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Location Shai Hills Resource Reserve
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Additional details

People

Owner Don Roberson

Effort

Protocol:  Traveling
  • Observers:  5
  • Distance:  5 mi

Checklist Comments

on Rockjumper tour with guide David Erterius, local guides Paul Mensah & Ebenezer (plus park site guide), participants John Baker, Dotty Robbins, Janet Schumacher, and this reporter (Don Roberson). Sunny and humid. We drove to various parts of Reserve, and walked the road near the rocky hills. David, Janet & Don hiked up to a bat cave and saw many roosting bats (need to see photo to work out i.d.)

Totals

53
Species Observed
+1 other taxa, 386 individuals
12
Species with Photos

Observations

  1. Stone Partridge

    Number observed:  2

  2. Double-spurred Spurfowl

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    h.o.

  3. Vinaceous Dove

    Number observed:  10

  4. Black-billed Wood-Dove

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    h.o.

  5. Blue-spotted Wood-Dove

    Number observed:  5

  6. Tambourine Dove

    Number observed:  2

  7. Western Plantain-eater

    Number observed:  4

  8. Violet Turaco

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    spectacular birds

  9. Guinea Turaco

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    one digiscoped

    Media

  10. Klaas's Cuckoo

    Number observed:  2

    Media

  11. Western Cattle-Egret

    Number observed:  220

  12. European Honey-buzzard

    Number observed:  1

  13. Long-crested Eagle

    Number observed:  2

  14. Lizard Buzzard

    Number observed:  3

    Media

  15. Shikra

    Number observed:  1

  16. Black Kite (Yellow-billed)

    Number observed:  5

  17. Red-necked Buzzard

    Number observed:  1

  18. Glaucidium sp.

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    heard calling repeatedly in forest near bat cave; i.d. by guide as Chestnut Owlet; but not seen despite efforts. As this would have been a lifer, do not count on life list.

  19. African Gray Hornbill

    Number observed:  15

    Media

  20. African Pygmy Kingfisher

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    two interacting, chasing each other; one seen briefly in scope

  21. Blue-breasted Kingfisher

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    seen in scope

  22. Blue-bellied Roller

    Number observed:  4

    Details

    fine birds.. distant photos

    Media

  23. Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird

    Number observed:  1

  24. Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird

    Number observed:  3

    Media

  25. Vieillot's Barbet

    Number observed:  2

    Media

  26. Double-toothed Barbet

    Number observed:  2

    Media

  27. Cardinal Woodpecker

    Number observed:  1

  28. Buff-spotted Woodpecker

    Number observed:  2

  29. Gray Kestrel

    Number observed:  2

  30. Senegal Parrot

    Number observed:  8

    Media

  31. Brown-throated Wattle-eye

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    h.o.

  32. Senegal Batis

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    male seen

  33. Northern Puffback

    Number observed:  2

    Media

  34. Black-crowned Tchagra

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    h.o.

  35. Yellow-crowned Gonolek

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    h.o.

  36. Piapiac

    Number observed:  1

  37. Pied Crow

    Number observed:  2

  38. Green-backed Camaroptera (Gray-backed)

    Number observed:  5

  39. Tawny-flanked Prinia

    Number observed:  5

  40. Croaking Cisticola

    Number observed:  6

    Media

  41. Siffling Cisticola

    Number observed:  3

  42. Simple Greenbul

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    h.o.

  43. Common Bulbul (Common)

    Number observed:  15

  44. Wood Warbler

    Number observed:  5

    Details

    DR saw 1; 4 more by others

  45. Willow Warbler

    Number observed:  2

  46. Spotted Flycatcher

    Number observed:  3

  47. Gray Tit-Flycatcher

    Number observed:  2

    Details

    or "Lead-colored Flycatcher"

  48. Northern Black-Flycatcher

    Number observed:  5

  49. Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat

    Number observed:  3

    Details

    1 male nicely digiscoped

    Media

  50. Whinchat

    Number observed:  2

  51. Mocking Cliff-Chat

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    considered separate species White-crowned Cliff-Chat T. coronata by Borrow's field guide

  52. Splendid Sunbird

    Number observed:  6

  53. Yellow-mantled Widowbird

    Number observed:  1

    Details

    male

  54. Yellow-throated Longclaw

    Number observed:  3

Additional species seen by Janet Schumacher:

  1. Western Nicator

    Number observed: 1

  2. Senegal Eremomela

    Number observed: 1

Additional species seen by Dorothy Robbins:

  1. Western Nicator

    Number observed: 1

  2. Senegal Eremomela

    Number observed: 1

Additional species seen by David Erterius:

  1. African Barred Owlet

    Number observed: 1

  2. Fork-tailed Drongo (Glossy-backed)

    Number observed: 1

  3. Western Nicator

    Number observed: 1

  4. Senegal Eremomela

    Number observed: 1

  5. Orange-cheeked Waxbill

    Number observed: 5

  6. African Pied Wagtail

    Number observed: 1
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