Gull-billed Tern
The commonest Tern (more
than 50 individuals seen everyday both in Shela and Manda Island
Lesser Crested Tern
5 individual seen near Manda
Island
Greater Crested Tern
3 individual seen with the
Lesser Crested Tern
Sooty Gull
Common bird seen both in Shela and Manda
Island
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Common bird seen both in Shela and Manda
Island
Wolly-necked Stork
A single individual seen in flight in Manda
Island
Marabou Stork
Common in Shela near the
waste
Yellow-billed Stork
A single individual seen in Shela
Hadada Ibis
A few seen in Manda Island
Sacred Ibis
A few seen both in Shela and Manda
Island
Madagascar Pond Heron
A single individual seen in the mangroves in Manda
Island
Little Egret
Common bird seen both in Shela and Manda
Island
Grey Plover
Common bird seen both in Shela and Manda
Island
Ringed Plover
A group of 7 individual seen near Manda
Island
Greater Sandplover
3 individual seen near Manda Island
Mongolian Plover
A single bird seen in Manda Island
Little Stint
5 individual seen near Manda Island
Sanderling
8 birds seen both in Shela and Manda
Island
Curlew Sandpiper
18 individual seen near Manda Island
Terek Sandpiper
The commonest Sandiper (more than 50 individual)
seen near Manda Island
Common Sandpiper
14 birds seen both in Shela and Manda
Island
Common Greenshank
2 individual seen near Manda Island
Whimbrel
A group of 18 seen near Manda Island and some
individual seen in the mangroves in Manda Island
Eurasian Curlew
A group of 13 seen near Manda Island and 2
individual seen in Shela
Crab Plover
A group of more than 20 birds seen near Manda
Island and a few individual seen in Shela
Crested Francolin
Groups seen and heard both in Shela and Manda
Island
Palm-nut Vulture
A single individual flying over in
Shela
Martial Eagle
A single individual flying over in
Shela
Black-chested Snake Eagle
A single individual flying over in
Shela
African Fish Eagle
A single individual flying over in Manda Island and
1 heard
Little Sparrowhawk
A single individual seen very close, too close
(even not 3 meters) in Shela
African Cuckoo-Hawk
A single individual flying over in
Shela
Amur Falcon
A single individual flying over every morning and
evening in Shela
Klaa's Cuckoo
Heard everyday both in Shela and Manda
Island
Dideric Cuckoo
Heard twice in Shela
Slender-tailed Nightjar
6 individual spotted in Shela
Little Swift
Common Swift both in Shela and Manda
Island
African Palm Swift
Common Swift in Shela, less in Manda
Island
Speckled Mousebird
Birds seen both in Shela and Manda
Island
Blue-naped Mousebird
Birds seen both in Shela and Manda
Island
Brown-hooded Kingfisher
Birds seen both in Shela and Manda
Island
Little Bee-eater
A group of 4 seen on Manda Island
Northern Carmine Bee-eater
A few individual seen both in Shela and Manda
Island
Madagascar Bee-eater
A few individual seen both in Shela and Manda
Island
White-throated Bee-eater
A few individual seen in Shela
Common Scimmitarbill
Two individual seen on Manda Island
Brown-breasted Barbet
Two birds seen in Shela
Black-collared Barbet
A single individual seen in Shela
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird
A few seen both in Shela and Manda
Island
Red-fronted Tinkerbird
The commonest Tinkerbird seen and heard both in
Shela and Manda Island
Cardinal Woodpecker
A single individual seen on Manda
Island
Little-Spotted Woodpecker
A single individual seen on Manda
Island
Nubian Woodpecker
Two individual seen both in Shela and Manda
Island
Greater Honeyguide
A single individual heard in Shela and one seen on
Manda Island
African Pied Wagtail
Birds seen both in Shela and Manda
Island
Grassland Pipit
6 individual seen on the football plain in Shela
after the little rain
Ethiopian Swallow
Common bird seen both in Shela and Manda
Island
Dodson's Bulbul
Really common seen both in Shela and Manda
Island
Eastern Nicator
Heard everyday and one seen in Manda
Island
Sombre Greenbul
Common both in Shela and Manda Island
Northern Brownbul
Common on Manda Island
Black-bellied Starling
A few individual flying over on Manda
Island
Eurasian Golden Oriole
3 females seen on Manda Island
Black-headed Oriole
Common both in Shela and Manda Island
House Crow
Common both in Shela and Manda Island
Pied Crow
Common in Shela
Fork-tailed Drongo
Common both in Shela and Manda Island
Black-crowned Tchagra
One seen on Manda Island but regulary heard in
Shela
Three-streaked Tchagra
Regulary seen both in Shela and Manda
Island
Black-backed Puffback
Seen both in Shela and Manda Island
Slate-coloured Boubou
Regulary heard and seen on Manda
Island
East Coast Boubou
Seen both in Shela and Manda Island but
silent....
Erlanger's Boubou
A pair well seen at the same place as Brian on
Manda Island. We recorded 3 different sounds. We replayed the sound on different
places on the Island but no response.
Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike
Seen both in Shela and Manda Island
Grey-headed Bushshrike
Seen both in Shela and Manda Island
Isabelline Shrike
Three individual seen in Shela
Eastern Black-headed Batis
Seen on Manda Island
Pale Flycatcher
Common bird seen both in Shela and Manda
Island
Spotted Flycatcher
Some individual seen in Shela but really common on
Manda Island
African Paradise Flycatcher
One single bird seen and heard in
Shela
Scaly Babbler
One group seen and heard on Manda
Island
Common Rock Thrush
One individual seen on the football plain in
Shela
Bare-eyed Thrush
One individual seen on Manda Island
White-browed Robin-Chat
Seen both in Shela and Manda Island
Eastern Bearded Scrub-Robin
Common in the ruins on Manda Island
Spotted Palm Thrush
Common both in Shela and Manda Island
Nightingale
One individual seen on Manda Island
Norhern Wheatear
A single bird seen on the football plain in
Shela
Willow Warbler
A few individual seen on Manda Island
Coastal Cisticola
Common on the old grassed runaway on Manda
Island
Black-headed Apalis
Two individual seen on Manda Island
Yellow-breasted Apalis
Common both in Shela and Manda Island
Tawny-flanked Prinia
Common both in Shela and Manda Island
Abyssinian White-eye
A group seen on Manda Island
Red-faced Crombec
Common both in Shela and Manda Island
Grey-backed Camaroptera
Common both in Shela and Manda Island
Collared Sunbird
Common both in Shela and Manda Island
Variable Sunbird (albiventris)
Common both in Shela and Manda Island together with
the subspecies falkensteini
Amethyst Sunbird
The commonest Sunbird both in Shela and Manda
Island
Mouse-coloured Sunbird
One individual seen both in Shela and Manda
Island
Grosbeak Weaver
One individual flying over in Manda
Island
House Sparrow
Common in Shela
Grey-headed Sparrow
Common both in Shela and Manda Island
White-browed Sparrow-Weaver
A few individual seen on Manda Island
Red-billed Quelea
Flocks seen both in Shela and Manda
Island
African Golden Weaver
Some individual seen both in Shela and Manda
Island
Golden Palm Weaver
Some individual seen both in Shela and Manda
Island
Dark-backed Weaver
Seen and heard on Manda Island
Black-necked Weaver
The commonest Weaver seen both in Shela and Manda
Island
Lesser Masked Weaver
One individual seen on Manda Island
Pin-tailed Whydah
A group seen on Manda Island
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
Really common both in Shela and Manda
Island
Purple Grenadier
Some individual seen in Shela
Green-winged Pytilia
Two individual seen both in Shela and Manda
Island
Red-billed Firefinch
Two individual seen on Manda Island
Peter's Twinspot
One individual seen on Manda Island
Reichenow's Seedeater
A little group seen in Shela and a few individual
seen on Manda Island
Best to all,
Patrick