Site Report: Zigi Forest
Skimmer (Orthetrum sp)
False Dotted Border (Belenois thysa)
Speckle-lipped Mabuya (Trachylepis maculilabris)
Axehead (Acada sp)
Vagrant (Nepheronia sp)
Mocker Swallowtail (Papilio dardanus)
African Migrant (Catopsilia florella)
Gray Cuckooshrike (Ceblepyris caesius)
Green-headed Oriole (Oriolus chlorocephalus)
Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike (Prionops scopifrons)
Waller's Starling (Onychognathus walleri)
Gold-banded Forester (Euphaedra neophron)
Common Bush Brown (Bicyclus safitza)
Grass Yellow (Eurema sp)
White (DIxeia sp)
Red-tailed Ant-Thrush (Neocossyphus rufus)
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Skimmer (Orthetrum sp)
False Dotted Border (Belenois thysa)
Speckle-lipped Mabuya (Trachylepis maculilabris)
Axehead (Acada sp)
Vagrant (Nepheronia sp)
Mocker Swallowtail (Papilio dardanus)
African Migrant (Catopsilia florella)
Gray Cuckooshrike (Ceblepyris caesius)
Green-headed Oriole (Oriolus chlorocephalus)
Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike (Prionops scopifrons)
Waller's Starling (Onychognathus walleri)
Gold-banded Forester (Euphaedra neophron)
Common Bush Brown (Bicyclus safitza)
Grass Yellow (Eurema sp)
White (DIxeia sp)
Red-tailed Ant-Thrush (Neocossyphus rufus)
Forest
Visits
- 2025-02-07: On the way to Tanga, we stopped for a walk in a lower forest.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (28 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(10 records)
Class: Insects
(10 records)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths
(9 records)
- Family: Brush-footed Butterflies
- Gold-banded Forester (Euphaedra neophron)
- Common Bush Brown (Bicyclus safitza)
- Family: Skippers
- Axehead (Acada sp)
- Family: Swallowtails and Parnassians
- Mocker Swallowtail (Papilio dardanus)
- Family: Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs
- False Dotted Border (Belenois thysa)
- Grass Yellow (Eurema sp)
- Vagrant (Nepheronia sp)
- White (Dixeia sp)
- African Migrant (Catopsilia florella)
- Order: Dragonflies and Damselflies
(1 record)
- Family: Skimmers
- Skimmer (Orthetrum sp)
Phylum: Chordates
(18 records)
Class: Birds
(17 records)
- Order: Bucerotiformes
(1 record)
- Family: Hornbills
- Crowned Hornbill (Lophoceros alboterminatus)
- Order: Cuckoos
(1 record)
- Family: Coucals
- White-browed Coucal (Centropus superciliosus)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Tambourine Dove (Turtur tympanistria)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Crowned Hawk-Eagle (Stephanoaetus coronatus)
- Order: Perching Birds
(13 records)
- Family: Bulbuls
- Little Greenbul (Eurillas virens)
- Family: Cuckoo-shrike
- Gray Cuckooshrike (Ceblepyris caesius)
- Family: Drongos
- Square-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus ludwigii)
- Family: Helmetshrikes
- Chestnut-fronted Helmetshrike (Prionops scopifrons)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Yellow Flycatcher (Erythrocercus holochlorus)
- Brown-crowned Tchagra (Tchagra australis)
- Family: Old World Orioles
- Green-headed Oriole (Oriolus chlorocephalus)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Spectacled Weaver (Ploceus ocularis)
- Dark-backed Weaver (Ploceus bicolor)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Kenrick's Starling (Poeoptera kenricki)
- Waller's Starling (Onychognathus walleri)
- Family: Sunbirds
- Collared Sunbird (Hedydipna collaris)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Red-tailed Ant-Thrush (Neocossyphus rufus)
Class: Reptiles
(1 record)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(1 record)
- Family: Skinks
- Speckle-lipped Mabuya (Trachylepis maculilabris)