East Africa · Weekly highlights

Week of 13 Sept 2026

Net additions documented between 6 Sept 2026 and 13 Sept 2026 across East Africa.

Complete snapshot (ebird-sync-20260913)

Regional overview

Added media

+3,793

new catalog records

Photos

+3,377

89.0% of added

Audio

+396

10.4% of added

Video

+20

video clips

New species

+15

catalog taxa gain

New media by country

Net additions documented this week

3,793 total

KE +1,655TZ +923UG +681ET +481RW +42SO +8CD +3

Media modality split

Composition of newly added assets

3,793 new

Photos +3,377 89.0%Audio +396 10.4%Video +20 0.5%

Featured bird additions

Curated avian media records added to the regional archive this snapshot week

4 featured records

KenyaPhoto

Secretarybird

Sagittarius serpentarius

Macaulay #101768831

UgandaPhoto

Great Blue Turaco

Corythaeola cristata

Macaulay #121447201

KenyaPhoto

Common Ostrich

Struthio camelus

Macaulay #522732501

TanzaniaPhoto

Superb Starling

Lamprotornis superbus

Macaulay #32401641

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)

Net media additions and species records this week

Country	Weekly share	Net added	Media added (P / A / V)	Species (+gain)	Total media
KenyaKE	43.6%	+1,655	+1,368+282+5	1,815(+2)	403,692
TanzaniaTZ	24.3%	+923	+821+88+14	1,786(+10)	281,608
UgandaUG	18.0%	+681	+680+1	1,501(+4)	196,872
EthiopiaET	12.7%	+481	+478+2+1	1,066(+1)	109,428
RwandaRW	1.1%	+42	+19+23	714	38,124
SomaliaSO	0.2%	+8	+8	350(+3)	4,753
DRCCD	0.1%	+3	+3	842	5,120
BurundiBI	—	0	—	297	2,220
South SudanSS	—	0	—	86	157

Deltas sum to the week's net change of +3,793 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

Added this week

+396

new sound recordings

Sound catalog

42,803

all-time vocalizations

Top field recordist

+71

🇰🇪 Ian Davies

Active recordists

contributors added audio

Weekly audio contributors (20)

Ranked by recordings newly added this week

Rank	Field recordist / contributor	Territories	Species added	Added this week
#1	Ian Davies	🇰🇪	37	+71
#2	Martin Tlustos	🇹🇿	28	+55
#3	Ding Li Yong	🇰🇪	29	+38
#4	Cullen Hanks	🇰🇪	16	+23
#5	Toby Carter	🇰🇪	14	+21
#6	Batmunkh Davaasuren	🇰🇪	11	+19
#7	Reuben Shallom	🇹🇿	12	+19
#8	Daniel Lebbin	🇰🇪	11	+17
#9	Faith Kebenei	🇰🇪	11	+14
#10	Penny Robinson	🇰🇪	8	+11
#11	Harerimana Joachim	🇷🇼	9	+10
#12	Niyomugabo Evariste	🇷🇼	8	+9
#13	Alain Jacot	🇰🇪	7	+8
#14	Dale Forbes	🇰🇪	7	+7
#15	Joe Ndekia \| Nungunungu Expeditions	🇹🇿	6	+7
#16	Adarsh Nagda	🇰🇪	2	+5
#17	Martha Mutiso	🇰🇪	4	+4
#18	Praneeth Ratnayake	🇰🇪	4	+4
#19	Tomasz Wilk	🇰🇪	4	+4
#20	Yoav Perlman	🇰🇪	4	+4

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-20260913 · published 13 Sept 2026

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