Key Biodiversity Areas

Ruaha National Park (6970)
Tanzania, Africa

Other species not triggering KBA criteria


Taxonomic groupScientific nameCommon nameIUCN Red List CategoryYear
AvesRhinopomastus minorAbyssinian ScimitarbillLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesAgapornis personatusYellow-collared LovebirdLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesPseudonigrita cabanisiBlack-capped Social-weaverLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesEupodotis gindianaBuff-crested BustardLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesPterocles decoratusBlack-faced SandgrouseLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesCorythaixoides leucogasterWhite-bellied Go-away-birdLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesCosmopsarus unicolorAshy StarlingLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesVidua hypocherinaSteel-blue WhydahLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesTrachyphonus erythrocephalusRed-and-yellow BarbetLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesDinemellia dinemelliWhite-headed Buffalo-weaverLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesLanius cabanisiLong-tailed FiscalLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesMelierax poliopterusEastern Chanting-goshawkLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesLonchura griseicapillaGrey-headed SilverbillLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesUraeginthus cyanocephalusBlue-capped CordonbleuLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesFrancolinus leucoscepusYellow-necked FrancolinLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesVanellus albicepsWhite-headed LapwingLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesTrachyphonus darnaudiiD'Arnaud's BarbetLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesBradornis microrhynchusAfrican Grey FlycatcherLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesTmetothylacus tenellusGolden PipitLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesCamaroptera simplexGrey Wren-warblerLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesVidua fischeriStraw-tailed WhydahLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesUraeginthus ianthinogasterPurple GrenadierLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesTurdoides aylmeriScaly ChattererLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesTockus deckeniVon der Decken's HornbillLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesAnthreptes orientalisKenya Violet-backed SunbirdLR/lc2001link-icon
AvesEstrilda charmosynaRed-rumped WaxbillLR/lc2001link-icon

Recommended citation


Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership (2025) Key Biodiversity Areas factsheet: Ruaha National Park. Extracted from the World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas. Developed by the Key Biodiversity Areas Partnership: BirdLife International, IUCN, American Bird Conservancy, Amphibian Survival Alliance, Conservation International, Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, Global Environment Facility, Re:wild, NatureServe, Rainforest Trust, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservation Society. Downloaded from https://keybiodiversityareas.org/ on Dec 16, 2025.