Continued from: Tanzania is not just in Africa…

Birds sighted in Tarangire, Ngorongoro, and Serengeti, Tanzania from October 4-9, 2014.

African sacred ibis, Threskiornis aethiopicus

Southern Ground hornbill,  Bucorvus leadbeateri

Brown Snake Eagle, Circaetus cinereus

Cardinal Woodpecker, Dendropicos fuscescens

Red-necked Spur Fowl or red-necked francolin, Pternistis afer

Red-billed Hornbill,  Tockus erythrorhynchus

Tropical Boubou,  Laniarius aethiopicus

Magpie shrike, Urolestes melanoleucus

Black crowned crane, Balearica pavonina

Arrow-marked babbler (Turdoides jardineii)

Variable Sunbird (or yellow-bellied sunbird), Cinnyris venustus

Kori Bustard, Ardeotis kori

White Slaty flycatcher, Melaenornis fischeri

Tamborine dove,Turtur tympanistria

Speakled mousebird, Colius striatus

Purple Grenidial, Uraeginthus ianthinogaster

Bronze Sunbird, Nectarinia kilimensis

Little Bee-eater, Merops pusillus

Great Cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo

Blacksmith plover or lapwing, Vanellus armatus

Brown-crowned Tchagra, Tchagra australis

Ostrich, Struthio camelus

Black shoulder kite, Elanus axillaris

Somalia Fiscal, Lanius somalicus

Secretarybird, agittarius serpentarius

White-Bellied Bustard, Eupodotis senegalensis

Egyptian goose, Alopochen aegyptiaca

Fisher love birds, Agapornis fischeri

Hammerkop, Scopus umbretta

Cinnamon-cheasted bee-eater, Merops oreobates

Coque Francoline, Francolinus coqui

Ringed plover, Charadrius hiaticula

Black headed heron, Ardea melanocephala

Grey heron, Ardea cinerea

Tawny eagle, Aquila rapax

Black winged stilt, Himantopus himantopus

Black Crake, Amaurornis flavirostra

Great White Pelican,Pelecanus onocrotalus

Bluebreasted Robin chat,  genera Cossyphicula and Cossypha

Two-banded Courser or double-banded courser, hinoptilus africanus

Crown plover, Vanellus coronatus

Pin-tailed whydah,Vidua macroura

Guineafowl, Numididae

Starlings: Ashy starling, Lamprotornis unicolor; Superb starling, Lamprotornis superbus; Ruphus longtailed starling, Aplonis magna; Wattled Starling, Creatophora cinerea

Vultures: White backed African Vulture, Gyps africanus ; Lappet- faced Vulture, Torgos tracheliotos; Hooded Vulture, Necrosyrtes monachus

Weavers: Village Weaver, Ploceus cucullatus ; White headed Buffalo weaver, Dinemellia dinemelli ; Olive-headed golden weaver, places olivaceiceps ; Baglafetcht Weaver, Ploceus baglafecht;

Red-billed oxspray?

Yellow-billed osprey ?

Lark?

               Hakuna Matata

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