If anyone wants some extra details on birding in Central Mozambique and in particular, on searching for African Pitta, please take a look at this trip report:
http://www.cloudbirders.com/tripreport/repository/MEARS_ZimbabweMozambique_12_2013.pdf
Highlights included the following species over a week:
Red-chested Flufftail, Lesser Jacana, Greater Painted Snipe, Long-toed & White-crowned Lapwings, White-backed Duck, Blue Quail, Kirk’s Francolin, Southern Banded Snake-eagle, Ayer’s Hawk-eagle, African Wood Owl, Spotted Eagle-owl, Barred Owlet, Square-tailed & European Nightjars, Eastern Saw-wing, Banded Martin, Thick-billed Cuckoo, Bronze-naped Pigeon, Miombo Rock-thrush, Collared Palm-thrush, Miombo Blue-eared Starling, Green-headed Oriole, Pallid Honeyguide, Black-throated Wattle-eye, Red-winged Warbler, Livingstone’s Flycatcher, Black-headed Apalis, Stierling’s Wren-Warbler, Moustached Grass-warbler, Chirinda Apalis, Anchieta’s Tchagra, Eastern Nicator, Speckle-throated Woodpecker, African Broadbill, Narina Trogon, Mangrove Kingfisher, African Pitta, Tiny Greenbul, Chestnut-fronted & Retz’s Helmetshrikes, White-chested Alethe, East Coast Akalat, Eastern Bearded Scrub-robin, Purple-crested Turaco, Livingstone’s Turaco, Blue-cheeked & Swallow-tailed Bee-eaters, Orange-breasted Waxbill, Red-throated Twinspot, Locust & Quail Finches, Southern Hyliota and Cabanis’s Bunting.
It also includes details of birding parts of Eastern Zimbabwe.
http://www.cloudbirders.com/tripreport/repository/MEARS_ZimbabweMozambique_12_2013.pdf
Highlights included the following species over a week:
Red-chested Flufftail, Lesser Jacana, Greater Painted Snipe, Long-toed & White-crowned Lapwings, White-backed Duck, Blue Quail, Kirk’s Francolin, Southern Banded Snake-eagle, Ayer’s Hawk-eagle, African Wood Owl, Spotted Eagle-owl, Barred Owlet, Square-tailed & European Nightjars, Eastern Saw-wing, Banded Martin, Thick-billed Cuckoo, Bronze-naped Pigeon, Miombo Rock-thrush, Collared Palm-thrush, Miombo Blue-eared Starling, Green-headed Oriole, Pallid Honeyguide, Black-throated Wattle-eye, Red-winged Warbler, Livingstone’s Flycatcher, Black-headed Apalis, Stierling’s Wren-Warbler, Moustached Grass-warbler, Chirinda Apalis, Anchieta’s Tchagra, Eastern Nicator, Speckle-throated Woodpecker, African Broadbill, Narina Trogon, Mangrove Kingfisher, African Pitta, Tiny Greenbul, Chestnut-fronted & Retz’s Helmetshrikes, White-chested Alethe, East Coast Akalat, Eastern Bearded Scrub-robin, Purple-crested Turaco, Livingstone’s Turaco, Blue-cheeked & Swallow-tailed Bee-eaters, Orange-breasted Waxbill, Red-throated Twinspot, Locust & Quail Finches, Southern Hyliota and Cabanis’s Bunting.
It also includes details of birding parts of Eastern Zimbabwe.