived from the IUCN Red List, Birdlife International, and supporting data bases developed by Ian Patton, of Merlin Species Watcher. The endemic, endangered and speciality birds may be uncommon, extremely rare vagrants, may be extirpated in the country now or may only be present in migration. However, documented sightings of each species noted below have been made in Uganda.
| Endemics in Uganda | Breeding Birds Non-Breeding Birds | Other Near-Endemic Birds in Uganda* |
| Fox’s Weaver | Blue Swallow | Archer’s Robin-Chat |
| Kibale | Chapin’s Flycatcher | Black-faced Apalis |
| Ground-Thrush | Corn Crake | Blue-headed Sunbird |
| Entebbe Weaver | Chapin’s Flycatcher | |
| Grauer’s Broadbill | Collared Apalis | |
| Grauer’s Scrub-Warbler | Doherty’s Bushshrike | |
| Karamoja Apalis | Dusky Crimson-wing | |
| Lesser Kestrel | Dwarf Honeyguide | |
| Nahan’s Francolin | Golden-winged Sunbird | |
| Shelley’s Crimson-wing | Grant’s Bluebill | |
| Thin-billed Flycatcher | Grauer’s Cuckooshrike | |
| Yellow-crested Helmetshrike | Grauer’s Scrub-Warbler | |
| Grauer’s Warbler | ||
| Grey-headed Sunbird | ||
| Handsome Francolin | ||
| Hartlaub’s Turaco | ||
| Jackson’s Francolin | ||
| Karamoja Apalis | ||
| Kivu Ground-Thrush | ||
| Lynes’ Cisticola | ||
| Mongalla Cisticola | ||
| Moorland Francolin | ||
| Nahan’s Francolin | ||
| Neumann’s Warbler | ||
| Oberlander’s Ground-Thrush | ||
| Papyrus Canary | ||
| Papyrus Gonolek | ||
| Purple-breasted Sunbird | ||
| Red-faced Barbet | ||
| Red-faced Woodland-Warbler | ||
| Red-throated Alethe | ||
| Regal Sunbird | ||
| Ruwenzori Batis | ||
| Ruwenzori Nightjar | ||
| Ruwenzori Turaco | ||
| Sharpe’s Pied-Babbler | ||
| Shelley’s Crimson-wing | ||
| Strange Weaver | ||
| Stripe-breasted Tit | ||
| Uganda Wood-Warbler | ||
| White-browed Crombec | ||
| White-winged Scrub-Warbler | ||
| Yellow-eyed Black-Flycatcher |
* Adapted from Where to Watch Birds in Africa – by Nigel Wheatley.
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 |
