South Pare Mountains – Bird Checklist : South Pare Mountains is a magnificent mountain range located entirely with the Kilimanjaro Region in Northern Tanzania, extending from Vumari ward on the border with Mwanga District to Kalemwe ward in on the border with Lushoto District in Tanga region.
The range is divided up into northern and southern subranges, both which are part of the Eastern Arch Mountains. Within the range, there are ovar 52 named mountain and the highest which is also the most prominent is Shengana Peak – 2,463 meters in South Pare.
South Pare Mountains are one the great birding areas in Tanzania hosting over 162 bird species including 2 endemic species, 6 near endemic species living in the Montane Forest. There are also globally threatened, endangered and migratory bird species, below is the bird check list in the South Pare Mountains.
Ducks: Anatidae
Maccoa Duck Oxyura maccoa
Pigeons and Doves: Columbidae
Rock Pigeon Columba livia
Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata
Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis
Tambourine Dove Turtur tympanistria
Bustards: Otididae
Buff-crested Bustard Eupodotis gindiana
Turacos: Musophagidae
Hartlaub’s Turaco Tauraco hartlaubi
White-bellied Go-away-bird Corythaixoides leucogaster
Cuckoos: Cuculidae
Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
Swifts: Apodidae
Little Swift Apus affinis
Rails, Gallinules, and Coots: Rallidae
Black Crake Zapornia flavirostra
Thick-knees: Burhinidae
Water Thick-knee Burhinus vermiculatus
Plovers and Lapwings: Charadriidae
Long-toed Lapwing Vanellus crassirostris
Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus
Sandpipers and Allies: Scolopacidae
/Common Sandpiper/ Actitis hypoleucos
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers: Laridae
/Gull-billed Tern/ Gelochelidon nilotica
/White-winged Tern/ Chlidonias leucopterus
African Skimmer Rynchops flavirostris
Storks: Ciconiidae
African Woolly-necked Stork Ciconia microscelis
Yellow-billed Stork Mycteria ibis
Cormorants and Shags: Phalacrocoracidae
Long-tailed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus
Hamerkop: Scopidae
Hamerkop Scopus umbretta
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns: Ardeidae
Gray Heron Ardea cinerea
Black-headed Heron Ardea melanocephala
Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Striated Heron Butorides striata
Ibises and Spoonbills: Threskiornithidae
African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
Hadada Ibis Bostrychia hagedash
Hawks, Eagles, and Kites: Accipitridae
African Harrier-Hawk Polyboroides typus
Crowned Eagle Stephanoaetus coronatus
Long-crested Eagle Lophaetus occipitalis
Wahlberg’s Eagle Hieraaetus wahlbergi
Eastern Chanting-Goshawk Melierax poliopterus
Black Goshawk Accipiter melanoleucus
Mountain Buzzard Buteo oreophilus
Augur Buzzard Buteo augur
Mousebirds: Coliidae
White-headed Mousebird Colius leucocephalus
Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus
Hornbills: Bucerotidae
Crowned Hornbill Lophoceros alboterminatus
African Gray Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus
Von der Decken’s Hornbill Tockus deckeni
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Bycanistes brevis
Trumpeter Hornbill Bycanistes bucinator
Kingfishers: Alcedinidae
Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
Bee-eaters: Meropidae
Little Bee-eater Merops pusillus
Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Merops oreobates
Rollers: Coraciidae
/European Roller/ Coracias garrulus
Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus
Rufous-crowned Roller Coracias naevius
African Barbets: Lybiidae
D’Arnaud’s Barbet Trachyphonus darnaudii
White-eared Barbet Stactolaema leucotis
Moustached Tinkerbird Pogoniulus leucomystax
Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala
Honeyguides: Indicatoridae
Pallid Honeyguide Indicator meliphilus
Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor
Woodpeckers: Picidae
Cardinal Woodpecker Chloropicus fuscescens
Olive Woodpecker Chloropicus griseocephalus
Nubian Woodpecker Campethera nubica
Falcons and Caracaras: Falconidae
|Sooty Falcon| Falco concolor
Parrots: Psittacidae
Red-bellied Parrot Poicephalus rufiventris
Cuckooshrikes: Campephagidae
Black Cuckooshrike Campephaga flava
Wattle-eyes and Batises: Platysteiridae
Short-tailed Batis Batis mixta
Pygmy Batis Batis perkeo
Bushshrikes: Malaconotidae
Pringle’s Puffback Dryoscopus pringlii
Black-backed Puffback Dryoscopus cubla
Brown-crowned Tchagra Tchagra australis
Three-streaked Tchagra Tchagra jamesi
Tropical Boubou Laniarius major
Rosy-patched Bushshrike Rhodophoneus cruentus
Black-fronted Bushshrike Telophorus nigrifrons
Monarch Flycatchers: Monarchidae
African Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone viridis
Shrikes: Laniidae
Long-tailed Fiscal Lanius cabanisi
Taita Fiscal Lanius dorsalis
Northern Fiscal Lanius humeralis
White-rumped Shrike Eurocephalus ruppelli
Crows, Jays, and Magpies: Corvidae
Pied Crow Corvus albus
Fairy Flycatchers: Stenostiridae
White-tailed Crested-Flycatcher Elminia albonotata
Penduline-Tits: Remizidae
Mouse-colored Penduline-Tit Anthoscopus musculus
Larks: Alaudidae
Pink-breasted Lark Calendulauda poecilosterna
Nicators: Nicatoridae
Eastern Nicator Nicator gularis
Cisticolas and Allies: Cisticolidae
Green-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brachyura
Bar-throated Apalis Apalis thoracica
Black-headed Apalis Apalis melanocephala
Brown-headed Apalis Apalis alticola
Red-fronted Warbler Prinia rufifrons
Singing Cisticola Cisticola cantans
Hunter’s Cisticola Cisticola hunteri
Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana
Tiny Cisticola Cisticola nana
Reed Warblers and Allies: Acrocephalidae
African Yellow-Warbler Iduna natalensis
Lesser Swamp Warbler Acrocephalus gracilirostris
Grassbirds and Allies: Locustellidae
Evergreen-forest Warbler Bradypterus lopezi
Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler Bradypterus cinnamomeus
Swallows: Hirundinidae
Rock Martin Ptyonoprogne fuligula
Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
Lesser Striped Swallow Cecropis abyssinica
Mosque Swallow Cecropis senegalensis
/Common House-Martin/ Delichon urbicum
Black Sawwing Psalidoprocne pristoptera
Bulbuls: Pycnonotidae
Sombre Greenbul Andropadus importunus
Eastern Mountain Greenbul Arizelocichla nigriceps
Stripe-cheeked Greenbul Arizelocichla milanjensis
Cabanis’s Greenbul Phyllastrephus cabanisi
Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus
Leaf Warblers: Phylloscopidae
/Willow Warbler/ Phylloscopus trochilus
Sylviid Warblers, Parrotbills, and Allies: Sylviidae
African Hill Babbler Sylvia abyssinica
Banded Parisoma Curruca boehmi
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies: Zosteropidae
Pale White-eye Zosterops flavilateralis
South Pare White-eye Zosterops winifredae
Southern Yellow White-eye Zosterops anderssoni
Starlings: Sturnidae
Red-winged Starling Onychognathus morio
Waller’s Starling Onychognathus walleri
Hildebrandt’s Starling Lamprotornis hildebrandti
Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus
Thrushes and Allies: Turdidae
Usambara Thrush Turdus roehli
African Bare-eyed Thrush Turdus tephronotus
Old World Flycatchers: Muscicapidae
African Dusky Flycatcher Muscicapa adusta
African Gray Flycatcher Bradornis microrhynchus
Red-backed Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas leucophrys
Cape Robin-Chat Cossypha caffra
Rueppell’s Robin-Chat Cossypha semirufa
White-browed Robin-Chat Cossypha heuglini
Spotted Morning-Thrush Cichladusa guttata
White-starred Robin Pogonocichla stellata
|Thrush Nightingale| Luscinia luscinia
African Stonechat Saxicola torquatus
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters: Nectariniidae
Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird Anthreptes orientalis
Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris
Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea
Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina
Hunter’s Sunbird Chalcomitra hunteri
Eastern Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris mediocris
Usambara Double-collared Sunbird Cinnyris usambaricus
Tsavo Sunbird Cinnyris tsavoensis
Variable Sunbird Cinnyris venustus
Weavers and Allies: Ploceidae
Baglafecht Weaver Ploceus baglafecht
Taveta Golden-Weaver Ploceus castaneiceps
Lesser Masked-Weaver Ploceus intermedius
Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
<Red-billed Quelea> Quelea quelea
White-winged Widowbird Euplectes albonotatus
Waxbills and Allies: Estrildidae
Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii
Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu Uraeginthus bengalus
Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
Jameson’s Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
Indigobirds: Viduidae
Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
Eastern Paradise-Whydah Vidua paradisaea
Old World Sparrows: Passeridae
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Northern Gray-headed Sparrow Passer griseus
Wagtails and Pipits: Motacillidae
African Pied Wagtail Motacilla aguimp
African Pipit Anthus cinnamomeus
Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies: Fringillidae
Southern Citril Crithagra hypostictus
Reichenow’s Seedeater Crithagra reichenowi
Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphuratus
