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Maasai Steppe, Tanzania (
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)
Map of Maasai Steppe, Tanzania
Map of Maasai Steppe, Tanzania
Pin-tailed Whydah (
Vidua macroura
)
Great Spotted Cuckoo (
Clamator glandarius
)
White-headed Mousebird (
Colius leucocephalus
)
Tips (
Colotis
)
Tsavo Sunbird (
Cinnyris tsavoensis
)
Hunter's Sunbird (
Chalcomitra hunteri
) - Male
Purple Roller (
Coracias naevius
)
Pearl-spotted Owlet (
Glaucidium perlatum
)
Hunter's Sunbird (
Chalcomitra hunteri
) - Female
Red-headed Weaver (
Anaplectes rubriceps
) - Female
Straw-tailed Whydah (
Vidua fischeri
)
Yellow-billed Egret (
Ardea brachyrhyncha
)
Western Yellow Wagtail (
Motacilla flava
)
Dideric Cuckoo (
Chrysococcyx caprius
)
Common Bulbul (
Pycnonotus barbatus
)
Isabelline Shrike (
Lanius isabellinus
) - Female
Pied Cuckoo (
Clamator jacobinus
)
Black Heron (
Egretta ardesiaca
)
Banded Parisoma (
Curruca boehmi
)
Pink-breasted Lark (
Calendulauda poecilosterna
)
Hunter's Sunbird (
Chalcomitra hunteri
) - Female
Blue-spot Pansy (
Junonia oenone
)
African Gray Flycatcher (
Bradornis microrhynchus
)
African Yellow Pansy (
Junonia hierta
)
Fork-tailed Drongo (
Dicrurus adsimilis
)
Scarlet-chested Sunbird (
Chalcomitra senegalensis
) - Male
Fork-tailed Drongo (
Dicrurus adsimilis
)
White-browed Scrub-Robin (
Cercotrichas leucophrys
)
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush (
Monticola saxatilis
)
Pygmy Batis (
Batis perkeo
)- Female
Tawny-flanked Prinia (
Prinia subflava
)
Golden-tailed Woodpecker (
Campethera abingoni
)
Brown-crowned Tchagra (
Tchagra australis
)
Red-billed Firefinch (
Lagonosticta senegala
)
Klaas's Cuckoo (
Chrysococcyx klaas
)
Northern Crombec (
Sylvietta brachyura
)
Black-throated Barbet (
Tricholaema melanocephala
)
Spotted Morning-Thrush (
Cichladusa guttata
)
Spotted Morning-Thrush (
Cichladusa guttata
)
Variable Sunbird (
Cinnyris venustus
)
Somali Bunting (
Emberiza poliopleura
)
Cardinal Woodpecker (
Dendropicos fuscescens
)
Red-fronted Prinia (
Prinia rufifrons
)
White-throated Robin (
Irania gutturalis
) - Female
Speckle-fronted Weaver (
Sporopipes frontalis
)
Red-bellied Parrot (
Poicephalus rufiventris
)
Swahili Sparrow (
Passer suahelicus
)
Reichenow's Seedeater (
Crithagra reichenowi
)
Little Bee-eater (
Merops pusillus
)
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk (
Melierax poliopterus
) - Juvenile
Vitelline Masked-Weaver (
Ploceus vitellinus
) - Female
Black-capped Social-Weaver (
Pseudonigrita cabanisi
)
European Roller (
Coracias garrulus
)
Lesser Masked-Weaver (
Ploceus intermedius
) - Female
Hildebrandt's Starling (
Lamprotornis hildebrandti
)
Pygmy Batis (
Batis perkeo
)
Golden-backed Weaver (
Ploceus jacksoni
)
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird (
Anthreptes orientalis
)
Purple Grenadier (
Granatina ianthinogaster
) - Female
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler (
Iduna pallida
)
White-bellied Canary (
Crithagra dorsostriata
)
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird (
Anthreptes orientalis
)
Rufous Chatterer (
Argya rubiginosa
)
Rattling Cisticola (
Cisticola chiniana
)
Steel-blue Whydah (
Vidua hypocherina
)
Black-chested Snake-Eagle (
Circaetus pectoralis
)
Chestnut Weaver (
Ploceus rubiginosus
) - Female
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird (
Anthreptes orientalis
) - Female
Lesser Masked-Weaver (
Ploceus intermedius
) - Male
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (
Merops persicus
)
Scrub
Trips
Tanzania
1/30/2025
: We woke up early to go back to the area of the airport to explore the Maasai Plains. This is an area of thorny scrub which is heavily used for grazing goats. We stopped at several places along the road and also took a short detour to a marshy area.
Previous Visit (Arusha National Park: 1/29/2025)
Next Visit (Arusha: 1/30/2025)
Species Recorded (127)
Birds ( 124 )
Laughingthrushes ( Leiothrichidae )
Rufous Chatterer -
Argya rubiginosa
Old World Flycatchers and Chats ( Muscicapidae )
African Gray Flycatcher -
Bradornis microrhynchus
Herons ( Ardeidae )
Great Egret -
Ardea alba
Yellow-billed Egret -
Ardea brachyrhyncha
Gray Heron -
Ardea cinerea
Squacco Heron -
Ardeola ralloides
Black Heron -
Egretta ardesiaca
Little Egret -
Egretta garzetta
Ibises and Spoonbills ( Threskiornithidae )
African Sacred Ibis -
Threskiornis aethiopicus
Storks ( Ciconiidae )
African Openbill -
Anastomus lamelligerus
White Stork -
Ciconia ciconia
Swans, Geese, and Ducks ( Anatidae )
Fulvous Whistling-Duck -
Dendrocygna bicolor
White-faced Whistling-Duck -
Dendrocygna viduata
Kites, Hawks, Eagles, and Allies ( Acciptridae )
Brown Snake-Eagle -
Circaetus cinereus
Black-chested Snake-Eagle -
Circaetus pectoralis
African Fish-Eagle -
Icthyophaga vocifer
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk -
Melierax poliopterus
Gabar Goshawk -
Micronisus gabar
Bustards ( Otididae )
Buff-crested Bustard -
Lophotis gindiana
Guineafowl ( Numididae )
Helmeted Guineafowl -
Numida meleagris
Plovers ( Charadriidae )
Crowned Lapwing -
Vanellus coronatus
Jacanas ( Jacanidae )
African Jacana -
Actophilornis africanus
Sandpipers and Allies ( Scolopacidae )
Common Sandpiper -
Actitis hypoleucos
Wood Sandpiper -
Tringa glareola
Marsh Sandpiper -
Tringa stagnatilis
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers ( Laridae )
Whiskered Tern -
Chlidonias hybrida
Sandgrouse ( Pteroclidae )
Black-faced Sandgrouse -
Pterocles decoratus
Pigeons and Doves ( Columbidae )
Namaqua Dove -
Oena capensis
Laughing Dove -
Spilopelia senegalensis
Ring-necked Dove -
Streptopelia capicola
Mourning Collared-Dove -
Streptopelia decipiens
Red-eyed Dove -
Streptopelia semitorquata
Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove -
Turtur chalcospilos
New World Parrots ( Psittacidae )
Red-bellied Parrot -
Poicephalus rufiventris
Turacos ( Musophagidae )
White-bellied Go-away-bird -
Crinifer leucogaster
Cuckoos ( Cuculidae )
Dideric Cuckoo -
Chrysococcyx caprius
Klaas's Cuckoo -
Chrysococcyx klaas
Great Spotted Cuckoo -
Clamator glandarius
Pied Cuckoo -
Clamator jacobinus
Red-chested Cuckoo -
Cuculus solitarius
Typical Owls ( Strigidae )
Pearl-spotted Owlet -
Glaucidium perlatum
Swifts ( Apodidae )
Little Swift -
Apus affinis
Mousebirds ( Coliidae )
White-headed Mousebird -
Colius leucocephalus
Blue-naped Mousebird -
Urocolius macrourus
Sunbirds ( Nectariniidae )
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird -
Anthreptes orientalis
Hunter's Sunbird -
Chalcomitra hunteri
Scarlet-chested Sunbird -
Chalcomitra senegalensis
Gorgeous Sunbird -
Cinnyris melanogastrus
Tsavo Sunbird -
Cinnyris tsavoensis
Variable Sunbird -
Cinnyris venustus
Kingfishers ( Alcedinidae )
Malachite Kingfisher -
Corythornis cristatus
Bee-eaters ( Meropidae )
White-throated Bee-eater -
Merops albicollis
Blue-cheeked Bee-eater -
Merops persicus
Little Bee-eater -
Merops pusillus
Rollers ( Coraciidae )
Lilac-breasted Roller -
Coracias caudatus
European Roller -
Coracias garrulus
Purple Roller -
Coracias naevius
Hornbills ( Bucerotidae )
African Gray Hornbill -
Lophoceros nasutus
Von der Decken's Hornbill -
Tockus deckeni
Northern Red-billed Hornbill -
Tockus erythrorhynchus
Barbets ( Lybiidae )
Red-fronted Barbet -
Tricholaema diademata
Black-throated Barbet -
Tricholaema melanocephala
Piculets and Woodpeckers ( Picidae )
Golden-tailed Woodpecker -
Campethera abingoni
Cardinal Woodpecker -
Dendropicos fuscescens
Drongos ( Dicruridae )
Fork-tailed Drongo -
Dicrurus adsimilis
Larks ( Alaudidae )
Pink-breasted Lark -
Calendulauda poecilosterna
Swallows ( Hirundinidae )
Lesser Striped-Swallow -
Cecropis abyssinica
Barn Swallow -
Hirundo rustica
Wire-tailed Swallow -
Hirundo smithii
Plain Martin -
Riparia paludicola
Bulbuls ( Pycnonotidae )
Yellow-bellied Greenbul -
Chlorocichla flaviventris
Common Bulbul -
Pycnonotus barbatus
Prinias and Apalis ( Cisticolidae )
Gray Wren-Warbler -
Calamonastes simplex
Rattling Cisticola -
Cisticola chiniana
Red-fronted Prinia -
Prinia rufifrons
Tawny-flanked Prinia -
Prinia subflava
White-eyes ( Zosteropidae )
Pale White-eye -
Zosterops flavilateralis
Shrike-flycatchers ( Platysteiridae )
Pygmy Batis -
Batis perkeo
Jays and Crows ( Corvidae )
Brown-crowned Tchagra -
Tchagra australis
Gonoleks ( Malaconotidae )
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike -
Chlorophoneus sulfureopectus
Slate-colored Boubou -
Laniarius funebris
Brubru -
Nilaus afer
Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers ( Sylviidae )
Banded Parisoma -
Curruca boehmi
Yellow-bellied Eremomela -
Eremomela icteropygialis
Eastern Olivaceous Warbler -
Iduna pallida
Northern Crombec -
Sylvietta brachyura
Red-faced Crombec -
Sylvietta whytii
Thrushes and Allies ( Turdidae )
White-browed Scrub-Robin -
Cercotrichas leucophrys
Spotted Morning-Thrush -
Cichladusa guttata
White-throated Robin -
Irania gutturalis
Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush -
Monticola saxatilis
Spotted Flycatcher -
Muscicapa striata
African Bare-eyed Thrush -
Turdus tephronotus
Wagtails and Pipits ( Motacillidae )
African Pied Wagtail -
Motacilla aguimp
Western Yellow Wagtail -
Motacilla flava
Shrikes ( Laniidae )
White-rumped Shrike -
Eurocephalus ruppelli
Red-backed Shrike -
Lanius collurio
Isabelline Shrike -
Lanius isabellinus
Starlings and Mynas ( Sturnidae )
Wattled Starling -
Creatophora cinerea
Hildebrandt's Starling -
Lamprotornis hildebrandti
Superb Starling -
Lamprotornis superbus
Brushfinches, Seedeaters, Sparrows, and Allies ( Emberizinae )
Somali Bunting -
Emberiza poliopleura
Cardueline Finches and Allies ( Fringillidae )
White-bellied Canary -
Crithagra dorsostriata
Reichenow's Seedeater -
Crithagra reichenowi
Old World Sparrows ( Passeridae )
Red-headed Weaver -
Anaplectes rubriceps
Crimson-rumped Waxbill -
Estrilda rhodopyga
Purple Grenadier -
Granatina ianthinogaster
Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow -
Gymnoris pyrgita
Red-billed Firefinch -
Lagonosticta senegala
House Sparrow -
Passer domesticus
Swahili Sparrow -
Passer suahelicus
Lesser Masked-Weaver -
Ploceus intermedius
Golden-backed Weaver -
Ploceus jacksoni
Black-necked Weaver -
Ploceus nigricollis
Chestnut Weaver -
Ploceus rubiginosus
Vitelline Masked-Weaver -
Ploceus vitellinus
Black-capped Social-Weaver -
Pseudonigrita cabanisi
Green-winged Pytilia -
Pytilia melba
Red-billed Quelea -
Quelea quelea
Speckle-fronted Weaver -
Sporopipes frontalis
Blue-capped Cordonbleu -
Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
Straw-tailed Whydah -
Vidua fischeri
Steel-blue Whydah -
Vidua hypocherina
Pin-tailed Whydah -
Vidua macroura
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