From: pete_and_radhi <pete_and_radhi@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: 2011-12-02 08:32
Subject: Sagala Lodge and Tsavo East NP

We visited Sagala Lodge and Tsavo East NP with Peter & Anne Usher, Sukhy and JaytinderSoin, Wendy Ayres, Jan Lagerlรถf, Alan King from 18-20 November 2011. It was a fantastic trip with some very interesting birds.

Sagala Lodge Bird List

Vulturine Guineafowl

Crested Francolin

African Black-shouldered Kite

Bateleur

Red-eyed Dove

Ring-necked Dove

Laughing Dove

Emerald-spotted Wood Dove

African Orange-bellied Parrot

White-bellied Go-away-bird

Jacobin Cuckoo

Red-chested Cuckoo

Common Cuckoo

Klaas's Cuckoo

Diederik Cuckoo

White-browed Coucal

Spotted Eagle-Owl

Donaldson Smith's Nightjar

African Palm Swift

Little Swift

White-headed Mousebird

Blue-naped Mousebird

Little Bee-eater

Red-billed Hornbill

Von der Decken's Hornbill

Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird

Red-fronted Tinkerbird

Black-throated Barbet

Red-and-yellow Barbet

D'Arnaud's Barbet

Cardinal Woodpecker

Sulphur-breasted Bushshrike

Three-streaked Tchagra

Slate-coloured Boubou

Brubru

Northern White-crowned Shrike

Red-backed Shrike

Isabelline Shrike

Long-tailed Fiscal

Eurasian Golden Oriole

Black-headed Oriole

Common Drongo

African Paradise Flycatcher

White-bellied Tit

Barn Swallow

Lesser Striped Swallow

Pink-breasted Lark

Tawny-flanked Prinia

Grey Wren Warbler

Common Bulbul

Zanzibar Greenbul

Scaly Chatterer

Golden-breasted Starling

Superb Starling

Fischer's Starling

Yellow-billed Oxpecker

African Bare-eyed Thrush

African Grey Flycatcher

Spotted Flycatcher

Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird

White-browed Sparrow Weaver

Parrot-billed Sparrow

Yellow-spotted Petronia

Red-billed Buffalo Weaver

White-headed Buffalo Weaver

Black-necked Weaver

Lesser Masked Weaver

Vitelline Masked Weaver

Village Weaver

Chestnut Weaver

White-winged Widowbird

Crimson-rumped Waxbill

Green-winged Pytilia

Eastern Paradise Whydah

Pangani Longclaw


 Tsavo East Bird List

Helmeted Guineafowl

Crested Francolin

Yellow-necked Spurfowl

White-faced Whistling Duck

Egyptian Goose

Red-billed Teal

Marabou Stork

Eurasian Hobby

Black Kite

White-headed Vulture

Brown Snake Eagle

Bateleur

African Harrier-Hawk

Eastern Chanting Goshawk

Gabar Goshawk

Common/Steppe Buzzard

Tawny Eagle

Wahlberg's Eagle

Kori Bustard

White-bellied Bustard

Black-winged Stilt

Blacksmith Plover

Spur-winged Plover

Black-headed Plover

Crowned Plover

Common Ringed Plover

Marsh Sandpiper

Green Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper

Little Stint

Curlew Sandpiper

Black-faced Sandgrouse

African Mourning Dove

Red-eyed Dove

Ring-necked Dove

White-bellied Go-away-bird

Klaas's Cuckoo

White-browed Coucal

Speckled Mousebird

Blue-naped Mousebird

Lilac-breasted Roller

Eurasian Roller

Grey-headed Kingfisher

Little Bee-eater

African Grey Hornbill

Red-billed Hornbill

Von der Decken's Hornbill

Spot-flanked Barbet

Nubian Woodpecker

Cardinal Woodpecker

Northern White-crowned Shrike

Red-backed Shrike

Long-tailed Fiscal

Taita Fiscal

Black-headed Oriole

Common Drongo

Barn Swallow

Red-winged Lark

Pink-breasted Lark

Common Bulbul

Northern Crombec

Greater Blue-eared Starling

Golden-breasted Starling

Superb Starling

Yellow-billed Oxpecker

Spotted Palm Thrush

Northern Wheatear

African Grey Flycatcher

Spotted Flycatcher

Collared Sunbird

Amethyst Sunbird

Tsavo Sunbird

White-browed Sparrow Weaver

Parrot-billed Sparrow

Red-billed Buffalo Weaver

White-headed Buffalo Weaver

Village Weaver

Green-winged Pytilia

Village Indigobird


Mammals:

Pygmy mongoose, Gerenuk, Impala, Dik dik(Kirk's), Hartebeest (Kongoni), Plains zebra, Eland, Giraffe, Lesser Kudu,Yellow baboon, African elephant, Vervet monkey, Hippo, Fringe-eared Oryx

Peter Steward and Radhika Timbadia