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Download November Cumulative Bird List As Tanzania November Cumulative Bird List Column A: Number of tours (out of 5) in which this species has been recorded Column B: Number of days this species was seen on the Nov 2019 tour Column C: The maximum daily count for this species on the Nov 2019 tour Column D: H = Heard only E = Endemic; I = Introduced A B C D 5 Common Ostrich 2 20 Struthio camelus 5 Little Grebe 2 5 Tachybaptus ruficollis 2 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 4 Great White Pelican 2 200 Pelecanus onocrotalus 5 Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens 4 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 5 Long-tailed Cormorant 2 70 Phalacrocorax africanus 2 African Darter Anhinga rufa 5 Black-crowned Night-Heron 2 110 Nycticorax nycticorax 5 Cattle Egret 2 300 Bubulcus ibis 5 Little Egret 2 30 Egretta garzetta 4 Black Heron 2 7 Egretta ardesiaca 5 Squacco Heron 2 27 Ardeola ralloides 2 Rufous-Bellied Heron 2 8 Ardeola rufiventris 5 Striated Heron 2 4 Butorides striatus 5 Yellow-billed (Intermediate) Egret 2 20 Mesophoyx intermedia 4 Great Egret 2 7 Casmerodius albus 5 Grey Heron 2 40 Ardea cinerea 3 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 2 Goliath Heron 2 2 Ardea goliath 5 Black-headed Heron 2 20 Ardea melanocephala 5 Hamerkop 2 11 Scopus umbretta 5 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 4 Black Stork 2 2 Ciconia nigra 5 Abdim's Stork 2 150 Ciconia abdimii 1 Wooly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus 4 Saddle-billed Stork 2 5 Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis 5 Marabou Stork 2 20 Leptoptilus crumeniferus 5 African Open-billed Stork 2 300 Anastomus lamelligerus 5 Yellow-billed Stork 2 6 Mycteria ibis 5 Sacred Ibis 2 80 Threskiornis aethiopicus 5 Hadada Ibis 2 15 Bostrychia hagedash 5 Glossy Ibis 2 200 Plegadis falcinellus __________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________ WINGS ● 1643 N. Alvernon Way Ste. 109 ● Tucson ● AZ ● 85712 ● www.wingsbirds.com (866) 547 9868 Toll free US + Canada ● Tel (520) 320-9868 ● Fax (520) 320 9373 Tanzania Cumulative Bird List… 2 4 African Spoonbill 2 15 Platalea alba 5 Greater Flamingo 2 180 Phoenicopterus ruber 5 Lesser Flamingo 4 000's Phoenicopterus minor 3 Fulvous Whistling Duck 2 20 Dendrocygna bicolor 4 White-faced Whistling Duck 2 80 Dendrocygna viduata 3 White-backed Duck 2 3 Thalassornis leuconotus 4 Spur-winged Goose 2 35 Plectopterus gambensis 5 Egyptian Goose 2 102 Alopochen aegyptiacus 4 Knob-billed Duck (Goose) 2 12 Sarkidiornis melanotos 1 African Black Duck Anas sparsa 4 Northern Shoveler 2 64 Anas clypeata 5 Cape Teal 2 60 Anas capensis 3 Garganey Anas querquedula 3 Red-billed Teal 2 20 Anas erythrorhyncha 5 Hottentot Teal 2 30 Anas hottentota 5 Southern Pochard 2 93 Netta erythrophthalma 3 Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa 5 Secretary Bird 2 7 Sagittarius serpentarius 1 Bat Hawk Macheiramphus alcinus 5 Black-shouldered Kite 2 5 Elanus caeruleus 5 Yellow-billed Kite 2 20 Milvus m. parasiticus 5 Hooded Vulture 2 4 Necrosyrtes monachus 5 African White-backed Vulture 2 60 Gyps africanus 5 Rüppell's Griffon Vulture 2 20 Gyps ruepellii 5 Lappet-faced Vulture 2 5 Torgos tracheliotus 4 White-headed Vulture 2 2 Trigonoceps occipitalis 5 Black-chested Snake-Eagle 2 4 Circaetus pectoralis 5 Brown Snake Eagle 2 2 Circaetus cinereus 5 Bateleur 2 10 Terathopius ecaudatus 3 African Harrier-Hawk 2 1 Polyboroides typus 5 Pallid Harrier 2 5 Circus macrourus 5 Montagu's Harrier Circus pygarus 5 Eurasian Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 2 African Marsh Harrier 2 4 Circus ranivorus 5 Gabar Goshawk 2 2 Micronisus gabar 4 Dark Chanting Goshawk 2 5 Melierax metabates 5 Eastern Chanting Goshawk 2 4 Melierax poliopterus 1 African Goshawk 2 1 Accipiter tachiro 1 Little Sparrowhawk 2 1 Accipiter minullus 4 Great Sparrowhawk Accipiter melanoleucus 1 African Cuckoo-hawk Aviceda cuculoides 2 Eurasian Honey Buzzard 2 1 Pernis apivorus 5 Common (Steppe) Buzzard 2 8 Buteo buteo vulpinus 1 Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilius 5 Augur Buzzard 2 6 Buteo augur 5 African Fish Eagle 2 7 Haliaeetus vocifer __________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________ WINGS ● 1643 N. Alvernon Way Ste. 109 ● Tucson ● AZ ● 85712 ● www.wingsbirds.com (866) 547 9868 Toll free US + Canada ● Tel (520) 320-9868 ● Fax (520) 320 9373 Tanzania Cumulative Bird List… 3 3 Palm-nut Vulture 2 3 Gypohierax angolensis 3 Lesser Spotted Eagle 2 4 Aquila pomarina 5 Tawny Eagle 2 10 Aquila rapax 4 Steppe Eagle 2 2 Aquila nipalensis 5 Wahlberg's Eagle 2 3 Aquila wahlbergi 1 Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennata 3 African Hawk-Eagle 2 3 Hieraaetus spilogaster 5 Ayres's Hawk-Eagle Hieraaetus ayresii 4 Long-crested Eagle 2 5 Lophaetus occipitalis 5 African Crowned Eagle 2 3 Stephanoaetus coronatus 5 Martial Eagle 2 4 Polemaetus bellicosus 5 Pygmy Falcon 2 4 Polihierax semitorquatus 3 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 3 Lanner Falcon 2 5 Falco biarmicus 1 African Hobby 2 1 Falco cuvierii 3 Eurasian Hobby 2 2 Falco subbuteo 2 Red-necked Falcon Falco chiquera 1 Sooty Falcon Falco concolor 3 Amur Falcon Falco amurensis 5 Greater (White-eyed) Kestrel 2 2 Falco rupicoloides 4 Grey Kestrel 2 3 Falco ardosiaceus 5 Lesser Kestrel 2 7 Falco naumanni 3 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus tinnunculu 3 Common 'Mountain' Kestrel Falco tinnunculus rufescens 1 Lizard Buzzard 2 2 Kaupifalco monogrammicus 5 Coqui Francolin 2 6 Pternistis coqui 5 Crested Francolin 2 20 Pternistis sephaena 5 Hildebrandt's Francolin 2 2 Pternistis hildebrandti 2 Scaly Francolin Pternistis squamatus 5 Grey-breasted Spurfowl E 2 6 Pternistis rufopictus 5 Yellow-necked Spurfowl 2 40 Pternistis leucoscepus 5 Red-necked Spurfowl 2 20 Pternistis afer 5 Helmeted Guineafowl 2 55 Numida meleagris 1 Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani 1 Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum 1 Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvatica 1 Common Quail Coturnix coturnix 2 Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei 1 African Water Rail 2 1 Rallus caerulescens 5 Black Crake 2 5 Amaurornis flavirostris 2 African Crake Crecopsis egregia 2 Western Purple Swamphen 2 3 Porphyrio porphyrio 5 Common Moorhen 2 7 Gallinula chloropus 5 Red-knobbed Coot 2 20 Fulica cristata 5 Grey Crowned-Crane 2 50 Balearica regulorum 5 Kori Bustard 2 15 Ardeotis kori __________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________ WINGS ● 1643 N. Alvernon Way Ste. 109 ● Tucson ● AZ ● 85712 ● www.wingsbirds.com (866) 547 9868 Toll free US + Canada ● Tel (520) 320-9868 ● Fax (520) 320 9373 Tanzania Cumulative Bird List… 4 4 Crested Bustard 2 1 Eupodotis ruficrista 5 White-bellied Bustard 2 5 Eupodotis senegalensis 5 Black-bellied Bustard 2 12 Eupodotis melanogaster 2 Hartlaub's Bustard Eupodotis hartlaubii 5 African Jacana 2 50 Actophilornis africanus 1 Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis 5 Greater Painted-snipe 2 1 Rostratula benghalensis 5 Pied Avocet 2 50 Recurvirostra avosetta 5 Black-winged Stilt 2 20 Himantopus himantopus 5 Water Thick-Knee 2 4 Burhinus vermiculatus 5 Spotted Thick-Knee 2 6 Burhinus capensis 5 Two-banded Courser 2 6 Rhinoptilus africanus 4 Heuglin's Courser 2 3 Rhinoptilus cinctus 5 Temminck's Courser 2 3 Cursorius temminckii 5 Collared Pratincole 2 80 Glareola pratincola 4 Long-toed Lapwing 2 50 Vanellus crassirostris 5 Blacksmith Lapwing 2 80 Vanellus armatus 5 Spur-winged Lapwing 2 12 Vanellus spinosus 5 Senegal Lapwing 2 12 Vanellus lugubris 5 Black-winged Lapwing 2 6 Vanellus melanopterus 5 Crowned Lapwing 2 20 Vanellus coronatus 5 African Wattled Lapwing 2 8 Vanellus senegallus 5 Ringed Plover 2 10 Charadrius hiaticula 5 Kittlitz's Plover 2 2 Charadrius pecuarius 5 Three-banded Plover 2 8 Charadrius tricollaris 1 White-fronted Plover Charadrius marginatus 4 Chestnut-banded Plover 2 8 Charadrius pallidus 3 Lesser (Mongolian) Sandplover Charadrius mongolus 1 Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus 1 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 4 Little Stint 2 50 Calidris minuta 5 Curlew Sandpiper 2 1 Calidris ferruginea 5 Ruff 2 55 Philomachus pugnax 5 Common Snipe 2 6 Gallinago gallinago 2 Black-tailed Godwit 2 16 Limosa limosa 5 Marsh Sandpiper 2 10 Tringa stagnatilis 5 Common Greenshank 2 16 Tringa nebularia 5 Green Sandpiper 2 8 Tringa ochropus 5 Wood Sandpiper 2 12 Tringa glareola 5 Common Sandpiper 2 11 Actitis hypoleucos 5 Grey-headed Gull 2 13 Larus cirrocephalus 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 5 Gull-billed Tern 2 150 Sterna nilotica 1 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 5 Whiskered Tern 2 50 Chlidonias hybridus 5 White-winged Black Tern 2 300 Chlidonias leucopterus __________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________ WINGS ● 1643 N. Alvernon Way Ste. 109 ● Tucson ● AZ ● 85712 ● www.wingsbirds.com (866) 547 9868 Toll free US + Canada ● Tel (520) 320-9868 ● Fax (520) 320 9373 Tanzania Cumulative Bird List… 5 5 Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse 2 20 Pterocles exustus 5 Black-faced Sandgrouse 2 60 Pterocles decoratus 5 Yellow-throated Sandgrouse 2 16 Pterocles gutturalis 3 African Green Pigeon 2 5 Treron calva 3 Tambourine Dove 2 2 Turtur tympanistria 3 Blue-spotted Wood Dove 2 2 Turtur afer 5 Emerald-spotted Wood Dove 2 9 Turtur chalcospilos 5 Namaqua Dove 2 4 Oena capensis 5 Olive Pigeon 2 4 Columba arquatrix 5 Speckled Pigeon 2 10 Columba guinea 1 Eastern Bronze-naped Pigeon 1 1 Columba delegorguei 5 Red-eyed Dove 2 12 Streptopelia semitorquata 5 African Mourning Dove 2 40 Streptopelia decipiens 5 Ring-necked Dove 2 60 Streptopelia capicola 5 Dusky Turtle Dove 2 16 Streptopelia lugens 5 Laughing Dove 2 40 Streptopelia senegalensis 5 Brown Parrot 2 10 Poicephalus meyeri 5 African Orange-bellied Parrot 2 2 Poicephalus rufiventris 2
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