TANZANIA BIRDING TRIP REPORT

TRIP REPORT
TANZANIA
Start: | 06/01/2014 |
End: | 06/07/2014 |
Duration: | 7 days |
#Species: | 206 |
#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 | Secretarybird | Sagittarius serpentarius | EN | |
4 | Lappet-faced Vulture | Torgos tracheliotos | EN | |
5 | Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus | CR | |
6 | Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus | MKNP | EN |
7 | Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | EN | |
8 | /Grasshopper Buzzard/ | Butastur rufipennis | BC | |
9 | Sokoke Scops-Owl | Otus ireneae | NE | |
10 | Short-tailed Batis | Batis mixta | WUM | NE |
11 | Zanzibar Boubou | Laniarius sublacteus | NE | |
12 | Usambara Drongo** | Dicrurus sp. | WUM | E |
13 | Usambara Hyliota | Hyliota usambara | E | |
14 | Sentinel Lark | Corypha athi | NE | |
15 | African Tailorbird | Artisornis metopias | WUM | NE |
16 | Long-billed Tailorbird | Artisornis moreaui | NE | |
17 | Black-headed Mountain Greenbul | Arizelocichla nigriceps | WUM | NE |
18 | Usambara Greenbul | Phyllastrephus albigula | BC | |
19 | Kilimanjaro White-eye | Zosterops eurycricotus | E | |
20 | South Pare White-eye | Zosterops winifredae | E | |
21 | Tanzanian Illadopsis | Illadopsis distans | NE | |
22 | Northern Pied-Babbler | Turdoides hypoleuca | NE | |
23 | Kenrick's Starling | Poeoptera kenricki | EUM | NE |
24 | Hildebrandt's Starling | Lamprotornis hildebrandti | NE | |
25 | Usambara Thrush | Turdus roehli | E | |
26 | Swynnerton's Robin | Swynnertonia swynnertoni | BC | |
27 | Usambara Akalat | Sheppardia montana | E | |
28 | Banded Sunbird | Anthreptes rubritorques | EUM | E |
29 | Amani Sunbird | Hedydipna pallidigaster | EUM | NE |
30 | Western Miombo Sunbird | Cinnyris gertrudis | BC | |
31 | Eastern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris mediocris | NE | |
32 | Usambara Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris usambaricus | WUM | NE |
33 | Gorgeous Sunbird | Cinnyris melanogastrus | NE | |
34 | Tsavo Sunbird | Cinnyris tsavoensis | MKNP,SPM | NE |
35 | Taveta Golden-Weaver | Ploceus castaneiceps | SPM | NE |
36 | Usambara Weaver | Ploceus nicolli | WUM | E |
37 | Kenya Rufous Sparrow | Passer rufocinctus | NE | |
38 | Southern Grosbeak-Canary | Crithagra buchanani | NE | |
39 | Spot-throat | Modulatrix stictigula | NE | |
40 | 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 | 4 |
AT | Always a Target | 0 |
Reason codes indicate the reason a species is included on our target birds list.