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East Africa Firsts

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

Week of 7 to 13 Sept 2026

iNaturalist 34·Macaulay Library 10·Xeno-canto 0(week before: 44 · 8 · 1)

Pictures (40)

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.

40 matching pictures

  • Anthia lefebvrei
    🇸🇸 South Sudan
    World first ✦

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

    Insectsby @ingevdmeira

    Anthia lefebvrei

    Anthia lefebvrei

  • Dacnodes elongata
    🇺🇬 Uganda
    World first ✦

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

    Insectsby @bertogcliment

    Dacnodes elongata

    Dacnodes elongata

  • Dendrosenecio brassiciformis
    🇰🇪 Kenya
    World first ✦

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

    Plantsby @zogador

    Dendrosenecio brassiciformis

    Dendrosenecio brassiciformis

  • Endau Hill Caecilian
    🇰🇪 Kenya
    World first ✦

    © Patrick Kinyatta Malonza, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

    Amphibiansby @pkmalonza

    Endau Hill Caecilian

    Boulengerula endauensis

  • Flood-plain-dwelling Caecilian
    🇰🇪 Kenya
    World first ✦

    © Patrick Kinyatta Malonza, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

    Amphibiansby @pkmalonza

    Flood-plain-dwelling Caecilian

    Schistometopum gregorii

  • Long-leafed Dewflower
    🇹🇿 Tanzania
    World first ✦

    © Carlos G Velazco-Macias, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

    Plantsby @aztekium

    Long-leafed Dewflower

    Murdannia longifolia

  • Pachnoda alluaudi
    🇰🇪 Kenya
    World first ✦

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

    Insectsby @rudyclaeys

    Pachnoda alluaudi

    Pachnoda alluaudi

  • Phlesirtes keniensis
    🇰🇪 Kenya
    World first ✦Stable

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

    Insectsby @verstraeten

    Phlesirtes keniensis

    Phlesirtes keniensis

    View on iNaturalist
    15 Aug 202632
  • Xanthagaricus appendiculatus
    🇺🇬 Uganda
    World first ✦

    © Ken Sanderson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

    Fungiby @ksanderson

    Xanthagaricus appendiculatus

    Xanthagaricus appendiculatus

    View on iNaturalist
    30 Jul 202521
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