East Africa · Regional overview
eBird & Macaulay Library
Where bird photos, recordings, and videos are documented across the region.
What the regional catalog holds
Read from the published Macaulay Library snapshot. Coverage counts describe what has been submitted to the archive, not how many birds live in a country.
Compare countries (9)
| Country | Media records |
|---|---|
| KEKenya | 404,829 |
| TZTanzania | 282,046 |
| UGUganda | 197,219 |
| ETEthiopia | 110,174 |
| RWRwanda | 38,156 |
| CDDR Congo | 5,132 |
| SOSomalia | 4,755 |
| BIBurundi | 2,220 |
| SSSouth Sudan | 162 |
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda hold 84.6% of catalog media. Counts reflect documentation effort, not bird abundance.
What’s in the archive?
- Photos
- 991,55994.9%
- Audio
- 43,1404.1%
- Video
- 9,9941.0%
Media by observation year
- Added media
- +2,719
- New species
- 0
Top country additions
From the catalog
Which species dominate the record, and what the figures beside them do and do not say.
Most documented species (5)
- 17,856
Gray Crowned-Crane
Balearica regulorum
- 27,388
African Fish-Eagle
Icthyophaga vocifer
- 36,867
Marabou Stork
Leptoptilos crumenifer
- 46,354
Superb Starling
Lamprotornis superbus
- 56,260
Lilac-breasted Roller
Coracias caudatus
How to read this figure
Observation year, not upload year
A record is counted under the year the bird was seen, not the year the photograph, recording or video reached the library.
The last year is partial
The snapshot cutoff falls partway through 2026, so its bar is shorter than the year it names.
Effort, not abundance
The bars count what observers submitted. A steep year is a busy year for eBird, not necessarily a good year for birds.
Macaulay Library snapshot ebird-sync-20260920 · collected 20 Sept 2026 · 1,044,693 assets
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