Site Report: Amani Forest Reserve
Amani Overlook by Barbara Carr
Peacock Tree Frog (Leptopelis vermiculatus)
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill (Bycanistes brevis)
East Usambara Pitted Pygmy Chameleon (Rhampholeon temporalis)
Wavy Chameleon (Trioceros deremensis)
Poaphilini Moth (Achaea chrysopera)
Tawny-flanked Prinia (Prinia subflava)
Tanzanian Pill Bug Millipede (Arthrosphaera brandtii)
African Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis melanocrissus)
Red-dot Euproctis (Euproctis rufopunctata)
Walker's Owl (Erebus walkeri)
Giant African Millipede (Archispirostreptus gigas)
Tanzanian Flag Grasshopper (Eupropacris pompalis)
Erebid Moth (Cyligramma fluctuosa)
Red Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus palliatus)
Red-throated Crag-Martin (Ptyonoprogne rufigula)
Natal Acraea (Stephenia natalica)
Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio sp) - Larval
Stick Insect (Diapheromeridae sp)
Orb-web Spider (Araneidae sp)
White-eared Barbet (Stactolaema leucotis)
Lesser Striped-Swallow (Cecropis abyssinica)
Forest Gecko (Ancylodactylus sp)
Pin-tailed Whydah (Vidua macroura) - Female
Peaceful Giant Ground Beetle (Tefflus sp)
Little Greenbul (Eurillas virens)
Lichen Moth (Lithosiini sp)
Pearl Moth (Spilomelinae sp)
Sphinx Moth (Sphingidae sp)
Kenrick's Starling (Poeoptera kenricki)
Flat-backed Millipede (Gomphodesmidae sp)
African Harrier-Hawk (Polyboroides typus)
Amani Sunbird (Hedydipna pallidigaster)
African Palm-Swift (Cypsiurus parvus)
African Swift (Apus barbatus)
East African Weta (Tryposoma brachyurum)
Leafhopper (Cicadellidae sp)
Green Barbet (Cryptolybia olivacea)
Palm-nut Vulture (Gypohierax angolensis)
Southern Citril (Crithagra hyposticta)
Derby's Anomalure (Anomalurus derbianus)
Geometer Moth (Geometridae sp)
Long-billed Tailorbird (Artisornis moreaui)
Dark-backed Weaver (Ploceus bicolor)
Usambara Greenbul (Phyllastrephus albigula)
Southern Black-Flycatcher (Melaenornis pammelaina)
Mottled Spinetail (Telacanthura ussheri)
Southern Yellow White-eye (Zosterops anderssoni)
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Amani Overlook by Barbara Carr
Peacock Tree Frog (Leptopelis vermiculatus)
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill (Bycanistes brevis)
East Usambara Pitted Pygmy Chameleon (Rhampholeon temporalis)
Wavy Chameleon (Trioceros deremensis)
Poaphilini Moth (Achaea chrysopera)
Tawny-flanked Prinia (Prinia subflava)
Tanzanian Pill Bug Millipede (Arthrosphaera brandtii)
African Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis melanocrissus)
Red-dot Euproctis (Euproctis rufopunctata)
Walker's Owl (Erebus walkeri)
Giant African Millipede (Archispirostreptus gigas)
Tanzanian Flag Grasshopper (Eupropacris pompalis)
Erebid Moth (Cyligramma fluctuosa)
Red Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus palliatus)
Red-throated Crag-Martin (Ptyonoprogne rufigula)
Natal Acraea (Stephenia natalica)
Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio sp) - Larval
Stick Insect (Diapheromeridae sp)
Orb-web Spider (Araneidae sp)
White-eared Barbet (Stactolaema leucotis)
Lesser Striped-Swallow (Cecropis abyssinica)
Forest Gecko (Ancylodactylus sp)
Pin-tailed Whydah (Vidua macroura) - Female
Peaceful Giant Ground Beetle (Tefflus sp)
Little Greenbul (Eurillas virens)
Lichen Moth (Lithosiini sp)
Pearl Moth (Spilomelinae sp)
Sphinx Moth (Sphingidae sp)
Kenrick's Starling (Poeoptera kenricki)
Flat-backed Millipede (Gomphodesmidae sp)
African Harrier-Hawk (Polyboroides typus)
Amani Sunbird (Hedydipna pallidigaster)
African Palm-Swift (Cypsiurus parvus)
African Swift (Apus barbatus)
East African Weta (Tryposoma brachyurum)
Leafhopper (Cicadellidae sp)
Green Barbet (Cryptolybia olivacea)
Palm-nut Vulture (Gypohierax angolensis)
Southern Citril (Crithagra hyposticta)
Derby's Anomalure (Anomalurus derbianus)
Geometer Moth (Geometridae sp)
Long-billed Tailorbird (Artisornis moreaui)
Dark-backed Weaver (Ploceus bicolor)
Usambara Greenbul (Phyllastrephus albigula)
Southern Black-Flycatcher (Melaenornis pammelaina)
Mottled Spinetail (Telacanthura ussheri)
Southern Yellow White-eye (Zosterops anderssoni)
Forest
Visits
- 2025-02-05: We arrived in the afternoon at the Amani Forest Reserve, and spent the rest of the afternoon looking around in the abandoned buildings.
- 2025-02-06: We walked around a bit in the morning around the abandoned buildings again. Guide showed up late, and after that we hiked around in different areas in the forest.
- 2025-02-07: Took a walk again around the guesthouse looking to improve on photos.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (84 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(20 records)
Class: Arachnids
(1 record)
- Order: Spiders
(1 record)
- Family: Orbweavers
- Orb-web Spider (Araneidae sp)
Class: Insects
(16 records)
- Order: Beetles
(1 record)
- Family: Ground Beetles
- Peaceful Giant Ground Beetle (Tefflus sp)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths
(11 records)
- Family: Brush-footed Butterflies
- Natal Acraea (Stephenia natalica)
- Family: Crambid Snout Moths
- Zebra Pyrale (Zebronia phenice)
- Pearl Moth (Spilomelinae sp)
- Family: Geometer Moths
- Geometer Moth (Idaea sp)
- Family: Sphinx Moths
- Sphinx Moth (Sphingidae sp)
- Family: Swallowtails and Parnassians
- Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio sp)
- Family: Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths
- Erebid Moth (Cyligramma fluctuosa)
- Poaphilini Moth (Achaea chrysopera)
- Red-dot Euproctis (Euproctis rufopunctata)
- Walker's Owl (Erebus walkeri)
- Lichen Moth (Lithosiini sp)
- Order: Grasshoppers, Katydids and Crickets
(2 records)
- Family: King Crickets
- East African Weta (Tryposoma brachyurum)
- Family: Short-horned Grasshoppers
- Tanzanian Flag Grasshopper (Eupropacris pompalis)
- Order: Stick Insects
(1 record)
- Family: Common Walking Sticks
- Stick Insect (Diapheromeridae sp)
- Order: True Bugs
(1 record)
- Family: Typical Leafhoppers
- Leafhopper (Cicadellidae sp)
Class: Millipedes
(3 records)
- Order: Cylindrical Millipedes
(1 record)
- Family: Flatplate Millipedes
- Giant African Millipede (Archispirostreptus gigas)
- Order: Flat-backed Millipedes
(1 record)
- Family: Flat-backed Millipedes
- Flat-backed Millipede (Gomphodesmidae sp)
- Order: Giant Pill Millipedes
(1 record)
- Family: Pill Millipedes
- Tanzanian Pill Bug Millipede (Arthrosphaera brandtii)
Phylum: Chordates
(64 records)
Class: Amphibians
(1 record)
- Order: Toads and Frogs
(1 record)
- Family: Squeakers
- Peacock Tree Frog (Leptopelis vermiculatus)
Class: Birds
(56 records)
- Order: Bucerotiformes
(1 record)
- Family: Hornbills
- Silvery-cheeked Hornbill (Bycanistes brevis)
- Order: Coliiformes
(1 record)
- Family: Mousebirds
- Speckled Mousebird (Colius striatus)
- Order: Cuckoos
(1 record)
- Family: Cuckoos
- African Emerald Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons (3 records)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (4 records)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (4 records)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(1 record)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher (Halcyon albiventris)
- Order: Musophagiformes
(1 record)
- Family: Turacos
- Fischer's Turaco (Tauraco fischeri)
- Order: Perching Birds (37 records)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Southern Citril (Crithagra hyposticta)
- Family: Drongos
- Square-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus ludwigii)
- Family: Gonoleks
- Black-fronted Bushshrike (Chlorophoneus nigrifrons)
- Zanzibar Boubou (Laniarius sublacteus)
- Family: Ground Babblers and Allies
- Tanzanian Illadopsis (Illadopsis distans)
- Family: Indigobirds
- Pin-tailed Whydah (Vidua macroura)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Cinnamon-breasted Bunting (Emberiza tahapisi)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Spectacled Weaver (Ploceus ocularis)
- Dark-backed Weaver (Ploceus bicolor)
- Bronze Mannikin (Spermestes cucullata)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Long-billed Tailorbird (Artisornis moreaui)
- Family: Paradise-flycatcher
- African Paradise-Flycatcher (Terpsiphone viridis)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- Red-faced Cisticola (Cisticola erythrops)
- Tawny-flanked Prinia (Prinia subflava)
- Green-backed Camaroptera (Camaroptera brachyura)
- Family: Shrike-flycatchers
- Pale Batis (Batis soror)
- Black-throated Wattle-eye (Platysteira peltata)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Kenrick's Starling (Poeoptera kenricki)
- Family: Sunbirds
- Amani Sunbird (Hedydipna pallidigaster)
- Collared Sunbird (Hedydipna collaris)
- Purple-banded Sunbird (Cinnyris bifasciatus)
- Olive Sunbird (Cyanomitra olivacea)
- Family: Swallows
- Lesser Striped-Swallow (Cecropis abyssinica)
- Black Sawwing (Psalidoprocne pristoptera )
- African Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis melanocrissus)
- Red-throated Crag-Martin (Ptyonoprogne rufigula)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Red-tailed Ant-Thrush (Neocossyphus rufus)
- Southern Black-Flycatcher (Melaenornis pammelaina)
- African Dusky Flycatcher (Muscicapa adusta)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- African Pied Wagtail (Motacilla aguimp)
- Mountain Wagtail (Motacilla clara)
- Family: White-eyes
- Southern Yellow White-eye (Zosterops anderssoni)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(3 records)
- Family: African Barbets
- White-eared Barbet (Stactolaema leucotis)
- Green Barbet (Cryptolybia olivacea)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Cardinal Woodpecker (Dendropicos fuscescens)
Class: Mammals
(3 records)
- Order: Primates
(1 record)
- Family: Old World Monkeys
- Blue Monkey (Cercopithecus mitis)
- Order: Rodents
(2 records)
- Family: Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrels
- Derby's Anomalure (Anomalurus derbianus)
- Family: Squirrels
- Red Bush Squirrel (Paraxerus palliatus)
Class: Reptiles
(4 records)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes (4 records)
- Family: Geckos
- Forest Gecko (Ancylodactylus sp)
- Family: Skinks
- Speckle-lipped Mabuya (Trachylepis maculilabris)