AITOR´S TANZANIA REPORT

AITOR´S CHECKLIST REPORT (TANZANIA´06)

After some time thinking where to go, finally last July 2006, I had the opportunity to go birdwatching while I was in Tanzania.

Furthermore several amaizing places, I visited 3 National Parks, such are Lake Manyara NP, Serengeti NP and Ngorongoro NP (Biosphere Reserve), were I was full of mammals, fantastic views and...birds. Apart from general tourism, meet amazing tanzanian people, humanitary help, enjoy masai and barbeig cultures, I have some pictures and a birdchecklist.

Fischer´s Loverbirds in front of our Lodge (Ndutu lake, Serengeti)

Beautiful Black-headed Heron in Ngorongoro Crater

GreatFlamingos in Ndutu salted lake

Great Pelicans in Lake Manyara, resting and in flight

Group of Sacred Ibis and a Black-headed Heron, Ngorongoro

Common Ostrich in Serengeti NP

Flamingo juveniles and
Blacksmith plover with babies (Avefría Armada)

Cute Northern white-crowned shrick (Alcaudon de Ruppel), Manyara

Superb Starling, very stylized, Ndutu


Kori Bustard, Ngorongoro

The Lilac breasted Roller (Carraca Lila) on the top of a tree with a nice guest (golden lion), Serengeti

Impressive Southern Ground Hornbill (Calao Gigante), Manyara

Yellow-billed Stork in Manyara

One nice visitor in Lake Manyara, Red-yellow Barbet

Checklist of Aitor Olaso in Tanzania

• Great white pelican
• Pink-backed pelican
• African darter
• Purple goliat
• Black-headed heron
• Great heronCattle egret
• Black stork
• White stork
• Yellow-billed stork
• African marabou
• Glossy ibis
• Lesser flamingo
• Greater flamingo
• Egyptian goose
• Comb duck
• African white-backed vulture
• African fish eagle
• Bateleur
• Tawny eagle
• Martial eagle
• Black kite
• Black-shouldered harrier
• African harrier-hawk
• Red-necked spurfowl
• Helmeted guineafowl
• Common moorhen
• Grey crowned crane
• Kori bustard
• Secretary bird
• Southern ground hornbill
• Silvery-cheeked hornbill
• Red-billed hornbill
• Easter yellow-billed hornbill
• Common ostrich
• Pied avocet
• Black-winged stilt
• Crowned plover
• Blacksmith plover
• Spur-winged plover
• Grey headed gull
• Laughing dove
• White browned coucal
• Little bee-eater
• Long tailed fiscal
• Northern white-crowned shrike
• Pied crow
• White-naped crow
• Superb starling
• Fischer´s lovebird
• Speckled mousebird
• White-headed mousebird
• Lilac-breasted roller
• Red-an-yellow barbet
• D´Arnaud´s Barbet
• White-Browned Scrub robin
• House sparrow
• Scarlet-tufted malachite sunbird
• Black-winged Red bishop

All these species were observed during my 13 day – visit to Tanzania, but unfortunately only 3 days were real birding, as well as doing safari. I went to Manyara Lake (for me the best birding site), serengeti (Way to lake Ndutu), Ngorongoro biosfere reserve, Lake Babati and Mont hanang.

Aitor Olaso "I have to say that, at least once in your life, everyone who read this must have to go there"

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