Tanazanian Birds 10-21 Jan 2005
Note: We used mostly "Birds of East Africa" by Stevenson and Fanshawe, and follow their taxonomy. Page numbers are to this book. We also used "Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania" by Zimmerman et al. Both are good, and each was better at one time or another. This page contains most of the decent photos I was able to get during the two weeks, but being mostly limited to shooting from the vehicle meant few shots of smaller brush or canopy birds.
  Common Ostrich p.2
  Cattle Egret p.20
Common Squacco Heron p.20
  Hammerkop p.26
White Stork p.26
  Yellow-billed Stork p.26
Abdim's Stork p.28
Sometimes found in huge migrating flocks.
Marabou Stork p.30
 
  Greater Flamingo p.34
  Spur-winged Goose p.36
White-faced Whistling-Duck p.38
Red-billed Teal p.40
Hottentot Teal p.40
Cape Teal p.40
Black Kite p.48
Secretary Bird p.48
White-headed Vulture p.52
African White-backed Vulture p.54
(also Ruppell's Griffon Vulture in right image)
  Ruppell's Griffon Vulture p.54
Lappet-faced Vulture p.54
Vultures at kills
Black-chested Snake-Eagle p.56
  Eastern Chanting Goshawk p.60
Dark Chanting Goshawk p.60
 
  Tawny Eagle p.72
Bateleur p.78
Long-crested Eagle p.78
  Martial Eagle p.80
Lesser Kestrel p.82
Gray Kestrel p.84
  Pygmy Falcon p.84
Coqui Francolin p.98
The image at right is very appropriate because this species seems to be always calling.
  Hildebrandt's Francolin p.98
Crested Francolin p.100
Yellow-necked Spurfowl p.100
  Red-necked Spurfowl p.100
Gray-crowned Crane p.112
Kori Bustard p.114
White-bellied Bustard p.116
Black-bellied Bustard p.116
Hartlaub's Bustard p.116
Black-winged Stilt p.118
Spotted Thick-knee p.120
  Water Thick-knee p.120
Two-banded Courser p.122
Heuglin's Courser p.122
  Violet-tipped Courser p.122
Blacksmith Lapwing p.126
Spur-winged Lapwing p.126
Black-winged Lapwing p.128
Chestnut-banded Plover p.130
  Three-banded Plover p.130
Ruff p.134

Many more shots of Ruff and other species of shorebirds at:

http://www.giffbeaton.com/shorebirds.htm
Wood Sandpiper p.136
Green Sandpiper p.136
Marsh Sandpiper p.138
Spotted Redshank p.138
Black-faced Sandgrouse p.164
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse p.164
  Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove p.170
African Mourning Dove p.172
Fischer's Lovebird p.180
Yellow-collared Lovebird p.180
White-bellied Go-away-bird p.186
  Great Spotted Cuckoo p.188
African Cuckoo p.190
White-browed Coucal p.196
Black Coucal p.196
Marsh Owl p.198
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl p.202
Nightjars p.206

These are both from Ndutu, and are probably both Slender-tailed but still working on it.
Speckled Mousebird p.220
Pied Kingfisher p.222
Gray-headed Kingfisher p.222
Woodland Kingfisher p.224
Little Bee-eater p.228
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater p.228
Lilac-breasted Roller p.236
European Roller p.236
African Hoopoe p.240
  Red-billed Hornbill p.242
Von der Decken's Hornbill p.242
Crowned Hornbill p.244
  Silvery-cheeked Hornbill p.248
Southern Ground-hornbill p.250
Usambiro Barbet p.262
  Red-and-yellow Barbet p.262
Rufous-naped Lark p.280
Fischer's Sparrow-Lark p.288
African Pied Wagtail p.298
Yellow-throated Longclaw p.302
  Rosy-breasted Longclaw p.302
Grassland Pipit p.304
Plain-backed Pipit p.306
Schalow's Wheatear p.346
  Spotted Morning-Thrush p.354
Collared Palm-Thrush p.354

This bird was way out of range at Ndutu
  Winding Cisticola p.388
White-eyed Slaty Flycatcher p.408
Pale Flycatcher p.412
  Silverbird p.424
Scarlet-chested Sunbird p.456
Gray-backed Fiscal p.464
  Isabelline Shrike p.466
Magpie Shrike p.466
  Black-crowned Tchagra p.474
Northern White-crowned Shrike p.480
Ashy Starling p.490
  Ruppell's Long-tailed Starling p.496
Superb Starling p.500
Hildebrandt's Starling p.500
 
  Chestnut Sparrow p.502
  Rufous-tailed Weaver p.506
  Gray-capped Social-Weaver p.508
  Weaver nests
  Southern Red Bishop p.536
  Blue-capped Cordon-Bleu p.548
  Eastern Paradise-Whydah p.560
   
Note- If you are interested in the date or location of a particular bird, the file name of each image contains the date, which can be cross-checked against the itinerary on the main page.
   
   
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