Birds in Jozani Chwaka Bay National Park
Birds in Jozani Chwaka Bay National Park is one of the top attractions in the park apart from the primates. Bird watching is thus one of the most done activities in Jozani Forest, allowing travelers who visit Tanzania, especially on Zanzibar safari tours, to spot a variety of birds in Jozani Chwaka Bay National Park.
While in Jozani Forest, the below are the different species of birds in Jozani Chwaka Bay National Park to look out for;
| ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae | White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata |
| Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor | |
| White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus | |
| Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca | |
| African Pygmy-Goose Nettapus auritus | |
| Blue-billed Teal Spatula hottentota | |
| Red-billed Duck Anas erythrorhyncha | |
| GALLIFORMES: Numididae | Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris |
| Eastern Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani | |
| GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae | Crested Francolin Ortygornis sephaena |
| Extirpated | Blue Quail Synoicus adansonii |
| Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei | |
| COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae | Rock Pigeon Columba livia |
| Introduced species | Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba delegorguei |
| Dusky Turtle-Dove Streptopelia lugens | |
| Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata | |
| Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola | |
| Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis | |
| Introduced species | Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur chalcospilos |
| Blue-spotted Wood-Dove Turtur afer | |
| Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria | |
| Namaqua Dove Oena capensis | |
| Introduced species | African Green-Pigeon Treron calvus |
| MUSOPHAGIFORMES: Musophagidae | Fischer’s Turaco Tauraco fischeri |
| Near-threatened | |
| CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae | White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus |
| Burchell’s Coucal Centropus burchellii | |
| Green Malkoha Ceuthmochares australis | |
| Levaillant’s Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii | |
| Pied Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus | |
| Dideric Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius | |
| Madagascar Cuckoo Cuculus rochii | |
| Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus | |
| CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae | Eurasian Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus |
| Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii | |
| APODIFORMES: Apodidae | Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri |
| Bat-like Spinetail Neafrapus boehmi | |
| Common Swift Apus apus | |
| Little Swift Apus affinis | |
| Horus Swift Apus horus | |
| White-rumped Swift Apus caffer | |
| African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus | |
| GRUIFORMES: Sarothruridae | Buff-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura elegans |
| Red-chested Flufftail Sarothrura rufa | |
| GRUIFORMES: Rallidae | African Crake Crecopsis egregia |
| Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus | |
| Allen’s Gallinule Porphyrio alleni | |
| African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensis | |
| Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Burhinidae | Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae | Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Haematopodidae | Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus |
| Near-threatened | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae | Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola |
| Vulnerable | Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva |
| Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Three-banded Plover Thinornis tricollaris | |
| Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius | |
| Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris | |
| Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus | |
| Caspian Plover Anarhynchus asiaticus | |
| Tibetan Sand-Plover Anarhynchus atrifrons | |
| Greater Sand-Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii | |
| White-fronted Plover Anarhynchus marginatus | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Rostratulidae | Greater Painted-Snipe Rostratula benghalensis |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae | Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis |
| African Jacana Actophilornis africanus | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae | Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus |
| Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata | |
| Near-threatened | Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica |
| Near-threatened | Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa |
| Near-threatened | Great Snipe Gallinago media |
| Near-threatened | Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus |
| Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus | |
| Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus | |
| Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis | |
| Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola | |
| Common Redshank Tringa totanus | |
| Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia | |
| Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres | |
| Near-threatened | Ruff Calidris pugnax |
| Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus | |
| Vulnerable | Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea |
| Vulnerable | Sanderling Calidris alba |
| Little Stint Calidris minuta | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Turnicidae | Small Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Dromadidae | Crab-Plover Dromas ardeola |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Stercorariidae | Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus |
| Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus | |
| Rare/Accidental | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae | Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus |
| Gray-hooded Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus | |
| Sooty Gull Ichthyaetus hemprichii | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus | |
| African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris | |
| Brown Noddy Anous stolidus | |
| Lesser Noddy Anous tenuirostris | |
| Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus | |
| Little Tern Sternula albifrons | |
| Rare/Accidental | Saunders’s Tern Sternula saundersi |
| Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica | |
| Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia | |
| Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida | |
| White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus | |
| Common Tern Sterna hirundo | |
| White-cheeked Tern Sterna repressa | |
| Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana | |
| Rare/Accidental | Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii |
| Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
| Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis | |
| Great Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii | |
| PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Phoenicopteridae | Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus |
| Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor | |
| Rare/Accidental Near-threatened | |
| PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae | Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis |
| PHAETHONTIFORMES: Phaethontidae | White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus |
| Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus | |
| Rare/Accidental | |
| PROCELLARIIFORMES: Diomedeidae | White-capped Albatross Thalassarche cauta |
| Rare/Accidental | |
| PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae | Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica |
| Rare/Accidental | Tropical Shearwater Puffinus bailloni |
| CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae | African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus |
| African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis | |
| White Stork Ciconia ciconia | |
| Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis | |
| SULIFORMES: Fregatidae | Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel |
| Rare/Accidental | Great Frigatebird Fregata minor |
| Rare/Accidental | |
| SULIFORMES: Sulidae | Cape Gannet Morus capensis |
| Rare/Accidental Endangered | Red-footed Booby Sula sula |
| Rare/Accidental | Masked Booby Sula dactylatra |
| SULIFORMES: Anhingidae | African Darter Anhinga rufa |
| SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae | Reed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus |
| Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo | |
| PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae | Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus |
| African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus | |
| Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash | |
| African Spoonbill Platalea alba | |
| PELECANIFORMES: Scopidae | Hamerkop Scopus umbretta |
| PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae | Dwarf Bittern Botaurus sturmii |
| Little Bittern Botaurus minutus | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca | |
| Little Egret Egretta garzetta | |
| Western Reef-Heron Egretta gularis | |
| White-backed Night Heron Calherodius leuconotus | |
| Striated Heron Butorides striata | |
| Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides | |
| Malagasy Pond-Heron Ardeola idae | |
| Endangered | Western Cattle-Egret Ardea ibis |
| Great Egret Ardea alba | |
| Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha | |
| Gray Heron Ardea cinerea | |
| Purple Heron Ardea purpurea | |
| Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala | |
| Goliath Heron Ardea goliath | |
| ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae | Osprey Pandion haliaetus |
| ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae | Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus |
| African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus | |
| Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis | |
| African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides | |
| European Honey-buzzard Pernis apivorus | |
| White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis | |
| Critically endangered | Rüppell’s Griffon Gyps rueppelli |
| Critically endangered | Western Banded Snake-Eagle Circaetus cinerascens |
| Black-chested Snake-Eagle Circaetus pectoralis | |
| Lesser Spotted Eagle Clanga pomarina | |
| Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus | |
| Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis | |
| Endangered | Tawny Eagle Aquila rapax |
| Vulnerable | Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus |
| Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar | |
| Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus | |
| African Goshawk Aerospiza tachiro | |
| Little Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza minulla | |
| Shikra Tachyspiza badia | |
| Black Goshawk Astur melanoleucus | |
| Malagasy Harrier Circus macrosceles | |
| Rare/Accidental Endangered | Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus |
| Near-threatened | Montagu’s Harrier Circus pygargus |
| Black Kite Milvus migrans | |
| African Fish-Eagle Icthyophaga vocifer | |
| STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae | Western Barn Owl Tyto alba |
| STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae | Pemba Scops-Owl Otus pembaensis |
| Vulnerable | African Barred Owlet Glaucidium capense |
| African Wood-Owl Strix woodfordii | |
| COLIIFORMES: Coliidae | Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus |
| Extirpated | |
| TROGONIFORMES: Trogonidae | Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina |
| BUCEROTIFORMES: Upupidae | Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops |
| BUCEROTIFORMES: Phoeniculidae | Green Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus |
| Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas | |
| Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor | |
| BUCEROTIFORMES: Bucorvidae | Southern Ground-Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri |
| Vulnerable | |
| BUCEROTIFORMES: Bucerotidae | Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus |
| CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae | Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Merops hirundineus |
| White-throated Bee-eater Merops albicollis | |
| Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops persicus | |
| Olive Bee-eater Merops superciliosus | |
| European Bee-eater Merops apiaster | |
| Northern Carmine Bee-eater Merops nubicus | |
| CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae | Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis cristatus |
| African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta | |
| Gray-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala | |
| Mangrove Kingfisher Halcyon senegaloides | |
| Striped Kingfisher Halcyon chelicuti | |
| Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis | |
| CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae | European Roller Coracias garrulus |
| Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus | |
| Purple Roller Coracias naevius | |
| Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus | |
| PICIFORMES: Lybiidae | Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus simplex |
| Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus | |
| Northern Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus uropygialis | |
| Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus chrysoconus | |
| White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus | |
| PICIFORMES: Indicatoridae | Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor |
| PICIFORMES: Picidae | Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens |
| Green-backed Woodpecker Campethera maculosa | |
| Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni | |
| FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae | Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni |
| Gray Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus | |
| Dickinson’s Kestrel Falco dickinsoni | |
| Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera | |
| Amur Falcon Falco amurensis | |
| Eleonora’s Falcon Falco eleonorae | |
| Sooty Falcon Falco concolor | |
| Vulnerable | Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo |
| African Hobby Falco cuvierii | |
| Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus | |
| Taita Falcon Falco fasciinucha | |
| Vulnerable | |
| PSITTACIFORMES: Psittaculidae | Fischer’s Lovebird Agapornis fischeri |
| Near-threatened | Yellow-collared Lovebird Agapornis personatus |
| Endemic (country/region) | |
| PSITTACIFORMES: Psittacidae | Gray Parrot Psittacus erithacus |
| Endangered | Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus |
| PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae | Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava |
| PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae | Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus |
| African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Platysteiridae | Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata |
| Short-tailed Batis Batis mixta | |
| Chinspot Batis Batis molitor | |
| Pale Batis Batis soror | |
| Eastern Black-headed Batis Batis minor | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Malaconotidae | Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla |
| Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus | |
| Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis | |
| Lühder’s Bushshrike Laniarius luehderi | |
| Tropical Boubou Laniarius major | |
| Zanzibar Boubou Laniarius sublacteus | |
| Fülleborn’s Boubou Laniarius fuelleborni | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae | Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii |
| Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae | African Crested Flycatcher Trochocercus cyanomelas |
| African Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae | Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio |
| Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides | |
| Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus | |
| Lesser Gray Shrike Lanius minor | |
| Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae | House Crow Corvus splendens |
| Introduced species | Pied Crow Corvus albus |
| PASSERIFORMES: Nicatoridae | Western Nicator Nicator chloris |
| Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae | Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis |
| Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela scotops | |
| Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura | |
| Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica | |
| Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida | |
| Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava | |
| Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana | |
| Coastal Cisticola Cisticola haematocephalus | |
| Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Acrocephalidae | Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida |
| Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum | |
| Common Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus | |
| Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris | |
| Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Locustellidae | River Warbler Locustella fluviatilis |
| Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae | Mascarene Martin Phedina borbonica |
| Bank Swallow Riparia riparia | |
| Red-throated Crag-Martin Ptyonoprogne rufigula | |
| Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica | |
| Ethiopian Swallow Hirundo aethiopica | |
| Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii | |
| Western House-Martin Delichon urbicum | |
| Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica | |
| Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae | Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus |
| Little Greenbul Eurillas virens | |
| Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopidae | Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus |
| PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae | Southern Yellow White-eye Zosterops anderssoni |
| Pemba White-eye Zosterops vaughani | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Pellorneidae | Brown Illadopsis Illadopsis fulvescens |
| Tanzanian Illadopsis Illadopsis distans | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Buphagidae | Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythroryncha |
| PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae | Wattled Starling Creatophora cinerea |
| Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | |
| Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca | |
| Rüppell’s Starling Lamprotornis purpuroptera | |
| Lesser Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chloropterus | |
| Greater Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis chalybaeus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae | Red-tailed Ant-Thrush Neocossyphus rufus |
| PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae | Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata |
| African Gray Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus | |
| Pale Flycatcher Agricola pallidus | |
| Ashy Flycatcher Fraseria caerulescens | |
| Bearded Scrub-Robin Tychaedon quadrivirgata | |
| Miombo Scrub-Robin Tychaedon barbata | |
| White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini | |
| Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis | |
| East Coast Akalat Sheppardia gunningi | |
| Near-threatened | Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush Monticola saxatilis |
| Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe | |
| Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata | |
| Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae | Plain-backed Sunbird Anthreptes reichenowi |
| Near-threatened | Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris |
| Amani Sunbird Hedydipna pallidigaster | |
| Endangered | Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea |
| Mouse-colored Sunbird Cyanomitra veroxii | |
| Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina | |
| Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis | |
| Hunter’s Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri | |
| Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus | |
| Pemba Sunbird Cinnyris pembae | |
| Endemic (country/region) | Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus |
| PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae | Rufous-tailed Weaver Histurgops ruficauda |
| Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps | |
| Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis | |
| Spectacled Weaver Ploceus ocularis | |
| African Golden-Weaver Ploceus subaureus | |
| Holub’s Golden-Weaver Ploceus xanthops | |
| Golden Palm Weaver Ploceus bojeri | |
| Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus | |
| Black-headed Weaver Ploceus melanocephalus | |
| Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor | |
| Red-headed Quelea Quelea erythrops | |
| Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea | |
| Southern Red Bishop Euplectes orix | |
| Zanzibar Red Bishop Euplectes nigroventris | |
| Black-winged Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus | |
| Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris | |
| Grosbeak Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae | Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata |
| Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides | |
| Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor | |
| Java Sparrow Padda oryzivora | |
| Introduced species Endangered | Green-backed Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula |
| Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild | |
| Zebra Waxbill Amandava subflava | |
| Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster | |
| Southern Cordonbleu Uraeginthus angolensis | |
| Introduced species | Blue-capped Cordonbleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus |
| Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba | |
| Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra | |
| Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Viduidae | Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura |
| Village Indigobird Vidua chalybeata | |
| Parasitic Weaver Anomalospiza imberbis | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae | House Sparrow Passer domesticus |
| Introduced species | Northern Gray-headed Sparrow Passer griseus |
| Southern Gray-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae | Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava |
| African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp | |
| African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae | Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica |
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