Birds in Northern Tanzania Feb/March 2025 (1 Viewer)

[vernon]

Here are some photos from our recent trip. just want to check some ID's - can't always remember what we decided or were told at the time!
1. A lark in Tarangire NP - 3 photos, ?Fawn-coloured
2. A lark in Ndutu - 2 photos, ?also Fawn-coloured
3. Another lark in Ndutu - 2 photos, ?as above

 

[vernon]

Some more photos:
4. A Cisticola in Tarangire - 2 photos, ?Croaking
5. Another Cisticola in Tarangire - 2 photos
6. Cisticola in Tarangire - 2 photos
7. Cisticola in the Ngorongoro caldera - 3 photos

 

[vernon]

8. Canary in the garden of the Ngorongoro Farmhouse - 2 photos
9 Canary in Ndutu - 2 photos, ?White-bellied
10. various other canaries in Ndutu - 4 different photos

 

[vernon]

11. A Woodpecker in Ndutu - 2 photos, ?Cardinal, Nubian or Golden-tailed
12. A wheatear in Ngorongoro caldera - 1 photo, ??Northern rather than Isabelline despite upright stance
13. A Shrike in Ndutu - 2 photos
14. A Cisticola in Ndutu - 1 photo
15. the 2 waders behind the Little Stints at Lake Masek - 1 photo, ?Curlew Sandpiper
16. Eagle in Ndutu - 1 photo, perhaps Stepper rather than Tawny

 

[vernon]

17. Mannikins in Zanzibar - 3 photos, ?Bronze
18. An odd one at Tarangire NP entrance - 2 photos
19. small passerine in Ndutu - 1 photo
20. small passerine in Ndutu, possibly same bird as 19. - 2 photos, ?Buff-bellied Warbler

Thanks for any help you can give!

 

[lou salomon]

#4
6526 two Curlew Sandpipers behind one Little Stint and a presumed Little Ringed PLover (note large head and white collar)
3113 is a Northern Wheatear
6535 a juvenile Bateleur

 

[tconzemi]

To start withe raptors: Eagle in Ndutu is jevenile Bateleur
Odd on at Tarangire gate Adult African White-backed Vulture

 

[tconzemi]

Shrike looks good for Turkestan

 

[THE_FERN]

8. Canary in the garden of the Ngorongoro Farmhouse - 2 photos
9 Canary in Ndutu - 2 photos, ?White-bellied
10. various other canaries in Ndutu - 4 different photos

39,43; southern citril (grey face, weak supercilium)
95,98,99; white-bellied canary
14: either yellow-fronted or brimstone canary. I suspect the latter as not super bright yellow and impression is malar not black
69: yellow-fronted canary