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East Africa Firsts

First observations, photos, sounds and videos from nine East African countries.

Week of 17 to 23 Aug 2026

iNaturalist 69·Macaulay Library Not collected yet·Xeno-canto Not collected yet

Pictures (69)

What pictures include

The first photo each archive holds of a species from a country: iNaturalist's first Research Grade observation of any plant, animal or fungus, and Macaulay Library's first bird photo.

69 matching pictures

  • Adenodolichos rhomboideus
    🇨🇩 DR Congo
    World first ✦

    © Gwili Gibbon, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

    Plantsby @gwili

    Adenodolichos rhomboideus

    Adenodolichos rhomboideus

  • Anthia hedenborgi
    🇸🇸 South Sudan
    World first ✦

    © Inge van den Meiracker, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

    Insectsby @ingevdmeira

    Anthia hedenborgi

    Anthia hedenborgi

  • Bolma bathyrhaphis
    🇰🇪 Kenya
    World first ✦

    © cirolana, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

    Molluscsby @cirolana

    Bolma bathyrhaphis

    Bolma bathyrhaphis

  • Brachinus connectus
    🇨🇩 DR Congo
    World first ✦

    © Connor E. J. Graham, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

    Insectsby @carabid_47

    Brachinus connectus

    Brachinus connectus

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  • Cola uloloma
    🇰🇪 Kenya
    World first ✦

    © periskamau, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

    Plantsby @periskamau

    Cola uloloma

    Cola uloloma

  • Descamp's strange-tooth cichlid
    🇹🇿 Tanzania
    World first ✦

    © Pierre-Louis Stenger, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

    Fishesby @pl_stenger

    Descamp's strange-tooth cichlid

    Ectodus descampsii

  • Dispholidus pembae
    🇹🇿 Tanzania
    World first ✦Stable

    © Sara Mazzocato, all rights reserved

    Reptilesby @sara16295

    Dispholidus pembae

    Dispholidus pembae

  • Euphaedra hollandi
    🇺🇬 Uganda
    World first ✦

    © kjdekoning, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

    Insectsby @kjdekoning

    Euphaedra hollandi

    Euphaedra hollandi

  • Legge’s Snow-horned Skipper
    🇺🇬 Uganda
    World first ✦

    © Sui Fai Pun, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

    Insectsby @sui_fai_pun

    Legge’s Snow-horned Skipper

    Chondrolepis leggei

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