Tanzania Species List (Note, there was a pre-tour to Kenya in 2018 as in 2017, but these species were not recorded. You can find a Kenya list with the fully annotated 2017 Species List for reference) February 6-18, 2018 Guides: Preston Mutinda and Peg Abbott, Driver/guides William Laiser and John Shoo, and 6 participants: Rob & Anita, Susan and Jan, and Bob and Joan KEYS FOR THIS LIST The # in (#) is the number of days the species was seen on the tour (E) – endemic BIRDS STRUTHIONIDAE: OSTRICHES OSTRICH Struthio camelus massaicus – (8) ANATIDAE: DUCKS & GEESE WHITE-FACED WHISTLING-DUCK Dendrocygna viduata – (2) FULVOUS WHISTLING-DUCK Dendrocygna bicolor – (1) COMB DUCK Sarkidiornis melanotos – (1) EGYPTIAN GOOSE Alopochen aegyptiaca – (12) SPUR-WINGED GOOSE Plectropterus gambensis – (2) RED-BILLED DUCK Anas erythrorhyncha – (4) HOTTENTOT TEAL Anas hottentota – (2) CAPE TEAL Anas capensis – (2) NUMIDIDAE: GUINEAFOWL HELMETED GUINEAFOWL Numida meleagris – (12) PHASIANIDAE: PHEASANTS, GROUSE, AND ALLIES COQUI FRANCOLIN Francolinus coqui – (2) CRESTED FRANCOLIN Francolinus sephaena – (2) HILDEBRANDT'S FRANCOLIN Francolinus hildebrandti – (3) Naturalist Journeys [email protected] 866.900.1146 / Caligo Ventures [email protected] 800.426.7781 naturalistjourneys.com / caligo.com P.O. Box 16545 Portal AZ 85632 FAX: 650.471.7667 YELLOW-NECKED FRANCOLIN Francolinus leucoscepus – (4) [E] GRAY-BREASTED FRANCOLIN Francolinus rufopictus – (4) RED-NECKED FRANCOLIN Francolinus afer – (2) LITTLE GREBE Tachybaptus ruficollis – (1) PHOENICOPTERIDAE:FLAMINGOS GREATER FLAMINGO Phoenicopterus roseu – (1) LESSER FLAMINGO Phoenicopterus minor – (1) AFRICAN OPENBILL Anastomus lameligerus – (1) ABDIM'S STORK Ciconia abdimii – (5) EUROPEAN WHITE STORK Ciconia ciconia – (7) MARABOU STORK Leptoptilos crumenifer – (8) YELLOW-BILLED STORK Mycteria ibis – (5) BLACK STORK Ciconia nigra– (1) PHALACROCORACIDAE: CORMORANTS & SHAGS GREAT CORMORANT Phalacrocorax carbo – (1) LONG-TAILED CORMORANT Phalacrocorax africanus – (2) PELECANIDAE: PELICANS GREAT WHITE PELICAN Pelecanus onocrotalus – (1) PINK-BACKED PELICAN Pelecanus rufescens – (1) SCOPIDAE: HAMERKOP HAMERKOP Scopus umbretta – (6) ARDEIDAE: HERONS, EGRETS, AND BITTERNS GRAY HERON Ardea cinereal – (7) BLACK-HEADED HERON Ardea melanocephala – (5) GOLIATH HERON Ardea goliath – (1) PURPLE HERON Ardea purpurea – (1) GREAT EGRET Ardea alba – (2) INTERMEDIATE EGRET Mesophoyx intermedia – (1) LITTLE EGRET Egretta garzetta – (4) BLACK HERON Egretta ardesiaca – (1) CATTLE EGRET Bubulcus ibis – (8) SQUACCO HERON Ardeola ralloides – (1) BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON Nycticorax nycticorax – (2) THRESKIORNITHIDAE: IBISES AND SPOONBILLS GLOSSY IBIS Plegadis falcinellus – (2) Naturalist Journeys [email protected] 866.900.1146 / Caligo Ventures [email protected] 800.426.7781 naturalistjourneys.com / caligo.com P.O. Box 16545 Portal AZ 85632 FAX: 650.471.7667 SACRED IBIS Threskiornis aethiopicus – (4) HADADA IBIS Bostrychia hagedash – (4) AFRICAN SPOONBILL Platalea alba – (1) SAGITTARIIDAE: SECRETARY-BIRD SECRETARY-BIRD Sagittarius serpentarius – (8) ACCIPITRIDAE HAWKS, EAGLES AND KITES BLACK-SHOULDERED KITE Elanus caeruleus – (5) AFRICAN HARRIER-HAWK Polyboroides typus – (3) WHITE-HEADED VULTURE Trigonoceps occipitalis – (2) LAPPET-FACED VULTURE Torgos tracheliotos – (9) HOODED VULTURE Necrosyrtes monachus – (3) WHITE-BACKED VULTURE Gyps africanus – (7) RUEPPELL'S GRIFFON Gyps rueppelli – (8) BATELEUR Terathopius ecaudatus – (7) BLACK-BREASTED SNAKE-EAGLE Circaetus pectoralis – (2) BROWN SNAKE-EAGLE Circaetus cinereus – (1) CROWNED HAWK-EAGLE Stephanoaetus coronatus – (1) MARTIAL EAGLE Polemaetus bellicosus – (4) LESSER SPOTTED EAGLE Clanga pomarina – (1) WAHLBERG'S EAGLE Hieraaetus wahlbergi – (2) IMPERIAL EAGLE Aquila heliaca– (1) TAWNY EAGLE Aquila rapax – (8) STEPPE EAGLE Aquila nipalensis – (2) AFRICAN HAWK-EAGLE Aquila spilogaster – (4) DARK CHANTING-GOSHAWK Melierax metabates – (2) EASTERN CHANTING-GOSHAWK Melierax poliopterus – (2) GABAR GOSHAWK Micronisus gabar – (2) EURASIAN MARSH-HARRIER Circus aeruginosus – (2) PALLID HARRIER Circus macrourus – (7) MONTAGU'S HARRIER Circus pygargus – (7) AFRICAN FISH-EAGLE Haliaeetus vocifer – (6) BLACK KITE Milvus migrans – (3) COMMON BUZZARD (STEPPE) Buteo buteo vulpinus – (3) LONG-LEGGED BUZZARD Buteo rufinus – (1) MOUNTAIN BUZZARD Buteo oreophilus – (2) AUGUR BUZZARD Buteo augur – (9) OTIDIDAE: BUSTARDS KORI BUSTARD Ardeotis kori – (5) Naturalist Journeys [email protected] 866.900.1146 / Caligo Ventures [email protected] 800.426.7781 naturalistjourneys.com / caligo.com P.O. Box 16545 Portal AZ 85632 FAX: 650.471.7667 WHITE-BELLIED BUSTARD Eupodotis senegalensis – (4) BLACK-BELLIED BUSTARD Lissotis melanogaster – (2) RALLIDAE: RAILS, GALLINULES AND COOTS BLACK CRAKE Amaurornis flavirostra – (3) EURASIAN MOORHEN Gallinula chloropus – (5) LESSER MOORHEN Paragallinula angulata– (1) RED-KNOBBED COOT Fulica cristata – (1) GRUIDAE: CRANES GRAY CROWNED-CRANE Balearica regulorum – (5) RECURVIROSTRIDAE: STILTS AND AVOCETS BLACK-WINGED STILT Himantopus himantopus – (7) CHARADRIIDAE: PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS LONG-TOED LAPWING Vanellus crassirostris – (1) BLACKSMITH LAPWING Vanellus armatus – (11) SPUR-WINGED LAPWING Vanellus spinosus – (1) BLACK-WINGED LAPWING Vanellus melanopterus – (1) CROWNED LAPWING Vanellus coronatus – (8) KITTLITZ'S PLOVER Charadrius pecuarius – (3) THREE-BANDED PLOVER Charadrius tricollaris – (6) CHESTNUT-BANDED PLOVER Charadrius pallidus – (1) JACANIDAE: JACANAS AFRICAN JACANA Actophilornis africanus – (3) SCOLOPACIDAE: SANDPIPERS AND ALLIES COMMON SANDPIPER Actitis hypoleucos – (4) GREEN SANDPIPER Tringa ochropus – (2) COMMON GREENSHANK Tringa nebularia – (2) COMMON REDSHANK Tringa totanus– (4) MARSH SANDPIPER Tringa stagnatilis – (6) WOOD SANDPIPER Tringa glareola – (7) RUFF Calidris pugnax – (3) CURLEW SANDPIPER Calidris ferruginea – (1) LITTLE STINT Calidris minuta – (3) COMMON SNIPE Gallinago gallinago – (1) SANDERLING Calidris alba – (1) BLACK-TAILED GODWIT Limosa limosa– (1) Naturalist Journeys [email protected] 866.900.1146 / Caligo Ventures [email protected] 800.426.7781 naturalistjourneys.com / caligo.com P.O. Box 16545 Portal AZ 85632 FAX: 650.471.7667 GLAREOLIDAE: PRATINCOLES AND COURSERS COLLARED PRATINCOLE Glareola pratincola – (1) DOUBLE-BANDED COURSER Smutsornis africanus – (6) THREE-BANDED (HUEGLAN’S) COURSER Rhinoptilus cinctus – (1) LARIDAE: GULLS,TERNS AND SKIMMERS GULL-BILLED TERN Gelochelidon nilotica – (5) WHITE-WINGED TERN Chlidonias leucopterus – (2) WHISKERED TERN Chlidonias hybrida – (3) PTEROCLIDAE: SANDGROUSE CHESTNUT-BELLIED SANDGROUSE Pterocles exustus – (3) YELLOW-THROATED SANDGROUSE Pterocles gutturalis – (2) BLACK-FACED SANDGROUSE Pterocles decoratus – (3) COLUMBIDAE: PIGEONS AND DOVES ROCK PIGEON Columba livia – (1) SPECKLED PIGEON Columba guinea – (4) DUSKY TURTLE-DOVE Streptopelia lugens – (1) MOURNING COLLARED-DOVE Streptopelia decipiens – (2) RED-EYED DOVE Streptopelia semitorquata – (10) RING-NECKED DOVE Streptopelia capicola – (13) LAUGHING DOVE Streptopelia senegalensis – (8) EMERALD-SPOTTED WOOD-DOVE Turtur chalcospilos – (3) NAMAQUA DOVE Oena capensis – (2) MUSOPHAGIDAE: TURACOS [E] HARTLAUB'S TURACO Tauraco hartlaubi – (2) BARE-FACED GO-AWAY-BIRD Corythaixoides personatus – (8) WHITE-BELLIED GO-AWAY-BIRD Corythaixoides leucogaster – (1) CUCULIDAE: CUCKOOS RED-CHESTED CUCKOO Cuculus solitarius – (2) DIDERIC CUCKOO Chrysococcyx caprius – (6) WHITE-BROWED COUCAL Centropus superciliosus – (7) STRIGIDAE: OWLS VERREAUX’S EAGLE-OWL Bubo lacteus – (2) PEARL-SPOTTED OWLET Glaucidium perlatum – (2) Naturalist Journeys [email protected] 866.900.1146 / Caligo Ventures [email protected] 800.426.7781 naturalistjourneys.com / caligo.com P.O. Box 16545 Portal AZ 85632 FAX: 650.471.7667 CAPRIMULGIDAE: NIGHTJARS AND ALLIES SLENDER-TAILED NIGHTJAR Caprimulgus clarus – (2) SQUARE-TAILED NIGHTJAR Caprimulgus fossii – (1) APODIDAE: SWIFTS NYANZA SWIFT Apus niansae – (3) LITTLE SWIFT Apus affinis – (2) WHITE-RUMPED SWIFT Apus caffer – (7) AFRICAN PALM-SWIFT Cypsiurus parvus – (3) EUROPEAN SWIFT Apus apus – (1) COLIIDAE: MOUSEBIRDS SPECKLED MOUSEBIRD Colius striatus – (9) BLUE-NAPED MOUSEBIRD Urocolius macrourus – (4) ALCEDINIDAE: KINGFISHERS MALACHITE KINGFISHER Corythornis cristatus – (1) GRAY-HEADED KINGFISHER Halcyon leucocephala – (1) WOODLAND KINGFISHER Halcyon senegalensis – (5) STRIPED KINGFISHER Halcyon chelicuti – (1) PIED KINGFISHER Ceryle rudis – (1) MEROPIDAE: BEE-EATERS WHITE-FRONTED BEE-EATER Merops bullockoides – (1) LITTLE BEE-EATER Merops pusillus – (6) CINNAMON-CHESTED BEE-EATER Merops oreobates – (2) BLUE-CHEEKED BEE-EATER Merops persicus – (3) EUROPEAN BEE-EATER Merops apiaster – (2) NORTHERN CARMINE BEE-EATER Merops nubicus – (1) CORACIIDAE: ROLLERS EUROPEAN ROLLER Coracias garrulus – (12) LILAC-BREASTED ROLLER Coracias caudatus – (11) BROAD-BILLED ROLLER Eurystomus glaucurus – (1) UPUPIDAE: HOOPOES EURASIAN HOOPOE (AFRICAN) Upupa epops africana – (2) PHOENICULIDAE: WOODHOOPOES AND SCIMITAR-BILLS GREEN WOODHOOPOE Phoeniculus purpureus – (2) ABYSSINIAN SCIMITARBILL Rhinopomastus minor – (1, Preston only) Naturalist Journeys [email protected] 866.900.1146 / Caligo Ventures [email protected] 800.426.7781 naturalistjourneys.com / caligo.com P.O. Box 16545 Portal AZ 85632 FAX: 650.471.7667 BUCORVIDAE: GROUND-HORNBILLS SOUTHERN GROUND-HORNBILL Bucorvus leadbeateri – (1) BUCEROTIDAE: HORNBILLS TANZANIAN RED-BILLED HORNBILL Tockus ruahae – (6) VON DER DECKEN'S HORNBILL Tockus deckeni