Zanzibar North – Bird Checklist : The North region of Zanzibar also known as Zanzibar North or North Zanzibar Region is one of the 31 regions of Tanzania covering an area of 407 square kilometers, this area is known for more private and less crowded beaches. The north coast of Zanzibar is also the least affected region by the tidal region.

Though the crystal white sand beaches are the main attraction in the Zanzibar North, the region is home to several species of birds as listed below.

ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae

White-faced Whistling-Duck

Fulvous Whistling-Duck

GALLIFORMES: Numididae

Helmeted Guineafowl

Eastern Crested Guineafowl

GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae

Harlequin Quail

PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae

Little Grebe

COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae

Rock Pigeon

Red-eyed Dove

Ring-necked Dove

Laughing Dove

Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove

Blue-spotted Wood-Dove

Tambourine Dove

Namaqua Dove

African Green-Pigeon

MUSOPHAGIFORMES: Musophagidae

Fischer’s Turaco

CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae

White-browed Coucal

Green Malkoha

Levaillant’s Cuckoo

Dideric Cuckoo

Madagascar Cuckoo

CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae

Square-tailed Nightjar

CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Apodidae

Mottled Spinetail

Little Swift

White-rumped Swift

African Palm Swift

GRUIFORMES: Sarothruridae

Buff-spotted Flufftail

Red-chested Flufftail

GRUIFORMES: Rallidae

Eurasian Moorhen

Allen’s Gallinule

African Swamphen

Black Crake

CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae

Water Thick-knee

CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae

Black-winged Stilt

CHARADRIIFORMES: Haematopodidae

Eurasian Oystercatcher

CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae

Black-bellied Plover

Common Ringed Plover

Little Ringed Plover

Senegal Lapwing

Tibetan Sand-Plover

Greater Sand-Plover

CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae

African Jacana

CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae

Whimbrel

Eurasian Curlew

Bar-tailed Godwit

Great Snipe

Red-necked Phalarope

Terek Sandpiper

Common Sandpiper

Green Sandpiper

Marsh Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper

Common Greenshank

Ruddy Turnstone

Ruff

Curlew Sandpiper

Sanderling

Little Stint

CHARADRIIFORMES: Turnicidae

Small Buttonquail

CHARADRIIFORMES: Dromadidae

Crab-Plover

CHARADRIIFORMES: Stercorariidae

Pomarine Jaeger

CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae

Black-headed Gull

Gray-hooded Gull

Sooty Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Brown Noddy

Lesser Noddy

Sooty Tern

Bridled Tern

Little Tern

Saunders’s Tern

Gull-billed Tern

Caspian Tern

Whiskered Tern

Common Tern

White-cheeked Tern

Black-naped Tern

Roseate Tern

Sandwich Tern

Lesser Crested Tern

Great Crested Tern

PHAETHONTIFORMES: Phaethontidae

White-tailed Tropicbird

Red-billed Tropicbird

PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae

Wedge-tailed Shearwater

Tropical Shearwater

CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae

African Openbill

White Stork

Yellow-billed Stork

SULIFORMES: Fregatidae

Lesser Frigatebird

Great Frigatebird

SULIFORMES: Sulidae

Cape Gannet

Red-footed Booby

Masked Booby

SULIFORMES: Anhingidae

African Darter

SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae

Long-tailed Cormorant

Great Cormorant

PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae

Little Bittern

Black-crowned Night Heron

Black Heron

Little Egret

Western Reef-Heron

White-backed Night Heron

Striated Heron

Squacco Heron

Malagasy Pond-Heron

Western Cattle Egret

Great Egret

Yellow-billed Egret

Gray Heron

Purple Heron

Black-headed Heron

Goliath Heron

PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae

African Sacred Ibis

Hadada Ibis

ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae

Osprey

ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae

Black-winged Kite

Palm-nut Vulture

White-headed Vulture

Black-chested Snake-Eagle

Banded Snake-Eagle

Bat Hawk

Lesser Spotted Eagle

Booted Eagle

Tawny Eagle

Steppe Eagle

Lizard Buzzard

African Goshawk

Shikra

Black Goshawk

Black Kite

African Fish-Eagle

STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae

Barn Owl

STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae

African Wood-Owl

COLIIFORMES: Coliidae

Speckled Mousebird

BUCEROTIFORMES: Phoeniculidae

Green Woodhoopoe

BUCEROTIFORMES: Bucerotidae

Crowned Hornbill

CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae

Malachite Kingfisher

African Pygmy Kingfisher

Gray-headed Kingfisher

Mangrove Kingfisher

Striped Kingfisher

Pied Kingfisher

CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae

Swallow-tailed Bee-eater

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater

Madagascar Bee-eater

CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae

European Roller

Lilac-breasted Roller

Rufous-crowned Roller

Broad-billed Roller

PICIFORMES: Lybiidae

Green Tinkerbird

Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird

Red-fronted Tinkerbird

PICIFORMES: Picidae

Cardinal Woodpecker

Green-backed Woodpecker

FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae

Dickinson’s Kestrel

Red-necked Falcon

Amur Falcon

Eleonora’s Falcon

Eurasian Hobby

African Hobby

Peregrine Falcon

Taita Falcon

PSITTACIFORMES: Psittaculidae

Yellow-collared Lovebird

PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae

Brown-headed Parrot

PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae

Eurasian Golden Oriole

African Golden Oriole

PASSERIFORMES: Platysteiridae

Pale Batis

Eastern Black-headed Batis

PASSERIFORMES: Malaconotidae

Black-backed Puffback

Brown-crowned Tchagra

Tropical Boubou

Zanzibar Boubou

PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae

Square-tailed Drongo

Fork-tailed Drongo

PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae

African Crested Flycatcher

African Paradise-Flycatcher

PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae

Red-backed Shrike

Red-tailed Shrike

Isabelline Shrike

Northern Fiscal

PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae

House Crow

Pied Crow

PASSERIFORMES: Nicatoridae

Eastern Nicator

PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae

Greencap Eremomela

Green-backed Camaroptera

Bar-throated Apalis

Yellow-breasted Apalis

Tawny-flanked Prinia

Zitting Cisticola

PASSERIFORMES: Acrocephalidae

Olive-tree Warbler

Common Reed Warbler

Lesser Swamp Warbler

PASSERIFORMES: Locustellidae

River Warbler

PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae

Rock Martin

Barn Swallow

Wire-tailed Swallow

Western House-Martin

Red-rumped Swallow

Lesser Striped Swallow

PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae

Sombre Greenbul

Little Greenbul

Common Bulbul

PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopidae

Willow Warbler

PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae

Southern Yellow White-eye

PASSERIFORMES: Pellorneidae

Brown Illadopsis

Tanzanian Illadopsis

PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae

Wattled Starling

Violet-backed Starling

Black-bellied Starling

Lesser Blue-eared Starling

PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae

Red-tailed Ant-Thrush

PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae

Spotted Flycatcher

African Gray Flycatcher

Pale Flycatcher

Ashy Flycatcher

Bearded Scrub-Robin

Red-capped Robin-Chat

East Coast Akalat

Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush

Northern Wheatear

PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae

Collared Sunbird

Olive Sunbird

Mouse-colored Sunbird

Amethyst Sunbird

Scarlet-chested Sunbird

Hunter’s Sunbird

Purple-banded Sunbird

Variable Sunbird

PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae

Spectacled Weaver

African Golden-Weaver

Holub’s Golden-Weaver

Village Weaver

Forest Weaver

Zanzibar Red Bishop

Black-winged Bishop

Grosbeak Weaver

Zanzibar North – Bird Checklist   
Zanzibar Red Bishop

PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae

Bronze Mannikin

Magpie Mannikin

Black-and-white Mannikin

Java Sparrow

Green-backed Twinspot

Common Waxbill

Zebra Waxbill

Orange-winged Pytilia

Red-billed Firefinch

PASSERIFORMES: Viduidae

Pin-tailed Whydah

Village Indigobird

Parasitic Weaver

Zanzibar North – Bird Checklist    : PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae

House Sparrow

Northern Gray-headed Sparrow

Southern Gray-headed Sparrow

Zanzibar North – Bird Checklist    : PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae

Western Yellow Wagtail

African Pied Wagtail

African Pipit

PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae

Yellow-fronted Canary

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