Site Report: West Usambara Mountains, Tanzania
Lushoto Forest by Barbara Carr
Blister Beetle (Hycleus sp)
White-starred Robin (Pogonocichla stellata)
Spotted Brown Pansy (Junonia natalica)
Thick-billed Seedeater (Crithagra burtoni)
African Wood-Owl (Strix woodfordii)
Blister Beetle (Hycleus sp)
Montane Nightjar (Caprimulgus poliocephalus)
Usambara Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris usambaricus) - Male
Usambara Thrush (Turdus roehli)
Little Greenbul (Eurillas virens)
African Tailorbird (Artisornis metopias)
Usambara Weaver (Ploceus nicolli)
Yellow-throated Woodland-Warbler (Phylloscopus ruficapilla)
Usambara Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris usambaricus) - Female
Angolan Colobus (Colobus angolensis)
Shelley's Greenbul (Arizelocichla masukuensis)
Waller's Starling (Onychognathus walleri)
Zanzibar Boubou (Laniarius sublacteus)
Green Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus simplex)
Red-faced Crimsonwing (Cryptospiza reichenovii)
Yellow-bellied Greenbul (Chlorocichla flaviventris)
Green-backed Woodpecker (Campethera maculosa)
Square-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus fossii)
Black-fronted Bushshrike (Chlorophoneus nigrifrons) - Female
Spot-throat (Modulatrix stictigula)
White-tailed Crested-Flycatcher (Elminia albonotata)
Usambara Greenbul (Phyllastrephus albigula)
Cabanis's Bunting (Emberiza cabanisi)
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Lushoto Forest by Barbara Carr
Blister Beetle (Hycleus sp)
White-starred Robin (Pogonocichla stellata)
Spotted Brown Pansy (Junonia natalica)
Thick-billed Seedeater (Crithagra burtoni)
African Wood-Owl (Strix woodfordii)
Blister Beetle (Hycleus sp)
Montane Nightjar (Caprimulgus poliocephalus)
Usambara Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris usambaricus) - Male
Usambara Thrush (Turdus roehli)
Little Greenbul (Eurillas virens)
African Tailorbird (Artisornis metopias)
Usambara Weaver (Ploceus nicolli)
Yellow-throated Woodland-Warbler (Phylloscopus ruficapilla)
Usambara Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris usambaricus) - Female
Angolan Colobus (Colobus angolensis)
Shelley's Greenbul (Arizelocichla masukuensis)
Waller's Starling (Onychognathus walleri)
Zanzibar Boubou (Laniarius sublacteus)
Green Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus simplex)
Red-faced Crimsonwing (Cryptospiza reichenovii)
Yellow-bellied Greenbul (Chlorocichla flaviventris)
Green-backed Woodpecker (Campethera maculosa)
Square-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus fossii)
Black-fronted Bushshrike (Chlorophoneus nigrifrons) - Female
Spot-throat (Modulatrix stictigula)
White-tailed Crested-Flycatcher (Elminia albonotata)
Usambara Greenbul (Phyllastrephus albigula)
Cabanis's Bunting (Emberiza cabanisi)
Mountain town
Visits
- 2025-02-03: We arrived in Lushoto and fairly quickly, we were also able to find the accommodation (which was on the hill above town). After settling in, we walked around in the lower elevation shrubby areas.
- 2025-02-04: We started early to visit the Magamba Forest Reserve. The day started off on the wrong foot as the substitute guide we arranged was nowhere to be found. Eventually, we found him, and spent a while walking through the forest. We finally arrived next to a small lake where we saw some of the endemic bird species. At the end of the day, we paid the guide, and we found out that our regular guide told us the wrong price or something like that. Felt a bit scammy, to be honest.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (65 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(2 records)
Class: Insects
(2 records)
- Order: Beetles
(1 record)
- Family: Blister Beetles
- Blister Beetle (Hycleus sp)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths
(1 record)
- Family: Brush-footed Butterflies
- Spotted Brown Pansy (Junonia natalica)
Phylum: Chordates
(63 records)
Class: Birds
(62 records)
- Order: Bucerotiformes
(2 records)
- Family: Hornbills
- Silvery-cheeked Hornbill (Bycanistes brevis)
- Family: Scimitarbills
- Abyssinian Scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus minor)
- Order: Cuckoos
(1 record)
- Family: Cuckoos
- Red-chested Cuckoo (Cuculus solitarius)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Blue-spotted Wood-Dove (Turtur afer)
- Red-eyed Dove (Streptopelia semitorquata)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(3 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Augur Buzzard (Buteo augur)
- European Honey-buzzard (Pernis apivorus)
- Mountain Buzzard (Buteo oreophilus)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (3 records)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(2 records)
- Family: Bee-eaters
- Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater (Merops oreobates)
- Family: Rollers
- European Roller (Coracias garrulus)
- Order: Musophagiformes
(1 record)
- Family: Turacos
- Hartlaub's Turaco (Tauraco hartlaubi)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(3 records)
- Family: Nighthawks and Nightjars
- Montane Nightjar (Caprimulgus poliocephalus)
- Square-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus fossii)
- Family: Typical Owls
- African Wood-Owl (Strix woodfordii)
- Order: Perching Birds
(42 records)
- Family: African Warblers
- Kretschmer's Longbill (Macrosphenus kretschmeri)
- Family: Blue-flycatcher
- White-tailed Crested Flycatcher (Elminia albonotata)
- Family: Bulbuls
- Black-headed Mountain Greenbul (Arizelocichla nigriceps)
- Cabanis's Greenbul (Phyllastrephus cabanisi)
- Common Bulbul (Pycnonotus barbatus)
- Little Greenbul (Eurillas virens)
- Northern Brownbul (Phyllastrephus strepitans)
- Shelley's Greenbul (Arizelocichla masukuensis)
- Usambara Greenbul (Phyllastrephus albigula)
- Yellow-bellied Greenbul (Chlorocichla flaviventris)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Southern Citril (Crithagra hyposticta)
- Thick-billed Seedeater (Crithagra burtoni)
- Family: Drongos
- Square-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus ludwigii)
- Family: Gonoleks
- Black-fronted Bushshrike (Chlorophoneus nigrifrons)
- Zanzibar Boubou (Laniarius sublacteus)
- Family: Leaf Warblers
- Yellow-throated Woodland-Warbler (Phylloscopus ruficapilla)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Cabanis's Bunting (Emberiza cabanisi)
- Family: Old World Flycatchers
- African Stonechat (Saxicola torquatus)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Bronze Mannikin (Spermestes cucullata)
- Red-faced Crimsonwing (Cryptospiza reichenovii)
- Spectacled Weaver (Ploceus ocularis)
- Usambara Weaver (Ploceus nicolli)
- Village Weaver (Ploceus cucullatus)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- African Tailorbird (Artisornis metopias)
- Eurasian Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla)
- Evergreen-forest Warbler (Bradypterus lopezi)
- Family: Paradise-flycatcher
- African Paradise-Flycatcher (Terpsiphone viridis)
- Family: Shrikes
- Northern Fiscal (Lanius humeralis)
- Family: Spot-throat, Dapple-throat, and Gray-chested Babbl
- Spot-throat (Modulatrix stictigula)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Kenrick's Starling (Poeoptera kenricki)
- Waller's Starling (Onychognathus walleri)
- Family: Sunbirds
- Collared Sunbird (Hedydipna collaris)
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird (Chalcomitra senegalensis)
- Usambara Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris usambaricus)
- Family: Swallows
- Black Sawwing (Psalidoprocne pristoptera)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- African Dusky Flycatcher (Muscicapa adusta)
- Cape Robin-Chat (Dessonornis caffer)
- Usambara Akalat (Sheppardia montana)
- Usambara Thrush (Turdus roehli)
- White-starred Robin (Pogonocichla stellata)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- African Pied Wagtail (Motacilla aguimp)
- Gray Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(3 records)
- Family: African Barbets
- Green Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus simplex)
- Moustached Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus leucomystax)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Green-backed Woodpecker (Campethera maculosa)
Class: Mammals
(1 record)
- Order: Primates
(1 record)
- Family: Old World Monkeys
- Angolan Colobus (Colobus angolensis)