Site Report: Mapopwe Rice Fields

Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)

White-browed Coucal (Centropus superciliosus)

African Golden-Weaver (Ploceus subaureus)

Red-headed Quelea (Quelea erythrops)

European Roller (Coracias garrulus)

Zanzibar Red Bishop (Euplectes nigroventris)

African Crake (Crecopsis egregia)

Zanzibar Red Bishop (Euplectes nigroventris) - Female

Rice Fields

2025-02-13: Still looking for the Zanzibar Red Bishop, we drove out to some rice fields just outside of Zanzibar.

Kingdom: Animals (24 records)

Phylum: Chordates (24 records)

Class: Birds (24 records)

Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- African Crake (Crecopsis egregia)

Order: Cuckoos (1 record)
- Family: Coucals
- White-browed Coucal (Centropus superciliosus)

Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus)

Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (3 records)
- Family: Bee-eaters
- Blue-cheeked Bee-eater (Merops persicus)
- Family: Rollers
- European Roller (Coracias garrulus)
- Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracias caudatus)

Order: Pelicans (6 records)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- African Hobby (Falco cuvierii)
- Family: Herons
- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
- Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)
- Western Cattle Egret (Ardea ibis)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
- Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)

Order: Perching Birds (10 records)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- House Crow (Corvus splendens)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- African Golden-Weaver (Ploceus subaureus)
- Red-headed Quelea (Quelea erythrops)
- Common Waxbill (Estrilda astrild)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)
- Family: Sunbirds
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird (Chalcomitra senegalensis)
- Family: Swallows
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- African Pipit (Anthus cinnamomeus)
- Family: Weavers
- Zanzibar Red Bishop (Euplectes nigroventris)

Order: Shorebirds and Allies (2 records)
- Family: Painted-Snipes
- Greater Painted-snipe (Rostratula benghalensis)
- Family: Plovers
- Senegal Lapwing (Vanellus lugubris)