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title: "Gerezanka trójbarwna"
description: "Piliocolobus kirkii — Ssaki. The Zanzibar red colobus (Piliocolobus kirkii) is a species of red colobus monkey endemic to Unguja, the main island of the Zanzibar Archipelago, off the coast of Tanzania."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/zanzibar-red-colobus-monkey
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gerezanka trójbarwna

> Piliocolobus kirkii — Ssaki. The Zanzibar red colobus (Piliocolobus kirkii) is a species of red colobus monkey endemic to Unguja, the main island of the Zanzibar Archipelago, off the coast of Tanzania.

- Scientific name: *Piliocolobus kirkii*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 684
- Wikidata: [Q913807](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q913807)
- iNaturalist taxon: [326032](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/326032)

## Names

- en: Zanzibar Red Colobus Monkey
- de: Sansibar-Stummelaffe
- es: Colobo rojo de Zanzíbar
- fr: Colobe bai de Zanzibar
- nl: Procolobus kirkii
- pt: Colobo-vermelho-de-zanzibar
- pl: Gerezanka trójbarwna

## Countries with the most observations

TZ (660)

## Summary

The Zanzibar red colobus (Piliocolobus kirkii) is a species of red colobus monkey endemic to Unguja, the main island of the Zanzibar Archipelago, off the coast of Tanzania. It is also known as Kirk's red colobus after Sir John Kirk, the British Resident of Zanzibar who first brought it to the attention of zoological science. It is now classified as an endangered species and in the mid-1990s was adopted as the flagship species for conservation in Zanzibar. The population is still decreasing, and  conservationists are attempting to work with the local government to devise a proper, effective strategy to protect the…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanzibar_red_colobus

## Photo

![Gerezanka trójbarwna](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/zanzibar-red-colobus-monkey/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68492283

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/zanzibar-red-colobus-monkey?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).