RWANDA
Africa's Secret Endemic Bastion
1st– 10 th August 2008
Leader: Christian Boix
Itinerary:
1 Aug |
Johannesburg
- Entebbe - Kigali |
Arrival
in Kigali |
2 Aug |
Kigali - Nyungwe Forest |
Birded Kigali wetlands and drove though to Nyungwe Forest in afternoon |
3 Aug |
Nyungwe Forest |
Birded Bigugu Heights and road to Karamba in afternoon |
4 Aug |
Nyungwe Forest |
Birded Kamiranzovu Swamp Forest and Bururi Road in PM |
5 Aug |
Nyungwe Forest |
Birded Cyamudongo Forest and Uwinka Trail in PM |
6 Aug |
Cyamudongo Forest - Kigali |
Full morning birding Bururi Road afternoon birding at Uwinka and |
7 Aug |
Kigali - Akagera NP |
Drive to Akagera NP and birded savanna plains below Akagera Lodge |
8 Aug |
Akagera NP |
Full day birding around Lake Ihema and Lake Birengero |
9 Aug |
Akagera NP
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Full day birding savannas and Lake Birengero in afternoon |
10 Aug |
Akagera NP - Kigali |
AM birding in Akagera NP and PM return drive to Kigali. |
Trip report
Day 1
The
flight to Entebbe was amenised by a very intrepid and accommodating SAA
pilot who took it upon himself to share the delights of
Kilimanjaro's clear summit. Flying low and a few 1000 ms above it
we were treated to magnificent clear and crisp views of Kili's
top. Alpine grasslands dotted with giant Lobelias were
distinguishable...and somewhat more alarming the clear "receding
hairline" of millenary glaciers melting down as rising global
temperatures take their toll. The landing in Entebbe was painless
and the connecting flight to Kigali seamless.
However, my arrival in Kigali could not have been more
troublesome even if it had been pre-arranged. It appeared that
despite all enquiries and pre-trip preparations having contacted Rwanda
Air, Rwandas High Commission in RSA and our ground agent in Rwanda....a
crucial piece of information to access Rwanda had been omitted, the
need for an Electronic Visa Application prior to entering the country.
As the evening progressed and my entrance into Rwanda remained
barred and they were lining me up for immediate repatriation I
discovered that this EVA had only been in place for a few
weeks....hence no one worldwide (or nationwide) knew about it.
Fortunately, Kigali is a small and well connected capital and soon
enough our contacts at the Ministry of Environment had the Minister of
Home Affairs clearing me out of this mess and heading for a somewhat
"comfier" bed for the night. Thanks once again to ORTPN
for my midnight rescue....you are my hero!!
Day 2
Having
experienced the intransigence of custom officials last night plus
discovered that our last arriving participant's flight
was arriving with a 2 hr delay, we opted to stand by in Kigali until he
arrived. We birded a a rather unassuming wetland near the
hotel and started scoring a smattering of iconic African
species, namely Yellow-billed Stork,
African Openbill, Sacred Ibis, African Spoonbill and Marabou Storks. The
open waters thrived with good numbers of Redknobbed Coot, Yellowbilled,
Whitefaced and Comb Duck, Red-billed Duck and Hottentot Teal. The skies were
as elsewhere in central Africa busy crowding up with Yellow-billed Kites,
Hooded Vultures and "crying" Pied Crows. As we scoped the
riparian edge, we came across brightly colored Yellow-throated
Longclaws, regal looking
Wattled Plovers, skulking White-browed Coucals, sinister Grey-backed
Fiscals and shy White-browed Robin- Chats. Feeding on gnat swarms
a mixed flock of martins and swallows gathered and we enjoyed
great views of wintering Barn Swallows, the rather similar Angola
Swallow, Wire-tailed and Lesser Striped Swallows. The reed beds
were alive with with weavers and through the course of the morning we
enjoyed good views of Vitelline, Village, Baglafecht and the chunky
Holub's Weaver. A bit of spishing about brought out two
sought after quarries Winding Cisticola and very vocal groups of
Trilling Cisticolas. But the star-bird of the morning was to be
a very complying Lesser Jacana that strutted confidently across
floating vegetation, almost ignoring our presence. Black Crakes
were as ubiquitous as ever and African Rails were heard across the
shore. The drier scrub around the wetland produced African and
Gabar Goshawk, Black Cuckoo-shrike, Tropical Boubou, Scarlet-chested,
Marico, Variable and Bronze Sunbirds, Red-billed and African
Firefinches, Bronze Mannikin, Western Citril, Black-throated and
Brimstone Canary. And
whilst the above may seem fairly typical African species....it felt
great to rack up 80+ species in 2.5 hours at an unassuming wetland in
the heart of Rwanda's Capital.
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CROWNED CRANE - Rwanda's sprawling ruralisation has put these regal beauties under tremendous pressure. (C.Boix) |
Soon after lunch we collected Paul from its flight from Nairobi and zoomed off out of Kigali before rush hour traffic built up and towards the magnificent Nyungwe Forest. En route we came across a few typical east african species such as Long-crested Eagle, Augur Buzzard and a pair of Gray-crowned Cranes a lucky sighting of a species that is plummeting in numbers in Rwanda due to habitat loss. The drive was slow, but not due to bad roads....to the contrary!! Rwanda has some of the best tarred roads in East Africa but they wind more than Malagasy roads and every village has a gendarme that gauges vehicle speeds unaided by technological clatter...fining offenders on gut feel and appearance.
We stopped briefly at Butare for supper and soon after entered the National Park of Nyungwe, a Side-striped Jackal and swooping Ruwenzori Nightjars broke the monotony of this last leg, till we reached our accommodation at Gisakura were we crashed for the night.
Day 3
In
the early hours of the morning we were greeted by an elaborate
breakfast and a keen and eager local tracker, so we scoffed our meal
and without delay set out to bird the heights and depths of Nyungwe.
Dawn had not yet broken out when by the side of the road a calling
Ruwenzori Nightjar was spotlighted as it perched placidly and added his
say to a chorus of at least another 8 nightjars calling by the
roadside. This I may add was a common occurrence throughout our stay as
this near endemic is uncannily abundant at Nyungwe when compared to its
most classic haunts in neighboring Uganda.
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REDTHROATED ALETHE -a conspicuous beauty among Nyungwe's endemics (C.Boix) |
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REGAL SUNBIRD - indisputably one of Rwanda's smartest looking Sunbirds (K.Behrens) |
RWENZORI DOUBLE COLLARED SUNBIRD - common and approachable at Gisakura Guesthouse (K.Behrens) |
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GRAUER'S WARBLER - a rare full view glimpse of this Rift endemic!! (K.Behrens) |
COLLARED APALIS - as abundant as...great looking ! ( K.Behrens) |
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The morning was spiced up by a chance encounter with a troop of chimps, who were being very vocal, close to the path and unafraid of us as we had stumbled upon the Cyamudongo habituated troop...and so we enjoyed several minutes with the group enjoying their antics, sounds and screams as well as curious sleeping nest structures. On the way out of the forest we came across a feeding flock that was being harrased by an African Goshawk, but tried as we might we failed to pick up any new species. We succumbed to lunch for a short while and got going again but not bearing the silence and stillness any longer and with the threat of rain upon us we opted to bail out and return to Nyungwe. The risk of becoming stuck in several steep spots along the access road to Cyamudongo, becomes very real once rain starts wetting up the clay tracks that traverse the Tea estate.
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CHIMPANZEE - a young Chimpanzee gorging himself on ripe figs in Cyamudongo Forest (C.Boix) |
L'HOESTS MONKEY- a roadside special at Nyungwe (C.Boix) |
A
brief stop at Gisakura yielded White-tailed Blue Flycatcher and driving
up to Uwinka a perched Forest Buzzard and a Cassin's Hawk Eagle
soaring over Kamiranzovu marsh were enjoyed. The blue trail was
fairly quiet but still produced the best views yet of an adult
Red-throated Alethe, crippling views of an adult Cuckoo Hawk and
spectacular views of Nyungwe as it sprawls throughout the SW corner of
Rwanda and well into Burundi. Again trying for Albertine Barred Owl
and Fraser's Eagle Owl but our efforts proved unsuccessful. A Civet Cat was sighted in
extremis meters away from the Gisakura Guest house.
Day 7
Today
we drove down the Bururi Trail, a good 300 meters down below what we had
been birding over the past few days, the habitat looked superb for
Shelley's Crimson-wing. The forest was in good shape, and
birdsong could be heard everywhere, soon enough we found ourselves
training glass on Pink-footed Puff backs (not previously recorded in
Nyungwe) and Dark backed or Forest Weaver. A few other weaver sightings
stole the morning show as we watched foraging Black-billed and
Brown-capped Weavers next to the path. Gray and Black Cuckoo-shrikes
were enjoyed through the day. Finally an African Broadbill put out an
appearance a moment Bernie and Paul had been eagerly awaiting. Little
and Yellow-whiskered Greenbuls offered their usual non stop chirps
throughout the day and protracted views. At last the teasing and
torturous calls of Barred Long-tailed Cuckoos shaped up into tickable
format, as a male of this species was lured in with the help of
playback. Magnificent Black-masked Apalises were enjoyed as they mobbed
a Red-chested Owlet. The latter, a mega bonus that magnetized the
canopy around and drew in other gems such as Dusky Tit, White-breasted
Negrofinch, Northern Puffback, Redfaced Woodland-Warbler and Western
Citril.
We were busy playing tug of war with a very responsive Black-faced Rufous Woodland-Warbler when all of a sudden the heavens opened up and we were forced to duck for cover to protect our gear and avoid getting soaked through. Our driver, failed to understand instructions and we were left to deal with the elements until the rain subsided....only then and after sending our tracker to find the vehicle did we get fetched. The climb out of the valley was arduous and slippery, and after grabbing a brief lunch and a change of clothes at Uwinka Rest Camp we headed for Kigali for the night. Before exiting the park we paid respects to one last stakeout, where no less than a total of six different individuals of Grauer's Rush-Warbler granted us a befitting farewell. Also present was Yellow-crowned Canary, Yellow Bishop, Western Citril, Scaly Francolin and a stunning male Ruwenzori Red Duiker feeding placidly in the marsh.
The drive back to Kigali was uneventful and supper at the Gorillas Nest Hotel, with cold beers and all the attention received was all suitably pampering.
Day 8After lunch and brief siesta we headed for the grasslands and plains below the lodge birding the sparse miombo woodland on the way. The first goodies namely Flappet Lark, Tabora (Longtailed) Cisticola, Miombo Camaroptera, Red-backed Scrub-Robin, and Flappet Lark literally popped from the roadside as we descended. Calling for Pearl-spotted Owlet soon brought in other desirables such as Singing Cisticola, Green-capped Eremomela, Red-faced Crombec, Pale Flycatcher, Yellow White-eye, Green-winged Pytilia, Red-cheeked Cordonbleu, Marico Sunbird, Slate-colored Boubou, Crested Barbet, Black-collared Barbet, White Helmet-shrike and Sulphur-breasted Bush-shrike, Ruppell's, Greater Blue-eared Starling and Violet-backed Starlings.
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TABORA CISTICOLA - displaying its long tail (C.Boix) | TABORA CISTICOLA - rather common at Akagera NP (B.Masters) |
Down at the plains we soon located a mob of Black-lored Babblers feeding and socializing between vegetation clumps and stopped for a while to enjoy some Masai Giraffe loaded with Red-billed Oxpeckers, some Bohor Reedbuck, Impala, Warthogs and elegant Topi. Driving about in the grasslands we struck it lucky when we located a pair of Bronze-winged Coursers chilling out in the grass, Crowned and Wattled Plovers were abundant, but we could hardly believe our eyes when we stumbled upon a pair of Brown-chested Lapwings, a rare and erratic beauty. A smart Black-bellied Bustard strutted through the grass and whilst trying to photograph it we flushed a covey of Harlequin Quails.
We awaited at a dry dam wall for darkness to set in and whilst doing so studied some African and Plain-backed Pipits coming in to drink as well as Red-necked Francolins. Excitement arose when the first night calls at dusk were heard, namely distant African Scops Owl and Swamp Nightjar, ad soon after Square-tailed Nightjar which was lured into the spotlight effortlessly, but as always gasps and shortness of breathe overcame everyone as a ridiculously well endowed male Pennant-winged Nightjars flopped overhead, stalling in mid air and majestically melting into the dark with its serpentine attire. Several others were spotted during the course of the night and a pair of White-tailed Mongoose and a herd of Buffalo added entertainment to the drive.
Feeling pretty chuffed with our tally and the numbers of birds seen for the day, we sampled a few local beers, had our dinner and called it a day.
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AKAGERA NP - Rolling hills to the North of Ranger's Station. (C.Boix) |
AKAGERA NP -Forest patches near Lake Birengero. (C.Boix) |
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SHOEBILL - Distant... but every bit as impressive!! (B.Masters) |
DOUBLE-TOOTHED BARBET - a hulkey symphony of color (B.Masters) |
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BIRD LIST
Taxonomy and nomenclature
follow: Clements, James F. 2000. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Fifth
Edition. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Co. Includes recent updates.
Species | Sci. Name | |
1 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis |
2 | Pink-backed Pelican | Pelecanus rufescens |
3 | Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo |
4 | Long-tailed Cormorant | Phalacrocorax africanus |
5 | Darter | Anhinga melanogaster |
6 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea |
7 | Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala |
8 | Goliath Heron | Ardea goliath |
9 | Great Egret | Ardea alba |
10 | Intermediate Egret | Egretta intermedia |
11 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
12 | Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides |
13 | Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
14 | Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta |
15 | Yellow-billed Stork | Mycteria ibis |
16 | African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus |
17 | Marabou Stork | Leptoptilos crumeniferus |
18 | Shoebill | Balaeniceps rex |
19 | Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus |
20 | Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus |
21 | African Spoonbill | Platalea alba |
22 | White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata |
23 | Egyptian Goose | Alopochen aegyptiacus |
24 | Spur-winged Goose | Plectropterus gambensis |
25 | Comb Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos |
26 | Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata |
27 | Red-billed Duck | Anas erythrorhyncha |
28 | Hottentot Teal | Anas hottentota |
29 | Osprey | Pandion haliaetus |
30 | African Cuckoo-Hawk | Aviceda cuculoides |
31 | Black-shouldered Kite | Elanus caeruleus |
32 | Black Kite | Milvus migrans |
33 | African Fish-Eagle | Haliaeetus vocifer |
34 | Hooded Vulture | Necrosyrtes monachus |
35 | Brown Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinereus |
36 | West. Banded Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinerascens |
37 | Bateleur | Terathopius ecaudatus |
38 | African Marsh-Harrier | Circus ranivorus |
39 | African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus |
40 | Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar |
41 | Black Goshawk | Accipiter melanoleucus |
42 | African Goshawk | Accipiter tachiro |
43 | Mountain Buzzard | Buteo oreophilus |
44 | Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur |
45 | Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax |
46 | Wahlberg's Eagle | Aquila wahlbergi |
47 | African Hawk-Eagle | Aquila spilogaster |
48 | Ayres's Hawk-Eagle | Aquila ayresii |
49 | Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis |
50 | Cassin's Hawk-Eagle | Spizaetus africanus |
51 | Crowned Hawk-Eagle | Stephanoaetus coronatus |
52 | Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus |
53 | Gray Kestrel | Falco ardosiaceus |
54 | Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus |
55 | Coqui Francolin | Francolinus coqui |
56 | Red-winged Francolin | Francolinus levaillantii |
57 | Hildebrandt's Francolin | Francolinus hildebrandti |
58 | Red-necked Francolin | Francolinus afer |
59 | Handsome Francolin | Francolinus nobilis |
60 | Scaly Francolin | Francolinus squamatus |
61 | Harlequin Quail | Coturnix delegorguei |
62 | Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris |
63 | Small Buttonquail | Turnix sylvatica |
64 | Gray Crowned-Crane | Balearica regulorum |
65 | Red-chested Flufftail | Sarothrura rufa |
66 | Black Crake | Amaurornis flavirostris |
67 | Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus |
68 | Red-knobbed Coot | Fulica cristata |
69 | Black-bellied Bustard | Lissotis melanogaster |
70 | Lesser Jacana | Microparra capensis |
71 | African Jacana | Actophilornis africanus |
72 | Water Thick-knee | Burhinus vermiculatus |
73 | Bronze-winged Courser | Rhinoptilus chalcopterus |
74 | Long-toed Lapwing | Vanellus crassirostris |
75 | Spur-winged Plover | Vanellus spinosus |
76 | Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus |
77 | Wattled Lapwing | Vanellus senegallus |
78 | Brown-chested Lapwing | Vanellus superciliosus |
79 | Kittlitz's Plover | Charadrius pecuarius |
80 | Three-banded Plover | Charadrius tricollaris |
81 | Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola |
82 | Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos |
83 | Speckled Pigeon | Columba guinea |
84 | Afep Pigeon | Columba unicincta |
85 | Rameron Pigeon | Columba arquatrix |
86 | Lemon Dove | Columba larvata |
87 | Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata |
88 | Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola |
89 | Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis |
90 | Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos |
91 | Blue-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur afer |
92 | Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria |
93 | African Green-Pigeon | Treron calva |
94 | Red-headed Lovebird | Agapornis pullarius |
95 | Meyer's Parrot | Poicephalus meyeri |
96 | Great Blue Turaco | Corythaeola cristata |
97 | Black-billed Turaco | Tauraco schuettii |
98 | Purple-crested Turaco | Tauraco porphyreolophus |
99 | Ruwenzori Turaco | Ruwenzorornis johnstoni |
100 | Ross's Turaco | Musophaga rossae |
101 | Bare-faced Go-away-bird | Corythaixoides personatus |
102 | Eastern Plantain-eater | Crinifer zonurus |
103 | Black Cuckoo | Cuculus clamosus |
104 | Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo | Cercococcyx montanus |
105 | African Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx cupreus |
106 | Dideric Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius |
107 | Yellowbill | Ceuthmochares aereus |
108 | Blue-headed Coucal | Centropus monachus |
109 | White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus |
110 | African Scops-Owl | Otus senegalensis |
111 | Spotted Eagle-Owl | Bubo africanus |
112 | African Wood-Owl | Strix woodfordii |
113 | Pearl-spotted Owlet | Glaucidium perlatum |
114 | Red-chested Owlet | Glaucidium tephronotum |
115 | Montane Nightjar | Caprimulgus ruwenzorii |
116 | Swamp Nightjar | Caprimulgus natalensis |
117 | Square-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus fossii |
118 | Pennant-winged Nightjar | Macrodipteryx vexillarius |
119 | Schouteden´s Swift | Schoutedenapus schoutedeni |
120 | African Palm-Swift | Cypsiurus parvus |
121 | Mottled Swift | Tachymarptis aequatorialis |
122 | African Swift | Apus barbatus |
123 | Little Swift | Apus affinis |
124 | White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer |
125 | Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus |
126 | Blue-naped Mousebird | Urocolius macrourus |
127 | Narina Trogon | Apaloderma narina |
128 | Bar-tailed Trogon | Apaloderma vittatum |
129 | Malachite Kingfisher | Alcedo cristata |
130 | African Pygmy-Kingfisher | Ispidina picta |
131 | Gray-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala |
132 | Woodland Kingfisher | Halcyon senegalensis |
133 | Striped Kingfisher | Halcyon chelicuti |
134 | Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis |
135 | Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus |
136 | Blue-breasted Bee-eater | Merops variegatus |
137 | Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater | Merops oreobates |
138 | Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudata |
139 | Broad-billed Roller | Eurystomus glaucurus |
140 | Green Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus purpureus |
141 | White-headed Woodhoopoe | Phoeniculus bollei |
142 | Common Scimitar-bill | Rhinopomastus cyanomelas |
143 | Crowned Hornbill | Tockus alboterminatus |
144 | African Gray Hornbill | Tockus nasutus |
145 | Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill | Ceratogymna subcylindricus |
146 | Gray-throated Barbet | Gymnobucco bonapartei |
147 | Western Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus coryphaeus |
148 | Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus bilineatus |
149 | Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus chrysoconus |
150 | Spot-flanked Barbet | Tricholaema lachrymosa |
151 | Red-faced Barbet | Lybius rubrifacies |
152 | Black-collared Barbet | Lybius torquatus |
153 | Double-toothed Barbet | Lybius bidentatus |
154 | Crested Barbet | Trachyphonus vaillantii |
155 | Greater Honeyguide | Indicator indicator |
156 | Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor |
157 | Least Honeyguide | Indicator exilis |
158 | Bennett's Woodpecker | Campethera bennettii |
159 | Tullberg's Woodpecker | Campethera tullbergi |
160 | Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens |
161 | Olive Woodpecker | Dendropicos griseocephalus |
162 | African Broadbil | Smithornis capensis |
163 | Rufous-naped Lark | Mirafra africana |
164 | Flappet Lark | Mirafra rufocinnamomea |
165 | Plain Martin | Riparia paludicola |
166 | Gray-rumped Swallow | Pseudhirundo griseopyga |
167 | Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula |
168 | Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica |
169 | Angola Swallow | Hirundo angolensis |
170 | Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii |
171 | Lesser Striped-Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica |
172 | Rufous-chested Swallow | Cecropis semirufa |
173 | Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica |
174 | White-headed Sawwing | Psalidoprocne albiceps |
175 | Blue Sawwing | Psalidoprocne pristoptera |
176 | African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp |
177 | Cape Wagtail | Motacilla capensis |
178 | Yellow-throated Longclaw | Macronyx croceus |
179 | Plain-backed Pipit | Anthus leucophrys |
180 | African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus |
181 | Gray Cuckoo-shrike | Coracina caesia |
182 | Black Cuckoo-shrike | Campephaga flava |
183 | Common Bulbul | Pycnonotus barbatus |
184 | Shelley's Greenbul | Andropadus masukuensis |
185 | Little Greenbul | Andropadus virens |
186 | Slender-billed Greenbul | Andropadus gracilirostris |
187 | Yellow-whiskered Bulbul | Andropadus latirostris |
188 | Eastern Mountain-Greenbul | Andropadus nigriceps |
189 | Yellow-throated Greenbul | Chlorocichla flavicollis |
190 | Yellow-streaked Bulbul | Phyllastrephus flavostriatus |
191 | Kivu Ground-Thrush | Zoothera tanganjicae |
192 | Olive Thrush | Turdus olivaceus |
193 | African Thrush | Turdus pelios |
194 | Red-throated Alethe | Alethe poliophrys |
195 | Red-faced Cisticola | Cisticola erythrops |
196 | Singing Cisticola | Cisticola cantans |
197 | Trilling Cisticola | Cisticola woosnami |
198 | Chubb's Cisticola | Cisticola chubbi |
199 | Winding Cisticola | Cisticola galactotes |
200 | Carruthers's Cisticola | Cisticola carruthersi |
201 | Stout Cisticola | Cisticola robustus |
202 | Tabora Cisticola (Long-tailed) | Cisticola angusticaudus |
203 | Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis |
204 | Wing-snapping Cisticola | Cisticola ayresii |
205 | Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava |
206 | White-chinned Prinia | Prinia leucopogon |
207 | Banded Prinia | Prinia bairdii |
208 | Ruwenzori Apalis (Collared) | Apalis ruwenzori |
209 | Black-throated Apalis | Apalis jacksoni |
210 | Black-faced Apalis (Mountain Mas | Apalis personata |
211 | Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida |
212 | Buff-throated Apalis | Apalis rufogularis |
213 | Chestnut-throated Apalis | Apalis porphyrolaema |
214 | Gray Apalis | Apalis cinerea |
215 | Kungwe Apalis | Apalis argentea |
216 | Gray-capped Warbler | Eminia lepida |
217 | Green-backed Camaroptera | Camaroptera brachyura |
218 | Miombo Camaroptera (Miombo Barred) | Calamonastes undosus |
219 | African Bush-Warbler | Bradypterus baboecala |
220 | White-winged Scrub-Warbler | Bradypterus carpalis |
221 | Grauer's Scrub-Warbler | Bradypterus graueri |
222 | Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler | Bradypterus cinnamomeus |
223 | Black-faced Rufous-Warbler | Bathmocercus rufus |
224 | African Reed-Warbler | Acrocephalus baeticatus |
225 | Lesser Swamp-Warbler | Acrocephalus gracilirostris |
226 | Eastern Olivaceous Warbler | Hippolais pallida |
227 | Mountain Yellow Warbler | Chloropeta similis |
228 | Papyrus Yellow Warbler | Chloropeta gracilirostris |
229 | Buff-bellied Warbler | Phyllolais pulchella |
230 | Grauer's Warbler | Graueria vittata |
231 | Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis |
232 | Greencap Eremomela | Eremomela scotops |
233 | White-browed Crombec | Sylvietta leucophrys |
234 | Red-faced Crombec | Sylvietta whytii |
235 | Neumann's Warbler | Hemitesia neumanni |
236 | Red-faced Woodland-Warbler | Phylloscopus laetus |
237 | Pale Flycatcher | Bradornis pallidus |
238 | White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher | Melaenornis fischeri |
239 | Southern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis pammelaina |
240 | Yellow-eyed Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis ardesiacus |
241 | Swamp Flycatcher | Muscicapa aquatica |
242 | African Dusky Flycatcher | Muscicapa adusta |
243 | Ashy Flycatcher | Muscicapa caerulescens |
244 | White-starred Robin | Pogonocichla stellata |
245 | Equatorial Akalat | Sheppardia aequatorialis |
246 | White-bellied Robin-Chat | Cossyphicula roberti |
247 | Archer's Robin-Chat | Cossypha archeri |
248 | Gray-winged Robin-Chat | Cossypha polioptera |
249 | White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini |
250 | Red-capped Robin-Chat | Cossypha natalensis |
251 | Red-backed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys |
252 | African Stonechat | Saxicola torquata |
253 | Sooty Chat | Myrmecocichla nigra |
254 | White-headed Black-Chat | Myrmecocichla arnotti |
255 | Mocking Cliff-Chat | Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris |
256 | Brown-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira cyanea |
257 | Ruwenzori Batis | Batis diops |
258 | Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor |
259 | Black-headed Batis | Batis minor |
260 | White-tailed Blue-Flycatcher | Elminia albicauda |
261 | White-bellied Crested-Flycatcher | Elminia albiventris |
262 | African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis |
263 | Mountain Illadopsis | Illadopsis pyrrhoptera |
264 | African Hill Babbler | Illadopsis abyssinica |
265 | Gray-chested Illadopsis | Kakamega poliothorax |
266 | Black-lored Babbler | Turdoides sharpei |
267 | Arrow-marked Babbler | Turdoides jardineii |
268 | Red-collared Mountain-Babbler | Kupeornis rufocinctus |
269 | White-winged Black-Tit | Melaniparus leucomelas |
270 | Dusky Tit | Melaniparus funereus |
271 | Stripe-breasted Tit | Melaniparus fasciiventer |
272 | African Penduline-Tit | Anthoscopus caroli |
273 | Little Green Sunbird | Anthreptes seimundi |
274 | Collared Sunbird | Hedydipna collaris |
275 | Green-headed Sunbird | Cyanomitra verticalis |
276 | Blue-headed Sunbird | Cyanomitra alinae |
277 | Eastern Olive-Sunbird | Cyanomitra olivacea |
278 | Green-throated Sunbird | Chalcomitra rubescens |
279 | Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis |
280 | Purple-breasted Sunbird | Nectarinia purpureiventris |
281 | Bronze Sunbird | Nectarinia kilimensis |
282 | Stuhlmann's Sunbird (Rwenzori D | Cinnyris stuhlmanni |
283 | Northern Double-collared Sunbird | Cinnyris preussi |
284 | Regal Sunbird | Cinnyris regius |
285 | Mariqua Sunbird | Cinnyris mariquensis |
286 | Red-chested Sunbird | Cinnyris erythrocerca |
287 | Purple-banded Sunbird | Cinnyris bifasciatus |
288 | Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus |
289 | African Yellow White-eye | Zosterops senegalensis |
290 | African Black-headed Oriole | Oriolus larvatus |
291 | Black-tailed Oriole | Oriolus percivali |
292 | Gray-backed Fiscal | Lanius excubitoroides |
293 | Mackinnon's Shrike | Lanius mackinnoni |
294 | Common Fiscal | Lanius collaris |
295 | Brubru | Nilaus afer |
296 | Northern Puffback | Dryoscopus gambensis |
297 | Pink-footed Puffback | Dryoscopus angolensis |
298 | Black-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra senegala |
299 | Luehder's Bushshrike | Laniarius luehderi |
300 | Tropical Boubou | Laniarius aethiopicus |
301 | Black-headed Gonolek | Laniarius erythrogaster |
302 | Papyrus Gonolek | Laniarius mufumbiri |
303 | Slate-colored Boubou | Laniarius funebris |
304 | Mountain Sooty Boubou | Laniarius poensis |
305 | Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike | Telophorus sulfureopectus |
306 | Many-colored Bushshrike | Telophorus multicolor |
307 | Doherty's Bushshrike | Telophorus dohertyi |
308 | Lagden's Bushshrike | Malaconotus lagdeni |
309 | Gray-headed Bushshrike | Malaconotus blanchoti |
310 | White Helmetshrike | Prionops plumatus |
311 | Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis |
312 | Pied Crow | Corvus albus |
313 | White-necked Raven | Corvus albicollis |
314 | Greater Blue-eared Glossy-Starling | Lamprotornis chalybaeus |
315 | Rueppell's Glossy-Starling | Lamprotornis purpuropterus |
316 | Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster |
317 | Slender-billed Starling | Onychognathus tenuirostris |
318 | Waller's Starling | Onychognathus walleri |
319 | Stuhlmann's Starling | Poeoptera stuhlmanni |
320 | Yellow-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus africanus |
321 | Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis niger |
322 | Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht |
323 | Slender-billed Weaver | Ploceus pelzelni |
324 | Little Weaver | Ploceus luteolus |
325 | Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis |
326 | Black-necked Weaver | Ploceus nigricollis |
327 | Black-billed Weaver | Ploceus melanogaster |
328 | Strange Weaver | Ploceus alienus |
329 | Holub's Golden-Weaver | Ploceus xanthops |
330 | Village Weaver | Ploceus cucullatus |
331 | Vieillot's Weaver | Ploceus nigerrimus |
332 | Forest Weaver | Ploceus bicolor |
333 | Brown-capped Weaver | Ploceus insignis |
334 | Compact Weaver | Pachyphantes superciliosus |
335 | Cardinal Quelea | Quelea cardinalis |
336 | Red-headed Quelea | Quelea erythrops |
337 | Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea |
338 | Black-winged Bishop | Euplectes hordeaceus |
339 | Red Bishop | Euplectes orix |
340 | Yellow Bishop | Euplectes capensis |
341 | Fan-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes axillaris |
342 | White-winged Widowbird | Euplectes albonotatus |
343 | White-breasted Negrofinch | Nigrita fusconota |
344 | Gray-headed Negrofinch | Nigrita canicapilla |
345 | Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba |
346 | Dusky Crimson-wing | Cryptospiza jacksoni |
347 | Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala |
348 | Red-cheeked Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus bengalus |
349 | Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild |
350 | Black-crowned Waxbill | Estrilda nonnula |
351 | Black-headed Waxbill | Estrilda atricapilla |
352 | Black-cheeked Waxbill | Estrilda erythronotos |
353 | Red-billed Quailfinch | Ortygospiza gabonensis |
354 | Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullatus |
355 | Black-and-white Mannikin | Spermestes bicolor |
356 | Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura |
357 | Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi |
358 | Golden-breasted Bunting | Emberiza flaviventris |
359 | Cape Canary | Serinus canicollis |
360 | Western Citril | Serinus frontalis |
361 | Black-throated Canary | Serinus atrogularis |
362 | Yellow-fronted Canary | Serinus mozambicus |
363 | Brimstone Canary | Serinus sulphuratus |
364 | Streaky Seedeater | Serinus striolatus |
365 | Thick-billed Seedeater | Serinus burtoni |
366 | Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus |
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MAMMAL LIST | ||
Taxonomy and nomenclature | ||
follow Kingdon (1997) | ||
1 | Chimpanzee | Pan troglodytes schweinfurthi |
2 | Angola Pied Colobus | Colobus angolensis |
3 | Olive Baboon | Papio anubis |
4 | Blue Gentle Monkey | Cercopithecus mitis elgonis |
5 | Red-tailed Monkey | Cercopithecus ascanius |
6 | Grey-cheeked Mangabey | Lophocebus albigena johnstoni |
7 | Vervet Monkey | Cercopithecus pygerythrus |
8 | L'hoest's Monkey | Cercopithecus l'hoesti |
9 | Spectacled Galago | Galago matschiei |
10 | Thomas's Galago | Galagoides thomasi |
11 | Yellow-winged Bat | Lavia frons |
12 | Four-toed Elephant-shrew | Petrodomus tetradactylus |
13 | Shrew sp | Sorcidae sp |
14 | Cape Hare | Lepus capensis |
15 | Uganda Grass Hare | Poelagus marjorita |
16 | Scrub Hare | Lepus saxatilis |
17 | Fire-footed Rope Squirrel | Funisciurus pyrropus |
18 | Bohm's Bush Squirrel | Paraxerus boehmi |
19 | Ruwenzori Sun Squirrel | Heliosciurus ruwenzori |
20 | Side-striped Jackal | Canis adustus |
21 | Black-backed Jackal | Canis mesomelas |
22 | African Clawless Otter | Aonyx capensis |
23 | Spot-necked Otter | Lutria maculicollis |
24 | Slender Mongoose | Herpestes sanguineus |
25 | White-tailed Mongoose | Ichneumia albicauda |
26 | Spotted Hyena | Crocuta crocuta |
27 | African Civet | Civettictis civetta |
28 | African Elephant | Loxodonta africana |
29 | Common Zebra | Equus quagga |
30 | Hippopotamus | Hippopotamus amphibius |
31 | Bush Pig | Potamochoerus larvatus |
32 | Wart Hog | Phacocoerus africanus |
33 | Masai Giraffe | Giraffa tippelskirchi |
34 | Bushbuck | Tragelaphus scriptus |
35 | Bush Duiker | Sylvicapra grimmia |
36 | Ruwenzori Red Duiker | Cephalophus rubidus |
37 | Black-fronted Duiker | Cephalophus nigrifrons |
38 | Oribi | Ourebia ourebi |
39 | Bohor Reedbuck | Redunca redunca |
40 | Common (Defasa) Waterbuck | Kobus ellipsiprymmus |
41 | Impala | Aepyceros melampus |
42 | Topi | Damaliscus lunatus |