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Species Recorded on the Mass Audubon Tour to Kenya and Tanzania October 30-November 20, 2010 Species Recorded on the Mass Audubon Tour to Kenya and Tanzania October 30-November 20, 2010 BIRDS AVES BIRDS 1 Common Ostrich Struthio camelus 43 Black Kite 2 Somali Ostrich Struthio molybdophanes 44 African Fish Eagle 3 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 45 Palm-nut Vulture 4 Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 46 Hooded Vulture 5 Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus 47 Egyptian Vulture 6 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 48 White-backed Vulture 7 Long-tailed Cormorant P. africanus 49 Rueppell's Griffon 8 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 50 Lappet-faced Vulture 9 Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala 51 White-headed Vulture 10 Goliath Heron Ardea goliath 52 Black-breasted Snake Eagle 11 Great Egret Ardea alba 53 Brown Snake Eagle 12 Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia 54 Bateleur 13 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 55 Western Marsh Harrier 14 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 56 Pallid Harrier 15 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 57 Montagu's Harrier 16 Striated Heron Butorides striata 58 African Harrier-Hawk 17 Hamerkop Scopus umbretta 59 Dark Chanting Goshawk 18 Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis 60 Eastern Chanting Goshawk 19 African Open-billed Stork Anastomus lamelligerus 61 Gabar Goshawk 20 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 62 Shikra 21 Saddle-billed Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis 63 Black Goshawk 22 Marabou Stork Leptoptilos crumeniferus 64 Eurasian Buzzard 23 Sacred Ibis Threkiornis aethiopicus 65 Mountain Buzzard 24 Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash 66 Augur Buzzard 25 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 67 Lesser Spotted Eagle 26 African Spoonbill Platalea alba 68 Tawny Eagle 27 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus 69 Steppe Eagle 28 Lesser Flamingo Phoenicopterus minor 70 Wahlberg's Eagle 29 Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor 71 African Hawk-Eagle 30 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegypticus 72 Martial Eagle 31 Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis 73 Long-crested Eagle 32 African Black Duck Anas sparsa 74 Crowned Hawk-Eagle 33 Cape Teal Anas capensis 75 Pygmy Falcon 34 Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata 76 Lesser Kestrel 35 Red-billed Duck Anas erythrorhyncha 77 Eurasian Kestrel 36 Hottentot Teal Anas hottentota 78 Sooty Falcon 37 Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata 79 African Hobby 38 Southern Pochard Netta erythrophtalma 80 Lanner Falcon 39 Maccoa Duck Oxxyura maccoa 81 Coqui Francolin 40 Secretarybird Sagitarius serpentarius 82 Crested Francolin Page 1 41 European Honey-Buzzard Pernis apivorus 83 Shelley's Francolin 42 Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus 84 Scaly Francolin Kenya & Tanzania - 2010 Mass Audubon BIRDS AVES BIRDS 85 Hildebrandt's Francolin F. hildebrandti 133 Speckled Pigeon 86 Yellow-necked Spurfowl F. leucoscepus 134 Olive (Rameron) Pigeon 87 Grey-breasted Spurfowl Francolinus rufopictus 135 Dusky Turtle-Dove 88 Red-necked Spurfowl Francolinus afer 136 African Mourning Dove 89 Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris 137 Red-eyed Dove 90 Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani 138 Ring-necked Dove 91 Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum 139 Laughing Dove 92 Small Buttonquail Turnix sylvatica 140 Emerald-spotted Wood 93 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 141 TDaomvebourine Dove 94 Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata 142 Namaqua Dove 95 African Jacana Actophilornis africanus 143 African Green Pigeon 96 Gray Crowned Crane Balearica regulorum 144 Fischer's Lovebird 97 Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori 145 Red-fronted Parrot 98 White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis 146 Meyer's Parrot 99 Buff-crested Bustard Eupodotis gindiana 147 African Orange-bellied Parrot 100 Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster 148 Hartlaub's Turaco 101 Hartlaub's Bustard Lissotis hartlaubii 149 Bare-faced Go-Away Bird 102 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 150 White-bellied Go-Away 103 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 151 PBiierd Cuckoo 104 Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis 152 Great Spotted Cuckoo 105 Three-banded Courser Rhinoptilus cinctus 153 Red-chested Cuckoo 106 Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris 154 African Cuckoo 107 Blacksmith Plover Vanellus armatus 155 Dideric Cuckoo 108 Spur-winged Plover Vanellus spinosus 156 White-browed Coucal 109 Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus 157 Spotted Eagle Owl 110 Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus 158 Verreaux's Eagle Owl 111 Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus 159 Montane Nightjar 112 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 160 African Palm Swift 113 White-fronted Plover Charadrius marginatus 161 Mottled Swift 114 Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius 162 Nyanza Swift 115 Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris 163 African Swift 116 Lesser Sandplover Charadrius mongolus 164 Little Swift 117 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 165 White-rumped Swift 118 Eurasian Curlew Numensis arquata 166 Speckled Mousebird 119 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis 167 White-headed Mousebird 120 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 168 Blue-naped Mousebird 121 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 169 Malachite Kingfisher 122 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 170 Grey-headed Kingfisher 123 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 171 Woodland Kingfisher 124 Little Stint Calidris minuta 172 Striped Kingfisher 125 Ruff Philomachus pugnax 173 Pied Kingfisher 126 Gray-headed Gull Larus cirrocephalus 174 Little Bee-eater 127 Gull-billed Tern Sterna nilotica 175 Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater 128 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybridus 176 Somali Bee-eater Page 2 129 White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus 177 Blue-cheeked Bee-eater 130 Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus 178 European Bee-eater 131 Chestnut-bellied S-grouse Pterocles exustus 179 European Roller 132 Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis 180 Lilac-breasted Roller Kenya & Tanzania - 2010 Mass Audubon BIRDS AVES BIRDS 181 African Hoopoe Upupa africana 229 African Pied Wagtail 182 Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops 230 Yellow Wagtail 183 Green Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus 231 Mountain Wagtail 184 Violet Wodhoopoe Phoeniculus damarensis 232 Golden Pipit 185 White-headed Woodhoopoe Phoeniculus bollei 233 Yellow-throated Longclaw 186 Common Scimitar-bill Rhinopomastus cyanomelas 234 Rosy-breasted Longclaw 187 Abysinnian Scimitar-bill Rhinopomastus minor 235 Plain-backed Pipit 188 Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus 236 African Pipit 189 East. Yellow-billed Hornbill Tockus flavirostris 237 Bush Pipit 190 Von der Decken's Hornbill Tockus deckeni 238 Tree Pipit 191 Crowned Hornbill Tockus alboterminatus 239 Gray Cuckoo-shrike 192 African Gray Hornbill Tockus nasutus 240 Common Bulbul 193 Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Ceratogymna brevis 241 Eastern Mountain Greenbul 194 Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri 242 Northern Brownbul 195 Red-fronted Tinkerbird Pogoniulus pusillus 243 Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush 196 Red-fronted Barbet Tricholaema diademata 244 Little Rock-Thrush 197 White-headed Barbet Lybius leucocephalus 245 Olive Thrush 198 D'Arnaud's Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii 246 African Thrush 199 Usambiro Barbet Trachyphonus usambiro 247 Cape Robin-Chat 200 Scaly-throated Honeyguide Indicator variegatus 248 Rueppell's Robin-Chat 201 Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator 249 White-browed Robin-Chat 202 Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor 250 Spotted Morning-Thrush 203 Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica 251 White-browed Scrub-Robin 204 Golden-tailed Woodpecker Campethera abingoni 252 African Stonechat 205 Cardinal Woodpecker Dendropicos fuscescens 253 Northern Wheatear 206 Bearded Woodpecker Dendropicos namaquus 254 Pied Wheatear 207 Gray Woodpecker Dendropicos goertae 255 Capped Wheatear 208 Singing Bushlark Miafra cantillans 256 Schalow's Wheatear 209 Red-winged Lark Miafra hypermetra 257 Isabelline Wheatear 210 Rufous-naped Lark Miafra africana 258 Northern Anteater-Chat 211 Flappet Lark Miafra rufocinnamomea 259 Sooty Chat 212 Pink-breasted Lark Miafra poecilosterna 260 Singing Cisticola 213 Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides 261 Hunter's Cisticola 214 Fischer's Sparrow-Lark Eremopterix leucopareia 262 Rattling Cisticola 215 Red-capped Lark Calandrella cinerea 263 Ashy Cisticola 216 Bank Swallow Riparia riparia 264 Stout Cisticola 217 Plain Martin Riparia paludicola 265 Croaking Cisticola 218 Banded Martin Riparia cincta 266 Zitting Cisticola 219 Rock Martin Hirundo fuligula 267 Desert Cisticola 220 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 268 Pectoral-patch Cisticola 221 Angola Swallow Hirundo angolensis 269 Tawny-flanked Prinia 222 Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii 270 Yellow-breasted Apalis Page 3 223 Rufous-chested Swallow Hirundo semirufa 271 Chestnut-throated Apalis 224 Mosque Swallow Hirundo senegalensis 272 Gray Apalis 225 Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica 273 Grey-capped Warbler 226 Common House Martin Delichon urbica 274 Green-backed Camaroptera 227 Black Saw-wing Psalidoprocne holomelas 275 Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler 228 White-headed Saw-wing Psalidoprocne albiceps 276 Icterine Warbler Kenya & Tanzania - 2010 Mass Audubon BIRDS AVES BIRDS 277 Mountain Yellow Warbler Chloropeta similis 325 Taita Fiscal 278 Buff-bellied Warbler Phyllolais pulchella 326 Common Fiscal 279 Yellow-vented Eremomela Eremomela flavicrissalis 327 Magpie Shrike 280 Red-faced Crombec Sylvietta whytii 328 Brubru 281 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 329 Northern Puffback 282 Banded Parisoma Parisoma boehmi 330 Black-backed Puffback 283 Silverbird Empidornis semipartitus 331 Black-crowned Tchagra 284 Pale Flycatcher Bradornis pallidus 332 Brown-crowned Tchagra 285 African Gray Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus 333 Tropical Boubou 286 White-eyed Slaty Fly. 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