East Africa · Weekly highlights
Week of 6 Sept 2026
Net additions documented between 30 Aug 2026 and 6 Sept 2026 across East Africa.
New media by country
Media modality split
Featured bird additions
Curated avian media records added to the regional archive this snapshot week
Gray Crowned-Crane
Balearica regulorum
Lilac-breasted Roller
Coracias caudatus
African Fish-Eagle
Icthyophaga vocifer
Superb Starling
Lamprotornis superbus
Media cataloged via eBird checklists. Birders in East Africa document incidental biodiversity (invertebrates, flora, herpetofauna) alongside bird observations, which Cornell indexes in the Macaulay Library.
Where the week's media landed
Every monitored country, its share of the week's net additions, and the modality split behind it.
National catalog additions (9)
| Country | Net added | Total media |
|---|---|---|
| KenyaKE | +1,527 | 402,037 |
| TanzaniaTZ | +1,367 | 280,685 |
| UgandaUG | +1,205 | 196,191 |
| EthiopiaET | +150 | 108,947 |
| RwandaRW | +42 | 38,082 |
| SomaliaSO | +2 | 4,745 |
| DRCCD | 0 | 5,117 |
| BurundiBI | 0 | 2,220 |
| South SudanSS | 0 | 157 |
Deltas sum to the week's net change of +4,293 media records. A dash means the country was checked and did not change.
Avian bioacoustics · new sounds and recordists
New audio recordings and active contributors documented across East Africa this week
Weekly audio contributors (17)
| Field recordist / contributor | Added this week |
|---|---|
| Judith Mirembe | +141 |
| Daniel Engelbrecht - Birding Ecotours | +41 |
| Martin Tlustos | +19 |
| Reuben Shallom | +19 |
| Tumuheise Zephaniah | +15 |
| Alain Jacot | +11 |
| Fikret Ataşalan | +9 |
| Akshita Rabdiya | +5 |
| François Morand | +3 |
| Ian Davies | +3 |
| Kathleen Coyle | +3 |
| Niyomugabo Evariste | +3 |
| Birdscapes Kenya (Rasca Mbuvi) | +1 |
| daniel morompi | +1 |
| Doreen Amukoya | +1 |
| ITWITAHO Ennice | +1 |
| Lutz Duerselen | +1 |
Recordings added is a set difference of catalogue ids; the week's headline figure is a net change, and the two can differ when recordings leave the catalogue.
Snapshot ebird-sync-20260906 · published 6 Sept 2026
Prior: ebird-sync-20260830 · Macaulay Library