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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