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Fischer's Lovebird
Fischer's Lovebird (Agapornis fischeri) is a small parrot species of the genus Agapornis. This species was originally discovered in the late 19th century. They are named after German explorer Gustav Fischer.
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Fischer's Lovebird
Yellow-collared lovebird
The yellow-collared lovebird (Agapornis personatus ), also called masked lovebird, black-masked lovebird or eye ring lovebird, is a monotypic species of bird of the lovebird genus in the parrot family Psittaculidae. They are native to Arusha Region of Tanzania and have been introduced to Burundi and Kenya. Although they have been observed in the wild in Puerto Rico, they are probably the result of escaped pets, and no reproduction has been ...
 recorded. They have also been observed in Arizona.
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Yellow-collared lovebird
Black-throated monitor
The black-throated monitor (Varanus albigularis microstictus ) is a subspecies of monitor lizard in the family Varanidae. The subspecies is native to Tanzania.
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Black-throated monitor
Zanzibar servaline genet
The Zanzibar servaline genet (Genetta servalina archeri ) is a recently discovered subspecies of servaline genet endemic to Unguja Island in the Tanzanian archipelago of Zanzibar. Its conservation status is uncertain.
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Zanzibar servaline genet
Turquoise Dwarf Gecko
The Turquoise dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus williamsi) is a critically endangered species of lizard found only in a small area of Tanzania. These lizards suffer greatly from the pet trade, and illegally wild-caught specimens are widely sold internationally, often falsely promoted as captive-bred.
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Turquoise Dwarf Gecko
Kipunji
The kipunji (Rungwecebus kipunji ), also known as the highland mangabey, is a species of Old World monkey that lives in the highland forests of Tanzania. The kipunji has a unique call, described as a 'honk-bark', which distinguishes it from its relatives, the grey-cheeked mangabey and the black crested mangabey, whose calls are described as 'whoop-gobbles'. The kipunji was independently discovered by researchers from the Wildlife Conservation ...
 Society, the University of Georgia, and Conservation International, in December 2003 and July 2004, making it the first new African monkey species discovered since the sun-tailed monkey in 1984. Originally assigned to the genus Lophocebus, genetic and morphological data showed that it is more closely related to the baboons (genus Papio ) than to the other mangabeys in the genus Lophocebus. Scientists subsequently assigned it to a new genus, Rungwecebus, named after Mount Rungwe, where it is found. The kipunji is the first new monkey genus to be discovered since Allen's swamp monkey in 1923.Zoologists were initially skeptical of the existence of the kipunji until its discovery, as traditional tales of the Nyakyusa people described the monkey as both real and mythical.
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Kipunji
Pemba flying fox
The Pemba flying fox (Pteropus voeltzkowi ) is a species of flying fox in the family Pteropodidae. It is endemic to the island of Pemba on the coast of Tanzania.
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Pemba flying fox
Udzungwa forest partridge
The Udzungwa forest partridge (Xenoperdix udzungwensis ), also known as the Udzungwa partridge, is a small, approximately 29 centimetres (11 in) long, boldly barred, brownish partridge with rufous face, grey underparts, olive-brown crown and upperparts. It has a red bill, brown iris and yellow legs. Both sexes are similar.Discovered only in 1991, this bird was first noticed as a pair of strange feet in a cooking pot in a Tanzanian forest camp. ...
It inhabits and is endemic to forests of the Udzungwa Mountains in Tanzania. A second population from the Rubeho Mountains was initially believed to be a well-marked subspecies, but is now recognized to be specifically distinct. The diet consists mainly of beetles, ants and seeds.Due to ongoing habitat loss, small population size, limited range and overhunting in some areas, the Udzungwa forest partridge is classified as Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
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Udzungwa forest partridge
Grey-breasted spurfowl
The grey-breasted spurfowl or grey-breasted francolin (Pternistis rufopictus ) is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae. It is found only in Tanzania. The grey-breasted spurfowl was described by the German ornithologist Anton Reichenow in 1887 and given its current binomial name Pternistis rufopictus. The specific epithet combines the Latin rufus meaning "red" and pictus meaning "painted". A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2019 ...
 found that the grey-breasted spurfowl is sister to the red-necked spurfowl. The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.
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Grey-breasted spurfowl
Rubeho forest partridge
The Rubeho forest partridge (Xenoperdix obscuratus ) is a small, approximately 29 centimetres (11 in) long, boldly barred, brownish partridge with rufous face, grey underparts, and olive-brown crown and upperparts. It has a red bill, brown iris, and yellow legs. Both sexes are similar.It inhabits and is endemic to forests of the Rubeho Mountains in Tanzania. It was formerly considered to be a well-marked subspecies of the Udzungwa forest ...
partridge, Xenoperdix udzungwensis of the Udzungwa Mountains, but is now recognized to be specifically distinct. Its diet consists mainly of beetles, ants, and seeds.Due to ongoing habitat loss, small population size, limited range, and overhunting, Xenoperdix obscuratus is considered endangered, although it has not been evaluated by the IUCN separately from X. udzungwensis.
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Rubeho forest partridge
Beesley's lark
Beesley's lark (Chersomanes beesleyi ) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the spike-heeled lark.It is found north-eastern Tanzania. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.
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Beesley's lark
Broad-ringed white-eye
The broad-ringed white-eye (Zosterops eurycricotus ) or Kilimanjaro white-eye is a bird species in the family Zosteropidae. It is found in northeast Tanzania.The broad-ringed white-eye was formerly considered a subspecies of the montane white-eye, now Heuglin's white-eye (Zosterops poliogastrus ).
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Broad-ringed white-eye
Kipengere seedeater
The Kipengere seedeater (Crithagra melanochroa ), also known as the Tanzania seedeater, is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It is found only in Tanzania. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forest and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.The Kipengere seedeater was formerly placed in the genus Serinus but phylogenetic analysis using mitochondrial and nuclear ...
 DNA sequences found that the genus was polyphyletic. The genus was therefore split and a number of species including the Kipengere seedeater were moved to the resurrected genus Crithagra.
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Kipengere seedeater
Usambara hyliota
The Usambara hyliota (Hyliota usambara ) is a species of Hyliota.It is found only in Tanzania.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and plantations.It is threatened by habitat loss.
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Usambara hyliota
South Pare white-eye
The south Pare white-eye (Zosterops winifredae ) is a bird species in the family Zosteropidae. Its range is restricted to the southern region of the Pare Mountains in northeastern Tanzania.The South Pare white-eye was formerly treated as a subspecies of the Heuglin's white-eye (Zosterops poliogastrus ) (previously named montane white-eye) but it is now considered as a separate species based on the phylogenetic relationships determined in a ...
 molecular study published in 2014.
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South Pare white-eye
Rubeho akalat
The Rubeho akalat (Sheppardia aurantiithorax ) is a member of the Old World flycatcher family, (Muscicapiidae), known from the Eastern Arc of Tanzania. Akalats trapped in 1989 here were assumed to be an isolated population of Iringa akalat which occurs c. 150 km to the south, but further specimens collected in 2000 led to the description of the bird as a new species. The bird's English name relates to its type locality, Rubeho Mountains, ...
Morogoro; the scientific name to the ochraceous colour on its throat and upper breast.The Rubeho akalat is found in the Rubeho Mountains, the Wota Mountains northwest of the Rubehos, the Ukaguru Mountains, and Mount Kiboriani northwest of the Ukugurus, between 1660 and 2400 meters elevation. The species is thought to be fairly common in montane forests within its small range, but its very limited distribution has let to it being classified as Endangered species in the 2008 IUCN Red List.
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Rubeho akalat
Iringa akalat
The Iringa akalat (Sheppardia lowei ) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.It is endemic to Tanzania.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.
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Iringa akalat
Montane tiny greenbul
The montane tiny greenbul (Phyllastrephus albigula ) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.It is endemic to the Usambara and Nguru Mountains in Tanzania. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.
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Montane tiny greenbul
Reichenow's batis
Reichenow's batis (Batis reichenowi ) is a passerine bird in the wattle-eye family, Platysteiridae occurring in southeast Tanzania in east Africa. It was formerly treated as a subspecies of the forest batis.
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Reichenow's batis
Tanzanian red-billed hornbill
The Tanzanian red-billed hornbill (Tockus ruahae ) is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae. It is found in central Tanzania. All five red-billed hornbills were formerly considered conspecific.
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Tanzanian red-billed hornbill
Pemba scops owl
The Pemba scops owl (Otus pembaensis ) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is endemic to Pemba Island which is part of and off the coast of Tanzania.
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Pemba scops owl
Pemba green pigeon
The Pemba green pigeon (Treron pembaensis ) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is endemic to Tanzania.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, plantations, and rural gardens. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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Pemba green pigeon
Uluguru bushshrike
The Uluguru bushshrike (Malaconotus alius ) is a species of rare bird occurring only in the Uluguru Mountains in Tanzania. It was discovered in 1926 and was known to be confined to a single site in the Uluguru North Forest Reserve of about 84 km2. However, in March 2007, a team of Wildlife Conservation Society of Tanzania discovered its presence in the Uluguru South Forest Reserve in Morogoro Region. There are an estimated 1200 pairs remaining ...
and the population trend is stable.
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Uluguru bushshrike
Yellow-throated greenbul
The yellow-throated greenbul (Arizelocichla chlorigula ) is a species of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is an African species found in east-central and southern Tanzania.
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Yellow-throated greenbul
Uhehe fiscal
The Uhehe fiscal (Lanius collaris marwitzi ) is a bird in the family Laniidae. It is endemic to the uplands of southern and eastern Tanzania. Some taxonomic authorities treat this species as a subspecies of the southern fiscal (Lanius collaris ). Despite its small population size and restricted range, the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated this species as being of "least concern".
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Uhehe fiscal
Long-billed forest warbler
The long-billed forest warbler (Artisornis moreaui ), also known as the long-billed tailorbird, is a songbird of the family Cisticolidae, formerly part of the "Old World warbler" assemblage. It is found in Tanzania and Mozambique. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat destruction.
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Long-billed forest warbler
Usambara weaver
The Usambara weaver (Ploceus nicolli ) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae.It is endemic to Tanzania.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and plantations.It is threatened by habitat loss.
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Usambara weaver
Winifred's warbler
Winifred's warbler (Scepomycter winifredae ), also known as Mrs. Moreau's warbler, is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. The species was first recorded and named by the ornithologist Reginald Moreau after his wife.The species was originally described in the genus Artisornis based on an immature male specimen. The species was found in the Kinole forest north of Uluguru in eastern Tanzania. The bird is mostly olive green above with the ...
 forehead and crown being rufous brown as are the sides of the head and chest. The chin is whitish.Moreau later moved it to the genus Scepomycter after examining museum specimens and obtaining new specimens of adults through his collector Charles Abdallah who lured the specimens by imitating the low whistles of a Malaconotus. The genus Scepomycter was traditionally considered monotypic, but in 2009 a closely related new species was described, the Rubeho warbler.Alternatively, the Winifred's warbler has sometimes been included in the genus Bathmocercus with which it forms a clade that is a sister of the genus Cisticola. It is endemic to montane forest in the Uluguru Mountains in Tanzania. Populations in the Rubeho-Ukaguru Mountains are the very similar Rubeho warbler, and the status as near threatened. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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Winifred's warbler
Banded green sunbird
The banded green sunbird (Anthreptes rubritorques ) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae.It is endemic to Tanzania.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, plantations, and rural gardens.It is threatened by habitat loss.
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Banded green sunbird
Kilombero weaver
The Kilombero weaver (Ploceus burnieri ) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae.It is endemic to Tanzania.Its natural habitat is swamps.It is threatened by habitat loss.
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Kilombero weaver
Usambara akalat
The Usambara akalat (Sheppardia montana ), also known as the Usambara alethe or Usambara robin-chat, is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.It is endemic to Tanzania.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.
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Usambara akalat
Hofmann's sunbird
Hofmann's sunbird (Cinnyris hofmanni ) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is endemic to eastern Tanzania.
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Hofmann's sunbird
Pemba sunbird
The Pemba sunbird (Cinnyris pembae ) is a species of bird in the sunbird family. It is endemic to Pemba Island, in Tanzania.A breeding pair were seen feeding their chicks in the characteristic hanging nest on Unguja Island in June 2018.
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Pemba sunbird
Moreau's sunbird
Moreau's sunbird (Cinnyris moreaui ) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is endemic to Tanzania where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed it as being "near-threatened".
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Moreau's sunbird
Usambara thrush
The Usambara thrush (Turdus roehli ), also known as Roehl's thrush or Usambara olive thrush, is a species of thrush found in eastern Africa. Formerly, it was considered as a subspecies of the olive thrush, with which it is known to hybridize with, but is now recognised as a separate species.
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Usambara thrush
Loveridge's sunbird
Loveridge's sunbird (Cinnyris loveridgei ) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae.It is endemic to Tanzania.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the American herpetologist Arthur Loveridge.
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Loveridge's sunbird
Rufous-winged sunbird
The rufous-winged sunbird (Cinnyris rufipennis ) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae.It is endemic to Tanzania.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.
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Rufous-winged sunbird
Rubeho warbler
The Rubeho warbler (Scepomycter rubehoensis ) is a threatened species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in highland forests in the Rubeho–Ukaguru Mountains in Tanzania. This cryptic species was only described in 2009; it having traditionally been included in the closely related Winifred's warbler.
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Rubeho warbler
Uluguru greenbul
The Uluguru greenbul (Arizelocichla neumanni ) is a species of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is found in eastern Tanzania.
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Uluguru greenbul
Leptopelis vermiculatus
Leptopelis vermiculatus, also known as the peacock tree frog, Amani forest treefrog, or vermiculated tree frog, is a species of frog found in forest areas in Tanzania. Sometimes the common name big-eyed tree frog is used, but this may also refer to another species, Leptopelis macrotis.
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Leptopelis vermiculatus
Uluguru forest tree frog
The Uluguru forest tree frog or ruby-eyed tree frog, Leptopelis uluguruensis, is a species of frog in the family Arthroleptidae endemic to Tanzania.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, rivers, and intermittent freshwater marshes.It is threatened by habitat loss.
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Uluguru forest tree frog
Churamiti
Churamiti is a genus of toads endemic to Tanzania. It is monotypic and represented by a single species, Churamiti maridadi. This species is only known from its type locality in the Mamiwa-Kisara Forest Reserve in the Ukaguru Mountains. Only four specimens are known. The scientific name is derived from the Swahili words chura meaning toad or frog, miti meaning tree, and maridadi meaning beautiful, for the descriptive "beautiful tree-toad".
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Churamiti
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