Tanzania, 30 November to 21 December 2020

Thomas Pettersson

This tour was organized by Birding and Beyond Safaris and unfortunately, I was the only participant as my friend was prevented from going as was planned. The flights from Stockholm via Addis Ababa to Dar es Salaam and back with Ethiopian Airlines were uneventful. The only differences from my previous flights were that wearing face masks on the aircrafts was mandatory, and recommended at the airports, and that they checked my body temperature at both arrival and departure. I am not sure what the consequences would have been in case of fever. You must also complete a health declaration both for transfer and arrival. The outbound flight from Stockholm to Addis Ababa was about half empty and on the return perhaps only 25 % of the seats were occupied, which meant good nights sleep on three seats both ways. The flights between Addis Ababa and Dar es Salaam were fully booked both ways.

The domestic flights with Coastal Aviation from Dar es Salaam via Zanzibar (Unguja) to Pemba and on to Tanga were also smooth, with the same regulations as above. The aircrafts were painfully small though, 12 seats. Not much space for legs and hand luggage. On the other hand, the distances are short.

All in all, the tour was a big success. Accommodation was generally good, although basic at some places, but nothing to complain about. Food was excellent and plentiful, and I had no issues with the stomach. The drivers and the guides were excellent, in particular the outstanding Anthony, who guided most of the tour. The only obstacle was a District Commissioner in Gairo who demanded us to make an appointment with her before we could leave the district. What took us a half day chasing her, as she was travelling around to some villages. A waste of time, really, and for no sensible reason at all. Annoying!

We focused very hard on my wish list, i.e. new for me. That meant that we did not make any detours or spent time searching for already seen by me. Also, we did not search for mammals. That’s the main reason for why some otherwise common birds and some mammals, e.g. Lion, are missing in the species lists below.

In total I recorded 528 species (non-native species excluded) in Tanzania and 158 of them were new to me (lifers). Also, six species at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa.

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Highlights were of course many, but here is some of them: • Altogether about 50 Harlequin Quails flushed at roadside in Mkomazi National Park. • After a long search Anthony eventually found my very first Three-banded Courser in Tarangire National Park. • A fantastic concert by two males and a female Usambara Eagle-Owls in Amani Nature Reserve. • Two pairs of Mangrove Kingfisher with courtship feeding in Ngezi Forest on Pemba Island. • Two pairs of Brown-breasted Barbets in Pugu Forest Reserve. • Livingstone's Flycatcher in Udzungwa National Park. • A nest building pair of Red-capped Forest Warbler in the West Usambara Mountains. • Two Dapple-throats in the Rubeho Mountains was a great surprise. • Both Tacazze and Golden-winged Sunbird on the Crater Rim in Ngorongoro Conservation Area.

2 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net Itinerary

Date Activities Accommodation Mo 30 Nov Coastal birding in northern suburbs of Mediterraneo Hotel, Dar es Salaam Dar es Salaam. Tu 1 Dec Pugu Forest Reserve with January Mediterraneo Hotel, Dar es Salaam Ching'enya (guide). We 2 Dec Flight to Pemba via Unguja. North Pemba Paradise, Pemba North Pemba Island, including Ngezi Forest with Abdi Mzee (guide). Th 3 Dec North Pemba Island with Abdi Mzee. Pemba Paradise, Pemba North Fr 4 Dec Flight to Tanga, where met by Anthony Amani Rest House Raphael (guide) and Geitan Damas (driver). Drive to Amani Nature Reserve in the East Usambara Mountains. Sa 5 Dec East Usambara Mountains. Amani Rest House Su 6 Dec East Usambara Mountains. Amani Rest House Mo 7 Dec East Usambara Mountains and West Mullers Mountain Lodge, Lushoto Usambara Mountains. Tu 8 Dec West Usambara Mountains. Mullers Mountain Lodge, Lushoto We 9 Dec Drive to Same area and South Pare Elephant Motel, Same Mountains. Th 10 Dec Mkomazi National Park. Elephant Motel, Same Fr 11 Dec Same area and then drive to Arusha. Korona Villa, Arusha Sa 12 Dec Lariboro Plains and then drive to Karatu. Country Lodge, Karatu Su 13 Dec Crater Rim in Ngorongoro Conservation Country Lodge, Karatu Area. Mo 14 Dec Tarangire National Park. Tarangire Safari Lodge Tu 15 Dec Drive via Dodoma to Gairo. Pretoria Hotel, Gairo We 16 Dec Rubeho Mountains. Pretoria Hotel, Gairo Th 17 Dec Drive via Kilosa to Udzungwa National Udzungwa Twiga Hotel Park. Fr 18 Dec Udzungwa National Park and Kilombero Tan Swiss Cottages, Mikumi Flood Plain. Sa 19 Dec Mikumi area (miombo woodland north Tan Swiss Cottages, Mikumi of Mikumi town) and Baobab Valley. Su 20 Dec Mikumi National Park. Tex Palace Hotel, Morogoro Mo 21 Dec Drive to Dar es Salaam and departure In flight from there.

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Tanzania Birds (IOC 11.1)

1. Common Ostrich Struthio camelus massaicus 7 Tarangire NP 14 Dec. 2. White-faced Whistling Duck Dendrocygna viduata 100 Mashangalikwa, Tanga 7 Dec, 25 Tarangire NP 15 Dec, 2 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 3. Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos 2 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 20 Tarangire NP 15 Dec, 1 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 4. Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 25 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 5 Tarangire NP 15 Dec, 5 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 5. African Pygmy Goose Nettapus auritus 3 Ngezi Forest, Pemba North 3 Dec. 6. Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris reichenowi 50 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 100 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 2 Tarangire NP 15 Dec, 10 Baobab Valley, Morogoro 19 Dec, 10 Mikumi NP 20 Dec.

4 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 7. Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum 1 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec.

8. Coqui Francolin Peliperdix coqui hubbardi 3 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec. 9. Crested Francolin Dendroperdix sephaena grantii 50 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 2 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 10 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 2 Tarangire NP 15 Dec. 10. Scaly Spurfowl Pternistis squamatus schuetti 3 (pair with one chick) Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec. 11. Yellow-necked Spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus infuscatus 100 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 50 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 10 Tarangire NP 15 Dec. 12. Red-necked Spurfowl Pternistis afer humboldtii 50 Tarangire NP 14 Dec.

5 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 13. Harlequin Quail Coturnix d. delegorguei 50 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec. All flushed from roadside, most of them in pairs but also singles and small flocks (up to five).

14. Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus guttifer 1 in flight West Usambara Mts 8 Dec. 15. Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus m. myoptilus 25 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 25 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec, 100 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec. 16. Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri stictilaema 2 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec, 2 Tarangire NP 14 Dec. 17. Böhm's Spinetail Neafrapus boehmi sheppardi 1 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 18. African Palm Swift Cypsiurus parvus C. p. myochrous: 10 West Usambara Mts 7 Dec, 10 Mikumi 17 Dec, 4 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. C. p. laemostigma: 50 Mediterraneo Hotel, Dar es Salaam 30 Nov, 15 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 25 Mediterraneo Hotel, Dar es Salaam 2 Dec, 2 Ngezi Forest, Pemba North 3 Dec, 10 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec. 19. Common Swift Apus apus subsp. 1 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 20. Little Swift Apus affinis A. a. aerobates: 5 West Usambara Mts 7 Dec, 50 South Pare Mts 9 Dec, 10 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 20 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 50 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 20 Tarangire NP 15 Dec, 10 Rubeho Mts 16 Dec, 20 Mikumi 17 Dec, 20 Udzungwa NP 18 Dec, 20 Baobab Valley, Morogoro 19 Dec, 20 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. A. a. affinis: 5 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 5 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec. 21. Horus Swift Apus h. horus 2 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec. 22. White-rumped Swift Apus caffer 1 West Usambara Mts 7 Dec, 10 Udzungwa NP 18 Dec, 10 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 23. Bare-faced Go-away-bird Crinifer personatus leopoldi 2 Tarangire NP 14 Dec.

6 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 24. White-bellied Go-away-bird Crinifer leucogaster 15 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 2 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 2 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 2 Tarangire NP 15 Dec. 25. Livingstone's Turaco Tauraco livingstonii reichenowi 2 Rubeho Mts 16 Dec, 2 Udzungwa NP 18 Dec. 26. Schalow's Turaco Tauraco schalowi chalcolophus 3 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec. 27. Fischer's Turaco Tauraco f. fischeri 2 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 10 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec, 1 East Usambara Mts 7 Dec. 28. Hartlaub's Turaco Tauraco hartlaubi 1 West Usambara Mts 7 Dec, 1 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec. 29. Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus chlorochlamys 4 Mikumi 19 Dec. 30. Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori struthiunculus 3 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec. 31. White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis canicollis 5 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 2 Tarangire NP 15 Dec. 32. Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana 2 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 1 Mikumi 19 Dec.

7 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 33. Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis m. melanogaster 7 Mikumi NP 20 Dec.

34. White-browed Coucal Centropus s. superciliosus 5 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 1 Kisauni, Unguja, Zanzibar 2 Dec, 50 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 4 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 2 Tarangire NP 15 Dec, 5 Udzungwa NP 18 Dec, 1 Mikumi 19 Dec, 1 Mikumi NP 20 Dec.

8 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 35. Green Malkoha Ceuthmochares australis 1 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 1 Udzungwa NP 18 Dec. 36. Clamator jacobinus pica 1 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec. 37. Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius 1 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 1 South Pare Mts 9 Dec, 3 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 2 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 3 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 1 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 1 Mikumi 19 Dec. 38. Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas 1 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 2 East Usambara Mts 7 Dec, 1 South Pare Mts 9 Dec, 2 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 2 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec. 39. African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus 1 Crater Rim, Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec. 40. Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx montanus patulus 2 East Usambara Mts 7 Dec, 1 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec. 41. Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius 1 West Usambara Mts 7 Dec, 5 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec, 5 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 2 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 2 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 3 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec, 5 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 2 Tarangire NP 15 Dec. 42. African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis 1 Mikumi 19 Dec. 43. Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus subsp. 1 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 3 Tarangire NP 14 Dec. 44. Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus olivascens 20 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec. 45. Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus loveridgei 20 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 6 Tarangire NP 15 Dec.

[Rock Dove Columba livia domest.] 1 Mediterraneo Hotel, Dar es Salaam 30 Nov. Widespread in towns and villages throughout. 46. Speckled Pigeon Columba g. guinea 2 Arusha 12 Dec, 2 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec, 2 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 1 Mikumi 17 Dec. 47. Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon Columba delegorguei sharpei 5 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec, 1 West Usambara Mts 9 Dec.

9 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 48. Mourning Collared Dove Streptopelia decipiens perspicillata 3 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 5 Tarangire NP 15 Dec.

49. Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata 2 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 1 Pemba Island 4 Dec, 3 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec, 25 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 5 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec, 20 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 10 Tarangire NP 15 Dec, 1 Mikumi 17 Dec, 1 Udzungwa NP 18 Dec, 1 Baobab Valley, Morogoro 19 Dec, 1 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 50. Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola tropica 12 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 10 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 10 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 10 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 10 Tarangire NP 15 Dec, 10 Baobab Valley, Morogoro 19 Dec, 10 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 51. Laughing Dove Spilopelia s. senegalensis 2 Mediterraneo Hotel, Dar es Salaam 30 Nov, 1 Mediterraneo Hotel, Dar es Salaam 2 Dec, 12 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 10 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 10 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 1 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec, 1 Baobab Valley, Morogoro 19 Dec, 5 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 52. Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtur chalcospilos 5 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 1 West Usambara Mts 9 Dec, 10 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 10 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 10 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 3 Tarangire NP 15 Dec. 53. Blue-spotted Wood Dove Turtur afer 5 Ngezi Forest, Pemba North 3 Dec, 2 Pemba Paradise, Pemba North 4 Dec, 10 Mikumi 17 Dec, 4 Udzungwa NP 18 Dec. 54. Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria 1 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 10 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec, 10 East Usambara Mts 7 Dec, 1 West Usambara Mts 9 Dec, 1 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec. 55. Namaqua Dove Oena c. capensis 3 Mkomazi 9 Dec, 2 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 10 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec. 56. African Green Pigeon Treron calvus wakefieldii

10 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 2 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec. 57. Pemba Green Pigeon Treron pembaensis (VU) 2 Ngezi Forest, Pemba North 3 Dec. Not easy to find as they feed quietly in fruiting trees. One strategy is to ask locals if the pigeons are around or, better, hire a bird guide.

58. Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus meridionalis 50 Ngezi Forest, Pemba North 3 Dec. 59. Grey Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum gibbericeps 4 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec. 60. Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis capensis 5 Ngezi Forest, Pemba North 3 Dec. 61. Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus Several Lake Magadi, Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec. 62. Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor (NT) Several Lake Magadi, Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec. 63. Water Thick-knee Burhinus v. vermiculatus 2 Mediterraneo Hotel, Dar es Salaam 30 Nov, 1 Pemba Paradise, Pemba North 4 Dec. 3 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 64. Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 4 Mashangalikwa, Tanga 7 Dec. 65. Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus 10 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 50 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 66. Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus 6 Mashangalikwa, Tanga 7 Dec, 2 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 2 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 10 Tarangire NP 15 Dec. 67. Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris

11 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 10 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 68. Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus minor 1 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 6 Tarangire NP 14 Dec. 69. Crowned Lapwing Vanellus c. coronatus 25 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 10 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 5 Tarangire NP 15 Dec, 50 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 70. Grey Plover Pluvialis s. squatarola 3 Msuka Beach, Pemba North 3 Dec. 71. Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula tundrae 5 Msuka Beach, Pemba North 3 Dec. 72. Three-banded Plover Charadrius t. tricollaris 2 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 73. Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus pamirensis 10 Msuka Beach, Pemba North 3 Dec. 74. Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii scythicus 5 Msuka Beach, Pemba North 3 Dec. 75. African Jacana Actophilornis africanus 2 Ngezi Forest, Pemba North 3 Dec, 20 Mashangalikwa, Tanga 7 Dec, 3 Kilombero Flood Plain, Morogoro 18 Dec. 76. Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus subsp. 25 Msuka Beach, Pemba North 3 Dec. 77. Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata subsp. (NT) 1 Msuka Beach, Pemba North 3 Dec. 78. Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea (NT) 10 Msuka Beach, Pemba North 3 Dec. 79. Sanderling Calidris a. alba 10 Msuka Beach, Pemba North 3 Dec. 80. Little Stint Calidris minuta 5 Msuka Beach, Pemba North 3 Dec. 81. Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus 2 Msuka Beach, Pemba North 3 Dec. 82. Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 1 Pemba Paradise, Pemba North 3 Dec, 2 Pemba Paradise, Pemba North 4 Dec, 1 Kilombero Flood Plain, Morogoro 18 Dec, 1 Mikumi NP 20 Dec.

12 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 83. Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 1 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 1 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 84. Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis 2 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 1 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 85. Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 1 Ngezi Forest, Pemba North 3 Dec, 3 Mashangalikwa, Tanga 7 Dec, 2 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 86. Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 5 Msuka Beach, Pemba North 3 Dec, 2 Tarangire NP 14 Dec. 87. Crab-plover Dromas ardeola 200 Msuka Beach, Pemba North 3 Dec, 500 Pemba Paradise, Pemba North 4 Dec. 88. Double-banded Courser Rhinoptilus africanus gracilis 10 Tarangire NP 14 Dec. 89. Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus emini 1 Tarangire NP 15 Dec.

90. Collared Pratincole Glareola pratincola fuelleborni 1 Kilombero Flood Plain, Morogoro 18 Dec, 200 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 91. Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 1 Mediterraneo Hotel, Dar es Salaam 30 Nov. 92. Sooty Gull Ichthyaetus hemprichii 3 Mediterraneo Hotel, Dar es Salaam 30 Nov, 10 Mediterraneo Hotel, Dar es Salaam 2 Dec, 10 Msuka Beach, Pemba North 3 Dec.

13 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 93. Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus f. fuscus 1 Mediterraneo Hotel, Dar es Salaam 30 Nov. 94. Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon n. nilotica 10 Msuka Beach, Pemba North 3 Dec. 95. Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii thalassinus 1 Mediterraneo Hotel, Dar es Salaam 30 Nov, 10 Msuka Beach, Pemba North 3 Dec, 2 Pemba Paradise, Pemba North 4 Dec. 96. Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus b. bengalensis 10 Msuka Beach, Pemba North 3 Dec. 97. Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 2 Msuka Beach, Pemba North 3 Dec. 98. Saunders's Tern Sternula saundersi 2 Mediterraneo Hotel, Dar es Salaam 30 Nov, 10 Mediterraneo Hotel, Dar es Salaam 2 Dec, 1 Pemba Paradise, Pemba North 3 Dec. 99. Common Tern Sterna h. hirundo 10 Mediterraneo Hotel, Dar es Salaam 30 Nov, 1 Mediterraneo Hotel, Dar es Salaam 2 Dec, 10 Msuka Beach, Pemba North 3 Dec, 2 Pemba Paradise, Pemba North 4 Dec. 100. Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis 10 Tarangire NP 15 Dec, 4 Kilombero Flood Plain, Morogoro 18 Dec. 101. Black Stork Ciconia nigra 1 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec. 102. Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii 13 Mkomazi 9 Dec, 100 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 20 Mikumi 17 Dec. 103. Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus microscelis 1 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 104. White Stork Ciconia c. ciconia 1 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 1 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 2 Tarangire NP 15 Dec. 105. Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis 2 (♂♀) Mikumi NP 20 Dec.

14 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 106. Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumenifer 1 Kilombero Flood Plain, Morogoro 18 Dec, 3 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. Surprisingly few seen. 107. Reed Cormorant Microcarbo a. africanus 1 Ngezi Forest, Pemba North 3 Dec. 108. African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus 1 Mediterraneo Hotel, Dar es Salaam 2 Dec, 20 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 20 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 4 Tarangire NP 15 Dec. 109. Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash brevirostris 6 Same, Kilimanjaro 10 Dec, 6 Same, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 20 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 2 Tarangire NP 14 Dec. 110. Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 6 Mashangalikwa, Tanga 7 Dec, 10 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 1 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 111. African Spoonbill Platalea alba 1 Tarangire NP 15 Dec. 112. Striated Heron Butorides striata atricapilla 1 Msuka Beach, Pemba North 3 Dec. 113. Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 40 Mediterraneo Hotel, Dar es Salaam 30 Nov, 10 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 100 Pemba Is 2 Dec, 10 Pemba Is 3 Dec, 100 Arusha 12 Dec, 50 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 100 Tarangire NP 15 Dec, 200 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 114. Grey Heron Ardea c. cinerea 1 Mediterraneo Hotel, Dar es Salaam 30 Nov, 3 Ngezi Forest, Pemba North 3 Dec, 1 Kilombero Flood Plain, Morogoro 18 Dec, 2 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 115. Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala 2 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 1 Pemba Is 2 Dec, 4 Mediterraneo Hotel, Dar es Salaam 2 Dec, 1 Pemba Is 3 Dec, 3 Pemba Is 4 Dec, 2 Mashangalikwa, Tanga 7 Dec, 1 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec, 1 Mkomazi 9 Dec, 1 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 1 Moshi, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 10 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 2 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 50 Tarangire NP 15 Dec, 3 Mikumi 17 Dec, 3 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 116. Great Egret Ardea alba melanorhynchos 1 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 117. Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia brachyrhyncha 1 Ngezi Forest, Pemba North 3 Dec. 118. Little Egret Egretta g. garzetta 1 Mashangalikwa, Tanga 7 Dec, 1 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 119. Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis schistacea 3 Mediterraneo Hotel, Dar es Salaam 2 Dec.

15 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 120. Dimorphic Egret Egretta dimorpha 2 Mediterraneo Hotel, Dar es Salaam 30 Nov, 10 Mediterraneo Hotel, Dar es Salaam 2 Dec, 20 Msuka Beach, Pemba North 3 Dec. Dark morph predominated.

121. Hamerkop Scopus u. umbretta 2 Tanga 4 Dec, 1 Mkomazi 9 Dec, 2 Moshi, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 1 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 2 Tarangire NP 15 Dec, 2 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 122. Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens 20 Lake Manyara NP 14 Dec. 123. Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius (VU) 2 Tarangire NP 14 Dec. 124. Black-winged Kite Elanus c. caeruleus 4 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 2 Moshi, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 2 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 1 Tarangire NP 15 Dec. 125. African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides t. typus 2 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 2 Ngezi Forest, Pemba North 2 Dec, 1 Ngezi Forest, Pemba North 3 Dec, 1 Ngezi Forest, Pemba North 4 Dec, 1 Moshi, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 2 Baobab Valley, Morogoro 19 Dec. 126. Palm-nut Vulture Gypohierax angolensis 2 Ngezi Forest, Pemba North 3 Dec, 2 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 2 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec, 1 Udzungwa NP 18 Dec. 127. Hooded Vulture Necrosyrtes monachus (CR) 1 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 1 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 1 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 128. White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus (CR) 20 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 2 Tarangire NP 15 Dec, 10 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 129. Rüppell's Vulture Gyps r. rueppelli 2 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 1 Tarangire NP 15 Dec. 130. White-headed Vulture Trigonoceps occipitalis (CR) 1 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 1 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 131. Lappet-faced Vulture Torgos t. tracheliotos 4 Tarangire NP 14 Dec. 132. Black-chested Snake Eagle Circaetus pectoralis 2 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 1 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 1 Moshi, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 2 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 133. Brown Snake Eagle Circaetus cinereus 1 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 1 Tarangire NP 14 Dec. 134. Southern Banded Snake Eagle Circaetus fasciolatus (NT) 1 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec. 135. Bateleur Terathopius ecaudatus (NT) 16 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 1 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 1 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 5 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 2 Mikumi 17 Dec, 1 Baobab Valley, Morogoro 19 Dec, 10 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 136. Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus anderssoni 1 Gairo 15 Dec, 1 Gairo 16 Dec, 1 Mikumi town 19 Dec. Brief views as they flew by at dusk. 137. Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus (NT) 1 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 1 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec, 1 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec, 1 Udzungwa NP 18 Dec. All in aerial display. 138. Martial Eagle Polemaetus bellicosus (VU) 1 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec. 139. Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis 1 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 2 Mashangalikwa, Tanga 7 Dec, 1 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 1 Moshi, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 1 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 1 Tarangire NP 15 Dec. 140. Wahlberg's Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi 1 Mashangalikwa, Tanga 7 Dec, 1 Mkomazi 9 Dec, 2 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 1 Moshi, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 1 Tarangire NP 14 Dec. 141. Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus 1 Moshi, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec. 142. Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii 1 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec. 143. Tawny Eagle Aquila r. rapax 1 Mkomazi 9 Dec, 1 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 1 Tarangire NP 14 Dec. 144. Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis orientalis 1 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec. 145. African Hawk-Eagle Aquila spilogaster 2 Tarangire NP 15 Dec. 146. Lizard Buzzard Kaupifalco monogrammicus meridionalis 2 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec. 147. Gabar Goshawk Micronisus gabar aequatorius 1 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 1 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 1 Tarangire NP 14 Dec. 148. Eastern Chanting Goshawk Melierax poliopterus 4 Mkomazi 9 Dec, 1 Moshi, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 5 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 1 Tarangire NP 15 Dec. 149. Little Sparrowhawk Accipiter m. minullus 1 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec. 150. Western Marsh Harrier Circus ae. aeruginosus 1 ♂ Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec. 151. Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus 1 ♂ Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec. 152. Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius parasitus 1 Pemba Is 2 Dec, 1 Pemba Is 4 Dec, 10 Mashangalikwa, Tanga 7 Dec, 6 Mkomazi 9 Dec, 2 Moshi, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 1 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec, 1 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 2 Tarangire NP 15 Dec, 1 Kilombero Flood Plain, Morogoro 18 Dec. 153. African Fish Eagle Haliaeetus vocifer 1 immature Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 154. Common Buzzard Buteo buteo vulpinus 1 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 1 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec. 155. Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus (NT) 2 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec, 2 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec, 2 Rubeho Mts 16 Dec.

17 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 156. Augur Buzzard Buteo augur 2 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec, 1 Mkomazi 9 Dec, 2 Moshi, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 5 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 1 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec, 2 Mikumi 17 Dec. 157. African Scops Owl Otus s. senegalensis 1 on day roost Tarangire NP 14 Dec & 15 Dec. Also called sometimes in the afternoon, but not heard at night.

158. Pemba Scops Owl Otus pembaensis (VU) 1 on day roost Ngezi Forest, Pemba North 2 Dec.

159. Usambara Eagle-Owl Bubo vosseleri

18 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 3 (2 ♂♂, 1 ♀) East Usambara Mts 5 Dec. Great concert after dusk of these birds close to Amani Rest House. The two males were sitting close to each other. Sometimes seen in flight over the road. 160. Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Bubo lacteus 1 Mikumi 17 Dec. Heard only, in daytime. 161. African Wood Owl Strix woodfordii nigricantior 2 (♂♀) West Usambara Mts 7 Dec. In duet, also seen in spotlight. 162. Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum licua 1 with prey (rodent) Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 1 Tarangire NP 14 Dec.

163. Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus C. s. mombassicus: 10 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 10 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec. C. s. kikuyensis: 6 West Usambara Mts 7 Dec, 2 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec, 2 South Pare Mts 9 Dec, 5 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 2 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 10 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 10 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec, 10 Tarangire NP 14 Dec. C. s. cinerascens: 10 Mikumi 17 Dec, 3 Udzungwa NP 18 Dec, 5 Baobab Valley, Morogoro 19 Dec, 4 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. C. s. affinis: 5 Mediterraneo Hotel, Dar es Salaam 30 Nov, 4 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 2 Mediterraneo Hotel, Dar es Salaam 2 Dec. 164. White-headed Mousebird Colius l. leucocephalus 5 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 5 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec. 165. Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus U. m. pulcher: 2 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 6 Tarangire NP 14 Dec. U. m. massaicus: 3 Baobab Valley, Morogoro 19 Dec. 166. Narina Trogon Apaloderma narina A. n. narina: 2 Mikumi 17 Dec, 2 Udzungwa NP 18 Dec. A. n. littorale: 1 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec.

19 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 167. African Hoopoe Upupa africana 1 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 1 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 1 Mikumi NP 20 Dec.

168. Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus marwitzi 2 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 2 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 2 Tarangire NP 15 Dec, 6 Mikumi 17 Dec. 169. Common Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas schalowi 2 Mikumi 17 Dec. 170. Abyssinian Scimitarbill Rhinopomastus minor cabanisi 3 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec. 171. Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri (VU) 6 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 22 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 172. Tanzanian Red-billed Hornbill Tockus ruahae 6 Baobab Valley, Morogoro 19 Dec. 173. Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus 15 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 5 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 2 Tarangire NP 15 Dec.

20 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 174. Von Der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni 25 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 20 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 10 Tarangire NP 15 Dec, 2 Baobab Valley, Morogoro 19 Dec.

175. Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris 2 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec. 176. Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus 5 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 1 Ngezi Forest, Pemba North 3 Dec, 6 Mikumi 17 Dec. 177. African Grey Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus epirhinus 5 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 2 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 1 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 178. Pale-billed Hornbill Lophoceros pallidirostris neumanni 4 Mikumi 17 Dec, 2 Baobab Valley, Morogoro 19 Dec, 1 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 179. Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator 1 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 5 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 4 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec, 1 West Usambara Mts 7 Dec, 6 Mikumi 17 Dec, 10 Udzungwa NP 18 Dec. 180. Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis 30 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 50 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec, 20 West Usambara Mts 7 Dec, 5 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec, 2 West Usambara Mts 9 Dec, 2 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 4 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 2 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 2 Udzungwa NP 18 Dec.

21 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 181. Purple Roller Coracias n. naevius 1 Tarangire NP 15 Dec. 182. Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias c. caudatus 2 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 1 Mkomazi 9 Dec, 10 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 10 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 20 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 10 Tarangire NP 15 Dec, 5 Mikumi 17 Dec, 1 Baobab Valley, Morogoro 19 Dec, 3 Mikumi NP 20 Dec.

183. European Roller Coracias garrulus subsp. 1 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 5 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 1 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 1 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 1 Tarangire NP 15 Dec, 20 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 184. Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus suahelicus 1 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 2 Ngezi Forest, Pemba North 3 Dec, 1 Ngezi Forest, Pemba North 4 Dec, 2 Mikumi 17 Dec, 3 Baobab Valley, Morogoro 19 Dec, 3 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 185. Grey-headed Kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala H. l. leucocephala: 20 Mkomazi 9 Dec, 5 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 2 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 1 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 2 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 5 Mikumi 17 Dec, 1 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. H. l. hyacinthina: 2 Mediterraneo Hotel, Dar es Salaam 30 Nov.

22 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 186. Brown-hooded Kingfisher Halcyon albiventris orientalis 2 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 1 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 2 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec, 5 Mikumi 17 Dec, 2 Udzungwa NP 18 Dec. 187. Striped Kingfisher Halcyon ch. chelicuti 2 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 5 Mikumi 17 Dec. 188. Mangrove Kingfisher Halcyon senegaloides 2 Ngezi Forest, Pemba North 2 Dec, 2 Ngezi Forest, Pemba North 3 Dec. Two different pairs, calling and courtship feeding.

189. African Pygmy Kingfisher Ispidina picta natalensis 1 Ngezi Forest, Pemba North 4 Dec. 190. Malachite Kingfisher Corythornis c. cristatus 1 Msuka Beach, Pemba North 3 Dec, 1 West Usambara Mts 7 Dec, 1 Kilombero Flood Plain, Morogoro 18 Dec. 191. Pied Kingfisher Ceryle r. rudis 1 Mediterraneo Hotel, Dar es Salaam 30 Nov, 2 Pemba Paradise, Pemba North 4 Dec, 1 Mikumi 17 Dec. 192. Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus meridionalis 1 Mkomazi 9 Dec, 5 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 1 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 5 Kilombero Flood Plain, Morogoro 18 Dec, 20 Baobab Valley, Morogoro 19 Dec, 6 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 193. Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates 12 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec, 5 West Usambara Mts 9 Dec, 4 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec. 194. White-fronted Bee-eater Merops bullockoides 20 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec. 195. Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Merops p. persicus 10 Pemba Is 2 Dec, 20 Pemba Is 3 Dec, 10 Pemba Is 4 Dec, 25 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 10 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 5 Tarangire NP 15 Dec, 5 Mikumi 17 Dec. 196. European Bee-eater Merops apiaster 1 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 10 Mediterraneo Hotel, Dar es Salaam 2 Dec, 10 West Usambara Mts 7 Dec, 10 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 10 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec, 5 Tarangire NP 15 Dec, 10 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 197. White-eared Barbet Stactolaema leucotis kilimensis 10 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 2 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec, 2 West Usambara Mts 9 Dec. 198. Green Barbet Stactolaema o. olivacea 10 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 10 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec, 10 East Usambara Mts 7 Dec.

23 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 199. Green Tinkerbird Pogoniulus simplex 1 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec. 200. Moustached Tinkerbird Pogoniulus leucomystax 1 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 1 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec, 1 Rubeho Mts 16 Dec, 1 Udzungwa NP 18 Dec. 201. Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus bilineatus fischeri 5 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec. 202. Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus affinis 2 Mediterraneo Hotel, Dar es Salaam 30 Nov, 1 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 1 Tarangire NP 14 Dec. 203. Spot-flanked Barbet Tricholaema lacrymosa T. l. lacrymosa: 1 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec. T. l. radcliffei: 1 Mikumi 19 Dec. 204. Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala stigmatothorax 1 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 1 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec.

205. Brown-breasted Barbet Lybius melanopterus 4 (2 pairs) Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec. 206. Red-and-yellow Barbet Trachyphonus e. erythrocephalus 6 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 1 Tarangire NP 15 Dec. 207. d'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii T. d. usambiro: 1 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 1 Tarangire NP 14 Dec. T. d. emini: 1 Mkomazi 9 Dec, 3 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec. 208. Green-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus zambesiae ellenbecki 1 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec. 209. Brown-backed Honeybird Prodotiscus r. regulus 1 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec, 1 Tarangire NP 14 Dec. 210. Pallid Honeyguide Indicator m. meliphilus 1 West Usambara Mts 9 Dec.

24 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 211. Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor teitensis 1 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 1 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 1 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 1 Udzungwa NP 18 Dec. 212. Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus 1 Tarangire NP 14 Dec. 213. Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator 1 in song Tarangire NP 14 Dec. 214. Speckle-throated Woodpecker Campethera scriptoricauda 1 Mikumi 19 Dec. 215. Nubian Woodpecker Campethera n. nubica 3 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 1 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 1 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 2 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 1 Mikumi 19 Dec. 216. Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni suahelica 1 Udzungwa NP 18 Dec. 217. Mombasa Woodpecker Campethera mombassica 1 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec, 1 East Usambara Mts 7 Dec. 218. Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens massaicus 1 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 2 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec, 2 West Usambara Mts 9 Dec, 1 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec, 1 Mikumi 17 Dec, 1 Udzungwa NP 18 Dec. 219. Stierling's Woodpecker Dendropicos stierlingi (NT) 1 Mikumi 17 Dec, 1 Mikumi 19 Dec. 220. Eastern Grey Woodpecker Dendropicos spodocephalus rhodeogaster 1 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec. 221. Brown-backed Woodpecker Dendropicos obsoletus crateri 1 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec. 222. Pygmy Falcon Polihierax semitorquatus castanonotus 1 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 1 ♀ Tarangire NP 14 Dec. 223. Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus rufescens 1 Moshi, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 1 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 2 Tarangire NP 15 Dec, 2 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 224. Greater Kestrel Falco rupicoloides arthuri 3 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec. 225. Grey Kestrel Falco ardosiaceus 1 Tarangire NP 15 Dec. 226. Dickinson's Kestrel Falco dickinsoni 1 Pemba Is 2 Dec, 1 Pemba Is 3 Dec.

25 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 227. Red-necked Falcon Falco chicquera ruficollis 1 Mikumi 17 Dec. 228. Amur Falcon Falco amurensis 1 ♂ Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 1 ♀ Tarangire NP 14 Dec. 229. Lanner Falcon Falco b. biarmicus 1 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec. 230. Meyer's Parrot Poicephalus meyeri matschiei 2 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 2 Baobab Valley, Morogoro 19 Dec. 231. Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus tanganyikae 2 Ngezi Forest, Pemba North 3 Dec, 10 Pemba Is 4 Dec, 2 Mikumi 19 Dec. 232. Red-bellied Parrot Poicephalus r. rufiventris 8 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec. 233. Yellow-collared Lovebird Agapornis personatus 50 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 2 Tarangire NP 15 Dec.

234. African Broadbill Smithornis capensis medianus 3 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec. 235. Forest Batis mixta 2 (♂♀) East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 1 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec, 1 East Usambara Mts 7 Dec. 236. Dark Batis Batis crypta 2 (♂♀) Rubeho Mts 16 Dec. 237. Pale Batis Batis soror 2 (♂♀) Mikumi 17 Dec, 2 (♂♀) Mikumi 19 Dec. 238. Eastern Black-headed Batis Batis minor suahelica 2 (♂♀) Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec.

26 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 239. Pygmy Batis Batis perkeo 2 (♂♀) Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 2 (♂♀) Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec. 240. Black-throated Wattle-eye Platysteira peltata cryptoleuca 1 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 1 East Usambara Mts 7 Dec. 241. Grey-headed Malaconotus blanchoti M. b. approximans: 1 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec. M. b. hypopyrrhus: 1 Mikumi 17 Dec, 1 Mikumi 19 Dec, 1 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 242. Black-fronted Bushshrike Chlorophoneus n. nigrifrons 4 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec, 2 South Pare Mts 9 Dec, 1 Rubeho Mts 16 Dec. 243. Rosy-patched Bushshrike Telophorus cruentus cathemagmenus 1 Mkomazi 9 Dec, 1 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 3 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec. 244. Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis minor 1 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 1 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec. 245. Three-streaked Tchagra Tchagra j. jamesi 1 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec. 246. Black-crowned Tchagra Tchagra senegalus T. s. armenus: 1 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 1 Mikumi 17 Dec, 1 Udzungwa NP 18 Dec, 1 Mikumi 19 Dec. T. s. orientalis: 2 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec. 247. Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla D. c. nairobiensis: 1 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 1 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec, 1 East Usambara Mts 7 Dec, 1 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec, 5 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec, 1 Tarangire NP 15 Dec. D. c. hamatus: 2 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 2 Mikumi 17 Dec, 2 Mikumi 19 Dec. 248. Fülleborn's Boubou fuelleborni usambaricus 2 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec, 1 Rubeho Mts 16 Dec. 249. Slate-colored Boubou Laniarius funebris 6 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 2 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 1 Tarangire NP 15 Dec. 250. Laniarius major ambiguous 1 South Pare Mts 9 Dec, 10 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec. 251. East Coast Boubou Laniarius sublacteus 2 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 1 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 2 East Usambara Mts 7 Dec, 2 Mikumi 17 Dec, 2 Udzungwa NP 18 Dec. 252. Brubru Nilaus afer massaicus 1 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 1 Tarangire NP 15 Dec. 253. White-crested Helmetshrike Prionops plumatus P. p. vinaceigularis: 6 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec. P. p. poliocephalus: 10 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 254. Retz's Helmetshrike Prionops retzii graculinus 2 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 1 Udzungwa NP 18 Dec. 255. Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike Prionops scopifrons kirki 20 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec, 10 East Usambara Mts 7 Dec. 256. Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher Bias musicus changamwensis 2 Udzungwa NP 18 Dec. 257. White-breasted pectoralis 1 ♂ Mikumi 17 Dec. 258. Grey Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris caesius purus 1 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec.

27 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 259. Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava 1 ♀ Mkomazi NP 10 Dec. 260. Magpie Shrike Urolestes melanoleucus aequatorialis 2 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 2 Tarangire NP 15 Dec. 261. Northern White-crowned Shrike Eurocephalus ruppelli 1 Mkomazi 9 Dec, 10 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 5 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 25 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 2 Tarangire NP 15 Dec, 1 Mikumi 19 Dec, 2 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 262. Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio 1 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 2 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec. 263. Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides 1 Mkomazi 9 Dec, 10 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 5 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 1 Tarangire NP 15 Dec. 264. Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi 1 Mkomazi 9 Dec, 25 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 2 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 10 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 5 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 2 Mikumi 17 Dec, 12 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 265. Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis 2 Mkomazi 9 Dec, 10 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec. 266. Southern Fiscal Lanius collaris marwitzi 1 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 5 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec, 5 Tarangire NP 14 Dec. 267. Green-headed Oriole Oriolus chlorocephalus amani 2 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 6 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec, 5 East Usambara Mts 7 Dec. 268. Black-headed Oriole Oriolus larvatus reichenowi 1 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec. 269. African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus notatus 1 Tarangire NP 14 Dec. 270. Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus 1 Pemba Paradise, Pemba North 3 Dec, 1 Pemba Paradise, Pemba North 4 Dec, 1 Mikumi 17 Dec, 4 Mikumi 19 Dec, 2 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 271. Fork-tailed Drongo Dicrurus adsimilis fugax 10 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 10 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec, 5 East Usambara Mts 7 Dec, 2 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec, 10 South Pare Mts 9 Dec, 10 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 10 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 6 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 10 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 2 Tarangire NP 15 Dec, 1 Udzungwa NP 18 Dec, 5 Mikumi 19 Dec, 10 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 272. Common Square-tailed Drongo Dicrurus ludwigii muenzneri 10 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 1 Mikumi 17 Dec, 2 Udzungwa NP 18 Dec. 273. African Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis T. v. ferreti: 2 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 1 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec, 1 East Usambara Mts 7 Dec. T. v. suahelica: 1 South Pare Mts 9 Dec, 1 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 5 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec. T. v. ungujaensis: 1 ♂ Ngezi Forest, Pemba North 2 Dec. [House Crow Corvus splendens] 50 Mediterraneo Hotel, Dar es Salaam 30 Nov. Widespread and numerous in coastal areas, but also inland as far west as Dodoma. 274. Pied Crow Corvus albus

28 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 1 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 10 Mashangalikwa, Tanga 7 Dec, 2 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec, 10 Mkomazi 9 Dec, 10 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 10 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 50 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 10 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec, 10 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 20 Tarangire NP 15 Dec, 10 Rubeho Mts 16 Dec, 10 Mikumi 17 Dec, 5 Kilombero Flood Plain, Morogoro 18 Dec, 5 Baobab Valley, Morogoro 19 Dec, 10 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 275. White-necked Raven Corvus albicollis 10 Mkomazi 9 Dec, 2 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 2 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 10 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 2 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec. 276. White-tailed Crested Flycatcher Elminia albonotata subcaerulea 1 West Usambara Mts 7 Dec, 1 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec, 1 Rubeho Mts 16 Dec. 277. Cinnamon-breasted Tit Melaniparus p. pallidiventris 1 Mikumi 17 Dec, 2 Mikumi 19 Dec. 278. Red-throated Tit Melaniparus fringillinus 1 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec. 279. Mouse-colored Penduline Tit Anthoscopus musculus 1 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec. 280. Grey Penduline Tit Anthoscopus caroli sylviella 4 Mikumi 19 Dec. 281. Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis 1 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec, 1 East Usambara Mts 7 Dec. 282. Beesley's Chersomanes beesleyi 5 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec.

283. Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia 3 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 50 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 3 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 284. Pink-breasted Lark Calendulauda poecilosterna

29 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 3 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 1 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec. 285. Calendulauda alopex intercedens 5 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec. 286. Rufous-naped Lark Mirafra africana athi 10 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 2 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec.

287. Short-tailed Lark Spizocorys fremantlii delamerei 12 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec.

30 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 288. Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea saturatior 6 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec. 289. Athi Short-toed Lark Alaudala athensis 12 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec. 290. Sombre Andropadus importunus A. i. insularis: 1 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 1 West Usambara Mts 9 Dec, 1 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec. A. i. hypoxanthus: 1 Udzungwa NP 18 Dec, 1 Mikumi 19 Dec. 291. Yellow-bellied Greenbul Chlorocichla flaviventris Ch. f. centralis: 1 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec. Ch. f. occidentalis: 2 Mikumi 19 Dec. 292. Shelley's Greenbul masukuensis roehli 1 West Usambara Mts 7 Dec, 1 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec. 293. Black-browed Greenbul Arizelocichla fusciceps 1 Rubeho Mts 16 Dec. 294. Yellow-throated Greenbul Arizelocichla chlorigula 1 Rubeho Mts 16 Dec. 295. Arizelocichla nigriceps A. n. nigriceps: 1 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec. A. n. usambarae: 1 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec. 296. Stripe-faced Greenbul Arizelocichla striifacies 5 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec, 1 West Usambara Mts 9 Dec, 1 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec. 297. virens zombensis 5 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec, 1 East Usambara Mts 7 Dec. 298. Lowland Tiny Greenbul debilis rabai 1 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec. 299. Montane Tiny Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigula (NT) 1 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec, 1 East Usambara Mts 7 Dec. 300. Terrestrial Brownbul Phyllastrephus terrestris suahelicus 1 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec, 1 West Usambara Mts 7 Dec. 301. Grey-olive Greenbul Phyllastrephus cerviniventris schoutedeni 1 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec. 302. Fischer's Greenbul Phyllastrephus fischeri 1 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec. 303. Placid Greenbul Phyllastrephus placidus 1 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec. 304. Yellow-streaked Greenbul Phyllastrephus flavostriatus tenuirostris 1 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec, 1 East Usambara Mts 7 Dec. 305. Dark-capped tricolor layardi 3 Mediterraneo Hotel, Dar es Salaam 30 Nov, 1 Mediterraneo Hotel, Dar es Salaam 2 Dec, 25 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 25 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec, 25 East Usambara Mts 7 Dec, 20 West Usambara Mts 9 Dec, 20 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 10 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 20 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 30 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec, 30 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 5 Tarangire NP 15 Dec, 50 Mikumi 17 Dec, 20 Udzungwa NP 18 Dec, 50 Mikumi 19 Dec, 50 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 306. Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne pristoptera massaica 5 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 5 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 2 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec, 10 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec, 50 South Pare Mts 9 Dec, 10 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec, 10 Rubeho Mts 16 Dec.

31 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 307. Brown-throated Martin Riparia paludicola ducis 1 Rubeho Mts 16 Dec. 308. Sand Martin Riparia r. riparia 2 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 1 Ngezi Forest, Pemba North 3 Dec. 309. Barn Swallow Hirundo r. rustica 1 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 2 Pemba Is 3 Dec, 2 Pemba Is 4 Dec, 10 West Usambara Mts 7 Dec, 10 West Usambara Mts 9 Dec, 50 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 10 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 50 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 50 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec, 100 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 50 Tarangire NP 15 Dec, 50 Rubeho Mts 16 Dec, 50 Mikumi 17 Dec, 50 Kilombero Flood Plain, Morogoro 18 Dec, 20 Baobab Valley, Morogoro 19 Dec, 50 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 310. Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo s. smithii 2 Mikumi 17 Dec, 4 Kilombero Flood Plain, Morogoro 18 Dec, 2 Baobab Valley, Morogoro 19 Dec, 2 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 311. Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula rufigula 6 West Usambara Mts 7 Dec, 10 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec, 10 West Usambara Mts 9 Dec, 10 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec. 312. Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica unitatis 2 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 3 Mediterraneo Hotel, Dar es Salaam 2 Dec, 4 West Usambara Mts 7 Dec, 4 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec, 4 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 2 Mikumi 17 Dec, 2 Baobab Valley, Morogoro 19 Dec, 5 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 313. Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis monteiri 3 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 2 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec, 5 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec, 1 West Usambara Mts 9 Dec. 314. Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica emini 25 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec, 1 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 2 Mikumi 17 Dec. 315. Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis orientalis 1 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 316. Kretschmer's Longbill Macrosphenus k. kretschmeri 1 Rubeho Mts 16 Dec. 317. Northern Crombec Sylvietta brachyura leucopsis 1 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 1 Rubeho Mts 16 Dec. 318. Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii jacksoni 1 Tarangire NP 15 Dec. 319. Long-billed Crombec Sylvietta rufescens adelphe 2 Mikumi 19 Dec. 320. Little Yellow Flycatcher Erythrocercus holochlorus 1 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec. 321. Livingstone's Flycatcher Erythrocercus livingstonei thomsoni 1 Udzungwa NP 18 Dec. 322. Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus acredula 2 Pemba Paradise, Pemba North 4 Dec, 1 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 1 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec, 2 Mikumi 19 Dec. 323. Brown Woodland Warbler Phylloscopus umbrovirens dorcadichroa 1 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec. 324. African Reed Warbler Acrocephalus baeticatus A. b. cinnamomeus: 1 Mikumi 17 Dec. A. b. suahelicus: 1 Pemba Paradise, Pemba North 3 Dec, 1 East Usambara Mts 7 Dec. 325. Mountain Yellow Warbler Iduna similis

32 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 1 West Usambara Mts 9 Dec. 326. Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Iduna pallida elaeica 1 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec, 1 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec. 327. Upcher's Warbler Hippolais languida 1 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec. 328. Evergreen Forest Warbler Bradypterus lopezi usambarae 1 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec, 1 West Usambara Mts 9 Dec, 1 Rubeho Mts 16 Dec. 329. Cinnamon Bracken Warbler Bradypterus c. cinnamomeus 1 West Usambara Mts 7 Dec, 2 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec, 1 West Usambara Mts 9 Dec. 330. Little Rush Warbler Bradypterus baboecala tongensis 1 West Usambara Mts 7 Dec. 331. Red-faced Cisticola Cisticola erythrops sylvia 2 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 1 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec. 332. Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans pictipennis 1 Mkomazi 9 Dec. 333. Trilling Cisticola Cisticola w. woosnami 1 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec. 334. Kilombero Cisticola Cisticola sp. nov. 8 Kilombero Flood Plain, Morogoro 18 Dec.

335. White-tailed Cisticola Cisticola sp. nov. 2 Kilombero Flood Plain, Morogoro 18 Dec. 336. Hunter's Cisticola Cisticola hunteri 2 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec.

33 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 337. Rock-loving Cisticola Cisticola e. emini 1 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec. 338. Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana C. ch. fischeri: 2 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 2 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec. C. ch. ukamba: 2 West Usambara Mts 9 Dec, 5 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 6 Tarangire NP 15 Dec. C. ch. heterophrys: 5 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec. C. ch. keithi: 2 Mikumi 17 Dec, 2 Mikumi 19 Dec, 5 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 339. Ashy Cisticola Cisticola cinereolus schillingsi 5 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec. 340. Winding Cisticola Cisticola marginatus suahelicus 1 Mashangalikwa, Tanga 7 Dec, 2 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 2 Tarangire NP 14 Dec.

341. Coastal Cisticola Cisticola haematocephalus 1 East Usambara Mts 7 Dec. 342. Stout Cisticola Cisticola robustus nuchalis 1 Tarangire NP 14 Dec. 343. Croaking Cisticola Cisticola n. natalensis 2 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 344. Tiny Cisticola Cisticola nana 1 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec. 345. Neddicky Cisticola fulvicapilla muelleri 1 Mikumi 17 Dec, 2 Mikumi 19 Dec. 346. Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis uropygialis 3 Pemba Paradise, Pemba North 3 Dec, 2 Pemba Paradise, Pemba North 4 Dec, 2 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 1 Mikumi NP 20 Dec.

34 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 347. Desert Cisticola Cisticola aridulus tanganyika 6 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 2 Mikumi NP 20 Dec.

348. Pectoral-patch Cisticola Cisticola brunnescens hindii 1 Tarangire NP 14 Dec. 349. Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava P. s. tenella: 10 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 2 Mediterraneo Hotel, Dar es Salaam 2 Dec, 1 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 1 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec, 1 East Usambara Mts 7 Dec, 5 Mkomazi 9 Dec. P. s. melanorhyncha: 5 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 1 Tarangire NP 15 Dec. P. s. mutatrix: 3 Mikumi 17 Dec, 1 Kilombero Flood Plain, Morogoro 18 Dec, 1 Mikumi 19 Dec, 2 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 350. Pale Prinia Prinia somalica erlangeri 2 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec. 351. Red-fronted Prinia Prinia rufifrons smithi 6 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 6 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec. 352. Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella 2 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 1 Tarangire NP 14 Dec. 353. Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica A. th. griseiceps: 1 East Usambara Mts 7 Dec, 1 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec. A. th. pareensis: 1 South Pare Mts 9 Dec. A. th. murina: 2 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec.

35 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 354. Yellow-breasted Apalis Apalis flavida golzi 1 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 1 Tarangire NP 15 Dec, 1 Udzungwa NP 18 Dec, 1 Mikumi 19 Dec. 355. Black-headed Apalis Apalis melanocephala A. m. moschi: 2 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec, 2 West Usambara Mts 9 Dec. A. m. melanocephala: 1 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 5 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec, 1 East Usambara Mts 7 Dec. 356. Chapin's Apalis Apalis ch. chapini 1 Rubeho Mts 16 Dec. 357. Brown-headed Apalis Apalis a. alticola 5 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec. 358. Grey-capped Warbler Eminia lepida 6 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec. 359. Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura C. b. pileata: 2 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 1 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec. C. b. fugglescouchmani: 1 West Usambara Mts 7 Dec. 360. Grey-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brevicaudata C. b. griseigula: 2 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 1 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 1 Tarangire NP 15 Dec. C. b. intercalata: 1 Mikumi 19 Dec. 361. Grey Wren-Warbler Calamonastes simplex 1 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 1 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec. 362. Miombo Wren-Warbler Calamonastes u. undosus 4 Mikumi 19 Dec. 363. Rubeho Warbler Scepomycter rubehoensis 1 Rubeho Mts 16 Dec. 364. Long-billed Forest Warbler Artisornis m. moreaui 2 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec. 365. Red-capped Forest Warbler Artisornis m. metopias 2 (♂♀, nest building) West Usambara Mts 8 Dec.

36 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 366. Yellow-bellied Eremomela Eremomela icteropygialis abdominalis 1 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec. 367. Green-capped Eremomela Eremomela s. scotops 1 Mikumi 19 Dec. 368. Eurasian Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla subsp. 3 (♂♀♀) Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec. 369. African Hill Babbler Sylvia a. abyssinica 2 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec, 1 South Pare Mts 9 Dec. 370. Banded Parisoma Curruca b. boehmi 4 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 1 Tarangire NP 14 Dec. 371. Brown Parisoma Curruca lugens jacksoni 1 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec. 372. Pale White-eye Zosterops f. flavilateralis 1 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 6 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec. 373. Mbulu White-eye Zosterops mbuluensis 2 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec. 374. Broad-ringed White-eye Zosterops eurycricotus 1 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 2 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec, 1 West Usambara Mts 7 Dec, 1 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec, 1 West Usambara Mts 9 Dec, 1 Rubeho Mts 16 Dec. 375. South Pare White-eye Zosterops winifredae (VU) 5 South Pare Mts 9 Dec. 376. Pemba White-eye Zosterops vaughani 10 Pemba Paradise, Pemba North 3 Dec, 10 Pemba Paradise, Pemba North 4 Dec. 377. Pale-breasted Illadopsis Illadopsis rufipennis distans 1 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec. 378. Rufous Chatterer rubiginosa emini 10 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec. 379. Scaly Chatterer Argya aylmeri mentalis 10 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec.

37 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 380. Arrow-marked Babbler jardineii T. j. emini: 5 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec, 5 Tarangire NP 14 Dec. T. j. kirkii: 10 Mikumi 17 Dec, 5 Udzungwa NP 18 Dec. All of these had red eyes. 381. Northern Pied Babbler Turdoides h. hypoleuca 6 Tarangire NP 14 Dec. 382. Spot-throat Modulatrix s. stictigula 1 West Usambara Mts 7 Dec, 5 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec, 2 West Usambara Mts 9 Dec. 383. Dapple-throat Arcanator orostruthus sanjei 2 Rubeho Mts 16 Dec. 384. Black-bellied Starling Notopholia corusca N. c. corusca: 10 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 2 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 1 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec, 6 Udzungwa NP 18 Dec. N. c. vaughani: 10 Ngezi Forest, Pemba North 3 Dec, 2 Ngezi Forest, Pemba North 4 Dec. 385. Miombo Blue-eared Starling Lamprotornis elisabeth 2 immatures Mikumi 17 Dec, 10 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 386. Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus 25 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 50 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 50 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 50 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec, 500 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 100 Tarangire NP 15 Dec, 50 Rubeho Mts 16 Dec, 20 Mikumi 17 Dec, 20 Mikumi NP 20 Dec.

38 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 387. Ashy Starling Lamprotornis unicolor 100 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 20 Tarangire NP 15 Dec, 10 Baobab Valley, Morogoro 19 Dec.

388. Fischer's Starling Lamprotornis fischeri 12 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec. 389. Violet-backed Starling Cinnyricinclus l. leucogaster 2 (♂♀) Baobab Valley, Morogoro 19 Dec. 390. Red-winged Starling Onychognathus m. morio 25 Mashangalikwa, Tanga 7 Dec, 1 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 10 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 2 Baobab Valley, Morogoro 19 Dec. 391. Waller's Starling Onychognathus w. walleri 2 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 12 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec. 392. Kenrick's Starling Poeoptera k. kenricki 25 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 12 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec, 10 East Usambara Mts 7 Dec, 2 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec, 10 West Usambara Mts 9 Dec. 393. Yellow-billed Oxpecker Buphagus a. africanus 2 Tarangire NP 15 Dec, 3 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 394. Red-billed Oxpecker Buphagus erythrorynchus 2 Tarangire NP 15 Dec.

39 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 395. Bare-eyed Turdus tephronotus 1 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 1 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 2 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec.

396. Kurrichane Thrush Turdus libonyana tropicalis 1 Mikumi 17 Dec, 2 Mikumi 19 Dec. 397. Usambara Thrush Turdus roehli (NT) 1 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec, 1 West Usambara Mts 9 Dec. 398. Turdus abyssinicus oldeani 1 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec. 399. White-browed Scrub Robin Cercotrichas leucophrys C. l. brunneiceps: 1 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 2 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 5 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec. C. l. sclateri: 1 Mikumi 19 Dec. 400. Grey Tit-Flycatcher Myioparus plumbeus orientalis 1 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec. 401. White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher Melaenornis f. fischeri 1 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec. 402. Southern Black Flycatcher Melaenornis p. pammelaina 1 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 1 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec. 403. Pale Flycatcher Melaenornis pallidus griseus

40 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 2 Mikumi 19 Dec. 404. African Grey Flycatcher Melaenornis m. microrhynchus 1 South Pare Mts 9 Dec, 2 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 1 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 1 Tarangire NP 15 Dec. 405. Silverbird Empidornis semipartitus 5 Tarangire NP 14 Dec. 406. Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata subsp. 1 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 1 Pemba Paradise, Pemba North 4 Dec, 2 South Pare Mts 9 Dec, 1 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 1 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 10 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 2 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 2 Mikumi 19 Dec, 2 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. Most of them probably M. s. neumanni. 407. Ashy Flycatcher Muscicapa caerulescens M. c. cinereola: 2 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec. M. c. impavida: 2 Udzungwa NP 18 Dec. 408. African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta M. a. pumila: 1 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec, 1 Tarangire NP 15 Dec. M. a. murina: 1 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 1 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec, 1 West Usambara Mts 7 Dec, 1 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec. 409. White-chested Alethe Chamaetylas fuelleborni 1 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec, 1 East Usambara Mts 7 Dec, 2 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec. 410. Olive-flanked Ground Robin Cossypha anomala grotei 1 Rubeho Mts 16 Dec. 411. Cape Robin-Chat Cossypha caffra iolaema 2 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec, 2 West Usambara Mts 9 Dec, 1 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 5 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec, 5 Rubeho Mts 16 Dec. 412. Rüppell's Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa intercedens 3 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec. 413. White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini C. h. heuglini: 5 West Usambara Mts 7 Dec, 1 West Usambara Mts 9 Dec, 1 Mikumi 19 Dec. C. h. intermedia: 4 Mediterraneo Hotel, Dar es Salaam 2 Dec, 1 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 1 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec. 414. Red-capped Robin-Chat Cossypha natalensis intensa 1 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 1 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec. 415. White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata helleri 1 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec, 1 West Usambara Mts 9 Dec. 416. Sharpe's Akalat Sheppardia sharpei usambarae 1 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec. 417. Rubeho Akalat Sheppardia aurantiithorax (EN) 1 Rubeho Mts 16 Dec. 418. Collared Cichladusa arquata 3 Mikumi 17 Dec. 419. Spotted Palm Thrush Cichladusa guttata intercalans 2 Same, Kilimanjaro 10 Dec, 2 Same, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 2 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 2 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 1 Udzungwa NP 18 Dec, 1 Mikumi 19 Dec, 1 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 420. Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos subsp. 1 in song (also seen) Mkomazi NP 10 Dec. 421. Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis

41 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 1 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 1 Tarangire NP 14 Dec. Both in non-breeding plumage. 422. Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 1 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec. 423. African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus axillaris 1 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec, 2 West Usambara Mts 9 Dec, 10 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec, 10 Rubeho Mts 16 Dec. 424. Moorland Chat Pinarochroa sordida olimotiensis 2 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec. 425. Mocking Cliff Chat Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris subrufipennis 5 West Usambara Mts 7 Dec, 1 West Usambara Mts 9 Dec. 426. Arnot's Chat Myrmecocichla a. arnotti 2 (♂♀) Mikumi 19 Dec. 427. Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe subsp. 1 Mkomazi 9 Dec, 2 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 1 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 1 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 428. Capped Wheatear Oenanthe pileata livingstonii 50 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec. 429. Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina 2 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 3 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 10 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 5 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec, 1 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 430. Familiar Chat Oenanthe familiaris falkensteini 1 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec. 431. Plain-backed Sunbird Anthreptes reichenowi yokanae 1 East Usambara Mts 7 Dec. 432. Western Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes longuemarei angolensis 1 Mikumi 19 Dec. 433. Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis 2 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 1 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 1 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec.

42 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 434. Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes neglectus 2 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 2 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 1 Udzungwa NP 18 Dec. 435. Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris elachior 5 Mediterraneo Hotel, Dar es Salaam 30 Nov, 10 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 1 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 2 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec, 1 East Usambara Mts 7 Dec, 1 Udzungwa NP 18 Dec. 436. Amani Sunbird Hedydipna pallidigaster (EN) 1 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec, 1 East Usambara Mts 7 Dec. 437. Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea C. o. changamwensis: 1 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 5 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 1 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec, 1 West Usambara Mts 7 Dec, 1 South Pare Mts 9 Dec. C. o. neglecta: 1 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec. 438. Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina kalckreuthi 1 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec. 439. Scarlet-chested Sunbird Chalcomitra senegalensis gutturalis 2 Mediterraneo Hotel, Dar es Salaam 30 Nov, 1 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 2 Mediterraneo Hotel, Dar es Salaam 2 Dec, 1 ♂ West Usambara Mts 7 Dec, 2 Mikumi 19 Dec, 2 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 440. Hunter's Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri 2 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec. 441. Tacazze Sunbird Nectarinia tacazze jacksoni 1 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec.

442. Bronzy Sunbird Nectarinia k. kilimensis 1 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec.

43 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 443. Golden-winged Sunbird Drepanorhynchus r. reichenowi 2 ♂♂ Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec.

444. Eastern Double-collared Sunbird mediocris 2 South Pare Mts 9 Dec, 5 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec. 445. Usambara Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris usambaricus (NT) 20 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec, 2 West Usambara Mts 9 Dec. 446. Moreau's Sunbird Cinnyris moreaui (NT) 5 Rubeho Mts 16 Dec. 447. Beautiful Sunbird Cinnyris pulchellus melanogastrus 1 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 2 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 448. Hofmann's Sunbird Cinnyris hofmanni 1 Mikumi 17 Dec. 449. Black-bellied Sunbird Cinnyris n. nectarinioides 1 South Pare Mts 9 Dec, 4 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec.

44 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 450. Purple-banded Sunbird Cinnyris bifasciatus microrhynchus 10 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 2 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec, 1 East Usambara Mts 7 Dec. 451. Tsavo Sunbird Cinnyris tsavoensis 3 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec. 452. Pemba Sunbird Cinnyris pembae 1 Ngezi Forest, Pemba North 2 Dec, 10 Pemba Paradise, Pemba North 3 Dec, 10 Pemba Paradise, Pemba North 4 Dec.

453. Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus falkensteini 1 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 2 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec, 1 Tarangire NP 15 Dec. [ domesticus indicus] 10 Mediterraneo Hotel, Dar es Salaam 30 Nov. Widespread in towns and villages. 454. Sparrow Passer rufocinctus 1 Tarangire NP 14 Dec. 455. Northern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer griseus ugandae 1 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 2 Tarangire NP 15 Dec, 1 Rubeho Mts 16 Dec. 456. Parrot-billed Sparrow Passer gongonensis 1 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec. 457. Swahili Sparrow Passer suahelicus 10 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 10 Tarangire NP 15 Dec. 458. Southern Grey-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus mosambicus 2 Kilombero Flood Plain, Morogoro 18 Dec. 459. Passer eminibey 12 Tarangire NP 14 Dec. 460. Yellow-throated Bush Sparrow superciliaris rufitergum 10 Baobab Valley, Morogoro 19 Dec, 2 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 461. Red-billed Buffalo Weaver niger intermedius 25 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 2 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 2 Tarangire NP 15 Dec.

45 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 462. White-headed Buffalo Weaver Dinemellia dinemelli boehmi 20 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 100 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 2 Tarangire NP 15 Dec.

463. White-browed Sparrow-Weaver Plocepasser mahali pectoralis 1 Mkomazi 9 Dec, 20 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 1 Tarangire NP 15 Dec, 2 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 464. Rufous-tailed Weaver Histurgops ruficauda 2 Tarangire NP 14 Dec. 465. Speckle-fronted Weaver frontalis emini 2 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 2 Tarangire NP 15 Dec. 466. Thick-billed Weaver Amblyospiza albifrons montana 1 ♂ West Usambara Mts 8 Dec. 467. baglafecht reichenowi 1 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec, 2 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 10 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 20 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec, 10 Tarangire NP 14 Dec.

46 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 468. Ploceus ocularis suahelicus 10 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 10 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 2 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec, 1 South Pare Mts 9 Dec, 2 Mikumi 17 Dec, 1 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 469. Black-necked Weaver Ploceus nigricollis melanoxanthus 2 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 3 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 2 Tarangire NP 14 Dec. 470. Ploceus subaureus aureoflavus 10 Mashangalikwa, Tanga 7 Dec, 20 Mikumi 17 Dec, 1 ♂ (’Ruvu Weaver’) Ruvu Bridge 21 Dec. 471. Taveta Weaver Ploceus castaneiceps 10 South Pare Mts 9 Dec. 472. Kilombero Weaver Ploceus burnieri (VU) 2 ♂♂ Kilombero Flood Plain, Morogoro 18 Dec. 473. Ploceus i. intermedius 10 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 12 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec. 474. Ploceus vitellinus uluensis 10 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 10 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 6 Tarangire NP 15 Dec. 475. Ploceus cucullatus nigriceps 10 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 20 Mkomazi 9 Dec, 10 Mikumi 19 Dec, 10 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 476. Golden-backed Weaver Ploceus jacksoni 1 ♂ Arusha 11 Dec & 12 Dec. 477. Ploceus r. rubiginosus 4 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec. 478. Dark-backed Weaver Ploceus bicolor P. b. kersteni: 4 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 12 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec, 6 East Usambara Mts 7 Dec. P. b. stictifrons: 6 Udzungwa NP 18 Dec. 479. Red-headed Weaver Anaplectes rubriceps leuconotos 1 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 2 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 2 Mikumi 17 Dec. 480. Red-headed Quelea erythrops 1 ♂ Mikumi 19 Dec. 481. Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea aethiopica 3 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 200 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 1 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec. 482. gierowii friederichseni 1 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec. 483. Zanzibar Red Bishop Euplectes nigroventris 1 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 2 Pemba Is 4 Dec, 10 Mashangalikwa, Tanga 7 Dec, 10 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 2 Mikumi 17 Dec, 5 Kilombero Flood Plain, Morogoro 18 Dec. 484. Euplectes orix 1 Mikumi 17 Dec, 20 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 485. Euplectes capensis crassirostris 1 Mkomazi 9 Dec, 1 Mikumi 17 Dec, 1 Kilombero Flood Plain, Morogoro 18 Dec, 5 Mikumi 19 Dec. 486. Fan-tailed Widowbird Euplectes axillaris phoeniceus 1 Kilombero Flood Plain, Morogoro 18 Dec. 487. White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus eques 1 Mashangalikwa, Tanga 7 Dec, 50 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec. 488. Red-collared Widowbird Euplectes ardens suahelicus

47 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 5 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec. 489. Jackson's Widowbird Euplectes jacksoni (NT) 2 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec. 490. Grey-headed Silverbill Spermestes griseicapilla 6 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec. 491. Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata scutata 10 Pemba Paradise, Pemba North 3 Dec, 5 Pemba Paradise, Pemba North 4 Dec, 10 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec, 10 Mashangalikwa, Tanga 7 Dec, 30 Mikumi 17 Dec, 20 Kilombero Flood Plain, Morogoro 18 Dec, 20 Mikumi 19 Dec, 6 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 492. Red-backed Mannikin Spermestes n. nigriceps 2 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 1 Ngezi Forest, Pemba North 3 Dec, 5 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 1 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec, 5 Mashangalikwa, Tanga 7 Dec, 1 Mkomazi 9 Dec, 5 Mikumi 19 Dec. [Java Sparrow Lonchura oryzivora] (EN) 5 Pemba Is 4 Dec. 493. Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia kilimensis 1 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 2 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec, 20 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec, 10 Rubeho Mts 16 Dec. 494. Grey-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus diabolicus 1 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec. 495. Black-faced Waxbill Brunhilda erythronotos delamerei 5 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 2 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec. 496. Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild E. a. minor: 2 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 1 Mashangalikwa, Tanga 7 Dec. E. a. cavendishi: 20 Mikumi 17 Dec, 20 Kilombero Flood Plain, Morogoro 18 Dec. 497. Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga centralis 2 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 2 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec. 498. Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata alexanderi 1 ♂ Mkomazi 9 Dec, 2 (♂♀) Mkomazi NP 10 Dec.

48 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 499. Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava clarkei 1 Kilombero Flood Plain, Morogoro 18 Dec. 500. Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster 2 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec. 501. Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis niassensis 2 Pugu FR, Pwani 1 Dec, 5 Mikumi 19 Dec, 4 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 502. Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus ugogensis 1 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 2 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 10 Tarangire NP 14 Dec. 503. Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus 2 Tarangire NP 15 Dec. 504. Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba percivali 2 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 2 Tarangire NP 14 Dec. 505. Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra 2 Mikumi 19 Dec. 506. African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata haematocephala 5 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec. 507. Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia jamesoni 3 Mkomazi 9 Dec, 1 Mikumi 17 Dec, 2 Kilombero Flood Plain, Morogoro 18 Dec. 508. Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura 2 Mashangalikwa, Tanga 7 Dec, 2 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec, 1 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 6 Mikumi 19 Dec. 509. Long-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua paradisaea 2 ♂♂ Mkomazi NP 10 Dec.

49 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 510. Broad-tailed Paradise Whydah Vidua obtusa 10 Mikumi 19 Dec, 10 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. All in non-breeding plumage. 511. Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava subsp. 2 Mashangalikwa, Tanga 7 Dec. 512. Mountain Wagtail Motacilla clara torrentium 1 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec, 2 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec. 513. African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp vidua 1 Pemba Is 3 Dec, 1 Pemba Is 4 Dec, 1 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 1 West Usambara Mts 7 Dec, 2 West Usambara Mts 9 Dec, 1 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 6 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 5 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec, 5 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 2 Tarangire NP 15 Dec, 1 Rubeho Mts 16 Dec, 1 Mikumi 17 Dec, 1 Kilombero Flood Plain, Morogoro 18 Dec. 514. Yellow-throated Longclaw Macronyx croceus vulturnus 6 Mikumi NP 20 Dec.

50 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 515. Pangani Longclaw Macronyx aurantiigula 6 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec.

516. African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus A. c. annae: 1 Pemba Paradise, Pemba North 3 Dec, 1 Pemba Paradise, Pemba North 4 Dec. A. c. lacuum: 1 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 1 Rubeho Mts 16 Dec. 517. Plain-backed Pipit Anthus leucophrys goodsoni 1 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 1 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec. 518. Tree Pipit Anthus t. trivialis 1 Mikumi 19 Dec. 519. Southern Citril Crithagra h. hyposticta 2 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 4 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec, 2 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec, 10 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec, 4 Rubeho Mts 16 Dec. 520. Reichenow's Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi 2 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec. 521. Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica barbata 8 Mikumi 17 Dec, 2 Udzungwa NP 18 Dec, 5 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 522. White-bellied Canary Crithagra dorsostriata C. d. dorsostriata: 5 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec. C. d. taruensis: 1 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec. 523. Southern Grosbeak-Canary Crithagra buchanani 51 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 2 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 2 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec. 524. Reichard's Seedeater Crithagra r. reichardi 10 Mikumi 19 Dec. 525. Thick-billed Seedeater Crithagra burtoni kilimensis 1 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec. 526. Streaky Seedeater Crithagra s. striolata 10 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec. 527. Somali Bunting Emberiza poliopleura 5 Lembeni, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec.

528. Golden-breasted Bunting Emberiza flaviventris kalaharica 1 Mikumi NP 20 Dec.

Mammals (IUCN MW v8)

1. Black and Rufous Sengi Rhynchocyon petersi 1 West Usambara Mts 9 Dec. Strolling on the road at dawn. 2. African Elephant Loxodonta africana (VU) 50 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 10 Tarangire NP 15 Dec, 10 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 3. Common Rock Hyrax Procavia capensis 1 Tarangire NP 14 Dec. 4. Blue Monkey Cercopithecus mitis C. m. albogularis: 5 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 5 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec, 5 East Usambara Mts 7 Dec, 5 West Usambara Mts 7 Dec, 5 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec, 1 South Pare Mts 9 Dec. C. m. moloneyi: 1 Udzungwa NP 18 Dec. 5. Vervet Chlorocebus pygerythrus hilgerti

52 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 20 Same, Kilimanjaro 10 Dec, 5 Same, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec, 5 Karatu 12 Dec, 2 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 10 Tarangire NP 15 Dec, 5 Udzungwa NP 18 Dec, 1 Mikumi 19 Dec. 6. Colobus Colobus angolensis palliatus 5 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 1 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec, 1 Udzungwa NP 18 Dec. 7. Olive Baboon Papio anubis 50 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec, 50 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 50 Tarangire NP 15 Dec. 8. Yellow Baboon Papio c. cynocephalus 20 Same, Kilimanjaro 9 Dec, 10 Mikumi 17 Dec, 50 Kilombero Flood Plain, Morogoro 18 Dec, 50 Baobab Valley, Morogoro 19 Dec, 100 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 9. Northern Lesser Galago Galago senegalensis braccatus 1 Karatu, Arusha 13 Dec. 10. Mountain Dwarf Galago Paragalago orinus (NT) 1 East Usambara Mts 6 Dec, 1 West Usambara Mts 8 Dec. 11. Zanj Sun Squirrel Heliosciurus undulatus 1 East Usambara Mts 5 Dec, 1 Udzungwa NP 18 Dec. 12. Black and Red Bush Squirrel Paraxerus lucifer 1 Rubeho 16 Dec, 1 Udzungwa NP 18 Dec. 13. Huet's Bush Squirrel Paraxerus ochraceus 5 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 5 Tarangire NP 15 Dec. 14. Swynnerton's Bush Squirrel Paraxerus vexillarius (NT) 1 West Usambara Mts 18 Dec. 15. Unstriped Ground Squirrel Xerus rutilus 3 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, 2 Tarangire NP 14 Dec. 16. Greater Cane Rat Thryonomys swinderianus 1 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec. 17. Common Dwarf Mongoose Helogale parvula 20 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 10 Tarangire NP 15 Dec.

18. Slender Mongoose Herpestes sanguineus 2 Karatu, Arusha 13 Dec. 19. Banded Mongoose Mungos mungo 53 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 10 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 20 Tarangire NP 15 Dec. 20. Plains Zebra Equus quagga boehmi (NT) 4 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec, several Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec, 20 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 10 Tarangire NP 15 Dec, 100 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 21. Impala Aepyceros m. melampus 50 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 20 Tarangire NP 15 Dec, 200 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 22. Hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus cokii 10 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec. 23. Natal Red Duiker Cephalophus natalensis 1 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec. 24. Common Wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus Several Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec, 1 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 20 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 25. Thomson's Gazelle Eudorcas thomsonii 10 Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec. 26. Waterbuck Kobus e. ellipsiprymnus 1 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 5 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 1 Tarangire NP 15 Dec. 27. Kirk's Dikdik Madoqua kirkii 25 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 10 Tarangire NP 14 Dec. 28. Grant's Gazelle Nanger granti 10 Tarangire NP 14 Dec. 29. Klipspringer Oreotragus oreotragus 1 Same, Kilimanjaro 11 Dec. 30. Blue Duiker Philantomba monticola 1 Ngezi Forest, Pemba North 3 Dec. 31. Bohor Reedbuck Redunca redunca 20 Mikumi NP 20 Dec.

54 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net 32. African Buffalo Syncerus c. caffer (NT) Several Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec, 4 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 33. Lesser Kudu Tragelaphus imberbis (NT) 3 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec. 34. Bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus 10 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 35. Greater Kudu Tragelaphus strepsiceros 1 ♂ Mkomazi NP 10 Dec. 36. Indo-pacific Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops aduncus 20 Pemba Paradise, Pemba North 3 Dec. A pod heading south off the beach. 37. Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi (VU) 3 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 10 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 3 Tarangire NP 15 Dec, 25 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 38. Hippopotamus Hippopotamus a. amphibius (VU) 4 Ngorongoro CA 13 Dec, 20 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 39. Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus massaicus 8 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec, 10 Tarangire NP 14 Dec, 5 Tarangire NP 15 Dec, 50 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 40. Yellow-winged Bat Lavia frons 1 flushed Lariboro Plains, Arusha 12 Dec. 41. African Straw-coloured Fruit-bat Eidolon helvum (NT) 20 roosting in palm trees at Elephant Motel, Same, Kilimanjaro 10 Dec & 11 Dec.

55 thomas.pettersson (at) bredband.net Reptiles (GT 3.0)

1. Nile Crocodile Crocodylus niloticus africanus 4 Mikumi NP 20 Dec. 2. Black Mamba Dendroaspis p. polylepis 1 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec. About two meters long, Crawling across the road. 3. White-throated Monitor Varanus albigularis ionidesi 2 Mkomazi NP 10 Dec. 4. Nile Monitor Varanus niloticus 1 West Usambara Mts 7 Dec, 1 Kilombero Flood Plain, Morogoro 18 Dec, 1 Mikumi NP 20 Dec.

Ethiopia

Birds (IOC 11.1)

1. Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 2 Addis Ababa--Bole Int. Airport 30 Nov. 2. Speckled Pigeon Columba g. guinea 6 Addis Ababa--Bole Int. Airport 30 Nov. 3. White-collared Pigeon Columba albitorques 1 Addis Ababa--Bole Int. Airport 30 Nov. 4. Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala 1 Addis Ababa--Bole Int. Airport 30 Nov. 5. Yellow-billed Kite Milvus aegyptius parasitus 10 Addis Ababa--Bole Int. Airport 30 Nov. 6. Pied Crow Corvus albus 4 Addis Ababa--Bole Int. Airport 30 Nov.

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