Birds of Tanzania (115 photos) (1 Viewer)

[tconzemi]

thank you very much tconzemi!

according to XenoCanto, Yellow-vented is supposed to live in Indonesia...
yes, right, I've seen the Egret on the coast of Zanzibar island

Funny enough it is still called Yellow-vented Bulbul in the Tanzania Atlas Project, agree with Birdboybowley Common Bulbul of supspecies Dark-capped Bulbul

 

[Larry Sweetland]

Funny enough it is still called Yellow-vented Bulbul in the Tanzania Atlas Project, agree with Birdboybowley Common Bulbul of supspecies Dark-capped Bulbul

Dark-capped is a full species with IOC

 

[tconzemi]

Dark-capped is a full species with IOC

Gosh, I looked in Birds of East Africa, obviously outdated that book (published November 2020!)

 

[Gduff]

I'm adding 3 more birds
2 photos, and one video:

thank you

 

[Larry Sweetland]

For the last post I'd check out African Grey Flycatcher, Striated Heron, and Rufous-naped lark

 

[Gduff]

Thanks.
A last one! Maybe European Honeybuzzard?

 

[tconzemi]

much bigger, try again

 

[Gduff]

Ah, must be Crowned Eagle then?

 

[tconzemi]

Ah, must be Crowned Eagle then?

Yes, my favourite African raptor!

 

[jobbuq]

I think 53 is Cinnamon-chested bee-eater instead of little bee-eater

 

[Larry Sweetland]

I agree that 72 is a Euplectes species (it's still labelled as possibly a seedeater)

 

[tconzemi]

I think 53 is Cinnamon-chested bee-eater instead of little bee-eater

they are almost identical BUT Cinamon-breasted is much larger and a highland forest species, so maybe Gduff will remember where he saw it and what size it was

 

[Gduff]

they are almost identical BUT Cinamon-breasted is much larger and a highland forest species, so maybe Gduff will remember where he saw it and what size it was

Unfortunately I don't remember... 9 years ago!

On the Lynx 'All birds of the world' guide, Cinnamon-breasted doesn't have the brown patch on the secondaries that Little Bee-eater seems to have. Is it an identification criteria?

If that can help, I'm certain that I've seen the bird on the top of the Ngorongoro Crater. It was at the Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge.

I've found out that I took 2 videos of the bird:

and

PS: I can't figure out how the notifications work on this new forum; sorry for unburying an old topic!

 

[Andy Adcock]

Videos are 'private'.

 

[Gduff]

Videos are 'private'.

Sorry, it's ok now

 

[Andy Adcock]

I think they're Cinnamon-chested, note the 'white wedge' in the cheek.

 

[tconzemi]

I think they're Cinnamon-chested, note the 'white wedge' in the cheek.

Yes, one of the features, I don't know how reliable it is though. And Ngorongoro crater rim means Cinnamon-chested