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Tanzania

Where bird photos, recordings, and videos are documented in Tanzania.

Snapshot: 20 Sept 2026Metadata onlyNot bird abundance
Catalog media assets
282,046
+438 since previous
Species represented
1,389
-397 since previous
Audio recordings
12,781
4.5% of country media
Dated records
98.8%
278,579 of 282,046 dated

How the media archive grew

Cumulative catalog metadata for Tanzania by field year since 2000. A record is counted under the year its subject was observed, not the year it was uploaded.

Media archive over time

Cumulative catalog metadata by observation year
Tanzania
Earliest dated record from 1957. Peak completed field year: 2025 (58,579 media records).

What’s in the archive?

Catalog media by modality
Photos
267,18394.7%
Audio
12,7814.5%
Video
2,0820.7%

Sound recordings by field year

Annual audio metadata from 2000 onward
Complete field years2026 (partial)
9,593 sound records in the chart window75.1% of 12,781 country audio records; the remainder predates 2000 or lacks a usable field year · 2026 is partial

Bioacoustic spotlight

#1 of 9 by sound records in East Africa
29.6%
Regional sound share
20.9 : 1
Photo-to-audio ratio

For every sound recording, there are 20.9 photos. Field audio provides vital acoustic documentation.

Latest snapshot through 20 Sept 2026.

Species and field years

Which species the country's catalog covers most, and when those records were made.

Most documented species (5)

Ranked by catalog media records in Tanzania
  1. 1

    Lilac-breasted Roller

    Coracias caudatus

    2,578
  2. 2

    Gray Crowned-Crane

    Balearica regulorum

    2,416
  3. 3

    Common Ostrich

    Struthio camelus

    2,387
  4. 4

    Superb Starling

    Lamprotornis superbus

    2,360
  5. 5

    Tawny Eagle

    Aquila rapax

    2,233
Frequently photographed species may dominate. Counts reflect documentation effort, not bird abundance.

Recent field years

Latest 10 field years represented
201710.7K
201815.8K
201916.9K
20206.6K
20219.4K
202215.1K
202332.4K
202440.4K
202558.6K
2026partial34.7K
2026 is incomplete; records counted through 20 Sept 2026.

Who made the recordings

Contributors behind Tanzania's audio, and where the recordings themselves can be played.

Top audio contributors (8)

Most recordings this snapshot
01DM
David Moyer439 species
1,925audio
02HH
H. H. van de Rijt-Plooij0 species
1,820audio
03MT
Martin Tlustos102 species
1,748audio
04RS
Reuben Shallom256 species
1,384audio
05PB
Peter Boesman255 species
684audio
06FA
Fikret Ataşalan154 species
291audio
07LM
Linda Macaulay175 species
256audio
08TS
Tamara Schoch98 species
246audio

Tanzania on eBird

The recordings and photographs themselves

This page reports the catalog metadata. The media files live in the Macaulay Library and are browsable by country on eBird.

eBird & Macaulay Library · collected 20 Sept 2026 · metadata only

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