TANZANIA BIRDING TRIP REPORT
TRIP REPORT
TANZANIA
| Start: | 06/01/2014 |
| End: | 06/07/2014 |
| Duration: | 7 days |
| #Species: | 204 |
| #Endemics: | 11 |
| #Heard Only: | 7 |
2014 Northeastern Tanzania Birding Scouting Trip
TARGET BIRDS FOR TOUR
List of target birds for locations visited on this tour. Target birds are those that are endemic, near-endemic, critically endangered or endangered according to the IUCN, best seen in this country, or always considered by us to be a target. Species seen are those with location codes associated with them.*
| 1 | Maccoa Duck | Oxyura maccoa | SPM | EN |
| 2 | Eastern Crested Guineafowl | Guttera pucherani | NE | |
| 3 | Fischer's Turaco | Tauraco fischeri | BC | |
| 4 | Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius | EN | |
| 5 | Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos | EN | |
| 6 | Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus | CR | |
| 7 | Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | MKNP | EN |
| 8 | Southern Banded Snake-Eagle | Circaetus fasciolatus | EUM | BC |
| 9 | Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | EN | |
| 10 | /Grasshopper Buzzard/ | Butastur rufipennis | BC | |
| 11 | Sokoke Scops-Owl | Otus ireneae | NE | |
| 12 | Green Barbet | Cryptolybia olivacea | EUM | BC |
| 13 | White-eared Barbet | Stactolaema leucotis | EUM,WUM | BC |
| 14 | Green Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus simplex | BC | |
| 15 | Brown-breasted Barbet | Pogonornis melanopterus | BC | |
| 16 | Mombasa Woodpecker | Campethera mombassica | EUM | BC |
| 17 | Green-headed Oriole | Oriolus chlorocephalus | EUM | BC |
| 18 | Short-tailed Batis | Batis mixta | WUM | NE |
| 19 | Pale Batis | Batis soror | BC | |
| 20 | Eastern Black-headed Batis | Batis minor | BC | |
| 21 | Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike | Prionops scopifrons | BC | |
| 22 | Zanzibar Boubou | Laniarius sublacteus | NE | |
| 23 | Fuelleborn's Boubou | Laniarius fuelleborni | WUM | BC |
| 24 | Square-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus ludwigii | EUM,WUM | E |
| 25 | Usambara Hyliota | Hyliota usambara | E | |
| 26 | Sentinel Lark | Corypha athi | NE | |
| 27 | Kretschmer's Longbill | Macrosphenus kretschmeri | BC | |
| 28 | African Tailorbird | Artisornis metopias | WUM | NE |
| 29 | Long-billed Tailorbird | Artisornis moreaui | NE | |
| 30 | Brown-headed Apalis | Apalis alticola | SPM | BC |
| 31 | Coastal Cisticola | Cisticola haematocephala | XFER1 | BC |
| 32 | Black-headed Mountain Greenbul | Arizelocichla nigriceps | WUM | NE |
| 33 | Olive-headed Greenbul | Arizelocichla striifacies | EUM,WUM | BC |
| 34 | Tiny Greenbul | Phyllastrephus debilis | BC | |
| 35 | Usambara Greenbul | Phyllastrephus albigula | BC | |
| 36 | Fischer's Greenbul | Phyllastrephus fischeri | EUM | BC |
| 37 | Yellow-throated Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus ruficapilla | WUM | BC |
| 38 | Yellow Flycatcher | Erythrocercus holochlorus | BC | |
| 39 | Kilimanjaro White-eye | Zosterops eurycricotus | E | |
| 40 | South Pare White-eye | Zosterops winifredae | E | |
| 41 | Tanzanian Illadopsis | Illadopsis distans | NE | |
| 42 | Northern Pied-Babbler | Turdoides hypoleuca | NE | |
| 43 | Kenrick's Starling | Poeoptera kenricki | EUM | NE |
| 44 | Hildebrandt's Starling | Lamprotornis hildebrandti | NE | |
| 45 | Usambara Thrush | Turdus roehli | E | |
| 46 | Swynnerton's Robin | Swynnertonia swynnertoni | BC | |
| 47 | White-chested Alethe | Chamaetylas fuelleborni | BC | |
| 48 | East Coast Akalat | Sheppardia gunningi | BC | |
| 49 | Usambara Akalat | Sheppardia montana | E | |
| 50 | Plain-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes reichenowi | EUM | BC |
| 51 | Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes neglectus | EUM | BC |
| 52 | Banded Sunbird | Anthreptes rubritorques | EUM | E |
| 53 | Amani Sunbird | Hedydipna pallidigaster | EUM | NE |
| 54 | Mouse-colored Sunbird | Cyanomitra veroxii | BC | |
| 55 | Western Miombo Sunbird | Cinnyris gertrudis | BC | |
| 56 | Eastern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris mediocris | NE | |
| 57 | Usambara Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris usambaricus | WUM | NE |
| 58 | Gorgeous Sunbird | Cinnyris melanogastrus | NE | |
| 59 | Tsavo Sunbird | Cinnyris tsavoensis | MKNP,SPM | NE |
| 60 | African Golden-Weaver | Ploceus subaureus | XFER | BC |
| 61 | Taveta Golden-Weaver | Ploceus castaneiceps | SPM | NE |
| 62 | Usambara Weaver | Ploceus nicolli | WUM | E |
| 63 | Zanzibar Red Bishop | Euplectes nigroventris | XFER,XFER1 XFER2 | BC |
| 64 | Kenya Rufous Sparrow | Passer rufocinctus | NE | |
| 65 | Southern Grosbeak-Canary | Crithagra buchanani | NE | |
| 66 | Spot-throat | Modulatrix stictigula | NE | |
| 67 | Dapple-throat | Arcanator orostruthus | NE |
*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
REASON CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| E | Endemic | 8 |
| NE | Near Endemic | 22 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 1 |
| EN | Endangered | 5 |
| BC | Best Seen in This Country | 31 |
| AT | Always a Target | 0 |
Reason codes indicate the reason a species is included on our target birds list.