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

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