Advances in Zoology / 2015 / Article / Tab 1 / Research Article
Composition and Functional Diversity in Bird Communities in a Protected Humid Coastal Savanna Table 1 Relative frequency and guild classification of the twenty-nine bird species that have not been recorded before in Saadani National Park. Previous sightings have been reported in [
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Common name Scientific name Relative frequency Feeding guilds Habitat guilds Kinyonga Saadani Gate Mkwaja African white-backed vulture Gyps africanus 0.2 Predators s Red-billed hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus 0.2 Omnivores s African grey hornbill Tockus nasutus 0.8, 0.5, 0.4 Insect-Frugivores s s s Grey-headed kingfisher Halcyon leucocephala 0.2 Piscivores f Black-and-white cuckoo Oxylophus jacobinus 0.2 Insectivores f Yellowbill Ceuthmochares aereus 0.2 Grani.-insecti. F Great sparrowhawk Accipiter melanoleucus 0.2 Predators F Hildebrandt's francolin Francolinus hildebrandti 0.8, 0.5 Grani.-insecti. s s Red-necked spurfowl Francolinus afer 0.5, 0.2 Grani.-insecti. s s Yellow-necked spurfowl Pternistis leucoscepus 0.2 Grani.-insecti. s Black-fronted bush-shrike Malaconotus nigrifrons 0.2 Insectivores FF Blue-capped cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus 0.2 Omnivores s Cardinal Quelea Quelea cardinalis 0.3 Granivores s Chestnut weaver Ploceus rubiginosus 0.3, 0.5 Granivores s s Grey-backed Camaroptera Camaroptera brevicaudata 0.2 Insectivores f Winding Cisticola Cisticola galactotes 0.3, 0.4 Insectivores s s Icterine warbler Hippolais icterina 0.2, 0.2 Insectivores s s Eurasian reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 2.6, 0.2 Insectivores s s Magpie shrike Urolestes melanoleuca 0.5 Insecti.-carniv. s Magpie starling Speculipastor bicolor 0.2 Insecti.-frugi. s Sharpe's starling Cinnyricinclus sharpii 0.3, 0.2 Frugivores FF FF Oriole finch Linurgus olivaceus 0.3 Granivores FF Rufous-naped lark Mirafra africana 0.2 Grani.-insecti. s Shelley's greenbul Andropadus masukuensis 0.2 Grani.-insecti.-nectari. F Striped Pipit Anthus lineiventris 0.7 Insecti.-graniv. s Yellow-throated Warbler Phylloscopus ruficapilla 0.2 Insectivores FF Black-throated Barbet Tricholaema melanocephala 0.3 Insecti.-frugi. s Olive Woodpecker Dendropicos griseocephalus 1.0, 0.2 Insectivores F F Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles exustus 0.5, 0.5 Grani.-insecti. s s
