Mufindi Farm Lodge and the nearby Highlands

-8.50190 , 35.83333

Tanzania

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• geographic/ biogeographic location
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Site name was changed by Isaac Kilusu into "Mufindi Farm Lodge And The Nearby Highlands" (2021-12-10 10:50:41 )

Site name was changed by Mathias Ritschard (Admin) into "Mufindi Farm Lodge" (2021-02-15 20:33:59 )

Coordinates were set by Isaac Kilusu : -8.5019/35.8333 (2021-02-15 18:04:38 )

Site name was set by Isaac Kilusu as "Mufindi Farm Lodge" (2021-02-15 18:04:38 )

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  • Top species

List up to ca. 25 species that:
• have a limited distribution range and/or are rare on a global level
• are most sought-after by birdwatchers at this site
• and are relatively easy to see at this site (year-round or seasonally)

Fulvous Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna bicolor)
Rameron Pigeon (Columba arquatrix)
Livingstone's Turaco (Tauraco livingstonii)
African Marsh Harrier (Circus ranivorus)
African Goshawk (Accipiter tachiro)
Mountain Buzzard (Buteo oreophilus)
Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus bilineatus)
Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo)
Lanner Falcon (Falco biarmicus)
Black Cuckooshrike (Campephaga flava)
Fülleborn's Boubou (Laniarius fuelleborni)
White-winged Black-Tit (Melaniparus leucomelas)
Moustached Grass-Warbler (Melocichla mentalis)
Brown-headed Apalis (Apalis alticola)
Black-lored Cisticola (Cisticola nigriloris)
Churring Cisticola (Cisticola njombe)
Pale-crowned Cisticola (Cisticola cinnamomeus)
Mountain Yellow-Warbler (Iduna similis)
Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler (Bradypterus cinnamomeus)
White-headed Sawwing (Psalidoprocne albiceps)
Montane Blue Swallow (Hirundo atrocaerulea)
Mosque Swallow (Cecropis senegalensis)
Shelley's Greenbul (Arizelocichla masukuensis)
Stripe-cheeked Greenbul (Arizelocichla milanjensis)
Yellow-throated Mountain Greenbul (Arizelocichla chlorigula)
Southern Yellow White-eye (Zosterops anderssoni)
Violet-backed Starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster)
Slender-billed Starling (Onychognathus tenuirostris)
Orange Ground-Thrush (Geokichla gurneyi)
Olive-flanked Robin-Chat (Cossypha anomala)
African Stonechat (Saxicola torquatus)
Spot-throat (Modulatrix stictigula)
Bronze Sunbird (Nectarinia kilimensis)
Malachite Sunbird (Nectarinia famosa)
Western Miombo Sunbird (Cinnyris gertrudis)
Forest Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris fuelleborni)
Bertram's Weaver (Ploceus bertrandi)
Spectacled Weaver (Ploceus ocularis)
Holub's Golden-Weaver (Ploceus xanthops)
Usambara Weaver (Ploceus nicolli)
Marsh Widowbird (Euplectes hartlaubi)
Yellow-browed Seedeater (Crithagra whytii)
Tanzania Seedeater (Crithagra melanochroa)

Black Cuckooshrike (Campephaga flava) was added by Isaac Kilusu (2021-12-10 10:49:35)

Marsh Widowbird (Euplectes hartlaubi) was added by Isaac Kilusu (2021-12-10 10:47:26)

Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird (Pogoniulus bilineatus) was added by Isaac Kilusu (2021-12-10 10:45:56)

Spot-throat (Modulatrix stictigula) was added by Isaac Kilusu (2021-12-10 10:45:19)

Orange Ground-Thrush (Geokichla gurneyi) was added by Isaac Kilusu (2021-12-10 10:44:36)

Western Miombo Sunbird (Cinnyris gertrudis) was added by Isaac Kilusu (2021-12-10 10:43:41)

Cinnamon Bracken-Warbler (Bradypterus cinnamomeus) was added by Isaac Kilusu (2021-12-10 10:43:10)

Brown-headed Apalis (Apalis alticola) was added by Isaac Kilusu (2021-12-10 10:42:26)

Pale-crowned Cisticola (Cisticola cinnamomeus) was added by Isaac Kilusu (2021-12-10 10:41:32)

African Goshawk (Accipiter tachiro) was added by Isaac Kilusu (2021-12-10 10:39:36)

Lanner Falcon (Falco biarmicus) was added by Isaac Kilusu (2021-12-10 10:39:18)

African Stonechat (Saxicola torquatus) was added by Isaac Kilusu (2021-12-10 10:38:13)

Mosque Swallow (Cecropis senegalensis) was added by Isaac Kilusu (2021-12-10 10:36:02)

Mountain Yellow-Warbler (Iduna similis) was added by Isaac Kilusu (2021-12-10 10:32:45)

White-headed Sawwing (Psalidoprocne albiceps) was added by Isaac Kilusu (2021-12-10 10:32:19)

Stripe-cheeked Greenbul (Arizelocichla milanjensis) was added by Isaac Kilusu (2021-12-10 10:31:12)

Yellow-throated Mountain Greenbul (Arizelocichla chlorigula) was added by Isaac Kilusu (2021-12-10 10:30:43)

Shelley's Greenbul (Arizelocichla masukuensis) was added by Isaac Kilusu (2021-12-10 10:30:17)

Montane Blue Swallow (Hirundo atrocaerulea) was added by Isaac Kilusu (2021-12-10 10:29:22)

Black-lored Cisticola (Cisticola nigriloris) was added by Isaac Kilusu (2021-12-10 10:28:30)

Churring Cisticola (Cisticola njombe) was added by Isaac Kilusu (2021-12-10 10:28:05)

Moustached Grass-Warbler (Melocichla mentalis) was added by Isaac Kilusu (2021-12-10 10:27:46)

White-winged Black-Tit (Melaniparus leucomelas) was added by Isaac Kilusu (2021-12-10 10:26:49)

Eurasian Hobby (Falco subbuteo) was added by Isaac Kilusu (2021-12-10 10:25:47)

Mountain Buzzard (Buteo oreophilus) was added by Isaac Kilusu (2021-12-10 10:25:07)

Holub's Golden-Weaver (Ploceus xanthops) was added by Isaac Kilusu (2021-12-10 10:24:35)

African Marsh Harrier (Circus ranivorus) was added by Isaac Kilusu (2021-12-10 10:23:43)

Usambara Weaver (Ploceus nicolli) was added by Isaac Kilusu (2021-12-10 10:22:44)

Spectacled Weaver (Ploceus ocularis) was added by Isaac Kilusu (2021-12-10 10:22:28)

Livingstone's Turaco (Tauraco livingstonii) was added by Isaac Kilusu (2021-12-10 10:22:10)

Rameron Pigeon (Columba arquatrix) was added by Isaac Kilusu (2021-12-10 10:21:17)

Fulvous Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna bicolor) was added by Isaac Kilusu (2021-12-10 10:20:29)

Southern Yellow White-eye (Zosterops anderssoni) was added by Isaac Kilusu (2021-12-10 10:18:16)

Slender-billed Starling (Onychognathus tenuirostris) was added by Isaac Kilusu (2021-12-10 10:16:21)

Violet-backed Starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster) was added by Isaac Kilusu (2021-12-10 10:15:39)

Olive-flanked Robin-Chat (Cossypha anomala) was added by Isaac Kilusu (2021-12-10 10:14:27)

Fülleborn's Boubou (Laniarius fuelleborni) was added by Isaac Kilusu (2021-12-10 10:14:07)

Tanzania Seedeater (Crithagra melanochroa) was added by Isaac Kilusu (2021-12-10 10:13:38)

Forest Double-collared Sunbird (Cinnyris fuelleborni) was added by Isaac Kilusu (2021-12-10 10:13:13)

Yellow-browed Seedeater (Crithagra whytii) was added by Isaac Kilusu (2021-12-10 10:12:42)

Malachite Sunbird (Nectarinia famosa) was added by Isaac Kilusu (2021-12-10 10:12:06)

Bronze Sunbird (Nectarinia kilimensis) was added by Isaac Kilusu (2021-12-10 10:11:47)

Bertram's Weaver (Ploceus bertrandi) was added by Isaac Kilusu (2021-12-10 10:11:23)

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  • Other attractions

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