Trip Report: Africa: Part 5: Mozambique to Uganda (2003-02-17 - 2003-03-22)
Zanzibar Island, Tanzania
Beach, Mozambique
Shire River, Malawi
Lake Malawi, Malawi
Loading The Ferry, Malawi
Ferry on Lake Malawi
Barbara Climbs Aboard the Ferry, Malawi
Market, Uganda. Bucket of crickets and plate of ants
Matatu Park, Uganda
Zanzibar Island, Tanzania
Lions, Tanzania
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Zanzibar Island, Tanzania
Beach, Mozambique
Shire River, Malawi
Lake Malawi, Malawi
Loading The Ferry, Malawi
Ferry on Lake Malawi
Barbara Climbs Aboard the Ferry, Malawi
Market, Uganda. Bucket of crickets and plate of ants
Matatu Park, Uganda
Zanzibar Island, Tanzania
Lions, Tanzania
We got back to public transit in Mozambique. We traveled north to Uganda.
Sites Visited
Country: Malawi
(2 sites)
Country: Mozambique
(1 sites)
Country: Tanzania
(5 sites)
Country: Uganda
(4 sites)
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (96 records,
4 images)
Phylum: Chordates
(96 records,
4 images)
Class: Birds
(72 records,
1 image)
- Order: Bucerotiformes
(1 record)
- Family: Hornbills
- Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill (Bycanistes subcylindricus)
- Order: Coliiformes
(1 record)
- Family: Mousebirds
- Speckled Mousebird (Colius striatus)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Black Crake (Zapornia flavirostra)
- Order: Cuckoos (2 records)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons (3 records)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (6 records)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (8 records)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Shining-blue Kingfisher (Alcedo quadribrachys)
- Woodland Kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis)
- Family: Rollers
- Blue-throated Roller (Eurystomus gularis)
- Order: Musophagiformes (4 records)
- Order: Parrots
(1 record)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Fischer's Lovebird (Agapornis fischeri)
- Order: Pelicans
(6 records)
- Family: Flamingos
- Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)
- Order: Perching Birds
(34 records)
- Family: Blue-flycatcher
- African Blue Flycatcher (Elminia longicauda)
- Family: Bulbuls
- Common Bulbul (Pycnonotus barbatus)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- House Crow (Corvus splendens)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Black-crowned Waxbill (Estrilda nonnula)
- Black-headed Weaver (Ploceus melanocephalus)
- Bronze Mannikin (Spermestes cucullata)
- Grosbeak Weaver (Amblyospiza albifrons)
- Northern Gray-headed Sparrow (Passer griseus)
- Red-billed Quelea (Quelea quelea)
- Red-cheeked Cordonbleu (Uraeginthus bengalus)
- Red-headed Malimbe (Malimbus rubricollis)
- Spectacled Weaver (Ploceus ocularis)
- Vieillot's Black Weaver (Ploceus nigerrimus)
- Family: Paradise-flycatcher
- African Paradise-Flycatcher (Terpsiphone viridis)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- White-chinned Prinia (Schistolais leucopogon)
- Family: Shrike-flycatchers
- Black-and-white Shrike-flycatcher (Bias musicus)
- Chestnut Wattle-eye (Dyaphorophyia castanea)
- Family: Shrikes
- Gray-backed Fiscal (Lanius excubitoroides)
- Long-tailed Fiscal (Lanius cabanisi)
- White-rumped Shrike (Eurocephalus ruppelli)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Ashy Starling (Lamprotornis unicolor)
- Hildebrandt's Starling (Lamprotornis hildebrandti)
- Splendid Starling (Lamprotornis splendidus)
- Family: Sunbirds
- Blue-headed Sunbird (Cyanomitra alinae)
- Collared Sunbird (Hedydipna collaris)
- Green-headed Sunbird (Cyanomitra verticalis)
- Scarlet-chested Sunbird (Chalcomitra senegalensis)
- Family: Swallows
- Wire-tailed Swallow (Hirundo smithii)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Abyssinian Thrush (Turdus abyssinicus)
- African Thrush (Turdus pelios)
- Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat (Cossypha niveicapilla)
- Sooty Chat (Myrmecocichla nigra)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(3 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Brown Noddy (Anous stolidus)
- Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)
- Family: Thick-knees
- Water Thick-knee (Burhinus vermiculatus)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(1 record)
- Family: Guineafowl
- Western Crested Guineafowl (Guttera verreauxi)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Puffbirds
(1 record)
- Family: African Barbets
- Red-and-yellow Barbet (Trachyphonus erythrocephalus)
Class: Mammals
(23 records,
3 images)
- Order: Carnivorans
(3 records)
- Family: Canidae
- Black-backed Jackal (Lupulella mesomelas)
- Family: Felidae
- Leopard (Panthera pardus)
- Lion (Panthera leo)
- Order: Elephants
(1 record)
- Family: Elephantidae
- African Elephant (Loxodonta africana)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetaceans (9 records)
- Family: Camelidae
- Dromedary (Camelus dromedarius)
- Family: Dolphins
- Indo-Pacific Humpbacked Dolphin (Sousa chinensis)
- Family: Hippopotamidae
- Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
- Order: Odd-toed Ungulates
(2 records)
- Family: Equidae
- Burchell's Zebra (Equus burchellii)
- Family: Rhinocerotidae
- Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)
- Order: Primates (8 records)
Class: Reptiles
(1 record,
0 images)
- Order: Alligators and Crocodiles
(1 record)
- Family: Crocodiles
- Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)