East Africa · Weekly highlights

Week of 27 Sept 2026

Net additions documented between 20 Sept 2026 and 27 Sept 2026 across East Africa.

Complete snapshot (ebird-sync-20260927)

Regional overview

Added media

+5,630

new catalog records

Photos

+5,075

90.1% of added

Audio

+542

9.6% of added

Video

+13

video clips

New species

catalog taxa gain

New media by country

Net additions documented this week

5,630 total

KE +3,773TZ +858UG +692ET +155RW +91CD +61

Media modality split

Composition of newly added assets

5,630 new

Photos +5,075 90.1%Audio +542 9.6%Video +13 0.2%

Featured bird additions

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

4 featured records

KenyaPhoto

Gray Crowned-Crane

Balearica regulorum

Macaulay #206441431

KenyaPhoto

African Fish-Eagle

Icthyophaga vocifer

Macaulay #204931321

KenyaPhoto

Marabou Stork

Leptoptilos crumenifer

Macaulay #162614461

KenyaPhoto

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	67.0%	+3,773	+3,459+304+10	1,422	408,602
TanzaniaTZ	15.2%	+858	+752+106	1,389	282,904
UgandaUG	12.3%	+692	+676+13+3	1,192(+1)	197,911
EthiopiaET	2.8%	+155	+147+8	955(+2)	110,329
RwandaRW	1.6%	+91	+41+50	639	38,247
DRCCD	1.1%	+61	+61	817	5,193
SomaliaSO	—	0	—	330	4,755
BurundiBI	—	0	—	289	2,220
South SudanSS	—	0	—	87	162

Deltas sum to the week's net change of +5,630 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

+542

new sound recordings

Sound catalog

43,682

all-time vocalizations

Top field recordist

+131

🇨🇩 Bram Piot

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	Bram Piot	🇨🇩🇰🇪	76	+131
#2	James Apolloh ~Freelance Tour Guide	🇰🇪	50	+76
#3	Cullen Hanks	🇰🇪	47	+72
#4	Martin Tlustos	🇹🇿	18	+36
#5	Ding Li Yong	🇰🇪	20	+25
#6	Faith Kebenei	🇰🇪	17	+21
#7	Harerimana Joachim	🇷🇼	17	+21
#8	Joseph Msuya	🇹🇿	9	+19
#9	David Moyer	🇹🇿	10	+17
#10	Reuben Shallom	🇹🇿	13	+15
#11	Ndayishima Barugahe Aphrodice	🇷🇼	9	+11
#12	Yoav Perlman	🇰🇪	10	+11
#13	Judith Mirembe	🇺🇬	3	+10
#14	Bigengimana Prestus	🇷🇼	6	+7
#15	Tamara Schoch	🇹🇿	3	+7
#16	Abigail Church	🇰🇪	6	+6
#17	Niyomugabo Evariste	🇷🇼	4	+6
#18	Adarsh Nagda	🇰🇪	3	+4
#19	Aman Mottaqui-Tabar	🇰🇪	3	+4
#20	Andrew Schoeman	🇹🇿	3	+3

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-20260927 · published 27 Sept 2026

Prior: ebird-sync-20260920 · Macaulay Library