Site Report: Jozani Forest
Jozani Forest Boardwalk by Barbara Carr
Zanzibar Red Colobus Monkey (Piliocolobus kirkii)
Bearded Scrub-Robin (Tychaedon quadrivirgata)
Short-tailed Batis (Batis mixta) - Male
Mouse-colored Sunbird (Cyanomitra veroxii)
Marsh Crab (Parasesarma samawati)
Senegal Lapwing (Vanellus lugubris)
East Coast Akalat (Sheppardia gunningi)
East Coast Akalat (Sheppardia gunningi) - Juvenile
Brown Land Crab (Cardisoma carnifex)
Zanzibar Red Colobus Monkey (Piliocolobus kirkii)
Rough-scaled Plated Lizard (Broadleysaurus major)
Eastern Nicator (Nicator gularis)
Red-legged Millipede (Epibolus pulchripes)
Short-tailed Batis (Batis mixta) - Female
Black-and-rufous Sengi (Rhynchocyon petersi)
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Jozani Forest Boardwalk by Barbara Carr
Zanzibar Red Colobus Monkey (Piliocolobus kirkii)
Bearded Scrub-Robin (Tychaedon quadrivirgata)
Short-tailed Batis (Batis mixta) - Male
Mouse-colored Sunbird (Cyanomitra veroxii)
Marsh Crab (Parasesarma samawati)
Senegal Lapwing (Vanellus lugubris)
East Coast Akalat (Sheppardia gunningi)
East Coast Akalat (Sheppardia gunningi) - Juvenile
Brown Land Crab (Cardisoma carnifex)
Zanzibar Red Colobus Monkey (Piliocolobus kirkii)
Rough-scaled Plated Lizard (Broadleysaurus major)
Eastern Nicator (Nicator gularis)
Red-legged Millipede (Epibolus pulchripes)
Short-tailed Batis (Batis mixta) - Female
Black-and-rufous Sengi (Rhynchocyon petersi)
Forest
Visits
- 2025-02-12: We got an early start in order to visit Jozani Forest before the thousands of tourists arrive there.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (37 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(3 records)
Class: Malacostracans
(2 records)
- Order: Crabs
(2 records)
- Family: Land Crab
- Brown Land Crab (Cardisoma carnifex)
- Family: Sesarmid Marsh Crabs
- Marsh Crab (Parasesarma samawati)
Class: Millipedes
(1 record)
- Order: Iron Millipedes
(1 record)
- Family: Round-backed Millipedes
- Red-legged Millipede (Epibolus pulchripes)
Phylum: Chordates
(34 records)
Class: Birds
(30 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: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(1 record)
- Family: Swifts
- African Palm-Swift (Cypsiurus parvus)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(2 records)
- Family: Bee-eaters
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (Merops persicus)
- Family: Rollers
- Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracias caudatus)
- Order: Musophagiformes
(1 record)
- Family: Turacos
- Fischer's Turaco (Tauraco fischeri)
- Order: Pelicans
(1 record)
- Family: Herons
- Western Cattle Egret (Ardea ibis)
- Order: Perching Birds (20 records)
- Family: Gonoleks
- Zanzibar Boubou (Laniarius sublacteus)
- Family: Ground Babblers and Allies
- Tanzanian Illadopsis (Illadopsis distans)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- House Crow (Corvus splendens)
- Family: Nicators
- Eastern Nicator (Nicator gularis)
- Family: Old World Flycatchers
- Bearded Scrub-Robin (Tychaedon quadrivirgata)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Black-and-white Mannikin (Spermestes bicolor)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- Yellow-breasted Apalis (Apalis flavida)
- Green-backed Camaroptera (Camaroptera brachyura)
- Family: Shrike-flycatchers
- Short-tailed Batis (Batis mixta)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Black-bellied Starling (Notopholia corusca)
- Family: Sunbirds
- Collared Sunbird (Hedydipna collaris)
- Mouse-colored Sunbird (Cyanomitra veroxii)
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird (Chalcomitra senegalensis)
- Purple-banded Sunbird (Cinnyris bifasciatus)
- Olive Sunbird (Cyanomitra olivacea)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- East Coast Akalat (Sheppardia gunningi)
- Red-capped Robin-Chat (Cossypha natalensis)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- African Pipit (Anthus cinnamomeus)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Plovers
- Senegal Lapwing (Vanellus lugubris)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(1 record)
- Family: African Barbets
- Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus bilineatus)
Class: Mammals
(3 records)
- Order: Macroscelidea
(1 record)
- Family: Macroscelididae
- Black-and-rufous Sengi (Rhynchocyon petersi)
- Order: Primates
(2 records)
- Family: Old World Monkeys
- Blue Monkey (Cercopithecus mitis)
- Zanzibar Red Colobus Monkey (Piliocolobus kirkii)
Class: Reptiles
(1 record)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(1 record)
- Family: Plated Lizards
- Rough-scaled Plated Lizard (Broadleysaurus major)