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| Forest birding. Photo by Pietro Luraschi. |
Having
won the tender to train rangers in Ruaha National Parks to conduct safe walking
safaris, I headed down to Ruaha for a quick recce with friend, fellow birder,
and fellow guide trainer Pietro Luraschi. The task of finding the site for the
training camp distracted from birding but we managed to see over a 100 species
adding the following to my list.
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276
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White-crowned Lapwing
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277
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Spur-winged Lapwing
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278
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Spotted Thick-knee
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279
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Heuglin's Courser
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280
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Purple-crested Turaco
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281
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Square-tailed Nightjar
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282
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Broad-billed Roller
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283
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Ruaha Hornbill
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284
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Collared Palm-Thrush
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285
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Grey-capped Social Weaver
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286
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Gabar Goshawk
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287
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d'Arnaud's Barbet
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288
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Yellow-bellied Greenbul
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289
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Pale Flycatcher
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290
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Great Egret
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291
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Amur Falcon
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292
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Grey Kestrel
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293
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Red-necked Falcon
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294
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Common Cuckoo
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295
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Böhm's Spinetail
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296
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African Firefinch
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297
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African Golden-breasted Bunting
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Ruaha is Tanzania's largest national
park and has a phenomenal bird list that includes quite a few "new"
species. During the training in January and after I hope to see some of the
special Miombo species and Ruaha specialities.
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| Not only birds in the forest. |
With Pietro in Arusha for only a couple
days, we headed off to have a look at Hatari Lodge in Arusha National Park and
to get up into the forest on Mt. Meru. Forest birding is a whole different
story to savannah birding and I was pleased to add the following birds to the list including some we saw on the way in.
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| Hartlaub's Turacco |
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| Dusky flycatcher |
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| Starred robin |
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| Cinnamon breasted bee-eater |
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| Eastern double collared sunbird |
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298
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Lesser
Spotted Eagle
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299
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Peregrine
Falcon
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300
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Alpine
Swift
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301
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Sand
Martin
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302
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Red-throated
Tit
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303
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Avocet
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304
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Diederik
Cuckoo
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305
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Slender-tailed
Nightjar
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306
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Lesser
Flamingo
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307
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Greater
Flamingo
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308
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Southern
Pochard
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309
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Lammergeyer
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310
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Grey
Crowned Crane
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311
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Spot-flanked
Barbet
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312
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White-naped
Raven
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313
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Rüppell's
Robin-Chat
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314
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White-starred
Robin
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315
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Common
Stonechat
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316
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Olive
Thrush
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317
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Hunter's
Cisticola
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318
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Blackcap
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319
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Grey
Wagtail
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320
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Mountain
Wagtail
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321
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Eastern
Double-collared Sunbird
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322
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Abyssinian
Crimsonwing
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323
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African
Moustached Warbler
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324
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African
Dusky Flycatche
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