List of Birds of Tanzania - Near-threatened, Vulnerable, and Endangered Species

Near-threatened, Vulnerable, and Endangered Species

Near-threatened species

From the above list, the near-threatened species are: Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa, Ring-necked Francolin Francolinus streptophorus, Udzungwa Partridge Xenoperdix udzungwensis, Lesser Flamingo Phoenicopterus minor, Southern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteus, White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus Rueppell's Griffon Gyps rueppellii, Fasciated Snake-Eagle Circaetus fasciolatus, Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus, Red-footed Falcon Falco vespertinus, Sooty Falcon Falco concolor, Taita Falcon Falco fasciinucha, Corn Crake, Crex crex, Stanley Bustard Neotis denhami, Chestnut-banded Plover Charadrius pallidus, Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa, Great Snipe Gallinago media, Black-winged Pratincole Glareola nordmanni, Madagascar Pratincole Glareola ocularis, African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris, Fischer's Lovebird Agapornis fischeri, Lilian's Lovebird Agapornis lilianae, Gray Parrot Psittacus erithacus, Fischer's Turaco Tauraco fischeri, European Roller Coracias garrulus, Red-faced Barbet Lybius rubrifacies, Stierling's Woodpecker Dendropicos stierlingi, Gray-crested Helmetshrike Prionops poliolophus, East Coast Akalat Sheppardia gunningi, Plain-backed Sunbird Anthreptes reichenowi, Moreau's Sunbird Nectarinia moreaui, Tanzania Seedeater Serinus melanochrous, Olive-headed Weaver Ploceus olivaceiceps, and Jackson's Widowbird Euplectes jacksoni.

Vulnerable species

Vulnerable species are: Cape Gannet (Morus capensis), Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex), White-headed Vulture (Trigonoceps occipitalis), Beaudouin's Snake-Eagle (Circaetus beaudouini), Greater Spotted Eagle (Aquila clanga), Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca), Lesser Kestrel (Falco naumanni), Wattled Crane (Bugeranus carunculatus), Pemba Green Pigeon (Treron pembaensis), Pemba Scops-owl (Otus pembaensis), Usambara Eagle-Owl (Bubo vosseleri), Blue Swallow (Hirundo atrocaerulea), White-winged Apalis (Apalis chariessa), Karamoja Apalis (Apalis karamojae), Mrs. Moreau's Warbler (Scepomycter winifredae), Semicollared Flycatcher (Ficedula semitorquata), Swynnerton's Robin (Swynnertonia swynnertoni), Iringa Akalat (Sheppardia lowei), Dapple-throat (Modulatrix orostruthus), Abbott's Starling (Cinnyricinclus femoralis), Banded Sunbird (Anthreptes rubritorques), Rufous-winged Sunbird (Nectarinia rufipennis), Kilombero Weaver (Ploceus burnieri) and Java Sparrow (Lonchura oryzivora).

Endangered species

Endangered species are: Madagascar Pond-Heron Ardeola idae, Egyptian Vulture Neophron percnopterus, Sooty Falcon Falco concolor, Congo Bay-Owl Phodilus prigoginei, Sokoke Scops-Owl Otus ireneae, Braun's Bushshrike Laniarius brauni, Basra Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus griseldis, Usambara Hyliota Hyliota usambarae, Usambara Akalat Sheppardia montana, Rubeho Akalat Sheppardia aurantiithorax, Spotted Ground-Thrush Zoothera guttata, Amani Sunbird Anthreptes pallidigaster, Loveridge's Sunbird Nectarinia loveridgei, Sokoke Pipit Anthus sokokensis and Usambara Weaver Ploceus nicolli.

Critically endangered

Critically endangered species is: Long-billed Tailorbird Artisornis moreaui.

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