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2019 Species List Birdfinders' Tanzania and Pemba 2019 19-Nov 20-Nov 21-Nov 22-Nov 23-Nov 24-Nov 25-Nov 26-Nov 27-Nov 28-Nov 29-Nov 30-Nov 01-Dec 02-Dec 03-Dec 04-Dec 05-Dec 1 Common Ostrich Struthio camelus 2 Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris 3 ✓ 3 Vulturine Guineafowl Acryllium vulturinum 4 Crested Guineafowl Guttera pucherani pucherani 8 1 5 Udzungwa Forest-partridge Xenoperdix udzungwensis E 6 Common Quail Coturnix coturnix 7 Harlequin Quail Coturnix delegorguei 8 Blue Quail Synoicus adansonii 9 Hildebrandt's Francolin Pternistis hildebrandti 10 Scaly Francolin Pternistis squamatus 11 Yellow-necked Francolin Pternistis leucoscepus ✓ 12 Red-necked Francolin Pternistis afer 4 ✓ 13 Crested Francolin Dendroperdix sephaena ✓ 2 14 Coqui Francolin Peliperdix coqui 15 White-faced Whistling-duck Dendrocygna viduata 5 ✓ 16 Fulvous Whistling-duck Dendrocygna bicolor 17 White-backed Duck Thalassornis leuconotus 18 Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa 19 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 4 20 Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis 21 African Comb Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos 22 African Pygmy-goose Nettapus auritus ✓ 23 Southern Pochard Netta erythrophthalma 24 Garganey Spatula querquedula 25 Hottentot Teal Spatula hottentota 26 African Black Duck Anas sparsa 5 27 Yellow-billed Duck Anas undulata 28 Cape Teal Anas capensis 29 Red-billed Teal Anas erythrorhyncha Page 1 Birdfinders' Tanzania and Pemba 2019 © 2019 Birdfinders Birdfinders' Tanzania and Pemba 2019 19-Nov 20-Nov 21-Nov 22-Nov 23-Nov 24-Nov 25-Nov 26-Nov 27-Nov 28-Nov 29-Nov 30-Nov 01-Dec 02-Dec 03-Dec 04-Dec 05-Dec 30 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis ✓ 2 31 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 32 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 33 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus 34 Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor 35 Rock Dove Columba livia ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 36 Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea ✓ 37 Rameron Pigeon Columba arquatrix 1 38 Delegorgues Pigeon Columba delegorguei 6 1 h 39 Lemon Dove Aplopelia larvata 1 1 40 Dusky Turtle-dove Streptopelia lugens 41 Mourning Collared-dove Streptopelia decipiens h 2 42 Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 2 1 ✓ ✓ 43 Ring-necked Dove Streptopelia capicola ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 44 Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis 1 1 45 Emerald-spotted Wood-dove Turtur chalcospilos 2 2 4 4 46 Blue-spotted Wood-dove Turtur afer 1 2 47 Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria ✓ 1 1 1 3 48 Namaqua Dove Oena capensis 49 African Green-pigeon Treron calvus brevicira 3 2 1 2 1 1 50 African Green-pigeon Treron calvus delalandii 51 Pemba Green-pigeon Treron pembaensis PE ✓ ✓ 52 Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus 3 53 Yellow-throated Sandgrouse Pterocles gutturalis 54 Black-faced Sandgrouse Pterocles decoratus 55 Eurasian Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 56 Sombre Nightjar Caprimulgus fraenatus 57 Donaldson-Smith's Nightjar Caprimulgus donaldsoni 58 Fiery-necked Nightjar Caprimulgus pectoralis Page 2 Birdfinders' Tanzania and Pemba 2019 © 2019 Birdfinders Birdfinders' Tanzania and Pemba 2019 19-Nov 20-Nov 21-Nov 22-Nov 23-Nov 24-Nov 25-Nov 26-Nov 27-Nov 28-Nov 29-Nov 30-Nov 01-Dec 02-Dec 03-Dec 04-Dec 05-Dec 59 Montane Nightjar Caprimulgus poliocephalus 60 Swamp Nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis 61 Plain Nightjar Caprimulgus inornatus 62 Freckled Nightjar Caprimulgus tristigma 63 Slender-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus clarus 64 Square-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus fossii 65 Pennant-winged Nightjar Caprimulgus vexillarius 66 Mottled Spinetail Telacanthura ussheri 67 Böhm's Spinetail Neafrapus boehmi 68 Scarce Swift Schoutedenapus myoptilus 69 African Palm-swift Cypsiurus parvus ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 70 Alpine Swift Tachymarptis melba 71 Mottled Swift Tachymarptis aequatorialis 72 White-rumped Swift Apus caffer ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 73 Horus Swift Apus horus 74 Little Swift Apus affinis ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 75 Nyanza Swift Apus niansae 76 African Swift Apus barbatus 77 Common Swift Apus apus 78 Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis 79 Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus 80 Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus 4 81 White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus 4 2 c10 2 82 Black Coucal Centropus grillii 83 Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus 84 Green Malkoha Ceuthmochares australis 2 h 2 85 Pied Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus 86 Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii 87 Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius Page 3 Birdfinders' Tanzania and Pemba 2019 © 2019 Birdfinders Birdfinders' Tanzania and Pemba 2019 19-Nov 20-Nov 21-Nov 22-Nov 23-Nov 24-Nov 25-Nov 26-Nov 27-Nov 28-Nov 29-Nov 30-Nov 01-Dec 02-Dec 03-Dec 04-Dec 05-Dec 88 Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas 1 h 2 89 African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus h h 90 Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius 1 h 1 91 Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx montanus 2 92 Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius 6 h h 1 h 93 Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus 94 African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis 1 1 95 African Finfoot Podica senegalensis 96 White-spotted Flufftail Sarothrura pulchra 97 African Rail Rallus caerulescens 98 African Crake Crex egregia 99 Spotted Crake Porzana porzana 100 Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra 6 4 101 African Swamphen Porphyrio madagascariensisi 102 Allen's Gallinule Porphyrio alleni 103 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 2 1 ✓ 104 Lesser Moorhen Gallinula angulata 105 Red-knobbed Coot Fulica cristata 106 Grey Crowned-crane Balearica regulorum 107 Hartlaub's Bustard Lissotis hartlaubii 4 108 Black-bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster 8 4 109 Kori Bustard Ardeotis kori 5 2 110 Buff-crested Bustard Lophotis gindiana 1 111 White-bellied Bustard Eupodotis senegalensis 112 White-bellied Go-away-bird Criniferoides leucogaster 1 ✓ 113 Purple-crested Turaco Gallirex porphyreolophus 3 114 Hartlaub's Turaco Tauraco hartlaubi 4 1 115 Livingstone's Turaco Tauraco livingstonii 3 116 Fischer's Turaco Tauraco fischeri 3 h Page 4 Birdfinders' Tanzania and Pemba 2019 © 2019 Birdfinders Birdfinders' Tanzania and Pemba 2019 19-Nov 20-Nov 21-Nov 22-Nov 23-Nov 24-Nov 25-Nov 26-Nov 27-Nov 28-Nov 29-Nov 30-Nov 01-Dec 02-Dec 03-Dec 04-Dec 05-Dec 117 Marabou Leptoptilos crumenifer 1 5 2 6 118 Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis 119 African Openbill Anastomus lamelligerus 120 Black Stork Ciconia nigra 121 Abdim's Stork Ciconia abdimii 122 Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia episcopus microscelis 2 1 123 White Stork Ciconia ciconia 124 Saddlebilled Stork Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis 1 125 African Spoonbill Platalea alba 2 126 African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus 1 127 Olive Ibis Bostrychia olivacea 128 Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash ✓ ✓ ✓ 3 1 129 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 2 c12 ✓ 130 Common Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus 131 Dwarf Bittern Ixobrychus sturmii 132 White-backed Night-heron Calherodius leuconotus 133 Black-crowned Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax 134 Striated Heron Butorides striata 2 135 Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides 136 Madagascar Pond-heron Ardeola idae 137 Rufous-bellied Heron Ardeola rufiventris 138 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ 139 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 1 1 1 140 Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala 3 2 2 2 2 3 1 141 Goliath Heron Ardea goliath 142 Purple Heron Ardea purpurea 1 143 Great White Egret Ardea alba 4 1 1 144 Yellow-billed Egret Ardea brachyrhyncha 145 Black Heron Egretta ardesiaca Page 5 Birdfinders' Tanzania and Pemba 2019 © 2019 Birdfinders Birdfinders' Tanzania and Pemba 2019 19-Nov 20-Nov 21-Nov 22-Nov 23-Nov 24-Nov 25-Nov 26-Nov 27-Nov 28-Nov 29-Nov 30-Nov 01-Dec 02-Dec 03-Dec 04-Dec 05-Dec 146 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 147 Western Reef-egret Egretta gularis 148 Hamerkop Scopus umbretta 6 1 4 1 1 1 2 1 149 Shoebill Balaeniceps rex 150 Pink-backed Pelican Pelecanus rufescens 151 Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus 152 Long-tailed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus 6 1 153 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 154 African Darter Anhinga rufa 155 Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus 2 c20 h h 156 Spotted Thick-knee Burhinus capensis 157 Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 158 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 159 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 160 Pacific Golden-plover Pluvialis fulva 161 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 1 162 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 163 Kittlitz's Plover Charadrius pecuarius 164 Three-banded Plover Charadrius tricollaris 2 165 Forbes's Plover Charadrius forbesi 166 White-fronted Plover Charadrius marginatus 167 Chestnut-banded Plover Charadrius pallidus 168 Lesser Sandplover Charadrius mongolus 169 Greater Sandplover Charadrius leschenaultii 170 Caspian Plover Charadrius asiaticus 171 Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris 172 Blacksmith Lapwing Vanellus armatus 2 4 2 173 Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus 1 174 Black-headed Lapwing Vanellus tectus Page 6 Birdfinders' Tanzania and Pemba 2019 © 2019 Birdfinders Birdfinders' Tanzania and Pemba 2019 19-Nov 20-Nov 21-Nov 22-Nov 23-Nov 24-Nov 25-Nov 26-Nov 27-Nov 28-Nov 29-Nov 30-Nov 01-Dec 02-Dec 03-Dec 04-Dec 05-Dec 175 White-headed Lapwing Vanellus albiceps 6 176 Senegal Lapwing Vanellus lugubris 177 Black-winged Lapwing Vanellus melanopterus 2 178 Crowned Lapwing Vanellus coronatus 2 179 Wattled Lapwing Vanellus senegallus 180 Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis 181 African Jacana Actophilornis africanus 1 4 1 182 Lesser Jacana Microparra capensis 183 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 1 184 Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata 185 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 186 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 187 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 188 Red Knot Calidris canutus 189 Ruff Calidris pugnax 190 Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus 191 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
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