Species List
During our 8-day safari, we tried to keep track of each species we came across. However, it's quite likely we missed a lot of them, especially the birds (since Jim was keeping the list and he isn't interested in birds).
Mammals:
African Buffalo Elephant Striped Hyena
African Wild Dog Golden Jackal Thompson's Gazelle
Black Backed Jackal Grant's Gazelle Topi
Black Rhinoceros Hippopotamus Tree Hyrax
Blue Monkey Impala Velvet Monkey
Blue Wildebeest Kirks Dik Dik Warthog
Bohor Reedbuck Klipspringer Cow*
Burchell's Zebra Leopard Donkey*
Bush Hyrax Lion Goat*
Cheetah Masai Giraffe Camel*
Coke's Hartebeest Olive Baboon
Common Waterbuck Scrub Hare *The farm animals were seen in the Maasai village.
Defassa Waterbuck Slender Mongoose The camels, although not normally found in Tanzania,
Dwarf Mongoose Spotted Hyena had been brought there from Egypt via Kenya Eland Steenbuck and were seen beside the road with their owner.
Birds:
African Green Pigeon Grey-crowned Crane Secretarybird
African Grey Hornbill Grey-Headed Kingfisher Silvery-cheeked Hornbill
African Hoopoe Guineafowl Southern Ground Hornbill
African Spoonbill Hadada Ibis Spur-winged Lapwing
Black-faxed Sandgrouse Kori Bustard Squacco Heron
Black-headed Heron Lappet-faced Vulture Tawny Eagle
Blacksmith Lapwing Lilac-breasted Roller Verreaux’s Eagle Owl
Dark Chanting Goshawk Long-crested Eagle White Stork
Egyptian Goshawk Marabou Stork White-headed Buffalo Weaver
European Bee-eater Ostrich White-headed Vulture
Fischer’s Lovebird Red-billed Buffalo Weaver
Francolin Ring-necked Dove
Go-away-bird Rueppell’s Vulture
Great White Pelican Ruppell’s Long-tailed Starling
Greater Flamingo Saddle-billed Stork
Reptiles:
Leopard Tortoise Side-striped Chameleon
Marsh Terrapin Spek's Hinged Tortoise
Mwanza Rock Agama Lizard Tree Monitor
Nile Crocodile