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Wildlife of Tanzania 2008

Wildlife of trip to Tanzania June 14th to 28th 2008. These photographs will be slow to load so please be patient. Eventually I will resize them.

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Animals

Cape Buffalo

Syncerus caffer

Nile Crocodile

Crocodylus niloticus

Nile Crocodile

Crocodylus niloticus

Giraffe

Giraffa camelopardalis

Giraffe

Giraffa camelopardalis

Giraffe

Giraffa camelopardalis

Giraffe

Giraffa camelopardalis

Giraffe

Giraffa camelopardalis

Giraffe

Giraffa camelopardalis

Nile Monitor Lizard

Varanus niloticus

Lion

Panthera leo

Lion

Panthera leo

Hippopotamus

Hippopotamus amphibius

Hippopotamus

Hippopotamus amphibius

Hippopotamus

Hippopotamus amphibius

Impala

Aepyceros melampus

Impala

Aepyceros melampus

Impala

Aepyceros melampuss

Waterbuck

Kobus ellipsiprymnus

Blue Wilderbeest

Connochaetes taurinus

Spotted Hyaena

Crocuta crocuta

African Wild Dog

Lycaon pictus

African Wild Dog

Lycaon pictus

African Wild Dog

Lycaon pictus

Birds

The order of the Birds is as in 'Birds of East Africa' by T Stevenson and J Fanshawe

Common Squacco Heron

Ardeola ralloides

Grey Heron

Ardea cinerea

Great Egret

Casmerodius albus

Hamerkop

Scopus umbretta

African Open-billed Stork

Anastomus lamelligerus

Yellow-billed Stork

Mycteria ibis

Marabou Stork

Leptoptilos crumeniferus

Hadada Ibis

Bostrychia hagedash

Sacred Ibis

Threskiornis aethiopicus

African Spoonbill

Platalea alba

African Fish Eagle

Haliaeetus vocifer

Egytptian Goose

Alopochen aegyptiacus

African White-backed Vulture

Gyps africanus

Brown Snake-Eagle

Circaetus cinereus

Black-chested Snake-Eagle

Circaetus pectoralis

Dark Chanting-Goshawk

Melierax metabates

Martial Eagle

Polemaetus bellicosus

Bateleur

Terathopius ecaudatus

Dickinson's Kestrel

Falco dickinsoni

African Jacana

Actophilornis africanus

Red-necked Spurfowl

Francolinus streptophorus

Black-winged Stilt

Himantopus himantopus

Spur-winged Lapwing

Vanellus spinosus

Water Thick-knee

Terathopius ecaudatus

 

White-crowned Lapwing

Vanelllus albiceps

 

Three-banded Plover

Charadrius tricollaris

Kitlitz's Plover

Charadrius pecuarius

 

 

African Skimmer

Rynchops flavirostris

Namaqua Dove

Oena capensis

Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove

Turtur chalcospilos

Ring-necked Dove

Streptopelia capicola

Brown-headed Parrot

Poicephalus cryptoxanthus

Red-eyed Dove

Streptopelia semitorquata

 

 

White-browed Coucal

Centropus supercilliosus

Spotted Eagle-Owl

Bubo africanus

Verreaux's Eagle-Owl

Bubo lacteus

Pearl-spotted Owlet

Glaucidium perlatum

Pied Kingfisher

Ceryle rudis

Blue-naped Mousebird

Urocolius macrourus

Striped Kingfisher

Halcyon chelicuti

Brown-hooded Kingfisher

Halcyon albiventris

Striped Kingfisher

Halcyon chelicuti

Woodland Kingfisher

Halcyon senegalensis

Little Bee-eater

Merops pusillus

Malachite Kingfisher

Alcedo cristata

Little Bee-eater

Merops pusillus

White-fronted Bee-eater

Merops bullockoides

Böhm's Bee-eater

Merops boehmi

Swallow-tailed Bee-eater

Merops hirundineus

Lilac-breasted Roller

Coracias caudata

Lilac-breasted Roller

Coracias caudata

Green Wood-hoopoe

Phoeniculus purpureus

African Grey Hornbill

Tockus nasutus

African Hoopoe

Upupa epops

 

Crowned Hornbill

Tockus alboterminatus

Trumpeter Hornbill

Bycanistes bucinator

Trumpeter Hornbill

Bycanistes bucinator

Southern Ground Hornbill

Bucorvus leadbeateri

Mosque Swallow

Hirundo senegalensis

Red-fronted Tinkerbird

Pogoniulus bilineatus

Wire-tailed Swallow

Hirundo smithi

Common Bulbul

Pycnonotus barbatus

African Pied Wagtail

Motacilla aguimp

White-browed Robin-Chat

Cossypha heuglini

Chin-spot Batis

Batis molitor

Grey-backed Camaroptera

Camaroptera brachyura

Black-headed Batis

Batis minor

Shelley's Sunbird

Cinnyris shelleyi

African Pardise-flycatcher

Terpsiphone viridis

Common Fiscal

Lanius collaris

White-crested Helmet-shrike

Prionops plumatus

Tropical Boubou

Laniarius aethiopicus

Fork-tailed Drongo

Dicrurus adsimilis

Southern Blue-eared Starling

Lamprotornis elisabeth

Red-billed Oxpecker

Buphagus erythrorhynchus

White-browed Sparrow-Weaver

Plocepasser mahali

Southern Cordon-bleu

Uraeginthus angolensis

Black-headed Weaver

Ploceus cucullatus

Red-billed Firefinch

Lagonostrica senegala

Village Indiggobird

Vidua chalybeata

Eastern Paradise-Whydah

Vidua paradisaea

Insects

Click HERE for Photographs of the trip.