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Tanzania

Snapshot-backed wildlife sound archive overview for Tanzania, including species representation, weekly growth, community contributors, and recorded localities.

Current to 20 Sept 2026#2 of 9 · 31.9% regional share

Regional overview Explore Tanzania audio

Sound recordings

8,900

Published records+22

Cataloged species

581

Across all groups+1 spp

Mystery sounds

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Regional share

31.9%

#2 of 9 · 27,926 total

Weekly pulse

Compared with its predecessor

20 Sept 2026

Recording changesince 13 Sept 2026: +22
Species changecataloged species: +1

Snapshot history (6)

Every captured publication, newest first

Cutoff	Recordings	Change	Species	Mystery
20 Sept 2026Current	8,900	+22	581	36
13 Sept 2026	8,878	+1	580	36
6 Sept 2026	8,877	—	580	36
30 Aug 2026	8,871	+2	580	37
23 Aug 2026	8,869	0	580	37
16 Aug 2026	8,869	—	580	37

Cumulative archive growth

Field dates from 2000 onward.

Tanzania

Sound recordings by group

Distribution across cataloged wildlife groups.

bats10.0%
birds8,80398.9%
frogs00.0%
grasshoppers00.0%
land mammals150.2%
soundscapes00.0%
unknown810.9%

Recent annual coverage (32)

Field year, latest twelve shown

Year	Sounds	Species
2015	50	29
2016	10	5
2017	903	273
2018	1,099	225
2019	3,122	325
2020	234	110
2021	1,019	164
2022	340	134
2023	296	181
2024	221	97
2025	184	87
2026	141	84

Top localities (10)

Recorded places ranked by sound count

#	Locality	Sounds
01	Dibililo camp, Mafwemiro forest, Mpwapwa, Dodoma Region	741
02	Suni camp, Chita Forest, southern Udzungwa Scarp	526
03	Vikongwa camp and general area, Ndundulu, Udzungwa Mts	371
04	Unguja Ukuu (western part of Jozani NP_rarely visited_includes birds from just outside the forest)	276
05	Kilombero river (sailing on the river), near Ifakara bridge, Ulanga, Morogoro Region	206
06	Ndundulu, Udzungwa Mts, Iringa Region	181
07	Jozani Forest NP, Kusini, Unguja South Region, Tanzania	171
08	Nyamigado camp (and day trips from here), Mafwemiro forest, Mpwapwa, Dodoma Region	169
09	Research Flats on campus, University of Dar es salaam	148
10	Manyoni, Singida	135

Top recordists (10)

Community contributors within Tanzania

#	Recordist	Sounds	Species
01	Louis A. Hansen	3,882	187
02	Isaac Kilusu	1,001	322
03	Frank Lambert	815	261
04	Peter Boesman	641	239
05	Bernard Bousquet	386	140
06	Stein Ø. Nilsen	288	115
07	Martin St-michel	283	156
08	Elia Mulungu (via Louis A. Hansen)	208	7
09	Thibaut Chansac	157	61
10	Michael Hurben	91	86

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Xeno-canto hosts the full audio files, sonograms, and field notes for all 8,900 cataloged recordings from Tanzania. This page reports the catalogue; the recordings themselves are not mirrored here.

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Source data through 20 Sept 2026 · published as a weekly snapshot

Metadata and taxonomy courtesy of Xeno-canto.org