Wildlife sounds · East Africa
East Africa Sounds
Wildlife sound recordings added to Xeno-canto across East Africa, week by week.
East Africa, week of 1 Nov 2026
25 Oct to 1 Nov 2026 · the latest week
The archive gained 49 recordings across East Africa in the week. Tanzania added the most, 36.
Who added the most (7)
| Contributor | Sounds added |
|---|---|
| Ardgard Mwamgeni1 species | +23 |
| Yusuph Wilangali9 species | +11 |
| Brendan Sloan5 species | +8 |
| Oliver Fowler3 species | +3 |
| Kileo Jumah2 species | +2 |
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New species (6)
| Species | New for | Sounds added |
|---|---|---|
| Galam white-lipped frogHylarana galamensis | Tanzania | +2New to East Africa |
| Callulina kreffti | Tanzania | +1New to East Africa |
| Eastern puddle frogPhrynobatrachus acridoides | Tanzania | +1New to East Africa |
| Tinker Reed FrogHyperolius tuberilinguis | Tanzania | +1New to East Africa |
| Green-backed EremomelaEremomela canescens | Uganda | +1 |
The archive held no recording of these species from that country before this week. A name opens the species' recordings from there on Xeno-canto.
Week by week (11)
| Week of | Recordings | New species |
|---|---|---|
| Showing | +49 | +6 |
| +3 | — | |
| +44 | +13 | |
| +24 | 0 | |
| +77 | +14 | |
| +70 | +1 | |
| +138 | +3 | |
| +51 | 0 |
All time
Everything in the archive for East Africa up to 1 Nov 2026. These figures stay the same whichever week is chosen above.
Country coverage across East Africa. Sorted by recordings (high to low).
Kenya
#1 · 32.9% regional share
- Recordings
- 9,267
- Species
- 769
- Mystery
- 38
Tanzania
#2 · 31.8% regional share
- Recordings
- 8,975
- Species
- 693
- Mystery
- 30
Uganda
#3 · 20.4% regional share
- Recordings
- 5,740
- Species
- 575
- Mystery
- 25
Ethiopia
#4 · 10.1% regional share
- Recordings
- 2,844
- Species
- 468
- Mystery
- 11
DR Congo
#5 · 1.8% regional share
- Recordings
- 521
- Species
- 219
- Mystery
- 1
Rwanda
#6 · 1.5% regional share
- Recordings
- 424
- Species
- 186
- Mystery
- 3
Burundi
#7 · 1.0% regional share
- Recordings
- 295
- Species
- 115
- Mystery
- 1
Somalia
#8 · 0.4% regional share
- Recordings
- 107
- Species
- 56
- Mystery
- 0
South Sudan
#9 · 0.1% regional share
- Recordings
- 20
- Species
- 13
- Mystery
- 0
Recordings by country
Top recordists of all time (10)
| Contributor | Sounds |
|---|---|
| Louis A. Hansen230 species | 5,231 |
| Peter Boesman758 species | 2,979 |
| Isaac Kilusu520 species | 2,658 |
| Martin St-Michel398 species | 1,398 |
| Frank Lambert448 species | 1,391 |
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Help identify unclassified East African sounds
109 mystery recordings awaiting identification
These wildlife audio vouchers from Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, and DR Congo need species confirmation. Listen to the recordings, review spectrograms, and propose IDs on Xeno-canto.
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