milestone 35 | Tanzania 2021 | family 234/250
Posted onCleanup Afrotropic at East Usambara Mountains
My main reason of joining the first legs of “Tanzanian Endemics Cleanup” expedition, which includes my friends Noam Shany, Dubi Shapiro and Philip Johnson, was one bird. Dapple-throat and Allies (Modulatricidae) is the most elusive and desired bird family endemic to Afrotropic, and out of its three cryptic members, Spot-throat is the easiest. While birding on West Usambara forest trails in Magamba, the bird calls can be heard in a few places, but seeing it, nevertheless taking a photo, requires efforts and some luck. So, on the first day the status was “heard only”, on the second day we succeed to have a rapid look on it silhouette while it was flying shortly between two close bushes. Luckily, on the third day, we were able to get this photo. More endemics from Magamba like Usambara Weaver mentioned on the trip list.
234. Family #221: Dapple-throat and Allies (Modulatricidae) | Spot-throat
Other East Arc Mountain forests places visited: South Pare Mountain for South Pare White-eye and East Usambara (Amani) for birds like Usambara Eagle Owl, Usambara Hyliota, Green-headed Oriole and few others.
Back to Arusha area, I visited Lark Planes with Beesley’s Lark as key species, Mererani road and Kiligolf.
White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | Lushoto -> Maheze |
African Black Duck | Anas sparsa | Lushoto |
Red-billed Duck | Anas erythrorhyncha | Lushoto -> Maheze |
Helmeted Guineafowl | Numida meleagris | KiliGolf |
Crested Francolin | Francolinus sephaena | Merarani road |
African Openbill | Anastomus lamelligerus | Same -> Lushoto |
Long-tailed Cormorant | Phalacrocorax africanus | Same -> Lushoto |
Hamerkop | Scopus umbretta | near Kilimanjaro Airport |
Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | KiliGolf |
Black-headed Heron | Ardea melanocephala | near Kilimanjaro Airport |
Intermediate Egret | Mesophoyx intermedia | Same -> Lushoto |
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | Same -> Lushoto |
Western Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | KiliGolf |
Squacco Heron | Ardeola ralloides | Lushoto -> Maheze |
Striated Heron | Butorides striata | KiliGolf |
Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | Lushoto -> Maheze |
Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus | Lushoto -> Maheze |
Hadada Ibis | Bostrychia hagedash | Same -> Lushoto |
African Spoonbill | Platalea alba | KiliGolf |
African Harrier-Hawk | Polyboroides typus | Mambo View Point |
Palm-nut Vulture | Gypohierax angolensis | Amani – Derem Trail |
White-backed Vulture | Gyps africanus | Lark Plains |
Brown Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinereus | Merarani road |
Banded Snake-Eagle | Circaetus cinerascens | Emau Hill Trail (East Usambara) Southerm B.S.E |
Martial Eagle | Polemaetus bellicosus | Maheze -> Amani |
Long-crested Eagle | Lophaetus occipitalis | Same -> South Pare Mountains |
Tawny Eagle | Aquila rapax | near Kilimanjaro Airport |
Lizard Buzzard | Kaupifalco monogrammicus | Lushoto -> Maheze |
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk | Melierax poliopterus | near Kilimanjaro Airport |
Gabar Goshawk | Micronisus gabar | KiliGolf |
African Goshawk | Accipiter tachiro | KiliGolf |
Little Sparrowhawk | Accipiter minullus | Amani – Gumbo Trail |
Black Goshawk | Accipiter melanoleucus | Magamba |
African Fish-Eagle | Haliaeetus vocifer | KiliGolf |
Mountain Buzzard | Buteo oreophilus | Lushoto -> Magamba ssp. debilis |
Augur Buzzard | Buteo augur | KIA -> Same |
Buff-crested Bustard | Eupodotis gindiana | Merarani road |
Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | Lushoto -> Maheze |
Blacksmith Plover | Vanellus armatus | Same -> Lushoto |
Spur-winged Plover | Vanellus spinosus | Same -> Lushoto |
Crowned Lapwing | Vanellus coronatus | near Kilimanjaro Airport |
Three-banded Courser |
Rhinoptilus cinctus | Merarani road. aka Heuglin’s Courser |
Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse | Pterocles exustus | Lark Plains |
Black-faced Sandgrouse |
Pterocles decoratus | /p Merarani road |
Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Same -> South Pare Mountains |
Delegorgue’s Pigeon | Columba delegorguei | Amani – Gumbo Trail |
Mourning Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decipiens | near Kilimanjaro Airport |
Red-eyed Dove | Streptopelia semitorquata | @OLDONYOSAMBU |
Ring-necked Dove | Streptopelia capicola | Merarani road |
Laughing Dove | Streptopelia senegalensis | near Kilimanjaro Airport |
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove | Turtur chalcospilos | Merarani road |
Tambourine Dove | Turtur tympanistria | Magamba (West Uluguru) |
Namaqua Dove | Oena capensis | Anthony’s Spot |
African Green-Pigeon | Treron calvus | Same -> Lushoto |
Fischer’s Turaco | Tauraco fischeri | Emau Hill Trail (East Usambara) |
Hartlaub’s Turaco | Tauraco hartlaubi | Lushoto -> Magamba |
White-bellied Go-away-bird | Corythaixoides leucogaster | Merarani road |
Klaas’s Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | Merarani road |
White-browed Coucal | Centropus superciliosus | Amani Reserve (East Usambara) |
Usambara Eagle-Owl |
Bubo vosseleri | Amani Reserve, Turaco Trake (East Usambara) |
African Wood-Owl | Strix woodfordii | Magamba |
African Swift | Apus barbatus | Mambo View Point |
Little Swift | Apus affinis | Same -> Lushoto |
White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | KiliGolf |
African Palm-Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | Same -> South Pare Mountains |
Speckled Mousebird | Colius striatus | KIA -> Same |
White-headed Mousebird | Colius leucocephalus | Same -> South Pare Mountains |
Blue-naped Mousebird | Urocolius macrourus | Same -> South Pare Mountains |
Malachite Kingfisher | Corythornis cristatus | Same -> Lushoto |
Gray-headed Kingfisher | Halcyon leucocephala | Amani – lowlands |
Brown-hooded Kingfisher | Halcyon albiventris | KIA -> Same |
Giant Kingfisher | Megaceryle maximus | KiliGolf |
Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | KiliGolf |
White-fronted Bee-eater | Merops bullockoides | @OLDONYOSAMBU |
Little Bee-eater | Merops pusillus | near Kilimanjaro Airport |
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater | Merops oreobates | Magamba (West Uluguru) |
Lilac-breasted Roller | Coracias caudatus | near Kilimanjaro Airport |
Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | Lark Plains * africana (African) |
Abyssinian Scimitar-bill | Rhinopomastus minor | Merarani road |
Northern Red-billed Hornbill | Tockus erythrorhynchus | Lark Plains |
Von der Decken’s Hornbill | Tockus deckeni | Merarani road |
Crowned Hornbill | Tockus alboterminatus | Same -> South Pare Mountains |
African Gray Hornbill | Tockus nasutus | KiliGolf |
Trumpeter Hornbill | Ceratogymna bucinator | Amani Reserve (East Usambara) |
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill |
Ceratogymna brevis | Same -> Lushoto |
Red-and-yellow Barbet | Trachyphonus erythrocephalus | Lark Plains |
D’Arnaud’s Barbet | Trachyphonus darnaudii | Anthony’s Spot |
White-eared Barbet |
Stactolaema leucotis | Same -> South Pare Mountains |
Green Barbet | Stactolaema olivacea | Kimbo Trail (East Usambara) |
Moustached Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus leucomystax | Amani Reserve (East Usambara). aka Green-backed Honeybird |
Red-fronted Tinkerbird | Pogoniulus pusillus | Merarani road |
Red-fronted Barbet |
Tricholaema diademata | /p Lark Plains |
Spot-flanked Barbet | Tricholaema lacrymosa | KiliGolf |
Black-throated Barbet | Tricholaema melanocephala | Merarani road |
Brown-breasted Barbet | Lybius melanopterus | KiliGolf |
Green-backed Honeyguide | Prodotiscus zambesiae | Amani Reserve (East Usambara). aka Green-backed Honeybird |
Lesser Honeyguide | Indicator minor | Lushoto -> Magamba |
Greater Honeyguide |
Indicator indicator | @OLDONYOSAMBU |
Nubian Woodpecker | Campethera nubica | @OLDONYOSAMBU |
Mombasa Woodpecker | Campethera mombassica | Kimbo Trail (East Usambara) |
Cardinal Woodpecker | Dendropicos fuscescens | Amani Reserve, Turaco Trake (East Usambara) |
Olive Woodpecker | Dendropicos griseocephalus | Lushoto -> Magamba |
Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | @OLDONYOSAMBU * rupicolus (Rock) |
Greater Kestrel | Falco rupicoloides | Lark Plains |
Lanner Falcon | Falco biarmicus | @OLDONYOSAMBU |
Taita Falcon | Falco fasciinucha | Mambo View Point |
Fischer’s Lovebird | Agapornis fischeri | @OLDONYOSAMBU |
Yellow-collared Lovebird | Agapornis personatus | KiliGolf |
Red-bellied Parrot | Poicephalus rufiventris | Merarani road |
African Broadbill | Smithornis capensis | Amani – Mbopole Trail |
Short-tailed Batis | Batis mixta | Lushoto -> Magamba |
Chinspot Batis | Batis molitor | @OLDONYOSAMBU |
Pale Batis | Batis soror | Kimbo Trail (East Usambara) |
Pygmy Batis | Batis perkeo | Merarani road |
Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike | Prionops scopifrons | Kimbo Trail (East Usambara) |
Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher | Bias musicus | Amani – Derem Trail |
Brubru | Nilaus afer | Lark Plains |
Pringle’s Puffback | Dryoscopus pringlii | Merarani road |
Brown-crowned Tchagra | Tchagra australis | Amani – Site 17 |
Tropical Boubou | Laniarius aethiopicus | KiliGolf |
Zanzibar Boubou | Laniarius sublacteus | Amani – Derem Trail. aka East Coast Boubou |
Slate-colored Boubou | Laniarius funebris | Anthony’s Spot |
Fuelleborn’s Boubou | Laniarius fuelleborni | Magamba |
Rosy-patched Bushshrike | Rhodophoneus cruentus | Merarani road |
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike | Telophorus sulfureopectus | KiliGolf |
Black-fronted Bushshrike | Telophorus nigrifrons | /p Lushoto -> Magamba |
Gray Cuckooshrike | Coracina caesia | Kimbo Trail (East Usambara) |
Black Cuckooshrike | Campephaga flava | Amani – Derem Trail |
Long-tailed Fiscal | Lanius cabanisi | near Kilimanjaro Airport |
Taita Fiscal | Lanius dorsalis | near Kilimanjaro Airport |
Southern Fiscal | Lanius collaris | Lushoto -> Magamba ssp. debilis |
Magpie Shrike | Corvinella melanoleuca | near Kilimanjaro Airport |
White-rumped Shrike | Eurocephalus rueppelli | Merarani road.aka Northern white-crowned shrike |
African Golden Oriole |
Oriolus auratus | /p Maheze -> Amani |
Green-headed Oriole |
Oriolus chlorocephalus | /p Kimbo Trail (East Usambara) |
African Black-headed Oriole |
Oriolus larvatus | Same -> Lushoto |
Square-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus ludwigii | Emau Hill Trail (East Usambara) |
Fork-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus adsimilis | KiliGolf |
African Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone viridis | Same -> Lushoto |
Pied Crow | Corvus albus | near Kilimanjaro Airport |
White-necked Raven | Corvus albicollis | Lushoto -> Magamba ssp. debilis |
Rufous-naped Lark | Mirafra africana | Lark Plains |
Pink-breasted Lark |
Calendulauda poecilosterna | Merarani road |
Foxy Lark |
Calendulauda alopex | Lark Plains |
Beesley’s Lark |
Chersomanes beesleyi | /p Lark Plains |
Fischer’s Sparrow-Lark | Eremopterix leucopareia | near Kilimanjaro Airport |
Red-capped Lark |
Calandrella cinerea | Lark Plains |
Somali Short-toed Lark |
Calandrella somalica | Lark Plains. aka Athi Lark |
Short-tailed Lark | Pseudalaemon fremantlii | Lark Plains |
Brown-throated Martin | Riparia paludicola | Merarani road. aka Plain Martin |
Rock Martin | Ptyonoprogne fuligula | near Kilimanjaro Airport |
Wire-tailed Swallow | Hirundo smithii | KiliGolf |
Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | Merarani road |
Lesser Striped-Swallow | Cecropis abyssinica | near Kilimanjaro Airport |
Black Sawwing | Psalidoprocne pristoptera | Same -> South Pare Mountains |
White-tailed Crested-Flycatcher | Elminia albonotata | Lushoto -> Magamba |
Red-throated Tit |
Melaniparus fringillinus | Lark Plains |
Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit |
Anthoscopus musculus | /p Lark Plains |
Shelley’s Greenbul | Arizelocichla masukuensis | Amani – Gumbo Trail |
Little Greenbul | Eurillas virens | Magamba (West Uluguru) |
Northern Brownbul | Phyllastrephus strepitans | KiliGolf |
Yellow-streaked Greenbul | Phyllastrephus flavostriatus | Lushoto -> Magamba |
Tiny Greenbul | Phyllastrephus debilis | Lushoto -> Magamba ssp. debilis (Montane) |
Dark-capped Bulbul | Pycnonotus tricolor | KIA -> Same |
Northern Crombec |
Sylvietta brachyura | Lark Plains |
Red-faced Crombec | Sylvietta whytii | Lark Plains |
Kretschmer’s Longbill | Macrosphenus kretschmeri | Amani Reserve, Turaco Trake (East Usambara) |
Yellow Flycatcher | Erythrocercus holochlorus | Maheze -> Amani |
Yellow-throated Wood-Warbler | Phylloscopus ruficapilla | Lushoto -> Magamba |
African Yellow-Warbler |
Iduna natalensis | KiliGolf. aka Dark-capped Yellow Warbler |
African Reed-Warbler | Acrocephalus baeticatus | Amani Reserve, Turaco Trake (East Usambara) |
Evergreen-forest Warbler | Bradypterus lopezi | Magamba (West Uluguru) |
Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler | Bradypterus cinnamomeus | Magamba (West Uluguru) |
Bar-throated Apalis | Apalis thoracica | Lushoto -> Magamba |
Yellow-breasted Apalis | Apalis flavida | Merarani road |
Black-headed Apalis | Apalis melanocephala | Amani – Mbopole Trail |
Red-fronted Warbler | Urorhipis rufifrons | Anthony’s Spot. Aka Red-fronted Prinia |
Gray Wren-Warbler | Calamonastes simplex | Anthony’s Spot |
African Tailorbird |
Artisornis metopias | Lushoto -> Magamba. aka Red-capped Forest-Warbler |
Long-billed Tailorbird |
Artisornis moreaui | Emau Hill Trail (East Usambara) |
Rattling Cisticola | Cisticola chiniana | Same -> South Pare Mountains |
Ashy Cisticola | Cisticola cinereolus | Lark Plains |
Wailing Cisticola | Cisticola lais | @OLDONYOSAMBU * distinctus (Lyne’s) |
Coastal Cisticola | Cisticola haematocephalus | Maheze -> Amani |
Winding Cisticola | Cisticola galactotes | Same -> Lushoto |
Desert Cisticola | Cisticola aridulus | Lark Plains |
Buff-bellied Warbler | Phyllolais pulchella | Merarani road |
Tawny-flanked Prinia | Prinia subflava | Mambo View Point |
Yellow-bellied Eremomela | Eremomela icteropygialis | Mirerani road |
Banded Warbler |
Sylvia boehmi | Merarani road. aka Banded Parisoma |
Pale White-eye | Zosterops flavilateralis | Mambo View Point |
South Pare White-eye |
Zosterops winifredae | /p Same -> South Pare Mountains |
Spot-throat |
Modulatrix stictigula | Magamba |
Usambara Hyliota | Hyliota usambarae | Kimbo Trail (East Usambara) |
Grayish Flycatcher | Bradornis microrhynchus | Same -> South Pare Mountains |
Southern Black-Flycatcher | Melaenornis pammelaina | Same -> South Pare Mountains |
Ashy Flycatcher | Muscicapa caerulescens | Amani – Gumbo Trail |
Red-backed Scrub-Robin | Cercotrichas leucophrys | KiliGolf. aka White-browed SR |
Cape Robin-Chat | Cossypha caffra | Mambo View Point |
White-browed Robin-Chat | Cossypha heuglini | Amani Reserve, Turaco Trake (East Usambara) |
Spotted Morning-Thrush | Cichladusa guttata | KiliGolf |
White-chested Alethe | Pseudalethe fuelleborni | Magamba |
Sharpe’s Akalat | Sheppardia sharpei | Amani – Mbopole Trail |
Usambara Akalat | Sheppardia montana | Lushoto -> Magamba |
African Stonechat | Saxicola torquatus | Mambo View Point |
Schalow’s Wheatear | Oenanthe lugubris | @OLDONYOSAMBU. aka Abyssinian Wheatear |
Capped Wheatear | Oenanthe pileata | near Kilimanjaro Airport |
Red-tailed Ant-Thrush | Neocossyphus rufus | Kimbo Trail (East Usambara) |
Usambara Thrush | Turdus roehli | Lushoto -> Magamba |
African Bare-eyed Thrush | Turdus tephronotus | Lark Plains |
Wattled Starling | Creatophora cinerea | near Kilimanjaro Airport |
Black-bellied Glossy-Starling | Lamprotornis corruscus | Emau Hill Trail (East Usambara) |
Superb Starling | Lamprotornis superbus | near Kilimanjaro Airport |
Hildebrandt’s Starling | Lamprotornis hildebrandti | @OLDONYOSAMBU |
Violet-backed Starling | Cinnyricinclus leucogaster | KiliGolf |
Red-winged Starling | Onychognathus morio | KiliGolf |
Waller’s Starling | Onychognathus walleri | Magamba |
Kenrick’s Starling | Poeoptera kenricki | Amani Reserve (East Usambara) |
Red-billed Oxpecker | Buphagus erythrorhynchus | near Kilimanjaro Airport |
Kenya Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes orientalis | Merarani road |
Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird | Anthreptes neglectus | Amani – lowlands |
Banded Sunbird | Anthreptes rubritorques | Amani – Mbopole Trail. aka Banded Green Sunbird |
Amani Sunbird | Hedydipna pallidigaster | Emau Hill Trail (East Usambara) |
Eastern Olive Sunbird | Cyanomitra olivacea | Emau Hill Trail (East Usambara) |
Scarlet-chested Sunbird | Chalcomitra senegalensis | KiliGolf |
Hunter’s Sunbird | Chalcomitra hunteri | Merarani road |
Malachite Sunbird | Nectarinia famosa | Mambo View Point |
Usambara Double-collared Sunbird |
Cinnyris usambaricus | Lushoto -> Magamba |
Beautiful Sunbird | Cinnyris pulchellus | Same -> South Pare Mountains |
Purple-banded Sunbird | Cinnyris bifasciatus | Emau Hill Trail (East Usambara) Southerm B.S.B |
Tsavo Sunbird | Cinnyris tsavoensis | Merarani road |
Variable Sunbird | Cinnyris venustus | Mambo View Point |
Mountain Wagtail | Motacilla clara | Amani – Gumbo Trail |
African Pied Wagtail | Motacilla aguimp | near Kilimanjaro Airport |
African Pipit | Anthus cinnamomeus | Lark Plains |
Long-billed Pipit | Anthus similis | @OLDONYOSAMBU |
Cinnamon-breasted Bunting | Emberiza tahapisi | @OLDONYOSAMBU |
Cabanis’s Bunting | Emberiza cabanisi | Amani Reserve, Turaco Trake (East Usambara) |
Southern Citril | Serinus hypostictus | Mambo View Point |
Reichenow’s Seedeater | Serinus reichenowi | Merarani road |
White-bellied Canary | Serinus dorsostriatus | Merarani road |
Southern Grosbeak-Canary | Serinus buchanani | Anthony’s Spot |
Streaky Seedeater | Serinus striolatus | Mambo View Point |
House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | KIA -> Same |
Kenya Rufous Sparrow | Passer rufocinctus | Lark Plains |
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow | Passer griseus | Mambo View Point |
Parrot-billed Sparrow | Passer gongonensis | Merarani road |
Chestnut Sparrow | Passer eminibey | KIA -> Same |
Yellow-spotted Petronia | Petronia pyrgita | Merarani road. aka Y.T Bush-Sparrow |
Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver | Bubalornis niger | near Kilimanjaro Airport |
Speckle-fronted Weaver | Sporopipes frontalis | Merarani road |
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver | Plocepasser mahali | KIA -> Same |
Rufous-tailed Weaver | Histurgops ruficauda | near Kilimanjaro Airport |
Gray-headed Social-Weaver | Pseudonigrita arnaudi | Lark Plains |
Red-headed Weaver | Anaplectes rubriceps | Merarani road |
Baglafecht Weaver | Ploceus baglafecht | Lushoto -> Magamba |
Spectacled Weaver | Ploceus ocularis | Amani – Derem Trail |
Taveta Golden-Weaver | Ploceus castaneiceps | Same -> Lushoto |
Vitelline Masked-Weaver | Ploceus vitellinus | Merarani road |
Golden-backed Weaver | Ploceus jacksoni | Anthony’s Spot |
Chestnut Weaver | Ploceus rubiginosus | KiliGolf |
Usambara Weaver |
Ploceus nicolli | Magamba |
Red-billed Quelea | Quelea quelea | Anthony’s Spot |
Black-winged Bishop | Euplectes hordeaceus | Lushoto -> Maheze |
Grosbeak Weaver | Amblyospiza albifrons | Lushoto -> Maheze |
Yellow-bellied Waxbill | Coccopygia quartinia | Lushoto -> Magamba |
Crimson-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda rhodopyga | @OLDONYOSAMBU |
Common Waxbill | Estrilda astrild | Amani – Site 17 |
Black-faced Waxbill | Estrilda nigriloris | Lark Plains |
Black-cheeked Waxbill | Estrilda erythronotos | Same -> South Pare Mountains. aka Black-faced Waxbill |
Blue-capped Cordonbleu | Uraeginthus cyanocephalus | Anthony’s Spot |
Purple Grenadier | Granatina ianthinogaster | Anthony’s Spot |
Peters’s Twinspot | Hypargos niveoguttatus | Maheze -> Amani |
Green-winged Pytilia | Pytilia melba | Anthony’s Spot |
Red-billed Firefinch | Lagonosticta senegala | @OLDONYOSAMBU |
African Firefinch | Lagonosticta rubricata | KiliGolf |
Cut-throat | Amadina fasciata | near Kilimanjaro Airport |
Gray-headed Silverbill | Odontospiza griseicapilla | Merarani road |
Bronze Mannikin | Spermestes cucullatus | KiliGolf |
Black-and-white Mannikin | Spermestes bicolor | Maheze -> Amani *2 nigriceps/woltersi (Red-backed) |
Straw-tailed Whydah | Vidua fischeri | Same -> South Pare Mountains |
Village Indigobird | Vidua chalybeata | near Kilimanjaro Airport |