Site Report: Tanga
Amboni Cave
Tanga Ferry by Barbara Carr
Straw-colored Fruit Bat (Eidolon helvum)
Violet Dropwing (Trithemis annulata)
Nile Monitor Lizard (Varanus niloticus)
Giant Kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima)
Black-collared Barbet (Lybius torquatus)
Water Thick-knee (Burhinus vermiculatus)
Egyptian Rousette (Rousettus aegyptiacus)
Bright Porcelain Roach (Gyna lurida)
Guttural Toad (Sclerophrys gutturalis)
Pale Flycatcher (Agricola pallidus)
Boehm's Bee-eater (Merops boehmi)
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Amboni Cave
Tanga Ferry by Barbara Carr
Straw-colored Fruit Bat (Eidolon helvum)
Violet Dropwing (Trithemis annulata)
Nile Monitor Lizard (Varanus niloticus)
Giant Kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima)
Black-collared Barbet (Lybius torquatus)
Water Thick-knee (Burhinus vermiculatus)
Egyptian Rousette (Rousettus aegyptiacus)
Bright Porcelain Roach (Gyna lurida)
Guttural Toad (Sclerophrys gutturalis)
Pale Flycatcher (Agricola pallidus)
Boehm's Bee-eater (Merops boehmi)
City
Visits
- 2025-02-07: We headed into Tanga as we were going to get on the ferry to Pemba the next day. After checking in at a convent, we made a visit to a nearby cave.
- 2025-02-08: In the morning, we arrived to the ferry terminal for the trip to Pemba. Some official guys told us about the scam where the Pemba immigration makes you buy local evacuation insurance even if you have proof of coverage from a 3rd party. Anyway, despite the grift, we decided to take the ferry over to Pemba. I was lucky to get some photos of the Water Thick-knee before they threatened to kick me off the ferry for photographing the port. I was hoping for some seabirds on the crossing, but there was nothing much once we got offshore.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (36 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(2 records)
Class: Insects
(2 records)
- Order: Cockroaches and Termites
(1 record)
- Family: Giant Cockroaches
- Bright Porcelain Roach (Gyna lurida)
- Order: Dragonflies and Damselflies
(1 record)
- Family: Skimmers
- Violet Dropwing (Trithemis annulata)
Phylum: Chordates
(34 records)
Class: Amphibians
(1 record)
- Order: Toads and Frogs
(1 record)
- Family: True Toads
- Guttural Toad (Sclerophrys gutturalis)
Class: Birds
(30 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(2 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- White-faced Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna viduata)
- Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca)
- Order: Coliiformes
(1 record)
- Family: Mousebirds
- Speckled Mousebird (Colius striatus)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (4 records)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(1 record)
- Family: Swifts
- African Palm-Swift (Cypsiurus parvus)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (6 records)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Brown-hooded Kingfisher (Halcyon albiventris)
- Giant Kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima)
- Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis)
- Order: Pelicans (3 records)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- African Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
- Order: Perching Birds
(7 records)
- Family: Bulbuls
- Common Bulbul (Pycnonotus barbatus)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- House Crow (Corvus splendens)
- Pied Crow (Corvus albus)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Sunbirds
- Collared Sunbird (Hedydipna collaris)
- Family: Swallows
- Western House-Martin (Delichon urbicum)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Pale Flycatcher (Agricola pallidus)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies (5 records)
- Family: Thick-knees
- Water Thick-knee (Burhinus vermiculatus)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(1 record)
- Family: African Barbets
- Black-collared Barbet (Lybius torquatus)
Class: Mammals
(2 records)
- Order: Bats
(2 records)
- Family: Old World Fruit Bats
- Straw-colored Fruit Bat (Eidolon helvum)
- Egyptian Rousette (Rousettus aegyptiacus)
Class: Reptiles
(1 record)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(1 record)
- Family: Monitor
- Nile Monitor Lizard (Varanus niloticus)