East Africa · Weekly highlights

Week of 4 Oct 2026

Net additions documented between 27 Sept 2026 and 4 Oct 2026 across East Africa.

Complete snapshot (ebird-sync-20261004)

Regional overview

Added media

+6,405

new catalog records

Photos

+5,994

93.6% of added

Audio

+371

5.8% of added

Video

+40

video clips

New species

catalog taxa gain

New media by country

Net additions documented this week

6,405 total

KE +3,262TZ +1,740UG +841ET +511RW +48SS +3

Media modality split

Composition of newly added assets

6,405 new

Photos +5,994 93.6%Audio +371 5.8%Video +40 0.6%

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	50.9%	+3,262	+3,200+56+6	1,423(+1)	411,864
TanzaniaTZ	27.2%	+1,740	+1,507+229+4	1,390(+1)	284,644
UgandaUG	13.1%	+841	+793+39+9	1,192	198,752
EthiopiaET	8.0%	+511	+474+16+21	955	110,840
RwandaRW	0.7%	+48	+17+31	640(+1)	38,295
South SudanSS	0.0%	+3	+3	89(+2)	165
DRCCD	—	0	—	817	5,193
SomaliaSO	—	0	—	330	4,755
BurundiBI	—	0	—	289	2,220

Deltas sum to the week's net change of +6,405 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

+371

new sound recordings

Sound catalog

44,053

all-time vocalizations

Top field recordist

+93

🇹🇿 Reuben Shallom

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	Reuben Shallom	🇹🇿	57	+93
#2	David Moyer	🇹🇿	47	+79
#3	Martin Tlustos	🇹🇿	18	+42
#4	Faith Kebenei	🇰🇪	12	+22
#5	Daniel Engelbrecht - Birding Ecotours	🇺🇬	15	+18
#6	Cullen Hanks	🇰🇪	14	+17
#7	Niyomugabo Evariste	🇷🇼	11	+17
#8	Harerimana Joachim	🇷🇼	10	+14
#9	Jonathan Onongo	🇺🇬	10	+13
#10	Justin Goldberg	🇪🇹	7	+7
#11	Brian Henderson	🇪🇹	5	+5
#12	Dickens Ally	🇰🇪	4	+5
#13	Akshita Rabdiya	🇹🇿	3	+4
#14	Aman Mottaqui-Tabar	🇰🇪	3	+4
#15	David Kidwell	🇺🇬	3	+3
#16	Davis M Barya	🇺🇬	3	+3
#17	Eric Pitts	🇰🇪🇹🇿	2	+3
#18	Joe Ndekia \| Nungunungu Expeditions	🇹🇿	2	+3
#19	Lily Shallom	🇹🇿	3	+3
#20	Volodymyr Yaroshenko	🇰🇪🇹🇿	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-20261004 · published 4 Oct 2026

Prior: ebird-sync-20260927 · Macaulay Library