TANZANIA BIRDING TRIP REPORT
TRIP REPORT
TANZANIA
| Start: | 06/01/2014 |
| End: | 06/07/2014 |
| Duration: | 7 days |
| #Species: | 206 |
| #Endemics: | 10 |
| #Heard Only: | 7 |
2014 Northeastern Tanzania Birding Scouting Trip
CHECKLIST OF BIRDS SEEN ON TOUR
List of bird species seen or heard during the tour. The table indicates whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country.* See sidebar for meaning of location codes and symbols associated with common names.
h = heard only; g = seen by guide only
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| 1 | Common Ostrich | Struthio camelus | MKNP | |
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| 2 | Maccoa Duck | Oxyura maccoa | SPM | |
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| 3 | Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | MKNP | |
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| 4 | Harlequin Quail | Coturnix delegorguei | MKNP | |
| 5 | Yellow-necked Spurfowl | Pternistis leucoscepus | MKNP | |
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| 6 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | SPM | |
| 7 | Lemon Dove | Aplopelia larvata | EUM | |
| 8 | Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | SPM,WUM | |
| 9 | Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | MKNP | |
| 10 | Laughing Dove | Spilopelia senegalensis | MKNP,SPM,XFER | |
| 11 | Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos | MKNP | |
| 12 | Blue-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur afer | EUM,WUM | |
| 13 | Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria | EUM | |
| 14 | Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | XFER | |
| 15 | African Green-Pigeon | Treron calvus | EUM | |
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| 16 | Buff-crested Bustard | Lophotis gindiana | SPM | |
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| 17 | Fischer's Turaco | Tauraco fischeri | EUMh | |
| 18 | Hartlaub's Turaco | Tauraco hartlaubi | WUM | |
| 19 | White-bellied Go-away-bird | Crinifer leucogaster | MKNP,SPM | |
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| 20 | African Cuckoo | Cuculus gularis | WUM | |
| 21 | White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus | XFER2 | |
| 22 | Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | XFER | |
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| 23 | Scarce Swift | Schoutedenapus myoptilus | EUM | |
| 24 | African Swift | Apus barbatus | EUM,XFER | |
| 25 | Little Swift | Apus affinis | EUM,SPM,WUM,XFER | |
| 26 | African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | EUM | |
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| 27 | Black Crake | Zapornia flavirostra | SPM | |
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| 28 | Water Thick-knee | Burhinus vermiculatus | SPM | |
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| 29 | Long-toed Lapwing | Vanellus crassirostris | SPM | |
| 30 | Spur-winged Lapwing | Vanellus spinosus | SPM | |
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| 31 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos | SPM | |
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| 32 | African Skimmer | Rynchops flavirostris | SPM | |
| 33 | /Gull-billed Tern/ | Gelochelidon nilotica | SPM | |
| 34 | /White-winged Tern/ | Chlidonias leucopterus | SPM | |
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| 35 | African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus | XFER1 | |
| 36 | Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis | SPM | |
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| 37 | Long-tailed Cormorant | Microcarbo africanus | SPM | |
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| 38 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | SPM,XFER1 | |
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| 39 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | SPM | |
| 40 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata | SPM | |
| 41 | Western Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | SPM,XFER1 | |
| 42 | Medium Egret | Ardea intermedia | SPM | |
| 43 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | SPM | |
| 44 | Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | SPM,XFER,XFER1 | |
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| 45 | African Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | SPM | |
| 46 | Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | SPM | |
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| 47 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | XFER | |
| 48 | African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus | XFER2 | |
| 49 | Palm-nut Vulture | Gypohierax angolensis | XFER2 | |
| 50 | Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | MKNP | |
| 51 | Fasciated Snake-Eagle | Circaetus fasciolatus | EUM | |
| 52 | Crowned Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus | EUMh | |
| 53 | Ayres's Hawk-Eagle | Hieraaetus ayresii | EUM | |
| 54 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | MKNP | |
| 55 | Eastern Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax poliopterus | MKNP,SPM | |
| 56 | African Goshawk | Accipiter toussenelii | EUM,MKNP | |
| 57 | Little Sparrowhawk | Accipiter minullus | EUM | |
| 58 | Yellow-billed Kite** | Milvus aegyptius | XFER2 | |
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| 59 | Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | EUM,MKNP | |
| 60 | White-headed Mousebird | Colius leucocephalus | SPM | |
| 61 | Blue-naped Mousebird | Urocolius macrourus | SPM | |
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| 62 | Bar-tailed Trogon | Apaloderma vittatum | WUM | |
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| 63 | African Gray Hornbill | Lophoceros nasutus | MKNP,SPM | |
| 64 | Northern Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus erythrorhynchus | MKNP | |
| 65 | Von der Decken's Hornbill | Tockus deckeni | MKNP,SPM | |
| 66 | Silvery-cheeked Hornbill | Bycanistes brevis | EUM,WUM | |
| 67 | Trumpeter Hornbill | Bycanistes bucinator | EUM | |
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| 68 | Gray-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala | XFER | |
| 69 | Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Halcyon albiventris | EUM | |
| 70 | Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | SPM,XFER | |
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| 71 | Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | XFER,XFER1 | |
| 72 | Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater | Merops oreobates | WUM | |
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| 73 | Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus | MKNP,SPM,XFER1 | |
| 74 | Rufous-crowned Roller | Coracias naevius | SPM | |
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| 75 | D'Arnaud's Barbet | Trachyphonus darnaudii | MKNP,SPM | |
| 76 | Green Barbet | Cryptolybia olivacea | EUM | |
| 77 | White-eared Barbet | Stactolaema leucotis | EUM,WUM | |
| 78 | Green Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus simplex | EUMh | |
| 79 | Black-throated Barbet | Tricholaema melanocephala | SPM | |
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| 80 | Green-backed Honeyguide | Prodotiscus zambesiae | EUM | |
| 81 | Wahlberg's Honeyguide | Prodotiscus regulus | MKNP | |
| 82 | Pallid Honeyguide | Indicator meliphilus | WUM | |
| 83 | Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | SPM | |
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| 84 | Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | SPM | |
| 85 | Olive Woodpecker | Dendropicos griseocephalus | WUM | |
| 86 | Nubian Woodpecker | Campethera nubica | SPM | |
| 87 | Mombasa Woodpecker | Campethera mombassica | EUM | |
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| 88 | Pygmy Falcon | Polihierax semitorquatus | XFER | |
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| 89 | Red-bellied Parrot | Poicephalus rufiventris | SPM,XFER | |
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| 90 | Gray Cuckooshrike | Coracina caesia | EUM,WUM | |
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| 91 | #African Golden Oriole# | Oriolus auratus | EUM | |
| 92 | Green-headed Oriole | Oriolus chlorocephalus | EUM | |
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| 93 | Short-tailed Batis | Batis mixta | WUM | |
| 94 | Pygmy Batis | Batis perkeo | SPM | |
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| 95 | Pringle's Puffback | Dryoscopus pringlii | SPM | |
| 96 | Black-backed Puffback | Dryoscopus cubla | EUM,WUM | |
| 97 | Three-streaked Tchagra | Tchagra jamesi | SPM | |
| 98 | Fuelleborn's Boubou | Laniarius fuelleborni | WUM | |
| 99 | Rosy-patched Bushshrike | Rhodophoneus cruentus | SPM | |
| 100 | Black-fronted Bushshrike | Telophorus nigrifrons | WUM | |
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| 101 | Square-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus ludwigii | EUM | |
| 102 | Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | EUM,MKNP | |
| 103 | Usambara Drongo** | Dicrurus sp. | WUM | |
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| 104 | Long-tailed Fiscal | Lanius cabanisi | MKNP,SPM,XFER | |
| 105 | Northern Fiscal | Lanius humeralis | SPM | |
| 106 | White-rumped Shrike | Eurocephalus ruppelli | MKNP,SPM | |
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| 107 | House Crow | Corvus splendens | XFER2 | |
| 108 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus | SPM,WUM,XFER,XFER1 XFER2 | |
| 109 | White-necked Raven | Corvus albicollis | WUM,XFER1,XFER2 | |
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| 110 | White-tailed Crested Flycatcher | Elminia albonotata | WUM | |
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| 111 | Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus musculus | SPM | |
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| 112 | Pink-breasted Lark | Calendulauda poecilosterna | SPM | |
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| 113 | Eastern Nicator | Nicator gularis | EUM | |
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| 114 | Kretschmer's Longbill | Macrosphenus kretschmeri | EUMh | |
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| 115 | African Tailorbird | Artisornis metopias | WUM | |
| 116 | Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura | EUM | |
| 117 | Bar-throated Apalis | Apalis thoracica | WUM | |
| 118 | Brown-headed Apalis | Apalis alticola | SPM | |
| 119 | Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | WUM,XFER1 | |
| 120 | Red-fronted Warbler | Prinia rufifrons | SPM | |
| 121 | Red-faced Cisticola | Cisticola erythrops | EUM | |
| 122 | Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana | MKNP | |
| 123 | Ashy Cisticola | Cisticola cinereolus | MKNP | |
| 124 | Coastal Cisticola | Cisticola haematocephala | XFER1 | |
| 125 | Tiny Cisticola | Cisticola nana | SPM | |
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| 126 | Lesser Swamp Warbler | Acrocephalus gracilirostris | SPM | |
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| 127 | Evergreen-forest Warbler | Bradypterus lopezi | EUM,WUM | |
| 128 | Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler | Bradypterus cinnamomeus | WUM | |
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| 129 | Black Sawwing | Psalidoprocne pristoptera | EUM,WUM | |
| 130 | Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | SPM,XFER | |
| 131 | Lesser Striped Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica | SPM,XFER | |
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| 132 | Shelley's Greenbul | Arizelocichla masukuensis | EUM,WUM | |
| 133 | Eastern Mountain Greenbul | Arizelocichla nigriceps | WUM | |
| 134 | Stripe-cheeked Greenbul | Arizelocichla milanjensis | EUM,WUM | |
| 135 | Little Greenbul | Eurillas virens | EUM | |
| 136 | Placid Greenbul** | Phyllastrephus placidus | WUM | |
| 137 | Yellow-streaked Greenbul | Phyllastrephus flavostriatus | WUM | |
| 138 | Terrestrial Brownbul | Phyllastrephus terrestris | WUM | |
| 139 | Fischer's Greenbul | Phyllastrephus fischeri | EUM | |
| 140 | Cabanis's Greenbul | Phyllastrephus cabanisi | EUM | |
| 141 | Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus | EUM,SPM | |
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| 142 | Yellow-throated Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus ruficapilla | WUM | |
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| 143 | African Hill Babbler | Sylvia abyssinica | WUM | |
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| 144 | Pale White-eye | Zosterops flavilateralis | EUM | |
| 145 | Heuglin's White-eye | Zosterops poliogastrus | WUM | |
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| 146 | Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea | MKNP | |
| 147 | Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio | WUM | |
| 148 | Waller's Starling | Onychognathus walleri | EUM | |
| 149 | Kenrick's Starling | Poeoptera kenricki | EUM | |
| 150 | Black-bellied Starling | Notopholia corusca | EUM | |
| 151 | <Shelley's Starling> | Lamprotornis shelleyi | MKNP | |
| 152 | Superb Starling | Lamprotornis superbus | MKNP,SPM,XFER | |
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| 153 | African Bare-eyed Thrush | Turdus tephronotus | SPM | |
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| 154 | African Gray Flycatcher | Bradornis microrhynchus | MKNP,SPM | |
| 155 | Southern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis pammelaina | EUM | |
| 156 | Red-backed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys | SPM | |
| 157 | White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini | EUMh | |
| 158 | Spotted Morning-Thrush | Cichladusa guttata | SPM,XFER | |
| 159 | White-chested Alethe | Chamaetylas fuelleborni | EUMh,WUMh | |
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| 160 | Plain-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes reichenowi | EUM | |
| 161 | Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes orientalis | SPM | |
| 162 | Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes neglectus | EUM | |
| 163 | Banded Sunbird | Anthreptes rubritorques | EUM | |
| 164 | Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris | EUM | |
| 165 | Amani Sunbird | Hedydipna pallidigaster | EUM | |
| 166 | Olive Sunbird | Cyanomitra olivacea | EUM | |
| 167 | Hunter's Sunbird | Chalcomitra hunteri | SPM | |
| 168 | Usambara Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris usambaricus | WUM | |
| 169 | Black-bellied Sunbird | Cinnyris nectarinioides | XFER | |
| 170 | Purple-banded Sunbird | Cinnyris bifasciatus | EUM | |
| 171 | Tsavo Sunbird | Cinnyris tsavoensis | MKNP,SPM | |
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| 172 | Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis niger | MKNP | |
| 173 | White-headed Buffalo-Weaver | Dinemellia dinemelli | MKNP | |
| 174 | Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht | EUM,WUM | |
| 175 | Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis | EUM | |
| 176 | African Golden-Weaver | Ploceus subaureus | XFER | |
| 177 | Taveta Golden-Weaver | Ploceus castaneiceps | SPM | |
| 178 | Lesser Masked-Weaver | Ploceus intermedius | SPM | |
| 179 | Vitelline Masked-Weaver | Ploceus vitellinus | MKNP | |
| 180 | Forest Weaver | Ploceus bicolor | EUM | |
| 181 | Usambara Weaver | Ploceus nicolli | WUM | |
| 182 | <Red-billed Quelea> | Quelea quelea | MKNP,SPM | |
| 183 | Zanzibar Red Bishop | Euplectes nigroventris | XFER,XFER1,XFER2 | |
| 184 | White-winged Widowbird | Euplectes albonotatus | XFER | |
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| 185 | Black-and-white Mannikin | Spermestes bicolor | EUM,WUM | |
| 186 | Magpie Mannikin | Spermestes fringilloides | WUM | |
| 187 | Red-faced Crimsonwing | Cryptospiza reichenovii | EUM | |
| 188 | Crimson-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda rhodopyga | WUM | |
| 189 | Purple Grenadier | Granatina ianthinogaster | SPM | |
| 190 | Red-cheeked Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus bengalus | SPM | |
| 191 | Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba | SPM | |
| 192 | Jameson's Firefinch | Lagonosticta rhodopareia | MKNP,XFER | |
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| 193 | Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | XFER | |
| 194 | Broad-tailed Paradise-Whydah | Vidua obtusa | XFER | |
| 195 | Eastern Paradise-Whydah | Vidua paradisaea | SPM | |
| 196 | Variable Indigobird | Vidua funerea | MKNP | |
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| 197 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | SPM | |
| 198 | Northern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus | SPM | |
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| 199 | Mountain Wagtail | Motacilla clara | WUM | |
| 200 | African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | EUM,SPM,WUM,XFER | |
| 201 | African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | SPM | |
| 202 | Pangani Longclaw | Macronyx aurantiigula | MKNP | |
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| 203 | Southern Citril | Crithagra hypostictus | EUM | |
| 204 | Brimstone Canary | Crithagra sulphuratus | SPM | |
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| 205 | Spot-throat | Modulatrix stictigula | WUMh | |
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| 206 | Cabanis's Bunting | Emberiza cabanisi | EUM | |
*Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.
BIRDING LOCALES
PRESENCE CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| // | Boreal Visitor | 50 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 2 |
| || | Transient | 10 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 1 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 10 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 2 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 0 |
| [] | Accidental | 0 |
Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.